Classical Music Playlist, July 2, 2025
Composer Howard Hanson (1896-1981)
American composer Howard Hanson wrote his 1930 Second Symphony in an easily-listenable style as a reaction against modernism that he felt was taking over music. And it’s been popular ever since. Filmmakers have even used it. The symphony’s first movement plays during the end credits of the 1979 movie “Alien,” and the symphony served as a model to John Williams for some of his music in the movie “E.T.” The Symphony No. 2, the “Romantic,” by Howard Hanson is today’s Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
Johann Albrechtsberger
Harp Concerto in C major
Paul Kuentz Chamber Orchestra; Paul Kuentz, conductor Nicanor Zabaleta, harp
6:18 a.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Suite No. 2 in C major Opus 53
Detroit Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
6:57 a.m.
Giovanni Gabrieli
Canzon in the 1st tone for 8 parts
London Symphony Orchestra Brass; Eric Crees, conductor
7:03 a.m.
Mikhail Glinka
Spanish Overture No. 1 "Jota aragonesa"
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Vassily Sinaisky, conductor
7:13 a.m.
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
Oboe Concerto in Eb major Wq 165 / H 468
Freiburg Baroque Orchestra; Thomas Hengelbrock, conductor Peter Westermann, oboe; Andreas Staier, harpsichord
7:37 a.m.
Chilly Gonzales
Prelude in C Sharp Major
Alice Sara Ott, piano
7:40 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude (from Prelude and Fugue, Well-Tempered Clavier I:01) in C major BWV 846
Ruth Laredo, piano
7:43 a.m.
Florence Price
Violin Concerto No. 2
Royal Scottish National Orchestra; Jonathon Heyward, conductor Rachel Barton Pine, violin
7:59 a.m.
Antonio Rosetti
Concerto for two horns in Eb major Hob VIId:6
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Iona Brown, conductor Hermann Baumann, horn; Timothy Brown, horn
8:19 a.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Symphony No. 1 in C major Opus 21
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; Riccardo Chailly, conductor
8:43 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Symphony No. 6: III. Scherzo (Furiant) in D major Opus 60
Cleveland Orchestra; Christoph Von Dohnanyi, conductor
8:53 a.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 103 "Drum Roll": IV. Presto [finale]
Orchestra of the 18th Century; Frans Bruggen, conductor
9:00 a.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Symphony No. 5 in E minor Opus 64
London Symphony Orchestra; Igor Markevitch, conductor
9:45 a.m.
Frederic Chopin
Nocturne No. 7 in C# minor Opus 27/1
Jeneba Kanneh-Mason, piano
9:51 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto for 2 flutes in C major RV 533
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra; Nicholas McGegan, conductor Janet See, flute; Stephen Schultz, flute
10:00 a.m.
Alexander Glazunov
The Seasons: Autumn Opus 67
Minnesota Orchestra; Edo de Waart, conductor
10:12 a.m.
Valentin Silvestrov
Bagatelle (Op. 1, No. 1) Opus 1/1
Dmytro Choni, piano
10:15 a.m.
Claude Debussy
Sarabande
Empire Brass
10:21 a.m.
Aaron Copland
The Tender Land: Suite
Boston Symphony Orchestra; Aaron Copland, conductor
10:43 a.m.
Cesar Franck
Variations Symphoniques
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; Andrew Litton, conductor Andrew Litton, piano
10:59 a.m.
Alexander Borodin
String Quartet No. 2 in D major
Borodin String Quartet
11:30 a.m.
Paquito D'Rivera
Aires Tropicales: I & II. Alborada & Son
Imani Winds
11:37 a.m.
Frederick Delius
On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring
San Francisco Symphony; Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
11:46 a.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
A Midsummer Night's Dream: Overture
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Andre Previn, conductor
11:59 a.m.
Gioachino Rossini
The Thieving Magpie (LA GAZZA LADRA): Overture
Chamber Orchestra of Europe; Claudio Abbado, conductor
12:09 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor K 466
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra Richard Goode, piano
12:40 p.m.
