Classical Music Playlist, July 27, 2021
Just after World War I Edward Elgar was ill, his beloved wife Alice was ill (and getting mysteriously smaller and more fragile; “She seemed to be fading away before one’s very eyes,” Elgar later recalled) and he was deeply saddened at all the destruction and change that the War had brought to the world he had known. All that anguish, on so many levels, found its way into music that, despite it all, emerged as Elgar’s profoundly beautiful Cello Concerto in e-minor, and it’s today’s Midday Masterpiece at 2:00 pm.
6:00 a.m.
Franz Danzi
Sinfonia Concertante for Flute, Clarinet, & Orchestra in Bb major Opus 41
Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra; Allen Tinkham, conductor Anthony McGill, clarinet; Demarre McGill, flute
6:21 a.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Swan Lake: Act I: Waltz Opus 20
Russian National Orchestra; Mikhail Pletnev, conductor
6:29 a.m.
Leo Ornstein
Four Cossack Impressions
Arsentiy Kharitonov, piano
6:37 a.m.
Luigi Boccherini
Cello Concerto No. 6 in D major G 479
Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra; Johannes Goritzki, conductor Johannes Goritzki, cello
6:59 a.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
String Quartet Op. 76/4 "Sunrise": I. Allegro con spirito in Bb major Opus 76/4
Aeolian String Quartet
7:09 a.m.
Robert Schumann
Piano Concerto: I. Allegro affettuoso in A minor Opus 54
Chamber Orchestra of Europe; Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor Martha Argerich, piano
7:25 a.m.
Wilhelm Peterson-Berger
Orchestral Suite: The Story of Sleeping Beauty (Tornrossagan)
Norrkoping Symphony Orchestra; Michail Jurowski, conductor
7:51 a.m.
Agustin Barrios
A Dream In The Forest (Un Sueno en la Floresta)
Angel Romero, guitar
7:59 a.m.
Rebecca Clarke
Chinese Puzzle
Philip Dukes, viola; Sophia Rahman, piano
8:01 a.m.
Giuseppe Martucci
Novelletta Opus 82
Philharmonia Orchestra; Francesco d'Avalos, conductor James Clark, violin
8:10 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Violin Concerto No. 2 in E major BWV 1042
English Chamber Orchestra; Pinchas Zukerman, conductor Pinchas Zukerman, violin
8:28 a.m.
Louise Farrenc
Piano Trio No. 1: II. Adagio Sostenuto Opus 33
Neave Trio
8:37 a.m.
George Gershwin
Three Preludes
XLNT Sinfonietta Jon Manasse, clarinet
8:45 a.m.
Johan Vanhal
Symphony in D major
Toronto Camerata; Kevin Mallon, conductor
9:00 a.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
Bassoon Sonata Opus 168
Bruce Grainger, bassoon; Gail Niwa, piano
9:15 a.m.
Percy Grainger
Harvest Hymn
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields Chamber Ensemble
9:19 a.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Symphony No. 1 in C major Opus 21
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Fritz Reiner, conductor
9:43 a.m.
Claude Debussy
The Girl with the Flaxen Hair (from Preludes, Book I: No. 8) (La fille aux cheveux de lin)
Arturo Benedetto Michelangeli
9:47 a.m.
Fritz Kreisler
Violin Concerto "in the style of Vivaldi" in C major
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra Gil Shaham, violin
10:00 a.m.
Emmanuel Chabrier
Festive Polonaise (Le Roi Malgre Lui: Fete Polonaise)
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
10:08 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto for diverse instruments in C major RV 558
I Solisti Veneti; Claudio Scimone, conductor
10:19 a.m.
Aaron Copland
The Red Pony Suite
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra; Andre Previn, conductor
10:45 a.m.
Valerie Coleman
Portraits of Langston: VI. Harlem's Summer Night
McGill/McHale Trio
10:49 a.m.
Arvo Part
Mirror in the Mirror (Spiegel im Spiegel)
Dietmar Schwalke, cello; Alexander Malter, piano
10:59 a.m.
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Petite Suite de Concert
Chicago Sinfonietta; Paul Freeman, conductor
11:14 a.m.
J. Michael Haydn
Symphony No. 17 in E major P44
Bournemouth Sinfonietta; Harold Farberman, conductor
11:38 a.m.
Amy Beach
From Grandmother's Garden: Rosemary and Rue Opus 97/4
Joanne Polk, piano
11:43 a.m.
Giuseppe Verdi
RIGOLETTO: La Donna e Mobile Woman is flighty (fickle)
Rome Opera Orchestra; Jonel Perlea, conductor Jussi Bjoerling, tenor
11:46 a.m.
Christos Hatzis
Departures: II. Serenity
Thessaloniki State Symphony Orchestra (THESS-sal-loh-NEE-kee); Alexandre Myrat, conductor Patrick Gallois, flute
12:00 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
THE MAGIC FLUTE: Overture (Die Zauberflote) K 620
London Philharmonic Orchestra; Bernard Haitink, conductor
12:08 p.m.
