Classical Music Playlist, January 3, 2023
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Written in about the late 1770s apparently for him and his sister to perform and with the orchestra scaled back to let the dialogue between the two soloists stand out, Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 10 for TWO pianos is today’s Midday Masterpiece at 2:00 pm.
6:00 a.m.
Francesco Geminiani
Concerto Grosso No. 4 in F major
Boston Baroque; Martin Pearlman, conductor
6:10 a.m.
Jan Dussek
Piano Concerto in C major Opus 29
Ulster Orchestra; Howard Shelley, conductor Howard Shelley, piano
6:34 a.m.
Francisco Tarrega
Memories of the Alhambra (Recuerdos de la Alhambra)
Jason Vieaux, guitar
6:41 a.m.
Florence Price
Symphony No. 1: I. Allegro ma non troppo in E minor
Fort Smith Symphony; John Jeter, conductor
6:59 a.m.
Aaron Copland
El Salon Mexico
New York Philharmonic; Leonard Bernstein, conductor
7:12 a.m.
Carel Anton Fodor
Symphony No. 3 in C minor Opus 19
Netherlands Radio Chamber Orchestra; Anthony Halstead, conductor
7:42 a.m.
Xuefei Yang
Xinjiang Fantasy
Xuefei Yang, guitar
7:48 a.m.
Amy Beach
From Blackbird Hills
Lara Downes, piano
7:52 a.m.
Fanny Mendelssohn
Melodie (Allegretto) No. 2 in C# minor Opus 4/2
Betty Ann Miller, piano
7:55 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
XERXES: Largo: “Ombra mai fu”
Guildhall String Ensemble
7:59 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Trio for violin, lute & continuo in G minor RV 85
Bach Sinfonia; Daniel Abraham, conductor Ronn McFarlane, lute; Marlisa del Cid Woods, violin
8:11 a.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 103 “Drum Roll” in Eb major
Orchestra of St. Luke’s; Charles Mackerras, conductor
8:41 a.m.
Samuel Akpabot
Pastorale from “Scenes from Nigeria”
Marcus Eley, clarinet; Lucerne DeSa, piano
8:45 a.m.
Louis Moreau Gottschalk
Manchenga, etude de concert Opus 38
Alan Feinberg, piano
8:50 a.m.
Jules Massenet
THAIS: Meditation
Berlin Philharmonic; Herbert Von Karajan, conductor Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin
8:58 a.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Symphony No. 4 in Bb major Opus 60
Chamber Orchestra of Europe; Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor
9:33 a.m.
Franz Schubert
Impromptu No. 2 in Eb major Opus 90/2 D 899
Simone Dinnerstein, piano
9:40 a.m.
Alan Silvestri
FORREST GUMP: Feather Theme
La Pieta Angele Dubeau, violin
9:42 a.m.
Alexandre Desplat
Elisa’s Theme (from the 2017 movie ‘The Shape of Water’)
London Symphony Orchestra; Alexandre Desplat, conductor
9:45 a.m.
Domenico Scarlatti
Sonata in F minor K 466
Assad Brothers Sergio Assad, guitar; Odair Assad, guitar
9:54 a.m.
Aaron Copland
Rodeo: Hoe-Down
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra; Leonard Slatkin, conductor
10:00 a.m.
10:00 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
Water Music Suite No. 2 in D major HWV 349
Les Violons du Roy; Bernard Labadie, conductor
10:12 a.m.
Valentin Silvestrov
Barcarole, from Songs Without Words
Daniel Hope, violin; Alexey Botvinov, piano
10:16 a.m.
Ernest Chausson
Concert for Violin, Piano & String Quartet: II. Sicilienne in D major Opus 21
Takacs Quartet Joshua Bell, violin; Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano
10:21 a.m.
Enrique Granados
La Maja de Goya
Christopher Parkening, guitar
10:27 a.m.
Alexander Borodin
Petite Suite
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
10:57 a.m.
Hamilton Harty
In Ireland
Ulster Orchestra; Bryden Thomson, conductor Colin Fleming, flute; Denise Kelly, harp
11:00 a.m.
11:07 a.m.
Patrick Doyle
Henry V: Film Music
Cincinnati Pops; Erich Kunzel, conductor May Festival Chorus
11:12 a.m.
Carl Nielsen
Symphony No. 1 in G minor Opus 7
Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra; Herbert Blomstedt, conductor
11:49 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
Solomon: Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
11:52 a.m.
Girolamo Frescobaldi
Canzona No. 16 in A minor
Anner Bylsma, cello; Lidewy Scheifes, cello; Bob van Asperen, harpsichord
11:56 a.m.
Morten Lauridsen
Les Chansons des Roses: Dirait-on
Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
12:00 p.m.
12:01 p.m.
