Classical Music Playlist, December 19, 2023
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"Christmas Tree" (Weihnachtsbaum) is Franz Liszt's suite of 12 short pieces for solo piano based on Christmas carols such as O Holy Night!, In dulci jubilo, Adeste fideles, an Old Provençal Christmas Song, and more. It's today's Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Sonata No. 14 in C minor K 457
Andras Schiff, piano
6:21 a.m.
Edward Elgar
Cello Concerto in E minor Opus 85
London Philharmonic Orchestra; George Pehlivanian, conductor Ofra Harnoy, cello
6:51 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Trio for violin, lute & continuo in G minor RV 85
I Musici Pepe Romero, guitar
7:00 a.m.
Alan Hovhaness
Symphony No. 2 "Mysterious Mountain" Opus 132
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra; Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor
7:17 a.m.
Georg Philipp Telemann
Suite in D major TWV 55:D19
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor
7:44 a.m.
TRADITIONAL
Greensleeves
Ronn McFarlane, lute
7:45 a.m.
TRADITIONAL
Carol of the Bells/God Rest Ye Merry/L'Homme Arme
Del Sol String Quartet; Nicholas Collon, conductor Carolyn Surrick, viola da gamba; Ronn McFarlane, lute
7:50 a.m.
Fanny Mendelssohn
Largo in E minor
Joanne Polk, piano
7:55 a.m.
Gabriela Lena Frank
Three Latin American Dances: The Mestizo Waltz
Utah Symphony Orchestra; Keith Lockhart, conductor
7:59 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
8:10 a.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 104 "London" in D major
Heidelberg Symphony; Thomas Fey, conductor
8:40 a.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Nutcracker: Trepak Russian Dance Opus 71
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Herbert Von Karajan, conductor
8:41 a.m.
John Williams
HOME ALONE: Holiday Flight
Studio Orchestra; John Williams, conductor
8:43 a.m.
Agustin Barrios
Vals de Primavera
David Russell, guitar
8:48 a.m.
Alexander Borodin
PRINCE IGOR Overture
Philharmonia Orchestra; Geoffrey Simon, conductor
9:00 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Symphony No. 7 in D minor Opus 70
Los Angeles Philharmonic; Gustavo Dudamel, conductor Bomsori Kim, violin
9:37 a.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
Carnival of the Animals: The Swan (Le Cygne)
Orchestre de Paris; Semyon Bychkov, conductor Mischa Maisky, cello
9:42 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Chamber Concerto in F major RV 99
Camerata Koln
9:51 a.m.
TRADITIONAL; Ola Gjeilo, arr.
Coventry Carol
The Choir of Royal Holloway; Rupert Gough, conductor
9:54 a.m.
Ola Gjeilo
The Rose
The Choir of Royal Holloway; 12 Ensemble; Rupert Gough, conductor Ola Gjeilo, piano
10:00 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 20: III. Rondo in D minor K 466
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra; Jeremy Denk, conductor Jeremy Denk, piano
10:08 a.m.
Jean Sibelius
Symphony No. 7 in C major Opus 105
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra; Robert Spano, conductor
10:31 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso No. 4 in F major Opus 3/4a HWV 315
Handel & Haydn Society; Christopher Hogwood, conductor
10:46 a.m.
Franz Biebl
Ave Maria
Chanticleer
10:54 a.m.
Leroy Anderson
Sleigh Ride
Voces8 Foundation Orchestra; Barnaby Smith, conductor
10:59 a.m.
Daniel-Francois Auber
Rondo for cello and orchestra
Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra; Roberto Paternostro, conductor Martin Ostertag, cello
11:14 a.m.
Connor Chee
Navajo Vocable No. 12
Connor Chee, piano
11:18 a.m.
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Violin Concerto in G minor Opus 80
Chineke! Orchestra; Kevin John Edusei, conductor Elena Urioste, violin
11:51 a.m.
Isaac Albeniz
Suite Espanola: No. 3 "Sevilla" Opus 47
Pepe Romero, guitar
11:56 a.m.
TRADITIONAL
O Come, O Come, Emmanuel
Empire Brass
12:00 p.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
Clarinet Concerto No. 2 in Eb major Opus 74
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment Antony Pay, clarinet
12:24 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 35 "Haffner": IV. Finale (Presto) in D major K 385
Bremen German Chamber Philharmonic; Tarmo Peltokoski, conductor Bomsori Kim, violin
12:31 p.m.
