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Playlist for Saturday, March 18, 2023

  • 12:00 am: Classical Music

    Live classical music from American Public Media hosts.

    Program Playlist

    • 12:01 am: Alleluia

      Composer: Randall Thompson
      Ensembles: Robert Shaw Festival Singers
      Conductor: Robert Shaw
      Catalog Information: Telarc 80519

    • 12:06 am: Trumpet Concerto

      Composer: Georg Philipp Telemann
      Ensembles: Academy of St Martin in the Fields
      Performer: Hakan Hardenberger, trumpet
      Conductor: Iona Brown
      Catalog Information: Philips 420954

    • 12:18 am: Variations on a Theme of Franz Schubert

      Composer: Emil Reesen
      Ensembles: Aalborg Symphony Orchestra
      Conductor: Bo Holten
      Catalog Information: Dacapo 226031

    • 12:35 am: Symphony No. 80

      Composer: Franz Joseph Haydn
      Ensembles: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
      Catalog Information: DG 427337

    • 1:01 am: English Air

      Composer: Peter Lamb
      Performer: Kenneth Smith, flute
      Catalog Information: ASV 768

    • 1:06 am: Violin Concerto No. 2

      Composer: Max Bruch
      Ensembles: Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
      Performer: Itzhak Perlman, violin
      Conductor: Zubin Mehta
      Catalog Information: EMI 49071

    • 1:32 am: Symphony No. 63 "Loon Lake"

      Composer: Alan Hovhaness
      Ensembles: Royal Scottish National Orchestra
      Conductor: Stewart Robertson
      Catalog Information: Naxos 559336

    • 2:01 am: Sarabande: For Katharine in April

      Composer: Ron Nelson
      Ensembles: Eastman-Rochester Symphony Orchestra
      Conductor: Howard Hanson
      Catalog Information: Mercury 434347

    • 2:06 am: Vignettes

      Composer: William Grant Still
      Ensembles: Sierra Winds
      Conductor: (Selected members)
      Catalog Information: Cambria 1083

    • 2:19 am: A Dream Picture

      Composer: Albert Ketelbey
      Performer: Rosemary Tuck, piano
      Catalog Information: Naxos 574299

    • 2:23 am: Symphony No. 2

      Composer: George Chadwick
      Ensembles: Detroit Symphony Orchestra
      Conductor: Neeme Jarvi
      Catalog Information: Chandos 9334

    • 3:01 am: Mazurka No. 13

      Composer: Frederic Chopin
      Performer: Mirian Conti, piano
      Catalog Information: Steinway & Sons 30003

    • 3:06 am: Clarinet Concerto No. 4

      Composer: Louis Spohr
      Ensembles: Academy of St Martin in the Fields
      Performer: Sabine Meyer, clarinet
      Conductor: Kenneth Sillito
      Catalog Information: EMI 79786

    • 3:31 am: Serenade to Frederick Delius

      Composer: Peter Warlock
      Ensembles: Bournemouth Sinfonietta
      Conductor: Norman Del Mar
      Catalog Information: EMI 47812

    • 3:41 am: Cancao sertaneja (Song of the Farmlands)

      Composer: Camargo Guarnieri
      Ensembles: Brazilian Guitar Quartet
      Catalog Information: Delos 3245

    • 3:46 am: Piano Sonata No. 58

      Composer: Franz Joseph Haydn
      Performer: Yekwon Sunwoo, piano
      Catalog Information: London/Decca 27008

    • 4:01 am: African Suite: Waltz

      Composer: Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
      Ensembles: Chineke! Orchestra
      Conductor: Kevin John Edusei
      Catalog Information: Chineke! Record 485332

    • 4:06 am: Aladdin: Dances

      Composer: Ernest Tomlinson
      Ensembles: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
      Conductor: Ernest Tomlinson
      Catalog Information: Marco Polo 223513

    • 4:13 am: Aladdin: A Whole New World

      Composer: Alan Menken
      Performer: Lang Lang, piano
      Catalog Information: DG 480388

    • 4:19 am: Symphony

      Composer: Frederic Lamond
      Ensembles: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
      Conductor: Martyn Brabbins
      Catalog Information: Hyperion 67387

    • 4:52 am: Andante and Rondo Capriccioso

      Composer: Felix Mendelssohn
      Performer: Lydia Artymiw, piano
      Catalog Information: Chandos 8326

    • 5:01 am: Flute Quintet: Finale

      Composer: Franz Schubert
      Ensembles: Martinu Quartet
      Performer: Robert Stallman, flute
      Catalog Information: Bogner's Cafe 103

