Classical Music Playlist, January 22, 2026
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Haydn’s next to last symphony, No. 103, picked up the nickname the “Drumroll” symphony for the rolling timpani that opens the work. It was the eleventh of twelve symphonies Haydn composed specifically for premiere in London where audiences loved him. To this day it’s one of his most popular symphonies, and it’s today's Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
Pietro Castrucci
Concerto Grosso in D major Opus 3/12
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment; Catherine Mackintosh, conductor Catherine Mackintosh, violin
6:09 a.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Symphony No. 1 in C minor Opus 11
London Symphony Orchestra; Claudio Abbado, conductor
6:43 a.m.
Frederic Chopin
Nocturne No. 13 in C minor Opus 48/1
Hayato Sumino, piano
6:50 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso No. 6 in D major Opus 3/6 HWV 317
Academy of Ancient Music; Richard Egarr, conductor Richard Egarr, organ
7:00 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D major BWV 1050
Berlin Baroque Soloists
7:20 a.m.
George Gershwin
Rhapsody in Blue
Boston Pops Orchestra; John Williams, conductor Misha Dichter, piano
7:37 a.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Marche Slav Opus 31
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
7:48 a.m.
Esther Abrami
Transmissions
Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra; Irene Delgado-Jimenez, conductor Esther Abrami, violin
7:52 a.m.
Johannes Brahms
Symphony No. 4: III. Allegro giocoso in E minor Opus 98
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Georg Solti, conductor
8:00 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Carnival Overture Opus 92
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra; Vaclav Neumann, conductor
8:11 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 22 in Eb major K 482
English Baroque Soloists; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor Malcolm Bilson, fortepiano
8:46 a.m.
Isaac Albeniz
Espana: No. 2 Tango Opus 165/2
Eduardo Fernandez, guitar
8:49 a.m.
Gaspar Sanz
Canarios
Chatham Baroque
8:53 a.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Ruins of Athens Overture Opus 113
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; Riccardo Chailly, conductor
8:59 a.m.
Jean Sibelius
Symphony No. 5 in Eb major Opus 82
San Francisco Symphony; Herbert Blomstedt, conductor
9:32 a.m.
TRADITIONAL
The Londonderry Air (Danny Boy)
Nicola Benedetti, violin; Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello; Benjamin Grosvenor, piano
9:37 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso No. 11 in A major Opus 6/11 HWV 329
Handel & Haydn Society; Christopher Hogwood, conductor
9:54 a.m.
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
THE SNOW MAIDEN: Dance of the Tumblers
Minnesota Orchestra; Eiji Oue, conductor
10:00 a.m.
Edward Elgar
Cockaigne Overture (In London Town) Opus 40
London Philharmonic Orchestra; Leonard Slatkin, conductor
10:16 a.m.
William Grant Still
Wood Notes: I. Singing River
Fort Smith Symphony; John Jeter, conductor
10:23 a.m.
Paul Dukas
Villanelle for horn and orchestra
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; Kurt Masur, conductor Hermann Baumann, horn
10:30 a.m.
Giovanni Paisiello
Piano Concerto No. 2 in F major
Saint Cecilia Chamber Orchestra; Pietro Spada, conductor Pietro Spada, piano
10:51 a.m.
Pietro Locatelli
Concerto Grosso No. 5 in D major Opus 1/5
Europa Galante; Fabio Biondi, conductor
11:00 a.m.
Joaquin Rodrigo
Concierto Andaluz for 4 guitars
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor Los Romeros
11:25 a.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
EUGENE ONEGIN: Waltz
New York Philharmonic; Kurt Masur, conductor
11:31 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Slavonic Dance No. 15 in C major Opus 72
Cleveland Orchestra; Christoph Von Dohnanyi, conductor
11:36 a.m.
Vassili Kalinnikov
Symphony No. 1: II. Andante commodamente in G minor
Scottish National Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
11:44 a.m.
Franz Liszt
Hungarian Fantasy
London Symphony Orchestra; Jun'ichi Hirokami, conductor Barry Douglas, piano
12:00 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Orchestral Suite No. 1 in C major BWV 1066
La Petite Bande; Sigiswald Kuijken, conductor
12:24 p.m.
