Classical Music Playlist, November 4, 2024
Sergei Rachmaninoff | photo: Library of Congress
In his final orchestral composition, Sergei Rachmaninoff looks back on his life and proposes a look forward after death. His "Symphonic Dances" from 1940 are in three movements with the first quoting his Symphony No. 1 from 1897 whose premiere was a disaster. In the final movement, the medieval chant for the dead, Dies irae, is heard but is ultimately triumphed over with a quotation from Rachmaninoff's 1915 "All Night Vigil," representing Resurrection. At this point in the score Rachmaninoff wrote, "Hallelujah." The "Symphonic Dances" premiered in January 1941. He passed away in March 1943 just days before his 70th birthday. Rachmaninoff’s "Symphonic Dances" are today's Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
Organ Concerto No. 2 in Bb major Opus 4
Academy of Ancient Music; Richard Egarr, conductor Richard Egarr, organ
6:10 a.m.
Joseph Kraus
Concerto for viola and cello in G major VB 153a
Tapiola Sinfonietta David Aaron Carpenter, viola; Riitta Pesola, cello
6:35 a.m.
Elena Kats-Chernin
Peggy's Rag
Sarah Cahill, piano
6:40 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Bagatelles Opus 47
Bonn Beethovenhalle Orchestra; Dennis Russell Davies, conductor
7:00 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 in F major BWV 1046
European Brandenburg Ensemble; Trevor Pinnock, conductor
7:20 a.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 104 "London" in D major
Heidelberg Symphony; Thomas Fey, conductor
7:50 a.m.
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Five Negro Melodies: 2. I was way down a-yonder
Neave Trio; Odaline de la Martinez, conductor Sophie Langdon, violin; Richard Watkins, horn
7:55 a.m.
Emmanuel Chabrier
Joyous March (Joyeuse Marche)
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
8:00 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 20: III. Rondo in D minor K 466
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra; Jeremy Denk, conductor Jeremy Denk, piano
8:08 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
Water Music Suite No. 1 in F major HWV 348
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra; Nicholas McGegan, conductor
8:37 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
8:43 a.m.
Olivia Belli
Sapias Latin: "have good taste/sense"
Scoring Berlin; Jonathan Stockhammer, conductor Mari Samuelsen, violin
8:47 a.m.
Gaspar Sanz
Canarios
Chatham Baroque
8:51 a.m.
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Piano Concerto No. 1: III. Allegro Scherzando in F# minor Opus 1
Cologne New Philharmonic Orchestra; Volker Hartung, conductor Oleg Poliansky, piano
9:01 a.m.
Franz Schubert
String Quartet No. 13 "Rosamunde" in A minor Opus 29 D 804
Emerson String Quartet
9:35 a.m.
Astor Piazzolla
Fall in Buenos Aires (Otono Porteno)
David Tanenbaum, guitar
9:41 a.m.
Florence Price
Piano Concerto in One Movement
New York Youth Symphony; Michael Repper, conductor Michelle Cann, piano
10:00 a.m.
Wilhelm Stenhammar
Excelsior! Opus 13
Royal Scottish Orchestra; Petter Sundkvist, conductor
10:14 a.m.
Jessie Montgomery
Voodoo Dolls
Apollo Chamber Players Hector del Curto, bandoneon
10:20 a.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
Piano Concerto No. 5 in F major Opus 103
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Andre Previn, conductor Jean-Philippe Collard, piano
10:51 a.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Ruy Blas: Overture Opus 95
Bergen Philharmonic; Andrew Litton, conductor
11:00 a.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major Opus 58
Mahler Chamber Orchestra; Leif Ove Andsnes, conductor Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
11:35 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Mandolin Concerto (originally for violin) in A minor Opus 3/6 RV 356
Venice Baroque Orchestra Avi Avital, mandolin
11:43 a.m.
Cecile Chaminade
Piano Trio No. 1: I. Allegro in G minor Opus 11
Neave Trio; Odaline de la Martinez, conductor Tasmin Little, violin; John Lenehan, piano
11:53 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Art of the Fugue: Contrapunctus No. 9 BWV 1080
Les Violons du Roy; Bernard Labadie, conductor
11:55 a.m.
John Williams
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade: Scherzo for Motorcycle and Orchestra
Boston Pops Orchestra; John Williams, conductor
