Classical Music Playlist, December 22, 2021
Itzhak Perlman | photo: Drew Gurian
Max Bruch dedicated his Violin Concerto #2 to one of the great violinists of the day: Pablo de Sarasate. A great violinist of today, Itzhak Perlman, performs the Concerto for today’s Midday Masterpiece at 2:00 pm.
6:00 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Violin Concerto No. 2 in E major BWV 1042
Berlin Philharmonic Nigel Kennedy, violin
6:18 a.m.
August Soderman
Concert Overture in F major
Norrlands Opera Symphony Orchestra; Roy Goodman, conductor
6:27 a.m.
TRADITIONAL
A Wassail Suite
Waverly Consort; Michael Jaffee, conductor
6:37 a.m.
Franz Danzi
Sinfonia Concertante for Flute, Clarinet, & Orchestra in Bb major Opus 41
Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra; Allen Tinkham, conductor Anthony McGill, clarinet; Demarre McGill, flute
6:59 a.m.
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Piano Concerto No. 1 - first movement in F# minor Opus 1
San Francisco Symphony; Edo de Waart, conductor Zoltan Kocsis, piano
7:13 a.m.
Steven Sametz
3 Mystical Choruses: No. 1. Nino de Rosas
Seraphic Fire; Patrick Dupre Quigley, conductor
7:19 a.m.
Johann Christian Bach
Sinfonia Concertante in Eb major
Camerata Budapest; Hanspeter Gmur, conductor
7:41 a.m.
George Butterworth
Banks of Green Willow
English Symphony Orchestra; William Boughton, conductor
7:48 a.m.
Michel Corrette
Symphonie des noels No. 4 in D minor
Arion
7:59 a.m.
Claude Debussy
Suite for Piano (Pour le Piano suite)
Georges Pludermacher, piano
8:14 a.m.
Thomas Arne
Symphony No. 2 in F major
Cantilena; Adrian Shepherd, conductor
8:25 a.m.
Gioachino Rossini
THE BARBER OF SEVILLE: Overture (IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA)
State of Mexico Symphony; Enrique Batiz, conductor
8:45 a.m.
Ola Gjeilo
Ecce Novum
The Choir of Royal Holloway; 12 Ensemble; Rupert Gough, conductor Ola Gjeilo, piano
8:50 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
THE MAGIC FLUTE: Overture (Die Zauberflote) K 620
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor
8:58 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
ALMINA: 3 Trios
New York Chamber Musicians (New York Kammermusiker); Ilonna Pederson, conductor
9:03 a.m.
Edward Elgar
Cello Concerto in E minor Opus 85
Moscow Philharmonic; Ghennady Rozhdestvensky, conductor Mstislav Rostropovich, cello
9:28 a.m.
Aaron Copland
Outdoor Overture
Cincinnati Pops; Erich Kunzel, conductor
9:38 a.m.
Louis Moreau Gottschalk
Grand Tarantelle for Two Pianos Opus 67/5
Alan Marks, piano; Nerine Barrett, piano
9:44 a.m.
Richard Addinsell
A Christmas Carol (music from the 1951 film)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; David Newman, conductor Ambrosian Singers
10:00 a.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Symphony No. 4 in Bb major Opus 60
Minnesota Orchestra; Osmo Vanska, conductor
10:34 a.m.
Marin Marais
Suite for oboe, violin and continuo in Bb major
Musica Pacifica
10:48 a.m.
TRADITIONAL
I Wonder As I Wander
Yolanda Kondonassis, harp
10:52 a.m.
Joaquin Turina
The Bullfighter's Prayer Opus 34
Pacifica Quartet Sharon Isbin, guitar
11:01 a.m.
Michael Torke
Bright Blue Music
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra; David Zinman, conductor
11:11 a.m.
