Classical Music Playlist, November 20, 2024
Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
Felix Mendelssohn spent ten months wandering through Italy when he was about 21 years old. He saw Venice and Rome, Bologna and Florence, Naples and Pompeii. He sketched and painted watercolors of his impressions. To fulfill a commission from the Philharmonic Society in London for a new symphony, he composed his musical impressions of the country. The result, Felix Mendelssohn’s Symphony No. 4, the “Italian,” is today’s Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
Antonio Rosetti
Concerto for two horns in Eb major Hob VIId:6
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Iona Brown, conductor Hermann Baumann, horn; Timothy Brown, horn
6:19 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B minor BWV 1067
Boston Baroque; Martin Pearlman, conductor
6:38 a.m.
Johannes Brahms
Rhapsody in G minor Opus 79/2
Martha Argerich, piano
6:45 a.m.
Edward Elgar
Serenade for string orchestra in E minor Opus 20
London Philharmonic Orchestra; Leonard Slatkin, conductor
6:59 a.m.
Pall Isolfsson
Festival Overture
Iceland Symphony Orchestra; Petri Sakari, conductor
7:14 a.m.
Alexander MacKenzie
Second Scottish Rhapsody Opus 24
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra; Martyn Brabbins, conductor
7:31 a.m.
Frederic Chopin
Nocturne No. 13 in C minor Opus 48/1
Hayato Sumino, piano
7:39 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 35 "Haffner" in D major K 385
Prague Chamber Orchestra; Charles Mackerras, conductor
8:00 a.m.
Robert Schumann
Piano Quartet: IV. Finale in Eb major Opus 47
Emerson String Quartet Menahem Pressler, piano
8:08 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Czech Suite Opus 39
Prague Philharmonia; Jakub Hrusa, conductor
8:33 a.m.
Madeleine Dring
Colour Suite: IV. Blue Air
Sarah Cahill, piano
8:36 a.m.
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
African Suite: African Dance Opus 35/4
Chineke! Orchestra; Kevin John Edusei, conductor
8:43 a.m.
Gaetano Donizetti
LINDA DI CHAMOUNIX Overture
Philharmonia Orchestra; Tullio Serafin, conductor
8:52 a.m.
Johannes Brahms
Symphony No. 4: III. Allegro giocoso in E minor Opus 98
Berlin Philharmonic; Herbert von Karajan, conductor
8:59 a.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Symphony No. 4 in Bb major Opus 60
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Georg Solti, conductor
9:35 a.m.
Teresa Carreno
Marche funebre Opus 11
Alexandra Oehler, piano
9:43 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso No. 6 in G minor Opus 6/6 HWV 324
Handel & Haydn Society; Christopher Hogwood, conductor
10:00 a.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
Symphony No. 2 in A minor Opus 55
French Radio and Television Orchestra; Jean Martinon, conductor
10:23 a.m.
Morten Lauridsen
O Magnum Mysterium
Fourth Wall Ensemble; Christopher Allen, conductor
10:30 a.m.
Leos Janacek
Lachian Dances
Czechoslovak RSO, Bratislava; Ondrej Lenard, conductor
10:51 a.m.
Ricardo Castro
Piano Concerto: III. Polonaise in A minor Opus 22
Orquesta Sinf�nica de Miner�a (OSM); Carlos Miguel Prieto, conductor Jorge Federico Osorio, piano
11:00 a.m.
Samuel Barber
Violin Concerto Opus 14
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra; Hugh Wolff, conductor Hilary Hahn, violin
11:24 a.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Piano Sonata No. 8 "Pathetique": II. Adagio cantabile in C minor Opus 13
John O'Conor, piano
11:29 a.m.
John Williams
E.T. The Extra Terrestial: Flying Theme
London Symphony Orchestra; John Williams, conductor
11:34 a.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
String Symphony No. 3 in E minor
Heidelberg Symphony; Thomas Fey, conductor
11:44 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Concerto for oboe d'amore (after BWV 100, 170 & 30) in G major
Tafelmusik; Jeanne Lamon, conductor John Abberger, oboe d'amore
12:00 p.m.
