Classical Music Playlist, June 27, 2025
Composer & Pianist John Field (1782-1837)
Irish-born composer John Field eventually settled in Russia, having first gone to St Petersburg in 1803 at about age 21. In 1815 he composed his Piano Concerto #5 with the title, “L'incendie par l'orage” (Fire from the Storm). It’s unknown for sure but this title may be a reference to events of 1812 and aftermath when Napoleon invaded Russia resulting in the deaths of more than a million soldiers and citizens within just six months. Or maybe not. Nonetheless, the first movement of the Concerto contains a stormy passage with a gong, other percussion and a second piano (probably just to enhance the sound of the early quieter pianos of the time). Listen for this passage to start about ten minutes into the Concerto. The Piano Concerto #5, “L'incendie par l'orage,” is today’s Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Violin Concerto No. 2 in E major BWV 1042
Gli Incogniti; Amandine Beyer, conductor Amandine Beyer, violin
6:15 a.m.
Charles Gounod
Symphony No. 2 in Eb major
Toulouse Capitole Orchestra; Michel Plasson, conductor
6:47 a.m.
Fanny Mendelssohn
Largo in E minor
Joanne Polk, piano
6:51 a.m.
Leon Minkus
Don Quixote: Grand pas de deux
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Robert Irving, conductor
7:00 a.m.
Johannes Brahms
Piano Quintet: I. Allegro non troppo in F minor Opus 34
Artemis Quartet Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
7:16 a.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 93 in D major HOB I:93
English Chamber Orchestra; Jeffrey Tate, conductor
7:39 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Violin Concerto No. 3 in G major Opus 3/3 RV 310
Tafelmusik; Jeanne Lamon, conductor Elizabeth Wallfisch, violin
7:46 a.m.
John Field
Piano Concerto No. 3: III. Rondo - Tempo di Polacca in Eb major
Concerto Koln; David Stern, conductor Andreas Staier, fortepiano
7:59 a.m.
Claude Debussy
Petite Suite
Lyon National Orchestra; Jun Markl, conductor
8:13 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
The Hero's Song Opus 111
Scottish National Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
8:36 a.m.
Jean-Philippe Rameau
Les Cyclopes ("Cyclops")
Bremen German Chamber Philharmonic Raphael Feuillatre, guitar
8:39 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Clarinet Concerto - third movement in A major K 622
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor Karl Leister, clarinet
8:49 a.m.
Jean Sibelius
Violin Concerto: III. Allegro, ma non tanto in D minor Opus 47
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra; Klaus Makela, conductor Janine Jansen, violin
8:58 a.m.
Hamilton Harty
Piano Concerto in B minor
Ulster Orchestra; Takuo Yuasa, conductor Peter Donohoe, piano
9:29 a.m.
Jean Sibelius
Andante Festivo
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
9:36 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
Oboe Concerto No. 3 in G minor HWV 287
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor David Reichenberg, oboe
9:45 a.m.
Franz Liszt
Hungarian Rhapsody No. 6 "Carnival in Pest" in D major
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; Kurt Masur, conductor
10:00 a.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
Concert Piece for harp & orchestra (Concertstucke) in G major Opus 154
Bulgarian National Radio Orchestra; Rossen Milanov, conductor Elizabeth Hainen, harp
10:16 a.m.
Pietro Locatelli
Concerto No. 12 in F major Opus 4/12
Musica Antiqua Koln; Reinhardt Goebel, conductor
10:30 a.m.
Alexander Glazunov
Violin Concerto in A minor Opus 82
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra; William Steinberg, conductor Nathan Milstein, violin
10:50 a.m.
Earl Wild
Grand Fantasie on Porgy and Bess: Summertime (After G. Gershwin)
San Francisco Symphony; Herbert Blomstedt, conductor Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano
10:59 a.m.
Mikhail Glinka
Spanish Overture No. 2
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Vassily Sinaisky, conductor
11:09 a.m.
Santiago de Murcia
Passacaille in D minor
Richard Savino, guitar
11:19 a.m.
Ottorino Respighi
The Fantastic Toyshop (La Boutique Fantasque): Suite
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor
11:41 a.m.
William Grant Still
Summerland
Jeneba Kanneh-Mason, piano
11:45 a.m.
Bedrich Smetana
Ma Vlast: II. The Moldau (Vltava)
Los Angeles Philharmonic; Andre Previn, conductor
12:00 p.m.
