Classical Music Playlist, May 29, 2026
Beethoven premiered his 8th Symphony only two months after his 7th, which was still hugely popular at the time. He preferred and even called the 8th symphony “better,” though audiences were puzzled by it. Beethoven’s Symphony No. 8 is today's Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso No. 5 in D major Opus 6/5 HWV 323
Aradia Ensemble; Kevin Mallon, conductor
6:16 a.m.
Giovanni Paisiello
Piano Concerto No. 2 in F major
Saint Cecilia Chamber Orchestra; Pietro Spada, conductor Pietro Spada, piano
6:36 a.m.
Astor Piazzolla
Summer in Buenos Aires (Verano Porteno)
David Tanenbaum, guitar
6:39 a.m.
Juanjo Mosalini
Toma, Toca (Take it, Play it)
Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra of Boston; Gisele Ben-Dor, conductor Juanjo Mosalini, bandoneon
6:45 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Slavonic Rhapsody No. 1 in D major Opus 45
Vancouver Symphony Orchestra; Sergiu Commissiona, conductor
7:00 a.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Piano Trio "Archduke": II. Scherzo in Bb major Opus 97
Esther Abrami Quintet Emanuel Ax, piano; Leonidas Kavakos, violin; Yo Yo Ma, cello
7:08 a.m.
Aaron Copland
Appalachian Spring
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra; Dennis Russell Davies, conductor
7:34 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
Water Music Suite No. 1: Alla Hornpipe in F major Water Music Suite in F
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra; Nicholas McGegan, conductor
7:39 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
MASS IN B MINOR: Cum Sancto Spiritu in B minor BWV 232
English Baroque Soloists; Monteverdi Choir; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
7:44 a.m.
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Russian Easter Festival Overture Opus 36
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Daniel Barenboim, conductor
7:59 a.m.
Franz Liszt
Hungarian Rhapsody No. 1 in F minor
Budapest Symphony Orchestra; Andras Korodi, conductor
8:12 a.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 103 "Drum Roll" in Eb major
Philharmonia Orchestra; Leonard Slatkin, conductor
8:42 a.m.
Madeleine Dring
Colour Suite: IV. Blue Air
Sarah Cahill, piano
8:45 a.m.
Alma Deutscher
The Chase (Impromptu in C minor)
Alma Deutscher, piano
8:50 a.m.
Richard Wagner
DIE WALKURE: Magic Fire Music
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; Jose Serebrier, conductor
9:00 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 38 "Prague" in D major K 504
Scottish Chamber Orchestra; Charles Mackerras, conductor
9:38 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
French Suite No. 1 in D minor BWV 812
Glenn Gould, piano
9:50 a.m.
Jean Sibelius
Finlandia Opus 26
Helsinki Philharmonic; Okko Kamu, conductor
10:00 a.m.
Mikhail Glinka
Spanish Overture No. 1 "Jota aragonesa"
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Vassily Sinaisky, conductor
10:09 a.m.
Frederic Chopin
Variations on Mozart's "La ci darem la mano" in Bb major Opus 2
Warsaw Philharmonic; Kazimierz Kord, conductor Garrick Ohlsson, piano
10:29 a.m.
Wilhelm Peterson-Berger
Frosoblomster, Suite No. 1 (The Flowers of Froso) op. 16
Norrkoping Symphony Orchestra; Michail Jurowski, conductor
10:48 a.m.
Grace Williams
Fantasia on Welsh Nursery Tunes
London Symphony Orchestra; Sir Charles Groves, conductor
11:00 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto for four violins in B minor Opus 3/10 RV 580
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra Members of...
11:10 a.m.
Morten Lauridsen
Les Chansons des Roses
; Paul Salamunovich, conductor Los Angeles Master Chorale
11:27 a.m.
Alexander Glazunov
The Seasons: Autumn Opus 67
Minnesota Orchestra; Edo de Waart, conductor
11:40 a.m.
Jorge Calandrelli
Solitude
Milos Karadaglic, guitar; Jess Gillam, soprano saxophone
11:43 a.m.
Reinhold Gliere
Romance Opus 35/6
Felix Klieser, horn; Christof Keymer, piano
11:48 a.m.