Robert Schumann
Piano Concerto in A minor Opus 54
Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra; Riccardo Chailly, conductor Jorge Bolet, piano
12:35 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
2 Gavottes in G minor BWV 995
Sharon Isbin, guitar
12:39 p.m.
Emile Mosseri
Jacob’s Prayer
studio ensemble
12:41 p.m.
Jean-Michel Blais
murmures
Jean-Michel Blais, piano
12:47 p.m.
Giovanni Gabrieli
Sonata on the 8th tone
Philadelphia Orchestra & Chicago Symphony Orchestra Brass Ensembles
12:53 p.m.
An-Lun Huang
Saibei Suite No. 2: “Saibei Dance”
Chicago Sinfonietta; Mei-Ann Chen, conductor
12:59 p.m.
Arcangelo Corelli
Concerto Grosso No. 1 in D major Opus 6
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor
1:12 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Poetic Tone Pictures: I. Twilight Way Opus 85
Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
1:18 p.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Symphony No. 4 “Italian” in A major Opus 90
Chamber Orchestra of Europe; Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor
1:48 p.m.
Jennifer Higdon
Harp Concerto: IV. Rap Knock
Rochester Philharmonic; Ward Stare, conductor Yolanda Kondonassis, harp
1:55 p.m.
Franz Liszt
Transcendental Etude No. 5 “Feux Follets” (Will o’ the wisps)
Daniil Trifonov, piano
2:00 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 10 (for two pianos) in Eb major K 365
English Baroque Soloists; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor Malcolm Bilson, fortepiano; Robert Levin, piano
2:25 p.m.
Johann Kaspar Mertz
Hungarian Fantasy (Fantasie Hongroise) Opus 65/1
David Russell, guitar
2:33 p.m.
Florence Price
Symphony No. 4: I. Tempo Moderato in D minor
Fort Smith Symphony; John Jeter, conductor
2:49 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring
Nelson Freire, piano
2:52 p.m.
Vladimir Martynov
The Beatitudes
Kronos Quartet
2:59 p.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Bassoon Concerto in A minor in A minor RV 498
Seattle Baroque Michael McCraw, bassoon
3:10 p.m.
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Prelude in G minor in G minor Opus 23
Howard Shelley, piano
3:16 p.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Suite No. 4 “Mozartiana” in G major Opus 61
Philharmonia Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
3:42 p.m.
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
African Suite: African Dance Opus 35/4
Chicago Sinfonietta; Paul Freeman, conductor
3:48 p.m.
Ludwig Goransson
Ancestral Plane (Black Panther Original Score)
Studio Orchestra
3:54 p.m.
Grace Williams
Hiraeth for Harp
Sandrine Chatron, harp
3:58 p.m.
George Friederich Handel
Water Music Suite No. 1 in F major HWV 348
Les Violons du Roy; Bernard Labadie, conductor
4:26 p.m.
Isaac Albeniz
Suite Espanola: No. 3 “Sevilla” Opus 47
Jason Vieaux, guitar
4:33 p.m.
Rebecca Clarke
Passacaglia (on an Old English Tune)
Patricia McCarty, viola; Virginia Eskin, piano
4:38 p.m.
Amy Beach
Invocation in D major Opus 55
Tasmin Little, violin; John Lenehan, piano
4:43 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Violin Concerto: III. Rondo – Allegro in D major Opus 61
The Knights; Eric Jacobsen, conductor Gil Shaham, violin
4:54 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Minuet in G major BWV 841
Andrew Rangell, piano
5:01 p.m.
Francesco Geminiani
Concerto Grosso “La Follia” in D minor
Boston Baroque; Martin Pearlman, conductor
5:13 p.m.
Mauro Giuliani
Guitar Concerto No. 3 in F major Opus 70
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor Pepe Romero, guitar
5:42 p.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Swan Lake: Farewell of the Guests/Waltz Opus 20
New York Philharmonic; Kurt Masur, conductor
5:50 p.m.
Valentin Silvestrov
Musical Moment, from Songs Without Words
Los Angeles Philharmonic; Gustavo Dudamel, conductor Daniel Hope, violin; Alexey Botvinov, piano
5:54 p.m.
Michael Nyman
Trysting Fields
Kremerata Baltica; Gidon Kremer, conductor
6:01 p.m.
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Symphonic Dances Opus 45
Detroit Symphony Orchestra; Leonard Slatkin, conductor
6:36 p.m.
TRADITIONAL
The Quiet Man: St. Patrick’s Day
Boston Pops Orchestra; John Williams, conductor Itzhak Perlman, violin
6:40 p.m.
Alberto Ginastera
Four Dances from Estancia
New World Symphony; Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
6:53 p.m.
Edward K. (Duke) Ellington
Isfahan
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; Simon Rattle, conductor Bobby Watson, alto sax; Peter Walden, english horn