Classical Music Playlist, March 16, 2026
Every day in March for Women’s History Month CapRadio celebrates Women In Music who brought us to where we are today and the innovators who keep moving music forward. Today's classical spotlight is on Rebecca Clarke. Her own arrangement for cello of her 1919 Viola Sonata is today’s Midday Masterpiece.
A biography of Rebecca Clarke can be found on her official website curated by her family.
6:00 a.m.
John Jenkins
Fantasia Suite in F major
Parley of Instruments; Peter Holman, conductor
6:09 a.m.
Ignaz Moscheles
Piano Concerto No. 4 in E major Opus 64
Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra; Howard Shelley, conductor Howard Shelley, piano
6:36 a.m.
Isaac Albeniz
Espana: No. 2 Tango Opus 165/2
Eduardo Fernandez, guitar
6:39 a.m.
Gerardo Matos Rodriguez
La Cumparsita (Tango)
Xuefei Yang, guitar
6:42 a.m.
Benjamin Britten
Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra Opus 34
London Philharmonic Orchestra; Leonard Slatkin, conductor
7:00 a.m.
Andre Cardinal Destouches
Les Elements (1721)
Academy of Ancient Music; Christopher Hogwood, conductor
7:21 a.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Symphony No. 3 "Eroica": I. Allegro con brio in Eb major Opus 55
Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
7:38 a.m.
Rebecca Clarke
Passacaglia (on an Old English Tune)
Raphael Wallfisch, cello; John York, piano
7:44 a.m.
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
8:00 a.m.
Gabriel Faure
Dolly Suite Opus 56
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor
8:18 a.m.
Edouard Lalo
Scherzo in D minor
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Yondani Butt, conductor
8:24 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 14 in Eb major K 449
English Chamber Orchestra; Jeffrey Tate, conductor Mitsuko Uchida, piano
8:48 a.m.
Johannes Brahms
Symphony No. 3: I. Allegro con brio in F major Opus 90
Berlin Philharmonic; Herbert von Karajan, conductor
8:59 a.m.
Edvard Grieg
Symphony in C minor
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
9:33 a.m.
Rebecca Clarke
Dumka
Daniel Hope, violin; Philip Dukes, viola; Sophia Rahman, piano
9:44 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Slavonic Dance No. 10 in E minor Opus 72
Cleveland Orchestra; Christoph Von Dohnanyi, conductor
9:51 a.m.
Giovanni Gabrieli
Sonata XX
Gabrieli Consort of Venice; Paul McCreesh, conductor
10:00 a.m.
Johann Christian Bach
Sinfonia, Op. 18, No. 1 in Eb major Opus 18/1
Netherlands Chamber Orchestra; David Zinman, conductor
10:12 a.m.
Alexander Glazunov
Symphony No. 4 in Eb major Opus 48
BBC Welsh Symphony Orchestra; Tadaaki Otaka, conductor
10:48 a.m.
Rebecca Clarke
Piano Trio: II. Andante Molto Semplice
Neave Trio
10:55 a.m.
Alessandro Scarlatti
The Glory of Spring: Sinfonia (Act I)
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra; Nicholas McGegan, conductor
10:59 a.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Swan Lake Suite Opus 20
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Herbert Von Karajan, conductor
11:27 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Violin Concerto No. 3 in G major Opus 3/3 RV 310
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor Simon Standage, violin
11:34 a.m.
Claude Debussy
Petite suite
Ulster Orchestra; Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor
11:48 a.m.
Gioachino Rossini
The Thieving Magpie (LA GAZZA LADRA): Overture
London Symphony Orchestra; Claudio Abbado, conductor
11:59 a.m.
Frederic Chopin
Piano Concerto No. 1: III. Rondo in E minor Opus 11
Mahler Chamber Orchestra; Mikhail Pletnev, conductor Daniil Trifonov, piano
12:10 p.m.
Franz Krommer
Symphony No. 2 in D major Opus 40
London Mozart Players; Matthias Bamert, conductor
12:39 p.m.
