Classical Music Playlist, May 6, 2025
In 1778 the harp was still an undeveloped instrument of amateurs and not found in orchestras and pairing it with flute was pretty much unheard of. But Mozart received a commission from a flutist Duke who wanted something to play with his harpist daughter, so Mozart rose to the challenge and composed a delightful piece that was unique for the time. Mozart’s only Concerto for Flute and Harp is today's Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
String Quartet "Joke" in Eb major Opus 33/2 (HOB III: 38)
Kodaly Quartet
6:17 a.m.
Jean-Baptiste Lully
Le Divertissement Royal Suite
Le Concert des Nations; Jordi Savall, conductor
6:40 a.m.
Frederic Chopin
Nocturne No. 2 in Eb major Opus 9/2
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano
6:45 a.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
Concertino for Horn in E minor Opus 45
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; Kurt Masur, conductor Hermann Baumann, horn
6:59 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F major BWV 1047
European Brandenburg Ensemble; Trevor Pinnock, conductor
7:12 a.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Symphony No. 2 in D major Opus 36
German Chamber Philharmonic; Paavo Jarvi, conductor
7:45 a.m.
Luigi Boccherini
Quintet for Guitar and Strings No. 9: IV. Finale "Retreat from Madrid" in C major G 453
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields Chamber Ensemble Pepe Romero, guitar
7:53 a.m.
Giuseppe Verdi
OTELLO: Ballet Music
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; Jose Serebrier, conductor
8:00 a.m.
Wilhelm Stenhammar
Excelsior! Opus 13
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
8:13 a.m.
Clara Schumann
Piano Trio in G minor Opus 17
Nash Ensemble
8:43 a.m.
Peter Philips
Bassano Pavan and Galliard
Parley of Instruments
8:45 a.m.
Jean-Baptiste Lully
ARMIDE: Passacaille
La Petite Bande; Sigiswald Kuijken, conductor
8:50 a.m.
Max Bruch
Scottish Fantasy: IV. Finale Opus 46
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Joshua Bell, conductor Joshua Bell, violin
9:00 a.m.
Granville Bantock
Hebridean Symphony
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Vernon Handley, conductor
9:37 a.m.
Franz Liszt
Liebestraume: Nocturne No. 3 in Ab major S 541
Claudio Arrau, piano
9:43 a.m.
Cesar Franck
Variations Symphoniques
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; Andrew Litton, conductor Andrew Litton, piano
10:00 a.m.
Arcangelo Corelli
Concerto Grosso No. 6 in F major Opus 6
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra; Nicholas McGegan, conductor
10:12 a.m.
Johannes Brahms
Piano Quartet No. 3: II. Scherzo. Allegro in C minor Opus 60
Krystian Zimerman, piano; Maria Nowak, violin; Katarzyna Budnik, viola; Yuya Okamoto, cello
10:17 a.m.
Pavel Vranicky
Symphony in D major Opus 52
Dvorak Chamber Orchestra; Bohumil Gregor, conductor
10:52 a.m.
Emmanuel Chabrier
Espana (Spanish Rhapsodie)
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
10:59 a.m.
Georges Bizet
L'Arlesienne Suite No. 1
Ulster Orchestra; Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor
11:17 a.m.
Mel Bonis
Serenade Opus 46
Sandrine Cantoreggi, violin; Sheila Arnold, piano
11:20 a.m.
Ernesto Nazareth
Odeon - Tango Brasileiro
Richard Cionco, piano
11:25 a.m.
Zoltan Kodaly
Peacock Variations
Hungarian State Orchestra; Adam Fischer, conductor
11:54 a.m.
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
THE SNOW MAIDEN: Dance of the Tumblers
Minnesota Orchestra; Eiji Oue, conductor
11:59 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso No. 1 in G major Opus 6/1 HWV 319
Boston Baroque; Martin Pearlman, conductor
12:12 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Symphony No. 5: I. Allegro con brio in C minor Opus 67
Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
12:20 p.m.
