Classical Music Playlist, February 20, 2026
Ernő (Ernst) Dohnányi (1877-1960) | photo: Library of Congress
Ernst von Dohnányi (Ernö Dohnányi in Hungarian) was considered the first of the great Hungarian composers (and pianists) since Franz Liszt (1811-1886). In 1895 his early Piano Quintet No. 1 was praised by Johannes Brahms (1833-1897). Leaving Europe in 1944 and in 1949 taking a post teaching music in Florida, he became a U.S. citizen in 1955. In 1935 he composed his final chamber music in a Sextet for the creative grouping of clarinet, horn, piano, violin, viola and cello. At times dark, the sextet moves toward a jazzy finale where a lilting but off-kilter waltz briefly interjects before a good-natured conclusion. The Sextet in C-major by Ernst von Dohnányi is today's Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
Jacques Aubert
Concerto for 4 violins, cello & continuo "Le Carillon" in E minor Opus 26/4
Collegium Musicum 90; Simon Standage, conductor
6:11 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Sonata No. 14 in C minor K 457
Andras Schiff, piano
6:33 a.m.
Tielmann Susato
Allemaingien (1-3, 5-8)
New London Consort; Philip Pickett, conductor
6:44 a.m.
Franz Strauss
Horn Concerto No. 1 Opus 8
Bratislava Philharmonia Orchestra; Dale Clevenger, conductor Steven Gross, horn
7:01 a.m.
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Piano Concerto in C# minor Opus 30
Bergen Philharmonic; Dmitri Kitayenko, conductor Geoffrey Tozer, piano
7:15 a.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Swan Lake Suite Opus 20
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Georg Solti, conductor
7:43 a.m.
Olivia Belli
Valse
Olivia Belli, piano
7:45 a.m.
Aram Khachaturian
Masquerade: Waltz
The Bolshoi Theater Orchestra; Mark Ermler, conductor
7:51 a.m.
Emmanuel Chabrier
Festive Polonaise (Le Roi Malgre Lui: Fete Polonaise)
L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
7:59 a.m.
Franz Liszt
Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 in D minor
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Georg Solti, conductor
8:10 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Concerto in D minor BWV 1052
Potsdam Chamber Acadamy Avi Avital, mandolin
8:32 a.m.
Frederic Chopin
Variations on Mozart's "La ci darem la mano" in Bb major Opus 2
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment; Charles Mackerras, conductor Emanuel Ax, piano
8:51 a.m.
Amilcare Ponchielli
LA GIOCONDA: Dance of the Hours
National Philharmonic Orchestra; Bruno Bartoletti, conductor
9:00 a.m.
Max Bruch
Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 26 in G minor Opus 26
BBC Symphony Orchestra; Andrew Litton, conductor Rachel Barton Pine, violin
9:27 a.m.
Heitor Villa-Lobos
Choros No. 5: Alma Brasileira
Assad Brothers Sergio Assad, guitar; Odair Assad, guitar
9:33 a.m.
Georg Philipp Telemann
Overture in G minor in G minor
La Stravaganza
9:53 a.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Athalia: March of the Priests Opus 74
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Christoph Von Dohnanyi, conductor
10:00 a.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
Symphony No. 2 in C major J 51
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor
10:19 a.m.
Fanny Mendelssohn
Prelude and Fugue in E minor
Joanne Polk, piano
10:27 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 in F major BWV 1046
Berlin Academy of Ancient Music
10:49 a.m.
Gustav Mahler
Symphony No. 5: IV. Adagietto in C# minor
Philharmonia Orchestra; Benjamin Zander, conductor
10:58 a.m.
Gioachino Rossini
THE ITALIAN GIRL IN ALGIERS: Overture
Chamber Orchestra of Europe; Claudio Abbado, conductor
11:07 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
String Quartet No. 23: IV. Allegro in F major K 590
Dover Quartet
11:13 a.m.
George Gershwin
Piano Concerto in F major
Philadelphia Orchestra; Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor Daniil Trifonov, piano
11:46 a.m.
Huang Tzu
Plum blossoms in the snow
Xuefei Yang, guitar
11:48 a.m.
Johann Nepomuk Hummel
Concerto for Mandolin: III. Rondo in G major
Il Giardino Armonico; Giovanni Antonini, conductor Avi Avital, mandolin
11:53 a.m.
