Classical Music Playlist, January 15, 2025
The opening notes of Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 4 belong to the piano alone
Beethoven opens his Piano Concerto No. 4 not with a traditional orchestral introduction but with a solo piano; and not even dramatically, but “softly, sweetly” as he noted in the score [“piano, dolce”]. No one had ever started right off with the solo instrument before. The public premiere of this Concerto was also a notable marathon event: in a 4-½ hour concert, Beethoven also gave world premieres of his 5th and 6th symphonies, his “Choral Fantasy” and more. It was also his final performance as a piano soloist in a work with orchestra because of his worsening hearing loss. Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 4 is today’s Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso No. 6 in G minor Opus 6/6 HWV 324
Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra; Ton Koopman, conductor
6:15 a.m.
Pavel Vranicky
Symphony in D major Opus 52
Dvorak Chamber Orchestra; Bohumil Gregor, conductor
6:51 a.m.
Florence Price
String Quartet in G major: II. Andante moderato - Allegretto in G major
Pacifica Quartet
6:59 a.m.
Sergei Prokofiev
Symphony No. 1 "Classical" in D major Opus 25
Chamber Orchestra of Europe; Claudio Abbado, conductor
7:14 a.m.
Victor Herbert
Cello Concerto No. 2 in E minor Opus 30
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor Lynn Harrell, cello
7:39 a.m.
Erik Satie
Gymnopedie No. 1
Pascal Roge, piano
7:43 a.m.
Agustin Barrios
Maxixe
Xuefei Yang, guitar
7:47 a.m.
Franz Liszt
Mephisto Waltz No. 1
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Fritz Reiner, conductor
7:59 a.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
DER FREISCHUTZ: Overture Opus 77 J 277
Philharmonia Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
8:10 a.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Symphony No. 4 "Italian" in A major Opus 90
Chamber Orchestra of Europe; Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor
8:40 a.m.
John Dowland
Queen Elizabeth's Galliard P 41
Nigel North, lute
8:41 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
2 Gavottes in G minor BWV 995
Sharon Isbin, guitar
8:45 a.m.
Johannes Brahms
Tragic Overture Opus 81
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; Riccardo Chailly, conductor
9:00 a.m.
Sergei Bortkiewicz
Piano Concerto No. 1 in Bb major Opus 16
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra; Jerzy Maksymiuk, conductor Stephen Coombs, piano
9:37 a.m.
Connor Chee
Navajo Vocable No. 4
Angelica Hairston, harp
9:40 a.m.
Amy Beach
Ballade, Op. 6 Opus 6
Anna Shelest, piano
9:50 a.m.
Jose Moncayo
Huapango
Boston Pops Orchestra; Keith Lockhart, conductor
10:00 a.m.
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Russian Easter Festival Overture Opus 36
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra; David Zinman, conductor
10:15 a.m.
Gustav Holst
Morris Dance Tunes
New Zealand Chamber Orchestra; Nicholas Braithwaite, conductor
10:28 a.m.
Franz Krommer
Clarinet Concerto in Eb major Opus 36
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Gunther Herbig, conductor Emma Johnson, clarinet
10:52 a.m.
Jean Sibelius
Violin Concerto: III. Allegro, ma non tanto in D minor Opus 47
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra; Klaus Makela, conductor Janine Jansen, violin
11:00 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor K 466
English Baroque Soloists; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor Malcolm Bilson, fortepiano
11:31 a.m.
Xavier Dubois Foley
Shelter Island
Randall Goosby, violin; Xavier Dubois Foley, double bass
11:38 a.m.
Adolphus Hailstork
Three Spirituals
Virginia Symphony Orchestra; JoAnn Falletta, conductor
11:47 a.m.
Manuel de Falla
Three-Cornered Hat Suite No. 2
Boston Pops Orchestra; Arthur Fiedler, conductor
12:00 p.m.
Johannes Brahms
String Quintet No. 1: I. Allegro non troppo ma con brio in F major Opus 88
Takacs Quartet Lawrence Power, viola
12:11 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Symphonic Variations Opus 78
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra; Marin Alsop, conductor
12:35 p.m.
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Prelude in C-sharp minor in C# minor Opus 3/2
Antonin Kubalek, piano
12:40 p.m.
