Classical Music Playlist, April 11, 2025
Mozart was at the height of his popularity and success in Vienna when he composed his Piano Concerto No. 23, one in a series he kept for himself to perform exclusively (or for a very few close friends) and so he never published them during his lifetime for wider use. Also exclusive to this Concerto is the middle slow movement: it’s the only movement marked adagio in all his concertos, making this one of Mozart’s most poignant expressions. But most of the Concerto is in A-major that Mozart reserved for warm and cheerful music as demonstrated in its ebullient final movement. Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 23 is today’s Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Violin Concerto, Op. 4, No. 4 in A minor Opus 4 RV 357
Academy of Ancient Music; Christopher Hogwood, conductor Monica Huggett, violin
6:09 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Serenade for Winds in Eb major K 375
Winds of the Chamber Orchestra of Europe
6:34 a.m.
Anton Webern
Im Sommerwind (In the Summer Wind)
Concertgebouw Orchestra; Riccardo Chailly, conductor
6:48 a.m.
Franz Schubert
Rosamunde Overture Opus 26 D 797 (The Magic Harp)
San Francisco Symphony; Herbert Blomstedt, conductor
7:00 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso No. 10 in D minor Opus 6/10 HWV 328
Boston Baroque; Martin Pearlman, conductor
7:14 a.m.
Gang Chen; Zhanhao He
The Butterfly Lovers (Concerto for Violin)
Singapore Symphony Orchestra; Lan Shui, conductor Gil Shaham, violin; Jonathan Fox, gu ban; Nella Hunkins, cello; Ta Jin, flute; Gulia Mashurova, harp
7:43 a.m.
Francis Poulenc
Sextet for wind quintet & piano: II. Divertissement FP 100
Pascal Roge, piano; Patrick Gallois, flute; Maurice Bourgue, oboe; Michel Portal, clarinet
7:48 a.m.
Gioachino Rossini
The Thieving Magpie (LA GAZZA LADRA): Overture
London Symphony Orchestra; Claudio Abbado, conductor
7:59 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Keyboard Concerto No. 3 in D major BWV 1054
Chamber Orchestra of Europe Andras Schiff, piano
8:16 a.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 101 "Clock" in D major
Orchestra of St. Luke's; Charles Mackerras, conductor
8:44 a.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Piano Sonata No. 17 "Tempest": III. Allegretto in D minor Opus 31/2
Richard Goode, piano
8:52 a.m.
Scott Joplin
Treemonisha: Prelude Act III
Houston Grand Opera Orchestra; Gunther Schuller, conductor
8:55 a.m.
Richard Wagner
LOHENGRIN: Prelude to Act III
Philadelphia Orchestra; Christian Thielemann, conductor
9:00 a.m.
Robert Schumann
Piano Quintet in Eb major Opus 44
Emerson String Quartet Menahem Pressler, piano
9:31 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso No. 8 in C minor Opus 6/8 HWV 326
Boston Baroque; Martin Pearlman, conductor
9:45 a.m.
Elena Kats-Chernin
Fast Blue Village 2
Del Sol String Quartet
9:51 a.m.
Jean Sibelius
Finlandia Opus 26
Helsinki Philharmonic; Paavo Berglund, conductor
10:00 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Horn Concerto No. 3 in Eb major K 447
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra; Nicholas McGegan, conductor Lowell Greer, natural horn
10:15 a.m.
Louise Farrenc
Violin Sonata No. 1 in C minor Opus 37
Konstanze Eickhorst, piano; Winfried Rademacher, violin
10:36 a.m.
Gabriel Faure
Masques and Bergamasques Opus 112
Lyon National Orchestra; Emmanuel Krivine, conductor
10:50 a.m.
Florence Price
Dances in the Canebrakes
Chicago Sinfonietta; Mei-Ann Chen, conductor
11:01 a.m.
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Piano Concerto No. 3: I. Allegro ma non tanto in D minor Opus 30
Dallas Symphony Orchestra; Andrew Litton, conductor Stephen Hough, piano
11:17 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B minor
American Bach Soloists; Jeffrey Thomas, conductor
11:37 a.m.
Ethel Smyth
THE BOATSWAIN'S MATE: Overture
BBC National Orchestra of Wales; Rumon Gamba, conductor
11:45 a.m.
Gunther Schuller
Suite for Wind Quintet: II. Blues
Reykjavik Wind Quintet
11:47 a.m.
