Classical Music Playlist, January 4, 2022
French composer Camille Saint-Saëns thought his suite, Carnival of the Animals, was too humorous and would negatively affect his reputation as a serious composer so he prohibited it from being published until after his death. He passed away in 1921 and, despite his fears, his “Carnival” has become a beloved classic. You'll hear musical depictions of hens & roosters, mules, kangaroos, fish, an elephant, a swan, and more, on today's Midday Masterpiece at 2:00 pm.
6:00 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Flute Concerto No. 1 "La Tempesta di Mare" (The Storm at Sea) in F major Opus 10 RV 433
Tokyo Bach-Mozart Ensemble Masahiro Arita, flute
6:08 a.m.
Alexander Borodin
Symphony No. 2 in B minor
Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra; Ghennady Rozhdestvensky, conductor
6:39 a.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
String Quartet in G major Opus 9/3
Kodaly Quartet
6:55 a.m.
Philip Hammond
The Lamentation of Owen O'Neil
McGill/McHale Trio
6:59 a.m.
Johann Hertel
Trumpet Concerto No. 3 in D major
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor Hakan Hardenberger, trumpet
7:12 a.m.
Frederic Chopin
Polonaise No. 6 "Heroic" in Ab major Opus 53
Lang Lang, piano
7:19 a.m.
Wilhelm Peterson-Berger
Earina Suite
Norrkoping Symphony Orchestra; Michail Jurowski, conductor
7:41 a.m.
Julio Sagreras
The Hummingbird (El Colibri)
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra; Leonard Slatkin, conductor Jason Vieaux, guitar
7:43 a.m.
Marianne Martinez
Piano Concerto in A Major in A major
Orqueste Filarmonia Iberica; Melani Mestre, conductor Melani Mestre, piano
8:00 a.m.
Samuel Barber
School for Scandal Overture
Royal Scottish National Orchestra; Marin Alsop, conductor
8:11 a.m.
Johannes Brahms
Violin Sonata No. 1 "Rain": I. Vivace ma no troppo in G major Opus 78
Leonidas Kavakos, violin; Yuja Wang, piano
8:23 a.m.
Ignaz Holzbauer
Symphony in Eb major Opus 3/1
L'Orfeo Barokorkester; Michi Gaigg, conductor
8:46 a.m.
Santiago de Murcia
La Jota
The Harp Consort Paul O'Dette, baroque guitar; Andrew Lawrence-King, harp
8:53 a.m.
Leonard Bernstein
Mass: Simple Song
Philadelphia Orchestra; Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor Kevin Vortmann, tenor
8:58 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
Flute Concerto No. 5 in F major Opus 4 HWV 293
Paillard Chamber Orchestra; Jean-Francois Pailliard, conductor Jean-Pierre Rampal, flute
9:07 a.m.
Jules Massenet
LE CARILLON Ballet suite
National Philharmonic Orchestra; Richard Bonynge, conductor
9:46 a.m.
Alan Silvestri
FORREST GUMP: Feather Theme
La Pieta Angele Dubeau, violin
9:49 a.m.
Giacomo Puccini
TURANDOT: Nessun dorma
London Philharmonic Orchestra; Zubin Mehta, conductor Luciano Pavarotti, tenor
9:53 a.m.
Frederic Chopin
Fantasie-impromptu in C# minor Opus 66
Anatol Ugorski, piano
10:00 a.m.
Franz Beck
Sinfonia No. 1 in F major Opus 3/1
Toronto Chamber Orchestra; Kevin Mallon, conductor
10:17 a.m.
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini in G minor Opus 43
San Francisco Symphony; Edo de Waart, conductor Zoltan Kocsis, piano
10:41 a.m.
Johann Joachim Quantz
Flute sonata with obbligato harpsichord
Rachel Brown, flute; James Johnstone, harpsichord; Mark Caudle, cello
10:49 a.m.
Valerie Coleman
Concerto for Wind Quintet: I. Afro
Imani Winds
10:55 a.m.
Edvard Grieg
Lyric Pieces: March of the Trolls Opus 54/3
Malmo Symphony Orchestra; Bjarte Engeset, conductor
10:59 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor BWV 1041
Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra; Jeffrey Kahane, conductor Margaret Batjer, violin
11:14 a.m.
Fritz Kreisler
Petite Valse
James Ehnes, piano
11:18 a.m.
Randy Edelman
Gettysburg: Reunion and Finale
Cincinnati Pops; Erich Kunzel, conductor Timothy Berens. guitar
11:24 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Bagatelles Opus 47
Bonn Beethovenhalle Orchestra; Dennis Russell Davies, conductor
11:44 a.m.
Germaine Tailleferre
Piano Trio
Clementi-Trio Koln
12:00 p.m.
