Classical Music Playlist, June 2, 2021
Danish composer Niels Gade circa 1850
19th century Danish composer Niels Gade was the most important musician in Denmark in his day. He composed in many forms including eight symphonies. Much of his music included Nordic folk elements. But after accepting an invitation from Felix Mendelssohn to co-manage concerts at the Leipzig Gewandhaus (which turned into a five year stay), Gade listened to Germanic advice to lose the nationalistic folk flavor and the absence of it reached its peak in Gade’s Symphony #4 and because of this the symphony received mixed reviews. Some had come to expect the Nordic flavor from Gade, while others praised the more Germanic “universal” sound without it. You’re darned if you do, darned if you don’t. Hear the Symphony #4 by Gade today at 2:00pm and decide for yourself.
6:00 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Symphony No. 9 "From the New World": I. Adagio - Allegro Molto in E minor Opus 95
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra; Paavo Jarvi, conductor
6:13 a.m.
Max Bruch
Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 26 in G minor
BBC Symphony Orchestra; Andrew Litton, conductor Rachel Barton Pine, violin
6:39 a.m.
Giovanni Pergolesi
Flute Concerto in G major
European Union Chamber Orchestra; Eivind Aadland, conductor Giulio Gianelli Viscardi, flute
6:53 a.m.
Burrill Phillips
Selections from McGuffey's Reader: The One Horse Shay
Eastman Philharmonia; Howard Hanson, conductor
6:59 a.m.
John Ireland
Epic March
London Symphony Orchestra; Richard Hickox, conductor
7:11 a.m.
Franz Schubert
"Grand Duo" Symphony: Finale in C major Opus 140 D 812
American Symphony Orchestra; Leon Botstein, conductor
7:24 a.m.
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
Cello Concerto in A major Wq 172 / H 439
Studio Orchestra; Pierre Boulez, conductor Robert Bex, cello; Huguette Dreyfus, harpsichord
7:48 a.m.
Francis Johnson
The Philadelphia Gray's Quickstep
Symphony Orchestra of America; Matthew H. Phillips, conductor
7:52 a.m.
Germaine Tailleferre
Sonata for two pianists
Mark Clinton, piano; Nicole Narboni, piano
8:00 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
Water Music Suite No. 2 in D major HWV 349
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra; Nicholas McGegan, conductor
8:12 a.m.
Edvard Grieg
Holberg Suite Opus 40
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
8:32 a.m.
Julie Amacher
New Classical Trax
American Public Media Julie Amacher
8:37 a.m.
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Quintet in F Sharp Minor for Clarinet and Strings: II. Larghetto Affetuoso
Catalyst Quartet Anthony McGill, clarinet
8:44 a.m.
Marianne Martinez
Sinfonia in C major
Bay Area Women's Philharmonic; JoAnn Falletta, conductor
9:00 a.m.
Robert Schumann
Overture, Scherzo & Finale in E major Opus 52
Seattle Symphony; Gerard Schwarz, conductor
9:19 a.m.
Juventino Rosas
Over the Waves (Sobre las olas)
Vienna State Opera Orchestra; Franz Bauer-Theussl, conductor
9:27 a.m.
Agustin Barrios
The Bees (Las Abejas)
David Russell, guitar
9:30 a.m.
Edward Elgar
Cello Concerto in E minor Opus 85
London Symphony Orchestra; Simon Rattle, conductor Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello
10:00 a.m.
Karl Ditters Von Dittersdorf
Oboe Concerto in G major
Bern Camerata; Thomas Furi, conductor Heinz Holliger, oboe
10:15 a.m.
Ernest Farrar
Rhapsody No. 1 "The Open Road" Opus 9
Philharmonia Orchestra; Alasdair Mitchell, conductor
10:27 a.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
String Quintet No. 2 in Bb major Opus 87
L'Archibudelli
10:56 a.m.
Aaron Copland
Fanfare for the Common Man
Cincinnati Pops; Erich Kunzel, conductor
11:00 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F major BWV 1047
Bargemusic
11:13 a.m.
Amy Beach
Ballade, Op. 6 Opus 6
Anna Shelest, piano
11:23 a.m.
Johann Albrechtsberger
Harp Concerto in C major
Paul Kuentz Chamber Orchestra; Paul Kuentz, conductor Nicanor Zabaleta, harp
11:41 a.m.
Hector Berlioz
King Lear Overture Opus 4
London Philharmonic Orchestra; Michel Sasson, conductor
11:59 a.m.
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Five Variants of Dives and Lazarus
New Queen's Hall Orchestra; Barry Wordsworth, conductor
12:13 p.m.
