Classical Music Playlist, December 12, 2022
Yuja Wang | photo courtesy of the artist
Young Sergei Rachmaninoff had a nervous breakdown after scathing reviews of his Symphony No. 1 in 1897. He was so shaken that he couldn’t compose for three years and eventually sought treatment, including hypnosis, from Dr Nicolai Dahl, a Russian physician of neurology and psychiatry. After more than three months of hypnotherapy and psychotherapy, Rachmaninoff was able again to compose and wrote his Piano Concerto No. 2 which he dedicated to Dr Dahl. Premiered in 1901 with the composer as soloist, the work was a smashing success and assured Rachmaninoff’s fame as a composer and the Concerto remains an enduring favorite today. (In 1975, pop singer Eric Carmen wrote his hit “All By Myself” based on a theme in the Concerto’s 2nd movement and Céline Dion had a hit with her cover of that song in 1996).
Yuja Wang is the soloist in the Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 2 for your Midday Masterpiece today at 2:00 pm.
6:00 a.m.
Thomas Arne
Symphony No. 4 in C minor
Cantilena; Adrian Shepherd, conductor
6:15 a.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Piano Sextet in D major Opus 110
Bartholdy Quartett and friends
6:47 a.m.
Vincenzo Capirola
Renaissance Dances for Lute
Ronn McFarlane, lute
6:53 a.m.
Anna Clyne
DANCE: I. when you're broken open
London Philharmonic Orchestra; Marin Alsop, conductor Inbal Segev, cello
6:59 a.m.
Arcangelo Corelli
Concerto Grosso No. 10 in C major Opus 6
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor
7:14 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 14 in Eb major K 449
English Chamber Orchestra; Jeffrey Tate, conductor Mitsuko Uchida, piano
7:38 a.m.
Armas Toivo Valdeamr Maasalo
The Bells of Christmas
La Pieta Angele Dubeau, violin
7:42 a.m.
Morley Calvert
Suite from the Monteregian Hills: IV.
Center City Brass Quintet
7:44 a.m.
Paul Dukas
Polyeucte Overture
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor
8:01 a.m.
Emmanuel Chabrier
Festive Polonaise (Le Roi Malgre Lui: Fete Polonaise)
Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra; Herve Niquet, conductor
8:11 a.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Cello Concerto No. 1 in C major HOB VIIb:1
Academy of Ancient Music; Stephen Mosko, conductor Ivan Monighetti, cello
8:37 a.m.
Freddie Aguilar
Anak
Xuefei Yang, guitar
8:40 a.m.
James Beckel
A Christmas Fanfare
United States Coast Guard Band; Lt. Kenneth W. Megan, conductor
8:44 a.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Nutcracker: Waltz of the Flowers Opus 71
London Symphony Orchestra; Charles Mackerras, conductor
8:52 a.m.
Hector Berlioz
Symphonie Fantastique: A Ball Opus 14
Bavarian Radio Symphony; Mariss Jansons, conductor
9:00 a.m.
Ethel Smyth
Concerto for Violin, Horn and Orchestra: I. Allegro moderato
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Odaline de la Martinez, conductor Sophie Langdon, violin; Richard Watkins, horn
9:11 a.m.
Ola Gjeilo
Ave Generosa
The Choir of Royal Holloway; Rupert Gough, conductor
9:17 a.m.
Edvard Grieg
Symphonic Dances Opus 64
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
9:49 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Poetic Tone Pictures: I. Twilight Way Opus 85
Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
9:56 a.m.
Mykola Leontovich
Carol of the Bells
; Paul Salamunovich, conductor Los Angeles Master Chorale
9:57 a.m.
John Williams
HOME ALONE: Holiday Flight
Studio Orchestra; John Williams, conductor
10:00 a.m.
George Phillip Telemann
Concerto for flute and strings in D major
Berlin Baroque Soloists; Rainer Kussmaul, conductor Emmanuel Pahud, flute
10:13 a.m.
Erik Satie
Gymnopedie No. 1
John Novacek, piano
10:18 a.m.
Alexander Glazunov
Symphony No. 4 in Eb major Opus 48
BBC Welsh Symphony Orchestra; Tadaaki Otaka, conductor
10:53 a.m.
Adolphe Adam
O Holy Night (Cantique de Noel)
Ayako Shinozaki, harp
10:59 a.m.
Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges
Violin Concerto in A major Opus 5/2
Encore Chamber Orchestra; Daniel Hege, conductor Rachel Barton Pine, violin
11:24 a.m.
Franz Schubert
Ave Maria Opus 52 D 839
National Philharmonic Orchestra; Kurt Herbert Adler, conductor Luciano Pavarotti, tenor
11:30 a.m.
Frederic Chopin
Variations on Mozart's "La ci darem la mano" in Bb major Opus 2
Mahler Chamber Orchestra; Mikhail Pletnev, conductor Daniil Trifonov, piano
11:49 a.m.
Jose Pacheco
Moita Festa
London Chamber Orchestra; Christopher Warren-Green, conductor
11:53 a.m.
