Classical Music Playlist, June 13, 2022
Just after the First World War, English composer Edward Elgar was in uncomfortable conditions. The war had distressed him terribly; he was financially stressed and had lost dear friends. He had been suffering throat problems and in early 1918 had an infected tonsil removed. Soon after, Elgar and his wife Alice, who had also been suffering health problems, moved to the English countryside where he worked in a small studio separate from the cottage they rented. He took walks in the woods and heartily chopped firewood. In this environment he composed a number of notable chamber works which Alice noted was all splendid music with a new focus and rejuvenated imagination. His Piano Quintet in A-minor came from this period and, though partly expressing a fresh view of life in the relaxed countryside, the music retains echoes of the sadness. Edward Elgar’s 1919 Piano Quintet in A-minor is today’s Midday Masterpiece at 2:00 pm.
6:00 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Cello Concerto in D minor RV 407
Europa Galante Maurizio Naddeo, cello
6:10 a.m.
Theodor von Schacht
Clarinet Concerto in Bb major
Concerto Amsterdam; Jaap Schroder, conductor Dieter Klocker, clarinet
6:35 a.m.
Elena Ruehr
String Quartet No. 3: III. How She Danced
Cypress String Quartet
6:41 a.m.
Fanny Mendelssohn
Piano Sonata in C minor in C minor
Betty Ann Miller, piano
6:59 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso No. 1 in Bb major Opus 3/1 HWV 312
Musicians of the Louvre; Marc Minkowski, conductor
7:11 a.m.
Kurt Atterberg
Symphony No. 4 "Sinfonia piccola" in G minor Opus 14
Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra; Ari Rasilainen, conductor
7:33 a.m.
John Adson
Courtly Masquing Air
The American Brass Quintet
7:34 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Fugue "Little Fugue" in G minor BWV 578
Canadian Brass
7:38 a.m.
Ferdinand David
Bassoon Concertino in Bb major Opus 12
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor Klaus Thunemann, bassoon
7:48 a.m.
Benjamin Britten
Soirees musicales (Suite after Rossini) Opus 9
Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra; Okko Kamu, conductor
8:00 a.m.
Gustav Holst
Suite No. 1 in Eb major Opus 28
North Texas Wind Symphony; Eugene Corporon, conductor
8:13 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 29 in A major K 201
English Baroque Soloists; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
8:38 a.m.
Gabriela Lena Frank
Four Folk Songs: III. Serenata
Claremont Trio
8:44 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Slavonic Dance No. 7 in C major Opus 72
Cleveland Orchestra; Christoph Von Dohnanyi, conductor
8:48 a.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Violin Concerto: III. Rondo - Allegro in D major Opus 61
Concertgebouw Orchestra; Bernard Haitink, conductor Henryk Szeryng, violin
9:00 a.m.
Aaron Copland
Rodeo
San Francisco Symphony; Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
9:20 a.m.
Robert Schumann
Widmung (Dedication) Opus 25
Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano
9:23 a.m.
Giuseppe Tartini
Violin Concerto in D major D 34
Orfeo Orchestra; Gyorgy Vashegyi, conductor Laszlo Paulik, violin
9:41 a.m.
Carlos Chavez
Chapultepec Republican Overture
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Enrique Batiz, conductor
9:48 a.m.
Claude Debussy
Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun
Berlin Philharmonic; Herbert von Karajan, conductor
10:00 a.m.
Johannes Brahms
Piano Sonata No. 1: IV. Finale in C major Opus 1
Norman Krieger, piano
10:08 a.m.
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Symphony No. 1 "Sea Symphony": III. (Scherzo) The Waves
BBC Symphony Orchestra; Leonard Slatkin, conductor BBC Symphony Chorus; Philharmonia Chorus
10:16 a.m.
Juventino Rosas
Over the Waves (Sobre las olas)
Philharmonic Orchestra of the Americas; Alondra de la Parra, conductor
10:23 a.m.
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
Cello Concerto in A major Wq 172 / H 439
Bournemouth Sinfonietta; Richard Studt, conductor Timothy Hugh, cello
10:44 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Concerto for oboe and violin in C minor BWV 1060
Tafelmusik; Jeanne Lamon, conductor John Abberger, oboe
10:59 a.m.
Vincent d'Indy
Symphony on a French Mountain Air
Boston Symphony Orchestra; Charles Munch, conductor Nicole Henriot-Schweitzer, piano
11:25 a.m.
Luigi Cherubini
MEDEA: Overture
Munich Radio Orchestra; Kurt Redel, conductor
11:35 a.m.
George Phillip Telemann
Suite "The Hunt" (La Chasse) in F major
Berlin Academy of Ancient Music
11:49 a.m.
