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Wednesday, March 8, 2023

Classical Music Playlist, March 8, 2023

Cécile Chaminade
 

Cécile Chaminade
CapRadio Classical and Jazz is celebrating women in music all month long by featuring a different classical composer every weekday. Today's spotlight is on Cécile Chaminade.
  • French composer and pianist Cécile Chaminade was born in 1857 in Paris. She first studied music with her mother, a singer and pianist. 
  • Her father disapproved of a formal education at a conservatory so she privately studied piano, violin and composition with individuals including acclaimed composer Benjamin Godard. By age eight she performed some of her own music for Georges Bizet who was impressed. 
  • Ten years later she gave her first public performance and her piano compositions, especially, soon became popular in France and abroad.
  • She toured France many times while young and with her compositions growing in favor, made her first of many tours to England at about age 35. At about age 51 she toured the USA where sheet music of her piano pieces sold very well and was found in many homes. 
  • At about age 57 she was awarded France's highest order of merit, the Légion d'Honneur, a first for a female composer.
  • Almost all of her music was published in her lifetime and sold well. 
  • Cécile Chaminade passed away in Monte Carlo in 1944.
  • Ambroise Thomas once said of Chaminade: "This is not a woman who composes, but a composer who is a woman."
Also today: Anton Bruckner knew his Ninth Symphony would be his last (in fact he died before he completed the final movement) and he dedicated it "to the beloved God” that inspired him. Appropriately, then, the symphony is full of mystery, reverence and awe. A brand new recording (57 minutes!) of Bruckner’s Ninth with the Vienna Philharmonic is today’s Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
6:00 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto for diverse instruments in C major RV 558
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor
6:11 a.m.
Josef Suk
Serenade for Strings in Eb major Opus 6
Virtuosi of Prague; Oldrich Vlcek, conductor
6:39 a.m.
Cecile Chaminade
Rigaudon Opus 55/6
Peter Jacobs, piano
6:42 a.m.
Cecile Chaminade
Villanelle Opus 126/10
Peter Jacobs, piano
6:45 a.m.
Isaac Albeniz
La Vega
London Symphony Orchestra; Elmer Bernstein, conductor Christopher Parkening, guitar
7:00 a.m.
7:00 a.m.
Arcangelo Corelli
Concerto Grosso No. 12 in F major Opus 6
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor
7:13 a.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 101 "Clock" in D major
Orchestra of St. Luke's; Charles Mackerras, conductor
7:41 a.m.
John Williams
STAR WARS - RETURN OF THE JEDI: Luke and Leia
Skywalker Symphony Orchestra; John Williams, conductor
7:48 a.m.
Cecile Chaminade
Les Sylvains (The Fauns), Op. 60
Anna Shelest, piano
7:53 a.m.
Dag Wiren
Concert Overture No. 2 Opus 16
Norrkoping Symphony Orchestra; Thomas Dausgaard, conductor
8:00 a.m.
8:00 a.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Egmont Overture Opus 84
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; Riccardo Chailly, conductor
8:10 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Serenade for Winds in D minor Opus 44
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
8:37 a.m.
Cecile Chaminade
Etude Pathetique Opus 124
Joanne Polk, piano
8:42 a.m.
Joaquin Rodrigo
Concierto de Aranjuez: II. Adagio
Monte Carlo National Opera Orchestra; Antonio de Almeida, conductor Alexandre Lagoya, guitar
8:53 a.m.
Mikhail Glinka
RUSLAN AND LUDMILA: Overture
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Vassily Sinaisky, conductor
9:00 a.m.
9:00 a.m.
Cecile Chaminade
Concertpiece (Concertstuck) in C# minor Opus 40
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra; Rebecca Miller, conductor Danny Driver, piano
9:16 a.m.
Maddalena Casulana
Morir non puo il mio cuore
Palaver Strings
9:18 a.m.
Olivia Belli
Valse
Olivia Belli, piano
9:21 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 in F major BWV 1046
Musica Antiqua Koln; Reinhardt Goebel, conductor
9:41 a.m.
Adolfo Mejia
Bambuco en mi in E minor Bambuco in e minor
Jose Antonio Escobar, guitar
9:45 a.m.
Johannes Brahms
Piano Concerto No. 1: III. Rondo in D minor Opus 15
Concertgebouw Orchestra; Bernard Haitink, conductor Claudio Arrau, piano
10:00 a.m.
10:00 a.m.
Georges Bizet
L'Arlesienne Suite No. 2
Ulster Orchestra; Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor
10:17 a.m.
Ariel Ramirez
MISA CRIOLLA: II. Gloria
Zurich Chamber Orchestra; Daniel Hope, conductor Daniel Hope, violin; Palau de la Musica vocal quartet
10:24 a.m.
Luigi Boccherini
Symphony No. 5 in Bb major Opus 21 G 497
Tafelmusik; Jeanne Lamon, conductor
10:41 a.m.
Cecile Chaminade
