Classical Music Playlist, September 26, 2025
The 2nd movement of Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 21 is romantic and a bit dreamy, while the other two movements before and after are cheerful and lighthearted. That 2nd movement was featured prominently in a 1967 Swedish film titled “Elvira Madigan” and then the Concerto picked up that occasionally used nickname. (And Neil Diamond’s 1972 hit, “Song Sung Blue,” is based on a theme from that same 2nd movement.)
Save for the 2nd movement with its dreamy nocturnal atmosphere, the Concerto brims with sunny uplifting fanfares and ebullient themes leading to a high-spirited finale. The Mozart Piano Concerto No. 21 is today’s Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
Georg Philipp Telemann
Tafelmusik III: Overture - Suite in Bb major TWV 55:B1
Musica Antiqua Koln; Reinhardt Goebel, conductor
6:26 a.m.
Anton Reicha
Wind Quintet No. 2 in Eb major Opus 88/2
Albert Schweitzer Quintet
6:52 a.m.
Mel Bonis
Soir et Matin: I. Soir (Evening) Opus 76
Neave Trio
6:57 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
2 Gavottes in G minor BWV 995
Sharon Isbin, guitar
7:01 a.m.
Otto Nicolai
MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR Overture
Royal Scottish National Orchestra; Lance Friedel, conductor
7:11 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Serenade for Strings in E major Opus 22
Prague Philharmonia; Jakub Hrusa, conductor
7:41 a.m.
Henry Purcell
The Fairy Queen: Symphony (The 4th Act Suite) Z 629
Le Concert des Nations; Jordi Savall, conductor
7:49 a.m.
Florence Price
"mini" Quintet for Piano and Strings in E minor
Catalyst Quartet Michelle Cann, piano
7:59 a.m.
Arcangelo Corelli
Concerto Grosso No. 7 in D major Opus 6
Tafelmusik; Jeanne Lamon, conductor
8:09 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 17 in G major K 453
Norwegian Chamber Orchestra; Leif Ove Andsnes, conductor Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
8:38 a.m.
ANONYMOUS
Dance of the Swans (Ballo de Cigni)
New London Consort; Philip Pickett, conductor
8:41 a.m.
Johannes Brahms
Hungarian Dance No. 5 in G minor
Berlin Philharmonic; Claudio Abbado, conductor
8:45 a.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Symphony No. 7: I. Poco sostenuto - Vivace in A major Opus 92
Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
8:59 a.m.
Edward Elgar
Enigma Variations Opus 36
London Symphony Orchestra; Pierre Monteux, conductor
9:30 a.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major Opus 15
Netherlands Radio Philharmonic; Karina Canellakis, conductor Alice Sara Ott, piano
9:39 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Fantasia and Fugue in A minor in A minor BWV 904
Vikingur Olafsson, piano
9:49 a.m.
J. P. E. Hartmann
Hakon Jarl Opus 40
Danish National Symphony Orchestra; Thomas Dausgaard, conductor
10:00 a.m.
Dorothy Howell
Lamia
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Rumon Gamba, conductor Sophie Langdon, violin; Richard Watkins, horn
10:15 a.m.
Emanuele Barbella
Concerto for Mandolin in D major
Il Giardino Armonico; Giovanni Antonini, conductor Avi Avital, mandolin
10:24 a.m.
Louise Farrenc
Sextet in C minor Opus 40
Linos Ensemble
10:51 a.m.
Bela Bartok
Romanian Folk Dances SZ 56
Les Violons du Roy; Jean-Marie Zeitouni, conductor
10:59 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Slavonic Rhapsody No. 3 in Ab major Opus 45
Scottish National Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
11:12 a.m.
Carl Nielsen
Symphony No. 1 in G minor Opus 7
Royal Danish Orchestra; Paavo Berglund, conductor
11:45 a.m.
Lili Boulanger
Nocturne
Janine Jansen, violin; Itamar Golan, piano
11:50 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Clarinet Concerto - third movement in A major K 622
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor Karl Leister, clarinet
12:00 p.m.
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Jennifer Reason, host
1:01 p.m.
Arcangelo Corelli
Concerto Grosso No. 9 in F major Opus 6
Musica Amphion; Pieter-Jan Belder, conductor
1:11 p.m.
Juan Arriaga
Symphony in D minor
Le Concert des Nations; Jordi Savall, conductor
1:41 p.m.
Enrique Granados
Danzas espanolas No. 5 "Andaluza"
Maria Duenas, violin; Raphael Feuillatre, guitar
1:46 p.m.
Gioachino Rossini
SEMIRAMIDE: Overture
Chamber Orchestra of Europe; Claudio Abbado, conductor
2:00 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major K 467
English Chamber Orchestra; Jeffrey Tate, conductor Mitsuko Uchida, piano
2:29 p.m.
Julie Cooper
Firedove
The Chapel Choir of Pembroke College, Cambridge Anna Lapwood, organ; Elena Urioste, violin
2:35 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Violin Concerto No. 2 in E major BWV 1042
Berlin Philharmonic Nigel Kennedy, violin
2:54 p.m.
Reinhold Gliere
Concert Waltz Opus 90
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Vassily Sinaisky, conductor
3:01 p.m.
Louise Farrenc
Symphony No. 3 in G minor Opus 36
North German Radio Symphony; Johannes Goritzki, conductor
3:33 p.m.
Fanny Mendelssohn
Piano Sonata in G minor in G minor (1843) H395
Anna Shelest, piano
3:51 p.m.
Amy Beach
Pastorale
Reykjavik Wind Quintet
3:55 p.m.
Elena Kats-Chernin
Fast Blue Village 2
Del Sol String Quartet
4:02 p.m.
Hubert Parry
Symphonic Variations
Scottish National Orchestra; Andrew Penny, conductor
4:15 p.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Violin Concerto in E minor Opus 64
Boston Symphony Orchestra; Charles Munch, conductor Jascha Heifetz, violin
4:41 p.m.
Frederic Chopin
"Military" Polonaise in A major Opus 40/1
Jon Kimura Parker, piano
4:46 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
RUSALKA: Polonaise in Eb major
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra; Vaclav Neumann, conductor
4:52 p.m.
Bedrich Smetana
BARTERED BRIDE: Overture
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Gianandrea Noseda, conductor
5:00 p.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso No. 4 in A minor Opus 6/4 HWV 322
Aradia Ensemble; Kevin Mallon, conductor
5:13 p.m.
Heitor Villa-Lobos
Bachianas Brasileiras No. 4: I. Preludio W284 Introdu��o
Nelson Freire, piano
5:17 p.m.
Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
Prelude and Fugue No. 3 in A minor Opus 199
Brasil Guitar Duo
5:23 p.m.
Charles Gounod
Symphony No. 1 in D major
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra; Christopher Hogwood, conductor
5:51 p.m.
Jean Sibelius
Overture in A minor
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
5:59 p.m.
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Jennifer Reason, host
