Classical Music Playlist, June 30, 2026
Composer Hans Gál (1890-1987)
Composer Hans Gál was born in Austria in 1890. He had notable early success with his music and held important positions. But with the rise of intolerance in Europe preceding WWII, his music was banned and he fled to Scotland. In Edinburgh he taught, composed, won honors and lived the rest of his life to age 97 in 1987. His music was largely neglected after WWII but in the 21st century has seen a revival of interest. The 1943 Symphony No. 2 by Hans Gál is today’s Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
French Suite No. 5 in G major BWV 816
Jeffrey Biegel, piano
6:19 a.m.
Alexander Borodin
Petite Suite
Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra; Ghennady Rozhdestvensky, conductor
6:50 a.m.
John Williams
Seven Years in Tibet: Seven Years in Tibet
Studio Orchestra; John Williams, conductor Yo Yo Ma, cello
6:58 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso No. 6 in D major Opus 3/6 HWV 317
Academy of Ancient Music; Richard Egarr, conductor Richard Egarr, organ
7:08 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 27 in Bb major K 595
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra Richard Goode, piano
7:39 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Slavonic Dance No. 4 in F major Opus 46
Cleveland Orchestra; Christoph Von Dohnanyi, conductor
7:46 a.m.
Dmitri Kabalevsky
Colas Breugnon: Overture
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Fritz Reiner, conductor
7:52 a.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
Danse Macabre Opus 40
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra; Lorin Maazel, conductor
7:59 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 in F major BWV 1046
European Brandenburg Ensemble; Trevor Pinnock, conductor
8:19 a.m.
Franz Liszt
Les Preludes (Symphonic Poem #3) S 97
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Georg Solti, conductor
8:36 a.m.
Adolfo Mejia
Bambuco en mi in E minor Bambuco in e minor
Jose Antonio Escobar, guitar
8:39 a.m.
Amy Beach
Romance (1893) in D major Opus 23
Kristin Lee, violin; Jun Cho, piano
8:46 a.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Symphony No. 9: II. Molto Vivace (Scherzo and Trio) in D minor Opus 125
Cleveland Orchestra; Christoph Von Dohnanyi, conductor
8:59 a.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor Opus 49
Claremont Trio
9:29 a.m.
Fernande Decruck
Sonata in C-sharp for alto saxophone in C# minor
Jackson Symphony Orchestra; Matthew Aubin, conductor Carrie Koffman, alto saxophone
9:46 a.m.
Ariel Ramirez
MISA CRIOLLA: II. Gloria
Seraphic Fire; Patrick Dupre Quigley, conductor
9:52 a.m.
Gioachino Rossini
TANCREDI: Overture
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
10:00 a.m.
Clara Schumann
Three Romances for Piano Opus 11
Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano
10:14 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Flute Concerto No. 1 in G major K 313
Berlin Philharmonic; Claudio Abbado, conductor Emmanuel Pahud, flute
10:40 a.m.
Johann Christian Bach
Sinfonia No. 2 in D major Opus 6/2
Camerata Budapest; Hanspeter Gmur, conductor
10:50 a.m.
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Deep River
Randall Goosby, violin; Zhu Wang, piano
10:54 a.m.
William Grant Still
Lyric Quartet: III. The Jovial One
Catalyst Quartet
10:59 a.m.
Georg Philipp Telemann
Tafelmusik II: Concerto for 3 violins in F major
Musica Antiqua Koln; Reinhardt Goebel, conductor Members of...
11:13 a.m.
Antonio Lauro
Venezuelan Waltz No. 3 "Natalia" (Vals Venezolano)
Jason Vieaux, guitar
11:16 a.m.
Alexander Glazunov
Symphony No. 5: II. Scherzo in Bb major Opus 55
BBC Welsh Symphony Orchestra; Tadaaki Otaka, conductor
11:23 a.m.
Ernst von Dohnanyi
Variations on a Nursery Song Opus 25
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Georg Solti, conductor Andras Schiff, piano
11:48 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Carnival Overture Opus 92
Cleveland Orchestra; George Szell, conductor
11:59 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Harpsichord Concerto in D minor BWV 974
Vikingur Olafsson, piano
12:10 p.m.
