Classical Music Playlist, July 4, 2025
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With subtle hints of ragtime and jazzy syncopation popular in 1931, the Symphony No. 2 by American composer and Harvard music professor Randall Thompson is today’s Independence Day Midday Masterpiece at 2pm. And that will be followed by all American composers (including Gershwin’s “Rhapsody In Blue”) during the 2pm hour and throughout the day!
6:00 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
Saul: Sinfonia HWV 53
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor Trevor Pinnock, organ
6:17 a.m.
Jean-Baptiste Lully
Alceste Suite
Le Concert des Nations; Jordi Savall, conductor
6:40 a.m.
Astor Piazzolla
Tango Ballet
Apollo Chamber Players Hector del Curto, bandoneon
6:52 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Goldberg Variations: Var. 4-7 BWV 988
Simone Dinnerstein, piano
7:00 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
In Nature's Realm Overture Opus 91
Janacek Philharmonic; Theodore Kuchar, conductor
7:15 a.m.
Vincent d'Indy
Symphony on a French Mountain Air
Boston Symphony Orchestra; Charles Munch, conductor Nicole Henriot-Schweitzer, piano
7:41 a.m.
Maurice Ravel
Miroirs: Une Barque sur l'Ocean (A Boat on the Ocean)
London Symphony Orchestra; Claudio Abbado, conductor
7:49 a.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
Concertino for Clarinet and Orchestra in Eb major Opus 26
Staatskapelle Dresden; Herbert Blomstedt, conductor Sabine Meyer, clarinet
8:00 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Four Seasons: Summer (L'Estate) in G minor Opus 8 RV 315
Europa Galante Fabio Biondi, violin
8:12 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Quintet for piano & winds in Eb major K 452
Academy of Ancient Music Robert Levin, fortepiano; Members of...
8:38 a.m.
Georg Philipp Telemann
Concerto for trumpets, oboes, strings and timpani in D major TWV 54:D3
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor Members of...
8:49 a.m.
John Ireland
Epic March
London Symphony Orchestra; Richard Hickox, conductor
8:59 a.m.
George Gershwin
Piano Concerto in F major
Philadelphia Orchestra; Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor Daniil Trifonov, piano
9:32 a.m.
Jose Moncayo
Huapango
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Enrique Arturo Diemecke, conductor
9:42 a.m.
John Williams
The Cowboys: Overture
City of Prague Philharmonic; Paul Bateman, conductor
9:53 a.m.
Ron Nelson
Rocky Point Holiday
Dallas Wind Symphony; Jerry Junkin, conductor
10:00 a.m.
Samuel Barber
Night Flight Opus 19 A
London Symphony Orchestra; David Measham, conductor
10:10 a.m.
George W. Chadwick
Symphony No. 3 in F major
Detroit Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
10:46 a.m.
William Grant Still
Summerland
Jeneba Kanneh-Mason, piano
10:50 a.m.
Florence Price
Dances in the Canebrakes
Chicago Sinfonietta; Mei-Ann Chen, conductor
11:01 a.m.
Gabriel Faure
Dolly Suite Opus 56
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor
11:19 a.m.
Amy Beach
Theme and Variations (1916) Opus 80
Shanghai String Quartet Eugenia Zukerman, flute
11:42 a.m.
Teresa Carreno
Nocturne, "Souvenirs de mon pays"
Alexandra Oehler, piano
11:50 a.m.
Gustav Holst
The Planets: Jupiter, the Bringer of Jolity Opus 32
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra; Yoel Levi, conductor
11:59 a.m.
Scott Joplin
Treemonisha Overture
Houston Grand Opera Orchestra; Gunther Schuller, conductor
12:08 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
American Suite in A major Opus 98
Prague Philharmonia; Jakub Hrusa, conductor
12:31 p.m.
Ernesto Nazareth
Odeon - Tango Brasileiro
Richard Cionco, piano
12:34 p.m.
Joseph Curiale
Awakening: Joy
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Joseph Curiale, conductor
12:39 p.m.
Aaron Copland
Rodeo
San Francisco Symphony; Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
12:59 p.m.
Alan Hovhaness
Symphony No. 2 "Mysterious Mountain" Opus 132
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra; Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor
1:16 p.m.