Etude Symphonique Opus 28
Joanne Polk, piano
10:49 a.m.
Giuseppe Verdi
AIDA: Triumphal March from Act II
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra; Robert Shaw, conductor Atlanta Symphony Chorus
10:59 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Czech Suite Opus 39
Janacek Philharmonic; Theodore Kuchar, conductor
11:00 a.m.
11:22 a.m.
Pierre Attaignant
Renaissance Dances for Lute
Ronn McFarlane, lute
11:29 a.m.
Johann Strauss, Jr.
Tales From The Vienna Woods Opus 325 (Geschichten aus dem Wienerwald)
Vienna State Opera Orchestra; Jascha Horenstein, conductor
11:41 a.m.
Cecile Chaminade
Concert Etudes: Automne
Anna Shelest, piano
11:48 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Four Seasons: Autumn (L'Autunno) in F major Opus 8 RV 293
Boston Baroque; Martin Pearlman, conductor Christina Day Martinson, violin
12:00 p.m.
12:00 p.m.
Frederic Chopin
Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor Opus 21
Warsaw Philharmonic; Kazimierz Kord, conductor Garrick Ohlsson, piano
12:34 p.m.
Emilio Pujol
Tango Espagnol
Julian Bream, guitar
12:39 p.m.
Elena Roussanova
Moments of Arrival
Prague Radio Symphony; Julius Williams, conductor
12:53 p.m.
Cecile Chaminade
Autrefois ("In Times Past") Opus 87/4
Stephen Hough, piano
12:58 p.m.
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Sea Songs
Northern Sinfonia of England; Richard Hickox, conductor
1:00 p.m.
1:03 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Horn Concerto No. 4 in Eb major K 495
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra; Nicholas McGegan, conductor Lowell Greer, natural horn
1:20 p.m.
Edouard Lalo
Scherzo in D minor
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Yondani Butt, conductor
1:26 p.m.
Cecile Chaminade
Piano Trio No. 1 in G minor Opus 11
Trio Parnassus
1:49 p.m.
Tielmann Susato
Pavane "La Bataille"
New London Consort; Philip Pickett, conductor
1:55 p.m.
Stanley Myers
Cavatina
Xuefei Yang, guitar
2:00 p.m.
2:00 p.m.
Anton Bruckner
Symphony No. 9: II. Scherzo in D minor WAB 109
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Christian Thielemann, conductor
2:58 p.m.
Cecile Chaminade
Concert Etudes: Scherzo
Anna Shelest, piano
3:00 p.m.
3:03 p.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Violin Concerto, Op. 4, No. 1 in Bb major Opus 4 RV 383
Academy of Ancient Music; Christopher Hogwood, conductor Monica Huggett, violin
3:12 p.m.
Valentin Silvestrov
Silent Songs: Autumn Song
Los Angeles Philharmonic; Gustavo Dudamel, conductor Konstantin Krimmel, baritone; Helene Grimaud, piano
3:18 p.m.
Gioachino Rossini
Bassoon Concerto
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Gianandrea Noseda, conductor Karen Geoghegan, bassoon
3:37 p.m.
Gabriela Lena Frank
Four Folk Songs: III. Serenata
Claremont Trio
3:43 p.m.
Richard Strauss
Don Juan Opus 20
Cleveland Orchestra; George Szell, conductor
4:00 p.m.
4:00 p.m.
Cecile Chaminade
Concertino Opus 107
Residentie Orkest Den Haag; Neeme Jarvi, conductor Sharon Bezaly, flute
4:08 p.m.
John Williams
Theme from The Patriot
Boston Pops Orchestra; Keith Lockhart, conductor Middlesex County Fifes & Drums
4:18 p.m.
Valentin Silvestrov
Silent Songs: Autumn Song
Los Angeles Philharmonic; Gustavo Dudamel, conductor Konstantin Krimmel, baritone; Helene Grimaud, piano
4:31 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Violin Concerto No. 4 in D major K 218
Deutsche Radio Philharmonie; Bruno Weil, conductor Lena Neudauer, violin
4:54 p.m.
Isaac Albeniz
Suite Espanola: No. 4 "Cadiz" Opus 47
Jason Vieaux, guitar
5:00 p.m.
5:00 p.m.
Michael Torke
Javelin
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra; Yoel Levi, conductor
5:09 p.m.
Cecile Chaminade
Piano Sonata in C minor Opus 21
Joanne Polk, piano
5:27 p.m.
Gian Carlo Menotti
AMELIA GOES TO THE BALL Overture
Columbia Symphony Orchestra; Thomas Schippers, conductor
5:33 p.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Mandolin Concerto in C major RV 425
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Iona Brown, conductor Christopher Parkening, guitar
5:47 p.m.
Edward Elgar
Serenade for string orchestra in E minor Opus 20
I Musici
6:00 p.m.
6:00 p.m.
George Gershwin
Piano Concerto in F major
Buffalo Philharmonic; JoAnn Falletta, conductor Orion Weiss, piano
6:34 p.m.
Cecile Chaminade
Au pays bleu
Helene Guilmette, soprano; Martin Dube, piano
6:37 p.m.
Cecile Chaminade
L'absente
Helene Guilmette, soprano; Martin Dube, piano
6:40 p.m.
John Mackey
Kingfishers Catch Fire
North Texas Wind Symphony; Eugene Corporon, conductor
6:46 p.m.
Juanjo Mosalini
Toma, Toca (Take it, Play it)
Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra of Boston; Gisele Ben-Dor, conductor Juanjo Mosalini, bandoneon
6:51 p.m.
Max Richter
Andante Loops
Max Richter, piano

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