Classical Music Playlist, March 17, 2023
CapRadio Classical and Jazz celebrates women in music all month long by featuring a different classical composer every weekday. Today's spotlight is on composer Elena Kats-Chernin.
- Trained in Moscow, Australia, and Germany, Elena Kats-Chernin is one of Australia's leading composers.
- Born in Uzbekistan and emigrated to Australia at age 17, Kats-Chernin has written several operas, three piano concertos, orchestral, chamber and solo works, plus music for plays, ballet and musical theater, choral and other vocal music and even modern soundtracks for early silent films.
- "Her status as one of this country’s most prolific and consistently innovative composers remains unchallenged… [She] appears to achieve the impossible, straddling the two seemingly irreconcilable camps of intellectualism and accessibility." - Sydney Morning Herald
- A complete and official biography of Elena Kats-Chernin - including details of her many compositions, collaborations and commissions - can be found at Boosey & Hawkes.
Also today: The Brahms String Quintet #2 for two violins, two violas and cello - what he initially thought would be his final composition before writing a few more career encores the following year - is today's Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Violin Concerto "L'Amoroso" in E major RV 271
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor Simon Standage, violin
6:10 a.m.
Kurt Atterberg
Symphony No. 4 "Sinfonia piccola" in G minor Opus 14
Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra; Ari Rasilainen, conductor
6:32 a.m.
Jerry Goldsmith
Forever Young: Love Theme
Cincinnati Pops; Erich Kunzel, conductor
6:38 a.m.
Bernhard Crusell
Clarinet Concerto No. 1 in Eb major Opus 1
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra; Okko Kamu, conductor Martin Frost, clarinet
6:59 a.m.
Johannes Brahms
String Quintet No. 1: I. Allegro non troppo ma con brio in F major Opus 88
Takacs Quartet Lawrence Power, viola
7:12 a.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 47 "The Palindrome" in G major
Hanover Band; Roy Goodman, conductor
7:40 a.m.
Elena Kats-Chernin
Russian Rag
Sydney Alpha Ensemble; David Stanhope, conductor
7:45 a.m.
Louis Moreau Gottschalk
Grand Tarantelle Opus 67/5
Cincinnati Pops; Erich Kunzel, conductor William Tritt, piano
7:54 a.m.
Anna Clyne
DANCE: I. when you're broken open
London Philharmonic Orchestra; Marin Alsop, conductor Inbal Segev, cello
8:00 a.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
Rhapsodie d'Auvergne Opus 73
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Andre Previn, conductor Jean-Philippe Collard, piano
8:13 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik in G major K 525
Les Violons du Roy; Bernard Labadie, conductor
8:32 a.m.
Elena Kats-Chernin
WILD SWANS: Eliza Aria
Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra; Ola Rudner, conductor Jane Sheldon, soprano
8:37 a.m.
Percy Grainger
Lincolnshire Posey
Eastman Wind Ensemble; Donald Hunsberger, conductor
8:53 a.m.
Franz Liszt
Liebestraume: Nocturne No. 3 in Ab major S 541
Daniel Barenboim, piano
8:59 a.m.
Giuseppe Verdi
LA FORZA DEL DESTINO Overture
Philharmonic of La Scala; Riccardo Muti, conductor
9:08 a.m.
Elena Kats-Chernin
Prelude & Cube
Australian Brandenburg Orchestra; Brandenburg Choir; Paul Dyer, conductor
9:23 a.m.
Mily Balakirev
Mazurka No. 4 in Gb major
Joseph Banowetz, piano
9:28 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Orchestral Suite No. 4 in D major BWV 1069
La Petite Bande; Sigiswald Kuijken, conductor
9:49 a.m.
Gabriel Faure
Piano Quartet No. 2: IV. Finale - Allegro molto in G minor Opus 45
Yo Yo Ma, cello; Emanuel Ax, piano; Isaac Stern, violin; Jaime Laredo, viola
10:00 a.m.
Gabriel Faure
Masques and Bergamasques Opus 112
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
10:15 a.m.
Elena Kats-Chernin
Butterflying
Tamara-Anna Cislowska, piano
10:20 a.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 85 "La Reine" (The Queen) in Bb major
Tafelmusik; Bruno Weil, conductor
10:43 a.m.
George Walker
String Quartet No. 1 "Lyric": II. Molto adagio
Catalyst Quartet
10:49 a.m.
William Grant Still
Lyric Quartet: III. The Jovial One
Catalyst Quartet
10:53 a.m.
Enrique Granados
Danzas espanolas No. 6 "Jota" (Rondalla Aragonesa)
Angel Romero, guitar; Celedonio Romero, guitar
10:59 a.m.
Bernhard Crusell
Clarinet Concerto No. 2 in F minor Opus 5
Cologne Academy; Michael Alexander Willens, conductor Eric Hoeprich, clarinet
11:23 a.m.
Elena Kats-Chernin
Peggy's Rag
Sarah Cahill, piano
11:28 a.m.
Arcangelo Corelli
Concerto Grosso No. 8 "Christmas Concerto" in G minor Opus 6
Les Violons du Roy; Bernard Labadie, conductor
11:42 a.m.
