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Wednesday, March 6, 2024

Classical Music Playlist, March 6, 2024

 

Mélanie Bonis

This Women's History Month CapRadio highlights a different woman in music each weekday. Today's classical spotlight is on Mélanie Bonis (1858-1937).

  • Mélanie taught herself piano and, when she was 12, a professor at the Paris Conservatory persuaded her parents to allow Mélanie to study music. At age 16 César Franck gave her piano lessons and at 17 was a fellow student at the Conservatory with Claude Debussy.
  • Despite excelling in her classes, the prevailing thought was that no woman could possibly compose anything of value. So, in an attempt to conceal her femininity, she adopted the pseudonym Mel Bonis. 
  • In 1883 her family arranged that she marry a businessman 25 years her senior. For ten years Mélanie managed the family, entertained and led a bourgeois life with no pursuit of music….
  • …until ten years later when she became reacquainted with a man she knew at the Paris Conservatory who encouraged her to resume composing and introduced her to musical society.
  • She would go on to write over 300 works for solo piano, songs, religious and chamber music, and orchestral works. 

The 1905 Piano Quartet No. 1 by Mélanie Bonis is today's Midday Masterpiece.

6:00 a.m.
6:00 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
French Suite No. 3 in B minor BWV 814
Angela Hewitt, Piano
6:16 a.m.
Johannes Brahms
Clarinet Quintet in B minor Opus 115
Pacifica Quartet Anthony McGill, clarinet
6:55 a.m.
Scott Joplin
Treemonisha: Prelude Act III
Houston Grand Opera Orchestra; Gunther Schuller, conductor
7:00 a.m.
7:00 a.m.
Daniel-Francois Auber
Rondo for cello and orchestra
Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra; Roberto Paternostro, conductor Martin Ostertag, cello
7:15 a.m.
Kurt Atterberg
Horn Concerto Opus 28
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra; Gerard Oskamp, conductor Albert Linder, horn
7:35 a.m.
Andrew York
Sunburst
Jason Vieaux, guitar
7:41 a.m.
Mel Bonis
Suite in the Ancient Style Opus 127
Members of the Stuttgart Radio Symphony
7:54 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude and Fugue (from the Well-Tempered Clavier I:02) in C minor BWV 847
Vikingur Olafsson, piano
7:59 a.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Swan Lake Suite Opus 20
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Herbert Von Karajan, conductor
8:00 a.m.
8:26 a.m.
Richard Strauss
Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks Opus 28
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra; Manfred Honeck, conductor
8:42 a.m.
Mel Bonis
Soir et Matin: I. Soir (Evening) in Bb major Opus 76
Mozart Piano Quartet
8:46 a.m.
Mel Bonis
Soir et Matin: II. Matin (Morning) in Bb major Opus 76
Mozart Piano Quartet
8:51 a.m.
Richard Wagner
LOHENGRIN: Prelude to Act III
Philadelphia Orchestra; Christian Thielemann, conductor
8:55 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Slavonic Dance No. 5 in A major Opus 46
Cleveland Orchestra; Christoph Von Dohnanyi, conductor
9:00 a.m.
9:00 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Serenade for Winds in C minor K 388
Winds of the Chamber Orchestra of Europe
9:28 a.m.
Mel Bonis
Violin Sonata Opus 112
Sandrine Cantoreggi, violin; Sheila Arnold, piano
9:53 a.m.
John Williams
Raiders of the Lost Ark: The Raiders' March
Boston Pops Orchestra; John Williams, conductor
10:00 a.m.
10:00 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso No. 1 in Bb major Opus 3/1 HWV 312
Academy of Ancient Music; Richard Egarr, conductor
10:09 a.m.
Karl Jenkins
The Armed Man--A Mass for Peace: XII. Benedictus
Berlin Chamber Orchestra; Berlin Radio Choir Daniel Hope, violin
10:16 a.m.
Randall Thompson
Symphony No. 2 in E minor
New York Philharmonic; Leonard Bernstein, conductor
10:45 a.m.
Hamilton Harty
Comedy Overture
Ulster Orchestra; Takuo Yuasa, conductor
11:00 a.m.
11:00 a.m.
Mel Bonis
Piano Quartet No. 2 in D major Opus 124
Mozart Piano Quartet
11:26 a.m.
Nino Rota
Orchestra Rehearsal (Prova d'orchestra)
Orchestra of La Scala, Milan; Riccardo Muti, conductor
11:37 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto for 2 mandolins in G major RV 532
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor James Tyler, mandolin; Robin Jeffrey, mandolin
11:48 a.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
