Classical Music Playlist, July 17, 2025
Prague. Photo by Martin Krchnacek on Unsplash
Mozart’s opera The Marriage of Figaro received only 8 performances in Vienna on its premiere run. But later that year it was produced in Prague where it became a smash hit. So Mozart traveled to Prague to see what was up. After 8 days there, a concert of his works was suggested and he just happened to have with him a new Symphony that he didn’t INTEND to premiere there, but he unpacked and performed it and so it picked up the nickname “The Prague Symphony.” Mozart’s “Prague” Symphony No. 38 is today’s Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
Francesco Geminiani
Concerto Grosso No. 10 in F major Opus 7/10
Academy of Ancient Music; Andrew Manze, conductor
6:10 a.m.
Johann Nepomuk Hummel
Piano Quintet in Eb minor Opus 87
Schubert Ensemble of London
6:33 a.m.
Michael Praetorius
Terpsichore: Suite in D
Christopher Parkening, guitar
6:45 a.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Overture in F major
Russian National Orchestra; Mikhail Pletnev, conductor
6:58 a.m.
Mikhail Glinka
Spanish Overture No. 2
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Vassily Sinaisky, conductor
7:08 a.m.
Ottorino Respighi
Ancient Airs and Dances: Suite No. 2
Lausanne Chamber Orchestra; Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor
7:28 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Humoresque No. 7 in Gb major Opus 101/7
Orion Weiss, piano
7:32 a.m.
Isaac Albeniz
Suite Espanola: No. 3 "Sevilla" Opus 47
Xuefei Yang, guitar
7:38 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 5 in D major K 175
English Chamber Orchestra; Jeffrey Tate, conductor Mitsuko Uchida, piano
8:00 a.m.
Michael Torke
Bright Blue Music
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra; David Zinman, conductor
8:10 a.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Symphony No. 3 "Scottish" in A minor Opus 56
Cleveland Orchestra; Christoph Von Dohnanyi, conductor
8:46 a.m.
Fanny Mendelssohn
Sonata Movement (Sonatensatz) in E in E major (1822, age 16) H44
Leanne Rees, piano
8:54 a.m.
Carl Nielsen
Masquerade Overture
San Francisco Symphony; Herbert Blomstedt, conductor
9:00 a.m.
Dmitri Shostakovich
Piano Concerto No. 2 in F major Opus 102
Los Angeles Philharmonic; Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor Yefim Bronfman, piano
9:21 a.m.
Claude Debussy
Reverie
Yolanda Kondonassis, harp
9:26 a.m.
Georg Philipp Telemann
Tafelmusik III: Overture - Suite in Bb major TWV 55:B1
Musica Antiqua Koln; Reinhardt Goebel, conductor
9:52 a.m.
Ralph Vaughan Williams
The Running Set
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic; James Judd, conductor
10:00 a.m.
Joseph Kraus
Sinfonie in D major VB 143
Concerto Koln
10:19 a.m.
Clara Schumann
Scherzo No. 1 in D minor in D minor Opus 10
Angela Cheng, piano
10:24 a.m.
John Williams
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade: Scherzo for Motorcycle and Orchestra
Boston Pops Orchestra; John Williams, conductor
10:28 a.m.
Jules Massenet
LE CID: Ballet Suite
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor
10:49 a.m.
Theodore Dubois
Quintet for piano, oboe and strings: IV. Finale: Allegro con fuoco in F major
Trio Hochelaga Philippe Magnan, oboe; Jean-Luc Plourde, viola
10:59 a.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture
Cleveland Orchestra; Lorin Maazel, conductor
11:20 a.m.
Joe Hisaishi
Merry-Go-Round of Life (from Howl's Moving Castle)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Joe Hisaishi, conductor Yuja Wang, piano
11:22 a.m.
Elena Kats-Chernin
Re-Inventions: Re-Invention No. 1
La Pieta; Angele Dubeau, conductor
11:28 a.m.
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Five Negro Melodies for Piano Trio
Neave Trio
11:45 a.m.
Richard Wagner
TANNHAUSER Overture
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra; Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor
12:01 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Carnival Overture Opus 92
Los Angeles Philharmonic; Andre Previn, conductor
12:10 p.m.
Astor Piazzolla
Fall in Buenos Aires (Otono Porteno)
David Tanenbaum, guitar
12:15 p.m.
