Classical Music Playlist, June 19, 2026
William Grant Still (1895-1978)
Autochthonous: adjective. ”indigenous rather than descended from migrants or colonists.”
In program notes for his Symphony No. 4, American composer William Grant Still wrote that the work’s title, “Autochthonous,” suggests that “the music has its roots in our own soil, and portrays…the spirit of the American people. It may also be said that the music speaks of the fusion of musical cultures in North America.”
The Symphony No. 4, “Autochthonous,” by William Grant Still is today’s Juneteenth Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
Marin Marais
Chaconne and Rondeau
Paolo Pandolfo, viola da gamba; Mitzi Meyerson, harpsichord; Thomas Boysen, baroque guitar; Pedro Estevan, percussion
6:07 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
String Quartet No. 19 "Dissonance" in C major K 465
Diderot String Quartet
6:39 a.m.
Gustav Holst
The Planets: Venus, Bringer of Peace Opus 32
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra; Yoel Levi, conductor
6:49 a.m.
Arnold Bax
Morning Song (Maytime in Sussex)
London Philharmonic Orchestra; Bryden Thomson, conductor Margaret Fingerhut, piano
6:58 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso No. 4 in F major Opus 3/4a HWV 315
Academy of Ancient Music; Richard Egarr, conductor
7:12 a.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Symphony No. 2 in C minor Opus 17
Philharmonia Orchestra; Riccardo Muti, conductor
7:45 a.m.
Scott Joplin
Maple Leaf Rag
Eugene List, piano
7:48 a.m.
Scott Joplin
The Entertainer
Cincinnati Pops; Erich Kunzel, conductor William Tritt, piano
7:52 a.m.
Paul Dukas
Villanelle for horn and orchestra
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; Kurt Masur, conductor Hermann Baumann, horn
8:00 a.m.
Mikhail Glinka
Spanish Overture No. 2
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Vassily Sinaisky, conductor
8:10 a.m.
Florence Price
Symphony No. 3
Philadelphia Orchestra; Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor
8:42 a.m.
Margaret Bonds
Spiritual Suite: III. Troubled Water
Jeneba Kanneh-Mason, piano
8:48 a.m.
Arcangelo Corelli
Concerto Grosso No. 2 in F major Opus 6
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor
8:59 a.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Symphony No. 4 in Bb major Opus 60
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic; Charles Mackerras, conductor
9:31 a.m.
John Field
Nocturne No. 14 in C major H 60
John O'Conor, piano
9:42 a.m.
Ignacy Jan Paderewski
Overture
Polish National Radio Orchestra; Antoni Wit, conductor
9:52 a.m.
Mark O'Connor
Appalachia Waltz
Yo Yo Ma, cello; Mark O'Connor, violin; Edgar Meyer, bass
10:00 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 32 in G major K 318
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor
10:09 a.m.
Valerie Coleman
Portraits of Langston (w/Narration)
McGill/McHale Trio Mahershala Ali, narrator
10:36 a.m.
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Vocalise Opus 34/14
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra; Edward Gardner, conductor Alison Balsom, trumpet
10:42 a.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
Concertpiece for piano and orchestra in F minor Opus 79 (Konzertstuck)
Bavarian Radio Symphony; Colin Davis, conductor Gerhard Oppitz, piano
10:59 a.m.
Claude Debussy
Petite suite
Ulster Orchestra; Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor
11:13 a.m.
Margaret Bonds
Fields of Wonder
Cantus
11:26 a.m.
Bela Bartok
Piano Concerto No. 3 SZ 119
Budapest Festival Orchestra; Ivan Fischer, conductor Andras Schiff, piano
11:51 a.m.
Edvard Grieg
String Quartet No. 2 (unfinished): II. Allegro scherzando in F major
Oslo Camerata; Stephan Barratt-Due, conductor
11:59 a.m.
Catrin Finch
Celtic Concerto
Sinfonia Cymru; John Rutter, conductor Catrin Finch, harp
12:13 p.m.
Manuel de Falla
Three-Cornered Hat: Neighbors' Dance
Simon Bolivar Orchestra; Eduardo Mata, conductor
12:16 p.m.
Dana Suesse
Jazz Nocturne
Hot Springs Festival Orchestra; Richard Rosenberg, conductor
12:22 p.m.
William Dawson
Negro Folk Symphony
Detroit Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
12:51 p.m.
