Classical Music Playlist, April 8, 2022
Born in Prague in 1770 and raised solely by his mother who had no interest in educating him, Anton Reicha ran away from home at age 10 to his paternal uncle who raised and educated him in music. By 20 he was at the University of Bonn where a fellow student in the same classes was Beethoven, with whom Reicha was also a fellow musician in a local orchestra. He soon had short stays in Hamburg, Paris, and Vienna where he again re-engaged with friend Beethoven as well as Salieri and met Haydn and others, before settling finally in Paris where he would make significant advances in wind music and composition theory. Among his students at the Paris Conservatory were Hector Berlioz, César Franck, Charles Gounod, Henri Vieuxtemps, and Franz Liszt. Unfortunately, Reicha was reluctant to publish his music so upon his death in 1836 he and his music were soon forgotten despite having composed significant works including over ten symphonies. From his last days in Vienna in 1808, Anton Reicha’s Symphony #3 is today’s Midday Masterpiece at 2:00 pm.
6:00 a.m.
Alessandro Scarlatti
Concerto Grosso No. 2 in C minor
Europa Galante; Fabio Biondi, conductor
6:09 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
String Quartet No. 12 "American" in F major Opus 96
Cleveland Quartet
6:35 a.m.
Agustin Barrios
A Dream In The Forest (Un Sueno en la Floresta)
Angel Romero, guitar
6:43 a.m.
Frederic Chopin
Concert Rondo "Krakowiak" in F major Opus 14
Polish Sinfonia Iuventus Orchestra; Tadeusz Wojciechowski, conductor Tatiana Shebanova, piano
7:00 a.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Symphony No. 6 "Pastoral": I. Allegro ma non troppo in F major Opus 68
Cleveland Orchestra; Christoph Von Dohnanyi, conductor
7:13 a.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 84 in Eb major
Tafelmusik; Bruno Weil, conductor
7:38 a.m.
Henry Purcell
Pavan a 3 in A major Z 748
London Baroque
7:43 a.m.
Franz Schubert
Moments Musicaux No. 3 in F minor Opus 94 D 780
Radu Lupu, piano
7:44 a.m.
Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
Quintet for Guitar and String Quartet: IV. Finale Op 143
Pacifica Quartet Sharon Isbin, guitar
7:52 a.m.
John Williams
Theme from The Patriot
Boston Pops Orchestra; Keith Lockhart, conductor Middlesex County Fifes & Drums
8:01 a.m.
Jean Sibelius
Karelia Overture Opus 10
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra; Jukka-Pekka Saraste, conductor
8:11 a.m.
Edvard Grieg
Norwegian Dances Opus 35
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
8:30 a.m.
Einojuhani Rautavaara
Two Serenades: No. 2: Serenade pour la vie (Serenade for Life)
Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France; Mikko Franck, conductor Hilary Hahn, violin
8:37 a.m.
Francesco Veracini
Overture No. 1 in Bb major
Musica Antiqua Koln; Reinhardt Goebel, conductor
8:52 a.m.
Gabriel Faure
Pavane Opus 50
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra; Leonard Slatkin, conductor
8:59 a.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Piano Concerto No. 1 in Bb minor Opus 23
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Georg Solti, conductor Andras Schiff, piano
9:34 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Cello Concerto in G minor RV 416
Academy of Ancient Music; Christopher Hogwood, conductor Christophe Coin, cello
9:45 a.m.
Arthur Benjamin
Six Caribbean Pieces, No. 2 "From San Domingo"
Jaime Laredo, violin; Margo Garrett, piano
9:49 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Carnival Overture Opus 92
Concertgebouw Orchestra; Riccardo Chailly, conductor
10:00 a.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
Concertpiece for piano and orchestra in F minor Opus 79 (Konzertstuck)
Bavarian Radio Symphony; Colin Davis, conductor Gerhard Oppitz, piano
10:17 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Flute & Harp Concerto in C major K 299
Berlin Philharmonic; Claudio Abbado, conductor Emmanuel Pahud, flute; Marie-Pierre Langlamet, harp
10:45 a.m.
Amy Beach
Piano Quintet: II. Adagio espressivo in F# minor Opus 67
Lark Quartet Joanne Polk, piano
10:56 a.m.
Dmitri Shostakovich
Suite for Variety Orchestra: Waltz No. 2
Jess Gillam, alto saxophone; Ben Dawson, piano; Timothy Welch, viola; Michael Gray, violin; Benjamin Hughes, cello
11:00 a.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Symphony No. 4 in Bb major Opus 60
Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
11:33 a.m.
Agustin Barrios
La Catedral
Denis Azabagic, guitar
11:41 a.m.
Andrea Gabrieli
Credo
Canadian Brass and friends
11:46 a.m.
Claude Debussy
Petite Suite
Lyon National Orchestra; Jun Markl, conductor
12:00 p.m.
