Classical Music Playlist, December 4, 2024
Beethoven in 1805 by Joseph Willibrord Mähler
Beethoven began to write his longest and final Piano Concerto while Napoleon was bombarding Vienna in 1809; a situation Beethoven described as “nothing but drums, cannons, men, misery of all sorts.” And that situation may have added to the character of the work. This was one of fourteen compositions Beethoven dedicated to his friend and greatest patron, Archduke Rudolph, youngest son of Emperor Leopold II and youngest brother of Emperor Franz II. It appears to have been a music publisher that attached the name "Emperor Concerto" to the work. Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 5 is today's Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso No. 5 in D minor Opus 3/5 HWV 316
Academy of Ancient Music; Richard Egarr, conductor
6:11 a.m.
Giovanni Punto
Horn Concerto No. 5 in F major
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor Barry Tuckwell, horn
6:29 a.m.
Josquin des Pres
Ave Maria
The Tallis Scholars; Peter Phillips, conductor
6:36 a.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
Carnival of the Animals
London Festival Orchestra; Ross Pople, conductor
6:59 a.m.
Friedrich Kuhlau
Elf-Mound Overture Opus 100
Odense Symphony Orchestra; Othmar Maga, conductor
7:11 a.m.
Franz Liszt
Piano Concerto No. 2 in A major
London Symphony Orchestra; Kirill Kondrashin, conductor Sviatoslav Richter, piano
7:33 a.m.
Victor Ewald
Quintet No. 1 in Bb minor Opus 5
Center City Brass Quintet
7:48 a.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Violin Concerto: III. Rondo - Allegro in D major Opus 61
The Knights; Eric Jacobsen, conductor Gil Shaham, violin
7:59 a.m.
Adolphe Adam
SI J'ETAIS ROI (If I were King) Overture
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor
8:08 a.m.
Gustav Mahler
Symphony No. 1: 2nd movement in D major
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra; Yoel Levi, conductor
8:20 a.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
Concertpiece for piano and orchestra in F minor Opus 79 (Konzertstuck)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra; Charles Mackerras, conductor Nikolai Demidenko, piano
8:37 a.m.
Henriette Renie
Dance of the Elves (Danse des Lutins)
Xavier de Maistre, harp
8:40 a.m.
Astor Piazzolla
Summer in Buenos Aires (Verano Porteno)
David Tanenbaum, guitar
8:47 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F major BWV 1047
Berlin Academy of Ancient Music Friedemann Immer, baroque trumpet
9:00 a.m.
Jean Sibelius
Finlandia Opus 26
Philharmonia Orchestra; Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor
9:09 a.m.
Frederic Chopin
Nocturne No. 13 in C minor Opus 48/1
Hayato Sumino, piano
9:19 a.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Sleeping Beauty Suite Opus 66
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Herbert Von Karajan, conductor
9:42 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Symphony No. 8: IV. Finale in G major Opus 88
Los Angeles Philharmonic; Gustavo Dudamel, conductor Bruce Liu, piano
9:50 a.m.
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Piano Concerto No. 1: III. Allegro Scherzando in F# minor Opus 1
San Francisco Symphony; Edo de Waart, conductor Zoltan Kocsis, piano
10:00 a.m.
Fanny Mendelssohn
Piano Trio in D minor Opus 11
Nash Ensemble
10:25 a.m.
Ruth Crawford (Seeger)
Rissolty Rossolty
Schonberg Ensemble; Oliver Knussen, conductor
10:30 a.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
String Quartet "Sunrise" in Bb major Opus 76/4
Takacs Quartet
10:54 a.m.
John Williams
1941 (march)
Boston Pops Orchestra; John Williams, conductor
11:00 a.m.
Dmitri Shostakovich
Jazz Suite No. 1
Concertgebouw Orchestra; Riccardo Chailly, conductor
11:09 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 27 in Bb major K 595
English Chamber Orchestra; Murray Perahia, conductor Murray Perahia, piano
11:41 a.m.
John Williams
STAR WARS - THE PHANTOM MENACE: Duel of the Fates
London Symphony Orchestra; John Williams, conductor London Voices
11:47 a.m.
James Louis "J.J." Johnson
Lament
Kristin Lee, violin; Jeremy Ajani Jordan, piano
11:52 a.m.
