Classical Music Playlist, February 25, 2025
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While the “ticking” rhythm in the 2nd movement of Haydn’s Symphony No. 101 might sound a bit mechanical, that’s hardly a bad thing. It’s charming, in fact. And it earned the symphony its later nickname, “The Clock.” Set your alarm for 2pm because it’s today’s Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
Pietro Locatelli
Concerto No. 12 in F major Opus 4/12
Musica Antiqua Koln; Reinhardt Goebel, conductor
6:13 a.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Triple Concerto for piano, violin, cello & orchestra in C major Opus 56
Philharmonia Orchestra; Santtu-Matias Rouvali, conductor Nicola Benedetti, violin; Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello; Benjamin Grosvenor, piano
6:48 a.m.
Huang Tzu
Plum blossoms in the snow
Xuefei Yang, guitar
6:50 a.m.
Yiruma
la bianca primavera
Yiruma, piano; Chanuk Kang, cello
6:54 a.m.
Henry Purcell
The Old Bachelor Z 607
Academy of Ancient Music; Christopher Hogwood, conductor
7:00 a.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
7:09 a.m.
Ignacy Jan Paderewski
Fantasie Polonaise Opus 19
Polish National Radio Orchestra; Antoni Wit, conductor Janina Fialkowska, piano
7:31 a.m.
Gabriel Faure
Pavane Opus 50
San Francisco Symphony; Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
7:38 a.m.
Giovanni Gabrieli
Canzon Septimi Toni No. 2
Empire Brass; Rolf Smedvig, conductor
7:42 a.m.
Georges Bizet
L'Arlesienne Suite No. 2
Ulster Orchestra; Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor
8:00 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Toccata & Fugue in D minor BWV 565
Jean Guillou, organ
8:09 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 40 in G minor K 550
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor
8:39 a.m.
Florence Price
Symphony No. 3: III. Juba
Philadelphia Orchestra; Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor
8:44 a.m.
Mahito Yokota
SUPER MARIO GALAXY: Gusty Garden Galaxy
London Philharmonic Orchestra
8:49 a.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Marche Slav Opus 31
Russian National Orchestra; Mikhail Pletnev, conductor
9:00 a.m.
William Grant Still
Symphony No. 1 "Afro-American"
Detroit Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
9:25 a.m.
Charles S. Brown
A Song Without Words
Rachel Barton Pine, violin; Matthew Hagle, piano
9:28 a.m.
Clarence Cameron White
Levee Dance
Rachel Barton Pine, violin; Matthew Hagle, piano
9:33 a.m.
Ernst von Dohnanyi
Symphonic Minutes Opus 36
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra; JoAnn Falletta, conductor
9:49 a.m.
Arturo Marquez
Danzon No. 2
Philharmonic Orchestra of the Americas; Alondra de la Parra, conductor
10:00 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor BWV 1041
Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra; Jeffrey Kahane, conductor Margaret Batjer, violin
10:14 a.m.
Claude Debussy
Rhapsodie No. 1 for clarinet
Cleveland Orchestra; Pierre Boulez, conductor Franklin Cohen, clarinet
10:24 a.m.
Fredrich Ernst Fesca
Symphony No. 3 in D major Opus 13
NDR Radio Philharmonic Hanover; Frank Beermann, conductor
10:53 a.m.
Sergei Prokofiev
Romeo & Juliet: Dance of the Knights Opus 64
Toronto Symphony Orchestra; Jukka-Pekka Saraste, conductor
10:59 a.m.
Howard Hanson
MERRY MOUNT suite
The Nashville Symphony; Kenneth Schermerhorn, conductor
11:17 a.m.
Santiago de Murcia
La Jota
Richard Savino, guitar; Mauro ReFosco, percussion; Yousif Sheronick, percussion
11:19 a.m.
Juanjo Mosalini
Toma, Toca (Take it, Play it)
Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra of Boston; Gisele Ben-Dor, conductor Juanjo Mosalini, bandoneon
11:25 a.m.
Franz Schubert
Symphony No. 8 "Unfinished" in B minor D 759
Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra; David Zinman, conductor
11:47 a.m.
