Classical Music Playlist, August 26, 2024
Listen for the theme played by clarinets and bassoon at the very opening of Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 5. It recurs throughout the symphony, expressed in different moods. In the symphony’s opening notes, it sounds positively funereal. At the end of the final movement over 40 minutes later, the theme has transformed into a triumphant celebration. Tchaikovsky wrote in his notebooks that the somber introduction is “a complete resignation before fate.” The exhilarating finale, then, is clearly a conquest of it. Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 5 is today’s Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
Florian Leopold Gassmann
THE CRITICAL NIGHT (La notte critica): Overture Hill 143
Eclipse Chamber Orchestra; Sylvia Alimena, conductor
6:08 a.m.
John Rutter
Folk Suite
Royal Ballet Sinfonia; David Lloyd-Jones, conductor
6:21 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Keyboard Concerto No. 6 in F major BWV 1057
Chamber Orchestra of Europe Andras Schiff, piano
6:38 a.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 100 "Military" in G major
Philharmonia Orchestra; Leonard Slatkin, conductor
7:01 a.m.
Mauro Giuliani
Guitar Concerto No. 3: III. Polonaise. Allegretto in F major Opus 70
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor Pepe Romero, guitar
7:10 a.m.
Niels Gade
Symphony No. 5 in D minor Opus 25
Stockholm Sinfonietta; Neeme Jarvi, conductor Roland Pontinen, piano
7:37 a.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
EUGENE ONEGIN: Waltz
Staatskapelle Dresden; Hans Vonk, conductor
7:44 a.m.
Teresa Carreno
Nocturne, "Souvenirs de mon pays"
Alexandra Oehler, piano
7:52 a.m.
Gabriel Olafs
Islandus: Flora II "The Lily"
Reykjavik Orchestra; Viktor Orri Arnason, conductor Gabriel Olafs, piano
7:58 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
Water Music Suite No. 2 in D major HWV 349
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra; Nicholas McGegan, conductor
8:08 a.m.
Arnold Bax
Tintagel
London Philharmonic Orchestra; Osmo Vanska, conductor
8:23 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
String Quartet No. 12 "American" in F major Opus 96
Pacifica Quartet
8:51 a.m.
Claude Debussy
Scottish March (Marche Ecossaise)
Lyon National Orchestra; Jun Markl, conductor
8:59 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 24 in C minor K 491 (FROM THE RUSSELL KLETZING COLLECTION)
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor Alfred Brendel, piano
9:30 a.m.
Ralph Vaughan Williams
The Lark Ascending
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; Simon Rattle, conductor Nigel Kennedy, violin
9:49 a.m.
James Aikman
Ania's Song: A Pavane for String Orchestra (2006)
St. Petersburg State Symphony Orchestra; Vladimir Lande, conductor
10:00 a.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Symphony No. 7 in A major Opus 92
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Carlos Kleiber, conductor
10:39 a.m.
Astor Piazzolla
Oblivion
London Symphony Orchestra; Keith Lockhart, conductor Anne Akiko Meyers, violin
10:44 a.m.
Richard Rodgers
Carousel: Waltz
Stephen Hough, piano
10:51 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
10:59 a.m.
Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges
Violin Concerto in A major Opus 5/2
Encore Chamber Orchestra; Daniel Hege, conductor Rachel Barton Pine, violin
11:24 a.m.
Philip Glass
The Hours Suite: II. The Poet Acts
Janacek Philharmonic; Mark Shapiro, conductor Gregory Harrington, violin
11:28 a.m.
Agustin Barrios
Danza Paraguaya No. 2: Jha, Che valle!
David Russell, guitar
11:30 a.m.
Louis Moreau Gottschalk
Souvenir de Porto Rico Opus 31
Alan Feinberg, piano
11:37 a.m.
Gioachino Rossini
Bassoon Concerto
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Gianandrea Noseda, conductor Karen Geoghegan, bassoon
11:56 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Orchestral Suite No. 2: Badinerie BWV 1067
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor
11:59 a.m.
Robert Schumann
Piano Concerto: III. Allegro vivace in A minor Opus 54
San Francisco Ballet Orchestra; Martin West, conductor Lara Downes, piano
12:12 p.m.
Michael Nyman
Trysting Fields
Kremerata Baltica; Gidon Kremer, conductor
12:18 p.m.
