Classical Music Playlist, April 3, 2025
Ernő (Ernst) Dohnányi (1877-1960) | photo: Library of Congress
Hungarian composer Ernst von Dohnányi lived to eighty-three but left only forty-eight opus numbers. This is because his enduring place in music comes from more than the music he wrote. He was also a pianist considered at the time to be the successor to Franz Liszt with an extensive international performing career, he was a busy conductor, a teacher of piano in Berlin, and was essentially in charge of the Budapest Academy of Music. (And he's also the grandfather of conductor Christoph von Dohnányi).
His 1909 "Suite in F-sharp minor" is a lively piece that begins with repetitions of a theme in a set of variations, goes through quirky Scherzo and sweet Romance movements before ending with a Rondo, all of it varied in colorful orchestration and rhythms. It's today's Midday Masterpiece at 2:00 pm.
6:00 a.m.
Jean-Philippe Rameau
LE TEMPLE DE LA GLOIRE: Suite I The Temple of Glory
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra; Nicholas McGegan, conductor
6:19 a.m.
Francesco Molino
Guitar Concerto in E minor Opus 56
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Iona Brown, conductor Pepe Romero, guitar
6:45 a.m.
Malcolm Forsyth
Golyardes' Grounde
Canadian Brass
6:49 a.m.
Henry Purcell
Timon of Athens
Parley of Instruments
7:00 a.m.
Hugo Alfven
Swedish Rhapsody No. 1 "Midsummer Night Vigil" Opus 19
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; Paavo Berglund, conductor
7:13 a.m.
Giovanni Paisiello
Piano Concerto No. 8 in F major
Saint Cecilia Chamber Orchestra; Pietro Spada, conductor Pietro Spada, piano
7:42 a.m.
Gabriela Lena Frank
Four Folk Songs: III. Serenata
Claremont Trio
7:47 a.m.
Ariel Ramirez
MISA CRIOLLA: II. Gloria
Zurich Chamber Orchestra; Daniel Hope, conductor Daniel Hope, violin; Palau de la Musica vocal quartet
7:54 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Slavonic Dance No. 3 in Ab major Opus 46
Cleveland Orchestra; Christoph Von Dohnanyi, conductor
8:00 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso "Alexander's Feast" in C major HWV 318
English Baroque Soloists; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
8:14 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 16 in D major K 451
English Chamber Orchestra; Jeffrey Tate, conductor Mitsuko Uchida, piano
8:37 a.m.
John Williams
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade: Scherzo for Motorcycle and Orchestra
Boston Pops Orchestra; John Williams, conductor
8:40 a.m.
Gustav Holst
The Planets: Mercury, the Winged Messenger Opus 32
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra; Yoel Levi, conductor
8:45 a.m.
Zoltan Kodaly
Marosszek Dances
Budapest Festival Orchestra; Ivan Fischer, conductor
8:58 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D major BWV 1050
Berlin Baroque Soloists
9:19 a.m.
John Field
Nocturne No. 1 in Eb major H 24
Alice Sara Ott, piano
9:23 a.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Serenade for Strings in C major Opus 48
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
9:53 a.m.
Dmitri Kabalevsky
Colas Breugnon: Overture
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Fritz Reiner, conductor
10:00 a.m.
Wilhelm van Wassenaer
Concerto Armonico No. 3 in A major
Brandenburg Consort; Roy Goodman, conductor
10:10 a.m.
Florence Price
Fantasie Negre (No. 1) in E minor
Michelle Cann, piano
10:22 a.m.
Johann Nepomuk Hummel
Quartet for clarinet and strings in Eb major S 78/WoO 5
L'Archibudelli Charles Neidich, clarinet
10:48 a.m.
Frederic Chopin
Piano Concerto No. 1: III. Rondo in E minor Opus 11
Mahler Chamber Orchestra; Mikhail Pletnev, conductor Daniil Trifonov, piano
10:59 a.m.
Friedrich Witt
Concerto for Two Horns and Orchestra (No. 3) in F major
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra; JoAnn Falletta, conductor Jacek Muzyk, horn; Daniel Kerdelewicz, horn
11:18 a.m.
Fanny Mendelssohn
Largo in E minor
Joanne Polk, piano
11:22 a.m.
William Grant Still
Bayou home
Alexa Still, flute; Susan DeWitt Smith, piano
11:27 a.m.
