Wolfgang AmadeusMozart
In 1773 Mozart, then 17, had probably seen the printed music for string quartets by Haydn, who was then a master of string quartet writing. Mozart then challenged himself to live up to Haydn’s model and composed six string quartets (Mozart’s “Viennese Quartets” Nos. 8-13, known to show some of Haydn’s influence) . Ten years later, Mozart probably met Haydn for the first time, and the two became fast friends, sharing a high regard for each other. At this time Mozart, now more experienced, wrote six more quartets which he sent to Haydn with a letter of dedication. When premiering these new quartets, Haydn told the young Mozart’s father, Leopold, “before God and as an honest man, I tell you that your son is the greatest composer I know personally or by name”. The only quartet of these six “Haydn quartets” in minor mode, No. 15 in D minor (K. 421), is the masterpiece of today’s noon at 2:00 p.m.
6:00 am
Antonio Vivaldi
Bassoon Concerto No. 30 in G major RV 493
I Musici Klaus Thunemann, bassoon
6:08
Francois Liszt
Piano Sonata in B minor S 178
Kristian Zimerman, piano
6:40 a.m.
John Dowland
Sir Thomas Monson, his pavane
Paul O’Dette, lute
6:47
Antonin Dvorak
Romance in F minor Opus 11
Philharmonic Orchestra; Andrew Litton, conductor Anne Akiko Meyers, violin
6:59
Carl Maria Von Weber
Oberon Overture J 306
Hanover Strip; Roy Goodman, conductor
7:10 a.m.
Johann Christian Bach
Quintet for flute, oboe, violin, cello and harpsichord in D major Opus 22/1
The English concert
7:32
Alexander Glazunov
Symphony No. 4: II. Scherzo in Eb major Opus 48
BBC Welsh Symphony Orchestra; Tadaaki Otaka, conductor
7:38
Cecile Chaminade
Concert Studies: Scherzo
Anna Shelest, piano
7:41 am
John Mackey
Kingfishers catch fire
Symphony of North Texas Winds; Eugène Corporon, conductor
7:49
Johann Strauss, Jr.
Blue Danube Waltz Opus 314
Vienna Johann Strauss Orchestra; Willi Boskovsky, conductor
7:59
Francesco Geminiani
Concerto Grosso “La Follia” in D minor
The King’s Violins; Bernard Labadie, conductor
8:12
Camille Saint-Saëns
animal carnival
Sinfonia da Camera; Ian Hobson, conductor Ian Hobson, piano
8:36
Florence Prize
String Quartet No. 2: III. Juba in A minor
Catalyst Quartet
8:41
William Grant Again
Symphony No. 3 “The Sunday Symphony”: III. “Relaxation”
Fort Smith Symphony; John Jeter, conductor
8:44
Edvard Grieg
String Quartet No. 2 (unfinished): II. Allegro Scherzando in F major
Oslo camera; Stephan Barratt-Due, conductor
8:53
Ethel Smith
THE MANEUVER: Opening
the BBC National Orchestra of Wales; Rumon Gamba, conductor
09:00
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor Opus 23
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Georg Solti, conductor Andras Schiff, piano
9:35 a.m.
Valerie Colman
Shotgun Houses: I. Shotgun Houses
Harlem Quartet David Shifrin, clarinet
9:42
Wolfgang AmadeusMozart
Symphony No. 32 in G major K 318
Prague Chamber Orchestra; Charles Mackerras, conductor
9:50 am
Aaron Copland
Marching Band for the Common Man
New York Philharmonic; Leonard Bernstein, conductor
9:54
John Williams
Superman: main title
London Symphony Orchestra; John Williams, conductor
10:00 a.m.
Francois Liszt
Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 in D minor
Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra; Ondrej Lenard, conductor
10:10 a.m.
Klaus Badel
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl: Selections
Cincinnati Pops; Erich Kunzel, conductor
10:17 a.m.
Joseph White
Violin Concerto in F# minor
Encore Chamber Orchestra; Daniel Hege, conductor Rachel Barton Pine, violin
10:39
Clara Schumann
Three Romances for Piano: I. Andante in Eb minor Opus 11
Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano
10:44 am
Arcangelo Corelli
Concerto Grosso No. 8 “Christmas Concerto” in G minor Opus 6
Musica Amphion; Pieter-Jan Belder, conductor
10:59
Reinhold Gliere
Concert Waltz Opus 90
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Vassily Sinaisky, conductor
11:06
Felix Mendelssohn
Piano Concerto No. 1 in G minor Opus 25
Royal Flemish Philharmonic; Phillippe Herreweghe, conductor Martin Helmchen, piano
11:29
J. Michael Haydn
Trombone Concerto in D major
Northern England Sinfonia; Alain Trudel, conductor Alain Trudel, trombone
11:43 am
Leighton Lucas
Stage fright rhapsody
BBC Concert Orchestra; Gavin Sutherland, conductor Valentina Lisitsa, piano
11:49
Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto for 2 mandolins in G major RV 532
Gallant Europe; Fabio Biondi, conductor
12:00 p.m.
