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Antonín Dvořák (background photo by Michael Browning on Unsplash)
Czech composer Antonín Dvořák arrived in New York in 1892 to be the Director of a new music school and help American composers create a uniquely “American” sounding classical music. He found plenty of unique music here already: African-American spirituals, Native American songs and dances, and even American popular songs such as those by Stephen Foster. He demonstrated how one can synthesize and adapt these into something new by composing his Symphony No. 9 ”From the New World.” It’s today’s Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
Edward Elgar
Introduction and Allegro Opus 47
Bavarian Radio Symphony; Colin Davis, conductor
6:16 a.m.
Joaquin Turina
Sonata for Guitar Opus 61
Manuel Barrueco, guitar
6:27 a.m.
Florence Price
Violin Concerto no. 1 in D major
Janacek Philharmonic; Ryan Cockerham, conductor Er-Gene Kahng
6:53 a.m.
Giovanni Gabrieli
Sonata XIX for 15 parts
Empire Brass
6:59 a.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
Andante and Hungarian Rondo Opus 35
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor Klaus Thunemann, bassoon
7:11 a.m.
Cecile Chaminade
Piano Trio No. 1 in G minor Opus 11
Trio Parnassus
7:33 a.m.
Benjamin Britten
Gloriana: Courtly Dances
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Andre Previn, conductor
7:45 a.m.
Erik Satie
Gymnopedie No. 1
Arctic Philharmonic; Christian Kluxen, conductor Pablo Sainz Villegas, guitar
7:49 a.m.
Aram Khachaturian
Spartacus: Adagio of Spartacus & Phrygia
The Bolshoi Theater Orchestra; Mark Ermler, conductor
7:59 a.m.
Claude Debussy
Images for Orchestra: Iberia: I. The Streets and Byways
San Francisco Symphony; Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
8:09 a.m.
Robert Schumann
Symphony No. 3 “Rhenish” in Eb major Opus 97
Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
8:43 a.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
Carnival of the Animals: Aquarium
Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano; …and friends
8:47 a.m.
John Williams
HARRY POTTER and the Sorcerer’s Stone: Hedwig’s Theme
London Symphony Orchestra; John Williams, conductor
8:56 a.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Ruins of Athens: Turkish March Opus 113/4
Boston Pops Orchestra; Arthur Fiedler, conductor
8:59 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Violin Concerto No. 2 in E major BWV 1042
Collegium Musicum 90; Simon Standage, conductor Simon Standage, violin
9:17 a.m.
Alfonso Montes
Milonga in the Style of Piazzolla (Milonga a Piazzolla)
Castellani Andriaccio Duo
9:25 a.m.
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Piano Concerto No. 2: II. Adagio sostenuto
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic; Vasily Petrenko, conductor Simon Trpceski, piano
9:38 a.m.
Isaac Albeniz
Iberia: Festival Day in Seville (Fete-Dieu a Seville)
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra; Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor
9:50 a.m.
Emmanuel Chabrier
Festive Polonaise (Le Roi Malgre Lui: Fete Polonaise)
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
10:00 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso No. 2 in Bb major Opus 3/2 HWV 313
Handel & Haydn Society; Christopher Hogwood, conductor
10:13 a.m.
Claude Debussy
Arabesque No. 1 in E major
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano
10:18 a.m.
Johann Nepomuk Hummel
Grand Concerto for bassoon and orchestra in F major
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor Klaus Thunemann, bassoon
10:43 a.m.
Grace Williams
Penillion
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Sir Charles Groves, conductor
11:00 a.m.
Jan Dismas Zelenka
Capriccio No. 2 in G major Z 183
Bern Camerata; Alexander van Wijnkoop, conductor
11:14 a.m.
Peter Maxwell Davies
Farewell to Stromness
Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
11:23 a.m.
Cecile Chaminade
Concertpiece (Concertstuck) in C# minor Opus 40
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra; Rebecca Miller, conductor Danny Driver, piano
11:39 a.m.
Mark O’Connor
Appalachia Waltz
Yo Yo Ma, cello; Mark O’Connor, violin; Edgar Meyer, bass
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