Classical Music Playlist, October 31, 2022
from an album cover of a 1958 recording of the Berlioz 'Symphonie fantastique'
The program of the Symphonie fantastique by Hector Berlioz is that a lovesick young man takes an overdose of opium and then dreams himself in a surreal sequence of situations where, in each, he sees his ideal but unrequited love; each appearance of her is a frustration of some kind and somehow related to the scene. In one movement he dreams that he has killed her, is led to the scaffold and, as the dreamer, is witness to his own execution. But it doesn't end there! Afterward, he dreams himself at a witches' sabbath with sorcerers and ghouls of every kind gathered for his funeral, including his beloved. The entire Symphonie fantastique is today’s Halloween Midday Masterpiece at 2:00 pm.
6:00 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Cello Concerto in A minor RV 422
Il Giardino Armonico; Giovanni Antonini, conductor Christophe Coin, cello
6:10 a.m.
Ferdinand Ries
Piano Concerto No. 4 in C minor Opus 115
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; Uwe Grodd, conductor Christopher Hinterhuber, piano
6:37 a.m.
Hildur Gudnadottir
Call Me Joker
Hollywood Studio Symphony Orchestra; Jeff Atmajian, conductor
6:43 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso No. 6 in G minor Opus 6/6 HWV 324
Boston Baroque; Martin Pearlman, conductor
7:00 a.m.
Domenico Cimarosa
Oboe Concerto in C minor
I Musici Heinz Holliger, oboe
7:13 a.m.
Fanny Mendelssohn
Piano Sonata in C minor
Betty Ann Miller, piano
7:31 a.m.
James Newton Howard
The Village
La Pieta; Angele Dubeau, conductor Angele Dubeau, violin
7:37 a.m.
John Williams
Jaws: Theme
London Symphony Orchestra; John Williams, conductor
7:41 a.m.
Gustav Mahler
Symphony No. 1: 3rd movement in D major
San Francisco Symphony; Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
7:54 a.m.
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Prelude in G minor in G minor Opus 23
Yuja Wang, piano
7:59 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Toccata & Fugue in D minor BWV 565
Canadian Brass
8:10 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 25 in G minor K 183
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor
8:32 a.m.
Philip Glass
Dead Things
Valentina Lisitsa, piano
8:37 a.m.
William Bolcom
Ghost Rag: I. Graceful Ghost
Spencer Meyer, piano
8:42 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Symphony No. 6: III. Scherzo (Furiant) in D major Opus 60
Cleveland Orchestra; Christoph Von Dohnanyi, conductor
8:52 a.m.
Jean-Philippe Rameau
Les Tendres Plaintes (Rondeau)
Assad Brothers Sergio Assad, guitar; Odair Assad, guitar
8:55 a.m.
Jean-Philippe Rameau
Gigue
Assad Brothers Sergio Assad, guitar; Odair Assad, guitar
9:00 a.m.
Johannes Brahms
Piano Quintet: I. Allegro non troppo in F minor Opus 34
Artemis Quartet Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
9:16 a.m.
Sergei Rachmaninoff
The Isle of the Dead Opus 29
St. Petersburg Philharmonic; Mariss Jansons, conductor
9:37 a.m.
Max Richter
Mercy
Hilary Hahn, violin; Cory Smythe, piano
9:44 a.m.
Cesar Franck
The Accursed Huntsman (Le Chasseur Maudit)
Boston Symphony Orchestra; Charles Munch, conductor
10:00 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Bassoon Concerto in A minor in A minor RV 498
Seattle Baroque Michael McCraw, bassoon
10:11 a.m.
Stewart Goodyear
The Kapok
Inbal Segev, cello; Stewart Goodyear, piano
10:17 a.m.
George Frederick Bristow
Symphony No. 3 in F# minor Opus 26
Detroit Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
10:53 a.m.
Amy Beach
Piano Trio: I. Allegro con Brio in A minor Opus 150
The Gold Coast Trio Rachel Vetter Huang, violin; Susan Lamb Cook, cello; Hao Huang, piano
11:00 a.m.
Johannes Brahms
Symphony No. 4: I. Allegro non troppo in E minor Opus 98
Berlin Philharmonic; Herbert von Karajan, conductor
11:13 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Violin Concerto in D minor BWV 1052
The Bach Ensemble; Joshua Rifkin, conductor Stanley Ritchie, violin
11:36 a.m.
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Prelude in C-sharp minor in C# minor Opus 3/2
Sergei Rachmaninoff, piano
11:41 a.m.
Charles Gounod
Funeral March of a Marionette
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra; Leonard Slatkin, conductor
11:45 a.m.
John Williams
STAR WARS - THE PHANTOM MENACE: Duel of the Fates
London Symphony Orchestra; John Williams, conductor London Voices
11:50 a.m.