Alan Hovhaness
Symphony No. 2 “Mysterious Mountain” Opus 132
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra; Gérard Schwarz, conductor
12:21 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Cantata No. 29: Sinfonia BWV 29
Consort of Brandenburg; Roy Goodman, conductor Paul Nicholson, organ
12:25 p.m.
Rachel Portman
Flight
The Pieta; Angèle Dubeau, conductor
12:31 p.m.
Ralph Vaughan Williams
oboe concerto
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor Celia Nicklin, oboe
12:51 p.m.
Cecile Chaminade
Concertino Opus 107
City of London Sinfonia; Richard Hickox, conductor Susan Milan, flute
1:00 p.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso No. 4 in F major Opus 3/4a HWV 315
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor
1:12 p.m.
Joe Hisaishi
A Summer’s Day (from Spirited Away)
London Symphony Orchestra; Roman Simovic, conductor Joe Hisaishi, piano
1:17 p.m.
Luigi Boccherini
Quintet for Guitar and Strings No. 3 in B-flat major G 447
Chamber ensemble of the Academy of Saint-Martin-in-the-Fields Pepe Romero, guitar
1:42 p.m.
Karl Goldmark
In Italy Overture Opus 49
National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland; Stephen Gunzenhauser, conductor
1:55 p.m.
Erik Satie
Gymnopedia No. 1
John Novacek, piano
2:00 p.m.
Wolfgang AmadeusMozart
String Quartet No. 15 in D minor K 421
Quartet Mosaics
2:34 p.m.
Scott Joplin
The artist
Lara Downes, piano
2:39 p.m.
Hubert Pary
Symphonic Variations
Scottish National Orchestra; Andrew Penny, conductor
2:53 p.m.
Pietro Locatelli
Concerto Grosso No. 1 in F major Opus 1/1
Baroque raglan players; Nicholas Kraemer, conductor
3:01 p.m.
Florence Prize
Symphony No. 3
Philadelphia Orchestra; Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor
3:34 p.m.
Robert Schuman
Arabesque in C major Op 18
Simone Dinnerstein, piano
3:43 p.m.
Joel Pucket
Concerto Duo: III. For Audrey
Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra; Allen Tinkham, conductor Anthony McGill, clarinet; Demarre McGill, flute
3:50 p.m.
Arcangelo Corelli
Concerto Grosso No. 5 in Bb major Opus 6
Baroque London; Charles Medlam, conductor
4:00 p.m.
John Sibelius
Cassazione Opus 6
Tapiola Sinfonietta; Tuomas Ollila, conductor
4:12 p.m.
John Williams
STAR WARS – THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK: Imperial March
Skywalker Symphony Orchestra; John Williams, conductor
4:16 p.m.
Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Sonata No. 14 “Moonlight” in C# minor Opus 27/2
Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano
4:33 p.m.
Giuseppe Tartini
Cello Concerto in D major
Set 415; Chiara Banchini, conductor Roel Dieltiens, cello
4:56 p.m.
Cecile Chaminade
Formerly (“In Times Past”) Opus 87/4
Joanne Polk, piano
5:01 p.m.
Giuseppe Verdi
LA TRAVIATA: Act I. Prelude
Czech-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra; Alexandre Rahbari, conductor
5:06 p.m.
Clara Schumann
Piano Concerto in A minor Opus 7
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra; Holly Mathieson, conductor Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano
5:28 p.m.
Georg Christoph Wagenseil
Harp Concerto in G major
Mantua Orchestra; Vittorio Parisi, conductor Roberta Alessandrini, harp
5:43 p.m.
Stephen Warbeck
Shakespeare in love: main title
Cincinnati Pops; Erich Kunzel, conductor
5:48 p.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Violin Concerto: III. Allegro vivacissimo (Finale) in D major Opus 35
Concertgebouw Orchestra; Bernard Haitink, conductor Henryk Szeryng, violin
5:59 p.m.
Juan Arriaga
Symphony in D minor
The Concert of Nations; Jordi Savall, conductor
6:29 p.m.
Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
Quintet for guitar and string quartet: IV. final installment 143
Pacifica Quartet Sharon Isbin, guitar
6:37 p.m.
Charles Ives
Symphony No. 4: Fugue
San Francisco Symphony; Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
6:43 p.m.
John Adams
Habanera (from John’s book of alleged dances)
Attacca Quartet
6:49 p.m.
Stephanie Ann Boyd
My grandmother’s garden: ivy
Lara Downes, piano
6:53 p.m.
Bill Friselle
Grateful
Bill Frisell, guitar