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Classical Music Playlist, April 24, 2023


Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921)

 

Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921)

French composer Camille Saint-Saens loved to travel, and because he wrote his Piano Concerto No. 5 while vacationing in Cairo and Luxor, the work is sometimes called the “Egyptian” concerto. After an energetic opening of the second movement, he even included what he said was a romantic “Nubian love song” sung by boatmen as the composer was sailing down the Nile. The Saint-Saens “Egyptian” Concerto is today’s Midday Masterpiece.

6:00 a.m.

Jean-Marie Leclair

String Sonata in Bb major Opus 4/2

Musica Alta Ripa

6:11 a.m.

Jan Kaliwoda

Symphony No. 2 in Eb major Opus 17

Cologne Academy; Michael Alexander Willens, conductor

6:40 a.m.

Philip Glass

The Truman Show: Truman Sleeps

Valentina Lisitsa, piano

6:42 a.m.

Connor Chee

Navajo Vocable No. 4

Angelica Hairston, harp

6:47 a.m.

Antonio Vivaldi

Bassoon Concerto in A minor in A minor RV 497

Arion Mathieu Lussier, baroque bassoon

6:59 a.m.

Felix Mendelssohn

Ruy Blas: Overture Opus 95

London Symphony Orchestra; Claudio Abbado, conductor

7:10 a.m.

Johann Sebastian Bach

Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D major BWV 1050

Tafelmusik; Jeanne Lamon, conductor

7:32 a.m.

Edgar Meyer & Chris Thile

Look Away

Joshua Bell, violin; Chris Thile, mandolin; Edgar Meyer, bass

7:36 a.m.

William Byrd

The Earl of Oxford’s March

Canadian Brass; Robert Moody, conductor

7:40 a.m.

Frederic Chopin

Polonaise No. 4 in C minor Opus 40/2

Folke Nauta, piano

7:50 a.m.

Adolphus Hailstork

Three Spirituals

Virginia Symphony Orchestra; JoAnn Falletta, conductor

8:00 a.m.

Antonin Dvorak

Scherzo capriccioso Opus 66

Los Angeles Philharmonic; Andre Previn, conductor

8:14 a.m.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Symphony No. 35 “Haffner” in D major K 385

English Baroque Soloists; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

8:38 a.m.

Hans Zimmer

The Frozen Planet

BBC National Orchestra of Wales

8:44 a.m.

Astor Piazzolla

Libertango

Yo Yo Ma, cello; Nestor Marconi, bandoneon; Antonio Agri, violin; Horatio Malvicino, guitar

8:47 a.m.

Percy Grainger

The Gum Suckers March

Dallas Wind Symphony; Jerry Junkin, conductor

8:52 a.m.

Johannes Brahms

Symphony No. 4: III. Allegro giocoso in E minor Opus 98

Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; Riccardo Chailly, conductor

9:00 a.m.

Cecile Chaminade

Piano Trio No. 1 in G minor Opus 11

Trio Parnassus

9:22 a.m.

Josef Suk

Spring: V. Longing Opus 22a

La Pieta; Angele Dubeau, conductor Francine Kay, piano

9:27 a.m.

Franz Krommer

Concerto for two clarinets in Eb major Opus 91

Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Kenneth Sillito, conductor Sabine Meyer, clarinet; Julian Bliss, clarinet

9:52 a.m.

Catrin Finch; Seckou Keita

From Bach to Baisso

Seckou Keita, kora; Catrin Finch, harp

10:00 a.m.

Antonio Vivaldi

Violin Concerto, Op. 4, No. 1 in Bb major Opus 4 RV 383

Academy of Ancient Music; Christopher Hogwood, conductor Monica Huggett, violin

10:09 a.m.

James Horner

TITANIC: My Heart Will Go On

La Pieta; Angele Dubeau, conductor Angele Dubeau, violin

10:14 a.m.

Ernest Chausson

Symphony in Bb major Opus 20

Philharmonia Orchestra; Francesco d’Avalos, conductor

10:46 a.m.

Sergei Rachmaninoff

Prelude in C-sharp minor in C# minor Opus 3/2

Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano

10:52 a.m.

Adolphus Hailstork

Symphony No. 1: 2nd Movement

Virginia Symphony Orchestra; JoAnn Falletta, conductor

11:00 a.m.

Fanny Mendelssohn

Piano Trio in D minor

Nash Ensemble

11:26 a.m.

Agustin Barrios

Danza Paraguaya No. 1

Xuefei Yang, guitar

11:28 a.m.

Johann Sebastian Bach

Orchestral Suite No. 2: Badinerie BWV 1067

The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor

11:31 a.m.

Hubert Parry

Symphonic Variations

London Philharmonic Orchestra; Matthias Bamert, conductor

11:46 a.m.

Dmitri Shostakovich

Prelude and Fugue No. 5 in D minormajor

Wei Luo, piano

11:52 a.m.

Emmanuel Chabrier

Espana (Spanish Rhapsodie)

Boston Symphony Orchestra; Seiji Ozawa, conductor

11:59 a.m.

