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Wednesday, March 4, 2026

Classical Music Playlist, March 4, 2026

 

Valerie Coleman | photo: Kia Caldwell

Our featured artist today for Women’s History Month is American composer and flutist Valerie Coleman. She performs with the ensemble she founded, Imani Winds, in a 2004 recording of "Aires Tropicales" by 16-time Grammy-winning Cuban-American composer and clarinetist Paquito D'Rivera for today's Midday Masterpiece.

  • Valerie Coleman is an American composer, GRAMMY®-nominated flutist and entrepreneur.
  • Highlighted as one of the “Top 35 Women Composers” by The Washington Post, she was named Performance Today’s 2020 Classical Woman of the Year.
  • Coleman is the founder and former flutist of Imani Winds, an ensemble whose 24-year legacy is documented in a dedicated exhibit at the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C. She more recently co-founded and currently performs as flutist of the performer-composer trio Umama Womama.
  • Committed to arts education, entrepreneurship and chamber music advocacy, Coleman created the Imani Winds Chamber Music Festival in 2011, a summer mentorship program in New York City welcoming young leaders from over 100 international institutions. She has held flute and chamber music masterclasses at institutions in 49 states and over five continents.
  • In February 2024, Coleman was appointed to the Composition Department faculty at The Juilliard School and holds faculty positions with the Manhattan School of Music and Mannes School of Music Flute and Composition Department.
6:00 a.m.
6:00 a.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
Rhapsodie d'Auvergne Opus 73
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Andre Previn, conductor Jean-Philippe Collard, piano
6:11 a.m.
Jean-Baptiste Lully
Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme
Le Concert des Nations; Jordi Savall, conductor
6:29 a.m.
Franz Krommer
Concerto for two clarinets in Eb major Opus 91
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Kenneth Sillito, conductor Sabine Meyer, clarinet; Julian Bliss, clarinet
6:54 a.m.
Samuel Scheidt
Canzona Bergamasca
The Paramount Brass
6:59 a.m.
Ralph Vaughan Williams
English Folk Song Suite
University of Texas Wind Ensemble; Jerry Junkin, conductor
7:00 a.m.
7:12 a.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 31 "Hornsignal" in D major
Hanover Band; Roy Goodman, conductor
7:42 a.m.
Valerie Coleman
Umoja
Imani Winds
7:44 a.m.
Lalo Schifrin
from La Nouvelle Orleans
Imani Winds
7:49 a.m.
Max Bruch
Scottish Fantasy: IV. Finale Opus 46
Scottish Chamber Orchestra; Alexander Platt, conductor Rachel Barton Pine, violin
8:00 a.m.
8:00 a.m.
Frederic Chopin
Concert Rondo "Krakowiak" in F major Opus 14
Northwest Sinfonietta; Christophe Chagnard, conductor Joel Fan, piano
8:15 a.m.
Jules Massenet
Suite No. 5 "Neapolitan Scenes" (Scenes napolitaines)
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra; Jean-Yves Ossonce, conductor
8:28 a.m.
Charles Gounod
Petite Symphonie for winds in Bb major
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra; Christopher Hogwood, conductor
8:49 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto for 2 mandolins in G major RV 532
Europa Galante; Fabio Biondi, conductor
9:00 a.m.
9:01 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 39 in Eb major K 543
Scottish Chamber Orchestra; Charles Mackerras, conductor
9:32 a.m.
Valerie Coleman
Afro-Cuban Concerto for Wind Quintet
Imani Winds
9:49 a.m.
Mikhail Glinka
Spanish Overture No. 2
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Vassily Sinaisky, conductor
10:00 a.m.
10:00 a.m.
John Field
Divertissement No. 2 in A major
London Mozart Players; Matthias Bamert, conductor Miceal O'Rourke, piano
10:10 a.m.
Ernst Eichner
Harp Concerto No. 1 in C major Opus 6
Kurpfalz Chamber Orchestra; Stefan Fraas, conductor Silke Aichhorn, harp
10:34 a.m.
Ethel Smyth
Concerto for Violin, Horn and Orchestra: I. Allegro moderato
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Odaline de la Martinez, conductor Sophie Langdon, violin; Richard Watkins, horn
10:50 a.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Trumpet Overture Opus 101
