Classical Music Playlist, April 28, 2026
Sergei Rachmaninoff in 1915 and some of the final movement of his Piano Concerto 3
The Washington Post once called the notoriously difficult Piano Concerto No. 3 by Sergei Rachmaninoff, “40 minutes of finger-twisting madness.” Sir Stephen Hough is the able soloist in this “Mt. Everest of concertos” for today's Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
Ignaz Holzbauer
Symphony in A major Opus 2/4
L'Orfeo Barokorkester; Michi Gaigg, conductor
6:10 a.m.
Kurt Atterberg
Horn Concerto Opus 28
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra; Gerard Oskamp, conductor Albert Linder, horn
6:31 a.m.
William Bolcom
Ghost Rag: I. Graceful Ghost
Spencer Meyer, piano
6:36 a.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 53 "L'Imperiale" in D major
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
6:59 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Slavonic Rhapsody No. 3 in Ab major Opus 45
Scottish National Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
7:13 a.m.
Cecile Chaminade
Concertpiece (Concertstuck) in C# minor Opus 40
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra; Rebecca Miller, conductor Danny Driver, piano
7:29 a.m.
Gustav Mahler
Symphony No. 5: III. Scherzo in C# minor
Berlin Philharmonic; Claudio Abbado, conductor Gerd Seifert, horn
7:48 a.m.
Benjamin Britten
Soirees musicales (Suite after Rossini) Opus 9
Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra; Okko Kamu, conductor
8:00 a.m.
Gioachino Rossini
LA SCALA DI SETA (The Silken Ladder): Overture
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
8:07 a.m.
Arnold Bax
Overture to a Picaresque Comedy
Royal Scottish National Orchestra; David Lloyd-Jones, conductor
8:17 a.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
Piano Concerto No. 4 in C minor Opus 44
Philharmonia Orchestra Pascal Roge, piano
8:45 a.m.
Carlos Baguer
Symphony No. 16 in G major
London Mozart Players; Matthias Bamert, conductor
9:00 a.m.
Alexander von Zemlinsky
The Mermaid (Die Seejungfrau)
Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra; Riccardo Chailly, conductor
9:42 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Poetic Tone Pictures: I. Twilight Way Opus 85
Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
9:47 a.m.
Fanny Mendelssohn
Notturno in G minor H337
Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano
9:52 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
ABDUCTION FROM THE SERAGLIO Overture K 384
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor
10:00 a.m.
Jean-Philippe Rameau
NAIS: Orchestral Suite (2)
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra; Nicholas McGegan, conductor
10:18 a.m.
Elena Kats-Chernin
Fast Blue Village 2
Del Sol String Quartet
10:24 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Fugue "Little Fugue" in G minor BWV 578
Canadian Brass
10:29 a.m.
Jan Dussek
Piano Concerto in Eb major Opus 70
Ulster Orchestra; Howard Shelley, conductor Howard Shelley, piano
11:00 a.m.
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Symphony No. 2: IV. Finale: Allegro vivace in E minor Opus 27
Detroit Symphony Orchestra; Leonard Slatkin, conductor
11:15 a.m.
Agustin Barrios
Vals Tropical
David Russell, guitar
11:17 a.m.
Johannes Brahms
Hungarian Dance No. 8 in A minor
London Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
11:21 a.m.
Carl Nielsen
Aladdin Suite Opus 34
San Francisco Symphony; Herbert Blomstedt, conductor
11:48 a.m.
Francesco Geminiani
Concerto Grosso "La Follia" in D minor
Les Violons du Roy; Bernard Labadie, conductor
12:00 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
12:09 p.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 103 "Drum Roll" in Eb major
Orchestra of St. Luke's; Charles Mackerras, conductor
12:39 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring
Voces8; Eric Whitacre, conductor Nelson Freire, piano
12:43 p.m.
Mel Bonis
Soir et Matin: I. Soir (Evening) Opus 76
Neave Trio
12:48 p.m.
Johann Joachim Quantz
Horn Concerto in Eb major
St. Petersburg Chamber Philharmonic; Jeffrey Meyer, conductor Bruce Atwell, horn
12:58 p.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Capriccio Italien Opus 45
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra; Leonard Slatkin, conductor
1:16 p.m.
Ernest Farrar
The Forsaken Merman Opus 30
Philharmonia Orchestra; Alasdair Mitchell, conductor
1:45 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Legend No. 6 Opus 59
San Francisco Symphony; Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
1:52 p.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
Danse Macabre Opus 40
French Radio and Television Orchestra; Jean Martinon, conductor
2:00 p.m.
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor Opus 30
Dallas Symphony Orchestra; Andrew Litton, conductor Stephen Hough, piano
2:39 p.m.
Johann Strauss, Jr.
Artist's Life Opus 316 Kunstlerleben
Vienna State Opera Orchestra; Jascha Horenstein, conductor
2:48 p.m.
Max Bruch
Kol Nidrei Opus 47
London Symphony Orchestra; Antal Dorati, conductor Janos Starker, cello
3:00 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Violin Concerto No. 2 in E major BWV 1042
Collegium Musicum 90; Simon Standage, conductor Simon Standage, violin
3:17 p.m.
Hugo Alfven
Mountain King Suite
Royal Scottish National Orchestra; Niklas Willen, conductor
3:34 p.m.
Franz Liszt
Hungarian Rhapsody No. 1 in F minor
Budapest Symphony Orchestra; Andras Korodi, conductor
3:47 p.m.
Frederic Chopin
Piano Concerto No. 1: III. Rondo in E minor Opus 11
Mahler Chamber Orchestra; Mikhail Pletnev, conductor Daniil Trifonov, piano
3:58 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...
4:06 p.m.
Claude Debussy
The Girl with the Flaxen Hair (from Preludes, Book I: No. 8)
Jeneba Kanneh-Mason, piano
4:09 p.m.
Nigel Hess
Fantasy for Violin and Orchestra
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Nigel Hess, conductor Joshua Bell, violin
4:14 p.m.
Johannes Brahms
Serenade No. 2 in A major Opus 16
Scottish Chamber Orchestra; Charles Mackerras, conductor
4:46 p.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Four Seasons: Summer (L'Estate) in G minor Opus 8 RV 315
Europa Galante Fabio Biondi, violin
4:59 p.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso No. 1 in Bb major Opus 3/1 HWV 312
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor
5:08 p.m.
Ernst von Dohnanyi
Variations on a Nursery Song Opus 25
Budapest Festival Orchestra; Ivan Fischer, conductor Zoltan Kocsis, piano
5:32 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F major BWV 1047
Berlin Academy of Ancient Music Friedemann Immer, baroque trumpet
5:44 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Leonore Overture No. 2 Opus 72
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra; Yoel Levi, conductor
5:59 p.m.
Clara Schumann
Piano Trio in G minor Opus 17
Nash Ensemble
6:28 p.m.
Peter Warlock
Six Italian Dance Tunes
London Festival Orchestra; Ross Pople, conductor
6:40 p.m.
Francesco Geminiani
Concerto Grosso No. 3 in E minor Opus 3/3
La Petite Bande; Sigiswald Kuijken, conductor
6:49 p.m.
Federico Moreno Torroba
Castillos de Espana: Torija/Alcaniz (Elegia/Festival)
Andres Segovia, guitar
6:54 p.m.
Michael Nyman
If (from The Diary of Anne Frank)
BBC Concert Orchestra; Jessica Cottis, conductor Jess Gillam, soprano saxophone
