Classical Music Playlist, February 16, 2026
George W. Chadwick (1854-1931) [old b&w photo enhanced by AI]
Between the Civil and First World Wars George Chadwick had been the most important composer in America; and from 1897 until his death in 1931, he was the transformative Director of the New England Conservatory in Boston. Before this, in 1894, he entered his new Symphony No. 3 into a composition competition at the National Conservatory of Music in New York where Czech Composer Antonín Dvořák was Director. Chadwick's symphony took first prize and he was notified by Dvořák himself. Chadwick's prize-winning Symphony No. 3 is today's Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Oboe Concerto, Op. 8, No. 9 in D minor RV 454
Guildhall String Ensemble; Robert Salter, conductor Malcolm Messiter, oboe
6:09 a.m.
Giovanni Paisiello
Piano Concerto No. 8 in F major
Saint Cecilia Chamber Orchestra; Pietro Spada, conductor Pietro Spada, piano
6:38 a.m.
Astor Piazzolla
Winter in Buenos Aires (Invierno Porteno)
David Tanenbaum, guitar
6:45 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
In Nature's Realm Overture Opus 91
Janacek Philharmonic; Theodore Kuchar, conductor
6:59 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Violin Concerto No. 2 in E major BWV 1042
Academy of Ancient Music; Andrew Manze, conductor Andrew Manze, violin
7:17 a.m.
Jules Massenet
CINDERELLA: Suite (Cendrillon)
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor
7:38 a.m.
William Brade
Three Masque Dances of Count Palatine
The King's Noyse; David Douglass, conductor
7:42 a.m.
Pietro Locatelli
Concerto Grosso No. 5 in D major Opus 1/5
Raglan Baroque Players; Nicholas Kraemer, conductor
7:51 a.m.
George W. Chadwick
Symphonic Sketches: Jubilee
Cincinnati Pops; Erich Kunzel, conductor
8:00 a.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
Concertino for Clarinet and Orchestra in Eb major Opus 26
Staatskapelle Dresden; Herbert Blomstedt, conductor Sabine Meyer, clarinet
8:10 a.m.
Franz Berwald
Symphony No. 1 "Sinfonie serieuse" in G minor
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
8:41 a.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
Havanaise Opus 83
Yo Yo Ma, cello; Kathryn Stott, piano
8:51 a.m.
Jose Moncayo
Huapango
Boston Pops Orchestra; Keith Lockhart, conductor
9:00 a.m.
Franz Krommer
Sinfonia Concertante in Eb major Opus 70
Northern Sinfonia of England; Howard Griffiths, conductor Kamilla Schatz, violin; Sefika Kutluer, flute; Dimitri Ashkenazy, clarinet
9:37 a.m.
Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
Variations Across the Centuries: Waltz #2 & #3 & Foxtrot Op 71
Xavier Jara, guitar
9:43 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso No. 3 in E minor Opus 6/3 HWV 321
Handel & Haydn Society; Christopher Hogwood, conductor
9:56 a.m.
Aldemaro Romero
Fuga con Pajarillo
Sphinx Virtuosi; Cristian Macelaru, conductor Daniel Hope, violin; Alexey Botvinov, piano
10:00 a.m.
Christoph Graupner
Orchestral Suite in F major GWV 450
Finnish Baroque Orchestra; Sirkka-Liisa Kaakinen-Pilch, conductor
10:21 a.m.
Ottorino Respighi
Ancient Airs and Dances: Suite No. 3
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra; Hugh Wolff, conductor
10:39 a.m.
Lodovico Viadana
Sinfonia Musicali: La Padovana Opus 18
The Wallace Collection; Simon Wright, conductor
10:41 a.m.
Pierre Attaignant
Renaissance Dances for Lute
Ronn McFarlane, lute
10:47 a.m.
Benjamin Britten
Gloriana: Courtly Dances
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Andre Previn, conductor
10:59 a.m.
Mikhail Glinka
Spanish Overture No. 1 "Jota aragonesa"
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Vassily Sinaisky, conductor
11:09 a.m.
Xavier Dubois Foley
Shelter Island
Randall Goosby, violin; Xavier Dubois Foley, double bass
11:15 a.m.
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor Opus 30
Dallas Symphony Orchestra; Andrew Litton, conductor Stephen Hough, piano
11:54 a.m.
Igor Stravinsky
Suite No. 1
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra; Hugh Wolff, conductor
12:00 p.m.
