Classical Music Playlist, August 15, 2025
Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
Composed two years before his death in 1845, the Piano Trio No. 2 by Felix Mendelssohn is considered the more challenging piano trio than his first work in the same form completed six years earlier. Though both Piano Trios are celebrated works of the chamber repertory, the first uses more song-like themes while themes in the second are more suited to compositional development and is generally admired as the more mature work. The Piano Trio No. 2 by Felix Mendelssohn is today's Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
Georg Christoph Wagenseil
Symphony in Bb major WV 441
L'Orfeo Barokorkester; Michi Gaigg, conductor
6:17 a.m.
Louis Spohr
Clarinet Concerto No. 1 in C minor Opus 26
English Chamber Orchestra; Gerard Schwarz, conductor Emma Johnson, clarinet
6:40 a.m.
Teresa Carreno
Un reve en mer A dream at sea
Sarah Cahill, piano
6:47 a.m.
Andrea Zani
Cello Concerto No. 8 in C minor
Cologne Academy; Michael Alexander Willens, conductor Martin Rummel, cello
7:00 a.m.
Maurice Ravel
Le tombeau de Couperin The tomb of Couperin
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra; Hugh Wolff, conductor
7:18 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Serenade for Winds in C minor K 388
Champs-Elysees Theatre Orchestra; Philippe Herreweghe, conductor Members of...
7:41 a.m.
William Byrd
The Earl of Oxford's March
Canadian Brass; Robert Moody, conductor
7:44 a.m.
Marc-Antoine Charpentier
Te Deum: Prelude
English Chamber Orchestra; Anthony Newman, conductor Wynton Marsalis, trumpet
7:47 a.m.
Franz Liszt
Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 in D minor
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Georg Solti, conductor
7:59 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 in Bb major BWV 1051
European Brandenburg Ensemble; Trevor Pinnock, conductor
8:16 a.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 94 "Surprise" in G major
Heidelberg Symphony; Thomas Fey, conductor
8:41 a.m.
Emmanuel Chabrier
Habanera
Minnesota Orchestra; Eiji Oue, conductor
8:45 a.m.
Grace Williams
Penillion: IV. Allegro agitato
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Sir Charles Groves, conductor
8:50 a.m.
Johann Strauss, Jr.
Where the Lemon Trees Blossom Opus 364 Wo die Citronen bluh'n
Vienna State Opera Orchestra; Jascha Horenstein, conductor
9:00 a.m.
Louise Farrenc
Piano Trio No. 2 in D minor Opus 34
Linos Ensemble
9:27 a.m.
Philip Glass
Symphony No. 2: Movement II
Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra; Dennis Russell Davies, conductor
9:42 a.m.
Giuseppe Torelli
Concerto for four violins and orchestra in E minor
Musica Antiqua Koln; Reinhardt Goebel, conductor
9:50 a.m.
Gioachino Rossini
THE SIEGE OF CORINTH: Overture
Philharmonia Orchestra; Riccardo Muti, conductor
10:00 a.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Leonore Overture No. 2 Opus 72
German Chamber Philharmonic; Daniel Harding, conductor
10:13 a.m.
Clara Schumann
Variations on a theme by Robert Schumann Opus 20
Benjamin Grosvenor, piano
10:26 a.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 59 "Fire" in A major
Heidelberg Symphony; Thomas Fey, conductor
10:49 a.m.
Mikhail Glinka
Valse Fantasie
Detroit Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
11:00 a.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Symphony No. 6 "Pathetique": III. Molto Vivace in B minor Opus 74
Philharmonia Orchestra; Riccardo Muti, conductor
11:09 a.m.
Florence Price
Violin Concerto No. 1: III. Allegro in D major
Philadelphia Orchestra; Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor Randall Goosby, violin
11:16 a.m.
Francis Poulenc
The Does (Les Biches): Suite "The Does" - fashionable Parisian women
Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra; Stephane Deneve, conductor Stuttgart SWR Vocal Ensemble
11:38 a.m.
Johannes Brahms
Intermezzo in Eb major Opus 117/1
Orli Shaham, piano
11:43 a.m.
Johannes Brahms
Hungarian Dance No. 6 in D major
Staatskapelle Berlin; Otmar Suitner, conductor
11:47 a.m.
Gustav Holst
Suite No. 2 in F major Opus 28
North Texas Wind Symphony; Eugene Corporon, conductor
12:01 p.m.