Arthur Benjamin
Jamaican Rumba
Dusseldorf Symphony Orchestra; Yasuo Shinozaki, conductor Matthew Trusler, violin
12:18 p.m.
Edvard Grieg
Piano Concerto in A minor Opus 16
Czech National Symphony Orchestra; Stanislav Bogunia, conductor Stewart Goodyear, piano
12:49 p.m.
Arturo Marquez
Danzon No. 2
Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra; Gustavo Dudamel, conductor
1:00 p.m.
Ethel Smyth
THE WRECKERS: Overture
Scottish National Orchestra; Alexander Gibson, conductor
1:10 p.m.
Karl Kohaut
Lute Concerto in F major
Hopkinson Smith, lute; Chiara Banchini, violin; David Plantier, violin; Roel Dieltiens, cello
1:26 p.m.
Claude Debussy
Images for Orchestra: Iberia
San Francisco Symphony; Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
1:48 p.m.
Enrique Soro
Three Chilean Airs (Tres aires chilenos)
Chile Symphony Orchestra; Jose Luis Dominguez, conductor
2:00 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 38 "Prague" in D major K 504
Prague Chamber Orchestra; Charles Mackerras, conductor
2:35 p.m.
Jan Kalliwoda
Overture No. 17 in F minor Opus 242
Cologne Academy; Michael Alexander Willens, conductor
2:43 p.m.
Bedrich Smetana
Polka No. 2 in A minor
Antonin Kubalek, piano
2:46 p.m.
Bedrich Smetana
BARTERED BRIDE: Furiant (Bohemian Dance)
Janacek Philharmonic; Theodore Kuchar, conductor
2:50 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Symphony No. 6: III. Scherzo (Furiant) in D major Opus 60
Cleveland Orchestra; Christoph Von Dohnanyi, conductor
2:59 p.m.
Johannes Brahms
Piano Concerto No. 2: I. Allegro non troppo in Bb major Opus 83
Cleveland Orchestra; George Szell, conductor Leon Fleisher, piano; Jules Eskin, cello
3:17 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Toccata & Fugue in D minor BWV 565
Canadian Brass
3:27 p.m.
Juan Ara��s
A Festive Chaconne (Chacona: "Un sarao de la chacona")
Piffaro Renaissance Band
3:28 p.m.
ANONYMOUS
Folia: Rodrigo Martinez
Jordi Savall, viola da gamba
3:35 p.m.
Michael Torke
Sky
Albany Symphony Orchestra; David Alan Miller, conductor Tessa Lark, violin
4:00 p.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Swan Lake Suite Opus 20
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Herbert Von Karajan, conductor
4:27 p.m.
Georg Philipp Telemann
Alster Overture
Tafelmusik; Jeanne Lamon, conductor
4:34 p.m.
Fanny Mendelssohn
Piano Sonata in G minor in G minor (1843) H395
Anna Shelest, piano
4:51 p.m.
Emmanuel Chabrier
Bourree Fantasque
L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
4:59 p.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Violin Concerto, Op. 4, No. 4 in A minor Opus 4 RV 357
Academy of Ancient Music; Christopher Hogwood, conductor Monica Huggett, violin
5:09 p.m.
Benjamin Britten
Matinees musicales (Suite after Rossini) Opus 24
National Philharmonic Orchestra; Richard Bonynge, conductor
5:23 p.m.
Franz Schubert
Sonata "Arpeggione" in A minor D 821
Emanuel Ax, piano; Yo Yo Ma, cello
5:49 p.m.
August Soderman
Swedish Folk Songs and Dances
Norrlands Opera Symphony Orchestra; Roy Goodman, conductor
6:01 p.m.
Niels Gade
Symphony No. 6 in G minor Opus 32
Stockholm Sinfonietta; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
6:26 p.m.
Rebecca Clarke
Rhapsody for Cello and Piano: III. Allegro ritmico, and IV. Lento
Raphael Wallfisch, cello; John York, piano
6:35 p.m.
Anton Bruckner
Symphony No. 9: II. Scherzo in D minor WAB 109
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra; Manfred Honeck, conductor
6:47 p.m.
Carlos Guastavino
Las Presencias: VI. Jeromita Linares
Camerata Bariloche
