Classical Music Playlist, January 29, 2025
Haydn made his first enormously successful stay in London between December 1790 and July 1792. During this time, December 1791, Mozart died in Vienna. Haydn wrote to a mutual friend, "For some time I was beside myself about his death, and I could not believe that Providence would so soon claim the life of such an indispensable man." Haydn then composed his Symphony No. 98 in early 1792 with a slow second movement in which many have recognized hints of Mozart in tribute. The new symphony premiered in London in March of 1792 with Haydn conducting from the keyboard and just before the end of the symphony, Haydn added an 11-measure keyboard solo for himself (with light pizzicato strings). This light touch of humor apparently endeared him to the London audience even more than his stay in their town already had. Haydn's Symphony No. 98 is today's Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
Henry Purcell
Timon of Athens
Parley of Instruments
6:10 a.m.
Robert Schumann
String Quartet in F major Opus 41/2
Melos Quartet
6:33 a.m.
Fernando Sor
Etude No. 17 in E minor Opus 6/11
Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra; Irene Delgado-Jimenez, conductor Pablo Sainz Villegas, guitar
6:37 a.m.
Philip Glass
Etude 2
Vikingur Olafsson, piano
6:44 a.m.
Johann Christian Bach
Symphony No. 4 in Bb major Opus 3
Camerata Budapest; Hanspeter Gmur, conductor
7:00 a.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Horn Concerto No. 1 in D major HOB VIId:3
English Chamber Orchestra; Barry Tuckwell, conductor Barry Tuckwell, horn
7:17 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
The Golden Spinning Wheel Opus 109
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra; Vaclav Neumann, conductor
7:44 a.m.
Clara Schumann
Three Romances for Violin and Piano: No. 3 Leidenschaftlich schnell in Bb Opus 22
Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano; Elena Urioste, violin
7:49 a.m.
Johannes Brahms
Symphony No. 2: IV. Allegro con spirito in D major Opus 73
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Georg Solti, conductor
7:59 a.m.
Hamilton Harty
Comedy Overture
Ulster Orchestra; Takuo Yuasa, conductor
8:13 a.m.
Aaron Copland
Appalachian Spring
New York Philharmonic; Leonard Bernstein, conductor
8:40 a.m.
Amy Beach
Romance (1893) in D major Opus 23
Kristin Lee, violin; Jun Cho, piano
8:47 a.m.
George Enescu
Romanian Rhapsody No. 1 in A major Opus 11
National Orchestra of France; Cristian Macelaru, conductor Alice Sara Ott, piano
9:00 a.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Suite No. 1 in D major Opus 43
Detroit Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
9:37 a.m.
Andrew York
Spin
Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
9:45 a.m.
Christoph Forster
Horn Concerto in Eb major ICF 6
St. Luke's Chamber Ensemble Stewart Rose, horn
10:00 a.m.
Johannes Brahms
Symphony No. 1: IV. Finale in C minor Opus 68
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Georg Solti, conductor
10:18 a.m.
Margaret Bonds
Hold On
PubliQuartet Musicality Vocal Ensemble; Lara Downes, piano
10:23 a.m.
Louis Spohr
Clarinet Concerto No. 2 in Eb major Opus 57
Seattle Symphony; Gerard Schwarz, conductor Jon Manasse, clarinet
10:51 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Violin Concerto, Op. 3, No. 6 in A minor Opus 3/6 RV 356
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor Simon Standage, violin
10:59 a.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Symphony No. 3 "Eroica" in Eb major Opus 55
Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
11:45 a.m.
Fanny Mendelssohn
Prelude and Fugue in E minor
Joanne Polk, piano
11:53 a.m.
Georg Philipp Telemann
Alster Overture
Tafelmusik; Jeanne Lamon, conductor
12:00 p.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Marche Slav Opus 31
Russian National Orchestra; Mikhail Pletnev, conductor
12:09 p.m.
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Sonata for Cello and Piano: III. Andante in Eb major Opus 19
Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello; Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano
12:16 p.m.
