Classical Music Playlist, December 9, 2022
César Franck | photo by Pierre Petit, 1887
Belgian-born French composer César Franck wrote his most well-known music starting in about his late 50s including his only symphony, in d-minor, at about age 66. Premiered in 1889 the year before he died, the Symphony received mixed reviews. Symphonies weren't a popular format in France at that time, which was considered a more "German" form than French, though many critics thought it well composed. Nonetheless, it became a standard in the orchestral repertoire. Celebrate César Franck’s birthday tomorrow with his Symphony in d-minor for today's Midday Masterpiece at 2:00 pm.
6:00 a.m.
Franz Biber
Partita IV in Eb major
The Purcell Quartet
6:09 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 26 "Coronation" in D major K 537
English Chamber Orchestra; Murray Perahia, conductor Murray Perahia, piano
6:42 a.m.
Josquin des Pres
Missa Mater Patris: Agnus Dei
Chanticleer
6:50 a.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
Andante and Hungarian Rondo Opus 35
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor Klaus Thunemann, bassoon
7:01 a.m.
George Phillip Telemann
Concerto for trumpets, oboes, strings and timpani in D major TWV 54:D3
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor Members of...
7:14 a.m.
Luigi Boccherini
Quintet for guitar and strings No. 3 in Bb major G 447
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields Chamber Ensemble Pepe Romero, guitar
7:39 a.m.
Frederick Delius
A Song Before Sunrise
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Christopher Seaman, conductor
7:46 a.m.
Ola Gjeilo
Home
12 Ensemble; Rupert Gough, conductor Ola Gjeilo, piano
7:48 a.m.
Gloria Shayne Baker
Do You Hear What I Hear?
Yolanda Kondonassis, harp
7:53 a.m.
Reinhold Gliere
Concert Waltz Opus 90
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Vassily Sinaisky, conductor
8:00 a.m.
Johannes Brahms
Academic Festival Overture Opus 80
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; Riccardo Chailly, conductor
8:12 a.m.
Joaquin Rodrigo
Fantasy for a Gentleman
London Symphony Orchestra; Andre Previn, conductor Angel Romero, guitar
8:35 a.m.
John Williams
Themes from Jurassic Park
Boston Pops Orchestra; John Williams, conductor
8:40 a.m.
John C. Williams
When The Birds Return
London Symphony Orchestra; Istvan Kertesz, conductor Xuefei Yang, guitar
8:45 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
THE MAGIC FLUTE: Overture (Die Zauberflote) K 620
Tafelmusik; Bruno Weil, conductor
8:53 a.m.
TRADITIONAL
Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabella
Canadian Brass Eric Robertson, organ
8:55 a.m.
TRADITIONAL
Good King Wenceslas
Empire Brass
8:59 a.m.
Arnold Bax
Morning Song (Maytime in Sussex)
London Philharmonic Orchestra; Bryden Thomson, conductor Margaret Fingerhut, piano
9:08 a.m.
Frederic Chopin
Polonaise No. 6 "Heroic" in Ab major Opus 53
Olga Kern, piano
9:16 a.m.
Tomas Luis de Victoria
O Magnum Mysterium
Chanticleer
9:21 a.m.
Georges Bizet
Symphony No. 1 in C major
Orchestre de Paris; Semyon Bychkov, conductor
9:52 a.m.
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Vocalise Opus 34/14
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor
9:59 a.m.
Robert Schumann
String Quartet in F major Opus 41/2
Melos Quartet
10:22 a.m.
Gioachino Rossini
THE BARBER OF SEVILLE: Overture (IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA)
Philharmonia Orchestra; Riccardo Muti, conductor
10:31 a.m.
TRADITIONAL
The Wexford Carol
London Chamber Orchestra; Christopher Warren-Green, conductor
10:34 a.m.
Fanny Mendelssohn
Prelude and Fugue in E minor
Joanne Polk, piano
10:43 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Violin Concerto No. 2 in E major BWV 1042
Amsterdam Bach Solisten; Thomas Zehetmair, conductor Thomas Zehetmair, violin
11:01 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Symphonic Variations Opus 78
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra; Jiri Belohlavek, conductor
11:25 a.m.
