Classical Music Playlist, June 5, 2026
Sergei Prokofiev | Color by Klimbim (Olga Shirnina) who grants free use.
Composers are hoarders, in a sense. They hold onto musical ideas they “might use someday” instead of throwing out material that isn’t working for them at the moment. Retrieving musical ideas from his sketchbooks and uncompleted projects from between 1911 and 1918 proved useful in 1921 for Sergei Prokofiev’s Piano Concerto No. 3 which became his most popular piano concerto and one of the entire 20th century’s most popular. A recording of the concerto with pianist Martha Argerich won a Grammy, and to celebrate her 85th birthday today that recording is today’s Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
Francesco Geminiani
Concerto Grosso No. 6 in A major Opus 2/6
La Petite Bande; Sigiswald Kuijken, conductor
6:08 a.m.
Johannes Brahms
Symphony No. 3 in F major Opus 90
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; Riccardo Chailly, conductor
6:43 a.m.
Manuel Ponce
Romantic Sonata: III. Musical Moment (Sonata romantica "Hommage a Franz Schubert")
Marcin Dylla, guitar
6:47 a.m.
Franz Schubert
Moments Musicaux No. 1 in C major Opus 94 D 780
Radu Lupu, piano
6:54 a.m.
Emmanuel Chabrier
Habanera
Minnesota Orchestra; Eiji Oue, conductor
7:00 a.m.
Johann Christian Bach
Sinfonia, Op. 18, No. 1 in Eb major Opus 18/1
Netherlands Chamber Orchestra; David Zinman, conductor
7:12 a.m.
Isaac Albeniz
Asturias (Leyenda) - from "Suite Espanola" Opus 47
Raphael Feuillatre, guitar
7:18 a.m.
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
March from Tsar Saltan Suite Opus 57
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Andre Previn, conductor
7:24 a.m.
Maurice Ravel
Piano Concerto in G major
London Symphony Orchestra; Claudio Abbado, conductor Martha Argerich, piano
7:48 a.m.
Paul Dukas
The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Boston Symphony Orchestra; Charles Munch, conductor
7:59 a.m.
Claude Debussy
Petite Suite
Philharmonia Orchestra; Geoffrey Simon, conductor
8:13 a.m.
Edvard Grieg
Norwegian Dances Opus 35
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
8:31 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D major BWV 1050
Berlin Academy of Ancient Music
8:51 a.m.
Bedrich Smetana
BARTERED BRIDE: Overture
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Gianandrea Noseda, conductor
9:00 a.m.
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor Opus 30
Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra; Riccardo Chailly, conductor Martha Argerich, piano
9:41 a.m.
Nicola Matteis
Ayres for the Violin: Diverse bizzarie sopra la Vecchia Sarabanda o pur Ciaccona
Daniel Hope, violin; and friends
9:45 a.m.
Andrea Falconieri
Ciacona
Daniel Hope, violin; and friends
9:50 a.m.
Malcolm Arnold
Four Scottish Dances Opus 59
Philharmonia Orchestra; Bryden Thomson, conductor
10:00 a.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Symphony No. 9: II. Molto Vivace (Scherzo and Trio) in D minor Opus 125
Cleveland Orchestra; Christoph Von Dohnanyi, conductor
10:12 a.m.
Frederic Chopin
Piano Concerto No. 1: III. Rondo in E minor Opus 11
Mahler Chamber Orchestra; Mikhail Pletnev, conductor Daniil Trifonov, piano
10:23 a.m.
Alexander Borodin
String Quartet No. 2 in D major
Borodin String Quartet
10:53 a.m.
Koji Kondo
The Legend of Zelda Suite
London Philharmonic Orchestra
10:59 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
Water Music Suite No. 2 in D major HWV 349
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra; Nicholas McGegan, conductor
11:09 a.m.
Henriette Renie
Contemplation
Xavier de Maistre, harp
11:15 a.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Piano Concerto No. 1 in Bb minor Opus 23
Berlin Philharmonic; Claudio Abbado, conductor Martha Argerich, piano
11:48 a.m.
Grace Williams
Sea Sketches: V. Calm Sea in Summer
English Chamber Orchestra; David Atherton, conductor
11:55 a.m.
Gabriel Faure
PELLEAS ET MELISANDE: Sicilienne Opus 80
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
12:01 p.m.
