Classical Music Playlist, May 5, 2025
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The Concierto del Sur by Mexican composer Manuel Poncé is one of the Latin-American masterworks for guitar and orchestra. Written in 1941 for Spanish guitarist Andrés Segovia, it’s today’s Midday Masterpiece. In fact, for Cinco de Mayo today, the entire 2 pm hour will be all music by Mexican composers. In addition to Poncé will be the Danzon No. 2 by Arturo Márquez, a piece with Afro-Cuban roots; the Sinfonía india by Carlos Chávez that pays pays tribute to the native Indian population of Mexico by incorporating indigenous themes from the states of Nayarit, Sonora and Baja California; and finally, Huapango by José Moncayo that derives from traditional Mexican folk dance and song.
6:00 a.m.
Jean-Philippe Rameau
Les Boreades suite (Abaris)
Capella Savaria; Mary Terey-Smith, conductor
6:22 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Bassoon Concerto in Bb major K 191
Academy of Ancient Music; Christopher Hogwood, conductor Danny Bond, bassoon
6:39 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
Suite for Harpsichord: Sarabande in D minor HWV 437
Daniel Hope, violin; and friends
6:43 a.m.
Louis Theodore Gouvy
Symphonie breve in G minor Opus 58
Saarbrucken Radio Philharmonic Orchestra; Jacques Mercier, conductor
6:59 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Mandolin Concerto in C major RV 425
Venice Baroque Orchestra Avi Avital, mandolin
7:07 a.m.
Franz Krommer
Symphony No. 2 in D major Opus 40
London Mozart Players; Matthias Bamert, conductor
7:37 a.m.
Robert Schumann
Introduction and Allegro appassionato in G major Opus 92
Berlin Philharmonic; Claudio Abbado, conductor Murray Perahia, piano
7:52 a.m.
Carlos Chavez
Chapultepec Republican Overture
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Enrique Batiz, conductor
8:00 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Scherzo capriccioso Opus 66
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra; Charles Mackerras, conductor
8:15 a.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor Opus 22
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra; Yoel Levi, conductor Andre Watts, piano
8:40 a.m.
Elena Kats-Chernin
Russian Rag
Sydney Alpha Ensemble; David Stanhope, conductor
8:44 a.m.
William Bolcom
Ghost Rag: I. Graceful Ghost
Spencer Meyer, piano
8:50 a.m.
John Williams
Theme from The Patriot
Boston Pops Orchestra; Keith Lockhart, conductor Middlesex County Fifes & Drums
9:00 a.m.
Jean Sibelius
Symphony No. 2 in D major Opus 43
Concertgebouw Orchestra; George Szell, conductor
9:43 a.m.
Amy Beach
Romance (1893) in D major Opus 23
Kristin Lee, violin; Jun Cho, piano
9:50 a.m.
Johann Strauss, Jr.
Artist's Life Opus 316 Kunstlerleben
Vienna State Opera Orchestra; Jascha Horenstein, conductor
10:00 a.m.
Arnold Bax
Tintagel
Ulster Orchestra; Bryden Thomson, conductor
10:15 a.m.
Valerie Coleman
Concerto for Wind Quintet: I. Afro
Imani Winds
10:21 a.m.
Joseph White
Violin Concerto in F# minor
Encore Chamber Orchestra; Daniel Hege, conductor Rachel Barton Pine, violin
10:44 a.m.
Virgil Thomson
Louisiana Story: Acadian Songs and Dances
New London Orchestra; Ronald Corp, conductor
11:00 a.m.
Gustav Mahler
Symphony No. 3: I. Kraftig in D minor "powerful"
New York Philharmonic; Leonard Bernstein, conductor
11:36 a.m.
Alberto Ginastera
Danzas Argentinas: II. Danza de la moza donosa Opus 2 Dance of the Donosa Girl
Martha Argerich, piano
11:39 a.m.
William Grant Still
Lyric Quartet: III. The Jovial One
Catalyst Quartet
11:44 a.m.
Leon Minkus
Don Quixote: Grand pas de deux
Cincinnati Pops; Erich Kunzel, conductor
11:51 a.m.
Luigi Boccherini
Quintet for guitar and strings No. 4: III. Fandango in D major G 448
Pacifica Quartet Sharon Isbin, guitar
11:59 a.m.
