Classical Music Playlist, June 4, 2024
1803 Portrait of Ludwig van Beethoven by Christian Hornemann
The chamber trio of piano, violin, and cello was a familiar form in the late 1700s. Such a trio could also show off the new piano that was quickly replacing the harpsichord and could be a showcase for emerging piano virtuosos. But in 1804 Beethoven tried something no one else had yet done: basically, a Concerto, placing a piano trio as the "solo" instrument against an orchestra. Balancing three different timbres of instruments against a full orchestra, combined with giving each of the piano, violin and cello sufficiently interesting and challenging themes, was a formidable task. It’s a work of excellence and daring. Beethoven’s Triple Concerto Concerto for Piano, Violin, Cello and Orchestra is today’s Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
Giuseppe Tartini
Violin Concerto in E major D 47
Orfeo Orchestra; Gyorgy Vashegyi, conductor Laszlo Paulik, violin
6:18 a.m.
Carel Anton Fodor
Symphony No. 3 in C minor Opus 19
Netherlands Radio Chamber Orchestra; Anthony Halstead, conductor
6:47 a.m.
Cecile Chaminade
Autrefois ("In Times Past") Opus 87/4
Stephen Hough, piano
6:52 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Violin Concerto No. 11 in D major Opus 4/11 RV 204
Academy of Ancient Music; Christopher Hogwood, conductor Monica Huggett, violin
7:00 a.m.
Robert Schumann
Piano Concerto: III. Allegro vivace in A minor Opus 54
San Francisco Ballet Orchestra; Martin West, conductor Lara Downes, piano
7:12 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 29 in A major K 201
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor
7:39 a.m.
Mario Melfi
Poema
Cortango
7:43 a.m.
Astor Piazzolla
Summer in Buenos Aires (Verano Porteno)
A Far Cry Jason Vieaux, guitar; Julien Labro, bandoneon
7:50 a.m.
Jean Sibelius
Karelia Overture Opus 10
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra; Jukka-Pekka Saraste, conductor
8:00 a.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Marche Slav Opus 31
Russian National Orchestra; Mikhail Pletnev, conductor
8:09 a.m.
Edward Elgar
Enigma Variations Opus 36
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Georg Solti, conductor
8:40 a.m.
Fanny Mendelssohn
Song Without Words Opus 8/1
Sarah Cahill, piano
8:46 a.m.
Dmitri Kabalevsky
Colas Breugnon: Overture
Boston Pops Orchestra; John Williams, conductor
8:51 a.m.
Philip Glass
String Quartet No. 3 "Mishima": VI. Mishima Closing
Attacca Quartet
8:54 a.m.
Marc-Antoine Charpentier
Te Deum: Prelude
Empire Brass William Kuhlman, organ
8:58 a.m.
Joseph White
Violin Concerto in F# minor
Encore Chamber Orchestra; Daniel Hege, conductor Rachel Barton Pine, violin
9:21 a.m.
Domenico Scarlatti
Sonata in E major K 531
Assad Brothers Sergio Assad, guitar; Odair Assad, guitar
9:26 a.m.
Igor Stravinsky
The Firebird: Ballet Suite
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Yuri Temirkanov, conductor
9:49 a.m.
Ethel Smyth
Concerto for Violin, Horn and Orchestra
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Odaline de la Martinez, conductor Sophie Langdon, violin; Richard Watkins, horn
10:00 a.m.
Ernest Farrar
Rhapsody No. 1 "The Open Road" Opus 9
Philharmonia Orchestra; Alasdair Mitchell, conductor
10:10 a.m.
Leo Brouwer
El Decameron Negro: 1. El arpa del Guerrero
Sharon Isbin, guitar
10:15 a.m.
Mel Bonis
Soir et Matin: I. Soir (Evening) in Bb major Opus 76
Sandrine Cantoreggi, violin; Gustav Rivinius, cello; Sheila Arnold, piano
10:20 a.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Symphony No. 2 in C minor Opus 17
Philharmonia Orchestra; Riccardo Muti, conductor
10:54 a.m.
Henry Purcell
Indian Queen: Symphony
Parley of Instruments
11:00 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor BWV 1041
Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra; Jeffrey Kahane, conductor Margaret Batjer, violin
11:14 a.m.
Emmanuel Chabrier
Bourree Fantasque
L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
11:22 a.m.
Francis Poulenc
The Does (Les Biches): Suite "The Does" - fashionable Parisian women
Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra; Stephane Deneve, conductor Stuttgart SWR Vocal Ensemble
11:44 a.m.
Carlos Gardel
Cuando Tu No Estas
Franz Halasz, guitar
11:50 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto for 2 oboes, 2 violins, bassoon in C major RV 557
Ensemble Zefiro; Alfredo Bernardini, conductor Members of...
11:59 a.m.
