Classical Music Playlist, May 22, 2026
Composer Carl Nielsen in 1900
Perhaps because Danish composer Carl Nielsen began working on his Symphony No. 4 in 1914 at the outset of WW1, he started thinking about the irrepressible will to live. He observed that even if everything were destroyed, life would spring back, and he wanted to convey this inextinguishable life force present in all things including mankind, animals and nature. And there he had his title. Carl Nielsen’s Symphony No. 4, “The Inextinguishable,” is today’s Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
Gaspar Sanz
Suite in e minor in E minor
Chatham Baroque
6:11 a.m.
Luigi Boccherini
String Quartet Op. 24, No. 6 in G minor Opus 24 G 194
Europa Galante
6:28 a.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
Symphony No. 1 in C major Opus 19
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor
6:54 a.m.
Florence Price
Symphony No. 1: III. Juba Dance in E minor
Chineke! Orchestra; Roderick Cox, conductor
7:00 a.m.
Johann Strauss, Jr.
Where the Lemon Trees Blossom Opus 364 Wo die Citronen bluh'n
Vienna State Opera Orchestra; Jascha Horenstein, conductor
7:09 a.m.
Franz Schubert
Sonata "Arpeggione" in A minor D 821
Emanuel Ax, piano; Yo Yo Ma, cello
7:35 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso No. 3 in G major Opus 3/3 HWV 314
Musicians of the Louvre; Marc Minkowski, conductor
7:43 a.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Symphony No. 3 "Eroica": I. Allegro con brio in Eb major Opus 55
Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
8:00 a.m.
Georg Philipp Telemann
Tafelmusik II: Concerto for 3 violins in F major
Musica Antiqua Koln; Reinhardt Goebel, conductor Members of...
8:15 a.m.
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini Opus 43
Dallas Symphony Orchestra; Andrew Litton, conductor Stephen Hough, piano
8:40 a.m.
Antonio Lauro
Venezuelan Waltz No. 3 "Natalia" (Vals Venezolano)
Jason Vieaux, guitar
8:43 a.m.
Mel Bonis
Suite orientale: 2. Danse d�Alm�es Opus 48/2
WDR Symphony Orchestra; Joseph Bastian, conductor
8:47 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 41 "Jupiter": IV. Finale in C major K 551
Scottish Chamber Orchestra; Charles Mackerras, conductor
9:00 a.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 104 "London" in D major
Collegium Musicum 90; Richard Hickox, conductor
9:29 a.m.
Louise Farrenc
Etude No. 10 in F# minor Op 26/10
Lang Lang, piano
9:34 a.m.
Olivia Belli
Valse
Olivia Belli, piano
9:38 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto for 2 flutes in C major RV 533
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra; Nicholas McGegan, conductor Janet See, flute; Stephen Schultz, flute
9:46 a.m.
Julia Smith
String Quartet
Apollo Chamber Players
10:00 a.m.
Teresa Carreno
Ballade Opus 15
Clara Rodriguez, piano
10:08 a.m.
Edward Elgar
Cello Concerto in E minor Opus 85
London Philharmonic Orchestra; George Pehlivanian, conductor Ofra Harnoy, cello
10:38 a.m.
David Pritchard
Stairs
Aquarelle Guitar Quartet
10:43 a.m.
Johann Christian Bach
Symphony No. 4 in Bb major Opus 3
Camerata Budapest; Hanspeter Gmur, conductor
10:59 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F major BWV 1047
Berlin Academy of Ancient Music Friedemann Immer, baroque trumpet
11:11 a.m.
Manuel Ponce
Estrellita
Duo Sonidos
11:14 a.m.
Arthur Benjamin
Jamaican Rumba
Dusseldorf Symphony Orchestra; Yasuo Shinozaki, conductor Matthew Trusler, violin
11:18 a.m.
Alexander Glazunov
Symphony No. 6 in C minor Opus 58
Bamberg Symphony; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
11:55 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
Solomon: Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor
12:00 p.m.
