Classical Music Playlist, September 27, 2024
Composer-pianist Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915)
"No composer has had more scorn heaped on him or greater love bestowed." That's how The Great Soviet Encyclopedia describes the legacy of Russian composer Alexander Scriabin. In his biography of Scriabin, Faubion Bowers wrote "No one was more famous during their lifetime, and few were more quickly ignored after death."
During his lifetime his contemporaries noted that he showed signs of mental instability early on: he alienated his teachers like Sergei Taneyev and Anton Arensky who flunked him. Rimsky-Korsakov said he was “self-opinionated, warped, strange and distorted.” He began to announce to friends that he was the Messiah, and his visions grew increasingly bizarre (or simply artistic?). Later in life he planned a multimedia extravaganza at the foothills of the Himalayas to unite all inhabitants of the earth with his music.
Scriabin passed away in 1915 but contemporary pianists praise his only Piano Concerto as "like a dream" (Kiril Gerstein) and "unbelievably, insanely beautiful” (Nikolai Demidenko). It's today's Midday Masterpiece at 2:00 pm.
6:00 a.m.
Samuel Scheidt
Suite for Ten Brass Instruments
German Brass; Enrique Crespo, conductor
6:10 a.m.
Bedrich Smetana
Piano Trio in G minor Opus 15
Neave Trio
6:39 a.m.
Francois Devienne
Bassoon Concerto No. 2
Slovak Chamber Orchestra; Bohdan Warchal, conductor Eckart Hubner, bassoon
6:54 a.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
Abu Hassan Overture J 106
Tapiola Sinfonietta; Jean Jacques Kantorow, conductor
7:00 a.m.
Edvard Grieg
Holberg Suite Opus 40
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
7:19 a.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 59 "Fire" in A major
Heidelberg Symphony; Thomas Fey, conductor
7:42 a.m.
Theodore Dubois
Piano Quartet: III. Allegro leggiero in A minor
Trio Hochelaga Jean-Luc Plourde, viola
7:48 a.m.
Amilcare Ponchielli
LA GIOCONDA: Dance of the Hours
Philadelphia Orchestra; Eugene Ormandy, conductor
8:00 a.m.
Josef Suk
Fantastic Scherzo Opus 25
Buffalo Philharmonic; JoAnn Falletta, conductor
8:15 a.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Swan Lake Suite Opus 20
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Georg Solti, conductor
8:43 a.m.
Ethel Smyth
Piano Trio: III. Scherzo. Presto con brio in D minor
Neave Trio Tasmin Little, violin; John Lenehan, piano
8:49 a.m.
Bear McCreary
Battlestar Galactica: Dreilide Thrace Sonata No. 1
Bear McCreary, piano
8:55 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Cantata No. 29: Sinfonia BWV 29
Brandenburg Consort; Roy Goodman, conductor Paul Nicholson, organ
9:00 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 27 in Bb major K 595
Camerata Academica Salzburg; Sandor Vegh, conductor Andras Schiff, piano
9:33 a.m.
Gerardo Matos Rodriguez
La Cumparsita (Tango)
Xuefei Yang, guitar
9:36 a.m.
Antonio Lauro
Venezuelan Waltz No. 3 "Natalia" (Vals Venezolano)
Xuefei Yang, guitar
9:39 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Violin Concerto No. 8 in G minor Opus 8 RV 332
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor Simon Standage, violin
9:49 a.m.
Albert Dietrich
Introduction and Romance Opus 27
Oldenburg State Orchestra (Oldenburgische Staatsorchester); Alexander Rumpf, conductor Marie-Louise Neunecker, horn
10:00 a.m.
Robert Schumann
Concertpiece for 4 horns & orchestra: I. Lebhaft in F major Opus 86
Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor Members of...
10:08 a.m.
Dobrinka Tabakova
Concerto for Cello and Strings: II. Longing
Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra; Maxim Rysanov, conductor Kristina Blaumane, cello
10:18 a.m.
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Symphonic Dances Opus 45
Detroit Symphony Orchestra; Leonard Slatkin, conductor
10:53 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
LA CLEMENZA DI TITO Overture K 621
Tafelmusik; Bruno Weil, conductor
10:59 a.m.
Hamilton Harty
Comedy Overture
Ulster Orchestra; Takuo Yuasa, conductor
11:13 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
2 Gavottes in G minor BWV 995
Sharon Isbin, guitar
11:17 a.m.
Franz Schubert
Symphony No. 8 "Unfinished" in B minor D 759
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Carlos Kleiber, conductor
11:43 a.m.
