Classical Music Playlist, April 29, 2022



The pianist and composer Johann Hummel (1778-1837) began as a child prodigy who was taught for two years by Mozart and later by Haydn, and later was still friends with Beethoven and Schubert and remained respected throughout his life. Socially, he established one of the first pension funds for musicians and performed benefit concerts to replenish its funding when it was low, and he advocated for the protection of music copyrights from piracy. From 1819, Hummel’s Piano Concerto No. 3 in B minor is the masterpiece of today’s noon at 2 p.m.


6:00 am

Ralph Vaughan Williams

Fantasy on a Theme by Thomas Tallis

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; André Previn, conductor

6:17 am

Wolfgang AmadeusMozart

String quartet n°22 in Bb K. 589

Dover Quartet

6:41 a.m.

Hildegard of Bingen

O Virtus Sapientiae (Antiphon of Divine Wisdom)

The Pieta; Angèle Dubeau, conductor

6:46

Tomaso Albinoni

Concerto a cinque for oboe and strings in D minor Opus 9/2

Collegium Musicum 90; Simon Standage, conductor Anthony Robson, oboe

6:59

Francois Schubert

Rosamunde Overture Opus 26 D 797 (The Magic Harp)

San Francisco Symphony; Herbert Blomstedt, conductor

7:12

Francesco Molino

Guitar Concerto in E minor Opus 56

Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Iona Brown, conductor Pepe Romero, guitar

7:38

Charles Stanford

Four Irish Dances: One Reel

Piers Lane, piano

7:42

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

MLADA: Lithuanian dance

Seattle Symphony; Gérard Schwarz, conductor

7:45 am

Louise Farrenc

Trio for clarinet in E flat: III. Minuetto: Allegro in E major Opus 44

Linos set

7:50 am

Max Richter

Spring

Berlin Chamber Orchestra; André de Ridder, conductor Daniel Hope, violin; Max Richter, moog synthesizer

8:01

Francesco Durant

Concerto No. 3 in Eb major

Concerto Cologne

8:13 a.m.

Ottorino Respighi

Ancient Airs and Dances: Suite No. 2

Lausanne Chamber Orchestra; Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

8:33

Francois Couperin

The mysterious Barricades

Simone Dinnerstein, piano

8:38

Marcel Tyberg

Symphony No. 2: III. Scherzo in F minor

Buffalo Philharmonic; JoAnn Falletta, conductor

8:48

Antonin Dvorak

Romance in F minor Opus 11

Philharmonic Orchestra; Andrew Litton, conductor Anne Akiko Meyers, violin

09:00

Robert Schuman

Concert piece for 4 horns & orchestra: I. Lebhaft in F major Opus 86

Revolutionary and Romantic Orchestra; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor Members of…

9:08

Edward Elgar

Cello concerto in E minor Opus 85

London Symphony Orchestra; Simon Rattle, conductor Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello

9:38

Zhen Chen

Dance in the rain

Lin Ma, Pipa; Zhen Chen, piano; Elmira Darvarova, violin; Shenghua Hu, violin; Ao Peng, viola

9:42

Sergei Rachmaninoff

Vocalise Opus 34/14

Orchestra of St. Luke; Michael Stern, conductor Joshua Bell, violin

9:49

Edward K. (Duke) Ellington

It don’t mean nothing (if it don’t have that swing)

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; Simon Rattle, conductor Various soloists

10:00 a.m.

Frédéric Chopin

Concert Rondo “Krakowiak” in F major Opus 14

Warsaw Philharmonic; Kazimierz Kord, conductor Garrick Ohlsson, piano

10:15 a.m.

Bernard Crusell

Clarinet Concerto No. 2 in F minor Opus 5

Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra; Sakari Oramo, conductor Kari Kriikku, clarinet

10:38

Leonard Bernstein

CANDIDE: Opening

Minnesota Orchestra; Eiji Oue, conductor

10:44 am

Leos Janacek

Suite (Serenade) Opus 3

Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra; Libor Pesek, conductor

10:59

Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Fantasy Overture Romeo and Juliet

Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Georg Solti, conductor

11:20 a.m.

Chen Yi

Tang Poems

Construction site

11:27

George Philippe Telemann

Tafelmusik III: concerto for horns, strings and continuo in E flat major

Musica Antiqua Cologne; Reinhardt Goebel, conductor

11:43 am

Johannes Brahms

Waltz No. 7 in C# minor Opus 39/7

Marie-Josephe Jude, piano; Jean-Francois Heisser, piano

11:45 a.m.

