Classical Music Playlist, January 10, 2025
French composer Camille Saint-Saëns loved to travel, and because he wrote his Piano Concerto No. 5 while vacationing in Cairo and Luxor, the work is sometimes called the “Egyptian” concerto. After an energetic opening of the second movement, he even included what he said was a romantic “Nubian love song” sung by boatmen as the composer was sailing down the Nile. The Saint-Saëns “Egyptian” Concerto is today's Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
Pietro Locatelli
Concerto Grosso No. 9 in D major Opus 1/9
Raglan Baroque Players; Nicholas Kraemer, conductor
6:12 a.m.
Bernhard Crusell
Bassoon Concertino in Bb major
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Gianandrea Noseda, conductor Karen Geoghegan, bassoon
6:30 a.m.
Florence Price
Piano Sonata in E minor
Althea Waites, piano
6:57 a.m.
Dmitri Shostakovich
Suite for Variety Orchestra: Waltz No. 2
Jess Gillam, alto saxophone; Ben Dawson, piano; Timothy Welch, viola; Michael Gray, violin; Benjamin Hughes, cello
7:01 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major BWV 1068
La Petite Bande; Sigiswald Kuijken, conductor
7:22 a.m.
Richard Strauss
Horn Concerto No. 2 in Eb major
London Symphony Orchestra; Istvan Kertesz, conductor Barry Tuckwell, horn
7:44 a.m.
Ricardo Castro
Plainte Opus 38/2
Orquesta Sinfonica de Mineria (OSM) Jorge Federico Osorio, piano
7:47 a.m.
Joe Hisaishi
Rain
La Pieta Angele Dubeau, violin
7:53 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Slavonic Dance No. 9 in B major Opus 72
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra; Vaclav Neumann, conductor
7:59 a.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
Phaeton - Symphonic Poem Opus 39
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra; Lorin Maazel, conductor
8:08 a.m.
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor Opus 30
Dallas Symphony Orchestra; Andrew Litton, conductor Stephen Hough, piano
8:47 a.m.
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
March from Tsar Saltan Suite Opus 57
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Andre Previn, conductor
8:53 a.m.
John Williams
Raiders of the Lost Ark: The Raiders' March
Boston Pops Orchestra; John Williams, conductor
9:00 a.m.
Asger Hamerik
Symphony No. 3 "Symphonie Lyrique" in E major Opus 33
Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra; Thomas Dausgaard, conductor
9:36 a.m.
Paulinho Nogueira; Luiz Gonzaga
Bachianinha No. 2 / Araponga
Plinio Fernandes, guitar
9:40 a.m.
Johann Heinichen
Concerto for horns, flutes, oboes and strings in F major
Musica Antiqua Koln; Reinhardt Goebel, conductor
9:55 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Cantata No. 29: Sinfonia BWV 29
Brandenburg Consort; Roy Goodman, conductor Paul Nicholson, organ
10:00 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso No. 4 in F major Opus 3/4a HWV 315
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor
10:11 a.m.
Elena Kats-Chernin
Lullaby for Nick
Tamara-Anna Cislowska, piano; Elena Kats-Chernin, piano
10:16 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Cello Concerto in B minor Opus 104
London Symphony Orchestra; Antal Dorati, conductor Janos Starker, cello
10:55 a.m.
Bedrich Smetana
BARTERED BRIDE: Furiant (Bohemian Dance)
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Gianandrea Noseda, conductor
10:59 a.m.
Gustav Mahler
Symphony No. 1: 2nd movement in D major
San Francisco Symphony; Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
11:07 a.m.
Roland Dyens
Tango En Skai (Immitation Leather Tango)
Jason Vieaux, guitar
11:10 a.m.
Teresa Carreno
Vals Gayo Opus 38
Clara Rodriguez, piano
11:16 a.m.
Georg Philipp Telemann
Concerto for 2 chalumeaux in D minor
Musica Antiqua Koln; Reinhardt Goebel, conductor Eric Hoeprich, chalumeau; Lisa Klewitt, chalumeau
11:29 a.m.
Emmanuel Chabrier
Espana (Spanish Rhapsodie)
Ulster Orchestra; Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor
11:36 a.m.
