Classical Music Playlist, June 26, 2025
Franz Berwald (1796-1868)
Because the music of Swedish composer Franz Berwald (1796-1868) was generally ignored during his lifetime, he was forced to make his living as the manager of a sawmill and glass factory. He even started an orthopedic and physiotherapy clinic and invented highly regarded devices for children with congenital spinal deformities. His music being met with indifference in his native Sweden, he tried Paris; same thing. Vienna liked his music, but that admiration didn't follow him back to Sweden. In his sixties, Sweden began to take notice of his music and Berwald was even made a professor of composition in 1867. But, sadly, he died the next year. It was after his death when his music gained wider recognition including his Symphony No. 3, titled “Sinfonie Singuliere,” which finally had its premiere in 1905, 37 years after his death. It’s today’s Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
Tomaso Albinoni
Oboe Concerto No. 6 in D major Opus 7/6
Collegium Musicum 90; Simon Standage, conductor Anthony Robson, oboe
6:08 a.m.
Pavel Vranicky
Symphony in D major Opus 52
Dvorak Chamber Orchestra; Bohumil Gregor, conductor
6:43 a.m.
Franz Schubert
Nocturne (Notturno for Piano Trio) in Eb major Opus 148 D 897
Takacs Quartet Andreas Haefliger, piano
6:53 a.m.
Jacob Gade
Copenhagen Life, Waltz
Odense Symphony Orchestra; Matthias Aeschbacher, conductor
7:00 a.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
Andante and Hungarian Rondo Opus 35
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor Klaus Thunemann, bassoon
7:11 a.m.
Erich Korngold
Violin Concerto in D major Opus 35
London Symphony Orchestra; Andre Previn, conductor Gil Shaham, violin
7:37 a.m.
Claude Debussy
The Girl with the Flaxen Hair (from Preludes, Book I: No. 8)
Jeneba Kanneh-Mason, piano
7:40 a.m.
Danny Elfman
Percussion Concerto: II. D.S.C.H.
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic; JoAnn Falletta, conductor Colin Currie, percussion
7:44 a.m.
Edward Elgar
Cockaigne Overture (In London Town) Opus 40
BBC Symphony Orchestra; Andrew Davis, conductor
8:00 a.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
Africa-Fantasie Opus 89
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Andre Previn, conductor Jean-Philippe Collard, piano
8:12 a.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 31 "Hornsignal" in D major
Lausanne Chamber Orchestra; Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor
8:41 a.m.
Reinhold Gliere
Symphony No. 3 "Ilya Muromets": III. At the Court of Vladimir the Mighty Sun in B minor Opus 42
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Edward Downes, conductor
8:49 a.m.
Richard Addinsell
Warsaw Concerto
BBC Symphony Orchestra; Hugh Wolff, conductor Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano
9:00 a.m.
Joaquin Rodrigo
Concierto Madrigal
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor Pepe Romero, guitar; Angel Romero, guitar
9:31 a.m.
Karl Jenkins
Palladio: I. Allegretto
London Philharmonic Strings; Karl Jenkins, conductor
9:36 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Flute Concerto No. 2 "The Night" (La Notte) in G minor Opus 10 RV 439
Europa Galante; Fabio Biondi, conductor Lorenzo Cavasanti, recorder
9:45 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Slavonic Rhapsody No. 1 in D major Opus 45
Vancouver Symphony Orchestra; Sergiu Commissiona, conductor
10:00 a.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Symphony No. 6 "Pastoral": I. Allegro ma non troppo in F major Opus 68
Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
10:12 a.m.
TRADITIONAL
The Lark in the Clear Air
McGill/McHale Trio Demarre McGill, flute; Anthony McGill, clarinet; Michael McHale, piano
10:15 a.m.
Claude Champagne
Rustic Dance (Dance Villageoise)
Quebec Symphony Orchestra; Yoav Talmi, conductor
10:22 a.m.
Robert Schumann
Cello Concerto in A minor Opus 129
Champs-Elysees Theatre Orchestra; Philippe Herreweghe, conductor Christophe Coin, cello
10:48 a.m.
Ignacy Jan Paderewski
Overture
Polish National Radio Orchestra; Antoni Wit, conductor
10:59 a.m.
Franz Krommer
Symphony No. 2 in D major Opus 40
London Mozart Players; Matthias Bamert, conductor
11:29 a.m.
