Classical Music Playlist, June 25, 2026
Franz Krommer (1759-1831)
Born the year of Handel’s death and died a few years after Beethoven, Franz Krommer was one of the most successful and influential Czech composers active in Vienna at the turn of the 18th century. He composed at least 9 symphonies, dozens of concertos, chamber works for string ensemble including many quartets and works for winds. His music was disseminated widely and later in life was awarded many honors from multiple countries. Simply stated, a Sinfonía Concertante is a concerto for multiple soloists. Krommer’s 1808 Sinfonía Concertante for violin, flute and clarinet in E-flat is today’s Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
Henry Purcell
THE FAIRY QUEEN: Sonata "While the Sun Rises" Z 629
Parley of Instruments; Roy Goodman, conductor
6:09 a.m.
Clara Schumann
Piano Trio in G minor Opus 17
Nash Ensemble
6:38 a.m.
Isaac Albeniz
La Vega
London Symphony Orchestra; Elmer Bernstein, conductor Christopher Parkening, guitar
6:53 a.m.
Gustav Holst
The Planets: Mercury, the Winged Messenger Opus 32
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra; Yoel Levi, conductor
6:59 a.m.
Gabriel Faure
Dolly Suite Opus 56
Boston Symphony Orchestra; Seiji Ozawa, conductor
7:18 a.m.
Wilhelm Peterson-Berger
Earina Suite
Norrkoping Symphony Orchestra; Michail Jurowski, conductor
7:40 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Violin Concerto, Op. 4, No. 4 in A minor Opus 4/4 RV 357
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor Simon Standage, violin
7:49 a.m.
Niels Gade
Hamlet Overture Opus 37
Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra; Dmitri Kitayenko, conductor
8:00 a.m.
Robert Schumann
Piano Quartet: IV. Finale in Eb major Opus 47
Emerson String Quartet Menahem Pressler, piano
8:09 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Sinfonia Concertante for winds and orchestra in Eb major K 297b
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor Neil Black, oboe; Jack Brymer, clarinet; Alan Civil, horn; Michael Chapman, bassoon
8:40 a.m.
Zhen Chen
Springfield
Zhen Chen, piano; Jiaju Shen, pipa; Feifei Yang, erhu
8:43 a.m.
Yoko Shimomura
Valse Di Fantastica
Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra; Irene Delgado-Jimenez, conductor Esther Abrami, violin
8:48 a.m.
Franz Liszt
Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 in D minor
Vancouver Symphony Orchestra; Sergiu Commissiona, conductor
9:00 a.m.
Johannes Brahms
Piano Concerto No. 2 in Bb major Opus 83
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Fritz Reiner, conductor Emil Gilels, piano
9:47 a.m.
Georg Philipp Telemann
Overture in D major
Berlin Academy of Ancient Music
9:55 a.m.
Philip Glass
Symphony No. 3: Movement IV
Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra; Dennis Russell Davies, conductor
10:00 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Lute Suite No. 4 in E major BWV 1006
Sharon Isbin, guitar
10:18 a.m.
Vincent d'Indy
Symphony on a French Mountain Air
Montreal Symphony Orchestra; Charles Dutoit, conductor Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano
10:46 a.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
String Quartet No. 14: V. Presto in C# minor Opus 131
Takacs Quartet
10:52 a.m.
Federico Moreno Torroba
The Wedding (La Boda)
Los Romeros
10:54 a.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Piano Concerto No. 1: I. Allegro con brio in C major Opus 15
Netherlands Radio Philharmonic; Karina Canellakis, conductor Alice Sara Ott, piano
10:59 a.m.
Arcangelo Corelli
Concerto Grosso No. 6 in F major Opus 6
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra; Nicholas McGegan, conductor
11:11 a.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Sinfonia Concertante in Bb major HOB 105
Chamber Orchestra of Europe; Claudio Abbado, conductor Marieke Blankestijn, violin; William Conway, cello; Douglas Boyd, oboe; Matthew Wilkie, bassoon
11:33 a.m.
Carlos Gardel
Cuando Tu No Estas
Franz Halasz, guitar
11:37 a.m.
Mel Bonis
Piano Quartet No. 1: III. Andante in Bb major Opus 69
Mozart Piano Quartet
11:44 a.m.
Percy Grainger
Lincolnshire Posey
"The President's Own" United States Marine Band; Gerard Schwarz, conductor
11:59 a.m.