Louise Farrenc
Sextet in C minor Opus 40
Linos Ensemble
12:46 p.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
A Midsummer Night's Dream: Overture
Boston Symphony Orchestra; Seiji Ozawa, conductor
1:00 p.m.
Jan Dismas Zelenka
Capriccio No. 2 in G major Z 183
Bern Camerata; Alexander van Wijnkoop, conductor
1:14 p.m.
Florence Price
Fantasie Negre (No. 1) in E minor
Jeneba Kanneh-Mason, piano
1:23 p.m.
Leonard Bernstein
West Side Story: Symphonic Dances
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; Paavo Jarvi, conductor
1:49 p.m.
Franz Schubert
Rosamunde Overture Opus 26 D 797 (The Magic Harp)
London Classical Players; Roger Norrington, conductor
2:00 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Flute & Harp Concerto in C major K 299
Berlin Philharmonic; Claudio Abbado, conductor Emmanuel Pahud, flute; Marie-Pierre Langlamet, harp
2:28 p.m.
Kevin Puts
Contact: I. The Call
Philadelphia Orchestra; Xian Zhang, conductor Time for Three
2:38 p.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto for 2 trumpets in C major RV 537
English Chamber Orchestra; Raymond Leppard, conductor Wynton Marsalis, trumpet
2:46 p.m.
Franz Liszt
Hungarian Rhapsody No. 1 in F minor
Budapest Symphony Orchestra; Andras Korodi, conductor
3:00 p.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso No. 7 in Bb major Opus 6/7 HWV 325
Boston Baroque; Martin Pearlman, conductor
3:14 p.m.
Fanny Mendelssohn
Notturno in G minor H337
Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano
3:18 p.m.
Aaron Copland
Rodeo: Hoe-Down
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra; Leonard Slatkin, conductor
3:23 p.m.
Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges
Violin Concerto in A major Opus 5/2
Encore Chamber Orchestra; Daniel Hege, conductor Rachel Barton Pine, violin
3:48 p.m.
Richard Wagner
DIE MEISTERSINGER: Prelude
Berlin Philharmonic; Seiji Ozawa, conductor
4:00 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Leonore Overture No. 3 Opus 72
German Chamber Philharmonic; Daniel Harding, conductor
4:14 p.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Swan Lake Suite Opus 20
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Herbert Von Karajan, conductor
4:40 p.m.
John Williams
Superman: Main Title
London Symphony Orchestra; John Williams, conductor
4:46 p.m.
Jacques Offenbach
ORPHEUS IN THE UNDERWORLD: Overture
New York Philharmonic; Leonard Bernstein, conductor
4:57 p.m.
Frederic Chopin
Piano Concerto No. 2: I. Maestoso in F minor Opus 21
Mahler Chamber Orchestra; Mikhail Pletnev, conductor Daniil Trifonov, piano
5:13 p.m.
Samuel Barber
Symphony No. 1 Opus 9
Kansas City Symphony; Michael Stern, conductor
5:36 p.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso No. 10 in D minor Opus 6/10 HWV 328
Academy of Ancient Music; Andrew Manze, conductor
5:51 p.m.
Einojuhani Rautavaara
Two Serenades: No. 2: Serenade pour la vie (Serenade for Life)
Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France; Mikko Franck, conductor Hilary Hahn, violin
5:59 p.m.
Richard Strauss
Also Sprach Zarathustra Opus 30
Scottish National Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
6:33 p.m.
Dmitri Shostakovich
Prelude and Fugue No. 5 in D major
Wei Luo, piano
6:38 p.m.
Philip Glass
Violin Concerto No. 1: Movement 1
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Christoph Von Dohnanyi, conductor Gidon Kremer, violin
6:45 p.m.
Toumani Diabate
Mama Souraka
London Symphony Orchestra Toumani Diabate, kora
6:52 p.m.
Enrique Granados
Danzas espanolas No. 7 "Valenciana"
Angel Romero, guitar; Celedonio Romero, guitar
