Classical Music Playlist, October 10, 2022
Born in Caracas, Venezuela and moved with his family to Paris at age three, Reynaldo Hahn was a child prodigy who made his début at age six singing arias to his own piano accompaniment in the salon of Princess Mathilde. By age eight he began writing his own songs (for which he is perhaps now best known), and at age eleven enrolled at the Paris Conservatory where his teachers and mentors included Jules Massenet, Charles Gounod, Camille Saint-Saëns and others. In 1894 as a gay man he met and was the partner of Marcel Proust for some time who deepened Hahn’s appreciation of poetry (which helped him to write his songs), and Proust once wrote that “Everything I have ever done has always been thanks to Reynaldo.” Hahn was well connected with famous figures of the Belle Époque and became equally famous in Parisian society especially between the world wars as a prolific composer of over 380 works in many genres, a conductor (especially of Mozart), music critic, author, biographer, theater director, voice teacher, and singer. Yet during his time Hahn was also the victim of thinly veiled homophobia such as in a review that said his 1898 opera L’Île du rêve suffered from an “effeminate limpness” outside its few “virile” moments.” And in WWII was subject to antisemitism when a Parisian presentation of his operetta Ciboulette was canceled due to his Jewish ancestry and the rest of his music banned. Though Reynaldo Hahn was one of the most diverse, renowned, prolific and highly awarded men of his day, after his death in 1947 his music fell into oblivion (perhaps partly his own fault for having such wide interests outside music) and only now is enjoying a revival. With that in mind we offer Hahn’s 1921 Piano Quintet - that has been called equal in standing to similar works by Mozart, Schumann, Brahms, Dvořák, and Fauré - as today’s Midday Masterpiece at 2:00 pm.
6:00 a.m.
Arcangelo Corelli
Concerto Grosso No. 2 in F major Opus 6
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra; Christopher Hogwood, conductor
6:09 a.m.
Jan Dussek
Piano Concerto in Eb major Opus 70
Ulster Orchestra; Howard Shelley, conductor Howard Shelley, piano
6:41 a.m.
Arvo Part
Fratres ("Brothers")
Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra; Jeffrey Kahane, conductor Margaret Batjer, violin
6:53 a.m.
Louis Moreau Gottschalk
Home Sweet Home
Alan Feinberg, piano
7:00 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
Water Music Suite No. 2 in D major HWV 349
Orchestra of St. Luke's; Charles Mackerras, conductor
7:12 a.m.
Joseph Kraus
Concerto for viola and cello in G major VB 153a
Tapiola Sinfonietta David Aaron Carpenter, viola; Riitta Pesola, cello
7:37 a.m.
Henriette Renie
Ballade Fantastique
Xavier de Maistre, harp
7:47 a.m.
Jean Sibelius
Andante Festivo
English String Orchestra; William Boughton, conductor
7:52 a.m.
Frederic Chopin
Prelude No. 15 "Raindrop" in Db major Opus 28
Jorge Bolet, piano
8:00 a.m.
Wilhelm Stenhammar
Excelsior! Opus 13
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
8:13 a.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Symphony No. 1 in C major Opus 21
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; Riccardo Chailly, conductor
8:37 a.m.
Joe Hisaishi
Princess Mononoke Suite (from Princess Mononoke)
New Japan World Dream Orchestra; Joe Hisaishi, conductor Joe Hisaishi, piano
8:47 a.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
Romance Opus 67
NDR Symphony Orchestra of Hamburg; Christoph Eschenbach, conductor Steven Isserlis, cello
8:55 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Fugue "Little Fugue" in G minor BWV 578
Canadian Brass
9:00 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
9:22 a.m.
Teresa Carreno
Un reve en mer A dream at sea
Sarah Cahill, piano
9:29 a.m.
Dustin O'Halloran
Opus 17 (String Quartet Version)
Siggi String Quartet; Gustavo Dudamel, conductor Vikingur Olafsson, piano
9:42 a.m.
Mary Youngblood
Misty Rain
Mary Youngblood, native flute; Tom Wasinger, guitar
9:47 a.m.
Jose Moncayo
Sinfonietta
Mexico National Symphony Orchestra; Enrique Arturo Diemecke, conductor
10:00 a.m.
Edward Elgar
Serenade for string orchestra in E minor Opus 20
Rotterdam Chamber Orchestra; Conrad van Alphen, conductor
10:11 a.m.
Robert Schumann
Piano Concerto: II. Intermezzo in A minor Opus 54
San Francisco Ballet Orchestra; Martin West, conductor Lara Downes, piano
10:18 a.m.
George Phillip Telemann
Suite in D major TWV 55:D19
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor
10:44 a.m.
Max Richter
On the Nature of Daylight
Max Richter Orchestra; Lorenz Dangel, conductor
10:52 a.m.
Maurice Ravel
Pavane for a Dead Princess (Pavane Pour Une Infante Defunte)
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor
11:00 a.m.
Johannes Brahms
Hungarian Dance No. 6 in D major
Cincinnati Pops; Erich Kunzel, conductor
11:04 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major K 488
Academy of Ancient Music; Christopher Hogwood, conductor Robert Levin, fortepiano
11:31 a.m.
