Classical Music Playlist, November 25, 2024
English composer Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958) served as an ambulance driver during WW I. Inspired by the paradox of witnessing beautiful sunsets over killing fields in northern France, he composed his Symphony No. 3 giving it the bittersweet title “Pastoral.” The symphony became known as an elegy for the dead but can also be heard simply as an utterly beautiful meditation on peace. The ending, with vocalise soprano, is haunting and sublime. Sir Adrian Boult conducted the premiere of the symphony in 1922 and to celebrate the composer’s birthday today, a 1968 recording of Boult conducting the Vaughan Williams "Pastoral" symphony is today’s Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
Johann Friedrich Fasch
Concerto for 2 Horns, 2 Oboes, Bassoon and Strings in F major FWV L: F2
Les Amis de Philippe; Ludger Remy, conductor
6:14 a.m.
Johan Halvorsen
Symphony No. 1 in C minor
Bergen Philharmonic; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
6:50 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Slavonic Dance No. 16 in Ab major Opus 72
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra; Vaclav Neumann, conductor
6:59 a.m.
Hamilton Harty
Comedy Overture
Ulster Orchestra; Bryden Thomson, conductor
7:14 a.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 96 "Miracle" in D major HOB I:96
Heidelberg Symphony Orchestra; Thomas Fey, conductor
7:41 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Symphony No. 9 "From the New World": II. Largo in E minor Opus 95
Los Angeles Philharmonic; Gustavo Dudamel, conductor Seong-Jin Cho, piano
7:46 a.m.
Zoltan Kodaly
Marosszek Dances
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor
8:00 a.m.
Robert Schumann
Concertpiece for 4 horns & orchestra in F major Opus 86
Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor Members of...
8:19 a.m.
Franz Liszt
Piano Concerto No. 1 in Eb major
London Symphony Orchestra; Kirill Kondrashin, conductor Sviatoslav Richter, piano
8:39 a.m.
Nils Frahm
Hammers
Scoring Berlin; Jonathan Stockhammer, conductor Mari Samuelsen, violin
8:44 a.m.
Giuseppe Verdi
LA FORZA DEL DESTINO Overture
Philharmonic of La Scala; Riccardo Muti, conductor
8:52 a.m.
Ethel Smyth
Serenade in D: II. Scherzo. Allegro vivace in D major
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Odaline de la Martinez, conductor Tasmin Little, violin; John Lenehan, piano
9:00 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 36 "Linz" in C major K 425
Prague Chamber Orchestra; Charles Mackerras, conductor
9:33 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
Passacaille, Gigue, and Minuet
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor
9:42 a.m.
Karl Jenkins
Palladio
London Philharmonic Strings; Karl Jenkins, conductor
10:00 a.m.
Frederic Chopin
Piano Concerto No. 1: III. Rondo in E minor Opus 11
Mahler Chamber Orchestra; Mikhail Pletnev, conductor Daniil Trifonov, piano
10:10 a.m.
Yosef Hadar
Evening of Roses
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; Mirga Grazinyte-Tyla, conductor Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello
10:13 a.m.
Eric Whitacre
Go, lovely Rose
Polyphony; Stephen Layton, conductor
10:19 a.m.
Igor Stravinsky
Symphony in C in C major
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Georg Solti, conductor
10:48 a.m.
John Ireland
Epic March
London Symphony Orchestra; Richard Hickox, conductor
10:59 a.m.
Francesco Molino
Guitar Concerto in E minor Opus 56
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Iona Brown, conductor Pepe Romero, guitar
11:24 a.m.
Teresa Carreno
Nocturne, "Souvenirs de mon pays"
Alexandra Oehler, piano
11:33 a.m.
Johann Christian Bach
Quintet for flute, oboe, violin, cello & harpsichord in D major Opus 22/1
The English Concert
11:54 a.m.
Edouard Lalo
Scherzo in D minor
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Yondani Butt, conductor
12:00 p.m.
Gustav Holst
The Planets: Jupiter, the Bringer of Jolity Opus 32
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra; Yoel Levi, conductor
12:09 p.m.
