Classical Music Playlist, June 17, 2024
Igor Stravinsky in a 1915 painting by Jacques-Émile Blanche
Igor Stravinsky's 1910 ballet "The Firebird" was his first international success. It's based on a Russian folk tale about a magical bird that helps a Prince defeat an evil sorcerer. Stravinsky later made concert suites of the music in 1911, 1919 and in 1945 with revisions to the orchestration to recopyright the music in the U.S. where he was now living and the war had stopped his European royalty payments. He was granted American citizenship in 1945. To celebrate Stravinsky's birthday today, the 1945 Firebird Suite is today's Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Oboe Concerto
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic; Vernon Handley, conductor Jonathan Small, oboe
6:18 a.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Cello Sonata No. 2 in D major Opus 58
Haruma Sato, cello; Wataru Hisasue, piano
6:45 a.m.
Jean-Philippe Rameau
Allemande No. 1 (from the First Book for Harpsichord)
Assad Brothers Sergio Assad, guitar; Odair Assad, guitar
6:50 a.m.
J. Michael Haydn
Concerto for Organ, Viola, and Strings: III. Prestissimo in C major
Cappella Coloniensis; Wilfried Boettcher, conductor Franz Lehrndorfer, organ; Ulrich Koch, viola
7:00 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Trio for Violin, Lute (or Guitar) and Basso Continuo in C major RV 82
Bach Sinfonia; Daniel Abraham, conductor Ronn McFarlane, lute; C. Ann Loud, violin
7:10 a.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Orchestral Suite "Mozartiana" in G major Opus 61
Detroit Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
7:36 a.m.
Teresa Carreno
Vals Gayo Opus 38
Clara Rodriguez, piano
7:41 a.m.
Elena Kats-Chernin
Re-Inventions: Re-Invention No. 1
La Pieta; Angele Dubeau, conductor
7:47 a.m.
Georges Bizet
Carmen Suite No. 1
Cincinnati Pops; Erich Kunzel, conductor
8:00 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
In Nature's Realm Overture Opus 91
Janacek Philharmonic; Theodore Kuchar, conductor
8:15 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major K 488
Academy of Ancient Music; Christopher Hogwood, conductor Robert Levin, fortepiano
8:42 a.m.
Karl Jenkins
The Armed Man--A Mass for Peace: X. Agnus Dei
London Philharmonic Orchestra; Karl Jenkins, conductor National Youth Choir of Great Britain
8:46 a.m.
Dobrinka Tabakova
Suite in Old Style
Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra; Maxim Rysanov, conductor Maxim Rysanov, viola
8:52 a.m.
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
African Suite: African Dance Opus 35/4
Chineke! Orchestra; Kevin John Edusei, conductor
9:00 a.m.
Charles Stanford
Symphony No. 3 "Irish" in F minor
Ulster Orchestra; Vernon Handley, conductor
9:44 a.m.
Mary Youngblood
Misty Rain
Mary Youngblood, native flute; Tom Wasinger, guitar
9:49 a.m.
Johann Friedrich Fasch
Concerto for bassoon, two oboes & strings in C minor
Tafelmusik; Jeanne Lamon, conductor Dominic Teresi, bassoon; John Abberger, oboe; Christopher Palameta, oboe
10:00 a.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
Symphony No. 2 in C major J 51
London Classical Players; Roger Norrington, conductor
10:20 a.m.
Gabriel Faure
Impromptu No. 6 in Db major Opus 86
Yolanda Kondonassis, harp
10:30 a.m.
Rebecca Clarke
Cello Sonata
Raphael Wallfisch, cello; John York, piano
10:53 a.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
EUGENE ONEGIN: Polonaise
Cleveland Orchestra; Christoph Von Dohnanyi, conductor
10:59 a.m.
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini Opus 43
Rochester Philharmonic; Christopher Seaman, conductor Jon Nakamatsu, piano
11:25 a.m.
Joe Hisaishi
A Town with an Ocean View (from Kiki's Delivery Service)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Joe Hisaishi, conductor Bruce Liu, piano
11:33 a.m.
Alan Hovhaness
Symphony No. 2 "Mysterious Mountain" Opus 132
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra; Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor
11:50 a.m.
Albert Dietrich
Introduction and Romance Opus 27
Oldenburg State Orchestra (Oldenburgische Staatsorchester); Alexander Rumpf, conductor Marie-Louise Neunecker, horn
12:00 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Leonore Overture No. 3 Opus 72
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; Riccardo Chailly, conductor
12:14 p.m.
Philip Glass
Piano Quintet No. 1 "Annunciation" (Part 1)
La Pieta; Angele Dubeau, conductor
12:25 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Czech Suite Opus 39
Janacek Philharmonic; Theodore Kuchar, conductor
12:48 p.m.