Edouard Lalo
Cello Concerto in D minor
London Symphony Orchestra; Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, conductor Janos Starker, cello
11:51 a.m.
Alan Hovhaness
Prelude and Quadruple Fugue Opus 128
I Fiamminghi; Rudolf Werthen, conductor
12:00 p.m.
George Friederich Handel
Saul: Sinfonia HWV 53
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor Trevor Pinnock, organ
12:18 p.m.
Undine Smith Moore
Afro-American Suite for Flute, Cello, and Piano: III. Adagio ma appossionato
Mallarme Chamber Players
12:23 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Symphonic Variations Opus 78
Scottish National Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
12:46 p.m.
Bedrich Smetana
Ma Vlast: II. The Moldau (Vltava)
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra; Vaclav Neumann, conductor
12:59 p.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
String Quartet in B minor Opus 33/1 HOB 3/37
Quatuor Mosaiques
1:23 p.m.
Marie Awadis
Etude No. 3: Ballade
Marie Awadis, piano
1:28 p.m.
Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
Guitar Concerto No. 1 in D major Opus 99
English Chamber Orchestra; Miguel Gomez Martinez, conductor Eduardo Fernandez, guitar
1:49 p.m.
Ethel Smyth
Serenade in D: IV. Finale. Allegro con brio in D major
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Odaline de la Martinez, conductor Tasmin Little, violin; John Lenehan, piano
2:00 p.m.
Ernst von Dohnanyi
Suite for Orchestra in F# minor Opus 19
Buffalo Philharmonic; JoAnn Falletta, conductor
2:31 p.m.
Philip Glass
Symphony No. 3: Movement IV
Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra; Dennis Russell Davies, conductor
2:35 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F major BWV 1047
European Brandenburg Ensemble; Trevor Pinnock, conductor
2:48 p.m.
Benjamin Britten
Gloriana: Courtly Dances
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Andre Previn, conductor
3:00 p.m.
George Enescu
Romanian Rhapsody No. 1 in A major Opus 11
National Orchestra of France; Cristian Macelaru, conductor Alice Sara Ott, piano
3:15 p.m.
Francesco Geminiani
Concerto Grosso No. 11 in E major Opus 7/11
Academy of Ancient Music; Andrew Manze, conductor
3:24 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
My Home Overture Opus 62
Los Angeles Philharmonic; Andre Previn, conductor
3:35 p.m.
Arthur Foote
Piano Trio No. 2 in Bb major Opus 65
Neave Trio
3:58 p.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 94 "Surprise" in G major
Heidelberg Symphony; Thomas Fey, conductor
4:23 p.m.
Peter Maxwell Davies
Farewell to Stromness
Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
4:27 p.m.
Sonny Kompanek
Killer Tango
Canadian Brass
4:32 p.m.
Georges Bizet
L'Arlesienne Suite No. 1
Ulster Orchestra; Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor
4:49 p.m.
Steve Reich
Electric Counterpoint: Third Movement
Valerie Milot, harp
4:54 p.m.
Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
Piano Quintet No. 1: III. Scherzo in F major Opus 69
Carpe Diem String Quartet David Korevaar, piano
4:59 p.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
Carnival of the Animals
Sinfonia da Camera; Ian Hobson, conductor Ian Hobson, piano
5:22 p.m.
Arnold Bax
Overture to a Picaresque Comedy
London Philharmonic Orchestra; Bryden Thomson, conductor
5:34 p.m.
Fanny Mendelssohn
Piano Trio: I. Allegro molto vivace in D minor
Nash Ensemble
5:46 p.m.
John Adams
The Chairman Dances (Foxtrot for Orchestra)
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; Simon Rattle, conductor
6:00 p.m.
J. P. E. Hartmann
Symphony No. 1 in G minor Opus 17
Danish National Symphony Orchestra; Thomas Dausgaard, conductor
6:32 p.m.
Cyril Scott
Lotus Land Opus 47/1
Kenneth Smith, flute; Paul Rhodes, piano
6:39 p.m.
Astor Piazzolla
Tango Ballet
Apollo Chamber Players Hector del Curto, bandoneon
6:52 p.m.
Olivia Belli
Nocturne IV
Olivia Belli, piano
6:55 p.m.
Yiruma
la bianca primavera
Yiruma, piano; Chanuk Kang, cello
