Classical Music Playlist, May 27, 2025
Beethoven and Nature by N.C. Wyeth (1919)
Beethoven loved nature and took walks among it almost daily. Notes in his sketchbooks reveal that he took ideas for his sixth symphony from sounds he heard on these walks. Beethoven noted feelings and scenes he wished to convey in the movements of the symphony, though he was careful to specify that they were “more an expression of feeling than painting.” He described the movements:
I. Awakening of happy feelings upon reaching the countryside.
2. Scene at the brook
3. Cheerful gathering of the country folk.
4. Thunderstorm.
5. Shepherd’s song. Happy, grateful feelings after the storm.
Awaken your happy feelings of being in the countryside when Beethoven takes you there with his “Pastoral” Sixth Symphony for today’s Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
Christoph Forster
Horn Concerto in Eb major ICF 6
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor Barry Tuckwell, horn
6:13 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Piano Quartet No. 2 in Eb major Opus 87
Emanuel Ax, piano; Isaac Stern, violin; Jaime Laredo, viola; Yo Yo Ma, cello
6:48 a.m.
Tielmann Susato
Rondes
New London Consort; Philip Pickett, conductor
7:01 a.m.
Arcangelo Corelli
Concerto Grosso No. 4 in D major Opus 6
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra; Nicholas McGegan, conductor
7:11 a.m.
Bernhard Crusell
Clarinet Concerto No. 3 in Bb major Opus 11
English Chamber Orchestra; Gerard Schwarz, conductor Emma Johnson, clarinet
7:37 a.m.
Francesco Tristano
On John Bull's Galliard In D
Basel Chamber Orchestra; Irene Delgado-Jimenez, conductor Francesco Tristano, piano
7:41 a.m.
Mahito Yokota
SUPER MARIO GALAXY: Gusty Garden Galaxy
London Philharmonic Orchestra
7:46 a.m.
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Scheherazade: Festival at Baghdad Opus 35
L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande; Ernest Ansermet, conductor
8:00 a.m.
Gioachino Rossini
THE ITALIAN GIRL IN ALGIERS: Overture
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra; Yoel Levi, conductor
8:09 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 39 in Eb major K 543
Prague Chamber Orchestra; Charles Mackerras, conductor
8:39 a.m.
Paquito D'Rivera
Aires Tropicales: I & II. Alborada & Son
Imani Winds
8:45 a.m.
Agustin Barrios
Vals (Waltz) No. 4 in G major Opus 8/4
Jason Vieaux, guitar
8:51 a.m.
Bedrich Smetana
BARTERED BRIDE: Overture
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Gianandrea Noseda, conductor
8:59 a.m.
Reinhold Gliere
The Red Poppy [ballet]: Suite
New Jersey Symphony; Zdenek Macal, conductor
9:27 a.m.
Frederic Chopin
Piano Sonata No. 2 in Bb minor Opus 35
Jeneba Kanneh-Mason, piano
9:54 a.m.
Frederick Delius
KOANGA: La Calinda
Northern Sinfonia of England; Richard Hickox, conductor
10:00 a.m.
Grace Williams
Fantasia on Welsh Nursery Tunes
Royal Ballet Sinfonia; Andrew Penny, conductor
10:11 a.m.
Edward Elgar
Pomp & Circumstance March No. 4 in G major Opus 39/4
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Andre Previn, conductor
10:16 a.m.
Johan Halvorsen
Entry March of the Boyars
Bergen Philharmonic; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
10:22 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Keyboard Concerto No. 2 in E major BWV 1053
Chamber Orchestra of Europe Andras Schiff, piano
10:42 a.m.
Claude Debussy
Suite Bergamasque
Lyon National Orchestra; Jun Markl, conductor
11:00 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
THE MAGIC FLUTE: Overture (Die Zauberflote) K 620
English Baroque Soloists; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
11:07 a.m.
Dobrinka Tabakova
Concerto for Cello and Strings: II. Longing
Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra; Maxim Rysanov, conductor Kristina Blaumane, cello
11:17 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Symphony No. 7 in D minor Opus 70
Los Angeles Philharmonic; Gustavo Dudamel, conductor Bomsori Kim, violin
11:55 a.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Sleeping Beauty: Waltz from Act I
Philadelphia Orchestra; Riccardo Muti, conductor
12:00 p.m.
