Classical Music Playlist, March 29, 2023
Composer Jessie Montgomery | photo: Jiyang Chen
CapRadio Classical and Jazz is celebrating women in music by featuring a different classical composer every weekday during Women's History Month. Today's spotlight is on American composer and saxophonist Jessie Montgomery.
- Jessie Montgomery is an acclaimed composer, violinist, and educator. She is the recipient of numerous awards and commissions.
- Montgomery's music interweaves classical music with elements of vernacular music, improvisation, language, and social justice, placing her squarely as one of the most relevant interpreters of 21st-century American sound and experience.
- Jessie was born and raised in Manhattan’s Lower East Side in the 1980s during a time when the neighborhood was a hotbed of artistic experimentation and community development. From this unique experience, Jessie has created a life that merges composing, performance, education, and advocacy.
- Since 1999, Jessie has been affiliated with The Sphinx Organization which supports young African-American and Latinx string players. She currently serves as composer-in-residence for the Sphinx Virtuosi, the Organization’s flagship professional touring ensemble.
- Forthcoming works include a nonet inspired by the Great Migration, told from the perspective of Montgomery’s great-grandfather William McCauley and to be performed by Imani Winds and the Catalyst Quartet.
- A founding member of PUBLIQuartet and former member of the Catalyst Quartet, Jessie continues to maintain an active performance career as a violinist appearing regularly with her own ensembles, as well as with the Silkroad Ensemble and Sphinx Virtuosi.
- Montgomery holds degrees from the Juilliard School and New York University and is currently a Graduate Fellow in Music Composition at Princeton University. She is Professor of violin and composition at The New School. In May 2021 she began her appointment as the Mead Composer-in-Residence with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.
Also today: By 1900, American composer Amy Beach had become the most performed composer of her generation, and the first successful woman composer in America. Her 1908 Piano Quintet was was greeted at its premiere in Boston with great acclaim, with critics calling it an important contribution to the literature. It's today's Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
Pietro Locatelli
Concerto Grosso No. 3 in Bb major Opus 1/3
Raglan Baroque Players; Nicholas Kraemer, conductor
6:11 a.m.
Franz Berwald
Symphony No. 3 "Sinfonie singuliere" in C major
Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra; Okko Kamu, conductor
6:41 a.m.
Leonard Bernstein
Love Theme from ON THE WATERFRONT (Symphonic Suite)
New York Philharmonic; Leonard Bernstein, conductor
6:48 a.m.
Johannes Brahms
Ballade No. 4 in B major Opus 10
Nicholas Angelich, piano
7:00 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso No. 2 in F major Opus 6/2 HWV 320
Boston Baroque; Martin Pearlman, conductor
7:13 a.m.
Claude Debussy
Images for Orchestra: Iberia
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Fritz Reiner, conductor
7:34 a.m.
Teresa Carreno
Corbeille de fleurs
Alan Feinberg, piano
7:41 a.m.
Michael Nyman
In Re Don Giovanni
La Pieta Angele Dubeau, violin
7:44 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
DON GIOVANNI: Aria. Madamina, il catalogo e questo K 527
Scottish Chamber Orchestra; Charles Mackerras, conductor Alessandro Corbelli, baritone
7:50 a.m.
Amy Beach
Gaelic Symphony: II. Alla siciliana - allegro vivace - andante in E minor Opus 32
Detroit Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
8:00 a.m.
Edvard Grieg
Peer Gynt Suite No. 1 Opus 46
Malmo Symphony Orchestra; Bjarte Engeset, conductor
8:17 a.m.
Dorothy Howell
Piano Concerto in D minor in D minor
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra; Rebecca Miller, conductor Danny Driver, piano
8:37 a.m.
Hans Zimmer
The Frozen Planet
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
8:43 a.m.
Jessie Montgomery
Strum
Catalyst Quartet
8:51 a.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Piano Sonata No. 17 "Tempest": III. Allegretto in D minor Opus 31
John O'Conor, piano
8:59 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto for 2 oboes, 2 violins, bassoon in C major RV 557
Ensemble Zefiro; Alfredo Bernardini, conductor Members of...
9:09 a.m.
Heitor Villa-Lobos
Prelude No. 1
Xuefei Yang, guitar
9:15 a.m.
Franz Schubert
Piano Quintet "Trout" in A major Opus 114 D 667
L'Archibudelli Jos Van Immerseel, fortepiano
9:52 a.m.
Hector Berlioz
Symphonie Fantastique: A Ball Opus 14
Bavarian Radio Symphony; Mariss Jansons, conductor
10:00 a.m.
Arnold Bax
Overture to a Picaresque Comedy
London Philharmonic Orchestra; Bryden Thomson, conductor
10:11 a.m.
Gentil Montana
Suite Colombiana No. 2: II. Guabina Viajera (Traveller Guabina)
Jose Antonio Escobar, guitar
10:19 a.m.
Emil Mlynarski
Violin Concerto No. 2 in D major Opus 6
Polish Chamber Orchestra; Jacek Kaspszyk, conductor Nigel Kennedy, violin
10:49 a.m.
Jessie Montgomery
Soul Force
New York Youth Symphony; Michael Repper, conductor
10:59 a.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 101 "Clock" in D major
Chamber Orchestra of Europe; Claudio Abbado, conductor
11:26 a.m.
