Classical Music Playlist, June 17, 2026
“The Spider’s Feast” by French composer Albert Roussel is a 1913 pantomime-ballet that depicts insects in a garden, with a spider in its web as the centerpiece. It’s today's Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso No. 4 in A minor Opus 6/4 HWV 322
Tafelmusik; Jeanne Lamon, conductor
6:12 a.m.
Antonio Salieri
Triple Concerto for violin, oboe and cello in D major
Bern Camerata; Thomas Furi, conductor Thomas Furi, violin; Heinz Holliger, oboe; Thomas Demenga, cello
6:38 a.m.
Cesare Negri
A Renaisance dance (1)
The Broadside Band; Jeremy Barlow, conductor
6:40 a.m.
Ernesto Nazareth
Perigoso
Estela Olevsky, piano
6:45 a.m.
Carlos Baguer
Symphony No. 13 in Eb major
London Mozart Players; Matthias Bamert, conductor
6:59 a.m.
Ottorino Respighi
Ancient Airs and Dances: Suite No. 1
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra; Hugh Wolff, conductor
7:15 a.m.
Friedrich Kuhlau
Concertino for 2 horns and orchestra Opus 45
Odense Symphony Orchestra; Othmar Maga, conductor Ib Lanzky-Otto, horn; Froydis Ree Wekre, horn
7:39 a.m.
Domenico Scarlatti
Sonata in E major K 162
Assad Brothers Sergio Assad, guitar; Odair Assad, guitar
7:45 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
2 Gavottes in G minor BWV 995
Sharon Isbin, guitar
7:49 a.m.
Isaac Alderson
Waltz No. 1
Ensemble Galilei
7:52 a.m.
Santiago de Murcia
Tarantelas
Ensemble Kapsberger; Rolf Lislevand, conductor
8:00 a.m.
Richard Strauss
Don Juan Opus 20
Staatskapelle Dresden; Rudolph Kempe, conductor
8:17 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Czech Suite Opus 39
Janacek Philharmonic; Theodore Kuchar, conductor
8:40 a.m.
Fanny Mendelssohn
Melodie (Allegretto) No. 2 in C# minor Opus 4/2
Betty Ann Miller, piano
8:42 a.m.
Hania Rani; Dobrawa Czocher
Con Moto
Hania Rani, piano; Dobrawa Czocher, cello
8:48 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto for 2 mandolins in G major RV 532
Europa Galante; Fabio Biondi, conductor
9:00 a.m.
Manuel Ponce
Piano Concerto No. 1 "Romantico" in A minor Opus 22
Orquesta Sinf�nica de Miner�a (OSM); Carlos Miguel Prieto, conductor Jorge Federico Osorio, piano
9:24 a.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 16 in Bb major
Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra; Adam Fischer, conductor
9:38 a.m.
Johann Friedrich Fasch
Overture in F major FWV K:F1
Tempesta di Mare
10:00 a.m.
Josef Suk
Fantastic Scherzo Opus 25
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra; JoAnn Falletta, conductor
10:15 a.m.
Zoltan Kodaly
Marosszek Dances
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor
10:30 a.m.
Mauro Giuliani
Grand Quintet (Gran Quintetto) Opus 65
Artaria Quartet Richard Savino, guitar
10:48 a.m.
Michael Torke
Bright Blue Music
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra; David Zinman, conductor
10:59 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 41 "Jupiter" in C major K 551
Scottish Chamber Orchestra; Jukka-Pekka Saraste, conductor
11:34 a.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Song without Words for cello and piano Opus 109
Haruma Sato, cello; Wataru Hisasue, piano
11:40 a.m.
Richard Wagner
TANNHAUSER Overture
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra; Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor
11:55 a.m.
Elmer Bernstein
The Magnificent Seven
Cincinnati Pops; Erich Kunzel, conductor
12:02 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Keyboard Concerto No. 4 in A major BWV 1055
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Murray Perahia, conductor Murray Perahia, piano
12:17 p.m.
Louis Theodore Gouvy
Symphony No. 4 in D minor Opus 25
Saarbrucken Radio Philharmonic Orchestra; Jacques Mercier, conductor
12:45 p.m.
Claude Debussy
Reverie
Yolanda Kondonassis, harp
12:51 p.m.
Gentil Montana
Suite Colombiana No. 2: III. Bambuco
Jose Antonio Escobar, guitar
12:54 p.m.
