Classical Music Playlist, February 17, 2025
Grand Canyon | Image by cecilevanmeensel from Pixabay
Along with Presidents, celebrate one of America’s greatest landmarks and take a musical trip to the Grand Canyon and see its changing colors at sunrise and sunset, ride a burro down a trail, and take cover during a thunderstorm! Ferde Grofé’s “Grand Canyon Suite” is today's Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
Edward Elgar
Introduction and Allegro Opus 47
English Symphony Orchestra; William Boughton, conductor
6:14 a.m.
Ignaz Moscheles
Piano Concerto No. 7 "Pathetique" in C minor Opus 93
Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra; Howard Shelley, conductor Howard Shelley, piano
6:37 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Fugue in G minor BWV 1026
Trio Settecento Rachel Barton Pine, violin; John Mark Rozendaal, viola da gamba; David Schrader, organ
6:42 a.m.
Luigi Boccherini
Symphony in A major Opus 35/3 G 511
Ensemble 415; Chiara Banchini, conductor
7:00 a.m.
Anton Bruckner
Symphonic Prelude in C minor
Bamberg Symphony; Jakub Hrusa, conductor Maria Duenas, violin
7:11 a.m.
Georg Philipp Telemann
Suite in Bb major TWV 55:B10
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor
7:38 a.m.
Paquito D'Rivera
Aires Tropicales: I & II. Alborada & Son
Imani Winds
7:44 a.m.
Paquito D'Rivera
Aires Tropicales: VI. Contradanza
Imani Winds
7:47 a.m.
John Knowles Paine
Symphony No. 2 "In the Spring": II. Scherzo (May-Night Fantasy) in A major Opus 34
Ulster Orchestra; JoAnn Falletta, conductor
7:58 a.m.
Michael Torke
Sky: I. Lively
Albany Symphony Orchestra; David Alan Miller, conductor Tessa Lark, violin
8:09 a.m.
Amy Beach
Piano Concerto in C# minor Opus 45
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra; Rebecca Miller, conductor Danny Driver, piano
8:45 a.m.
John Williams
Superman: Main Title
London Symphony Orchestra; John Williams, conductor
8:50 a.m.
Adolphus Hailstork
Three Spirituals
Virginia Symphony Orchestra; JoAnn Falletta, conductor
9:00 a.m.
Luigi Boccherini
Quintet for guitar and strings No. 3 in Bb major G 447
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields Chamber Ensemble Pepe Romero, guitar
9:24 a.m.
Johannes Brahms
Intermezzo in Eb major Opus 117/1
Orli Shaham, piano
9:30 a.m.
Bernhard Crusell
Clarinet Concerto No. 2 in F minor Opus 5
Cologne Academy; Michael Alexander Willens, conductor Eric Hoeprich, clarinet
9:54 a.m.
Johan Halvorsen
Entry March of the Boyars
Bergen Philharmonic; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
10:00 a.m.
Georg Philipp Telemann
Paris Quartet No. 11 (1738)
Barthold Kuijken, flute; Sigiswald Kuijken, violin; Wieland Kuijken, cello; Gustav Leonhardt, harpsichord
10:19 a.m.
Ottorino Respighi
Ancient Airs and Dances: Suite No. 2
Sinfonia 21; Richard Hickox, conductor
10:39 a.m.
Lucas Ruiz de Ribayaz
Tournament (Torneo)
The Harp Consort
10:45 a.m.
Franz Schubert
Piano Sonata No. 20: IV. Rondo in A major D 959
Paul Lewis, piano
11:00 a.m.
Louise Farrenc
Symphony No. 3 in G minor Opus 36
North German Radio Symphony; Johannes Goritzki, conductor
11:31 a.m.
William Grant Still
Africa: II. Land of Romance
Lara Downes, piano
11:39 a.m.
Hector del Curto
Trace of Time
Apollo Chamber Players Hector del Curto, bandoneon
11:50 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
My Home Overture Opus 62
Scottish National Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
12:00 p.m.
George Gershwin
I Got Rhythm Variations
Boston Pops Orchestra; Arthur Fiedler, conductor Earl Wild, piano
12:09 p.m.
