Classical Music Playlist, December 3, 2024
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Haydn’s next to last symphony, No. 103, picked up the nickname the “Drumroll” symphony for the rolling timpani that opens the work. It was the eleventh of twelve symphonies Haydn composed specifically for premiere in London where audiences loved him. To this day it’s one of his most popular symphonies, and it’s today's Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
J. Michael Haydn
Concerto for Organ, Viola, and Strings: III. Prestissimo in C major
Cappella Coloniensis; Wilfried Boettcher, conductor Franz Lehrndorfer, organ; Ulrich Koch, viola
6:10 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Sinfonia Concertante for winds and orchestra in Eb major K 297b
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra; Libor Pesek, conductor Radomir Pivoda, flute; Jiri Mihule, oboe; Zdenek Tylsar, horn; Frantisek Herman, bassoon
6:36 a.m.
Samuel Barber
Adagio for Strings Opus 11
English String Orchestra; William Boughton, conductor
6:44 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Keyboard Concerto No. 4 in A major BWV 1055
Chamber Orchestra of Europe Andras Schiff, piano
6:59 a.m.
Jose Moncayo
Sinfonietta
Mexico National Symphony Orchestra; Enrique Arturo Diemecke, conductor
7:12 a.m.
Ignaz Moscheles
Piano Concerto No. 4 in E major Opus 64
Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra; Howard Shelley, conductor Howard Shelley, piano
7:39 a.m.
Malcolm Arnold
Four Scottish Dances Opus 59
Philharmonia Orchestra; Bryden Thomson, conductor
7:49 a.m.
Frederic Chopin
"Military" Polonaise in A major Opus 40/1
Jon Kimura Parker, piano
7:54 a.m.
Johan Halvorsen
Entry March of the Boyars
Bergen Philharmonic; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
8:00 a.m.
Agustin Barrios
La Catedral
Il Giardino Armonico; Giovanni Antonini, conductor Raphael Feuillatre, guitar
8:10 a.m.
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Capriccio Espagnol Opus 34
London Symphony Orchestra; Charles Mackerras, conductor
8:29 a.m.
Anton Arensky
Piano Quintet: Scherzo Opus 51
Ying Quartet Adam Neiman, piano
8:39 a.m.
Gentil Montana
Suite Colombiana No. 2: IV. Porro
Jose Antonio Escobar, guitar
8:46 a.m.
Manuel de Falla
Three-Cornered Hat Suite No. 2
Boston Pops Orchestra; Arthur Fiedler, conductor
8:59 a.m.
Joe Hisaishi
Merry-Go-Round of Life (from Howl's Moving Castle)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Joe Hisaishi, conductor Alice Sara Ott, piano
9:15 a.m.
Santiago de Murcia
Giga (Corelli)
Richard Savino, guitar
9:18 a.m.
Santiago de Murcia
Villanos
Richard Savino, guitar; Mauro ReFosco, percussion; Yousif Sheronick, percussion
9:24 a.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Horn Concerto No. 1 in D major HOB VIId:3
Heidelberg Symphony Orchestra; Thomas Fey, conductor Wilhelm Bruns, natural horn
9:41 a.m.
Mykola Lysenko
Overture to the opera "Taras Bulba"
Anna Shelest, piano; Dmitri Shelest, piano
9:50 a.m.
Thomas de Hartmann
Cello Concerto: III. Finale. Allegro ma non troppo Opus 57
Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra Matt Haimovitz, cello
10:00 a.m.
Robert Schumann
Symphony No. 1 "Spring" in Bb major Opus 38
Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
10:31 a.m.
Thelonious Monk
Monk's Mood
Kristin Lee, violin; Jeremy Ajani Jordan, piano
10:38 a.m.
Johannes Brahms
String Quintet No. 1: I. Allegro non troppo ma con brio in F major Opus 88
Takacs Quartet Lawrence Power, viola
10:50 a.m.
Alexander Glazunov
Concert Waltz No. 1 (Valse de Concert) in D major Opus 47
Moscow Philharmonic; Lawrence Leighton Smith, conductor
11:00 a.m.
Catrin Finch
Celtic Concerto
Sinfonia Cymru; John Rutter, conductor Catrin Finch, harp
11:14 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Bagatelles Opus 47
Bonn Beethovenhalle Orchestra; Dennis Russell Davies, conductor
11:35 a.m.
Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
Quintet for Guitar and String Quartet: IV. Finale Op 143
Pacifica Quartet Sharon Isbin, guitar
11:42 a.m.
