Classical Music Playlist, May 25, 2026
Though the 1875 Symphony No. 1 by American composer John Knowles Paine was composed in the U.S. it wasn't published until 1908, two years after his death. But his 1879 Symphony No. 2 was published in 1880, making it the first full-score symphony ever published in America. It's today's Midday Masterpiece.
By the way, Paine gave each movement a description of its content:
I. Adagio sostenuto - "Departure of Winter" Allegro ma non troppo "Awakening of Nature"
II. Scherzo: Allegro "May-Night Fantasy"
III. Adagio "A Romance of Springtime"
IV. Allegro giojoso "The Glory of Nature"
6:00 a.m.
Charles Avison
Concerto No. 4 in G minor Opus 4/4
Avison Ensemble; Pavlo Beznosiuk, conductor
6:11 a.m.
Georg Philipp Telemann
Suite in C major TWV 55:C6
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor
6:36 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Nocturne in B major Opus 40
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
6:45 a.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
Bassoon Sonata Opus 168
Bruce Grainger, bassoon; Gail Niwa, piano
7:00 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso No. 11 in A major Opus 6/11 HWV 329
Academy of Ancient Music; Andrew Manze, conductor
7:17 a.m.
Carl Nielsen
Wind Quintet Opus 43
Bergen Wind Quintet
7:43 a.m.
Vladimir Martynov
The Beatitudes
Kronos Quartet
7:50 a.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
Oberon Overture J 306
Philharmonia Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
8:01 a.m.
Arcangelo Corelli
Concerto Grosso No. 9 in F major Opus 6
Musica Amphion; Pieter-Jan Belder, conductor
8:11 a.m.
Anton Bruckner
Symphony No. 4 "Romantic": I. Bewegt, Nicht Zu Schell in Eb major
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Karl Bohm, conductor
8:32 a.m.
Samuel Barber
Adagio for Strings Opus 11
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra; Leonard Slatkin, conductor
8:40 a.m.
Charles Stanford
Irish Rhapsody No. 4 in A minor Opus 141
Ulster Orchestra; Vernon Handley, conductor
9:00 a.m.
Randall Thompson
Symphony No. 2 in E minor
New York Philharmonic; Leonard Bernstein, conductor
9:29 a.m.
Adam Larrabee
24 Preludes for Banjo: No. 6 "Presto" in c# minor
John Bullard, banjo
9:30 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Cello Suite No. 1: Prelude in G major BWV 1007
Bela Fleck, banjo
9:33 a.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Sinfonia for String Orchestra No. 7
Sphinx Virtuosi; Damon Gupton, conductor
9:55 a.m.
Bela Bartok
Dance Suite: III. Allegro vivace SZ 77
Hungarian State Orchestra; Janos Ferencsik, conductor
10:00 a.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 6 "Le Matin" in D major
Lausanne Chamber Orchestra; Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor
10:19 a.m.
Johannes Brahms
Horn Trio in Eb major Opus 40
Lowell Greer, natural horn; Steven Lubin, fortepiano; Stephanie Chase, violin
10:49 a.m.
Carlos Salzedo
Bolero
Yolanda Kondonassis, harp
10:52 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Legend No. 6 Opus 59
San Francisco Symphony; Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
11:00 a.m.
Jan Dismas Zelenka
Capriccio No. 5 in G major Z 190
Bach Sinfonia; Daniel Abraham, conductor
11:15 a.m.
Arthur Foote
Piano Trio No. 2 in Bb major Opus 65
Neave Trio
11:38 a.m.
Enrique Granados
Danzas espanolas No. 10 "Triste"
Angel Romero, guitar; Celedonio Romero, guitar
11:43 a.m.
Jean Sibelius
Romantic Waltz from "Kuolema" (Valse Romantique) Opus 62
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Yondani Butt, conductor
11:48 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto for diverse instruments in C major RV 558
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor
12:00 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Andante for piano "Andante Favori" in F major WoO 57
Andras Schiff, piano
12:09 p.m.
