Classical Music Playlist, July 16, 2024
Sir William Walton by Bassano Ltd, 3 April 1937. Photographs Collection NPG.
English composer William Walton's First symphony from 1935 is as intense a listening experience as it was for him to compose. Full of turmoil, passion, malice and melancholy, his work on it coincided with a relationship breakup. The final movement gave him especial grief, with his fourth attempt the eventual accepted version which concludes triumphant, though perhaps with a musical question mark. Sir William Walton's Symphony No. 1 is today's Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
Johann Joachim Quantz
Horn Concerto No. 9 in Eb major
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Iona Brown, conductor Barry Tuckwell, horn
6:09 a.m.
Josef Reicha
Concerto for two horns in Eb major Opus 5
Suk Chamber Orchestra Jindrich Petras, horn; Jiri Havlik, horn
6:29 a.m.
John Adson
Royal Music for Winds
New York Chamber Musicians (New York Kammermusiker)
6:32 a.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Swan Lake Suite Opus 20
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Herbert Von Karajan, conductor
6:59 a.m.
Edvard Grieg
String Quartet No. 2 (unfinished): II. Allegro scherzando in F major
Oslo Camerata; Stephan Barratt-Due, conductor
7:07 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Violin Concerto in D minor BWV 1052
The Bach Ensemble; Joshua Rifkin, conductor Stanley Ritchie, violin
7:30 a.m.
Christos Hatzis
Departures: II. Serenity
Thessaloniki State Symphony Orchestra (THESS-sal-loh-NEE-kee); Alexandre Myrat, conductor Patrick Gallois, flute
7:44 a.m.
Cui Shiguang
Mountain Spring
Li Fan, piano
7:51 a.m.
Hugo Wolf
Italian Serenade in G major
I Solisti Italiani
8:00 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso No. 7 in Bb major Opus 6/7 HWV 325
Aradia Ensemble; Kevin Mallon, conductor
8:15 a.m.
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
March from Tsar Saltan Suite Opus 57
Seattle Symphony; Gerard Schwarz, conductor
8:21 a.m.
John Williams
The Post: Mother and Daughter
Studio Orchestra; John Williams, conductor Randy Kerber, piano
8:26 a.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Cello Concerto No. 1 in C major HOB VIIb:1
English Chamber Orchestra; Julian Lloyd Webber, conductor Julian Lloyd Webber, cello
8:54 a.m.
Sergei Prokofiev
Romeo & Juliet: Dance of the Knights Opus 64
Kirov Orchestra; Valery Gergiev, conductor
9:01 a.m.
Johannes Brahms
Serenade No. 2 in A major Opus 16
New York Philharmonic; Leonard Bernstein, conductor
9:34 a.m.
Leo Brouwer
Preludio
Manuel Barrueco, guitar
9:38 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 25: I. Allegro maestoso in C major K 503
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra; Jeremy Denk, conductor Jeremy Denk, piano
9:54 a.m.
Giuseppe Verdi
NABUCCO: Va, pensiero
Vienna State Opera Orchestra; Lamberto Gardelli, conductor Vienna State Opera Chorus
10:00 a.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
Clarinet Concerto No. 2 in Eb major Opus 74
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra Charles Neidich, clarinet
10:22 a.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
10:25 a.m.
Franz Schubert
"Wandering" (Die Schone Mullerin: No. 1 - Das Wandern) D 795
Leslie Howard, piano
10:29 a.m.
Jessie Montgomery
Hymn for Everyone
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Riccardo Muti, conductor
10:41 a.m.
Zenobia Powell Perry
Piano Potpurri: No. 5. A Jazz Trifle
LaDoris Hazzard Cordell, piano
10:45 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso No. 9 in F major Opus 6/9 HWV 327
Boston Baroque; Martin Pearlman, conductor
10:59 a.m.
Karl Goldmark
Im Fruhling Overture (In Spring) Opus 36
Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra; Andras Korodi, conductor
11:11 a.m.
Scott Joplin
Treemonisha: Prelude Act III
Houston Grand Opera Orchestra; Gunther Schuller, conductor
11:16 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Violin Concerto in A minor Opus 53
London Philharmonic Orchestra; Daniel Barenboim, conductor Itzhak Perlman, violin
11:49 a.m.
Johann Strauss, Jr.
Morning Papers Opus 279 (Morgenblatter)
Vienna State Opera Orchestra; Jascha Horenstein, conductor
12:00 p.m.
Edward Elgar
Cello Concerto in E minor Opus 85
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; Simon Rattle, conductor Truls Mork, cello
12:31 p.m.
