Classical Music Playlist, December 11, 2025
Composer Carl Nielsen in 1900
After becoming disenchanted with bureaucracy and demands of opera company administrations, Danish composer Carl Nielsen focused instead on smaller-scale incidental music for stage plays. One such production was “Aladdin” in 1919, based on a revered work of Danish literature, and was a smashing success. The full score lasting more than 80 minutes, Nielsen would conduct extracts in future years to great acclaim. With its dances based on music of different cultures, the Aladdin SUITE is today's Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
Carlos Baguer
Symphony No. 16 in G major
London Mozart Players; Matthias Bamert, conductor
6:14 a.m.
Louise Farrenc
Trio for flute, cello, and piano in E minor Opus 45
Linos Ensemble
6:40 a.m.
Bela Bartok
Piano Concerto No. 3: I. Allegretto SZ 119
Helsinki Philharmonic; Susanna Malkki, conductor Andreas Haefliger, piano
6:42 a.m.
Gentil Montana
Suite Colombiana No. 2: I. El Margariteno (pasillo) The Song of the Dreamer
Jose Antonio Escobar, guitar
6:48 a.m.
Georges Bizet
Petite Suite (from Jeux d'enfants) Opus 22
Concertgebouw Orchestra; Bernard Haitink, conductor
7:00 a.m.
Gabriel Faure
Dolly Suite Opus 56
Boston Symphony Orchestra; Seiji Ozawa, conductor
7:19 a.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 101 "Clock" in D major
Orchestra of St. Luke's; Charles Mackerras, conductor
7:48 a.m.
Enrique Granados
Danzas espanolas No. 10 "Triste"
Raphael Feuillatre, guitar
7:52 a.m.
William Grant Still
Symphony No. 4: III. Moderately fast
Philadelphia Orchestra; Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor
7:56 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
Solomon: Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor
8:00 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto No. 2 in G minor Opus 3 RV 578
Tafelmusik; Jeanne Lamon, conductor
8:09 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 40: I. Molto Allegro in G minor K 550
Bremen German Chamber Philharmonic; Tarmo Peltokoski, conductor
8:37 a.m.
Taylor Scott Davis
MAGNIFICAT: IV. Desposuit
Voces8; Barnaby Smith, conductor Voces8 Foundation Orchestra; Voces8 Foundation Choir
8:41 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Bagatelles Opus 47
Takacs Quartet
9:00 a.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Symphony No. 4 in Bb major Opus 60
Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
9:33 a.m.
Dorothy Howell
Lamia
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Rumon Gamba, conductor Sophie Langdon, violin; Richard Watkins, horn
9:44 a.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Nutcracker: Waltz of the Snowflakes Opus 71
London Symphony Orchestra; Charles Mackerras, conductor Tiffins Boy's Choir
9:51 a.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
Danse Macabre Opus 40
French Radio and Television Orchestra; Jean Martinon, conductor
10:00 a.m.
Arnold Bax
Tintagel
Royal Scottish National Orchestra; David Lloyd-Jones, conductor
10:15 a.m.
John Field
Rondo for piano & strings in Ab major
London Mozart Players; Matthias Bamert, conductor Miceal O'Rourke, piano
10:24 a.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 88 in G major
Tafelmusik; Bruno Weil, conductor
10:44 a.m.
Zoltan Kodaly
Marosszek Dances
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor
10:59 a.m.
Alexander Glazunov
Violin Concerto in A minor Opus 82
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra; William Steinberg, conductor Nathan Milstein, violin
11:19 a.m.
Mykola Lysenko
Overture to the opera "Taras Bulba"
Anna Shelest, piano; Dmitri Shelest, piano
11:25 a.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Leonore Overture No. 3 Opus 72
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; Riccardo Chailly, conductor
11:38 a.m.
Franz Liszt
Piano Concerto No. 2 in A major
London Symphony Orchestra; Kirill Kondrashin, conductor Sviatoslav Richter, piano
12:00 p.m.
