Classical Music Playlist, October 12, 2023
Écoivres Military Cemetery in Northern France. Photo: The Commonwealth War Graves Commission
English composer Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958) served as an ambulance driver during WW I. Inspired by the paradox of witnessing beautiful sunsets over killing fields in northern France, he composed his Symphony No. 3 giving it the bittersweet title “Pastoral.” The symphony became known as an elegy for the dead but can also be heard simply as an utterly beautiful meditation on peace. The ending, with vocalise soprano, is haunting and sublime. Sir Adrian Boult conducted the premiere of the symphony in 1922 and to celebrate the composer’s birthday today, a 1968 recording of Boult conducting the Vaughan Williams "Pastoral" symphony is today’s Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
Charles Avison
Concerto No. 3 in D major Opus 4/3
Avison Ensemble; Pavlo Beznosiuk, conductor
6:11 a.m.
Jan Dussek
Piano Concerto in C major Opus 29
Ulster Orchestra; Howard Shelley, conductor Howard Shelley, piano
6:35 a.m.
Leo Brouwer
El Decameron Negro: 3. Balada de la doncella enamorada
Sharon Isbin, guitar
6:42 a.m.
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Phantasy Quintet
Medici String Quartet
6:59 a.m.
George Phillip Telemann
Concerto for flute and strings in D major
Berlin Baroque Soloists; Rainer Kussmaul, conductor Emmanuel Pahud, flute
7:13 a.m.
Antonio Rosetti
Concerto for horn in D minor C 38
Concerto Amsterdam; Jaap Schroder, conductor Hermann Baumann, horn
7:33 a.m.
Ricardo Castro
Plainte Opus 38/2
Orquesta Sinfonica de Mineria (OSM) Jorge Federico Osorio, piano
7:36 a.m.
Zhen Chen
Springfield
Zhen Chen, piano; Jiaju Shen, pipa; Feifei Yang, erhu
7:40 a.m.
Pietro Locatelli
Concerto Grosso No. 5 in D major Opus 1/5
Raglan Baroque Players; Nicholas Kraemer, conductor
7:49 a.m.
Theodore Dubois
Quintet for piano, oboe and strings: IV. Finale: Allegro con fuoco in F major
Trio Hochelaga Philippe Magnan, oboe; Jean-Luc Plourde, viola
7:59 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
Music for the Royal Fireworks HWV 351
English Baroque Soloists; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
8:16 a.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
Clarinet Concerto No. 1 in F minor Opus 73
Staatskapelle Dresden; Herbert Blomstedt, conductor Sabine Meyer, clarinet
8:39 a.m.
Astor Piazzolla
Five Tango Sensations: Fear
Kronos Quartet Astor Piazzolla, bandoneon
8:44 a.m.
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Fantasia on Greensleeves
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Vernon Handley, conductor
8:49 a.m.
Johannes Brahms
Symphony No. 2: IV. Allegro con spirito in D major Opus 73
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Georg Solti, conductor
9:00 a.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Violin Concerto in D major Opus 61
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra; David Zinman, conductor Hilary Hahn, violin
9:45 a.m.
Amy Beach
FOUR SKETCHES: Phantoms/Dreaming
Anna Shelest, piano
9:53 a.m.
Claude Champagne
Rustic Dance (Dance Villageoise)
Quebec Symphony Orchestra; Yoav Talmi, conductor
10:00 a.m.
Benjamin Britten
Gloriana: Courtly Dances
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Andre Previn, conductor
10:11 a.m.
Anna Clyne
DANCE: I. when you're broken open
London Philharmonic Orchestra; Marin Alsop, conductor Inbal Segev, cello
10:17 a.m.
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Concerto for tuba and orchestra in F minor
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Daniel Barenboim, conductor Arnold Jacobs, tuba
10:30 a.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor Opus 49
Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin; Andre Previn, piano; Lynn Harrell, cello
10:59 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso No. 4 in F major Opus 3/4a HWV 315
Musicians of the Louvre; Marc Minkowski, conductor
11:12 a.m.
Joe Hisaishi
Princess Mononoke Suite (from Princess Mononoke)
New Japan World Dream Orchestra; Joe Hisaishi, conductor Joe Hisaishi, piano
11:22 a.m.
Hamilton Harty
John Field Suite
Ulster Orchestra; Bryden Thomson, conductor
11:43 a.m.
Frederic Chopin
Ballade No. 1 in G minor Opus 23
Krystian Zimerman, piano
11:54 a.m.
Leonard Bernstein
CANDIDE: Overture
Minnesota Orchestra; Eiji Oue, conductor
12:00 p.m.
Ralph Vaughan Williams
The Lark Ascending
BBC Symphony Orchestra; Andrew Davis, conductor Tasmin Little, violin
12:15 p.m.
Gabriel Faure
Piano Quartet No. 2: IV. Finale - Allegro molto in G minor Opus 45
Yo Yo Ma, cello; Emanuel Ax, piano; Isaac Stern, violin; Jaime Laredo, viola
12:25 p.m.
