Classical Music Playlist, November 11, 2024
Hector Berlioz composed his "Te Deum" for the 1852 coronation of Napoleon III (nephew of Napoleon Bonaparte). But this performance never came to pass. The premiere of his massive liturgical hymn of praise to God would have to wait until 1855 and was a great triumph for Berlioz. That same evening he wrote to Franz Liszt, "The Te Deum was performed today with the most magnificent precision. It was colossal. My God, if only you had been there. I assure you that it is a tremendous work, with the final movement surpassing all the enormities of which I am guilty up to now.”
A critic reviewing an 1887 performance in London described the scale of the work: "an orchestra of 134 performers, an organ at the opposite end of the church or concert-room, two choirs of 100 singers each, and a third choir of 600 boys, placed midway between organ and orchestra and representing the congregation." The critic continued: "The work did not fail to impress the audience with the innate beauty and grandeur of its structure.” The Berlioz "Te Deum" (including the optionally performed Prelude and concluding Marche) is today's Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
Franz Biber
Sonata No. 12 for 2 Trumpets, Timpani, and Organ in C major
Trompeten Consort; Friedemann Immer, conductor
6:06 a.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Cello Sonata No. 2 in D major Opus 58
Elizabeth Dolin, cello; Bernadene Blaha, piano
6:32 a.m.
John Williams
Hook: Flight to Neverland
Boston Pops Orchestra; John Williams, conductor
6:38 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Violin Concerto No. 3 in G major K 216
Lucerne Festival Strings; Daniel Dodds, conductor Arabella Steinbacher, violin
7:03 a.m.
Richard Wagner
TANNHAUSER Overture
Berlin Philharmonic; Seiji Ozawa, conductor
7:19 a.m.
Joseph White
Violin Concerto in F# minor
Encore Chamber Orchestra; Daniel Hege, conductor Rachel Barton Pine, violin
7:42 a.m.
Hayato Sumino
Human Universe
Hayato Sumino, piano
7:49 a.m.
Fanny Mendelssohn
Melodie (Allegretto) No. 2 in C# minor Opus 4/2
Betty Ann Miller, piano
7:52 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Oboe Concerto No. 12 in C major RV 449
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor Paul Goodwin, oboe
8:02 a.m.
Franz Liszt
Hungarian Fantasy
London Symphony Orchestra; Jun'ichi Hirokami, conductor Barry Douglas, piano
8:18 a.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 100 "Military" in G major
Orchestra of St. Luke's; Charles Mackerras, conductor
8:41 a.m.
Leonard Bernstein
West Side Story Suite for Piano Trio
Eroica Trio
8:54 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
XERXES: Largo: "Ombra Mai Fu"
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor Dmitri Hvorostovsky, baritone
9:00 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 25 in C major K 503
English Baroque Soloists; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor Malcolm Bilson, fortepiano
9:31 a.m.
Amjad Ali Khan
Love Avalanche
Sharon Isbin, guitar; Ayaan Ali Bangash, sarod; Amit Kavthekar, tabla
9:36 a.m.
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Serenade to Music
London Philharmonic Orchestra; Vernon Handley, conductor
9:48 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto for 2 mandolins in G major RV 532
Il Giardino Armonico Duilio Galfetti, mandolin; Wolfgang Paul, mandolin
10:00 a.m.
Robert Schumann
Introduction and Allegro appassionato in G major Opus 92
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Christoph Von Dohnanyi, conductor Andras Schiff, piano
10:15 a.m.
Ina Boyle
Phantasy for Violin and Chamber Orchestra
Thessaloniki State Symphony Orchestra (THESS-sal-loh-NEE-kee); Daniel Geiss, conductor Daniel Hope, violin
10:22 a.m.
Neil Gladd
The Goldberg Rag
Ugo Orlandi, mandolin; Claudio Mandonico, piano; Daniele Bosio, tuba
10:25 a.m.
Victor Herbert
Cello Concerto No. 2 in E minor Op. 8
Ulster Orchestra; JoAnn Falletta, conductor Mark Kosower, cello
10:49 a.m.
Arcangelo Corelli
Concerto Grosso No. 7 in D major Opus 6
Musica Amphion; Pieter-Jan Belder, conductor
10:59 a.m.
Edvard Grieg
Piano Concerto in A minor Opus 16
Berlin Philharmonic; Mariss Jansons, conductor Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
11:29 a.m.
Hans Rott
Symphony No. 1: III. Scherzo: Frisch und lebhaft (Fresh and lively) in E major
Bamberg Symphony; Jakub Hrusa, conductor Raphael Feuillatre, guitar
11:33 a.m.
Leo Brouwer
El Decameron Negro: 2. La huida de los amantes por el valle de los ecos
Sharon Isbin, guitar
11:37 a.m.