Ernst von Dohnanyi
Symphonic Minutes Opus 36
Buffalo Philharmonic; JoAnn Falletta, conductor
12:16 p.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Four Seasons: Autumn (L'Autunno) in F major Opus 8/3 RV 293
Tafelmusik; Jeanne Lamon, conductor Jeanne Lamon, violin
12:28 p.m.
Fernando Sor
Etude in G major Opus 29/11
Narciso Yepes, guitar
12:32 p.m.
Giacomo Puccini
Preludio Sinfonico in A major
Philharmonic of La Scala; Riccardo Muti, conductor
12:42 p.m.
Fanny Mendelssohn
Piano Sonata in C minor
Betty Ann Miller, piano
1:00 p.m.
Jacques Offenbach
ORPHEUS IN THE UNDERWORLD: Overture
Philharmonia Orchestra; Antonio de Almeida, conductor
1:10 p.m.
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
Flute Concerto in D minor H 426
Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra; Janos Rolla, conductor Jean-Pierre Rampal, flute
1:31 p.m.
Mel Bonis
Femmes de Legende: Phoebe
Kyra Steckeweh, piano
1:35 p.m.
Carl Nielsen
Serenata in Vano
Athena Ensemble
1:43 p.m.
Sergei Prokofiev
Piano Concerto No. 1 in Db major Opus 10
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Gianandrea Noseda, conductor Jean-Eflam Bavouzet, piano
2:00 p.m.
Anton Reicha
Symphony No. 3 in F major
Beethoven Acadamie; Jan Caeyers, conductor
2:36 p.m.
Leo Brouwer
El Decameron Negro: 1. El arpa del Guerrero
Sharon Isbin, guitar
2:41 p.m.
Lars-Erik Larsson
Little Serenade Opus 12
Swedish Chamber Orchestra; Petter Sundkvist, conductor
2:53 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Rondo for horn & orchestra in Eb major K 371
Scottish Chamber Orchestra; Charles Mackerras, conductor Eric Ruske, horn
3:01 p.m.
Arcangelo Corelli
Concerto Grosso No. 12 in F major Opus 6
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor
3:12 p.m.
Jules Massenet
LE CARILLON Ballet suite
National Philharmonic Orchestra; Richard Bonynge, conductor
3:51 p.m.
Edward Elgar
Salut d'amour (Love's Greeting) Opus 12
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra Gil Shaham, violin
3:54 p.m.
Gabriel Faure
Papillon Opus 77
Yo Yo Ma, cello; Kathryn Stott, piano
3:58 p.m.
Florence Price
Symphony No. 4: I. Tempo Moderato in D minor
Fort Smith Symphony; John Jeter, conductor
4:14 p.m.
Frederic Chopin
Piano Concerto No. 2: I. Maestoso in F minor Opus 21
Mahler Chamber Orchestra; Mikhail Pletnev, conductor Daniil Trifonov, piano
4:31 p.m.
Rebecca Clarke
Passacaglia on an Old English Tune
Patricia McCarty, viola; Virginia Eskin, piano
4:37 p.m.
Amy Beach
Gaelic Symphony: II. Alla siciliana - allegro vivace - andante in E minor Opus 32
Detroit Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
4:46 p.m.
Morten Lauridsen
O magnum mysterium
; Robert Shaw, conductor Robert Shaw Chamber Singers
4:52 p.m.
Louise Farrenc
Nonette in E-flat: III. Scherzo in Eb major Opus 38
Minerva Chamber Ensemble; Kevin Geraldi, conductor
4:58 p.m.
Claude Debussy
Suite for Piano (Pour le Piano suite)
Martin Jones, piano
5:12 p.m.
August Soderman
Ceremonial Polonaise
Norrlands Opera Symphony Orchestra; Roy Goodman, conductor
5:18 p.m.
Giuseppe Tartini
Cello Concerto in D major
Ensemble 415; Chiara Banchini, conductor Roel Dieltiens, cello
5:41 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Prague Waltzes
Prague Symphony Orchestra; Jiri Belohlavek, conductor
5:51 p.m.
Joseph Canteloube
Bailero (The Shepherds' Song) from Chants d'Auvergne
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Edward Gardner, conductor Kate Royal, soprano
5:58 p.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Concerto for piano and violin in D minor
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra Martha Argerich, piano; Gidon Kremer, violin
6:36 p.m.
Gena Branscombe
A Memory
Lansdowne Symphony Orchestra; Reuben Blundell, conductor
6:39 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Adagio for Mandolin and Harpsichord in Eb major
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Karl Bohm, conductor Avi Avital, mandolin; Anneleen Lenaerts, harp
6:44 p.m.
John Williams
Seven Tears in Tibet: Seven Years in Tibet
Studio Orchestra; John Williams, conductor Yo Yo Ma, cello
6:52 p.m.
Philip Glass
Glassworks: Opening
Valentina Lisitsa, piano
