Classical Music Playlist, August 16, 2022
With the accession of Franz Joseph to the throne of the Austrian Empire in 1848, hopes were high that he would also be crowned King of Bohemia and in the process give it some autonomy within the Empire. With hopeful nationalist spirit high in Bohemia in 1854, Czech composer Bedřich Smetana wrote his only symphony. It's a triumphant work that recognizes the Austrian Emperor with repeated quotations of a hymn that Haydn composed in 1797 that became associated with then Emperor Franz II. But when the anticipated coronation of Franz Joseph never happened (including in future years when hopes were again raised), disappointment in the Emperor led to the unpopularity of Smetana's symphony with its citations of the "Emperor" theme. In 1881, the composer made some modifications to the score and you'll hear a performance by the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra that made even more cuts to the "Festive" Symphony by Bedřich Smetana for our Midday Masterpiece today at 2:00 pm.
6:00 a.m.
Nicolas Chedeville
Sonata (from "Il Pastor Fido") in G minor The Faithful Shepherd
Paul Goodwin, oboe; Susan Sheppard, cello; John Toll, harpsichord; Nigel North, lute
6:09 a.m.
Bernhard Crusell
Clarinet Quartet No. 3 in D major Opus 7
Allegri String Quartet (members of) Thea King, clarinet
6:33 a.m.
George Gershwin
Lullaby
St. Louis Symphony Orchestra; Leonard Slatkin, conductor
6:41 a.m.
Franz Liszt
Piano Concerto No. 1 in Eb major
Dallas Symphony Orchestra; Andrew Litton, conductor Andre Watts, piano
7:01 a.m.
Jean Sibelius
Spring Song
Lahti Symphony Orchestra; Osmo Vanska, conductor
7:13 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
7:39 a.m.
Rachel Portman
Flight
La Pieta; Angele Dubeau, conductor Francine Kay, piano
7:44 a.m.
Roland Dyens
Tango En Skai (Immitation Leather Tango)
Jason Vieaux, guitar
7:47 a.m.
Florence Price
Ethiopa's Shadow in America: III. His Adaptation - A Fusion of his Native and Acquire Impulses
ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra; John Jeter, conductor
7:52 a.m.
George Phillip Telemann
Overture in D major
Berlin Academy of Ancient Music
8:00 a.m.
Frederic Chopin
Piano Concerto No. 1: III. Rondo in E minor Opus 11
Mahler Chamber Orchestra; Mikhail Pletnev, conductor Daniil Trifonov, piano
8:12 a.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 96 "Miracle" in D major
English Chamber Orchestra; Jeffrey Tate, conductor
8:36 a.m.
Jennifer Higdon
Piano Trio: I. Pale Yellow
Lincoln Trio
8:46 a.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Largo and Allegro
Residentie Orkest Den Haag; Neeme Jarvi, conductor Sharon Bezaly, flute
8:51 a.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Egmont Overture Opus 84
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Claudio Abbado, conductor
9:00 a.m.
Cecile Chaminade
Les Sylvains Opus 60
Joanne Polk, piano
9:05 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 38 "Prague" in D major K 504
London Mozart Players; Jane Glover, conductor
9:35 a.m.
Alun Hoddinott
Folksong Suite
Royal Ballet Sinfonia; Andrew Penny, conductor
9:46 a.m.
Henry Cowell
Hymn for String Orchestra
City of London Sinfonia; David Amos, conductor Karen Elaine, viola
9:51 a.m.
Fanny Mendelssohn
Schwanenlied Opus 1/1 Swan Song
Isabel Lippitz, soprano; Barbara Heller, piano
9:55 a.m.
Marin Marais
Bells of Saint Genevieve (Sonnerie de Ste. Genevive du Monte)
Les Concerts du Monde; Keith Clark, conductor
10:01 a.m.
Carl Nielsen
Symphony No. 2 "Four Temperaments" Opus 16
Royal Stockholm Philharmonic; Ghennady Rozhdestvensky, conductor
10:38 a.m.
Granville Bantock
The Sea Reivers (Hebridean Tone Poem No. 2)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Vernon Handley, conductor
10:43 a.m.
Robert Schumann
Kreisleriana: I. Aussert Bewegt
Simone Dinnerstein, piano
10:47 a.m.
Valerie Coleman
Umoja
Imani Winds
10:52 a.m.
Michael Torke
Bright Blue Music
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra; David Zinman, conductor
11:02 a.m.
Mikhail Glinka
Spanish Overture No. 1 "Jota aragonesa"
Staatskapelle Dresden; Neville Marriner, conductor
11:12 a.m.
Agustin Barrios
Vals (Waltz) No. 4 in G major Opus 8/4
Pepe Romero, guitar
11:19 a.m.
John Field
Piano Concerto No. 2 in Ab major
New Irish Chamber Orchestra; Janos Furst, conductor John O'Conor, piano
11:55 a.m.
Grace Williams
Hiraeth for Harp
Sandrine Chatron, harp
11:57 a.m.
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
TSAR SALTAN: Flight of the Bumblebee
Chee-Yun, violin; Akira Eguchi, piano
12:00 p.m.
Gabriel Faure
PELLEAS ET MELISANDE: Sicilienne Opus 80
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
12:04 p.m.
