Classical Music Playlist, December 12, 2023
Karl Goldmark (1830-1915)
While it's said that a gift for melody is inborn and orchestration learned, Hungarian composer Karl Goldmark had both. The latter likely came from many years of experience as a violinist and orchestrator in Vienna theater orchestras. In 1877 he put both talents to use in his passionate Violin Concerto No. 1, today's Midday Masterpiece with soloist Itzhak Perlman.
6:00 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude and Fugue (from the Well-Tempered Clavier II:05) in D major BWV 874
Angela Hewitt, piano
6:09 a.m.
George Frederick Bristow
Symphony No. 3 in F# minor Opus 26
Detroit Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
6:45 a.m.
Miguel Llobet
Six Catalan Folk Songs
Eduardo Fernandez, guitar
6:54 a.m.
TRADITIONAL
The Lark in the Clear Air
McGill/McHale Trio Demarre McGill, flute; Anthony McGill, clarinet; Michael McHale, piano
6:59 a.m.
Jean Sibelius
Cassazione Opus 6
Tapiola Sinfonietta; Tuomas Ollila, conductor
7:10 a.m.
Reynaldo Hahn
Quintet for strings and piano in F# minor
Parisii Quartet Alexandre Tharaud, piano
7:38 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
RUSALKA: Polonaise in Eb major
Prague Philharmonia; Jakub Hrusa, conductor
7:45 a.m.
Tomas Luis de Victoria
O Magnum Mysterium
; John Rutter, conductor Cambridge Singers
7:51 a.m.
Jean-Baptiste Accolay
Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor
Julliard Orchestra; Lawrence Foster, conductor Itzhak Perlman, violin
8:00 a.m.
Fanny Mendelssohn
Piano Trio: I. Allegro molto vivace in D minor
Nash Ensemble
8:11 a.m.
Gioachino Rossini
Bassoon Concerto
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Gianandrea Noseda, conductor Karen Geoghegan, bassoon
8:30 a.m.
Richard Strauss
Don Juan Opus 20
Cleveland Orchestra; George Szell, conductor
8:47 a.m.
TRADITIONAL
Can wassel (Wassail Song)
Anonymous 4 Andrew Lawrence-King, psaltery
8:50 a.m.
Leroy Anderson
Sleigh Ride
Voces8 Foundation Orchestra; Barnaby Smith, conductor
8:54 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
Water Music Suite No. 1: Alla Hornpipe in F major Water Music Suite in F
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra; Nicholas McGegan, conductor
9:00 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 22 in Eb major K 482
Scottish Chamber Orchestra; Charles Mackerras, conductor John O'Conor, piano
9:35 a.m.
Astor Piazzolla
Winter in Buenos Aires (Invierno Porteno)
David Tanenbaum, guitar
9:42 a.m.
Ethel Smyth
String Quartet: II. Allegro molto leggiero in E minor
Mannheim String Quartet
9:50 a.m.
Emmanuel Chabrier
Festive Polonaise (Le Roi Malgre Lui: Fete Polonaise)
Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra; Herve Niquet, conductor
10:00 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Concerto for oboe d'amore in A major BWV 1055
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor Neil Black, oboe d'amore
10:15 a.m.
Carel Anton Fodor
Symphony No. 3 in C minor Opus 19
Netherlands Radio Chamber Orchestra; Anthony Halstead, conductor
10:45 a.m.
Francis Poulenc
Sextet for wind quintet & piano: I. Allegro vivace FP 100
Pascal Roge, piano; Patrick Gallois, flute; Maurice Bourgue, oboe; Michel Portal, clarinet
10:54 a.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Octet: III. Scherzo in Eb major Opus 20
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra; Pinchas Zukerman, conductor
11:01 a.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Capriccio Italien Opus 45
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra; Zubin Mehta, conductor
11:18 a.m.
Maria Newman
String Quartet No. 2 "LAUDS": finale in F major Op. 35
Malibu Coast String Quartet
11:22 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
American Suite in A major Opus 98
Budapest Festival Orchestra; Ivan Fischer, conductor
11:43 a.m.
Stanislaw Moniuszko
Bajka (The Fairy Tale): Overture
Warsaw Philharmonic; Antoni Wit, conductor
11:57 a.m.
Michel Corrette
Noel Provencal
Boreades
12:01 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Symphony No. 4 in Bb major Opus 60
Cleveland Orchestra; Christoph Von Dohnanyi, conductor
12:34 p.m.
Gerardo Matos Rodriguez
La Cumparsita (Tango)
Xuefei Yang, guitar
12:37 p.m.
