Classical Music Playlist, April 14, 2026
When Mozart completed his Piano Concerto No. 27 in 1791, three years had passed since writing his previous concerto and his fame had fallen. So much so that when he premiered the new concerto in March 1791 was third-billed on the concert advertisement of another musician. This would be his last public appearance as a pianist. But all was not sad. Mozart was actually upbeat in early 1791 about his future. He recently gained a new appointment for a Cathedral in Vienna and all in that same year completed a string quartet, the operas La clemenza di Tito and Die Zauberflöte, the Clarinet Concerto, and the Requiem among other works. So, while it may be mellow with some mature serenity, Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 27 is not filled with the sad ruminations of a man facing difficulties or even death. It's today's Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
Franz Schubert
Fantasie for piano four-hands in F minor Opus 103 D 940
Paul Badura-Skoda, piano; Andrea Bonatta, piano
6:19 a.m.
Georg Philipp Telemann
Tafelmusik III: Suite (Overture) in Bb major TWV 55:B1
Musica Antiqua Koln; Reinhardt Goebel, conductor
6:45 a.m.
Ferdinando Carulli
Guitar Concerto in A major Opus 8
Leos Janacek Chamber Orchestra Kazuhito Yamashita, guitar
7:00 a.m.
Karol Szymanowski
Concert Overture Opus 12
BBC Symphony Orchestra; Edward Gardner, conductor
7:13 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 in F major BWV 1046
Berlin Academy of Ancient Music
7:34 a.m.
Philip Glass
String Quartet No. 3 "Mishima": VI. Mishima Closing
Attacca Quartet
7:37 a.m.
Giuseppe Verdi
OTELLO: Ballet Music
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; Jose Serebrier, conductor
7:44 a.m.
Johannes Brahms
Piano Sonata No. 1: IV. Finale in C major Opus 1
Norman Krieger, piano
7:51 a.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
Clarinet Concerto No. 1: III. Rondo in F minor Opus 73
Staatskapelle Dresden; Herbert Blomstedt, conductor Sabine Meyer, clarinet
7:59 a.m.
Florence Price
Dances in the Canebrakes
Chicago Sinfonietta; Mei-Ann Chen, conductor
8:09 a.m.
Isaac Albeniz
Suite Espanola: No. 3 "Sevilla" Opus 47
Xuefei Yang, guitar
8:14 a.m.
Paquito D'Rivera
Aires Tropicales: VI. Contradanza
Imani Winds
8:17 a.m.
Sergei Bortkiewicz
Piano Concerto No. 1 in Bb major Opus 16
Estonian National Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor Anna Shelest, piano
8:50 a.m.
Bedrich Smetana
BARTERED BRIDE: Polka and Furiant
Philharmonia Orchestra; William Boughton, conductor
8:59 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Violin Concerto No. 4 in D major K 218
Deutsche Radio Philharmonie; Bruno Weil, conductor Lena Neudauer, violin
9:22 a.m.
Carl Reinecke
Trio piano, oboe and horn in A minor Opus 188
Ingo Goritzki, oboe; Barry Tuckwell, horn; Ricardo Requejo, piano
9:52 a.m.
Maurice Ravel
Pavane for a Dead Princess (Pavane Pour Une Infante Defunte)
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra; Yoel Levi, conductor
10:00 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Lute Suite No. 1 in E minor BWV 996
Sharon Isbin, guitar
10:18 a.m.
Alexander Borodin
Petite Suite
Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra; Ghennady Rozhdestvensky, conductor
10:49 a.m.
Florence Price
"mini" Quintet for Piano and Strings in E minor
Catalyst Quartet Michelle Cann, piano
11:00 a.m.
George W. Chadwick
Symphonic Sketches: Jubilee
Cincinnati Pops; Erich Kunzel, conductor
11:09 a.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
11:20 a.m.
Edvard Grieg
Piano Concerto in A minor Opus 16
Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra; Riccardo Chailly, conductor Jorge Bolet, piano
11:53 a.m.
