Classical Music Playlist, December 30, 2025
Wilhelm Peterson-Berger in 1905
After a busy musical life as an honored composer and harsh music critic, Swedish composer Wilhelm Peterson-Berger retired to an island where he had earlier bought some land and built a home. It was here that he composed his Symphony No. 5, titled "Solitudo," which at times conveys the peace of his isolated location as well as past feelings of isolation from Swedish musical life earned by his notoriously caustic music reviews. Premiered in 1934, his final symphony sometimes received attacks equal to those he earlier dished out. But away from his local enemies, the symphony won praise internationally. The Symphony No. 5 "Solitudo" by Wilhelm Peterson-Berger is today's Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
Oboe Concerto No. 3 in G minor HWV 287
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor David Reichenberg, oboe
6:10 a.m.
George Frederick Bristow
Symphony No. 3 in F# minor Opus 26
Detroit Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
6:45 a.m.
Johannes Brahms
String Quintet No. 2: I. Allegro non troppo ma con brio in G major Opus 111
Takacs Quartet Lawrence Power, viola
7:00 a.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Capriccio Italien Opus 45
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra; Leonard Slatkin, conductor
7:17 a.m.
Etienne-Nicolas Mehul
Symphony No. 2 in D major
Rhenish Philharmonic Orchestra; Jorge Rotter, conductor
7:45 a.m.
Teresa Carreno
Nocturne, "Souvenirs de mon pays"
Alexandra Oehler, piano
7:52 a.m.
Roland Dyens
Tango En Skai (Immitation Leather Tango)
Jason Vieaux, guitar
7:56 a.m.
Heitor Villa-Lobos
Lundu for the Marqueza de Santos (Lundu da Marqueza de Santos)
New York Chamber Symphony; Gerard Schwarz, conductor Robert Bonfiglio, harmonica
8:00 a.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Piano Trio "Ghost": I. Allegro vivace e con brio in D major Opus 70/1
The Gold Coast Trio Rachel Vetter Huang, violin; Susan Lamb Cook, cello; Hao Huang, piano
8:08 a.m.
Leo Delibes
Coppelia: (Suite from the ballet)
San Francisco Ballet Orchestra; Martin West, conductor
8:42 a.m.
Cesare Bendinelli
Sonata No. 336 transcribed for 8 trumpets and timpani
The Wallace Collection; John Wallace, conductor
8:45 a.m.
Mary Kouyoumdjian
Aghavni: III. 1986
Lara Downes, piano
8:48 a.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
A Midsummer Night's Dream: Overture
Boston Symphony Orchestra; Seiji Ozawa, conductor
9:01 a.m.
Mily Balakirev
Symphony No. 1 in C major
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Vassily Sinaisky, conductor
9:44 a.m.
Scott Joplin
Bethena: A Concert Waltz
Giovanni DeChiaro, guitar
9:51 a.m.
Reinhard Keiser
Sinfonia from Le Ridicule Prince Jodelet
Berlin Academy of Ancient Music
9:56 a.m.
Johannes Brahms
Hungarian Dance No. 5 in G minor
Staatskapelle Berlin; Otmar Suitner, conductor
10:00 a.m.
Hugo Alfven
Swedish Rhapsody No. 1 "Midsummer Night Vigil" Opus 19
Minnesota Orchestra; Eiji Oue, conductor
10:13 a.m.
Claude Debussy
Sarabande
National Orchestra of France; Eliahu Inbal, conductor
10:19 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 9 "Jenamy" in Eb major K 271 "Jeunehomme"
English Baroque Soloists; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor Malcolm Bilson, fortepiano
10:52 a.m.
John Williams
Devil's Dance (from The Witches of Eastwick)
Boston Pops Orchestra; Keith Lockhart, conductor
10:58 a.m.
Friedrich Kuhlau
Elf-Mound Overture Opus 100
Odense Symphony Orchestra; Othmar Maga, conductor
11:10 a.m.
Isolina Carrillo
Dos Gardenias
Havana Lyceum Orchestra; Jose Antonio Mendez Padron, conductor Sarah Willis, horn; Harold Madrigal Frias, trumpet
11:15 a.m.
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Five Negro Melodies: 4. They will not lend me a child
Neave Trio
11:21 a.m.
Fanny Mendelssohn
Piano Trio in D minor Opus 11
Nash Ensemble
11:47 a.m.
Franz Berwald
Concert Piece in F major Opus 2
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor Klaus Thunemann, bassoon
11:59 a.m.
Fela Sowande
African Suite: Selections
Chicago Sinfonietta; Paul Freeman, conductor
12:11 p.m.
Louis Moreau Gottschalk
Grand Tarantelle Opus 67/5
Northwest Sinfonietta; Christophe Chagnard, conductor Joel Fan, piano
12:20 p.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 94 "Surprise" in G major
Concertgebouw Orchestra; Colin Davis, conductor
12:45 p.m.