John Williams
1941 (march)
Boston Pops Orchestra; John Williams, conductor
12:36 p.m.
Ernst von Dohnanyi
Symphonic Minutes Opus 36
Buffalo Philharmonic; JoAnn Falletta, conductor
12:52 p.m.
Johann Heinichen
Pastorale per la Notte di Natale in A major
Musica Antiqua Koln; Reinhardt Goebel, conductor Susanne Regel, oboe; Monika Nielen, oboe
1:00 p.m.
Georg Philipp Telemann
Concerto for trumpets, oboes, strings and timpani in D major TWV 54:D3
English Chamber Orchestra; Simon Preston, conductor Hannes Laubin, trumpet; Wolfgang Laubin, trumpet; Bernhard Laubin, trumpet
1:10 p.m.
Cecile Chaminade
Piano Trio No. 1 in G minor Opus 11
Trio Parnassus
1:33 p.m.
Mario Albanese
Jequibau
Plinio Fernandes, guitar
1:35 p.m.
John C. Williams
Aeolian Suite
Studio Orchestra; William Goodchild, conductor John Williams, guitar
1:39 p.m.
Johannes Brahms
Academic Festival Overture Opus 80
Concertgebouw Orchestra; Riccardo Chailly, conductor
1:50 p.m.
Emile Waldteufel
The Skaters Waltz (Les Patineurs) Opus 183
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor
2:00 p.m.
Franz Liszt
Christmas Tree (Weihnachtsbaum)
Leslie Howard, piano
2:34 p.m.
Jose Moncayo
Huapango
Philharmonic Orchestra of the Americas; Alondra de la Parra, conductor
2:44 p.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto for 2 violins in A minor Opus 3/8
Tafelmusik; Jeanne Lamon, conductor Jeanne Lamon, violin; Genevieve Gilardeau, violin
2:52 p.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
EUGENE ONEGIN: Waltz
Staatskapelle Dresden; Hans Vonk, conductor
3:00 p.m.
Aaron Copland
The Tender Land: Suite
Boston Symphony Orchestra; Aaron Copland, conductor
3:22 p.m.
Astor Piazzolla
Spring in Buenos Aires (Primavera Portena)
David Tanenbaum, guitar
3:27 p.m.
Marianne Martinez
Piano Concerto in A Major in A major
Orqueste Filarmonia Iberica; Melani Mestre, conductor Melani Mestre, piano
3:44 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Symphony No. 9 "From the New World": II. Largo in E minor Opus 95
Los Angeles Philharmonic; Gustavo Dudamel, conductor Seong-Jin Cho, piano
3:57 p.m.
John Williams
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade: Scherzo for Motorcycle and Orchestra
Boston Pops Orchestra; John Williams, conductor
4:01 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 41 "Jupiter" in C major K 551
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor
4:35 p.m.
Samuel Akpabot
Pastorale from "Scenes from Nigeria"
Marcus Eley, clarinet; Lucerne DeSa, piano
4:40 p.m.
Reinhold Gliere
Concert Waltz Opus 90
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Vassily Sinaisky, conductor
4:46 p.m.
John Ireland
The Holy Boy
La Pieta Angele Dubeau, violin
4:50 p.m.
Ola Gjeilo
First Snow
12 Ensemble; Rupert Gough, conductor Ola Gjeilo, piano
4:54 p.m.
Gian Carlo Menotti
AMELIA GOES TO THE BALL Overture
Columbia Symphony Orchestra; Thomas Schippers, conductor
4:59 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F major BWV 1047
European Brandenburg Ensemble; Trevor Pinnock, conductor
5:12 p.m.
Carl Nielsen
Symphony No. 1 in G minor Opus 7
Danish National Symphony Orchestra; Fabio Luisi, conductor
5:47 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
25 Scottish Songs: 2. Sunset Opus 108/2
Voces8; Eric Whitacre, conductor Gerald Finley, baritone; Nicola Benedetti, violin; Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello; Benjamin Grosvenor, piano
5:53 p.m.
Frederic Chopin
Prelude No. 15 "Raindrop" in Db major Opus 28
Martha Argerich, piano
6:00 p.m.
Holiday Programming
Carols as Home with the Imani Winds SEGMENT 1
Toyin Spellman-Diaz, host
6:25 p.m.
Holiday Programming
Carols as Home with the Imani Winds SEGMENT 2
Toyin Spellman-Diaz, host