Classical Music Playlist, August 11, 2023
Florence Price (1887-1953)
Florence Price came to prominence ninety years ago when her Symphony No. 1 was the first symphonic work by a Black woman to be played by a major American orchestra, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, in 1933. 2023 also marks a year of remembrance of Florence Price as she died 70 years ago in 1953. Today we remember Florence Price with the Chineke! Orchestra performing her landmark first symphony. Europe’s first majority-Black and ethnically diverse orchestra, the Chineke! Orchestra's mission is "Championing change and celebrating diversity in classical music." Their new recording of the Florence Price Symphony No. 1 is today’s Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso No. 12 in B minor Opus 6/12 HWV 330
Aradia Ensemble; Kevin Mallon, conductor
6:12 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Violin Concerto No. 4 in D major K 218
Norwegian Chamber Orchestra Henning Kraggerud, violin
6:34 a.m.
Ennio Morricone
The Mission: Gabriel's oboe
Roma Sinfonietta Orchestra; Ennio Morricone, conductor Yo Yo Ma, cello
6:40 a.m.
Fanny Mendelssohn
Piano Sonata in G minor in G minor
Joanne Polk, piano
7:00 a.m.
Henry Purcell
Overture, Rondeau & Incidental Music from Abdelazer ("The Moor's Revenge")
Freiburg Baroque Orchestra; Thomas Hengelbrock, conductor
7:14 a.m.
Bernhard Crusell
Clarinet Concerto No. 3 in Bb major Opus 11
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra; Okko Kamu, conductor Martin Frost, clarinet
7:38 a.m.
Charles S. Brown
A Song Without Words
Rachel Barton Pine, violin; Matthew Hagle, piano
7:41 a.m.
Giuseppe Martucci
Canzonetta Opus 65/2
Sinfonica di Roma; Francesco La Vecchia, conductor
7:46 a.m.
Randy Edelman
Gettysburg: Reunion and Finale
Cincinnati Pops; Erich Kunzel, conductor Timothy Berens. guitar
7:52 a.m.
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Vocalise Opus 34/14
Detroit Symphony Orchestra; Leonard Slatkin, conductor
8:00 a.m.
Johannes Brahms
Piano Concerto No. 2: I. Allegro non troppo in Bb major Opus 83
Cleveland Orchestra; George Szell, conductor Leon Fleisher, piano; Jules Eskin, cello
8:18 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major BWV 1068
La Petite Bande; Sigiswald Kuijken, conductor
8:40 a.m.
Elena Kats-Chernin
Prelude & Cube: II. Cube
Australian Brandenburg Orchestra; Brandenburg Choir; Paul Dyer, conductor
8:48 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
Water Music Suite No. 1: Alla Hornpipe in F major Water Music Suite in F
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra; Nicholas McGegan, conductor
8:53 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Slavonic Dance No. 1 in C major Opus 46
Chamber Orchestra of Europe; Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor
8:59 a.m.
William Grant Still
Panamanian Dances (Danzas de Panama)
Berlin Symphony Orchestra; Isaiah Jackson, conductor
9:14 a.m.
Astor Piazzolla
Decarissimo
Gidon Kremer, violin; Vadim Sakharov, piano; Alois Posch, double-bass; Per Arne Glorvigen, bandoneon
9:19 a.m.
Franz Berwald
Symphony No. 4 in Eb major
Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra; Okko Kamu, conductor
9:48 a.m.
Joe Hisaishi
Nausicaa of the Valley of the Winds (Suite)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; The Bach Choir; Joe Hisaishi, conductor
10:00 a.m.
Jan Paderewski
Overture
Polish National Radio Orchestra; Antoni Wit, conductor
10:10 a.m.
Cecile Chaminade
Autrefois ("In Times Past") Opus 87/4
Stephen Hough, piano
10:15 a.m.
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Symphony No. 5 in D major
London Symphony Orchestra; Bryden Thomson, conductor
10:55 a.m.
Leo Brouwer
Zapateada (aire popular cubano)
Pepe Romero, guitar
10:59 a.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Variations on a Rococo Theme Opus 33
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra; Lorin Maazel, conductor Yo Yo Ma, cello
11:19 a.m.
Fanny Mendelssohn
Allegro di molto in E minor
Joanne Polk, piano
11:23 a.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 96 "Miracle" in D major
Chamber Orchestra of Europe; Claudio Abbado, conductor
11:47 a.m.
Petronio Franceschini
Sonata in D major
Trompeten Consort; Friedemann Immer, conductor
11:55 a.m.
Giacomo Puccini
Turandot: Nessun Dorma
Academy of Saint Cecilia Orchestra & Chorus; Antonio Pappano, conductor Jonas Kaufmann, tenor
12:00 p.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Violin Concerto, Op. 4, No. 4 in A minor Opus 4 RV 357
Academy of Ancient Music; Christopher Hogwood, conductor Monica Huggett, violin
12:10 p.m.
