Classical Music Playlist, May 5, 2026
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The Concierto del Sur by Mexican composer Manuel Poncé is one of the Latin-American masterworks for guitar and orchestra. Written in 1941 for Spanish guitarist Andrés Segovia, it’s today’s Midday Masterpiece at 2pm. In fact, for Cinco de Mayo today, the entire 2pm hour will be all music by Mexican composers. In addition to Poncé will be the Danzon No 2 by Arturo Márquez, a piece with Afro-Cuban roots; Huapango by José Moncayo that derives from traditional folkloric music from the Veracruz region; and pieces for piano by Ricardo Castro whose compositions were rooted more in 19th-century European Romanticism than traditional Mexican folk music.
6:00 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto in D major RV 564
Europa Galante; Fabio Biondi, conductor
6:11 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 9 "Jenamy" in Eb major K 271 "Jeunehomme"
English Baroque Soloists; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor Malcolm Bilson, fortepiano
6:43 a.m.
Ottorino Respighi
Fountains of Rome
Philadelphia Orchestra; Riccardo Muti, conductor
7:00 a.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
String Quartet in B minor Opus 33/1 HOB 3/37
Quatuor Mosaiques
7:23 a.m.
Karl Goldmark
In Italy Overture Opus 49
Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra; Andras Korodi, conductor
7:37 a.m.
Gaspar Sanz
Canarios
Chatham Baroque
7:41 a.m.
Juan Ara��s
A Festive Chaconne (Chacona: "Un sarao de la chacona")
Piffaro Renaissance Band
7:42 a.m.
Diego Ortiz
Recercada No. 2
Daniel Hope, violin; and friends
7:44 a.m.
Edvard Grieg
Peer Gynt Suite No. 1 Opus 46
Berlin Philharmonic; Herbert Von Karajan, conductor
8:00 a.m.
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Scheherazade: Festival at Baghdad Opus 35
London Symphony Orchestra; Charles Mackerras, conductor
8:14 a.m.
Joaquin Rodrigo
Concierto Andaluz for 4 guitars
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor Los Romeros
8:39 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Rondo Alla Turca (from Piano Sonata No. 11) in A major
Mitsuko Uchida, piano
8:44 a.m.
Aleksandra Pakhmutova
Trumpet Concerto
Moscow Chamber Orchestra; Constantine Orbelian, conductor Bibi Black, trumpet
9:00 a.m.
Hector Berlioz
Harold in Italy Opus 16
Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra; Eliahu Inbal, conductor Yuri Bashmet, viola
9:43 a.m.
Alexander Zhuk
Ukrainian Rhapsody
Anna Shelest, piano
9:50 a.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Ruy Blas: Overture Opus 95
Bergen Philharmonic; Andrew Litton, conductor
10:00 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto No. 3 "a due cori" in F major HWV 334
English Baroque Soloists; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
10:14 a.m.
Richard Wagner
DIE MEISTERSINGER: Prelude
Berlin Philharmonic; Seiji Ozawa, conductor
10:26 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Violin Concerto No. 3 in G major K 216
Netherlands Chamber Orchestra; Yakov Kreizberg, conductor Julia Fischer, violin
10:51 a.m.
Amilcare Ponchielli
LA GIOCONDA: Dance of the Hours
National Philharmonic Orchestra; Bruno Bartoletti, conductor
10:59 a.m.
Fanny Mendelssohn
Overture in C major
The Women's Philharmonic; JoAnn Falletta, conductor
11:11 a.m.
Manuel Ponce
Giga
Horst Klee, guitar
11:13 a.m.
Silvestre Revueltas
Ocho por Radio
London Sinfonietta; David Atherton, conductor
11:20 a.m.
Hamilton Harty
Piano Concerto in B minor
Ulster Orchestra; Takuo Yuasa, conductor Peter Donohoe, piano
11:51 a.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Coriolan Overture in C minor Opus 62
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; Riccardo Chailly, conductor
11:59 a.m.
Jose Moncayo
Sinfonietta
Mexico National Symphony Orchestra; Enrique Arturo Diemecke, conductor
12:11 p.m.