Maria Newman
String Quartet No. 2 "LAUDS": finale in F major Op. 35
Malibu Coast String Quartet
12:22 p.m.
August de Boeck
Dahomeyan Rhapsody
Belgian Radio and Television Philharmonic; Alexander Rahbari, conductor
12:28 p.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Symphony No. 4 "Italian" in A major Opus 90
Chamber Orchestra of Europe; Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor
12:58 p.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso No. 6 in D major Opus 3/6 HWV 317
Academy of Ancient Music; Richard Egarr, conductor Richard Egarr, organ
1:08 p.m.
Johannes Brahms
Horn Trio in Eb major Opus 40
Martin Hackleman, horn; Martin Beaver, violin; Jane Coop, piano
1:37 p.m.
Fernando Sor
Etude No. 17 in E minor Opus 6/11
Andres Segovia, guitar
1:41 p.m.
Maurice Ravel
Le tombeau de Couperin (The tomb of Couperin)
Boston Symphony Orchestra; Seiji Ozawa, conductor
2:00 p.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Symphony No. 5 in E minor Opus 64
Philharmonia Orchestra; Riccardo Muti, conductor
2:48 p.m.
Juliette Pochin; James Morgan
My Peace I Give You
Poor Clare Sisters Arundel Roman Nagel, piano
2:53 p.m.
Clara Schumann
Three Romances for Violin and Piano Opus 22
Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano; Elena Urioste, violin
3:05 p.m.
Francesco Geminiani
Concerto Grosso "La Follia" in D minor
Boston Baroque; Martin Pearlman, conductor
3:16 p.m.
Anthony Holborne
Fantasia
The King's Noyse
3:17 p.m.
Ryuichi Sakamoto
Solitude
La Pieta Angele Dubeau, violin
3:23 p.m.
Earl Wild
Grand Fantasie on Porgy and Bess: Summertime (After G. Gershwin)
San Francisco Symphony; Herbert Blomstedt, conductor Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano
3:45 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Horn Concerto No. 3 in Eb major K 447
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra; Nicholas McGegan, conductor Lowell Greer, natural horn
4:01 p.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 96 "Miracle" in D major HOB I:96
Chamber Orchestra of Europe; Claudio Abbado, conductor
4:24 p.m.
Paquito D'Rivera
Aires Tropicales: I & II. Alborada & Son
Imani Winds
4:32 p.m.
George Gershwin
Bess, You Is My Woman Now
Randall Goosby, violin; Zhu Wang, piano
4:35 p.m.
Joe Hisaishi
One Summer's Day (from Spirited Away)
London Symphony Orchestra; Roman Simovic, conductor Joe Hisaishi, piano
4:40 p.m.
Edvard Grieg
In Autumn Overture Opus 11
Bergen Philharmonic; Ole Kristian Ruud, conductor
4:55 p.m.
George Friederich Handel
Solomon: Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
4:59 p.m.
Marianne Martinez
Piano Concerto in A Major in A major
Orqueste Filarmonia Iberica; Melani Mestre, conductor Melani Mestre, piano
5:15 p.m.
Agustin Barrios
Vals de Primavera
David Russell, guitar
5:21 p.m.
Charles-Valentin Alkan
Barcarolle Opus 65/6
Raymond Lewenthal, piano
5:25 p.m.
Florence Price
Violin Concerto no. 1 in D major
Janacek Philharmonic; Ryan Cockerham, conductor Er-Gene Kahng
5:50 p.m.
Gabriel Olafs
Melodia Suite: Absent Minded & Filma
Reykjavik Orchestra; Viktor Orri Arnason, conductor Gabriel Olafs, piano
5:59 p.m.
Francesco Molino
Guitar Concerto in E minor Opus 56
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Iona Brown, conductor Pepe Romero, guitar
6:24 p.m.
Benjamin Britten
Soirees musicales (Suite after Rossini) Opus 9
Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra; Okko Kamu, conductor
6:36 p.m.
William Grant Still
Suite for Violin and Piano
Rachel Barton Pine, violin; Matthew Hagle, piano
6:50 p.m.
John Williams
STAR WARS - THE FORCE AWAKENS: The Jedi Steps and Finale
Studio Orchestra; John Williams, conductor