Ottorino Respighi
Pines of Rome
Philadelphia Orchestra; Riccardo Muti, conductor
12:00 p.m.
Jennifer Reason
LOCAL ARTIST FEATURE: Zachary Gordin, baritone
Jennifer Reason, host
12:11 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 17 in G major K 453
Scottish Chamber Orchestra; Charles Mackerras, conductor John O'Conor, piano
12:42 p.m.
Edward Elgar
Salut d'amour (Love's Greeting) Opus 12
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Lawrance Collingwood, conductor
12:47 p.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
A Midsummer Night's Dream: Overture
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment; Charles Mackerras, conductor
1:00 p.m.
Francesco Geminiani
Concerto Grosso "La Follia" in D minor
Boston Baroque; Martin Pearlman, conductor
1:11 p.m.
Johannes Brahms
Symphony No. 3 in F major Opus 90
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; Riccardo Chailly, conductor
1:46 p.m.
Clara Schumann
Scherzo No. 2 in C minor in C minor Opus 14
Anna Shelest, piano
1:51 p.m.
Alfredo Casella
Italia: IV. Finale (Allegro molto vivace...) Opus 11
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Gianandrea Noseda, conductor
2:00 p.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
Piano Concerto No. 5 in F major Opus 103
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Andre Previn, conductor Jean-Philippe Collard, piano
2:30 p.m.
Agustin Barrios
Vals (Waltz) No. 4 in G major Opus 8/4
Jason Vieaux, guitar
2:35 p.m.
Giuseppe Torelli
Concerto for four violins and orchestra in E minor
Musica Antiqua Koln; Reinhardt Goebel, conductor
2:44 p.m.
Arvid Kleven
Lotusland
Stavanger Symphony Orchestra (sta VAHN ger); Susanna Malkki, conductor
3:00 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
In Nature's Realm Overture Opus 91
Janacek Philharmonic; Theodore Kuchar, conductor
3:14 p.m.
George Enescu
Romanian Rhapsody No. 1 in A major Opus 11
National Orchestra of France; Cristian Macelaru, conductor Alice Sara Ott, piano
3:19 p.m.
Luigi Boccherini
Quintet for guitar and strings No. 4: III. Fandango in D major G 448
Pacifica Quartet Sharon Isbin, guitar
3:27 p.m.
Ottorino Respighi
Ancient Airs and Dances: Suite No. 2
Lausanne Chamber Orchestra; Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor
3:47 p.m.
Gustav Holst
Suite No. 2 in F major Opus 28
North Texas Wind Symphony; Eugene Corporon, conductor
4:00 p.m.
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Capriccio Espagnol Opus 34
New York Philharmonic; Leonard Bernstein, conductor
4:16 p.m.
Edvard Grieg
Piano Concerto in A minor Opus 16
Berlin Philharmonic; Mariss Jansons, conductor Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
4:45 p.m.
Heitor Villa-Lobos
Prelude no. 1 in E minor
Julian Bream, guitar
4:51 p.m.
Johannes Brahms
Violin Concerto: III. Allegro giocoso (Finale) in D major Opus 77
Cleveland Orchestra; Christoph Von Dohnanyi, conductor Joshua Bell, violin
5:00 p.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso No. 1 in G major Opus 6/1 HWV 319
Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra; Ton Koopman, conductor
5:13 p.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Variations on a Rococo Theme Opus 33
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra Mischa Maisky, cello
5:33 p.m.
Cesar Franck
Variations Symphoniques
Concertgebouw Orchestra; Riccardo Chailly, conductor Jorge Bolet, piano
5:51 p.m.
Michael Torke
Javelin
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra; Yoel Levi, conductor
6:01 p.m.
Jennifer Reason
LOCAL ARTIST FEATURE: Zachary Gordin, baritone
Jennifer Reason, host
6:12 p.m.
Arthur Bliss
A Colour Symphony
Ulster Orchestra; Vernon Handley, conductor
6:44 p.m.
Grace Williams
Carillons, for oboe and orchestra
London Symphony Orchestra; Sir Charles Groves, conductor Anthony Camden, oboe
6:55 p.m.
Jon Batiste
Nocturne No. 1 in D minor
Jon Batiste, piano
