Classical Music Playlist, September 24, 2024
Victor Herbert (1859-1924) | photo: Library of Congress
Born in Dublin, Ireland (as his mother told him; he was actually born on the island of Guernsey) in 1859, composer and cellist Victor Herbert came to the US with his new wife in 1886 and became one of the most important people in American music around the turn of the 20th century; not only as a composer of operetta and popular songs, but he also championed composers' rights.
Herbert's 1909 testimony before the US Congress influenced creation of the Copyright Act of 1909, helping to secure the legal rights and royalties of composers. Building on that, with John Philip Sousa and Irving Berlin, he co-founded the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP) in 1914, securing rights of songwriters and music publishers that continue to this day.
By 1889 Herbert was on the faculty of the National Conservatory of Music in New York City, teaching cello and composition. In the fall of 1892, Czech composer Antonín Dvořák had been recruited to become the Conservatory's director (through early 1895). Herbert even played Principal Cello in the premiere of Dvořák’s New World Symphony in December 1893. In early 1894, Herbert premiered his Cello Concerto No. 2 which Dvořák heard performed on at least two occasions. For many years, a cellist had been persistent in asking Dvořák for a cello concerto but he thought the instrument fine for inclusion in an orchestra but unsuitable as a solo instrument. That is, until he heard Herbert’s new Concerto which convinced Dvořák finally to write his own, completing it in early 1895. The Concerto that inspired Dvořák, the Cello Concerto No. 2 by Victor Herbert, is today's Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
Domenico Scarlatti
Sonata in E major K 162
Assad Brothers Sergio Assad, guitar; Odair Assad, guitar
6:07 a.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
Piano Concerto No. 3 in Eb major Opus 29
Toulouse Capitole Orchestra; Michel Plasson, conductor Philippe Entremont, piano
6:37 a.m.
Samuel Wesley
Symphony in Bb major
Milton Keynes Chamber Orchestra; Hilary Davan Wetton, conductor
6:59 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G major BWV 1049
Apollo's Fire; Jeannette Sorrell, conductor
7:16 a.m.
Anton Bruckner
Symphony No. 4 "Romantic": I. Bewegt, Nicht Zu Schell in Eb major
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Karl Bohm, conductor
7:37 a.m.
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Five Negro Melodies: 4. They will not lend me a child
Neave Trio
7:43 a.m.
Pablo de Sarasate
Carmen Fantasy
Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra; Andres Orozco-Estrada, conductor Hilary Hahn, violin
7:59 a.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
8:17 a.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Symphony No. 8 in F major Opus 93
Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
8:42 a.m.
Dmitri Shostakovich
Jazz Suite No. 1
Concertgebouw Orchestra; Riccardo Chailly, conductor
8:52 a.m.
Richard Wagner
LOHENGRIN: Prelude to Act III
Philharmonia Orchestra; Geoffrey Simon, conductor
8:56 a.m.
Jean-Baptiste Lully
March for the Turkish Ceremony
Le Concert des Nations; Jordi Savall, conductor
8:58 a.m.
Marc-Antoine Charpentier
Te Deum: Prelude
English Chamber Orchestra; Anthony Newman, conductor Wynton Marsalis, trumpet
9:02 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Cello Concerto in B minor Opus 104
London Symphony Orchestra; Charles Mackerras, conductor Raphael Wallfisch, cello
9:43 a.m.
Fanny Mendelssohn
Song Without Words Opus 8/1
Sarah Cahill, piano
9:49 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Flute Concerto No. 3 "The Goldfinch" (Il Gardellino) in D major Opus 10 RV 428
Australian Chamber Orchestra Emmanuel Pahud, flute
10:00 a.m.
Franz Schubert
Nocturne (Notturno for Piano Trio) in Eb major Opus 148 D 897
Takacs Quartet Andreas Haefliger, piano
10:09 a.m.
Maurice Ravel
Daphnis et Chloe: Suite No. 2
Concertgebouw Orchestra; Bernard Haitink, conductor
10:27 a.m.
Aaron Jay Kernis
100 Greatest Dance Hits: II. Salsa Pasada
Escher Quartet Jason Vieaux, guitar
10:30 a.m.
Aram Khachaturian
Gayne: Sabre Dance
Boston Pops Orchestra; Arthur Fiedler, conductor
10:34 a.m.
Cecile Chaminade
Piano Trio No. 1 in G minor Opus 11
Neave Trio
10:57 a.m.
Arcangelo Corelli
Concerto Grosso No. 10 in C major Opus 6
Musica Amphion; Pieter-Jan Belder, conductor
11:11 a.m.
Luigi Boccherini
Quintet for Guitar and Strings No. 9: IV. Finale "Retreat from Madrid" in C major G 453
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields Chamber Ensemble Pepe Romero, guitar
11:19 a.m.
