Classical Music Playlist, February 28, 2025
Sergei Rachmaninoff in 1915 and some of the final movement of his Piano Concerto 3
The Washington Post once called the notoriously difficult Piano Concerto No. 3 by Sergei Rachmaninoff, “40 minutes of finger-twisting madness.” Sir Stephen Hough is the able soloist in this “Mt. Everest of concertos” for today's Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
Domenico Scarlatti
Sonata in E major K 206
Murray Perahia, piano
6:06 a.m.
Mauro Giuliani
Guitar Concerto No. 2 in A major Opus 36
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner (neh-vull MAIR-rih-nuhr), conductor Pepe Romero, guitar
6:40 a.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
Abu Hassan Overture J 106
Tapiola Sinfonietta; Jean Jacques Kantorow, conductor
6:44 a.m.
Arvid Kleven
Lotusland
Stavanger Symphony Orchestra (sta VAHN ger); Susanna Malkki, conductor
7:00 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Flute Concerto No. 2 "The Night" (La Notte) in G minor Opus 10 RV 439
Australian Chamber Orchestra; Richard Tognetti, conductor Emmanuel Pahud, flute
7:10 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Serenade for Winds in D minor Opus 44
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
7:37 a.m.
Ronn McFarlane
Fermi's Paradox
Carolyn Surrick, viola da gamba; Ronn McFarlane, lute
7:42 a.m.
Ariel Ramirez
MISA CRIOLLA: II. Gloria
Zurich Chamber Orchestra; Daniel Hope, conductor Daniel Hope, violin; Palau de la Musica vocal quartet
7:49 a.m.
Hector Berlioz
Symphonie Fantastique: V. Witches' Sabbath Opus 14
BBC Symphony Orchestra; Andrew Davis, conductor
8:00 a.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Symphony No. 6 "Pathetique": III. Molto Vivace in B minor Opus 74
Philharmonia Orchestra; Riccardo Muti, conductor
8:10 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major K 467
English Baroque Soloists; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor Malcolm Bilson, fortepiano
8:39 a.m.
Manuel de Falla
Three-Cornered Hat: Neighbors' Dance
Simon Bolivar Orchestra; Eduardo Mata, conductor
8:42 a.m.
Antonio Lauro
Venezuelan Waltz No. 3 "Natalia" (Vals Venezolano)
Xuefei Yang, guitar
8:45 a.m.
Alexander Borodin
PRINCE IGOR: Polovetsian Dances
Bavarian Radio Symphony & Chorus; Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
9:01 a.m.
Robert Schumann
Cello Concerto in A minor Opus 129
Radio Philharmonic Orchestra of France; Paavo Jarvi, conductor Truls Mork, cello
9:27 a.m.
Earl Wild
Grand Fantasie on Porgy and Bess: Summertime (After G. Gershwin)
San Francisco Symphony; Herbert Blomstedt, conductor Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano
9:36 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
Music for the Royal Fireworks HWV 351
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor
9:55 a.m.
Sergio Assad
Farewell
Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
10:00 a.m.
Gabriel Faure
Dolly Suite Opus 56
Boston Symphony Orchestra; Seiji Ozawa, conductor
10:18 a.m.
Erik Satie
Gnossienne No. 1
Pascal Roge, piano
10:24 a.m.
Ernst Eichner
Harp Concerto No. 1 in C major Opus 6
Kurpfalz Chamber Orchestra; Stefan Fraas, conductor Silke Aichhorn, harp
10:48 a.m.
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Piano Concerto No. 1: I. Vivace in F# minor Opus 1
San Francisco Symphony; Edo de Waart, conductor Zoltan Kocsis, piano
11:01 a.m.
Georg Philipp Telemann
Overture in D major
Berlin Academy of Ancient Music
11:09 a.m.
Sonny Kompanek
Killer Tango
Canadian Brass
11:14 a.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Violin Concerto in D major Opus 35
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Fritz Reiner, conductor Jascha Heifetz, violin
11:45 a.m.
Gabriel Faure
Requiem: VI. Libera me Opus 48
La Chapelle Royale; Ensemble Musique Oblique; Philippe Herreweghe, conductor Peter Kooy
11:50 a.m.
Johann Strauss, Jr.
