Classical Music Playlist, June 4, 2025
English composer Sir Hubert Parry premiered his Symphony No. 2 in 1883 in Cambridge, England, but four years later revised it and premiered the new version in 1887 in London. With sweeping melodies and a distinctively English sound, it was one of the composer’s personal favorites of his symphonies. The Parry Symphony No. 2, later nicknamed the “Cambridge” Symphony, is today’s Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Violin Concerto in E minor RV 281
Europa Galante Fabio Biondi, violin
6:12 a.m.
Johan Svendsen
Symphony No. 2 in Bb major Opus 15
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra; Mariss Jansons, conductor
6:45 a.m.
Agustin Barrios
Vals de Primavera
David Russell, guitar
6:50 a.m.
Adolfo Mejia
Bambuco en mi in E minor Bambuco in e minor
Jose Antonio Escobar, guitar
6:54 a.m.
Elena Kats-Chernin
Re-Inventions: Re-Invention No. 1
La Pieta; Angele Dubeau, conductor
7:00 a.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
Oberon Overture J 306
Philharmonia Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
7:10 a.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Piano Trio "Ghost" in D major Opus 70/1
Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano; Itzhak Perlman, violin; Lynn Harrell, cello
7:35 a.m.
Santiago de Murcia
Fandango
Richard Savino, guitar; Mauro ReFosco, percussion; Yousif Sheronick, percussion
7:37 a.m.
Santiago de Murcia
La Jota
The Harp Consort Paul O'Dette, baroque guitar; Andrew Lawrence-King, harp
7:44 a.m.
Charles Stanford
Irish Rhapsody No. 5
Ulster Orchestra; Vernon Handley, conductor
8:00 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 41 "Jupiter": I. Allegro vivace in C major K 551
Scottish Chamber Orchestra; Charles Mackerras, conductor
8:12 a.m.
Dmitri Shostakovich
Piano Concerto No. 2 in F major Opus 102
Los Angeles Philharmonic; Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor Yefim Bronfman, piano
8:33 a.m.
Ronn McFarlane
Fermi's Paradox
Carolyn Surrick, viola da gamba; Ronn McFarlane, lute
8:38 a.m.
Gustav Holst
The Planets: Uranus, the Magician Opus 32 6. Uranus, the Magician
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra; Yoel Levi, conductor
8:45 a.m.
Ralph Vaughan Williams
English Folk Song Suite
University of Texas Wind Ensemble; Jerry Junkin, conductor
8:59 a.m.
Ethel Smyth
Serenade in D in D major
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Odaline de la Martinez, conductor Tasmin Little, violin; John Lenehan, piano
9:35 a.m.
Fanny Mendelssohn
Piano Sonata in G minor in G minor (1843) H395
Anna Shelest, piano
9:53 a.m.
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Aleko: Men's Dance
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra; Paavo Jarvi, conductor
10:00 a.m.
Hugo Wolf
Italian Serenade in G major
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
10:08 a.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Piano Trio No. 2 in C minor Opus 66
Claremont Trio
10:37 a.m.
Malcolm Forsyth
Golyardes' Grounde
Canadian Brass
10:42 a.m.
Richard Strauss
Don Juan Opus 20
Staatskapelle Dresden; Rudolph Kempe, conductor
10:59 a.m.
Louise Farrenc
Symphony No. 3 in G minor Opus 36
North German Radio Symphony; Johannes Goritzki, conductor
11:31 a.m.
Francesco Tristano
On John Bull's Galliard In D
Basel Chamber Orchestra; Irene Delgado-Jimenez, conductor Francesco Tristano, piano
11:37 a.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
Concertpiece for piano and orchestra in F minor Opus 79 (Konzertstuck)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra; Charles Mackerras, conductor Nikolai Demidenko, piano
11:53 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Slavonic Dance No. 3 in Ab major Opus 46
Cleveland Orchestra; Christoph Von Dohnanyi, conductor
11:59 a.m.
Hector Berlioz
Symphonie Fantastique: V. Witches' Sabbath Opus 14
BBC Symphony Orchestra; Andrew Davis, conductor
12:10 p.m.