Antonin Dvorak

Symphony No. 8: IV. Finale in G major Opus 88

Los Angeles Philharmonic; Rafael Kubelik, conductor Avi Avital, mandolin; Anneleen Lenaerts, harp

12:09 p.m.

William Grant Still

Lyric Quartet: III. The Jovial One

Catalyst Quartet

12:14 p.m.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Piano Concerto No. 15 in Bb major K 450

English Chamber Orchestra; Jeffrey Tate, conductor Mitsuko Uchida, piano

12:38 p.m.

Enrique Granados

La Maja de Goya

Eduardo Fernandez, guitar

12:42 p.m.

Amy Beach

Pastorale

Reykjavik Wind Quintet

12:47 p.m.

Carl Maria Von Weber

Oberon Overture J 306

Hanover Band; Roy Goodman, conductor

12:57 p.m.

Johannes Brahms

Piano Quintet: I. Allegro non troppo in F minor Opus 34

Artemis Quartet Leif Ove Andsnes, piano

1:13 p.m.

Tessa Lark

Applachian Fantasy

Tessa Lark, violin

1:19 p.m.

Giovanni Paisiello

Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major

Saint Cecilia Chamber Orchestra; Pietro Spada, conductor Pietro Spada, piano

1:43 p.m.

Malcolm Forsyth

Golyardes’ Grounde

Canadian Brass

1:48 p.m.

Franz Liszt

Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 in D minor

Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Georg Solti, conductor

2:00 p.m.

Camille Saint-Saens

Piano Concerto No. 5 in F major Opus 103

Orchestre de Paris; Serge Baudo, conductor Aldo Ciccolini, piano

2:29 p.m.

Alessandro Scarlatti

Sonata (Concerto IX) in A minor

Europa Galante; Fabio Biondi, conductor

2:40 p.m.

George Walker

String Quartet No. 1 “Lyric”: II. Molto adagio

Catalyst Quartet

2:47 p.m.

Ludwig Van Beethoven

Symphony No. 9: II. Molto Vivace (Scherzo and Trio) in D minor Opus 125

Cleveland Orchestra; Christoph Von Dohnanyi, conductor

3:00 p.m.

George Friederich Handel

Concerto Grosso No. 5 in D major Opus 6/5 HWV 323

Handel & Haydn Society; Christopher Hogwood, conductor

3:16 p.m.

Joe Hisaishi

Howl’s Moving Castle: Merry-Go-Round of Life

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Joe Hisaishi, conductor Yuja Wang, piano

3:21 p.m.

Gabriela Lena Frank

Leyendas: VI. Coqueteos

Del Sol String Quartet

3:25 p.m.

Bernhard Crusell

Clarinet Concerto No. 1 in Eb major Opus 1

Cologne Academy; Michael Alexander Willens, conductor Eric Hoeprich, clarinet

3:49 p.m.

Antonin Dvorak

Symphony No. 8: IV. Finale in G major Opus 88

Los Angeles Philharmonic; Rafael Kubelik, conductor Avi Avital, mandolin; Anneleen Lenaerts, harp

3:59 p.m.

Louise Farrenc

Nonette in E-flat: I. Adagio – Allegro in Eb major Opus 38

Minerva Chamber Ensemble; Kevin Geraldi, conductor

4:12 p.m.

Leo Brouwer

Zapateada (aire popular cubano)

Pepe Romero, guitar

4:16 p.m.

Alan Hovhaness

Symphony No. 2 “Mysterious Mountain” Opus 132

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic; Gerard Schwarz, conductor

4:36 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

4:48 p.m.

Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Serenade for Strings: I. Andante non troppo in C major Opus 48

St. Petersburg Philharmonic; Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor

4:58 p.m.

William Dawson

Negro Folk Symphony

Detroit Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor

5:28 p.m.

Felix Mendelssohn

Symphony No. 4 “Italian”: IV. Saltarello (Presto) in A major Opus 90

Israel Philharmonic Orchestra; Leonard Bernstein, conductor

5:35 p.m.

Sergei Rachmaninoff

Vocalise Opus 34/14

Orchestra of St. Luke’s; Michael Stern, conductor Joshua Bell, violin

5:42 p.m.

Antonio Vivaldi

String Symphony No. 1 (Concerto) in A major RV 159

The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor

5:49 p.m.

Joe Hisaishi

Princess Mononoke Suite (from Princess Mononoke)

New Japan World Dream Orchestra; Joe Hisaishi, conductor Joe Hisaishi, piano

5:59 p.m.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Piano Concerto No. 9 “Jenamy” in Eb major K 271

English Chamber Orchestra; Murray Perahia, conductor Murray Perahia, piano

6:31 p.m.

Leo Delibes

Lakme: Flower Duet (Viens, Malika..Sous le Dome epais)

Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra; Johannes Wildner, conductor Denise Slepkovska, mezzo-soprano; Adriana Kohutkova, soprano

6:38 p.m.

Philip Glass

Metamorphosis II

Anne Akiko Meyers, violin; Akira Eguchi, piano

6:46 p.m.

Leonard Bernstein

West Side Story Suite for Piano Trio

Eroica Trio


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