Tomorrow is the inauguration of the 47th President of the United States and we are entering four more years of Donald Trump as President. So today on Four Centuries of Great Music – January 19th is in my view Music appropriate for this Inauguration Day.
We begin with Hector Berlioz Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14 – IV. Marche au supplice. March to torture or commonly known as march to the gallows. Leonard Bernstein & Orchestre national de France An American in Paris Warner Classics
Symphony No. 3 in E-Flat Major, Op. 55 “Eroica”: II. Marcia funebre: Adagio assai
London Symphony Orchestra
Beethoven: the Complete Symphony Collection
Everest Records
Rafał Blechacz, piano
Frederic CHOPIN: Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 35 – III. Marche funèbre
Chopin
Deutsche Grammophon
Mahler’s Symphony No. 1 – III. Feierlich und gemessen, ohne zu schleppen Semyon Bychkov and the Czech Philharmonic
Mahler Symphony No. 1 Pentatone Records
Johannes Brahms; Ein Deutsches Requiem, Op. 45 – II. Denn Alles Fleisch, Es Ist Wie Gras
Bavarian Radio Chorus, Rafael Kubelik & Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Ein Deutsches Requiem
Ludger Boeckenhoff Audite Musikproduktion
Edward Elgar: Symphony No. 2 – II. Larghetto
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra & Yehudi Menuhin
Elgar: Pomp and Circumstance Marches – Symphonies 1&2
Erato/Warner Classics
Samuel Barber: String Quartet, Op. 11 – II. Adagio
Endellion String Quartet
Barber: String Quartet, Serenade, Dover Beach & Songs
Warner Classics
Antonin DVORAK: Symphony No. 9 in E Minor, Op. 95, (From the New World) – II. Largo
Gustavo Dudamel and the Los Angeles Philharmonic
Dvorak Symphonies 7-9
Deutsche Grammophon
Richard Danielpour: Elegies (1997) for Mezzo-Soprano, Baritone and Orchestra: II. Lacrimosa
Frederica von Stade, Thomas Hampson, Roger Nierenberg & London Philharmonic Orchestra
Danielpour: Elegies & Sonnets to Orpheus
Sony Music
Felix Mendelssohn: Songs Without Words, Book 5, Op. 62, No. 27 in E Minor – Funeral March
Rena Kyriakou, piano
Classical Music for Funerals and Mourning
X5 Music Group
Claudio Monteverdi: Lamento d’Arianna, from the Sixth Book of Madrigals – Lasciatemi Morire (Allow Me to Die)
Lege Artis Chamber Choir & Boris Abalyan
Classical Music for Funerals and Mourning
X5 Music Group
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Masonic Funeral Music for Orchestra, K. 477
Vienna Volksoper Orchestra & Peter Maag
Classical Music for Funerals and Mourning
X5 Music Group
- 3:00pm Four Centuries of Great Music by Introduction on Four Centuries of Great Music (Pre-recorded)
- 3:00pm Four Centuries of Great Music January 19, 2025 Music for an Inauguration Part 1 by Music for an Inauguration on Four Centuries of Great Music
- 3:01pm Commentary on the Music by Dave Lake on live (live)
- 3:02pm Hector Berlioz; Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14 – IV. Marche au supplice by Leonard Bernstein & Orchestre national de France on An American in Paris (Warner Classics)
- 3:07pm Commentary on the Music by Dave Lake on live (live)
- 3:07pm Symphony No. 3 in E-Flat Major, Op. 55 by London Symphony Orchestra on Beethoven: the Complete Symphony Collection (Everest Records)
- 3:20pm Commentary on the Music by Dave Lake on live (live)
- 3:21pm Frederic CHOPIN: Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 35 – III. Marche funèbre by Rafał Blechacz, piano on Chopin (Deutsche Grammophon)
- 3:29pm Commentary on the Music by Dave Lake on live (live)
- 3:30pm Four Centuries of Great Music by Mid-hour Break on Live (Live)
- 3:32pm Commentary on the Music by Dave Lake on live (live)
- 3:33pm Mahler’s Symphony No. 1 – III. Feierlich und gemessen, ohne zu schleppen by Semyon Bychkov and the Czech Philharmonic on Mahler Symphony No. 1 (Pentatone Records)
- 3:44pm Commentary on the Music by Dave Lake on live (live)
- 3:44pm Johannes Brahms; Ein Deutsches Requiem, Op. 45 – II. Denn Alles Fleisch, Es Ist Wie Gras by Bavarian Radio Chorus, Rafael Kubelik & Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra on Ein Deutsches Requiem (Ludger Boeckenhoff Audite Musikproduktion)
- 3:58pm Commentary on the Music by Dave Lake on live (live)
- 3:59pm Edward Elgar: Symphony No. 2 – II. Larghetto by Royal Philharmonic Orchestra & Yehudi Menuhin on Elgar: Pomp and Circumstance Marches – Symphonies 1&2 (Erato/Warner Classics)
- 4:00pm Edward Elgar: Symphony No. 2 – II. Larghetto by Royal Philharmonic Orchestra & Yehudi Menuhin on Elgar: Pomp and Circumstance Marches – Symphonies 1&2 (Erato/Warner Classics)
- 4:00pm Four Centuries of Great Music January 19, 2025 Music for an Inauguration Part 2 by Music for an Inauguration on Four Centuries of Great Music
- 4:13pm Commentary on the Music by Dave Lake on live (live)
- 4:14pm Samuel Barber: String Quartet, Op. 11 – II. Adagio by Endellion String Quartet on Barber: String Quartet, Serenade, Dover Beach & Songs (Warner Classics)
- 4:21pm Commentary on the Music by Dave Lake on live (live)
- 4:22pm Antonin DVORAK: Symphony No. 9 in E Minor, Op. 95, (From the New World) – II. Largo by Gustavo Dudamel and the Los Angeles Philharmonic on Dvorak Symphonies 7-9 (Deutsche Grammophon)
- 4:33pm Commentary on the Music by Dave Lake on live (live)
- 4:34pm Four Centuries of Great Music by Mid-hour Break on Live (Live)
- 4:36pm Commentary on the Music by Dave Lake on live (live)
- 4:36pm Richard Danielpour: Elegies (1997) for Mezzo-Soprano, Baritone and Orchestra: II. Lacrimosa by Frederica von Stade, Thomas Hampson, Roger Nierenberg & London Philharmonic Orchestra on Danielpour: Elegies & Sonnets to Orpheus (Sony Music)
- 4:43pm Commentary on the Music by Dave Lake on live (live)
- 4:44pm Felix Mendelssohn: Songs Without Words, Book 5, Op. 62, No. 27 in E Minor – Funeral March by Rena Kyriakou, piano on Classical Music for Funerals and Mourning (X5 Music Group)
- 4:48pm Commentary on the Music by Dave Lake on live (live)
- 4:49pm Claudio Monteverdi: Lamento d’Arianna, from the Sixth Book of Madrigals – Lasciatemi Morire (Allow Me to Die) by Lege Artis Chamber Choir & Boris Abalyan on Classical Music for Funerals and Mourning ( X5 Music Group)
- 4:51pm Commentary on the Music by Dave Lake on live (live)
- 4:52pm Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Masonic Funeral Music for Orchestra, K. 477 by Vienna Volksoper Orchestra & Peter Maag on Classical Music for Funerals and Mourning (X5 Music Group)
- 4:59pm Commentary on the Music & Closing by Dave Lake on live (live)