Florence Price
Symphony No. 3
Philadelphia Orchestra; Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor
12:41 p.m.
Leo Brouwer
Afro-Cuban Lullaby (Cancion de Cuna: Berceuse)
Milos Karadaglic, guitar
12:44 p.m.
William Grant Still
Africa: II. Land of Romance
Lara Downes, piano
12:52 p.m.
Johann Christian Bach
Overture to Ataxerxes
Hanover Band; Anthony Halstead, conductor
1:00 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Concerto No. 1 (originally for violin) in A minor BWV 1041
Elias String Quartet Xuefei Yang, guitar
1:15 p.m.
Dorothy Howell
Piano Concerto in D minor in D minor
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra; Rebecca Miller, conductor Danny Driver, piano
1:35 p.m.
Tielmann Susato
Dans du Roy
New London Consort; Philip Pickett, conductor
1:38 p.m.
Tielmann Susato
Allemaingien (1-3, 5-8)
New London Consort; Philip Pickett, conductor
1:49 p.m.
Jean Sibelius
Spring Song
Lahti Symphony Orchestra; Osmo Vanska, conductor
2:00 p.m.
John Knowles Paine
Symphony No. 2 "In the Spring" in A major Opus 34
Ulster Orchestra; JoAnn Falletta, conductor
2:48 p.m.
George Walker
String Quartet No. 1 "Lyric": II. Molto adagio
Mir� Quartet
2:56 p.m.
Aaron Copland
Fanfare for the Common Man
New York Philharmonic; Leonard Bernstein, conductor
3:00 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B minor BWV 1067
La Petite Bande Barthold Kuijken, flute
3:22 p.m.
William Grant Still
Symphony No. 3 "The Sunday Symphony"
Fort Smith Symphony; John Jeter, conductor
3:41 p.m.
Harry Thacker Burleigh
Southland Sketches (1916)
Kristin Lee, violin; Jeremy Ajani Jordan, piano
3:53 p.m.
Juventino Rosas
Over the Waves (Sobre las olas)
Vienna State Opera Orchestra; Franz Bauer-Theussl, conductor
4:01 p.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
Symphony No. 3 "Organ" in C minor Opus 78
San Francisco Symphony; Edo de Waart, conductor Jean Guillou, organ
4:36 p.m.
John Field
Nocturne No. 1 in Eb major H 24
Alice Sara Ott, piano
4:39 p.m.
Clara Schumann
Three Romances for Piano: I. Andante Opus 11
Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano
4:43 p.m.
Henry Purcell
The Fairy Queen: Symphony (The 4th Act Suite) Z 629
Le Concert des Nations; Jordi Savall, conductor
4:51 p.m.
Arnold Bax
Morning Song (Maytime in Sussex)
London Philharmonic Orchestra; Bryden Thomson, conductor Margaret Fingerhut, piano
5:00 p.m.
Claude Debussy
Petite suite
Ulster Orchestra; Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor
5:14 p.m.
Frederick Delius
KOANGA: La Calinda
Northern Sinfonia of England; Richard Hickox, conductor
5:19 p.m.
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Symphony No. 3 in C major Opus 32
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
5:55 p.m.
Mel Bonis
Soir et Matin: I. Soir (Evening) Opus 76
Neave Trio
6:00 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
String Sextet in A major Opus 48
Raphael Ensemble
6:34 p.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso No. 6 in D major Opus 3/6 HWV 317
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor
6:41 p.m.
Astor Piazzolla
Baires Promenade
Cortango
6:44 p.m.
Chiquinha Gonzaga
Corta Jaca
Esther Abrami Quintet Esther Abrami, violin
6:48 p.m.
Adolphus Hailstork
Symphony No. 1: 2nd Movement
Virginia Symphony Orchestra; JoAnn Falletta, conductor
6:54 p.m.
Jason Moran
Cane: IV. Natchitoches to New York
Imani Winds
