Classical Music Playlist, May 30, 2024
1789 was not a happy year for Mozart: his esteem had fallen, and he needed to borrow money because his wife was ill with a difficult pregnancy and their child didn’t live a full day after birth. And though there are some musical moments that reflect his emotions during this most unhappy year, the sunny Mozart optimism shines through his tuneful Clarinet Quintet (but even the clarinetist for whom he wrote the Quintet earned more than him for the premiere performance). It's today's Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
Johann Joachim Quantz
Flute Concerto No. 29 in G major
Brandenburg Consort; Roy Goodman, conductor Rachel Brown, flute
6:13 a.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 45 "Farewell" in F# minor
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor
6:39 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Legend No. 6 Opus 59
San Francisco Symphony; Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
6:46 a.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Leonore Overture No. 2 Opus 72
German Chamber Philharmonic; Daniel Harding, conductor
7:00 a.m.
Johannes Brahms
Symphony No. 1: IV. Finale in C minor Opus 68
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Georg Solti, conductor
7:19 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Oboe Concerto in F major BWV 1053R
Chamber Orchestra of Europe Douglas Boyd, oboe
7:40 a.m.
Caroline Shaw
Microfictions [volume 1]: I. Under the hot sun...
Mir� Quartet
7:44 a.m.
Cesar Franck
The Accursed Huntsman (Le Chasseur Maudit)
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra; Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor
7:59 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso No. 3 in G major Opus 3/3 HWV 314
Handel & Haydn Society; Christopher Hogwood, conductor
8:08 a.m.
Claude Debussy
Images for Orchestra: Iberia
San Francisco Symphony; Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
8:30 a.m.
Edward K. (Duke) Ellington
In a sentimental mood
Jason Vieaux, guitar
8:34 a.m.
Florence Price
Fantasie Negre (No. 1) in E minor
Lara Downes, piano
8:42 a.m.
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Symphony No. 2: IV. Finale: Allegro vivace in E minor Opus 27
Philadelphia Orchestra; Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor
8:59 a.m.
Edvard Grieg
String Quartet No. 1 in G minor Opus 27
Guarneri Quartet
9:33 a.m.
Fanny Mendelssohn
Notturno H337
Betty Ann Miller, piano
9:40 a.m.
Pietro Locatelli
Concerto Grosso No. 2 in C minor Opus 1/2
Europa Galante; Fabio Biondi, conductor
9:51 a.m.
Aaron Copland
Cuban Dance (Danzon Cubano)
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra; David Zinman, conductor
10:00 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F major BWV 1047
European Brandenburg Ensemble; Trevor Pinnock, conductor
10:12 a.m.
Santiago de Murcia
Fandango
Richard Savino, guitar; Mauro ReFosco, percussion; Yousif Sheronick, percussion
10:14 a.m.
Amjad Ali Khan
Love Avalanche
Sharon Isbin, guitar; Ayaan Ali Bangash, sarod; Amit Kavthekar, tabla
10:20 a.m.
Gabriel Faure
Piano Quartet No. 1 in C minor Opus 15
Emanuel Ax, piano; Isaac Stern, violin; Jaime Laredo, viola; Yo Yo Ma, cello
10:52 a.m.
Jennifer Higdon
Amazing Grace
Serafin String Quartet
10:57 a.m.
Jean-Baptiste Lully
March for the Turkish Ceremony
Le Concert des Nations; Jordi Savall, conductor
11:00 a.m.
Franz Liszt
Piano Concerto No. 1 in Eb major
London Symphony Orchestra; Kirill Kondrashin, conductor Sviatoslav Richter, piano
11:20 a.m.
Samuel Barber
String Quartet in B minor Opus 11
Mir� Quartet
11:42 a.m.
John Williams
Summon the Heroes
Boston Pops Orchestra; John Williams, conductor
11:49 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso No. 6 in D major Opus 3/6 HWV 317
Academy of Ancient Music; Richard Egarr, conductor Richard Egarr, organ
11:59 a.m.
Georg Philipp Telemann
Tafelmusik II: Concerto for 3 violins in F major
Musica Antiqua Koln; Reinhardt Goebel, conductor Members of...
12:14 p.m.
Connor Chee
Navajo Vocable No. 12
Connor Chee, piano
12:18 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Slavonic Dance No. 9 in B major Opus 72
Cleveland Orchestra; Christoph Von Dohnanyi, conductor
12:23 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Creatures of Prometheus Overture Opus 43
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; Riccardo Chailly, conductor
12:29 p.m.
