Classical Music Playlist, February 24, 2025
Czech composer Antonín Dvořák had initially resisted composing a concerto for cello, thinking the instrument fine within the orchestra but unsuitable as a solo instrument. But hearing a cello concerto by his colleague at the National Conservatory in NYC, Victor Herbert (also the principal cellist in the New York premiere of Dvořák’s “New World Symphony” in 1893), Dvořák changed his mind. Composed in New York the year after his “New World Symphony,” Dvořák’s Cello Concerto in B-minor is today's Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
Johann Christian Bach
Quintet for flute, oboe, violin, cello & harpsichord in D major Opus 22/1
The English Concert
6:21 a.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
Piano Concerto No. 2 in Eb major Opus 32
Scottish Chamber Orchestra; Charles Mackerras, conductor Nikolai Demidenko, piano
6:43 a.m.
Lucas Saboya
Zamba Negra (from Suite Ernestina)
Jose Antonio Escobar, guitar
6:48 a.m.
Bedrich Smetana
LIBUSE: Overture
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Gianandrea Noseda, conductor
6:59 a.m.
Arcangelo Corelli
Concerto Grosso No. 4 in D major Opus 6
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra; Nicholas McGegan, conductor
7:09 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 38 "Prague" in D major K 504
Salzburg Mozarteum Orchestra; Hans Graf, conductor
7:43 a.m.
Mario Melfi
Poema
Cortango
7:47 a.m.
Percy Grainger
Molly on the Shore
Dallas Wind Symphony; Jerry Junkin, conductor
7:52 a.m.
Amilcare Ponchielli
LA GIOCONDA: Dance of the Hours
National Philharmonic Orchestra; Bruno Bartoletti, conductor
8:01 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Symphony No. 7: IV. Finale in D minor Opus 70
Los Angeles Philharmonic; Gustavo Dudamel, conductor Bomsori Kim, violin
8:11 a.m.
Edward MacDowell
Piano Concerto No. 2 in D minor Opus 23
Dallas Symphony Orchestra; Andrew Litton, conductor Andre Watts, piano
8:38 a.m.
John Williams
E.T.: Adventures on Earth
Los Angeles Recording Arts Orchestra; John Williams, conductor
8:49 a.m.
Gioachino Rossini
LA CENERENTOLA: Overture "Cinderella"
London Symphony Orchestra; Claudio Abbado, conductor
8:59 a.m.
Johannes Brahms
Serenade No. 2 in A major Opus 16
Scottish Chamber Orchestra; Charles Mackerras, conductor
9:32 a.m.
Clara Schumann
Scherzo No. 2 in C minor in C minor Opus 14
Anna Shelest, piano
9:36 a.m.
Ottorino Respighi
Ancient Airs and Dances: Suite No. 3
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
9:54 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
MARRIAGE OF FIGARO: Overture K 492
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor
10:00 a.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
Concertino for Clarinet and Orchestra in Eb major Opus 26
Staatskapelle Dresden; Herbert Blomstedt, conductor Sabine Meyer, clarinet
10:10 a.m.
Frederic Hand
Heart's Song
Frederic Hand, guitar
10:17 a.m.
Johan Svendsen
Symphony No. 2 in Bb major Opus 15
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra; Mariss Jansons, conductor
10:50 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto for four mandolins in B minor Opus 3/10 RV 580
Il Giardino Armonico; Giovanni Antonini, conductor Avi Avital, mandolin
11:00 a.m.
Josef Suk
Fantasy in G minor Opus 24
Buffalo Philharmonic; JoAnn Falletta, conductor Michael Ludwig, violin
11:25 a.m.
Astor Piazzolla
Adios Nonino
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Ettore Stratta, conductor El Quinteto Buenos Aires
11:31 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Humoresque No. 7 in Gb major Opus 101/7
Orion Weiss, piano
11:35 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso No. 10 in D minor Opus 6/10 HWV 328
Handel & Haydn Society; Christopher Hogwood, conductor
11:50 a.m.
Theodore Dubois
Quintet for piano, oboe and strings: IV. Finale: Allegro con fuoco in F major
Trio Hochelaga Philippe Magnan, oboe; Jean-Luc Plourde, viola
12:00 p.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Trumpet Overture Opus 101
London Symphony Orchestra; Claudio Abbado, conductor
12:10 p.m.
