Classical Music Playlist, May 30, 2025
George Enescu was a Romanian child prodigy and at age 7 was the youngest student ever to be enrolled at the Vienna Conservatory, graduating at age 12. Soon after, he continued his studies in violin and composition at the Paris Conservatory with Massenet and Fauré. Eventually, Cellist Pablo Casals described Enescu as "the greatest musical phenomenon since Mozart" with further high praise from violinist Yehudi Menuhin and composer Vincent d'Indy among others. He became so famous that, after his death in 1955, the town in Romania where he was born officially changed its name to George Enescu. Highlighting the 24-year-old composer's bold orchestration and his skill in blending diverse European influences into his own unique voice, Enescu’s 1905 Symphony No. 1 is today's Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso No. 4 in A minor Opus 6/4 HWV 322
Aradia Ensemble; Kevin Mallon, conductor
6:13 a.m.
Ignacy Jan Paderewski
Piano Concerto in A minor Opus 17
Polish National Radio Orchestra; Antoni Wit, conductor Janina Fialkowska, piano
6:48 a.m.
Manuel Ponce
Estrellita
Duo Sonidos
6:52 a.m.
Henry Purcell
The Fairy Queen: Symphony (The 4th Act Suite) Z 629
Le Concert des Nations; Jordi Savall, conductor
7:00 a.m.
Richard Strauss
Serenade in Eb major Opus 7
Stockholm Philharmonic (members of); Paavo Berglund, conductor
7:10 a.m.
Edvard Grieg
Piano Concerto in A minor Opus 16
Berlin Philharmonic; Mariss Jansons, conductor Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
7:40 a.m.
Heitor Villa-Lobos
Prelude no. 1 in E minor
Julian Bream, guitar
7:45 a.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Ruins of Athens: Turkish March Opus 113/4
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra; Leonard Slatkin, conductor
7:47 a.m.
Joseph Joachim
Violin Concerto No. 2: III. Finale alla zingara in D minor Opus 11 Hungarian style
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Carlos Kalmar, conductor Rachel Barton Pine, violin
8:00 a.m.
Franz Liszt
Hungarian Rhapsody No. 1 in F minor
Vancouver Symphony Orchestra; Sergiu Commissiona, conductor
8:13 a.m.
Mauro Giuliani
Guitar Concerto No. 1 in A major Opus 30
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor Pepe Romero, guitar
8:37 a.m.
Gustav Mahler
Symphony No. 1: 2nd movement in D major
San Francisco Symphony; Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
8:46 a.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
A Midsummer Night's Dream: Overture
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra; Yoel Levi, conductor
8:59 a.m.
Alexander Borodin
Petite Suite
Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra; Ghennady Rozhdestvensky, conductor
9:30 a.m.
John Corigliano
Lullaby for Natalie
London Symphony Orchestra; Leonard Slatkin, conductor Anne Akiko Meyers, violin
9:37 a.m.
Francesco Geminiani
Concerto Grosso No. 5 in G minor Opus 5/5
La Petite Bande; Sigiswald Kuijken, conductor
9:46 a.m.
Joe Hisaishi
Merry-Go-Round of Life (from Howl's Moving Castle)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Joe Hisaishi, conductor Yuja Wang, piano
10:00 a.m.
Georg Philipp Telemann
Concerto for horn and strings in D major
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor Barry Tuckwell, horn
10:09 a.m.
Claude Debussy
Sonata for flute, viola & harp L148
Philippa Davies, flute; Lawrence Power, viola; Lucy Wakeford, harp
10:28 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Violin Concerto No. 5 "Turkish" in A major K 219
Norwegian Chamber Orchestra Henning Kraggerud, violin
10:54 a.m.
Joseph Curiale
Awakening: Joy
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Joseph Curiale, conductor
10:59 a.m.
Arcangelo Corelli
Concerto Grosso No. 5 in Bb major Opus 6
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra; Nicholas McGegan, conductor
11:10 a.m.
Florence Price
Fantasie Negre (No. 1) in E minor
Jeneba Kanneh-Mason, piano
11:19 a.m.
Ottorino Respighi
The Birds (Gli Uccelli)
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra; Hugh Wolff, conductor
11:38 a.m.
Percy Grainger
Lincolnshire Posey
"The President's Own" United States Marine Band; Gerard Schwarz, conductor
11:54 a.m.
Aram Khachaturian
Masquerade: Waltz
The Bolshoi Theater Orchestra; Mark Ermler, conductor
12:00 p.m.