Rebecca Clarke
Morpheus
Philip Dukes, viola; Sophia Rahman, piano
12:47 p.m.
Georges Bizet
Carmen Suite No. 1
Cincinnati Pops; Erich Kunzel, conductor
1:01 p.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso No. 2 in F major Opus 6/2 HWV 320
Handel & Haydn Society; Christopher Hogwood, conductor
1:13 p.m.
Leo Brouwer
Afro-Cuban Lullaby (Cancion de Cuna: Berceuse)
Milos Karadaglic, guitar
1:16 p.m.
Johannes Brahms
Hungarian Dance No. 8 in A minor
London Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
1:21 p.m.
Alexander Borodin
Symphony No. 2 in B minor
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
1:51 p.m.
Robert Schumann
Concertpiece for 4 horns & orchestra: I. Lebhaft in F major Opus 86
Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor Members of...
2:00 p.m.
Rebecca Clarke
Cello Sonata
Raphael Wallfisch, cello; John York, piano
2:23 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 35 "Haffner": I. Allegro con spirito in D major K 385
Prague Chamber Orchestra; Charles Mackerras, conductor
2:30 p.m.
Georg Philipp Telemann
Concerto for 3 oboes and strings in Bb major TWV 44:43
Musica Antiqua Koln; Reinhardt Goebel, conductor Peter Westermann, oboe; Michael Niesemann, oboe; Piet Dhont, oboe
2:40 p.m.
Maurice Ravel
Le tombeau de Couperin The tomb of Couperin
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra; Hugh Wolff, conductor
2:58 p.m.
Lars-Erik Larsson
Pastoral Suite Opus 19
CBC Vancouver Orchestra; Mario Bernardi, conductor
3:13 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Piano Sonata No. 14 "Moonlight" in C# minor Opus 27/2
Stephen Kovacevich, piano
3:30 p.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso No. 6 in D major Opus 3/6 HWV 317
Academy of Ancient Music; Richard Egarr, conductor Richard Egarr, organ
3:39 p.m.
Richard Wagner
Siegfried Idyll
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
3:59 p.m.
Johann Nepomuk Hummel
Trumpet Concerto in Eb major
National Philharmonic Orchestra; Raymond Leppard, conductor Wynton Marsalis, trumpet
4:18 p.m.
Rebecca Clarke
I'll Bid My Heart Be Still
Philip Dukes, viola; Sophia Rahman, piano
4:23 p.m.
Carl Nielsen
Symphony No. 1 in G minor Opus 7
Royal Danish Orchestra; Paavo Berglund, conductor
4:55 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
MASS IN B MINOR: Cum Sancto Spiritu in B minor BWV 232
English Baroque Soloists; Monteverdi Choir; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
5:00 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Scherzo capriccioso Opus 66
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra; Charles Mackerras, conductor
5:15 p.m.
John Knowles Paine
Symphony No. 2 "In the Spring": II. Scherzo (May-Night Fantasy) in A major Opus 34
Ulster Orchestra; JoAnn Falletta, conductor
5:26 p.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 92 "Oxford" in G major
Berlin Philharmonic; Simon Rattle, conductor
5:52 p.m.
Astor Piazzolla
Baires Promenade
Cortango
5:55 p.m.
William Bolcom
Fields of Flowers
Spencer Meyer, piano
6:00 p.m.
Wilhelm Peterson-Berger
Symphony No. 5 "Solitudo" in B minor
Norrkoping Symphony Orchestra; Michail Jurowski, conductor
6:29 p.m.
Rebecca Clarke
Rhapsody for Cello and Piano: III. Allegro ritmico, and IV. Lento
Raphael Wallfisch, cello; John York, piano
6:38 p.m.
Ernest Chausson
Viviane Opus 5
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor
6:51 p.m.
Giuseppi Antonio Brescianello
Partita in A major
Anthony Glise, guitar
