Classical Music Playlist, December 14, 2023
Wilhelm Peterson-Berger in 1905
For over thirty years Wilhelm Peterson-Berger was Sweden’s most feared music critic. One violinist was known to have said he wouldn’t even begin his performance until Peterson-Berger left the theater. Being so strict and ruthless in his reviews put a target on his back as it’s been suggested that his own compositions might not have withstood his own criticism. But more contemporary looks back at his music essentially rate him as proficient as any Nordic composer of his day. This is especially true for his colorful musical depiction of the arctic Lapland region with its mountains, snowy desolation, sleigh ride on a starry winter evening and scenes of a summer night. It’s all in his Symphony No. 3, “Lapland,” today’s Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Violin Concerto No. 9 for two violins, La Cetra - the lyre in Bb major Opus 9 RV 530
Academy of Ancient Music; Christopher Hogwood, conductor Simon Standage, violin; Catherine Mackintosh, violin
6:09 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Serenade for Winds in Eb major K 375
Danzi Quintet
6:35 a.m.
Louise Farrenc
Symphony No. 3: II. Adagio cantabile in G minor Opus 36
North German Radio Symphony; Johannes Goritzki, conductor
6:46 a.m.
Victor Ewald
Quintet No. 1 in Bb minor Opus 5
Center City Brass Quintet
7:00 a.m.
Johann Strauss, Jr.
Vienna Blood Opus 354 Wiener Blut
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Fritz Reiner, conductor
7:10 a.m.
Victor Herbert
Cello Concerto No. 1 in D major Opus 8
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor Lynn Harrell, cello
7:38 a.m.
Victor Herbert
BABES IN TOYLAND: March of the Toys
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra; Leonard Slatkin, conductor
7:43 a.m.
Ethel Smyth
Concerto for Violin, Horn and Orchestra
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Odaline de la Martinez, conductor Sophie Langdon, violin; Richard Watkins, horn
7:53 a.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 103 "Drum Roll": IV. Presto [finale]
Orchestra of the 18th Century; Frans Bruggen, conductor
8:00 a.m.
Carl Nielsen
Wind Quintet: I. Allegro ben moderato Opus 43
Bergen Wind Quintet
8:09 a.m.
Robert Schumann
Symphony No. 3 "Rhenish" in Eb major Opus 97
Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
8:40 a.m.
Percy Grainger
The Gum Suckers March
Dallas Wind Symphony; Jerry Junkin, conductor
8:45 a.m.
Florence Price
Violin Concerto No. 1: I. Allegro moderato in D major
Philadelphia Orchestra; Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor Randall Goosby, violin
8:52 a.m.
Emmanuel Chabrier
Danse Slav (from Le Roi Malgre Lui)
Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra; Herve Niquet, conductor
8:59 a.m.
Johann Nepomuk Hummel
Piano Concerto No. 3 in B minor Opus 89
English Chamber Orchestra; Bryden Thomson, conductor Stephen Hough, piano
9:36 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Orchestral Suite No. 3: Air in D major BWV 1068
Les Violons du Roy; Bernard Labadie, conductor
9:42 a.m.
Samuel Barber
First Essay for Orchestra Opus 12
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra; Yoel Levi, conductor
9:51 a.m.
Katherine Kennicot Davis
Little Drummer Boy
Friends of Cally Cally Banham, double reed
9:56 a.m.
TRADITIONAL
O Christmas Tree (O Tannenbaum)
London Chamber Orchestra; Christopher Warren-Green, conductor
10:00 a.m.
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Romance in G major Opus 39
Chineke! Orchestra; Kevin John Edusei, conductor Elena Urioste, violin
10:10 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
The Golden Spinning Wheel Opus 109
Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra; Yakov Kreizberg, conductor
10:40 a.m.
Shara Nova
I Have Never Loved Someone
Conspirare; Miro String Quartet; Craig Hella Johnson, conductor
10:45 a.m.
Clara Schumann
Three Romances for Piano Opus 11
Lara Downes, piano
10:59 a.m.
Johannes Brahms
String Quintet No. 1: I. Allegro non troppo ma con brio in F major Opus 88
Takacs Quartet Lawrence Power, viola
11:11 a.m.
Mikhail Glinka
RUSLAN AND LUDMILA: Overture
Los Angeles Philharmonic; Andre Previn, conductor
11:17 a.m.
Frederic Chopin
Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor Opus 21
Staatskapelle Dresden; Fabio Luisi, conductor Lise de la Salle, piano
11:54 a.m.