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Petite Suite de Concert Opus 77
Chineke! Orchestra; Anthony Parnther, conductor
12:00 p.m.
Gabriel Faure
Dolly Suite Opus 56
Boston Symphony Orchestra; Seiji Ozawa, conductor
12:19 p.m.
Peter Maxwell Davies
Farewell to Stromness
Lauren Scott, harp
12:27 p.m.
Franz Liszt
Les Preludes (Symphonic Poem #3) S 97
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Georg Solti, conductor
12:44 p.m.
Philip Glass
String Quartet No. 3 "Mishima": VI. Mishima Closing
Attacca Quartet
12:51 p.m.
Ethel Smyth
THE BOATSWAIN'S MATE: Overture
BBC National Orchestra of Wales; Rumon Gamba, conductor
12:59 p.m.
Arnold Bax
Tintagel
Royal Scottish National Orchestra; David Lloyd-Jones, conductor
1:15 p.m.
George Friederich Handel
SERSE: "Ombra mai fu"
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment; Harry Bicket, conductor Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, mezzo-soprano
1:22 p.m.
Mauro Giuliani
Guitar Concerto No. 1 in A major Opus 30
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor Pepe Romero, guitar
1:46 p.m.
Florence Price
Piano Concerto in One Movement: III. Allegretto
Chineke! Orchestra; Leslie Suganandarajah, conductor Jeneba Kanneh-Mason, piano
1:53 p.m.
Aaron Copland
Rodeo: Hoe-Down
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra; Leonard Slatkin, conductor
2:00 p.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 103 "Drum Roll" in Eb major
Orchestra of St. Luke's; Charles Mackerras, conductor
2:30 p.m.
Gabriel Faure
Song of Jean Racine (Cantique de Jean Racine) Opus 11
St. John's College Choir; George Guest, conductor Stephen Cleobury, organ
2:39 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Keyboard Concerto No. 5 in F minor BWV 1056
Staatskapelle Berlin Simone Dinnerstein, piano
2:50 p.m.
Hector Berlioz
Roman Carnival Overture Opus 9
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra; David Zinman, conductor
3:01 p.m.
Johannes Brahms
Symphony No. 1: IV. Finale in C minor Opus 68
Berlin Philharmonic; Herbert von Karajan, conductor
3:20 p.m.
Elena Kats-Chernin
Peggy's Rag
Sarah Cahill, piano
3:27 p.m.
Richard Wagner
TANNHAUSER Overture
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra; Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor
3:43 p.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
Romance Opus 36
Hermann Baumann, horn; Reiko Honsho, piano
3:50 p.m.
Giuseppe Verdi
NABUCCO Overture (Sinfonia)
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Edward Downes, conductor
4:00 p.m.
Georg Philipp Telemann
Tafelmusik II: Concerto for 3 violins in F major
Musica Antiqua Koln; Reinhardt Goebel, conductor Members of...
4:15 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Poetic Tone Pictures: X. Bacchanalia Opus 85
Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
4:23 p.m.
Josef Suk
Fantastic Scherzo Opus 25
Buffalo Philharmonic; JoAnn Falletta, conductor
4:40 p.m.
Gabriel Faure
Pavane Opus 50
Minnesota Orchestra; Eiji Oue, conductor
4:50 p.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Four Seasons: Spring (La Primavera) in E major Opus 8 RV 269
Europa Galante Fabio Biondi, violin
5:01 p.m.
George Gershwin
Piano Concerto in F major
Philadelphia Orchestra; Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor Daniil Trifonov, piano
5:34 p.m.
Paquito D'Rivera
Aires Tropicales: VI. Contradanza
Imani Winds
5:36 p.m.
Felipe Villanueva
Poetic Waltz (Vals Poetico)
State of Mexico Symphony; Enrique Batiz, conductor
5:40 p.m.
Engelbert Humperdinck
HANSEL UND GRETEL Overture
Bavarian Radio Symphony; Jeffrey Tate, conductor
5:50 p.m.
Jose Moncayo
Huapango
Philharmonic Orchestra of the Americas; Alondra de la Parra, conductor
6:00 p.m.
Holiday Programming
Gaudete! Early Music for the Christmas Season SEGMENT 1
Sara Schneider, host
6:28 p.m.
Holiday Programming
Gaudete! Early Music for the Christmas Season SEGMENT 2
Sara Schneider, host