ANONYMOUS
Folia: Rodrigo Martinez
Jordi Savall, viola da gamba
12:00 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
My Home Overture Opus 62
Los Angeles Philharmonic; Andre Previn, conductor
12:11 p.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Symphony No. 2 in C minor Opus 17
Philharmonia Orchestra; Riccardo Muti, conductor
12:44 p.m.
Turlough O�Carolan/TRADITIONAL/Isaac Alderson
Planxty Hewlett/The Dusty Miller/The Last Minute
Ensemble Galilei
12:52 p.m.
Max Bruch
Scottish Fantasy: IV. Finale Opus 46
New Symphony Orchestra of London; Malcolm Sargent, conductor Jascha Heifetz, violin; Osian Ellis, harp
1:00 p.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso No. 4 in A minor Opus 6/4 HWV 322
Tafelmusik; Jeanne Lamon, conductor
1:12 p.m.
Alexander Borodin
String Quartet No. 2 in D major
Borodin String Quartet
1:43 p.m.
Jean Sibelius
Overture in A minor
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
1:50 p.m.
Gustav Holst
The Planets: Jupiter, the Bringer of Jolity Opus 32
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Andre Previn, conductor
2:00 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 27 in Bb major K 595
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra Richard Goode, piano
2:30 p.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Violin Concerto No. 9 for two violins, La Cetra - the lyre in Bb major Opus 9 RV 530
Academy of Ancient Music; Christopher Hogwood, conductor Simon Standage, violin; Catherine Mackintosh, violin
2:40 p.m.
Georges Bizet
L'Arlesienne Suite No. 1
Montreal Symphony Orchestra; Charles Dutoit, conductor
2:59 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
The Noon Witch Opus 108
Berlin Philharmonic; Simon Rattle, conductor
3:14 p.m.
Connor Chee
Navajo Vocable No. 9
Emanuele Arciuli, piano
3:17 p.m.
Aaron Copland
Fanfare for the Common Man
Detroit Symphony Orchestra; Antal Dorati, conductor
3:22 p.m.
Niels Gade
Symphony No. 5 in D minor Opus 25
Stockholm Sinfonietta; Neeme Jarvi, conductor Roland Pontinen, piano
3:49 p.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
Havanaise Opus 83
New York Philharmonic; Zubin Mehta, conductor Itzhak Perlman, violin
3:59 p.m.
Anton Bruckner
Symphony No. 4 "Romantic": I. Bewegt, Nicht Zu Schell in Eb major
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Karl Bohm, conductor
4:21 p.m.
George Gershwin
I Got Rhythm Variations
Cincinnati Pops; Erich Kunzel, conductor William Tritt, piano
4:31 p.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 46 in B major
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor
4:50 p.m.
Johannes Brahms
Violin Concerto: III. Allegro Giocoso (Finale) in D major Opus 77
Concertgebouw Orchestra; Bernard Haitink, conductor Henryk Szeryng, violin
5:00 p.m.
Charles Stanford
Irish Rhapsody No. 5
Ulster Orchestra; Vernon Handley, conductor
5:15 p.m.
Dorothy Howell
Lamia
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Rumon Gamba, conductor Sophie Langdon, violin; Richard Watkins, horn
5:27 p.m.
Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
Guitar Concerto No. 1 in D major Opus 99
London Philharmonic Orchestra; Leonard Slatkin, conductor Kazuhito Yamashita, guitar
5:47 p.m.
Jose Moncayo
Sinfonietta
Mexico National Symphony Orchestra; Enrique Arturo Diemecke, conductor
5:59 p.m.
Antonio Salieri
Triple Concerto for violin, oboe and cello in D major
Bern Camerata; Thomas Furi, conductor Thomas Furi, violin; Heinz Holliger, oboe; Thomas Demenga, cello
6:25 p.m.
Robert Schumann
Ghost Variations Wo0 24
Igor Levit, piano
6:38 p.m.
Julia Perry
Ye, Who Seek the Truth
Experiential Orchestra; James Blachly, conductor
6:42 p.m.
Richard Wagner
DIE MEISTERSINGER Prelude to Act III
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; James Levine, conductor
6:50 p.m.
Michio Miyagi
The Sea in Springtime (Haru no Umi)
Yolanda Kondonassis, harp
