Classical Music Playlist, October 31, 2024
Original album cover art of today's 'Symphonie fantastique' recording
The program of the Symphonie fantastique by Hector Berlioz is that a lovesick young man takes an overdose of opium and then dreams himself in a surreal sequence of situations where, in each, he sees his unrequited love; her each appearance is a frustration of some kind to the dreamer, and somehow related to the scene. In one movement he dreams that he has killed her, is led to the scaffold and, as the dreamer, is witness to his own execution. But it doesn't end there! Afterward, he dreams himself at a witches' sabbath with sorcerers and ghouls of every kind gathered for his funeral. The entire Symphonie fantastique is today’s Halloween Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
SAMSON: Let the Bright Seraphim
Canadian Brass
6:06 a.m.
Franz Schubert
Sonata "Arpeggione" in A minor D 821
Australian Chamber Orchestra; Richard Tognetti, conductor John Williams, guitar
6:29 a.m.
Philip Glass
Dead Things
Valentina Lisitsa, piano
6:34 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major K 488
Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra of Budapest; Janos Rolla, conductor Zoltan Kocsis, piano
6:59 a.m.
Fela Sowande
African Suite: Selections
Chicago Sinfonietta; Paul Freeman, conductor
7:10 a.m.
Ignaz Moscheles
Piano Concerto No. 7 "Pathetique" in C minor Opus 93
Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra; Howard Shelley, conductor Howard Shelley, piano
7:34 a.m.
Enrique Granados
La Maja de Goya
Eduardo Fernandez, guitar
7:38 a.m.
Marie Awadis
Etude No. 3: Ballade
Marie Awadis, piano
7:42 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik in G major K 525
Kremerata Baltica; Gidon Kremer, conductor
8:01 a.m.
William Grant Still
Panamanian Dances (Danzas de Panama)
Berlin Symphony Orchestra; Isaiah Jackson, conductor
8:16 a.m.
Aaron Copland
Rodeo: Hoe-Down
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra; Leonard Slatkin, conductor
8:22 a.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Piano Sonata No. 14 "Moonlight" in C# minor Opus 27/2
Los Angeles Philharmonic; Gustavo Dudamel, conductor Alice Sara Ott, piano
8:38 a.m.
John Williams
HARRY POTTER and the Sorcerer's Stone: Hedwig's Theme
London Symphony Orchestra; John Williams, conductor
8:45 a.m.
Leo Delibes
Coppelia: (Suite from the ballet)
Philadelphia Orchestra; Eugene Ormandy, conductor
9:01 a.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Piano Concerto No. 1 in G minor Opus 25
London Mozart Players; Jonathan Bloxham, conductor Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano
9:22 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto for eleven instruments in C major RV 555
Europa Galante; Fabio Biondi, conductor
9:32 a.m.
Richard Wagner
TANNHAUSER Overture
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra; Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor
9:48 a.m.
Bernard Herrmann
Vertigo Prelude, Nightmare and Lovescene
London Philharmonic Orchestra; Bernard Herrmann, conductor
10:00 a.m.
Mikhail Glinka
Spanish Overture No. 2
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Vassily Sinaisky, conductor
10:09 a.m.
Clarice Assad
Bohemian Queen: III. Hyde Park Jam
Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra; Allen Tinkham, conductor Mary Elizabeth Bowden, trumpet
10:14 a.m.
Shelley Washington
Middleground
PubliQuartet
10:25 a.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 45 "Farewell" in F# minor
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor
10:52 a.m.
Scott Joplin
Treemonisha Overture
Houston Grand Opera Orchestra; Gunther Schuller, conductor
11:00 a.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture
Philharmonia Orchestra; Riccardo Muti, conductor
11:21 a.m.
Cecile Chaminade
Etude Pathetique Opus 124
Joanne Polk, piano
11:27 a.m.
Max Richter
Summer 1
Berlin Chamber Orchestra; Andre de Ridder, conductor Daniel Hope, violin
11:32 a.m.
Charles Avison
Concerto No. 2 in E minor Opus 3/2
Avison Ensemble; Pavlo Beznosiuk, conductor
11:42 a.m.
John Williams
Devil's Dance (from The Witches of Eastwick)
Boston Pops Orchestra; Keith Lockhart, conductor
11:46 a.m.
Paul Dukas
The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Dallas Symphony Orchestra; Eduardo Mata, conductor
11:59 a.m.
Elena Roussanova
Moments of Arrival
Prague Radio Symphony; Julius Williams, conductor
12:13 p.m.
Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
Variations Across the Centuries: Waltz #2 & #3 & Foxtrot Op 71
Xavier Jara, guitar
12:19 p.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
Danse Macabre Opus 40
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor
12:27 p.m.
Harry Thacker Burleigh
Southland Sketches (1916)
Kristin Lee, violin; Jeremy Ajani Jordan, piano
12:39 p.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
Clarinet Concerto No. 1 in F minor Opus 73
Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra; Alexander Schneider, conductor Richard Stoltzman, clarinet
1:03 p.m.
Arcangelo Corelli
Concerto Grosso No. 11 in Bb major Opus 6
Musica Amphion; Pieter-Jan Belder, conductor
1:13 p.m.
Leo Brouwer
El Decameron Negro: 1. El arpa del Guerrero
Sharon Isbin, guitar
1:19 p.m.
Niels Gade
Symphony No. 1 in C minor Opus 5
Danish National Symphony Orchestra; Christopher Hogwood, conductor
1:51 p.m.
Valerie Coleman
Concerto for Wind Quintet: I. Afro
Imani Winds
1:57 p.m.
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
TSAR SALTAN: Flight of the Bumblebee
Minnesota Orchestra; Eiji Oue, conductor
2:00 p.m.
Hector Berlioz
Symphonie Fantastique Opus 14
Boston Symphony Orchestra; Charles Munch, conductor
2:47 p.m.
Franz Schubert
Erlkonig Opus 1 D 328
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, baritone; Gerald Moore, piano
2:53 p.m.
Teresa Carreno
Nocturne, "Souvenirs de mon pays"
Alexandra Oehler, piano
3:02 p.m.
Arcangelo Corelli
Concerto Grosso No. 1 in D major Opus 6
Musica Amphion; Pieter-Jan Belder, conductor
3:15 p.m.
John Adson
Royal Music for Winds
New York Chamber Musicians (New York Kammermusiker)
3:17 p.m.
Adam Larrabee
24 Preludes for Banjo: No. 8 "80s Rock Groove" in eb minor
John Bullard, banjo
3:20 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
American Suite in A major Opus 98
Prague Philharmonia; Jakub Hrusa, conductor
3:44 p.m.
Florence Price
Violin Concerto No. 1: I. Allegro moderato in D major
Philadelphia Orchestra; Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor Randall Goosby, violin
4:02 p.m.
Edward Elgar
Introduction and Allegro Opus 47
Bavarian Radio Symphony; Colin Davis, conductor
4:18 p.m.
Franz Schubert
Impromptu No. 2 in Eb major Opus 90/2 D 899
Simone Dinnerstein, piano
4:24 p.m.
Bernard Herrmann
Psycho: Suite
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Jose Serebrier, conductor
4:31 p.m.
Edvard Grieg
Peer Gynt Suite No. 1: In the Hall of the Mountain King Opus 46
Cincinnati Pops; Erich Kunzel, conductor
4:35 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
4:43 p.m.
Franz Liszt
Totentanz-Danse macabre
Boston Symphony Orchestra; Seiji Ozawa, conductor Krystian Zimerman, piano
5:00 p.m.
Hamilton Harty
Comedy Overture
Ulster Orchestra; Takuo Yuasa, conductor
5:14 p.m.
Earl Wild
Grand Fantasie on Porgy and Bess: Summertime (After G. Gershwin)
San Francisco Symphony; Herbert Blomstedt, conductor Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano
5:18 p.m.
Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges
Violin Concerto in A major Opus 5/2
Encore Chamber Orchestra; Daniel Hege, conductor Rachel Barton Pine, violin
5:43 p.m.
Modest Mussorgsky
Night on Bald Mountain
New York Philharmonic; Giuseppi Sinopoli, conductor
5:55 p.m.
Mohammed Fairouz
Piano Miniature No. 6, Addio
Lara Downes, piano
5:59 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
The Water Goblin (Vodnik) Opus 107
Scottish National Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
6:21 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Toccata & Fugue in D minor BWV 565
Jean Guillou, organ
6:30 p.m.
Danny Elfman
BATMAN (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack): Selections
Sinfonia of London Orchestra; Shirley Walker, conductor
6:37 p.m.
John Williams
Adventures on Earth (from E.T. the Extraterrestrial)
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; John Williams, conductor
6:48 p.m.
Angelo Badalamenti
Twin Peaks: Suite Laura Palmer/Main Themes
Brussels Philharmonic; Dirk Brosse, conductor
6:56 p.m.
Mike Oldfield
The Exorcist: Tubular Bells
La Pieta; Angele Dubeau, conductor Angele Dubeau, violin
