Programs · Episode
Friday, February 21, 2025
Program: Classical Music with Myelita Melton
Aired: Friday, February 21, 2025 @ 1:00 pm
Hosted by Myelita Melton
Playlist
1 pm | |
| Jacques Offenbach · Melancholy Waltz, from Four Impressions Guido Schiefen, cello · West German Radio Symphony Orchestra, Cologne Gerard Oskamp CPO 777069 "Offenbach: Works for Violincello & Orchestra" | |
| Johann Friedrich Fasch · Concerto in D, FWV L:D15 Tempest di Mare Richard Stone Chandos 0751 "Fasch: Orchestral Music" | |
| Edward Elgar · Introduction and Allegro, Op. 47 Vienna Philharmonic; Kuchl Quartet John Eliot Gardiner Deutsche Grammophon 463 265-2 "Elgar: Enigma - In the South, etc." | |
| Jean Sibelius · Karelia Suite Finnish Radio Symphony Jukka-Pekka Saraste RCA 7765-2 "Sibelius: Symphony No. 1 - Karelia Suite" | |
| Friedrich von Flotow · Overture to Martha Boston Pops Orchestra Arthur Fiedler RCA Red Seal 5479 "Overtures" | |
2 pm | |
| Johannes Brahms · Serenade No. 2 in A, Op. 16 London Symphony Orchestra Michael Tilson Thomas Sony Classical 47195 "Brahms: Serenade No. 2" | |
| Louise Farrenc · Souvenir of the Huguenots, Op. 19 Joanne Polk, piano Steinway & Sons 30133 "Louise Farrenc: Etudes & Variations for Solo Piano" | |
| Aaron Copland · Three Dances Episodes, from Rodeo London Symphony Orchestra Aaron Copland Sony Classical 90403 "Copland Conducts Copland" | |
3 pm | |
| Ralph Vaughan Williams · "Serenade to Music" (text from Shakespeare's "The Merchant of Venice" Act V, sc. i) Corydon Singers; English Chamber Orchestra Matthew Best Hyperion CDS44321/4 "Vaughan Williams: Choral Works" | |
| Margaret Bonds · I Believe: Credo No. 2 (arr. by Lara Downes) Lara Downes, piano Pentatone 5187018 "Lara Downes - Love at Last" | |
| Patricio Molina · Blessing Lara Downes, piano Pentatone 5187018 "Lara Downes - Love at Last" | |
| Ludwig van Beethoven · Symphony No. 1 in C, Op. 21 Berlin Philharmonic Herbert von Karajan Deutsche Grammophon 439001 "Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2" | |
| Franz von Suppe · Poet and Peasant Overture New York Philharmonic Leonard Bernstein Sony 37240 "William Tell - Favorite Overtures" | |
4 pm | |
| Howard Hanson · Merry Mount Suite (Children's Dance; Prelude & The Maypole Dance) Seattle Symphony Orchestra Gerard Schwarz Naxos 8559702 "Howard Hanson: Symphony No. 3; Merry Mount Suite" | |
| Felix Mendelssohn · Piano Concerto No. 1 in g, Op. 25 Sergei Edelmann, piano · Bamberg Symphony Orchestra Claus Peter Flor RCA 7988 "Mendelssohn: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2" | |
| Sergei Rachmaninoff · Symphony No. 2 in e, Op. 27 (finale) Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra JoAnn Falletta Beau Fleuve 6928631623 "Rachmaninoff & Rossini" | |
| Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint · Violin Concerto No. 10 in G (finale) Qian Zhou, violin · Toronto Camerata Kevin Mallon Naxos 8.557322 "Saint-Georges: Violin Concertos - 2" | |
| Giovanni Battista Pergolesi · Sinfonia to "L'olimpiade" (The Olympics) National Academy Orchestra of Santa Cecilia Myung-Whun Chung Deutsche Grammophon 471566 "Italian Overtures" | |
5 pm | |
| Dmitri Shostakovich · Ballet Suite No. 1 Scottish National Orchestra Neeme Järvi Chandos 8730 "Shostakovich Ballet Suites" | |
| Fritz Kreisler · Liebesfreud (trans. by Rachmaninoff) Howard Shelley, piano Hyperion 64486 "Rachmaninov: The Transcriptions" | |
| Carl Maria von Weber · Bassoon Concerto in F, Op. 75 Klaus Thunemann, bassoon · Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Sir Neville Marriner Philips 432081 "Hummel - Weber: Bassoon Concertos" | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G, BWV 1048 Boston Baroque Martin Pearlman Telarc 80368 "Bach: Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 1, 2, 3" | |
| Gioacchino Rossini · Overture to The Barber of Seville Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Evelino Pido Royal Philharmonic 28240 "Rossini: Comic Overtures" | |