Classical Music Playlist, August 19, 2024
Viktor Hartmann's design for the main façade of The Bogatyr Gates - AKA "The Great Gate of Kyiv"
Russian architect and painter Viktor Hartmann was born in St Petersburg in 1834 and produced countless sketches, watercolors and even early photographs of cathedrals and other architectural wonders not only in Russia but France, Italy, Germany and Poland, as well as his own original designs. Through following a movement that sought to depict a distinctly Russian aesthetic, he met Russian composers pursuing the same ideal in music. This group of composers included Modest Mussorgsky, with whom Hartmann became close friends. Hartmann’s sudden death of a brain aneurysm at age 39 (1873) shook Mussorgsky (and other Russian artists) and an exhibition of over 400 of Hartmann’s artworks was assembled in his honor in early 1874. Moved by the exhibition, Mussorgsky composed a suite of ten “pictures” for solo piano inspired by Hartmann's artworks on display. Nearly fifty years later, in 1922, Maurice Ravel brilliantly orchestrated the piano suite. Hear the orchestral color he added to Mussorgsky’s piano sketches in the orchestrated “Pictures at an Exhibition” for today’s Midday Masterpiece.
Above is Hartmann’s proposed design that inspired Mussorgsky’s famous “Great Gate of Kyiv” final movement.
6:00 a.m.
Georg Philipp Telemann
Concerto for Violin and 3 Horns in D major
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Iona Brown, conductor Hermann Baumann, horn; Timothy Brown, horn; Nicholas Hill, horn
6:12 a.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 90 in C major HOB 90
Hanover Band; Roy Goodman, conductor
6:39 a.m.
Alexander Glazunov
Violin Concerto in A minor Opus 82
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra; William Steinberg, conductor Nathan Milstein, violin
7:00 a.m.
Frederic Chopin
Piano Concerto No. 1: III. Rondo in E minor Opus 11
Mahler Chamber Orchestra; Mikhail Pletnev, conductor Daniil Trifonov, piano
7:10 a.m.
Carl Nielsen
Aladdin Suite Opus 34
San Francisco Symphony; Herbert Blomstedt, conductor
7:37 a.m.
Jessie Montgomery
Strum
Catalyst Quartet
7:45 a.m.
Bedrich Smetana
Ma Vlast: IV. From Bohemia's Woods and Meadows
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra; Vaclav Neumann, conductor
7:59 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
Music for the Royal Fireworks HWV 351
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor
8:18 a.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Piano Concerto No. 1 in G minor Opus 25
London Mozart Players; Jonathan Bloxham, conductor Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano
8:39 a.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
String Quartet No. 14: V. Presto in C# minor Opus 131
Takacs Quartet
8:46 a.m.
Hania Rani; Dobrawa Czocher
There Will Be Hope
Hania Rani, piano; Dobrawa Czocher, cello
8:51 a.m.
Jean Sibelius
Violin Concerto: III. Allegro, ma non tanto in D minor Opus 47
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra; Klaus Makela, conductor Janine Jansen, violin
9:00 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Symphony No. 7 in D minor Opus 70
Los Angeles Philharmonic; Gustavo Dudamel, conductor Bomsori Kim, violin
9:37 a.m.
Heitor Villa-Lobos
Prelude no. 1 in E minor
Julian Bream, guitar
9:42 a.m.
Camargo Mozart Guarnieri
Brazilian Dance (Dansa Brasileira)
Boston Pops Orchestra; Keith Lockhart, conductor
9:45 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto for viola d'amore and lute in D minor RV 540
Academy of Ancient Music; Andrew Manze, conductor
10:00 a.m.
Elena Roussanova
Moments of Arrival
Prague Radio Symphony; Julius Williams, conductor
10:13 a.m.
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Five Negro Melodies: 4. They will not lend me a child
Neave Trio
10:19 a.m.
Franz Krommer
Clarinet Concerto in E minor Opus 86
English Chamber Orchestra; Anthony Pay, conductor Thomas Friedli, clarinet
10:46 a.m.
Carlos Chavez
Symphony No. 2 "Sinfonia India"
Simon Bolivar Orchestra; Eduardo Mata, conductor
11:00 a.m.
Johann Nepomuk Hummel
Piano Concerto No. 2 in A minor Opus 85
English Chamber Orchestra; Bryden Thomson, conductor Stephen Hough, piano
11:31 a.m.
Fernando Sor
Etude No. 19 in Bb major Opus 29/13
Andres Segovia, guitar
11:34 a.m.
Mel Bonis
Serenade Opus 46
Sandrine Cantoreggi, violin; Sheila Arnold, piano
11:40 a.m.
Koji Kondo
The Legend of Zelda Suite
London Philharmonic Orchestra
11:44 a.m.