John Rutter
Lullaby for Ana Gwen
Sinfonia Cymru; John Rutter, conductor Catrin Finch, harp
11:33 a.m.
Johannes Brahms
Lullaby (Wiegenlied) Opus 49/4
Julian Lloyd Webber, cello; John Lenehan, piano
11:37 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso No. 3 in E minor Opus 6/3 HWV 321
Handel & Haydn Society; Christopher Hogwood, conductor
11:49 a.m.
Friedrich Kuhlau
Elf-Mound Overture Opus 100
Odense Symphony Orchestra; Othmar Maga, conductor
12:02 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G major BWV 1048
Tafelmusik; Jeanne Lamon, conductor
12:13 p.m.
Frederic Chopin
Piano Sonata No. 2: III. Marche fun�bre (Funeral March) in Bb minor Opus 35
Jeneba Kanneh-Mason, piano
12:23 p.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 97 in C major HOB I:97
Heidelberg Symphony Orchestra; Thomas Fey, conductor
12:49 p.m.
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Wasps: Overture
London Symphony Orchestra; Andre Previn, conductor
12:59 p.m.
Jose Moncayo
Sinfonietta
Mexico National Symphony Orchestra; Enrique Arturo Diemecke, conductor
1:11 p.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
Piano Concerto No. 5 in F major Opus 103
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Pascal Roge, piano
1:42 p.m.
Xuefei Yang
Xinjiang Fantasy
Xuefei Yang, guitar
1:48 p.m.
Franz Liszt
Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 in D minor
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Georg Solti, conductor
2:00 p.m.
Franz Berwald
Symphony No. 3 "Sinfonie singuliere" in C major
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
2:28 p.m.
Enrique Granados
La Maja de Goya
Eduardo Fernandez, guitar
2:33 p.m.
Sergei Prokofiev
Violin Concerto No. 1: III. Moderato in D major Opus 19
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra; Klaus Makela, conductor Janine Jansen, violin
2:43 p.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Capriccio Italien Opus 45
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor
3:00 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Keyboard Concerto No. 5 in F minor BWV 1056
Australian Chamber Orchestra Angela Hewitt, piano
3:10 p.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Symphony No. 4 "Italian" in A major Opus 90
Chamber Orchestra of Europe; Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor
3:40 p.m.
Johann Nepomuk Hummel
Concerto for Mandolin: III. Rondo in G major
Il Giardino Armonico; Giovanni Antonini, conductor Avi Avital, mandolin
3:45 p.m.
Giacomo Puccini
Capriccio Sinfonico
Philharmonic of La Scala; Riccardo Muti, conductor
4:00 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 36 "Linz" in C major K 425
Prague Chamber Orchestra; Charles Mackerras, conductor
4:33 p.m.
Florence Price
Piano Quintet: III. Juba in A minor
Takacs Quartet Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano
4:36 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Piano Quintet No. 2: III. Scherzo (Furiant) in A major Opus 81
Takacs Quartet Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano
4:42 p.m.
Gustav Mahler
Symphony No. 1: 2nd movement in D major
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra; Yoel Levi, conductor
4:51 p.m.
Jean Sibelius
Finlandia Opus 26
Minnesota Orchestra; Eiji Oue, conductor
5:00 p.m.
Michael Torke
Sky: I. Lively
Albany Symphony Orchestra; David Alan Miller, conductor Tessa Lark, violin
5:10 p.m.
Mel Bonis
Flute Sonata: IV. Finale: Moderato in C# minor Opus 64
Maria Cecilia Munoz, flute; Tiffany Butt, piano
5:16 p.m.
Jean-Baptiste Lully
Alceste Suite
Le Concert des Nations; Jordi Savall, conductor
5:38 p.m.
Leos Janacek
Lachian Dances
Warsaw Philharmonic; Antoni Wit, conductor
6:00 p.m.
Johan Halvorsen
Symphony No. 2 "Fate" (Fatum) in D minor
Bergen Philharmonic; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
6:28 p.m.
Clara Schumann
Four Fugitive Pieces Opus 15
Angela Cheng, piano
6:42 p.m.
John Williams
E.T.: Adventures on Earth
Los Angeles Recording Arts Orchestra; John Williams, conductor
6:53 p.m.
Max Richter
In the Garden
La Pieta Angele Dubeau, violin
