Classical Music Playlist, July 20, 2022



Beethoven was a lifelong inspiration to Franz Schubert and when commissioned to write a work similar to Beethoven’s Septet, Schubert modeled his new music on his idol’s hugely popular composition 24 years earlier. Schubert designed the movements similarly and used the same instrumentation as Beethoven, except for the addition of a second violin, making the new work an octet. It was even premiered at the dedicatee of Beethoven’s Septet and with some of the same musicians. Franz Schubert’s Octet in F is today’s noon masterpiece at 2:00 p.m.


6:00 am

George Philippe Telemann

Oboe Concerto in E minor

Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Iona Brown, conductor Heinz Holliger, oboe

6:12

Ludwig van Beethoven

String Quartet No. 2 “Compliments” in G major Opus 18/2

Cleveland Quartet

6:37

Alonso Mudarra

Fantasy No. 10

Klaus Jackle, guitar

6:41 a.m.

Frédéric Chopin

Variations on “La ci darem la mano” by Mozart in Bb major Opus 2

Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment; Charles Mackerras, conductor Emanuel Ax, piano

6:59

Antonio Vivaldi

Flute Concerto No. 3 “The Goldfinch” (Il Gardellino) in D major Opus 10 RV 428

Arion Claire Guimond, baroque flute

7:11

Henriette Renee

Trio for harp, violin and cello

Xavier de Maistre, harp; Ingolf Turban, violin; Wen-Sinn Yang, cello

7:37

Robert Johnson

The timer

Amsterdam Loeki Stardust Quartet

7:38

William Byrd

The Earl of Oxford’s March

Canadian brass; Robert Moody, conductor

7:42

John Sibelius

Karelia Suite: III. Alla Marcia Opus 11

Philharmonic Orchestra; Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor

7:48

Johann Strauss, Jr.

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

Vienna State Opera Orchestra; Jascha Horenstein, conductor

8:00 a.m.

Aaron Copland

Symphony No. 3: II. Allegro molto

New York Philharmonic; Leonard Bernstein, conductor

8:11

Carl Stamitz

Viola Concerto in D major Opus 1

Prague Philharmonic Orchestra; Jiri Belohlavek, conductor Jan Peruska, viola

8:33

Cecile Chaminade

Concert Studies: Fall

Anna Shelest, piano

8:40 am

Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

EUGENE ONEGUINE: Waltz

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Yuri Temirkanov, conductor

8:49

Albert Dietrich

Introduction and Romance Opus 27

Oldenburg State Orchestra (Oldenburgische Staatsorchester); Alexander Rumpf, conductor Marie-Louise Neunecker, horn

8:59

Wolfgang AmadeusMozart

Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor K 466

Orpheus Chamber OrchestraRichard Goode, piano

9:29

Philip Glass

Symphony No. 4 “Hero”: 1. “Hero”

Orchestra of American Composers; Dennis Russel Davies, conductor

9:37

George Friederich Handel

Concerto Grosso No. 10 in D minor Opus 6/10 HWV 328

Handel & Haydn Company; Christopher Hogwood, conductor

9:51

TRADITIONAL

Bridal Doll (Hanayome Ningyo)

Jean-Pierre Rampal, flute; Lily Laskine, harp

9:54

Igor Stravinsky

Fireworks Opus 4

Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra; Dmitri Kitayenko, conductor

10:00 a.m.

george walker

Folk songs for orchestra

Cleveland Chamber Symphony; Edwin London, conductor

10:12 a.m.

Mauro Giulani

Guitar Concerto No. 2 in A major Opus 36

Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner (neh-vull MAIR-rih-nuhr), conductor Pepe Romero, guitar

10:45 a.m.

John Williams

Schindler’s list: main theme

Niv Ashkenazi, violin; Matthew Graybill, piano

10:50 a.m.

Carl Maria Von Weber

Abu Hassan Opening D 106

Hanover Strip; Roy Goodman, conductor

10:55

John Adams

Tromba Lontana

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; Simon Rattle, conductor Johannhan Holland and Wesley Warren

11:01 a.m.

Edvard Grieg

Piano Concerto in A minor Opus 16

Berlin Philharmonic; Mariss Jansons, conductor Leif Ove Andsnes, piano

11:30 a.m.

Johann Sebastian Bach

Prelude and Fugue (from Well-Tempered Clavier II:03) in C# major BWV 872

Angela Hewitt, piano

11:35 a.m.

John Ireland

epic walk

London Symphony Orchestra; Richard Hickox, conductor

11:46

Rebecca Clarke

Passacaglia (to an old English tune)

Philip Dukes, viola; Sophia Rahman, piano

11:57

Gaspar Sanz

Canarios

Baroque Chatham

12:01

Giuseppe Verdi

LA TRAVIATA: Act I. Prelude

Czech-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra; Alexandre Rahbari, conductor

12:06

Ludwig van Beethoven

Symphony No. 5 in C minor Opus 67

Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Carlos Kleiber, conductor

12:41 p.m.

