Classical Music Playlist, May 9, 2025
Czech composer Antonín Dvořák
Instead of quoting actual folk tunes, composer Antonín Dvořák created original melodies in authentic Czech folk style for his Piano Quintet No. 2. The result is charmingly tuneful and often cited among the best in the form alongside the Piano Quintets of Brahms and Schumann. A new release of the Dvořák Piano Quintet No. 2 is today’s Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto for 2 horns in F major RV 539
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor Timothy Brown, horn; Nicholas Hill, horn
6:08 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 31 "Paris" in D major K 297
Prague Chamber Orchestra; Charles Mackerras, conductor
6:26 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Cypresses
Hagen Quartet
6:44 a.m.
Frederic Chopin
Concert Rondo "Krakowiak" in F major Opus 14
Warsaw Philharmonic; Antoni Wit, conductor Eldar Nebolsin, piano
6:59 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
ALMIRA: Suite of instrumental music
Berlin Academy of Ancient Music
7:15 a.m.
Kurt Atterberg
Symphony No. 4 "Sinfonia piccola" in G minor Opus 14
Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra; Ari Rasilainen, conductor
7:38 a.m.
Paul Dukas
Villanelle for horn and orchestra
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; Kurt Masur, conductor Hermann Baumann, horn
7:45 a.m.
Alexander Borodin
PRINCE IGOR: Polovetsian Dances
Bavarian Radio Symphony & Chorus; Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
8:00 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
8:15 a.m.
Franz Schubert
Symphony No. 5 in Bb major D 485
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor
8:44 a.m.
Teresa Carreno
Mi Teresita (Little Waltz)
Gabriela Montero, piano
8:50 a.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Egmont Overture Opus 84
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; Riccardo Chailly, conductor
9:00 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Clarinet Quintet in A major K 581
Pacifica Quartet Anthony McGill, clarinet
9:32 a.m.
Aram Khachaturian
Spartacus: Adagio of Spartacus & Phrygia
The Bolshoi Theater Orchestra; Mark Ermler, conductor
9:42 a.m.
Jean-Marie Leclair
Flute Concerto in C major Opus 7/3
Arion Claire Guimond, baroque flute
9:57 a.m.
ANONYMOUS
Propinan de Melyor
Piffaro Renaissance Band
10:00 a.m.
Georg Christoph Wagenseil
Symphony in Bb major WV 441
L'Orfeo Barokorkester; Michi Gaigg, conductor
10:17 a.m.
Valentin Silvestrov
Bagatelle (Op. 1, No. 1) Opus 1/1
Dmytro Choni, piano
10:20 a.m.
Alexander Scriabin
Prelude No. 11 in B major Opus 11/11
Jeneba Kanneh-Mason, piano
10:23 a.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 53 "L'Imperiale" in D major
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
10:46 a.m.
Edward Elgar
Cello Concerto: IV. Allegro - Moderato in E minor Opus 85
London Symphony Orchestra; Simon Rattle, conductor Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello
10:59 a.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
SAMSON ET DELILA: Bacchanale Opus 47
Philadelphia Orchestra; Eugene Ormandy, conductor
11:08 a.m.
John Williams
E.T.: Adventures on Earth
Los Angeles Recording Arts Orchestra; John Williams, conductor
11:19 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Quintet for piano & winds in Eb major K 452
Mitsuko Uchida, piano; Neil Black, oboe; Thea King, clarinet; Frank Lloyd, horn; Robin O'Neill, bassoon
11:45 a.m.
Jessie Montgomery
Strum
Catalyst Quartet
11:53 a.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Symphony No. 4 "Italian": IV. Saltarello (Presto) in A major Opus 90
San Francisco Symphony; Herbert Blomstedt, conductor
12:00 p.m.
Jennifer Reason
LOCAL ARTIST FEATURE: Brennen Milton, clarinet
Jennifer Reason, host
12:16 p.m.
Fanny Mendelssohn
Piano Trio in D minor Opus 11
Nash Ensemble
12:42 p.m.
