Classical Music Playlist, January 28, 2025
Johann Nepomuk Hummel (1778-1837)
Pianist and composer Johann Hummel (1778-1837) began as a child prodigy who was taught for two years for free by Mozart and later by Haydn, and later still was friends with Beethoven and Schubert and remained respected throughout his life. Socially, he created one of the first pension funds for musicians and performed benefit concerts when the retirement fund ran low. He was also one of the first to advocate for musical copyright protections against piracy. Featuring British pianist Sir Stephen Hough, Hummel’s 1819 Piano Concerto No. 3 is today’s Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
Ignaz Holzbauer
Symphony in Eb major Opus 3/1
L'Orfeo Barokorkester; Michi Gaigg, conductor
6:22 a.m.
Gioachino Rossini
Bassoon Concerto
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Gianandrea Noseda, conductor Karen Geoghegan, bassoon
6:41 a.m.
Luis Narvaez
Variations on "Guardame las Vacas"
Narciso Yepes, guitar
6:47 a.m.
Hamilton Harty
Fantasy Scenes
Ulster Orchestra; Takuo Yuasa, conductor
7:00 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Concerto in G minor BWV 1056
Amsterdam Bach Solisten; Thomas Zehetmair, conductor Thomas Zehetmair, violin
7:11 a.m.
Louise Farrenc
Symphony No. 3 in G minor Opus 36
North German Radio Symphony; Johannes Goritzki, conductor
7:43 a.m.
Isaac Albeniz
Majorca (Mallorca) Opus 202
Pepe Romero, guitar
7:51 a.m.
Georg Philipp Telemann
Overture in D major
Berlin Academy of Ancient Music
7:59 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
In Nature's Realm Overture Opus 91
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; John Farrer, conductor
8:14 a.m.
Kurt Atterberg
Symphony No. 4 "Sinfonia piccola" in G minor Opus 14
Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra; Ari Rasilainen, conductor
8:36 a.m.
Zenobia Powell Perry
Piano Potpurri: No. 5. A Jazz Trifle
LaDoris Hazzard Cordell, piano
8:38 a.m.
Elena Kats-Chernin
Peggy's Rag
Sarah Cahill, piano
8:43 a.m.
Josef Suk
Fantastic Scherzo Opus 25
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra; JoAnn Falletta, conductor
9:00 a.m.
Leos Janacek
Sinfonietta Opus 60
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra; Jose Serebrier, conductor
9:24 a.m.
Edvard Grieg
Violin Sonata No. 3: II. Allegretto espressivo alla Romanza in C minor Opus 45
Duo Gazzana; Mykola Hobdych, conductor Natascia Gazzana, violin; Raffaella Gazzana, piano
9:30 a.m.
Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
Quintet for Guitar and String Quartet: IV. Finale Op 143
Pacifica Quartet Sharon Isbin, guitar
9:37 a.m.
Aaron Copland
The Tender Land: Suite
Boston Symphony Orchestra; Aaron Copland, conductor
10:00 a.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Capriccio Italien Opus 45
Dallas Symphony Orchestra; Jaap van Zweden, conductor
10:16 a.m.
Ferenc Farkas
Old Hungarian Dances
Vienna Quintet
10:27 a.m.
Ignaz Moscheles
Piano Concerto No. 4 in E major Opus 64
Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra; Howard Shelley, conductor Howard Shelley, piano
10:54 a.m.
Leo Delibes
Sylvia: Pizzicato Polka
New Philharmonia Orchestra; Richard Bonynge, conductor
10:56 a.m.
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Petite Suite de Concert: IV. La tarantelle fretillante Opus 77/4 wriggling
Chicago Sinfonietta; Paul Freeman, conductor
10:59 a.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
Coronation March (Marche de couronnement) Opus 117
Royal Scottish National Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
11:07 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
XERXES: Largo: "Ombra mai fu"
Guildhall String Ensemble
11:11 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Symphony No. 7 in D minor Opus 70
Los Angeles Philharmonic; Gustavo Dudamel, conductor Bomsori Kim, violin
11:48 a.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Piano Concerto No. 5 "Emperor": III. Rondo in Eb major Opus 73
Bavarian Radio Symphony; Kurt Sanderling, conductor Mitsuko Uchida, piano
12:00 p.m.
Arcangelo Corelli
Concerto Grosso No. 4 in D major Opus 6
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra; Nicholas McGegan, conductor
12:10 p.m.
