Classical Music Playlist, April 18, 2025
Johannes Brahms c 1862 by Carl Anton Schulz
As a reaction to being profoundly shaken by the death of his mother in 1865, Johannes Brahms began to compose his German Requiem. The great acclaim it received at its premiere in Leipzig continued to come in after performances throughout Europe, even as far as Russia. While a Roman Catholic Requiem Mass begins with prayers for the dead, Brahms focuses on the living, beginning with the text "Blessed are they that mourn, for they shall be comforted." The entire “German Requiem” by Johannes Brahms is today’s Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
Ignaz Holzbauer
Symphony in A major Opus 2/4
L'Orfeo Barokorkester; Michi Gaigg, conductor
6:10 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Cello Concerto in B minor Opus 104
Philadelphia Orchestra; Wolfgang Sawallisch, conductor Natalia Gutman, cello
6:51 a.m.
Fernando Sor
Etude No. 17 in E minor Opus 6/11
Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra; Irene Delgado-Jimenez, conductor Pablo Sainz Villegas, guitar
6:55 a.m.
Johann Nepomuk Hummel
Concerto for Mandolin: III. Rondo in G major
Il Giardino Armonico; Giovanni Antonini, conductor Avi Avital, mandolin
7:01 a.m.
Arcangelo Corelli
Concerto Grosso No. 5 in Bb major Opus 6
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra; Nicholas McGegan, conductor
7:11 a.m.
Dorothy Howell
Piano Concerto in D minor in D minor
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra; Rebecca Miller, conductor Danny Driver, piano
7:32 a.m.
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
March from Tsar Saltan Suite Opus 57
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Andre Previn, conductor
7:37 a.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
EUGENE ONEGIN: Polonaise
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Yuri Temirkanov, conductor
7:43 a.m.
Maurice Ravel
Le tombeau de Couperin (The tomb of Couperin)
Lyon National Orchestra; Leonard Slatkin, conductor
8:00 a.m.
Anton Bruckner
Symphony No. 6: I. Majestoso in A major
Concertgebouw Orchestra; Riccardo Chailly, conductor
8:18 a.m.
Joaquin Rodrigo
Concierto de Aranjuez
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor Pepe Romero, guitar
8:43 a.m.
Lucas Ruiz de Ribayaz
Paradetas
The Harp Consort
8:46 a.m.
ANONYMOUS
Propinan de Melyor
Piffaro Renaissance Band
8:49 a.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
Phaeton - Symphonic Poem Opus 39
Royal Scottish National Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
8:59 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Easter Oratorio BWV 249
Cantata Collective; Nicholas McGegan, conductor Nola Richardson, soprano; Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen, countertenor; Thomas Cooley, tenor; Harrison Hintzsche, baritone
9:44 a.m.
Henriette Renie
Contemplation
Naoko Yoshino, harp
9:49 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Carnival Overture Opus 92
Los Angeles Philharmonic; Andre Previn, conductor
10:00 a.m.
Johann Fischer
THE JOURNAL OF SPRING: Suite No. 6
L'Orfeo Barokorkester; Michi Gaigg, conductor
10:12 a.m.
Cecile Chaminade
Etude Symphonique Opus 28
Joanne Polk, piano
10:19 a.m.
Jan Kalliwoda
Symphony No. 2 in Eb major Opus 17
Cologne Academy; Michael Alexander Willens, conductor
10:47 a.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Symphony No. 3 "Eroica": IV. Finale: Allegro molto in Eb major Opus 55
Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
10:59 a.m.
Sergei Prokofiev
Symphony No. 1 "Classical" in D major Opus 25
Chamber Orchestra of Europe; Claudio Abbado, conductor
11:14 a.m.
John Williams
Superman: Main Title
London Symphony Orchestra; John Williams, conductor
11:19 a.m.
Fanny Mendelssohn
Easter Sonata in A major H235 Ostersonate
Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano
11:44 a.m.
George Walker
String Quartet No. 1 "Lyric": II. Molto adagio
Catalyst Quartet
11:50 a.m.
