Classical Music Playlist, March 31, 2026
Anna Clyne | photo: Victoria Stevens
After a month of looking back at Women In Music every day in March for Women’s History Month, we conclude today by hearing from thirteen women who are moving music forward in the 21st century. Each hour between 6am and 7pm we’ll feature the music of one woman in music active in the 21st century:
- Dobrinka Tabakova (Born 1980. Bulgaria-born British composer).
- Hania Rani (1990. Polish composer, pianist, and vocalist).
- Yoko Shimomura (1967. Japanese composer and pianist known for her work in video games).
- Hildur Guðnadóttir (1982. Icelandic composer and cellist).
- Caroline Shaw (1982. American composer, violinist and singer).
- Alma Deutscher (2005. British composer, pianist, violinist and conductor.).
- Olivia Belli (April 27, ????. Italian pianist and composer).
- Jessie Montgomery (1981. American violinist and composer).
- Anna Clyne (1980. English composer resident in the United States).
- Nainita Desai (?. Active 1998–present. British composer of film, TV and video game music.).
- Esther Abrami (1996. UK-based French violinist).
- Clarice Assad (1978. Brazilian-American composer, pianist, arranger, singer, and educator).
- Anoushka Shankar (1981. British-American musician, writer and actress).
At 2pm we’ll hear “Dance” by London-born composer Anna Clyne. Effectively a cello concerto, each movement’s sub-title is taken from a poem by 13th century poet Rumi that tells us to “Dance when you’re broken open. Dance in the middle of the fighting,” and so on. In other words, dance, whatever life puts you through. “Dance” is today’s Midday Masterpiece.
“Dance, when you're broken open. Dance, if you've torn the bandage off. Dance in the middle of the fighting. Dance in your blood. Dance when you're perfectly free.” ― Rumi
6:00 a.m.
Georg Philipp Telemann
Concerto for trumpet, violin and strings in D major
Musica Antiqua Koln; Reinhardt Goebel, conductor Friedemann Immer, Trumpet; Reinhard Goebel, violin
6:13 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
String Quartet No. 14 "Spring" in G major K 387
Quatuor Mosaiques
6:48 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude & Fugue No. 2 in C Minor (from the Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1) in C minor BWV 847
Mahan Esfahani, harpsichord
6:53 a.m.
Dobrinka Tabakova
Suite in Old Style: III. Riddle of the barrel-organ player
Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra; Maxim Rysanov, conductor Maxim Rysanov, viola
6:59 a.m.
Maurice Ravel
Le tombeau de Couperin The tomb of Couperin
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra; Hugh Wolff, conductor
7:17 a.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Piano Sonata No. 23 "Appassionata" in F minor Opus 57
Paul Lewis, piano
7:43 a.m.
Hania Rani; Dobrawa Czocher
Con Moto
Hania Rani, piano; Dobrawa Czocher, cello
7:49 a.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
EUGENE ONEGIN: Waltz
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Yuri Temirkanov, conductor
7:59 a.m.
Johannes Brahms
Tragic Overture Opus 81
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; Riccardo Chailly, conductor
8:12 a.m.
William Grant Still
Symphony No. 1 "Afro-American"
Detroit Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
8:37 a.m.
Yoko Shimomura
Valse Di Fantastica
Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra; Irene Delgado-Jimenez, conductor Esther Abrami, violin
8:42 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 in Bb major BWV 1051
Tafelmusik; Jeanne Lamon, conductor
8:59 a.m.
Ignacy Jan Paderewski
Piano Concerto in A minor Opus 17
Polish National Radio Orchestra; Antoni Wit, conductor Janina Fialkowska, piano
9:34 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 32 in G major K 318
English Baroque Soloists; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
9:43 a.m.
Hildur Gudnadottir
Chernobyl: Vichnaya Pamyat Memory Eternal
Homin Lviv Municipal Choir
9:49 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Four Seasons: Spring (La Primavera) in E major Opus 8 RV 269
...and friends Janine Jansen, violin
10:00 a.m.
Johannes Brahms
Academic Festival Overture Opus 80
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra; Leonard Slatkin, conductor
10:11 a.m.
Anton Arensky
Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor Opus 32
Beaux Arts Trio
10:43 a.m.
Caroline Shaw
and the swallow
Fourth Wall Ensemble; Christopher Allen, conductor
10:47 a.m.
Caroline Shaw
The Listeners: 1. Prologue
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra and Chorale; Nicholas McGegan, conductor Avery Amereau, contralto
10:51 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
Oboe Concerto No. 3 in G minor HWV 287
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor David Reichenberg, oboe
11:01 a.m.
