Classical Music Playlist, July 8, 2026
Franz Joseph Haydn playing a string quartet
Between Mozart’s death and Beethoven’s fame, Haydn composed his final set of String Quartets in 1797, considered by many his greatest in the genre that he almost single handedly created. The first of that set, nicknamed “Jack-in-the-Box” for the surprising humorous coda in the finale, is today’s Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
Charles Avison
Concerto No. 4 in Bb major Opus 3/4
Avison Ensemble; Pavlo Beznosiuk, conductor
6:08 a.m.
Edward Elgar
Cello Concerto in E minor Opus 85
London Philharmonic Orchestra; George Pehlivanian, conductor Ofra Harnoy, cello
6:38 a.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 6 "Le Matin" in D major
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor
7:00 a.m.
Joseph Wolfl
Piano Concerto No. 6 "The Cuckoo" Opus 49
S. W. German Radio Symphony Orchestra; Johannes Moesus, conductor Yorck Kronenberg, piano
7:19 a.m.
August Soderman
Swedish Folk Songs and Dances
Norrlands Opera Symphony Orchestra; Roy Goodman, conductor
7:31 a.m.
Adam Larrabee
24 Preludes for Banjo: No. 12 "Waltz" in g minor
John Bullard, banjo
7:34 a.m.
Reinhold Gliere
Concert Waltz Opus 90
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Vassily Sinaisky, conductor
7:42 a.m.
Charles Gounod
FAUST: Ballet Music
Boston Symphony Orchestra; Seiji Ozawa, conductor
8:00 a.m.
Cecile Chaminade
Concertpiece (Concertstuck) Opus 40
Estonian National Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor Anna Shelest, piano
8:14 a.m.
Etienne-Nicolas Mehul
Symphony No. 1 in G minor
Rhenish Philharmonic Orchestra; Jorge Rotter, conductor
8:42 a.m.
Roberto Firpo
Viviani
Cortango
8:44 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Slavonic Dance No. 8 in G minor Opus 46
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra; Vaclav Neumann, conductor
8:50 a.m.
Johann Strauss, Jr.
DIE FLEDERMAUS Overture (The Bat)
Vienna State Opera Orchestra; Franz Bauer-Theussl, conductor
9:00 a.m.
Louise Farrenc
Trio for flute, cello, and piano in E minor Opus 45
Linos Ensemble
9:26 a.m.
Henry Purcell
Dioclesian Suite ("The Prophetess")
Le Concert des Nations; Jordi Savall, conductor
9:41 a.m.
Heitor Villa-Lobos
Choros No. 5: Alma Brasileira
Assad Brothers Sergio Assad, guitar; Odair Assad, guitar
9:46 a.m.
Percy Grainger
Mock Morris
Dallas Wind Symphony; Jerry Junkin, conductor
9:51 a.m.
Maurice Ravel
Miroirs: Une Barque sur l'Ocean (A Boat on the Ocean)
Boston Symphony Orchestra; Seiji Ozawa, conductor
10:00 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso No. 5 in D major Opus 6/5 HWV 323
Academy of Ancient Music; Andrew Manze, conductor
10:15 a.m.
Ricardo Castro
Plainte Opus 38/2
Orquesta Sinfonica de Mineria (OSM) Jorge Federico Osorio, piano
10:18 a.m.
Connor Chee
Navajo Vocable No. 9
Emanuele Arciuli, piano
10:23 a.m.
Kurt Atterberg
Symphony No. 4 "Sinfonia piccola" in G minor Opus 14
Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra; Ari Rasilainen, conductor
10:45 a.m.
Fela Sowande
African Suite: Selections
Chicago Sinfonietta; Paul Freeman, conductor
10:56 a.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Symphony No. 3 "Scottish" in A minor Opus 56
Heidelberg Symphony; Thomas Fey, conductor
11:34 a.m.
Johannes Brahms
Piano Quartet No. 3: II. Scherzo. Allegro in C minor Opus 60
Krystian Zimerman, piano; Maria Nowak, violin; Katarzyna Budnik, viola; Yuya Okamoto, cello
11:37 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Sinfonia (Konzertsatz) in D major BWV 1045
Brandenburg Consort; Roy Goodman, conductor
11:44 a.m.