Hector Berlioz
Roman Carnival Overture Opus 9
Philharmonia Orchestra; Herbert Von Karajan, conductor
12:10 p.m.
Chen Peixun
Autumn Moon on a Calm Lake
Lang Lang, piano
12:16 p.m.
Kurt Atterberg
Symphony No. 3 "West Coast Pictures": II. Storm in D Opus 10
Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra; Sixten Ehrling, conductor
12:28 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 24 in C minor K 491
English Chamber Orchestra; Murray Perahia, conductor Murray Perahia, piano
1:01 p.m.
Elena Roussanova
Moments of Arrival
Prague Radio Symphony; Julius Williams, conductor
1:14 p.m.
Jean-Baptiste Lully
Alceste Suite
Le Concert des Nations; Jordi Savall, conductor
1:37 p.m.
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Five Negro Melodies for Piano Trio
Neave Trio
1:54 p.m.
Leonard Bernstein
CANDIDE: Overture
New York Philharmonic; Leonard Bernstein, conductor
2:00 p.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Symphony No. 4 "Italian" in A major Opus 90
San Francisco Symphony; Herbert Blomstedt, conductor
2:30 p.m.
Hania Rani
Glass
Scoring Berlin; Jonathan Stockhammer, conductor Mari Samuelsen, violin
2:35 p.m.
Teresa Carreno
Mi Teresita (Little Waltz)
Gabriela Montero, piano
2:40 p.m.
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Three Portraits from "The England of Elizabeth"
London Symphony Orchestra; Andre Previn, conductor
2:59 p.m.
Florence Price
Symphony No. 4: I. Tempo Moderato in D minor
Fort Smith Symphony; John Jeter, conductor
3:16 p.m.
Sergio Assad
Farewell
Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
3:19 p.m.
Frederic Chopin
Waltz No. 1 "Grande Valse Brillante" in Eb major Opus 18
Stephen Kovacevich, piano
3:25 p.m.
Leo Delibes
Coppelia: (Suite from the ballet)
Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra; Heinz Fricke, conductor
3:50 p.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Violin Concerto, Op. 4, No. 9 in F major Opus 4/9 RV 284
Academy of Ancient Music; Christopher Hogwood, conductor Monica Huggett, violin
3:59 p.m.
Louis Spohr
Clarinet Concerto No. 1 in C minor Opus 26
English Chamber Orchestra; Gerard Schwarz, conductor Emma Johnson, clarinet
4:22 p.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Song without Words for cello and piano Opus 109
Haruma Sato, cello; Wataru Hisasue, piano
4:28 p.m.
Gustav Mahler
Symphony No. 5: III. Scherzo in C# minor
Berlin Philharmonic; Claudio Abbado, conductor Gerd Seifert, horn
4:46 p.m.
Gabriel Faure
Song of Jean Racine (Cantique de Jean Racine) Opus 11
; Edward Higginbottom, conductor Oxford New College Choir
4:53 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Sinfonia (Konzertsatz) in D major BWV 1045
Brandenburg Consort; Roy Goodman, conductor
4:59 p.m.
Arcangelo Corelli
Concerto Grosso No. 6 in F major Opus 6
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra; Nicholas McGegan, conductor
5:12 p.m.
Margaret Bonds
Spiritual Suite: III. Troubled Water
Michelle Cann, piano
5:19 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Symphony No. 9 "From the New World" in E minor Opus 95
Cleveland Orchestra; Christoph Von Dohnanyi, conductor
6:01 p.m.
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Symphony No. 2 (Symphonic Suite) "Antar" Opus 9
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
6:35 p.m.
Charles Wakefield Cadman
Nuwana's Love Song & Night Song
Lansdowne Symphony Orchestra; Reuben Blundell, conductor
6:44 p.m.
TRADITIONAL
Scarborough Fair
Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello; Plinio Fernandes, guitar
6:47 p.m.
John Corigliano
Lullaby for Natalie
London Symphony Orchestra; Leonard Slatkin, conductor Anne Akiko Meyers, violin
6:53 p.m.
Xavier Dubois Foley
Shelter Island
Randall Goosby, violin; Xavier Dubois Foley, double bass
