Classical Music Playlist, December 31, 2024
"Manfred on the Jungfrau" by English painter John Martin (1837)
Between his 4th and 5th symphonies, Tchaikovsky composed his unnumbered "Manfred Symphony" in 1885. The Symphony was inspired by the 1817 Lord Byron dramatic poem "Manfred" in which the title character seeks release from guilt through forgetfulness or pardon. After a series of introspective episodes and consultations, neither are granted to Manfred who in the end dies. Tchaikovsky's nearly hour-long "Manfred" Symphony is today's Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto for diverse instruments in C major RV 558
Il Giardino Armonico
6:10 a.m.
Reynaldo Hahn
Quintet for strings and piano in F# minor
Parisii Quartet Alexandre Tharaud, piano
6:37 a.m.
Adolfo Mejia
Bambuco en mi in E minor Bambuco in e minor
Jose Antonio Escobar, guitar
6:41 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Violin Concerto No. 2 in E major BWV 1042
English Chamber Orchestra; Steven Mercurio, conductor Anne Akiko Meyers, violin
7:00 a.m.
Arcangelo Corelli
Concerto Grosso No. 9 in F major Opus 6
Tafelmusik; Jeanne Lamon, conductor
7:10 a.m.
Johan Svendsen
Symphony No. 2 in Bb major Opus 15
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra; Mariss Jansons, conductor
7:44 a.m.
Marie Awadis
Etude No. 3: Ballade
Marie Awadis, piano
7:47 a.m.
Arthur Benjamin
Jamaican Rumba
Dusseldorf Symphony Orchestra; Yasuo Shinozaki, conductor Matthew Trusler, violin
7:50 a.m.
Luigi Boccherini
Quintet for guitar and strings No. 4: III. Fandango in D major G 448
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields (members of) Pepe Romero, guitar
7:59 a.m.
Arnold Bax
Tintagel
Ulster Orchestra; Bryden Thomson, conductor
8:15 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 24 in C minor K 491
Scottish Chamber Orchestra; Charles Mackerras, conductor John O'Conor, piano
8:45 a.m.
Agustin Bardi
Gallo Ciego blind rooster
Apollo Chamber Players Hector del Curto, bandoneon
8:50 a.m.
Johann Strauss, Jr.
DIE FLEDERMAUS Overture (The Bat)
Vienna State Opera Orchestra; Jascha Horenstein, conductor
8:59 a.m.
Richard Strauss
Also Sprach Zarathustra Opus 30
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Pierre Boulez, conductor
9:34 a.m.
Fanny Mendelssohn
Das Jahr (The Year): 6. June: Serenade
Anna Shelest, piano
9:40 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Violin Concerto: III. Allegro giocoso ma non troppo (Finale) in A minor Opus 53
Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra; Andres Orozco-Estrada, conductor Hilary Hahn, violin
9:54 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
Water Music Suite No. 1: Alla Hornpipe in F major Water Music Suite in F
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra; Nicholas McGegan, conductor
10:00 a.m.
Jan Dismas Zelenka
Capriccio No. 1 in D major Z 182
Bern Camerata; Alexander van Wijnkoop, conductor
10:16 a.m.
Isolina Carrillo
Dos Gardenias
Havana Lyceum Orchestra; Jose Antonio Mendez Padron, conductor Sarah Willis, horn; Harold Madrigal Frias, trumpet
10:22 a.m.
Ignaz Moscheles
Piano Concerto No. 3 in G minor Opus 58
Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra; Howard Shelley, conductor Howard Shelley, piano
10:53 a.m.
Reinhold Gliere
Concert Waltz Opus 90
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Vassily Sinaisky, conductor
11:00 a.m.
Maurice Ravel
Daphnis et Chloe: Suite No. 2
Concertgebouw Orchestra; Bernard Haitink, conductor
11:17 a.m.
Fanny Mendelssohn
Melodie (Allegretto) No. 2 in C# minor Opus 4/2
Betty Ann Miller, piano
11:19 a.m.
