Classical Music Playlist, January 3, 2025
Sergei Prokofiev | Color by Klimbim (Olga Shirnina) who grants free use.
Sergei Prokofiev said of his Symphony No. 5, “I conceived of it as glorifying the grandeur of the human spirit, praising the free and happy man — his strength, his generosity, and the purity of his soul.” Composed in 1944 and premiered in Moscow, January 1945, Prokofiev’s Fifth was a huge international hit for him. A week after its American premiere in Boston, November 1945, Prokofiev was on the cover of Time magazine and in the accompanying article Boston Symphony conductor Serge Koussevitzky said, “[Prokofiev’s Fifth Symphony is] the greatest musical event in many, many years. The greatest since Brahms and Tchaikovsky! It is magnificent! It is yesterday, it is today, it is tomorrow.”
The Symphony No. 5 by Sergei Prokofiev is today's Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
Tomaso Albinoni
Oboe Concerto No. 6 in D major Opus 7/6
I Musici Heinz Holliger, oboe
6:08 a.m.
Florence Price
Violin Concerto No. 1 in D major
Philadelphia Orchestra; Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor Randall Goosby, violin
6:38 a.m.
Teresa Carreno
Nocturne, "Souvenirs de mon pays"
Alexandra Oehler, piano
6:46 a.m.
Jacques Offenbach
LE VOYAGE DANS LA LUNE: Ballet of the Snowflakes
Philharmonia Orchestra; Antonio de Almeida, conductor
6:59 a.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Capriccio Italien Opus 45
Bavarian Radio Symphony; Lorin Maazel, conductor
7:15 a.m.
Frederic Chopin
Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor Opus 21
Warsaw Philharmonic; Kazimierz Kord, conductor Garrick Ohlsson, piano
7:49 a.m.
Santiago de Murcia
Villanos
Richard Savino, guitar; Mauro ReFosco, percussion; Yousif Sheronick, percussion
7:51 a.m.
Joan Ambrosio Dalza
Saltarello
Calliope
7:55 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Slavonic Dance No. 1 in C major Opus 46
Cleveland Orchestra; Christoph Von Dohnanyi, conductor
8:00 a.m.
Franz Liszt
Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 in D minor
Vancouver Symphony Orchestra; Sergiu Commissiona, conductor
8:12 a.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
Symphony No. 3 "Organ" in C minor Opus 78
Boston Symphony Orchestra; Charles Munch, conductor Berj Zamkochian, organ
8:48 a.m.
Aaron Jay Kernis
100 Greatest Dance Hits: II. Salsa Pasada
Escher Quartet Jason Vieaux, guitar
8:52 a.m.
Emmanuel Chabrier
Bourree Fantasque
L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
9:01 a.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Piano Concerto No. 1 in Bb minor Opus 23
Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchesta; Edo de Waart, conductor Rafael Orozco, piano
9:37 a.m.
Georges Bizet
L'Arlesienne Suite No. 2
Ulster Orchestra; Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor
9:54 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
MARRIAGE OF FIGARO: Overture K 492
London Philharmonic Orchestra; George Solti, conductor
10:00 a.m.
Leos Janacek
Suite (Serenade) Opus 3
Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra; Libor Pesek, conductor
10:14 a.m.
Marianna Martines
Piano Concerto in A Major in A major
Orqueste Filarmonia Iberica; Melani Mestre, conductor Melani Mestre, piano
10:30 a.m.
Wilhelm Peterson-Berger
Earina Suite
Norrkoping Symphony Orchestra; Michail Jurowski, conductor
10:52 a.m.
Hector Berlioz
Symphonie Fantastique: A Ball Opus 14
Bavarian Radio Symphony; Mariss Jansons, conductor
11:00 a.m.
Adolphe Adam
SI J'ETAIS ROI (If I were King) Overture
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor
11:08 a.m.
Fanny Mendelssohn
Prelude and Toccata in E minor
Joanne Polk, piano
11:12 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Toccata & Fugue in D minor BWV 565
Jean Guillou, organ
11:22 a.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
Clarinet Concerto No. 1 in F minor Opus 73
English Chamber Orchestra; Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor Emma Johnson, clarinet
11:45 a.m.
