Classical Music Playlist, December 21, 2022
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American composer Christopher Rouse in 1990 completed his 11-movement suite of original Christmas carols titled “Karolju” [“kah-ROLL-you”]. Unusually, that’s a made-up word, as are his original texts - save for an occasional seasonal word - made to sound like carols of different languages such as French, Spanish, Russian, German, Italian and so on. Dedicated to his daughter for her first Christmas in 1990, “Karolju” for choir and orchestra is today’s Midday Masterpiece at 2:00 pm.
6:00 a.m.
Jacques Aubert
Concerto for 4 violins, cello and continuo in D major Opus 17/1
Collegium Musicum 90; Simon Standage, conductor
6:10 a.m.
Giovanni Paisiello
Piano Concerto No. 4 in G minor
Saint Cecilia Chamber Orchestra; Pietro Spada, conductor Pietro Spada, piano
6:36 a.m.
John Williams
STAR WARS - THE FORCE AWAKENS: Rey's Theme
Studio Orchestra; John Williams, conductor
6:41 a.m.
Gabriel Faure
Dolly Suite Opus 56
Boston Symphony Orchestra; Seiji Ozawa, conductor
7:00 a.m.
Arcangelo Corelli
Concerto Grosso No. 2 in F major Opus 6
Musica Amphion; Pieter-Jan Belder, conductor
7:13 a.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Symphony No. 2 in D major Opus 36
Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
7:48 a.m.
TRADITIONAL; Jeff Scott, arr.
I Saw Three Ships
Imani Winds
7:53 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Poetic Tone Pictures: X. Bacchanalia Opus 85
Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
7:59 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
Water Music Suite No. 2 in D major HWV 349
Orchestra of St. Luke's; Charles Mackerras, conductor
8:12 a.m.
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini Opus 43
Mahler Chamber Orchestra; Claudio Abbado, conductor Yuja Wang, piano
8:36 a.m.
Mark Butler
Glory Hallelujah to the Newborn King
Sacramento Master Singers; Dr. Ralph Hughes, conductor Thomas Voigt
8:40 a.m.
Adolphe Adam
O Holy Night (Cantique de Noel)
City of London Sinfonia; John Rutter, conductor Cambridge Singers
8:45 a.m.
Elena Kats-Chernin
Re-Inventions: Re-Invention No. 1
La Pieta; Angele Dubeau, conductor
8:51 a.m.
Johann Strauss, Jr.
Blue Danube Waltz Opus 314
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Fritz Reiner, conductor
9:00 a.m.
Arcangelo Corelli
Concerto Grosso No. 8 "Christmas Concerto" in G minor Opus 6
Tafelmusik; Jeanne Lamon, conductor
9:15 a.m.
Ottorino Respighi
Ancient Airs and Dances: Suite No. 2
Lausanne Chamber Orchestra; Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor
9:36 a.m.
Huang Tzu
Plum blossoms in the snow
Xuefei Yang, guitar
9:39 a.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
A Midsummer Night's Dream: Overture
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment; Charles Mackerras, conductor
9:52 a.m.
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
African Suite: African Dance Opus 35/4
Chineke! Orchestra; Kevin John Edusei, conductor
10:00 a.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Cello Concerto No. 2 in D major Opus 101 HOB VIIb:2
English Chamber Orchestra; Jose Luis Garcia, conductor Yo Yo Ma, cello
10:26 a.m.
TRADITIONAL
We Three Kings
The Classical Brass
10:28 a.m.
TRADITIONAL
O Little Town of Bethlehem
London Chamber Orchestra; Christopher Warren-Green, conductor
10:32 a.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
EUGENE ONEGIN: Waltz
Staatskapelle Dresden; Hans Vonk, conductor
10:40 a.m.
Florence Price
Adoration
Randall Goosby, violin; Zhu Wang, piano
10:45 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 in Bb major BWV 1051
Musica Antiqua Koln; Reinhardt Goebel, conductor
11:00 a.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
Bassoon Concerto in F major Opus 75
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor Klaus Thunemann, bassoon
11:18 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Gloria: Gloria in Excelsis in D major RV 589
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor English Concert Choir; Crispian Steele-Perkins, trumpet
11:21 a.m.
Cesar Alejandro Carillo
O Magnum Mysterium Oh Great Mystery
Musica Intima
11:25 a.m.
