Classical Music Playlist, February 11, 2026
Clara Schumann (in 1887) who was very moved by the Brahms Violin Sonata No. 1 "Rain"
The Violin Sonata No. 1 by Johannes Brahms titled "Rain" adapts melodies from his earlier song that is a setting of a poem in which rain inspires nostalgic dreams of childhood.
Brahms sent the manuscript of the 1879 sonata to 60 year old Clara Schumann who wrote back, "at the end I could not help bursting into tears of joy.” Then at age 70, in failing health, Clara wrote again to Brahms this time saying, "I wish that the last movement could accompany me in my journey from here to the next world.”
Full of allusions to rain and wistful memories, the gentle "Rain" Violin Sonata by Brahms is today's Midday Masterpiece at 2pm.
6:00 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
French Suite No. 6 in E major BWV 817
Andras Schiff, piano
6:16 a.m.
Antonio Rosetti
Concerto for horn in D minor C 38
Concerto Amsterdam; Jaap Schroder, conductor Hermann Baumann, horn
6:36 a.m.
Edvard Grieg
Two Nordic Melodies Opus 63
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
6:50 a.m.
Otto Nicolai
MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR Overture
Boston Pops Orchestra; Arthur Fiedler, conductor
6:59 a.m.
Cecile Chaminade
Concertpiece (Concertstuck) in C# minor Opus 40
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra; Rebecca Miller, conductor Danny Driver, piano
7:15 a.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Symphony No. 5 in C minor Opus 67
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; Riccardo Chailly, conductor
7:46 a.m.
Joe Hisaishi
My Neighbor Totoro (from My Neighbor Totoro)
London Symphony Orchestra; Roman Simovic, conductor Joe Hisaishi, piano
7:52 a.m.
Johann Strauss, Jr.
Vienna Blood Opus 354 Wiener Blut
Vienna State Opera Orchestra; Jascha Horenstein, conductor
8:00 a.m.
Frederic Chopin
Piano Concerto No. 2: I. Maestoso in F minor Opus 21
Mahler Chamber Orchestra; Mikhail Pletnev, conductor Daniil Trifonov, piano
8:17 a.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 103 "Drum Roll" in Eb major
Orchestra of St. Luke's; Charles Mackerras, conductor
8:47 a.m.
Luigi Boccherini
Cello Concerto No. 6: II. Antante cantabile in D major
Symphony of the Air; Enrique Jorda, conductor Andres Segovia, guitar
8:55 a.m.
Gian Carlo Menotti
AMELIA GOES TO THE BALL Overture
Columbia Symphony Orchestra; Thomas Schippers, conductor
9:01 a.m.
Claude Debussy
Images for Orchestra: Iberia
London Symphony Orchestra; Claudio Abbado, conductor
9:21 a.m.
Isaac Albeniz
Asturias (Leyenda) - from "Suite Espanola" Opus 47
Raphael Feuillatre, guitar
9:28 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 18 in Bb major K 456
English Chamber Orchestra; Jeffrey Tate, conductor Mitsuko Uchida, piano
10:00 a.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
DER FREISCHUTZ: Overture Opus 77 J 277
Tapiola Sinfonietta; Jean Jacques Kantorow, conductor
10:09 a.m.
Josef Suk
Serenade for Strings in Eb major Opus 6
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
10:34 a.m.
Gustav Holst
The Planets: Saturn, Bringer of Old Age Opus 32 5. Saturn, Bringer of Old Age
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra; Yoel Levi, conductor
10:45 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Keyboard Concerto No. 4 in A major BWV 1055
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Murray Perahia, conductor Murray Perahia, piano
10:59 a.m.
Mauro Giuliani
Grand Quintet (Gran Quintetto) Opus 65
Artaria Quartet Richard Savino, guitar
11:18 a.m.
Alexander MacKenzie
Coriolanus Opus 61
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra; Martyn Brabbins, conductor
11:39 a.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Coriolan Overture in C minor Opus 62
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; Riccardo Chailly, conductor
11:47 a.m.
Pietro Locatelli
Concerto No. 12 in F major Opus 4/12
Musica Antiqua Koln; Reinhardt Goebel, conductor
12:00 p.m.
Giuseppe Verdi
NABUCCO Overture (Sinfonia)
Philharmonic of La Scala; Riccardo Muti, conductor
12:09 p.m.
