Classical Music Playlist, June 6, 2025
The Great Wave off Kanagawa (Kanagawa oki nami ura) by Hokusai.
Since childhood Claude Debussy had a fascination with the sea. For his three symphonic sketches collectively titled “La Mer” [The Sea], he took inspiration from literature and art including the iconic woodblock print from about 1830 by Japanese artist Hokusai, “The Great Wave off Kanagawa,” which Debussy requested to be printed on the cover of the published music and of which he had a framed print in his home. Debussy’s impressionistic evocation of the sea at different times of day, including the waves and their interaction with the wind, “La Mer,” is today’s today's Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
Johan Helmich Roman
The Drottningholm Music (2)
Stockholm Museum Chamber Orchestra; Claude Genetay, conductor
6:14 a.m.
Johannes Brahms
Cello sonata No. 1 in E minor Opus 38
Yo Yo Ma, cello; Emanuel Ax, piano
6:39 a.m.
Giuseppe Verdi
THE SICILIAN VESPERS: Overture (I VESPRI SICILIANI)
Philharmonic of La Scala; Riccardo Muti, conductor
6:49 a.m.
Richard Strauss
DER ROSENKAVALIER: Waltz sequence No. 2
Seattle Symphony; Gerard Schwarz, conductor
6:59 a.m.
Joseph Kraus
Sinfonia in C# minor
Swedish Chamber Orchestra; Petter Sundkvist, conductor
7:20 a.m.
Joaquin Rodrigo
Concierto Serenata for harp and orchestra
Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra; Ernst Marzendorfer, conductor Nicanor Zabaleta, harp
7:44 a.m.
Frederic Chopin
Nocturne No. 7 in C# minor Opus 27/1
Jeneba Kanneh-Mason, piano
7:51 a.m.
Peter van Anrooy
Piet Hein Rhapsody Piet Hein was a pirate
Netherlands Radio Symphony Orchestra; Kees Bakels, conductor
8:01 a.m.
Ferdinand Hiller
Piano Concerto No. 2 in F# minor Opus 69
Orchestra of Radio Luxembourg; Louis de Froment, conductor Michael Ponti, piano
8:20 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 35 "Haffner" in D major K 385
Prague Chamber Orchestra; Charles Mackerras, conductor
8:41 a.m.
Francesco Tristano
On John Bull's Galliard In D
Basel Chamber Orchestra; Irene Delgado-Jimenez, conductor Francesco Tristano, piano
8:45 a.m.
Teresa Carreno
Vals Gayo Opus 38
Clara Rodriguez, piano
8:51 a.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
Danse Macabre Opus 40
French Radio and Television Orchestra; Jean Martinon, conductor
8:59 a.m.
Anton Bruckner
Symphony No. 8: IV. Finale in C minor
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Karl Bohm, conductor
9:24 a.m.
Ernest Chausson
Poeme
Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France; Mikko Franck, conductor Hilary Hahn, violin
9:42 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Chamber Concerto in D major RV 94
Chandos Baroque Players
9:53 a.m.
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
March from Tsar Saltan Suite Opus 57
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Andre Previn, conductor
10:00 a.m.
Karl Goldmark
Prometheus Bound Overture Opus 38
Gurzenich Orchestra; James Conlon, conductor
10:18 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Poetic Tone Pictures: I. Twilight Way Opus 85
Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
10:23 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Poetic Tone Pictures: X. Bacchanalia Opus 85
Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
10:29 a.m.
Georg Philipp Telemann
Tafelmusik I: Concerto for flute, violin & strings in A major
Musica Antiqua Koln; Reinhardt Goebel, conductor
10:54 a.m.
Jean Sibelius
Karelia Suite: III. Alla Marcia Opus 11
Philharmonia Orchestra; Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor
11:00 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Concerto for two violins (Double Concerto) in D minor BWV 1043
Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra; Ton Koopman, conductor Monica Huggett, violin; Alison Bury, violin
11:16 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Serenade No. 10 for winds "Gran Partita": III. Adagio in Bb major K 361
Sabine Meyer Wind Ensemble
11:23 a.m.
Claude Debussy
Images for Orchestra: Iberia
Cleveland Orchestra; Pierre Boulez, conductor
11:43 a.m.
Frederic Chopin
Piano Sonata No. 2: III. Marche fun�bre (Funeral March) in Bb minor Opus 35
Jeneba Kanneh-Mason, piano
11:52 a.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
FIDELIO Overture Opus 72
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; Riccardo Chailly, conductor
12:01 p.m.
