Classical Music Playlist, April 4, 2025
The Piano Trio - piano, violin and cello - had been a popular form in Western Europe since at least the time of Haydn's Trios in the 1760s. But even by the late 19th century the form never caught hold in Russia. So when Tchaikovsky's patroness, Nadezhda von Meck, in 1880 asked him for a Piano Trio he wrote back to her that he had "antipathy for this combination of instruments." Nonetheless, a year later he wrote to her again to say that he was experimenting with "this sort of music" and had begun writing a trio. A month after that he wrote again: "The Trio is finished ... now I can say with some conviction that my work is not all bad. But I am afraid, having written all my life for orchestra, and only taken late in life to chamber music, I may have failed to adapt the instrumental combinations to my musical thoughts." He needn't have worried. Colleagues praised his Trio (and some offered suggestions, which Tchaikovsky accepted) and, with its elegiac feel, became a model for future elegies from Russian composers. That he came to chamber music late, Tchaikovsky ended up writing only three string quartets, a string sextet (the "Souvenir de Florence") and the epic Piano Trio in A minor. That Trio is today's Midday Masterpiece at 2:00 pm.
6:00 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Oboe Concerto in D minor BWV 1059
Chamber Orchestra of Europe Douglas Boyd, oboe
6:12 a.m.
Gabriel Faure
Piano Trio in D minor Opus 120
Florestan Trio
6:33 a.m.
John Williams
STAR WARS - ATTACK OF THE CLONES: Across the Stars (Love Theme)
London Symphony Orchestra; John Williams, conductor
6:40 a.m.
Joseph Kraus
Sinfonie in D major VB 143
Concerto Koln
7:00 a.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Symphony No. 3 "Eroica": IV. Finale: Allegro molto in Eb major Opus 55
Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
7:11 a.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor Opus 49
Claremont Trio
7:41 a.m.
Johannes Brahms
Hungarian Dance No. 1 in G minor
London Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
7:44 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
ABDUCTION FROM THE SERAGLIO Overture K 384
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor
7:51 a.m.
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Wasps: Overture
English Symphony Orchestra; William Boughton, conductor
8:00 a.m.
Frederic Chopin
Piano Concerto No. 2: I. Maestoso in F minor Opus 21
Mahler Chamber Orchestra; Mikhail Pletnev, conductor Daniil Trifonov, piano
8:17 a.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
Clarinet Concerto No. 2 in Eb major Opus 74
Staatskapelle Dresden; Herbert Blomstedt, conductor Sabine Meyer, clarinet
8:41 a.m.
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Five Negro Melodies: 4. They will not lend me a child
Neave Trio
8:46 a.m.
Isaac Albeniz
Suite Espanola: No. 3 "Sevilla" Opus 47
Xuefei Yang, guitar
8:51 a.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Symphony No. 5: I. Allegro con brio in C minor Opus 67
Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
9:00 a.m.
Max Reger
Variations & Fugue on a Theme by Mozart Opus 132
New York Philharmonic; Kurt Masur, conductor
9:31 a.m.
Aaron Jay Kernis
100 Greatest Dance Hits: II. Salsa Pasada
Escher Quartet Jason Vieaux, guitar
9:35 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Violin Concerto No. 3 in G major Opus 3/3 RV 310
Tafelmusik; Jeanne Lamon, conductor Elizabeth Wallfisch, violin
9:43 a.m.
Ignaz Moscheles
Recollections of Ireland Opus 69
Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra; Howard Shelley, conductor Howard Shelley, piano
10:00 a.m.
Georg Philipp Telemann
Concerto for flute and strings in D major
Berlin Baroque Soloists; Rainer Kussmaul, conductor Emmanuel Pahud, flute
10:13 a.m.
Grace Williams
Sea Sketches: V. Calm Sea in Summer
English Chamber Orchestra; David Atherton, conductor
10:21 a.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 48 "Maria Theresa" in C major HOB 48
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
10:49 a.m.
Thomas de Hartmann
Cello Concerto: III. Finale. Allegro ma non troppo Opus 57
Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra Matt Haimovitz, cello
10:58 a.m.
Marianna Martines
Piano Concerto in A Major in A major
Orqueste Filarmonia Iberica; Melani Mestre, conductor Melani Mestre, piano
11:14 a.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Symphony No. 1 "Winter Daydreams": III. Scherzo in G minor Opus 13
Seattle Symphony; Gerard Schwarz, conductor
11:22 a.m.
Anton Bruckner
Symphony No. 4 "Romantic": I. Bewegt, Nicht Zu Schell in Eb major
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Karl Bohm, conductor
11:43 a.m.