DIE FLEDERMAUS Overture (The Bat)
Vienna State Opera Orchestra; Jascha Horenstein, conductor
12:00 p.m.
Jennifer Reason
LOCAL ARTIST FEATURE: Salvatore Atti, tenor
Jennifer Reason, host
12:12 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Symphony No. 7 in A major Opus 92
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic; Charles Mackerras, conductor
12:51 p.m.
Enrique Granados
La Maja de Goya
Eduardo Fernandez, guitar
12:56 p.m.
Johannes Hanssen
Valdres March
Boston Pops Orchestra; Arthur Fiedler, conductor
1:01 p.m.
Ethel Smyth
Concerto for Violin, Horn and Orchestra: I. Allegro moderato
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Odaline de la Martinez, conductor Sophie Langdon, violin; Richard Watkins, horn
1:16 p.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
Clarinet Quintet in Bb major Opus 34 J 182
Manhattan String Quartet Jon Manasse, clarinet
1:43 p.m.
Anton Bruckner
Symphony No. 4 "Romantic": III. Scherzo in Eb major
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra; Manfred Honeck, conductor
1:55 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Partita No. 3 for Solo Violin: Gavotte en Rondeau in E major BWV 1006
Raphael Feuillatre, guitar
2:00 p.m.
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor Opus 30
Dallas Symphony Orchestra; Andrew Litton, conductor Stephen Hough, piano
2:39 p.m.
Agustin Barrios
Aire de Zamba
Angel Romero, guitar
2:41 p.m.
Agustin Barrios
Vals Tropical
David Russell, guitar
2:45 p.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto No. 11 for two violins, cello, strings and continuo in D minor Opus 3 RV 565
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor Simon Standage, violin; Elizabeth Wilcock, violin; Jaap Ter Linden, baroque cello
2:54 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Slavonic Dance No. 9 in B major Opus 72
Cleveland Orchestra; Christoph Von Dohnanyi, conductor
3:00 p.m.
Scott Joplin
Treemonisha Overture
Houston Grand Opera Orchestra; Gunther Schuller, conductor
3:09 p.m.
Undine Smith Moore
Afro-American Suite for Flute, Cello, and Piano: III. Adagio ma appossionato
Mallarme Chamber Players
3:14 p.m.
Alberic Magnard
Symphony No. 3 in Bb minor Opus 11
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra; Jean-Yves Ossonce, conductor
3:52 p.m.
Gioachino Rossini
TANCREDI: Overture
National Philharmonic Orchestra; Riccardo Chailly, conductor
4:00 p.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
4:11 p.m.
Robert Schumann
Symphony No. 1 "Spring" in Bb major Opus 38
Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
4:43 p.m.
Edvard Grieg
String Quartet No. 1: III. Intermezzo in G minor Opus 27
Oslo Camerata; Stephan Barratt-Due, conductor
4:51 p.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Mandolin Concerto in C major RV 425
Europa Galante; Fabio Biondi, conductor Giovanni Scaramuzzino, mandolin
5:00 p.m.
Arcangelo Corelli
Concerto Grosso No. 10 in C major Opus 6
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor
5:14 p.m.
Samuel Akpabot
Pastorale from "Scenes from Nigeria"
Marcus Eley, clarinet; Lucerne DeSa, piano
5:17 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Coriolan Overture in C minor Opus 62
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Fritz Reiner, conductor
5:25 p.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
Piano Concerto No. 5 in F major Opus 103
Orchestre de Paris; Serge Baudo, conductor Aldo Ciccolini, piano
5:54 p.m.
Anton Bruckner
Os Justi
Tenebrae; Nigel Short, conductor
6:00 p.m.
Jennifer Reason
LOCAL ARTIST FEATURE: Salvatore Atti, tenor
Jennifer Reason, host
6:13 p.m.
Bedrich Smetana
Piano Trio in G minor Opus 15
Neave Trio
6:41 p.m.
George Butterworth
Banks of Green Willow
English Sinfonia; Neville Dilkes, conductor
6:47 p.m.
John Williams
War Horse: Dartmoor, 1912
Los Angeles Recording Arts Orchestra; John Williams, conductor
6:55 p.m.
Aaron Copland
In Evening Air
Lang Lang, piano
