Classical Music Playlist, November 8, 2024
There is so much to delight and wonder about Tchaikovsky’s 6th Symphony, titled “Pathètique.” He considered it his best work. And there’s the great fun of the exuberant 3rd movement false ending that often prompts audiences to burst into spontaneous applause (but that’s not the end of the symphony!). And just nine days after Tchaikovsky conducted the premiere, he was dead. Many agree that with its slow and long fade out of the final movement, the symphony is a reflection on death, but is the symphony a premonition of HIS OWN death? And just how did he die? Was it suicide? Tchaikovsky’s “Pathétique” Symphony No. 6 is today’s Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
Jan Zach
Concerto for oboe in Bb major
Prague Chamber Orchestra; Frantisek Vajnar, conductor Jiri Krejci, oboe
6:16 a.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
Piano Trio No. 2 in E minor Opus 92/2
Munich Piano Trio
6:52 a.m.
Philip Glass
Powaqqatsi (Film Score): Anthem 1
Philip Glass Ensemble; MIchael Reisman, conductor
7:00 a.m.
Arcangelo Corelli
Concerto Grosso No. 10 in C major Opus 6
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor
7:13 a.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
String Quartet No. 16 in F major Opus 135
Emerson String Quartet
7:39 a.m.
Morten Lauridsen
O Magnum Mysterium
Fourth Wall Ensemble; Christopher Allen, conductor
7:45 a.m.
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Symphony No. 2: IV. Finale: Allegro vivace in E minor Opus 27
Detroit Symphony Orchestra; Leonard Slatkin, conductor
8:00 a.m.
Gioachino Rossini
WILLIAM TELL: Overture (GUILLAUME TELL)
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra; Yoel Levi, conductor
8:12 a.m.
Johannes Brahms
Serenade No. 2 in A major Opus 16
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra; Leonard Slatkin, conductor
8:45 a.m.
Edvard Grieg
Violin Sonata No. 3: II. Allegretto espressivo alla Romanza in C minor Opus 45
Duo Gazzana; Mykola Hobdych, conductor Natascia Gazzana, violin; Raffaella Gazzana, piano
8:53 a.m.
Leo Delibes
Sylvia: Procession of Bacchus from Act III
San Francisco Symphony; Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
9:00 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Piano Quartet No. 2 in Eb major Opus 87
Emanuel Ax, piano; Isaac Stern, violin; Jaime Laredo, viola; Yo Yo Ma, cello
9:35 a.m.
Joaquin Turina
Fandanguillo Opus 36
Narciso Yepes, guitar
9:41 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso No. 11 in A major Opus 6/11 HWV 329
Boston Baroque; Martin Pearlman, conductor
10:00 a.m.
Bernhard Crusell
Clarinet Concerto No. 3 in Bb major Opus 11
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra; Sakari Oramo, conductor Kari Kriikku, clarinet
10:23 a.m.
Reena Esmail
TaReKiTa
Fourth Wall Ensemble; Christopher Allen, conductor
10:26 a.m.
Fanny Mendelssohn
Piano Sonata in C minor in C minor (1824, age 18) H128
Betty Ann Miller, piano
10:44 a.m.
Alexander Glazunov
Saxophone Concerto in Eb major Opus 109
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor John Harle, saxophone
10:59 a.m.
Emil Mlynarski
Violin Concerto No. 2: III. Allegro vivace (Finale) in D major Opus 6
Polish Chamber Orchestra; Jacek Kaspszyk, conductor Nigel Kennedy, violin
11:09 a.m.
Heitor Villa-Lobos
Bachianas Brasileiras No. 4: I. Preludio W284
Richard Cionco, piano
11:14 a.m.
Carl Nielsen
Aladdin Suite Opus 34
San Francisco Symphony; Herbert Blomstedt, conductor
11:40 a.m.
Grace Williams
Hiraeth for Harp
Sandrine Chatron, harp
11:42 a.m.
Edward K. (Duke) Ellington
In a sentimental mood
Jason Vieaux, guitar
11:47 a.m.
Ralph Vaughan Williams
English Folk Song Suite
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic; Vernon Handley, conductor
11:59 a.m.
Frederic Rzewski
The People United Will Never Be Defeated! Theme; Variations 13, 20, 32, Theme
Kevin Lee Sun, piano
12:10 p.m.
