Classical Music Playlist, May 2, 2025
Georges Bizet (1838-1875)
As a 17 year old student at the Paris Conservatory in 1855, George Bizet composed a symphony that he soon forgot about and never mentioned in any of his notebooks or letters. Eighty years later, in 1935 — sixty years after his death [in 1875] — this early symphony was discovered and had its premiere and caused a sensation. It was immediately hailed as a youthful masterpiece, and famed choreographer George Balanchine even choreographed it into a ballet in 1947. George Bizet's early Symphony in C is today's Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso No. 6 in G minor Opus 6/6 HWV 324
Handel & Haydn Society; Christopher Hogwood, conductor
6:15 a.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
String Quartet "Sunrise" in Bb major Opus 76/4
Quatuor Mosaiques
6:40 a.m.
Philip Glass
Koyaanisqatsi
Philip Glass Ensemble; Michael Riesman, conductor Albert de Ruiter, Basso
6:43 a.m.
John Williams
STAR WARS - RETURN OF THE JEDI: Luke and Leia
Skywalker Symphony Orchestra; John Williams, conductor
6:49 a.m.
Albert Dietrich
Introduction and Romance Opus 27
Oldenburg State Orchestra (Oldenburgische Staatsorchester); Alexander Rumpf, conductor Marie-Louise Neunecker, horn
6:59 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto for 4 violins in Bb major RV 553
Europa Galante; Fabio Biondi, conductor Fabio Biondi, violin; Andrea Rognoni, violin; Raffaello Negri, violin; Renata Spotti, violin
7:10 a.m.
Francis Poulenc
Piano Concerto
Philharmonia Orchestra; Charles Dutoit, conductor Pascal Roge, piano
7:31 a.m.
Oskar Bohme
Trumpet Concerto Opus 18
Czech Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra; Arnie Roth, conductor George Vosburgh, trumpet
7:49 a.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
DER FREISCHUTZ: Overture Opus 77 J 277
Tapiola Sinfonietta; Jean Jacques Kantorow, conductor
7:58 a.m.
Anton Bruckner
Symphony No. 4 "Romantic": III. Scherzo in Eb major
Minnesota Orchestra; Osmo Vanska, conductor
8:08 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 25 in C major K 503
English Baroque Soloists; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor Malcolm Bilson, fortepiano
8:40 a.m.
Dmitri Shostakovich
Festive Overture Opus 96
London Symphony Orchestra; Maxim Shostakovich, conductor
8:47 a.m.
Gioachino Rossini
WILLIAM TELL: Overture (GUILLAUME TELL)
Chamber Orchestra of Europe; Claudio Abbado, conductor
9:00 a.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 93 in D major HOB I:93
Heidelberg Symphony Orchestra; Thomas Fey, conductor
9:23 a.m.
Ina Boyle
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra
Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra; Irene Delgado-Jimenez, conductor Esther Abrami, violin
9:42 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
French Suite No. 2 in C minor BWV 813
Glenn Gould, piano
9:52 a.m.
Ottorino Respighi
Church Windows: II. Saint Michael the Archangel
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra; Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor
10:00 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso No. 5 in D minor Opus 3/5 HWV 316
Academy of Ancient Music; Richard Egarr, conductor
10:10 a.m.
John Field
Nocturne No. 6 in F major H 40
Alice Sara Ott, piano
10:15 a.m.
Clara Schumann
Three Romances for Piano: I. Andante Opus 11
Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano
10:19 a.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Symphony No. 1 in C minor Opus 11
Chamber Orchestra of Europe; Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor
10:52 a.m.
Georg Philipp Telemann
Alster Overture
Tafelmusik; Jeanne Lamon, conductor
10:59 a.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
Africa-Fantasie Opus 89
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Andre Previn, conductor Jean-Philippe Collard, piano
11:11 a.m.
Isaac Albeniz
Suite Espanola: No. 3 "Sevilla" Opus 47
Xuefei Yang, guitar
11:17 a.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
11:43 a.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Septet: II. Adagio Cantabile in Eb major Opus 20
Montreal Symphony Orchestra Chamber Soloists; Andrew Wan, conductor
11:52 a.m.
