Classical Music Playlist, June 5, 2025
Pianist Rudolf Firkušný (1912-1994)
Pianists tend to avoid Czech composer Antonín Dvořák's only Piano Concerto because it doesn't offer any flashy showmanship for the soloist even though the concerto is actually one of the most difficult to perform (it was once described as having been written for “two right hands”) and despite the music being exceptionally good. Later, the Czech pianist and pedagogue Vilém Kurz reworked the soloist’s part, changing octaves and simplifying some of the difficult passages. That revision is usually played today. Once a student of Kurz, Czech pianist Rudolf Firkušný performed that revised version for much of his career before turning to the original Dvorak version late in his career, and you’ll hear Firkušný perform Dvořák's original version in a 1990 recording for today’s Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
Willem De Fesch
Concerto, Op. 5, No. 4 in D major Opus 5/4
Musica Ad Rhenum
6:08 a.m.
Edvard Grieg
Symphony in C minor
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
6:41 a.m.
Michael Praetorius
Dance Suite from Terpsichore
Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
6:52 a.m.
Bedrich Smetana
THE SECRET: Overture
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Gianandrea Noseda, conductor
7:01 a.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Hebrides Overture in B minor Opus 26
Champs-Elysees Theatre Orchestra; Philippe Herreweghe, conductor
7:12 a.m.
Ricardo Castro
Piano Concerto in A minor Opus 22
Orquesta Sinf�nica de Miner�a (OSM); Carlos Miguel Prieto, conductor Jorge Federico Osorio, piano
7:37 a.m.
Elena Kats-Chernin
Fast Blue Village 2
Del Sol String Quartet
7:42 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Concerto in D major: I. Allegro in D major BWV 972
Bamberg Symphony; Jakub Hrusa, conductor Raphael Feuillatre, guitar
7:46 a.m.
Gioachino Rossini
SEMIRAMIDE: Overture
National Philharmonic Orchestra; Riccardo Chailly, conductor
7:59 a.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 70 in D major
Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra; Adam Fischer, conductor
8:17 a.m.
Maurice Ravel
Le tombeau de Couperin (The tomb of Couperin)
Lyon National Orchestra; Leonard Slatkin, conductor
8:35 a.m.
Esther Abrami
Transmissions
Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra; Irene Delgado-Jimenez, conductor Esther Abrami, violin
8:40 a.m.
George Gershwin
An American in Paris
London Symphony Orchestra; Andre Previn, conductor
9:00 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
String Quartet No. 14 in Ab major Opus 105
Takacs Quartet
9:33 a.m.
Edouard Lalo
Scherzo in D minor
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Yondani Butt, conductor
9:39 a.m.
Philip Glass
Glassworks: Opening
Vikingur Olafsson, piano
9:48 a.m.
Jean Sibelius
Cassazione Opus 6
Tapiola Sinfonietta; Tuomas Ollila, conductor
10:00 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Bassoon Concerto in E minor in E minor RV 484
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor Milan Turkovich, bassoon
10:12 a.m.
Connor Chee
Navajo Vocable No. 12
Connor Chee, piano
10:16 a.m.
Percy Grainger
Molly on the Shore
Dallas Wind Symphony; Jerry Junkin, conductor
10:21 a.m.
Bedrich Smetana
Piano Trio in G minor Opus 15
Neave Trio
10:50 a.m.
Michael Torke
Bright Blue Music
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra; David Zinman, conductor
11:00 a.m.
Hector Berlioz
King Lear Overture Opus 4
Scottish National Orchestra; Alexander Gibson, conductor
11:16 a.m.
Agustin Barrios
Vals Tropical
David Russell, guitar
11:19 a.m.
David Pritchard
Stairs
Aquarelle Guitar Quartet
11:24 a.m.
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini Opus 43
Berlin Philharmonic; Claudio Abbado, conductor Mikhail Pletnev, piano
11:48 a.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
String Symphony No. 6 in Eb major
Heidelberg Symphony; Thomas Fey, conductor
11:59 a.m.
Anton Bruckner
Symphony No. 4 "Romantic": III. Scherzo in Eb major
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra; Manfred Honeck, conductor
12:11 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Piano Quintet No. 2: III. Scherzo (Furiant) in A major Opus 81
Takacs Quartet Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano
12:16 p.m.
