Classical Music Playlist, July 15, 2021
American composer Samuel Barber began work on his First Symphony in 1935 when he was 25, which he would eventually call his “Symphony in One Movement” (though internally it’s structured like four movements). He worked on this while his life partner, Gian Carlo Menotti, simultaneously was at work on his own opera “Amelia Goes to the Ball.” They lived and worked on these separate compositions in the US (Philadelphia and Maine), and throughout Europe including Rome, Vienna, on a lake near Salzburg and on the French Riviera (Roquebrune). The symphony had its premiere in Rome in December 1936 and, after they both returned to the US, in January of 1937 the symphony had its American premiere in Cleveland and soon after at Carnegie Hall. Barber dedicated the Symphony to Menotti, who soon finished his opera which had its premiere in April 1937 in Barber’s hometown of Philadelphia. The Barber Symphony #1 is today’s Midday Masterpiece at 2:00 pm, followed by the Overture to Menotti’s opera “Amelia Goes to the Ball” at about 2:22pm.
6:00 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Chamber Concerto in F major RV 99
Camerata Koln
6:08 a.m.
Alexander Borodin
Symphony No. 2 in B minor
Berlin Philharmonic; Simon Rattle, conductor
6:37 a.m.
Johann Christian Bach
Sinfonia No. 6 in D major Opus 18/6
Netherlands Chamber Orchestra; David Zinman, conductor
6:47 a.m.
Nino Rota
Orchestra Rehearsal (Prova d'orchestra)
Orchestra of La Scala, Milan; Riccardo Muti, conductor
6:58 a.m.
Frederic Chopin
Piano Concerto No. 1: III. Rondo in E minor Opus 11
Mahler Chamber Orchestra; Mikhail Pletnev, conductor Daniil Trifonov, piano
7:10 a.m.
Jean-Philippe Rameau
The Temple of Glory: Suite II (Le temple de la gloire)
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra; Nicholas McGegan, conductor
7:27 a.m.
Gustav Holst
The Planets: Mercury Opus 32
Dallas Symphony Orchestra; Andrew Litton, conductor
7:32 a.m.
William Grant Still
Suite for Violin and Piano: III. Gamin
Randall Goosby, violin; Zhu Wang, piano
7:35 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
String Quartet #22 in Bb K. 589
Dover Quartet
7:59 a.m.
Pietro Locatelli
Concerto Grosso No. 5 in D major Opus 1/5
Tafelmusik; Jeanne Lamon, conductor
8:11 a.m.
Henry Litolff
Concerto Symphonique No. 4: II. Scherzo Opus 102
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Moshe Atzmon, conductor Cristina Ortiz, piano
8:19 a.m.
Edward K. (Duke) Ellington
Solitude
Detroit Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
8:24 a.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Cello Concerto No. 2 in D major Opus 101 HOB VIIb:2
English Chamber Orchestra; Julian Lloyd Webber, conductor Julian Lloyd Webber, cello
8:51 a.m.
Jennifer Higdon
Dance Card: IV. Celestial Blue
Chicago Sinfonietta; Mei-Ann Chen, conductor
9:00 a.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Fair Melusina Overture Opus 32
London Symphony Orchestra; Claudio Abbado, conductor
9:12 a.m.
Mauro Giuliani
Grand Variations and Polonaise on a theme by Paisiello Opus 65
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor Pepe Romero, guitar
9:32 a.m.
Cecile Chaminade
Etude Melodique Opus 118
Joanne Polk, piano
9:37 a.m.
George Enescu
Roumanian Rhapsody No. 1 in A major Opus 11
Vancouver Symphony Orchestra; Sergiu Commissiona, conductor
9:51 a.m.
Carl Nielsen
Serenata in Vano
Athena Ensemble
10:00 a.m.
Emmanuel Chabrier
Pastoral Suite (Suite Pastorale)
Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra; Herve Niquet, conductor
10:18 a.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Symphony No. 4 in Bb major Opus 60
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic; Charles Mackerras, conductor
10:50 a.m.
George Phillip Telemann
Sonata VI in D major
Musica Pacifica
10:56 a.m.
Carlos Salzedo
Rumba
Yolanda Kondonassis, harp
10:59 a.m.
Claude Debussy
Children's Corner: Golliwog's Cakewalk
Yoshiko Okada, piano
11:03 a.m.
Charles Stanford
Irish Rhapsody No. 5
Ulster Orchestra; Vernon Handley, conductor
11:19 a.m.
Giuseppe Verdi
AIDA: Triumphal March from Act II
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Georg Solti, conductor Chicago Symphony Chorus
11:32 a.m.
Heitor Villa-Lobos
Choros No. 5: Alma Brasileira
Assad Brothers Sergio Assad, guitar; Odair Assad, guitar
11:38 a.m.
