Classical Music Playlist, September 25, 2025
"Der Wanderer über dem Nebelmeer" (Wanderer above the Sea of Fog) | c. 1818 by Caspar David Friedrich
"An Alpine Symphony" by Richard Strauss is scored for a massive orchestra of well over 100 musicians including wind and thunder machines, all to evoke the journey (somewhat autobiographical of an adventure at age 15) of a hike up an Alpine mountain from daybreak and encountering along the way a forest, stream, waterfall, hunters, shepherds (listen for cowbells!) all before reaching the summit, where an awe-inspiring panorama awards the adventurer. Then a thunderstorm, a descent (and all the previous sights briefly heard again in reverse order) before arriving back at the mountain's base at sundown. It’s an exhilarating exercise and trip into nature for today’s Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
VARIOUS
Renaissance Dances I
Piffaro Renaissance Band; Joan Kimball, conductor
6:07 a.m.
Jean-Baptiste Lully
Le Divertissement Royal Suite
Le Concert des Nations; Jordi Savall, conductor
6:30 a.m.
Johann Christian Bach
Keyboard Concerto in Eb major Opus 7/5
Hamburg Camerata; Ralf Gothoni, conductor Anastasia Injushina, piano
6:48 a.m.
Fanny Mendelssohn
Overture in C major
The Women's Philharmonic; JoAnn Falletta, conductor
7:00 a.m.
Franz Strauss
Horn Concerto No. 1 Opus 8
Bratislava Philharmonia Orchestra; Dale Clevenger, conductor Steven Gross, horn
7:16 a.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 6 "Le Matin" in D major
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor
7:38 a.m.
William Grant Still
Africa: II. Land of Romance
Lara Downes, piano
7:45 a.m.
Antonio Lauro
Venezuelan Waltz No. 3 "Natalia" (Vals Venezolano)
Xuefei Yang, guitar
7:48 a.m.
Michael Torke
Sky: I. Lively
Albany Symphony Orchestra; David Alan Miller, conductor Tessa Lark, violin
7:59 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
In Nature's Realm Overture Opus 91
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra; Vaclav Neumann, conductor
8:15 a.m.
Joaquin Rodrigo
Concierto de Aranjuez
Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra; Gabor Takacs-Nagy, conductor Raphael Feuillatre, guitar
8:38 a.m.
Edvard Grieg
Peer Gynt Suite No. 1: Morning Mood Opus 23
Staatskapelle Dresden; Herbert Blomstedt, conductor
8:42 a.m.
Francesco Tristano
Toccata
Arctic Philharmonic; Christian Kluxen, conductor Francesco Tristano, piano
8:49 a.m.
Johann Strauss, Jr.
Blue Danube Waltz Opus 314
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Fritz Reiner, conductor
8:59 a.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Symphony No. 3 "Scottish" in A minor Opus 56
Cleveland Orchestra; Christoph Von Dohnanyi, conductor
9:34 a.m.
George Butterworth
Banks of Green Willow
English Sinfonia; Neville Dilkes, conductor
9:42 a.m.
Hamilton Harty
In Ireland
Ulster Orchestra; Bryden Thomson, conductor Colin Fleming, flute; Denise Kelly, harp
9:52 a.m.
Frederick Delius
On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring
Northern Sinfonia of England; Richard Hickox, conductor
10:00 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
ALMIRA: Suite of instrumental music
Berlin Academy of Ancient Music
10:15 a.m.
Frederic Chopin
Piano Sonata No. 3 in B minor Opus 58
Benjamin Grosvenor, piano
10:43 a.m.
Percy Grainger
Irish Tune from County Derry (Danny Boy)
Dallas Wind Symphony; Jerry Junkin, conductor
10:48 a.m.
Andrew York
Sunburst
Jason Vieaux, guitar
10:53 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 35 "Haffner": IV. Finale (Presto) in D major K 385
English Baroque Soloists; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
10:59 a.m.
Dorothy Howell
Lamia
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Rumon Gamba, conductor Sophie Langdon, violin; Richard Watkins, horn
11:10 a.m.
Ignacy Jan Paderewski
Fantasie Polonaise Opus 19
Polish National Radio Orchestra; Antoni Wit, conductor Janina Fialkowska, piano
11:33 a.m.
Hans Gal
Symphony No. 2: III. Adagio in F major Opus 53
Orchestra of the Swan; Kenneth Woods, conductor
11:49 a.m.
