Classical Music Playlist, March 16, 2022
Composer Jessie Montgomery | photo: Jiyang Chen
For Women's History Month, today we highlight American composers Mary Kouyoumdjian & Jessie Montgomery, and pianist Yuja Wang. Also, Mozart’s charming Symphony #39 is today’s Midday Masterpiece at 2:00 pm.
6:00 a.m.
Claude Debussy
Petite Suite
Philharmonia Orchestra; Geoffrey Simon, conductor
6:13 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Violin Concerto No. 3 in G major K 216
Netherlands Chamber Orchestra; Yakov Kreizberg, conductor Julia Fischer, violin
6:38 a.m.
Jessie Montgomery
Peace
Anthony McGill, clarinet; Gloria Chien, piano
6:44 a.m.
Francois Devienne
Bassoon Concerto No. 1
Slovak Chamber Orchestra; Bohdan Warchal, conductor Eckart Hubner, bassoon
7:00 a.m.
Hugo Wolf
Italian Serenade in G major
I Solisti Italiani
7:10 a.m.
Jules Massenet
Suite No. 7 "Alsatian Scenes" (Scenes Alsaciennes)
Monte Carlo National Opera Orchestra; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
7:34 a.m.
Gabriel Faure
Ballade in F# Opus 19
Yuja Wang, piano
7:47 a.m.
Franz Lehar
Gold and Silver (waltz) Opus 79
Vienna State Opera Orchestra; Franz Bauer-Theussl, conductor
7:56 a.m.
Amy Beach
Invocation in D major Opus 55
Tasmin Little, violin; John Lenehan, piano
8:01 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Violin Concerto, Op. 4, No. 4 in A minor Opus 4 RV 357
Academy of Ancient Music; Christopher Hogwood, conductor Monica Huggett, violin
8:12 a.m.
Bernhard Molique
Flute Concerto in D minor
Czech National Symphony Orchestra; Paul Freeman, conductor Mathieu Dufour, flute
8:36 a.m.
Julie Amacher
New Classical Trax
American Public Media Julie Amacher
8:41 a.m.
Scott Joplin
Solace
Lara Downes, piano; Joe Brent, vihuela
8:48 a.m.
Luigi Boccherini
Quintet for Guitar and Strings No. 9: IV. Finale "Retreat from Madrid" in C major G 453
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields Chamber Ensemble Pepe Romero, guitar
8:56 a.m.
Andre Messager
Les deux pigeons: Pas de deux
Royal Opera Orchestra, Covent Garden; Charles Mackerras, conductor
9:00 a.m.
Tomaso Albinoni
Concerto for oboe and strings in Bb major Opus 7/3
London Harpsichord Ensemble Sarah Francis, oboe
9:09 a.m.
Florence Price
Violin Concerto no. 1 in D major
Janacek Philharmonic; Ryan Cockerham, conductor Er-Gene Kahng
9:35 a.m.
Franz Liszt
Hungarian Rhapsody No. 1 in F minor
Vancouver Symphony Orchestra; Sergiu Commissiona, conductor
9:48 a.m.
Agustin Barrios
Danza Paraguaya No. 1
David Russell, guitar
9:51 a.m.
Henry Litolff
Concerto Symphonique No. 4: Scherzo Opus 102
San Francisco Symphony; Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor Yuja Wang, piano
10:00 a.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Trumpet Concerto in Eb major
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor Hakan Hardenberger, trumpet
10:15 a.m.
Fanny Mendelssohn
Piano Sonata in G minor
Anna Shelest, piano
10:33 a.m.
Anne Dudley
Poldark Prelude
Lang Lang, piano
10:37 a.m.
Jessie Montgomery
Strum
Catalyst Quartet
10:45 a.m.
Arcangelo Corelli
Concerto Grosso No. 8 "Christmas Concerto" in G minor Opus 6
Tafelmusik; Jeanne Lamon, conductor
11:00 a.m.
Dominick Argento
Valentino Dances
Minnesota Orchestra; Eiji Oue, conductor William Schimmel, accordion
11:12 a.m.
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor Opus 18
Mahler Chamber Orchestra; Claudio Abbado, conductor Yuja Wang, piano
11:46 a.m.
Emilio Pujol
Guajira
Julian Bream, guitar
11:51 a.m.
Gabriel Faure
Song of Jean Racine (Cantique de Jean Racine) Opus 11
St. John's College Choir; George Guest, conductor Stephen Cleobury, organ
11:58 a.m.
Jan Paderewski
Overture
Polish National Radio Orchestra; Antoni Wit, conductor
12:09 p.m.
William Dawson
Negro Folk Symphony
Detroit Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
12:39 p.m.
