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The entire conception of Gustav Holst’s suite “The Planets” is astrological not astronomical. In about 1913 the brother of English composer Arnold Bax, Clifford Bax, introduced Holst to astrology. It so happened that Holst had in his library a book published in 1912, “The Art of Synthesis,” by astrologer Alan Leo which describes the effect on a person’s temperament of each planet. This book may have influenced Holst’s composition and each movement’s subtitle, such as, “Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity,” “Saturn, the Bringer of Old Age,” “Mars, the Bringer of War,” and “Venus, the Bringer of Peace,” and so on. Holst then completed the seven movements of “The Planets” between 1914-1915 (and would continue to cast personal horoscopes for his friends the rest of his life). Gustav Holst’s entire suite of “The Planets” is today’s Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Violin Concerto No. 10 “The Hunt” in Bb major Opus 8 RV 362 (La Caccia)
Accademia Bizantina; Carlo Chiarappa, conductor Carlo Chiarappa, violin
6:09 a.m.
Franz Schubert
Symphony No. 8 “Unfinished” in B minor D 759
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Carlos Kleiber, conductor
6:35 a.m.
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Prelude in C-sharp minor in C# minor Opus 3/2
Olga Kern, piano
6:41 a.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
Bassoon Concerto in F major Opus 75
Tapiola Sinfonietta; Jean Jacques Kantorow, conductor Jaakko Luoma, bassoon
6:59 a.m.
Zoltan Kodaly
Marosszek Dances
Budapest Festival Orchestra; Ivan Fischer, conductor
7:12 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
The Hero’s Song Opus 111
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra; Bohumil Gregor, conductor
7:36 a.m.
Fanny Mendelssohn
Melodie (Allegretto) No. 2 in C# minor Opus 4/2
Betty Ann Miller, piano
7:38 a.m.
Franz Liszt
Liebestraume: Nocturne No. 3 in Ab major S 541
Daniel Barenboim, piano
7:44 a.m.
Michael Torke
Javelin
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra; Yoel Levi, conductor
7:54 a.m.
Fernando Sor
Etude in E minor Opus 6/11
Pablo Sainz Villegas, guitar
7:59 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 in Bb major BWV 1051
Il Giardino Armonico; Giovanni Antonini, conductor
8:18 a.m.
Gentil Montana
Suite Colombiana No. 2: III. Bambuco
Jose Antonio Escobar, guitar
8:25 a.m.
Gioachino Rossini
WILLIAM TELL: Overture (GUILLAUME TELL)
Chamber Orchestra of Europe; Claudio Abbado, conductor
8:37 a.m.
Teresa Carreno
Mi Teresita (Little Waltz)
Gabriela Montero, piano
8:46 a.m.
Ralph Vaughan Williams
English Folk Song Suite
University of Texas Wind Ensemble; Jerry Junkin, conductor
8:59 a.m.
Manuel Ponce
Piano Concerto No. 1 “Romantico”
Orquesta Sinf�nica de Miner�a (OSM); Carlos Miguel Prieto, conductor Jorge Federico Osorio, piano
9:23 a.m.
Marc-Antoine Charpentier
Te Deum: Prelude
English Chamber Orchestra; Anthony Newman, conductor Wynton Marsalis, trumpet
9:29 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Four Seasons: Autumn (L’Autunno) in F major Opus 8/3 RV 293
Tafelmusik; Jeanne Lamon, conductor Jeanne Lamon, violin
9:41 a.m.
Ennio Morricone
The Mission: Gabriel’s oboe
Roma Sinfonietta Orchestra; Ennio Morricone, conductor Yo Yo Ma, cello
9:51 a.m.
Gioachino Rossini
TANCREDI: Overture
National Philharmonic Orchestra; Riccardo Chailly, conductor
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