Charles Gounod
Symphony No. 2 in Eb major
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor
12:45 p.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Rustic Concerto (Concerto "alla Rustica") in G major RV 151
I Solisti Italiani
12:49 p.m.
Gioachino Rossini
WILLIAM TELL: Overture (GUILLAUME TELL)
Prague Sinfonia; Christian Benda, conductor
1:03 p.m.
Charles Stanford
Irish Rhapsody No. 5
Ulster Orchestra; Vernon Handley, conductor
1:18 p.m.
Edward Elgar
There is Sweet Music Opus 53/1
; John Rutter, conductor Cambridge Singers
1:23 p.m.
Edward Elgar
Salut d'amour (Love's Greeting) Opus 12
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra; Leonard Slatkin, conductor Pinchas Zukerman, violin
1:28 p.m.
Johan Wagenaar
Cyrano de Bergerac Overture Opus 23
Concertgebouw Orchestra; Riccardo Chailly, conductor
1:42 p.m.
Zoltan Kodaly
Dances of Galanta
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra; Yoel Levi, conductor
2:00 p.m.
Niels Gade
Symphony No. 4 in Bb major Opus 20
Stockholm Sinfonietta; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
2:21 p.m.
Aram Khachaturian
Gayne: Sabre Dance
Boston Pops Orchestra; Arthur Fiedler, conductor
2:24 p.m.
Joseph Wolfl
Piano Concerto No. 6 "The Cuckoo" Opus 49
S. W. German Radio Symphony Orchestra; Johannes Moesus, conductor Yorck Kronenberg, piano
2:43 p.m.
Giacomo Puccini
LA BOHEME: Si, Mi chiamano Mimi
Philharmonia Orchestra; Giuseppi Sinopoli, conductor Mirella Freni, soprano
2:49 p.m.
Max Bruch
Swedish Dances Opus 63
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; Kurt Masur, conductor
3:01 p.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso No. 1 in G major Opus 6/1 HWV 319
Handel & Haydn Society; Christopher Hogwood, conductor
3:13 p.m.
Alexander Borodin
Symphony No. 1 in Eb major
Seattle Symphony; Gerard Schwarz, conductor
3:49 p.m.
Frantisek Vaclav Habermann
Concerto for two horns in D major
Suk Chamber Orchestra Jindrich Petras, horn; Jiri Havlik, horn
4:01 p.m.
Johan Svendsen
Carnival in Paris (Karnival i Paris) Opus 9
Latvian National Symphony; Terje Mikkelsen, conductor
4:15 p.m.
Joan Baptista Pla
Flute Concerto in G major
Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra; Jean-Pierre Rampal, conductor Jean-Pierre Rampal, flute
4:31 p.m.
Nicolo Paganini
Caprice No. 2 in B minor Opus 1
Rachel Barton Pine, violin
4:37 p.m.
Franz Liszt
Hungarian Fantasy
London Symphony Orchestra; Jun'ichi Hirokami, conductor Barry Douglas, piano
4:52 p.m.
John Dowland
Queen Elizabeth's Galliard P 41
Nigel North, lute
4:54 p.m.
Andrew York
Quiccan
Aquarelle Guitar Quartet
5:01 p.m.
Bernhard Crusell
Clarinet Concerto No. 3 in Bb major Opus 11
Cologne Academy; Michael Alexander Willens, conductor Eric Hoeprich, clarinet
5:27 p.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
SAMSON ET DELILA: Bacchanale Opus 47
Minnesota Orchestra; Eiji Oue, conductor
5:35 p.m.
Dmitri Kabalevsky
Colas Breugnon: Overture
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Fritz Reiner, conductor
5:40 p.m.
John Adams
China Gates
Orli Shaham, piano
5:46 p.m.
Giuseppe Verdi
DON CARLOS Act III Finale
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; Jose Serebrier, conductor
5:53 p.m.
Johann Strauss, Jr.
Accelerations Opus 234
Vienna Johann Strauss Orchestra; Willi Boskovsky, conductor
6:02 p.m.
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Piano Concerto No. 1 in F# minor Opus 1
Dallas Symphony Orchestra; Andrew Litton, conductor Stephen Hough, piano
6:29 p.m.
Johan Vanhal
Oboe Quartet in F major Opus 7/1
Tagore String Trio Sarah Francis, oboe
6:45 p.m.
Leo Brouwer
Zapateada (aire popular cubano)
Pepe Romero, guitar
6:47 p.m.
Simon Jeffes
Four Pieces for Orchestra: Southern Jukebox Music
BBC Concert Orchestra; Barry Wordsworth, conductor
6:53 p.m.
Mark O'Connor
Butterfly's Day Out
Yo Yo Ma, cello; Edgar Meyer, bass; Mark O'Connor, mandolin
