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
