Classical Music Playlist, June 23, 2026
Neave Trio | photo: Jacob Lewis Lovendahl
The four year old daughter of Czech composer Bedřich Smetana died of Scarlet Fever when he was 30 years old. He poured his grief into his Piano Trio in G-minor; but there are sadly sweet musical passages, too, and a final uplifting flourish in affirmation of his love for her that can never be diminished. Smetana’s only Piano Trio with the Neave Trio is today’s Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
Alessandro Scarlatti
Concerto Grosso No. 6 in E major
Europa Galante; Fabio Biondi, conductor
6:08 a.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Septet in Eb major Opus 20
Vienna Octet
6:50 a.m.
Frederic Chopin
Ballade No. 3 in Ab major
Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
6:59 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
The Noon Witch Opus 108
Scottish National Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
7:12 a.m.
Max Bruch
Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 26 in G minor Opus 26
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra; Jakub Hrusa, conductor Nicola Benedetti, violin
7:38 a.m.
Aaron Copland
Rodeo: Hoe-Down
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra; Leonard Slatkin, conductor
7:43 a.m.
John Williams
Liberty Fanfare
Cincinnati Pops; Erich Kunzel, conductor
7:48 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
Water Music Suite No. 2 in D major HWV 349
Orchestra of St. Luke's; Charles Mackerras, conductor
8:00 a.m.
Jean Sibelius
Karelia Suite Opus 11
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra; Jukka-Pekka Saraste, conductor
8:15 a.m.
Dmitri Shostakovich
Piano Concerto No. 2 in F major Opus 102
Los Angeles Philharmonic; Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor Yefim Bronfman, piano
8:36 a.m.
John Dowland
Suzanna Galliard
Ronn McFarlane, lute
8:38 a.m.
Agustin Barrios
Danzas Paraguayas
David Russell, guitar
8:44 a.m.
Franz Schubert
Octet for strings & winds: I. Adagio - Allegro in F major Opus 166 D 803
Academy of Ancient Music Members of...
9:01 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor K 478
Malcolm Bilson, fortepiano; Elizabeth Wilcock, violin; Jan Schlapp, viola; Timothy Mason, cello
9:29 a.m.
Edvard Grieg
Lyric Suite Opus 54
Malmo Symphony Orchestra; Bjarte Engeset, conductor
9:46 a.m.
Frederick Delius
On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring
Welsh National Opera Orchestra; Charles Mackerras, conductor
9:54 a.m.
Mikhail Glinka
RUSLAN AND LUDMILA: Overture
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra; David Zinman, conductor
10:00 a.m.
Johannes Brahms
Cello sonata No. 1 in E minor Opus 38
Yo Yo Ma, cello; Emanuel Ax, piano
10:24 a.m.
Stanley Myers
Cavatina
Xuefei Yang, guitar
10:29 a.m.
Joseph Kraus
Overture in D minor
Swedish Chamber Orchestra; Petter Sundkvist, conductor
10:40 a.m.
Johann Albrechtsberger
Harp Concerto in C major
Paul Kuentz Chamber Orchestra; Paul Kuentz, conductor Nicanor Zabaleta, harp
10:59 a.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Fair Melusina Overture Opus 32
London Symphony Orchestra; Claudio Abbado, conductor
11:11 a.m.
Enrique Granados
La Maja de Goya
Eduardo Fernandez, guitar
11:15 a.m.
Santiago de Murcia
La Jota
Richard Savino, guitar; Mauro ReFosco, percussion; Yousif Sheronick, percussion
11:18 a.m.
Johan Halvorsen
Symphony No. 1 in C minor
Bergen Philharmonic; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
11:55 a.m.
Ryuichi Sakamoto
Solitude
La Pieta Angele Dubeau, violin
12:00 p.m.
Juventino Rosas
Over the Waves (Sobre las olas)
Vienna State Opera Orchestra; Franz Bauer-Theussl, conductor
12:08 p.m.
Teresa Carreno
Nocturne, "Souvenirs de mon pays"
Alexandra Oehler, piano
12:17 p.m.