Hamilton Harty
In Ireland
Ulster Orchestra; Bryden Thomson, conductor Colin Fleming, flute; Denise Kelly, harp
12:10 p.m.
Michel Mazuel
Orchestral Suite in G major
Le Concert des Nations; Jordi Savall, conductor
12:23 p.m.
Gioachino Rossini
THE BARBER OF SEVILLE: Overture (IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA)
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor
12:31 p.m.
Marcel Grandjany
Children's Hour
Anne-Marguerite Michaud, harp
12:42 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 21: I. Allegro in C major K 467
English Chamber Orchestra; Jeffrey Tate, conductor Mitsuko Uchida, piano
12:58 p.m.
Scott Joplin
Treemonisha Overture
Houston Grand Opera Orchestra; Gunther Schuller, conductor
1:07 p.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Concerto for oboe in C major HOB 7
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor Paul Goodwin, oboe
1:29 p.m.
Johann Strauss, Jr.
Where the Lemon Trees Blossom Opus 364 Wo die Citronen bluh'n
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra; Alfred Walter, conductor
1:39 p.m.
Leo Brouwer
El Decameron Negro
Sharon Isbin, guitar
1:55 p.m.
Simon Jeffes
"Still Life" at the Penguin Cafe: Prelude and Yodel
BBC Concert Orchestra; Barry Wordsworth, conductor
2:00 p.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
Carnival of the Animals
Sinfonia da Camera; Ian Hobson, conductor Ian Hobson, piano
2:23 p.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Flute Concerto No. 5 in F major Opus 10 RV 434
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra Patrick Gallois, flute
2:33 p.m.
George Phillip Telemann
Sonata in G major
Buffalo Guitar Quartet
2:45 p.m.
Kenji Bunch
Concerto for Piano Trio and Percussion
Ahn Trio Matthew Gold, percussion; Brian Resnick, percussion
2:53 p.m.
Gabriel Faure
Requiem: Pie Jesu Opus 48
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Andreas Delfs, conductor Renee Fleming, soprano
2:58 p.m.
Jennifer Higdon
All Things Majestic: II. String Lake
The Nashville Symphony; Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
3:06 p.m.
Joseph Kraus
Concerto for viola and cello in G major VB 153a
Tapiola Sinfonietta David Aaron Carpenter, viola; Riitta Pesola, cello
3:31 p.m.
Anne Dudley
Poldark Prelude
Lang Lang, piano
3:36 p.m.
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
MLADA: Procession of the Nobles
Philadelphia Orchestra; Eugene Ormandy, conductor
3:42 p.m.
Amy Beach
Piano Trio in A Minor, Op. 150 in A minor Opus 150
Neave Trio
3:58 p.m.
John McLaughlin
"The Mediterranean" Concerto for Guitar: 1st movement
London Symphony Orchestra; Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor John McLaughlin, guitar
4:11 p.m.
Danny Elfman
Rabbit & Rogue: Gamelan
Berlin Session Orchestra; Joris Buhle, conductor
4:22 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 in Bb major BWV 1051
St. Luke's Chamber Ensemble
4:40 p.m.
Bernhard Crusell
Clarinet Quartet No. 2 in C minor Opus 4
Allegri String Quartet (members of) Thea King, clarinet
4:59 p.m.
Fela Sowande
African Suite: Selections
Chicago Sinfonietta; Paul Freeman, conductor
5:10 p.m.
Maurice Ravel
Bolero
Staatskapelle Dresden; Neville Marriner, conductor
5:26 p.m.
Cecile Chaminade
Etude Romantique Opus 132
Joanne Polk, piano
5:33 p.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso No. 6 in D major Opus 3/6 HWV 317
Academy of Ancient Music; Richard Egarr, conductor Richard Egarr, organ
5:42 p.m.
Miguel Llobet
Six Catalan Folk Songs
Eduardo Fernandez, guitar
5:50 p.m.
Teresa Carreno
Gottschalk Waltz, Op. 1
Alexandra Oehler, piano
5:58 p.m.
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
Flute Concerto in D minor H 426
Wurttemberg Chamber Orchestra; Jorg Faerber, conductor James Galway, flute
6:20 p.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Ruy Blas: Overture Opus 95
Bamberg Symphony; Claus Peter Flor, conductor
6:30 p.m.
Leonard Bernstein
On the Waterfront: Symphonic Suite
Dallas Symphony Orchestra; Eduardo Mata, conductor
6:52 p.m.
David N. Baker
Deliver My Soul
Rachel Barton Pine, violin; Matthew Hagle, piano
6:56 p.m.
H. T. Burleigh
Deep River
PubliQuartet Lara Downes, piano
