Classical Music Playlist, September 5, 2024
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
8:23 a.m.
George Gershwin
Rhapsody in Blue
Cincinnati Jazz Orchestra; Erich Kunzel, conductor William Tritt, piano
8:42 a.m.
Amy Beach
Romance (1893) in D major Opus 23
Tasmin Little, violin; John Lenehan, piano
8:53 a.m.
Bedrich Smetana
BARTERED BRIDE: Dance of the Comedians
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Gianandrea Noseda, conductor
9:00 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Fantasia and Fugue in A minor in A minor BWV 904
Vikingur Olafsson, piano
9:11 a.m.
Peter Maxwell Davies
Farewell to Stromness
Lauren Scott, harp
9:19 a.m.
Franz Krommer
Concerto for two clarinets in Eb major Opus 91
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Kenneth Sillito, conductor Sabine Meyer, clarinet; Julian Bliss, clarinet
9:44 a.m.
Scott Joplin
The Entertainer
Lara Downes, piano
9:51 a.m.
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
The Tsar's Bride overture
Russian National Orchestra; Mikhail Pletnev, conductor
10:00 a.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
Symphony No. 3 "Organ" in C minor Opus 78
London Philharmonic Orchestra; Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor James O'Donnell, organ
10:36 a.m.
Agustin Barrios
Aire de Zamba
Angel Romero, guitar
10:38 a.m.
Paulinho Nogueira
Bachianinha No. 1
Plinio Fernandes, guitar
10:43 a.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Symphony No. 9: II. Molto Vivace (Scherzo and Trio) in D minor Opus 125
Cleveland Orchestra; Christoph Von Dohnanyi, conductor
10:56 a.m.
Reena Esmail
TaReKiTa
Fourth Wall Ensemble; Christopher Allen, conductor
11:00 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso "Alexander's Feast" in C major HWV 318
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor
11:14 a.m.
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Vocalise Opus 34/14
Anne Akiko Meyers, violin; Sandra Rivers, piano
11:24 a.m.
Amy Beach
Piano Trio in A minor Opus 150
Neave Trio
11:41 a.m.
Randy Edelman
Gettysburg: Reunion and Finale
Cincinnati Pops; Erich Kunzel, conductor Timothy Berens. guitar
11:50 a.m.
Wilhelm Peterson-Berger
Symphony No. 4 "Stockholm" (Holmia): I. Allegro moderato in A major
Norrkoping Symphony Orchestra; Michail Jurowski, conductor
11:59 a.m.
Arnold Bax
Tintagel
Ulster Orchestra; Bryden Thomson, conductor
12:15 p.m.
Chilly Gonzales
Prelude in C Sharp Major
Alice Sara Ott, piano
12:22 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 in F major BWV 1046
European Brandenburg Ensemble; Trevor Pinnock, conductor
12:43 p.m.
Emmanuel Chabrier
Espana (Spanish Rhapsodie)
Boston Symphony Orchestra; Seiji Ozawa, conductor
12:53 p.m.
Elmer Bernstein
The Magnificent Seven
Cincinnati Pops; Erich Kunzel, conductor
1:00 p.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso No. 9 in F major Opus 6/9 HWV 327
Handel & Haydn Society; Christopher Hogwood, conductor
1:16 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Violin Concerto No. 5 "Turkish" in A major K 219
Deutsche Radio Philharmonie; Bruno Weil, conductor Lena Neudauer, violin
1:45 p.m.
Frederic Chopin
Fantasie-impromptu in C# minor Opus 66
Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano
1:51 p.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
SAMSON ET DELILA: Bacchanale Opus 47
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra; Lorin Maazel, conductor
2:00 p.m.
Amy Beach
Piano Quintet in F# minor Opus 67
Takacs Quartet Garrick Ohlsson, piano
2:29 p.m.
Frederick Delius
KOANGA: La Calinda
Northern Sinfonia of England; Richard Hickox, conductor
2:37 p.m.
Morten Lauridsen
O Magnum Mysterium
Fourth Wall Ensemble; Christopher Allen, conductor
2:43 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Scherzo capriccioso Opus 66
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra; Charles Mackerras, conductor
3:00 p.m.
Hamilton Harty
Comedy Overture
Ulster Orchestra; Takuo Yuasa, conductor
3:14 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No. 5: II. Affettuoso
European Brandenburg Ensemble; Trevor Pinnock, conductor
3:24 p.m.
Johannes Brahms
Piano Concerto No. 2: I. Allegro non troppo in Bb major Opus 83
Cleveland Orchestra; George Szell, conductor Leon Fleisher, piano; Jules Eskin, cello
3:42 p.m.
Antonio Lauro
Dance for Six ("Seis por Derecho")
Eduardo Fernandez, guitar
3:49 p.m.
Richard Strauss
Serenade in Eb major Opus 7
Stockholm Philharmonic (members of); Paavo Berglund, conductor
4:00 p.m.
Gustav Holst
St. Paul's Suite Opus 29/2
City of London Sinfonia; Richard Hickox, conductor
4:15 p.m.
Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
Prelude and Fugue No. 3 in A minor Opus 199
Brasil Guitar Duo
4:24 p.m.
George Friederich Handel
ALMIRA: Suite of instrumental music
Berlin Academy of Ancient Music
4:40 p.m.
Edvard Grieg
Violin Sonata No. 3: II. Allegretto espressivo alla Romanza in C minor Opus 45
Duo Gazzana; Mykola Hobdych, conductor Natascia Gazzana, violin; Raffaella Gazzana, piano
4:50 p.m.
Johann Strauss, Jr.
Blue Danube Waltz Opus 314
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Fritz Reiner, conductor
5:00 p.m.
Edward Elgar
Enigma Variations Opus 36
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Andre Previn, conductor
5:33 p.m.
Emilio Pujol
Tango Espagnol
Julian Bream, guitar
5:36 p.m.
Isaac Albeniz
Zambra Granadina
David Russell, guitar
5:43 p.m.
Frederic Chopin
Piano Concerto No. 1: III. Rondo in E minor Opus 11
Mahler Chamber Orchestra; Mikhail Pletnev, conductor Daniil Trifonov, piano
5:54 p.m.
Clarice Assad
Bohemian Queen: III. Hyde Park Jam
Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra; Allen Tinkham, conductor Mary Elizabeth Bowden, trumpet
6:00 p.m.
Amy Beach
Gaelic Symphony in E minor Opus 32
Detroit Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
6:42 p.m.
Luigi Perrachio
Piano Quintet: IV. Finale: Presto vigoroso
Carpe Diem String Quartet David Korevaar, piano
6:51 p.m.
Gerardo Matos Rodriguez
La Cumparsita (Tango)
Xuefei Yang, guitar
6:55 p.m.
Gabriela Lena Frank
Three Latin American Dances: The Mestizo Waltz
Utah Symphony Orchestra; Keith Lockhart, conductor
