Classical Music Playlist, May 14, 2026
"The Cotillion Dance" (1771) by James Caldwell (1739-1819 )
If you watch a 1960s movie with a scene at a high school dance you’ll likely hear actual dances popular in those days: the Twist, the Loco-Motion, and the Watusi among others. In the 1720s Johann Sebastian Bach did the same thing: he appealed to popular tastes by including popular dances of HIS time like the Courante, Gavotte, Menuet and Bourrée, among others, into his Orchestral Suites. The Orchestral Suite No. 4 by Bach is today’s Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
Jean-Philippe Rameau
LE TEMPLE DE LA GLOIRE: Suite II The Temple of Glory
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra; Nicholas McGegan, conductor
6:16 a.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Piano Quintet in Eb major Opus 16
Academy of Ancient Music Chamber Ensemble Robert Levin, fortepiano
6:44 a.m.
John Playford
A Ground by Mr. Finger
Hesperus
6:46 a.m.
Gabriel Faure
Papillon Opus 77
Yo Yo Ma, cello; Kathryn Stott, piano
6:50 a.m.
Engelbert Humperdinck
HANSEL UND GRETEL Overture
London Symphony Orchestra; Andre Previn, conductor
7:00 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G major BWV 1048
European Brandenburg Ensemble; Trevor Pinnock, conductor
7:12 a.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 100 "Military" in G major
Orchestra of St. Luke's; Charles Mackerras, conductor
7:36 a.m.
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Prelude in G minor in G minor Opus 23
Yuja Wang, piano
7:40 a.m.
Johannes Brahms
Hungarian Dance No. 5 in G minor
Berlin Philharmonic; Claudio Abbado, conductor
7:43 a.m.
Sergei Prokofiev
Symphony No. 1 "Classical" in D major Opus 25
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
7:59 a.m.
Robert Schumann
Introduction and Allegro appassionato in G major Opus 92
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Christoph Von Dohnanyi, conductor Andras Schiff, piano
8:14 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 25 in G minor K 183
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor
8:37 a.m.
Fernande Decruck
Sonata in C-sharp for alto saxophone: I. Tr�s mod�r� in C# minor
Jackson Symphony Orchestra; Matthew Aubin, conductor Carrie Koffman, alto saxophone
8:43 a.m.
Franz Xaver Richter
Sinfonia No. 4 in C major
Helsinki Baroque Orchestra; Aapo Hakkinen, conductor
9:00 a.m.
Franz Schubert
Symphony No. 8 "Unfinished" in B minor D 759
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Carlos Kleiber, conductor
9:26 a.m.
Santiago de Murcia
Guitar Sonata in C major
Richard Savino, guitar
9:42 a.m.
Claude Debussy
The Girl with the Flaxen Hair (from Preludes, Book I: No. 8)
Jeneba Kanneh-Mason, piano
9:44 a.m.
Georges Bizet
CARMEN: Intermezzo, Act III
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra; Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor
9:48 a.m.
Niels Gade
In the Highlands (Scottish Overture) Opus 7
Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra; Christopher Hogwood, conductor
10:00 a.m.
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
Cello Concerto in A major Wq 172 / H 439
English Chamber Orchestra; Andrew Davis, conductor Matt Haimovitz, cello
10:20 a.m.
Leo Brouwer
El Decameron Negro: 1. El arpa del Guerrero
Sharon Isbin, guitar
10:24 a.m.
Scott Joplin
Treemonisha: Prelude Act III
Houston Grand Opera Orchestra; Gunther Schuller, conductor
10:29 a.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
String Quartet "Quinten" (Fifths) in D minor Opus 76/2
Takacs Quartet
10:50 a.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
Omphale's Spinning Wheel (Le Rouet d'Omphale) Opus 31
Boston Symphony Orchestra; Charles Munch, conductor
10:59 a.m.
Joseph Wolfl
Piano Concerto No. 6 "The Cuckoo" Opus 49
S. W. German Radio Symphony Orchestra; Johannes Moesus, conductor Yorck Kronenberg, piano
11:18 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso No. 4 in F major Opus 3/4a HWV 315
Academy of Ancient Music; Richard Egarr, conductor
11:32 a.m.
Clara Schumann
Three Romances for Piano: I. Andante Opus 11
Lara Downes, piano
11:35 a.m.
TRADITIONAL
The Lark in the Clear Air
McGill/McHale Trio Demarre McGill, flute; Anthony McGill, clarinet; Michael McHale, piano
11:40 a.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
Symphony No. 2 in C major J 51
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor
12:00 p.m.