Antonio Rosetti
Concerto for Horn No. 2 in Eb major C 49
Bohemia Chamber Philharmonic; Jiri Havlik, conductor Steven Gross, horn
12:25 p.m.
Aaron Copland
Down a Country Lane
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra; Hugh Wolff, conductor
12:29 p.m.
Robert Dauber
Serenade
Niv Ashkenazi, violin; Matthew Graybill, piano
12:32 p.m.
Ethel Smyth
THE PRISON: No. 8, The Prisoner Understands His Own Immortality
Experiential Orchestra; Experiential Chorus; James Blachly, conductor Dashon Burton, bass-baritone
12:39 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Orchestral Suite No. 1 in C major BWV 1066
Boston Baroque; Martin Pearlman, conductor
1:00 p.m.
Florence Price
Violin Concerto no. 1 in D major
Janacek Philharmonic; Ryan Cockerham, conductor Er-Gene Kahng
1:26 p.m.
Franz Schubert
Military March (Marche militaire) No. 1 in D major Opus 51 D 733 (Military March)
Vladimir Horowitz, piano
1:33 p.m.
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
African Suite: African Dance Opus 35/4
Chicago Sinfonietta; Paul Freeman, conductor
1:40 p.m.
Henriette Renie
Piece Symphonique
Xavier de Maistre, harp
1:51 p.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto No. 1 for four violins and orchestra in D major Opus 3 RV 549
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor Members of...
2:00 p.m.
Bedrich Smetana
Festive Symphony in E major Opus 6
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra; Zdenek Kosler, conductor
2:35 p.m.
Cecile Chaminade
Au pays bleu
Helene Guilmette, soprano; Martin Dube, piano
2:38 p.m.
Benjamin Britten
Gloriana: Courtly Dances
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Andre Previn, conductor
2:50 p.m.
Francois Couperin
Les Barricades Mysterieuses
Simone Dinnerstein, piano
2:53 p.m.
Morten Lauridsen
O Magnum Mysterium
Philharmonia Orchestra; Kristjan Jarvi, conductor Anne Akiko Meyers, violin
3:01 p.m.
Jean Sibelius
Karelia Suite Opus 11
Helsinki Philharmonic; Okko Kamu, conductor
3:18 p.m.
James Horner
Braveheart: End Credits
Cincinnati Pops; Erich Kunzel, conductor Eric Rigler, bagpipes
3:24 p.m.
Josef Reicha
Concerto for two horns in Eb major Opus 5
Suk Chamber Orchestra Jindrich Petras, horn; Jiri Havlik, horn
3:44 p.m.
Carlos Simon
Be Still and Know
Phoebe Wu, piano; Teagan Faran, violin; Victor Huls, cello
3:50 p.m.
Stanley Myers
Cavatina
Xuefei Yang, guitar
3:55 p.m.
Robert Schumann
Piano Concerto: II. Intermezzo in A minor Opus 54
San Francisco Ballet Orchestra; Martin West, conductor Lara Downes, piano
4:02 p.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
A Midsummer Night's Dream: Scherzo
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra; Yoel Levi, conductor
4:07 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Symphonic Variations Opus 78
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra; Marin Alsop, conductor
4:31 p.m.
Ruth Crawford (Seeger)
Piano Sonata
Jenny Lin, piano
4:38 p.m.
Percy Grainger
Scotch Strathspey and Reel (The Drunken Sailor)
City of London Sinfonia; Richard Hickox, conductor The Joyful Company of Singers
4:45 p.m.
Jean-Philippe Rameau
La Follette (Hobgoblin)
Assad Brothers Sergio Assad, guitar; Odair Assad, guitar
4:48 p.m.
Johannes Brahms
Violin Concerto: III. Allegro Giocoso in D major Opus 77
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Leonard Bernstein, conductor Gidon Kremer, violin
4:57 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 16 in D major K 451
English Chamber Orchestra; Jeffrey Tate, conductor Mitsuko Uchida, piano
5:21 p.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
Concert Piece (Morceau de concert) Opus 94
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; Kurt Masur, conductor Hermann Baumann, horn
5:31 p.m.
Jennifer Higdon
Dance Card: IV. Celestial Blue
Chicago Sinfonietta; Mei-Ann Chen, conductor
5:40 p.m.
Marcel Grandjany
French Folk Song (Et ron ron, petit patapon)
Anne-Marguerite Michaud, harp
5:43 p.m.
George Friederich Handel
Music for the Royal Fireworks HWV 351
English Baroque Soloists; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
6:00 p.m.
Joaquin Rodrigo
Concierto de Aranjuez
New York Philharmonic; Jose Serebrier, conductor Sharon Isbin, guitar
6:24 p.m.
Jules Massenet
THAIS: Meditation
Berlin Philharmonic; Herbert Von Karajan, conductor Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin
6:32 p.m.
Ferenc Farkas
Old Hungarian Dances
Vienna Quintet
6:41 p.m.
Daniel Bernard Roumain
Filter
Rachel Barton Pine, violin
6:47 p.m.
John Williams
Lincoln: With Malice Toward None
Los Angeles Recording Arts Orchestra; John Williams, conductor
6:51 p.m.
Alexander Borodin
String Quartet No. 2: Nocturne
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Michael Stern, conductor Joshua Bell, violin