Manuel Ponce
Concierto del Sur for guitar and orchestra
Philharmonic Orchestra of the Americas; Alondra de la Parra, conductor Pablo Sainz Villegas, guitar
1:43 p.m.
Eric Ewazen
Pastorale (from Ballade, Pastorale and Dance)
Eric Ewazen, piano; Baerli Nugent, flute; David Wakefield, french horn
1:52 p.m.
William Schuman
New England Triptych: Chester
The President's Own U.S. Marine Band; Lt. Col. Jason K. Fettig, conductor
2:00 p.m.
Randall Thompson
Symphony No. 2 in E minor
New York Philharmonic; Leonard Bernstein, conductor
2:28 p.m.
George Gershwin
Rhapsody in Blue
Boston Pops Orchestra; Arthur Fiedler, conductor Earl Wild, piano
2:45 p.m.
Florence Price
Symphony No. 1: III. Juba Dance in E minor
Philadelphia Orchestra; Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor
2:50 p.m.
John Williams
STAR WARS - A NEW HOPE: Binary Sunset
London Symphony Orchestra; John Williams, conductor
2:52 p.m.
John Williams
STAR WARS - A NEW HOPE: The Throne Room & End Title
London Symphony Orchestra; John Williams, conductor
2:59 p.m.
Ricardo Castro
Piano Concerto in A minor Opus 22
Orquesta Sinf�nica de Miner�a (OSM); Carlos Miguel Prieto, conductor Jorge Federico Osorio, piano
3:24 p.m.
William Grant Still
Symphony No. 5 "Western Hemisphere"
Fort Smith Symphony; John Jeter, conductor
3:45 p.m.
Andrew York
Muir Woods
Andrew York, guitar
3:51 p.m.
Mark O'Connor
Appalachia Waltz
Yo Yo Ma, cello; Mark O'Connor, violin; Edgar Meyer, bass
3:56 p.m.
Gabriela Lena Frank
Three Latin American Dances: The Mestizo Waltz
Utah Symphony Orchestra; Keith Lockhart, conductor
4:01 p.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor Opus 49
Claremont Trio
4:29 p.m.
Aram Khachaturian
Masquerade: Waltz
St. Petersburg State Symphony Orchestra; Andre Anichanov, conductor
4:34 p.m.
Francesco Tristano
On John Bull's Galliard In D
Basel Chamber Orchestra; Irene Delgado-Jimenez, conductor Francesco Tristano, piano
4:39 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Sheep May Safely Graze BWV 208
Empire Brass Douglas Major, organ
4:43 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Sinfonia (Konzertsatz) in D major BWV 1045
Brandenburg Consort; Roy Goodman, conductor
4:50 p.m.
Aaron Copland
Outdoor Overture
Seattle Symphony; Gerard Schwarz, conductor
5:00 p.m.
John Knowles Paine
Overture to Shakespeare's "As You Like It" Opus 28
New York Philharmonic; Zubin Mehta, conductor
5:11 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Symphony No. 5 in F major Opus 76
Staatskapelle Berlin; Otmar Suitner, conductor
5:49 p.m.
Amy Beach
Piano Trio: I. Allegro con Brio in A minor Opus 150
The Gold Coast Trio Rachel Vetter Huang, violin; Susan Lamb Cook, cello; Hao Huang, piano
5:55 p.m.
Lalo Schifrin
from La Nouvelle Orleans
Imani Winds
6:00 p.m.
Teddy Abrams
Piano Concerto
Louisville Orchestra; Teddy Abrams, conductor Yuja Wang, piano
6:38 p.m.
John Corigliano
Lullaby for Natalie
London Symphony Orchestra; Leonard Slatkin, conductor Anne Akiko Meyers, violin
6:43 p.m.
William Grant Still
Lyric Quartet: III. The Jovial One
Catalyst Quartet
6:47 p.m.
Alfonso Montes
Milonga in the Style of Piazzolla (Milonga a Piazzolla)
Castellani Andriaccio Duo
6:51 p.m.
Manuel Ponce
Estrellita
Duo Sonidos
6:55 p.m.
Harry Thacker Burleigh
From the Southland: IV. A Jubilee
Jeni Slotchiver, piano