Alfredo Catalani
Ero e Leandro (Hero and Leander) - Symphonic Poem
Rome Symphony Orchestra; Francesco La Vecchia, conductor
12:19 p.m.
Freddie Aguilar
Anak
Xuefei Yang, guitar
12:21 p.m.
Franz Liszt
Liebestraume: Nocturne No. 3 in Ab major S 541
John Novacek, piano
12:27 p.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 96 "Miracle" in D major HOB I:96
Philharmonia Orchestra; Leonard Slatkin, conductor
12:52 p.m.
Gioachino Rossini
TANCREDI: Overture
National Philharmonic Orchestra; Riccardo Chailly, conductor
1:00 p.m.
Johan Svendsen
Norwegian Rhapsody No. 3 (Norsk Rapsodi No. 3) Opus 21
South Jutland Symphony Orchestra; Bjarte Engeset, conductor
1:10 p.m.
Leo Delibes
Coppelia: (Suite from the ballet)
San Francisco Ballet Orchestra; Martin West, conductor
1:44 p.m.
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Romance in G major Opus 39
Chineke! Orchestra; Kevin John Edusei, conductor Elena Urioste, violin
1:55 p.m.
Joseph Curiale
Awakening: Joy
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Joseph Curiale, conductor
2:00 p.m.
George W. Chadwick
Symphony No. 3 in F major
Detroit Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
2:36 p.m.
John Williams
Lincoln: With Malice Toward None
Los Angeles Recording Arts Orchestra; John Williams, conductor
2:42 p.m.
Aaron Copland
Lincoln Portrait
Seattle Symphony; Gerard Schwarz, conductor James Earl Jones, narrator
2:58 p.m.
Florence Price
Violin Concerto No. 1 in D major
Philadelphia Orchestra; Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor Randall Goosby, violin
3:28 p.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Oboe Concerto No. 12 in C major RV 449
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor Paul Goodwin, oboe
3:38 p.m.
Alexander Scriabin
Piano Sonata No. 2 "Sonata Fantasy" in G# minor Opus 19
Jeneba Kanneh-Mason, piano
3:50 p.m.
Gentil Montana
Suite Colombiana No. 2: IV. Porro
Jose Antonio Escobar, guitar
3:53 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
String Quartet No. 14: V. Presto in C# minor Opus 131
Takacs Quartet
4:00 p.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso No. 2 in Bb major Opus 3/2 HWV 313
Academy of Ancient Music; Richard Egarr, conductor
4:12 p.m.
Ignacy Jan Paderewski
Fantasie Polonaise Opus 19
Polish National Radio Orchestra; Antoni Wit, conductor Janina Fialkowska, piano
4:34 p.m.
Undine Smith Moore
Afro-American Suite for Flute, Cello, and Piano: III. Adagio ma appossionato
Mallarme Chamber Players
4:38 p.m.
Karen LeFrak
Habanera Nights
Sharon Isbin, guitar; ...and friends
4:42 p.m.
Alan Hovhaness
Symphony No. 2 "Mysterious Mountain" Opus 132
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra; Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor
4:59 p.m.
Alexander Glazunov
Saxophone Concerto in Eb major Opus 109
Russian National Orchestra; Jose Serebrier, conductor Marc Chisson, alto saxophone
5:14 p.m.
Johan Wagenaar
Cyrano de Bergerac Overture Opus 23
Concertgebouw Orchestra; Riccardo Chailly, conductor
5:28 p.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor Opus 22
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Pascal Roge, piano
5:53 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
RUSALKA: Polonaise in Eb major
Prague Philharmonia; Jakub Hrusa, conductor
6:00 p.m.
Theodore Dubois
Piano Concerto No. 2
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra; Andrew Manze, conductor Cedric Tiberghien, piano
6:29 p.m.
Alberto Ginastera
Impressions of the Puna (Impresiones de la Puna)
Shanghai String Quartet Eugenia Zukerman, flute
6:37 p.m.
Enrique Granados
La Maja de Goya
Eduardo Fernandez, guitar
6:41 p.m.
Claude Debussy
Danse (Tarantelle Styrienne)
Ulster Orchestra; Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor
6:48 p.m.
Carlos Troyer
Traditional Zuni Songs: Lover's Wooing & Zunian Lullaby
Dario Muller, piano
6:55 p.m.
Ernesto Nazareth
Perigoso
Estela Olevsky, piano