Manuel Ponce
Romantic Sonata: III. Musical Moment (Sonata romantica "Hommage a Franz Schubert")
Marcin Dylla, guitar
12:13 p.m.
Franz Schubert
Moments Musicaux No. 1 in C major Opus 94 D 780
John O'Conor, piano
12:20 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 29 in A major K 201
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor
12:47 p.m.
John Field
Piano Concerto No. 3: III. Rondo - Tempo di Polacca in Eb major
London Mozart Players; Matthias Bamert, conductor Miceal O'Rourke, piano
1:00 p.m.
Richard Strauss
Serenade in Eb major Opus 7
Stockholm Philharmonic (members of); Paavo Berglund, conductor
1:10 p.m.
Elena Kats-Chernin
Peggy's Rag
Sarah Cahill, piano
1:14 p.m.
Amy Beach
Romance (1893) in D major Opus 23
Kristin Lee, violin; Jun Cho, piano
1:21 p.m.
Johan Halvorsen
Suite from "Mascarade"
Bergen Philharmonic; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
1:50 p.m.
Gustav Holst
The Planets: Jupiter, the Bringer of Jolity Opus 34
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra; Paavo Jarvi, conductor
2:00 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Cello Concerto in B minor Opus 104
London Symphony Orchestra; Charles Mackerras, conductor Raphael Wallfisch, cello
2:41 p.m.
Teresa Carreno
Elegy No. 1 Opus 17
Clara Rodriguez, piano
2:46 p.m.
Avril Coleridge-Taylor
Sussex Landscape Opus 27
Chineke! Orchestra; Roderick Cox, conductor
3:01 p.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
Africa-Fantasie Opus 89
London Philharmonic Orchestra; Geoffrey Simon, conductor Gwendolyn Mok, piano
3:13 p.m.
ANONYMOUS
Folia: Rodrigo Martinez
Jordi Savall, viola da gamba
3:18 p.m.
Santiago de Murcia
Villanos
Richard Savino, guitar; Mauro ReFosco, percussion; Yousif Sheronick, percussion
3:21 p.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 94 "Surprise" in G major
Heidelberg Symphony; Thomas Fey, conductor
3:46 p.m.
Franz Liszt
Hungarian Rhapsody No. 1 in F minor
Budapest Symphony Orchestra; Andras Korodi, conductor
4:00 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major K 488
Scottish Chamber Orchestra; Charles Mackerras, conductor John O'Conor, piano
4:26 p.m.
Leo Delibes
Sylvia: Procession of Bacchus from Act III
San Francisco Symphony; Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
4:32 p.m.
Edvard Grieg
Norwegian Dances Opus 35
Estonian National Symphony Orchestra; Paavo Jarvi, conductor
4:51 p.m.
Johann Strauss, Jr.
Artist's Life Opus 316 Kunstlerleben
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Fritz Reiner, conductor
4:59 p.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
Oberon Overture J 306
London Classical Players; Roger Norrington, conductor
5:09 p.m.
Josef Suk
Piano Trio: II. Andante in C minor Opus 2
Neave Trio
5:14 p.m.
Hans Gal
Symphony No. 3 in A major Opus 62
Orchestra of the Swan; Kenneth Woods, conductor
5:50 p.m.
Ferdinand David
Bassoon Concertino in Bb major Opus 12
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor Klaus Thunemann, bassoon
6:00 p.m.
Reynaldo Hahn
Quintet for strings and piano in F# minor
Parisii Quartet Alexandre Tharaud, piano
6:27 p.m.
Armas Jarnefelt
Song of the Crimson Flower: Shooting the Rapids
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra; Ilpo Mansnerus, conductor
6:39 p.m.
Adam Larrabee
24 Preludes for Banjo: No. 8 "80s Rock Groove" in eb minor
John Bullard, banjo
6:41 p.m.
TRADITIONAL
Mother
Takako Nishizaki, violin; Gerald Garcia, guitar
6:43 p.m.
Huang Huwei
Pictures of Sichuan
Li Fan, piano
6:51 p.m.
Ina Boyle
Phantasy for Violin and Chamber Orchestra
Thessaloniki State Symphony Orchestra (THESS-sal-loh-NEE-kee); Daniel Geiss, conductor Daniel Hope, violin
