Luigi Boccherini composed his 1771 String Quintet in E for his patron, Don Luis, the brother of the king of Spain at the time. Don Luis employed his own string quartet and, as a cellist himself, Boccherini sometimes joined the quartet which likely explains why this quintet has a second cello. Heard in movies, cartoons, TV commercials and so on, the third movement Minuetto of this quintet is one of the most recognizable pieces of classical music. This entire String Quintet is today’s Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Trio Sonata No. 1 in Eb major BWV 525
King’s Consort; Robert King, conductor
6:12 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Serenade for Winds in Eb major K 375
Winds of the Chamber Orchestra of Europe
6:36 a.m.
Heitor Villa-Lobos
Bachianas Brasileiras No. 4: I. Preludio W284 Introdu��o
Nelson Freire, piano
6:41 a.m.
Ernest Chausson
Poeme
Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France; Mikko Franck, conductor Hilary Hahn, violin
6:59 a.m.
Arcangelo Corelli
Concerto Grosso No. 1 in D major Opus 6
Tafelmusik; Jeanne Lamon, conductor
7:12 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
7:37 a.m.
John Williams
Saving Private Ryan: Hymn to the Fallen
Boston Symphony Orchestra; John Williams, conductor Tanglewood Festival Chorus
7:45 a.m.
Clara Schumann
Scherzo No. 1 in D minor in D minor Opus 10
Angela Cheng, piano
7:51 a.m.
Johan Halvorsen
Entry March of the Boyars
Bergen Philharmonic; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
7:57 a.m.
Karl Goldmark
Im Fruhling Overture (In Spring) Opus 36
Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra; Andras Korodi, conductor
8:09 a.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Symphony No. 1 in C major Opus 21
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; Riccardo Chailly, conductor
8:33 a.m.
Robert Schumann
Kinderszenen: Traumerei (Dreaming) Opus 15/7
Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano
8:35 a.m.
Ernesto Nazareth
Odeon – Tango Brasileiro
Richard Cionco, piano
8:40 a.m.
Anton Bruckner
Symphony No. 4 “Romantic”: III. Scherzo in Eb major
San Francisco Symphony; Herbert Blomstedt, conductor
8:51 a.m.
Xavier Dubois Foley
Shelter Island
Randall Goosby, violin; Xavier Dubois Foley, double bass
8:58 a.m.
Franz Berwald
Symphony No. 3 “Sinfonie singuliere” in C major
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
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