John C. Williams
When The Birds Return
Voces8; Barnaby Smith, conductor Xuefei Yang, guitar
12:14 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 10 (for two pianos) in Eb major K 365
English Baroque Soloists; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor Malcolm Bilson, fortepiano; Robert Levin, fortepiano
12:40 p.m.
Cesar Franck
The Accursed Huntsman (Le Chasseur Maudit)
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra; Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor
12:56 p.m.
Richard Wagner
LOHENGRIN: Prelude to Act III
Philadelphia Orchestra; Christian Thielemann, conductor
1:00 p.m.
Jean Sibelius
Karelia Overture Opus 10
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra; Jukka-Pekka Saraste, conductor
1:09 p.m.
Carl Reinecke
Piano Concerto No. 3 in C major Opus 144
Sinfonieorchester St Gallen; Modestas Pitr�nas, conductor SImon Callaghan, piano
1:45 p.m.
Elena Kats-Chernin
Fast Blue Village 2
Del Sol String Quartet
1:52 p.m.
Edvard Grieg
Lyric Pieces: Wedding Day at Troldhaugen Opus 65
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor
2:00 p.m.
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Symphony No. 3 "Pastoral"
New Philharmonia Orchestra; Adrian Boult, conductor Margaret Price, soprano
2:34 p.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto for 2 horns in F major RV 539
Ensemble Zefiro; Alfredo Bernardini, conductor Thomas Muller, horn; Dileno Baldin, horn
2:46 p.m.
Hayato Sumino
Human Universe
Hayato Sumino, piano
2:54 p.m.
Tielmann Susato
Bergerette "Sans roch"
New London Consort; Philip Pickett, conductor
2:58 p.m.
Wilhelm Stenhammar
Excelsior! Opus 13
Royal Scottish Orchestra; Petter Sundkvist, conductor
3:13 p.m.
John Williams
Raiders of the Lost Ark: Marion's Theme
Los Angeles Recording Arts Orchestra; John Williams, conductor
3:18 p.m.
Johann Nepomuk Hummel
Piano Concerto No. 2 in A minor Opus 85
English Chamber Orchestra; Bryden Thomson, conductor Stephen Hough, piano
3:50 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
My Home Overture Opus 62
Scottish National Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
4:00 p.m.
George Friederich Handel
Water Music Suite No. 1 in F major HWV 348
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
4:30 p.m.
Fanny Mendelssohn
Notturno in G minor H337
Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano
4:35 p.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
SAMSON ET DELILA: Bacchanale Opus 47
Minnesota Orchestra; Eiji Oue, conductor
4:44 p.m.
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Vocalise Opus 34/14
Detroit Symphony Orchestra; Leonard Slatkin, conductor
4:52 p.m.
Reinhold Gliere
Symphony No. 3 "Ilya Muromets": III. At the Court of Vladimir the Mighty Sun in B minor Opus 42
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Edward Downes, conductor
5:00 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor BWV 1041
Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra; Jeffrey Kahane, conductor Margaret Batjer, violin
5:15 p.m.
Scott Joplin
Treemonisha: Prelude Act III
Houston Grand Opera Orchestra; Gunther Schuller, conductor
5:20 p.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Swan Lake Suite Opus 20
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Herbert Von Karajan, conductor
5:47 p.m.
Carl Nielsen
Helios Overture Opus 17
Aarhus Symphony Orchestra; Lance Friedel, conductor
6:00 p.m.
Pavel Vranicky
Symphony in D major Opus 52
Dvorak Chamber Orchestra; Bohumil Gregor, conductor
6:35 p.m.
Kevin Puts
Four Airs: IV. Air (2000)
Kristin Lee, violin; Jeremy Ajani Jordan, piano
6:40 p.m.
Teresa Carreno
Reverie-Impromptu Opus 3
Alexandra Oehler, piano
6:48 p.m.
Dmitri Kabalevsky
Colas Breugnon: Overture
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Fritz Reiner, conductor
6:53 p.m.
Libby Larsen
Blue Piece
Lara Downes, piano; Rachel Barton Pine, violin
6:56 p.m.
John C. Williams
Aeolian Suite: Double Dance
Studio Orchestra; William Goodchild, conductor John Williams, guitar