Johannes Brahms

Hungarian Dance No. 9 in E minor

Staatskapelle Berlin; Otmar Suitner, conductor

11:48

Michael Torque

Sky: I. Vivid

Albany Symphony Orchestra; David Alan Miller, conductor Tessa Lark, violin

11:59

Wolfgang AmadeusMozart

Piano Concerto No. 22 in E flat major K 482

Academy of Early Music; Christopher Hogwood, conductor Robert Levin, pianoforte

12:33 p.m.

Caroline Shaw

Plan and elevation: V. Beech

Attacca Quartet

12:36 p.m.

John Sibelius

Overture in A minor

Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor

12:44 p.m.

John Williams

The position: mother and daughter

workshop orchestra; John Williams, conductor Randy Kerber, piano

12:48

Camille Saint-Saëns

Havanese Opus 83

New York Philharmonic; Zubin Mehta, conductor Itzhak Perlman, violin

1:00 p.m.

Charles Avison

Concerto No. 3 in G minor Opus 3/3

Avison Together; Pavlo Beznosiuk, conductor

1:10 p.m.

Ludwig van Beethoven

Piano Sonata No. 8 “Pathétique” in C minor Opus 13

John O’Conor, piano

1:29 p.m.

Charles Ives

Symphony No. 4: Fugue

San Francisco Symphony; Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

1:36 p.m.

Maurice Ravel

Daphnis and Chloe: Suite No. 2

Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Lorin Maazel, conductor

1:55 p.m.

Edward K. (Duke) Ellington

In a sentimental mood

Jason Vieaux, guitar

2:00 p.m.

Johann Nepomuk Hummel

Piano Concerto No. 3 in B minor Opus 89

English Chamber Orchestra; Bryden Thomson, conductor Stephen Hough, piano

2:36 p.m.

Joaquin Turina

Fandanguillo Opus 36

Narciso Yepes, guitar

2:42 p.m.

George Friederich Handel

Passacaglia, Gigue and Minuet

The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor

2:51 p.m.

Samuel Barbier

Scandal School Opening

New York Philharmonic; Thomas Schippers, conductor

15:00

Jules Massenet

Suite No. 7 “Alsacian Scenes” (Alsacian Scenes)

Orchestra of the National Opera of Monte-Carlo; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

3:23 p.m.

Giuseppe Torelli

Sinfonia for Trumpet No. 7 in D major G 8

English Chamber Orchestra; Anthony Newman, conductor Wynton Marsalis, trumpet

3:30 p.m.

Clara Schumann

Four Fugitive Pieces Opus 15

Angela Cheng, piano

3:44 p.m.

Lou Harrison

Suite for violin with American gamelan: II. Estampie

Boston Modern Orchestra Project; Gil Rose, conductor Gabriela Diaz, violin

3:50 p.m.

Johann Strauss, Jr.

Tales from the Viennese Forest Opus 325 (Geschichten aus dem Wienerwald)

Vienna State Opera Orchestra; Jascha Horenstein, conductor

4:02 p.m.

Hamilton Harty

Comedy Overture

Ulster Orchestra; Takuo Yuasa, conductor

4:16 p.m.

George Philippe Telemann

Tafelmusik II: Concerto for 3 violins in F major

Musica Antiqua Cologne; Reinhardt Goebel, conductor Members of…

4:31 p.m.

Henrietta Renee

symphonic piece

Xavier de Maistre, harp

4:41 p.m.

John Ireland

A maritime opening

City of London Wind Ensemble; Geoffrey Brand, conductor

4:53 p.m.

Edward K. (Duke) Ellington

Black, brown and beige suite: II. Brown

Buffalo Philharmonic; JoAnn Falletta, conductor

4:59 p.m.

Johann Sebastian Bach

Oboe Concerto in D minor BWV 1059

Chamber Orchestra of Europe Douglas Boyd, oboe

5:12 p.m.

Jessie Montgomery

Peace

Anthony McGill, clarinet; Gloria Dog, piano

5:18 p.m.

Frédéric Chopin

Les Sylphides: Suite

Philadelphia Orchestra; Eugène Ormandy, conductor

5:45 p.m.

Antonio Vivaldi

Violin Concerto in E minor RV 281

Europa Galante Fabio Biondi, violin

5:57 p.m.

Ricky Ian Gordon

What will we remember

Lara Downes, piano

6:02 p.m.

Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Suite No. 2 in C major Opus 53

Detroit Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor

6:42 p.m.

Percy Grainger

Molly on the shore

Dallas Wind Symphony; Jerry Junkin, conductor

6:47 p.m.

George Gershwin

Preludes for piano (arr. for guitar by Carlos Barbosa-Lima)

Sharon Isbin, guitar

6:54 p.m.

Edward K. (Duke) Ellington

Isfahan

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; Simon Rattle, conductor Various soloists