Friedrich Witt
Flute Concerto in G major Opus 8
Sinfonia Finlandia (Jyvaskyla); Patrick Gallois, conductor Patrick Gallois, flute
12:00 p.m.
Gustav Holst
The Planets: Jupiter, the Bringer of Jolity Opus 34
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra; Paavo Jarvi, conductor
12:10 p.m.
Charles Gounod
Symphony No. 1 in D major
Toulouse Capitole Orchestra; Michel Plasson, conductor
12:39 p.m.
Reinhard Keiser
Sinfonia from Le Ridicule Prince Jodelet
Berlin Academy of Ancient Music
12:44 p.m.
TRADITIONAL
The Boatman
Jeffrey Biegel, piano; Eimear MacGeowan, Irish Flute
12:48 p.m.
John Adams
Harmonielehre: III. Meister Eckhardt and Quackie
San Francisco Symphony; Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
1:00 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 20: I. Allegro in D minor K 466
Philharmonia Orchestra; Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano
1:17 p.m.
Georges Bizet
L'Arlesienne Suite No. 2
Orchestra of the Bastille; Myung Whun Chung, conductor
1:36 p.m.
Francois Couperin
Concert No. 1 in G major
Smithsonian Chamber Players; Kenneth Slowik, conductor
1:48 p.m.
Johannes Brahms
Waltz No. 6 in C# major Opus 39/6
Marie-Josephe Jude, piano; Jean-Francois Heisser, piano
1:50 p.m.
George W. Chadwick
Symphonic Sketches: Jubilee
Cincinnati Pops; Erich Kunzel, conductor
2:00 p.m.
Samuel Barber
Symphony No. 1 Opus 9
Royal Scottish National Orchestra; Marin Alsop, conductor
2:22 p.m.
Gian Carlo Menotti
AMELIA GOES TO THE BALL Overture
Columbia Symphony Orchestra; Thomas Schippers, conductor
2:28 p.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Piano Trio No. 45 in Eb major HOB XV:29
Haydn Trio Eisenstadt
2:45 p.m.
Max Richter
Autumn 3
Berlin Chamber Orchestra; Andre de Ridder, conductor Daniel Hope, violin
2:48 p.m.
Maurice Ravel
Pavane for a Dead Princess (Pavane Pour Une Infante Defunte)
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra; Hugh Wolff, conductor
2:56 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
My Home Overture Opus 62
Janacek Philharmonic; Theodore Kuchar, conductor
3:06 p.m.
Carl Stamitz
Concerto for violin and orchestra in G major
Capella Istropolitana; Jaroslav Krcek, conductor Shizuka Ishikawa, violin
3:31 p.m.
Paola Prestini
Morning on the Limpopo: Matou Women
Lara Downes, piano
3:34 p.m.
Johan Halvorsen
Entry March of the Boyars
Bergen Philharmonic; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
3:40 p.m.
Hubert Parry
An English Suite
English String Orchestra; William Boughton, conductor
4:00 p.m.
George Phillip Telemann
Polish Concerto (Concerto Polonois) in G major
Apollo's Fire; Jeannette Sorrell, conductor
4:10 p.m.
Giovanni Gabrieli
Canzon IX
Empire Brass
4:14 p.m.
Franz Schubert
Rosemunde: Hirtenchor (Shepherd's Chorus) from Rosamunde D 797
WDR Symphony Orchestra Koln; Helmuth Froschauer, conductor WDR Choir, Koln
4:19 p.m.
Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
Quintet for Guitar and String Quartet Opus 143
Pacifica Quartet Sharon Isbin, guitar
4:44 p.m.
Ralph Vaughan Williams
The Lark Ascending
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; Simon Rattle, conductor Nigel Kennedy, violin
5:03 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Piano Concerto No. 5 "Emperor": III. Rondo in Eb major Opus 73
London Symphony Orchestra; Colin Davis, conductor Evgeny Kissin, piano
5:14 p.m.
Alfonso Montes
Milonga in the Style of Piazzolla (Milonga a Piazzolla)
Castellani Andriaccio Duo
5:19 p.m.
John Adams
Habanera (from John's Book of Alleged Dances)
Attacca Quartet
5:25 p.m.
Franz Berwald
Symphony No. 1 "Sinfonie serieuse" in G minor
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Ulf Bjorlin, conductor
5:53 p.m.
Alexey Shor
Seascapes for Viola and Orchestra: IV. Summer Hail
London Philharmonic Orchestra; David Parry, conductor David Aaron Carpenter, viola
5:58 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Cello Suite No. 1 in G major BWV 1007
Angel Romero, guitar
6:18 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Rondo for horn & orchestra in Eb major K 371 (FROM THE RUSSELL KLETZING COLLECTION)
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor Peter Damm, horn
6:25 p.m.
George Gershwin
Piano Concerto in F major
Buffalo Philharmonic; JoAnn Falletta, conductor Orion Weiss, piano