ANONYMOUS
Dance of the Swans (Ballo de Cigni)
New London Consort; Philip Pickett, conductor
11:34 a.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Swan Lake: Dance of the Little Swans (Act II) Opus 20
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Georg Solti, conductor
11:36 a.m.
Gustav Holst
Suite No. 2 in F major Opus 28
North Texas Wind Symphony; Eugene Corporon, conductor
11:49 a.m.
Gioachino Rossini
Overture to The Thieving Magpie (LA GAZZA LADRA)
Chamber Orchestra of Europe; Claudio Abbado, conductor
12:00 p.m.
Florence Price
Symphony No. 1 in E minor
Philadelphia Orchestra; Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor
12:41 p.m.
Luigi Boccherini
Quintet for guitar and strings No. 4: III. Fandango in D major G 448
Pacifica Quartet Sharon Isbin, guitar
12:49 p.m.
Francesco Tristano
On John Bull's Galliard In D
Francesco Tristano, piano
12:54 p.m.
Dmitri Shostakovich
The Gadfly: Romance Opus 97
Detroit Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor Emmanuelle Boisvert, violin
1:01 p.m.
Arcangelo Corelli
Concerto Grosso No. 12 in F major Opus 6
Musica Amphion; Pieter-Jan Belder, conductor
1:13 p.m.
R. Carlos Nakai
Passages: II. We All Dance
R. Carlos Nakai, Native American flute; Luis Engelke, trumpet; William Eaton, harp guitar; Will Clipman, percussion
1:20 p.m.
Joseph Wolfl
Piano Concerto No. 6 "The Cuckoo" Opus 49
S. W. German Radio Symphony Orchestra; Johannes Moesus, conductor Yorck Kronenberg, piano
1:38 p.m.
Ernest Chausson
Viviane Opus 5
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor
1:52 p.m.
Edvard Grieg
String Quartet No. 1: III. Intermezzo in G minor Opus 27
Guarneri Quartet
2:00 p.m.
Reynaldo Hahn
Quintet for strings and piano in F# minor
Parisii Quartet Alexandre Tharaud, piano
2:27 p.m.
Willem De Fesch
Concerto No. 5 in C minor Opus 5
Musica Ad Rhenum
2:37 p.m.
Max Richter
Summer
Berlin Chamber Orchestra; Andre de Ridder, conductor Daniel Hope, violin; Max Richter, moog synthesizer
2:52 p.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Sleeping Beauty: Polonaise from Act III
London Symphony Orchestra; Andre Previn, conductor
2:58 p.m.
Franz Schubert
Symphony No. 8 "Unfinished" in B minor D 759
Swedish Chamber Orchestra; Thomas Dausgaard, conductor
3:20 p.m.
Adolphus Hailstork
Fanfare on Amazing Grace
Virginia Symphony Orchestra; JoAnn Falletta, conductor
3:25 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Symphony No. 9 "From the New World": I. Adagio - Allegro molto in E minor Opus 95
Los Angeles Philharmonic; Gustavo Dudamel, conductor
3:38 p.m.
Alexander Borodin
PRINCE IGOR: Polovetsian Dances
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra; Robert Shaw, conductor Atlanta Symphony Chorus; Robert Shaw Festival Singers
3:51 p.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Violin Concerto, Op. 3, No. 6 in A minor Opus 3/6 RV 356
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor Simon Standage, violin
4:00 p.m.
Robert Schumann
Concertpiece for 4 horns & orchestra: I. Lebhaft in F major Opus 86
Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor Members of...
4:08 p.m.
Josef Suk
Fantastic Scherzo Opus 25
Buffalo Philharmonic; JoAnn Falletta, conductor
4:24 p.m.
George Phillip Telemann
Tafelmusik I: Concerto for flute, violin & strings in A major
Musica Antiqua Koln; Reinhardt Goebel, conductor
4:49 p.m.
Georges Bizet
CARMEN: Toreador song
London Symphony Orchestra; Neville Marriner, conductor
4:54 p.m.
Florence Price
Fantasie Negre No. 4
Lara Downes, piano
5:00 p.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Athalia: March of the Priests Opus 74
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Christoph Von Dohnanyi, conductor
5:06 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 17 in G major K 453
Norwegian Chamber Orchestra; Leif Ove Andsnes, conductor Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
5:36 p.m.
John Mackey
Kingfishers Catch Fire
North Texas Wind Symphony; Eugene Corporon, conductor
5:43 p.m.
Valerie Coleman
Portraits of Langston: V. Jazz Band in a Parisian Cabaret
McGill/McHale Trio Demarre McGill, flute; Anthony McGill, clarinet; Michael McHale, piano
5:48 p.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto for 2 mandolins in G major RV 532
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor James Tyler, mandolin; Robin Jeffrey, mandolin
5:59 p.m.
Franz Schubert
String Quartet No. 13 "Rosamunde" in A minor Opus 29 D 804
Emerson String Quartet
6:33 p.m.
Johann Strauss, Jr.
Morning Papers Opus 279 (Morgenblatter)
Vienna State Opera Orchestra; Franz Bauer-Theussl, conductor
6:45 p.m.
R. Carlos Nakai
Winter Solstice
R. Carlos Nakai, Native American flute
6:51 p.m.
Andres Segovia
Study Without Light (Estudio sin luz)
Jason Vieaux, guitar
6:54 p.m.
Scott Joplin
Gladiolus Rag
Lara Downes, piano
