Classical Music Playlist, June 11, 2026
Late Spanish guitarist Andrés Segovia is the man referred to in the title of Spanish composer Joaquin Rodrigo’s “Fantasy for a Gentleman” for guitar and orchestra from 1954. In a recording with guitarist Sharon Isbin, It’s today's Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto for 2 violins in G major RV 516
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor Simon Standage, violin; Elizabeth Wilcock, violin
6:10 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 26 "Coronation" in D major K 537 (FROM THE RUSSELL KLETZING COLLECTION)
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor Alfred Brendel, piano
6:41 a.m.
Alfonso Montes
Milonga in the Style of Piazzolla (Milonga a Piazzolla)
Castellani Andriaccio Duo
6:45 a.m.
Olivia Belli
Sapias Latin: "have good taste/sense"
Scoring Berlin; Jonathan Stockhammer, conductor Mari Samuelsen, violin
6:49 a.m.
Peter van Anrooy
Piet Hein Rhapsody Piet Hein was a pirate
Netherlands Radio Symphony Orchestra; Kees Bakels, conductor
6:59 a.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 46 in B major
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor
7:18 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Symphonic Variations Opus 78
Scottish National Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
7:41 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude & Fugue No. 1 in C Major (from the Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1) in C major BWV 846
Mahan Esfahani, harpsichord
7:45 a.m.
Giovanni Gabrieli
Canzon Septimi Toni No. 2
Canadian Brass
7:49 a.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Symphony No. 4: IV. Finale. Allegro con fuoco in F minor Opus 36
Philadelphia Orchestra; Riccardo Muti, conductor
7:59 a.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Violin Concerto: III. Rondo - Allegro in D major Opus 61
The Knights; Eric Jacobsen, conductor Gil Shaham, violin
8:10 a.m.
Howard Hanson
Symphony No. 2 "Romantic"
Seattle Symphony; Gerard Schwarz, conductor
8:40 a.m.
Eric Ewazen
Pastorale (from Ballade, Pastorale and Dance)
Eric Ewazen, piano; Baerli Nugent, flute; David Wakefield, french horn
8:49 a.m.
Gioachino Rossini
LA CENERENTOLA: Overture "Cinderella"
London Symphony Orchestra; Claudio Abbado, conductor
8:59 a.m.
Fanny Mendelssohn
Piano Trio in D minor Opus 11
Nash Ensemble
9:25 a.m.
Emmanuel Chabrier
Espana (Spanish Rhapsodie)
Minnesota Orchestra; Eiji Oue, conductor
9:33 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Oboe Concerto in C major RV 447
Guildhall String Ensemble; Robert Salter, conductor Malcolm Messiter, oboe
9:47 a.m.
Joe Hisaishi
Merry-Go-Round of Life (from Howl's Moving Castle)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Joe Hisaishi, conductor Yuja Wang, piano
10:00 a.m.
Claudio Monteverdi
Monteverdiana
Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
10:08 a.m.
Franz Schubert
Fantasie for piano four-hands in F minor Opus 103 D 940
Murray Perahia, piano; Radu Lupu, piano
10:28 a.m.
Gioachino Rossini
Bassoon Concerto
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Gianandrea Noseda, conductor Karen Geoghegan, bassoon
10:47 a.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Hebrides Overture in B minor Opus 26
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Christoph Von Dohnanyi, conductor
10:59 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 25 in G minor K 183
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor
11:21 a.m.
Franz Liszt
Hungarian Fantasy
London Symphony Orchestra; Jun'ichi Hirokami, conductor Barry Douglas, piano
11:37 a.m.
Paquito D'Rivera
Aires Tropicales: I & II. Alborada & Son
Imani Winds
11:43 a.m.
Johannes Brahms
Hungarian Dance No. 1 in G minor
Staatskapelle Berlin; Otmar Suitner, conductor
11:47 a.m.
Johann Strauss, Jr.
Tales From The Vienna Woods Opus 325 (Geschichten aus dem Wienerwald)
Vienna State Opera Orchestra; Jascha Horenstein, conductor
11:59 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Keyboard Concerto No. 3 in D major BWV 1054
Australian Chamber Orchestra Angela Hewitt, piano
12:17 p.m.
Gabriel Faure
Pavane Opus 50
Minnesota Orchestra; Eiji Oue, conductor
12:24 p.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Variations on a Rococo Theme Opus 33
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra; Mariss Jansons, conductor Truls Mork, cello
12:44 p.m.