Local Artist Feature: Bill Barbini, violin
Jennifer Reason, host
12:11 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 31 "Paris" in D major K 297
English Baroque Soloists; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
12:30 p.m.
Richard Strauss
Don Juan Opus 20
Cleveland Orchestra; George Szell, conductor
12:47 p.m.
Johan Christian Schieferdecker
Concerts musicaux No. 1
Berlin Academy of Ancient Music
1:00 p.m.
Robert Schumann
Piano Quartet: IV. Finale in Eb major Opus 47
Emerson String Quartet Menahem Pressler, piano
1:08 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Symphony No. 7 in A major Opus 92
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; Riccardo Chailly, conductor
1:48 p.m.
Gabriel Olafs
Fantasia for cello and orchestra
Reykjavik Orchestra; Viktor Orri Arnason, conductor Steiney Sigur�ardottir, cello; Gabriel Olafs, piano
1:53 p.m.
Clara Schumann
Soirees Musicales: II. Notturno Opus 6/2
Leanne Rees, piano
2:00 p.m.
Carl Nielsen
Symphony No. 4 "Inextinguishable" Opus 29
Danish National Symphony Orchestra; Fabio Luisi, conductor
2:37 p.m.
Amy Beach
Romance (1893) in D major Opus 23
Kristin Lee, violin; Jun Cho, piano
2:44 p.m.
Johann Fischer
THE JOURNAL OF SPRING: Suite No. 3
L'Orfeo Barokorkester; Michi Gaigg, conductor
2:54 p.m.
Dmitri Shostakovich
Suite for Variety Orchestra: Waltz No. 2
Concertgebouw Orchestra; Riccardo Chailly, conductor
2:59 p.m.
Mikhail Glinka
RUSLAN AND LUDMILA: Overture
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Fritz Reiner, conductor
3:05 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor K 466
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra Richard Goode, piano
3:36 p.m.
Luigi Boccherini
Quintet for Guitar and Strings No. 9: IV. Finale "Retreat from Madrid" in C major G 453
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields Chamber Ensemble Pepe Romero, guitar
3:44 p.m.
Josef Suk
Fantastic Scherzo Opus 25
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra; JoAnn Falletta, conductor
4:00 p.m.
Franz Liszt
Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 in D minor
Budapest Symphony Orchestra; Andras Korodi, conductor
4:11 p.m.
Kurt Atterberg
Symphony No. 4 "Sinfonia piccola" in G minor Opus 14
Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra; Ari Rasilainen, conductor
4:34 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Piano Sonata No. 8 "Pathetique": II. Adagio cantabile in C minor Opus 13
John O'Conor, piano
4:38 p.m.
Isaac Alderson
Waltz No. 1
Ensemble Galilei
4:43 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G major BWV 1049
Apollo's Fire; Jeannette Sorrell, conductor
4:59 p.m.
Gioachino Rossini
The Thieving Magpie (LA GAZZA LADRA): Overture
Chamber Orchestra of Europe; Claudio Abbado, conductor
5:09 p.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Violin Concerto "L'Amoroso" in E major RV 271
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor Simon Standage, violin
5:20 p.m.
Edward Elgar
Enigma Variations Opus 36
London Symphony Orchestra; Pierre Monteux, conductor
5:50 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Vanda: Overture Opus 25
Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra; Libor Pesek, conductor
6:00 p.m.
Local Artist Feature: Bill Barbini, violin
Jennifer Reason, host
6:11 p.m.
Igor Stravinsky
The Fairy's Kiss: Divertimento
Orchestre de Paris; Semyon Bychkov, conductor
6:37 p.m.
Federico Moreno Torroba
Castilian Suite (Suite castellana)
David Russell, guitar
6:45 p.m.
John Williams
Raiders of the Lost Ark: Marion's Theme
Los Angeles Recording Arts Orchestra; John Williams, conductor
6:50 p.m.
Claude Debussy
The Joyous Isle (L'Isle Joyeuse)
Carol Rosenberger, piano
6:56 p.m.
Nitin Sawhney
Breathing Light Leictes Blut
Helene Grimaud, piano