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Symphony No. 3: III. Allegro in A minor Opus 44
Detroit Symphony Orchestra; Leonard Slatkin, conductor
12:25 p.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
Clarinet Concerto No. 1 in F minor Opus 73
English Chamber Orchestra; Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor Emma Johnson, clarinet
12:48 p.m.
Anton Bruckner
Symphony No. 4 "Romantic": III. Scherzo in Eb major
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra; Manfred Honeck, conductor
1:00 p.m.
George Friederich Handel
ALMIRA: Suite of instrumental music
Berlin Academy of Ancient Music
1:15 p.m.
Astor Piazzolla
Oblivion
Gold Coast Trio
1:21 p.m.
Edvard Grieg
Symphonic Dances Opus 64
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; Paavo Berglund, conductor
1:52 p.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Piano Concerto No. 1: III. Presto - Molto allegro e vivace in G minor Opus 25
London Mozart Players; Jonathan Bloxham, conductor Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano
2:00 p.m.
Manuel Ponce
Concierto del Sur for guitar and orchestra
New York Philharmonic; Jose Serebrier, conductor Sharon Isbin, guitar
2:26 p.m.
Ricardo Castro
Plainte Opus 38/2
Orquesta Sinfonica de Mineria (OSM) Jorge Federico Osorio, piano
2:30 p.m.
Ricardo Castro
Piano Concerto: III. Polonaise in A minor Opus 22
Orquesta Sinf�nica de Miner�a (OSM); Carlos Miguel Prieto, conductor Jorge Federico Osorio, piano
2:38 p.m.
Jose Moncayo
Huapango
Philharmonic Orchestra of the Americas; Alondra de la Parra, conductor
2:48 p.m.
Arturo Marquez
Danzon No. 2
Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra; Gustavo Dudamel, conductor
2:59 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 39 in Eb major K 543
Scottish Chamber Orchestra; Charles Mackerras, conductor
3:30 p.m.
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Vocalise Opus 34/14
Orchestra of St. Luke's; Michael Stern, conductor Joshua Bell, violin
3:37 p.m.
Alexander Borodin
PRINCE IGOR: Polovetsian Dances
Bavarian Radio Symphony & Chorus; Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
3:52 p.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Violin Concerto, Op. 3, No. 6 in A minor Opus 3/6 RV 356
Venice Baroque Orchestra Avi Avital, mandolin
4:00 p.m.
Richard Strauss
Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks Opus 28
Staatskapelle Dresden; Rudolph Kempe, conductor
4:16 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major BWV 1068
La Petite Bande; Sigiswald Kuijken, conductor
4:37 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Piano Sonata No. 14 "Moonlight": I. Adagio sostenuto in C# minor Opus 27/2
Alice Sara Ott, piano
4:42 p.m.
Frode Fjellheim
Under the Arctic Moon
Arctic Philharmonic; Christian Kluxen, conductor Eldbjorg Hemsing, violin
4:47 p.m.
Gustav Holst
Suite No. 2 in F major Opus 28
North Texas Wind Symphony; Eugene Corporon, conductor
4:59 p.m.
Giuseppe Verdi
LA FORZA DEL DESTINO Overture
Philharmonic of La Scala; Riccardo Muti, conductor
5:08 p.m.
Edvard Grieg
Piano Concerto in A minor Opus 16
Berlin Philharmonic; Mariss Jansons, conductor Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
5:38 p.m.
George W. Chadwick
Symphonic Sketches: Jubilee
Cincinnati Pops; Erich Kunzel, conductor
5:47 p.m.
Carlos Chavez
Symphony No. 2 "Sinfonia India"
New World Symphony; Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
6:01 p.m.
Carl Nielsen
Symphony No. 3 "Sinfonia expansiva" Opus 27
San Francisco Symphony; Herbert Blomstedt, conductor
6:37 p.m.
Heitor Villa-Lobos
Prelude No. 1
Xuefei Yang, guitar
6:43 p.m.
John Williams
Seven Years in Tibet: Seven Years in Tibet
Studio Orchestra; John Williams, conductor Yo Yo Ma, cello
6:50 p.m.
Laszlo Draskoczy
Dances from Korond
Tapiola Sinfonietta; Jan Soderblom, conductor Kari Kriikku, clarinet
6:55 p.m.
Yiruma
la bianca primavera
Yiruma, piano; Chanuk Kang, cello