Johannes Brahms
Symphony No. 2: IV. Allegro con spirito in D major Opus 73
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Georg Solti, conductor
12:01 p.m.
Jennifer Reason
LOCAL ARTIST FEATURE: Arturo Rodriguez, composer and flutist
Jennifer Reason, host
12:20 p.m.
Franz Schubert
Symphony No. 5 in Bb major D 485
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor
12:49 p.m.
Franz Liszt
Etude No. 3 "The Little Bell" ("La Campanella") in G# minor
Jorge Bolet, piano
12:55 p.m.
Pietro Mascagni
CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA: Intermezzo
National Philharmonic Orchestra; Gianandrea Gavazzeni, conductor
1:00 p.m.
Adolphe Adam
SI J'ETAIS ROI (If I were King) Overture
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor
1:08 p.m.
John Adams
Short Ride in a Fast Machine
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; Simon Rattle, conductor
1:14 p.m.
Reynaldo Hahn
Quintet for strings and piano in F# minor
Parisii Quartet Alexandre Tharaud, piano
1:41 p.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 70 in D major
Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra; Adam Fischer, conductor
2:00 p.m.
Johannes Brahms
German Requiem Opus 45
San Francisco Symphony; Herbert Blomstedt, conductor San Francisco Chorus; Wolfgang F. Holzmair, baritone; Elizabeth Norberg-Schultz, soprano
3:12 p.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso No. 3 in G major Opus 3/3 HWV 314
Academy of Ancient Music; Richard Egarr, conductor
3:21 p.m.
Dorothy Howell
Lamia
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Rumon Gamba, conductor Sophie Langdon, violin; Richard Watkins, horn
3:25 p.m.
Luigi Boccherini
Sinfonia Concertante in C major Opus 21
Portland Baroque Orchestra; Monica Huggett, conductor Richard Savino, guitar
3:48 p.m.
Gioachino Rossini
WILLIAM TELL: Overture (GUILLAUME TELL)
Chamber Orchestra of Europe; Claudio Abbado, conductor
4:00 p.m.
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Russian Easter Festival Overture Opus 36
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Daniel Barenboim, conductor
4:15 p.m.
Bernhard Crusell
Clarinet Concerto No. 2 in F minor Opus 5
Cologne Academy; Michael Alexander Willens, conductor Eric Hoeprich, clarinet
4:39 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Humoresque No. 7 in Gb major Opus 101/7
Orion Weiss, piano
4:42 p.m.
Mikhail Glinka
Spanish Overture No. 1 "Jota aragonesa"
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Vassily Sinaisky, conductor
4:52 p.m.
Pietro Mascagni
CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA: Easter Hymn "Regina Coeli" (Queen of Heaven)
National Philharmonic Orchestra; Gianandrea Gavazzeni, conductor London Opera Chorus
4:59 p.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
Africa-Fantasie Opus 89
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Andre Previn, conductor Jean-Philippe Collard, piano
5:11 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Partita No. 3 for Solo Violin: Gavotte en Rondeau in E major BWV 1006
Raphael Feuillatre, guitar
5:14 p.m.
Mahito Yokota
SUPER MARIO GALAXY: Gusty Garden Galaxy
London Philharmonic Orchestra
5:19 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 27 in Bb major K 595
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra Richard Goode, piano
5:49 p.m.
Peter van Anrooy
Piet Hein Rhapsody Piet Hein was a pirate
Netherlands Radio Symphony Orchestra; Kees Bakels, conductor
6:00 p.m.
Jennifer Reason
LOCAL ARTIST FEATURE: Arturo Rodriguez, composer and flutist
Jennifer Reason, host
6:19 p.m.
VARIOUS
Yellow River Piano Concerto
China Philharmonic Orchestra; Long Yu, conductor Lang Lang, piano
6:41 p.m.
Anna Clyne
Shorthand
The Knights; Eric Jacobsen, conductor Yo Yo Ma, cello
6:53 p.m.
David Crowell
Pacific Coast Highway
Dan Lippel, guitar; Mak Grgic, guitar
