Classical Music Playlist, May 2, 2022
Though Richard Strauss later withdrew section titles that give a narrative to his autobiographical tone poem, “Ein Heldenleben” (“A Hero’s Life”), the epic nature of a hero at battle remains within the music. That battle, as originally described, was Strauss’s battles with critics over his music. Strauss depicts himself as heroic in the opening movement, musically belittles critics in the second, introduces his beloved wife (“The Hero’s Companion” movement) in the third, sounds of battle emerge in the fourth and, in the fifth movement, Strauss makes numerous quotes of his previous tone poems Don Quixote, Don Juan, Also sprach Zarathustra, and more (“The Hero’s Works of Peace” of this movement’s original title) then in the final movement the hero retires, satisfied, into rest with his beloved companion. “Ein Heldenleben” is today’s Midday Masterpiece at 2:00 pm.
6:00 a.m.
Arcangelo Corelli
Concerto Grosso No. 1 in D major Opus 6
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment; Catherine Mackintosh, conductor Catherine Mackintosh, violin
6:12 a.m.
Franz Liszt
Piano Sonata in B minor in B minor
Benjamin Grosvenor, piano
6:45 a.m.
Federico Moreno Torroba
Madranos
David Russell, guitar
6:49 a.m.
Johann Scheibe
Sinfonia a 4 in Bb major
Concerto Copenhagen; Andrew Manze, conductor
6:59 a.m.
Claude Debussy
Petite Suite
Northern Sinfonia of England; Jean-Bernard Pommier, conductor
7:12 a.m.
Robert Schumann
String Quartet in F major Opus 41/2
Melos Quartet
7:35 a.m.
Hans Leo Hassler
Canzon
New York Chamber Musicians (New York Kammermusiker)
7:38 a.m.
Frederic Chopin
Mazurka No. 3 in Ab major Opus 24
Garrick Ohlsson, piano
7:41 a.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
MAZEPPA: Gopak
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; Kurt Masur, conductor
7:47 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Trio Sonata No. 1 in Eb major BWV 525
King's Consort; Robert King, conductor
7:59 a.m.
Alexander Borodin
PRINCE IGOR Overture
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
8:12 a.m.
Aaron Copland
The Tender Land: Suite
Elgin Symphony Orchestra; Robert Hanson, conductor
8:33 a.m.
Alma Deutscher
The Chase (Impromptu in C minor)
Alma Deutscher, piano
8:38 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Rondo for violin and orchestra in C major K 373
English Chamber Orchestra; Peter Maag, conductor Joshua Bell, violin
8:45 a.m.
Bedrich Smetana
Ma Vlast: From Bohemia's Woods and Meadows
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra; Vaclav Neumann, conductor
8:59 a.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 101 "Clock" in D major
Orchestra of St. Luke's; Charles Mackerras, conductor
9:27 a.m.
Agustin Barrios
The Bees (Las Abejas)
Eliot Fisk, guitar
9:30 a.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Ruy Blas: Overture Opus 95
Bergen Philharmonic; Andrew Litton, conductor
9:39 a.m.
Pietro Locatelli
Concerto Grosso No. 12 in G minor Opus 1/12
Raglan Baroque Players; Nicholas Kraemer, conductor
9:49 a.m.
Aram Khachaturian
Spartacus: Adagio of Spartacus & Phrygia
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Aram Khachaturian, conductor
10:00 a.m.
Malcolm Arnold
Four Cornish Dances Opus 91
Philharmonia Orchestra; Bryden Thomson, conductor
10:09 a.m.
Rebecca Clarke
Viola Sonata
Philip Dukes, viola; Sophia Rahman, piano
10:35 a.m.
Giacomo Puccini
GIANNI SCHICCHI: O Mio Babbino Caro
Lyon Opera Orchestra; Kent Nagano, conductor Kiri Te Kanawa, soprano
10:38 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Slavonic Rhapsody No. 2 in G minor Opus 45
Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra; Zdenek Kosler, conductor
10:52 a.m.
John Williams
Main Title from The Towering Inferno
Boston Pops Orchestra; Keith Lockhart, conductor
10:59 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 38 "Prague" in D major K 504
Prague Chamber Orchestra; Charles Mackerras, conductor
11:35 a.m.
John Adams
Fellow Traveler
Attacca Quartet
11:41 a.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
DER FREISCHUTZ: Overture Opus 77 J 277
Hanover Band; Roy Goodman, conductor
11:52 a.m.
Andrew York
Sunburst
Jason Vieaux, guitar
11:58 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto for Flute and Bassoon "The Night" (La Notte) in G minor RV 439
Arion Claire Guimond, baroque flute; Mathieu Lussier, baroque bassoon
12:08 p.m.
