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Classical Music Playlist, May 19, 2023


Beethoven in 1805 by Joseph Willibrord Mähler

 

Beethoven in 1805 by Joseph Willibrord Mähler

Beethoven began to write his longest and final Piano Concerto while Napoleon was bombarding Vienna in 1809; a situation Beethoven described as “nothing but drums, cannons, men, misery of all sorts.” And that situation may have added to the character of the work. This was one of fourteen compositions Beethoven dedicated to Archduke Rudolph, his greatest patron, friend and youngest son of Emperor Leopold II and youngest brother of Emperor Franz II. It appears to have been a music publisher that attached the name “Emperor Concerto” to the work. Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 5 is today’s Midday Masterpiece.

6:00 a.m.

Johann Joachim Quantz

Horn Concerto No. 3 in Eb major

Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Iona Brown, conductor Barry Tuckwell, horn

6:08 a.m.

Giovanni Paisiello

Piano Concerto No. 8 in F major

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

6:37 a.m.

Federico Moreno Torroba

Madronos

Narciso Yepes, guitar

6:42 a.m.

George Friederich Handel

Concerto Grosso No. 11 in A major Opus 6/11 HWV 329

Boston Baroque; Martin Pearlman, conductor

6:59 a.m.

Antonio Vivaldi

Violin Concerto No. 10 “The Hunt” in Bb major Opus 8 RV 362 (La Caccia)

The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor Simon Standage, violin

7:10 a.m.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Serenade for Winds in Eb major K 375

Winds of the Chamber Orchestra of Europe

7:35 a.m.

Connor Chee

Navajo Vocable No. 12

Connor Chee, piano

7:40 a.m.

Franz Schubert

Rosamunde Overture Opus 26 D 797 (The Magic Harp)

London Classical Players; Roger Norrington, conductor

7:51 a.m.

Enrique Granados

La Maja de Goya

Christopher Parkening, guitar

7:55 a.m.

Georges Bizet

CARMEN: Toreador song

Cincinnati Pops; Erich Kunzel, conductor

8:00 a.m.

Ralph Vaughan Williams

Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Andre Previn, conductor

8:18 a.m.

Franz Joseph Haydn

Piano Concerto No. 11 in D major HOB 18:11

Norwegian Chamber Orchestra Leif Ove Andsnes, piano

8:37 a.m.

Hildegard von Bingen

O Virtus Sapientiae (Antiphon for Divine Wisdom)

iSing Silicon Valley Esteli Gomez, soprano

8:41 a.m.

Roland Dyens

Tango En Skai (Immitation Leather Tango)

Jason Vieaux, guitar

8:45 a.m.

John Williams

Olympic Fanfare

Boston Pops Orchestra; John Williams, conductor

8:50 a.m.

Giuseppe Verdi

AIDA: Triumphal March from Act II

Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra; Leonard Slatkin, conductor

8:59 a.m.

Dorothy Howell

Lamia

BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Rumon Gamba, conductor Sophie Langdon, violin; Richard Watkins, horn

9:15 a.m.

Alexandra Streliski

Reveries

Alexandra Streliski, piano

9:20 a.m.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Symphony No. 38 “Prague” in D major K 504

Prague Chamber Orchestra; Charles Mackerras, conductor

9:56 a.m.

Philip Glass

Orpheus: Interlude

Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra; Dennis Russell Davies, conductor

10:00 a.m.

George Phillip Telemann

Concerto for flute, strings and continuo in G major

Berlin Baroque Soloists; Rainer Kussmaul, conductor Emmanuel Pahud, flute

10:10 a.m.

John Barry

Dances With Wolves: John Dunbar Theme

Cincinnati Pops; Erich Kunzel, conductor

10:17 a.m.

Etienne-Nicolas Mehul

Symphony No. 2 in D major

Rhenish Philharmonic Orchestra; Jorge Rotter, conductor

10:45 a.m.

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

Clarinet Quintet: II. Larghetto Affetuoso

Catalyst Quartet Anthony McGill, clarinet

10:53 a.m.

Franz Schubert

Scherzo from “Death and the Maiden” in D minor D 810

Buffalo Philharmonic; JoAnn Falletta, conductor

11:00 a.m.

Johann Sebastian Bach

Cantata No. 140 “Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme”: I. Chorale BWV 140 Wachet auf,ruft uns die Stimme

The Bach Ensemble; Joshua Rifkin, conductor

11:07 a.m.