Vincent d'Indy
Symphony on a French Mountain Air Opus 25
L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande; Marek Janowski, conductor Martin Helmchen, piano
11:37 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Motet: Come, Jesus, come (Komm, Jesu, komm) BWV 229
Taverner Players; Andrew Parrott, conductor Taverner Choir
11:47 a.m.
Giuseppe Verdi
LA FORZA DEL DESTINO Overture
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Edward Downes, conductor
11:57 a.m.
Carlos Rafael Rivera
Cancion
Denis Azabagic, guitar
1:00 p.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Suite No. 4 "Mozartiana" in G major Opus 61
Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra; Neville Marriner, conductor
1:25 p.m.
Hubert Parry
Jerusalem
Steven Isserlis, cello; Connie Shih, piano
1:29 p.m.
Jose Moncayo
Sinfonietta
Mexico National Symphony Orchestra; Enrique Arturo Diemecke, conductor
1:41 p.m.
TRADITIONAL
Christmas Joy (Suite of Carols)
University of British Columbia Singers; Bruce Pullan, conductor
1:54 p.m.
Valentin Silvestrov
Symphony No. 9 "From the New World": II. Largo in E minor Opus 95
Los Angeles Philharmonic; Gustavo Dudamel, conductor Konstantin Krimmel, baritone; Helene Grimaud, piano
2:00 p.m.
Max Bruch
Violin Concerto No. 2 in D minor Opus 44
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra; Zubin Mehta, conductor Itzhak Perlman, violin
2:24 p.m.
Agustin Barrios
Danza Paraguaya No. 1
David Russell, guitar
2:27 p.m.
Arcangelo Corelli
Concerto Grosso No. 12 in F major Opus 6
I Musici
2:48 p.m.
Leroy Anderson
Christmas Festival
Boston Pops Orchestra; John Williams, conductor
2:59 p.m.
Isaac Albeniz
Rapsodie Espagnola (Spanish Rhapsody)
Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra; Hans Graf, conductor Angela Cheng, piano
3:17 p.m.
Cecile Chaminade
Les Sylvains Opus 60
Joanne Polk, piano
3:22 p.m.
William Grant Still
Whippoorwill's Shoes from Wood Notes
Fort Smith Symphony; John Jeter, conductor
3:25 p.m.
Massimo Paris
Christmas Suite
Los Romeros; Concerto Malaga
3:48 p.m.
George Phillip Telemann
Concerto for flute, strings and continuo in G major
Berlin Baroque Soloists; Rainer Kussmaul, conductor Emmanuel Pahud, flute
3:58 p.m.
Frederic Chopin
Piano Concerto No. 2: I. Maestoso in F minor Opus 21
Mahler Chamber Orchestra; Mikhail Pletnev, conductor Daniil Trifonov, piano
4:15 p.m.
James Lord Pierpont
Jingle Bells
United States Coast Guard Band; Lt. Kenneth W. Megan, conductor
4:20 p.m.
Dmitri Shostakovich
Prelude and Fugue No. 24 in d minorminor
Wei Luo, piano
4:32 p.m.
Charles Stanford
Irish Rhapsody No. 5
Ulster Orchestra; Vernon Handley, conductor
4:48 p.m.
Jonathan Leshnoff
Guitar Concerto: III. Lively (Finale)
The Nashville Symphony; Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor Jason Vieaux, guitar
4:58 p.m.
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Symphony No. 3: III. Allegro in A minor Opus 44
London Philharmonic Orchestra; Osmo Vanska, conductor
5:11 p.m.
Ron Nelson
Savannah River Holiday
Eastman-Rochester Orchestra; Howard Hanson, conductor
5:35 p.m.
Cecil Sharp; Valerie Coleman, arr.
The Holly and the Ivy
Imani Winds
5:39 p.m.
Emile Waldteufel
The Skaters Waltz (Les Patineurs) Opus 183
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor
5:48 p.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso No. 1 in Bb major Opus 3/1 HWV 312
Musicians of the Louvre; Marc Minkowski, conductor
