A music critic at the time commented that Russian composer Alexander Borodin’s 2nd Symphony had “the flavor of an ancient Russian epic.” That’s fitting, as the composer included unused musical ideas from his opera “Prince Igor” that he was writing at the same time. Borodin’s colorful and grand 2nd Symphony is today’s Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
Tomaso Albinoni
Oboe Concerto No. 6 in D major Opus 7/6
London Harpsichord Ensemble Sarah Francis, oboe
6:08 a.m.
Louise Farrenc
Piano Trio No. 1 in Eb major Opus 33
Neave Trio
6:44 a.m.
Lucas Ruiz de Ribayaz
El Gran Duque y Baylete
The Harp Consort
6:49 a.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
Havanaise Opus 83
New York Philharmonic; Zubin Mehta, conductor Itzhak Perlman, violin
7:00 a.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
Concertino for Clarinet and Orchestra in Eb major Opus 26
Staatskapelle Dresden; Herbert Blomstedt, conductor Sabine Meyer, clarinet
7:11 a.m.
Jean-Baptiste Lully
Alceste Suite
Le Concert des Nations; Jordi Savall, conductor
7:34 a.m.
Alexandra Streliski
Elegie
Alexandra Streliski, piano
7:38 a.m.
Gentil Montana
Suite Colombiana No. 2: IV. Porro
Jose Antonio Escobar, guitar
7:43 a.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Capriccio Brillant in B minor Opus 22
London Mozart Players; Howard Shelley, conductor Howard Shelley, piano
7:55 a.m.
Amy Beach
Pastorale
Reykjavik Wind Quintet
8:00 a.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Symphony No. 6 “Pastoral”: I. Allegro ma non troppo in F major Opus 68
Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
8:14 a.m.
Joaquin Rodrigo
Fantasy for a Gentleman
Lausanne Chamber Orchestra; Lawrence Foster, conductor Sharon Isbin, guitar
8:38 a.m.
Tielmann Susato
Pavane “La Bataille”
New London Consort; Philip Pickett, conductor
8:44 a.m.
Gabriela Lena Frank
Leyendas: VI. Coqueteos
Del Sol String Quartet
8:48 a.m.
Georges Bizet
Carmen Suite No. 1
Cincinnati Pops; Erich Kunzel, conductor
9:01 a.m.
Johann Nepomuk Hummel
Piano Concerto No. 3 in B minor Opus 89
English Chamber Orchestra; Bryden Thomson, conductor Stephen Hough, piano
9:38 a.m.
Mark Isham
A River Runs Through It: Main Theme
Studio Orchestra
9:42 a.m.
Joseph Bodin de Boismortier
Chaconne (from Daphnis and Chloe)
Le Concert Spirituel; Herve Niquet, conductor
9:48 a.m.
Max Bruch
Scottish Fantasy: IV. Finale Opus 46
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra; Zubin Mehta, conductor Itzhak Perlman, violin; Judith Liber, harp
10:00 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Keyboard Concerto No. 3 in D major BWV 1054
Chamber Orchestra of Europe Andras Schiff, piano
10:17 a.m.
Eric Whitacre
All Seems Beautiful To Me
Voces8; Eric Whitacre, conductor
10:23 a.m.
Sergei Prokofiev
Lieutenant Kije Suite Opus 60
Los Angeles Philharmonic; Andre Previn, conductor
10:44 a.m.
Lou Harrison
Suite for Violin with American Gamelan: II. Estampie
Boston Modern Orchestra Project; Gil Rose, conductor Gabriela Diaz, violin
10:51 a.m.
Grace Williams
Symphony No. 2: III. Allegro scherzando
BBC Welsh Symphony Orchestra; Vernon Handley, conductor
10:59 a.m.
Arcangelo Corelli
Concerto Grosso No. 10 in C major Opus 6
Musica Amphion; Pieter-Jan Belder, conductor
11:13 a.m.
Elena Kats-Chernin
Prelude & Cube: II. Cube
Australian Brandenburg Orchestra; Brandenburg Choir; Paul Dyer, conductor
11:21 a.m.
Giovanni Paisiello
Piano Concerto No. 2 in F major
Saint Cecilia Chamber Orchestra; Pietro Spada, conductor Pietro Spada, piano
11:41 a.m.
Federico Moreno Torroba
Sonatina
Denis Azabagic, guitar
11:54 a.m.
Zoltan Kodaly
Hary Janos: Intermezzo
Cleveland Orchestra; George Szell, conductor
12:00 p.m.
Cecile Chaminade
Concertpiece (Concertstuck) in C# minor Opus 40
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra; Rebecca Miller, conductor Danny Driver, piano
12:16 p.m.
Miguel Llobet
El testament d’Amelia
Julian Bream, guitar
12:18 p.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
String Quartet Op. 76/5: IV. Presto in D major Opus 76/5
Aeolian String Quartet
12:23 p.m.
Jean Sibelius
Symphony No. 7 in C major Opus 105
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
12:45 p.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto for 2 horns in F major RV 539
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor Timothy Brown, horn; Nicholas Hill, horn
12:54 p.m.
Claude Debussy
Clair de lune (“Moonlight”)
Ulster Orchestra; Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor
1:00 p.m.
Franz Schubert
Symphony No. 5 in Bb major D 485
Orchestra of the 18th Century; Frans Bruggen, conductor
1:28 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Partita No. 3 for Solo Violin: Gavotte en Rondeau in E major BWV 1006
Raphael Feuillatre, guitar
1:32 p.m.
Aaron Copland
Our Town
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra; Leonard Slatkin, conductor
1:43 p.m.
Scott Joplin
Gladiolus Rag
Lara Downes, piano
1:48 p.m.
Max Bruch
Kol Nidrei Opus 47
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor Paul Tortelier, cello
2:00 p.m.
Alexander Borodin
Symphony No. 2 in B minor
Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra; Ghennady Rozhdestvensky, conductor
2:30 p.m.
Alexandra Streliski
The Breach
Alexandra Streliski, piano
2:35 p.m.
Arcangelo Corelli
Concerto Grosso No. 4 in D major Opus 6
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor
2:46 p.m.
Louise Farrenc
Nonette in E-flat: I. Adagio – Allegro in Eb major Opus 38
Minerva Chamber Ensemble; Kevin Geraldi, conductor
3:00 p.m.
Hector Berlioz
Symphonie Fantastique: No. 5 Witches Sabbath Opus 14
BBC Symphony Orchestra; Andrew Davis, conductor
3:11 p.m.
Edward K. (Duke) Ellington
Solitude
Detroit Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
3:16 p.m.
Clara Schumann
Piano Sonata in G minor
Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano
3:37 p.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso No. 2 in F major Opus 6/2 HWV 320
Handel & Haydn Society; Christopher Hogwood, conductor
3:50 p.m.
Luigi Boccherini
Quintet for guitar and strings No. 4: III. Fandango in D major G 448
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields (members of) Pepe Romero, guitar
3:59 p.m.
Georges Bizet
Symphony No. 1 in C major
New York Philharmonic; Leonard Bernstein, conductor
4:28 p.m.
Frode Fjellheim
Under the Arctic Moon
Arctic Philharmonic; Christian Kluxen, conductor Eldbjorg Hemsing, violin
4:32 p.m.
Cecile Chaminade
Concert Etudes: Scherzo
Anna Shelest, piano
4:36 p.m.
Josef Suk
Fantastic Scherzo Opus 25
Buffalo Philharmonic; JoAnn Falletta, conductor
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