Carl Nielsen
Masquerade Overture
San Francisco Symphony; Herbert Blomstedt, conductor
12:06 p.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture
Philharmonia Orchestra; Riccardo Muti, conductor
12:27 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G major BWV 1049
European Brandenburg Ensemble; Trevor Pinnock, conductor
12:43 p.m.
Jean Sibelius
Karelia Suite Opus 11
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra; Jukka-Pekka Saraste, conductor
12:59 p.m.
Arcangelo Corelli
Concerto Grosso No. 7 in D major Opus 6
Musica Amphion; Pieter-Jan Belder, conductor
1:09 p.m.
Jan Kalliwoda
Symphony No. 2 in Eb major Opus 17
Cologne Academy; Michael Alexander Willens, conductor
1:38 p.m.
Rebecca Clarke
Cello Sonata: I. Impetuoso
Raphael Wallfisch, cello; John York, piano
1:47 p.m.
Raymond Warren
Wexford Bells (Suite on Old Irish Tunes for orchestra)
Royal Ballet Sinfonia; Gavin Sutherland, conductor
2:00 p.m.
Carl Nielsen
Aladdin Suite Opus 34
San Francisco Symphony; Herbert Blomstedt, conductor
2:26 p.m.
Gaspar Sanz
Suite in e minor in E minor
Chatham Baroque
2:37 p.m.
Alexander Zhuk
Ukrainian Rhapsody
Anna Shelest, piano
2:45 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Symphony No. 9 "From the New World": I. Adagio - Allegro molto in E minor Opus 95
Los Angeles Philharmonic; Gustavo Dudamel, conductor
2:59 p.m.
Hubert Parry
Symphonic Variations
Scottish National Orchestra; Andrew Penny, conductor
3:13 p.m.
Lucas Ruiz de Ribayaz
Gaytas
The Harp Consort
3:15 p.m.
ANONYMOUS
Propinan de Melyor
Piffaro Renaissance Band
3:19 p.m.
Gabriel Faure
Piano Quintet No. 2 in C minor Opus 115
Domus; Anthony Marwood, 2nd violin
3:51 p.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso No. 6 in D major Opus 3/6 HWV 317
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor
3:59 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 25 in G minor K 183
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor
4:21 p.m.
Franz Liszt
Hungarian Rhapsody No. 1 in F minor
Vancouver Symphony Orchestra; Sergiu Commissiona, conductor
4:35 p.m.
TRADITIONAL
Carol of the Bells/God Rest Ye Merry/L'Homme Arme
Del Sol String Quartet; Nicholas Collon, conductor Carolyn Surrick, viola da gamba; Ronn McFarlane, lute
4:39 p.m.
Michael Praetorius
In dulci jubilo
Musica Fiata; Roland Wilson, conductor La Capella Ducale
4:48 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Piano Concerto No. 5 "Emperor": III. Rondo in Eb major Opus 73
Bavarian Radio Symphony; Kurt Sanderling, conductor Mitsuko Uchida, piano
5:00 p.m.
Jose Moncayo
Huapango
Simon Bolivar Orchestra; Maximiano Valdez, conductor
5:08 p.m.
Gabriel Olafs
Islandus: Flora II "The Lily"
Reykjavik Orchestra; Viktor Orri Arnason, conductor Gabriel Olafs, piano
5:12 p.m.
Amy Beach
A Hermit Thrush at Eve Opus 92
Alan Feinberg, piano
5:19 p.m.
Ernest Chausson
Symphony in Bb major Opus 20
Philharmonia Orchestra; Francesco d'Avalos, conductor
5:50 p.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Violin Concerto, Op. 4, No. 4 in A minor Opus 4/4 RV 357
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor Simon Standage, violin
6:00 p.m.
Holiday Programming
Las Posadas PART 1.1
Angela Mariani, host
6:01 p.m.
Holiday Programming
Las Posadas PART 1.2
Angela Mariani, host
6:06 p.m.
Holiday Programming
Las Posadas PART 1.3
Angela Mariani, host
6:23 p.m.
Holiday Programming
Las Posadas PART 2
Angela Mariani, host