Alessandro Marcello
Oboe Concerto in D minor
Tafelmusik; Jeanne Lamon, conductor John Abberger, oboe
11:59 a.m.
Modest Mussorgsky
Night on Bald Mountain
Philadelphia Orchestra; Riccardo Muti, conductor
12:11 p.m.
Ludovico Einaudi
Odd Days
La Pieta; Angele Dubeau, conductor Angele Dubeau, violin
12:18 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 24 in C minor K 491
Scottish Chamber Orchestra; Charles Mackerras, conductor John O'Conor, piano
12:48 p.m.
Claudio Monteverdi
Vespers of the Blessed Virgin: Deus in adiutorium SV 206
La Cetra Baroque Orchestra Basel; La Cetra Vocal Ensemble Basel; Andrea Marcon, conductor Matthias Goerne, baritone
1:00 p.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Four Seasons: Winter (L'Inverno) in F minor Opus 8 RV 297
Boston Baroque; Martin Pearlman, conductor Christina Day Martinson, violin
1:10 p.m.
Franz Krommer
Clarinet Concerto in E minor Opus 86
English Chamber Orchestra; Anthony Pay, conductor Thomas Friedli, clarinet
1:37 p.m.
Franz Schubert
Erlkonig Opus 1 D 328
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, baritone; Gerald Moore, piano
1:43 p.m.
Gustav Mahler
Symphony No. 10: III. Purgatorio in F# major
Berlin Philharmonic; Simon Rattle, conductor
1:46 p.m.
Giacomo Puccini
The Witches Sabbath (from LE VILLI: La Tregenda, Intermezzo)
Philharmonic of La Scala; Riccardo Muti, conductor
1:51 p.m.
Ryuichi Sakamoto
The Sheltering Sky
Ryuichi Sakamoto
2:00 p.m.
Hector Berlioz
Symphonie Fantastique Opus 14
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra; David Zinman, conductor
2:52 p.m.
Barbara Strozzi
Il Primo Libro di Madrigali: Priego ad amore
Cappella Mediterranea; Leonardo Garcia Alarcon, conductor
2:57 p.m.
Amy Beach
In Autumn Opus 15
Joanne Polk, piano
3:01 p.m.
Edouard Lalo
Scherzo in D minor
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Yondani Butt, conductor
3:07 p.m.
Frederic Chopin
Piano Sonata No. 2: Funeral March in Bb minor Opus 35
Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
3:17 p.m.
Elena Kats-Chernin
Re-Inventions: Re-Invention No. 1
La Pieta; Angele Dubeau, conductor
3:23 p.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
Carnival of the Animals: Aquarium
Martha Argerich, piano; Gidon Kremer, violin; Edith Salmen-Weber, glockenspiel; Irena Grafenauer, flute
3:27 p.m.
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Violin Concerto in G minor Opus 80
Chineke! Orchestra; Kevin John Edusei, conductor Elena Urioste, violin
4:00 p.m.
Paul Dukas
The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra; Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor
4:11 p.m.
Gustav Holst
The Planets: Uranus, the Magician Opus 32
Philharmonia Orchestra; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
4:18 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor K 466
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra Richard Goode, piano
4:49 p.m.
Francisco Tarrega
Memories of the Alhambra (Recuerdos de la Alhambra)
Narciso Yepes, guitar
4:54 p.m.
Amy Beach
A Hermit Thrush at Eve Opus 92
Alan Feinberg, piano
5:00 p.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
Danse Macabre Opus 40
Royal Scottish National Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
5:08 p.m.
Kurt Atterberg
Symphony No. 4 "Sinfonia piccola" in G minor Opus 14
Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra; Ari Rasilainen, conductor
5:31 p.m.
Tomaso Albinoni
Adagio in G minor
English Chamber Orchestra; Ian Watson, conductor Ian Watson, organ
5:40 p.m.
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Piano Concerto No. 2: III. Allegro Scherzando in C minor
San Francisco Symphony; Edo de Waart, conductor Zoltan Kocsis, piano
5:53 p.m.
Ralph Vaughan Williams
The Lover's Ghost
; Paul Spicer, conductor The Finzi Singers
5:56 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Requiem: Lacrimosa in D minor K 626
Academy of Saint Cecilia Orchestra; Myung Whun Chung, conductor Academy of St. Ceclia Chorus
6:01 p.m.
Howard Hanson
Symphony No. 2 "Romantic"
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra; Leonard Slatkin, conductor
6:33 p.m.
John Williams
STAR WARS - THE FORCE AWAKENS: The Jedi Steps and Finale
Studio Orchestra; John Williams, conductor
6:43 p.m.
Stewart Goodyear
The Kapok
Inbal Segev, cello; Stewart Goodyear, piano
6:49 p.m.
Philip Glass
Violin Concerto No. 1: II. Quarter Note = 96
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Christoph Von Dohnanyi, conductor Gidon Kremer, violin