Paul Hindemith
Symphonic Metamorphosis: IV. March
San Francisco Symphony; Herbert Blomstedt, conductor Randall Goosby, violin
12:59 p.m.
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
Symphony in E-flat major in Eb major Wq 183/2
Berlin Academy of Ancient Music
1:11 p.m.
Gabriel Faure
Impromptu No. 4 in Db major Opus 91
Kathryn Stott, piano
1:16 p.m.
Johannes Brahms
Piano Quartet No. 3: II. Scherzo. Allegro in C minor Opus 60
Krystian Zimerman, piano; Maria Nowak, violin; Katarzyna Budnik, viola; Yuya Okamoto, cello
1:21 p.m.
Franz Berwald
Symphony No. 3 "Sinfonie singuliere" in C major
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
1:50 p.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto No. 2 in G minor Opus 3 RV 578
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor
2:00 p.m.
Albert Roussel
The Spider's Feast Opus 17 Le Festin de l'araign�e
Royal Scottish National Orchestra; Stephane Deneve, conductor
2:33 p.m.
Franz Schubert
Nocturne (Notturno for Piano Trio) in Eb major Opus 148 D 897
Takacs Quartet Andreas Haefliger, piano
2:43 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Fugue "Little Fugue" in G minor BWV 578
Carlo Curley, organ
2:48 p.m.
Arcangelo Corelli
Concerto Grosso No. 5 in Bb major Opus 6
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra; Nicholas McGegan, conductor
2:59 p.m.
Richard Strauss
Serenade in Eb major Opus 7
Stockholm Philharmonic (members of); Paavo Berglund, conductor
3:09 p.m.
Karl Jenkins
The Armed Man--A Mass for Peace: XII. Benedictus
Berlin Chamber Orchestra; Berlin Radio Choir Daniel Hope, violin
3:16 p.m.
Johann Nepomuk Hummel
Piano Concerto No. 3 in B minor Opus 89
English Chamber Orchestra; Bryden Thomson, conductor Stephen Hough, piano
3:53 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
MARRIAGE OF FIGARO: Overture K 492
Scottish Chamber Orchestra; Christian Baldini, conductor
3:59 p.m.
Johannes Brahms
Symphony No. 3: I. Allegro con brio in F major Opus 90
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; Riccardo Chailly, conductor
4:11 p.m.
Joaquin Rodrigo
Concierto de Aranjuez
Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra; Gabor Takacs-Nagy, conductor Raphael Feuillatre, guitar
4:34 p.m.
Ricardo Castro
Plainte Opus 38/2
Orquesta Sinfonica de Mineria (OSM) Jorge Federico Osorio, piano
4:37 p.m.
Clara Schumann
Three Romances for Violin and Piano: No. 3 Leidenschaftlich schnell in Bb Opus 22
Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano; Elena Urioste, violin
4:43 p.m.
Alexander Arutiunian
Trumpet Concerto
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra; Lawrence Renes, conductor Alison Balsom, trumpet
4:59 p.m.
Arcangelo Corelli
Concerto Grosso No. 8 "Christmas Concerto" in G minor Opus 6
Les Violons du Roy; Bernard Labadie, conductor
5:13 p.m.
Josef Suk
Piano Trio: II. Andante in C minor Opus 2
Neave Trio
5:17 p.m.
Aram Khachaturian
Masquerade: Waltz
St. Petersburg State Symphony Orchestra; Andre Anichanov, conductor
5:23 p.m.
Edouard Lalo
Symphony in G minor
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Yondani Butt, conductor
5:52 p.m.
Joseph Bodin de Boismortier
Chaconne (from Daphnis and Chloe)
Le Concert Spirituel; Herve Niquet, conductor
5:59 p.m.
Jean Sibelius
Symphony No. 5 in Eb major Opus 82
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra; Mariss Jansons, conductor
6:29 p.m.
Nadia Boulanger
Three Pieces for Cello & Piano
Miriam K. Smith, cello; Sandra Wright Shen, piano
6:38 p.m.
Francesco Geminiani
Concerto Grosso No. 4 in F major
Boston Baroque; Martin Pearlman, conductor
6:48 p.m.
Santiago de Murcia
Folias Italianas Despacio
Ensemble Kapsberger; Rolf Lislevand, conductor
6:54 p.m.
Tina Davidson
Blue Curve of Earth
Hilary Hahn, violin; Cory Smythe, piano
