Claude Debussy in 1909. Color by Klimbim (Olga Shirnina) who grants free use.
In the early 1900s, Claude Debussy composed a series of “Images for Orchestra” evoking England, Spain and France. The Suite opens with some ‘sad jigs’ from England, then three movements in the middle form a separate suite in the suite titled ‘Iberia’ which is inspired by Debussy’s single day in Spain, and finally the larger suite ends with song-flavored French folk spring rounds (“Round Dances of Spring”). Hear the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra perform all five movements of Debussy’s “Images for Orchestra” for your midday masterpiece today at 2:00 p.m.
6:00 am
Felix Mendelssohn
String Symphony No. 6 in E flat major
Amsterdam Sinfonietta; Lev Markiz, conductor
6:13 a.m.
Jan Dismas Zelenka
Capriccio No. 4 in A major Z 185
Bern Camera; Alexandre van Wijnkoop, conductor
6:41 a.m.
Jennifer Higdon
amazing Grace
Serafin String Quartet
6:47
Frantisek Vaclav Habermann
Concerto for two horns in D major
Suk Chamber Orchestra Jindrich Petras, horn; Jiri Havlik, horn
6:59
Max Bruch
Swedish Dances Opus 63
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; Kurt Masur, conductor
7:12
Francois-Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 73 “The Hunt” in D major
Hanover Strip; Roy Goodman, conductor
7:35 am
Max Richter
On the nature of daylight
Max Richter Orchestra; Lorenz Dangel, conductor
7:43 am
John Field
Rondo for piano and strings in A major
the Mozart Players of London; Matthias Bamert, conductor Miceal O’Rourke, piano
7:51
Aaron Copland
Cuban Dance (Danzon Cubano)
New World Symphony; Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
8:00 a.m.
Fanny Mendelssohn
Overture in C major
the Women’s Philharmonic Orchestra; JoAnn Falletta, conductor
8:13 a.m.
Paul Hindemith
Symphony “Mathis der Maler”: I. Engelkonzert (Angel Concert)
San Francisco Symphony; Herbert Blomstedt, conductor
8:34
Morton Gould
American whim
Lara Downes, piano
8:40 am
Johann Strauss, Jr.
Southern Roses Opus 388
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Fritz Reiner, conductor
8:50 am
Jacques Offenbach
ORPHEUS IN HELL: Overture
Philharmonic Orchestra; Antonio de Almeida, conductor
09:00
Georges Bizet
Suite Carmen No. 2
London Symphony Orchestra; Neville Marriner, conductor
9:18
Jean-Philippe Rameau
Les Indes Galantes: Overture
Royal Chapel Orchestra; Philippe Herreweghe, conductor
9:22
Gustav Holst
St. Paul Suite Opus 29/2
Guildhall String Ensemble; Robert Salter, conductor
9:35 a.m.
Amy Beach
From Grandma’s Garden Opus 97
Joanne Polk, piano
9:51
Amilcare Ponchielli
LA GIOCONDA: Dance of the Hours
National Philharmonic Orchestra; Bruno Bartoletti, conductor
10:00 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Keyboard Concerto No. 2 in E major BWV 1053
Chamber of Europe Orchestra Andras Schiff, piano
10:19
Reinhold Gliere
Ballad Opus 4
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Vassily Sinaisky, conductor Peter Dixon, cello
10:26
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Caprice Italian Opus 45
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor
10:42
Heitor Villa Lobos
Choros No. 1
Turibio Santos, guitar
10:47
Antonio Vivaldi
Four Seasons: Summer (The Estate) in G minor Opus 8 RV 315
Baroque Boston; Martin Pearlman, conductor Christina Day Martinson, violin
10:59
Florence Prize
Violin Concerto no. 1 in D major
Janacek Philharmonic; Ryan Cockerham, Conductor Er-Gene Kahng
11:24
Jean-Baptiste Luly
March for the Turkish Ceremony
The Concert of Nations; Jordi Savall, conductor
11:26
Jean-Baptiste Luly
Chaconne “The Love Doctor” Suite
The Concert of Nations; Jordi Savall, conductor
11:31 a.m.
Edward Elgar
Serenade for string orchestra in E minor Opus 20
I Musici
11:43 am
Frédéric Chopin
Ballad n°3 in lab
Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
11:51 a.m.
Gioachino Rossini
THE ITALIAN IN ALGIERS: Opening
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
12:00 p.m.