    • 5:06 am: Marizapolos

      Composer: Gaspar Sanz
      Ensembles: Waverly Consort
      Conductor: Michael Jaffee
      Catalog Information: Waverly 14002

    • 5:09 am: Invention

      Composer: Ethel Smyth
      Performer: Liana Serbescu, piano
      Catalog Information: CPO 999327

    • 5:12 am: Symphony No. 5

      Composer: Jean Sibelius
      Ensembles: Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra
      Conductor: Klaus Makela
      Catalog Information: London/Decca 485285

    • 5:47 am: Concerto for Two Mandolins

      Composer: Antonio Vivaldi
      Ensembles: Venice Baroque Orchestra
      Performer: Avi Avital, mandolin
      Catalog Information: DG 483853

    • 6:01 am: Csardas

      Composer: Vittorio Monti
      Ensembles: London Festival Orchestra
      Performer: Josef Sakonov, violin
      Catalog Information: London/Decca 444786

    • 6:06 am: Symphony No. 32

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
      Ensembles: Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra
      Conductor: Jean-Pierre Rampal
      Catalog Information: Harmonia Mundi 390301

    • 6:15 am: Little Concerto

      Composer: Carl Orff
      Ensembles: Mainz Wind Ensemble
      Conductor: Klaus Rainer Scholl
      Catalog Information: Wergo 6174

    • 6:29 am: Double Keyboard Concerto

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
      Ensembles: Orchestra of Toulouse
      Performer: David Fray, piano
      Conductor: David Fray
      Catalog Information: Erato 33281

    • 6:44 am: Piece in the Form of a Habanera

      Composer: Maurice Ravel
      Ensembles: English Chamber Orchestra
      Performer: Branford Marsalis, saxophone
      Conductor: Andrew Litton
      Catalog Information: Sony 42122

    • 6:47 am: El Salon Mexico

      Composer: Aaron Copland
      Ensembles: Dallas Symphony Orchestra
      Conductor: Eduardo Mata
      Catalog Information: EMI 47606

    • 7:01 am: Cello Sonata: Scherzo

      Composer: Frederic Chopin
      Performer: Jian Wang, cello
      Catalog Information: Delos 3097

    • 7:06 am: Horn Concerto No. 2

      Composer: Richard Strauss
      Ensembles: Berlin Philharmonic
      Performer: Norbert Hauptmann, horn
      Conductor: Zubin Mehta
      Catalog Information: Sony 53267

    • 7:27 am: Symphony No. 1 "Classical"

      Composer: Sergei Prokofiev
      Ensembles: Chamber Orchestra of Lausanne
      Conductor: Alberto Zedda
      Catalog Information: Virgin 91098

    • 7:43 am: Capriccio Italien

      Composer: Peter Tchaikovsky
      Ensembles: Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
      Conductor: Erich Kunzel
      Catalog Information: Telarc 80041

    • 8:01 am: Waltz-Impromptu

      Composer: Franz Liszt
      Performer: Alexis Weissenberg, piano
      Catalog Information: EMI 69114

    • 8:06 am: Donna Diana Overture

      Composer: Emil von Reznicek
      Ensembles: Royal Scottish National Orchestra
      Conductor: Lance Friedel
      Catalog Information: Naxos 573418

    • 8:13 am: Miniatures

      Composer: William Grant Still
      Ensembles: Calico Winds
      Catalog Information: Albany 693

    • 8:27 am: Symphony

      Composer: Michael Haydn
      Ensembles: Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra
      Conductor: Hans-Peter Frank
      Catalog Information: Bis 481

    • 8:47 am: Kaiser-Walzer (Emperor Waltz)

      Composer: Johann Strauss, Jr.
      Ensembles: Alban Berg Quartet
      Performer: Ensemble
      Catalog Information: EMI 54881

    • 9:01 am: New Classical Tracks

    • 9:06 am: Caprice

      Composer: Auguste Franchomme
      Performer: Louise Dubin, cello
      Catalog Information: Delos 3469

    • 9:09 am: Symphony No. 2

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven
      Ensembles: Vienna Philharmonic
      Conductor: Simon Rattle
      Catalog Information: EMI 57445

    • 9:43 am: Kreisleriana No. 2

      Composer: Robert Schumann
      Performer: Benjamin Grosvenor, piano
      Catalog Information: London/Decca 485397

    • 9:54 am: Memories of the Alhambra

      Composer: Francisco Tarrega
      Performer: Sharon Isbin, guitar
      Catalog Information: Warner 24364

    • 10:01 am: The Adventures of Robin Hood: Robin Hood and His Merry Men

      Composer: Erich Korngold
      Ensembles: London Symphony Orchestra
      Conductor: John Williams
      Catalog Information: Sony 62788

    • 10:07 am: Is Paris Burning?

