Classical Music Playlist, June 9, 2021
Playing Skittles - detail from a painting by Jan Steen c. 1665
Mozart's Trio for Clarinet, Viola and Piano (the “Kegelstatt” Trio) in E-flat (K498) was written for, dedicated to and premiered with friends. In fact, the early 20th century musicologist Alfred Einstein notes, “a work of intimate friendship and love,” written to be enjoyed by friends playing together at home. And it was, in fact, premiered at a friend's home where weekly meetings were spent with diversions of discussion, games and music-making. Mozart played the viola part, one of his students the piano, and friend and virtuoso clarinetist Anton Stadler the clarinet; it was for Stadler that Mozart also composed his Clarinet Quintet and Clarinet Concerto.
By the way, the title “Kegelstatt” refers to a place to play skittles, an early form of bowling, which Mozart mentioned playing when he signed the score of this Trio for the publisher but the game had nothing more to do with this music. But somehow the title became attached.
The clarinet was fairly new at the time and no other composer had written for this combination of instruments. Mozart liked the clarinet's mellow tone and the deep and rich tones of the viola; combined, they created a mellow-voiced conversation with lyrical qualities. Clarinetists today owe a debt to Mozart. This Trio and the Quintet and Concerto he wrote for Stadler and his clarinet helped grow the popularity of the new instrument. Take a moment for musical friendship with Mozart's Trio this afternoon at 2:00pm on CapRadio Music.
6:00 a.m.
Johann Joachim Quantz
Flute Concerto No. 262 in G minor QV 196
Wurttemberg Chamber Orchestra; Jorg Faerber, conductor James Galway, flute
6:20 a.m.
Franz Berwald
Symphony No. 2 "Sinfonie capricieuse" in D major
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
6:48 a.m.
Dmitri Kabalevsky
Three Easy Variations for guitar Opus 51
William Kanengiser, guitar
6:57 a.m.
Peter Benoit
In the fields (In de Velden) for oboe and strings
VRT Philharmonic Orchestra; Silveer Van Den Broeck, conductor Joost Gils, oboe
7:00 a.m.
Franz Schubert
Rosamunde Overture Opus 26 D 797 (The Magic Harp)
San Francisco Symphony; Herbert Blomstedt, conductor
7:13 a.m.
Johan Halvorsen
Festival March
Latvian National Symphony; Terje Mikkelsen, conductor
7:18 a.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Piano Sonata No. 35 in Ab major HOB 16/43
Fazil Say, piano
7:35 a.m.
Leo Delibes
Sylvia Suite
Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra; Janos Sandor, conductor
7:53 a.m.
Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
Prelude and Fugue No. 3 in A minor Opus 199
Brasil Guitar Duo
8:00 a.m.
Henryk Gorecki
Symphony No. 3 "Symphony of Sorrowful Songs" (2nd movement) Opus 36
London Sinfonietta; David Zinman, conductor Dawn Upshaw, soprano
8:12 a.m.
Carl Stamitz
Concerto for violin and clarinet in Bb major
Munich Chamber Orchesta; Hans Stadlmair, conductor Ana Chumachenko, violin; Eduard Brunner, clarinet
8:31 a.m.
Julie Amacher
New Classical Trax
American Public Media Julie Amacher
8:37 a.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Adagio for Mandolin and Harpsichord in Eb major
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Karl Bohm, conductor Avi Avital, mandolin; Anneleen Lenaerts, harp
8:43 a.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
A Midsummer Night's Dream: Overture
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra; Yoel Levi, conductor
8:55 a.m.
Philip Hammond
The Lamentation of Owen O'Neil
McGill/McHale Trio Demarre McGill, flute; Anthony McGill, clarinet; Michael McHale, piano
8:59 a.m.
John Rutter
Folk Suite
Royal Ballet Sinfonia; David Lloyd-Jones, conductor
9:13 a.m.
Johann Nepomuk Hummel
Piano Concerto No. 2 in A minor Opus 85
Budapest Symphony Chamber Orchestra; Tomas Pal, conductor Hae-won Chang, piano
9:47 a.m.
Michael Daugherty
Tales of Hemmingway: Big Two-Hearted River
The Nashville Symphony; Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor Zuill Bailey, cello
9:54 a.m.
Alan Hovhaness
Prayer of Saint Gregory Opus 626
Manhattan Chamber Orchestra; Richard Auldon Clark, conductor Chris Gekker, trumpet
10:00 a.m.
George Phillip Telemann
Concerto for flute and strings in D major
Berlin Baroque Soloists; Rainer Kussmaul, conductor Emmanuel Pahud, flute
10:13 a.m.
Johan Svendsen
Symphony No. 1 in D major Opus 4
Latvian National Symphony; Terje Mikkelsen, conductor
10:50 a.m.
Randy Edelman
Gettysburg: Reunion and Finale
Cincinnati Pops; Erich Kunzel, conductor Timothy Berens. guitar
10:56 a.m.