Tomaso Albinoni
Concerto a cinque for oboe and strings in D minor Opus 9/2
Collegium Musicum 90; Simon Standage, conductor Anthony Robson, oboe
12:57 p.m.
Jean-Marie Leclair
Violin Sonata: Tambourin in D major Opus 9/3
Daniel Hope, violin; and friends
1:00 p.m.
Claudio Monteverdi
Monteverdiana
Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
1:08 p.m.
Franz Liszt
Piano Concerto No. 2 in A major
London Symphony Orchestra; Kirill Kondrashin, conductor Sviatoslav Richter, piano
1:30 p.m.
Percy Grainger
Lincolnshire Posey
Dallas Wind Symphony; Jerry Junkin, conductor
1:49 p.m.
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Petite Suite de Concert: II. Demande et response Opus 77
Chineke! Orchestra; Anthony Parnther, conductor
1:55 p.m.
Robert F. Jones
Tango en rondeau pour la fete de la Madelaine
Ryan Enright, organ
2:00 p.m.
Wilhelm Peterson-Berger
Symphony No. 5 "Solitudo" in B minor
Norrkoping Symphony Orchestra; Michail Jurowski, conductor
2:29 p.m.
Astor Piazzolla
Tango Ballet
Apollo Chamber Players Hector del Curto, bandoneon
2:42 p.m.
Johann Joachim Quantz
Concerto for corno da caccia, oboe and strings in Eb major
Saxony Virtuosi; Ludwig Guttler, conductor Ludwig Guttler, corno da caccia; Andreas Lorenz, oboe
2:53 p.m.
Franz Schubert
Impromptu No. 2 in Eb major Opus 90/2 D 899
Murray Perahia, piano
2:59 p.m.
Michael Torke
Sky: I. Lively
Albany Symphony Orchestra; David Alan Miller, conductor Tessa Lark, violin
3:10 p.m.
Clarence Cameron White
Basque Folk Song
Marcus Eley, clarinet; Lucerne DeSa, piano
3:12 p.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Swan Lake: Dance of the Little Swans (Act II) Opus 20
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Georg Solti, conductor
3:15 p.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
Symphony No. 3 "Organ" in C minor Opus 78
Boston Symphony Orchestra; Charles Munch, conductor Berj Zamkochian, organ
3:51 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 20: III. Rondo in D minor K 466
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra; Jeremy Denk, conductor Jeremy Denk, piano
3:59 p.m.
Josef Suk
Fantastic Scherzo Opus 25
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra; JoAnn Falletta, conductor
4:15 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
The Hero's Song Opus 111
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra; Bohumil Gregor, conductor
4:38 p.m.
Cecile Chaminade
Concert Etudes: Automne in Db major Opus 35/2
Joanne Polk, piano
4:45 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Easter Oratorio: Sinfonia in D major BWV 249
Empire Brass Douglas Major, organ
4:48 p.m.
Joaquin Rodrigo
Concierto de Aranjuez: II. Adagio
Monte Carlo National Opera Orchestra; Antonio de Almeida, conductor Alexandre Lagoya, guitar
4:59 p.m.
Robert Schumann
Piano Concerto: III. Allegro vivace in A minor Opus 54
San Francisco Ballet Orchestra; Martin West, conductor Lara Downes, piano
5:12 p.m.
Elena Kats-Chernin
Russian Rag
Sydney Alpha Ensemble; David Stanhope, conductor
5:15 p.m.
Charles-Valentin Alkan
Barcarolle Opus 65/6
Bruce Liu, piano
5:20 p.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 6 "Le Matin" in D major
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor
5:42 p.m.
Francesco Geminiani
Concerto Grosso "La Follia" in D minor
Les Violons du Roy; Bernard Labadie, conductor
5:54 p.m.
Franz Krommer
Symphony No. 2 in D major Opus 40
London Mozart Players; Matthias Bamert, conductor
6:23 p.m.
George Gershwin
Rhapsody in Blue
London Symphony Orchestra; Andre Previn, conductor Andre Previn, piano
6:39 p.m.
TRADITIONAL
Scarborough Fair
Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello; Plinio Fernandes, guitar
6:42 p.m.
Gyorgy Ligeti
Bagatelle No. 3 (from Six Bagatelles for Wind Quintet)
Albert Schweitzer Quintet
6:45 p.m.
John Williams
Men of the Yorktown March (from Midway)
Boston Pops Orchestra; Keith Lockhart, conductor
6:50 p.m.
Astor Piazzolla
Winter in Buenos Aires (Invierno Porteno)
A Far Cry Jason Vieaux, guitar; Julien Labro, bandoneon