Ethel Smyth
Concerto for Violin, Horn and Orchestra: II. Elegy. Adagio, "In memoriam"
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Odaline de la Martinez, conductor Sophie Langdon, violin; Richard Watkins, horn
12:19 p.m.
Franz Schubert
Symphony No. 5 in Bb major D 485
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor
12:47 p.m.
Joseph Joachim
Violin Concerto No. 2: III. Finale alla zingara in D minor Opus 11 Hungarian style
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Carlos Kalmar, conductor Rachel Barton Pine, violin
1:00 p.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Fair Melusina Overture Opus 32
London Symphony Orchestra; Claudio Abbado, conductor
1:12 p.m.
Robert Schumann
Piano Sonata No. 3: III. (Variations on theme by Clara Wieck) in F minor Opus 14
Angela Cheng, piano
1:20 p.m.
Juan Arriaga
Symphony in D minor
Le Concert des Nations; Jordi Savall, conductor
1:51 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Art of the Fugue: Contrapunctus No. 9 BWV 1080
Les Violons du Roy; Bernard Labadie, conductor
1:53 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Sinfonia (Konzertsatz) in D major BWV 1045
Brandenburg Consort; Roy Goodman, conductor
2:00 p.m.
Johann Nepomuk Hummel
Piano Concerto No. 3 in B minor Opus 89
English Chamber Orchestra; Bryden Thomson, conductor Stephen Hough, piano
2:36 p.m.
Xuefei Yang
Xinjiang Fantasy
Xuefei Yang, guitar
2:43 p.m.
Carl Nielsen
Serenata in Vano
Athena Ensemble
2:51 p.m.
Adolphe Adam
SI J'ETAIS ROI (If I were King) Overture
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor
3:00 p.m.
Karl Goldmark
In Italy Overture Opus 49
Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra; Andras Korodi, conductor
3:13 p.m.
John Williams
1941 (march)
Boston Pops Orchestra; John Williams, conductor
3:17 p.m.
Edvard Grieg
Lyric Pieces: March of the Trolls Opus 54/3
Malmo Symphony Orchestra; Bjarte Engeset, conductor
3:22 p.m.
William Grant Still
Africa: Symphonic Poem
Fort Smith Symphony; John Jeter, conductor
3:51 p.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto for four violins in B minor Opus 3/10 RV 580
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra Members of...
4:01 p.m.
Hector Berlioz
Roman Carnival Overture Opus 9
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra; David Zinman, conductor
4:10 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Bagatelles Opus 47
Bonn Beethovenhalle Orchestra; Dennis Russell Davies, conductor
4:31 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Piano Sonata No. 14 "Moonlight" in C# minor Opus 27/2
Los Angeles Philharmonic; Gustavo Dudamel, conductor Alice Sara Ott, piano
4:47 p.m.
Richard Wagner
DIE MEISTERSINGER: Prelude
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra; Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor
4:59 p.m.
Scott Joplin
Treemonisha Overture
Houston Grand Opera Orchestra; Gunther Schuller, conductor
5:08 p.m.
Sebastian Iradier
La Paloma the dove
Pepe Romero, guitar
5:11 p.m.
John Williams
E.T. The Extra Terrestial: Flying Theme
London Symphony Orchestra; John Williams, conductor
5:16 p.m.
Edvard Grieg
Symphonic Dances Opus 64
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; Paavo Berglund, conductor
5:46 p.m.
Michael Torke
Bright Blue Music
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra; David Zinman, conductor
5:57 p.m.
Ethel Smyth
Piano Trio in D minor
Neave Trio
6:29 p.m.
Benjamin Britten
PAUL BUNYAN: Overture
London Symphony Orchestra; Steuart Bedford, conductor
6:35 p.m.
Sergei Prokofiev
Violin Concerto No. 1: III. Moderato in D major Opus 19
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra; Klaus Makela, conductor Janine Jansen, violin
6:39 p.m.
Astor Piazzolla
Winter in Buenos Aires (Invierno Porteno)
David Tanenbaum, guitar
6:46 p.m.
Joe Hisaishi
Princess Mononoke Suite (from Princess Mononoke)
New Japan World Dream Orchestra; Joe Hisaishi, conductor Joe Hisaishi, piano
6:54 p.m.
Claude Debussy
Reverie
Yolanda Kondonassis, harp