Jennifer Reason
LOCAL ARTIST FEATURE: Jason and Michele Detwiler, baritone/soprano
Jennifer Reason, host
12:13 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Orchestral Suite No. 4 in D major BWV 1069
La Petite Bande; Sigiswald Kuijken, conductor
12:33 p.m.
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Prelude in C-sharp minor in C# minor Opus 3/2
Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano
12:37 p.m.
Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
Prelude and Fugue No. 3 in A minor Opus 199
Brasil Guitar Duo
12:44 p.m.
Amy Beach
Piano Trio in A minor Opus 150
Neave Trio
1:00 p.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto for lute and 2 violins in D major RV 93
Bach Sinfonia; Daniel Abraham, conductor Ronn McFarlane, lute; C. Ann Loud, violin; Marlisa del Cid Woods, violin
1:11 p.m.
Cesar Franck
Symphony: II. Allegretto in D minor
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Pierre Monteux, conductor
1:22 p.m.
Johann Nepomuk Hummel
Piano Quintet in Eb minor Opus 87
Schubert Ensemble of London
1:45 p.m.
Sergei Prokofiev
Symphony No. 1 "Classical" in D major Opus 25
Chamber Orchestra of Europe; Claudio Abbado, conductor
2:00 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Concerto in D major in D major BWV 972
National Orchestra of France; Cristian Macelaru, conductor Raphael Feuillatre, guitar
2:33 p.m.
Alexander Scriabin
Prelude No. 11 in B major Opus 11/11
Jeneba Kanneh-Mason, piano
2:35 p.m.
Claude Debussy
The Girl with the Flaxen Hair (from Preludes, Book I: No. 8)
Jeneba Kanneh-Mason, piano
2:38 p.m.
Francesco Geminiani
Concerto Grosso No. 8 in E minor Opus 7/8
Academy of Ancient Music; Andrew Manze, conductor
2:50 p.m.
Johann Strauss, Jr.
DIE FLEDERMAUS Overture (The Bat)
Vienna State Opera Orchestra; Jascha Horenstein, conductor
2:59 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Piano Concerto No. 4: III. Rondo: Vivace in G major Opus 58
Mahler Chamber Orchestra; Leif Ove Andsnes, conductor Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
3:11 p.m.
Fanny Mendelssohn
String Quartet in Eb major
Erato Quartet Basel
3:31 p.m.
Gentil Montana
Suite Colombiana No. 2: II. Guabina Viajera (Traveller Guabina)
Jose Antonio Escobar, guitar
3:37 p.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Song without Words for cello and piano Opus 109
Haruma Sato, cello; Wataru Hisasue, piano
3:43 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Concerto for three violins in D major BWV 1064R
Freiburg Baroque Orchestra Petra Mullejans, violin; Gottfried von der Goltz, violin; Anne Katharina Schreiber, violin
4:00 p.m.
Franz Liszt
Hungarian Fantasy
London Symphony Orchestra; Jun'ichi Hirokami, conductor Barry Douglas, piano
4:16 p.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Violin Concerto in D major Opus 35
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Fritz Reiner, conductor Jascha Heifetz, violin
4:47 p.m.
Myroslav Skoryk
Three Extravagant Dances: II. Blues: Almost American
Anna Shelest, piano; Dmitri Shelest, piano
4:54 p.m.
Dmitri Kabalevsky
Colas Breugnon: Overture
Boston Pops Orchestra; John Williams, conductor
5:00 p.m.
Richard Strauss
Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks Opus 28
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor
5:15 p.m.
Henry Litolff
Concerto Symphonique No. 4: II. Scherzo Opus 102
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Moshe Atzmon, conductor Cristina Ortiz, piano
5:24 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 29 in A major K 201
Prague Chamber Orchestra; Charles Mackerras, conductor
5:53 p.m.
Bedrich Smetana
BARTERED BRIDE: Dance of the Comedians
Janacek Philharmonic; Theodore Kuchar, conductor
6:00 p.m.
Jennifer Reason
LOCAL ARTIST FEATURE: Jason and Michele Detwiler, baritone/soprano
Jennifer Reason, host
6:13 p.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 8 "Le Soir" (Evening) in G major
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor
6:35 p.m.
Rebecca Clarke
Viola Sonata: I. Impetuoso
Philip Dukes, viola; Sophia Rahman, piano
6:44 p.m.
Valentin Silvestrov
Postludium No. 3
Academy of Ancient Music; Lorna Peters, director, conductor Matt Haimovitz, cello; Nadia Shpachenko, piano
6:50 p.m.
Kevin Puts
Contact: I. The Call
Philadelphia Orchestra; Xian Zhang, conductor Time for Three