Peter Maxwell Davies
Farewell to Stromness
Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
12:14 p.m.
Philip Glass
String Quartet No. 3 "Mishima": VI. Mishima Closing
Attacca Quartet
12:18 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 25 in C major K 503
English Baroque Soloists; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor Malcolm Bilson, fortepiano
12:50 p.m.
Alexander Borodin
PRINCE IGOR: Polovetsian Dances
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor Gothenburg Symphony Chorus
1:00 p.m.
George Friederich Handel
Saul: Sinfonia HWV 53
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor Trevor Pinnock, organ
1:18 p.m.
Henriette Renie
Contemplation
Naoko Yoshino, harp
1:24 p.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 101 "Clock" in D major
Chamber Orchestra of Europe; Claudio Abbado, conductor
1:51 p.m.
Alberto Ginastera
Impressions of the Puna (Impresiones de la Puna)
Shanghai String Quartet Eugenia Zukerman, flute
2:00 p.m.
Hubert Parry
Symphony No. 2 "Cambridge" in F major
Scottish National Orchestra; Andrew Penny, conductor
2:37 p.m.
Margaret Bonds
Spiritual Suite: III. Troubled Water
Jeneba Kanneh-Mason, piano
2:44 p.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto No. 2 in G minor Opus 3 RV 578
Tafelmusik; Jeanne Lamon, conductor
2:53 p.m.
Edvard Grieg
Lyric Pieces: Wedding Day at Troldhaugen Opus 65
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor
3:01 p.m.
Johannes Brahms
Piano Quintet: I. Allegro non troppo in F minor Opus 34
Artemis Quartet Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
3:16 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
2 Gavottes in G minor BWV 995
Sharon Isbin, guitar
3:19 p.m.
Agustin Barrios
Maxixe
Xuefei Yang, guitar
3:23 p.m.
Jan Kalliwoda
Symphony No. 2 in Eb major Opus 17
Cologne Academy; Michael Alexander Willens, conductor
3:52 p.m.
Jean Sibelius
Violin Concerto: III. Allegro, ma non tanto in D minor Opus 47
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra; Klaus Makela, conductor Janine Jansen, violin
4:00 p.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Marche Slav Opus 31
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
4:11 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 17 in G major K 453
Scottish Chamber Orchestra; Charles Mackerras, conductor John O'Conor, piano
4:41 p.m.
Manuel Ponce
Romantic Sonata: III. Musical Moment (Sonata romantica "Hommage a Franz Schubert")
Marcin Dylla, guitar
4:45 p.m.
Valerie Coleman
Umoja
Imani Winds
4:49 p.m.
Johann Strauss, Jr.
Morning Papers Opus 279 (Morgenblatter)
Vienna State Opera Orchestra; Jascha Horenstein, conductor
4:59 p.m.
Hamilton Harty
Comedy Overture
Ulster Orchestra; Bryden Thomson, conductor
5:15 p.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Ruy Blas: Overture Opus 95
Bamberg Symphony; Claus Peter Flor, conductor
5:24 p.m.
Alexander Scriabin
Piano Concerto in F# minor Opus 20
London Philharmonic Orchestra; Lorin Maazel, conductor Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano
5:52 p.m.
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Vocalise Opus 34/14
Detroit Symphony Orchestra; Leonard Slatkin, conductor
6:00 p.m.
Aaron Copland
The Red Pony Suite
Buffalo Philharmonic; JoAnn Falletta, conductor
6:25 p.m.
Florence Price
"mini" Quintet for Piano and Strings in E minor
Catalyst Quartet Michelle Cann, piano
6:34 p.m.
Henry Purcell
Timon of Athens: Curtain Tune on a Ground
Collegium Musicum 90; Richard Hickox, conductor
6:36 p.m.
Philip Glass
Symphony No. 4 "Heroes": 6. V2 Schneider
American Composers Orchestra; Dennis Russell Davies, conductor
6:44 p.m.
Alexander Glazunov
Saxophone Concerto in Eb major Opus 109
Polish National Chamber Orchestra; Bohdan Jarmolowicz, conductor Greg Banaszak, saxophone