Isaac Albeniz
Espana: No. 2 Tango Opus 165/2
Jason Vieaux, guitar
12:12 p.m.
Esther Abrami
Transmissions
Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra; Irene Delgado-Jimenez, conductor Esther Abrami, violin
12:17 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 22 in Eb major K 482
English Baroque Soloists; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor Malcolm Bilson, fortepiano
12:53 p.m.
Franz Von Suppe
Light Cavalry Overture
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Gustav Kuhn, conductor
1:02 p.m.
Ignacy Jan Paderewski
Overture
Polish National Radio Orchestra; Antoni Wit, conductor
1:12 p.m.
Jean Sibelius
Karelia Suite: III. Alla Marcia Opus 11
Philharmonia Orchestra; Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor
1:17 p.m.
Klaus Badelt
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl: Selections
Cincinnati Pops; Erich Kunzel, conductor
1:23 p.m.
Franz Krommer
Symphony No. 4 in C minor Opus 102
London Mozart Players; Matthias Bamert, conductor
1:54 p.m.
Ralph Vaughan Williams
The Running Set
Bournemouth Sinfonietta; George Hurst, conductor
2:00 p.m.
Johannes Brahms
Violin Sonata No. 1 "Rain" in G major Opus 78
Leonidas Kavakos, violin; Yuja Wang, piano
2:28 p.m.
Sergei Prokofiev
Symphony No. 1 "Classical" in D major Opus 25
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
2:43 p.m.
Aram Khachaturian
Flute Concerto: I. Allegro con Fermezza
Philharmonia Orchestra; Ion Marin, conductor Patrick Gallois, flute
2:59 p.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
Oberon Overture J 306
Hanover Band; Roy Goodman, conductor
3:09 p.m.
Jessie Montgomery
Strum
Catalyst Quartet
3:17 p.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
Piano Concerto No. 5 in F major Opus 103
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Pascal Roge, piano
3:47 p.m.
Friedrich Kuhlau
Elf-Mound Overture Opus 100
Odense Symphony Orchestra; Othmar Maga, conductor
3:59 p.m.
Engelbert Humperdinck
HANSEL UND GRETEL Overture
Bavarian Radio Symphony; Jeffrey Tate, conductor
4:08 p.m.
Florence Price
Symphony No. 3
Philadelphia Orchestra; Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor
4:40 p.m.
Yoko Shimomura
Valse Di Fantastica
Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra; Irene Delgado-Jimenez, conductor Esther Abrami, violin
4:44 p.m.
Leonard Bernstein
Divertimento for Orchestra: Waltz
Minnesota Orchestra; Eiji Oue, conductor
4:48 p.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto for 2 oboes, 2 violins, bassoon in C major RV 557
Ensemble Zefiro; Alfredo Bernardini, conductor Members of...
4:57 p.m.
Georges Bizet
L'Arlesienne Suite No. 2
Ulster Orchestra; Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor
5:15 p.m.
John Field
Nocturne No. 6 in F major H 40
Alice Sara Ott, piano
5:19 p.m.
Sergei Prokofiev
Romeo & Juliet: Dance of the Knights Opus 64
Philadelphia Orchestra; Riccardo Muti, conductor
5:24 p.m.
Maurice Ravel
Piano Concerto in G major
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra; Leonard Slatkin, conductor Alicia de Larrocha, piano
5:47 p.m.
Jean Sibelius
Cassazione Opus 6
Tapiola Sinfonietta; Tuomas Ollila, conductor
5:59 p.m.
Michael Torke
Sky
Albany Symphony Orchestra; David Alan Miller, conductor Tessa Lark, violin
6:24 p.m.
Harry Thacker Burleigh
From the Southland: IV. A Jubilee
Jeni Slotchiver, piano
6:27 p.m.
Max Richter
In the Garden
La Pieta Angele Dubeau, violin
6:34 p.m.
Franz Krommer
Oboe Concerto No. 2 in F major Opus 52
Czech National Symphony Orchestra; Paul Freeman, conductor Alex Klein, oboe
6:54 p.m.
Amjad Ali Khan
Love Avalanche
Sharon Isbin, guitar; Ayaan Ali Bangash, sarod; Amit Kavthekar, tabla