Johannes Brahms
Hungarian Dance No. 5 in G minor
Marie-Josephe Jude, piano; Jean-Francois Heisser, piano
11:00 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
In Nature's Realm Overture Opus 91
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; John Farrer, conductor
11:14 a.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
Symphony No. 1 in C major Opus 19
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor
11:40 a.m.
Peter Maxwell Davies
Farewell to Stromness
Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
11:45 a.m.
Mel Bonis
Suite in the Ancient Style
Members of the Stuttgart Radio Symphony
11:59 a.m.
Jean-Philippe Rameau
The Temple of Glory: Suite II (Le temple de la gloire)
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra; Nicholas McGegan, conductor
12:16 p.m.
Cesar Franck
Symphony in D minor
Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra; Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor
12:53 p.m.
Francesco Canova da Milano
Fantasia No. 33
Ronn McFarlane, lute
12:57 p.m.
George Friederich Handel
XERXES: Largo: "Ombra mai fu"
Guildhall String Ensemble
1:01 p.m.
Giacomo Puccini
TURANDOT: Nessun dorma
London Philharmonic Orchestra; Zubin Mehta, conductor Luciano Pavarotti, tenor
1:05 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Triple Concerto for piano, violin, cello & orchestra in C major Opus 56
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; Kurt Masur, conductor Christian Zacharias, piano; Ulf Hoelscher, violin; Heinrich Schiff, cello
1:41 p.m.
Edward Elgar
In Haven (Capri)
Julian Lloyd Webber, cello; John Lenehan, piano
1:44 p.m.
Jacques Ibert
Escales (Ports of Call)
Minnesota Orchestra; Eiji Oue, conductor
2:00 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Trio for clarinet, viola and piano "Kegelstatt" in Eb major K 498
Martin Frost, clarinet; Antoine Tamestit, viola; Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
2:19 p.m.
Edvard Grieg
In Autumn Overture Opus 11
Bergen Philharmonic; Ole Kristian Ruud, conductor
2:33 p.m.
Scott Joplin
The Entertainer
Cincinnati Pops; Erich Kunzel, conductor William Tritt, piano
2:37 p.m.
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
Flute Concerto in D minor H 426
Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra; Janos Rolla, conductor Jean-Pierre Rampal, flute
2:59 p.m.
Gabriel Faure
Dolly Suite Opus 56
Boston Symphony Orchestra; Seiji Ozawa, conductor
3:18 p.m.
Anton Stamitz
Viola Concerto in Bb major
Prague Philharmonic Orchestra; Jiri Belohlavek, conductor Jan Peruska, viola
3:40 p.m.
Sarah Kirkland Snider
The Currents
MIchael Mizrahi, piano
3:48 p.m.
Conradin Kreutzer
Fantasie
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Gianandrea Noseda, conductor Karen Geoghegan, bassoon
3:59 p.m.
Andre Campra
Venetian Festivals
Limoges Baroque Ensemble; Jean-Michel Hasler, conductor
4:15 p.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Piano Sonata No. 50 in D major HOB 16/37
Jean-Eflam Bavouzet, piano
4:28 p.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
SAMSON ET DELILA: Grande fantasie
London Philharmonic Orchestra; Geoffrey Simon, conductor
4:43 p.m.
Max Richter
Mercy
Hilary Hahn, violin; Cory Smythe, piano
4:49 p.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Largo and Allegro
Residentie Orkest Den Haag; Neeme Jarvi, conductor Sharon Bezaly, flute
4:53 p.m.
Giuseppe Verdi
LA TRAVIATA: Act I. Prelude
Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra; Alexander Rahbari, conductor
4:58 p.m.
Johannes Brahms
Violin Concerto: finale in D major Opus 77
Berlin Philharmonic; Claudio Abbado, conductor Shlomo Mintz, violin
5:08 p.m.
William Byrd
Dance Suite arranged for Guitar Quartet
Buffalo Guitar Quartet
5:21 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B minor BWV 1067
Boston Baroque; Martin Pearlman, conductor
5:40 p.m.
William Grant Still
Vignettes for oboe, bassoon and piano
Sierra Winds
5:52 p.m.
Emmanuel Chabrier
Pastoral Suite: Rustic Dance (Suite Pastorale: Danse Villageoise)
Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra; Herve Niquet, conductor
5:58 p.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Piano Sonata in G minor Opus 105
Frederic Chiu, piano
6:17 p.m.
George Friederich Handel
Occasional Suite in D major
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor
6:33 p.m.
Yosef Hadar
Evening of Roses
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; Mirga Grazinyte-Tyla, conductor Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello
6:36 p.m.
Clarice Assad
a Tide of Living Water
Lara Downes, piano
6:39 p.m.
Joseph Curiale
Gates of Gold
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Joseph Curiale, conductor