Dmitri Shostakovich
Piano Concerto No. 1 in C minor Opus 35
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; Paavo Jarvi, conductor Leif Ove Andsnes, piano; Hakan Hardenberger, trumpet
12:52 p.m.
Johannes Brahms
Symphony No. 4: III. Allegro giocoso in E minor Opus 98
Berlin Philharmonic; Herbert von Karajan, conductor
12:59 p.m.
Francesco Geminiani
Concerto Grosso "La Follia" in D minor
Les Violons du Roy; Bernard Labadie, conductor
1:11 p.m.
Teng Yu-hsien
Spring Breeze
Xuefei Yang, guitar
1:15 p.m.
Valerie Coleman
Umoja
Imani Winds
1:19 p.m.
Giovanni Paisiello
Piano Concerto No. 8 in F major
Saint Cecilia Chamber Orchestra; Pietro Spada, conductor Pietro Spada, piano
1:48 p.m.
Stanislaw Moniuszko
FLIS (The Raftsman): Overture
Warsaw Philharmonic; Antoni Wit, conductor
2:00 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Clarinet Quintet in A major K 581
Pacifica Quartet Anthony McGill, clarinet
2:32 p.m.
Johann Strauss, Jr.
Tales From The Vienna Woods Opus 325 (Geschichten aus dem Wienerwald)
Vienna State Opera Orchestra; Jascha Horenstein, conductor
2:44 p.m.
Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
Piano Quintet No. 1: III. Scherzo in F major Opus 69
Carpe Diem String Quartet David Korevaar, piano
2:49 p.m.
Arnold Bax
Overture to a Picaresque Comedy
Royal Scottish National Orchestra; David Lloyd-Jones, conductor
3:00 p.m.
Manuel de Falla
Three-Cornered Hat Suite No. 2
Simon Bolivar Orchestra; Eduardo Mata, conductor
3:13 p.m.
John Williams
Empire of the Sun: Cadillac of the Skies
Los Angeles Recording Arts Orchestra; John Williams, conductor
3:20 p.m.
Alexander Borodin
String Quartet No. 2 in D major
Borodin String Quartet
3:50 p.m.
Howard Shore
The Forest: 3rd movement
National Arts Centre Orchestra; Alexander Shelley, conductor Milos Karadaglic, guitar
3:58 p.m.
Aaron Copland
The Tender Land: Suite
Boston Symphony Orchestra; Aaron Copland, conductor
4:20 p.m.
TRADITIONAL
Scarborough Fair
Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello; Plinio Fernandes, guitar
4:23 p.m.
Reinhold Gliere
Romance Opus 35/6
Felix Klieser, horn; Christof Keymer, piano
4:28 p.m.
James Horner
THE ROCKETEER: Rocketeer to the Rescue/End Title
Studio Orchestra
4:35 p.m.
Paul Dukas
Polyeucte Overture
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor
4:52 p.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Mandolin Concerto in C major RV 425
Parley of Instruments; Roy Goodman, conductor Paul O'Dette, mandolin
5:00 p.m.
Florence Price
Symphony No. 1: I. Allegro ma non troppo in E minor
Philadelphia Orchestra; Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor
5:20 p.m.
Mario Melfi
Poema
Cortango
5:23 p.m.
Xavier Dubois Foley
Shelter Island
Randall Goosby, violin; Xavier Dubois Foley, double bass
5:29 p.m.
Richard Strauss
Horn Concerto No. 2 in Eb major
London Symphony Orchestra; Istvan Kertesz, conductor Barry Tuckwell, horn
5:51 p.m.
George W. Chadwick
Symphonic Sketches: Jubilee
Cincinnati Pops; Erich Kunzel, conductor
6:00 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 40 in G minor K 550
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor
6:30 p.m.
Arnold Bax
Roscatha
Ulster Orchestra; Bryden Thomson, conductor
6:42 p.m.
Astor Piazzolla
Summer in Buenos Aires (Verano Porteno)
David Tanenbaum, guitar
6:44 p.m.
Max Richter
Autumn 3
Berlin Chamber Orchestra; Andre de Ridder, conductor Daniel Hope, violin
6:47 p.m.
Carlos Simon
Memory of Summer
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra; Klaus Makela, conductor Carlos Simon, piano
6:51 p.m.
Francis Poulenc
Sextet for wind quintet & piano: I. Allegro vivace FP 100
Pascal Roge, piano; Patrick Gallois, flute; Maurice Bourgue, oboe; Michel Portal, clarinet
