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Tuesday, December 17, 2024

Classical Music Playlist, December 17, 2024

 

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American composer Christopher Rouse in 1990 completed his 11-movement suite of original Christmas carols titled “Karolju” [“kah-ROLL-you”]. Unusually, that’s a made-up word, as are his original texts — save for an occasional seasonal word — written to sound like carols of different languages such as French, Spanish, Russian, German, Italian and so on. Dedicated to his daughter for her first Christmas in 1990, “Karolju” for choir and orchestra is today’s Midday Masterpiece.

Read the composer's own notes about "Karolju" HERE. 
6:00 a.m.
6:00 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto for 2 violins in G major RV 516
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor Simon Standage, violin; Elizabeth Wilcock, violin
6:10 a.m.
Maurice Ravel
Mother Goose Suite
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra; JoAnn Falletta, conductor
6:27 a.m.
ANONYMOUS
Dance
The Dufay Collective
6:32 a.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
Symphony No. 1 in C major Opus 19
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor
6:59 a.m.
Gabriel Faure
Masques and Bergamasques Opus 112
Lyon National Orchestra; Emmanuel Krivine, conductor
7:00 a.m.
7:13 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Violin Concerto No. 4 in D major K 218
Netherlands Chamber Orchestra; Yakov Kreizberg, conductor Julia Fischer, violin
7:37 a.m.
Peter Maxwell Davies
Farewell to Stromness
Christopher O'Riley, piano
7:40 a.m.
Valerie Coleman
Umoja
Imani Winds
7:44 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Keyboard Concerto No. 7 in G minor BWV 1058
A Far Cry; Simone Dinnerstein, conductor Simone Dinnerstein, piano
7:59 a.m.
Alexander Glazunov
The Seasons: Autumn Opus 67
Minnesota Orchestra; Edo de Waart, conductor
8:00 a.m.
8:12 a.m.
Sergei Prokofiev
Lieutenant Kije Suite Opus 60
Los Angeles Philharmonic; Andre Previn, conductor
8:34 a.m.
Kevin Puts
Contact: I. The Call
Philadelphia Orchestra; Xian Zhang, conductor Time for Three
8:43 a.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
A Midsummer Night's Dream: Scherzo
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra; Yoel Levi, conductor
8:47 a.m.
Ethel Smyth
THE WRECKERS: Overture
Scottish National Orchestra; Alexander Gibson, conductor
8:59 a.m.
Alexander Borodin
Petite Suite
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
9:00 a.m.
9:29 a.m.
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Prelude in G minor in G minor Opus 23
Yuja Wang, piano
9:33 a.m.
Philip Glass
Etude 6
Vikingur Olafsson, piano
9:38 a.m.
William Grant Still
Panamanian Dances (Danzas de Panama)
Berlin Symphony Orchestra; Isaiah Jackson, conductor
9:53 a.m.
Giuseppe Verdi
NABUCCO: Va, pensiero
Berlin Philharmonic; Giuseppi Sinopoli, conductor Berlin Opera Chorus
10:00 a.m.
10:00 a.m.
Richard Wagner
TANNHAUSER Overture
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra; Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor
10:15 a.m.
Frederick Delius
Dance Rhapsody No. 1
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; Richard Hickox, conductor
10:28 a.m.
Johann Nepomuk Hummel
Piano Quintet in Eb minor Opus 87
Schubert Ensemble of London
10:50 a.m.
Henriette Renie
Dance of the Elves (Danse des Lutins)
Xavier de Maistre, harp
10:54 a.m.
John Williams
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom: Parade of the Slave Children
Boston Pops Orchestra; John Williams, conductor
11:00 a.m.
11:00 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 35 "Haffner" in D major K 385
English Chamber Orchestra; Jeffrey Tate, conductor
11:22 a.m.
TRADITIONAL
There is no Rose
Chanticleer; Joseph Jennings, conductor
11:26 a.m.
Earl Wild
