Classical Music Playlist, October 29, 2024
Ernő Dohnányi | photo: Library of Congress
Ernst von Dohnányi (Ernö Dohnányi in Hungarian) was considered the first of the great Hungarian composers (and pianists) since Franz Liszt (1811-1886). In 1895 his early Piano Quintet No. 1 was praised by Johannes Brahms (1833-1897). Leaving Europe in 1944 and in 1949 taking a post teaching music in Florida, he became a U.S. citizen in 1955. In 1935 he composed his final chamber music in a Sextet for the creative grouping of clarinet, horn, piano, violin, viola and cello. At times dark, the sextet moves toward a jazzy finale where a lilting but off-kilter waltz briefly interjects before a good-natured conclusion. The Sextet in C-major by Ernst von Dohnányi is today's Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
English Suite No. 3 in G minor BWV 808
Simone Dinnerstein, piano
6:20 a.m.
Kurt Atterberg
Symphony No. 4 "Sinfonia piccola" in G minor Opus 14
Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra; Ari Rasilainen, conductor
6:43 a.m.
Gentil Montana
Suite Colombiana No. 2: III. Bambuco
Jose Antonio Escobar, guitar
6:46 a.m.
Catrin Finch
Celtic Concerto
Sinfonia Cymru; John Rutter, conductor Catrin Finch, harp
7:01 a.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Horn Concerto No. 1 in D major HOB VIId:3
Heidelberg Symphony Orchestra; Thomas Fey, conductor Wilhelm Bruns, natural horn
7:18 a.m.
Wilhelm Peterson-Berger
Frosoblomster, Suite No. 1 (The Flowers of Froso) op. 16
Norrkoping Symphony Orchestra; Michail Jurowski, conductor
7:36 a.m.
Leo Brouwer
Afro-Cuban Lullaby (Cancion de Cuna: Berceuse)
Pablo Sainz Villegas, guitar
7:40 a.m.
George Enescu
Romanian Rhapsody No. 2 in D major Opus 11
National Orchestra of France; Cristian Macelaru, conductor Daniel Hope, violin; Alexey Botvinov, piano
7:49 a.m.
Franz Liszt
Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 in D minor
Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra; Ondrej Lenard, conductor
8:00 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Symphony No. 8: IV. Finale in G major Opus 88
Berlin Philharmonic; Rafael Kubelik, conductor Bomsori Kim, violin
8:10 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 24 in C minor K 491
Scottish Chamber Orchestra; Charles Mackerras, conductor John O'Conor, piano
8:40 a.m.
Jessie Montgomery
Voodoo Dolls
Apollo Chamber Players Hector del Curto, bandoneon
8:46 a.m.
John Williams
HARRY POTTER and the Sorcerer's Stone: Hedwig's Theme
London Symphony Orchestra; John Williams, conductor
8:52 a.m.
Bedrich Smetana
BARTERED BRIDE: Overture
Janacek Philharmonic; Theodore Kuchar, conductor
9:00 a.m.
Adolphe Adam
GISELLE: Suite
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor
9:39 a.m.
Louise Farrenc
Piano Trio No. 1: IV. Finale. Vivace in Eb major Opus 33
Neave Trio
9:49 a.m.
Jacques Offenbach
ORPHEUS IN THE UNDERWORLD: Overture
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Lorin Maazel, conductor
10:00 a.m.
Emmanuel Chabrier
Pastoral Suite (Suite Pastorale)
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
10:19 a.m.
Mel Bonis
Suite for Flute, Violin, and Piano Opus 59
Michael Faust, flute; Sandrine Cantoreggi, violin; Sheila Arnold, piano
10:30 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major BWV 1068
Musica Antiqua Koln; Reinhardt Goebel, conductor
10:54 a.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Sleeping Beauty: Polonaise from Act III
London Symphony Orchestra; Andre Previn, conductor
11:00 a.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Coriolan Overture in C minor Opus 62
London Classical Players; Roger Norrington, conductor
11:09 a.m.
Ernst von Dohnanyi
Variations on a Nursery Song Opus 25
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic; Domingo Hindoyan, conductor Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano
11:35 a.m.
Enrique Soro
Three Chilean Airs (Tres aires chilenos)
Chile Symphony Orchestra; Jose Luis Dominguez, conductor
11:46 a.m.