Richard Wagner
DIE WALKURE: Ride of the Valkyries
Berlin Philharmonic; Herbert von Karajan, conductor
11:51 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Slavonic Dance No. 4 in F major Opus 46
Cleveland Orchestra; Christoph Von Dohnanyi, conductor
12:00 p.m.
Robert Schumann
Concertpiece for 4 horns & orchestra in F major Opus 86
Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor Members of...
12:19 p.m.
John Williams
E.T. The Extra Terrestial: Flying Theme
London Symphony Orchestra; John Williams, conductor
12:24 p.m.
Ina Boyle
Phantasy for Violin and Chamber Orchestra
Thessaloniki State Symphony Orchestra (THESS-sal-loh-NEE-kee); Daniel Geiss, conductor Daniel Hope, violin
12:32 p.m.
William Grant Still
Symphony No. 1 "Afro-American"
Detroit Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
12:57 p.m.
Tielmann Susato
La Mourisque
University of Texas Wind Ensemble; Jerry Junkin, conductor
1:01 p.m.
Giacomo Puccini
Capriccio Sinfonico
Monte Carlo National Opera Orchestra; Claudio Scimone, conductor
1:14 p.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
A Midsummer Night's Dream: Scherzo
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra; Yoel Levi, conductor
1:20 p.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
Piano Quartet in Bb major Opus 41
Prometheus Piano Quartet
1:53 p.m.
Paul Hindemith
Symphonic Metamorphosis: IV. March
San Francisco Symphony; Herbert Blomstedt, conductor Randall Goosby, violin
2:00 p.m.
Modest Mussorgsky
Pictures at an Exhibition
Philadelphia Orchestra; Riccardo Muti, conductor
2:32 p.m.
Fanny Mendelssohn
Easter Sonata in A major H235 Ostersonate
Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano
2:57 p.m.
John Williams
STAR WARS - THE PHANTOM MENACE: Duel of the Fates
London Symphony Orchestra; John Williams, conductor London Voices
3:02 p.m.
Arcangelo Corelli
Concerto Grosso No. 3 in C minor Opus 6
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra; Nicholas McGegan, conductor
3:12 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Symphony No. 2 in D major Opus 36
Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
3:47 p.m.
Gabriel Olafs
Islandus: Flora II "The Lily"
Reykjavik Orchestra; Viktor Orri Arnason, conductor Gabriel Olafs, piano
3:52 p.m.
Henry Litolff
Concerto Symphonique No. 4: II. Scherzo Opus 102
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Moshe Atzmon, conductor Cristina Ortiz, piano
4:01 p.m.
Franz Krommer
Concerto for two clarinets in Eb major Opus 35
English Chamber Orchestra; Anthony Pay, conductor Thomas Friedli, clarinet; Antony Pay, clarinet
4:24 p.m.
Alma Deutscher
The Chase (Impromptu in C minor)
Alma Deutscher, piano
4:30 p.m.
Astor Piazzolla
Spring in Buenos Aires (Primavera Portena)
Kremerata Baltica Gidon Kremer, violin
4:36 p.m.
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Capriccio Espagnol Opus 34
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor
4:53 p.m.
Mikhail Glinka
RUSLAN AND LUDMILA: Overture
Bavarian Radio Symphony; Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
4:59 p.m.
Johannes Brahms
Symphony No. 3: I. Allegro con brio in F major Opus 90
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; Riccardo Chailly, conductor
5:12 p.m.
Clara Schumann
Scherzo No. 1 in D minor in D minor Opus 10
Angela Cheng, piano
5:19 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D major BWV 1050
Tafelmusik; Jeanne Lamon, conductor
5:40 p.m.
Aram Khachaturian
Flute Concerto: First Movement
Philharmonia Orchestra; Ion Marin, conductor Patrick Gallois, flute
5:55 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Symphony No. 8: IV. Finale in G major Opus 88
Berlin Philharmonic; Rafael Kubelik, conductor Bomsori Kim, violin
6:01 p.m.
Theodore Dubois
Piano Concerto No. 2
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra; Andrew Manze, conductor Cedric Tiberghien, piano
6:29 p.m.
Giuseppe Verdi
AIDA: Triumphal March from Act II
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra; Robert Shaw, conductor Atlanta Symphony Chorus
6:40 p.m.
Rebecca Clarke
Passacaglia (on an Old English Tune)
Philip Dukes, viola; Sophia Rahman, piano
6:45 p.m.
Nigel Hess
Fantasy for Violin and Orchestra
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Nigel Hess, conductor Joshua Bell, violin
6:50 p.m.
Florence Price
Fantasie Negre No. 2 in G minor
Michelle Cann, piano