Franz Liszt
Hungarian Rhapsody No. 3 in D major
Budapest Symphony Orchestra; Andras Korodi, conductor
11:53 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
ABDUCTION FROM THE SERAGLIO Overture K 384
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor
12:00 p.m.
Johann Strauss, Jr.
Artist's Life Opus 316 Kunstlerleben
Berlin Philharmonic; Herbert Von Karajan, conductor
12:12 p.m.
Rebecca Clarke
Cello Sonata: I. Impetuoso
Raphael Wallfisch, cello; John York, piano
12:21 p.m.
Ottorino Respighi
The Birds (Gli Uccelli)
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra; Hugh Wolff, conductor
12:40 p.m.
Edvard Grieg
Norwegian Dances Opus 35
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
12:59 p.m.
Arnold Bax
Tintagel
London Philharmonic Orchestra; Osmo Vanska, conductor
1:13 p.m.
Howard Hanson
MERRY MOUNT suite
Seattle Symphony; Gerard Schwarz, conductor
1:30 p.m.
Claude Debussy
Images for Orchestra: Iberia
Concertgebouw Orchestra; Bernard Haitink, conductor
1:51 p.m.
Franz Von Suppe
Light Cavalry Overture
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor
2:00 p.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
String Quartet, Op. 76, No. 1 in G major Opus 76/1
Quatuor Mosaiques
2:25 p.m.
Frederic Chopin
Variations on Mozart's "La ci darem la mano" in Bb major Opus 2
Warsaw Philharmonic; Kazimierz Kord, conductor Garrick Ohlsson, piano
2:45 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Scherzo capriccioso Opus 66
Cleveland Orchestra; Christoph Von Dohnanyi, conductor
3:00 p.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso No. 4 in F major Opus 3/4a HWV 315
Academy of Ancient Music; Richard Egarr, conductor
3:13 p.m.
William Grant Still
Symphony No. 1 "Afro-American"
Detroit Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
3:39 p.m.
Clara Schumann
Three Romances for Violin and Piano Opus 22
Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano; Elena Urioste, violin
3:50 p.m.
Charles Stanford
Symphony No. 4: IV. Finale in F major Opus 31
Ulster Orchestra; Vernon Handley, conductor
4:00 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F major BWV 1047
European Brandenburg Ensemble; Trevor Pinnock, conductor
4:12 p.m.
Franz Berwald
Symphony No. 3 "Sinfonie singuliere" in C major
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
4:41 p.m.
Paul Hindemith
Kleine Kammermusik: I. Lustig Opus 24/2 fun; happily; merrily
Bergen Wind Quintet
4:44 p.m.
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Prelude in G minor in G minor Opus 23
Yuja Wang, piano
4:49 p.m.
Peter van Anrooy
Piet Hein Rhapsody Piet Hein was a pirate
Netherlands Radio Symphony Orchestra; Kees Bakels, conductor
4:59 p.m.
Wilhelm Stenhammar
Excelsior! Opus 13
Royal Scottish Orchestra; Petter Sundkvist, conductor
5:13 p.m.
Chilly Gonzales
Contretemps
Alice Sara Ott, piano
5:16 p.m.
Myroslav Skoryk
Three Extravagant Dances: II. Blues: Almost American
Anna Shelest, piano; Dmitri Shelest, piano
5:24 p.m.
George Enescu
Dixtour pour instruments a vent (Dectet for winds) Opus 14
Oslo Wind Soloists
5:44 p.m.
Stanislaw Moniuszko
Bajka (The Fairy Tale): Overture
Warsaw Philharmonic; Antoni Wit, conductor
5:59 p.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
Piano Quartet in Bb major Opus 41
Prometheus Piano Quartet
6:32 p.m.
Lars-Erik Larsson
Pastoral
New York Scandia Symphony; Dorrit Matson, conductor
6:36 p.m.
Percy Grainger
Dreamery
City of London Sinfonia; Richard Hickox, conductor
6:39 p.m.
Cesar Franck
Symphony: II. Allegretto in D minor
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Pierre Monteux, conductor
6:51 p.m.
Andres Segovia
Study Without Light (Estudio sin luz)
Eduardo Fernandez, guitar
6:54 p.m.
Ryuichi Sakamoto
Solitude
La Pieta Angele Dubeau, violin