      Composer: Maurice Jarre
      Ensembles: BBC Concert Orchestra
      Conductor: Maurice Jarre
      Catalog Information: Milan 35980

    • 10:10 am: Edward Scissorhands: Main Title/Ice Dance

      Composer: Danny Elfman
      Ensembles: Hollywood Bowl Orchestra
      Conductor: John Mauceri
      Catalog Information: Philips 446403

    • 10:19 am: Spartacus

      Composer: Alex North
      Ensembles: London Symphony Orchestra
      Conductor: Eric Stern
      Catalog Information: Nonesuch 79446

    • 10:41 am: Schindler's List: Remembrances

      Composer: John Williams
      Ensembles: Boston Pops Orchestra
      Conductor: John Williams
      Catalog Information: Sony 68419

    • 10:48 am: Bicentennial Man: Emotions

      Composer: James Horner
      Ensembles: Studio Orchestra
      Conductor: James Horner
      Catalog Information: Sony 89038

    • 10:52 am: Jaws: The Great Shark Chase

      Composer: John Williams
      Ensembles: Studio Orchestra
      Conductor: John Williams
      Catalog Information: London/Decca 467045

    • 10:56 am: Jaws: The Shark Cage Fugue

      Composer: John Williams
      Ensembles: Studio Orchestra
      Conductor: John Williams
      Catalog Information: London/Decca 467045

    • 11:03 am: Cinema Paradiso

      Composer: Ennio Morricone
      Ensembles: Hollywood Bowl Orchestra
      Performer: Gil Shaham, violin
      Conductor: John Mauceri
      Catalog Information: Philips 446681

    • 11:11 am: The Man Who Would Be King: Suite

      Composer: Maurice Jarre
      Ensembles: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
      Conductor: Maurice Jarre
      Catalog Information: Milan 35980

    • 11:17 am: La Wally: Ebben? Ne andro lontana

      Composer: Alfredo Catalani
      Ensembles: Orchestra of the Royal Theater, Torino
      Performer: Angela Gheorghiu, soprano
      Conductor: John Mauceri
      Catalog Information: London/Decca 467632

    • 11:21 am: The Student Prince: Serenade

      Composer: Sigmund Romberg
      Ensembles: London Philharmonic Orchestra
      Performer: Ben Heppner, tenor
      Conductor: Jonathan Tunick
      Catalog Information: RCA 63508

    • 11:27 am: Ghostbusters

      Composer: Elmer Bernstein
      Ensembles: Royal Philharmonic Pops
      Conductor: Elmer Bernstein
      Catalog Information: Denon 75288

    • 11:30 am: The Ghost and Mrs. Muir: Main Title and Finale

      Composer: Bernard Herrmann
      Ensembles: City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra
      Conductor: Paul Bateman
      Catalog Information: Silva 1051

    • 11:35 am: Charade: Charade

      Composer: Henry Mancini
      Ensembles: Royal Philharmonic Pops
      Performer: Henry Mancini, piano
      Conductor: Henry Mancini
      Catalog Information: Denon 2320

    • 11:39 am: The Thomas Crown Affair: Windmills of your Mind/La valse des lilas

      Composer: Michel Legrand
      Ensembles: La Pieta
      Performer: Angele Dubeau, violin
      Conductor: Angele Dubeau
      Catalog Information: Analekta 8743

    • 11:46 am: War of the Worlds Prelude

      Composer: Leith Stevens
      Ensembles: Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
      Conductor: Erich Kunzel
      Catalog Information: Telarc 80231

    • 11:48 am: War of the Worlds: The Ferry Scene

      Composer: John Williams
      Ensembles: Studio Orchestra
      Conductor: John Williams
      Catalog Information: London/Decca 4568

    • 12:01 pm: Romance

      Composer: Edward German
      Performer: John Bradbury, clarinet
      Catalog Information: Naxos 570539

    • 12:06 pm: Brandenburg Concerto No. 3

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
      Ensembles: Il Giardino Armonico
      Conductor: Giovanni Antonini
      Catalog Information: Teldec 98442