George Enescu
Romanian Rhapsody No. 1 in A major Opus 11
National Orchestra of France; Cristian Macelaru, conductor Alice Sara Ott, piano
12:00 p.m.
Jean Sibelius
Finlandia Opus 26
Helsinki Philharmonic; Paavo Berglund, conductor
12:09 p.m.
Aaron Copland
Symphony No. 3: II. Allegro molto
New York Philharmonic; Leonard Bernstein, conductor
12:18 p.m.
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor Opus 18
Dallas Symphony Orchestra; Andrew Litton, conductor Stephen Hough, piano
12:52 p.m.
Johannes Brahms
Symphony No. 4: III. Allegro giocoso in E minor Opus 98
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; Riccardo Chailly, conductor
12:59 p.m.
Zoltan Kodaly
Dances of Galanta
Gulbenkian Orchestra; Lawrence Foster, conductor
1:17 p.m.
Teresa Carreno
Elegy No. 2 Opus 18
Alexandra Oehler, piano
1:24 p.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Sleeping Beauty Suite Opus 66
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Herbert Von Karajan, conductor
1:47 p.m.
Francis Poulenc
Flute Sonata (orchestral arrangement)
Residentie Orkest Den Haag; Neeme Jarvi, conductor Sharon Bezaly, flute
2:00 p.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 101 "Clock" in D major
Orchestra of St. Luke's; Charles Mackerras, conductor
2:28 p.m.
Amy Beach
Violin Sonata: III. Largo in E minor Opus 34
Neave Trio; Odaline de la Martinez, conductor Tasmin Little, violin; John Lenehan, piano
2:35 p.m.
Paulinho Nogueira
Bachianinha No. 1
Plinio Fernandes, guitar
2:39 p.m.
Alexander Glazunov
Violin Concerto in A minor Opus 82
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra; William Steinberg, conductor Nathan Milstein, violin
3:00 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Harpsichord Concerto in D minor BWV 974
Vikingur Olafsson, piano
3:10 p.m.
Max Richter
On the Nature of Daylight
Max Richter Orchestra; Lorenz Dangel, conductor
3:18 p.m.
Antonio Salieri
Triple Concerto for violin, oboe and cello in D major
Bern Camerata; Thomas Furi, conductor Thomas Furi, violin; Heinz Holliger, oboe; Thomas Demenga, cello
3:45 p.m.
Johan Wagenaar
Cyrano de Bergerac Overture Opus 23
Concertgebouw Orchestra; Riccardo Chailly, conductor
4:00 p.m.
Johannes Brahms
Academic Festival Overture Opus 80
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra; Leonard Slatkin, conductor
4:11 p.m.
George Gershwin
Piano Concerto in F major
Philadelphia Orchestra; Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor Daniil Trifonov, piano
4:43 p.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Violin Concerto No. 11 in D major Opus 4/11 RV 204
Academy of Ancient Music; Christopher Hogwood, conductor Monica Huggett, violin
4:51 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Symphony No. 5: I. Allegro con brio in C minor Opus 67
Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
4:59 p.m.
Arnold Bax
Tintagel
Royal Scottish National Orchestra; David Lloyd-Jones, conductor
5:14 p.m.
Gabriela Lena Frank
Leyendas: VI. Coqueteos
Del Sol String Quartet
5:17 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Slavonic Dance No. 4 in F major Opus 46
Cleveland Orchestra; Christoph Von Dohnanyi, conductor
5:25 p.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Violin Concerto in E minor Opus 64
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra; Hugh Wolff, conductor Hilary Hahn, violin
5:52 p.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
Clarinet Concerto No. 1: III. Rondo in F minor Opus 73
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment Antony Pay, clarinet
6:00 p.m.
Adolphe Adam
GISELLE: Suite
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor
6:39 p.m.
Charles Tomlinson Griffes
Poem for Flute & Orchestra
Seattle Symphony; Gerard Schwarz, conductor Scott Goff, flute
6:50 p.m.
Pat Metheny
Last Train Home (Prelude)
Jason Vieaux, guitar
6:55 p.m.
Madeleine Dring
Colour Suite: IV. Blue Air
Sarah Cahill, piano
