Classical Music Playlist, December 9, 2021
Composer Howard Hanson (1896-1981)
American composer Howard Hanson wrote his 1930 Second Symphony in an easily-listenable style as a reaction against modernism that was taking over music. And it’s been popular ever since. Filmmakers have even used it. The symphony’s first movement plays during the end credits of the 1979 movie “Alien,” and John Williams used the Symphony’s third movement as a model for his original music in the movie “E.T.” when the kids go flying on their bicycles. The Symphony #2, the “Romantic,” by Howard Hanson is today’s Midday Masterpiece at 2:00pm.
6:00 a.m.
Arcangelo Corelli
Concerto Grosso No. 6 in F major Opus 6
I Solisti Italiani
6:13 a.m.
Franz Liszt
Piano Concerto No. 2 in A major
Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra; Hans Graf, conductor Janina Fialkowska, piano
6:34 a.m.
Alfred Burt
A Christmas Greeting: Six Carols by Alfred Burt
Boston Pops Orchestra; John Williams, conductor Tanglewood Festival Chorus
6:48 a.m.
Federico Moreno Torroba
Sonatina
Norbert Kraft, guitar
7:01 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 41 "Jupiter": IV. Finale in C major K 551
Chamber Orchestra of Europe; Georg Solti, conductor
7:10 a.m.
Anton Arensky
Piano Quintet: Scherzo Opus 51
Ying Quartet Adam Neiman, piano
7:20 a.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Swan Lake Suite Opus 20
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Herbert Von Karajan, conductor
7:46 a.m.
Mel Torme
Christmas Song (Chestnuts...)
Andre Kostelanetz Orchestra; Andre Kostelanetz, conductor
7:49 a.m.
Scott Joplin
Treemonisha: Prelude Act III
Houston Grand Opera Orchestra; Gunther Schuller, conductor
7:54 a.m.
Arthur Bird
Marche Miniature
North Texas Chamber Players; Eugene Corporon, conductor
8:00 a.m.
Edward Elgar
Introduction and Allegro Opus 47
English Symphony Orchestra; William Boughton, conductor
8:16 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Trio Sonata No. 1 in Eb major BWV 525
Le Concert Francais
8:31 a.m.
Napoleon Coste
Variations on a theme by Rossini
Pavel Steidl, guitar
8:46 a.m.
Ernest Bloch
Three Jewish Poems: Dance
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra; James Sedares, conductor
8:56 a.m.
Giacomo Puccini
Turandot: Nessun Dorma
Academy of Saint Cecilia Orchestra & Chorus; Antonio Pappano, conductor Jonas Kaufmann, tenor
9:00 a.m.
Robert Schumann
Piano Concerto: III. Allegro vivace in A minor Opus 54
San Francisco Ballet Orchestra; Marin West, conductor Lara Downes, piano
9:13 a.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 31 "Hornsignal" in D major
Orchestra of St. Luke's; Charles Mackerras, conductor
9:48 a.m.
Agustin Barrios
Vals Tropical
David Russell, guitar
9:51 a.m.
TRADITIONAL
My Dancing Day
Immaculate Conception Choir
9:55 a.m.
Rebecca Clarke
I'll Bid My Heart Be Still
Philip Dukes, viola; Sophia Rahman, piano
10:00 a.m.
Franz Berwald
Concert Piece in F major Opus 2
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor Klaus Thunemann, bassoon
10:12 a.m.
Sergei Prokofiev
Lieutenant Kije Suite Opus 60
Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra; Yuri Temirkanov, conductor
10:34 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
Messiah: Hallelujah Chorus
Los Romeros; Concerto Malaga
10:38 a.m.
Carlos Troyer
Traditional Zuni Songs: Lover's Wooing & Zunian Lullaby
Dario Muller, piano
10:46 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Four Seasons: Autumn (L'Autunno) in F major Opus 8 RV 293
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra Sarah Chang, violin
10:59 a.m.
Cecile Chaminade
Serenade Espagnole
Itzhak Perlman, violin; Samuel Sanders, piano
11:02 a.m.
Charles Gounod
Petite Symphonie for winds in Bb major
Bolshoi Theater Wind Orchestra; Vladimir Andropov, conductor
11:23 a.m.
Remo Pignoni
Por el sur
Mirian Conti, piano
11:26 a.m.
Florence Price
Symphony No. 3
Philadelphia Orchestra; Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor
11:59 a.m.