Elena Kats-Chernin
Peggy's Rag
Sarah Cahill, piano
11:47 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
My Home Overture Opus 62
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra; Vaclav Neumann, conductor
11:59 a.m.
Daniel Paulson
Pale Blue Dot
Vox Musica; Daniel Paulson, conductor Lauma Akmene, organ; Erik Alvarez Urbina, cello
12:05 p.m.
Daniel Paulson
Pale Blue Dot
Vox Musica; Daniel Paulson, conductor Lauma Akmene, organ; Erik Alvarez Urbina, cello
12:11 p.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
Symphony No. 3 "Organ" in C minor Opus 78
London Philharmonic Orchestra; Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor James O'Donnell, organ
12:47 p.m.
Astor Piazzolla
Five Pieces for Guitar: 2. Romantico
Franz Halasz, guitar
12:52 p.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Violin Concerto No. 11 in D major Opus 4/11 RV 204
Academy of Ancient Music; Christopher Hogwood, conductor Monica Huggett, violin
1:00 p.m.
Gabriel Faure
Masques and Bergamasques Opus 112
Lyon National Orchestra; Emmanuel Krivine, conductor
1:14 p.m.
Clarice Assad
Bohemian Queen: III. Hyde Park Jam
Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra; Allen Tinkham, conductor Mary Elizabeth Bowden, trumpet
1:21 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Symphony No. 1 in C major Opus 21
Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
1:46 p.m.
Bela Bartok
Hungarian Sketches SZ 97
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; Marin Alsop, conductor
2:00 p.m.
Alexander Scriabin
Piano Concerto in F# minor Opus 20
London Philharmonic Orchestra; Lorin Maazel, conductor Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano
2:28 p.m.
Alexander Borodin
PRINCE IGOR: Polovetsian Dances
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Daniel Barenboim, conductor
2:40 p.m.
Richard Strauss
Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks Opus 28
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra; Manfred Honeck, conductor
2:56 p.m.
Philip Glass
String Quartet No. 3 "Mishima": VI. Mishima Closing
Attacca Quartet
3:00 p.m.
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Wasps: Overture
Kansas City Symphony; Michael Stern, conductor
3:10 p.m.
Grace Williams
Trumpet Concerto
London Symphony Orchestra; Sir Charles Groves, conductor Howard Snell, trumpet
3:25 p.m.
Igor Stravinsky
The Fairy's Kiss: Divertimento
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Yuri Temirkanov, conductor
3:52 p.m.
Giuseppe Verdi
AIDA: Triumphal March from Act II
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra; Leonard Slatkin, conductor
4:00 p.m.
Mikhail Glinka
Spanish Overture No. 2
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Vassily Sinaisky, conductor
4:10 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 9 "Jenamy" in Eb major K 271
Norwegian Chamber Orchestra Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
4:41 p.m.
Astor Piazzolla
Fall in Buenos Aires (Otono Porteno)
David Tanenbaum, guitar
4:47 p.m.
Ethel Smyth
THE BOATSWAIN'S MATE: Overture
BBC National Orchestra of Wales; Rumon Gamba, conductor
4:54 p.m.
Johann Strauss, Sr.
Radetzky March Opus 228
Boston Pops Orchestra; Arthur Fiedler, conductor
4:59 p.m.
Francesco Geminiani
Concerto Grosso "La Follia" in D minor
Boston Baroque; Martin Pearlman, conductor
5:10 p.m.
Michael Torke
Javelin
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra; Yoel Levi, conductor
5:20 p.m.
William Dawson
Negro Folk Symphony
Detroit Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
5:49 p.m.
Jennifer Higdon
Dance Card: III. Jumble Dance
Chicago Sinfonietta; Mei-Ann Chen, conductor
5:53 p.m.
Aaron Copland
Rodeo: Hoe-Down
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra; Leonard Slatkin, conductor
5:58 p.m.
Louise Farrenc
Nonette in E flat in Eb major Opus 38
Minerva Chamber Ensemble; Kevin Geraldi, conductor
6:30 p.m.
Karl Jenkins
Stravaganza: 2. Dreams & Drones
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Karl Jenkins, conductor Jess Gillam, soprano saxophone
6:37 p.m.
David Diamond
Rounds for String Orchestra
do.gma chamber orchestra; Mikhail Gurewitsch, conductor
6:53 p.m.
Meredith Monk
Ellis Island
Lara Downes, piano; Simone Dinnerstein, piano
6:56 p.m.
Alberto Ginastera
Danzas Argentinas: II. Danza de la moza donosa Opus 2 Dance of the Donosa Girl
Martha Argerich, piano