Benjamin Britten
Gloriana: Courtly Dances
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Andre Previn, conductor
12:11 p.m.
Reinhold Gliere
Romance Opus 35/6
Felix Klieser, horn; Christof Keymer, piano
12:15 p.m.
Paul Hindemith
Symphonic Metamorphosis: IV. March
San Francisco Symphony; Herbert Blomstedt, conductor Randall Goosby, violin
12:21 p.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor Opus 22
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra; Yoel Levi, conductor Andre Watts, piano
12:46 p.m.
Bedrich Smetana
Ma Vlast: IV. From Bohemia's Woods and Meadows
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic; Libor Pesek, conductor
1:00 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Serenade No. 10 for winds "Gran Partita": I. Largo - Allegro Molto in Bb major K 361 (FROM THE RUSSELL KLETZING COLLECTION)
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor
1:10 p.m.
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Sonata for Cello and Piano in G minor Opus 19
Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello; Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano
1:47 p.m.
Stanley Myers
Cavatina
Jason Vieaux, guitar
1:52 p.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
Clarinet Concerto No. 1: III. Rondo in F minor Opus 73
Staatskapelle Dresden; Herbert Blomstedt, conductor Sabine Meyer, clarinet
2:00 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Symphony No. 6 "Pastoral" in F major Opus 68
German Chamber Philharmonic; Paavo Jarvi, conductor
2:42 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Piano Trio "Archduke": II. Scherzo in Bb major Opus 97
Esther Abrami Quintet Emanuel Ax, piano; Leonidas Kavakos, violin; Yo Yo Ma, cello
2:46 p.m.
Vassili Kalinnikov
Symphony No. 1: II. Andante commodamente in G minor
Scottish National Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
2:54 p.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
EUGENE ONEGIN: Polonaise
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra; David Zinman, conductor
3:00 p.m.
Zoltan Kodaly
Dances of Galanta
Budapest Festival Orchestra; Ivan Fischer, conductor
3:17 p.m.
Emmanuel Chabrier
Espana (Spanish Rhapsodie)
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
3:24 p.m.
Josef Suk
Fantasy in G minor Opus 24
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra; Charles Mackerras, conductor Pamela Frank, violin
3:48 p.m.
Hamilton Harty
In Ireland
Ulster Orchestra; Bryden Thomson, conductor Colin Fleming, flute; Denise Kelly, harp
3:59 p.m.
Arnold Bax
Tintagel
London Philharmonic Orchestra; Osmo Vanska, conductor
4:13 p.m.
Fanny Mendelssohn
Piano Trio in D minor Opus 11
Nash Ensemble
4:39 p.m.
Robert Schumann
Manfred Overture Opus 115
London Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
4:52 p.m.
Charles-Marie Widor
Organ Symphony No. 5: Toccata Opus 42
Simon Preston, organ
4:59 p.m.
Gioachino Rossini
The Thieving Magpie (LA GAZZA LADRA): Overture
London Symphony Orchestra; Claudio Abbado, conductor
5:09 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 22 in Eb major K 482
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra Jonathan Biss, piano
5:44 p.m.
Leonard Bernstein
Love Theme from ON THE WATERFRONT (Symphonic Suite)
New York Philharmonic; Leonard Bernstein, conductor
5:51 p.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto for 2 trumpets in C major RV 537
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor Mark Bennett, trumpet; Michael Harrison, trumpet
6:00 p.m.
Johannes Brahms
Symphony No. 3 in F major Opus 90
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; Riccardo Chailly, conductor
6:35 p.m.
Claude Debussy
Reverie
Minnesota Orchestra; Eiji Oue, conductor
6:40 p.m.
Charles S. Brown
A Song Without Words
Rachel Barton Pine, violin; Matthew Hagle, piano
6:43 p.m.
Dana Suesse
Jazz Nocturne
Hot Springs Festival Orchestra; Richard Rosenberg, conductor
6:49 p.m.
Xuefei Yang
Xinjiang Fantasy
Xuefei Yang, guitar
6:54 p.m.
Arvo Part
Summa
I Fiamminghi; Rudolf Werthen, conductor