Cesar Franck
The Accursed Huntsman (Le Chasseur Maudit)
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra; Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor
1:00 p.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso No. 9 in F major Opus 6/9 HWV 327
Aradia Ensemble; Kevin Mallon, conductor
1:14 p.m.
TRADITIONAL
The Londonderry Air (Danny Boy)
Nicola Benedetti, violin; Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello; Benjamin Grosvenor, piano
1:17 p.m.
William Grant Still
Africa: II. Land of Romance
Lara Downes, piano
1:26 p.m.
Florence Price
Symphony No. 1: I. Allegro ma non troppo in E minor
Chineke! Orchestra; Roderick Cox, conductor
1:45 p.m.
Franz Liszt
Hungarian Rhapsody No. 6 "Carnival in Pest" in D major
Weimar State Orchestra; Arthur Fagen, conductor
2:00 p.m.
Joaquin Rodrigo
Fantasy for a Gentleman
Lausanne Chamber Orchestra; Lawrence Foster, conductor Sharon Isbin, guitar
2:23 p.m.
Richard Strauss
Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks Opus 28
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra; Manfred Honeck, conductor
2:39 p.m.
Undine Smith Moore
Afro-American Suite for Flute, Cello, and Piano: III. Adagio ma appossionato
Mallarme Chamber Players
2:42 p.m.
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Five Negro Melodies: 4. They will not lend me a child
Neave Trio
2:49 p.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
SAMSON ET DELILA: Bacchanale Opus 47
Minnesota Orchestra; Eiji Oue, conductor
2:58 p.m.
Anton Bruckner
Symphony No. 4 "Romantic": I. Bewegt, Nicht Zu Schell in Eb major
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Karl Bohm, conductor
3:19 p.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto No. 1 for four violins and orchestra in D major Opus 3 RV 549
Tafelmusik; Jeanne Lamon, conductor Members of...
3:28 p.m.
Louis Theodore Gouvy
Symphony No. 5 in Bb major Opus 30
Saarbrucken Radio Philharmonic Orchestra; Jacques Mercier, conductor
3:52 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Poetic Tone Pictures: VII. Furiant Opus 85
Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
3:55 p.m.
Tielmann Susato
Bergerette "Sans roch"
New London Consort; Philip Pickett, conductor
3:59 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik in G major K 525 (FROM THE RUSSELL KLETZING COLLECTION)
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor
4:17 p.m.
Fanny Mendelssohn
Sonata Movement (Sonatensatz) in E in E major (1822, age 16) H44
Leanne Rees, piano
4:25 p.m.
George Gershwin
Porgy and Bess: Symphonic Picture for Orchestra
Detroit Symphony Orchestra; Antal Dorati, conductor
4:50 p.m.
Emmanuel Chabrier
Joyous March (Joyeuse Marche)
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor
4:54 p.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Sleeping Beauty: Polonaise from Act III
London Symphony Orchestra; Andre Previn, conductor
5:00 p.m.
Arcangelo Corelli
Concerto Grosso No. 1 in D major Opus 6
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra; Nicholas McGegan, conductor
5:12 p.m.
Ronn McFarlane
Fermi's Paradox
Carolyn Surrick, viola da gamba; Ronn McFarlane, lute
5:18 p.m.
Niels Gade
Symphony No. 1 in C minor Opus 5
Stockholm Sinfonietta; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
5:51 p.m.
Mel Bonis
Piano Quartet No. 1: III. Andante in Bb major Opus 69
Mozart Piano Quartet
5:57 p.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
Carnival of the Animals: Aquarium
Martha Argerich, piano; Gidon Kremer, violin; Edith Salmen-Weber, glockenspiel; Irena Grafenauer, flute
6:01 p.m.
Ernst von Dohnanyi
Sextet in C major Opus 37
Claremont Trio Jonathan Cohler, clarinet; James Sommerville, horn; Mai Motobuchi, viola
6:32 p.m.
Francesco Geminiani
Concerto Grosso No. 9 in A major Opus 7/9
Academy of Ancient Music; Andrew Manze, conductor
6:43 p.m.
Astor Piazzolla
Five Pieces for Guitar: 2. Romantico
Franz Halasz, guitar
6:47 p.m.
Jessie Montgomery
Strum
Catalyst Quartet
6:55 p.m.
William Bolcom
Fields of Flowers
Spencer Meyer, piano
