Czech composer Antonín Dvořák
Read just about any review of the Antonín Dvořák Piano Trio No. 3 in f-minor – from the time of its composition in 1883 to today – and many things are agreed upon. It’s a masterwork. Dvořák was “at the pinnacle of his career” [1884]. The Trio is “a work of original genius” [1885]. It’s uncharacteristically dark and brooding for Dvořák. It’s epic. And the elegiac slow movement is the heart of the Trio; full of sorrow, affection and quite possibly love. Dvořák’s mother had recently died (many analyses of the Trio point out) and perhaps he was pouring out his emotions. The sublime Piano Trio No. 3 by Antonín Dvořák is today’s Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
Johann Pachelbel
Trio Sonata No. 3 in Bb major
London Baroque
6:08 a.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Piano Sonata No. 21 “Waldstein” in C major Opus 53
Stewart Goodyear, piano
6:33 a.m.
Michael Praetorius
Terpsichore: Courantes
New London Consort; Philip Pickett, conductor
6:40 a.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
String Quartet in Bb major Opus 33/4 (HOB III: 40)
Quatuor Mosaiques
7:00 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Flute Concerto No. 2 “The Night” (La Notte) in G minor Opus 10 RV 439
Europa Galante; Fabio Biondi, conductor
7:09 a.m.
Reinhold Gliere
The Red Poppy [ballet]: Suite
New Jersey Symphony; Zdenek Macal, conductor
7:38 a.m.
Alma Deutscher
The Chase (Impromptu in C minor)
Alma Deutscher, piano
7:43 a.m.
Edouard Lalo
Scherzo in D minor
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Yondani Butt, conductor
7:49 a.m.
George Phillip Telemann
Concerto for horn and strings in D major
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Iona Brown, conductor Hermann Baumann, horn
8:00 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Symphony No. 8: IV. Finale in G major Opus 88
Berlin Philharmonic; Rafael Kubelik, conductor Alice Sara Ott, piano
8:09 a.m.
Dorothy Howell
Piano Concerto in D minor in D minor
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra; Rebecca Miller, conductor Danny Driver, piano
8:30 a.m.
Leo Brouwer
Afro-Cuban Lullaby (Cancion de Cuna: Berceuse)
Pablo Sainz Villegas, guitar
8:35 a.m.
Johann Pachelbel
Canon and Gigue in D major
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor
8:42 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Concerto for two violins (Double Concerto) in D minor BWV 1043
Collegium Musicum 90; Simon Standage, conductor Simon Standage, violin; Micaela Comberti, violin
8:59 a.m.
Fanny Mendelssohn
Piano Sonata in C minor in C minor
Betty Ann Miller, piano
9:17 a.m.
William Alwyn
Elizabethan Dances (1957)
London Symphony Orchestra; Richard Hickox, conductor
9:36 a.m.
Bedrich Smetana
Ma Vlast: I. Vysehrad
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra; Vaclav Neumann, conductor
9:53 a.m.
Morton Gould
American Caprice
Lara Downes, piano
10:00 a.m.
Edvard Grieg
Norwegian Dances Opus 35
Estonian National Symphony Orchestra; Paavo Jarvi, conductor
10:18 a.m.
James Horner
Braveheart: End Credits
Cincinnati Pops; Erich Kunzel, conductor Eric Rigler, bagpipes
10:24 a.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Piano Concerto No. 11 in D major HOB 18:11
Norwegian Chamber Orchestra Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
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