Classical Music Playlist, August 21, 2024
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Johan Halvorsen (1864-1935)
By the time Norwegian composer Johan Halvorsen wrote his first symphony in 1923 he was already a prominent figure in Norwegian musical life; in fact, he would retire in 1929 from his professional life of composing and conducting for the National Theatre for thirty years and then compose the final two of his three symphonies. His 1923 Symphony No. 1 preceded his retirement and even he considered it conservative for the time. Including a Norwegian folk dance, the Halling, the Symphony No. 1 by Johan Halvorsen is today's Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
Johan Helmich Roman
The Drottningholm Music (3)
Stockholm Museum Chamber Orchestra; Claude Genetay, conductor
6:17 a.m.
Victor Herbert
Cello Concerto No. 1 in D major Opus 8
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor Lynn Harrell, cello
6:45 a.m.
Olivia Belli
Nocturne IV
Olivia Belli, piano
6:49 a.m.
Gustav Holst
Brook Green Suite Opus 190
City of London Sinfonia; Richard Hickox, conductor
6:58 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso No. 3 in G major Opus 3/3 HWV 314
Handel & Haydn Society; Christopher Hogwood, conductor
7:06 a.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
Piano Concerto No. 5 in F major Opus 103
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Andre Previn, conductor Jean-Philippe Collard, piano
7:37 a.m.
Gentil Montana
Suite colombiana No. 2
Eduardo Fernandez, guitar
7:52 a.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
Clarinet Concerto No. 1: III. Rondo in F minor Opus 73
Staatskapelle Dresden; Herbert Blomstedt, conductor Sabine Meyer, clarinet
7:59 a.m.
Alexander Glazunov
Symphony No. 5: IV. Allegro maestoso in Bb major Opus 55
BBC Welsh Symphony Orchestra; Tadaaki Otaka, conductor
8:08 a.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Violin Concerto in D major Opus 35
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Fritz Reiner, conductor Jascha Heifetz, violin