Johannes Brahms
Academic Festival Overture Opus 80
Berlin Philharmonic; Claudio Abbado, conductor
12:00 p.m.
Local Artist Feature: Gabriela Lena Frank
Jennifer Reason, host
12:13 p.m.
William Grant Still
Symphony No. 2 in G minor
Philadelphia Orchestra; Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor
12:45 p.m.
Gaetano Donizetti
LINDA DI CHAMOUNIX Overture
Philharmonia Orchestra; Tullio Serafin, conductor
12:53 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude in C Major (from the Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1) in C major BWV 846
Mahan Esfahani, harpsichord
12:56 p.m.
Jean-Baptiste Lully
March for the Turkish Ceremony
Le Concert des Nations; Jordi Savall, conductor
1:00 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Carnival Overture Opus 92
Cleveland Orchestra; George Szell, conductor
1:10 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Quartet No. 2 in Eb major K 493
Emanuel Ax, piano; Isaac Stern, violin; Jaime Laredo, viola; Yo Yo Ma, cello
1:41 p.m.
Mel Bonis
Femmes de Legende: Salome Opus 165
WDR Symphony Orchestra; Joseph Bastian, conductor
1:45 p.m.
Mel Bonis
Femmes de Legende: Ophelie Opus 165
WDR Symphony Orchestra; Joseph Bastian, conductor
1:51 p.m.
Johann Heinichen
Concerto in F major S 231
Musica Antiqua Koln; Reinhardt Goebel, conductor
2:00 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Symphony No. 8 in F major Opus 93
Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
2:25 p.m.
Thelonious Monk
Monk's Mood
Kristin Lee, violin; Jeremy Ajani Jordan, piano
2:31 p.m.
Karl Goldmark
Sakuntala Overture Opus 13
Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra; Andras Korodi, conductor
2:49 p.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso No. 5 in D minor Opus 3/5 HWV 316
Musicians of the Louvre; Marc Minkowski, conductor
3:00 p.m.
Jean Sibelius
Karelia Suite Opus 11
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra; Jukka-Pekka Saraste, conductor
3:16 p.m.
Hildur Gudnadottir
Chernobyl: Vichnaya Pamyat Memory Eternal
Homin Lviv Municipal Choir
3:20 p.m.
Philip Glass
Glassworks: Opening
Vikingur Olafsson, piano
3:29 p.m.
Joaquin Rodrigo
Concierto de Aranjuez
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor Pepe Romero, guitar
3:53 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
THE MAGIC FLUTE: Overture (Die Zauberflote) K 620
English Baroque Soloists; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
4:01 p.m.
Richard Wagner
TANNHAUSER Overture
Berlin Philharmonic; Seiji Ozawa, conductor
4:17 p.m.
Andre Cardinal Destouches
Les Elements (1721)
Academy of Ancient Music; Christopher Hogwood, conductor
4:38 p.m.
Fernando Sor
Etude No. 17 in E minor Opus 6/11
Andres Segovia, guitar
4:41 p.m.
John Williams
STAR WARS - ATTACK OF THE CLONES: Across the Stars (Love Theme)
London Symphony Orchestra; John Williams, conductor
4:48 p.m.
Michael Torke
Sky: I. Lively
Albany Symphony Orchestra; David Alan Miller, conductor Tessa Lark, violin
4:59 p.m.
Franz Von Suppe
Light Cavalry Overture
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor
5:07 p.m.
Reinhold Gliere
Horn Concerto in Bb major Opus 91
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; Kurt Masur, conductor Hermann Baumann, horn
5:31 p.m.
Heitor Villa-Lobos
Bachianas Brasileiras No. 4 W284
Richard Cionco, piano
5:48 p.m.
Arcangelo Corelli
Concerto Grosso No. 2 in F major Opus 6
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor
6:00 p.m.
Local Artist Feature: Gabriela Lena Frank
Jennifer Reason, host
6:13 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Piano Quartet No. 2 in Eb major Opus 87
Emerson String Quartet Menahem Pressler, piano
6:49 p.m.
Claude Debussy
Sarabande
Ulster Orchestra; Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor
6:55 p.m.
Edward K. (Duke) Ellington
In a sentimental mood
Jason Vieaux, guitar
