Classical Music Playlist, April 4, 2024
Gabriel Fauré's late 19th century Piano Quartet No. 1 opens and closes with lively and engaging allegro movements. But in the middle there is also a playful scherzo movement with pizzicato strings and a tender adagio that may be his heartbroken response to his fiancé breaking off their engagement. Fauré's Piano Quartet No. 1 is today's Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso No. 10 in D minor Opus 6/10 HWV 328
Handel & Haydn Society; Christopher Hogwood, conductor
6:14 a.m.
Johan Halvorsen
Symphony No. 1 in C minor
Bergen Philharmonic; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
6:50 a.m.
John Williams
Seven Years in Tibet: Seven Years in Tibet
Studio Orchestra; John Williams, conductor Yo Yo Ma, cello
6:59 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto for violin, oboe and strings in G minor RV 576
Europa Galante; Fabio Biondi, conductor Members of...
7:10 a.m.
Cecile Chaminade
Piano Trio No. 1 in G minor Opus 11
Neave Trio
7:34 a.m.
Fernando Sor
Etude No. 17 in E minor Opus 6/11
Pablo Sainz Villegas, guitar
7:38 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Slavonic Dance No. 8 in G minor Opus 46
Cleveland Orchestra; Christoph Von Dohnanyi, conductor
7:43 a.m.
Zoltan Kodaly
Dances of Galanta
Budapest Festival Orchestra; Ivan Fischer, conductor
8:00 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Bassoon Concerto in E minor in E minor RV 484
Ensemble Zefiro; Alfredo Bernardini, conductor Alberto Grazzi, bassoon
8:12 a.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Violin Concerto in E minor Opus 64
Boston Symphony Orchestra; Charles Munch, conductor Jascha Heifetz, violin
8:38 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Partita No. 3 for Solo Violin: Gavotte en Rondeau in E major BWV 1006
Raphael Feuillatre, guitar
8:45 a.m.
Tomaso Albinoni
Adagio in G minor
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
8:53 a.m.
Aram Khachaturian
Masquerade: Waltz
The Bolshoi Theater Orchestra; Mark Ermler, conductor
9:00 a.m.
Franz Krommer
Symphony No. 4 in C minor Opus 102
London Mozart Players; Matthias Bamert, conductor
9:30 a.m.
Fanny Mendelssohn
Piano Sonata in G minor in G minor (1843) H395
Joanne Polk, piano
9:50 a.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
String Symphony No. 4 in C minor
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; Kurt Masur, conductor
10:00 a.m.
Catrin Finch
Celtic Concerto
Sinfonia Cymru; John Rutter, conductor Catrin Finch, harp
10:13 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Sonata No. 14 in C minor K 457
Andras Schiff, piano
10:35 a.m.
Paulinho Nogueira
Bachianinha No. 1
Plinio Fernandes, guitar
10:39 a.m.
Jean Sibelius
Andante Festivo
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
10:45 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Concerto for oboe and violin in C minor BWV 1060
Tafelmusik; Jeanne Lamon, conductor John Abberger, oboe
11:00 a.m.
Clara Schumann
Piano Concerto in A minor Opus 7
The Women's Philharmonic; JoAnn Falletta, conductor Angela Cheng, piano
11:23 a.m.
Francisco Tarrega
Memories of the Alhambra (Recuerdos de la Alhambra)
Narciso Yepes, guitar
11:27 a.m.
Howard Shore
LORD OF THE RINGS: The Fellowship of the Ring: Concerning Hobbits
La Pieta; Angele Dubeau, conductor Angele Dubeau, violin
11:30 a.m.
Ottorino Respighi
Ancient Airs and Dances: Suite No. 3
Sinfonia 21; Richard Hickox, conductor
11:48 a.m.
Henning Sommerro
Varsog
Arctic Philharmonic; Christian Kluxen, conductor Eldbjorg Hemsing, violin
11:53 a.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Symphony No. 4 "Italian": IV. Saltarello (Presto) in A major Opus 90
San Francisco Symphony; Herbert Blomstedt, conductor
12:00 p.m.
Jennifer Reason
INTERVIEW: Peter Dugan
12:07 p.m.
Robert Schumann
Jupiter: the Bringer of Jolity
studio ensemble; Amy Andersson, conductor Peter Dugan
12:13 p.m.
Robert Schumann
Jupiter: the Bringer of Jolity
studio ensemble; Amy Andersson, conductor Peter Dugan
12:21 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 39 in Eb major K 543
Prague Chamber Orchestra; Charles Mackerras, conductor
12:51 p.m.
