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Thursday, March 27, 2025

Classical Music Playlist, March 27, 2025

 

Elena Kats-Chernin

As World War II raged, English composer Ralph Vaughan Williams used his time and talents to lift people up. With people stressed, worried and worse, he intentionally composed his Symphony No. 5 as transcendent and consoling. This symphony of serenity and uplift is today's Midday Masterpiece.

Also, this Women's History Month CapRadio highlights a different woman in music each weekday. Today's classical spotlight is on contemporary composer Elena Kats-Chernin.

  • Born in Uzbekistan (1957), trained in Moscow, Germany and Australia where she emigrated to at age 17, Elena Kats-Chernin is today one of Australia's leading composers.
  • She has composed several operas, three piano concertos, orchestral, chamber and solo works, plus music for plays, ballet and musical theater, choral and other vocal music and even modern soundtracks for early silent films. 
  • A complete and official biography of Elena Kats-Chernin - including details of her many compositions, collaborations and commissions - can be found at Boosey & Hawkes.

Listen for music of Elena Kats-Chernin throughout the day.

6:00 a.m.
6:00 a.m.
Jean-Marie Leclair
String Sonata in Bb major Opus 4/2
Musica Alta Ripa
6:11 a.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Piano Trio No. 2 in C minor Opus 66
Claremont Trio
6:40 a.m.
John Williams
STAR WARS - THE FORCE AWAKENS: Rey's Theme
Studio Orchestra; John Williams, conductor
6:44 a.m.
Ottorino Respighi
Fountains of Rome
Philadelphia Orchestra; Riccardo Muti, conductor
7:00 a.m.
7:01 a.m.
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Symphony No. 3: III. Allegro in A minor Opus 44
London Philharmonic Orchestra; Osmo Vanska, conductor
7:14 a.m.
Louis Spohr
Clarinet Concerto No. 2 in Eb major Opus 57
Seattle Symphony; Gerard Schwarz, conductor Jon Manasse, clarinet
7:41 a.m.
John Field
Nocturne No. 9 in E minor H 46
Alice Sara Ott, piano
7:45 a.m.
Ernesto Nazareth
Perigoso
Estela Olevsky, piano
7:49 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto for four violins in B minor Opus 3/10 RV 580
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor Simon Standage, violin; Elizabeth Wilcock, violin; Micaela Comberti, violin; Miles Golding, violin
8:00 a.m.
8:00 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Symphony No. 6: III. Scherzo (Furiant) in D major Opus 60
Cleveland Orchestra; Christoph Von Dohnanyi, conductor
8:09 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 17 in G major K 453
Scottish Chamber Orchestra; Charles Mackerras, conductor John O'Conor, piano
8:40 a.m.
Elena Kats-Chernin
WILD SWANS: Eliza Aria
Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra; Ola Rudner, conductor Jane Sheldon, soprano
8:43 a.m.
Karl Jenkins
Palladio: I. Allegretto
London Philharmonic Strings; Karl Jenkins, conductor
8:48 a.m.
Franz Von Suppe
Morning, Noon, and Night in Vienna
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Gustav Kuhn, conductor
8:59 a.m.
Jean Sibelius
Symphony No. 7 in C major Opus 105
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
9:00 a.m.
9:22 a.m.
Frederic Chopin
Prelude No. 15 "Raindrop" in Db major Opus 28
Vanessa Perez, piano
9:28 a.m.
Elena Kats-Chernin
Prelude & Cube
Australian Brandenburg Orchestra; Brandenburg Choir; Paul Dyer, conductor
9:43 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G major BWV 1049
Apollo's Fire; Jeannette Sorrell, conductor
10:00 a.m.
10:00 a.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
Symphony No. 2 in C major J 51
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor
10:19 a.m.
Rachel Portman
Flight
La Pieta; Angele Dubeau, conductor Francine Kay, piano
10:25 a.m.
Georg Philipp Telemann
Suite in D major TWV 55:D19
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor
10:51 a.m.
Philip Glass
Violin Concerto No. 1: Movement 1
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Christoph Von Dohnanyi, conductor Gidon Kremer, violin
10:59 a.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Symphony No. 3 "Scottish" in A minor Opus 56
Chamber Orchestra of Europe; Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor
11:00 a.m.
11:41 a.m.
Elena Kats-Chernin
Unsent Love Letters
Tamara-Anna Cislowska, piano
11:46 a.m.
Erik Satie
Gymnopedie No. 1
John O'Conor, piano
11:50 a.m.
John Williams
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom: Parade of the Slave Children
Boston Pops Orchestra; John Williams, conductor
11:56 a.m.
Johann Nepomuk Hummel
