Classical Music Playlist, June 16, 2026
Costume design by Ivan Bilibin (1929) for the opera Prince Igor from which Borodin took unused musical ideas for his Symphony No. 2
A music critic at the time commented that Russian composer Alexander Borodin’s 2nd Symphony had “the flavor of an ancient Russian epic.” That's fitting, as the composer included unused musical ideas from his opera “Prince Igor” that he was writing at the same time. Borodin’s colorful and grand 2nd Symphony is today's Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
J. Michael Haydn
Trombone Concerto in D major
Northern Sinfonia of England; Alain Trudel, conductor Alain Trudel, trombone
6:13 a.m.
Anton Arensky
Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor Opus 32
Beaux Arts Trio
6:46 a.m.
Arcangelo Corelli
Concerto Grosso No. 10 in C major Opus 6
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor
7:00 a.m.
Johannes Brahms
Academic Festival Overture Opus 80
Berlin Philharmonic; Claudio Abbado, conductor
7:11 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 5 in D major K 175
English Baroque Soloists; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor Malcolm Bilson, fortepiano
7:34 a.m.
Gustav Holst
Suite No. 2 in F major Opus 28
North Texas Wind Symphony; Eugene Corporon, conductor
7:47 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Violin Concerto in E minor RV 281
Europa Galante Fabio Biondi, violin
7:59 a.m.
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
The Tsar's Bride overture
Seattle Symphony; Gerard Schwarz, conductor
8:06 a.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Symphony No. 7 in A major Opus 92
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; Riccardo Chailly, conductor
8:46 a.m.
H. T. Burleigh
Deep River
PubliQuartet Lara Downes, piano
8:48 a.m.
Fanny Mendelssohn
Das Jahr (The Year): 6. June: Serenade
Anna Shelest, piano
8:54 a.m.
John Williams
Raiders of the Lost Ark: Marion's Theme
Los Angeles Recording Arts Orchestra; John Williams, conductor
8:59 a.m.
Claude Debussy
Fantaisie for piano and orchestra
Ulster Orchestra; Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor Anne Queffelec, piano
9:26 a.m.
Jon Terryl "Terry" Plumeri
Windflower
Moscow Philharmonic; Jon Terryl "Terry" Plumeri, conductor Sara Watkins, oboe
9:40 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
Music for the Royal Fireworks HWV 351
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor
10:00 a.m.
Frederic Chopin
Concert Rondo "Krakowiak" in F major Opus 14
Northwest Sinfonietta; Christophe Chagnard, conductor Joel Fan, piano
10:14 a.m.
Gustav Mahler
Symphony No. 10: III. Purgatorio in F# major
Berlin Philharmonic; Simon Rattle, conductor
10:20 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Sinfonia Concertante for violin & viola in Eb major K 364
Netherlands Chamber Orchestra; Yakov Kreizberg, conductor Julia Fischer, violin; Gordan Nikolic, viola
10:51 a.m.
Jacques Ibert
Three Brief Pieces (Trois Pieces Breves)
Reykjavik Wind Quintet
10:59 a.m.
Arcangelo Corelli
Concerto Grosso No. 12 in F major Opus 6
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor
11:10 a.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Symphony No. 5 in E minor Opus 64
London Symphony Orchestra; Igor Markevitch, conductor
11:55 a.m.
Erik Satie
Gymnopedie No. 1
Helene Grimaud, piano
12:00 p.m.
Emmanuel Chabrier
Larghetto for Horn & Orchestra
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; Kurt Masur, conductor Hermann Baumann, horn
12:10 p.m.
Ralph Vaughan Williams
The Running Set
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic; James Judd, conductor
12:17 p.m.
Johann Nepomuk Hummel
Piano Concerto No. 2 in A minor Opus 85
English Chamber Orchestra; Bryden Thomson, conductor Stephen Hough, piano
12:49 p.m.
Hamilton Harty
In Ireland
Ulster Orchestra; Bryden Thomson, conductor Colin Fleming, flute; Denise Kelly, harp
1:00 p.m.
Engelbert Humperdinck
HANSEL UND GRETEL Overture
Bavarian Radio Symphony; Jeffrey Tate, conductor
1:09 p.m.
Vassili Kalinnikov
Symphony No. 1: II. Andante commodamente in G minor
Scottish National Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
1:17 p.m.
Florence Price
Piano Quintet in A minor
Takacs Quartet Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano
1:45 p.m.
Carlos Baguer
Symphony No. 16 in G major
London Mozart Players; Matthias Bamert, conductor
2:00 p.m.
Alexander Borodin
Symphony No. 2 in B minor
Seattle Symphony; Gerard Schwarz, conductor
2:27 p.m.
Ernesto Lecuona
Andalusia Suite: Malaguena
Richard Cionco, piano
2:31 p.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
A Midsummer Night's Dream: Scherzo
London Symphony Orchestra; Barry Wordsworth, conductor
2:37 p.m.
Jacques Aubert
Concerto for 4 violins, cello and continuo in D major Opus 17/1
Collegium Musicum 90; Simon Standage, conductor
2:47 p.m.
Gioachino Rossini
SEMIRAMIDE: Overture
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra; Yoel Levi, conductor
3:00 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Fantasia and Fugue in A minor in A minor BWV 904
Vikingur Olafsson, piano
3:10 p.m.
Benjamin Britten
Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra Opus 34
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Andre Previn, conductor
3:28 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Bagatelles Opus 47
Bonn Beethovenhalle Orchestra; Dennis Russell Davies, conductor
3:49 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Clarinet Concerto - third movement in A major K 622
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor Karl Leister, clarinet
3:59 p.m.
Johann Fischer
THE JOURNAL OF SPRING: Suite No. 1
L'Orfeo Barokorkester; Michi Gaigg, conductor
4:09 p.m.
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor Opus 18
San Francisco Symphony; Edo de Waart, conductor Zoltan Kocsis, piano
4:41 p.m.
Vladimir Martynov
The Beatitudes
Kronos Quartet
4:48 p.m.
Jacques Offenbach
ORPHEUS IN THE UNDERWORLD: Overture
New York Philharmonic; Leonard Bernstein, conductor
4:59 p.m.
Anton Arensky
Piano Quintet: Scherzo Opus 51
Ying Quartet Adam Neiman, piano
5:09 p.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
DER FREISCHUTZ: Overture Opus 77 J 277
Tapiola Sinfonietta; Jean Jacques Kantorow, conductor
5:19 p.m.
Joe Hisaishi
My Neighbor Totoro
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; The Bach Choir; Joe Hisaishi, conductor Lang Lang, piano
5:23 p.m.
John Williams
E.T.: Adventures on Earth
Los Angeles Recording Arts Orchestra; John Williams, conductor
5:33 p.m.
Georg Philipp Telemann
Suite in Bb major TWV 55:B10
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor
6:01 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 17 in G major K 453
English Baroque Soloists; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor Malcolm Bilson, fortepiano
6:32 p.m.
Ina Boyle
The Magic Harp
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; Ronald Corp, conductor
6:42 p.m.
Scott Joplin
Bethena: A Concert Waltz
Giovanni DeChiaro, guitar
6:48 p.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
Nonchalant Waltz (Valse nonchalante) Opus 110
Stephen Hough, piano
6:52 p.m.
Turlough O�Carolan/TRADITIONAL/Isaac Alderson
Planxty Hewlett/The Dusty Miller/The Last Minute
Ensemble Galilei
