Classical Music Playlist, January 10, 2022
Felix Mendelssohn loved Italy when he toured through Europe. About that time, the Philharmonic Society in London commissioned him to write a symphony which he began composing in Rome. The result was his Symphony #4, which he titled the “Italian” Symphony. Even the slow movement is more like a respectful pause to watch a street procession rather than anything particularly somber, and he included lively and tuneful traditional Italian dances in the final movement. It’s today’s Midday Masterpiece at 2:00 pm.
6:00 a.m.
Johann Christian Bach
Keyboard Concerto in D major Opus 7/3
Hamburg Camerata; Ralf Gothoni, conductor Anastasia Injushina, piano
6:11 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso "Alexander's Feast" in C major HWV 318
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor
6:25 a.m.
Angelica Negron
Sueno Recurrente
Lara Downes, piano
6:29 a.m.
Joaquin Rodrigo
Concierto para una fiesta
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Sachio Fujioka, conductor Craig Ogden, guitar
6:59 a.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
SAMSON ET DELILA: Grande fantasie
London Philharmonic Orchestra; Geoffrey Simon, conductor
7:15 a.m.
Benjamin Godard
JOCELYN: Berceuse
Eroica Trio
7:22 a.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Sleeping Beauty Suite Opus 66
Philadelphia Orchestra; Riccardo Muti, conductor
7:44 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Bassoon Concerto No. 34 in C major RV 471
I Musici Klaus Thunemann, bassoon
7:55 a.m.
Yosef Hadar
Evening of Roses
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; Mirga Grazinyte-Tyla, conductor Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello
7:59 a.m.
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Piano Concerto No. 2: III. Allegro Scherzando in C minor
San Francisco Symphony; Edo de Waart, conductor Zoltan Kocsis, piano
8:13 a.m.
Franz Liszt
Hungarian Rhapsody No. 1 in F minor
London Symphony Orchestra; Antal Dorati, conductor
8:25 a.m.
Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach
Symphony No. 20 in Bb major HW 1/20
New Bach Collegium Musicum; Burkhard Glaetzner, conductor
8:49 a.m.
Rebecca Clarke
Morpheus
Philip Dukes, viola; Sophia Rahman, piano
8:57 a.m.
Tan Dun
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: The Eternal Vow
Shanghai Symphony Orchestra; Tan Dun, conductor Yo Yo Ma, cello
9:01 a.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Symphony No. 2 in D major Opus 36
Cleveland Orchestra; Christoph Von Dohnanyi, conductor
9:34 a.m.
Enrique Granados
Danzas espanolas No. 2 "Oriental" Opus 37/2
David Hopman, guitar; Valerie Pettys, flute; Debra Johnson, flute
9:41 a.m.
Giuseppe Torelli
Trumpet Sonata No. 4 in D major G 5
English Chamber Orchestra; Anthony Newman, conductor Wynton Marsalis, trumpet
9:46 a.m.
Philip Glass
Orphee Suite: III. Journey to the Underworld
Nicolas Horvath, piano
9:50 a.m.
Johann Strauss, Jr.
Blue Danube Waltz Opus 314
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Fritz Reiner, conductor
10:00 a.m.
Florence Price
Symphony No. 1: I. Allegro ma non troppo in E minor
Fort Smith Symphony; John Jeter, conductor
10:17 a.m.
Saverio Mercadante
Flute Concerto in G major
Sinfonia Finlandia (Jyvaskyla); Patrick Gallois, conductor Patrick Gallois, flute
10:34 a.m.
Claudio Monteverdi
Vespers of 1610: Laudate Pueri
Boston Baroque; Martin Pearlman, conductor And various soloists
10:41 a.m.
Emmanuel Chabrier
Espana (Spanish Rhapsodie)
Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra; Herve Niquet, conductor
10:49 a.m.
Amy Beach
FOUR SKETCHES: Phantoms/Dreaming
Anna Shelest, piano
10:57 a.m.
Luigi Boccherini
Symphony in A major Opus 35/3 G 511
Ensemble 415; Chiara Banchini, conductor
11:14 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Oboe Concerto in D minor BWV 1059
Chamber Orchestra of Europe Douglas Boyd, oboe
11:27 a.m.
Gabriel Faure
Masques and Bergamasques Opus 112
Seattle Symphony; Ludovic Morlot, conductor
11:42 a.m.
Arvo Part
Mirror in the Mirror (Spiegel im Spiegel)
Vladimir Spivakov, violin; Sergei Bezrodny, piano
11:53 a.m.
George Melachrino
Les Jeux (Games)
Royal Ballet Sinfonia; David Lloyd-Jones, conductor
11:59 a.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Swan Lake: Act I: Waltz Opus 20
Russian National Orchestra; Mikhail Pletnev, conductor
12:07 p.m.
