Classical Music Playlist, September 11, 2024
Young Sergei Rachmaninoff had a nervous breakdown after scathing reviews of his Symphony No. 1 in 1897. He was so shaken that he couldn’t compose for three years and eventually sought treatment, including hypnosis, from Dr. Nicolai Dahl, a Russian physician of neurology and psychiatry. After more than three months of hypnotherapy and psychotherapy, Rachmaninoff was again able to compose and wrote his Piano Concerto No. 2 which he dedicated to Dr. Dahl. Premiered in 1901 with the composer as soloist, the work was a smashing success and assured Rachmaninoff’s fame as a composer and the Concerto remains an enduring favorite today. (In 1975, pop singer Eric Carmen wrote his hit “All By Myself” based on a theme in the Concerto’s 2nd movement and Céline Dion had a hit with her cover of that song in 1996).
British pianist Sir Stephen Hough is the soloist in the Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 2 for today’s Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Harpsichord Concerto in D minor BWV 974
Vikingur Olafsson, piano
6:10 a.m.
Louis Spohr
Clarinet Concerto No. 2 in Eb major Opus 57
Seattle Symphony; Gerard Schwarz, conductor Jon Manasse, clarinet
6:38 a.m.
Lili Boulanger
One Spring Morning (D'un Matin de Printemps)
Neave Trio; Odaline de la Martinez, conductor Tasmin Little, violin; John Lenehan, piano
6:44 a.m.
Marianne Martinez
Sinfonia in C major
Bay Area Women's Philharmonic; JoAnn Falletta, conductor
7:00 a.m.
John Field
Rondo for piano & strings in Ab major
London Mozart Players; Matthias Bamert, conductor Miceal O'Rourke, piano
7:09 a.m.
Franz Schubert
Symphony No. 5 in Bb major D 485
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor
7:38 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
Water Music Suite No. 1: Alla Hornpipe in F major Water Music Suite in F
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra; Nicholas McGegan, conductor
7:42 a.m.
Paul Dukas
Villanelle for horn and orchestra
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; Kurt Masur, conductor Hermann Baumann, horn
7:50 a.m.
Jean Sibelius
Karelia Overture Opus 10
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra; Jukka-Pekka Saraste, conductor
7:59 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto for 2 mandolins in G major RV 532
Europa Galante; Fabio Biondi, conductor
8:11 a.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Athalia: March of the Priests Opus 74
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Christoph Von Dohnanyi, conductor
8:20 a.m.
Aaron Copland
Appalachian Spring
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra; Robert Spano, conductor
8:45 a.m.
Connor Chee
Navajo Vocable No. 12
Connor Chee, piano
8:53 a.m.
Mikhail Glinka
RUSLAN AND LUDMILA: Overture
Los Angeles Philharmonic; Andre Previn, conductor
8:59 a.m.
Bedrich Smetana
Ma Vlast: II. The Moldau (Vltava)
Detroit Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
9:12 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Sinfonia (Konzertsatz) in D major BWV 1045
Brandenburg Consort; Roy Goodman, conductor
9:21 a.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Piano Sonata No. 8 "Pathetique" in C minor Opus 13
John O'Conor, piano
9:40 a.m.
Malcolm Arnold
Four Scottish Dances Opus 59
The Queensland Symphony Orchestra; Andrew Penny, conductor
9:53 a.m.
James Horner
Braveheart: End Credits
Cincinnati Pops; Erich Kunzel, conductor Eric Rigler, bagpipes
10:00 a.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
Cello Concerto No. 1 in A minor Opus 33
English Chamber Orchestra; Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor Julian Lloyd Webber, cello
10:20 a.m.
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Prelude in C-sharp minor in C# minor Opus 3/2
Olga Kern, piano
10:26 a.m.
Kurt Atterberg
Symphony No. 4 "Sinfonia piccola" in G minor Opus 14
Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra; Ari Rasilainen, conductor
10:49 a.m.
Arnold Bax
Overture to a Picaresque Comedy
Royal Scottish National Orchestra; David Lloyd-Jones, conductor
10:59 a.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Symphony No. 5: IV. Andante maestoso (Finale) in E minor Opus 64
Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra; Gustavo Dudamel, conductor
11:13 a.m.
William Grant Still
Bayou home
Alexa Still, flute; Susan DeWitt Smith, piano
11:21 a.m.
Ralph Vaughan Williams
English Folk Song Suite
University of Texas Wind Ensemble; Jerry Junkin, conductor
11:34 a.m.
Karl Jenkins
Palladio Reimagined: I. Allegretto
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Karl Jenkins, conductor
11:45 a.m.
Arcangelo Corelli
Concerto Grosso No. 8 "Christmas Concerto" in G minor Opus 6
Tafelmusik; Jeanne Lamon, conductor
12:00 p.m.
Paul Hindemith
Symphonic Metamorphosis: IV. March
San Francisco Symphony; Herbert Blomstedt, conductor Randall Goosby, violin
12:18 p.m.