Aaron Copland
The Tender Land: Suite
Boston Symphony Orchestra; Aaron Copland, conductor
12:47 p.m.
John Williams
Theme from The Patriot
Boston Pops Orchestra; Keith Lockhart, conductor Middlesex County Fifes & Drums
12:57 p.m.
Grace Williams
Hiraeth for Harp
Sandrine Chatron, harp
1:01 p.m.
Hugo Alfven
Swedish Rhapsody No. 1 "Midsummer Night Vigil" Opus 19
Minnesota Orchestra; Eiji Oue, conductor
1:15 p.m.
Astor Piazzolla
Five Pieces for Guitar: 2. Romantico
Franz Halasz, guitar
1:20 p.m.
Samuel Barber
Symphony No. 1 Opus 9
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra; Leonard Slatkin, conductor
1:43 p.m.
Philip Glass
String Quartet No. 3 "Mishima": VI. Mishima Closing
Kronos Quartet
1:47 p.m.
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Piano Concerto No. 2: III. Allegro scherzando in C minor Opus 18
Los Angeles Philharmonic; Gustavo Dudamel, conductor Yuja Wang, piano
2:00 p.m.
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Symphony No. 3 "Pastoral"
New Philharmonia Orchestra; Adrian Boult, conductor Margaret Price, soprano
2:34 p.m.
Giovanni Gabrieli
Canzon Septimi Toni No. 2
Empire Brass; Rolf Smedvig, conductor
2:39 p.m.
Carlos Simon
Memory of Summer
Carlos Simon Collective Carlos Simon, piano
2:43 p.m.
Sergei Prokofiev
Piano Concerto No. 1 in Db major Opus 10
Montreal Symphony Orchestra; Charles Dutoit, conductor Martha Argerich, piano
3:01 p.m.
Michael Torke
Javelin
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra; Yoel Levi, conductor
3:11 p.m.
Gioachino Rossini
Variations for Clarinet and Orchestra in C major Opus 109
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Harry Newstone, conductor Gary Gray, clarinet
3:21 p.m.
Ernesto Nazareth
Odeon - Tango Brasileiro
Richard Cionco, piano
3:25 p.m.
Ottorino Respighi
Ancient Airs and Dances: Suite No. 1
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra; Hugh Wolff, conductor
3:41 p.m.
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis
BBC Symphony Orchestra; Andrew Davis, conductor
3:58 p.m.
Grace Williams
Fantasia on Welsh Nursery Tunes
London Symphony Orchestra; Sir Charles Groves, conductor
4:10 p.m.
Teresa Carreno
Nocturne, "Souvenirs de mon pays"
Alexandra Oehler, piano
4:19 p.m.
Reinhold Gliere
Horn Concerto in Bb major Opus 91
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Edward Downes, conductor Richard Watkins, horn
4:44 p.m.
Sebastian Iradier
La Paloma the dove
Pablo Sainz Villegas, guitar
4:46 p.m.
Jean-Philippe Rameau
Les Cyclopes ("Cyclops")
Bremen German Chamber Philharmonic; Gustavo Dudamel, conductor Raphael Feuillatre, guitar
4:50 p.m.
Gustav Holst
The Planets: Jupiter, the Bringer of Jolity Opus 32
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra; Yoel Levi, conductor
5:00 p.m.
Fanny Mendelssohn
Piano Trio in D minor
Nash Ensemble
5:25 p.m.
Ralph Vaughan Williams
The Running Set
Bournemouth Sinfonietta; George Hurst, conductor
5:31 p.m.
Joe Hisaishi
Nausicaa of the Valley of the Winds (Suite)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; The Bach Choir; Joe Hisaishi, conductor
5:43 p.m.
Elena Kats-Chernin
Re-Inventions: Re-Invention No. 1
La Pieta; Angele Dubeau, conductor
5:48 p.m.
Benjamin Britten
Soirees musicales (Suite after Rossini) Opus 9
National Philharmonic Orchestra; Richard Bonynge, conductor
5:59 p.m.
Sergei Prokofiev
Romeo & Juliet Suite No. 2 Opus 64/2
L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande; Armin Jordan, conductor
6:32 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
MARRIAGE OF FIGARO: Overture K 492
New York Philharmonic; Leonard Bernstein, conductor
6:37 p.m.
Paul Hindemith
Kleine Kammermusik: I. Lustig Opus 24/2 fun; happily; merrily
Bergen Wind Quintet
6:40 p.m.
Mark O'Connor
Butterfly's Day Out
Yo Yo Ma, cello; Edgar Meyer, bass; Mark O'Connor, mandolin
6:46 p.m.
Missy Mazzoli
Impromptu (Thomas's Piece)
The Kapralova Orchestra Joshua Bell, violin
6:48 p.m.
Liz Knowles/Elizabeth Moore
Treehouse/Jig for John #2/Fore Street
Palaver Strings