Local Artist Feature: FluteSong4, flute quartet
Jennifer Reason, host
12:12 p.m.
Juan Arriaga
Symphony in D minor
Le Concert des Nations; Jordi Savall, conductor
12:42 p.m.
Alberto Ginastera
Danzas Argentinas: II. Danza de la moza donosa Opus 2 Dance of the Donosa Girl
Martha Argerich, piano
12:45 p.m.
Frederic Chopin
Prelude No. 15 "Raindrop" in Db major Opus 28
Martha Argerich, piano
12:51 p.m.
Johann Strauss, Jr.
Blue Danube Waltz Opus 314
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Fritz Reiner, conductor
1:01 p.m.
Hugo Wolf
Italian Serenade in G major
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
1:09 p.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
A Midsummer Night's Dream: Nocturne
London Symphony Orchestra; Barry Wordsworth, conductor
1:17 p.m.
Wilhelm Stenhammar
Serenade in F major Opus 31
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
1:51 p.m.
Luigi Boccherini
Quintet for guitar and strings No. 4: III. Fandango in D major G 448
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields (members of) Pepe Romero, guitar
2:00 p.m.
Sergei Prokofiev
Piano Concerto No. 3 in C major Opus 26
Montreal Symphony Orchestra; Charles Dutoit, conductor Martha Argerich, piano
2:30 p.m.
Jean-Baptiste Lully
ARMIDE: Passacaille
La Petite Bande; Sigiswald Kuijken, conductor
2:34 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Concerto in D major: I. Allegro in D major BWV 972
Bamberg Symphony; Jakub Hrusa, conductor Raphael Feuillatre, guitar
2:37 p.m.
Gustav Holst
St. Paul's Suite Opus 29/2
English String Orchestra; William Boughton, conductor
2:51 p.m.
Ethel Smyth
Serenade in D: II. Scherzo. Allegro vivace in D major
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Odaline de la Martinez, conductor Tasmin Little, violin; John Lenehan, piano
2:59 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Slavonic Rhapsody No. 3 in Ab major Opus 45
Scottish National Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
3:12 p.m.
Franz Biber
Battalia � 10
Il Giardino Armonico; Giovanni Antonini, conductor
3:23 p.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor Opus 49
Jalina Trio Line Fredens, violin; Janne Fredens, cello; Natsuki Fukasawa, piano
3:52 p.m.
Alexander Glazunov
Symphony No. 4: II. Scherzo in Eb major Opus 48
BBC Welsh Symphony Orchestra; Tadaaki Otaka, conductor
3:59 p.m.
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Scheherazade: Festival at Baghdad Opus 35
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Fritz Reiner, conductor
4:11 p.m.
Franz Liszt
Piano Concerto No. 1 in Eb major
London Symphony Orchestra; Claudio Abbado, conductor Martha Argerich, piano
4:30 p.m.
Percy Grainger
Children's March "Over the Hills and Far Away"
Dallas Wind Symphony; Jerry Junkin, conductor Arts District Chorale
4:37 p.m.
Johann Strauss, Jr.
Artist's Life Opus 316 Kunstlerleben
Berlin Philharmonic; Herbert Von Karajan, conductor
4:49 p.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Violin Concerto: III. Allegro vivacissimo (Finale) in D major Opus 35
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra; William Steinberg, conductor Nathan Milstein, violin
4:59 p.m.
Hamilton Harty
John Field Suite
Ulster Orchestra; Bryden Thomson, conductor
5:19 p.m.
Mel Bonis
Suite in the Ancient Style Opus 127
Members of the Stuttgart Radio Symphony
5:33 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Lute Suite No. 1 in E minor BWV 996
Sharon Isbin, guitar
5:52 p.m.
Gabriel Faure
Requiem: V. Agnus Dei Opus 48
La Chapelle Royale; Ensemble Musique Oblique; Philippe Herreweghe, conductor
6:00 p.m.
Local Artist Feature: FluteSong4, flute quartet
Jennifer Reason, host
6:11 p.m.
Manuel de Falla
Nights In the Gardens of Spain
Orchestre de Paris; Daniel Barenboim, conductor Martha Argerich, piano
6:37 p.m.
Leos Janacek
THE CUNNING LITTLE VIXEN: Suite
Czech State Philharmonic Brno; Jose Serebrier, conductor
6:54 p.m.
Edward K. (Duke) Ellington
Solitude
Detroit Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