    • 12:17 pm: Serenade No. 2: Rondo

      Composer: Johannes Brahms
      Ensembles: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
      Conductor: Bernard Haitink
      Catalog Information: Philips 442068

    • 12:25 pm: Harp Concerto

      Composer: Francois Boieldieu
      Ensembles: Paillard Chamber Orchestra
      Performer: Lily Laskine, harp
      Catalog Information: Erato 88069

    • 12:47 pm: Magnolia Suite: Part 1

      Composer: Nathaniel Dett
      Performer: Clipper Erickson, piano
      Catalog Information: Navona 6013

    • 1:01 pm: Norwegian Rhapsody: 2nd movement

      Composer: Edouard Lalo
      Ensembles: French National Radio and Television Orchestra
      Conductor: Jean Martinon
      Catalog Information: DG 437371

    • 1:06 pm: Sinfonietta No. 1

      Composer: Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson
      Ensembles: Sphinx Virtuosi
      Conductor: Damon Gupton
      Catalog Information: White Pine Musi 227

    • 1:13 pm: Maple Leaf Rag

      Composer: Scott Joplin
      Performer: William Albright, piano
      Catalog Information: MusicMasters 7061

    • 1:18 pm: Violin Concerto No. 3

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
      Ensembles: Moscow Virtuosi
      Performer: Vladimir Spivakov, violin
      Conductor: Vladimir Spivakov
      Catalog Information: RCA 60152

    • 1:43 pm: Rapsodie espagnole

      Composer: Maurice Ravel
      Ensembles: Seattle Symphony
      Conductor: Ludovic Morlot
      Catalog Information: Seattle Symphon 1002

    • 2:01 pm: Robin Hood Suite: March of the Bowmen

      Composer: Frederic Curzon
      Ensembles: East of England Orchestra
      Conductor: Malcolm Nabarro
      Catalog Information: ASV 2069

    • 2:06 pm: King Arthur: Suite

      Composer: Henry Purcell
      Ensembles: English Concert
      Performer: Alison Balsom, trumpet
      Conductor: Trevor Pinnock
      Catalog Information: EMI 40329

    • 2:22 pm: Song without Words No. 6 "Barcarolle (Gondola Song)"

      Composer: Felix Mendelssohn
      Performer: Javier Perianes, piano
      Catalog Information: Harmonia Mundi 902195

    • 2:24 pm: Clarinet Concerto No. 2

      Composer: Carl Maria von Weber
      Ensembles: Dresden State Orchestra
      Performer: Sabine Meyer, clarinet
      Conductor: Herbert Blomstedt
      Catalog Information: EMI 47351

    • 2:48 pm: Gayane Ballet Suite

      Composer: Aram Khachaturian
      Ensembles: Boston Pops Orchestra
      Conductor: John Williams
      Catalog Information: Philips 426247

    • 3:01 pm: Concerto Grosso No. 2: 1st movement

      Composer: William Alwyn
      Ensembles: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
      Conductor: David Lloyd-Jones
      Catalog Information: Naxos 570145

    • 3:06 pm: Concerto Grosso "Alexander's Feast"

      Composer: George Frideric Handel
      Ensembles: Collegium Musicum 90
      Conductor: Simon Standage
      Catalog Information: Chandos 622

    • 3:19 pm: The Little White Donkey

      Composer: Jacques Ibert
      Performer: Kyung Wha Chung, violin
      Catalog Information: EMI 56827

    • 3:23 pm: Symphony No. 87

      Composer: Franz Joseph Haydn
      Ensembles: Academy of St Martin in the Fields
      Conductor: Neville Marriner
      Catalog Information: Philips 412888

    • 3:46 pm: Quartet No. 4

      Composer: Gioacchino Rossini
      Ensembles: Vienna-Berlin Ensemble
      Catalog Information: Sony 52524

    • 4:01 pm: Red Flowers in Bloom

      Composer: Qi Liu
      Ensembles: Shanghai Quartet
      Catalog Information: Delos 3308

    • 4:06 pm: In Spring Overture

      Composer: Karl Goldmark
      Ensembles: Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra
      Conductor: Andras Korodi
      Catalog Information: Hungaroton 12552

    • 4:17 pm: A Spring Garland

      Composer: Armstrong Gibbs
      Ensembles: Guildhall Strings
      Conductor: Robert Salter
      Catalog Information: Hyperion 67093

    • 4:29 pm: Four Seasons: Spring

      Composer: Antonio Vivaldi
      Ensembles: Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra
      Performer: Lara St. John, violin
      Conductor: Eduardo Marturet
      Catalog Information: Ancalagon 134

