Classical Music Playlist, April 16, 2025
Composer Carl Nielsen in 1900
Perhaps because Danish composer Carl Nielsen began working on his Symphony No. 4 in 1914 at the outset of WW1, he started thinking about the irrepressible will to live. He observed that even if everything were destroyed, life would spring back, and he wanted to convey this inextinguishable life force present in all things including mankind, animals and nature. And there he had his title. Carl Nielsen’s Symphony No. 4, “The Inextinguishable,” is today’s Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Violin Concerto No. 6 "Rapture" (Il Piacere) in C major Opus 8 RV 180
Academy of Ancient Music; Andrew Manze, conductor Andrew Manze, violin
6:11 a.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
Clarinet Quintet in Bb major Opus 34 J 182
Manhattan String Quartet Jon Manasse, clarinet
6:38 a.m.
Pierre Attaignant
Renaissance Dance for Lute
Ronn McFarlane, lute
6:48 a.m.
Enrique Soro
Three Chilean Airs (Tres aires chilenos)
Chile Symphony Orchestra; Jose Luis Dominguez, conductor
7:00 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 40: I. Molto Allegro in G minor K 550
Bremen German Chamber Philharmonic; Tarmo Peltokoski, conductor
7:08 a.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Symphony No. 4 in Bb major Opus 60
Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
7:42 a.m.
Mel Bonis
Serenade Opus 46
Sandrine Cantoreggi, violin; Sheila Arnold, piano
7:45 a.m.
Ernesto Nazareth
Odeon - Tango Brasileiro
Richard Cionco, piano
7:49 a.m.
Hector Berlioz
Roman Carnival Overture Opus 9
Scottish National Orchestra; Alexander Gibson, conductor
8:00 a.m.
Florence Price
Piano Concerto in One Movement
Chineke! Orchestra; Leslie Suganandarajah, conductor Jeneba Kanneh-Mason, piano
8:19 a.m.
Georges Bizet
L'Arlesienne Suite No. 1
Ulster Orchestra; Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor
8:36 a.m.
Emmanuel Chabrier
Habanera
Minnesota Orchestra; Eiji Oue, conductor
8:40 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Slavonic Dance No. 5 in A major Opus 46
Cleveland Orchestra; Christoph Von Dohnanyi, conductor
8:45 a.m.
Cesar Franck
The Accursed Huntsman (Le Chasseur Maudit)
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra; Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor
9:01 a.m.
Edvard Grieg
Piano Concerto in A minor Opus 16
Berlin Philharmonic; Mariss Jansons, conductor Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
9:31 a.m.
Manuel Ponce
Estrellita
Duo Sonidos
9:34 a.m.
Paquito D'Rivera
Aires Tropicales: VI. Contradanza
Imani Winds
9:37 a.m.
Wilhelm Stenhammar
Excelsior! Opus 13
Royal Scottish Orchestra; Petter Sundkvist, conductor
9:51 a.m.
Gerald Finzi
Romance in Eb major Opus 11
English String Orchestra; William Boughton, conductor
10:00 a.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
Oberon Overture J 306
Philharmonia Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
10:10 a.m.
Alun Hoddinott
Folksong Suite
Royal Ballet Sinfonia; Andrew Penny, conductor
10:21 a.m.
Mauro Giuliani
Guitar Concerto No. 1 in A major Opus 30
English Chamber Orchestra; Raymond Leppard, conductor Angel Romero, guitar
10:51 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso No. 6 in D major Opus 3/6 HWV 317
Academy of Ancient Music; Richard Egarr, conductor Richard Egarr, organ
11:01 a.m.
Ferdinand Ries
Piano Concerto No. 4 in C minor Opus 115
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; Uwe Grodd, conductor Christopher Hinterhuber, piano
11:28 a.m.
Zoltan Kodaly
Concerto for Orchestra
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor
11:45 a.m.
Alexander Glazunov
Meditation in D major Opus 32
Russian National Orchestra; Jose Serebrier, conductor Rachel Barton Pine, violin
11:50 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Mandolin Concerto in C major RV 425
Europa Galante; Fabio Biondi, conductor Giovanni Scaramuzzino, mandolin
12:00 p.m.
Louis Theodore Gouvy
Symphony No. 4 in D minor Opus 25
Saarbrucken Radio Philharmonic Orchestra; Jacques Mercier, conductor
12:28 p.m.
