Classical Music Playlist, June 10, 2026
Edvard Grieg (1843-1907) in 1888
Toward the end of his life, Edvard Grieg remained proud of his three violin sonatas which he considered some of his best works. To some degree, all three contain similarities or references to specific Norwegian folk songs. And while he considered the Second Sonata as the "Norwegian" Sonata, he felt the Third had "the broader horizon." From 1887, the Third quickly became world famous and has remained a staple of chamber music and a personal favorite of Grieg's own compositions. With French violinist Pierre Amoyal, artistic director at the Conservatory of Lausanne, and American pianist Frederic Chiu, Assistant Professor of Piano at the Carnegie Mellon University School of Music, the Edvard Grieg Violin Sonata No. 3 is today’s Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Italian Concerto in F major BWV 971
Angela Hewitt, piano
6:13 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Cello Concerto in B minor Opus 104
London Symphony Orchestra; Antal Dorati, conductor Janos Starker, cello
6:52 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
LA CLEMENZA DI TITO Overture K 621
Scottish Chamber Orchestra; Christian Baldini, conductor
6:59 a.m.
Johann Friedrich Fasch
Overture in D major
Tempesta di Mare
7:08 a.m.
Johan Halvorsen
Ancient Suite (Suite ancienne) Opus 31a
Bergen Philharmonic; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
7:34 a.m.
Claude Debussy
The Girl with the Flaxen Hair (from Preludes, Book I: No. 8)
Jeneba Kanneh-Mason, piano
7:37 a.m.
Isaac Albeniz
Espana: No. 2 Tango Opus 165/2
Jason Vieaux, guitar
7:41 a.m.
Johannes Brahms
St. Anthony Variations in Bb major Opus 56
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; Riccardo Chailly, conductor
7:59 a.m.
Gabriel Faure
Piano Quartet No. 2: IV. Finale - Allegro molto in G minor Opus 45
Yo Yo Ma, cello; Emanuel Ax, piano; Isaac Stern, violin; Jaime Laredo, viola
8:09 a.m.
Louise Farrenc
Symphony No. 3 in G minor Opus 36
North German Radio Symphony; Johannes Goritzki, conductor
8:42 a.m.
Frederick Delius
KOANGA: La Calinda
Northern Sinfonia of England; Richard Hickox, conductor
8:46 a.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Sleeping Beauty: Waltz from Act I
Philadelphia Orchestra; Riccardo Muti, conductor
8:51 a.m.
Gioachino Rossini
THE BARBER OF SEVILLE: Overture (IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA)
Chamber Orchestra of Europe; Claudio Abbado, conductor
9:00 a.m.
Ignaz Moscheles
Piano Concerto No. 3 in G minor Opus 58
Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra; Howard Shelley, conductor Howard Shelley, piano
9:31 a.m.
Isaac Albeniz
Suite Espanola: No. 3 "Sevilla" Opus 47
Xuefei Yang, guitar
9:37 a.m.
Georges Bizet
L'Arlesienne Suite No. 1
Ulster Orchestra; Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor
9:54 a.m.
Mel Bonis
Flute Sonata: IV. Finale: Moderato in C# minor Opus 64
Maria Cecilia Munoz, flute; Tiffany Butt, piano
10:00 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Violin Concerto No. 2 in E major BWV 1042
Gli Incogniti; Amandine Beyer, conductor Amandine Beyer, violin
10:15 a.m.
Fanny Mendelssohn
Prelude and Fugue in E minor
Joanne Polk, piano
10:22 a.m.
Philip Glass
String Quartet No. 3 "Mishima": VI. Mishima Closing
Attacca Quartet
10:26 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 36 "Linz" in C major K 425
Bremen German Chamber Philharmonic; Tarmo Peltokoski, conductor
10:55 a.m.
Alexander Glazunov
Reverie in Db major Opus 24
Russian National Orchestra; Jose Serebrier, conductor Alexey Serov, French horn
11:00 a.m.
Wilhelm Stenhammar
Excelsior! Opus 13
Royal Scottish Orchestra; Petter Sundkvist, conductor
11:14 a.m.
Louise Farrenc
Trio for clarinet, cello, and piano in Eb major Opus 44
Linos Ensemble
11:38 a.m.
