Classical Music Playlist, September 28, 2023
Wilhelm Stenhammar (1871-1927)
Swedish pianist, composer, and conductor Wilhelm Stenhammar (1871-1927) completed his Piano Concerto #2 on his 36th birthday in 1907. As one of Sweden’s greatest pianists, he HAD been performing his Piano Concerto #1 for years but got tired of it, wrote the 2nd which is a much more mature work and still hugely popular in Sweden. But he didn’t perform the 2nd Concerto as much because he had turned more to conducting for the rest of his life. With its intriguing conflicts between the piano and orchestra (often playing in different keys), Wilhelm Stenhammar’s inventive yet immensely listenable Piano Concerto #2 is today’s Midday Masterpiece at 2:00 pm.
6:00 a.m.
Georg Philipp Telemann
Concerto for 3 oboes and strings in Bb major
Musica Antiqua Koln; Reinhardt Goebel, conductor Peter Westermann, oboe; Michael Niesemann, oboe; Piet Dhont, oboe
6:10 a.m.
Johan Svendsen
Symphony No. 2 in Bb major Opus 15
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra; Mariss Jansons, conductor
6:43 a.m.
Shara Nova
I Have Never Loved Someone
Conspirare; Mir� Quartet; Craig Hella Johnson, conductor
6:49 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso No. 6 in D major Opus 3/6 HWV 317
Academy of Ancient Music; Richard Egarr, conductor Richard Egarr, organ
6:58 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Four Seasons: Autumn (L'Autunno) in F major Opus 8 RV 293
Europa Galante Fabio Biondi, violin
7:11 a.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Piano Sonata No. 18 "The Hunt" in Eb major Opus 31/3
John O'Conor, piano
7:34 a.m.
Max Richter
Autumn 1
Berlin Chamber Orchestra; Andre de Ridder, conductor Daniel Hope, violin
7:42 a.m.
Astor Piazzolla
Spring in Buenos Aires (Primavera Portena)
David Tanenbaum, guitar
7:47 a.m.
Alexander Glazunov
The Seasons: Autumn Opus 67
Minnesota Orchestra; Edo de Waart, conductor
8:00 a.m.
Frederic Chopin
Concert Rondo "Krakowiak" in F major Opus 14
Warsaw Philharmonic; Kazimierz Kord, conductor Garrick Ohlsson, piano
8:16 a.m.
Richard Strauss
Don Juan Opus 20
Cleveland Orchestra; George Szell, conductor
8:33 a.m.
Francesco Tristano
Toccata
Arctic Philharmonic; Christian Kluxen, conductor Francesco Tristano, piano
8:40 a.m.
Wilhelm Stenhammar
Excelsior! Opus 13
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
8:55 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring
Voces8; Eric Whitacre, conductor Nelson Freire, piano
9:00 a.m.
Wilhelm Peterson-Berger
Symphony No. 3 "Lapland" (Same Atname) in F minor
Norrkoping Symphony Orchestra; Michail Jurowski, conductor
9:43 a.m.
Clara Schumann
Soirees Musicales: II. Notturno Opus 6/2
Leanne Rees, piano
9:49 a.m.
Johann Heinrich Schmelzer
Sonata Quarta, from Sonatae unarum fidium in D major
Carrie Krause, baroque violin; John Lenti, theorbo
10:00 a.m.
Arcangelo Corelli
Concerto Grosso No. 10 in C major Opus 6
Musica Amphion; Pieter-Jan Belder, conductor
10:13 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Flute & Harp Concerto in C major K 299
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra Susan Palma-Nidel, flute; Nancy Allen, harp
10:41 a.m.
Isolina Carrillo
Dos Gardenias
Havana Lyceum Orchestra; Jose Antonio Mendez Padron, conductor Sarah Willis, horn; Harold Madrigal Frias, trumpet
10:47 a.m.
Sebastian Iradier
La Paloma the dove
Pablo Sainz Villegas, guitar
10:51 a.m.
Louis Moreau Gottschalk
Home Sweet Home
Alan Feinberg, piano
10:59 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
My Home Overture Opus 62
Scottish National Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
11:09 a.m.
Catrin Finch; Seckou Keita
Yama Ba
Seckou Keita, kora; Catrin Finch, harp
11:16 a.m.
Rebecca Clarke
Cello Sonata
Raphael Wallfisch, cello; John York, piano
11:40 a.m.
Roland Dyens
Tango En Skai (Immitation Leather Tango)
Jason Vieaux, guitar
11:43 a.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Ruins of Athens: Turkish March Opus 113/4
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra; Leonard Slatkin, conductor
11:46 a.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Fair Melusina Overture Opus 32
London Symphony Orchestra; Claudio Abbado, conductor
11:58 a.m.
Edward Elgar
Enigma Variations Opus 36
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Georg Solti, conductor
12:28 p.m.