Ronn McFarlane
Fermi's Paradox
Carolyn Surrick, viola da gamba; Ronn McFarlane, lute
11:58 a.m.
Franz Schubert
Octet for strings & winds: I. Adagio - Allegro in F major Opus 166 D 803
Academy of Ancient Music Members of...
12:15 p.m.
Rachel Portman
Flight
La Pieta; Angele Dubeau, conductor Francine Kay, piano
12:23 p.m.
Johann Nepomuk Hummel
Trumpet Concerto in Eb major
Scottish Chamber Orchestra; Jahja Ling, conductor Rolf Smedvig, trumpet
12:42 p.m.
Hayato Sumino
7 Levels of Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
Hayato Sumino, piano
12:50 p.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Mandolin Concerto in C major RV 425
Europa Galante; Fabio Biondi, conductor Giovanni Scaramuzzino, mandolin
1:00 p.m.
Karl Goldmark
In Italy Overture Opus 49
National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland; Stephen Gunzenhauser, conductor
1:13 p.m.
Sonny Kompanek
Killer Tango
Canadian Brass
1:21 p.m.
Marianna Martines
Piano Concerto in A Major in A major
Orqueste Filarmonia Iberica; Melani Mestre, conductor Melani Mestre, piano
1:38 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Silent Woods Opus 68
Orchestre de Paris; Semyon Bychkov, conductor Mischa Maisky, cello
1:44 p.m.
Hugo Alfven
Festival Overture Opus 25
Royal Scottish National Orchestra; Niklas Willen, conductor
1:53 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Orchestral Suite No. 3: Air in D major BWV 1068
Tafelmusik; Jeanne Lamon, conductor
2:00 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Piano Concerto No. 5 "Emperor" in Eb major Opus 73
Bavarian Radio Symphony; Kurt Sanderling, conductor Mitsuko Uchida, piano
2:41 p.m.
Lucas Saboya
Zamba Negra (from Suite Ernestina)
Jose Antonio Escobar, guitar
2:49 p.m.
Giovanni Gabrieli
Canzon Septimi Toni No. 2
Chicago Symphony Brass; Mark Ridenour, conductor
2:53 p.m.
Manuel de Falla
EL AMOR BRUJO: Ritual Fire Dance
London Symphony Orchestra; Luis Garcia-Navarro, conductor
3:00 p.m.
Alan Hovhaness
Symphony No. 2 "Mysterious Mountain" Opus 132
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra; Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor
3:17 p.m.
Jean-Baptiste Lully
ARMIDE: Passacaille
La Petite Bande; Sigiswald Kuijken, conductor
3:25 p.m.
Frederic Chopin
Variations on Mozart's "La ci darem la mano" in Bb major Opus 2
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment; Charles Mackerras, conductor Emanuel Ax, piano
3:44 p.m.
Tomaso Albinoni
Adagio in G minor
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
3:55 p.m.
Frederick Delius
KOANGA: La Calinda
Northern Sinfonia of England; Richard Hickox, conductor
4:01 p.m.
Alexander Glazunov
The Seasons: Autumn Opus 67
Minnesota Orchestra; Edo de Waart, conductor
4:14 p.m.
Agustin Barrios
Vals de Primavera
David Russell, guitar
4:23 p.m.
Franz Liszt
Hungarian Fantasy
London Symphony Orchestra; Jun'ichi Hirokami, conductor Barry Douglas, piano
4:39 p.m.
Paul Hindemith
Symphonic Metamorphosis: IV. March
San Francisco Symphony; Herbert Blomstedt, conductor Randall Goosby, violin
4:48 p.m.
George W. Chadwick
Symphonic Sketches: Jubilee
Cincinnati Pops; Erich Kunzel, conductor
4:58 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Symphony No. 5 in C minor Opus 67
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic; Charles Mackerras, conductor
5:29 p.m.
Francesco Tristano
Toccata
Arctic Philharmonic; Christian Kluxen, conductor Francesco Tristano, piano
5:34 p.m.
Samuel Barber
School for Scandal Overture
New York Philharmonic; Thomas Schippers, conductor
5:43 p.m.
Richard Strauss
Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks Opus 28
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; Kurt Masur, conductor
6:00 p.m.
Holiday Programming
The Film Score SEGMENT 1
Michael Phillips, host
6:30 p.m.
Holiday Programming
The Film Score SEGMENT 2
Michael Phillips, host
