Classical Music Playlist, May 23, 2025
George Frederick Bristow (1825-1898)
George Bristow was born in Brooklyn in 1825. He joined the New York Philharmonic as a violinist at the age of 17 and remained with the orchestra for 36 years, becoming a New York City Schools music teacher later on. As a composer, Bristow was a staunch advocate for American classical music and practiced what he preached, composing works with nationalist American texts like, "Great Republic: Ode to the American Union," "Pioneer, a Grand Cantata," and "Keep Step with the Music of Union." Bristow’s Symphony No. 3 from 1858 is today’s Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
Francesco Veracini
Overture No. 5 in Bb major
Musica Antiqua Koln; Reinhardt Goebel, conductor
6:14 a.m.
Alexey Shor
Seascapes for Viola and Orchestra
London Philharmonic Orchestra; David Parry, conductor David Aaron Carpenter, viola
6:34 a.m.
Fanny Mendelssohn
Notturno in G minor H337
Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano
6:38 a.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Rondo capriccioso in E major Opus 14
Frederic Chiu, piano
6:45 a.m.
Niels Gade
Echoes of Ossian Overture Opus 1
Danish National Symphony Orchestra; Christopher Hogwood, conductor
7:00 a.m.
Jules Massenet
Suite No. 4 "Picturesque Scenes" (Scenes pittoresques)
Monte Carlo National Opera Orchestra; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
7:18 a.m.
Josef Suk
Serenade for Strings in Eb major Opus 6
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
7:43 a.m.
Heitor Villa-Lobos
Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5: Aria
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Kenneth Silito, conductor Alexandre Lagoya, guitar
7:49 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Clarinet Concerto - third movement in A major K 622
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor Karl Leister, clarinet
7:59 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
My Home Overture Opus 62
Los Angeles Philharmonic; Andre Previn, conductor
8:10 a.m.
Georges Bizet
Symphony No. 1 in C major
New York Philharmonic; Leonard Bernstein, conductor
8:39 a.m.
Teresa Carreno
Corbeille de fleurs
Alan Feinberg, piano
8:44 a.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
String Quartet No. 14: V. Presto in C# minor Opus 131
Takacs Quartet
8:50 a.m.
Emmanuel Chabrier
Festive Polonaise (Le Roi Malgre Lui: Fete Polonaise)
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
9:00 a.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 45 "Farewell" in F# minor
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor
9:26 a.m.
Valentin Silvestrov
Bagatelle (Op. 1, No. 1) Opus 1/1
Dmytro Choni, piano
9:29 a.m.
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Vocalise Opus 34/14
Orchestra of St. Luke's; Michael Stern, conductor Joshua Bell, violin
9:36 a.m.
Richard Wagner
TANNHAUSER Overture
Berlin Philharmonic; Seiji Ozawa, conductor
9:52 a.m.
Santiago de Murcia
La Jota
The Harp Consort Paul O'Dette, baroque guitar; Andrew Lawrence-King, harp
10:00 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Keyboard Concerto No. 7 in G minor BWV 1058
Australian Chamber Orchestra Angela Hewitt, piano
10:14 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
String Quartet No. 19 "Dissonance" in C major K 465
Diderot String Quartet
10:47 a.m.
Gabriel Olafs
Islandus: Flora II "The Lily"
Reykjavik Orchestra; Viktor Orri Arnason, conductor Gabriel Olafs, piano
10:53 a.m.
Arthur Foote
Serenade: Gavotte Opus 25
Seattle Symphony; Gerard Schwarz, conductor
10:56 a.m.
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Petite Suite de Concert: IV. La tarantelle fretillante Opus 77/4 wriggling
Chicago Sinfonietta; Paul Freeman, conductor
11:00 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso No. 2 in F major Opus 6/2 HWV 320
Boston Baroque; Martin Pearlman, conductor
11:12 a.m.
Ina Boyle
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra
Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra; Irene Delgado-Jimenez, conductor Esther Abrami, violin
11:30 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Harpsichord Concerto in D minor BWV 974
Vikingur Olafsson, piano
11:42 a.m.
Oskar Bohme
Trumpet Concerto Opus 18
Czech Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra; Arnie Roth, conductor George Vosburgh, trumpet
12:00 p.m.
Jennifer Reason
LOCAL ARTIST FEATURE: Taylor Thompson, tenor
Jennifer Reason, host
12:14 p.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Piano Concerto No. 1 in G minor Opus 25
London Mozart Players; Jonathan Bloxham, conductor Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano
12:36 p.m.
