Classical Music Playlist, February 26, 2025
Johannes Brahms c 1862 by Carl Anton Schulz
Among the instruments that Johannes Brahms learned to play as a child were the piano, violin and natural horn (which his father also played). Soon after the death of his mother while in his 30s he composed a Trio with those same instruments; reminiscences, some say, of his childhood with father, mother, and early music lessons surrounded by family. Performed on period instruments, the Brahms Horn Trio is today’s Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Oboe Concerto No. 12 in C major RV 449
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor Paul Goodwin, oboe
6:10 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
String Quintet No. 3 in C major K 515
Nash Ensemble w/ Philip Dukes Philip Dukes, viola
6:45 a.m.
Jean-Baptiste Lully
ARMIDE: Passacaille
La Petite Bande; Sigiswald Kuijken, conductor
6:49 a.m.
Robert Schumann
Piano Quartet: IV. Finale in Eb major Opus 47
Emerson String Quartet Menahem Pressler, piano
6:59 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Slavonic Rhapsody No. 3 in Ab major Opus 45
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; Kurt Masur, conductor
7:12 a.m.
Wilhelm Peterson-Berger
Earina Suite
Norrkoping Symphony Orchestra; Michail Jurowski, conductor
7:34 a.m.
Ernesto Lecuona
Andalusia Suite: Malaguena
Richard Cionco, piano
7:38 a.m.
Astor Piazzolla
Fall in Buenos Aires (Otono Porteno)
David Tanenbaum, guitar
7:43 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Concerto for two violins (Double Concerto) in D minor BWV 1043
Academy of Ancient Music; Andrew Manze, conductor Andrew Manze, violin; Rachel Podger, violin
7:59 a.m.
Frederic Chopin
Variations on Mozart's "La ci darem la mano" in Bb major Opus 2
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment; Charles Mackerras, conductor Emanuel Ax, piano
8:17 a.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 97 in C major HOB I:97
Heidelberg Symphony Orchestra; Thomas Fey, conductor
8:43 a.m.
Claude Debussy
Arabesque No. 1 in E major
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano
8:48 a.m.
Jacques Offenbach
ORPHEUS IN THE UNDERWORLD: Overture
New York Philharmonic; Leonard Bernstein, conductor
9:00 a.m.
Carl Nielsen
Symphony No. 3 "Sinfonia expansiva" Opus 27
San Francisco Symphony; Herbert Blomstedt, conductor
9:36 a.m.
Olivia Belli
Nocturne IV
Olivia Belli, piano
9:40 a.m.
William Bolcom
Ghost Rag: I. Graceful Ghost
Spencer Meyer, piano
9:45 a.m.
Mikhail Glinka
RUSLAN AND LUDMILA: Overture
Los Angeles Philharmonic; Andre Previn, conductor
9:51 a.m.
Max Bruch
Scottish Fantasy: IV. Finale Opus 46
New Symphony Orchestra of London; Malcolm Sargent, conductor Jascha Heifetz, violin; Osian Ellis, harp
10:00 a.m.
Franz Berwald
Concert Piece in F major Opus 2
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor Klaus Thunemann, bassoon
10:12 a.m.
Astor Piazzolla
Tango Ballet
Apollo Chamber Players Hector del Curto, bandoneon
10:25 a.m.
Marianna Martines
Piano Sonata No. 3 in A
Leanne Rees, piano
10:40 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik in G major K 525
Les Violons du Roy; Bernard Labadie, conductor
10:59 a.m.
Joaquin Rodrigo
Concierto Serenata for harp and orchestra
Symphony Orchestra of Seville; Edmon Colomer, conductor Isabelle Moretti, harp
11:25 a.m.
Jean-Michel Blais
murmures
Jean-Michel Blais, piano
11:31 a.m.
Hamilton Harty
In Ireland
Ulster Orchestra; Bryden Thomson, conductor Colin Fleming, flute; Denise Kelly, harp
11:41 a.m.
Benjamin Britten
PETER GRIMES: Four Sea Interludes Opus 33a
London Philharmonic Orchestra; Leonard Slatkin, conductor
11:59 a.m.
Richard Wagner
TANNHAUSER Overture
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra; Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor
12:15 p.m.