Jennifer Reason
LOCAL ARTIST FEATURE: Ben Prima, classical percussion
Jennifer Reason, host
12:16 p.m.
Clara Schumann
Piano Trio in G minor Opus 17
Nash Ensemble
12:46 p.m.
Isaac Albeniz
Suite Espanola: No. 4 "Cadiz" Opus 47
Jason Vieaux, guitar
12:51 p.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
EUGENE ONEGIN: Waltz
Staatskapelle Dresden; Hans Vonk, conductor
12:59 p.m.
Arcangelo Corelli
Concerto Grosso No. 10 in C major Opus 6
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor
1:13 p.m.
Richard Wagner
TANNHAUSER Overture
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra; Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor
1:29 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
String Quartet No. 16 in F major Opus 135
Emerson String Quartet
1:54 p.m.
Zoltan Kodaly
Hary Janos: Intermezzo
Budapest Festival Orchestra; Ivan Fischer, conductor
2:00 p.m.
John Field
Piano Concerto No. 5 "L'encendie par l'orage" in C major
London Mozart Players; Matthias Bamert, conductor Miceal O'Rourke, piano
2:28 p.m.
Fernando Sor
Etude No. 17 in E minor Opus 6/11
Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra; Irene Delgado-Jimenez, conductor Pablo Sainz Villegas, guitar
2:30 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Piano Trio "Archduke": II. Scherzo in Bb major Opus 97
Esther Abrami Quintet Emanuel Ax, piano; Leonidas Kavakos, violin; Yo Yo Ma, cello
2:34 p.m.
Maurice Ravel
Le tombeau de Couperin The tomb of Couperin
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra; Hugh Wolff, conductor
2:52 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
ABDUCTION FROM THE SERAGLIO Overture K 384
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor
2:59 p.m.
Johann Strauss, Jr.
DIE FLEDERMAUS Overture (The Bat)
Berlin Philharmonic; Herbert Von Karajan, conductor
3:09 p.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso No. 1 in G major Opus 6/1 HWV 319
Boston Baroque; Martin Pearlman, conductor
3:22 p.m.
Ernest Farrar
The Forsaken Merman Opus 30
Philharmonia Orchestra; Alasdair Mitchell, conductor
3:51 p.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
SAMSON ET DELILA: Bacchanale Opus 47
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra; Lorin Maazel, conductor
3:59 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major Opus 58
Berlin Philharmonic; Claudio Abbado, conductor Maurizio Pollini, piano
4:32 p.m.
Leo Delibes
Sylvia: Pizzicato Polka
New Philharmonia Orchestra; Richard Bonynge, conductor
4:34 p.m.
Antonio Lauro
Venezuelan Waltz No. 3 "Natalia" (Vals Venezolano)
Xuefei Yang, guitar
4:37 p.m.
Johannes Brahms
Tragic Overture Opus 81
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; Riccardo Chailly, conductor
4:51 p.m.
Bedrich Smetana
BARTERED BRIDE: Overture
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Gianandrea Noseda, conductor
4:59 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Harpsichord Concerto in D minor BWV 974
Vikingur Olafsson, piano
5:10 p.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 104 "London" in D major
Collegium Musicum 90; Richard Hickox, conductor
5:38 p.m.
Edward Elgar
Serenade for string orchestra in E minor Opus 20
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
5:51 p.m.
Robert Schumann
Concertpiece for 4 horns & orchestra: I. Lebhaft in F major Opus 86
Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor Members of...
6:00 p.m.
Jennifer Reason
LOCAL ARTIST FEATURE: Ben Prima, classical percussion
Jennifer Reason, host
6:16 p.m.
Claude Debussy
Images for Orchestra: Iberia
Concertgebouw Orchestra; Bernard Haitink, conductor
6:37 p.m.
Paul Hindemith
Kleine Kammermusik: I. Lustig Opus 24/2 fun; happily; merrily
Bergen Wind Quintet
6:40 p.m.
Wynton Marsalis
Violin Concerto in D: IV. Hootenanny in D
Philadelphia Orchestra; Cristian Macelaru, conductor Nicola Benedetti, violin
6:50 p.m.
Agustin Barrios
Vals de Primavera
David Russell, guitar
6:55 p.m.
Connor Chee
Navajo Vocable No. 12
Connor Chee, piano