Edvard Grieg
Holberg Suite Opus 40
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
12:28 p.m.
Jennifer Higdon
The Gilmore Variation
Lara Downes, piano
12:30 p.m.
Clarice Assad
a Tide of Living Water
Lara Downes, piano
12:33 p.m.
Gustav Holst
Suite No. 2 in F major Opus 28
North Texas Wind Symphony; Eugene Corporon, conductor
12:45 p.m.
Gaspar Sanz
Spanish Suite (Suite Espagnole)
Celedonio Romero, guitar
12:56 p.m.
Jean Sibelius
Symphony No. 7 in C major Opus 105
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra; Robert Spano, conductor
1:20 p.m.
Johann Christian Bach
Sinfonia No. 5 in Eb major Opus 6/5
Netherlands Chamber Orchestra; David Zinman, conductor
1:29 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Concerto for oboe and violin in C minor BWV 1060
Tafelmusik; Jeanne Lamon, conductor John Abberger, oboe
1:43 p.m.
Bela Bartok
Viola Concerto: III. Allegro Vivace Sz. 120
London Philharmonic Orchestra; Vladimir Jurowski, conductor David Aaron Carpenter, viola
1:49 p.m.
Gabriel Faure
Pavane Opus 50
Boston Symphony Orchestra; Seiji Ozawa, conductor Tanglewood Festival Chorus
2:00 p.m.
Richard Strauss
A Hero's Life (Ein Heldenleben) Opus 40
Berlin Philharmonic; Herbert Von Karajan, conductor Leon Spierer, violin
2:47 p.m.
Cecile Chaminade
Etude Symphonique Opus 28
Joanne Polk, piano
2:54 p.m.
John Dowland
Flow My Tears (Lachrimae)
Attacca Quartet
2:59 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Symphony No. 5 in C minor Opus 67
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Carlos Kleiber, conductor
3:34 p.m.
Johannes Brahms
Piano Sonata No. 1: IV. Finale in C major Opus 1
Norman Krieger, piano
3:42 p.m.
Jeremiah Clarke
King William's March
English Chamber Orchestra; Anthony Newman, conductor Wynton Marsalis, trumpet
3:43 p.m.
Henry Cowell
The Lilt of the Reel
Gloria Cheng-Cochran, piano
3:47 p.m.
George Enescu
Roumanian Rhapsody No. 1 in A major Opus 11
London Symphony Orchestra; Andre Previn, conductor
4:00 p.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso No. 1 in G major Opus 6/1 HWV 319
Boston Baroque; Martin Pearlman, conductor
4:14 p.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 30 "Alleluja" in C major
Academy of Ancient Music; Christopher Hogwood, conductor
4:28 p.m.
Philip Glass
Metamorphosis II
Anne Akiko Meyers, violin; Akira Eguchi, piano
4:36 p.m.
Ethel Smyth
Serenade in D: I. Allegro non troppo in D major
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Odaline de la Martinez, conductor Doric String Quartet
4:52 p.m.
Josef Suk
Spring: V. Longing Opus 22a
La Pieta; Angele Dubeau, conductor Francine Kay, piano
4:56 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Partita no. 3 for Solo Violin in E major BWV 1006
Vikingur Olafsson, piano
5:00 p.m.
Manuel de Falla
Three-Cornered Hat Suite No. 2
Boston Pops Orchestra; Arthur Fiedler, conductor
5:13 p.m.
Robert Schumann
Kreisleriana: I. Aussert Bewegt
Simone Dinnerstein, piano
5:17 p.m.
Franz Berwald
Symphony No. 2 "Sinfonie capricieuse" in D major
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
5:46 p.m.
Jonathan Leshnoff
Guitar Concerto: III. Lively (Finale)
The Nashville Symphony; Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor Jason Vieaux, guitar
5:55 p.m.
Giuseppe Verdi
OTELLO: Fire of joy (Fuoco di gioia)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Georg Solti, conductor Chicago Symphony Chorus
6:00 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Symphony No. 7 in D minor Opus 70
Cleveland Orchestra; Christoph Von Dohnanyi, conductor
6:37 p.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Four Seasons: Spring (La Primavera) in E major Opus 8 RV 269
Europa Galante Fabio Biondi, violin
6:48 p.m.
Robert Farnon
Seashore
BBC Concert Orchestra; Gavin Sutherland, conductor Valentina Lisitsa, piano
6:52 p.m.
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Petite Suite de Concert: IV. La tarantelle fretillante Opus 77/4 wriggling
Chicago Sinfonietta; Paul Freeman, conductor
6:54 p.m.
Isaac Albeniz
The Crimson Tower (Torre Bermeja) Opus 92/12
Norbert Kraft, guitar