An-Lun Huang
Saibei Suite No. 2: "Saibei Dance"
Chicago Sinfonietta; Mei-Ann Chen, conductor
11:48 a.m.
Frederic Chopin
Ballade No. 1 in G minor
Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
11:58 a.m.
Gustav Mahler
Symphony No. 1: 2nd movement in D major
San Francisco Symphony; Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
12:07 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Sinfonia Concertante for winds and orchestra in Eb major K 297b (FROM THE RUSSELL KLETZING COLLECTION)
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor Aurele Nicolet, flute; Heinz Holliger, oboe; Hermann Baumann, horn; Klaus Thunemann, bassoon
12:37 p.m.
Elena Kats-Chernin
Lullaby for Nick
Tamara-Anna Cislowska, piano; Elena Kats-Chernin, piano
12:41 p.m.
Percy Grainger
Over the Hills and Far Away
Michigan State University Symphonic Band; Keith Brion, conductor
12:49 p.m.
Jose Moncayo
Huapango
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Enrique Arturo Diemecke, conductor
1:01 p.m.
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Capriccio Espagnol Opus 34
New York Philharmonic; Leonard Bernstein, conductor
1:17 p.m.
Igor Stravinsky
Fireworks (Feu d'artifice) Opus 4
Seattle Symphony; Gerard Schwarz, conductor
1:22 p.m.
Elena Kats-Chernin
Mythic
Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra; Ola Rudner, conductor
1:35 p.m.
Dmitri Shostakovich
Piano Concerto No. 2 Opus 102
Los Angeles Philharmonic; Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor Yefim Bronfman, piano
1:55 p.m.
Claude Debussy
The Girl with the Flaxen Hair (from Preludes, Book I: No. 8) (La fille aux cheveux de lin)
Dallas Brass Quintet
2:00 p.m.
Johannes Brahms
String Quintet No. 2 in G major Opus 111
Takacs Quartet Lawrence Power, viola
2:31 p.m.
Elena Kats-Chernin
Unsent Love Letters
Tamara-Anna Cislowska, piano
2:37 p.m.
Catrin Finch
Celtic Concerto
Sinfonia Cymru; John Rutter, conductor Catrin Finch, harp
2:51 p.m.
Jean Sibelius
Finlandia Opus 26
Helsinki Philharmonic; Paavo Berglund, conductor
3:00 p.m.
Arcangelo Corelli
Concerto Grosso No. 1 in D major Opus 6
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor
3:12 p.m.
Elena Kats-Chernin
Deep Sea Dreaming
Gondwana Voices Sally Whitwell, piano
3:18 p.m.
John Williams
Olympic Fanfare
Cincinnati Pops; Erich Kunzel, conductor
3:24 p.m.
John Field
Piano Concerto No. 2 in Ab major
Scottish Chamber Orchestra; Charles Mackerras, conductor John O'Conor, piano
3:57 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Slavonic Dance No. 7 in C major Opus 72
Cleveland Orchestra; Christoph Von Dohnanyi, conductor
4:02 p.m.
Edvard Grieg
Symphonic Dances Opus 64
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
4:34 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Two-Part Inventions: No. 8 in F major BWV 779
Andras Schiff, piano
4:35 p.m.
Elena Kats-Chernin
Re-Inventions: Re-Invention No. 1
La Pieta; Angele Dubeau, conductor
4:41 p.m.
Johann Strauss, Jr.
DIE FLEDERMAUS Overture (The Bat)
Vienna State Opera Orchestra; Franz Bauer-Theussl, conductor
4:50 p.m.
Mark Isham
A River Runs Through It: Main Theme
Studio Orchestra
4:54 p.m.
Rafael Diaz
Al fondo de mi lejania se asoma tu casa
Georgina Isabel Rossi, viola; Silvie Cheng, piano
5:01 p.m.
Elena Kats-Chernin
Fast Blue Village 2
Del Sol String Quartet
5:08 p.m.
Valentin Silvestrov
Melodies of the Moments, Cycle III: I. Lullaby
Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra; Lionel Bringuier, conductor Daniel Hope, violin; Alexey Botvinov, piano
5:17 p.m.
Gaspar Sanz
Canarios
Chatham Baroque
5:22 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Clarinet Quintet in A major K 581
Aston Magna Eric Hoeprich, basset clarinet
5:55 p.m.
Isaac Albeniz
Majorca (Mallorca) Opus 202
Pepe Romero, guitar
6:03 p.m.
Elena Kats-Chernin
Piano Concerto No. 2
Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra; Ola Rudner, conductor Ian Munro, piano
6:23 p.m.
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
African Suite: African Dance Opus 35/4
Chicago Sinfonietta; Paul Freeman, conductor
6:39 p.m.
Reena Esmail
When The Guitar
Conspirare; Craig Hella Johnson, conductor Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
6:45 p.m.
Maurice Ravel
String Quartet: II. Assez vif. Tres Rythme in F major
Verona String Quartet
6:52 p.m.
Johnny Green
Body and Soul
Lara Downes, piano
6:54 p.m.
Leonard Cohen
Hallelujah
Canadian Brass