Johann Melchior Molter
Sinfonia Concertante in D major
Wind Ensemble; Bob Van Asperen, conductor Wolfgang Basch, trumpet
12:19 p.m.
Johan Halvorsen
Ancient Suite (Suite ancienne) Opus 31a
Bergen Philharmonic; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
12:46 p.m.
Rafael Diaz
Al fondo de mi lejania se asoma tu casa
Georgina Isabel Rossi, viola; Silvie Cheng, piano
12:53 p.m.
Dmitri Shostakovich
The Gadfly: Overture Opus 97
KBS Symphony Orchestra; Vakhtang Jordania, conductor
12:58 p.m.
George Friederich Handel
Occasional Suite in D major
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor
1:14 p.m.
Hamilton Harty
John Field Suite
Ulster Orchestra; Bryden Thomson, conductor
1:35 p.m.
Michael Abels
Iconoclasm - For Lenny
Lara Downes, piano
1:39 p.m.
Franz Liszt
Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 in D minor
Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra; Ondrej Lenard, conductor
1:50 p.m.
Federico Moreno Torroba
Castilian Suite (Suite castellana)
David Russell, guitar
2:00 p.m.
Edward Elgar
Cello Concerto in E minor Opus 85
Moscow Philharmonic; Ghennady Rozhdestvensky, conductor Mstislav Rostropovich, cello
2:25 p.m.
Jean Sibelius
Spring Song
Lahti Symphony Orchestra; Osmo Vanska, conductor
2:35 p.m.
Giuseppe Tartini
Concertino for Clarinet
English Chamber Orchestra; Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor Emma Johnson, clarinet
2:48 p.m.
Remo Pignoni
Por el sur
Mirian Conti, piano
2:52 p.m.
Gabriel Faure
Song of Jean Racine (Cantique de Jean Racine) Opus 11
London Sinfonia; John Rutter, conductor Cambridge Singers
3:00 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Italian Concerto in F major BWV 971
Andras Schiff, piano
3:13 p.m.
Maurice Ravel
Le tombeau de Couperin (The tomb of Couperin)
Boston Symphony Orchestra; Seiji Ozawa, conductor
3:31 p.m.
Max Bruch
Concerto for Clarinet, Viola and Orchestra in E minor Opus 88
London Symphony Orchestra; Alun Francis, conductor Thea King, clarinet; Nobuko Imai, viola
3:52 p.m.
Chen Peixun
Autumn Moon on a Calm Lake
Shen Lu, piano
3:58 p.m.
Charles Ives
Memories: Rather Sad
The President's Own U.S. Marine Band; Lt. Col. Jason K. Fettig, conductor Gunnery Sgt. Sara Dell'Omo, mezzo-soprano
4:01 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Symphony No. 7: first movement in A major Opus 92
Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra; Gustavo Dudamel, conductor
4:13 p.m.
Rebecca Clarke
Viola Sonata
Philip Dukes, viola; Sophia Rahman, piano
4:39 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Prague Waltzes
Russian Philharmonic Orchestra; Dmitry Yablonsky, conductor
4:49 p.m.
Michel Corrette
Concerto comique No. 4 in A major
Arion
4:56 p.m.
Aaron Jay Kernis
100 Greatest Dance Hits: II. Salsa Pasada
Escher Quartet Jason Vieaux, guitar
5:00 p.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Trumpet Concerto in Eb major
Philharmonia Orchestra John Wallace, trumpet
5:18 p.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
String Symphony No. 6 in Eb major
English String Orchestra; William Boughton, conductor
5:31 p.m.
Joseph Canteloube
Bailero from Chants d'Auvergne
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor Karita Mattila, soprano
5:38 p.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
Havanaise Opus 83
Yo Yo Ma, cello; Kathryn Stott, piano
5:48 p.m.
Zenobia Powell Perry
Piano Potpurri: No. 5. A Jazz Trifle
LaDoris Hazzard Cordell, piano
5:50 p.m.
Bela Bartok
Romanian Folk Dances SZ 56
Les Violons du Roy; Jean-Marie Zeitouni, conductor
5:58 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Clarinet Quintet in A major K 581
Shanghai String Quartet Jon Manasse, clarinet
6:32 p.m.
Jules Massenet
THAIS: Meditation
Berlin Philharmonic; Herbert Von Karajan, conductor Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin
6:40 p.m.
Franz Liszt
Etude No. 3 "The Little Bell" ("La Campanella") in G# minor
Jorge Bolet, piano
6:46 p.m.
Aaron Copland
In Evening Air
Lang Lang, piano
6:50 p.m.
Percy Fletcher
Folksong and Fiddle Dance
Royal Ballet Sinfonia; Gavin Sutherland, conductor