Alma Deutscher
The Chase (Impromptu in C minor)
Alma Deutscher, piano
11:25 a.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
String Symphony No. 6 in Eb major
Heidelberg Symphony; Thomas Fey, conductor
11:36 a.m.
Clara Schumann
Piano Concerto in A minor Opus 7
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic; Holly Mathieson, conductor Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano
11:59 a.m.
Alexander Borodin
PRINCE IGOR Overture
Philharmonia Orchestra; Geoffrey Simon, conductor
12:10 p.m.
Leonardo Leo
Concerto in D major
Musica Antiqua Koln; Reinhardt Goebel, conductor
12:24 p.m.
Franz Schubert
Sonata "Arpeggione" in A minor D 821
Australian Chamber Orchestra; Richard Tognetti, conductor John Williams, guitar
12:47 p.m.
Amilcare Ponchielli
LA GIOCONDA: Dance of the Hours
Philadelphia Orchestra; Eugene Ormandy, conductor
12:59 p.m.
Hamilton Harty
Comedy Overture
Ulster Orchestra; Takuo Yuasa, conductor
1:13 p.m.
Olivia Belli
Sapias Latin: "have good taste/sense"
Scoring Berlin; Jonathan Stockhammer, conductor Mari Samuelsen, violin
1:16 p.m.
George Walker
String Quartet No. 1 "Lyric": II. Molto adagio
Mir� Quartet
1:24 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Quintet for piano & winds in Eb major K 452 (FROM THE RUSSELL KLETZING COLLECTION)
Alfred Brendel, piano; Heinz Holliger, oboe; Eduard Brunner, clarinet; Hermann Baumann, horn; Klaus Thunemann, bassoon
1:50 p.m.
Johann Strauss, Jr.
Blue Danube Waltz Opus 314
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Fritz Reiner, conductor
2:00 p.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Manfred Symphony Opus 58
Philharmonia Orchestra; Riccardo Muti, conductor
3:00 p.m.
Arcangelo Corelli
Concerto Grosso No. 12 in F major Opus 6
Musica Amphion; Pieter-Jan Belder, conductor
3:11 p.m.
John Williams
Superman: Main Title
London Symphony Orchestra; John Williams, conductor
3:15 p.m.
Georges Bizet
CARMEN: Toreador song
Cincinnati Pops; Erich Kunzel, conductor
3:19 p.m.
Florence Price
Symphony No. 3
Philadelphia Orchestra; Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor
3:51 p.m.
Hugo Wolf
Italian Serenade in G major
I Solisti Italiani
3:59 p.m.
George Gershwin
Rhapsody in Blue
BBC Symphony Orchestra; Hugh Wolff, conductor Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano
4:17 p.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Four Seasons: Winter (L'Inverno) in F minor Opus 8/4 RV 297
Tafelmusik; Jeanne Lamon, conductor Jeanne Lamon, violin
4:27 p.m.
Leonard Bernstein
On the Waterfront: Symphonic Suite
Dallas Symphony Orchestra; Eduardo Mata, conductor
4:49 p.m.
Aram Khachaturian
Spartacus: Adagio of Spartacus & Phrygia
The Bolshoi Theater Orchestra; Mark Ermler, conductor
4:59 p.m.
Ernest Farrar
Rhapsody No. 1 "The Open Road" Opus 9
Philharmonia Orchestra; Alasdair Mitchell, conductor
5:10 p.m.
Amy Beach
Gaelic Symphony: II. Alla siciliana - allegro vivace - andante in E minor Opus 32
Detroit Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
5:18 p.m.
Mason Bates
Piano Concerto
Philadelphia Orchestra; Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor Daniil Trifonov, piano
5:47 p.m.
Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
Prelude and Fugue No. 3 in A minor Opus 199
Brasil Guitar Duo
5:52 p.m.
Myroslav Skoryk
Three Extravagant Dances: II. Blues: Almost American
Anna Shelest, piano; Dmitri Shelest, piano
