Classical Music Playlist, August 6, 2024
Jean Sibelius (circa 1940-45) | Photo: Wikipedia
Years before completing it, Jean Sibelius had thought to compose his Seventh Symphony in three movements. But the single movement work he finished in 1924 was structurally so different from a standard symphony that he initially didn't even call it a symphony but rather premiered as "Fantasia sinfonica," finally naming it "Symphony 7" when it was published. What he initially thought might be said in three movements Sibelius finally condensed into three. This sort of density of musical ideas is what led conductor Sir Simon Rattle to say about the composer, "Sibelius is so concentrated and exact. With Sibelius you feel that if one drop touched your skin it would burn right through the bone." The single-movement Sibelius Symphony No. 7 is today’s Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
Louise Farrenc
Sextet in C minor Opus 40
Linos Ensemble
6:26 a.m.
Joe Hisaishi
One Summer's Day (from Spirited Away)
London Symphony Orchestra; Roman Simovic, conductor Joe Hisaishi, piano
6:30 a.m.
Astor Piazzolla
Summer in Buenos Aires (Verano Porteno)
David Tanenbaum, guitar
6:34 a.m.
Johan Halvorsen
Ancient Suite (Suite ancienne) Opus 31a
Bergen Philharmonic; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
7:00 a.m.
Wilhelm Peterson-Berger
Frosoblomster, Suite No. 1 (The Flowers of Froso) op. 16
Norrkoping Symphony Orchestra; Michail Jurowski, conductor
7:19 a.m.
Fanny Mendelssohn
Piano Sonata in C minor in C minor (1824, age 18) H128
Betty Ann Miller, piano
7:37 a.m.
Mario Melfi
Poema
Cortango
7:40 a.m.
Ariel Ramirez
MISA CRIOLLA: II. Gloria
Zurich Chamber Orchestra; Daniel Hope, conductor Daniel Hope, violin; Palau de la Musica vocal quartet
7:47 a.m.
Franz Liszt
Hungarian Rhapsody No. 1 in F minor
Vancouver Symphony Orchestra; Sergiu Commissiona, conductor
8:01 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Symphony No. 9 "From the New World": I. Adagio - Allegro molto in E minor Opus 95
Los Angeles Philharmonic; Gustavo Dudamel, conductor
8:14 a.m.
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini Opus 43
Rochester Philharmonic; Christopher Seaman, conductor Jon Nakamatsu, piano
8:40 a.m.
John C. Williams
When The Birds Return
Voces8; Barnaby Smith, conductor Xuefei Yang, guitar
8:45 a.m.
John Williams
Summon the Heroes
Boston Pops Orchestra; John Williams, conductor
8:52 a.m.
Jean Sibelius
Overture in A minor
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
9:00 a.m.
Florence Price
Symphony No. 3
Philadelphia Orchestra; Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor
9:33 a.m.
Josef Suk
Piano Trio in C minor Opus 2
Neave Trio
9:38 a.m.
Anton Bruckner
Symphony No. 9: II. Scherzo in D minor WAB 109
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Christian Thielemann, conductor
9:49 a.m.
Richard Addinsell
Warsaw Concerto
BBC Symphony Orchestra; Hugh Wolff, conductor Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano
10:00 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
My Home Overture Opus 62
Los Angeles Philharmonic; Andre Previn, conductor
10:10 a.m.
Reynaldo Hahn
Piano Concerto in E major
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra; Jean-Yves Ossonce, conductor Stephen Coombs, piano
10:40 a.m.
Paulinho Nogueira; Luiz Gonzaga
Bachianinha No. 2 / Araponga
Plinio Fernandes, guitar
10:43 a.m.
Francisco Tarrega
Memories of the Alhambra (Recuerdos de la Alhambra)
Narciso Yepes, guitar
10:47 a.m.
George Enescu
Romanian Rhapsody No. 1 in A major Opus 11
National Orchestra of France; Cristian Macelaru, conductor Yuja Wang, piano
11:00 a.m.
Georg Philipp Telemann
Concerto for flute and strings in D major
Berlin Baroque Soloists; Rainer Kussmaul, conductor Emmanuel Pahud, flute
11:14 a.m.
Earl Wild
Grand Fantasie on Porgy and Bess: Summertime (After G. Gershwin)
San Francisco Symphony; Herbert Blomstedt, conductor Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano
11:17 a.m.
Ethel Smyth
Piano Trio: III. Scherzo. Presto con brio in D minor
Neave Trio Tasmin Little, violin; John Lenehan, piano
11:22 a.m.
Muzio Clementi
Symphony No. 2 in D major
Philharmonia Orchestra; Claudio Scimone, conductor
11:48 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso No. 2 in Bb major Opus 3/2 HWV 313
Academy of Ancient Music; Richard Egarr, conductor
12:01 p.m.
