Classical Music Playlist, June 22, 2026
Czech composer Josef Suk (1874-1935)
The first half of Czech composer Josef Suk's life was happy. He was a favorite student of composer Antonín Dvořák whose daughter, Otilie, Suk married. But the dividing line in Suk's life was the devastating loss of both of them. After Dvořák died in 1904, Suk was writing his funeral symphony "Asrael" when Otilie also died in 1905. Suk wrote that the "Asrael" symphony became a dedication "to the exalted memory of Dvořák and Otilie." Two years after the 1907 premiere of the "Asrael," Suk composed his symphonic poem "A Summer's Tale" which he said was about "finding a soothing balm in nature." It’s today's Midday Masterpiece on this first FULL day of summer.
6:00 a.m.
Willem De Fesch
Concerto No. 3 in G major Opus 5
Musica Ad Rhenum
6:08 a.m.
Franz Schubert
String Quartet No. 14 "Death and the Maiden" in D minor D 810
Emerson String Quartet
6:46 a.m.
John Rutter
Lullaby for Ana Gwen
Sinfonia Cymru; John Rutter, conductor Catrin Finch, harp
6:52 a.m.
Grace Williams
Sea Sketches: V. Calm Sea in Summer
English Chamber Orchestra; David Atherton, conductor
6:59 a.m.
Arnold Bax
Tintagel
Royal Scottish National Orchestra; David Lloyd-Jones, conductor
7:15 a.m.
Johannes Brahms
Serenade No. 2 in A major Opus 16
Scottish Chamber Orchestra; Charles Mackerras, conductor
7:48 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Four Seasons: Summer (L'Estate) in G minor Opus 8/2 RV 315
Venice Baroque Orchestra Avi Avital, mandolin
8:00 a.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
A Midsummer Night's Dream: Overture
London Symphony Orchestra; Claudio Abbado, conductor
8:13 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 35 "Haffner" in D major K 385
English Baroque Soloists; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
8:37 a.m.
Tobias Hume
Life
Ensemble Galilei
8:39 a.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
Clarinet Concerto No. 1: III. Rondo in F minor Opus 73
Staatskapelle Dresden; Herbert Blomstedt, conductor Sabine Meyer, clarinet
8:47 a.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
Africa-Fantasie Opus 89
London Philharmonic Orchestra; Geoffrey Simon, conductor Gwendolyn Mok, piano
8:59 a.m.
Gustav Mahler
Symphony No. 3: I. Kraftig in D minor "powerful"
New York Philharmonic; Leonard Bernstein, conductor
9:35 a.m.
Anton Webern
Im Sommerwind (In the Summer Wind)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Bernard Haitink, conductor
9:51 a.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
FIDELIO Overture Opus 72
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; Riccardo Chailly, conductor
10:00 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
Water Music Suite No. 3 in G major HWV 350
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra; Nicholas McGegan, conductor
10:10 a.m.
Alexander Scriabin
Piano Concerto in F# minor Opus 20
London Philharmonic Orchestra; Lorin Maazel, conductor Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano
10:39 a.m.
Enrique Granados
Danzas espanolas No. 7 "Valenciana"
Angel Romero, guitar; Celedonio Romero, guitar
10:46 a.m.
Samuel Barber
Summer Music Opus 31
Bergen Wind Quintet
10:59 a.m.
Friedrich Witt
Symphony "Jena" in C major
Sinfonia Finlandia (Jyvaskyla); Patrick Gallois, conductor
11:26 a.m.
William Grant Still
Summerland
Jeneba Kanneh-Mason, piano
11:30 a.m.
Joe Hisaishi
One Summer's Day (from Spirited Away)
London Symphony Orchestra; Roman Simovic, conductor Joe Hisaishi, piano
11:35 a.m.
Richard Wagner
FLYING DUTCHMAN Overture (Der Fliegender Hollander)
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra; Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor
11:46 a.m.
Leonard Bernstein
Love Theme from ON THE WATERFRONT (Symphonic Suite)
New York Philharmonic; Leonard Bernstein, conductor
11:52 a.m.
