Classical Music Playlist, May 28, 2025
Sergei Bortkiewicz (1877-1952)
Born in Kharkiv, Ukraine, in 1877 into a family of Polish descent, the life of composer Sergei Bortkiewicz was made difficult by war and its factions. First in WWI, then in Russia by the Bolsheviks during the Revolution, and later still by the Nazis in WWII, all this time being under house arrest, or deported or living in exile. But his later life was particularly more comfortable. In 1945 he was awarded a professorship in Vienna, the Bortkiewicz Society was founded in 1947 in Vienna to keep his music alive, and upon his retirement in 1948 was awarded an honorary pension from Vienna. For his 75th birthday in 1952, a concert in his honor was presented in Vienna with many of his works performed including his 1912 Piano Concerto No. 1, today's Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
Georg Philipp Telemann
Concerto for Violin and 3 Horns in D major
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Iona Brown, conductor Hermann Baumann, horn; Timothy Brown, horn; Nicholas Hill, horn
6:11 a.m.
Franz Schubert
Sonata "Arpeggione" in A minor D 821
Australian Chamber Orchestra; Richard Tognetti, conductor John Williams, guitar
6:35 a.m.
Clara Schumann
Three Romances for Piano Opus 11
Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano
6:49 a.m.
Gioachino Rossini
LA CENERENTOLA: Overture "Cinderella"
Chamber Orchestra of Europe; Claudio Abbado, conductor
6:59 a.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 88 in G major
Tafelmusik; Bruno Weil, conductor
7:19 a.m.
Franz Liszt
Piano Concerto No. 1 in Eb major
Budapest Festival Orchestra; Ivan Fischer, conductor Zoltan Kocsis, piano
7:38 a.m.
Danny Elfman
Percussion Concerto: II. D.S.C.H.
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic; JoAnn Falletta, conductor Colin Currie, percussion
7:42 a.m.
Aleksandra Pakhmutova
Trumpet Concerto
Moscow Chamber Orchestra; Constantine Orbelian, conductor Bibi Black, trumpet
7:58 a.m.
Johannes Brahms
Symphony No. 1: IV. Finale in C minor Opus 68
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Georg Solti, conductor
8:17 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Symphonic Variations Opus 78
Scottish National Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
8:40 a.m.
Henry Purcell
Timon of Athens: Curtain Tune on a Ground
Parley of Instruments
8:44 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
MASS IN B MINOR: Cum Sancto Spiritu in B minor BWV 232
English Baroque Soloists; Monteverdi Choir; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
8:48 a.m.
Malcolm Arnold
Four Scottish Dances Opus 59
Dallas Wind Symphony; Jerry Junkin, conductor
9:01 a.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Symphony No. 7 in A major Opus 92
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; Riccardo Chailly, conductor
9:40 a.m.
Lili Boulanger
Nocturne
Janine Jansen, violin; Itamar Golan, piano
9:45 a.m.
Leos Janacek
Suite (Serenade) Opus 3
Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra; Libor Pesek, conductor
10:00 a.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage Overture Opus 27
London Symphony Orchestra; Claudio Abbado, conductor
10:14 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso No. 1 in Bb major Opus 3/1 HWV 312
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor
10:24 a.m.
Ignaz Moscheles
Piano Concerto No. 7 "Pathetique" in C minor Opus 93
Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra; Howard Shelley, conductor Howard Shelley, piano
10:47 a.m.
Arnold Bax
Roscatha
Ulster Orchestra; Bryden Thomson, conductor
10:59 a.m.
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Symphony No. 5 in D major
London Philharmonic Orchestra; Adrian Boult, conductor
11:38 a.m.
Franz Schubert
Impromptu No. 2 in Eb major Opus 90/2 D 899
Maria Joao Pires, piano
11:44 a.m.
Max Bruch
Kol Nidrei Opus 47
London Symphony Orchestra; Antal Dorati, conductor Janos Starker, cello
11:55 a.m.
Carl Nielsen
Masquerade Overture
San Francisco Symphony; Herbert Blomstedt, conductor
12:01 p.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Capriccio Italien Opus 45
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor
12:17 p.m.
