Classical Music Playlist, April 27, 2021
Tchaikovsky wrote three ballets; unfortunately none of which really “hit” until after his death. His first was Swan Lake which premiered in 1877 and was met with lukewarm praise at best. Reports from the time place blame on the lousy choreography (a masterpiece production was choreographed two years after his death) but Tchaikovsky blamed himself and intended to re-write the music AND create a suite; neither of which he ever did. Others later assembled Suites of the music, and you’ll hear the Chicago Symphony Orchestra perform a Swan Lake Suite at 2:00pm today.
6:00 a.m.
Frederick the Great
Flute Concerto in C major
C. P. E. Bach Chamber Orchestra; Peter Schreier, conductor Patrick Gallois, flute
6:15 a.m.
Claude Debussy
Suite Bergamasque
Seong-Jin Cho, piano
6:34 a.m.
Pieter Hellendaal
Concerto Grosso in D minor Opus 3/2
Combattimento Consort; Jan Willem de Vriend, conductor
6:46 a.m.
Franz Liszt
Hungarian Rhapsody No. 6 "Carnival in Pest" in D major
Weimar State Orchestra; Arthur Fagen, conductor
7:01 a.m.
Dmitri Shostakovich
Symphony No. 1: I. Allegretto-Allegro non troppo in E minor Opus 10
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Leonard Bernstein, conductor
7:12 a.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Piano Sonata No. 10 in C major HOB 16/1
Tzimon Barto, piano
7:28 a.m.
Caroline Shaw
Plan and Elevation: I. The Ellipse
Attacca Quartet
7:33 a.m.
Otto Klemperer
Merry Waltz
Minnesota Orchestra; Eiji Oue, conductor
7:42 a.m.
Hubert Parry
An English Suite
English String Orchestra; William Boughton, conductor
8:02 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Oboe Concerto, Op. 8, No. 9 in D minor RV 454
Guildhall String Ensemble; Robert Salter, conductor Malcolm Messiter, oboe
8:13 a.m.
Astor Piazzolla
5 Pieces for Guitar: No. 2 Romantico
Franz Halasz, guitar
8:18 a.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
FIDELIO Overture Opus 72
Cologne/Kolner Radio Symphony Orchestra; Gunter Wand, conductor
8:26 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Cello Suite No. 1 in G major BWV 1007
Yo Yo Ma, cello
8:45 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Slavonic Rhapsody No. 3 in Ab major Opus 45
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra; Bohumil Gregor, conductor
9:01 a.m.
Max Bruch
Swedish Dances Opus 63
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; Kurt Masur, conductor
9:12 a.m.
E. J. Moeran
Cello Concerto
Ulster Orchestra; JoAnn Falletta, conductor Guy Johnston, cello
9:42 a.m.
Samuel Barber
Excursions Opus 20
Eric Parkin, piano
9:55 a.m.
Emmanuel Chabrier
Joyous March (Joyeuse Marche)
Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra; Herve Niquet, conductor
10:00 a.m.
Arcangelo Corelli
Concerto Grosso No. 1 in D major Opus 6
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor
10:12 a.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Symphony No. 3 "Scottish" in A minor Opus 56
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Christoph Von Dohnanyi, conductor
10:50 a.m.
An-Lun Huang
Saibei Suite No. 2: "Saibei Dance"
Chicago Sinfonietta; Mei-Ann Chen, conductor
10:55 a.m.
Johannes Brahms
German Requiem: How Lovely is Thy Dwelling Place Opus 45
Atlanta Symphony and Chorus; Robert Spano, conductor
11:02 a.m.
Arthur Foote
Sarabande and Rigaudon Opus 60
Fenwick Smith, flute; Randall Hodgkinson, piano; Marcus Thompson, viola
11:10 a.m.
Edvard Grieg
Symphonic Dances Opus 64
Estonian National Symphony Orchestra; Paavo Jarvi, conductor
11:43 a.m.
Joe Hisaishi
Asian Dream Song
Pan Strings; Joe Hisaishi, conductor Joe Hisaishi, piano
11:50 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
Flute Concerto No. 5 in F major Opus 4 HWV 293
Paillard Chamber Orchestra; Jean-Francois Pailliard, conductor Jean-Pierre Rampal, flute
11:59 a.m.