Giovanni Paisiello
Piano Concerto No. 8 in F major
Saint Cecilia Chamber Orchestra; Pietro Spada, conductor Pietro Spada, piano
12:36 p.m.
Max Richter
In the Garden
La Pieta Angele Dubeau, violin
12:42 p.m.
Enrique Granados
Danzas espanolas No. 12 "Arabesca"
New Pro Arte Guitar Trio
12:48 p.m.
Amilcare Ponchielli
LA GIOCONDA: Dance of the Hours
Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra; Ondrej Lenard, conductor
12:58 p.m.
Maurice Ravel
Sonatine
Heidi Lowy, piano
1:10 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Symphony No. 5 in C minor Opus 67
Dallas Symphony Orchestra; Jaap van Zweden, conductor
1:41 p.m.
Samuel Scheidt
Canzona Bergamasca
German Brass; Enrique Crespo, conductor
1:45 p.m.
Heitor Villa-Lobos
Choros No. 5: Alma Brasileira
Assad Brothers Sergio Assad, guitar; Odair Assad, guitar
1:51 p.m.
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Vocalise Opus 34/14
Moscow Chamber Orchestra; Constantine Orbelian, conductor Nina Kotova, cello
2:00 p.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Symphony No. 4 "Italian" in A major Opus 90
Bergen Philharmonic; Andrew Litton, conductor
2:28 p.m.
Samuel Barber
Sonata for Cello and Piano: II. Adagio
Jonah Kim, cello; Sean Kennard, piano
2:35 p.m.
George Friederich Handel
XERXES: Largo: "Ombra Mai Fu"
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor Dmitri Hvorostovsky, baritone
2:40 p.m.
Ernesto Lecuona
Andalucia Suite
Richard Cionco, piano
3:00 p.m.
Robert Schumann
Symphony No. 3 "Rhenish" in Eb major Opus 97
Robert Schumann Philharmonic; Frank Beermann, conductor
3:30 p.m.
Agustin Barrios
Aconquija
Eliot Fisk, guitar
3:35 p.m.
Carl Fasch
Concerto for trumpet, oboe d'amore and violin in E major
Philharmonia Orchestra John Wallace, trumpet; John Anderson, oboe d'amore; Peter Thomas, violin
3:50 p.m.
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
TSAR SALTAN: Flight of the Bumblebee
Olga Kern, piano
3:52 p.m.
Gabriel Faure
Pavane Opus 50
San Francisco Symphony; Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
4:00 p.m.
Darius Milhaud
Suite Provencale Opus 152
Detroit Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
4:15 p.m.
Franz Liszt
Hungarian Fantasy
London Symphony Orchestra; Jun'ichi Hirokami, conductor Barry Douglas, piano
4:31 p.m.
Gustav Holst
The Planets: Mercury, the Winged Messenger Opus 32
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Andre Previn, conductor
4:36 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 40: I. Molto Allegro in G minor K 550
Chamber Orchestra of Europe; Georg Solti, conductor
4:45 p.m.
Libby Larsen
White Pieces: White Piece Nos. 2, 3
Nicholas Phillips, piano
4:50 p.m.
William Grant Still
Africa: II. Land of Romance
Lara Downes, piano
4:58 p.m.
Theodor von Schacht
Clarinet Concerto in Bb major
Concerto Amsterdam; Jaap Schroder, conductor Dieter Klocker, clarinet
5:24 p.m.
Pat Metheny
Road to the Sun: Part 1
Los Angeles Guitar Quartet Pat Metheny, guitar
5:29 p.m.
Anton Arensky
Piano Quintet: Scherzo Opus 51
Ying Quartet Adam Neiman, piano
5:39 p.m.
George Phillip Telemann
Tafelmusik III: concerto for horns, strings and continuo in Eb major
Musica Antiqua Koln; Reinhardt Goebel, conductor
5:55 p.m.
Caroline Shaw
Plan and Elevation: IV. The Orangery
Attacca Quartet
5:58 p.m.
Edvard Grieg
Norwegian Dances Opus 35
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; Paavo Berglund, conductor
6:29 p.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Flute Concerto No. 3 "The Goldfinch" (Il Gardellino) in D major Opus 10 RV 428
Vituosi di Roma; Renato Fasano, conductor Pasquale Rispoli, flute
6:41 p.m.
William Bolcom
Fields of Flowers
Spencer Meyer, piano
6:44 p.m.
Dave Brubeck
Five Pieces from Two-Part Adventures
John Salmon, piano
6:51 p.m.
Franz Lehar
THE MERRY WIDOW: Ballsirenen
Vienna Johann Strauss Orchestra; Willi Boskovsky, conductor