Johannes Brahms
Serenade No. 2 in A major Opus 16
Scottish Chamber Orchestra; Charles Mackerras, conductor
12:49 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Concerto in G minor BWV 1056
Amsterdam Bach Solisten; Thomas Zehetmair, conductor Thomas Zehetmair, violin
1:00 p.m.
Mikhail Glinka
Spanish Overture No. 2
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Vassily Sinaisky, conductor
1:10 p.m.
Elena Kats-Chernin
Peggy's Rag
Sarah Cahill, piano
1:13 p.m.
Thelonious Monk
Monk's Mood
Kristin Lee, violin; Jeremy Ajani Jordan, piano
1:20 p.m.
Johan Halvorsen
Symphony No. 2 "Fate" (Fatum) in D minor
Bergen Philharmonic; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
1:49 p.m.
Osvaldo Golijov
Tenebrae
Cortango Cally Banham, English horn
1:55 p.m.
George Friederich Handel
Solomon: Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor
2:00 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Piano Concerto in G minor Opus 33
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra; Vaclav Neumann, conductor Rudolf Firkusny, piano
2:37 p.m.
Florence Price
String Quartet in G major: II. Andante moderato - Allegretto in G major
Pacifica Quartet
2:45 p.m.
Giuseppe Verdi
NABUCCO Overture (Sinfonia)
Philharmonia Orchestra; Tullio Serafin, conductor
2:55 p.m.
Richard Wagner
LOHENGRIN: Prelude to Act III
Philadelphia Orchestra; Christian Thielemann, conductor
2:59 p.m.
Charles Avison
Concerto No. 2 in A major Opus 4/2
Avison Ensemble; Pavlo Beznosiuk, conductor
3:10 p.m.
James Horner
THE ROCKETEER: Rocketeer to the Rescue/End Title
Studio Orchestra
3:18 p.m.
Francis Poulenc
Flute Sonata (orchestral arrangement)
Residentie Orkest Den Haag; Neeme Jarvi, conductor Sharon Bezaly, flute
3:30 p.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 103 "Drum Roll" in Eb major
Lausanne Chamber Orchestra; Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor
3:59 p.m.
Josef Suk
Piano Trio: II. Andante in C minor Opus 2
Neave Trio
4:16 p.m.
Dmitri Shostakovich
Festive Overture Opus 96
Scottish National Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
4:23 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Symphony No. 4 in Bb major Opus 60
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; Riccardo Chailly, conductor
4:54 p.m.
Hector Berlioz
Damnation of Faust: Hungarian March Opus 24
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra; David Zinman, conductor
4:59 p.m.
Frederic Chopin
Concert Rondo "Krakowiak" in F major Opus 14
Warsaw Philharmonic; Kazimierz Kord, conductor Garrick Ohlsson, piano
5:15 p.m.
Ariel Ramirez
MISA CRIOLLA: II. Gloria
Zurich Chamber Orchestra; Daniel Hope, conductor Daniel Hope, violin; Palau de la Musica vocal quartet
5:21 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
String Quintet No. 3 in C major K 515
Nash Ensemble w/ Philip Dukes Philip Dukes, viola
5:56 p.m.
Gabriela Lena Frank
Three Latin American Dances: The Mestizo Waltz
Utah Symphony Orchestra; Keith Lockhart, conductor
6:01 p.m.
Robert Schumann
Piano Concerto in A minor Opus 54
Berlin Philharmonic; Mariss Jansons, conductor Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
6:32 p.m.
Silvestre Revueltas
Sensemaya
New York Philharmonic; Leonard Bernstein, conductor
6:39 p.m.
Grace Williams
Carillons, for oboe and orchestra
London Symphony Orchestra; Sir Charles Groves, conductor Anthony Camden, oboe
6:50 p.m.
Anna Clyne
DANCE: I. when you're broken open
London Philharmonic Orchestra; Marin Alsop, conductor Inbal Segev, cello
6:55 p.m.
Lalo Schifrin
from La Nouvelle Orleans
Imani Winds
