Classical Music Playlist, June 6, 2024
Pianist Rudolf Firkušný (1912-1994)
Pianists tend to avoid Czech composer Antonín Dvořák's only Piano Concerto because it doesn't offer any flashy showmanship for the soloist even though the concerto is actually one of the most difficult to perform (it was once described as having been written for “two right hands”) and despite the music being exceptionally good. Later, the Czech pianist and pedagogue Vilém Kurz reworked the soloist’s part, changing octaves and simplifying some of the difficult passages. That revision is usually played today. Once a student of Kurz, Czech pianist Rudolf Firkušný performed that revised version for much of his career before turning to the original Dvorak version late in his career, and you’ll hear Firkušný perform Dvořák's original version in a 1990 recording for today’s Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
Johann Christoph Pezel
German Dance Suite
Canadian Brass
6:08 a.m.
Reinhold Gliere
The Red Poppy [ballet]: Suite
New Jersey Symphony; Zdenek Macal, conductor
6:37 a.m.
John Williams
Devil's Dance (from The Witches of Eastwick)
Boston Pops Orchestra; Keith Lockhart, conductor
6:43 a.m.
Ottorino Respighi
Ancient Airs and Dances: Suite No. 3
Sinfonia 21; Richard Hickox, conductor
7:00 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Harpsichord Concerto in D minor BWV 974
Vikingur Olafsson, piano
7:11 a.m.
Richard Strauss
Oboe Concerto in D major AV 144
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Daniel Barenboim, conductor Alex Klein, oboe
7:39 a.m.
Amy Beach
Romance (1893) in D major Opus 23
Tasmin Little, violin; John Lenehan, piano
7:47 a.m.
George Enescu
Romanian Rhapsody No. 1 in A major Opus 11
National Orchestra of France; Cristian Macelaru, conductor Alice Sara Ott, piano
8:00 a.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
DER FREISCHUTZ: Overture Opus 77 J 277
Tapiola Sinfonietta; Jean Jacques Kantorow, conductor
8:09 a.m.
Robert Schumann
Symphony No. 3 "Rhenish" in Eb major Opus 97
Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
8:40 a.m.
John Williams
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom: Parade of the Slave Children
Boston Pops Orchestra; John Williams, conductor
8:47 a.m.
Mel Bonis
Soir et Matin: II. Matin (Morning) in Bb major Opus 76
Sandrine Cantoreggi, violin; Gustav Rivinius, cello; Sheila Arnold, piano
8:50 a.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Piano Sonata No. 17 "Tempest": III. Allegretto in D minor Opus 31/2
John O'Conor, piano
8:59 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Symphony No. 9 "From the New World" in E minor Opus 95
Cleveland Orchestra; Christoph Von Dohnanyi, conductor
9:41 a.m.
Ethel Smyth
Four Songs: 2. The Dance
Berkeley Ensemble; Odaline de la Martinez, conductor Lucy Stevens, contralto
9:48 a.m.
Johann Strauss, Jr.
Morning Papers Opus 279 (Morgenblatter)
Vienna State Opera Orchestra; Jascha Horenstein, conductor
10:00 a.m.
Frederic Chopin
Concert Rondo "Krakowiak" in F major Opus 14
Warsaw Philharmonic; Antoni Wit, conductor Eldar Nebolsin, piano
10:15 a.m.
Elena Kats-Chernin
Unsent Love Letters
Tamara-Anna Cislowska, piano
10:21 a.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
String Quartet "Quinten" (Fifths) in D minor Opus 76/2
Kodaly Quartet
10:42 a.m.
Ottorino Respighi
Fountains of Rome
Philadelphia Orchestra; Riccardo Muti, conductor
10:59 a.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major Opus 58
Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor Robert Levin, fortepiano
11:35 a.m.
Leo Brouwer
Afro-Cuban Lullaby (Cancion de Cuna: Berceuse)
Pepe Romero, guitar
11:39 a.m.
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Symphony No. 1 "Sea Symphony": III. (Scherzo) The Waves
BBC Symphony Orchestra; Leonard Slatkin, conductor BBC Symphony Chorus; Philharmonia Chorus
11:48 a.m.
Jacques Offenbach
ORPHEUS IN THE UNDERWORLD: Overture
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Lorin Maazel, conductor
12:00 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Concerto in G minor BWV 1056
Amsterdam Bach Solisten; Thomas Zehetmair, conductor Thomas Zehetmair, violin
12:11 p.m.
George Enescu
Romanian Rhapsody No. 1 in A major Opus 11
National Orchestra of France; Cristian Macelaru, conductor Alice Sara Ott, piano
12:13 p.m.
John Williams
Raiders of the Lost Ark: The Raiders' March
Boston Pops Orchestra; John Williams, conductor
12:20 p.m.
Johannes Brahms
Hungarian Dance No. 10 in F major
London Philharmonic Orchestra; Marin Alsop, conductor
12:21 p.m.
Percy Grainger
Shepherd's Hey
Dallas Wind Symphony; Jerry Junkin, conductor
12:25 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 17 in G major K 453
Scottish Chamber Orchestra; Charles Mackerras, conductor John O'Conor, piano
12:55 p.m.
Barbara Strozzi
Che si puo fare?
Basel Chamber Orchestra Anastasia Kobekina, cello
1:00 p.m.
Arcangelo Corelli
Concerto Grosso No. 3 in C minor Opus 6
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra; Nicholas McGegan, conductor
1:10 p.m.
Franz Krommer
Clarinet Concerto in Eb major Opus 36
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Gunther Herbig, conductor Emma Johnson, clarinet
1:34 p.m.
Ethel Smyth
Piano Trio: III. Scherzo. Presto con brio in D minor
Neave Trio Tasmin Little, violin; John Lenehan, piano
1:39 p.m.
Victor Ewald
Quintet No. 1 in Bb minor Opus 5
Center City Brass Quintet
1:53 p.m.
David Crowell
Pacific Coast Highway
Dan Lippel, guitar; Mak Grgic, guitar
2:00 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Piano Concerto in G minor Opus 33
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra; Vaclav Neumann, conductor Rudolf Firkusny, piano
2:37 p.m.
Mario Melfi
Poema
Cortango
2:41 p.m.
Gabriel Faure
Song of Jean Racine (Cantique de Jean Racine) Opus 11
; Edward Higginbottom, conductor Oxford New College Choir
2:48 p.m.
Hector Berlioz
Symphonie Fantastique: V. Witches' Sabbath Opus 14
BBC Symphony Orchestra; Andrew Davis, conductor
2:59 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G major BWV 1049
Apollo's Fire; Jeannette Sorrell, conductor
3:16 p.m.
Enrique Granados
La Maja de Goya
Christopher Parkening, guitar
3:22 p.m.
Fanny Mendelssohn
Piano Sonata in C minor in C minor (1824, age 18) H128
Betty Ann Miller, piano
3:40 p.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
Cello Concerto No. 1 in A minor Opus 33
English Chamber Orchestra; Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor Julian Lloyd Webber, cello
4:00 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 25 in G minor K 183
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor
4:22 p.m.
Reinhold Gliere
Concert Waltz Opus 90
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Vassily Sinaisky, conductor
4:30 p.m.
Grace Williams
Penillion
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Sir Charles Groves, conductor
4:46 p.m.
Klaus Badelt
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl: Selections
Cincinnati Pops; Erich Kunzel, conductor
4:52 p.m.
Mikhail Glinka
RUSLAN AND LUDMILA: Overture
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Fritz Reiner, conductor
4:59 p.m.
Alexander Glazunov
The Seasons: Autumn Opus 67
Minnesota Orchestra; Edo de Waart, conductor
5:12 p.m.
Florence Price
Clouds
Lara Downes, piano
5:17 p.m.
Franz Schubert
Impromptu No. 2 in Eb major Opus 90/2 D 899
Radu Lupu, piano
5:23 p.m.
Edward Elgar
Cello Concerto in E minor Opus 85
London Symphony Orchestra; John Barbirolli, conductor Jacqueline Du Pre, cello
5:54 p.m.
Erkki Melartin
Festive March Opus 22
Turku Philharmonic; Jorma Panula, conductor
6:00 p.m.
Joaquin Rodrigo
Concierto para una fiesta
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Sachio Fujioka, conductor Craig Ogden, guitar
6:29 p.m.
Jacob Shea
The Arctic Suite
Arctic Philharmonic; Christian Kluxen, conductor Eldbjorg Hemsing, violin
6:50 p.m.
Ricardo Castro
Plainte Opus 38/2
Orquesta Sinfonica de Mineria (OSM) Jorge Federico Osorio, piano
6:54 p.m.
Jean-Michel Blais
passepied
Jean-Michel Blais, piano; ...and friends