Louis Moreau Gottschalk
Grand Tarantelle Opus 67/5
Cincinnati Pops; Erich Kunzel, conductor William Tritt, piano
1:00 p.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso No. 5 in D major Opus 6/5 HWV 323
Aradia Ensemble; Kevin Mallon, conductor
1:16 p.m.
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Five Negro Melodies for Piano Trio
Neave Trio
1:33 p.m.
Jules Massenet
Suite No. 4 "Picturesque Scenes" (Scenes pittoresques)
Monte Carlo National Opera Orchestra; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
1:51 p.m.
Paulinho Nogueira
Bachianinha No. 1
Plinio Fernandes, guitar
1:54 p.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Symphony No. 3 "Scottish": II. Vivace non troppo in A minor Opus 56
San Francisco Symphony; Herbert Blomstedt, conductor
2:00 p.m.
William Grant Still
Symphony No. 4 "Autochthonous"
Philadelphia Orchestra; Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor
2:27 p.m.
Scott Joplin
Solace
John Novacek, piano
2:34 p.m.
Johannes Brahms
String Quintet No. 2: I. Allegro non troppo ma con brio in G major Opus 111
Takacs Quartet Lawrence Power, viola
2:48 p.m.
Charles Avison
Concerto No. 1 in D major Opus 3/1
Avison Ensemble; Pavlo Beznosiuk, conductor
2:59 p.m.
Florence Price
Piano Concerto in One Movement
Chineke! Orchestra; Leslie Suganandarajah, conductor Jeneba Kanneh-Mason, piano
3:18 p.m.
Fernando Sor
Etude No. 17 in E minor Opus 6/11
Andres Segovia, guitar
3:21 p.m.
Manuel de Falla
EL AMOR BRUJO: Ritual Fire Dance
S. W. German Radio Symphony Orchestra; Jose Serebrier, conductor
3:26 p.m.
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Capriccio Espagnol Opus 34
London Symphony Orchestra; Geoffrey Simon, conductor
3:43 p.m.
Hubert Parry
Lady Radnor's Suite
English String Orchestra; William Boughton, conductor
4:00 p.m.
Margaret Bonds
Montgomery Variations
Philadelphia Orchestra; Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor
4:23 p.m.
Gunther Schuller
Suite for Wind Quintet: II. Blues
Reykjavik Wind Quintet
4:25 p.m.
Wilhelm Stenhammar
Piano Concerto No. 1: II. Vivacissimo in Bb minor Opus 1
Malmo Symphony Orchestra; Mario Venzago, conductor Niklas Sivel�v, piano
4:31 p.m.
Enrique Granados
Danzas espanolas No. 5 "Andaluza"
Maria Duenas, violin; Raphael Feuillatre, guitar
4:35 p.m.
Astor Piazzolla
Histoire du Tango: III. Night Club 1960
Manuel Barrueco, guitar; Emmanuel Pahud, flute
4:42 p.m.
Jan Dismas Zelenka
Capriccio No. 1 in D major Z 182
Bern Camerata; Alexander van Wijnkoop, conductor
4:59 p.m.
Florence Price
Dances in the Canebrakes
Chicago Sinfonietta; Mei-Ann Chen, conductor
5:10 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 9 "Jenamy" in Eb major K 271 "Jeunehomme"
English Baroque Soloists; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor Malcolm Bilson, fortepiano
5:42 p.m.
Aaron Jay Kernis
100 Greatest Dance Hits: II. Salsa Pasada
Escher Quartet Jason Vieaux, guitar
5:45 p.m.
Johannes Brahms
Hungarian Dance No. 8 in A minor
Staatskapelle Berlin; Otmar Suitner, conductor
5:49 p.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Trumpet Overture Opus 101
London Symphony Orchestra; Claudio Abbado, conductor
6:00 p.m.
Joseph White
Violin Concerto in F# minor
Encore Chamber Orchestra; Daniel Hege, conductor Rachel Barton Pine, violin
6:22 p.m.
Valerie Coleman
Afro-Cuban Concerto for Wind Quintet
Imani Winds
6:39 p.m.
Julia Perry
Ye, Who Seek the Truth
Experiential Orchestra; James Blachly, conductor
6:44 p.m.
Edward K. (Duke) Ellington
Harlem for jazz band & orchestra
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra; JoAnn Falletta, conductor
