Classical Music Playlist, May 26, 2026
Florence Price | photo: G. Nelidoff / Florence Price Papers, University or Arkansas Libraries
Composed in 1945 and lost until 2009 when it was discovered in an abandoned house she once owned, the Symphony No. 4 by Florence Price is today’s Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Sinfonia in G major RV 149
Academy of Ancient Music; Andrew Manze, conductor
6:07 a.m.
Henriette Renie
Trio for harp, violin and cello
Emily Levin, harp; Julia Choi, violin; Christine Lamprea, cello
6:38 a.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Sleeping Beauty: Panorama from act II
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Herbert von Karajan, conductor
6:43 a.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Piano Sonata No. 14 "Moonlight" in C# minor Opus 27/2
Garrick Ohlsson, piano
7:01 a.m.
Johann Strauss, Jr.
Morning Papers Opus 279 (Morgenblatter)
Vienna State Opera Orchestra; Franz Bauer-Theussl, conductor
7:13 a.m.
Isaac Albeniz
Suite Espanola: No. 4 "Cadiz" Opus 47
Jason Vieaux, guitar
7:17 a.m.
Johann Nepomuk Hummel
Concerto for Mandolin: III. Rondo in G major
Il Giardino Armonico; Giovanni Antonini, conductor Avi Avital, mandolin
7:23 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 15 in Bb major K 450
English Chamber Orchestra; Jeffrey Tate, conductor Mitsuko Uchida, piano
7:48 a.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Symphony No. 4 "Italian": I. Allegro Vivace in A major Opus 90
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment; Charles Mackerras, conductor
7:59 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Violin Concerto, Op. 4, No. 9 in F major Opus 4/9 RV 284
Academy of Ancient Music; Christopher Hogwood, conductor Monica Huggett, violin
8:08 a.m.
Jacques Offenbach
ORPHEUS IN THE UNDERWORLD: Overture
New York Philharmonic; Leonard Bernstein, conductor
8:19 a.m.
Cecile Chaminade
Piano Trio No. 1 in G minor Opus 11
Neave Trio
8:42 a.m.
Jan Dismas Zelenka
Capriccio No. 1 in D major Z 182
Bern Camerata; Alexander van Wijnkoop, conductor
9:00 a.m.
Francesco Molino
Guitar Concerto in E minor Opus 56
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Iona Brown, conductor Pepe Romero, guitar
9:25 a.m.
Andre Cardinal Destouches
The Carnival and the Folly (Le Carnaval et la Folie)
Limoges Baroque Ensemble; Jean-Michel Hasler, conductor
9:55 a.m.
Florence Price
Piano Quintet: III. Juba in A minor
Takacs Quartet Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano
10:00 a.m.
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Piano Concerto No. 3: I. Allegro ma non tanto in D minor Opus 30
Dallas Symphony Orchestra; Andrew Litton, conductor Stephen Hough, piano
10:15 a.m.
Johann Fischer
THE JOURNAL OF SPRING: Suite No. 8
L'Orfeo Barokorkester; Michi Gaigg, conductor
10:30 a.m.
Johann Christian Bach
Sinfonia Concertante in Eb major T. 284/6
Camerata Budapest; Hanspeter Gmur, conductor Ildiko Line, violin; Violetta Eckhardt, violin; Marianna Kruzsej, oboe
10:52 a.m.
Franz Schubert
Gratzer Galop D 925
Andras Schiff, piano
10:55 a.m.
Sergei Prokofiev
Romeo & Juliet: Dance of the Knights Opus 64
Toronto Symphony Orchestra; Jukka-Pekka Saraste, conductor
11:00 a.m.
Ina Boyle
The Magic Harp
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; Ronald Corp, conductor
11:10 a.m.
Gunther Schuller
Suite for Wind Quintet: II. Blues
Reykjavik Wind Quintet
11:12 a.m.
Steve Reich
Electric Counterpoint: Third Movement
Valerie Milot, harp
11:18 a.m.
Clara Schumann
Piano Concerto in A minor Opus 7
Estonian National Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor Anna Shelest, piano
11:38 a.m.