John C. Williams
When The Birds Return
Voces8; Barnaby Smith, conductor Xuefei Yang, guitar
12:19 p.m.
Gabriel Faure
Song of Jean Racine (Cantique de Jean Racine) Opus 11
; Edward Higginbottom, conductor Oxford New College Choir
12:25 p.m.
William Grant Still
Africa: Symphonic Poem
Fort Smith Symphony; John Jeter, conductor
12:54 p.m.
Paul Hindemith
Symphonic Metamorphosis: IV. March
San Francisco Symphony; Herbert Blomstedt, conductor Randall Goosby, violin
1:00 p.m.
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Serenade to Music
London Philharmonic Orchestra; Vernon Handley, conductor
1:11 p.m.
Luigi Boccherini
Quintet for guitar and strings No. 6 in G major G 450
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields Pepe Romero, guitar
1:30 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Orchestral Suite No. 4 in D major BWV 1069
La Petite Bande; Sigiswald Kuijken, conductor
1:50 p.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
Symphony No. 3 "Organ": Finale in C minor Opus 78
Montreal Symphony Orchestra; Kent Nagano, conductor Olivier Latry, organ
2:00 p.m.
Johannes Brahms
Horn Trio in Eb major Opus 40
Lowell Greer, natural horn; Steven Lubin, fortepiano; Stephanie Chase, violin
2:30 p.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Capriccio Italien Opus 45
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor
2:46 p.m.
Bedrich Smetana
BARTERED BRIDE: Dance of the Comedians
Janacek Philharmonic; Theodore Kuchar, conductor
2:53 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
THE MAGIC FLUTE: Overture (Die Zauberflote) K 620
Scottish Chamber Orchestra; Charles Mackerras, conductor
3:01 p.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
Bassoon Concerto in F major Opus 75
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor Klaus Thunemann, bassoon
3:19 p.m.
Connor Chee
Navajo Vocable No. 9
Emanuele Arciuli, piano
3:22 p.m.
Steve Howe
Aire para un Dia (Mood for a Day)
Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
3:28 p.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Violin Concerto, Op. 4, No. 4 in A minor Opus 4 RV 357
Academy of Ancient Music; Christopher Hogwood, conductor Monica Huggett, violin
3:37 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Symphonic Variations Opus 78
Scottish National Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
4:00 p.m.
Jules Massenet
Suite No. 4 "Picturesque Scenes" (Scenes pittoresques)
Monte Carlo National Opera Orchestra; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
4:18 p.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 100 "Military" in G major
Philharmonia Orchestra; Leonard Slatkin, conductor
4:41 p.m.
Juan Ara��s
A Festive Chaconne (Chacona: "Un sarao de la chacona")
Piffaro Renaissance Band
4:42 p.m.
Tielmann Susato
Bergerette "Sans roch"
New London Consort; Philip Pickett, conductor
4:46 p.m.
Bedrich Smetana
Ma Vlast: II. The Moldau (Vltava)
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra; Vaclav Neumann, conductor
5:00 p.m.
George Friederich Handel
ALMIRA: Suite of instrumental music
Berlin Academy of Ancient Music
5:16 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 15 in Bb major K 450
English Chamber Orchestra; Murray Perahia, conductor Murray Perahia, piano
5:42 p.m.
Aram Khachaturian
Spartacus: Adagio of Spartacus & Phrygia
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Aram Khachaturian, conductor
5:52 p.m.
John C. Williams
Aeolian Suite: Double Dance
Studio Orchestra; William Goodchild, conductor John Williams, guitar
5:54 p.m.
Howard Shore
The Forest: 3rd movement
National Arts Centre Orchestra; Alexander Shelley, conductor Milos Karadaglic, guitar
6:01 p.m.
Alexander Glazunov
Symphony No. 4 in Eb major Opus 48
BBC Welsh Symphony Orchestra; Tadaaki Otaka, conductor
6:37 p.m.
Hayato Sumino
Human Universe
Hayato Sumino, piano
6:44 p.m.
Libby Larsen
Sorrow Song and Jubilee
Apollo Chamber Players
6:52 p.m.
Igor Stravinsky
Tango in d minor
Lara Downes, piano
6:55 p.m.
Jon Batiste
Nocturne No. 1 in D minor
Jon Batiste, piano