Grand Fantasie on Porgy and Bess: Summertime (After G. Gershwin)
San Francisco Symphony; Herbert Blomstedt, conductor Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano
11:32 a.m.
Josef Suk
Piano Trio: II. Andante in C minor Opus 2
Neave Trio
11:49 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Concerto in G minor BWV 1056
Amsterdam Bach Solisten; Thomas Zehetmair, conductor Thomas Zehetmair, violin
12:00 p.m.
12:00 p.m.
Arcangelo Corelli
Concerto Grosso No. 6 in F major Opus 6
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra; Nicholas McGegan, conductor
12:12 p.m.
Ottorino Respighi
The Magic Pot: Suite (La pentola magica)
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra; Adriano, conductor
12:30 p.m.
Gabriel Faure
Pavane Opus 50
Studio Orchestra; William Goodchild, conductor John Williams, guitar
12:37 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
The Hero's Song Opus 111
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra; Bohumil Gregor, conductor
1:00 p.m.
1:00 p.m.
Paul Dukas
Polyeucte Overture
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor
Amazon
1:16 p.m.
Olafur Arnalds
For Now I Am Winter
Voces8; Viktor Orri Arnason, conductor Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano
1:21 p.m.
Rafael Antonio Castellanos
Pastoras Alegres joyful shepherds
El Mundo; Richard Savino, director, conductor Jennifer Ellis Kampani, soprano; Nell Snaidas, soprano; Ryland Angel, tenor
1:25 p.m.
Louise Farrenc
Piano Trio No. 2 in D minor Opus 34
Linos Ensemble
1:53 p.m.
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Vocalise Opus 34/14
San Francisco Symphony; Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
2:00 p.m.
2:00 p.m.
Christopher Rouse
Karolju
BBC Symphony Orchestra; Philharmonia Chorus; David Zinman, conductor
2:30 p.m.
Frederic Chopin
Nocturne No. 13 in C minor Opus 48/1
Hayato Sumino, piano
2:37 p.m.
Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach
Sinfonia No. 3 in D minor HW 1/3
Les Violons du Roy; Bernard Labadie, conductor
2:46 p.m.
George Enescu
Romanian Rhapsody No. 1 in A major Opus 11
National Orchestra of France; Cristian Macelaru, conductor Alice Sara Ott, piano
3:00 p.m.
3:00 p.m.
Hugo Alfven
Swedish Rhapsody No. 1 "Midsummer Night Vigil" Opus 19
Minnesota Orchestra; Eiji Oue, conductor
3:14 p.m.
Samuel Barber
Adagio for Strings Opus 11
English String Orchestra; William Boughton, conductor
3:22 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 25 in C major K 503
English Chamber Orchestra; Colin Davis, conductor Alicia de Larrocha, piano
3:54 p.m.
Victor Herbert
BABES IN TOYLAND: March of the Toys
Boston Pops Orchestra; Arthur Fiedler, conductor
3:59 p.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
DER FREISCHUTZ: Overture Opus 77 J 277
Tapiola Sinfonietta; Jean Jacques Kantorow, conductor
4:00 p.m.
4:09 p.m.
Georges Bizet
Symphony No. 1 in C major
New York Philharmonic; Leonard Bernstein, conductor
4:38 p.m.
Fanny Mendelssohn
Das Jahr (The Year): 9. September: At the River
Anna Shelest, piano
4:43 p.m.
Franz Liszt
Les Preludes (Symphonic Poem #3) S 97
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Georg Solti, conductor
4:59 p.m.
Gustav Holst
St. Paul's Suite Opus 29/2
City of London Sinfonia; Richard Hickox, conductor
5:00 p.m.
5:13 p.m.
Edward Elgar
Enigma Variations Opus 36
Royal Scottish National Orchestra; Alexander Gibson, conductor
5:44 p.m.
Steven Stucky
Funeral Music for Queen Mary (after Henry Purcell)
"The President's Own" United States Marine Band; Timothy Foley, conductor
5:53 p.m.
James Louis "J.J." Johnson
Lament
Kristin Lee, violin; Jeremy Ajani Jordan, piano
6:00 p.m.
6:00 p.m.
Holiday Programming
Wind and Rhythm: Hollywood Holidays SEGMENT 1
David Lawrence, host
6:32 p.m.
Holiday Programming
Wind and Rhythm: Hollywood Holidays SEGMENT 2
David Lawrence, host

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