Mary Kouyoumdjian
Aghavni
Lara Downes, piano
12:42 p.m.
Antonio Pasculli
Omaggio a Bellini (Hommage to Bellini)
Heinz Holliger, English horn; Ursula Holliger, harp
12:51 p.m.
Emmanuel Chabrier
Danse Slav (from Le Roi Malgre Lui)
Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra; Herve Niquet, conductor
12:58 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 in F major BWV 1046
Berlin Academy of Ancient Music
1:19 p.m.
John Mackey
Kingfishers Catch Fire
North Texas Wind Symphony; Eugene Corporon, conductor
1:26 p.m.
Sophie Hutchings
By Night
Voces8 Elitsa Bogdanova, viola; Matthew Sharp, cello; Olivia Jageurs, harp
1:32 p.m.
Sergei Prokofiev
Piano Sonata No. 8: III. Vivace in Bb major Opus 84
Yuja Wang, piano
1:43 p.m.
Karl Ditters Von Dittersdorf
Oboe Concerto in G major
Bern Camerata; Thomas Furi, conductor Heinz Holliger, oboe
2:00 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 39 in Eb major K 543
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor
2:29 p.m.
Germaine Tailleferre
Chorale for Trumpet and Piano
Raymond Mase, trumpet; Marcia Eckert, piano
2:34 p.m.
Edward Elgar
Spanish Lady Suite Opus
Guildhall String Ensemble; Robert Salter, conductor
2:47 p.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
SAMSON ET DELILA: Grande fantasie
London Philharmonic Orchestra; Geoffrey Simon, conductor
3:01 p.m.
Frank Bridge
Suite for Strings (Prelude, Intermezzo & Finale)
English String Orchestra; William Boughton, conductor
3:16 p.m.
Peteris Vasks
Lonely Angel
Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra; Jeffrey Kahane, conductor Margaret Batjer, violin
3:30 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Slavonic Dance No. 7 in C minor Opus 46
Berlin Philharmonic; Lorin Maazel, conductor
3:35 p.m.
Maurice Ravel
Piano Concerto for the Left Hand in D major
Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra; Lionel Bringuier, conductor Yuja Wang, piano
3:53 p.m.
Carl Nielsen
Masquerade Overture
Aarhus Symphony Orchestra; Lance Friedel, conductor
3:59 p.m.
Richard Strauss
DER ROSENKAVALIER: Waltz Sequence No. 1
Seattle Symphony; Gerard Schwarz, conductor
4:13 p.m.
Saverio Mercadante
Flute Concerto in D major
English Chamber Orchestra; Claudio Scimone, conductor Jean-Pierre Rampal, flute
4:33 p.m.
Jessie Montgomery
Starburst
String Orchestra of New York; Julian Wachner, conductor
4:37 p.m.
Hugo Alfven
Swedish Rhapsody No. 1 "Midsummer Night Vigil" Opus 19
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; Paavo Berglund, conductor
4:51 p.m.
Franz Liszt
Piano Sonata in B minor: II. Andante Sostenuto in B minor
Benjamin Grosvenor, piano
5:00 p.m.
Michael Torke
Sky: I. Lively
Albany Symphony Orchestra; David Alan Miller, conductor Tessa Lark, violin
5:11 p.m.
Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach
Symphony No. 20 in Bb major HW 1/20
New Bach Collegium Musicum; Burkhard Glaetzner, conductor
5:36 p.m.
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Prelude No. 5 in G minor Opus 23
Yuja Wang, piano
5:41 p.m.
Caroline Shaw
Plan and Elevation: V. The Beech Tree
Attacca Quartet
5:43 p.m.
Mikhail Glinka
RUSLAN AND LUDMILA: Overture
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Fritz Reiner, conductor
5:50 p.m.
Emil Mlynarski
Violin Concerto No. 2: III. Allegro vivace (Finale) in D major Opus 6
Polish Chamber Orchestra; Jacek Kaspszyk, conductor Nigel Kennedy, violin
6:00 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor Opus 37
Toronto Symphony Orchestra; Andrew Davis, conductor Anton Kuerti, piano
6:37 p.m.
George Walker
Lyric for Strings
Cleveland Chamber Symphony; Edwin London, conductor George Walker, violin
6:45 p.m.
Mary Kouyoumdjian
The Revolt of the Stars
Caitlin Sullivan, cello; Timo Andres, electric organ; Vicky Chow, piano
6:51 p.m.
Sergio Assad
Summer Garden Suite: XIX. Dreams
Xavier Jara, guitar
6:54 p.m.
Edward K. (Duke) Ellington
Solitude in Transblucency
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; Simon Rattle, conductor Various soloists