Gustav Holst
The Planets: Mars, Bringer of War Opus 32
Berlin Philharmonic; Colin Davis, conductor
12:48 p.m.
Jacques Offenbach
ORPHEUS IN THE UNDERWORLD: Overture
New York Philharmonic; Leonard Bernstein, conductor
12:59 p.m.
Francesco Geminiani
Concerto Grosso No. 5 in G minor Opus 5/5
La Petite Bande; Sigiswald Kuijken, conductor
1:08 p.m.
Cecile Chaminade
Etude Symphonique Opus 28
Joanne Polk, piano
1:14 p.m.
Florence Price
Symphony No. 4: III. Juba Dance in D minor
Fort Smith Symphony; John Jeter, conductor
1:21 p.m.
Luigi Boccherini
Quintet for Guitar and Strings No. 9 "Retreat from Madrid" in C major G 453
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields Chamber Ensemble Pepe Romero, guitar
1:49 p.m.
Ethel Smyth
Serenade in D: IV. Finale. Allegro con brio in D major
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Odaline de la Martinez, conductor Tasmin Little, violin; John Lenehan, piano
2:00 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major Opus 58
Concertgebouw Orchestra; Bernard Haitink, conductor Murray Perahia, piano
2:35 p.m.
Astor Piazzolla
Histoire du Tango: II. Cafe 1930
Manuel Barrueco, guitar; Emmanuel Pahud, flute
2:43 p.m.
Tomaso Albinoni
Concerto for oboe and strings in Bb major Opus 7/3
Collegium Musicum 90; Simon Standage, conductor Anthony Robson, oboe
2:52 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Slavonic Dance No. 4 in F major Opus 46
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra; Vaclav Neumann, conductor
3:00 p.m.
Gabriel Faure
Masques and Bergamasques Opus 112
Lyon National Orchestra; Emmanuel Krivine, conductor
3:14 p.m.
Teresa Carreno
Un reve en mer A dream at sea
Sarah Cahill, piano
3:20 p.m.
Edvard Grieg
String Quartet No. 2 (unfinished): II. Allegro scherzando in F major
Oslo Camerata; Stephan Barratt-Due, conductor
3:28 p.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Orchestral Suite "Mozartiana" in G major Opus 61
Philharmonia Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
3:54 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
MARRIAGE OF FIGARO: Overture K 492
Scottish Chamber Orchestra; Charles Mackerras, conductor
4:00 p.m.
Robert Schumann
Piano Quartet: IV. Finale in Eb major Opus 47
Emerson String Quartet Menahem Pressler, piano
4:08 p.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 101 "Clock" in D major
Orchestra of St. Luke's; Charles Mackerras, conductor
4:37 p.m.
Mel Bonis
Soir et Matin: I. Soir (Evening) in Bb major Opus 76
Mozart Piano Quartet
4:41 p.m.
Clarence Cameron White
Levee Dance
Rachel Barton Pine, violin; Matthew Hagle, piano
4:46 p.m.
Karl Goldmark
In Italy Overture Opus 49
National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland; Stephen Gunzenhauser, conductor
4:59 p.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Piano Concerto No. 1 in G minor Opus 25
London Mozart Players; Jonathan Bloxham, conductor Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano
5:20 p.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso No. 11 in A major Opus 6/11 HWV 329
Boston Baroque; Martin Pearlman, conductor
5:38 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Symphony No. 9 "From the New World": II. Largo in E minor Opus 95
Los Angeles Philharmonic; Gustavo Dudamel, conductor Seong-Jin Cho, piano
5:51 p.m.
Andrew York
Quiccan
Aquarelle Guitar Quartet
5:58 p.m.
Granville Bantock
Hebridean Symphony
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Vernon Handley, conductor
6:34 p.m.
Catrin Finch
Celtic Concerto
Sinfonia Cymru; John Rutter, conductor Catrin Finch, harp
6:48 p.m.
Francis Poulenc
Sextet for wind quintet & piano: II. Divertissement FP 100
Pascal Roge, piano; Patrick Gallois, flute; Maurice Bourgue, oboe; Michel Portal, clarinet
6:53 p.m.
Mark O'Connor
Butterfly's Day Out
Yo Yo Ma, cello; Edgar Meyer, bass; Mark O'Connor, mandolin
