Classical Music Playlist, July 7, 2023
In Gustav Mahler’s day, audiences didn’t really know what to make of his Symphony No. 1. Was it telling a story? Why is it all over the place? It’s so long; did he not know when to stop composing? Mahler said that its overall narrative describes “a strong, heroic man, his life and sufferings, his battles and defeat at the hands of Fate.”
With that in mind, Mahler gave the premise of the symphony broken down as the first three movements with spring, happy dreams, and a wedding procession; the fourth is a funeral march. Born on this date in 1860, we're celebrating Gustav Mahler with some of his music throughout the day, including his complete (56 minute) Symphony No. 1 for today's Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
Charles Avison
Concerto No. 2 in E minor Opus 3/2
Avison Ensemble; Pavlo Beznosiuk, conductor
6:09 a.m.
Richard Strauss
Sonatina No. 1 for Winds "From an Invalid's Workshop" in F major
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
6:45 a.m.
Leo Brouwer
El Decameron Negro: 2. La huida de los amantes por el valle de los ecos
Sharon Isbin, guitar
6:50 a.m.
Gustav Mahler
Blumine (Symphonic Movement)
San Francisco Symphony; Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
7:00 a.m.
Florence Price
Symphony No. 4: I. Tempo Moderato in D minor
Philadelphia Orchestra; Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor Alice Sara Ott, piano
7:09 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Clarinet Concerto in A major K 622
Berlin Philharmonic; Claudio Abbado, conductor Sabine Meyer, basset clarinet
7:37 a.m.
Olivia Belli
Nocturne IV
Olivia Belli, piano
7:42 a.m.
Zoltan Kodaly
Marosszek Dances
Budapest Festival Orchestra; Ivan Fischer, conductor
7:54 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Art of the Fugue: Contrapunctus No. 9 BWV 1080
Les Violons du Roy; Bernard Labadie, conductor
7:58 a.m.
Cecile Chaminade
Concertpiece (Concertstuck) in C# minor Opus 40
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra; Rebecca Miller, conductor Danny Driver, piano
8:14 a.m.
Gustav Mahler
Symphony No. 5: III. Scherzo in C# minor
Berlin Philharmonic; Claudio Abbado, conductor Gerd Seifert, horn
8:33 a.m.
Robert Schumann
Kinderszenen: Traumerei (Dreaming) Opus 15/7
Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano
8:35 a.m.
Igor Stravinsky
The Firebird: Finale (1911)
Orchestre de Paris; Klaus Makela, conductor Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano
8:40 a.m.
Jonathan Leshnoff
Guitar Concerto: III. Lively (Finale)
The Nashville Symphony; Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor Jason Vieaux, guitar
8:49 a.m.
Bela Bartok
Piano Concerto No. 3: I. Allegretto
Helsinki Philharmonic; Susanna Malkki, conductor Andreas Haefliger, piano
8:56 a.m.
Alexander Glazunov
The Seasons: Autumn Opus 67
Minnesota Orchestra; Edo de Waart, conductor
9:09 a.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Cello Sonata No. 1 in Bb major Opus 45
Haruma Sato, cello; Wataru Hisasue, piano
9:35 a.m.
Bernhard Crusell
Bassoon Concertino in Bb major
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor Klaus Thunemann, bassoon
9:54 a.m.
Enrique Granados
La Maja de Goya
Eduardo Fernandez, guitar
10:00 a.m.
Aaron Copland
El Salon Mexico
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra; David Zinman, conductor
10:12 a.m.
Xavier Dubois Foley
Shelter Island
Randall Goosby, violin; Xavier Dubois Foley, double bass
10:19 a.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor Opus 22
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra; Yoel Levi, conductor Andre Watts, piano
10:44 a.m.
Gustav Mahler
Symphony No. 2 "Resurrection": from V. Finale in C minor
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; Simon Rattle, conductor Birmingham Symphony Chorus; Arleen Auger, soprano; Dame Janet Baker, mezzo-soprano
11:00 a.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Cello Concerto No. 1 in C major HOB VIIb:1
English Chamber Orchestra; Andrew Davis, conductor Matt Haimovitz, cello
11:26 a.m.
Laszlo Draskoczy
Dances from Korond
Tapiola Sinfonietta; Jan Soderblom, conductor Kari Kriikku, clarinet
11:31 a.m.
Marin Marais
Contradance (Les Contrefaiseurs)
Musica Pacifica
11:33 a.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
EUGENE ONEGIN: Polonaise
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Yuri Temirkanov, conductor
11:39 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Symphony No. 6: III. Scherzo (Furiant) in D major Opus 60
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra; Jiri Belohlavek, conductor
11:49 a.m.
Johann Strauss, Jr.
Artist's Life Opus 316 Kunstlerleben
Vienna State Opera Orchestra; Franz Bauer-Theussl, conductor
11:59 a.m.