Erich Korngold
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING: Hornpipe Opus 11
London Symphony Orchestra; Andre Previn, conductor
11:30 a.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Coriolan Overture in C minor Opus 62
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; Riccardo Chailly, conductor
11:38 a.m.
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Phantasy Quintet
Medici String Quartet
11:55 a.m.
Gena Branscombe
A Memory
Lansdowne Symphony Orchestra; Reuben Blundell, conductor
11:59 a.m.
Franz Schubert
Rosamunde Overture Opus 26 D 797 (The Magic Harp)
San Francisco Symphony; Herbert Blomstedt, conductor
12:11 p.m.
Bedrich Smetana
Polka No. 2 JB 1:107
Francine Kay, piano
12:13 p.m.
Earl Wild
Grand Fantasie on Porgy and Bess: Summertime (After G. Gershwin)
Voces8 Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano
12:17 p.m.
Johannes Brahms
Symphony No. 4: III. Allegro giocoso in E minor Opus 98
Berlin Philharmonic; Herbert von Karajan, conductor
12:25 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Serenade for Strings in E major Opus 22
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Claus Peter Flor, conductor
12:56 p.m.
Ruth Crawford (Seeger)
Rissolty Rossolty
Schonberg Ensemble; Oliver Knussen, conductor
1:00 p.m.
George Phillip Telemann
Alster Overture
Tafelmusik; Jeanne Lamon, conductor
1:06 p.m.
Jessie Montgomery
Coincident Dances
Chicago Sinfonietta; Mei-Ann Chen, conductor
1:19 p.m.
Bela Bartok
Piano Concerto No. 3 SZ 119
Helsinki Philharmonic; Susanna Malkki, conductor Andreas Haefliger, piano
1:45 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Fugue "Little Fugue" in G minor BWV 578
Canadian Brass
1:50 p.m.
George W. Chadwick
Symphonic Sketches: Jubilee
Cincinnati Pops; Erich Kunzel, conductor
2:00 p.m.
Amy Beach
Piano Quintet in F# minor Opus 67
Lark Quartet Joanne Polk, piano
2:29 p.m.
Maurice Greene
Overture No. 1 in D major
Baroque Band; Garry Clarke, conductor
2:36 p.m.
Dorothy Howell
Lamia
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Rumon Gamba, conductor Sophie Langdon, violin; Richard Watkins, horn
2:52 p.m.
Dave Brubeck
Five Pieces from Two-Part Adventures
John Salmon, piano
3:00 p.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 102 in Bb major
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
3:26 p.m.
Emmanuel Chabrier
Joyous March (Joyeuse Marche)
L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
3:31 p.m.
Jessie Montgomery
Peace
Anthony McGill, clarinet; Gloria Chien, piano
3:37 p.m.
Lars-Erik Larsson
Pastoral Suite Opus 19
CBC Vancouver Orchestra; Mario Bernardi, conductor
3:52 p.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto No. 1 for four violins and orchestra in D major Opus 3 RV 549
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor Members of...
4:01 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Symphony No. 5: I. Allegro con brio in C minor Opus 67
Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
4:09 p.m.
William Grant Still
Lyric Quartet: III. The Jovial One
Catalyst Quartet
4:13 p.m.
Cecile Chaminade
Concertpiece (Concertstuck) in C# minor Opus 40
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra; Rebecca Miller, conductor Danny Driver, piano
4:29 p.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
Symphony No. 1 in C major Opus 19
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor
4:56 p.m.
Rafael Antonio Castellanos
Pastoras Alegres joyful shepherds
El Mundo; Richard Savino, director, conductor Jennifer Ellis Kampani, soprano; Nell Snaidas, soprano; Ryland Angel, tenor
5:00 p.m.
Gabriel Faure
Masques and Bergamasques Opus 112
Seattle Symphony; Ludovic Morlot, conductor
5:15 p.m.
Florence Price
Symphony No. 3: III. Juba
Philadelphia Orchestra; Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor
5:21 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Piano Quintet No. 2: III. Scherzo (Furiant) in A major Opus 81
Emerson String Quartet Menahem Pressler, piano
5:27 p.m.
Anton Bruckner
Symphony No. 8: IV. Finale in C minor
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Karl Bohm, conductor Avi Avital, mandolin; Anneleen Lenaerts, harp
5:51 p.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Violin Concerto: III. Allegro vivacissimo (Finale) in D major Opus 35
Concertgebouw Orchestra; Bernard Haitink, conductor Henryk Szeryng, violin
6:02 p.m.
Carel Anton Fodor
Symphony No. 2 in G major Opus 13
Netherlands Radio Chamber Orchestra; Anthony Halstead, conductor
6:28 p.m.
Giuseppe Verdi
AIDA: Triumphal March from Act II
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra; Leonard Slatkin, conductor
6:35 p.m.
Jessie Montgomery
Starburst
String Orchestra of New York; Julian Wachner, conductor
6:39 p.m.
Klaus Badelt
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl: Selections
Cincinnati Pops; Erich Kunzel, conductor
6:45 p.m.
Bear McCreary
Battlestar Galactica: Dreilide Thrace Sonata No. 1
Bear McCreary, piano
6:50 p.m.
Dmitri Shostakovich
Jazz Suite No. 1
Concertgebouw Orchestra; Riccardo Chailly, conductor
