Classical Music Playlist, August 22, 2024
“Music must be freed from all learned bombast. It must endeavor with modesty to give joy. Exaggerated complication is the opposite of art. Beauty must be sensually perceivable so that it can...penetrate us without us having difficulty understanding it.”
Before Claude Debussy said that in a 1910 interview, he demonstrated it in his compositions. In what might be called his quiet revolution, Debussy consciously rejected traditional form and development in favor of music with a new color and mood. Clair de Lune, Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun, and Pelléas et Mélisande are examples. He was working toward that in 1893 with his only String Quartet. It's today's Midday Masterpiece as we celebrate Debussy’s birthday today (1862).
6:00 a.m.
Charles Avison
Concerto No. 4 in G minor Opus 4/4
Avison Ensemble; Pavlo Beznosiuk, conductor
6:11 a.m.
Joseph Wolfl
Piano Concerto No. 6 "The Cuckoo" Opus 49
S. W. German Radio Symphony Orchestra; Johannes Moesus, conductor Yorck Kronenberg, piano
6:29 a.m.
Rafael Antonio Castellanos
Vaya de Jacara Amigos
El Mundo; Richard Savino, director, conductor Ryland Angel, tenor
6:35 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
American Suite in A major Opus 98
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic; Libor Pesek, conductor
6:59 a.m.
Arnold Bax
Overture to a Picaresque Comedy
Royal Scottish National Orchestra; David Lloyd-Jones, conductor
7:09 a.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 73 "La Chasse" (The Hunt) in D major
Heidelberg Symphony; Thomas Fey, conductor
7:32 a.m.
Dorothy Howell
Lamia
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Rumon Gamba, conductor Sophie Langdon, violin; Richard Watkins, horn
7:35 a.m.
Juliette Pochin; James Morgan
My Peace I Give You
Poor Clare Sisters Arundel Roman Nagel, piano
7:40 a.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Symphony No. 6 "Pastoral": I. Allegro ma non troppo in F major Opus 68
Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
7:53 a.m.
Gerald Finzi
Romance in Eb major Opus 11
Manitoba Chamber Orchestra; Simon Streatfield, conductor
8:02 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso No. 1 in G major Opus 6/1 HWV 319
Handel & Haydn Society; Christopher Hogwood, conductor
8:15 a.m.
Edvard Grieg
Symphonic Dances Opus 64
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
8:47 a.m.
Carlos Simon
Memory of Summer
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra; Klaus Makela, conductor Carlos Simon, piano
8:57 a.m.
Georges Bizet
CARMEN: Toreador song
Cincinnati Pops; Erich Kunzel, conductor
9:01 a.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor Opus 49
Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin; Andre Previn, piano; Lynn Harrell, cello
9:30 a.m.
Charles Avison
Concerto No. 5 in Bb major Opus 4/5
Avison Ensemble; Pavlo Beznosiuk, conductor
9:39 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Symphony No. 8: IV. Finale in G major Opus 88
Berlin Philharmonic; Rafael Kubelik, conductor Bomsori Kim, violin
9:44 a.m.
Cecile Chaminade
Etude Romantique Opus 132
Joanne Polk, piano
9:52 a.m.
Gabriel Faure
Pavane Opus 50
Minnesota Orchestra; Eiji Oue, conductor
10:00 a.m.
Ignaz Moscheles
Recollections of Ireland Opus 69
Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra; Howard Shelley, conductor Howard Shelley, piano
10:16 a.m.
Gabriela Lena Frank
Leyendas: VI. Coqueteos
Del Sol String Quartet
10:19 a.m.
Leonard Cohen
Famous Blue Raincoat
12 Ensemble Milos Karadaglic, guitar
10:24 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Violin Concerto, Op. 3, No. 6 in A minor Opus 3/6 RV 356
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor Simon Standage, violin
10:32 a.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
Symphony No. 2 in C major J 51
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor
10:52 a.m.
Hans Rott
Symphony No. 1: III. Scherzo: Frisch und lebhaft (Fresh and lively) in E major
Bamberg Symphony; Jakub Hrusa, conductor Raphael Feuillatre, guitar
10:59 a.m.
Clara Schumann
Piano Concerto in A minor Opus 7
The Women's Philharmonic; JoAnn Falletta, conductor Angela Cheng, piano
11:22 a.m.
Nino Rota
The Godfather: Selections
Orchestra of La Scala, Milan; Riccardo Muti, conductor
11:30 a.m.
Andrew York
Spin
Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
11:37 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude and Fugue (from the Well-Tempered Clavier I:02) in C minor BWV 847
Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano
11:42 a.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
String Symphony No. 1 in C major
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; Kurt Masur, conductor
11:54 a.m.
Johan Halvorsen
Entry March of the Boyars
Bergen Philharmonic; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
12:00 p.m.
Ernest Farrar
Rhapsody No. 1 "The Open Road" Opus 9
Philharmonia Orchestra; Alasdair Mitchell, conductor
12:11 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
MARRIAGE OF FIGARO: Overture K 492
London Philharmonic Orchestra; George Solti, conductor
12:16 p.m.
