Classical Music Playlist, April 2, 2026
After working for the Esterhazy family for nearly 30 years, they increased Haydn’s pension but dismissed the entire orchestra. Left with nothing much to do, Haydn accepted a commission from London for 12 new symphonies so lucrative he earned more for those new works than he did in about 20 of his 30 years working for the Esterhazy family. His time in London was the high point of his career: he was an international star and London audiences loved him. The final of his twelve “London” symphonies, and his final symphony ever, Haydn’s Symphony No. 104, is today’s Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Oboe Concerto in A minor RV 461
Ensemble Zefiro; Alfredo Bernardini, conductor Alfredo Bernardini, oboe
6:09 a.m.
Alexander Glazunov
Symphony No. 6 in C minor Opus 58
BBC Welsh Symphony Orchestra; Tadaaki Otaka, conductor
6:48 a.m.
Mel Bonis
Soir et Matin: I. Soir (Evening) Opus 76
Neave Trio
6:53 a.m.
ANONYMOUS
Carabanda
Chatham Baroque
6:55 a.m.
Lucas Ruiz de Ribayaz
El Gran Duque y Baylete
The Harp Consort
7:00 a.m.
Richard Strauss
Horn Concerto No. 2 in Eb major
London Symphony Orchestra; Istvan Kertesz, conductor Barry Tuckwell, horn
7:21 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik in G major K 525
Les Violons du Roy; Bernard Labadie, conductor
7:41 a.m.
Jean-Baptiste Lully
March for the Turkish Ceremony
Le Concert des Nations; Jordi Savall, conductor
7:43 a.m.
Johannes Hanssen
Valdres March
Boston Pops Orchestra; Arthur Fiedler, conductor
7:47 a.m.
Mikhail Glinka
Spanish Overture No. 2
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Vassily Sinaisky, conductor
7:58 a.m.
Frederic Chopin
Piano Concerto No. 1: III. Rondo in E minor Opus 11
Mahler Chamber Orchestra; Mikhail Pletnev, conductor Daniil Trifonov, piano
8:08 a.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Symphony No. 8 in F major Opus 93
Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
8:34 a.m.
Paul Hindemith
Symphony "Mathis der Maler" (Matthias the Painter): I. Engelkonzert Angel concert
San Francisco Symphony; Herbert Blomstedt, conductor
8:43 a.m.
Louis Theodore Gouvy
Symphonie breve in G minor Opus 58
Saarbrucken Radio Philharmonic Orchestra; Jacques Mercier, conductor
8:59 a.m.
Carl Nielsen
Symphony No. 4 "Inextinguishable" Opus 29
Danish National Symphony Orchestra; Fabio Luisi, conductor
9:37 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
Saul: Sinfonia HWV 53
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor Trevor Pinnock, organ
9:55 a.m.
Gabriela Lena Frank
Leyendas: VI. Coqueteos
Del Sol String Quartet
10:00 a.m.
Hugo Wolf
Italian Serenade in G major
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
10:08 a.m.
William Grant Still
Summerland
Jeneba Kanneh-Mason, piano
10:11 a.m.
Amy Beach
Pastorale
Reykjavik Wind Quintet
10:16 a.m.
George Frederick Bristow
Symphony No. 3 in F# minor Opus 26
Detroit Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
10:52 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 20: III. Rondo in D minor K 466
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra; Jeremy Denk, conductor Jeremy Denk, piano
11:00 a.m.
Franz Schubert
Symphony No. 5 in Bb major D 485
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor
11:29 a.m.
Alfonso Montes
Milonga in the Style of Piazzolla (Milonga a Piazzolla)
Castellani Andriaccio Duo
11:33 a.m.
Camargo Mozart Guarnieri
Brazilian Dance (Dansa Brasiliera)
Simon Bolivar Orchestra; Maximiano Valdez, conductor
11:36 a.m.
Cecile Chaminade
6 Romantic Pieces Opus 55
Anna Shelest, piano; Dmitri Shelest, piano
11:49 a.m.
Jacques Offenbach
ORPHEUS IN THE UNDERWORLD: Overture
New York Philharmonic; Leonard Bernstein, conductor
12:00 p.m.