Libby Larsen
Blue Piece
Lara Downes, piano; Rachel Barton Pine, violin
11:50 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Symphony No. 6: III. Scherzo (Furiant) in D major Opus 60
Scottish National Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
12:00 p.m.
Jennifer Reason
LOCAL ARTIST FEATURE: Anna Crumley
Jennifer Reason, host
12:17 p.m.
Ignacy Jan Paderewski
Fantasie Polonaise Opus 19
Polish National Radio Orchestra; Antoni Wit, conductor Janina Fialkowska, piano
12:39 p.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Four Seasons: Summer (L'Estate) in G minor Opus 8 RV 315
Europa Galante Fabio Biondi, violin
12:51 p.m.
Giuseppe Verdi
AIDA: Triumphal March from Act II
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra; Leonard Slatkin, conductor
12:59 p.m.
Cecile Chaminade
Concertpiece (Concertstuck) in C# minor Opus 40
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra; Rebecca Miller, conductor Danny Driver, piano
1:15 p.m.
Carl Nielsen
Symphony No. 1 in G minor Opus 7
Royal Danish Orchestra; Paavo Berglund, conductor
1:48 p.m.
Teresa Carreno
Vals Gayo Opus 38
Clara Rodriguez, piano
1:54 p.m.
Manuel de Falla
EL AMOR BRUJO: Ritual Fire Dance
Philadelphia Orchestra; Eugene Ormandy, conductor
2:00 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major K 488
Scottish Chamber Orchestra; Charles Mackerras, conductor John O'Conor, piano
2:26 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Symphony No. 9 "From the New World": II. Largo in E minor Opus 95
Los Angeles Philharmonic; Gustavo Dudamel, conductor Seong-Jin Cho, piano
2:39 p.m.
Bela Bartok
Concerto for Orchestra: IV. Interrupted Intermezzo
Helsinki Philharmonic; Susanna Malkki, conductor
2:44 p.m.
Franz Schubert
Octet for strings & winds: I. Adagio - Allegro in F major Opus 166 D 803
Academy of Ancient Music Members of...
3:01 p.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
DER FREISCHUTZ: Overture Opus 77 J 277
Philharmonia Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
3:11 p.m.
John Bull
Galliard
Alan Feinberg, piano
3:13 p.m.
Francesco Tristano
On John Bull's Galliard In D
Basel Chamber Orchestra; Irene Delgado-Jimenez, conductor Francesco Tristano, piano
3:18 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Symphony No. 2 in D major Opus 36
Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
3:52 p.m.
Ricardo Castro
Piano Concerto: III. Polonaise in A minor Opus 22
Orquesta Sinf�nica de Miner�a (OSM); Carlos Miguel Prieto, conductor Jorge Federico Osorio, piano
4:01 p.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Symphony No. 4: IV. Finale. Allegro con fuoco in F minor Opus 36
Philadelphia Orchestra; Riccardo Muti, conductor
4:10 p.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
4:36 p.m.
George Gershwin
I Got Rhythm Variations
Buffalo Philharmonic; JoAnn Falletta, conductor Orion Weiss, piano
4:46 p.m.
Aram Khachaturian
Gayne Ballet Suite
Scottish National Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
4:59 p.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Piano Concerto No. 1 in G minor Opus 25
London Mozart Players; Jonathan Bloxham, conductor Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano
5:20 p.m.
Arcangelo Corelli
Concerto Grosso No. 6 in F major Opus 6
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra; Nicholas McGegan, conductor
5:33 p.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 73 "La Chasse" (The Hunt) in D major
Hanover Band; Roy Goodman, conductor
5:56 p.m.
Giacomo Puccini
TURANDOT: Nessun dorma
London Philharmonic Orchestra; Zubin Mehta, conductor Luciano Pavarotti, tenor
6:00 p.m.
Jennifer Reason
LOCAL ARTIST FEATURE: Anna Crumley
Jennifer Reason, host
6:17 p.m.
Louise Farrenc
Symphony No. 3 in G minor Opus 36
North German Radio Symphony; Johannes Goritzki, conductor
6:48 p.m.
Ernest Bloch
From Jewish Life: No.1 Prayer
Raphael Wallfisch, cello; Linn Hendry, piano
6:53 p.m.
Amy Beach
A Hermit Thrush at Eve Opus 92
Alan Feinberg, piano