Randall Thompson
Symphony No. 2 in E minor
National Orchestral Institute Philharmonic; James Ross, conductor
12:46 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Symphony No. 9 "From the New World": IV. Allegro con fuoco (Finale) in E minor Opus 95
Los Angeles Philharmonic; Gustavo Dudamel, conductor Vikingur Olafsson, piano
12:59 p.m.
Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges
Symphony in G Major in G major
Tafelmusik; Jeanne Lamon, conductor
1:15 p.m.
Franz Schubert
Symphony No. 8 "Unfinished" in B minor D 759
Swedish Chamber Orchestra; Thomas Dausgaard, conductor
1:36 p.m.
Astor Piazzolla
Tango Ballet
Apollo Chamber Players Hector del Curto, bandoneon
1:50 p.m.
Johann Strauss, Jr.
DIE FLEDERMAUS Overture (The Bat)
Vienna State Opera Orchestra; Franz Bauer-Theussl, conductor
2:00 p.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 98 in Bb major
Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra; Adam Fischer, conductor
2:30 p.m.
Grace Williams
Sea Sketches: V. Calm Sea in Summer
English Chamber Orchestra; David Atherton, conductor
2:38 p.m.
Frederick Delius
KOANGA: La Calinda
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Christopher Seaman, conductor
2:43 p.m.
Arnold Bax
Tintagel
Ulster Orchestra; Bryden Thomson, conductor
3:00 p.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Symphony No. 5: IV. Andante maestoso (Finale) in E minor Opus 64
Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra; Gustavo Dudamel, conductor
3:13 p.m.
Ernesto Nazareth
Perigoso
Estela Olevsky, piano
3:16 p.m.
Gentil Montana
Suite Colombiana No. 2: I. El Margariteno (pasillo) The Song of the Dreamer
Jose Antonio Escobar, guitar
3:22 p.m.
Georges Bizet
Symphony No. 1 in C major
New York Philharmonic; Leonard Bernstein, conductor
3:51 p.m.
Emil Mlynarski
Violin Concerto No. 2: III. Allegro vivace (Finale) in D major Opus 6
Polish Chamber Orchestra; Jacek Kaspszyk, conductor Nigel Kennedy, violin
4:01 p.m.
Aaron Copland
Outdoor Overture
Cincinnati Pops; Erich Kunzel, conductor
4:11 p.m.
Max Bruch
Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 26 in G minor Opus 26
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra; Jakub Hrusa, conductor Nicola Benedetti, violin
4:37 p.m.
Connor Chee
Navajo Vocable No. 12
Connor Chee, piano
4:40 p.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
4:45 p.m.
Hugo Alfven
Swedish Rhapsody No. 1 "Midsummer Night Vigil" Opus 19
Minnesota Orchestra; Eiji Oue, conductor
5:00 p.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
Clarinet Concerto No. 1 in F minor Opus 73
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor Andrew Marriner, clarinet
5:21 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Keyboard Concerto No. 3 in D major BWV 1054
Australian Chamber Orchestra Angela Hewitt, piano
5:39 p.m.
Ernst von Dohnanyi
Symphonic Minutes Opus 36
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra; JoAnn Falletta, conductor
5:54 p.m.
Johan Halvorsen
Entry March of the Boyars
Bergen Philharmonic; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
6:00 p.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Symphony No. 5 "Reformation" in D major Opus 107
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Christoph Von Dohnanyi, conductor
6:30 p.m.
Clara Schumann
Three Romances for Piano: I. Andante Opus 11
Lara Downes, piano
6:34 p.m.
Chris Brubeck
Affinity: Concerto for Guitar and Orchestra
Maryland Symphony Orchestra; Elisabeth Schulze, conductor Sharon Isbin, guitar
6:51 p.m.
Bear McCreary
Battlestar Galactica: The Shape of Things to Come
studio ensemble; Bear McCreary, conductor
6:54 p.m.
David N. Baker
Deliver My Soul
Rachel Barton Pine, violin; Matthew Hagle, piano