John Williams
STAR WARS - ATTACK OF THE CLONES: Across the Stars (Love Theme)
London Symphony Orchestra; John Williams, conductor
11:59 a.m.
Hugo Alfven
Swedish Rhapsody No. 1 "Midsummer Night Vigil" Opus 19
Minnesota Orchestra; Eiji Oue, conductor
12:13 p.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
The Seasons: June "Barcarolle" Opus 37
Bruce Liu, piano
12:20 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 29 in A major K 201
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor
12:47 p.m.
Johannes Brahms
Rhapsody in G minor Opus 79/2
Emanuel Ax, piano
12:53 p.m.
Georg Philipp Telemann
Alster Overture
Tafelmusik; Jeanne Lamon, conductor
1:00 p.m.
Franz Schubert
Symphony No. 5 in Bb major D 485
Chamber Orchestra of Europe; Claudio Abbado, conductor
1:30 p.m.
Frederick Delius
In a Summer Garden
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; Richard Hickox, conductor
1:47 p.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Capriccio Brillant in B minor Opus 22
London Mozart Players; Howard Shelley, conductor Howard Shelley, piano
2:00 p.m.
Josef Suk
A Summer's Tale Opus 29
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic; Libor Pesek, conductor
2:53 p.m.
Earl Wild
Grand Fantasie on Porgy and Bess: Summertime (After G. Gershwin)
Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano
2:55 p.m.
ANONYMOUS
Sumer is icumen in
; Paul Hillier, conductor The Hilliard Ensemble
2:59 p.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Four Seasons: Summer (L'Estate) in G minor Opus 8 RV 315
Boston Baroque; Martin Pearlman, conductor Christina Day Martinson, violin
3:11 p.m.
Jeff Lambert
Chicago Summer
Minneapolis Guitar Quartet
3:15 p.m.
Astor Piazzolla
Summer in Buenos Aires (Verano Porteno)
A Far Cry Jason Vieaux, guitar; Julien Labro, bandoneon
3:22 p.m.
Zoltan Kodaly
Summer Evening
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
3:40 p.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 8 "Le Soir" (Evening) in G major
Lausanne Chamber Orchestra; Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor
3:59 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
The Hero's Song Opus 111
Scottish National Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
4:22 p.m.
Henry Purcell
Bonduca Suite
Parley of Instruments Crispian Steele-Perkins, trumpet
4:37 p.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
A Midsummer Night's Dream: Nocturne
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra; Yoel Levi, conductor
4:43 p.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
A Midsummer Night's Dream: Scherzo
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra; Yoel Levi, conductor
4:48 p.m.
Kurt Atterberg
Symphony No. 3 "West Coast Pictures": II. Storm in D Opus 10
Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra; Sixten Ehrling, conductor
5:00 p.m.
Francesco Geminiani
Concerto Grosso "La Follia" in D minor
Boston Baroque; Martin Pearlman, conductor
5:11 p.m.
Fanny Mendelssohn
Das Jahr (The Year): 6. June: Serenade
Anna Shelest, piano
5:16 p.m.
Hugo Alfven
Mountain King Suite: Summer Rain
Royal Scottish National Orchestra; Niklas Willen, conductor
5:19 p.m.
Franz Liszt
Piano Concerto No. 2 in A major
London Symphony Orchestra; Kirill Kondrashin, conductor Sviatoslav Richter, piano
5:41 p.m.
Johannes Brahms
Symphony No. 1: IV. Finale in C minor Opus 68
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Georg Solti, conductor
6:00 p.m.
Niels Gade
Symphony No. 6 in G minor Opus 32
Danish National Symphony Orchestra; Christopher Hogwood, conductor
6:27 p.m.
Frederick Delius
Summer Night on the River
Welsh National Opera Orchestra; Charles Mackerras, conductor
6:34 p.m.
Max Richter
Summer
Berlin Chamber Orchestra; Andre de Ridder, conductor Daniel Hope, violin; Max Richter, moog synthesizer
6:48 p.m.
Aaron Copland
Quiet City
New York Philharmonic; Leonard Bernstein, conductor