Colin Kemper
Excerpt from About Buffalo
Kevin Lee Sun, piano
12:16 p.m.
Ottorino Respighi
Ancient Airs and Dances: Suite No. 2
Lausanne Chamber Orchestra; Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor
12:36 p.m.
Percy Grainger
Mock Morris
Dallas Wind Symphony; Jerry Junkin, conductor
12:39 p.m.
Camargo Mozart Guarnieri
Brazilian Dance (Dansa Brasiliera)
Simon Bolivar Orchestra; Maximiano Valdez, conductor
12:43 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Concerto for two violins (Double Concerto) in D minor BWV 1043
Collegium Musicum 90; Simon Standage, conductor Simon Standage, violin; Micaela Comberti, violin
12:59 p.m.
Grace Williams
Penillion
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Sir Charles Groves, conductor
1:16 p.m.
Claude Debussy
Clair de lune ("Moonlight")
Hayato Sumino, piano
1:22 p.m.
Bela Bartok
Piano Concerto No. 3 SZ 119
London Symphony Orchestra; Pierre Boulez, conductor Helene Grimaud, piano
1:49 p.m.
J. P. E. Hartmann
Hakon Jarl Opus 40
Danish National Symphony Orchestra; Thomas Dausgaard, conductor
2:00 p.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Symphony No. 6 "Pathetique" in B minor Opus 74
Philharmonia Orchestra; Riccardo Muti, conductor
2:47 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Serenade No. 10 for winds "Gran Partita": III. Adagio in Bb major K 361
Sabine Meyer Wind Ensemble
2:54 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Slavonic Dance No. 8 in G minor Opus 46
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra; Vaclav Neumann, conductor
3:00 p.m.
Fanny Mendelssohn
Overture in C major
The Women's Philharmonic; JoAnn Falletta, conductor
3:11 p.m.
Amy Beach
Romance (1893) in D major Opus 23
Kristin Lee, violin; Jun Cho, piano
3:18 p.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
Symphony No. 3 "Organ" in C minor Opus 78
San Francisco Symphony; Edo de Waart, conductor Jean Guillou, organ
3:54 p.m.
Giuseppe Verdi
NABUCCO: Va, pensiero (AKA "Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves")
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra; Robert Shaw, conductor Atlanta Symphony Chorus
4:01 p.m.
John Field
Rondo for piano & strings in Ab major
London Mozart Players; Matthias Bamert, conductor Miceal O'Rourke, piano
4:09 p.m.
Edouard Lalo
Scherzo in D minor
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Yondani Butt, conductor
4:15 p.m.
Antonio Rosetti
Concerto for Horn No. 2 in Eb major C 49
Prague Chamber Orchestra Radek Baborak, horn
4:36 p.m.
Marcel Tyberg
Symphony No. 2: III. Scherzo in F minor
Buffalo Philharmonic; JoAnn Falletta, conductor
4:47 p.m.
Franz Liszt
Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 in D minor
Weimar State Orchestra; Arthur Fagen, conductor
4:59 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Piano Concerto No. 5 "Emperor": III. Rondo in Eb major Opus 73
Bavarian Radio Symphony; Kurt Sanderling, conductor Mitsuko Uchida, piano
5:11 p.m.
Lucas Saboya
Zamba Negra (from Suite Ernestina)
Jose Antonio Escobar, guitar
5:16 p.m.
Theodore Dubois
Piano Quartet in A minor
Trio Hochelaga Jean-Luc Plourde, viola
5:49 p.m.
Jacques Offenbach
ORPHEUS IN THE UNDERWORLD: Overture
New York Philharmonic; Leonard Bernstein, conductor
6:00 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Serenade for Strings in E major Opus 22
Rotterdam Chamber Orchestra; Conrad van Alphen, conductor
6:30 p.m.
Hayato Sumino
Human Universe
Hayato Sumino, piano
6:37 p.m.
Emmanuel Chabrier
Larghetto for Horn & Orchestra
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor Ronald Janezic, horn
6:48 p.m.
Agustin Barrios
Aire de Zamba
Angel Romero, guitar
6:51 p.m.
John Williams
The BFG (from The BFG)
Los Angeles Recording Arts Orchestra; John Williams, conductor