Astor Piazzolla
Libertango
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra; Edward Gardner, conductor Alison Balsom, trumpet
12:26 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Bagatelles Opus 47
Bonn Beethovenhalle Orchestra; Dennis Russell Davies, conductor
12:47 p.m.
Alma Deutscher
The Chase (Impromptu in C minor)
Alma Deutscher, piano
12:55 p.m.
Giacomo Puccini
TURANDOT: Nessun dorma
London Philharmonic Orchestra; Zubin Mehta, conductor Luciano Pavarotti, tenor
1:00 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Violin Concerto No. 3 in G major K 216
Philharmonia Orchestra; Thomas Zehetmair, conductor Thomas Zehetmair, violin
1:23 p.m.
Gentil Montana
Suite Colombiana No. 2: III. Bambuco
Jose Antonio Escobar, guitar
1:27 p.m.
Johannes Brahms
St. Anthony Variations in Bb major Opus 56
Scottish Chamber Orchestra; Charles Mackerras, conductor
1:46 p.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
A Midsummer Night's Dream: Overture
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment; Charles Mackerras, conductor
2:00 p.m.
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor Opus 18
Dallas Symphony Orchestra; Andrew Litton, conductor Stephen Hough, piano
2:33 p.m.
Ronn McFarlane
Fermi's Paradox
Carolyn Surrick, viola da gamba; Ronn McFarlane, lute
2:42 p.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Symphony No. 4: IV. Finale. Allegro con fuoco in F minor Opus 36
Philadelphia Orchestra; Riccardo Muti, conductor
2:52 p.m.
Clarice Assad
Bohemian Queen: III. Hyde Park Jam
Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra; Allen Tinkham, conductor Mary Elizabeth Bowden, trumpet
3:00 p.m.
Georg Philipp Telemann
Concerto for flute and strings in D major
Berlin Baroque Soloists; Rainer Kussmaul, conductor Emmanuel Pahud, flute
3:14 p.m.
Fanny Mendelssohn
Sonata Movement (Sonatensatz) in E in E major (1822, age 16) H44
Leanne Rees, piano
3:24 p.m.
Wilhelm Peterson-Berger
Frosoblomster, Suite No. 1 (The Flowers of Froso) op. 16
Norrkoping Symphony Orchestra; Michail Jurowski, conductor
3:43 p.m.
John Williams
STAR WARS - ATTACK OF THE CLONES: Across the Stars (Love Theme)
London Symphony Orchestra; John Williams, conductor
3:53 p.m.
Gustav Holst
The Planets: Uranus, the Magician Opus 32
Philharmonia Orchestra; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
4:00 p.m.
Jacques Offenbach
ORPHEUS IN THE UNDERWORLD: Overture
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Lorin Maazel, conductor
4:11 p.m.
Juan Ara��s
A Festive Chaconne (Chacona: "Un sarao de la chacona")
Piffaro Renaissance Band
4:13 p.m.
Tielmann Susato
Pavane "La Bataille"
New London Consort; Philip Pickett, conductor
4:21 p.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Piano Concerto No. 1 in G minor Opus 25
London Mozart Players; Jonathan Bloxham, conductor Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano
4:42 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
MARRIAGE OF FIGARO: Overture K 492
Scottish Chamber Orchestra; Charles Mackerras, conductor
4:51 p.m.
Johann Strauss, Jr.
DIE FLEDERMAUS Overture (The Bat)
Vienna State Opera Orchestra; Jascha Horenstein, conductor
5:00 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Symphony No. 7 in D minor Opus 70
Los Angeles Philharmonic; Gustavo Dudamel, conductor Bomsori Kim, violin
5:37 p.m.
Erik Satie
Gymnopedie No. 1
John O'Conor, piano
5:42 p.m.
Arcangelo Corelli
Concerto Grosso No. 7 in D major Opus 6
Tafelmusik; Jeanne Lamon, conductor
5:52 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
FIDELIO Overture Opus 72
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; Riccardo Chailly, conductor
6:00 p.m.
Edvard Grieg
Symphonic Dances Opus 64
Estonian National Symphony Orchestra; Paavo Jarvi, conductor
6:33 p.m.
Adam Larrabee
24 Preludes for Banjo: No. 8 "80s Rock Groove" in eb minor
John Bullard, banjo
6:35 p.m.
Adam Larrabee
24 Preludes for Banjo: No. 12 "Waltz" in g minor
John Bullard, banjo
6:39 p.m.
Ina Boyle
Phantasy for Violin and Chamber Orchestra
Thessaloniki State Symphony Orchestra (THESS-sal-loh-NEE-kee); Daniel Geiss, conductor Daniel Hope, violin
6:48 p.m.
Traditional Japanese
Sakura sakura cherry blossom
Xuefei Yang, guitar
6:54 p.m.
Foday Musa Suso
Tilliboyo (Sunset)
Kronos Quartet; Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir
