Classical Music Playlist, November 22, 2024
Gustav Mahler’s 2nd, 3rd and 4th symphonies are his “Wunderhorn symphonies,” each using music from songs he set to texts from the three-volume collection of German poems and folk songs, “Des Knaben Wunderhorn.” While the Second symphony explores death and resurrection and the Third contemplates existence and God, all this leads up to the final movement of the Fourth symphony which features a soprano singing a child’s vision of “Das himmlische Leben” or “Life in Heaven.” Mahler’s entire 54-minute Symphony No. 4 is today’s Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Bassoon Concerto in G major RV 495
Arion Mathieu Lussier, baroque bassoon
6:09 a.m.
Philip Glass
Violin Concerto
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Christoph Von Dohnanyi, conductor Gidon Kremer, violin
6:35 a.m.
Santiago de Murcia
Marionas
Richard Savino, guitar
6:39 a.m.
Joseph Kraus
Sinfonia in C# minor
Swedish Chamber Orchestra; Petter Sundkvist, conductor
7:00 a.m.
Arcangelo Corelli
Concerto Grosso No. 3 in C minor Opus 6
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra; Nicholas McGegan, conductor
7:10 a.m.
John Field
Piano Concerto No. 1 in Eb major
New Irish Chamber Orchestra; Janos Furst, conductor John O'Conor, piano
7:32 a.m.
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Scheherazade: Festival at Baghdad Opus 35
Philharmonia Orchestra; Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor
7:46 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.
Richard Wagner
FLYING DUTCHMAN Overture (Der Fliegender Hollander)
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra; Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor
8:11 a.m.
Alexander Borodin
Symphony No. 2 in B minor
Seattle Symphony; Gerard Schwarz, conductor
8:39 a.m.
Amy Beach
Romance (1893) in D major Opus 23
Kristin Lee, violin; Jun Cho, piano
8:46 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
ABDUCTION FROM THE SERAGLIO Overture K 384
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor
8:53 a.m.
Bedrich Smetana
BARTERED BRIDE: Dance of the Comedians
Janacek Philharmonic; Theodore Kuchar, conductor
9:00 a.m.
Edward Elgar
Enigma Variations Opus 36
Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra; Roger Norrington, conductor
9:33 a.m.
Frederic Chopin
Polonaise No. 6 "Heroic" in Ab major Opus 53
Folke Nauta, piano
9:41 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F major BWV 1047
European Brandenburg Ensemble; Trevor Pinnock, conductor
9:54 a.m.
Francis Poulenc
Sextet for wind quintet & piano: II. Divertissement FP 100
Nash Ensemble
10:00 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto for lute and 2 violins in D major RV 93
Bach Sinfonia; Daniel Abraham, conductor Ronn McFarlane, lute; C. Ann Loud, violin; Marlisa del Cid Woods, violin
10:10 a.m.
Claude Debussy
Clair de lune ("Moonlight")
Hayato Sumino, piano
10:16 a.m.
Aaron Copland
The Red Pony Suite
Buffalo Philharmonic; JoAnn Falletta, conductor
10:41 a.m.
Maurice Ravel
Piano Concerto for the Left Hand in D major
Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra; Lionel Bringuier, conductor Yuja Wang, piano
11:00 a.m.
Grace Williams
Fantasia on Welsh Nursery Tunes
London Symphony Orchestra; Sir Charles Groves, conductor
11:12 a.m.
Luigi Boccherini
Quintet for guitar and strings No. 4 "Fandango" in D major G 448
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields (members of) Pepe Romero, guitar
11:30 a.m.
Joe Hisaishi
Nausicaa of the Valley of the Winds (Suite)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; The Bach Choir; Joe Hisaishi, conductor
11:42 a.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Hebrides Overture in B minor Opus 26
London Symphony Orchestra; Claudio Abbado, conductor
11:53 a.m.
Carl Nielsen
Masquerade Overture
San Francisco Symphony; Herbert Blomstedt, conductor
11:59 a.m.
Louise Farrenc
Trio for Piano, Flute and Cello, mvt I
Tim Stanley, cello; Cathie Apple, flute; Jennifer Reason, piano
12:10 p.m.
Louise Farrenc
Trio for Piano, Flute and Cello, mvt I
Tim Stanley, cello; Cathie Apple, flute; Jennifer Reason, piano
12:18 p.m.
Igor Stravinsky
Pulcinella Suite
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
12:42 p.m.
Frederick Delius
KOANGA: La Calinda
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Christopher Seaman, conductor
12:47 p.m.
Aram Khachaturian
Gayne Ballet Suite
Boston Pops Orchestra; John Williams, conductor
12:59 p.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso No. 2 in F major Opus 6/2 HWV 320
Boston Baroque; Martin Pearlman, conductor
1:10 p.m.
Louis Spohr
Clarinet Concerto No. 4 in E minor WOO 20
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Kenneth Sillito, conductor Sabine Meyer, clarinet
1:36 p.m.
Astor Piazzolla
Double Concerto: II. Milonga
A Far Cry Jason Vieaux, guitar; Julien Labro, bandoneon
1:43 p.m.
Johannes Brahms
Piano Quintet: I. Allegro non troppo in F minor Opus 34
Artemis Quartet Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
2:00 p.m.
Gustav Mahler
Symphony No. 4 in G major
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Georg Solti, conductor Kiri Te Kanawa, soprano
2:56 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring
Empire Brass Douglas Major, organ
3:00 p.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
Oberon Overture J 306
Philharmonia Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
3:11 p.m.
Lili Boulanger
Nocturne
Janine Jansen, violin; Itamar Golan, piano
3:15 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Symphony No. 7 in D minor Opus 70
Los Angeles Philharmonic; Gustavo Dudamel, conductor Bomsori Kim, violin
3:53 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 20: III. Rondo in D minor K 466
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra; Jeremy Denk, conductor Jeremy Denk, piano
4:01 p.m.
Hamilton Harty
In Ireland
Ulster Orchestra; Bryden Thomson, conductor Colin Fleming, flute; Denise Kelly, harp
4:11 p.m.
Joe Hisaishi
Rain
La Pieta Angele Dubeau, violin
4:18 p.m.
Robert Schumann
Piano Quintet in Eb major Opus 44
Artemis Quartet Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
4:47 p.m.
Fernando Sor
Etude No. 19 in Bb major Opus 29/13
Andres Segovia, guitar
4:51 p.m.
Alfredo Casella
Italia: IV. Finale (Allegro molto vivace...) Opus 11
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Gianandrea Noseda, conductor
5:00 p.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto No. 1 for four violins and orchestra in D major Opus 3 RV 549
Tafelmusik; Jeanne Lamon, conductor Members of...
5:08 p.m.
Paulinho Nogueira
Bachianinha No. 1
Plinio Fernandes, guitar
5:12 p.m.
Marie Awadis
Etude No. 3: Ballade
Marie Awadis, piano
5:17 p.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Symphony No. 2 in C minor Opus 17
Philharmonia Orchestra; Riccardo Muti, conductor
5:50 p.m.
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
MLADA: Procession of the Nobles
Philadelphia Orchestra; Eugene Ormandy, conductor
5:56 p.m.
Anton Bruckner
Symphony No. 9: II. Scherzo in D minor WAB 109
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra; Manfred Honeck, conductor
6:22 p.m.
Jean-Michel Damase
Seventeen Variations for wind quintet
Reykjavik Wind Quintet
6:36 p.m.
Ilmari Hannikainen
Harvest Dance
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra; Petri Sakari, conductor
6:52 p.m.
Zhen Chen
Dancing in the Rain
Lin Ma, Pipa; Zhen Chen, piano; Elmira Darvarova, violin; Shenghua Hu, violin; Ao Peng, viola
6:55 p.m.
Jon Batiste
Chopinesque
Jon Batiste, piano