Giovanni Gabrieli
Canzon Septimi Toni No. 2
Empire Brass; Rolf Smedvig, conductor
11:49 a.m.
Michael Torke
Bright Blue Music
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra; David Zinman, conductor
12:00 p.m.
Maximo Diego Pujol
Suite Magica, I. Preludio II. Vals
Aden Barbuta, harp; Andrew Barbuta, guitar
12:05 p.m.
Maximo Diego Pujol
Suite Magica, I. Preludio II. Vals
Aden Barbuta, harp; Andrew Barbuta, guitar
12:10 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor Opus 37
Berlin Philharmonic; Claudio Abbado, conductor Maurizio Pollini, piano
12:47 p.m.
Johan Halvorsen
Entry March of the Boyars
Bergen Philharmonic; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
12:52 p.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
12:59 p.m.
Hamilton Harty
Comedy Overture
Ulster Orchestra; Takuo Yuasa, conductor
1:14 p.m.
Olivia Belli
Sapias Latin: "have good taste/sense"
Scoring Berlin; Jonathan Stockhammer, conductor Mari Samuelsen, violin
1:17 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.
Sergei Prokofiev
Symphony No. 5 in Bb major Opus 100
Royal Scottish Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
2:43 p.m.
Mel Bonis
Femmes de Legende: Melisande Opus 109
Anna Shelest, piano
2:46 p.m.
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Petite Suite de Concert: IV. La tarantelle fretillante Opus 77/4 wriggling
Chicago Sinfonietta; Paul Freeman, conductor
2:50 p.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Cello Concerto in G major RV 413
Europa Galante; Fabio Biondi, conductor Maurizio Naddeo, cello
3:00 p.m.
Cecile Chaminade
Concertpiece (Concertstuck) in C# minor Opus 40
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra; Rebecca Miller, conductor Danny Driver, piano
3:16 p.m.
Anton Bruckner
Symphony No. 4 "Romantic": I. Bewegt, Nicht Zu Schell in Eb major
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Karl Bohm, conductor
3:37 p.m.
Joaquin Turina
Bullfighter's Prayer (Oracion del Torero) Opus 34
Pacifica Quartet Sharon Isbin, guitar
3:46 p.m.
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Symphony No. 2: IV. Finale: Allegro vivace in E minor Opus 27
Detroit Symphony Orchestra; Leonard Slatkin, conductor
4:00 p.m.
Wilhelm Stenhammar
Excelsior! Opus 13
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
4:13 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Flute Concerto No. 1 in G major K 313
Boston Baroque; Martin Pearlman, conductor Jacques Zoon, flute
4:37 p.m.
Harry Thacker Burleigh
Southland Sketches (1916)
Kristin Lee, violin; Jeremy Ajani Jordan, piano
4:49 p.m.
Gustav Holst
The Planets: Jupiter, the Bringer of Jolity Opus 34
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra; Paavo Jarvi, conductor
4:59 p.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
Andante and Hungarian Rondo Opus 35
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor Klaus Thunemann, bassoon
5:09 p.m.
Cecile Chaminade
Piano Trio No. 1 in G minor Opus 11
Trio Parnassus
5:32 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 in F major BWV 1046
Berlin Academy of Ancient Music
5:53 p.m.
Vincenzo Bellini
Norma: Overture
Philharmonic of La Scala; Riccardo Chailly, conductor
6:00 p.m.
Modest Mussorgsky
Pictures at an Exhibition
Concertgebouw Orchestra; Riccardo Chailly, conductor
6:34 p.m.
Leonard Cohen
Hallelujah
City of Birmingham Cellos Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello
6:37 p.m.
Elena Kats-Chernin
Peggy's Rag
Sarah Cahill, piano
6:41 p.m.
Liz Knowles/Elizabeth Moore
Treehouse/Jig for John #2/Fore Street
Palaver Strings
6:53 p.m.
Astor Piazzolla
Adios Nonino
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Ettore Stratta, conductor El Quinteto Buenos Aires