Joaquin Rodrigo
Concierto Madrigal
Internationale Philharmonie; Horst-Hans Backer, conductor Amadeus Guitar Duo
12:50 p.m.
Jean Joseph Mouret
Rondeau
Canadian Brass
12:51 p.m.
Amilcare Ponchielli
LA GIOCONDA: Dance of the Hours
National Philharmonic Orchestra; Bruno Bartoletti, conductor
1:00 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Concerto for oboe and violin in C minor BWV 1060
Academy of Ancient Music; Christopher Hogwood, conductor Stephen Hammer, oboe; Catherine Mackintosh, violin
1:15 p.m.
Juan Arriaga
Overture "Nonetto" Opus 1
Le Concert des Nations; Jordi Savall, conductor
1:24 p.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Swan Lake Suite Opus 20
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Enrique Batiz, conductor
1:52 p.m.
Joan Ambrosio Dalza
Saltarello
Calliope
1:55 p.m.
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
THE SNOW MAIDEN: Dance of the Tumblers
Seattle Symphony; Gerard Schwarz, conductor
2:00 p.m.
Bedrich Smetana
Piano Trio in G minor Opus 15
Neave Trio
2:28 p.m.
Gentil Montana
Suite Colombiana No. 2: II. Guabina Viajera (Traveller Guabina)
Jose Antonio Escobar, guitar
2:35 p.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Trumpet Concerto in Eb major
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Claudio Abbado, conductor (Adolph) "Bud" Herseth, trumpet
2:51 p.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
Omphale's Spinning Wheel (Le Rouet d'Omphale) Opus 31
Boston Symphony Orchestra; Charles Munch, conductor
3:00 p.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso No. 11 in A major Opus 6/11 HWV 329
Boston Baroque; Martin Pearlman, conductor
3:18 p.m.
Gioachino Rossini
LA SCALA DI SETA (The Silken Ladder): Overture
Philharmonia Orchestra; Riccardo Muti, conductor
3:25 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major K 488
English Baroque Soloists; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor Malcolm Bilson, fortepiano
3:51 p.m.
Gerardo Matos Rodriguez
La Cumparsita (Tango)
Xuefei Yang, guitar
3:54 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Slavonic Dance No. 7 in C minor Opus 46
Cleveland Orchestra; Christoph Von Dohnanyi, conductor
3:59 p.m.
Edward Elgar
Serenade for string orchestra in E minor Opus 20
London Sinfonia; John Barbirolli, conductor
4:13 p.m.
Francis Poulenc
Piano Concerto
Paris Concert Society Orchestra; Georges Pretre, conductor Gabriel Tacchino, piano
4:34 p.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
Symphony No. 2 in C major J 51
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor
4:54 p.m.
Samuel Scheidt
Canzona Bergamasca
The Paramount Brass
4:59 p.m.
Arcangelo Corelli
Concerto Grosso No. 9 in F major Opus 6
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor
5:09 p.m.
Hayato Sumino
Human Universe
Hayato Sumino, piano
5:17 p.m.
Reinhold Gliere
The Red Poppy [ballet]: Suite
New Jersey Symphony; Zdenek Macal, conductor
5:45 p.m.
Jean-Michel Damase
Seventeen Variations for wind quintet
Reykjavik Wind Quintet
5:59 p.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 93 in D major HOB I:93
Philharmonia Orchestra; Leonard Slatkin, conductor
6:22 p.m.
John Rutter
Folk Suite
Royal Ballet Sinfonia; David Lloyd-Jones, conductor
6:35 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
A Musical Offering: Ricercar a 6 BWV 1079
John Gibbons, fortepiano
6:42 p.m.
Franz Schubert
Impromptu No. 3 in Gb major Opus 90/3 D 899
Murray Perahia, piano
6:49 p.m.
Ethel Smyth
Concerto for Violin, Horn and Orchestra: II. Elegy. Adagio, "In memoriam"
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Odaline de la Martinez, conductor Sophie Langdon, violin; Richard Watkins, horn
6:56 p.m.
Miguel Llobet
El testament d'Amelia
Julian Bream, guitar
