Classical Music Playlist, August 8, 2022
In 1773 the 17 year old Mozart had likely seen the printed music for string quartets by Haydn who by that time was a master of string quartet writing. Mozart then gave himself a challenge to live up to the Haydn model and composed six string quartets (Mozart’s “Viennese Quartets” Nos 8-13, known to show some of Haydn’s influence). Ten years later Mozart likely first met Haydn and the two became fast friends sharing mutual high esteem. At this time Mozart, now more experienced, wrote six more Quartets which he sent to Haydn with a letter of dedication to him. At the premiere of these new quartets Haydn told young Mozart’s father Leopold, “before God and as an honest man I tell you that your son is the greatest composer known to me either in person or by name.” The only Quartet of these six “Haydn Quartets” in a minor key, No. 15 in d-minor (K. 421), is today’s Midday Masterpiece at 2:00 pm.
6:00 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Bassoon Concerto No. 30 in G major RV 493
I Musici Klaus Thunemann, bassoon
6:08 a.m.
Franz Liszt
Piano Sonata in B minor S 178
Krystian Zimerman, piano
6:40 a.m.
John Dowland
Sir Thomas Monson, His Pavan
Paul O'Dette, lute
6:47 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Romance in F minor Opus 11
Philharmonia Orchestra; Andrew Litton, conductor Anne Akiko Meyers, violin
6:59 a.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
Oberon Overture J 306
Hanover Band; Roy Goodman, conductor
7:10 a.m.
Johann Christian Bach
Quintet for flute, oboe, violin, cello & harpsichord in D major Opus 22/1
The English Concert
7:32 a.m.
Alexander Glazunov
Symphony No. 4: II. Scherzo in Eb major Opus 48
BBC Welsh Symphony Orchestra; Tadaaki Otaka, conductor
7:38 a.m.
Cecile Chaminade
Concert Etudes: Scherzo
Anna Shelest, piano
7:41 a.m.
John Mackey
Kingfishers Catch Fire
North Texas Wind Symphony; Eugene Corporon, conductor
7:49 a.m.
Johann Strauss, Jr.
Blue Danube Waltz Opus 314
Vienna Johann Strauss Orchestra; Willi Boskovsky, conductor
7:59 a.m.
Francesco Geminiani
Concerto Grosso "La Follia" in D minor
Les Violons du Roy; Bernard Labadie, conductor
8:12 a.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
Carnival of the Animals
Sinfonia da Camera; Ian Hobson, conductor Ian Hobson, piano
8:36 a.m.
Florence Price
String Quartet No. 2: III. Juba in A minor
Catalyst Quartet
8:41 a.m.
William Grant Still
Symphony No. 3 "The Sunday Symphony"
Fort Smith Symphony; John Jeter, conductor
8:44 a.m.
Edvard Grieg
String Quartet No. 2 (unfinished): II. Allegro scherzando in F major
Oslo Camerata; Stephan Barratt-Due, conductor
8:53 a.m.
Ethel Smyth
THE BOATSWAIN'S MATE: Overture
BBC National Orchestra of Wales; Rumon Gamba, conductor
9:00 a.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Piano Concerto No. 1 in Bb minor Opus 23
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Georg Solti, conductor Andras Schiff, piano
9:35 a.m.
Valerie Coleman
Shotgun Houses: I. Shotgun Houses
Harlem Quartet David Shifrin, clarinet
9:42 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 32 in G major K 318
Prague Chamber Orchestra; Charles Mackerras, conductor
9:50 a.m.
Aaron Copland
Fanfare for the Common Man
New York Philharmonic; Leonard Bernstein, conductor
9:54 a.m.
John Williams
Superman: Main Title
London Symphony Orchestra; John Williams, conductor
10:00 a.m.
Franz Liszt
Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 in D minor
Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra; Ondrej Lenard, conductor
10:10 a.m.
Klaus Badelt
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl: Selections
Cincinnati Pops; Erich Kunzel, conductor
10:17 a.m.
Joseph White
Violin Concerto in F# minor
Encore Chamber Orchestra; Daniel Hege, conductor Rachel Barton Pine, violin
10:39 a.m.
Clara Schumann
Three Romances for Piano: I. Andante in Eb minor Opus 11
Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano
10:44 a.m.
Arcangelo Corelli
Concerto Grosso No. 8 "Christmas Concerto" in G minor Opus 6
Musica Amphion; Pieter-Jan Belder, conductor
10:59 a.m.
Reinhold Gliere
Concert Waltz Opus 90
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Vassily Sinaisky, conductor
11:06 a.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Piano Concerto No. 1 in G minor Opus 25
Royal Flemish Philharmonic; Phillippe Herreweghe, conductor Martin Helmchen, piano
11:29 a.m.
J. Michael Haydn
Trombone Concerto in D major
Northern Sinfonia of England; Alain Trudel, conductor Alain Trudel, trombone
11:43 a.m.