Concerto for Mandolin: III. Rondo in G major
Il Giardino Armonico; Giovanni Antonini, conductor Avi Avital, mandolin
12:00 p.m.
12:01 p.m.
George Friederich Handel
ALMIRA: Suite of instrumental music
Berlin Academy of Ancient Music
12:17 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 25 in G minor K 183
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor
12:39 p.m.
Elena Kats-Chernin
Lullaby for Nick
Tamara-Anna Cislowska, piano; Elena Kats-Chernin, piano
12:44 p.m.
Aleksandra Pakhmutova
Trumpet Concerto
Moscow Chamber Orchestra; Constantine Orbelian, conductor Bibi Black, trumpet
1:00 p.m.
1:00 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
In Nature's Realm Overture Opus 91
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra; Vaclav Neumann, conductor
1:15 p.m.
Josef Suk
Piano Trio: II. Andante in C minor Opus 2
Neave Trio
1:19 p.m.
Ethel Smyth
Piano Trio: III. Scherzo. Presto con brio in D minor
Neave Trio Tasmin Little, violin; John Lenehan, piano
1:25 p.m.
Alexander Borodin
PRINCE IGOR: Polovetsian Dances
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra; Robert Shaw, conductor Atlanta Symphony Chorus; Robert Shaw Festival Singers
1:38 p.m.
Franz Liszt
Piano Concerto No. 2 in A major
London Symphony Orchestra; Kirill Kondrashin, conductor Sviatoslav Richter, piano
2:00 p.m.
2:00 p.m.
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Symphony No. 5 in D major
London Philharmonic Orchestra; Adrian Boult, conductor
2:38 p.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto for 2 oboes in D minor RV 535
Ensemble Zefiro; Alfredo Bernardini, conductor Alfredo Bernardini, oboe; Paolo Grazzi, oboe
2:48 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Two-Part Inventions: No. 8 in F major BWV 779
Andras Schiff, piano
2:49 p.m.
Elena Kats-Chernin
Re-Inventions: Re-Invention No. 1
La Pieta; Angele Dubeau, conductor
2:54 p.m.
Chilly Gonzales
Prelude in C Sharp Major
Alice Sara Ott, piano
2:59 p.m.
Hector Berlioz
King Lear Overture Opus 4
Scottish National Orchestra; Alexander Gibson, conductor
3:00 p.m.
3:14 p.m.
ANONYMOUS
Dance of the Swans (Ballo de Cigni)
New London Consort; Philip Pickett, conductor
3:17 p.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Swan Lake: Dance of the Little Swans (Act II) Opus 20
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Herbert von Karajan, conductor
3:18 p.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Swan Lake: Scene (Act II) Opus 20
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Herbert von Karajan, conductor
3:22 p.m.
Friedrich Witt
Symphony "Jena" in C major
Sinfonia Finlandia (Jyvaskyla); Patrick Gallois, conductor
3:49 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
4:00 p.m.
4:01 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 35 "Haffner" in D major K 385
English Baroque Soloists; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
4:25 p.m.
Elena Kats-Chernin
Peggy's Rag
Sarah Cahill, piano
4:28 p.m.
Elena Kats-Chernin
Russian Rag
Sydney Alpha Ensemble; David Stanhope, conductor
4:33 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Scherzo capriccioso Opus 66
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra; Charles Mackerras, conductor
4:48 p.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Fair Melusina Overture Opus 32
London Symphony Orchestra; Claudio Abbado, conductor
5:00 p.m.
5:00 p.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Capriccio Italien Opus 45
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra; Zubin Mehta, conductor
5:16 p.m.
John Williams
Themes from Jurassic Park
Boston Pops Orchestra; John Williams, conductor
5:22 p.m.
Richard Wagner
LOHENGRIN: Prelude to Act III
Philharmonia Orchestra; Geoffrey Simon, conductor
5:26 p.m.
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini in G minor Opus 43
San Francisco Symphony; Edo de Waart, conductor Zoltan Kocsis, piano
5:50 p.m.
Malcolm Arnold
Four Scottish Dances Opus 59
The Queensland Symphony Orchestra; Andrew Penny, conductor
6:00 p.m.
6:00 p.m.
Franz Schubert
Symphony No. 4 "Tragic" in C minor D 417
Stockholm Sinfonietta; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
6:31 p.m.
Elena Kats-Chernin
Fast Blue Village 2
Del Sol String Quartet
6:37 p.m.
John Field
Nocturne No. 10 in E major H 54
Alice Sara Ott, piano
6:43 p.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
Romance Opus 36
Hermann Baumann, horn; Reiko Honsho, piano
6:47 p.m.
Adolphus Hailstork
Deep River: Rhapsody for String Quartet
Apollo Chamber Players Hector del Curto, bandoneon

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