Classical Music Playlist, September 12, 2025
Probably because of its drama, Mozart’s 1785 Piano Concerto No. 20 in d-minor remained popular into the 19th century Romantic era when Beethoven performed it regularly and composed cadenzas for it, as did Brahms, Clara Schumann and others. It’s today’s Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
Franz Biber
Partita VII in C minor
Il Giardino Armonico; Giovanni Antonini, conductor Enrico Onofri, viola d'amore; Marco Bianchi, viola d'amore
6:17 a.m.
Franz Schubert
Fantasie for piano four-hands in F minor Opus 103 D 940
Paul Badura-Skoda, piano; Andrea Bonatta, piano
6:37 a.m.
Enrique Granados
La Maja de Goya
Eduardo Fernandez, guitar
6:41 a.m.
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Vocalise Opus 34/14
Detroit Symphony Orchestra; Leonard Slatkin, conductor
6:49 a.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
Oberon Overture J 306
Tapiola Sinfonietta; Jean Jacques Kantorow, conductor
6:59 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto for 2 oboes, 2 violins, bassoon in C major RV 557
Ensemble Zefiro; Alfredo Bernardini, conductor Members of...
7:09 a.m.
Franz Berwald
Symphony No. 1 "Sinfonie serieuse" in G minor
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
7:40 a.m.
Amy Beach
FOUR SKETCHES: 4. Fire-flies Opus 15
Joanne Polk, piano
7:44 a.m.
Francesco Tristano
Toccata
Arctic Philharmonic; Christian Kluxen, conductor Francesco Tristano, piano
7:49 a.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Egmont Overture Opus 84
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; Riccardo Chailly, conductor
7:58 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Scherzo capriccioso Opus 66
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra; Charles Mackerras, conductor
8:16 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Keyboard Concerto No. 2 in E major BWV 1053
Australian Chamber Orchestra Angela Hewitt, piano
8:38 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude & Fugue No. 2 in C Minor (from the Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1) in C minor BWV 847
Mahan Esfahani, harpsichord
8:42 a.m.
Isaac Albeniz
Asturias (Leyenda) - from "Suite Espanola" Opus 47
Raphael Feuillatre, guitar
8:51 a.m.
Jean Sibelius
Violin Concerto: III. Allegro, ma non tanto in D minor Opus 47
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra; Klaus Makela, conductor Janine Jansen, violin
9:00 a.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
EURYANTHE Overture Opus 81 J 291
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra; Antoni Wit, conductor
9:11 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 29 in A major K 201
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor
9:40 a.m.
Olivia Belli
Limina Luminis Threshold of Light
Anna Lapwood, organ
9:49 a.m.
Johann Strauss, Jr.
Artist's Life Opus 316 Kunstlerleben
Vienna State Opera Orchestra; Franz Bauer-Theussl, conductor
10:00 a.m.
Johann Nepomuk Hummel
Trumpet Concerto in Eb major
German Chamber Philharmonic; Thomas Klug, conductor Alison Balsom, trumpet
10:20 a.m.
Gentil Montana
Suite Colombiana No. 2: II. Guabina Viajera (Traveller Guabina)
Jose Antonio Escobar, guitar
10:26 a.m.
Paquito D'Rivera
Aires Tropicales: VI. Contradanza
Imani Winds
10:31 a.m.
Cecile Chaminade
Concertpiece (Concertstuck) in C# minor Opus 40
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra; Rebecca Miller, conductor Danny Driver, piano
10:49 a.m.
Johannes Brahms
Symphony No. 2: IV. Allegro con spirito in D major Opus 73
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Georg Solti, conductor
10:59 a.m.
Edvard Grieg
Symphonic Dances Opus 64
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
11:32 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
My Home Overture Opus 62
Janacek Philharmonic; Theodore Kuchar, conductor
11:42 a.m.
Ignacy Jan Paderewski
Overture
Polish National Radio Orchestra; Antoni Wit, conductor
11:53 a.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
EUGENE ONEGIN: Polonaise
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; Andrew Litton, conductor
12:00 p.m.
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Local Live Friday
Jennifer Reason, host
1:00 p.m.
George Enescu
Romanian Rhapsody No. 1 in A major Opus 11
National Orchestra of France; Cristian Macelaru, conductor Yuja Wang, piano
1:17 p.m.
Joaquin Rodrigo
Concierto Andaluz for 4 guitars
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor Los Romeros
1:44 p.m.
Julie Cooper
Firedove
The Chapel Choir of Pembroke College, Cambridge Anna Lapwood, organ; Elena Urioste, violin
1:52 p.m.
Alexander Glazunov
Symphony No. 4: II. Scherzo in Eb major Opus 48
BBC Welsh Symphony Orchestra; Tadaaki Otaka, conductor
2:00 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor K 466
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra Richard Goode, piano
2:31 p.m.
Heitor Villa-Lobos
Prelude No. 1
Orchestre de Paris; Klaus Makela, conductor Xuefei Yang, guitar
2:39 p.m.
Cecile Chaminade
Concertino Opus 107
City of London Sinfonia; Richard Hickox, conductor Susan Milan, flute
2:50 p.m.
Arturo Marquez
Danzon No. 2
Philharmonic Orchestra of the Americas; Alondra de la Parra, conductor
3:02 p.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
DER FREISCHUTZ: Overture Opus 77 J 277
Tapiola Sinfonietta; Jean Jacques Kantorow, conductor
3:14 p.m.
Franz Liszt
Piano Concerto No. 1 in Eb major
Boston Symphony Orchestra; Seiji Ozawa, conductor Krystian Zimerman, piano
3:35 p.m.
George Enescu
Romanian Rhapsody No. 1 in A major Opus 11
National Orchestra of France; Cristian Macelaru, conductor Yuja Wang, piano
3:50 p.m.
Amilcare Ponchielli
LA GIOCONDA: Dance of the Hours
National Philharmonic Orchestra; Bruno Bartoletti, conductor
4:00 p.m.
Richard Wagner
DIE WALKURE: Ride of the Valkyries
Berlin Philharmonic; Klaus Tennstedt, conductor
4:08 p.m.
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini in G minor Opus 43
San Francisco Symphony; Edo de Waart, conductor Zoltan Kocsis, piano
4:33 p.m.
Francisco Tarrega
Capricho arabe (Arabian Caprice)
Raphael Feuillatre, guitar
4:38 p.m.
Ariel Ramirez
MISA CRIOLLA: II. Gloria
Zurich Chamber Orchestra; Daniel Hope, conductor Daniel Hope, violin; Palau de la Musica vocal quartet
4:47 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Symphony No. 9 "From the New World": IV. Allegro con fuoco (Finale) in E minor Opus 95
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra; Paavo Jarvi, conductor
5:00 p.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Orchestral Suite "Mozartiana" in G major Opus 61
Philharmonia Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
5:26 p.m.
Alberto Ginastera
Danzas Argentinas: II. Danza de la moza donosa Opus 2 Dance of the Donosa Girl
Martha Argerich, piano
5:29 p.m.
Edward Elgar
Salut d'amour (Love's Greeting) Opus 12
Chee-Yun, violin; Akira Eguchi, piano
5:33 p.m.
Grace Williams
Penillion
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Sir Charles Groves, conductor
5:50 p.m.
Johannes Brahms
Violin Concerto: III. Allegro giocoso (Finale) in D major Opus 77
Cleveland Orchestra; Christoph Von Dohnanyi, conductor Joshua Bell, violin
6:00 p.m.
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Local Live Friday
Jennifer Reason, host
