Classical Music Playlist, February 12, 2026
Jan Křtitel Václav Kalivoda (or Johann Kalliwoda) in 1850
Composer Jan Kalliwoda was born in Prague in 1801 and wrote over 250 works including operas, symphonies and sacred music for the church at the court of a Prince in Germany where he was music director for over 40 years. And he was well respected by such contemporaries as Robert Schumann. Kalliwoda’s Symphony No. 4 from 1836 is today’s Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
Michel Mazuel
Orchestral Suite in G major
Le Concert des Nations; Jordi Savall, conductor
6:12 a.m.
Johann Nepomuk Hummel
Piano Quintet in Eb minor Opus 87
Schubert Ensemble of London
6:34 a.m.
Johannes Brahms
Symphony No. 3: I. Allegro con brio in F major Opus 90
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; Riccardo Chailly, conductor
6:47 a.m.
Ernesto Lecuona
Andalusia Suite: Malaguena
Richard Cionco, piano
6:51 a.m.
Louis Moreau Gottschalk
Grand Tarantelle Opus 67/5
Cincinnati Pops; Erich Kunzel, conductor William Tritt, piano
6:59 a.m.
Richard Wagner
TANNHAUSER Overture
Berlin Philharmonic; Seiji Ozawa, conductor
7:16 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 36 "Linz" in C major K 425
Bremen German Chamber Philharmonic; Tarmo Peltokoski, conductor
7:45 a.m.
George Gershwin
PORGY AND BESS: It Ain't Necessarily So
Duo Sonidos
7:47 a.m.
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Prelude in C-sharp minor in C# minor Opus 3/2
Sergei Rachmaninoff, piano
7:52 a.m.
Erik Satie
Gymnopedies Nos. 1 & 3
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
8:00 a.m.
Gioachino Rossini
WILLIAM TELL: Overture (GUILLAUME TELL)
Philharmonia Orchestra; Riccardo Muti, conductor
8:12 a.m.
Jean Francaix
Wind Quintet No. 1
Reykjavik Wind Quintet
8:33 a.m.
Jean-Philippe Rameau
Platee: Suite
Raglan Baroque Players; Nicholas Kraemer, conductor
8:51 a.m.
Jean Sibelius
Overture in A minor
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
9:00 a.m.
Franz Liszt
Piano Concerto No. 2 in A major
London Symphony Orchestra; Kirill Kondrashin, conductor Sviatoslav Richter, piano
9:22 a.m.
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
African Suite: African Dance Opus 35/4
Chineke! Orchestra; Kevin John Edusei, conductor
9:29 a.m.
Zoltan Kodaly
Hary Janos Suite
Budapest Festival Orchestra; Ivan Fischer, conductor
9:53 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Orchestral Suite No. 3: Air in D major BWV 1068
Les Violons du Roy; Bernard Labadie, conductor
10:00 a.m.
Hector Berlioz
Roman Carnival Overture Opus 9
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra; David Zinman, conductor
10:09 a.m.
John Corigliano
Lullaby for Natalie
London Symphony Orchestra; Leonard Slatkin, conductor Anne Akiko Meyers, violin
10:14 a.m.
Johannes Brahms
Lullaby (Wiegenlied) Opus 49/4
Julian Lloyd Webber, cello; John Lenehan, piano
10:18 a.m.
Johann Friedrich Fasch
Overture in F major FWV K:F1
Tempesta di Mare
10:40 a.m.
Luigi Boccherini
Quintet for guitar and strings No. 5 in D major G 449
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields Chamber Ensemble Pepe Romero, guitar
10:59 a.m.
Ottorino Respighi
The Magic Pot: Suite (La pentola magica)
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra; Adriano, conductor
11:18 a.m.
Emmanuel Chabrier
Bourree Fantasque
L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
11:26 a.m.
Marianne Martinez
Sinfonia in C major
Bay Area Women's Philharmonic; JoAnn Falletta, conductor
11:42 a.m.
George Gershwin
Rhapsody in Blue
Boston Pops Orchestra; John Williams, conductor Misha Dichter, piano
11:59 a.m.