Gustav Mahler
Symphony No. 3: I. Kraftig in D minor "powerful"
New York Philharmonic; Leonard Bernstein, conductor
12:35 p.m.
Sebastian Iradier
La Paloma the dove
Pablo Sainz Villegas, guitar
12:39 p.m.
Mieczyslaw Karlowicz
Violin Concerto: III. Finale in A major Opus 8
Polish Chamber Orchestra; Jacek Kaspszyk, conductor Nigel Kennedy, violin
12:47 p.m.
Fanny Mendelssohn
Notturno H337
Betty Ann Miller, piano
12:54 p.m.
Percy Grainger
Mock Morris
Dallas Wind Symphony; Jerry Junkin, conductor
12:59 p.m.
Johannes Brahms
Piano Concerto No. 2: I. Allegro non troppo in Bb major Opus 83
Cleveland Orchestra; George Szell, conductor Leon Fleisher, piano; Jules Eskin, cello
1:17 p.m.
Elena Kats-Chernin
Russian Rag
Sydney Alpha Ensemble; David Stanhope, conductor
1:22 p.m.
George Gershwin
Porgy and Bess Fantasy for Violin and Orchestra orchestra
London Symphony Orchestra; John Williams, conductor Joshua Bell, violin
1:44 p.m.
Frederic Chopin
Prelude No. 15 "Raindrop" in Db major Opus 28
Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano
1:51 p.m.
Luigi Boccherini
Quintet for guitar and strings No. 4: III. Fandango in D major G 448
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields (members of) Pepe Romero, guitar
2:00 p.m.
Gustav Mahler
Symphony No. 1 in D major
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Georg Solti, conductor
2:57 p.m.
Gentil Montana
Suite Colombiana No. 2: III. Bambuco
Jose Antonio Escobar, guitar
3:01 p.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
Rhapsodie d'Auvergne Opus 73
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Andre Previn, conductor Jean-Philippe Collard, piano
3:13 p.m.
Florence Price
Symphony No. 4: III. Juba Dance in D minor
Fort Smith Symphony; John Jeter, conductor
3:19 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 14 in Eb major K 449
English Chamber Orchestra; Jeffrey Tate, conductor Mitsuko Uchida, piano
3:43 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
3:52 p.m.
Klaus Badelt; Hans Zimmer
Pirates of the Carribean: He's A Pirate
La Pieta; Angele Dubeau, conductor Angele Dubeau, violin
3:56 p.m.
Georges Bizet
CARMEN: Toreador song
London Symphony Orchestra; Neville Marriner, conductor
4:00 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Symphony No. 4 in Bb major Opus 60
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; Riccardo Chailly, conductor
4:30 p.m.
Cecile Chaminade
Les Sylvains (The Fauns), Op. 60
Anna Shelest, piano
4:36 p.m.
Bela Bartok
Romanian Folk Dances SZ 56
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
4:43 p.m.
Enrique Granados
Danzas espanolas No. 5 "Andaluza"
Narciso Yepes, guitar
4:48 p.m.
Andrea Falconieri
Ciacona
Daniel Hope, violin; and friends
4:52 p.m.
Gustav Mahler
Symphony No. 8 "Symphony of a Thousand": Chorus mysticus from PART II in Eb major
Berlin Philharmonic; Berlin Radio Choir; Claudio Abbado, conductor Cheryl Studer, soprano; Sylvia McNair, soprano; Anne Sofie von Otter, alto; Bryn Terfel, baritone
4:59 p.m.
George Phillip Telemann
Concerto for trumpets, oboes, strings and timpani in D major TWV 54:D3
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor Members of...
5:11 p.m.
George Gershwin
PORGY AND BESS: It Ain't Necessarily So
Duo Sonidos
5:14 p.m.
Felipe Villanueva
Poetic Waltz (Vals Poetico)
State of Mexico Symphony; Enrique Batiz, conductor
5:18 p.m.
Robert Schumann
Piano Concerto in A minor Opus 54
Chamber Orchestra of Europe; Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor Martha Argerich, piano
5:48 p.m.
Florence Price
Piano Quintet: III. Juba in A minor
Catalyst Quartet Michelle Cann, piano
5:56 p.m.
Gerardo Matos Rodriguez
La Cumparsita (Tango)
Xuefei Yang, guitar
6:00 p.m.
Jan Paderewski
Piano Concerto in A minor Opus 17
Polish National Radio Orchestra; Antoni Wit, conductor Janina Fialkowska, piano
6:34 p.m.
Gustav Mahler
Symphony No. 5: IV. Adagietto in C# minor
Berlin Philharmonic; Claudio Abbado, conductor
6:45 p.m.
Joaquin Turina
Bullfighter's Prayer (Oracion del Torero) Opus 34
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
6:54 p.m.
haruka nakamura
harmonie du soir
haruka nakamura, piano; ARAKI Shin, saxophone; Akira Uchida, saxophone; isao saito, drums