Fernando Sor
Etude in G major Opus 29/11
Narciso Yepes, guitar
11:41 a.m.
Henry Purcell
Indian Queen: Symphony
Parley of Instruments
11:48 a.m.
Hugo Alfven
Swedish Rhapsody No. 2 "Uppsala Rhapsody" Opus 24
Royal Scottish National Orchestra; Niklas Willen, conductor
12:00 p.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto No. 1 "a due cori" in Bb major HWV 332
Tafelmusik; Jeanne Lamon, conductor
12:15 p.m.
Henriette Renie
Dance of the Elves (Danse des Lutins)
Xavier de Maistre, harp
12:18 p.m.
Johannes Brahms
Hungarian Dance No. 6 in D major
Staatskapelle Berlin; Otmar Suitner, conductor
12:23 p.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
Piano Concerto No. 4 in C minor Opus 44
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Andre Previn, conductor Jean-Philippe Collard, piano
12:51 p.m.
Hector Berlioz
The Corsair Overture (Le Corsaire) Opus 21
Lyon National Orchestra; Leonard Slatkin, conductor
1:00 p.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
1:16 p.m.
Joe Hisaishi
Rain
La Pieta Angele Dubeau, violin
1:21 p.m.
Andrew York
Sunburst
Jason Vieaux, guitar
1:27 p.m.
Franz Schubert
Symphony No. 8 "Unfinished" in B minor D 759
Swedish Chamber Orchestra; Thomas Dausgaard, conductor
1:49 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
My Home Overture Opus 62
Scottish National Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
2:00 p.m.
Edvard Grieg
Violin Sonata No. 3 in C minor Opus 45
Pierre Amoyal, violin; Frederic Chiu, piano
2:24 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Orchestral Suite No. 1 in C major BWV 1066
Boston Baroque; Martin Pearlman, conductor
2:45 p.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
A Midsummer Night's Dream: Overture
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Andre Previn, conductor
2:59 p.m.
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
3:14 p.m.
Amy Beach
From Blackbird Hills
Lara Downes, piano
3:18 p.m.
Traditional Japanese
Sakura sakura cherry blossom
Xuefei Yang, guitar
3:25 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 7 "Lodron" in F major K 242
English Chamber Orchestra; Murray Perahia, conductor Murray Perahia, piano; Radu Lupu, piano
3:46 p.m.
Jose Moncayo
Sinfonietta
Mexico National Symphony Orchestra; Enrique Arturo Diemecke, conductor
3:59 p.m.
Jean Sibelius
Karelia Overture Opus 10
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra; Jukka-Pekka Saraste, conductor
4:08 p.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 94 "Surprise" in G major
Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra; Adam Fischer, conductor
4:33 p.m.
Paulinho Nogueira; Luiz Gonzaga
Bachianinha No. 2 / Araponga
Plinio Fernandes, guitar
4:35 p.m.
Florence Price
Fantasie Negre (No. 1) in E minor
Jeneba Kanneh-Mason, piano
4:45 p.m.
Hamilton Harty
Comedy Overture
Ulster Orchestra; Takuo Yuasa, conductor
4:59 p.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
Oberon Overture J 306
Philharmonia Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
5:09 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Symphony No. 5: III. Scherzo in F major Opus 76
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra; Vaclav Neumann, conductor
5:18 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor Opus 37
Staatskapelle Dresden; Hans Vonk, conductor Christian Zacharias, piano
5:53 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Sinfonia (Konzertsatz) in D major BWV 1045
Brandenburg Consort; Roy Goodman, conductor
6:00 p.m.
Ferdinand Ries
Symphony No. 4 in F major Opus 110
Zurich Chamber Orchestra; Howard Griffiths, conductor
6:33 p.m.
John Field
Nocturne No. 16 in F major
London Mozart Players; Matthias Bamert, conductor Miceal O'Rourke, piano
6:39 p.m.
Joe Hisaishi
Nausicaa of the Valley of the Winds (Suite)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; The Bach Choir; Joe Hisaishi, conductor
6:51 p.m.
Elena Kats-Chernin
Peggy's Rag
Sarah Cahill, piano
6:54 p.m.
Hania Rani
Glass
Scoring Berlin; Jonathan Stockhammer, conductor Mari Samuelsen, violin