Joe Hisaishi
Princess Mononoke Suite (from Princess Mononoke)
New Japan World Dream Orchestra; Joe Hisaishi, conductor Joe Hisaishi, piano
12:26 p.m.
Frederic Hand
Heart's Song
Frederic Hand, guitar
12:31 p.m.
John C. Williams
When The Birds Return
Voces8; Barnaby Smith, conductor Xuefei Yang, guitar
12:37 p.m.
Bernhard Crusell
Clarinet Concerto No. 1 in Eb major Opus 1
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Gunther Herbig, conductor Emma Johnson, clarinet
1:01 p.m.
Jean Sibelius
Karelia Suite Opus 11
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra; Pieteri Inkinen, conductor
1:20 p.m.
Margaret Bonds
Hold On
PubliQuartet Musicality Vocal Ensemble; Lara Downes, piano
1:25 p.m.
Enrique Granados
Danzas espanolas No. 5 "Andaluza"
Narciso Yepes, guitar
1:31 p.m.
Ethel Smyth
String Quintet in E major Opus 1
Mannheim String Quartet
2:00 p.m.
Claude Debussy
String Quartet in G minor Opus 10
Quatuor Ebene
2:27 p.m.
Marco Uccellini
La Gran Battaglia
El Mundo; Richard Savino, director, conductor
2:30 p.m.
Valerie Coleman
Umoja
Imani Winds
2:34 p.m.
Ottorino Respighi
Fountains of Rome
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor
2:52 p.m.
Sergei Prokofiev
Romeo & Juliet: Dance of the Knights Opus 64
Toronto Symphony Orchestra; Jukka-Pekka Saraste, conductor
2:58 p.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Ruy Blas: Overture Opus 95
Bergen Philharmonic; Andrew Litton, conductor
3:07 p.m.
Giovanni Bassano
Divisions on "Frais et gaillard" (madrigal by Clemens non Papa)
The King's Noyse; David Douglass, conductor
3:10 p.m.
Robert Farnon
Seashore
BBC Concert Orchestra; Gavin Sutherland, conductor Valentina Lisitsa, piano
3:13 p.m.
Clarice Assad
Bohemian Queen: III. Hyde Park Jam
Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra; Allen Tinkham, conductor Mary Elizabeth Bowden, trumpet
3:20 p.m.
William Grant Still
Africa: Symphonic Poem
Fort Smith Symphony; John Jeter, conductor
3:49 p.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso No. 1 in Bb major Opus 3/1 HWV 312
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor
3:59 p.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Piano Concerto No. 11 in D major HOB 18:11
Norwegian Chamber Orchestra Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
4:19 p.m.
Steve Reich
Electric Counterpoint: Third Movement
Valerie Milot, harp
4:24 p.m.
Michael Nyman
If (from The Diary of Anne Frank)
BBC Concert Orchestra; Jessica Cottis, conductor Jess Gillam, soprano saxophone
4:29 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Sheep May Safely Graze BWV 208
Empire Brass Douglas Major, organ
4:35 p.m.
Alexander Scriabin
Symphony No. 4 "The Poem of Ecstasy" Opus 54
Cleveland Orchestra; Lorin Maazel, conductor
4:55 p.m.
Leo Delibes
Lakme: Flower Duet (Viens, Malika..Sous le Dome epais)
Monte Carlo National Opera Orchestra; Richard Bonynge, conductor Joan Sutherland, soprano; Jane Berbie, mezzo-soprano
5:01 p.m.
Arnold Bax
Morning Song (Maytime in Sussex)
London Philharmonic Orchestra; Bryden Thomson, conductor Margaret Fingerhut, piano
5:10 p.m.
Franz Krommer
Oboe Concerto in F major Opus 52
Czech National Symphony Orchestra; Paul Freeman, conductor Alex Klein, oboe
5:31 p.m.
Enrique Soro
Danza Fantastica
Chile Symphony Orchestra; Jose Luis Dominguez, conductor
5:36 p.m.
Valerie Coleman
Concerto for Wind Quintet: I. Afro
Imani Winds
5:41 p.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Variations on a Rococo Theme Opus 33
San Francisco Ballet Orchestra; Martin West, conductor Zuill Bailey, cello
6:02 p.m.
Robert Schumann
Symphony No. 1 "Spring" in Bb major Opus 38
Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
6:33 p.m.
Adolphus Hailstork
Fanfare on Amazing Grace
Virginia Symphony Orchestra; JoAnn Falletta, conductor
6:37 p.m.
Stephen Sondheim
Sweeny Todd: Not While I'm Around
Seattle Symphony; Gerard Schwarz, conductor Jeffrey Silberschlag, trumpet
6:42 p.m.
Scott Joplin
The Entertainer
Lara Downes, piano
6:46 p.m.
Samuel Akpabot
Pastorale from "Scenes from Nigeria"
Marcus Eley, clarinet; Lucerne DeSa, piano
6:50 p.m.
Philip Glass; Ravi Shankar
Sadhanipa
studio ensemble; Michael Riesman, conductor
