Classical Music Playlist, September 5, 2024
![American composer Amy Beach (1867-1944) | photo by Rayhuff-Richter](/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,width=780/media/12257683/beach-amy-1b-800.jpg)
American composer Amy Beach (1867-1944) | photo by Rayhuff-Richter
Today we’re celebrating the 1867 birthday of American composer Amy Beach with a few of her pieces throughout the day. By 1900, Beach had become the most performed composer of her generation, and the first successful woman composer in America. Premiered in 1908 to great acclaim, the Piano Quintet in f-sharp-minor by Amy Beach is today’s Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso No. 5 in D major Opus 6/5 HWV 323
Academy of Ancient Music; Andrew Manze, conductor
6:15 a.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 92 "Oxford" in G major
Hanover Band; Roy Goodman, conductor
6:42 a.m.
Edward K. (Duke) Ellington
In a sentimental mood
Jason Vieaux, guitar
6:47 a.m.
Jose Moncayo
Sinfonietta
Mexico National Symphony Orchestra; Enrique Arturo Diemecke, conductor
6:59 a.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
Concertpiece for piano and orchestra in F minor Opus 79 (Konzertstuck)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra; Charles Mackerras, conductor Nikolai Demidenko, piano
7:17 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Sinfonia Concertante for winds and orchestra in Eb major K 297b
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra; Libor Pesek, conductor Radomir Pivoda, flute; Jiri Mihule, oboe; Zdenek Tylsar, horn; Frantisek Herman, bassoon
7:43 a.m.
Caroline Shaw
and the swallow
Fourth Wall Ensemble; Christopher Allen, conductor
7:48 a.m.
Franz Liszt
Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 in D minor
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; Kurt Masur, conductor
8:00 a.m.
Gabriel Faure
Masques and Bergamasques Opus 112
Lyon National Orchestra; Emmanuel Krivine, conductor
8:14 a.m.
Astor Piazzolla
Fall in Buenos Aires (Otono Porteno)
David Tanenbaum, guitar