Classical Music Playlist, June 20, 2025
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Haydn's secular oratorio "The Seasons" depicts the annual cycle of nature and rural life across spring, summer, autumn, and winter, with vivid musical portrayals.
"Summer" depicts the rising sun, oppressive midday heat with buzzing insects, a refreshing shower, and then a dramatic thunderstorm, concluding with evening peace.
For this first day of the season, “Summer” is today’s Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
Jan Dismas Zelenka
Concerto a 8 in G major Z 186
Il Fondamento; Paul Dombrecht, conductor
6:16 a.m.
Franz Krommer
Concerto for two clarinets in Eb major Opus 35
Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia; Kalman Berkes, conductor Kalman Berkes, clarinet; Kaori Tsutsui, clarinet
6:37 a.m.
Isaac Albeniz
La Vega
London Symphony Orchestra; Elmer Bernstein, conductor Christopher Parkening, guitar
6:53 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso No. 6 in D major Opus 3/6 HWV 317
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor
7:01 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Horn Concerto No. 3 in Eb major K 447
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra; Nicholas McGegan, conductor Lowell Greer, natural horn
7:16 a.m.
Cecile Chaminade
Piano Trio No. 1 in G minor Opus 11
Neave Trio
7:40 a.m.
Jean-Baptiste Lully
March for the Turkish Ceremony
Le Concert des Nations; Jordi Savall, conductor
7:42 a.m.
Giovanni Gabrieli
Canzon Septimi Toni No. 2
Chicago Symphony Brass; Mark Ridenour, conductor
7:46 a.m.
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Symphony No. 3: III. Allegro in A minor Opus 44
London Philharmonic Orchestra; Osmo Vanska, conductor
7:59 a.m.
Wilhelm Peterson-Berger
Frosoblomster, Suite No. 1 (The Flowers of Froso) op. 16
Norrkoping Symphony Orchestra; Michail Jurowski, conductor
8:18 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Keyboard Concerto No. 2 in E major BWV 1053
Australian Chamber Orchestra Angela Hewitt, piano
8:38 a.m.
ANONYMOUS
Sumer is icumen in
; Paul Hillier, conductor The Hilliard Ensemble
8:40 a.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
A Midsummer Night's Dream: Scherzo
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra; Yoel Levi, conductor
8:46 a.m.
Hugo Alfven
Swedish Rhapsody No. 1 "Midsummer Night Vigil" Opus 19
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; Paavo Berglund, conductor
9:00 a.m.
J. P. E. Hartmann
Symphony No. 1 in G minor Opus 17
Danish National Symphony Orchestra; Thomas Dausgaard, conductor
9:33 a.m.
John Field
Nocturne No. 1 in Eb major H 24
Alice Sara Ott, piano
9:37 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto for 2 violins in G major RV 516
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor Simon Standage, violin; Elizabeth Wilcock, violin
9:47 a.m.
Samuel Barber
Summer Music Opus 31
Bergen Wind Quintet
10:00 a.m.
Frederic Chopin
Variations on Mozart's "La ci darem la mano" in Bb major Opus 2
Warsaw Philharmonic; Kazimierz Kord, conductor Garrick Ohlsson, piano
10:19 a.m.
Gentil Montana
Suite Colombiana No. 2: II. Guabina Viajera (Traveller Guabina)
Jose Antonio Escobar, guitar
10:27 a.m.
Dmitri Shostakovich
Piano Concerto No. 1 in C minor Opus 35
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; Paavo Jarvi, conductor Leif Ove Andsnes, piano; Hakan Hardenberger, trumpet
10:49 a.m.
Arcangelo Corelli
Concerto Grosso No. 4 in D major Opus 6
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor
11:00 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Concerto for oboe and violin in C minor BWV 1060
Academy of Ancient Music; Christopher Hogwood, conductor Stephen Hammer, oboe; Catherine Mackintosh, violin
11:14 a.m.
Joe Hisaishi
One Summer's Day (from Spirited Away)
London Symphony Orchestra; Roman Simovic, conductor Joe Hisaishi, piano
11:20 a.m.
Ernst von Dohnanyi
Variations on a Nursery Song Opus 25
Budapest Festival Orchestra; Ivan Fischer, conductor Zoltan Kocsis, piano
11:44 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto for 2 trumpets in C major RV 537
English Chamber Orchestra; Raymond Leppard, conductor Wynton Marsalis, trumpet
11:52 a.m.
Ottorino Respighi
Church Windows: II. Saint Michael the Archangel
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra; Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor
12:00 p.m.
Jennifer Reason
LOCAL ARTIST FEATURE: Ben Prima, classical percussion
Jennifer Reason, host
12:14 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 39 in Eb major K 543
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor
12:43 p.m.