Jean-Philippe Rameau
Allemande No. 1 (from the First Book for Harpsichord)
Assad Brothers Sergio Assad, guitar; Odair Assad, guitar
12:33 p.m.
Jean Sibelius
Karelia Suite: III. Alla Marcia Opus 11
Philharmonia Orchestra; Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor
12:39 p.m.
Enrique Soro
Three Chilean Airs (Tres aires chilenos)
Chile Symphony Orchestra; Jose Luis Dominguez, conductor
12:51 p.m.
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Vocalise Opus 34/14
Moscow Chamber Orchestra; Constantine Orbelian, conductor Nina Kotova, cello
12:59 p.m.
Emmanuel Chabrier
Festive Polonaise (Le Roi Malgre Lui: Fete Polonaise)
Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra; Herve Niquet, conductor
1:09 p.m.
Connor Chee
Navajo Vocable No. 4
Angelica Hairston, harp
1:13 p.m.
John Field
Divertissement No. 2 in A major
London Mozart Players; Matthias Bamert, conductor Miceal O'Rourke, piano
1:24 p.m.
Gerald Finzi
Clarinet Concerto Opus 31
Guildhall String Ensemble; Robert Salter, conductor Richard Stoltzman, clarinet
1:55 p.m.
Paulinho Nogueira
Bachianinha No. 1
Plinio Fernandes, guitar
2:00 p.m.
Wilhelm Stenhammar
Piano Concerto No. 2 in D minor Opus 23
Munich Philharmonic Orchestra; Stig Westerberg, conductor Janos Solyom, piano
2:30 p.m.
Samuel Scheidt
Canzona Bergamasca
The Paramount Brass
2:35 p.m.
Jacques Ibert
Divertissement
San Diego Chamber Orchestra; Donald Barra, conductor
2:54 p.m.
Fernando Sor
Etude No. 17 in E minor Opus 6/11
Pablo Sainz Villegas, guitar
3:00 p.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Symphony No. 6 "Pathetique": III. Molto Vivace in B minor Opus 74
Philharmonia Orchestra; Riccardo Muti, conductor
3:09 p.m.
Isaac Albeniz
Zambra Granadina
David Russell, guitar
3:15 p.m.
Fanny Mendelssohn
Piano Sonata in C minor in C minor (1824, age 18) H128
Betty Ann Miller, piano
3:33 p.m.
Edvard Grieg
Holberg Suite Opus 40
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
3:55 p.m.
Florence Price
Piano Concerto in One Movement: III. Allegretto
Chineke! Orchestra; Leslie Suganandarajah, conductor Jeneba Kanneh-Mason, piano
4:00 p.m.
Georg Philipp Telemann
Polish Concerto (Concerto Polonois) in G major
Apollo's Fire; Jeannette Sorrell, conductor
4:09 p.m.
Agustin Barrios
Vals (Waltz) No. 4 in G major Opus 8/4
Jason Vieaux, guitar
4:14 p.m.
Juanjo Mosalini
Toma, Toca (Take it, Play it)
Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra of Boston; Gisele Ben-Dor, conductor Juanjo Mosalini, bandoneon
4:20 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D major BWV 1050
European Brandenburg Ensemble; Trevor Pinnock, conductor
4:41 p.m.
Malcolm Arnold
Four Scottish Dances Opus 59
Philharmonia Orchestra; Bryden Thomson, conductor
4:51 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
5:00 p.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Variations on a Rococo Theme Opus 33
Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra; Yuri Temirkanov, conductor Yo Yo Ma, cello
5:20 p.m.
Clara Schumann
Scherzo No. 1 in D minor in D minor Opus 10
Angela Cheng, piano
5:26 p.m.
Gustav Mahler
Symphony No. 5: III. Scherzo in C# minor
Berlin Philharmonic; Claudio Abbado, conductor Gerd Seifert, horn
5:45 p.m.
Zhen Chen
Springfield
Zhen Chen, piano; Jiaju Shen, pipa; Feifei Yang, erhu
5:49 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Concerto in D major: I. Allegro in D major BWV 972
Bamberg Symphony; Jakub Hrusa, conductor Raphael Feuillatre, guitar
6:01 p.m.
Julius Rietz
Clarinet Concerto in G minor Opus 29
English Chamber Orchestra; Andrew Litton, conductor Thea King, clarinet
6:24 p.m.
Rebecca Clarke
Passacaglia (on an Old English Tune)
Patricia McCarty, viola; Virginia Eskin, piano
6:29 p.m.
John Lunn
DOWNTON ABBEY: A Royal Command
Chamber Orchestra of London; Alastair King, conductor
6:36 p.m.
Tomaso Albinoni
Adagio in G minor
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
6:44 p.m.
George Gershwin
Three Preludes
Joshua Bell, violin; John Williams, piano [Boston Pops conductor]
6:51 p.m.
Edward K. (Duke) Ellington
The River Suite: IV. The Lake
Buffalo Philharmonic; JoAnn Falletta, conductor