Richard Wagner
DIE WALKURE: Ride of the Valkyries
Berlin Philharmonic; Klaus Tennstedt, conductor
11:59 a.m.
Jennifer Reason
LOCAL ARTIST FEATURE: Dr. Robert Halseth
Jennifer Reason, host
12:18 p.m.
Franz Liszt
Piano Concerto No. 2 in A major
Budapest Festival Orchestra; Ivan Fischer, conductor Zoltan Kocsis, piano
12:39 p.m.
Arcangelo Corelli
Concerto Grosso No. 1 in D major Opus 6
Musica Amphion; Pieter-Jan Belder, conductor
12:52 p.m.
Bedrich Smetana
BARTERED BRIDE: Overture
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Gianandrea Noseda, conductor
1:00 p.m.
George Friederich Handel
Water Music Suite No. 3 in G major HWV 350
Les Violons du Roy; Bernard Labadie, conductor
1:12 p.m.
Claude Debussy
Cello Sonata (1915) in D minor L144
Adrian Brendel, cello; Simon Crawford-Phillips, piano
1:25 p.m.
Antonio Rosetti
Concerto for Horn No. 2 in Eb major C 49
Prague Chamber Orchestra Radek Baborak, horn
1:46 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Slavonic Rhapsody No. 3 in Ab major Opus 45
Scottish National Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
2:00 p.m.
Georges Bizet
Symphony No. 1 in C major
New York Philharmonic; Leonard Bernstein, conductor
2:29 p.m.
Johannes Brahms
Rhapsody in G minor Opus 79/2
Martha Argerich, piano
2:36 p.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto Grosso in D major RV 562
Europa Galante; Fabio Biondi, conductor Fabio Biondi, violin; Alessandro Pique, oboe; Dileno Baldin, horn; Ermes Pecchimini, horn
2:54 p.m.
Frederick Delius
KOANGA: La Calinda
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Christopher Seaman, conductor
3:00 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Clarinet Concerto in A major K 622
Berlin Philharmonic; Claudio Abbado, conductor Sabine Meyer, basset clarinet
3:28 p.m.
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Five Negro Melodies for Piano Trio
Neave Trio
3:45 p.m.
Gabriel Olafs
Melodia Suite: Absent Minded & Filma
Reykjavik Orchestra; Viktor Orri Arnason, conductor Gabriel Olafs, piano
3:53 p.m.
Sergei Prokofiev
Romeo & Juliet: Dance of the Knights Opus 64
Philadelphia Orchestra; Riccardo Muti, conductor
3:58 p.m.
Robert Schumann
Piano Quartet: IV. Finale in Eb major Opus 47
Emerson String Quartet Menahem Pressler, piano
4:07 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Symphony No. 9 "From the New World" in E minor Opus 95
Cleveland Orchestra; Christoph Von Dohnanyi, conductor
4:48 p.m.
Clara Schumann
Three Romances for Violin and Piano: No. 3 Leidenschaftlich schnell in Bb Opus 22
Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano; Elena Urioste, violin
4:54 p.m.
Leonard Bernstein
CANDIDE: Overture
New York Philharmonic; Leonard Bernstein, conductor
4:59 p.m.
George Enescu
Romanian Rhapsody No. 1 in A major Opus 11
National Orchestra of France; Cristian Macelaru, conductor Alice Sara Ott, piano
5:12 p.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto for four mandolins in B minor Opus 3/10 RV 580
Il Giardino Armonico; Giovanni Antonini, conductor Avi Avital, mandolin
5:20 p.m.
Louise Farrenc
Piano Trio No. 2 in D minor Opus 34
Linos Ensemble
5:47 p.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
Andante and Hungarian Rondo Opus 35
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor Klaus Thunemann, bassoon
5:58 p.m.
Jennifer Reason
LOCAL ARTIST FEATURE: Dr. Robert Halseth
Jennifer Reason, host
6:16 p.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 95 in C minor
Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra; Adam Fischer, conductor
6:39 p.m.
Francis Poulenc
Flute Sonata (orchestral arrangement)
Residentie Orkest Den Haag; Neeme Jarvi, conductor Sharon Bezaly, flute
6:51 p.m.
Sarah Kirkland Snider
Ballade
Nicholas Phillips, piano