Dmitri Kabalevsky
Colas Breugnon: Overture
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Fritz Reiner, conductor
12:46 p.m.
Manuel de Falla
Three-Cornered Hat Suite No. 2
Simon Bolivar Orchestra; Eduardo Mata, conductor
1:00 p.m.
Alexander MacKenzie
Second Scottish Rhapsody Opus 24
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra; Martyn Brabbins, conductor
1:17 p.m.
Dobrinka Tabakova
Concerto for Cello and Strings: II. Longing
Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra; Maxim Rysanov, conductor Kristina Blaumane, cello
1:27 p.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 94 "Surprise" in G major
Heidelberg Symphony; Thomas Fey, conductor
1:52 p.m.
Philip Glass
Etude 2
Vikingur Olafsson, piano
2:00 p.m.
Howard Hanson
Symphony No. 2 "Romantic"
Seattle Symphony; Gerard Schwarz, conductor
2:29 p.m.
Heitor Villa-Lobos
Prelude No. 1
Orchestre de Paris; Klaus Makela, conductor Xuefei Yang, guitar
2:41 p.m.
Clara Schumann
Variations on a theme by Robert Schumann Opus 20
Sarah Cahill, piano
2:55 p.m.
Alberto Ginastera
Estancia: Malambo
Lyon National Orchestra; David Robertson, conductor
3:00 p.m.
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Serenade to Music
London Philharmonic Orchestra; Vernon Handley, conductor
3:11 p.m.
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini Opus 43
Rochester Philharmonic; Christopher Seaman, conductor Jon Nakamatsu, piano
3:37 p.m.
Florence Price
String Quartet No. 2: III. Juba in A minor
Catalyst Quartet
3:41 p.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Sleeping Beauty: Waltz from Act I
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Herbert Von Karajan, conductor
3:46 p.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
3:58 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Concerto for two violins (Double Concerto) in D minor BWV 1043
Freiburg Baroque Orchestra Petra Mullejans, violin; Gottfried von der Goltz, violin
4:15 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major K 488
Scottish Chamber Orchestra; Charles Mackerras, conductor John O'Conor, piano
4:41 p.m.
William Grant Still
Suite for Violin and Piano: III. Gamin
Rachel Barton Pine, violin; Matthew Hagle, piano
4:43 p.m.
Juanjo Mosalini
Toma, Toca (Take it, Play it)
Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra of Boston; Gisele Ben-Dor, conductor Juanjo Mosalini, bandoneon
4:49 p.m.
Michael Torke
Javelin
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra; Yoel Levi, conductor
4:59 p.m.
Johann Strauss, Jr.
Vienna Blood Opus 354 Wiener Blut
Vienna State Opera Orchestra; Jascha Horenstein, conductor
5:07 p.m.
Enrique Granados
Dance of the Green Eyes
Barcelona Symphony Orchestra; Pablo Gonzalez, conductor
5:12 p.m.
Franz Schubert
Piano Quintet "Trout" in A major Opus 114 D 667
L'Archibudelli Jos Van Immerseel, fortepiano
5:48 p.m.
Franz Von Suppe
Poet and Peasant Overture
Philharmonia Orchestra; William Boughton, conductor
6:00 p.m.
Carl Nielsen
Symphony No. 6 "Sinfonia semplice" FS 116
San Francisco Symphony; Herbert Blomstedt, conductor
6:34 p.m.
Jean Francaix
Wind Quintet No. 1: I. Andante tranquillo
Reykjavik Wind Quintet
6:40 p.m.
Astor Piazzolla
Adios Nonino
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Ettore Stratta, conductor El Quinteto Buenos Aires
6:45 p.m.
Silvestre Revueltas
Ocho por Radio
London Sinfonietta; David Atherton, conductor
6:51 p.m.
Gabriel Olafs
Melodia Suite: Absent Minded & Filma
Reykjavik Orchestra; Viktor Orri Arnason, conductor Gabriel Olafs, piano