Isaac Albeniz
La Vega
London Symphony Orchestra; Elmer Bernstein, conductor Christopher Parkening, guitar
11:40 a.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Piano Concerto No. 1: I. Allegro con brio in C major Opus 15
Netherlands Radio Philharmonic; Karina Canellakis, conductor Alice Sara Ott, piano
11:44 a.m.
Ralph Vaughan Williams
The Lark Ascending
Philharmonia Orchestra; Andrew Litton, conductor Anne Akiko Meyers, violin
12:00 p.m.
Henry Litolff
Concerto Symphonique No. 4: II. Scherzo Opus 102
San Francisco Symphony; Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor Yuja Wang, piano
12:09 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
String Quartet No. 12 "American" in F major Opus 96
Emerson String Quartet
12:36 p.m.
John Williams
Raiders of the Lost Ark: The Raiders' March
Boston Pops Orchestra; John Williams, conductor
12:42 p.m.
Franz Biebl
Ave Maria
Chanticleer
12:51 p.m.
Aaron Copland
Outdoor Overture
Cincinnati Pops; Erich Kunzel, conductor
1:01 p.m.
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Sonata for Cello and Piano: III. Andante in g Opus 19
Yo Yo Ma, cello; Emanuel Ax, piano
1:10 p.m.
TRADITIONAL
What Child is This?
Solid Brass
1:15 p.m.
Robert Schumann
Symphony No. 2 in C major Opus 61
Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
1:54 p.m.
Teresa Carreno
Le Sommeil de l'Enfant
Lara Downes, piano
2:00 p.m.
Christopher Rouse
Karolju
BBC Symphony Orchestra; Philharmonia Chorus; David Zinman, conductor
2:30 p.m.
Andrea Falconieri
Ciacona
Daniel Hope, violin; and friends
2:34 p.m.
Fanny Mendelssohn
Notturno H337
Betty Ann Miller, piano
2:42 p.m.
Johannes Brahms
Symphony No. 1: IV. Finale in C minor Opus 68
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Georg Solti, conductor
3:01 p.m.
Ernest Farrar
Rhapsody No. 1 "The Open Road" Opus 9
Philharmonia Orchestra; Alasdair Mitchell, conductor
3:12 p.m.
Johann Michael Bach
In Dulci Jubilo BWV 751
Michael Murray, organ
3:15 p.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Nutcracker: Dance of The Mirlitons Opus 71
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Herbert Von Karajan, conductor
3:19 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
String Quartet No. 23 in F major K 590
Dover Quartet
3:44 p.m.
Elena Kats-Chernin
Peggy's Rag
Sarah Cahill, piano
3:49 p.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Guitar (or Mandolin) Concerto in D major RV 93
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Angel Romero, conductor Angel Romero, guitar
4:01 p.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Trumpet Overture Opus 101
London Symphony Orchestra; Claudio Abbado, conductor
4:11 p.m.
Leroy Anderson
Christmas Festival
Boston Pops Orchestra; John Williams, conductor
4:22 p.m.
Wilhelm Peterson-Berger
Symphony No. 4 "Stockholm" (Holmia): I. Allegro moderato in A major
Norrkoping Symphony Orchestra; Michail Jurowski, conductor
4:30 p.m.
Clara Schumann
Piano Concerto in A minor Opus 7
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic; Holly Mathieson, conductor Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano
4:52 p.m.
Michael Praetorius
In dulci jubilo
Musica Fiata; Roland Wilson, conductor La Capella Ducale
5:02 p.m.
Gabriel Faure
Masques and Bergamasques Opus 112
Lyon National Orchestra; Emmanuel Krivine, conductor
5:16 p.m.
George Friederich Handel
Solomon: Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor
5:20 p.m.
Armas Toivo Valdeamr Maasalo
The Bells of Christmas
La Pieta Angele Dubeau, violin
5:25 p.m.
Bela Bartok
Piano Concerto No. 3 SZ 119
Budapest Festival Orchestra; Ivan Fischer, conductor Andras Schiff, piano
5:50 p.m.
Astor Piazzolla
Decarissimo
Gidon Kremer, violin; Vadim Sakharov, piano; Alois Posch, double-bass; Per Arne Glorvigen, bandoneon
5:55 p.m.
TRADITIONAL
Christmas Medley (3)
Andre Kostelanetz Orchestra; Andre Kostelanetz, conductor