Karol Szymanowski
Concert Overture Opus 12
Polish State Philharmonic; Karol Stryja, conductor
12:50 p.m.
Johann Strauss, Jr.
Blue Danube Waltz Opus 314
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Fritz Reiner, conductor
1:00 p.m.
Wilhelm Stenhammar
Excelsior! Opus 13
Royal Scottish Orchestra; Petter Sundkvist, conductor
1:14 p.m.
Grace Williams
Sea Sketches: V. Calm Sea in Summer
English Chamber Orchestra; David Atherton, conductor
1:21 p.m.
Dorothy Howell
Piano Concerto in D minor in D minor
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra; Rebecca Miller, conductor Danny Driver, piano
1:42 p.m.
Mikhail Glinka
Spanish Overture No. 1 "Jota aragonesa"
Russian Philharmonic Orchestra; Samuel Friedman, conductor
1:51 p.m.
Gioachino Rossini
THE BARBER OF SEVILLE: Overture (IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA)
National Philharmonic Orchestra; Riccardo Chailly, conductor
2:00 p.m.
George Frederick Bristow
Symphony No. 3 in F# minor Opus 26
Detroit Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
2:36 p.m.
Alexander Scriabin
Piano Sonata No. 2 "Sonata Fantasy" in G# minor Opus 19
Jeneba Kanneh-Mason, piano
2:48 p.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Four Seasons: Spring (La Primavera) in E major Opus 8/1 RV 269
Tafelmusik; Jeanne Lamon, conductor Jeanne Lamon, violin
2:59 p.m.
Giacomo Puccini
Capriccio Sinfonico
Philharmonic of La Scala; Riccardo Muti, conductor
3:13 p.m.
Isolina Carrillo
Dos Gardenias
Havana Lyceum Orchestra; Jose Antonio Mendez Padron, conductor Sarah Willis, horn; Harold Madrigal Frias, trumpet
3:18 p.m.
Anton Bruckner
Symphonic Prelude in C minor
Bamberg Symphony; Jakub Hrusa, conductor Maria Duenas, violin
3:30 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 16 in D major K 451
English Chamber Orchestra; Jeffrey Tate, conductor Mitsuko Uchida, piano
3:53 p.m.
Nainita Desai
My Mind Is Still
Voces8
4:00 p.m.
Aaron Copland
Appalachian Spring
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra; Robert Spano, conductor
4:24 p.m.
Frederic Chopin
Piano Concerto No. 1: III. Rondo in E minor Opus 11
Mahler Chamber Orchestra; Mikhail Pletnev, conductor Daniil Trifonov, piano
4:35 p.m.
Aram Khachaturian
Spartacus: Adagio of Spartacus & Phrygia
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Aram Khachaturian, conductor
4:45 p.m.
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Symphony No. 3: III. Allegro in A minor Opus 44
Detroit Symphony Orchestra; Leonard Slatkin, conductor
4:59 p.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso No. 6 in D major Opus 3/6 HWV 317
Academy of Ancient Music; Richard Egarr, conductor Richard Egarr, organ
5:09 p.m.
Arthur Benjamin
Jamaican Rumba
Dusseldorf Symphony Orchestra; Yasuo Shinozaki, conductor Matthew Trusler, violin
5:10 p.m.
Percy Grainger
Mock Morris
Dallas Wind Symphony; Jerry Junkin, conductor
5:15 p.m.
Ernst von Dohnanyi
Sextet in C major Opus 37
Claremont Trio Jonathan Cohler, clarinet; James Sommerville, horn; Mai Motobuchi, viola
5:46 p.m.
Alberto Ginastera
Four Dances from Estancia
New World Symphony; Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
6:00 p.m.
Jennifer Reason
LOCAL ARTIST FEATURE: Taylor Thompson, tenor
Jennifer Reason, host
6:15 p.m.
Wilhelm Peterson-Berger
Symphony No. 4 "Stockholm" (Holmia) in A major
Norrkoping Symphony Orchestra; Michail Jurowski, conductor
6:39 p.m.
Libby Larsen
Sorrow Song and Jubilee
Apollo Chamber Players
6:47 p.m.
Andrew York
Muir Woods
Andrew York, guitar
6:51 p.m.
Agustin Barrios
A Dream In The Forest (Un Sueno en la Floresta)
Xuefei Yang, guitar