Jennifer Reason
LOCAL ARTIST FEATURE: Angelo Moreno, baroque conductor
Jennifer Reason, host
12:19 p.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Variations on a Rococo Theme Opus 33
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra; Mariss Jansons, conductor Truls Mork, cello
12:39 p.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Capriccio Brillant in B minor Opus 22
Bamberg Symphony; Claus Peter Flor, conductor Sergei Edelmann, piano
12:52 p.m.
John Williams
Summon the Heroes
Boston Pops Orchestra; John Williams, conductor
12:59 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Symphony No. 9 "From the New World": IV. Allegro con fuoco (Finale) in E minor Opus 95
Los Angeles Philharmonic; Gustavo Dudamel, conductor Vikingur Olafsson, piano
1:12 p.m.
Johannes Brahms
Piano Quartet No. 3 in C minor Opus 60
Krystian Zimerman, piano; Maria Nowak, violin; Katarzyna Budnik, viola; Yuya Okamoto, cello
1:47 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
IDOMENEO Overture K 366
Scottish Chamber Orchestra; Christian Baldini, conductor
1:53 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Art of the Fugue: Contrapunctus No. 9 BWV 1080
Les Violons du Roy; Bernard Labadie, conductor
1:55 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Partita No. 3 for Solo Violin: Gavotte en Rondeau in E major BWV 1006
Raphael Feuillatre, guitar
2:00 p.m.
Claude Debussy
La Mer
Cleveland Orchestra; Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor
2:24 p.m.
George Walker
Lyric for Strings
Chicago Sinfonietta; Paul Freeman, conductor
2:31 p.m.
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Piano Concerto No. 1 in F# minor Opus 1
Los Angeles Philharmonic; Gustavo Dudamel, conductor Yuja Wang, piano
2:47 p.m.
Amilcare Ponchielli
LA GIOCONDA: Dance of the Hours
Philadelphia Orchestra; Eugene Ormandy, conductor
2:59 p.m.
Marianna Martines
Sinfonia in C major
La Floridiana; Nicoleta Paraschivescu, conductor
3:12 p.m.
Astor Piazzolla
Winter in Buenos Aires (Invierno Porteno)
A Far Cry Jason Vieaux, guitar; Julien Labro, bandoneon
3:21 p.m.
Robert Schumann
Symphony No. 3 "Rhenish" in Eb major Opus 97
Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
3:52 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 20: III. Rondo in D minor K 466
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra; Jeremy Denk, conductor Jeremy Denk, piano
4:00 p.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso No. 11 in A major Opus 6/11 HWV 329
Boston Baroque; Martin Pearlman, conductor
4:18 p.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 94 "Surprise" in G major
Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra; Adam Fischer, conductor
4:43 p.m.
William Grant Still
Summerland
Jeneba Kanneh-Mason, piano
4:46 p.m.
Claude Debussy
Clair de lune ("Moonlight")
Hayato Sumino, piano
4:52 p.m.
Jean Sibelius
Overture in A minor
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
5:00 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F major BWV 1047
European Brandenburg Ensemble; Trevor Pinnock, conductor
5:12 p.m.
Johannes Brahms
Scherzo (Sonatensatz) F.A.E. in C minor WoO 2
Leonidas Kavakos, violin; Yuja Wang, piano
5:19 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Symphony No. 5 in C minor Opus 67
Dallas Symphony Orchestra; Jaap van Zweden, conductor
5:49 p.m.
Ernest Farrar
Rhapsody No. 1 "The Open Road" Opus 9
Philharmonia Orchestra; Alasdair Mitchell, conductor
6:00 p.m.
Jennifer Reason
LOCAL ARTIST FEATURE: Angelo Moreno, baroque conductor
Jennifer Reason, host
6:18 p.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
Symphony No. 2 in A minor Opus 55
French Radio and Television Orchestra; Jean Martinon, conductor
6:42 p.m.
Heitor Villa-Lobos
Sexteto Mistico (Mystic Sextet)
Sao Paulo Symphony Orchestra Members of...
6:51 p.m.
Alexandra Streliski
The Breach
Alexandra Streliski, piano
6:54 p.m.
Gabriel Olafs
Fantasia for cello and orchestra
Reykjavik Orchestra; Viktor Orri Arnason, conductor Steiney Sigur�ardottir, cello; Gabriel Olafs, piano