Edvard Grieg
Lyric Suite Opus 54
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
11:21 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 29 in A major K 201
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor
11:47 a.m.
Alma Deutscher
The Chase (Impromptu in C minor)
Alma Deutscher, piano
11:52 a.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Octet for Strings: IV. Presto (last mvmt.) in Eb major Opus 20
I Solisti Italiani
12:00 p.m.
Robert Schumann
Symphony No. 3 "Rhenish" in Eb major Opus 97
Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
12:31 p.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto for two violins, Op. 3, No. 5 in A major Opus 3 RV 519
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor
12:39 p.m.
Olivia Belli
Nocturne IV
Olivia Belli, piano
12:42 p.m.
Olivia Belli
Sapias Latin: "have good taste/sense"
Scoring Berlin; Jonathan Stockhammer, conductor Mari Samuelsen, violin
12:46 p.m.
Karl Goldmark
In Italy Overture Opus 49
National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland; Stephen Gunzenhauser, conductor
12:59 p.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
Concertpiece for piano and orchestra in F minor Opus 79 (Konzertstuck)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra; Charles Mackerras, conductor Nikolai Demidenko, piano
1:16 p.m.
Jessie Montgomery
Strum
Catalyst Quartet
1:24 p.m.
Ernst von Dohnanyi
Ruralia Hungarica Opus 32b
Budapest Symphony Orchestra; Gyorgy Lehel, conductor
1:49 p.m.
Joseph Bodin de Boismortier
Ballet No. 2 Opus 52
Le Concert Spirituel; Herve Niquet, conductor
2:00 p.m.
Anna Clyne
DANCE
London Philharmonic Orchestra; Marin Alsop, conductor Inbal Segev, cello
2:25 p.m.
Frederic Chopin
Prelude No. 15 "Raindrop" in Db major Opus 28
Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano
2:32 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Serenade for Winds in Eb major K 375
Winds of the Chamber Orchestra of Europe
2:56 p.m.
Chilly Gonzales
Prelude in C Sharp Major
Alice Sara Ott, piano
3:00 p.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso No. 9 in F major Opus 6/9 HWV 327
Boston Baroque; Martin Pearlman, conductor
3:14 p.m.
Nainita Desai
My Mind Is Still
Voces8
3:21 p.m.
Franz Schubert
Sonata "Arpeggione" in A minor D 821
Australian Chamber Orchestra; Richard Tognetti, conductor John Williams, guitar
3:44 p.m.
Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges
Symphony in G Major in G major
Tafelmusik; Jeanne Lamon, conductor
4:00 p.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 103 "Drum Roll" in Eb major
Collegium Musicum 90; Richard Hickox, conductor
4:31 p.m.
Rachel Portman
Apple Tree
Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra; Irene Delgado-Jimenez, conductor Esther Abrami, violin
4:33 p.m.
Esther Abrami
Transmissions
Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra; Irene Delgado-Jimenez, conductor Esther Abrami, violin
4:38 p.m.
Frederic Chopin
Piano Concerto No. 2: I. Maestoso in F minor Opus 21
Mahler Chamber Orchestra; Mikhail Pletnev, conductor Daniil Trifonov, piano
4:54 p.m.
Ron Nelson
Rocky Point Holiday
Dallas Wind Symphony; Jerry Junkin, conductor
5:01 p.m.
Gustav Mahler
Symphony No. 5: III. Scherzo in C# minor
Berlin Philharmonic; Claudio Abbado, conductor Gerd Seifert, horn
5:19 p.m.
Clarice Assad
a Tide of Living Water
Lara Downes, piano
5:21 p.m.
Clarice Assad
Bohemian Queen: III. Hyde Park Jam
Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra; Allen Tinkham, conductor Mary Elizabeth Bowden, trumpet
5:27 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Symphony No. 1 in C major Opus 21
German Chamber Philharmonic; Paavo Jarvi, conductor
5:52 p.m.
Paul Dukas
Villanelle for horn and orchestra
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; Kurt Masur, conductor Hermann Baumann, horn
5:59 p.m.
Reynaldo Hahn
Quintet for strings and piano in F# minor
Parisii Quartet Alexandre Tharaud, piano
6:26 p.m.
Jean-Baptiste Lully
Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme
Le Concert des Nations; Jordi Savall, conductor
6:45 p.m.
Anoushka Shankar
Land of Gold (Instrumental)
Anoushka Shankar, sitar
6:50 p.m.
Kevin Puts
Contact: I. The Call
Philadelphia Orchestra; Xian Zhang, conductor Time for Three