Marianna Martines
Sinfonia in C major
La Floridiana; Nicoleta Paraschivescu, conductor
12:12 p.m.
Dorothy Howell
Piano Concerto in D minor in D minor
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra; Rebecca Miller, conductor Danny Driver, piano
12:33 p.m.
Francesco Tristano
On John Bull's Galliard In D
Basel Chamber Orchestra; Irene Delgado-Jimenez, conductor Francesco Tristano, piano
12:38 p.m.
Cecile Chaminade
Piano Trio No. 1 in G minor Opus 11
Trio Parnassus
1:00 p.m.
Johannes Brahms
Symphony No. 1: IV. Finale in C minor Opus 68
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Georg Solti, conductor
1:19 p.m.
Frederic Chopin
Waltz No. 1 "Grande Valse Brillante" in Eb major Opus 18
Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano
1:25 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Flute Concerto No. 1 in G major K 313
Berlin Philharmonic; Claudio Abbado, conductor Emmanuel Pahud, flute
1:51 p.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
Omphale's Spinning Wheel (Le Rouet d'Omphale) Opus 31
French Radio and Television Orchestra; Jean Martinon, conductor
2:00 p.m.
Manuel Ponce
Concierto del Sur for guitar and orchestra
New York Philharmonic; Jose Serebrier, conductor Sharon Isbin, guitar
2:26 p.m.
Arturo Marquez
Danzon No. 2
Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra; Gustavo Dudamel, conductor
2:37 p.m.
Carlos Chavez
Symphony No. 2 "Sinfonia India"
New World Symphony; Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
2:51 p.m.
Jose Moncayo
Huapango
Philharmonic Orchestra of the Americas; Alondra de la Parra, conductor
3:01 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 in Bb major BWV 1051
Tafelmusik; Jeanne Lamon, conductor
3:18 p.m.
John Williams
The Cowboys: Overture
City of Prague Philharmonic; Paul Bateman, conductor
3:29 p.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Variations on a Rococo Theme Opus 33
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra Mischa Maisky, cello
3:49 p.m.
Ernest Farrar
Rhapsody No. 1 "The Open Road" Opus 9
Philharmonia Orchestra; Alasdair Mitchell, conductor
4:00 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 24 in C minor K 491
Scottish Chamber Orchestra; Charles Mackerras, conductor John O'Conor, piano
4:30 p.m.
Henry Purcell
Indian Queen: Symphony
Parley of Instruments
4:36 p.m.
H. T. Burleigh
Deep River
PubliQuartet Lara Downes, piano
4:38 p.m.
Dmitri Shostakovich
Suite for Variety Orchestra: Waltz No. 2
Concertgebouw Orchestra; Riccardo Chailly, conductor
4:43 p.m.
Hector Berlioz
King Lear Overture Opus 4
Staatskapelle Dresden; Colin Davis, conductor
5:00 p.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto for 2 oboes, 2 violins, bassoon in C major RV 557
Ensemble Zefiro; Alfredo Bernardini, conductor Members of...
5:09 p.m.
Michael Torke
Bright Blue Music
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra; David Zinman, conductor
5:19 p.m.
William Grant Still
Symphony No. 1 "Afro-American"
Detroit Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
5:44 p.m.
Arvid Kleven
Lotusland
Stavanger Symphony Orchestra (sta VAHN ger); Susanna Malkki, conductor
6:00 p.m.
Carl Nielsen
Symphony No. 5 Opus 50
San Francisco Symphony; Herbert Blomstedt, conductor
6:37 p.m.
Aaron Copland
The Tender Land: Finale: The Promise of Living Living
Cincinnati Pops; Erich Kunzel, conductor
6:43 p.m.
Chilly Gonzales
Contretemps
Alice Sara Ott, piano
6:46 p.m.
Agustin Barrios
Vals Tropical
David Russell, guitar
6:49 p.m.
Nils Frahm
Hammers
Scoring Berlin; Jonathan Stockhammer, conductor Mari Samuelsen, violin
6:53 p.m.
Astor Piazzolla
Five Tango Sensations: Fear
Yo Yo Ma, cello; Nestor Marconi, bandoneon; Leonardo Marconi, piano; Hector Console, double-bass