Arcangelo Corelli
Concerto Grosso No. 5 in Bb major Opus 6
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor
12:12 p.m.
Bela Bartok
Concerto for Orchestra: IV. Interrupted Intermezzo
Helsinki Philharmonic; Susanna Malkki, conductor
12:17 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 24 in C minor K 491
Scottish Chamber Orchestra; Charles Mackerras, conductor John O'Conor, piano
12:47 p.m.
Jessie Montgomery
Strum
Catalyst Quartet
12:54 p.m.
Aaron Copland
Rodeo: Hoe-Down
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra; Leonard Slatkin, conductor
1:00 p.m.
Johann Fischer
THE JOURNAL OF SPRING: Suite No. 1
L'Orfeo Barokorkester; Michi Gaigg, conductor
1:10 p.m.
Gabriel Faure
Piano Quintet No. 2 in C minor Opus 115
Domus; Anthony Marwood, 2nd violin
1:43 p.m.
Edouard Lalo
Scherzo in D minor
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Yondani Butt, conductor
1:49 p.m.
Gioachino Rossini
THE TURK IN ITALY: Overture
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
2:00 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Orchestral Suite No. 4 in D major BWV 1069
Le Concert des Nations; Jordi Savall, conductor La Capella Reial de Catalunya
2:25 p.m.
Fanny Mendelssohn
Sonata Movement (Sonatensatz) in E in E major (1822, age 16) H44
Leanne Rees, piano
2:33 p.m.
Bernhard Crusell
Clarinet Concerto No. 1 in Eb major Opus 1
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra; Okko Kamu, conductor Martin Frost, clarinet
2:54 p.m.
Esther Abrami
Transmissions
Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra; Irene Delgado-Jimenez, conductor Esther Abrami, violin
3:00 p.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
Africa-Fantasie Opus 89
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Andre Previn, conductor Jean-Philippe Collard, piano
3:12 p.m.
Florence Price
String Quartet No. 2 in A minor
Catalyst Quartet
3:45 p.m.
Tomaso Albinoni
Adagio in G minor
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
3:53 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 35 "Haffner": I. Allegro con spirito in D major K 385
Prague Chamber Orchestra; Charles Mackerras, conductor
4:00 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Symphony No. 7 in D minor Opus 70
Los Angeles Philharmonic; Gustavo Dudamel, conductor Bomsori Kim, violin
4:37 p.m.
Mel Bonis
Serenade Opus 46
Sandrine Cantoreggi, violin; Sheila Arnold, piano
4:41 p.m.
Gentil Montana
Suite Colombiana No. 2: III. Bambuco
Jose Antonio Escobar, guitar
4:45 p.m.
Reinhold Gliere
Symphony No. 3 "Ilya Muromets": III. At the Court of Vladimir the Mighty Sun in B minor Opus 42
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Edward Downes, conductor
4:53 p.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Athalia: March of the Priests Opus 74
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Christoph Von Dohnanyi, conductor
5:00 p.m.
George Friederich Handel
Saul: Sinfonia HWV 53
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor Trevor Pinnock, organ
5:18 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
FIDELIO Overture Opus 72
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; Riccardo Chailly, conductor
5:26 p.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
Piano Concerto No. 2 in Eb major Opus 32
Scottish Chamber Orchestra; Charles Mackerras, conductor Nikolai Demidenko, piano
5:48 p.m.
Giuseppe Verdi
UN BALLO IN MASCHERA: Preludio (A Masked Ball)
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Edward Downes, conductor
5:52 p.m.
Dmitri Kabalevsky
Colas Breugnon: Overture
Minnesota Orchestra; Eiji Oue, conductor
5:58 p.m.
Johan Svendsen
Symphony No. 2 in Bb major Opus 15
Latvian National Symphony; Terje Mikkelsen, conductor
6:32 p.m.
Georg Philipp Telemann
Overture for trumpets, timpani and strings in D major
English String Orchestra; William Boughton, conductor John Wallace, trumpet; Members of...
6:39 p.m.
Rebecca Clarke
Dumka
Daniel Hope, violin; Philip Dukes, viola; Sophia Rahman, piano
6:50 p.m.
Leo Brouwer
El Decameron Negro: 2. La huida de los amantes por el valle de los ecos
Sharon Isbin, guitar
6:54 p.m.
Sade Adu
Love Is Stronger Than Pride
Carlos Simon, piano