    • 4:40 pm: Im Fruhling (In the Spring)

      Composer: Franz Schubert
      Performer: Ian Bostridge, tenor
      Catalog Information: EMI 56347

    • 4:45 pm: Voices of Spring Waltz (Fruhlingsstimmen)

      Composer: Johann Strauss, Jr.
      Ensembles: Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra
      Conductor: Antal Dorati
      Catalog Information: Mercury 434338

    • 4:53 pm: Lakme: Flower Duet

      Composer: Leo Delibes
      Ensembles: Orchestra of Toulouse
      Performer: Natalie Dessay, soprano
      Conductor: Michel Plasson
      Catalog Information: EMI 67830

  • 5:00 pm: Performance Today

    Performance Today features timely recordings that can't be heard anywhere else, recent performances by the great artists of our time and by the next generation of classical artists, from concert halls around the globe. Plus interviews and performances from the APM studios, and from concert stages around the country, along with classical music news and features. Every week composer Bruce Adolphe joins host Fred Child for a classical music game, the PT Piano Puzzler.

  • 7:00 pm: Classical Music

    Live classical music from American Public Media hosts.

    Program Playlist

    • 7:00 pm: Violin Sonata No. 5 "Spring"

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven
      Performer: Itzhak Perlman, violin
      Catalog Information: London/Decca 410554

    • 7:01 pm: Scherzo

      Composer: Arthur Foote
      Ensembles: Arcata String Quartet
      Performer: Don Bailey, flute
      Catalog Information: Summit 239

    • 7:06 pm: Whimsical Symphony (Grillensymphonie)

      Composer: Georg Philipp Telemann
      Ensembles: Apollo's Fire Baroque Orchestra
      Conductor: Jeannette Sorrell
      Catalog Information: Koch 7576

    • 7:15 pm: Hatari!: Baby Elephant Walk

      Composer: Henry Mancini
      Ensembles: Mancini Pops Orchestra
      Conductor: Henry Mancini
      Catalog Information: RCA 55938

    • 7:20 pm: Rodeo

      Composer: Aaron Copland
      Ensembles: Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
      Conductor: David Zinman
      Catalog Information: Argo 440639

    • 7:47 pm: Symphony No. 2 "In the Spring": 4th movement

      Composer: John Knowles Paine
      Ensembles: Ulster Orchestra
      Conductor: JoAnn Falletta
      Catalog Information: Naxos 559748

    • 8:01 pm: Four Preludes for Guitar

      Composer: Manuel Ponce
      Performer: Victoria Drake, harp
      Catalog Information: Well-Tempered 5179

    • 8:06 pm: Enigma Variations

      Composer: Edward Elgar
      Ensembles: Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra
      Conductor: Maxim Emelyanychev
      Catalog Information: European Broadc Record

    • 8:37 pm: Cello Suite No. 1: Prelude

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
      Performer: Yo-Yo Ma, cello
      Catalog Information: Sony 63203

    • 8:41 pm: Andean Folk Dances

      Composer: Celso Garrido-Lecca
      Ensembles: Norwegian Radio Orchestra
      Conductor: Miguel Harth-Bedoya
      Catalog Information: Naxos 573759

    • 8:56 pm: Latin American Dances: Dusk in Guadalajara

      Composer: Jose Elizondo
      Ensembles: Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra
      Conductor: Vit Micka
      Catalog Information: Navona 5820

    • 9:01 pm: The Seasons: May (Starlight Nights)

      Composer: Peter Tchaikovsky
      Performer: Lydia Artymiw, piano
      Catalog Information: Chandos 8349

    • 9:06 pm: Space Camp: Theme

      Composer: John Williams
      Ensembles: Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
      Conductor: Erich Kunzel
      Catalog Information: Telarc 80146

    • 9:12 pm: Also sprach Zarathustra (Thus Spake Zarathustra)

      Composer: Richard Strauss
      Ensembles: Berlin Philharmonic
      Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel
      Catalog Information: DG 18913

    • 9:48 pm: String Quartet No. 4

      Composer: Maddalena Laura Sirmen
      Ensembles: Allegri String Quartet
      Catalog Information: Cala 1019

  • 10:00 pm: Encore Houston

    Encore Houston is a weekly show featuring a concert recording from a local ensemble or performance organization in Houston. Each episode features the concert and brief commentary from host Joshua Zinn, with a preview of an upcoming performance by the featured organization at the end of the program.

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