Sergei Prokofiev
Romeo & Juliet: Dance of the Knights Opus 64
Ukrainian National Symphony Orchestra; Andrew Mogrelia, conductor
12:06 p.m.
Claude Debussy
Children's Corner
Quebec Symphony Orchestra; Yoav Talmi, conductor
12:24 p.m.
Vassili Kalinnikov
Intermezzo No. 2 for orchestra in G major
London Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
12:29 p.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
12:54 p.m.
Giacomo Puccini
LA BOHEME: Che gelida manina
Berlin Philharmonic; Herbert Von Karajan, conductor Luciano Pavarotti, tenor
12:59 p.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
PRECIOSA: Overture J 279
Tapiola Sinfonietta; Jean Jacques Kantorow, conductor
1:08 p.m.
Joseph Kraus
Violin Concerto in C major VB 151
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra; Uwe Grodd, conductor Takako Nishizaki, violin
1:39 p.m.
Heitor Villa-Lobos
Bachianas Brasileiras No. 2: IV. The Little Train of the Caipira
Pro Arte Guitar Trio
1:43 p.m.
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis
New Queen's Hall Orchestra; Barry Wordsworth, conductor
2:00 p.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Swan Lake Suite Opus 20
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Georg Solti, conductor
2:27 p.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Violin Concerto No. 3 in G major Opus 3 RV 310
Virtuosi di Roma; Renato Fasano, conductor Franco Gulli, violin
2:36 p.m.
Jon Lord
Boom of the Tingling Strings: IV. Finale
Odense Symphony Orchestra; Paul Mann, conductor Nelson Goerner, piano
2:51 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Divertimento for winds in F major K 213
Vienna Quintet
3:01 p.m.
Jules Massenet
Suite No. 4 "Picturesque Scenes" (Scenes pittoresques)
Monte Carlo National Opera Orchestra; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
3:19 p.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
Concert Piece for harp & orchestra (Concertstucke) in G major Opus 154
Rhenish Philharmonic Orchestra; Shao-Chia Lu, conductor Xavier de Maistre, harp
3:33 p.m.
Ottorino Respighi
The Fantastic Toyshop (La Boutique Fantasque)
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor
3:54 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude and Fugue (from the Well-Tempered Clavier I:02) in C minor BWV 847
Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano
3:59 p.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Ruy Blas: Overture Opus 95
Bamberg Symphony; Claus Peter Flor, conductor
4:08 p.m.
John Playford
Mr. Baptiste of France, his Ground
Hesperus
4:12 p.m.
Roger Quilter
Where the Rainbow Ends: Suite
Northern Sinfonia of England; Richard Hickox, conductor
4:28 p.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso No. 5 in D major Opus 6/5 HWV 323
Handel & Haydn Society; Christopher Hogwood, conductor
4:43 p.m.
Amy Beach
From Grandmother's Garden Opus 97
Joanne Polk, piano
4:58 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Symphony No. 7: first movement in A major Opus 92
Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra; Gustavo Dudamel, conductor
5:11 p.m.
Federico Moreno Torroba
Castilian Suite (Suite castellana)
David Russell, guitar
5:20 p.m.
Hugo Alfven
Mountain King Suite: Dance of the Shepherd Girl
Royal Scottish National Orchestra; Niklas Willen, conductor
5:25 p.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Piano Concerto No. 2 in D major HOB 18
Scottish Chamber Orchestra; Gerard Schwarz, conductor Carol Rosenberger, piano
5:48 p.m.
William Grant Still
Folk Suite No. 4
Sierra Winds
5:53 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
RUSALKA: Polonaise in Eb major
Prague Philharmonia; Jakub Hrusa, conductor
6:00 p.m.
Robert Schumann
Symphony No. 3 "Rhenish" in Eb major Opus 97
Philharmonia Orchestra; Christian Thielemann, conductor
6:36 p.m.
Dobrinka Tabakova
Concerto for Cello and Strings: II. Longing
Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra; Maxim Rysanov, conductor Kristina Blaumane, cello
6:46 p.m.
Billy Taylor
I Wish I Knew How it Would Feel to be Free
Lara Downes, piano
6:49 p.m.
Leo Brouwer
Preludio
Manuel Barrueco, guitar
6:52 p.m.
Ludovico Einaudi
Choros
La Pieta Angele Dubeau, violin