Florence Price

Symphony No. 3

Philadelphia Orchestra; Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

11:39 a.m.

Valerie Coleman

Concerto for Wind Quintet: I. Afro

Imani Winds

11:45 a.m.

Isaac Albeniz

Majorca (Mallorca) Opus 202

Jason Vieaux, guitar

11:54 a.m.

Sergei Prokofiev

Romeo & Juliet: Dance of the Knights Opus 64

Toronto Symphony Orchestra; Jukka-Pekka Saraste, conductor

12:00 p.m.

Frederic Chopin

Concert Rondo “Krakowiak” in F major Opus 14

Warsaw Philharmonic; Kazimierz Kord, conductor Garrick Ohlsson, piano

12:15 p.m.

TRADITIONAL

Scarborough Fair

Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello; Plinio Fernandes, guitar

12:19 p.m.

Jean-Philippe Rameau

Les Cyclopes (“Cyclops”)

Los Angeles Philharmonic; Gustavo Dudamel, conductor Raphael Feuillatre, guitar

12:23 p.m.

Elena Kats-Chernin

Peggy’s Rag

Sarah Cahill, piano

12:28 p.m.

Bernhard Crusell

Clarinet Concerto No. 3 in Bb major Opus 11

English Chamber Orchestra; Gerard Schwarz, conductor Emma Johnson, clarinet

12:55 p.m.

Giacomo Puccini

LA BOHEME: Che Gelida Manina

Berlin Philharmonic; Herbert Von Karajan, conductor Luciano Pavarotti, tenor

1:00 p.m.

Arcangelo Corelli

Concerto Grosso No. 12 in F major Opus 6

Musica Amphion; Pieter-Jan Belder, conductor

1:12 p.m.

Lili Boulanger

Prelude in D Flat Major

Anna Shelest, piano

1:17 p.m.

Robert Schumann

String Quartet in F major Opus 41/2

Melos Quartet

1:40 p.m.

Carl Maria Von Weber

Oberon Overture J 306

Philharmonia Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor

1:54 p.m.

Olafur Arnalds

Happiness Does not Wait

La Pieta Angele Dubeau, violin

2:00 p.m.

Ludwig Van Beethoven

Piano Concerto No. 5 “Emperor” in Eb major Opus 73

Bavarian Radio Symphony; Kurt Sanderling, conductor Mitsuko Uchida, piano

2:41 p.m.

Gerardo Matos Rodriguez

La Cumparsita (Tango)

Xuefei Yang, guitar

2:45 p.m.

Anton Bruckner

Os Justi

Tenebrae; Nigel Short, conductor

2:51 p.m.

Gustav Holst

Brook Green Suite Opus 190

New Zealand Chamber Orchestra; Nicholas Braithwaite, conductor

2:59 p.m.

Antonin Dvorak

Scherzo capriccioso Opus 66

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; John Farrer, conductor

3:12 p.m.

Adolphus Hailstork

Symphony No. 1: 2nd Movement

Virginia Symphony Orchestra; JoAnn Falletta, conductor

3:20 p.m.

Erik Satie

Gymnopedie No. 1

John Novacek, piano

3:25 p.m.

Jean-Philippe Rameau

LE TEMPLE DE LA GLOIRE: Suite I (The Temple of Glory)

Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra; Nicholas McGegan, conductor

3:45 p.m.

Felix Mendelssohn

Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage Overture Opus 27

London Symphony Orchestra; Claudio Abbado, conductor

3:59 p.m.

Edvard Grieg

Norwegian Dances Opus 35

Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor

4:17 p.m.

Antonio Vivaldi

Violin Concerto No. 11 in D major Opus 4 RV 204

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

4:25 p.m.

Emilio Pujol

Tango Espagnol

Julian Bream, guitar

4:30 p.m.

Johann Nepomuk Hummel

Trumpet Concerto in Eb major

National Philharmonic Orchestra; Raymond Leppard, conductor Wynton Marsalis, trumpet

4:49 p.m.

Johann Strauss, Jr.

Blue Danube Waltz Opus 314

Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Fritz Reiner, conductor

4:59 p.m.

George Gershwin

Piano Concerto in F major

Boston Pops Orchestra; Arthur Fiedler, conductor Earl Wild, piano


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