Classical Music Playlist, January 30, 2026
Happy Birthday, Franz Schubert! (1797-1828)
The 22 year old Franz Schubert was having a happy summer in “inconceivably lovely” countryside with friends when a wealthy amateur cellist requested Schubert to compose a quintet that included variations on Schubert’s earlier song with its charming melody, “The Trout.” The result from that happy summer commission is Schubert’s delightful “Trout Quintet” and it’s today’s Midday Masterpiece as we celebrate Schubert’s 1797 birthday with his music throughout the day.
6:00 a.m.
Charles Avison
Concerto Grosso No. 9 (after Scarlatti) in C major
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor
6:13 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 16 in D major K 451
English Baroque Soloists; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor Malcolm Bilson, fortepiano
6:37 a.m.
Alexander Glazunov
Symphony No. 4: II. Scherzo in Eb major Opus 48
BBC Welsh Symphony Orchestra; Tadaaki Otaka, conductor
6:44 a.m.
Franz Schubert
Octet for strings & winds: I. Adagio - Allegro in F major Opus 166 D 803
Academy of Ancient Music Members of...
7:00 a.m.
Arnold Bax
Tintagel
Ulster Orchestra; Bryden Thomson, conductor
7:16 a.m.
John Williams
STAR WARS - ATTACK OF THE CLONES: Across the Stars (Love Theme)
London Symphony Orchestra; John Williams, conductor
7:23 a.m.
Franz Schubert
Symphony No. 5 in Bb major D 485
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor
7:52 a.m.
Turlough O�Carolan/TRADITIONAL/Isaac Alderson
Planxty Hewlett/The Dusty Miller/The Last Minute
Ensemble Galilei
7:59 a.m.
Richard Strauss
Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks Opus 28
Staatskapelle Dresden; Rudolph Kempe, conductor
8:15 a.m.
Franz Schubert
Sonata "Arpeggione" in A minor D 821
Australian Chamber Orchestra; Richard Tognetti, conductor John Williams, guitar
8:38 a.m.
Deadmau5
I Remember
Canadian Brass
8:43 a.m.
Johannes Brahms
Hungarian Dance No. 5 in G minor
Berlin Philharmonic; Claudio Abbado, conductor
8:46 a.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Symphony No. 6 "Pastoral": I. Allegro ma non troppo in F major Opus 68
Cleveland Orchestra; Christoph Von Dohnanyi, conductor
8:59 a.m.
Fredrich Ernst Fesca
Symphony No. 3 in D major Opus 13
NDR Radio Philharmonic Hanover; Frank Beermann, conductor
9:29 a.m.
Franz Schubert
String Quartet No. 12 (Quartet Movement) in C minor D 703
Verdi String Quartet
9:39 a.m.
Tomaso Albinoni
Concerto No. 11 for oboe and strings in Bb major Opus 9/11
Collegium Musicum 90; Simon Standage, conductor Anthony Robson, oboe
9:51 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Symphony No. 5: III. Scherzo in F major Opus 76
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra; Vaclav Neumann, conductor
10:00 a.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
Africa-Fantasie Opus 89
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Andre Previn, conductor Jean-Philippe Collard, piano
10:11 a.m.
Teng Yu-hsien
Spring Breeze
Xuefei Yang, guitar
10:17 a.m.
Franz Schubert
String Quartet No. 13 "Rosamunde" in A minor Opus 29 D 804
Emerson String Quartet
10:50 a.m.
Ignacy Jan Paderewski
Melody in Gb major Opus 16/2
Stephen Hough, piano
10:54 a.m.
Frederick Delius
KOANGA: La Calinda
Northern Sinfonia of England; Richard Hickox, conductor
11:00 a.m.
Arcangelo Corelli
Concerto Grosso No. 2 in F major Opus 6
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor
11:11 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Violin Concerto No. 4 in D major K 218
Deutsche Radio Philharmonie; Bruno Weil, conductor Lena Neudauer, violin
11:34 a.m.
Franz Schubert
Moments Musicaux No. 3 in F minor Opus 94 D 780
Andras Schiff, piano
11:36 a.m.
Jean-Philippe Rameau
Les Cyclopes ("Cyclops")
Bremen German Chamber Philharmonic Raphael Feuillatre, guitar
11:41 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Concerto for oboe and violin in C minor BWV 1060
Academy of Ancient Music; Christopher Hogwood, conductor Stephen Hammer, oboe; Catherine Mackintosh, violin
11:55 a.m.