String Quartet No. 13: V. Cavatina in Bb major Opus 130
Cypress String Quartet
11:56 a.m.
Mark Isham
A River Runs Through It: Main Theme
Studio Orchestra
12:00 p.m.
12:00 p.m.
Anton Bruckner
Symphony No. 4 "Romantic": III. Scherzo in Eb major
San Francisco Symphony; Herbert Blomstedt, conductor
12:12 p.m.
Mel Bonis
Flute Sonata in C# minor Opus 64
Maria Cecilia Munoz, flute; Tiffany Butt, piano
12:30 p.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
Carnival of the Animals: Aquarium
Martha Argerich, piano; Gidon Kremer, violin; Edith Salmen-Weber, glockenspiel; Irena Grafenauer, flute
12:34 p.m.
Franz Schubert
Symphony No. 8 "Unfinished" in B minor D 759
Swedish Chamber Orchestra; Thomas Dausgaard, conductor
12:56 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude (from Prelude and Fugue, Well-Tempered Clavier I:01) in C major BWV 846
Xuefei Yang, guitar
1:00 p.m.
1:00 p.m.
George Enescu
Romanian Rhapsody No. 1 in A major Opus 11
National Orchestra of France; Cristian Macelaru, conductor Alice Sara Ott, piano
1:12 p.m.
Mel Bonis
Soir (Evening) Opus 194
Sandrine Cantoreggi, violin; Gustav Rivinius, cello; Sheila Arnold, piano
1:18 p.m.
Igor Stravinsky
The Fairy's Kiss: Divertimento
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Yuri Temirkanov, conductor
1:45 p.m.
Francisco Tarrega
Memories of the Alhambra (Recuerdos de la Alhambra)
Narciso Yepes, guitar
1:50 p.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
Oberon Overture J 306
Tapiola Sinfonietta; Jean Jacques Kantorow, conductor
2:00 p.m.
2:00 p.m.
Mel Bonis
Piano Quartet No. 1 in Bb major Opus 69
Mozart Piano Quartet
2:25 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F major BWV 1047
Berlin Academy of Ancient Music Friedemann Immer, baroque trumpet
2:37 p.m.
John Williams
Themes from Jurassic Park
Boston Pops Orchestra; John Williams, conductor
2:44 p.m.
Ottorino Respighi
Ancient Airs and Dances: Suite No. 1
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra; Hugh Wolff, conductor
3:00 p.m.
3:00 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
My Home Overture Opus 62
Scottish National Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
3:11 p.m.
Mel Bonis
Cleopatra's Dream Opus 180 Le Songe de Cl�op�tre
Lyon National Orchestra; Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider, conductor
3:21 p.m.
Edvard Grieg
Norwegian Dances Opus 35
Estonian National Symphony Orchestra; Paavo Jarvi, conductor
3:40 p.m.
Frederic Hand
Heart's Song
Frederic Hand, guitar
3:47 p.m.
Karl Goldmark
In Italy Overture Opus 49
National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland; Stephen Gunzenhauser, conductor
4:00 p.m.
4:01 p.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 96 "Miracle" in D major HOB I:96
Heidelberg Symphony Orchestra; Thomas Fey, conductor
4:27 p.m.
Mel Bonis
Serenade Opus 46
Sandrine Cantoreggi, violin; Sheila Arnold, piano
4:32 p.m.
Charlotte Sohy
Song Without Words Op 30/4
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; The Bach Choir; Joe Hisaishi, conductor Lang Lang, piano
4:37 p.m.
Georg Philipp Telemann
Alster Overture
Tafelmusik; Jeanne Lamon, conductor
4:44 p.m.
Franz Liszt
Hungarian Fantasy
London Symphony Orchestra; Jun'ichi Hirokami, conductor Barry Douglas, piano
5:00 p.m.
5:00 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Carnival Overture Opus 92
Cleveland Orchestra; George Szell, conductor
5:11 p.m.
Adolfo Mejia
Bambuco en mi in E minor Bambuco in e minor
Jose Antonio Escobar, guitar
5:14 p.m.
Percy Grainger
Molly on the Shore
Dallas Wind Symphony; Jerry Junkin, conductor
5:19 p.m.
Mel Bonis
Suite for Flute, Violin, and Piano Opus 59
Michael Faust, flute; Sandrine Cantoreggi, violin; Sheila Arnold, piano
5:30 p.m.
Joaquin Rodrigo
Concierto para una fiesta
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Sachio Fujioka, conductor Craig Ogden, guitar
5:59 p.m.
Mel Bonis
Violin Sonata Opus 112
Sandrine Cantoreggi, violin; Sheila Arnold, piano
6:00 p.m.
6:24 p.m.
Enrique Soro
Danza Fantastica
Chile Symphony Orchestra; Jose Luis Dominguez, conductor
6:30 p.m.
Arturo Sandoval
Concerto for Trumpet
London Symphony Orchestra; Luis Haza, conductor Arturo Sandoval, trumpet
6:48 p.m.
Mel Bonis
Songe Dream
Helene Guilmette, soprano; Martin Dube, piano
6:51 p.m.
Luigi Boccherini
Quintet for guitar and strings No. 4: III. Fandango in D major G 448
Pacifica Quartet Sharon Isbin, guitar

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