George Gershwin
I Got Rhythm Variations
Buffalo Philharmonic; JoAnn Falletta, conductor Orion Weiss, piano
12:19 p.m.
George Friederich Handel
Solomon: Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
12:24 p.m.
Mel Bonis
Sonate, Op. 64: I. Andantino con moto
Juliette Hurel, flute; Helene Couvert, piano
12:31 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Violin Concerto No. 5 "Turkish" in A major K 219
Deutsche Radio Philharmonie; Bruno Weil, conductor Lena Neudauer, violin
12:59 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Carnival Overture Opus 92
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra; Vaclav Neumann, conductor
1:10 p.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
Piano Trio No. 2 in E minor Opus 92/2
Munich Piano Trio
1:46 p.m.
William Grant Still
Wood Notes: I. Singing River
Fort Smith Symphony; John Jeter, conductor
1:55 p.m.
Manuel de Falla
EL AMOR BRUJO: Ritual Fire Dance
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor
2:00 p.m.
Florence Price
Symphony No. 1 in E minor
Chineke! Orchestra; Roderick Cox, conductor
2:42 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Fugue in G minor BWV 1026
Trio Settecento Rachel Barton Pine, violin; John Mark Rozendaal, viola da gamba; David Schrader, organ
2:47 p.m.
Gabriel Faure
Requiem: V. Agnus Dei Opus 48
La Chapelle Royale; Ensemble Musique Oblique; Philippe Herreweghe, conductor
2:55 p.m.
Emmanuel Chabrier
Joyous March (Joyeuse Marche)
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor
3:00 p.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
Bassoon Concerto in F major Opus 75
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor Klaus Thunemann, bassoon
3:18 p.m.
Agustin Barrios
Madrigal-Gavota
David Russell, guitar
3:22 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Piano Sonata No. 18 "The Hunt" in Eb major Opus 31/3
Sergei Edelmann, piano
3:44 p.m.
Bela Bartok
Concerto for Orchestra: IV. Interrupted Intermezzo
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Fritz Reiner, conductor
3:50 p.m.
Samuel Barber
School for Scandal Overture
New York Philharmonic; Thomas Schippers, conductor
3:59 p.m.
George Friederich Handel
Music for the Royal Fireworks HWV 351
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor
4:18 p.m.
Percy Grainger
Mock Morris
Dallas Wind Symphony; Jerry Junkin, conductor
4:22 p.m.
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Petite Suite de Concert: IV. La tarantelle fretillante Opus 77/4 wriggling
Chicago Sinfonietta; Paul Freeman, conductor
4:26 p.m.
Howard Shore
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
City of Prague Philharmonic; Nic Raine, conductor
4:33 p.m.
Teresa Carreno
Elegy No. 1 Opus 17
Clara Rodriguez, piano
4:37 p.m.
Federico Moreno Torroba
The Wedding (La Boda)
Los Romeros
4:41 p.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Piano Concerto No. 11 in D major HOB 18:11
Norwegian Chamber Orchestra Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
5:00 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Symphony No. 6: III. Scherzo (Furiant) in D major Opus 60
Cleveland Orchestra; Christoph Von Dohnanyi, conductor
5:10 p.m.
David Pritchard
Stairs
Aquarelle Guitar Quartet
5:15 p.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Four Seasons: Winter (L'Inverno) in F minor Opus 8 RV 297
...and friends Janine Jansen, violin
5:24 p.m.
George Gershwin
Piano Concerto in F major
Boston Pops Orchestra; Arthur Fiedler, conductor Earl Wild, piano
5:54 p.m.
Charles-Valentin Alkan
Barcarolle Opus 65/6
Sphinx Virtuosi; Joe Hisaishi, conductor Bruce Liu, piano
5:59 p.m.
Joaquin Rodrigo
Concierto Andaluz for 4 guitars
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor Los Romeros
6:25 p.m.
ANONYMOUS
Contredanses parisiennes
Ensemble Caprice; Matthias Maute, conductor
6:37 p.m.
Valerie Coleman
Portraits of Langston: IV. Silver Rain
McGill/McHale Trio Demarre McGill, flute; Anthony McGill, clarinet; Michael McHale, piano
6:42 p.m.
Francis Poulenc
Sextet for wind quintet & piano: I. Allegro vivace FP 100
Pascal Roge, piano; Patrick Gallois, flute; Maurice Bourgue, oboe; Michel Portal, clarinet
6:50 p.m.
Andrew York
Muir Woods
Andrew York, guitar
6:55 p.m.
Olivia Belli
Nocturne IV
Olivia Belli, piano