Frederic Chopin
Waltz No. 1 "Grande Valse Brillante" in Eb major Opus 18
Daniil Trifonov, piano
12:36 p.m.
Edward K. (Duke) Ellington
It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got that Swing)
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; Simon Rattle, conductor Various soloists
12:46 p.m.
Yuzo Toyama
Suite from Yugen: Dance of Celestials
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra; Mariss Jansons, conductor Per Flemstrom, flute
12:49 p.m.
Leo Brouwer
El Decameron Negro: 3. Balada de la doncella enamorada
Sharon Isbin, guitar
12:56 p.m.
Leo Delibes
Sylvia: Pizzicato Polka
New Philharmonia Orchestra; Richard Bonynge, conductor
12:59 p.m.
Florence Price
Violin Concerto No. 1: I. Allegro moderato in D major
Philadelphia Orchestra; Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor Randall Goosby, violin
1:17 p.m.
TRADITIONAL
The Lark in the Clear Air
McGill/McHale Trio Demarre McGill, flute; Anthony McGill, clarinet; Michael McHale, piano
1:22 p.m.
Tomaso Albinoni
Adagio in G minor
Paillard Chamber Orchestra; Jean-Francois Pailliard, conductor
1:33 p.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
PRECIOSA: Overture J 279
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra; Antoni Wit, conductor
1:43 p.m.
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Five Negro Melodies for Piano Trio
Neave Trio
2:00 p.m.
William Walton
Symphony No. 1 in Bb minor
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor
2:45 p.m.
Georges Bizet
CARMEN: Toreador song
London Symphony Orchestra; Neville Marriner, conductor
2:49 p.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto for 2 mandolins in G major RV 532
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Iona Brown, conductor Pepe Romero, guitar; Angel Romero, guitar
3:01 p.m.
Florence Price
Symphony No. 4: I. Tempo Moderato in D minor
Fort Smith Symphony; John Jeter, conductor
3:18 p.m.
Ludovico Einaudi
Experience
La Pieta; Angele Dubeau, conductor Angele Dubeau, violin
3:23 p.m.
Dmitri Shostakovich
Piano Concerto No. 1 in C minor Opus 35
Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana; Alexander Vedernikov, conductor Martha Argerich, piano; Sergei Nakariakov, trumpet
3:46 p.m.
Hubert Parry
Symphonic Variations
London Philharmonic Orchestra; Adrian Boult, conductor
4:01 p.m.
Claude Debussy
Images for Orchestra: Iberia: I. The Streets and Byways
San Francisco Symphony; Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
4:09 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Symphony No. 4 in Bb major Opus 60
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; Riccardo Chailly, conductor
4:40 p.m.
Josef Suk
Piano Trio in C minor Opus 2
Neave Trio
4:45 p.m.
Joe Hisaishi
Princess Mononoke Suite (from Princess Mononoke)
New Japan World Dream Orchestra; Joe Hisaishi, conductor Joe Hisaishi, piano
4:55 p.m.
Aaron Copland
Rodeo: Hoe-Down
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra; Leonard Slatkin, conductor
5:00 p.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso No. 1 in G major Opus 6/1 HWV 319
Handel & Haydn Society; Christopher Hogwood, conductor
5:13 p.m.
Philip Glass
String Quartet No. 3 "Mishima": VI. Mishima Closing
Attacca Quartet
5:17 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
The Hero's Song Opus 111
Scottish National Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
5:40 p.m.
Louise Farrenc
Etude No. 10 in F# minor Op 26/10
Lang Lang, piano
5:47 p.m.
Johannes Bernardus Van Bree
Concert Overture
Netherlands Radio Symphony Orchestra; Jac Van Steen, conductor
5:59 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Clarinet Quintet in A major K 581
Hagen Quartet Eduard Brunner, clarinet
6:31 p.m.
Giuseppe Verdi
RIGOLETTO: La Donna e Mobile
London Symphony Orchestra; Richard Bonynge, conductor Luciano Pavarotti, tenor
6:35 p.m.
Gerald Finzi
Eclogue for piano and string orchestra Opus 10
English String Orchestra; William Boughton, conductor Martin Jones, piano
6:45 p.m.
Leo Brouwer
Afro-Cuban Lullaby (Cancion de Cuna: Berceuse)
Pablo Sainz Villegas, guitar
6:49 p.m.
Jessie Montgomery
Peace
Anthony McGill, clarinet; Gloria Chien, piano
6:54 p.m.
James Horner
Legends of the Fall: The Ludlows
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra; Robert Ziegler, conductor Lindsey Stirling, violin