Gerardo Matos Rodriguez
La Cumparsita (Tango)
Canadian Brass
12:00 p.m.
Jennifer Reason
Local Artist Feature: Graham Sobelman, composer
Jennifer Reason, host
12:15 p.m.
Franz Schubert
Symphony No. 8 "Unfinished" in B minor D 759
Scottish Chamber Orchestra; Charles Mackerras, conductor
12:41 p.m.
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Scherzo in D minor
St. Petersburg Philharmonic; Mariss Jansons, conductor
12:47 p.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Symphony No. 4: IV. Finale. Allegro con fuoco in F minor Opus 36
Philadelphia Orchestra; Riccardo Muti, conductor
12:58 p.m.
Joe Hisaishi
Merry-Go-Round of Life (from Howl's Moving Castle)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Joe Hisaishi, conductor Yuja Wang, piano
1:11 p.m.
Franz Schubert
Fantasie for piano four-hands in F minor Opus 103 D 940
Murray Perahia, piano; Radu Lupu, piano
1:31 p.m.
Wilhelm Peterson-Berger
Earina Suite
Norrkoping Symphony Orchestra; Michail Jurowski, conductor
1:53 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Creatures of Prometheus Overture Opus 43
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; Riccardo Chailly, conductor
2:00 p.m.
Franz Schubert
Piano Quintet "Trout" in A major Opus 114 D 667
Emanuel Ax, piano; Pamela Frank, violin; Rebecca Young, viola; Yo Yo Ma, cello; Edgar Meyer, bass
2:39 p.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
Phaeton - Symphonic Poem Opus 39
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra; Lorin Maazel, conductor
2:48 p.m.
Francis Poulenc
Sextet for wind quintet & piano: II. Divertissement FP 100
Pascal Roge, piano; Patrick Gallois, flute; Maurice Bourgue, oboe; Michel Portal, clarinet
2:54 p.m.
John Williams
Olympic Fanfare
Cincinnati Pops; Erich Kunzel, conductor
3:00 p.m.
Jan Dismas Zelenka
Capriccio No. 3 in F major Z 184
Bach Sinfonia; Daniel Abraham, conductor
3:17 p.m.
Frederic Chopin
Polonaise No. 6 "Heroic" in Ab major Opus 53
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano
3:24 p.m.
Franz Schubert
Symphony No. 4 "Tragic" in C minor D 417
Stockholm Sinfonietta; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
3:55 p.m.
John Adams
Short Ride in a Fast Machine
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; Simon Rattle, conductor
4:01 p.m.
Gabriel Faure
Dolly Suite Opus 56
Boston Symphony Orchestra; Seiji Ozawa, conductor
4:20 p.m.
Franz Schubert
Nocturne (Notturno for Piano Trio) in Eb major Opus 148 D 897
Takacs Quartet Andreas Haefliger, piano
4:30 p.m.
Jean-Baptiste Lully
Alceste Suite
Le Concert des Nations; Jordi Savall, conductor
4:53 p.m.
Giuseppe Verdi
OTELLO: Ballet Music
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Edward Downes, conductor
5:00 p.m.
Johann Strauss, Jr.
Tales From The Vienna Woods Opus 325 (Geschichten aus dem Wienerwald)
Vienna State Opera Orchestra; Jascha Horenstein, conductor
5:12 p.m.
Franz Schubert
String Quartet No. 14 "Death and the Maiden" in D minor D 810
Emerson String Quartet
5:51 p.m.
Claude Debussy
The Girl with the Flaxen Hair (from Preludes, Book I: No. 8)
Pablo Sainz Villegas, guitar
5:55 p.m.
Frederic Chopin
Nocturne No. 2 in Eb major Opus 9/2
Seong-Jin Cho, piano
6:00 p.m.
Jennifer Reason
Local Artist Feature: Graham Sobelman, composer
Jennifer Reason, host
6:15 p.m.
Franz Schubert
Rosamunde: Entr'acte No. 3 in Bb major D 797
San Francisco Symphony; Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
6:22 p.m.
Franz Schubert
Rosamunde Overture Opus 26 D 797 (The Magic Harp)
San Francisco Symphony; Herbert Blomstedt, conductor
6:33 p.m.
Ottorino Respighi
Fountains of Rome
Philadelphia Orchestra; Riccardo Muti, conductor
6:49 p.m.
James M. Stephenson
The Storyteller
Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra; Allen Tinkham, conductor Mary Elizabeth Bowden, trumpet