TRADITIONAL
Harp Christmas
United States Coast Guard Band; Lt. Kenneth W. Megan, conductor Megan Sesma, harp
12:08 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor Opus 37
Tapiola Sinfonietta; Olli Mustonen, conductor Olli Mustonen, piano
12:44 p.m.
John Adams
Fellow Traveler
Attacca Quartet
12:50 p.m.
Antonio Valente
Galliarda napolitana
Daniel Hope, violin; and friends
12:53 p.m.
Sergei Prokofiev
Romeo & Juliet: Dance of the Knights Opus 64
Boston Ballet Orchestra; Jonathan McPhee, conductor
1:00 p.m.
Mikhail Glinka
Spanish Overture No. 1 "Jota aragonesa"
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Vassily Sinaisky, conductor
1:10 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major K 488
English Chamber Orchestra; Murray Perahia, conductor Murray Perahia, piano
1:38 p.m.
Hans Zimmer
Oogways Legacy
Studio Orchestra Lang Lang, piano
1:42 p.m.
Peter Boyer
New Beginnings
London Symphony Orchestra; Peter Boyer, conductor
1:54 p.m.
Katherine Kennicot Davis
Little Drummer Boy
Friends of Cally Cally Banham, double reed
2:00 p.m.
Howard Hanson
Symphony No. 2 "Romantic"
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra; Leonard Slatkin, conductor
2:31 p.m.
Gyorgy Ligeti
Bagatelle (from Six Bagatelles for Wind Quintet)
Albert Schweitzer Quintet
2:35 p.m.
George Phillip Telemann
Tafelmusik II: Concerto for 3 violins in F major
Musica Antiqua Koln; Reinhardt Goebel, conductor Members of...
2:50 p.m.
Bedrich Smetana
Scherzo-Polka Opus 5/1
Antonin Kubalek, piano
2:53 p.m.
TRADITIONAL
Coventry Carol
Giovanni DeChiaro, guitar
3:01 p.m.
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Five Variants of Dives and Lazarus
New Queen's Hall Orchestra; Barry Wordsworth, conductor
3:16 p.m.
Darius Milhaud
Corcovado
Christopher O'Riley, piano
3:19 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Scherzo capriccioso Opus 66
Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra; Zdenek Kosler, conductor
3:33 p.m.
Franz Gruber; Valerie Coleman, arr.
Silent Night
Imani Winds
3:40 p.m.
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
Cello Concerto in A major Wq 172 / H 439
Santa Fe Festival Orchestra; Janos Starker, conductor Janos Starker, cello
4:01 p.m.
Jeno Takacs
Divertimento for Orchestra Opus 75
Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra; Milan Horvath, conductor
4:13 p.m.
Antonio Soler
Three Sonatas
State of Mexico Symphony; Enrique Batiz, conductor
4:25 p.m.
Johann Joachim Quantz
Flute Concerto No. 290 in G minor QV 196
Brandenburg Consort; Roy Goodman, conductor Rachel Brown, flute
4:42 p.m.
Carlos Simon
Be Still and Know
Phoebe Wu, piano; Teagan Faran, violin; Victor Huls, cello
4:48 p.m.
John Goss
See amid the winter snow
; David Willcocks, conductor King's College Choir, Cambridge; Simon Preston, organ/harpsichord
4:53 p.m.
Francisco Tarrega
Memories of the Alhambra (Recuerdos de la Alhambra)
Rachel Barton Pine, violin
4:59 p.m.
Benjamin Britten
Simple Symphony Opus 4
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
5:17 p.m.
TRADITIONAL
Christmas with James Galway (medley)
Munich Radio Orchestra; John Georgiadis, conductor James Galway, flute; Regensburg Cathedral Choir [Regensburger Domspatzen]
5:38 p.m.
Isaac Albeniz
Suite Espanola: No. 4 "Cadiz" Opus 47
Jason Vieaux, guitar
5:44 p.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
Oberon Overture J 306
Czechoslovak RSO, Bratislava; Alfred Walter, conductor
5:54 p.m.
Bela Bartok
Viola Concerto: III. Allegro Vivace Sz. 120
London Philharmonic Orchestra; Vladimir Jurowski, conductor David Aaron Carpenter, viola
6:00 p.m.
Holiday Programming
Hygge Holiday: Cozy Classics
Elena See, host