Isolina Carrillo
Dos Gardenias
Havana Lyceum Orchestra; Jose Antonio Mendez Padron, conductor Sarah Willis, horn; Harold Madrigal Frias, trumpet
11:24 a.m.
Jose Moncayo
Huapango
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Enrique Arturo Diemecke, conductor
11:35 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 16 in D major K 451 (FROM THE RUSSELL KLETZING COLLECTION)
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor Alfred Brendel, piano
12:00 p.m.
Zoltan Kodaly
Hary Janos Suite
Budapest Festival Orchestra; Ivan Fischer, conductor
12:24 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Slavonic Dance No. 1 in C major Opus 46
Cleveland Orchestra; Christoph Von Dohnanyi, conductor
12:29 p.m.
Johannes Brahms
String Quintet No. 2: I. Allegro non troppo ma con brio in G major Opus 111
Takacs Quartet Lawrence Power, viola
12:43 p.m.
Fanny Mendelssohn
Melodie (Allegretto) No. 2 in C# minor Opus 4/2
Betty Ann Miller, piano
12:45 p.m.
Fanny Mendelssohn
Prelude and Toccata in E minor
Joanne Polk, piano
12:50 p.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto for 2 trumpets in C major RV 537
English Chamber Orchestra; Raymond Leppard, conductor Wynton Marsalis, trumpet
12:59 p.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
Oberon Overture J 306
Philharmonia Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
1:09 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
1:18 p.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Symphony No. 4 "Italian" in A major Opus 90
Chamber Orchestra of Europe; Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor
1:48 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Piano Concerto No. 5 "Emperor": III. Rondo in Eb major Opus 73
London Symphony Orchestra; Colin Davis, conductor Evgeny Kissin, piano
2:00 p.m.
Victor Herbert
Cello Concerto No. 2 in E minor Op. 8
Ulster Orchestra; JoAnn Falletta, conductor Mark Kosower, cello
2:23 p.m.
Lucas Saboya
Zamba Negra (from Suite Ernestina)
Jose Antonio Escobar, guitar
2:28 p.m.
Georg Philipp Telemann
Overture in D major
Berlin Academy of Ancient Music
2:36 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
The Wood Dove (Die Waldtaube) Opus 110
Berlin Philharmonic; Simon Rattle, conductor
2:59 p.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso No. 11 in A major Opus 6/11 HWV 329
Boston Baroque; Martin Pearlman, conductor
3:16 p.m.
Steve Howe
Aire para un Dia (Mood for a Day)
Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
3:22 p.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
Piano Concerto No. 4 in C minor Opus 44
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Andre Previn, conductor Jean-Philippe Collard, piano
3:50 p.m.
Hector Berlioz
Roman Carnival Overture Opus 9
New York Philharmonic; Pierre Boulez, conductor
4:00 p.m.
Franz Von Suppe
Light Cavalry Overture
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Gustav Kuhn, conductor
4:08 p.m.
Fanny Mendelssohn
Piano Trio: IV. Finale in D minor
Nash Ensemble
4:15 p.m.
Joaquin Rodrigo
Concierto de Aranjuez
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor Pepe Romero, guitar
4:40 p.m.
Elmer Bernstein
The Magnificent Seven
Cincinnati Pops; Erich Kunzel, conductor
4:47 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F major BWV 1047
Berlin Academy of Ancient Music
5:00 p.m.
Alexander Borodin
PRINCE IGOR Overture
Philharmonia Orchestra; Geoffrey Simon, conductor
5:11 p.m.
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Petite Suite de Concert: II. Demande et response Opus 77
Chineke! Orchestra; Anthony Parnther, conductor
5:18 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor Opus 37
London Classical Players; Roger Norrington, conductor Melvyn Tan, piano
5:52 p.m.
Einojuhani Rautavaara
Two Serenades: No. 2: Serenade pour la vie (Serenade for Life)
Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France; Mikko Franck, conductor Hilary Hahn, violin
6:00 p.m.
Claude Debussy
Images for Orchestra
Cleveland Orchestra; Pierre Boulez, conductor
6:34 p.m.
Jules Massenet
THAIS: Meditation
Maxim Vengerov, violin; Itamar Golan, piano
6:40 p.m.
Jonathan Leshnoff
Starburst
The Nashville Symphony; Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
6:49 p.m.
John Williams
STAR WARS - A NEW HOPE: Binary Sunset
London Symphony Orchestra; John Williams, conductor
6:51 p.m.
Philip Glass
Symphony No. 4 "Heroes": 6. V2 Schneider
American Composers Orchestra; Dennis Russell Davies, conductor