James Horner
Braveheart: End Credits
Cincinnati Pops; Erich Kunzel, conductor Eric Rigler, bagpipes
11:43 a.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Leonore Overture No. 3 Opus 72
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; Kurt Masur, conductor
11:58 a.m.
Michael Abels
Global Warming
Sphinx Virtuosi; Cristian Macelaru, conductor Yuja Wang, piano
12:11 p.m.
John Adams
Harmonielehre: III. Meister Eckhardt and Quackie
San Francisco Symphony; Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
12:23 p.m.
Franz Strauss
Horn Concerto No. 1 Opus 8
Bratislava Philharmonia Orchestra; Dale Clevenger, conductor Steven Gross, horn
12:40 p.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Variations on a Rococo Theme Opus 33
London Symphony Orchestra; Maxim Shostakovich, conductor Julian Lloyd Webber, cello
1:00 p.m.
George Friederich Handel
ALMIRA: Suite of instrumental music
Berlin Academy of Ancient Music
1:16 p.m.
John Williams
The Adventures of Tintin: The Duel
Los Angeles Recording Arts Orchestra; John Williams, conductor
1:21 p.m.
Anton Reicha
Quintet for clarinet and strings in Bb major Opus 89
L'Archibudelli Charles Neidich, clarinet
1:48 p.m.
Benjamin Britten
Gloriana: Courtly Dances
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Andre Previn, conductor
2:00 p.m.
Hector Berlioz
Te Deum Opus 22
Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra; Eliahu Inbal, conductor Matthias Eisenberg, organ; Keith Lewis, tenor; Vokalensemble Frankfurt Stag.
2:48 p.m.
Marie Awadis
Etude No. 3: Ballade
Marie Awadis, piano
2:53 p.m.
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Romance in G major Opus 39
Chineke! Orchestra; Kevin John Edusei, conductor Elena Urioste, violin
3:04 p.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso No. 7 in Bb major Opus 6/7 HWV 325
Boston Baroque; Martin Pearlman, conductor
3:17 p.m.
Anna Clyne
DANCE: I. when you're broken open
London Philharmonic Orchestra; Marin Alsop, conductor Inbal Segev, cello
3:22 p.m.
Leonard Bernstein
West Side Story: Somewhere Ballet Sequence
Leonard Bernstein Orchestra; Leonard Bernstein, conductor Marilyn Horne, mezzo-soprano
3:26 p.m.
Franz Liszt
Piano Concerto No. 2 in A major
Budapest Festival Orchestra; Ivan Fischer, conductor Zoltan Kocsis, piano
3:47 p.m.
Claude Debussy
Petite Suite
Lyon National Orchestra; Jun Markl, conductor
4:02 p.m.
Edvard Grieg
Symphonic Dances Opus 64
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor
4:33 p.m.
Frederic Chopin
Waltz No. 1 "Grande Valse Brillante" in Eb major Opus 18
Daniil Trifonov, piano
4:39 p.m.
Jessie Montgomery
Voodoo Dolls
Apollo Chamber Players Hector del Curto, bandoneon
4:44 p.m.
Stanley Myers
Cavatina
La Pieta; Angele Dubeau, conductor Angele Dubeau, violin
4:49 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Piano Sonata No. 14 "Moonlight": I. Adagio sostenuto in C# minor Opus 27/2
Alice Sara Ott, piano
4:54 p.m.
Charlie Chaplin
Modern Times: Smile
Boston Pops Orchestra; John Williams, conductor Itzhak Perlman, violin
4:59 p.m.
George Friederich Handel
Occasional Suite in D major
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor
5:15 p.m.
Clara Schumann
Piano Concerto in A minor Opus 7
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic; Holly Mathieson, conductor Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano
5:38 p.m.
Edouard Lalo
Norwegian Rhapsody (Rapsodie Norvegienne)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Yondani Butt, conductor
5:50 p.m.
Clarence Cameron White
Basque Folk Song
Marcus Eley, clarinet; Lucerne DeSa, piano
5:53 p.m.
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Deep River
Randall Goosby, violin; Zhu Wang, piano
5:59 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Flute & Harp Concerto in C major K 299
Academy of Ancient Music; Christopher Hogwood, conductor Lisa Beznosiuk, flute; Frances Kelly, harp
6:28 p.m.
Adolphus Hailstork
Fanfare on Amazing Grace
Virginia Symphony Orchestra; JoAnn Falletta, conductor
6:33 p.m.
Leo Brouwer
El Decameron Negro
Sharon Isbin, guitar
6:48 p.m.
Malcolm Forsyth
Golyardes' Grounde
Canadian Brass
6:51 p.m.
Alan Thomas
Sephardic Trio: III. Una Matica de Ruda (traditional wedding song)
Cavatina Duo [flute & guitar] David Cunliffe, cello
6:55 p.m.
Philip Glass
Modern Love Waltz
Gloria Cheng-Cochran, piano