Alexander Glazunov
Symphony No. 4: II. Scherzo in Eb major Opus 48
BBC Welsh Symphony Orchestra; Tadaaki Otaka, conductor
12:24 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major K 467
English Chamber Orchestra; Jeffrey Tate, conductor Mitsuko Uchida, piano
12:53 p.m.
Johann Nepomuk Hummel
Concerto for Mandolin: III. Rondo in G major
Il Giardino Armonico; Giovanni Antonini, conductor Avi Avital, mandolin
12:59 p.m.
Johannes Brahms
String Quintet No. 1: I. Allegro non troppo ma con brio in F major Opus 88
Takacs Quartet Lawrence Power, viola
1:10 p.m.
Maurice Ravel
Rhapsodie espagnole
Cleveland Orchestra; Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor
1:26 p.m.
Jean Sibelius
Symphony No. 7 in C major Opus 105
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
1:48 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Violin Concerto: III. Rondo - Allegro in D major Opus 61
The Knights; Eric Jacobsen, conductor Gil Shaham, violin
2:00 p.m.
Sergei Bortkiewicz
Piano Concerto No. 1 in Bb major Opus 16
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra; Jerzy Maksymiuk, conductor Stephen Coombs, piano
2:36 p.m.
Gabriel Faure
Pavane Opus 50
Seattle Symphony; Ludovic Morlot, conductor
2:43 p.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto for eleven instruments in C major RV 555
Europa Galante; Fabio Biondi, conductor
2:53 p.m.
Dag Wiren
Concert Overture No. 2 Opus 16
Norrkoping Symphony Orchestra; Thomas Dausgaard, conductor
2:59 p.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso No. 9 in F major Opus 6/9 HWV 327
Handel & Haydn Society; Christopher Hogwood, conductor
3:14 p.m.
Francesco Tristano
On John Bull's Galliard In D
Basel Chamber Orchestra; Irene Delgado-Jimenez, conductor Francesco Tristano, piano
3:18 p.m.
Koji Kondo
The Legend of Zelda Suite
London Philharmonic Orchestra
3:23 p.m.
Franz Krommer
Concerto for two clarinets in Eb major Opus 91
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Kenneth Sillito, conductor Sabine Meyer, clarinet; Julian Bliss, clarinet
3:48 p.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
Africa-Fantasie Opus 89
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Andre Previn, conductor Jean-Philippe Collard, piano
4:00 p.m.
Alexander Borodin
PRINCE IGOR Overture
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
4:11 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Flute Concerto No. 1 in G major K 313
Berlin Philharmonic; Claudio Abbado, conductor Emmanuel Pahud, flute
4:37 p.m.
Zoltan Kodaly
Marosszek Dances
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor
4:51 p.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto No. 1 for four violins and orchestra in D major Opus 3 RV 549
Tafelmusik; Jeanne Lamon, conductor Members of...
5:00 p.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
DER FREISCHUTZ: Overture Opus 77 J 277
Tapiola Sinfonietta; Jean Jacques Kantorow, conductor
5:09 p.m.
John Field
Piano Concerto No. 2 in Ab major
Scottish Chamber Orchestra; Charles Mackerras, conductor John O'Conor, piano
5:43 p.m.
Johannes Brahms
Symphony No. 4: IV. Allegro energico e passionato in E minor Opus 98
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; Riccardo Chailly, conductor
5:53 p.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Sleeping Beauty: Polonaise from Act III
London Symphony Orchestra; Andre Previn, conductor
5:59 p.m.
Ethel Smyth
String Quintet in E major Opus 1
Mannheim String Quartet
6:26 p.m.
Alexander Scriabin
Symphony No. 4 "The Poem of Ecstasy" Opus 54
Cleveland Orchestra; Lorin Maazel, conductor
6:46 p.m.
Enrique Granados
Danzas espanolas No. 12 "Arabesca"
Angel Romero, guitar; Celedonio Romero, guitar
6:53 p.m.
Marie Awadis
Etude No. 8: Through the Window
Marie Awadis, piano