Elena Ruehr
String Quartet No. 3: III. How She Danced
Cypress String Quartet
12:01 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 10 (for two pianos) in Eb major K 365
English Baroque Soloists; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor Malcolm Bilson, fortepiano; Robert Levin, piano
12:27 p.m.
Paulinho Nogueira
Bachianinha No. 1
Plinio Fernandes, guitar
12:31 p.m.
Jessie Montgomery
Strum
Catalyst Quartet
12:39 p.m.
Cyril J. Mockridge
Miracle On 34th Street (music from the 1947 film)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; David Newman, conductor
12:52 p.m.
Edvard Grieg
String Quartet No. 2 (unfinished): II. Allegro scherzando in F major
Oslo Camerata; Stephan Barratt-Due, conductor
1:00 p.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso No. 4 in A minor Opus 6/4 HWV 322
Tafelmusik; Jeanne Lamon, conductor
1:12 p.m.
Robert Schumann
Piano Quintet in Eb major Opus 44
Artemis Quartet Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
1:42 p.m.
Katherine Kennicot Davis
Carol of the Drum
Boston Pops Orchestra; John Williams, conductor
1:46 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Symphony No. 7: IV. Finale in D minor Opus 70
Los Angeles Philharmonic; Gustavo Dudamel, conductor Alice Sara Ott, piano
2:00 p.m.
Wilhelm Peterson-Berger
Symphony No. 3 "Lapland" (Same Atname) in F minor
Norrkoping Symphony Orchestra; Michail Jurowski, conductor
2:43 p.m.
Andrea Falconieri
Ciacona
Daniel Hope, violin; and friends
2:47 p.m.
Fanny Mendelssohn
Notturno H337
Betty Ann Miller, piano
2:54 p.m.
Sergei Prokofiev
Romeo & Juliet: Dance of the Knights Opus 64
Cleveland Orchestra; Yoel Levi, conductor
2:59 p.m.
William Grant Still
Panamanian Dances (Danzas de Panama)
Berlin Symphony Orchestra; Isaiah Jackson, conductor
3:15 p.m.
Federico Moreno Torroba
Castillos de Espana: Torija/Alcaniz (Elegia/Festival)
Andres Segovia, guitar
3:20 p.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Sleeping Beauty Suite Opus 66
Philadelphia Orchestra; Riccardo Muti, conductor
3:43 p.m.
TRADITIONAL
O Come, All Ye Faithful
Voces8; Voces8 Foundation Choir; Barnaby Smith, conductor
3:49 p.m.
Johannes Brahms
Concerto for Violin & Cello "Double Concerto": III. Vivace non troppo in A minor Opus 102
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Joshua Bell, conductor Joshua Bell, violin; Steven Isserlis, cello
3:59 p.m.
Aaron Copland
Appalachian Spring
Seattle Symphony; Gerard Schwarz, conductor
4:25 p.m.
Sade Adu
Love Is Stronger Than Pride
Voces8; Eric Whitacre, conductor Carlos Simon, piano
4:30 p.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
Concertino for Clarinet and Orchestra in Eb major Opus 26
Staatskapelle Dresden; Herbert Blomstedt, conductor Sabine Meyer, clarinet
4:40 p.m.
Isaac Albeniz
Iberia: Festival Day in Seville (Fete-Dieu a Seville)
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra; Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor
4:50 p.m.
Arnold Bax
Morning Song (Maytime in Sussex)
London Philharmonic Orchestra; Bryden Thomson, conductor Margaret Fingerhut, piano
5:00 p.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Trumpet Concerto in Eb major
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Claudio Abbado, conductor (Adolph) "Bud" Herseth, trumpet
5:15 p.m.
Antonio Salieri
Triple Concerto for violin, oboe and cello in D major
Bern Camerata; Thomas Furi, conductor Thomas Furi, violin; Heinz Holliger, oboe; Thomas Demenga, cello
5:42 p.m.
Franz Schubert
Impromptu No. 2 in Eb major Opus 90/2 D 899
Krystian Zimerman, piano
5:48 p.m.
Paul Hindemith
Symphonic Metamorphosis: IV. March
San Francisco Symphony; Herbert Blomstedt, conductor Randall Goosby, violin
5:52 p.m.
Johannes Brahms
Symphony No. 4: III. Allegro giocoso in E minor Opus 98
Berlin Philharmonic; Herbert von Karajan, conductor
6:00 p.m.
Holiday Programming
Anticipation and Celebration: Advent with the Montserrat Boy Choir SEGMENT 1
Steve Staruch, host
6:32 p.m.
Holiday Programming
Anticipation and Celebration: Advent with the Montserrat Boy Choir SEGMENT 2
Steve Staruch, host