Isaac Albeniz
Asturias (Leyenda) - from "Suite Espanola" Opus 47
Xuefei Yang, guitar
12:00 p.m.
Jean Sibelius
Karelia Overture Opus 10
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
12:09 p.m.
Mateo Flecha
Riu, riu, chiu
stile antico
12:12 p.m.
Hugh Martin; Valerie Coleman, arr.
Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
Imani Winds
12:17 p.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 94 "Surprise" in G major
Heidelberg Symphony; Thomas Fey, conductor
12:42 p.m.
Elena Kats-Chernin
Re-Inventions: Re-Invention No. 1
La Pieta; Angele Dubeau, conductor
12:47 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G major BWV 1048
Academy of Ancient Music; Richard Egarr, conductor
12:59 p.m.
Majel Connery
A Music of Their Own: Excerpt, Ep. 1
Sarah Kirkland Snider
1:06 p.m.
Sarah Kirkland Snider
Mass for the Endangered: III. Alleluia
Gallicantus; Gabriel Crouch, conductor Daniel Wohl
1:11 p.m.
Wilhelm Peterson-Berger
Frosoblomster, Suite No. 1 (The Flowers of Froso) op. 16
Norrkoping Symphony Orchestra; Michail Jurowski, conductor
1:30 p.m.
Georges Bizet
Carmen Suite No. 1
Cincinnati Pops; Erich Kunzel, conductor
1:43 p.m.
TRADITIONAL
The First Nowell
Canadian Brass Eric Robertson, organ
1:47 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Romance in F minor Opus 11
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra; Charles Mackerras, conductor Pamela Frank, violin
2:00 p.m.
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor Opus 18
Mahler Chamber Orchestra; Claudio Abbado, conductor Yuja Wang, piano
2:34 p.m.
Luis Narvaez
Variations on "Guardame las Vacas"
Narciso Yepes, guitar
2:40 p.m.
Avril Coleridge-Taylor
Sussex Landscape Opus 27
Chineke! Orchestra; Roderick Cox, conductor
2:55 p.m.
Franz Gruber
Stille Nacht (Silent Night)
La Pieta Angele Dubeau, violin
3:00 p.m.
Gustav Holst
St. Paul's Suite Opus 29/2
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra; Christopher Hogwood, conductor
3:14 p.m.
Jacques Ibert
Divertissement
Dallas Symphony Orchestra; Eduardo Mata, conductor
3:30 p.m.
John C. Williams
When The Birds Return
London Symphony Orchestra; Istvan Kertesz, conductor Xuefei Yang, guitar
3:35 p.m.
Cesar Franck
Variations Symphoniques
Concertgebouw Orchestra; Riccardo Chailly, conductor Jorge Bolet, piano
3:53 p.m.
TRADITIONAL
The Wexford Carol
London Chamber Orchestra; Christopher Warren-Green, conductor
3:57 p.m.
Franz Schubert
Symphony No. 8 "Unfinished" in B minor D 759
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Carlos Kleiber, conductor
4:22 p.m.
Rebecca Clarke
Piano Trio: II. Andante Molto Semplice
Neave Trio
4:30 p.m.
George Friederich Handel
Saul: Sinfonia HWV 53
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor Trevor Pinnock, organ
4:48 p.m.
Gentil Montana
Suite Colombiana No. 2: I. El Margariteno (pasillo) The Song of the Dreamer
Jose Antonio Escobar, guitar
4:54 p.m.
Charles Gounod
Ave Maria (Meditation on Bach Prelude in C)
Arturo Delmoni, violin; Nathaniel Rosen, cello; Emily Mitchell, harp; And various soloists
5:00 p.m.
Jean Sibelius
Karelia Suite Opus 11
Helsinki Philharmonic; Okko Kamu, conductor
5:17 p.m.
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Fantasia on Christmas Carols
London Sinfonia; John Rutter, conductor Cambridge Singers; Stephen Varcoe, baritone; Stephen Orton, cello
5:30 p.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Piano Concerto No. 2 in D minor Opus 40
Royal Flemish Philharmonic; Phillippe Herreweghe, conductor Martin Helmchen, piano
5:53 p.m.
Alessandro Marcello
Oboe Concerto in D minor: II. Adagio in D minor
BBC Concert Orchestra; Richard Balcombe, conductor Jess Gillam, soprano saxophone
5:58 p.m.
Sammy Cahn
Let it snow.....etc.
Andre Kostelanetz Orchestra; Andre Kostelanetz, conductor
6:02 p.m.
Arcangelo Corelli
Concerto Grosso No. 8 "Christmas Concerto" in G minor Opus 6
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor
6:17 p.m.
Gabriel Faure
Piano Quartet No. 1 in C minor Opus 15
Emanuel Ax, piano; Isaac Stern, violin; Jaime Laredo, viola; Yo Yo Ma, cello
6:49 p.m.
Agustin Barrios
Maxixe
Xuefei Yang, guitar
6:53 p.m.
Vladimir Martynov
The Beatitudes
Kronos Quartet