Arcangelo Corelli
Concerto Grosso No. 10 in C major Opus 6
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor
12:14 p.m.
Enrique Granados
Danzas espanolas No. 7 "Valenciana"
Alicia de Larrocha, piano
12:19 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
String Quartet No. 14: V. Presto in C# minor Opus 131
Takacs Quartet
12:25 p.m.
Edward Elgar
Enigma Variations Opus 36
London Symphony Orchestra; Pierre Monteux, conductor
12:56 p.m.
Giovanni Gabrieli
Canzon in the 1st tone
Philadelphia & Cleveland Orchestra Brass Ensembles
1:00 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Fantasia and Fugue in A minor in A minor BWV 904
Vikingur Olafsson, piano
1:11 p.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
1:36 p.m.
Heitor Villa-Lobos
Choros No. 5: Alma Brasileira
Assad Brothers Sergio Assad, guitar; Odair Assad, guitar
1:40 p.m.
Johannes Brahms
Intermezzo in Eb major Opus 117/1
Orli Shaham, piano
1:47 p.m.
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Scheherazade: Festival at Baghdad Opus 35
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Fritz Reiner, conductor
2:00 p.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 104 "London" in D major
Orchestra of St. Luke's; Charles Mackerras, conductor
2:29 p.m.
Astor Piazzolla
Decarissimo
Gidon Kremer, violin; Vadim Sakharov, piano; Alois Posch, double-bass; Per Arne Glorvigen, bandoneon
2:33 p.m.
Edward K. (Duke) Ellington
In a sentimental mood
Jason Vieaux, guitar
2:37 p.m.
Francesco Durante
Concerto No. 5 in A major
Concerto Koln
2:46 p.m.
Alexander Glazunov
The Seasons: Autumn Opus 67
Minnesota Orchestra; Edo de Waart, conductor
3:00 p.m.
Franz Schubert
Octet for strings & winds: I. Adagio - Allegro in F major Opus 166 D 803
Academy of Ancient Music Members of...
3:15 p.m.
Reinhold Gliere
Concert Waltz Opus 90
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Vassily Sinaisky, conductor
3:22 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
String Quartet No. 14 in Ab major Opus 105
Takacs Quartet
3:55 p.m.
Mel Bonis
Les Gitanos (Valse espagnole) Opus 15 Gitanos = Spanish Roma
WDR Symphony Orchestra; Joseph Bastian, conductor
4:00 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Clarinet Concerto in A major K 622
Staatskapelle Dresden; Hans Vonk, conductor Sabine Meyer, basset clarinet
4:28 p.m.
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Five Negro Melodies: 4. They will not lend me a child
Neave Trio
4:34 p.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso No. 4 in F major Opus 3/4a HWV 315
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor
4:46 p.m.
Johannes Brahms
Piano Concerto No. 1: III. Rondo in D minor Opus 15
Concertgebouw Orchestra; Bernard Haitink, conductor Claudio Arrau, piano
5:00 p.m.
Hamilton Harty
In Ireland
Ulster Orchestra; Bryden Thomson, conductor Colin Fleming, flute; Denise Kelly, harp
5:10 p.m.
Robert Schumann
Julius Caesar Overture Opus 128
London Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
5:20 p.m.
Francis Poulenc
The Does (Les Biches): Suite
National Orchestra of France; Charles Dutoit, conductor
5:41 p.m.
Ernest Chausson
Poeme
Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France; Mikko Franck, conductor Hilary Hahn, violin
5:59 p.m.
John Field
Piano Concerto No. 4 in Eb major
New Irish Chamber Orchestra; Janos Furst, conductor John O'Conor, piano
6:32 p.m.
Johan Halvorsen
Norwegian Air (Air norvegien) Opus 7
Bergen Philharmonic; Neeme Jarvi, conductor Marianne Thorsen, violin
6:41 p.m.
John Mackey
Kingfishers Catch Fire
North Texas Wind Symphony; Eugene Corporon, conductor
6:47 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Six Little Preludes (BWV 933-938) BWV 933
Angela Hewitt, piano
