Classical Music Playlist, November 12, 2024
Czech composer Antonín Dvořák
Czech composer Antonín Dvořák wrote his only Violin Concerto for, and in consultation with, renowned violinist of the day Joseph Joachim. But after literally years of personal meetings and play-throughs in progress and letters back and forth, Joachim never played the concerto publicly. Proposed reasons are many, including the violinist’s unhappiness with certain structures of the concerto and insufficient opportunities for him to shine in virtuosic ways he preferred, or even simply that by that time Joachim was too busy with his duties as director of Berlin’s Academy of Music, conductor and composer, to study and prepare to perform new works. As a virtuoso, at that point Joachim relied on old standards that had already become staples for his performing career.
The Concerto was premiered by a young highly regarded Czech violinist nearly as famous at the time, František Ondříček, who was honored to play the Czech composer’s masterpiece and performed it with frequency, raising his notoriety, Dvořák’s, and the Concerto’s internationally. With its cheerful Czech folk elements and now a staple of the violin repertoire, the Dvořák Violin Concerto in A-minor is today’s Midday Masterpiece
6:00 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor BWV 1041
Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra; Jeffrey Kahane, conductor Margaret Batjer, violin
6:14 a.m.
Johannes Brahms
Symphony No. 3 in F major Opus 90
Scottish Chamber Orchestra; Charles Mackerras, conductor
6:51 a.m.
Heitor Villa-Lobos
Prelude No. 1
Orchestre de Paris; Klaus Makela, conductor Xuefei Yang, guitar
6:56 a.m.
Jean-Philippe Rameau
Rigaudons en Rondeau
Assad Brothers Sergio Assad, guitar; Odair Assad, guitar
6:59 a.m.
Francesco Geminiani
Concerto Grosso "La Follia" in D minor
Les Violons du Roy; Bernard Labadie, conductor
7:11 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 9 "Jenamy" in Eb major K 271
English Chamber Orchestra; Jeffrey Tate, conductor Mitsuko Uchida, piano
7:44 a.m.
Elena Kats-Chernin
Re-Inventions: Re-Invention No. 1
La Pieta; Angele Dubeau, conductor
7:49 a.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
Oberon Overture J 306
Hanover Band; Roy Goodman, conductor
7:59 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto No. 1 for four violins and orchestra in D major Opus 3 RV 549
Tafelmusik; Jeanne Lamon, conductor Members of...
8:08 a.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Symphony No. 5 in C minor Opus 67
Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
8:41 a.m.
Fanny Mendelssohn
Das Jahr (The Year): 6. June: Serenade
Anna Shelest, piano
8:47 a.m.
Sergei Prokofiev
Romeo & Juliet: Dance of the Knights Opus 64
Cleveland Orchestra; Lorin Maazel, conductor
8:53 a.m.
John Adams
Short Ride in a Fast Machine
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; Simon Rattle, conductor
8:59 a.m.
Max Bruch
Symphony No. 3 in E major Opus 51
Hungarian State Orchestra; Manfred Honeck, conductor
9:39 a.m.
Hector del Curto
Trace of Time
Apollo Chamber Players Hector del Curto, bandoneon
9:49 a.m.
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Vocalise Opus 34/14
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra; Edward Gardner, conductor Alison Balsom, trumpet
9:54 a.m.
Giovanni Gabrieli
Canzon in the 1st tone for 8 parts
London Symphony Orchestra Brass; Eric Crees, conductor
10:00 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Harpsichord Concerto in D minor BWV 974
Vikingur Olafsson, piano
10:10 a.m.
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Violin Concerto in G minor Opus 80
Chineke! Orchestra; Kevin John Edusei, conductor Elena Urioste, violin
10:43 a.m.
Karl Jenkins
Stravaganza: 2. Dreams & Drones
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Karl Jenkins, conductor Jess Gillam, soprano saxophone
10:50 a.m.
Johann Strauss, Jr.
Artist's Life Opus 316 Kunstlerleben
Vienna State Opera Orchestra; Jascha Horenstein, conductor
11:00 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso No. 4 in F major Opus 3/4a HWV 315
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor
11:11 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Slavonic Dance No. 10 in E minor Opus 72
Berlin Philharmonic; Lorin Maazel, conductor
11:19 a.m.