Jennifer Reason
LOCAL ARTIST FEATURE: Darita Seth, Tenor and choral artist
Jennifer Reason, host
12:18 p.m.
Aaron Copland
Appalachian Spring
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra; Robert Spano, conductor
12:43 p.m.
John Williams
Theme from The Patriot
Boston Pops Orchestra; Keith Lockhart, conductor Middlesex County Fifes & Drums
12:52 p.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Horn Concerto No. 1: I. Allegro in D major
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor Barry Tuckwell, horn
12:59 p.m.
George Friederich Handel
ALMIRA: Suite of instrumental music
Berlin Academy of Ancient Music
1:14 p.m.
Cesar Franck
Variations Symphoniques
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Claus Peter Flor, conductor Rudolf Firkusny, piano
1:31 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 35 "Haffner" in D major K 385
English Baroque Soloists; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
1:55 p.m.
Giacomo Puccini
MADAMA BUTTERFLY: Humming Chorus (Act 2)
Philharmonia Orchestra; Giuseppi Sinopoli, conductor Ambrosian Opera Chorus
2:00 p.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Piano Trio No. 2 in C minor Opus 66
Claremont Trio
2:29 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Othello Overture Opus 93
Berlin Philharmonic; Claudio Abbado, conductor
2:44 p.m.
Alexander Glazunov
Reverie in Db major Opus 24
Russian National Orchestra; Jose Serebrier, conductor Alexey Serov, French horn
2:47 p.m.
Claude Debussy
Reverie
Minnesota Orchestra; Eiji Oue, conductor
2:53 p.m.
Charles-Marie Widor
Organ Symphony No. 5: Toccata Opus 42
Simon Preston, organ
3:00 p.m.
Frederic Chopin
Variations on Mozart's "La ci darem la mano" in Bb major Opus 2
Slovak State Philharmonic, Kozice; Robert Stankovsky, conductor Idil Biret, piano
3:19 p.m.
Johann Nepomuk Hummel
Quartet for clarinet and strings in Eb major S 78/WoO 5
L'Archibudelli Charles Neidich, clarinet
3:45 p.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
EUGENE ONEGIN: Polonaise
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra; David Zinman, conductor
3:51 p.m.
Johann Strauss, Jr.
Blue Danube Waltz Opus 314
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Fritz Reiner, conductor
4:00 p.m.
Leo Delibes
Coppelia: (Suite from the ballet)
Philadelphia Orchestra; Eugene Ormandy, conductor
4:16 p.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Violin Concerto, Op. 3, No. 6 in A minor Opus 3/6 RV 356
Venice Baroque Orchestra Avi Avital, mandolin
4:24 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Sonata No. 11 in A major K 331 (FROM THE RUSSELL KLETZING COLLECTION)
Mitsuko Uchida, piano
4:49 p.m.
Giuseppe Verdi
NABUCCO Overture (Sinfonia)
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Edward Downes, conductor
4:58 p.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
Africa-Fantasie Opus 89
Tapiola Sinfonietta; Jean-Jacques Kantorow, conductor Laura Mikkola, piano
5:10 p.m.
J. P. E. Hartmann
Hakon Jarl Opus 40
Danish National Symphony Orchestra; Thomas Dausgaard, conductor
5:20 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
American Suite in A major Opus 98
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic; Libor Pesek, conductor
5:44 p.m.
Astor Piazzolla
Double Concerto: II. Milonga
A Far Cry Jason Vieaux, guitar; Julien Labro, bandoneon
5:49 p.m.
Gioachino Rossini
Variations for Clarinet and Orchestra in C major Opus 109
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Harry Newstone, conductor Gary Gray, clarinet
6:00 p.m.
Jennifer Reason
LOCAL ARTIST FEATURE: Darita Seth, Tenor and choral artist
Jennifer Reason, host
6:17 p.m.
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Piano Concerto No. 4 in G minor Opus 40
Dallas Symphony Orchestra; Andrew Litton, conductor Stephen Hough, piano
6:42 p.m.
Charles Ives
Symphony No. 4: III. Fugue
San Francisco Symphony; Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
6:49 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
2 Gavottes in G minor BWV 995
Sharon Isbin, guitar
6:52 p.m.
Nils Frahm
Hammers
Scoring Berlin; Jonathan Stockhammer, conductor Mari Samuelsen, violin
6:56 p.m.
Earl Burtnett & Adam Geibel
Sleep
Dave Brubeck, piano
