Classical Music Playlist, November 18, 2024
Self-portrait of Louis Spohr
German composer Louis Spohr (1784-1859) wrote over 150 works with opus numbers in different genres, but his nine completed symphonies were the most celebrated. Until Mendelssohn and Schumann, Spohr's symphonies were really the only ones to receive regular performances alongside Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven and didn't fade from the concert repertoire until toward the end of the 19th century, especially in London. Along with his earlier 1811 Symphony No. 1, Spohr’s 1820 Symphony No. 2 remained staples in London until the 1870s, with one reviewer in 1842 writing that the second symphony of 1820 was "beyond comparison the most perfect orchestral composition of Spohr." That Symphony No. 2 by Louis Spohr is today's Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Bassoon Concerto in A minor in A minor RV 498
Seattle Baroque Michael McCraw, bassoon
6:11 a.m.
Jean-Baptiste Lully
Le Divertissement Royal Suite
Le Concert des Nations; Jordi Savall, conductor
6:34 a.m.
William Grant Still
Romance
Marcus Eley, clarinet; Lucerne DeSa, piano
6:40 a.m.
Florence Price
Symphony No. 1: I. Allegro ma non troppo in E minor
Chineke! Orchestra; Roderick Cox, conductor
6:59 a.m.
Fanny Mendelssohn
Piano Trio: I. Allegro molto vivace in D minor
Nash Ensemble
7:11 a.m.
Carl Nielsen
Symphony No. 2 "Four Temperaments" Opus 16
Royal Scottish Orchestra; Bryden Thomson, conductor
7:43 a.m.
Mel Bonis
Femmes de Legende: Melisande Opus 109
Anna Shelest, piano
7:45 a.m.
Mel Bonis
Femmes de Legende: Omphale Opus 86
Anna Shelest, piano
7:51 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Four Seasons: Winter (L'Inverno) in F minor Opus 8/4 RV 297
Venice Baroque Orchestra; Andrea Marcon, conductor Giuliano Carmignola, violin
7:59 a.m.
Franz Schubert
Octet for strings & winds: I. Adagio - Allegro in F major Opus 166 D 803
Academy of Ancient Music Members of...
8:15 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 39 in Eb major K 543
Prague Chamber Orchestra; Charles Mackerras, conductor
8:45 a.m.
Manuel Ponce
Estrellita
Duo Sonidos
8:50 a.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Egmont Overture Opus 84
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Georg Solti, conductor
9:00 a.m.
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Symphony No. 3 in A minor Opus 44
Detroit Symphony Orchestra; Leonard Slatkin, conductor
9:41 a.m.
Amy Beach
Romance (1893) in D major Opus 23
Kristin Lee, violin; Jun Cho, piano
9:48 a.m.
Johann Hertel
Trumpet Concerto No. 3 in D major
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor Hakan Hardenberger, trumpet
10:00 a.m.
Sergei Prokofiev
Piano Concerto No. 1 in Db major Opus 10
Montreal Symphony Orchestra; Charles Dutoit, conductor Martha Argerich, piano
10:16 a.m.
Hugo Wolf
Italian Serenade in G major
I Solisti Italiani
10:25 a.m.
Charles Gounod
Petite Symphonie for winds in Bb major
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra; Christopher Hogwood, conductor
10:46 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso No. 12 in B minor Opus 6/12 HWV 330
Aradia Ensemble; Kevin Mallon, conductor
10:59 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Clarinet Quintet in A major K 581
Pacifica Quartet Anthony McGill, clarinet
11:31 a.m.
Johann Strauss, Jr.
Blue Danube Waltz Opus 314
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Fritz Reiner, conductor
11:41 a.m.
Teresa Carreno
Un reve en mer A dream at sea
Sarah Cahill, piano
11:47 a.m.
Richard Wagner
DIE MEISTERSINGER: Prelude
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra; Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor
12:00 p.m.
Rebecca Clarke
Viola Sonata: I. Impetuoso
Philip Dukes, viola; Sophia Rahman, piano
12:09 p.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 101 "Clock" in D major
Orchestra of St. Luke's; Charles Mackerras, conductor
12:38 p.m.