George Friederich Handel
Music for Royal Fireworks HWV 351
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor
12:20 p.m.
Jorge Calandreli
Solitude
Milos Karadaglic, guitar; Jess Gillam, soprano saxophone
12:24 p.m.
Johannes Brahms
Serenade No. 2 in A major Opus 16
Scottish Chamber Orchestra; Charles Mackerras, conductor
12:56
Francois Schubert
“Wandering” (Die Schone Mullerin: No. 1 – Das Wandern) D 795
Leslie Howard, piano
1:00 p.m.
Ernest Chausson
Symphony in Bb major Opus 20
Philharmonic Orchestra; Francesco d’Avalos, conductor
1:31 p.m.
Fanny Mendelssohn
Sonata Movement (Sonatensatz) in E in E major
Leanne Rees, piano
1:39 p.m.
George Philippe Telemann
Trumpet Concerto in D major
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Iona Brown, conductor Hakan Hardenberger, trumpet
1:48 p.m.
Joe Hisaishi
Rain
La Pieta Angèle Dubeau, violin
1:54 p.m.
Wolfgang AmadeusMozart
THE IMPRESARIO: Overture K 486
Tafelmusik; Bruno Weil, conductor
2:00 p.m.
Claude Debussy
Images for Orchestra
San Francisco Symphony; Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
2:36 p.m.
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Sonata for cello and piano: II. Allegro scherzando in Eb major Opus 19
Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello; Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano
2:43 p.m.
William Boyce
Symphony No. 4 in F major Opus 2
Aradia set; Kevin Mallon, conductor
2:51 p.m.
Ethel Smith
Concerto for violin, horn and orchestra: II. Elegy. Adagio, “In Memoriam”
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Odaline de la Martinez, conductor Sophie Langdon, violin; Richard Watkins, horn
15:00
Antonin Dvorak
Symphony No. 9 “From the New World” in E minor Opus 95
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra; Paavo Jarvi, conductor
3:46 p.m.
Leo Brouwer
Preludio
Manuel Barrueco, guitar
3:50 p.m.
George Philippe Telemann
Overture in D major
Berlin Academy of Early Music
3:58 p.m.
Gabriel Fauré
Chanson de Jean Racine (Cantique de Jean Racine) Opus 11
; Edward Higginbottom, conductor Oxford New College Choir
4:05 p.m.
Guillaume Stenhammar
Excelsior! Opus 13
Royal Orchestra of Scotland; Petter Sundkvist, conductor
4:19 p.m.
Philip Glass
Study 6
Viktor Olafsson, piano
4:24 p.m.
John Sibelius
Karelia Suite Opus 11
Helsinki Philharmonic; Okko Kamu, conductor
4:41 p.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Violin Concerto “Il Carbonelli” in B flat major RV 366
I Solisti Italiani Giulio Franzetti, violin
4:52 p.m.
Eric Ewazen
A hymn for the lost and the living
United States Coast Guard Band; Commander Kenneth W. Megan, conductor
5:02 p.m.
Enrique Soro
Three Chilean airs (Tres aires chileans)
Chilean Symphony Orchestra; José Luis Dominguez, conductor
5:14 p.m.
Carel Anton Fodor
Symphony No. 2 in G major Opus 13
the Netherlands Radio Chamber Orchestra; Anthony Halstead, conductor
5:39 p.m.
Niels Gade
Symphony No. 5: III. Scherzo in D minor Opus 25
Stockholm Sinfonietta; Neeme Jarvi, conductor Roland Pontinen, piano
5:45 p.m.
Trevor Duncan
A little sequel: March
New London Orchestra; Ronald Corp, conductor
5:49 p.m.
George Friederich Handel
Suite for keyboard in G minor HWV 452
Keith Jarrett, piano
6:00 p.m.
Igor Stravinsky
Petrushka
Seattle Symphony; Gérard Schwarz, conductor
6:37 p.m.
John Williams
The BFG (of the BFG)
the Los Angeles Recording Arts Orchestra; John Williams, conductor
6:45 p.m.
Peter Maxwell Davies
Farewell to Stromness
Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
6:50 p.m.
Zhen Chen
on the roof
Lin Ma, Pipa; Zhen Chen, piano; Liang Lin, violin; David Geber, cello
6:55 p.m.
Edward K. (Duke) Ellington
You are the only one
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; Simon Rattle, conductor Lena Horne, mezzo-soprano; Various soloists