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Vocalise Opus 34/14
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic; Vasily Petrenko, conductor
12:31 p.m.
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Sea Songs
Northern Sinfonia of England; Richard Hickox, conductor
12:36 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 14 in Eb major K 449
English Chamber Orchestra; Jeffrey Tate, conductor Mitsuko Uchida, piano
1:00 p.m.
Hugo Alfven
Festival Overture Opus 25
Royal Scottish National Orchestra; Niklas Willen, conductor
1:07 p.m.
Agustin Barrios
Danzas Paraguayas
David Russell, guitar
1:14 p.m.
Florence Price
Symphony No. 4 in D minor
Philadelphia Orchestra; Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor
1:49 p.m.
Frederic Chopin
Piano Concerto No. 1: III. Rondo in E minor Opus 11
Mahler Chamber Orchestra; Mikhail Pletnev, conductor Daniil Trifonov, piano
2:00 p.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 103 "Drum Roll" in Eb major
Orchestra of St. Luke's; Charles Mackerras, conductor
2:29 p.m.
Philip Glass
Concerto Fantasy for 2 Timpanists and Orchestra: Movement 1
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic; Gerard Schwarz, conductor Evelyn Glennie, timpani; Jonathan Haas, timpani
2:36 p.m.
Arcangelo Corelli
Concerto Grosso No. 3 in C minor Opus 6
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra; Nicholas McGegan, conductor
2:46 p.m.
Hamilton Harty
Fantasy Scenes
Ulster Orchestra; Takuo Yuasa, conductor
3:00 p.m.
Claude Debussy
Images for Orchestra: Iberia
Cleveland Orchestra; Pierre Boulez, conductor
3:19 p.m.
William Byrd
Galliard
Ronn McFarlane, lute
3:21 p.m.
Jean-Philippe Rameau
Les Cyclopes ("Cyclops")
Assad Brothers Sergio Assad, guitar; Odair Assad, guitar
3:25 p.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
Symphony No. 2 in A minor Opus 55
London Symphony Orchestra; Yondani Butt, conductor
3:50 p.m.
Johann Strauss, Jr.
DIE FLEDERMAUS Overture (The Bat)
Berlin Philharmonic; Herbert Von Karajan, conductor
4:00 p.m.
Ignaz Moscheles
Piano Concerto No. 4 in E major Opus 64
Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra; Howard Shelley, conductor Howard Shelley, piano
4:27 p.m.
Isolina Carrillo
Dos Gardenias
Havana Lyceum Orchestra; Jose Antonio Mendez Padron, conductor Sarah Willis, horn; Harold Madrigal Frias, trumpet
4:32 p.m.
Paquito D'Rivera
Aires Tropicales: VI. Contradanza
Imani Winds
4:35 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G major BWV 1048
Tafelmusik; Jeanne Lamon, conductor
4:47 p.m.
August Soderman
Swedish Folk Songs and Dances
Norrlands Opera Symphony Orchestra; Roy Goodman, conductor
4:59 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Flute Concerto No. 1 in G major K 313
Boston Baroque; Martin Pearlman, conductor Jacques Zoon, flute
5:23 p.m.
Johannes Brahms
Piano Sonata No. 1: IV. Finale in C major Opus 1
Norman Krieger, piano
5:31 p.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Trumpet Overture Opus 101
London Symphony Orchestra; Claudio Abbado, conductor
5:42 p.m.
Luigi Boccherini
Quintet for guitar and strings No. 7 in E minor G 451
Bingham String Quartet Jason Carter, guitar
6:00 p.m.
Zoltan Kodaly
Peacock Variations
Hungarian State Orchestra; Adam Fischer, conductor
6:29 p.m.
Ferdinand David
Bassoon Concertino in Bb major Opus 12
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor Klaus Thunemann, bassoon
6:39 p.m.
Harry Thacker Burleigh
Southland Sketches (1916)
Kristin Lee, violin; Jeremy Ajani Jordan, piano
6:51 p.m.
Gabriel Olafs
Melodia Suite: Absent Minded & Filma
Reykjavik Orchestra; Viktor Orri Arnason, conductor Gabriel Olafs, piano