Juliette Pochin; James Morgan
My Peace I Give You
Poor Clare Sisters Arundel Roman Nagel, piano
12:53 p.m.
Mikhail Glinka
RUSLAN AND LUDMILA: Overture
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Vassily Sinaisky, conductor
1:00 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Horn Concerto No. 3 in Eb major K 447
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra; Nicholas McGegan, conductor Lowell Greer, natural horn
1:15 p.m.
Erik Satie
Gnossienne No. 1
Pascal Roge, piano
1:19 p.m.
Cui Shiguang
Mountain Spring
Li Fan, piano
1:26 p.m.
Fanny Mendelssohn
String Quartet in Eb major
Erato Quartet Basel
1:47 p.m.
Anton Bruckner
Symphony No. 4 "Romantic": III. Scherzo in Eb major
San Francisco Symphony; Herbert Blomstedt, conductor
2:00 p.m.
Igor Stravinsky
The Firebird: Ballet Suite (1945)
London Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
2:32 p.m.
Charles Gounod
Ave Maria (Meditation on Bach Prelude in C)
English Chamber Orchestra Nigel Kennedy, violin
2:34 p.m.
Charles Gounod
Funeral March of a Marionette
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra; Leonard Slatkin, conductor
2:39 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
25 Scottish Songs: 2. Sunset Opus 108/2
Voces8; Eric Whitacre, conductor Gerald Finley, baritone; Nicola Benedetti, violin; Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello; Benjamin Grosvenor, piano
2:44 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Concerto for two violins (Double Concerto) in D minor BWV 1043
Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra; Ton Koopman, conductor Monica Huggett, violin; Alison Bury, violin
3:00 p.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Symphony No. 4: IV. Finale. Allegro con fuoco in F minor Opus 36
Philadelphia Orchestra; Riccardo Muti, conductor
3:10 p.m.
Reynaldo Hahn
Quintet for strings and piano in F# minor
Parisii Quartet Alexandre Tharaud, piano
3:37 p.m.
Ethel Smyth
THE WRECKERS: Overture
Scottish National Orchestra; Alexander Gibson, conductor
3:48 p.m.
Carlos Guastavino
Las Presencias: VI. Jeromita Linares
Camerata Bariloche
4:01 p.m.
Franz Schubert
Symphony No. 8 "Unfinished" in B minor D 759
Swedish Chamber Orchestra; Thomas Dausgaard, conductor
4:23 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
RUSALKA: Polonaise in Eb major
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra; Vaclav Neumann, conductor
4:29 p.m.
Amy Beach
Piano Quintet: III. Allegro agitato in F# minor Opus 67
Lark Quartet Joanne Polk, piano
4:39 p.m.
Camilla de Rossi
Sinfonia from "Il Sacrifizio de Abramo"
Bay Area Women's Philharmonic; JoAnn Falletta, conductor JoAnn Falletta, lute/guitar
4:48 p.m.
Jacques Offenbach
ORPHEUS IN THE UNDERWORLD: Overture
New York Philharmonic; Leonard Bernstein, conductor
4:59 p.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Violin Concerto, Op. 4, No. 9 in F major Opus 4/9 RV 284
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor Simon Standage, violin; Micaela Comberti, violin; Jane Coe, cello
5:07 p.m.
Philip Glass
Metamorphosis II
La Pieta; Angele Dubeau, conductor Francine Kay, piano
5:12 p.m.
Edgar Meyer & Chris Thile
Look Away
Joshua Bell, violin; Chris Thile, mandolin; Edgar Meyer, bass
5:17 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 25 in C major K 503 (FROM THE RUSSELL KLETZING COLLECTION)
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor Alfred Brendel, piano
5:51 p.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Symphony No. 6 "Pathetique": III. Molto Vivace in B minor Opus 74
Kirov Orchestra; Valery Gergiev, conductor
6:01 p.m.
Mauro Giuliani
Guitar Concerto No. 1 in A major Opus 30
English Chamber Orchestra; Raymond Leppard, conductor Angel Romero, guitar
6:31 p.m.
Peter Boyer
Celebration Overture
London Philharmonic Orchestra; Peter Boyer, conductor
6:38 p.m.
Jonny Greenwood
Alma (Phantom Thread Original Soundtrack)
6:42 p.m.
John Barry
Dances With Wolves: John Dunbar Theme
Cincinnati Pops; Erich Kunzel, conductor
6:50 p.m.
Pedro Iturralde
Pequena Czarda
Tippett Quartet Jess Gillam, soprano saxophone; Zeynep Ozsuca, piano
6:53 p.m.
Clarice Assad
Archetypes: IV. The Lover
Third Coast Percussion