Tina Davidson
Blue Curve of Earth
Hilary Hahn, violin; Cory Smythe, piano
11:54 a.m.
John Williams
E.T. The Extra Terrestial: Flying Theme
London Symphony Orchestra; John Williams, conductor
11:59 a.m.
Bedrich Smetana
Ma Vlast: II. The Moldau (Vltava)
Janacek Philharmonic; Theodore Kuchar, conductor
12:11 p.m.
Arnold Bax
Mediterranean
Northern Sinfonia of England; Richard Hickox, conductor
12:17 p.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Symphony No. 4 "Italian" in A major Opus 90
London Symphony Orchestra; Claudio Abbado, conductor
12:46 p.m.
Bedrich Smetana
Ma Vlast: IV. From Bohemia's Woods and Meadows
Janacek Philharmonic; Theodore Kuchar, conductor
1:00 p.m.
Kurt Atterberg
Symphony No. 3 "West Coast Pictures" in D Opus 10
Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra; Sixten Ehrling, conductor
1:36 p.m.
Chen Peixun
Autumn Moon on a Calm Lake
Lang Lang, piano
1:41 p.m.
Francisco Tarrega
Memories of the Alhambra (Recuerdos de la Alhambra)
Raphael Feuillatre, guitar
1:45 p.m.
Isaac Albeniz
Iberia: Festival Day in Seville (Fete-Dieu a Seville)
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra; Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor
1:55 p.m.
Gustav Holst
Symphony "The Cotswolds": I. Allegro con brio in F major Opus 8
Ulster Orchestra; JoAnn Falletta, conductor
2:00 p.m.
Richard Strauss
An Alpine Symphony Opus 64 Eine Alpensinfonie
Berlin Philharmonic; Herbert Von Karajan, conductor
2:52 p.m.
Jean Sibelius
Finlandia Opus 26
Helsinki Philharmonic; Paavo Berglund, conductor
3:01 p.m.
Claude Debussy
La Mer
Cleveland Orchestra; Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor
3:25 p.m.
Alberto Ginastera
Impressions of the Puna (Impresiones de la Puna)
Shanghai String Quartet Eugenia Zukerman, flute
3:33 p.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Hebrides Overture in B minor Opus 26
New York Philharmonic; Leonard Bernstein, conductor
3:43 p.m.
Zoltan Kodaly
Dances of Galanta
Budapest Festival Orchestra; Ivan Fischer, conductor
4:00 p.m.
Ferde Grofe
Grand Canyon Suite
Cincinnati Pops; Erich Kunzel, conductor
4:33 p.m.
Cecil Burleigh
At Sunset, from Rocky Mountain Sketches
Lansdowne Symphony Orchestra; Reuben Blundell, conductor
4:37 p.m.
Andrew York
Muir Woods
Andrew York, guitar
4:42 p.m.
Xuefei Yang
Xinjiang Fantasy
Xuefei Yang, guitar
4:48 p.m.
Granville Bantock
The Sea Reivers (Hebridean Sea Poem)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Vernon Handley, conductor
4:52 p.m.
Joe Hisaishi
A Town with an Ocean View (from Kiki's Delivery Service)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Joe Hisaishi, conductor
4:57 p.m.
Ottorino Respighi
Pines of Rome
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Fritz Reiner, conductor
5:20 p.m.
William Grant Still
Wood Notes
Fort Smith Symphony; John Jeter, conductor
5:37 p.m.
Ron Nelson
Sonoran Desert Holiday
Dallas Wind Symphony; Jerry Junkin, conductor
5:48 p.m.
Philip Glass
Aguas de Amazonia: Madeira River
Third Coast Percussion
5:53 p.m.
Modest Mussorgsky
KHOVANSHCHINA: Dawn on the Moscow River
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Yuri Temirkanov, conductor
6:00 p.m.
Edward K. (Duke) Ellington
The River: Suite
Buffalo Philharmonic; JoAnn Falletta, conductor
6:22 p.m.
Maurice Ravel
Miroirs: Une Barque sur l'Ocean (A Boat on the Ocean)
London Symphony Orchestra; Claudio Abbado, conductor
6:30 p.m.
Avril Coleridge-Taylor
Sussex Landscape Opus 27
Chineke! Orchestra; Roderick Cox, conductor
6:45 p.m.
Frederick Delius
Summer Night on the River
Northern Sinfonia of England; Richard Hickox, conductor
6:51 p.m.
Agustin Barrios
A Dream In The Forest (Un Sueno en la Floresta)
Angel Romero, guitar