Philip Glass
Etude 2
Vikingur Olafsson, piano
11:50 a.m.
Gustav Holst
The Planets: Jupiter, the Bringer of Jolity Opus 32
Philharmonia Orchestra; Leonard Slatkin, conductor
12:00 p.m.
Jennifer Reason
LOCAL ARTIST FEATURE: Anna Crumley
Jennifer Reason, host
12:20 p.m.
Edward Elgar
Enigma Variations Opus 36
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Georg Solti, conductor
12:50 p.m.
Margaret Bonds
Hold On
PubliQuartet Musicality Vocal Ensemble; Lara Downes, piano
12:55 p.m.
Leo Delibes
Sylvia: Pizzicato Polka
New Philharmonia Orchestra; Richard Bonynge, conductor
12:57 p.m.
Georges Bizet
CARMEN: Toreador song
Cincinnati Pops; Erich Kunzel, conductor
1:00 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 25: I. Allegro maestoso in C major K 503
English Baroque Soloists; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor Malcolm Bilson, fortepiano
1:15 p.m.
Astor Piazzolla
Histoire du Tango: II. Cafe 1930
Irmgard Toepper, flute; Hugo German Gaido, guitar
1:23 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
The Golden Spinning Wheel Opus 109
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra; Vaclav Neumann, conductor
1:50 p.m.
Jose Moncayo
Huapango
State of Mexico Symphony; Enrique Batiz, conductor
2:00 p.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Piano Trio in A minor Opus 50
Beaux Arts Trio
2:47 p.m.
Gabriel Faure
PELLEAS ET MELISANDE: Sicilienne Opus 80
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
2:52 p.m.
Emmanuel Chabrier
Festive Polonaise (Le Roi Malgre Lui: Fete Polonaise)
Detroit Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
3:00 p.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 100 "Military" in G major
Orchestra of St. Luke's; Charles Mackerras, conductor
3:23 p.m.
Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
Prelude and Fugue No. 3 in A minor Opus 199
Brasil Guitar Duo
3:29 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude and Fugue (from the Well-Tempered Clavier I:02) in C minor BWV 847
Vikingur Olafsson, piano
3:33 p.m.
Cesar Franck
Variations Symphoniques
Concertgebouw Orchestra; Riccardo Chailly, conductor Jorge Bolet, piano
3:51 p.m.
Johannes Bernardus Van Bree
THE BANDIT: Overture (Le Bandit)
Netherlands Radio Symphony Orchestra; Jac Van Steen, conductor
3:59 p.m.
Arcangelo Corelli
Concerto Grosso No. 1 in D major Opus 6
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra; Nicholas McGegan, conductor
4:11 p.m.
Edvard Grieg
Symphonic Dances Opus 64
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; Paavo Berglund, conductor
4:42 p.m.
John Field
Nocturne No. 8 in Eb major H 30
Alice Sara Ott, piano
4:46 p.m.
Gioachino Rossini
SEMIRAMIDE: Overture
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra; Yoel Levi, conductor
4:59 p.m.
Alexander Glazunov
The Seasons: Autumn Opus 67
Minnesota Orchestra; Edo de Waart, conductor
5:12 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
American Suite in A major Opus 98
Prague Philharmonia; Jakub Hrusa, conductor
5:36 p.m.
Teresa Carreno
Reverie-Impromptu Opus 3
Alexandra Oehler, piano
5:43 p.m.
Stewart Goodyear
The Kapok
iSing Silicon Valley; Jennah Delp Somers, conductor Inbal Segev, cello; Stewart Goodyear, piano
5:49 p.m.
Hector Berlioz
Symphonie Fantastique: V. Witches' Sabbath Opus 14
BBC Symphony Orchestra; Andrew Davis, conductor
6:00 p.m.
Jennifer Reason
LOCAL ARTIST FEATURE: Anna Crumley
Jennifer Reason, host
6:20 p.m.
Jean-Philippe Rameau
LE TEMPLE DE LA GLOIRE: Suite II The Temple of Glory
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra; Nicholas McGegan, conductor
6:36 p.m.
Johann Johannsson
A Pile of Dust
Voces8
6:41 p.m.
Karl Jenkins
The Armed Man--A Mass for Peace: XII. Benedictus
Berlin Chamber Orchestra; Berlin Radio Choir Daniel Hope, violin
6:48 p.m.
Francesco Tristano
Toccata
Arctic Philharmonic; Christian Kluxen, conductor Francesco Tristano, piano
6:52 p.m.
Maurice Ravel
String Quartet: II. Assez vif. Tres Rythme in F major
Verona String Quartet