Emilio Pujol
Tango Espagnol
Julian Bream, guitar
12:42 p.m.
Richard Addinsell
Warsaw Concerto
BBC Symphony Orchestra; Hugh Wolff, conductor Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano
12:52 p.m.
Elena Kats-Chernin
WILD SWANS: Eliza Aria
Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra; Ola Rudner, conductor Jane Sheldon, soprano
12:56 p.m.
George Friederich Handel
Solomon: Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
Les Violons du Roy; Bernard Labadie, conductor
1:00 p.m.
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor Iona Brown, violin; Trevor Connah, violin; Stephen Shingles, viola; Kenneth Heath, cello
1:17 p.m.
Jean-Philippe Rameau
LE TEMPLE DE LA GLOIRE: Suite I (The Temple of Glory)
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra; Nicholas McGegan, conductor
1:37 p.m.
Sade Adu
Love Is Stronger Than Pride
Voces8; Eric Whitacre, conductor Nelson Freire, piano
1:43 p.m.
Florence Price
Violin Concerto No. 1: I. Allegro moderato in D major
Philadelphia Orchestra; Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor Randall Goosby, violin
1:50 p.m.
Mauro Giuliani
Guitar Concerto No. 3: III. Polonaise. Allegretto in F major Opus 70
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor Pepe Romero, guitar
2:00 p.m.
Karl Goldmark
Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor Opus 28
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra; Andre Previn, conductor Itzhak Perlman, violin
2:35 p.m.
Valentin Silvestrov
Songs Without Words: III. Musical Moment
Los Angeles Philharmonic; Gustavo Dudamel, conductor Daniel Hope, violin; Alexey Botvinov, piano
2:39 p.m.
Christoph Forster
Horn Concerto in Eb major ICF 6
St. Luke's Chamber Ensemble Stewart Rose, horn
2:53 p.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
MAZEPPA: Gopak
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; Kurt Masur, conductor
2:59 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Violin Concerto in G minor BWV 1056
English Chamber Orchestra; Pinchas Zukerman, conductor Pinchas Zukerman, violin
3:11 p.m.
Zenobia Powell Perry
Pavane for Piano
Josephine Gandolfi, piano
3:15 p.m.
Florence Price
Symphony No. 3
Philadelphia Orchestra; Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor
3:47 p.m.
Luigi Boccherini
Quintet for guitar and strings No. 4: III. Fandango in D major G 448
Pacifica Quartet Sharon Isbin, guitar
3:55 p.m.
Georges Bizet
CARMEN: Habanera: L'amour est un oiseau.
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Daniele Rustioni, conductor Aigul Akhmetshina, mezzo-soprano
4:01 p.m.
Georges Bizet
Symphony No. 1 in C major
New York Philharmonic; Leonard Bernstein, conductor
4:30 p.m.
Morton Gould
American Caprice
Lara Downes, piano
4:36 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Egmont Overture Opus 84
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; Riccardo Chailly, conductor
4:45 p.m.
Franz Liszt
Christmas Tree (Weihnachtsbaum) I:6 "Evening Bells" (Abendglockchen) S 186
Alfred Brendel, piano
4:51 p.m.
Claude Debussy
Images for Orchestra: Iberia: I. The Streets and Byways
San Francisco Symphony; Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
5:00 p.m.
Michael Torke
Sky: I. Lively
Albany Symphony Orchestra; David Alan Miller, conductor Tessa Lark, violin
5:10 p.m.
Franz Schubert
Sonata "Arpeggione" in A minor D 821
Australian Chamber Orchestra; Richard Tognetti, conductor John Williams, guitar
5:34 p.m.
Arcangelo Corelli
Concerto Grosso No. 7 in D major Opus 6
Tafelmusik; Jeanne Lamon, conductor
5:44 p.m.
Joe Hisaishi
Princess Mononoke
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; The Bach Choir; Joe Hisaishi, conductor Grace Davidson, soprano
5:52 p.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Nutcracker: Waltz of the Flowers Opus 71
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Herbert Von Karajan, conductor
6:00 p.m.
Holiday Programming
HARMONIA: A Medieval Christmas SEGMENT 1
Angela Mariani, host
6:01 p.m.
Holiday Programming
HARMONIA: A Medieval Christmas SEGMENT 2
Angela Mariani, host
6:06 p.m.
Holiday Programming
HARMONIA: A Medieval Christmas SEGMENT 3
Angela Mariani, host
6:25 p.m.
Holiday Programming
HARMONIA: A Medieval Christmas SEGMENT 5
Angela Mariani, host