Bedrich Smetana
Ma Vlast: IV. From Bohemia's Woods and Meadows
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; James Levine, conductor
12:00 p.m.
Richard Strauss
Don Juan Opus 20
Cleveland Orchestra; George Szell, conductor
12:17 p.m.
Max Richter
Autumn 1
Berlin Chamber Orchestra; Andre de Ridder, conductor Daniel Hope, violin
12:24 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 15 in Bb major K 450
English Chamber Orchestra; Jeffrey Tate, conductor Mitsuko Uchida, piano
12:49 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Toccata & Fugue in D minor BWV 565
Simon Preston, organ
12:59 p.m.
Edvard Grieg
Holberg Suite Opus 40
Rotterdam Chamber Orchestra; Conrad van Alphen, conductor
1:19 p.m.
Fanny Mendelssohn
Notturno in G minor H337
Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano
1:25 p.m.
Florence Price
Symphony No. 1: I. Allegro ma non troppo in E minor
Philadelphia Orchestra; Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor
1:44 p.m.
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Scheherazade: Festival at Baghdad Opus 35
Philharmonia Orchestra; Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor
2:00 p.m.
Ernst von Dohnanyi
Sextet in C major Opus 37
Claremont Trio Jonathan Cohler, clarinet; James Sommerville, horn; Mai Motobuchi, viola
2:31 p.m.
Erich Korngold
The Sea Hawk (1940) Suite
Oregon Symphony; James DePreist, conductor
2:40 p.m.
Johann Strauss, Jr.
DIE FLEDERMAUS Overture (The Bat)
Berlin Philharmonic; Herbert Von Karajan, conductor
2:50 p.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
Concertino for Clarinet and Orchestra in Eb major Opus 26
Staatskapelle Dresden; Herbert Blomstedt, conductor Sabine Meyer, clarinet
3:01 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Concerto No. 1 (originally for violin) in A minor BWV 1041
Elias String Quartet Xuefei Yang, guitar
3:16 p.m.
Gustav Holst
Suite No. 1 in Eb major Opus 28
North Texas Wind Symphony; Eugene Corporon, conductor
3:28 p.m.
Fanny Mendelssohn
Easter Sonata in A major H235 Ostersonate
Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano
3:52 p.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
Danse Macabre Opus 40
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra; Lorin Maazel, conductor
4:00 p.m.
Arnold Bax
Tintagel
Ulster Orchestra; Bryden Thomson, conductor
4:16 p.m.
Mauro Giuliani
Guitar Concerto No. 1 in A major Opus 30
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor Pepe Romero, guitar
4:40 p.m.
Leonard Bernstein
CANDIDE: Overture
St. Louis Symphony Orchestra; Leonard Slatkin, conductor
4:45 p.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso No. 1 in Bb major Opus 3/1 HWV 312
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor
4:56 p.m.
Johannes Brahms
Hungarian Dance No. 8 in A minor
London Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
5:00 p.m.
Robert Schumann
Piano Quartet: IV. Finale in Eb major Opus 47
Emerson String Quartet Menahem Pressler, piano
5:08 p.m.
Gunther Schuller
Suite for Wind Quintet: II. Blues
Reykjavik Wind Quintet
5:10 p.m.
Mel Bonis
Femmes de Legende: Melisande Opus 109
Anna Shelest, piano
5:14 p.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 101 "Clock" in D major
Chamber Orchestra of Europe; Claudio Abbado, conductor
5:42 p.m.
Ottorino Respighi
Ancient Airs and Dances: Suite No. 3
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
6:00 p.m.
Louis Spohr
Clarinet Concerto No. 2 in Eb major Opus 57
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Kenneth Sillito, conductor Julian Bliss, clarinet
6:25 p.m.
George Enescu
Romanian Rhapsody No. 1 in A major Opus 11
National Orchestra of France; Cristian Macelaru, conductor Yuja Wang, piano
6:38 p.m.
Ron Nelson
Passacaglia (Homage on B-A-C-H)
Dallas Wind Symphony; Jerry Junkin, conductor
6:50 p.m.
Ryuichi Sakamoto
Solitude
La Pieta Angele Dubeau, violin
6:54 p.m.
Steve Howe
Aire para un Dia (Mood for a Day)
Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