William Grant Still
Bayou home
Alexa Still, flute; Susan DeWitt Smith, piano
11:29 a.m.
John Williams
Home Alone: Somewhere in My Memory
Studio Orchestra and Chorus; John Williams, conductor
11:35 a.m.
Engelbert Humperdinck
HANSEL UND GRETEL Overture
London Symphony Orchestra; Andre Previn, conductor
11:44 a.m.
Ferenc Farkas
Old Hungarian Dances
Vienna Quintet
11:54 a.m.
Franz Liszt
Etude No. 3 "The Little Bell" ("La Campanella") in G# minor
Lang Lang, piano
12:00 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Symphony No. 9: II. Molto Vivace (Scherzo and Trio) in D minor Opus 125
Cleveland Orchestra; Christoph Von Dohnanyi, conductor
12:13 p.m.
Mykola Leontovich
Carol of the Bells
Los Romeros; Concerto Malaga
12:14 p.m.
TRADITIONAL
Resonet in Laudibus
Sacred Heart's Schola Cantorum; Donald Kendrick, conductor
12:17 p.m.
Jean Sibelius
Swan of Tuonela
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra; Mariss Jansons, conductor
12:27 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 19 in F major K 459
Camerata Academica Salzburg; Sandor Vegh, conductor Andras Schiff, piano
12:55 p.m.
TRADITIONAL
The Holly and the Ivy
; John Rutter, conductor Cambridge Singers
1:11 p.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
Oberon Overture J 306
London Classical Players; Roger Norrington, conductor
1:22 p.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
String Quartet "Quinten" (Fifths) in D minor Opus 76/2
Quatuor Mosaiques
1:47 p.m.
Xuefei Yang
Xinjiang Fantasy
Xuefei Yang, guitar
1:53 p.m.
Katherine Kennicot Davis
Little Drummer Boy
Friends of Cally Cally Banham, double reed
1:59 p.m.
Cesar Franck
Symphony in D minor
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Pierre Monteux, conductor
2:39 p.m.
Fanny Mendelssohn
Song Without Words Opus 8/1
Tzimon Barto, piano
2:46 p.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso No. 1 in Bb major Opus 3/1 HWV 312
Academy of Ancient Music; Richard Egarr, conductor
2:56 p.m.
Dmitri Shostakovich
3 Duets for 2 Violins: I. Prelude Opus 97D
(unnamed orchestra); Gustavo Dudamel, conductor David Garrett, violin; Itzhak Perlman, violin
3:00 p.m.
Florence Price
Symphony No. 3
Philadelphia Orchestra; Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor
3:32 p.m.
Max Richter
In the Garden
La Pieta Angele Dubeau, violin
3:39 p.m.
Edvard Grieg
In Autumn Overture Opus 11
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
3:51 p.m.
Charles Ives
A Christmas Carol
Chanticleer Chanticleer
3:55 p.m.
Francisco Tarrega
Memories of the Alhambra (Recuerdos de la Alhambra)
Narciso Yepes, guitar
3:59 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.
Heitor Villa-Lobos
Prelude No. 1
Xuefei Yang, guitar
4:14 p.m.
George W. Chadwick
Symphonic Sketches: Jubilee
Cincinnati Pops; Erich Kunzel, conductor
4:23 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Clarinet Quintet in A major K 581
Pacifica Quartet Anthony McGill, clarinet
4:56 p.m.
Katherine Kennicot Davis
Carol of the Drum
Boston Pops Orchestra; John Williams, conductor
5:00 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Symphony No. 4 in Bb major Opus 60
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic; Charles Mackerras, conductor
5:32 p.m.
Arnold Bax
Mediterranean
Northern Sinfonia of England; Richard Hickox, conductor
5:38 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Piano Quintet No. 2: III. Scherzo (Furiant) in A major Opus 81
Emerson String Quartet Menahem Pressler, piano
5:44 p.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Flute Concerto No. 1 "La Tempesta di Mare" (The Storm at Sea) in F major Opus 10 RV 433
Tokyo Bach-Mozart Ensemble Masahiro Arita, flute
5:52 p.m.
Franz Biebl
Ave Maria
; Robert Shaw, conductor Robert Shaw Chamber Singers