Leighton Lucas
Stage Fright Rhapsody
BBC Concert Orchestra; Gavin Sutherland, conductor Valentina Lisitsa, piano
11:49 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto for 2 mandolins in G major RV 532
Europa Galante; Fabio Biondi, conductor
12:00 p.m.
Alan Hovhaness
Symphony No. 2 "Mysterious Mountain" Opus 132
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic; Gerard Schwarz, conductor
12:21 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Cantata No. 29: Sinfonia BWV 29
Brandenburg Consort; Roy Goodman, conductor Paul Nicholson, organ
12:25 p.m.
Rachel Portman
Flight
La Pieta; Angele Dubeau, conductor
12:31 p.m.
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Oboe Concerto
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor Celia Nicklin, oboe
12:51 p.m.
Cecile Chaminade
Concertino Opus 107
City of London Sinfonia; Richard Hickox, conductor Susan Milan, flute
1:00 p.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso No. 4 in F major Opus 3/4a HWV 315
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor
1:12 p.m.
Joe Hisaishi
One Summer's Day (from Spirited Away)
London Symphony Orchestra; Roman Simovic, conductor Joe Hisaishi, piano
1:17 p.m.
Luigi Boccherini
Quintet for guitar and strings No. 3 in Bb major G 447
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields Chamber Ensemble Pepe Romero, guitar
1:42 p.m.
Karl Goldmark
In Italy Overture Opus 49
National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland; Stephen Gunzenhauser, conductor
1:55 p.m.
Erik Satie
Gymnopedie No. 1
John Novacek, piano
2:00 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
String Quartet No. 15 in D minor K 421
Quatuor Mosaiques
2:34 p.m.
Scott Joplin
The Entertainer
Lara Downes, piano
2:39 p.m.
Hubert Parry
Symphonic Variations
Scottish National Orchestra; Andrew Penny, conductor
2:53 p.m.
Pietro Locatelli
Concerto Grosso No. 1 in F major Opus 1/1
Raglan Baroque Players; Nicholas Kraemer, conductor
3:01 p.m.
Florence Price
Symphony No. 3
Philadelphia Orchestra; Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor
3:34 p.m.
Robert Schumann
Arabesque in C major Opus 18
Simone Dinnerstein, piano
3:43 p.m.
Joel Puckett
Concerto Duo: III. For Audrey
Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra; Allen Tinkham, conductor Anthony McGill, clarinet; Demarre McGill, flute
3:50 p.m.
Arcangelo Corelli
Concerto Grosso No. 5 in Bb major Opus 6
London Baroque; Charles Medlam, conductor
4:00 p.m.
Jean Sibelius
Cassazione Opus 6
Tapiola Sinfonietta; Tuomas Ollila, conductor
4:12 p.m.
John Williams
STAR WARS - THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK: Imperial March
Skywalker Symphony Orchestra; John Williams, conductor
4:16 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Piano Sonata No. 14 "Moonlight" in C# minor Opus 27/2
Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano
4:33 p.m.
Giuseppe Tartini
Cello Concerto in D major
Ensemble 415; Chiara Banchini, conductor Roel Dieltiens, cello
4:56 p.m.
Cecile Chaminade
Autrefois ("In Times Past") Opus 87/4
Joanne Polk, piano
5:01 p.m.
Giuseppe Verdi
LA TRAVIATA: Act I. Prelude
Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra; Alexander Rahbari, conductor
5:06 p.m.
Clara Schumann
Piano Concerto in A minor Opus 7
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic; Holly Mathieson, conductor Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano
5:28 p.m.
Georg Christoph Wagenseil
Harp Concerto in G major
Mantova Orchestra; Vittorio Parisi, conductor Roberta Alessandrini, harp
5:43 p.m.
Stephen Warbeck
Shakespeare in Love: Main Title
Cincinnati Pops; Erich Kunzel, conductor
5:48 p.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Violin Concerto: III. Allegro vivacissimo (Finale) in D major Opus 35
Concertgebouw Orchestra; Bernard Haitink, conductor Henryk Szeryng, violin
5:59 p.m.
Juan Arriaga
Symphony in D minor
Le Concert des Nations; Jordi Savall, conductor
6:29 p.m.
Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
Quintet for Guitar and String Quartet: IV. Finale Op 143
Pacifica Quartet Sharon Isbin, guitar
6:37 p.m.
Charles Ives
Symphony No. 4: Fugue
San Francisco Symphony; Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
6:43 p.m.
John Adams
Habanera (from John's Book of Alleged Dances)
Attacca Quartet
6:49 p.m.
Stephanie Ann Boyd
My Grandmothers Garden: Ivy
Lara Downes, piano
6:53 p.m.
Bill Frisell
Thankful
Bill Frisell, guitar