Jennifer Reason
INTERVIEW: Anne Akiko Meyers
12:13 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Art of the Fugue: Contrapunctus No. 9 BWV 1080
Les Violons du Roy; Bernard Labadie, conductor
12:15 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Fugue "Little Fugue" in G minor BWV 578
Canadian Brass
12:20 p.m.
Ernst von Dohnanyi
Ruralia Hungarica Opus 32b
Budapest Symphony Orchestra; Gyorgy Lehel, conductor
12:45 p.m.
Alexander Zhuk
Ukrainian Rhapsody
Anna Shelest, piano
12:52 p.m.
Hubert Bath
Cornish Rhapsody
BBC Concert Orchestra; Christopher Warren-Green, conductor Valentina Lisitsa, piano
1:00 p.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto No. 1 for four violins and orchestra in D major Opus 3 RV 549
Tafelmusik; Jeanne Lamon, conductor Members of...
1:08 p.m.
Michael Praetorius
Dance Suite from Terpsichore
Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
1:20 p.m.
Anton Reicha
Quintet for clarinet and strings in Bb major Opus 89
Panocha Quartet Bohuslav Zahradnik, clarinet
1:48 p.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Fair Melusina Overture Opus 32
London Symphony Orchestra; Claudio Abbado, conductor
2:00 p.m.
Jan Kalliwoda
Symphony No. 4 in C major Opus 60
Cologne Academy; Michael Alexander Willens, conductor
2:33 p.m.
Heitor Villa-Lobos
Choros No. 1
Pepe Romero, guitar
2:39 p.m.
Cesar Franck
Variations Symphoniques
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; Andrew Litton, conductor Andrew Litton, piano
2:56 p.m.
Gabriel Faure
PELLEAS ET MELISANDE: Sicilienne Opus 80
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
3:01 p.m.
Johann Hertel
Trumpet Concerto No. 3 in D major
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor Hakan Hardenberger, trumpet
3:12 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 25 in C major K 503
English Chamber Orchestra; Colin Davis, conductor Alicia de Larrocha, piano
3:44 p.m.
Gabriela Lena Frank
Leyendas: VI. Coqueteos
Del Sol String Quartet
3:49 p.m.
Grace Williams
Fantasia on Welsh Nursery Tunes
Royal Ballet Sinfonia; Andrew Penny, conductor
4:00 p.m.
Jacques Offenbach
ORPHEUS IN THE UNDERWORLD: Overture
New York Philharmonic; Leonard Bernstein, conductor
4:11 p.m.
Alexander Borodin
Petite Suite
Philharmonia Orchestra; Geoffrey Simon, conductor
4:36 p.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Capriccio Italien Opus 45
Minnesota Orchestra; Eiji Oue, conductor
4:53 p.m.
Elmer Bernstein
Guitar Concerto "For Two Christophers": III. Celebration
London Symphony Orchestra; Elmer Bernstein, conductor Christopher Parkening, guitar
4:58 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Fantasia and Fugue in A minor in A minor BWV 904
Vikingur Olafsson, piano
5:09 p.m.
Richard Wagner
DIE WALKURE: Magic Fire Music
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; Jose Serebrier, conductor
5:18 p.m.
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Symphony No. 2 (Symphonic Suite) "Antar" Opus 9
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
5:52 p.m.
Carlos Chavez
Chapultepec Republican Overture
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Enrique Batiz, conductor
5:59 p.m.
Jef Van Hoof
Symphony No. 2 in Ab major
VRT Philharmonic Orchestra; Silveer Van Den Broeck, conductor
6:33 p.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso No. 6 in D major Opus 3/6 HWV 317
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor
6:40 p.m.
Dana Suesse
Jazz Nocturne
Hot Springs Festival Orchestra; Richard Rosenberg, conductor
6:45 p.m.
Amy Beach
Pastorale
Reykjavik Wind Quintet
6:49 p.m.
John Williams
STAR WARS - RETURN OF THE JEDI: Luke and Leia
Skywalker Symphony Orchestra; John Williams, conductor
6:54 p.m.
Yiruma
non e la fine
Yiruma, piano; Chanuk Kang, cello