Clara Schumann
Piano Concerto in A minor Opus 7
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic; Holly Mathieson, conductor Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano
12:22 p.m.
Isaac Albeniz
Asturias (Leyenda) - from "Suite Espanola" Opus 47
Xuefei Yang, guitar
12:29 p.m.
Gustav Mahler
Symphony No. 5: I. Trauermarsch (Funeral March) in C# minor
Berlin Philharmonic; Claudio Abbado, conductor
12:42 p.m.
Johann Strauss, Jr.
DIE FLEDERMAUS Overture (The Bat)
Vienna State Opera Orchestra; Jascha Horenstein, conductor
12:52 p.m.
Giuseppe Verdi
OTELLO: Ballet Music
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Edward Downes, conductor
12:59 p.m.
Hugo Alfven
Swedish Rhapsody No. 1 "Midsummer Night Vigil" Opus 19
Minnesota Orchestra; Eiji Oue, conductor
1:13 p.m.
Mel Bonis
Cleopatra's Dream Opus 180 Le Songe de Cl�op�tre
Lyon National Orchestra; Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider, conductor
1:24 p.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 99 in Eb major
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor
1:50 p.m.
Adolfo Mejia
Bambuco en mi in E minor Bambuco in e minor
Jose Antonio Escobar, guitar
1:53 p.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Sleeping Beauty: Waltz from Act I
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Herbert Von Karajan, conductor
2:00 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Triple Concerto for piano, violin, cello & orchestra in C major Opus 56
San Francisco Ballet Orchestra; Martin West, conductor Claremont Trio
2:37 p.m.
Roberto Firpo
Viviani
Cortango
2:39 p.m.
Astor Piazzolla
Libertango
Cortango
2:43 p.m.
Pietro Locatelli
Concerto Grosso No. 5 in D major Opus 1/5
Europa Galante; Fabio Biondi, conductor
2:52 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
ABDUCTION FROM THE SERAGLIO Overture K 384
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor
2:59 p.m.
Gioachino Rossini
The Thieving Magpie (LA GAZZA LADRA): Overture
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra; Yoel Levi, conductor
3:10 p.m.
Caroline Shaw
Microfictions [volume 1]: I. Under the hot sun...
Mir� Quartet
3:15 p.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
Piano Concerto No. 2 in Eb major Opus 32
Janacek Philharmonic; Dennis Burkh, conductor Elizabeth Rich, piano
3:43 p.m.
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Vocalise Opus 34/14
Orchestra of St. Luke's; Michael Stern, conductor Joshua Bell, violin
3:50 p.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
EUGENE ONEGIN: Waltz
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Yuri Temirkanov, conductor
3:59 p.m.
John Ireland
Epic March
London Symphony Orchestra; Richard Hickox, conductor
4:09 p.m.
Jean Sibelius
Violin Concerto in D minor Opus 47
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra; Klaus Makela, conductor Janine Jansen, violin
4:36 p.m.
Bear McCreary
Battlestar Galactica: Dreilide Thrace Sonata No. 1
Bear McCreary, piano
4:41 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring
Voces8; Eric Whitacre, conductor Nelson Freire, piano
4:46 p.m.
Alexander Glazunov
Symphony No. 6: III. Intermezzo in C minor Opus 58
BBC Welsh Symphony Orchestra; Tadaaki Otaka, conductor
4:53 p.m.
Paul Dukas
Villanelle for horn and orchestra
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; Kurt Masur, conductor Hermann Baumann, horn
5:00 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
My Home Overture Opus 62
Janacek Philharmonic; Theodore Kuchar, conductor
5:11 p.m.
Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
Prelude and Fugue No. 3 in A minor Opus 199
Brasil Guitar Duo
5:17 p.m.
Johannes Brahms
Serenade No. 2 in A major Opus 16
Scottish Chamber Orchestra; Charles Mackerras, conductor
5:49 p.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
Phaeton - Symphonic Poem Opus 39
London Symphony Orchestra; Yondani Butt, conductor
5:59 p.m.
Dmitri Shostakovich
Cello Concerto No. 1 in Eb major Opus 107
Philadelphia Orchestra; Eugene Ormandy, conductor Mstislav Rostropovich, cello; Mason Jones, horn
6:27 p.m.
Maurice Ravel
Le tombeau de Couperin (The tomb of Couperin)
Lyon National Orchestra; Leonard Slatkin, conductor
6:44 p.m.
Henry Cowell
Saturday Night at the Firehouse
Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra; Lukas Foss, conductor
6:51 p.m.
Clarice Assad
a Tide of Living Water
Lara Downes, piano
6:52 p.m.
Gentil Montana
Suite Colombiana No. 2: II. Guabina Viajera (Traveller Guabina)
Jose Antonio Escobar, guitar