Hayato Sumino
Nocturne II - After Dawn
Hayato Sumino, piano
12:42 p.m.
Georg Philipp Telemann
Overture in D major
Berlin Academy of Ancient Music
12:50 p.m.
Maurice Ravel
Miroirs: Une Barque sur l'Ocean (A Boat on the Ocean)
Ulster Orchestra; Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor
1:00 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Slavonic Rhapsody No. 2 in G minor Opus 45
Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra; Zdenek Kosler, conductor
1:13 p.m.
Ignaz Moscheles
Piano Concerto No. 5 in C major Opus 87
Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra; Howard Shelley, conductor Howard Shelley, piano
1:45 p.m.
Samuel Barber
School for Scandal Overture
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra; Yoel Levi, conductor
1:55 p.m.
Jay Ungar; Molly Mason
The Harvest Home Suite: Autumn (Thanksgiving Hymn)
Nashville Chamber Orchestra Jay Ungar, fiddle; Molly Mason, guitar
2:00 p.m.
Louis Spohr
Symphony No. 2 in D minor Opus 49
NDR Radio Philharmonic Hanover; Howard Griffiths, conductor
2:28 p.m.
Harry Thacker Burleigh
Southland Sketches (1916)
Kristin Lee, violin; Jeremy Ajani Jordan, piano
2:40 p.m.
Giacomo Puccini
MADAMA BUTTERFLY: Humming Chorus (Act 2)
Philharmonia Orchestra; Giuseppi Sinopoli, conductor Ambrosian Opera Chorus
2:45 p.m.
Lars-Erik Larsson
Pastoral Suite Opus 19
CBC Vancouver Orchestra; Mario Bernardi, conductor
3:00 p.m.
Arcangelo Corelli
Concerto Grosso No. 10 in C major Opus 6
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor
3:13 p.m.
John Williams
Summon the Heroes
Boston Pops Orchestra; John Williams, conductor
3:21 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Serenade for Winds in C minor K 388
Heinz Holliger, oboe; Louise Pellerin, oboe; Eduard Brunner, clarinet; Klaus Thunemann, bassoon
3:46 p.m.
Ralph Vaughan Williams
English Folk Song Suite
University of Texas Wind Ensemble; Jerry Junkin, conductor
3:59 p.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 94 "Surprise" in G major
Heidelberg Symphony; Thomas Fey, conductor
4:24 p.m.
Teresa Carreno
Elegy No. 1 Opus 17
Clara Rodriguez, piano
4:29 p.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Capriccio Italien Opus 45
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor
4:45 p.m.
Johannes Brahms
Hungarian Dance No. 6 in D major
Staatskapelle Berlin; Otmar Suitner, conductor
4:50 p.m.
Malcolm Arnold
Four Scottish Dances Opus 59
Philharmonia Orchestra; Bryden Thomson, conductor
5:00 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 in Bb major BWV 1051
European Brandenburg Ensemble; Trevor Pinnock, conductor
5:17 p.m.
Olivia Belli
Nocturne IV
Olivia Belli, piano
5:20 p.m.
Antonio Lauro
Dance for Six ("Seis por Derecho")
Eduardo Fernandez, guitar
5:24 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
American Suite in A major Opus 98
Budapest Festival Orchestra; Ivan Fischer, conductor
5:45 p.m.
Edvard Grieg
In Autumn Overture Opus 11
Bergen Philharmonic; Ole Kristian Ruud, conductor
6:00 p.m.
Hubert Parry
Symphony No. 2 "Cambridge" in F major
Scottish National Orchestra; Andrew Penny, conductor
6:37 p.m.
William Grant Still
In Memoriam
Fort Smith Symphony; John Jeter, conductor
6:45 p.m.
Rachel Portman
Flight
La Pieta; Angele Dubeau, conductor Francine Kay, piano
6:53 p.m.
Isolina Carrillo
Dos Gardenias
Havana Lyceum Orchestra; Jose Antonio Mendez Padron, conductor Sarah Willis, horn; Harold Madrigal Frias, trumpet