Sebastian Iradier
La Paloma the dove
Pablo Sainz Villegas, guitar
12:30 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Symphony No. 8: IV. Finale in G major Opus 88
Los Angeles Philharmonic; Gustavo Dudamel, conductor Bruce Liu, piano
12:39 p.m.
Robert Schumann
Introduction and Allegro appassionato in G major Opus 92
Berlin Philharmonic; Claudio Abbado, conductor Murray Perahia, piano
12:54 p.m.
Mikhail Glinka
RUSLAN AND LUDMILA: Overture
Philharmonia Orchestra; William Boughton, conductor
1:01 p.m.
Arcangelo Corelli
Concerto Grosso No. 3 in C minor Opus 6
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra; Nicholas McGegan, conductor
1:11 p.m.
Franz Schubert
Symphony No. 8 "Unfinished" in B minor D 759
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Carlos Kleiber, conductor
1:37 p.m.
Ernst von Dohnanyi
Symphonic Minutes Opus 36
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra; JoAnn Falletta, conductor
1:52 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
ABDUCTION FROM THE SERAGLIO Overture K 384
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor
2:00 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Symphony No. 7 in D minor Opus 70
Los Angeles Philharmonic; Gustavo Dudamel, conductor Bomsori Kim, violin
2:37 p.m.
Johannes Brahms
Intermezzo in Eb major Opus 117/1
Benjamin Grosvenor, piano
2:44 p.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto for oboe and violin in Bb major RV 548
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor David Reichenberg, oboe; Simon Standage, violin
2:54 p.m.
George Friederich Handel
Solomon: Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
Les Violons du Roy; Bernard Labadie, conductor
2:59 p.m.
Paul Hindemith
Symphonic Metamorphosis: IV. March
San Francisco Symphony; Herbert Blomstedt, conductor Randall Goosby, violin
3:15 p.m.
Igor Stravinsky
Pulcinella Suite
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
3:39 p.m.
Clara Schumann
Three Romances for Piano Opus 11
Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano
3:54 p.m.
Juventino Rosas
Over the Waves (Sobre las olas)
Philharmonic Orchestra of the Americas; Alondra de la Parra, conductor
4:00 p.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
EURYANTHE Overture Opus 81 J 291
Philharmonia Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
4:10 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 18 in Bb major K 456
English Chamber Orchestra; Jeffrey Tate, conductor Mitsuko Uchida, piano
4:41 p.m.
Jean-Baptiste Lully
March for the Turkish Ceremony
Le Concert des Nations; Jordi Savall, conductor
4:43 p.m.
Henry Purcell
Timon of Athens: Curtain Tune on a Ground
Collegium Musicum 90; Richard Hickox, conductor
4:46 p.m.
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Symphony No. 2: IV. Finale: Allegro vivace in E minor Opus 27
Detroit Symphony Orchestra; Leonard Slatkin, conductor
5:01 p.m.
Hugo Alfven
Swedish Rhapsody No. 1 "Midsummer Night Vigil" Opus 19
Minnesota Orchestra; Eiji Oue, conductor
5:14 p.m.
J. P. E. Hartmann
Hakon Jarl Opus 40
Danish National Symphony Orchestra; Thomas Dausgaard, conductor
5:25 p.m.
Joaquin Rodrigo
Fantasy for a Gentleman
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra Goran Sollscher, guitar
5:48 p.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Violin Concerto: III. Allegro vivacissimo (Finale) in D major Opus 35
Concertgebouw Orchestra; Bernard Haitink, conductor Henryk Szeryng, violin
5:59 p.m.
John Field
Piano Concerto No. 4 in Eb major
London Mozart Players; Matthias Bamert, conductor Miceal O'Rourke, piano
6:34 p.m.
Johannes Hanssen
Valdres March
Boston Pops Orchestra; Arthur Fiedler, conductor
6:38 p.m.
Bela Bartok
Hungarian Sketches SZ 97
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Georg Solti, conductor
6:50 p.m.
Edward K. (Duke) Ellington
Isfahan
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; Simon Rattle, conductor Bobby Watson, alto sax; Peter Walden, english horn
6:55 p.m.
Robert Farnon
Seashore
BBC Concert Orchestra; Gavin Sutherland, conductor Valentina Lisitsa, piano