Giuseppe Verdi
NABUCCO Overture (Sinfonia)
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Edward Downes, conductor
12:50 p.m.
Jean Sibelius
Violin Concerto: III. Allegro, ma non tanto in D minor Opus 47
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra; Klaus Makela, conductor Janine Jansen, violin
12:59 p.m.
Arcangelo Corelli
Concerto Grosso No. 12 in F major Opus 6
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor
1:10 p.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
Carnival of the Animals: Aquarium
Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano; ...and friends
1:13 p.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
Carnival of the Animals: The Swan (Le Cygne)
Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello; Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano; Jeneba Kanneh-Mason, piano
1:17 p.m.
Alexander Borodin
Symphony No. 2 in B minor
Seattle Symphony; Gerard Schwarz, conductor
1:45 p.m.
Pall Isolfsson
Festival Overture
Iceland Symphony Orchestra; Petri Sakari, conductor
2:00 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Piano Quintet No. 2 in A major Opus 81
Takacs Quartet Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano
2:41 p.m.
Scott Joplin
Treemonisha: Prelude Act III
Houston Grand Opera Orchestra; Gunther Schuller, conductor
2:46 p.m.
Alessandro Scarlatti
The Glory of Spring: Sinfonia (Act I)
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra; Nicholas McGegan, conductor
2:50 p.m.
Percy Grainger
Children's March "Over the Hills and Far Away"
Dallas Wind Symphony; Jerry Junkin, conductor Arts District Chorale
2:59 p.m.
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Romance in G major Opus 39
Chineke! Orchestra; Kevin John Edusei, conductor Elena Urioste, violin
3:10 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Symphony No. 4 in Bb major Opus 60
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic; Charles Mackerras, conductor
3:42 p.m.
Aaron Jay Kernis
100 Greatest Dance Hits: II. Salsa Pasada
Escher Quartet Jason Vieaux, guitar
3:45 p.m.
Georges Bizet
CARMEN: Toreador song
London Symphony Orchestra; Neville Marriner, conductor
3:49 p.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
Oberon Overture J 306
Hanover Band; Roy Goodman, conductor
3:59 p.m.
Gioachino Rossini
THE BARBER OF SEVILLE: Overture (IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA)
National Philharmonic Orchestra; Riccardo Chailly, conductor
4:07 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major K 467
English Chamber Orchestra; Murray Perahia, conductor Murray Perahia, piano
4:36 p.m.
Gaspar Sanz
Suite in e minor in E minor
Chatham Baroque
4:47 p.m.
Bedrich Smetana
Ma Vlast: II. The Moldau (Vltava)
Prague Philharmonic Orchestra; Libor Pesek, conductor
5:00 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Concerto for oboe and violin in C minor BWV 1060
Academy of Ancient Music; Christopher Hogwood, conductor Stephen Hammer, oboe; Catherine Mackintosh, violin
5:14 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Slavonic Dance No. 2 in E minor Opus 46
Cleveland Orchestra; Christoph Von Dohnanyi, conductor
5:19 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Slavonic Dance No. 11 in F major Opus 72
Cleveland Orchestra; Christoph Von Dohnanyi, conductor
5:24 p.m.
George Friederich Handel
Water Music Suite No. 1 in F major HWV 348
Les Violons du Roy; Bernard Labadie, conductor
5:52 p.m.
Reinhold Gliere
Symphony No. 3 "Ilya Muromets": III. At the Court of Vladimir the Mighty Sun in B minor Opus 42
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Edward Downes, conductor
6:00 p.m.
Jennifer Reason
LOCAL ARTIST FEATURE: Brennen Milton, clarinet
Jennifer Reason, host
6:16 p.m.
Franz Liszt
Symphonic Poem No. 12: The Ideal (Die Ideale)
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; Kurt Masur, conductor
6:43 p.m.
Frederick Delius
Dance Rhapsody No. 2
Welsh National Opera Orchestra; Charles Mackerras, conductor
6:52 p.m.
Chick Corea
The Hilltop
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