Alfonso Montes
Milonga in the Style of Piazzolla (Milonga a Piazzolla)
Castellani Andriaccio Duo
11:54 a.m.
Frederic Chopin
Impromptu No. 1 in Ab major Opus 29
Garrick Ohlsson, piano
11:59 a.m.
Maurice Ravel
Introduction and Allegro
Tokyo String Quartet Nancy Allen, harp; Ransom Wilson, flute; David Shifrin, clarinet
12:11 p.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Suite No. 2 in C major Opus 53
Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra; Neville Marriner, conductor
12:47 p.m.
Vincenzo Bellini
Vaga luna che inargenti
Luciano Pavarotti, tenor
12:51 p.m.
Johannes Brahms
Violin Concerto: III. Allegro Giocoso in D major Opus 77
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Leonard Bernstein, conductor Gidon Kremer, violin
1:00 p.m.
Wilhelm Peterson-Berger
Frosoblomster, Suite No. 1 (The Flowers of Froso)
Norrkoping Symphony Orchestra; Michail Jurowski, conductor
1:18 p.m.
Carlos Chavez
Symphony No. 2 "Sinfonia India"
State of Mexico Symphony; Enrique Batiz, conductor
1:31 p.m.
Francesco Geminiani
Concerto Grosso No. 2 in D minor Opus 7/2
La Petite Bande; Sigiswald Kuijken, conductor
1:41 p.m.
Amy Beach
Romance (1893) in D major Opus 23
Tasmin Little, violin; John Lenehan, piano
1:49 p.m.
Ottorino Respighi
Church Windows: IV. Saint Gregory the Great
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra; Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor
2:00 p.m.
Edward Elgar
Piano Quintet in A minor Opus 84
Coull Quartet Allan Schiller, piano
2:38 p.m.
Adam Larrabee
24 Preludes for Banjo: No. 9 "Cakewalk" in Ab major
John Bullard, banjo
2:42 p.m.
Louise Farrenc
Symphony No. 3: II. Adagio cantabile in G minor Opus 36
North German Radio Symphony; Johannes Goritzki, conductor
2:52 p.m.
Jean Sibelius
Presto for string orchestra
Tapiola Sinfonietta; Tuomas Ollila, conductor
2:59 p.m.
Robert Schumann
Symphony No. 2 in C major Opus 61
Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
3:37 p.m.
Adolfo Mejia
Bambuco en mi in E minor Bambuco in e minor
Jose Antonio Escobar, guitar
3:42 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...
3:50 p.m.
Samuel Barber
Adagio for Strings Opus 11
Kronos Quartet
3:59 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 21: I. Allegro in C major K 467
English Chamber Orchestra; Jeffrey Tate, conductor Mitsuko Uchida, piano
4:15 p.m.
Johannes Brahms
Symphony No. 1: IV. Finale in C minor Opus 68
Berlin Philharmonic; Herbert von Karajan, conductor
4:33 p.m.
Bengt Hallberg
Blacksmith's Tune
Scandinavian Brass Ensemble; Jorma Panula, conductor
4:39 p.m.
George Phillip Telemann
Oboe Concerto in F minor TWV 51:d1
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Iona Brown, conductor Heinz Holliger, oboe
4:48 p.m.
Scott Joplin
The Entertainer
Lara Downes, piano
4:51 p.m.
William Schuman
New England Triptych: Chester
The President's Own U.S. Marine Band; Lt. Col. Jason K. Fettig, conductor
4:58 p.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
EURYANTHE Overture Opus 81 J 291
Hanover Band; Roy Goodman, conductor
5:09 p.m.
Andrew York
Quiccan
Aquarelle Guitar Quartet
5:16 p.m.
Jan Dussek
Piano Concerto in Eb major Opus 70
Ulster Orchestra; Howard Shelley, conductor Howard Shelley, piano
5:47 p.m.
Arcangelo Corelli
Trumpet Sonata in D major
Philharmonia Orchestra; Simon Wright, conductor John Wallace, trumpet
5:53 p.m.
Cecile Chaminade
Concert Etudes: Automne Opus 35
Joanne Polk, piano
6:00 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Symphony No. 4 in Bb major Opus 60
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic; Charles Mackerras, conductor
6:32 p.m.
Reinhold Gliere
Concert Waltz Opus 90
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Vassily Sinaisky, conductor
6:38 p.m.
John Barry
Out Of Africa
La Pieta; Angele Dubeau, conductor Angele Dubeau, violin
6:42 p.m.
Enrique Granados
Danzas espanolas No. 3 "Zarabanda" Opus 37/3
Jean-Francois Heisser, piano
6:47 p.m.
Reena Esmail
When The Guitar
Conspirare; Craig Hella Johnson, conductor Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
6:54 p.m.
Steve Reich
Electric Counterpoint: Third Movement
Valerie Milot, harp