Arthur Foote

Piano Trio No. 2: III. Allegro molto in Bb major Opus 65

Neave Trio

12:48

Johann Strauss, Jr.

Overture DIE FLEDERMAUS (The Bat)

Vienna State Opera Orchestra; Jascha Horenstein, conductor

12:57

Arthur Benjamin

Jamaican rumba

Düsseldorf Symphony Orchestra; Yasuo Shinozaki, conductor Matthew Trusler, violin

1:00 p.m.

Wolfgang AmadeusMozart

Piano Concerto No. 14 in E flat major K 449

English Chamber Orchestra; Jeffrey Tate, conductor Mitsuko Uchida, piano

1:23 p.m.

Ralph Vaughan Williams

The Lover’s Ghost

; Paul Spicer, conductor The Finzi Singers

1:28 p.m.

Arcangelo Corelli

Concerto Grosso No. 11 in Bb major Opus 6

The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor

1:39 p.m.

Antonin Dvorak

Legend No. 6 Opus 59

San Francisco Symphony; Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

1:46 p.m.

Mel Bonis

Following the Old

Members of the Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra

2:00 p.m.

Francois Schubert

Octet for Strings & Winds in F major Opus 166 D 803

Vienna Octet

2:54 p.m.

Amy Beach

In Autumn Opus 15

Joanne Polk, piano

2:57 p.m.

Bela Bartok

Concerto for viola: III. Allegro Vivace Sz. 120

London Philharmonic Orchestra; Vladimir Jurowski, conductor David Aaron Carpenter, viola

3:03 p.m.

Francois-Joseph Haydn

Symphony No. 101 “Clock” in D major

Orchestra of St. Luke; Charles Mackerras, conductor

3:31 p.m.

Charles S. Brown

A song without words

Rachel Barton Pine, violin; Matthew Hagle, piano

3:35 p.m.

Antonio Vivaldi

Bassoon Concerto in A minor in A minor RV 498

Seattle Baroque Michael McCraw, bassoon

3:46 p.m.

John Sibelius

Lyrical Andante (Andante Lirico)

Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor

3:55 p.m.

Dmitri Shostakovich

Suite for Variety Orchestra: Waltz No. 2

Jess Gillam, alto saxophone; Ben Dawson, piano; Timothy Welch, viola; Michael Gray, violin; Benjamin Hughes, cello

4:00 p.m.

Sergei Prokofiev

Symphony No. 1 “Classical” in D major Opus 25

London Symphony Orchestra; Neville Marriner, conductor

4:15 p.m.

Wolfgang AmadeusMozart

Violin Sonata No. 21 in E minor K 304

Hilary Hahn, violin; Natalie Zhu, piano

4:29 p.m.

Percy Grainger

The march of the gum-suckers

Michigan State University Symphony Orchestra; Kenneth G. Bloomquist, conductor

4:34 p.m.

Guillaume Stenhammar

Excelsior! Opus 13

Royal Orchestra of Scotland; Petter Sundkvist, conductor

4:48 p.m.

Adam Larrabee

24 Preludes for banjo: No. 12 “Waltz” in G minor

John Bullard, banjo

4:51 p.m.

Edvard Grieg

String Quartet No. 1: III. Intermezzo in G minor Opus 27

Guarneri Quartet

4:59 p.m.

George Friederich Handel

Concerto Grosso No. 5 in D major Opus 6/5 HWV 323

Academy of Early Music; Andrew Manze, conductor

5:14 p.m.

Robert Schuman

String Quartet in F major Opus 41/2

Melos Quartet

5:37 p.m.

Engelbert Humperdinck

KONIGSKINDER: Overture (The Royal Children)

Czechoslovakian RSO, Bratislava; Alfred Walter, conductor

5:46 p.m.

Petronio Franceschini

Sonata in D major

Trumpet Consort; Friedemann Immer, conductor

5:54 p.m.

Lili Boulanger

Prelude in D flat major

Anna Shelest, piano

5:59 p.m.

Jules Massenet

THE CARILLON Ballet continued

National Philharmonic Orchestra; Richard Bonynge, conductor

6:37 p.m.

John Adams

The President dances (Foxtrot for orchestra)

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; Simon Rattle, conductor

6:51 p.m.

Nikolai Kapustin

Prelude in jazz style No. 12 in G# minor Opus 53

Jean Salmon, piano

6:54 p.m.

Lucas Saboya

Zamba Negra (from Suite Ernestina)

Jose Antonio Escobar, guitar