Classical Music Playlist, November 7, 2024
Napoleon at the Battle of Wagram, 6 July 1809, by Horace Vernet (1836)
Vienna had fallen to Napoleon a couple times before 1810 when Beethoven was living there and had endured all the “cannons and misery all around” as he described it. In late 1813, Beethoven premiered his 7th symphony in Vienna as a benefit for soldiers injured in a recent farther away battle. And as Napoleon now also appeared to be heading toward his final defeat, the beleaguered Viennese audience welcomed the new symphony with hopeful celebration. Beethoven’s optimistic 7th Symphony is today’s Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso No. 3 in E minor Opus 6/3 HWV 321
Boston Baroque; Martin Pearlman, conductor
6:13 a.m.
Johannes Brahms
Cello sonata No. 1 in E minor Opus 38
Yo Yo Ma, cello; Emanuel Ax, piano
6:38 a.m.
Michael Praetorius
Dance Suite from Terpsichore
Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
6:49 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Keyboard Concerto No. 5 in F minor BWV 1056
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Murray Perahia, conductor Murray Perahia, piano
7:00 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Horn Concerto No. 3 in Eb major K 447
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra; Nicholas McGegan, conductor Lowell Greer, natural horn
7:15 a.m.
Franz Krommer
Symphony No. 2 in D major Opus 40
London Mozart Players; Matthias Bamert, conductor
7:44 a.m.
James Louis "J.J." Johnson
Lament
Kristin Lee, violin; Jeremy Ajani Jordan, piano
7:51 a.m.
Jose Moncayo
Huapango
Simon Bolivar Orchestra; Maximiano Valdez, conductor
8:00 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Four Seasons: Autumn (L'Autunno) in F major Opus 8/3 RV 293
Tafelmusik; Jeanne Lamon, conductor Jeanne Lamon, violin
8:12 a.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor Opus 22
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Andre Previn, conductor Jean-Philippe Collard, piano
8:37 a.m.
Claude Debussy
Reverie
Yolanda Kondonassis, harp
8:43 a.m.
John Williams
E.T.: Adventures on Earth
Los Angeles Recording Arts Orchestra; John Williams, conductor
8:53 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Slavonic Dance No. 9 in B major Opus 72
Cleveland Orchestra; Christoph Von Dohnanyi, conductor
9:00 a.m.
Franz Berwald
Symphony No. 3 "Sinfonie singuliere" in C major
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
9:28 a.m.
Caroline Shaw
and the swallow
Fourth Wall Ensemble; Christopher Allen, conductor
9:33 a.m.
Jean-Philippe Rameau
Dardanus Suite
Orchestra of the 18th Century; Frans Bruggen, conductor
10:00 a.m.
Cecile Chaminade
Concertpiece (Concertstuck) in C# minor Opus 40
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra; Rebecca Miller, conductor Danny Driver, piano
10:15 a.m.
Giovanni Gabrieli
Sonata XX
Gabrieli Consort of Venice; Paul McCreesh, conductor
10:24 a.m.
Jan Dussek
Harp Concerto in Eb major Opus 15
Mantova Orchestra; Vittorio Parisi, conductor Roberta Alessandrini, harp
10:50 a.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
SAMSON ET DELILA: Bacchanale Opus 47
Minnesota Orchestra; Eiji Oue, conductor
10:59 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Flute Concerto No. 1 in G major K 313
Boston Baroque; Martin Pearlman, conductor Jacques Zoon, flute
11:23 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude in E major BMV 1006a
Sharon Isbin, guitar
11:28 a.m.
Dmitri Shostakovich
Jazz Suite No. 1
Concertgebouw Orchestra; Riccardo Chailly, conductor
11:37 a.m.
Francis Poulenc
Piano Concerto
Paris Concert Society Orchestra; Georges Pretre, conductor Gabriel Tacchino, piano
11:59 a.m.
Johannes Brahms
Symphony No. 1: IV. Finale in C minor Opus 68
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Georg Solti, conductor
12:18 p.m.
Clara Schumann
Scherzo No. 2 in C minor in C minor Opus 14
Anna Shelest, piano
12:22 p.m.
Astor Piazzolla
Tango Ballet
Apollo Chamber Players Hector del Curto, bandoneon
12:35 p.m.
William Grant Still
Symphony No. 1 "Afro-American"
Detroit Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
1:01 p.m.
Adolphe Adam
SI J'ETAIS ROI (If I were King) Overture
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor
1:09 p.m.
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor Opus 18
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor Helene Grimaud, piano
1:45 p.m.
Gerardo Matos Rodriguez
La Cumparsita (Tango)
Xuefei Yang, guitar
1:49 p.m.
Max Bruch
Scottish Fantasy: IV. Finale Opus 46
Scottish Chamber Orchestra; Alexander Platt, conductor Rachel Barton Pine, violin
2:00 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Symphony No. 7 in A major Opus 92
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic; Charles Mackerras, conductor
2:38 p.m.
Johannes Brahms
Piano Sonata No. 1: IV. Finale in C major Opus 1
Norman Krieger, piano
2:46 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
2:54 p.m.
George Friederich Handel
Solomon: Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
St. Luke's Chamber Ensemble
2:59 p.m.
Charles Stanford
Irish Rhapsody No. 5
Ulster Orchestra; Vernon Handley, conductor
3:15 p.m.
Francesco Tristano
On John Bull's Galliard In D
Basel Chamber Orchestra Francesco Tristano, piano
3:20 p.m.
Louise Farrenc
Symphony No. 3 in G minor Opus 36
North German Radio Symphony; Johannes Goritzki, conductor
3:52 p.m.
Engelbert Humperdinck
HANSEL UND GRETEL Overture
Bavarian Radio Symphony; Jeffrey Tate, conductor
4:01 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 41 "Jupiter" in C major K 551
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor
4:35 p.m.
Fanny Mendelssohn
Prelude and Toccata in E minor
Joanne Polk, piano
4:39 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring
Voces8; Eric Whitacre, conductor Nelson Freire, piano
4:43 p.m.
Dmitri Shostakovich
Festive Overture Opus 96
Dallas Symphony Orchestra; Andrew Litton, conductor
4:50 p.m.
Jean Sibelius
Finlandia Opus 26
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
5:01 p.m.
Hugo Alfven
Swedish Rhapsody No. 1 "Midsummer Night Vigil" Opus 19
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; Paavo Berglund, conductor
5:15 p.m.
Joaquin Turina
The Bullfighter's Prayer Opus 34
Pacifica Quartet Sharon Isbin, guitar
5:24 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
The Hero's Song Opus 111
Scottish National Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
5:47 p.m.
Gustav Holst
Suite No. 2 in F major Opus 28
North Texas Wind Symphony; Eugene Corporon, conductor
5:59 p.m.
Sergei Prokofiev
Piano Concerto No. 3 in C major Opus 26
Montreal Symphony Orchestra; Charles Dutoit, conductor Martha Argerich, piano
6:30 p.m.
James Horner
THE ROCKETEER: Rocketeer to the Rescue/End Title
Studio Orchestra
6:37 p.m.
Carlos Simon
Memory of Summer
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra; Klaus Makela, conductor Carlos Simon, piano
6:41 p.m.
Gisle Kverndokk
Symphonic Dances: V. Weddings and Funerals
Stavanger Symphony Orchestra; Ken-David Masur, conductor
6:49 p.m.
Bear McCreary
Battlestar Galactica: Dreilide Thrace Sonata No. 1
Bear McCreary, piano
6:55 p.m.
Alfonso Montes
Milonga in the Style of Piazzolla (Milonga a Piazzolla)
Castellani Andriaccio Duo