Juventino Rosas
Over the Waves (Sobre las olas)
Vienna State Opera Orchestra; Franz Bauer-Theussl, conductor
1:00 p.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Symphony No. 6 "Pathetique": III. Molto Vivace in B minor Opus 74
Philharmonia Orchestra; Riccardo Muti, conductor
1:09 p.m.
Agustin Barrios
Aire de Zamba
Angel Romero, guitar
1:12 p.m.
Connor Chee
Navajo Vocable No. 9
Emanuele Arciuli, piano
1:17 p.m.
Louis Spohr
Clarinet Concerto No. 1 in C minor Opus 26
English Chamber Orchestra; Gerard Schwarz, conductor Emma Johnson, clarinet
1:40 p.m.
Fela Sowande
African Suite: Selections
Chicago Sinfonietta; Paul Freeman, conductor
1:52 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Slavonic Dance No. 2 in E minor Opus 72
Berlin Philharmonic; Lorin Maazel, conductor
2:00 p.m.
Gabriel Faure
Piano Quartet No. 1 in C minor Opus 15
Emanuel Ax, piano; Isaac Stern, violin; Jaime Laredo, viola; Yo Yo Ma, cello
2:32 p.m.
Johannes Brahms
Symphony No. 4: IV. Allegro energico e passionato in E minor Opus 98
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; Riccardo Chailly, conductor
2:43 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Humoresque No. 7 in Gb major Opus 101/7
Detroit Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
2:47 p.m.
Georg Philipp Telemann
Concerto for Violin and 3 Horns in D major
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Iona Brown, conductor Hermann Baumann, horn; Timothy Brown, horn; Nicholas Hill, horn
3:00 p.m.
Alexander Borodin
Symphony No. 2 in B minor
Berlin Philharmonic; Simon Rattle, conductor
3:29 p.m.
Lou Harrison
Suite for Violin with American Gamelan: II. Estampie
Boston Modern Orchestra Project; Gil Rose, conductor Gabriela Diaz, violin
3:35 p.m.
William Grant Still
Lyric Quartet: III. The Jovial One
Catalyst Quartet
3:39 p.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto for four mandolins in B minor Opus 3/10 RV 580
Il Giardino Armonico; Giovanni Antonini, conductor Avi Avital, mandolin
3:49 p.m.
Ethel Smyth
THE WRECKERS: Overture
Scottish National Orchestra; Alexander Gibson, conductor
4:00 p.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Piano Concerto No. 1 in G minor Opus 25
Bamberg Symphony; Claus Peter Flor, conductor Sergei Edelmann, piano
4:23 p.m.
Georges Bizet
CARMEN: Habanera: L'amour est un oiseau.
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Daniele Rustioni, conductor Aigul Akhmetshina, mezzo-soprano
4:28 p.m.
Franz Liszt
Hungarian Rhapsody No. 6 "Carnival in Pest" in D major
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; Kurt Masur, conductor
4:42 p.m.
Joe Hisaishi
One Summer's Day (from Spirited Away)
London Symphony Orchestra; Roman Simovic, conductor Joe Hisaishi, piano
4:46 p.m.
Koji Kondo
The Legend of Zelda Suite
London Philharmonic Orchestra
4:52 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
DON GIOVANNI Overture K 527
Scottish Chamber Orchestra; Christian Baldini, conductor
4:59 p.m.
Arcangelo Corelli
Concerto Grosso No. 3 in C minor Opus 6
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra; Nicholas McGegan, conductor
5:10 p.m.
Dave Brubeck
Softly, William, Softly
Dave Brubeck, piano
5:13 p.m.
Alexandra Streliski
Burnout Fugue
Alexandra Streliski, piano
5:16 p.m.
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Violin Concerto in G minor Opus 80
Chineke! Orchestra; Kevin John Edusei, conductor Elena Urioste, violin
5:49 p.m.
Richard Addinsell
Warsaw Concerto
BBC Symphony Orchestra; Hugh Wolff, conductor Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano
5:59 p.m.
Niels Gade
Symphony No. 1 in C minor Opus 5
Danish National Symphony Orchestra; Christopher Hogwood, conductor
6:32 p.m.
Rebecca Clarke
Dumka
Daniel Hope, violin; Philip Dukes, viola; Sophia Rahman, piano
6:43 p.m.
Dmitri Kabalevsky
Three Easy Variations for guitar Opus 51
William Kanengiser, guitar
6:52 p.m.
Heitor Villa-Lobos
Bachianas Brasileiras No. 4: I. Preludio W284 Introdu��o
Nelson Freire, piano
6:55 p.m.
Max Richter
Dona Nobis Pacem 2
La Pieta; Angele Dubeau, conductor Angele Dubeau, violin