Jean Sibelius
Cassazione Opus 6
Tapiola Sinfonietta; Tuomas Ollila, conductor
12:22 p.m.
Luigi Boccherini
Quintet for Guitar and Strings No. 9 "Retreat from Madrid" in C major G 453
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields Chamber Ensemble Pepe Romero, guitar
12:50 p.m.
Chilly Gonzales
Prelude in C Sharp Major
Alice Sara Ott, piano
12:54 p.m.
John Williams
Raiders of the Lost Ark: The Raiders' March
Boston Pops Orchestra; John Williams, conductor
1:00 p.m.
Joseph Kraus
Sinfonia in C# minor
Swedish Chamber Orchestra; Petter Sundkvist, conductor
1:21 p.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Four Seasons: Autumn (L'Autunno) in F major Opus 8 RV 293
Boston Baroque; Martin Pearlman, conductor Christina Day Martinson, violin
1:33 p.m.
Teresa Carreno
Elegy No. 6 Opus 22 graveside lamentations
Alexandra Oehler, piano
1:44 p.m.
Jacques Ibert
Escales (Ports of Call)
Dallas Symphony Orchestra; Eduardo Mata, conductor
2:00 p.m.
Hans Gal
Symphony No. 2 in F major Opus 53
Orchestra of the Swan; Kenneth Woods, conductor
2:45 p.m.
Franz Schubert
Impromptu No. 4 in F minor Opus 142 D 935
John O'Conor, piano
2:53 p.m.
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
MLADA: Procession of the Nobles
Cincinnati Pops; Erich Kunzel, conductor
2:59 p.m.
Ernst von Dohnanyi
Ruralia Hungarica Opus 32b
Budapest Symphony Orchestra; Gyorgy Lehel, conductor
3:25 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
A Musical Offering: Ricercar a 3 BWV 1079
John Gibbons, fortepiano
3:31 p.m.
Fanny Mendelssohn
String Quartet in Eb major
Nash Ensemble
3:51 p.m.
Mauro Giuliani
Guitar Concerto No. 3: III. Polonaise. Allegretto in F major Opus 70
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor Pepe Romero, guitar
4:00 p.m.
Alexander Glazunov
The Seasons: Autumn Opus 67
Minnesota Orchestra; Edo de Waart, conductor
4:13 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 22 in Eb major K 482
English Chamber Orchestra; Jeffrey Tate, conductor Mitsuko Uchida, piano
4:49 p.m.
Pat Metheny
Last Train Home (Prelude)
Jason Vieaux, guitar
4:54 p.m.
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Scherzo in D minor
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra; Paavo Jarvi, conductor
5:01 p.m.
Jean-Philippe Rameau
Platee: Suite
Raglan Baroque Players; Nicholas Kraemer, conductor
5:19 p.m.
Reinhold Gliere
Romance Opus 35/6
Felix Klieser, horn; Christof Keymer, piano
5:23 p.m.
Gabriel Faure
Pavane Opus 50
Seattle Symphony; Ludovic Morlot, conductor
5:29 p.m.
Anton Bruckner
Symphony No. 4 "Romantic": I. Bewegt, Nicht Zu Schell in Eb major
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Karl Bohm, conductor
5:51 p.m.
Johan Svendsen
Festival Polonaise (Festpolonese) Opus 12
Latvian National Symphony; Terje Mikkelsen, conductor
6:00 p.m.
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Oboe Concerto
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic; Vernon Handley, conductor Jonathan Small, oboe
6:19 p.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
String Quartet "Emperor" in C major Opus 76/3
Emerson String Quartet
6:43 p.m.
Stephen Warbeck
Shakespeare in Love: Main Title
Cincinnati Pops; Erich Kunzel, conductor
6:47 p.m.
Jean Sibelius
Romance for string orchestra in C major Opus 42
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
6:53 p.m.
Santiago de Murcia
Zarambeques
The Harp Consort Paul O'Dette, baroque guitar; Andrew Lawrence-King, harp