Joaquin Rodrigo
Concierto Madrigal
Internationale Philharmonie; Horst-Hans Backer, conductor Amadeus Guitar Duo
11:52 a.m.
Florence Price
Violin Concerto No. 1: III. Allegro in D major
Philadelphia Orchestra; Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor Randall Goosby, violin
11:59 a.m.
Edvard Grieg
Norwegian Dances Opus 35
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
12:17 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Fugue "Little Fugue" in G minor BWV 578
Canadian Brass
12:22 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major K 467
Scottish Chamber Orchestra; Charles Mackerras, conductor John O'Conor, piano
12:50 p.m.
Gustav Mahler
Symphony No. 1: 2nd movement in D major
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra; Yoel Levi, conductor
1:00 p.m.
Manuel de Falla
Three-Cornered Hat Suite No. 2
Boston Pops Orchestra; Arthur Fiedler, conductor
1:12 p.m.
Franz Liszt
Mephisto Waltz No. 1
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Fritz Reiner, conductor
1:25 p.m.
Mel Bonis
Piano Quartet No. 1 in Bb major Opus 69
Mozart Piano Quartet
1:51 p.m.
Giuseppe Verdi
NABUCCO Overture (Sinfonia)
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Edward Downes, conductor
2:00 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Violin Concerto in A minor Opus 53
Royal Scottish National Orchestra; Teddy Abrams, conductor Rachel Barton Pine, violin
2:34 p.m.
Fanny Mendelssohn
Notturno in G minor H337
Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano
2:39 p.m.
Jules Massenet
Suite No. 4 "Picturesque Scenes" (Scenes pittoresques)
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra; Jean-Yves Ossonce, conductor
2:56 p.m.
Modest Mussorgsky
Scherzo in Bb major
Philharmonia Orchestra; Geoffrey Simon, conductor
3:01 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Concerto for oboe and violin in C minor BWV 1060
Tafelmusik; Jeanne Lamon, conductor John Abberger, oboe
3:15 p.m.
Traditional Japanese
Sakura sakura cherry blossom
Xuefei Yang, guitar
3:22 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 38 "Prague" in D major K 504
Salzburg Mozarteum Orchestra; Hans Graf, conductor
3:56 p.m.
Johannes Brahms
Hungarian Dance No. 5 in G minor
North German Radio Symphony; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
4:00 p.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Marche Slav Opus 31
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
4:11 p.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 93 in D major HOB I:93
Heidelberg Symphony Orchestra; Thomas Fey, conductor
4:34 p.m.
George Gershwin
I Got Rhythm Variations
Boston Pops Orchestra; Arthur Fiedler, conductor Earl Wild, piano
4:43 p.m.
Johann Heinichen
Concerto for 2 horns and 2 flutes in F major S 233
Musica Antiqua Koln; Reinhardt Goebel, conductor
4:53 p.m.
Aaron Copland
Rodeo: Hoe-Down
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra; Leonard Slatkin, conductor
4:59 p.m.
Karl Goldmark
In Italy Overture Opus 49
Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra; Andras Korodi, conductor
5:12 p.m.
Frederic Chopin
Nocturne No. 13 in C minor Opus 48/1
Hayato Sumino, piano
5:20 p.m.
Robert Schumann
Symphony No. 1 "Spring" in Bb major Opus 38
Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
5:51 p.m.
Emmanuel Chabrier
Bourree Fantasque
L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
6:00 p.m.
Jean Sibelius
Violin Concerto in D minor Opus 47
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra; Klaus Makela, conductor Janine Jansen, violin
6:33 p.m.
Joe Hisaishi
A Town with an Ocean View (from Kiki's Delivery Service)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Joe Hisaishi, conductor Bruce Liu, piano
6:38 p.m.
Rebecca Clarke
Passacaglia (on an Old English Tune)
Philip Dukes, viola; Sophia Rahman, piano
6:43 p.m.
Max Richter
In the Garden
La Pieta Angele Dubeau, violin
6:50 p.m.
Jonathan Leshnoff
Guitar Concerto: III. Lively (Finale)
The Nashville Symphony; Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor Jason Vieaux, guitar