Mikhail Glinka
RUSLAN AND LUDMILA: Overture
Russian National Orchestra; Mikhail Pletnev, conductor
12:00 p.m.
Jennifer Reason
Local Artist Feature: Dr. David Wells, bassoon
Jennifer Reason, host
12:24 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Symphony No. 3 "Eroica": I. Allegro con brio in Eb major Opus 55
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; Riccardo Chailly, conductor
12:40 p.m.
Henry Purcell
Chacony in G minor in G minor Z730
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor
12:47 p.m.
Robert Schumann
Manfred Overture Opus 115
London Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
1:01 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 21: I. Allegro in C major K 467
English Chamber Orchestra; Jeffrey Tate, conductor Mitsuko Uchida, piano
1:17 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Scherzo capriccioso Opus 66
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra; Charles Mackerras, conductor
1:32 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Orchestral Suite No. 4 in D major BWV 1069
La Petite Bande; Sigiswald Kuijken, conductor
1:52 p.m.
Johannes Brahms
Symphony No. 4: III. Allegro giocoso in E minor Opus 98
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Georg Solti, conductor
2:00 p.m.
Ernst von Dohnanyi
Sextet in C major Opus 37
Takacs Quartet Andras Schiff, piano; Radovan Vlatkovic, horn; K�lm�n Berkes, clarinet
2:30 p.m.
Arcangelo Corelli
Concerto Grosso No. 12 in F major Opus 6
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor
2:42 p.m.
Bedrich Smetana
BARTERED BRIDE: Overture
Cleveland Orchestra; George Szell, conductor
2:49 p.m.
Jonathan Leshnoff
Guitar Concerto: III. Lively (Finale)
The Nashville Symphony; Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor Jason Vieaux, guitar
3:00 p.m.
Richard Strauss
Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks Opus 28
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra; Manfred Honeck, conductor
3:15 p.m.
Charles S. Brown
A Song Without Words
Rachel Barton Pine, violin; Matthew Hagle, piano
3:18 p.m.
H. T. Burleigh
Deep River
PubliQuartet Lara Downes, piano
3:22 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 29 in A major K 201
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor
3:48 p.m.
Francesco Veracini
Overture No. 6 in G minor
Musica Antiqua Koln; Reinhardt Goebel, conductor
4:00 p.m.
Johann Strauss, Jr.
Morning Papers Opus 279 (Morgenblatter)
Vienna State Opera Orchestra; Franz Bauer-Theussl, conductor
4:12 p.m.
Alexander Borodin
Symphony No. 2 in B minor
Seattle Symphony; Gerard Schwarz, conductor
4:39 p.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Mandolin Concerto in C major RV 425
Venice Baroque Orchestra Avi Avital, mandolin
4:48 p.m.
Johannes Brahms
Academic Festival Overture Opus 80
Berlin Philharmonic; Claudio Abbado, conductor
5:00 p.m.
Scott Joplin
Treemonisha Overture
Houston Grand Opera Orchestra; Gunther Schuller, conductor
5:08 p.m.
Dave Brubeck
Points On Jazz: Rag
John Salmon, piano
5:11 p.m.
William Bolcom
Ghost Rag: I. Graceful Ghost
Spencer Meyer, piano
5:17 p.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
Symphony No. 3 "Organ" in C minor Opus 78
Boston Symphony Orchestra; Charles Munch, conductor Berj Zamkochian, organ
5:52 p.m.
Ricardo Castro
Piano Concerto: III. Polonaise in A minor Opus 22
Orquesta Sinf�nica de Miner�a (OSM); Carlos Miguel Prieto, conductor Jorge Federico Osorio, piano
6:01 p.m.
Jennifer Reason
Local Artist Feature: Dr. David Wells, bassoon
Jennifer Reason, host
6:25 p.m.
Leos Janacek
Mladi (Youth) for wind Sextet
Carol Wincenc, flute; Allan Vogel, oboe; Anthony McGill, clarinet; Richard Todd, horn; Frank Morelli, bassoon
6:43 p.m.
Robert Schumann
Widmung (Dedication) Opus 25
Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano
6:45 p.m.
Wilhelm Stenhammar
Sentimental Romance No. 2 in F minor Opus 28/2
Royal Swedish Chamber Orchestra; Niklas Willen, conductor Tobias Ringborg, violin
6:52 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude and Fugue (from the Well-Tempered Clavier II:20) in A minor BWV 889
Angela Hewitt, piano