Franz Liszt
Piano Concerto No. 1 in Eb major
London Symphony Orchestra; Claudio Abbado, conductor Martha Argerich, piano
12:20 p.m.
Gentil Montana
Suite Colombiana No. 2: IV. Porro
Jose Antonio Escobar, guitar
12:23 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Cantata No. 29: Sinfonia BWV 29
Brandenburg Consort; Roy Goodman, conductor Paul Nicholson, organ
12:27 p.m.
Erich Korngold
The Sea Hawk (1940) Suite
Oregon Symphony; James DePreist, conductor
12:36 p.m.
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Five Negro Melodies: 4. They will not lend me a child
Neave Trio
12:43 p.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Capriccio italien Opus 45
Dallas Symphony Orchestra; Eduardo Mata, conductor
12:59 p.m.
Robert Schumann
Carnaval Opus 9
Minnesota Orchestra; Eiji Oue, conductor
1:10 p.m.
Anna Clyne
DANCE: I. when you're broken open
London Philharmonic Orchestra; Marin Alsop, conductor Inbal Segev, cello
1:15 p.m.
Caroline Shaw
Microfictions [volume 1]: I. Under the hot sun...
Mir� Quartet
1:20 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Czech Suite Opus 39
Prague Philharmonia; Jakub Hrusa, conductor
1:44 p.m.
Cecile Chaminade
Arabesque Opus 61
Peter Jacobs, piano
1:49 p.m.
Johannes Brahms
Violin Concerto: III. Allegro Giocoso (Finale) in D major Opus 77
Concertgebouw Orchestra; Bernard Haitink, conductor Henryk Szeryng, violin
2:00 p.m.
Jean Sibelius
Symphony No. 7 in C major Opus 105
Berlin Philharmonic; Herbert Von Karajan, conductor
2:24 p.m.
Clarice Assad
Bohemian Queen: III. Hyde Park Jam
Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra; Allen Tinkham, conductor Mary Elizabeth Bowden, trumpet
2:30 p.m.
Napoleon Coste
Variations on a theme by Rossini
Pavel Steidl, guitar
2:45 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Leonore Overture No. 3 Opus 72
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra; Yoel Levi, conductor
3:00 p.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto No. 2 in G minor Opus 3 RV 578
Tafelmusik; Jeanne Lamon, conductor
3:10 p.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Symphony No. 4 "Italian" in A major Opus 90
Chamber Orchestra of Europe; Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor
3:40 p.m.
George Butterworth
Banks of Green Willow
English Sinfonia; Neville Dilkes, conductor
3:48 p.m.
Astor Piazzolla; Jorge Calandrelli, arr.
Oblivion
Anna Maria Mendieta, harp; ...and friends
3:53 p.m.
George Friederich Handel
Solomon: Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
3:58 p.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
DER FREISCHUTZ: Overture Opus 77 J 277
Tapiola Sinfonietta; Jean Jacques Kantorow, conductor
4:08 p.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 93 in D major HOB I:93
Heidelberg Symphony Orchestra; Thomas Fey, conductor
4:31 p.m.
John Williams
Raiders of the Lost Ark: The Raiders' March
Boston Pops Orchestra; John Williams, conductor
4:38 p.m.
Johannes Brahms
Piano Sonata No. 1: IV. Finale in C major Opus 1
Norman Krieger, piano
4:46 p.m.
Ralph Vaughan Williams
English Folk Song Suite
University of Texas Wind Ensemble; Jerry Junkin, conductor
4:59 p.m.
Johan Svendsen
Carnival in Paris (Karnival i Paris) Opus 9
Latvian National Symphony; Terje Mikkelsen, conductor
5:13 p.m.
Agustin Barrios
Danzas Paraguayas
David Russell, guitar
5:20 p.m.
George Gershwin
Piano Concerto in F major
Boston Pops Orchestra; Arthur Fiedler, conductor Earl Wild, piano
5:50 p.m.
Danny Elfman
Percussion Concerto: II. D.S.C.H.
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic; JoAnn Falletta, conductor Colin Currie, percussion
5:59 p.m.
Asger Hamerik
Symphony No. 1 "Symphonie Poetique" in F major Opus 29
Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra; Thomas Dausgaard, conductor
6:29 p.m.
Johann Strauss, Jr.
Morning Papers Opus 279 (Morgenblatter)
Vienna State Opera Orchestra; Jascha Horenstein, conductor
6:39 p.m.
Rebecca Clarke
Passacaglia (on an Old English Tune)
Philip Dukes, viola; Sophia Rahman, piano
6:50 p.m.
Missy Mazzoli
Impromptu (Thomas's Piece)
The Kapralova Orchestra Joshua Bell, violin
6:53 p.m.
Mark O'Connor
Appalachia Waltz
Yo Yo Ma, cello; Mark O'Connor, violin; Edgar Meyer, bass
