Classical Music Playlist, September 4, 2025
Beethoven in 1805 by Joseph Willibrord Mähler
September is Classical Music Month and today is our first “Thematic Thursday” when each week we’ll feature great composers programmed around a theme. Today is “Famous Fifths.” Throughout the day you’ll hear complete 5th symphonies of Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, Sibelius and Gustav Mahler’s 5th Symphony in its nearly 70 minute entirety for today's Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
Johann Christian Bach
Symphony No. 5 in F major Opus 3
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor
6:09 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Violin Concerto No. 2 in E major BWV 1042
Academy of Ancient Music; Andrew Manze, conductor Andrew Manze, violin
6:26 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Slavonic Rhapsody No. 1 in D major Opus 45
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; Kurt Masur, conductor
6:39 a.m.
Gabriel Faure
Dolly Suite Opus 56
Boston Symphony Orchestra; Seiji Ozawa, conductor
6:59 a.m.
Franz Liszt
Hungarian Fantasy
London Symphony Orchestra; Jun'ichi Hirokami, conductor Barry Douglas, piano
7:14 a.m.
Luigi Boccherini
Symphony No. 5 in Bb major Opus 21 G 497
Tafelmusik; Jeanne Lamon, conductor
7:32 a.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Romance in F minor Opus 5
Bruce Liu, piano
7:38 a.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Symphony No. 6 "Pathetique": III. Molto Vivace in B minor Opus 74
Philharmonia Orchestra; Riccardo Muti, conductor
7:48 a.m.
Friedrich Kuhlau
Elf-Mound Overture Opus 100
Odense Symphony Orchestra; Othmar Maga, conductor
8:01 a.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Symphony No. 5 in C minor Opus 67
Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
8:34 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Symphony No. 5: III. Scherzo in F major Opus 76
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra; Vaclav Neumann, conductor
8:43 a.m.
Sergei Prokofiev
Symphony No. 5: II. Allegro marcato in Bb major Opus 100
Royal Scottish Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
8:52 a.m.
Charles-Marie Widor
Organ Symphony No. 5: Toccata Opus 42
Simon Preston, organ
9:00 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 5 in D major K 175
English Chamber Orchestra; Jeffrey Tate, conductor Mitsuko Uchida, piano
9:23 a.m.
Enrique Granados
Danzas espanolas No. 5 "Andaluza"
Maria Duenas, violin; Raphael Feuillatre, guitar
9:28 a.m.
Anton Bruckner
Symphony No. 9: II. Scherzo in D minor WAB 109
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra; Manfred Honeck, conductor
9:54 a.m.
Frederick Delius
KOANGA: La Calinda
Northern Sinfonia of England; Richard Hickox, conductor
10:00 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso No. 9 in F major Opus 6/9 HWV 327
Handel & Haydn Society; Christopher Hogwood, conductor
10:14 a.m.
Frederic Chopin
Piano Sonata No. 2: III. Marche fun�bre (Funeral March) in Bb minor Opus 35
Benjamin Grosvenor, piano
10:25 a.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
Clarinet Quintet in Bb major Opus 34 J 182
Manhattan String Quartet Jon Manasse, clarinet
10:52 a.m.
Giuseppe Verdi
OTELLO: Ballet Music
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Edward Downes, conductor
11:00 a.m.
Niels Gade
Symphony No. 5 in D minor Opus 25
Stockholm Sinfonietta; Neeme Jarvi, conductor Roland Pontinen, piano
11:27 a.m.
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Petite Suite de Concert: II. Demande et response Opus 77
Chineke! Orchestra; Anthony Parnther, conductor
11:32 a.m.
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Petite Suite de Concert: IV. La tarantelle fretillante Opus 77/4 wriggling
Chicago Sinfonietta; Paul Freeman, conductor
11:36 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 in Bb major BWV 1051
Boston Baroque; Martin Pearlman, conductor
11:53 a.m.
Bedrich Smetana
BARTERED BRIDE: Dance of the Comedians
Janacek Philharmonic; Theodore Kuchar, conductor
12:00 p.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Symphony No. 5 in E minor Opus 64
Philharmonia Orchestra; Riccardo Muti, conductor
12:49 p.m.
Dmitri Shostakovich
Symphony No. 5: II. Allegretto in D minor Opus 47
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor
12:56 p.m.
Alexander Glazunov
Symphony No. 5: II. Scherzo in Bb major Opus 55
BBC Welsh Symphony Orchestra; Tadaaki Otaka, conductor
1:02 p.m.
Arcangelo Corelli
Concerto Grosso No. 11 in Bb major Opus 6
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor
1:13 p.m.
Clara Schumann
Soirees Musicales: II. Notturno Opus 6/2
Leanne Rees, piano
1:18 p.m.
Alma Deutscher
The Chase (Impromptu in C minor)
Alma Deutscher, piano
1:24 p.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Capriccio Brillant in B minor Opus 22
London Symphony Orchestra; Bryden Thomson, conductor Israela Margalit, piano
1:36 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Flute Concerto No. 1 in G major K 313
Boston Baroque; Martin Pearlman, conductor Jacques Zoon, flute
2:00 p.m.
Gustav Mahler
Symphony No. 5 in C# minor
Berlin Philharmonic; Claudio Abbado, conductor
3:10 p.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso No. 3 in G major Opus 3/3 HWV 314
Academy of Ancient Music; Richard Egarr, conductor
3:19 p.m.
Joaquin Rodrigo
Concierto Serenata for harp and orchestra
Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra; Ernst Marzendorfer, conductor Nicanor Zabaleta, harp
3:44 p.m.
William Boyce
Symphony No. 5 in D major Opus 2
Aradia Ensemble; Kevin Mallon, conductor
3:52 p.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
Clarinet Concerto No. 1: III. Rondo in F minor Opus 73
Staatskapelle Dresden; Herbert Blomstedt, conductor Sabine Meyer, clarinet
4:00 p.m.
Jean Sibelius
Symphony No. 5 in Eb major Opus 82
Berlin Philharmonic; Herbert Von Karajan, conductor
4:33 p.m.
Franz Schubert
Symphony No. 5 in Bb major D 485
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor
5:02 p.m.
Johann Nepomuk Hummel
Piano Quintet in Eb minor Opus 87
Schubert Ensemble of London
5:24 p.m.
Enrique Granados
Danzas espanolas No. 10 "Triste"
Raphael Feuillatre, guitar
5:30 p.m.
Georg Philipp Telemann
Tafelmusik I: Concerto for flute, violin & strings in A major
Musica Antiqua Koln; Reinhardt Goebel, conductor
5:55 p.m.
Elena Kats-Chernin
WILD SWANS: Eliza Aria
Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra; Ola Rudner, conductor Jane Sheldon, soprano
6:00 p.m.
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Symphony No. 5 in D major
London Symphony Orchestra; Bryden Thomson, conductor
6:40 p.m.
Florent Schmitt
Andantino Opus 30/1
Gervase de Peyer, clarinet; Gwenneth Pryor, piano
6:44 p.m.
Julia Perry
Ye, Who Seek the Truth
Experiential Orchestra; James Blachly, conductor
6:48 p.m.
Zenobia Powell Perry
Piano Potpurri: No. 5. A Jazz Trifle
LaDoris Hazzard Cordell, piano
6:52 p.m.
Astor Piazzolla
Summer in Buenos Aires (Verano Porteno)
A Far Cry Jason Vieaux, guitar; Julien Labro, bandoneon