London Symphony Orchestra; Claudio Abbado, conductor
11:00 a.m.
11:00 a.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
Piano Concerto No. 4 in C minor Opus 44
Philharmonia Orchestra Pascal Roge, piano
11:28 a.m.
Valerie Coleman
Roma
Western Kentucky University Wind Ensemble; Gary Schallert, conductor
11:40 a.m.
Gabriel Faure
Masques and Bergamasques Opus 112
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
11:55 a.m.
Aram Khachaturian
Masquerade: Waltz
St. Petersburg State Symphony Orchestra; Andre Anichanov, conductor
12:00 p.m.
12:00 p.m.
Richard Wagner
FLYING DUTCHMAN Overture (Der Fliegender Hollander)
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra; Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor
12:12 p.m.
Franz Berwald
Symphony No. 3 "Sinfonie singuliere" in C major
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
12:41 p.m.
Chiquinha Gonzaga
Corta Jaca
Esther Abrami Quintet Esther Abrami, violin
12:43 p.m.
Aaron Copland
Rodeo: Hoe-Down
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra; Leonard Slatkin, conductor
12:49 p.m.
Michael Torke
Sky: I. Lively
Albany Symphony Orchestra; David Alan Miller, conductor Tessa Lark, violin
1:00 p.m.
1:00 p.m.
Franz Liszt
Hungarian Fantasy
London Symphony Orchestra; Jun'ichi Hirokami, conductor Barry Douglas, piano
1:16 p.m.
Valerie Coleman
Ruby Street Nola
Trio Brio; Ryan Murray, conductor Mathew Krejci, flute
1:22 p.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Serenade for Strings in C major Opus 48
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
1:52 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
ABDUCTION FROM THE SERAGLIO Overture K 384
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor
2:00 p.m.
2:00 p.m.
Paquito D'Rivera
Aires Tropicales
Imani Winds
2:29 p.m.
Mikhail Glinka
RUSLAN AND LUDMILA: Overture
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Fritz Reiner, conductor
2:35 p.m.
Johann Heinichen
Concerto for horns, flutes, oboes and strings in F major
Musica Antiqua Koln; Reinhardt Goebel, conductor
2:51 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Symphony No. 5: III. Scherzo in F major Opus 76
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra; Vaclav Neumann, conductor
3:00 p.m.
3:00 p.m.
George Enescu
Romanian Rhapsody No. 1 in A major Opus 11
National Orchestra of France; Cristian Macelaru, conductor Yuja Wang, piano
3:15 p.m.
Niels Gade
Symphony No. 1 in C minor Opus 5
Danish National Symphony Orchestra; Christopher Hogwood, conductor
3:47 p.m.
Valerie Coleman
Red Clay & Mississippi Delta
Imani Winds
3:54 p.m.
TRADITIONAL
Paradetas
Chatham Baroque
3:59 p.m.
Alexander Glazunov
Concert Waltz No. 1 (Valse de Concert) in D major Opus 47
Bamberg Symphony; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
4:00 p.m.
4:09 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 17 in G major K 453
Norwegian Chamber Orchestra; Leif Ove Andsnes, conductor Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
4:38 p.m.
Richard Strauss
Serenade in Eb major Opus 7
Stockholm Philharmonic (members of); Paavo Berglund, conductor
4:49 p.m.
Franz Xaver Richter
Sinfonia No. 59 in Bb major
Helsinki Baroque Orchestra; Aapo Hakkinen, conductor
4:59 p.m.
Gustav Holst
The Planets: Jupiter, the Bringer of Jolity Opus 32
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra; Yoel Levi, conductor
5:00 p.m.
5:08 p.m.
William Grant Still
Symphony No. 1 "Afro-American"
Detroit Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
5:33 p.m.
Valerie Coleman
Shotgun Houses: III. Rome 1960
Pacifica Quartet Anthony McGill, clarinet
5:41 p.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major Opus 11
Scottish Chamber Orchestra; Charles Mackerras, conductor Nikolai Demidenko, piano
6:00 p.m.
6:01 p.m.
Alfredo Casella
Suite for Orchestra in C major Opus 13
Rome Symphony Orchestra; Francesco La Vecchia, conductor
6:29 p.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso No. 5 in D minor Opus 3/5 HWV 316
Academy of Ancient Music; Richard Egarr, conductor
6:39 p.m.
Antonio Soler
Sonata No. 73 in D major R 73
Alicia de Larrocha, piano
6:44 p.m.
Wayne Shorter
Terra Incognita
Imani Winds

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