Wilhelm Peterson-Berger
Earina Suite
Norrkoping Symphony Orchestra; Michail Jurowski, conductor
12:00 p.m.
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
African Suite: African Dance Opus 35/4
Chineke! Orchestra; Kevin John Edusei, conductor
12:07 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 39 in Eb major K 543
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor
12:37 p.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Piano Concerto No. 11 in D major HOB 18:11
Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra Emanuel Ax, piano
12:56 p.m.
Ernesto Nazareth
Odeon - Tango Brasileiro
Richard Cionco, piano
1:00 p.m.
Wilhelm Stenhammar
Excelsior! Opus 13
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
1:14 p.m.
Franz Schubert
Impromptu No. 2 in Eb major Opus 90/2 D 899
Krystian Zimerman, piano
1:20 p.m.
Johannes Brahms
Serenade No. 2 in A major Opus 16
New York Philharmonic; Leonard Bernstein, conductor
1:53 p.m.
Bedrich Smetana
BARTERED BRIDE: Polka
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Gianandrea Noseda, conductor
2:00 p.m.
Florence Price
Symphony No. 4 in D minor
Philadelphia Orchestra; Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor
2:35 p.m.
Jean-Philippe Rameau
Tambourin
Christopher O'Riley, piano
2:36 p.m.
Lucas Saboya
Zamba Negra (from Suite Ernestina)
Jose Antonio Escobar, guitar
2:42 p.m.
Maurice Ravel
Le tombeau de Couperin The tomb of Couperin
Ulster Orchestra; Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor
3:00 p.m.
Georg Philipp Telemann
Concerto for horn and strings in D major
St. Luke's Chamber Ensemble Stewart Rose, horn
3:09 p.m.
Francisco Tarrega
Memories of the Alhambra (Recuerdos de la Alhambra)
Pepe Romero, guitar
3:13 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Slavonic Dance No. 3 in Ab major Opus 46
Cleveland Orchestra; Christoph Von Dohnanyi, conductor
3:19 p.m.
Georges Bizet
Symphony No. 1 in C major
Orchestre de Paris; Semyon Bychkov, conductor
3:49 p.m.
Alexander Glazunov
Symphony No. 1: I. Allegro in E major Opus 5
BBC Welsh Symphony Orchestra; Tadaaki Otaka, conductor
4:01 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 16 in D major K 451
English Chamber Orchestra; Jeffrey Tate, conductor Mitsuko Uchida, piano
4:24 p.m.
Wilhelm van Wassenaer
Concerto Armonico No. 1 in G major
Brandenburg Consort; Roy Goodman, conductor
4:37 p.m.
Olivia Belli
Nocturne IV
Olivia Belli, piano
4:40 p.m.
Rebecca Clarke
Cello Sonata: I. Impetuoso
Raphael Wallfisch, cello; John York, piano
4:49 p.m.
Richard Wagner
FLYING DUTCHMAN Overture (Der Fliegender Hollander)
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra; Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor
5:01 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Concerto for oboe and violin in C minor BWV 1060
Academy of Ancient Music; Christopher Hogwood, conductor Stephen Hammer, oboe; Catherine Mackintosh, violin
5:15 p.m.
Leos Janacek
Moravian Dances
Warsaw Philharmonic; Antoni Wit, conductor
5:25 p.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 99 in Eb major
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor
5:52 p.m.
Teresa Carreno
Nocturne, "Souvenirs de mon pays"
Alexandra Oehler, piano
6:00 p.m.
Hamilton Harty
Irish Symphony
Ulster Orchestra; Bryden Thomson, conductor
6:35 p.m.
Santiago de Murcia
Villanos
Richard Savino, guitar; Mauro ReFosco, percussion; Yousif Sheronick, percussion
6:37 p.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto for strings & continuo in Bb major RV 166
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor
6:43 p.m.
Maurice Ravel
Miroirs: Une Barque sur l'Ocean (A Boat on the Ocean)
Lyon Opera Orchestra; Kent Nagano, conductor
6:52 p.m.
Zenobia Powell Perry
Pavane for Piano
Josephine Gandolfi, piano
6:55 p.m.
Connor Chee
Navajo Vocable No. 12
Connor Chee, piano