Robert Schumann
Genoveva Overture Opus 81
London Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
12:10 p.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Mandolin Concerto in C major RV 425
Parley of Instruments; Roy Goodman, conductor Paul O'Dette, mandolin
12:18 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Quintet for piano & winds in Eb major K 452
Mitsuko Uchida, piano; Neil Black, oboe; Thea King, clarinet; Frank Lloyd, horn; Robin O'Neill, bassoon
12:44 p.m.
Karl Ditters Von Dittersdorf
Symphony No. 5 "The Petrification of Phineus and Friends" in D major
Vienna Sinfonietta; Kurt Rapf, conductor
1:00 p.m.
Ottorino Respighi
Pines of Rome
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Fritz Reiner, conductor
1:22 p.m.
Lili Boulanger
Prelude in D Flat Major in Db major
Anna Shelest, piano
1:26 p.m.
Marc-Antoine Charpentier
Te Deum: Prelude
English Chamber Orchestra; Anthony Newman, conductor Wynton Marsalis, trumpet
1:29 p.m.
Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
Guitar Concerto No. 1 in D major Opus 99
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor Pepe Romero, guitar
1:50 p.m.
Gioachino Rossini
OTELLO: Overture
National Philharmonic Orchestra; Riccardo Chailly, conductor
2:00 p.m.
Franz Krommer
Sinfonia Concertante in Eb major Opus 70
Northern Sinfonia of England; Howard Griffiths, conductor Kamilla Schatz, violin; Sefika Kutluer, flute; Dimitri Ashkenazy, clarinet
2:36 p.m.
Isaac Albeniz
Suite Espanola: No. 1 "Granada" Opus 47/1
Raphael Feuillatre, guitar
2:42 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
French Suite No. 2 in C minor BWV 813
Glenn Gould, piano
2:53 p.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
EUGENE ONEGIN: Polonaise
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; Andrew Litton, conductor
2:59 p.m.
Giuseppe Verdi
NABUCCO Overture (Sinfonia)
Philharmonic of La Scala; Riccardo Muti, conductor
3:08 p.m.
Franz Schubert
String Quartet No. 13 "Rosamunde" in A minor Opus 29 D 804
Emerson String Quartet
3:41 p.m.
Cecile Chaminade
Etude Symphonique Opus 28
Joanne Polk, piano
3:48 p.m.
Johann Strauss, Jr.
Morning Papers Opus 279 (Morgenblatter)
Vienna State Opera Orchestra; Franz Bauer-Theussl, conductor
4:00 p.m.
Henriette Renie
Harp Concerto in C minor
Rhenish Philharmonic Orchestra; Shao-Chia Lu, conductor Xavier de Maistre, harp
4:21 p.m.
Maurice Ravel
String Quartet: II. Assez vif. Tres Rythme in F major
Verona String Quartet
4:27 p.m.
Florence Price
Piano Quintet: III. Juba in A minor
Takacs Quartet Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano
4:32 p.m.
Leos Janacek
Lachian Dances
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra; Jose Serebrier, conductor
4:54 p.m.
John Williams
Themes from Jurassic Park
Boston Pops Orchestra; John Williams, conductor
5:01 p.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso No. 1 in G major Opus 6/1 HWV 319
Academy of Ancient Music; Andrew Manze, conductor
5:13 p.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Symphony No. 6 "Pathetique": III. Molto Vivace in B minor Opus 74
Philharmonia Orchestra; Riccardo Muti, conductor
5:23 p.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Piano Sextet in D major Opus 110
Bartholdy Quartett and friends
5:54 p.m.
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
March from Tsar Saltan Suite Opus 57
Seattle Symphony; Gerard Schwarz, conductor
6:00 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 13 in C major K 415
Camerata Academica Salzburg; Sandor Vegh, conductor Andras Schiff, piano
6:28 p.m.
Anton Wilhelm Solnitz
Sinfonia in A major Opus 3/4
Musica Ad Rhenum
6:41 p.m.
Isaac Albeniz
Asturias (Leyenda) - from "Suite Espanola" Opus 47
Raphael Feuillatre, guitar
6:47 p.m.
Freddie Aguilar
Anak
Xuefei Yang, guitar
6:50 p.m.
Jennifer Higdon
Amazing Grace
Serafin String Quartet
6:55 p.m.
TRADITIONAL
Scarborough Fair
Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello; Plinio Fernandes, guitar