Robert Schumann
Piano Quartet: IV. Finale in Eb major Opus 47
Emerson String Quartet Menahem Pressler, piano
12:52 p.m.
Bedrich Smetana
BARTERED BRIDE: Dance of the Comedians
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Gianandrea Noseda, conductor
1:00 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Symphony No. 8: IV. Finale in G major Opus 88
Los Angeles Philharmonic; Gustavo Dudamel, conductor Bruce Liu, piano
1:10 p.m.
Bela Bartok
Piano Concerto No. 3 SZ 119
Budapest Festival Orchestra; Ivan Fischer, conductor Andras Schiff, piano
1:36 p.m.
Anton Webern
Im Sommerwind (In the Summer Wind)
Concertgebouw Orchestra; Riccardo Chailly, conductor
1:50 p.m.
Gioachino Rossini
THE ITALIAN GIRL IN ALGIERS: Overture
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
2:00 p.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
THE SEASONS: Summer (Der Sommer) XXI:3
Freiburg Baroque Orchestra; Rene Jacobs, conductor Marlis Petersen, soprano; Werner G�ra, tenor; Dietrich Henschel, baritone; RIAS Chamber Chorus
2:34 p.m.
Earl Wild
Grand Fantasie on Porgy and Bess: Summertime (After G. Gershwin)
San Francisco Symphony; Herbert Blomstedt, conductor Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano
2:37 p.m.
William Grant Still
Summerland
Jeneba Kanneh-Mason, piano
2:42 p.m.
Astor Piazzolla
Summer in Buenos Aires (Verano Porteno)
A Far Cry Jason Vieaux, guitar; Julien Labro, bandoneon
2:50 p.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Four Seasons: Summer (L'Estate) in G minor Opus 8/2 RV 315
Tafelmusik; Jeanne Lamon, conductor Jeanne Lamon, violin
3:02 p.m.
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Capriccio Espagnol Opus 34
London Symphony Orchestra; Charles Mackerras, conductor
3:17 p.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Swan Lake: Scene (Act II) Opus 20
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Herbert von Karajan, conductor
3:21 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Sonata No. 12 in F major K 332 (FROM THE RUSSELL KLETZING COLLECTION)
Mitsuko Uchida, piano
3:41 p.m.
Johannes Brahms
St. Anthony Variations in Bb major Opus 56
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; Riccardo Chailly, conductor
3:59 p.m.
Kurt Atterberg
Symphony No. 4 "Sinfonia piccola" in G minor Opus 14
Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra; Ari Rasilainen, conductor
4:21 p.m.
Franz Liszt
Piano Concerto No. 1 in Eb major
Budapest Festival Orchestra; Ivan Fischer, conductor Zoltan Kocsis, piano
4:40 p.m.
Fernando Sor
Etude No. 17 in E minor Opus 6/11
Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra; Irene Delgado-Jimenez, conductor Pablo Sainz Villegas, guitar
4:42 p.m.
John Williams
E.T. The Extra Terrestial: Flying Theme
London Symphony Orchestra; John Williams, conductor
4:47 p.m.
Gioachino Rossini
WILLIAM TELL: Overture (GUILLAUME TELL)
Philharmonia Orchestra; Riccardo Muti, conductor
5:00 p.m.
Alexander Glazunov
Symphony No. 5: IV. Allegro maestoso in Bb major Opus 55
BBC Welsh Symphony Orchestra; Tadaaki Otaka, conductor
5:08 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Symphony No. 7 in A major Opus 92
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic; Charles Mackerras, conductor
5:46 p.m.
Alexander Scriabin
Prelude No. 11 in B major Opus 11/11
Jeneba Kanneh-Mason, piano
5:48 p.m.
Claude Debussy
The Girl with the Flaxen Hair (from Preludes, Book I: No. 8)
Jeneba Kanneh-Mason, piano
5:52 p.m.
Giuseppe Verdi
AIDA: Triumphal March from Act II
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra; Leonard Slatkin, conductor
6:00 p.m.
Jennifer Reason
LOCAL ARTIST FEATURE: Ben Prima, classical percussion
Jennifer Reason, host
6:13 p.m.
Wilhelm Stenhammar
Piano Concerto No. 2 in D minor Opus 23
Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra; Andrew Manze, conductor Seta Tanyel, piano
6:43 p.m.
John Williams
STAR WARS - A NEW HOPE: Cantina Band
London Symphony Orchestra; John Williams, conductor
6:47 p.m.
Frederick Delius
Summer Night on the River
Welsh National Opera Orchestra; Charles Mackerras, conductor
6:53 p.m.
Max Richter
Summer 3
Berlin Chamber Orchestra; Andre de Ridder, conductor Daniel Hope, violin