Howard Hanson
Symphony No. 2 "Romantic"
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra; Leonard Slatkin, conductor
12:41 p.m.
Arvo Part
Mirror in the Mirror (Spiegel im Spiegel)
Anne Akiko Meyers, violin; Akira Eguchi, piano
12:49 p.m.
Mikhail Glinka
Spanish Overture No. 2
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Vassily Sinaisky, conductor
12:59 p.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto for 2 oboes, 2 violins, bassoon in C major RV 557
Ensemble Zefiro; Alfredo Bernardini, conductor Members of...
1:08 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 41 "Jupiter" in C major K 551
Scottish Chamber Orchestra; Jukka-Pekka Saraste, conductor
1:43 p.m.
Chilly Gonzales
Prelude in C Sharp Major
Alice Sara Ott, piano
1:46 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Poetic Tone Pictures: VII. Furiant Opus 85
Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
1:50 p.m.
Isaac Albeniz
Iberia: Festival Day in Seville (Fete-Dieu a Seville)
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra; Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor
2:00 p.m.
Ferde Grofe
Grand Canyon Suite
Cincinnati Pops; Erich Kunzel, conductor
2:32 p.m.
William Grant Still
Summerland
Alexa Still, flute; Susan DeWitt Smith, piano
2:37 p.m.
George Gershwin
An American in Paris
London Symphony Orchestra; Andre Previn, conductor
2:56 p.m.
Florence Price
Piano Concerto in One Movement: III. Allegretto
Chineke! Orchestra; Leslie Suganandarajah, conductor Jeneba Kanneh-Mason, piano
3:01 p.m.
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Oboe Concerto
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor Celia Nicklin, oboe
3:20 p.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
String Quartet "The Rider" in G minor Opus 74/3
Kodaly Quartet
3:42 p.m.
Albert Dietrich
Introduction and Romance Opus 27
Oldenburg State Orchestra (Oldenburgische Staatsorchester); Alexander Rumpf, conductor Marie-Louise Neunecker, horn
3:51 p.m.
Philip Glass
Symphony No. 4 "Heroes": 6. V2 Schneider
American Composers Orchestra; Dennis Russell Davies, conductor
4:00 p.m.
Frederic Chopin
Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor Opus 21
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Andre Previn, conductor Maria Joao Pires, piano
4:33 p.m.
Claude Debussy
Sarabande
Empire Brass
4:38 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Symphony No. 3 "Eroica": I. Allegro con brio in Eb major Opus 55
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; Riccardo Chailly, conductor
4:54 p.m.
Johann Nepomuk Hummel
Concerto for Mandolin: III. Rondo in G major
Il Giardino Armonico; Giovanni Antonini, conductor Avi Avital, mandolin
4:59 p.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
SAMSON ET DELILA: Bacchanale Opus 47
Minnesota Orchestra; Eiji Oue, conductor
5:08 p.m.
Scott Joplin
Solace
Lara Downes, piano; Joe Brent, vihuela
5:13 p.m.
Reinhold Gliere
Ballad Opus 4
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Vassily Sinaisky, conductor Peter Dixon, cello
5:20 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major BWV 1068
Academy of Ancient Music; Richard Egarr, conductor
5:43 p.m.
Virgil Thomson
Louisiana Story: Acadian Songs and Dances
New London Orchestra; Ronald Corp, conductor
5:59 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Piano Trio No. 4 "Dumky" in E minor Opus 90
Trio Zimbalist
6:31 p.m.
Michael Daugherty
Once Upon A Castle: Neptune Pool
The Nashville Symphony; Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor Paul Jacobs, organ
6:39 p.m.
Astor Piazzolla
Five Pieces for Guitar: 2. Romantico
Franz Halasz, guitar
6:43 p.m.
Olivia Belli
Sapias Latin: "have good taste/sense"
Scoring Berlin; Jonathan Stockhammer, conductor Mari Samuelsen, violin
6:46 p.m.
Henriette Renie
Contemplation
Xavier de Maistre, harp
6:51 p.m.
Dobrinka Tabakova
Suite in Old Style: III. Riddle of the barrel-organ player
Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra; Maxim Rysanov, conductor Maxim Rysanov, viola
