Classical Music Playlist, June 30, 2025
Composer Aram Khachaturian
Born to Armenian parents in Tbilisi, Georgia, Aram Khachaturian was a favorite composer of Soviet Union authorities because he was world famous and wrote tuneful, accessible music that also reflected the ethnic diversity of the USSR. All of this is demonstrated in his popular 1940 Violin Concerto in D-minor. It's today's Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso No. 4 in F major Opus 3/4a HWV 315
Handel & Haydn Society; Christopher Hogwood, conductor
6:13 a.m.
Jean Sibelius
Symphony No. 5 in Eb major Opus 82
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
6:48 a.m.
Mel Bonis
Serenade Opus 46
Sandrine Cantoreggi, violin; Sheila Arnold, piano
6:53 a.m.
Claude Debussy
Clair de lune ("Moonlight")
Philharmonia Orchestra; Geoffrey Simon, conductor
7:00 a.m.
Cecile Chaminade
Concertino Opus 107
City of London Sinfonia; Richard Hickox, conductor Susan Milan, flute
7:09 a.m.
Carl Reinecke
Piano Concerto No. 3 in C major Opus 144
Sinfonieorchester St Gallen; Modestas Pitr�nas, conductor SImon Callaghan, piano
7:45 a.m.
Esther Abrami
Transmissions
Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra; Irene Delgado-Jimenez, conductor Esther Abrami, violin
7:50 a.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Egmont Overture Opus 84
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra; Yoel Levi, conductor
8:00 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Four Seasons: Winter (L'Inverno) in F minor Opus 8/4 RV 297
Tafelmusik; Jeanne Lamon, conductor Jeanne Lamon, violin
8:09 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Serenade for Winds in Eb major K 375
Winds of the Chamber Orchestra of Europe
8:34 a.m.
Franz Liszt
Hungarian Fantasy
London Symphony Orchestra; Jun'ichi Hirokami, conductor Barry Douglas, piano
8:50 a.m.
Giuseppe Verdi
LA FORZA DEL DESTINO Overture
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Edward Downes, conductor
9:00 a.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 101 "Clock" in D major
Orchestra of St. Luke's; Charles Mackerras, conductor
9:29 a.m.
Alexander Scriabin
Prelude No. 11 in B major Opus 11/11
Jeneba Kanneh-Mason, piano
9:30 a.m.
Margaret Bonds
Spiritual Suite: III. Troubled Water
Jeneba Kanneh-Mason, piano
9:37 a.m.
Luigi Boccherini
Sinfonia Concertante in C major Opus 21
Portland Baroque Orchestra; Monica Huggett, conductor Richard Savino, guitar
10:00 a.m.
Frederic Chopin
Concert Rondo "Krakowiak" in F major Opus 14
Polish Sinfonia Iuventus Orchestra; Tadeusz Wojciechowski, conductor Tatiana Shebanova, piano
10:16 a.m.
Manuel Ponce
Romantic Sonata: III. Musical Moment (Sonata romantica "Hommage a Franz Schubert")
Marcin Dylla, guitar
10:21 a.m.
Bernhard Crusell
Clarinet Quartet No. 1 in Eb major Opus 2
Allegri String Quartet (members of) Thea King, clarinet
10:42 a.m.
Paul Dukas
Polyeucte Overture
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor
10:58 a.m.
Claude Debussy
Rhapsody for Saxophone and Orchestra
Ulster Orchestra; Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor Gerard McChrystal, saxophone
11:09 a.m.
Johann Christian Bach
Sinfonia Concertante in Eb major T. 284/6
Camerata Budapest; Hanspeter Gmur, conductor Ildiko Line, violin; Violetta Eckhardt, violin; Marianna Kruzsej, oboe
11:31 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Orchestral Suite No. 1 in C major BWV 1066
American Bach Soloists; Jeffrey Thomas, conductor
11:55 a.m.
Richard Wagner
LOHENGRIN: Prelude to Act III
Seattle Symphony; Gerard Schwarz, conductor
11:59 a.m.
Johannes Brahms
String Quintet No. 2: I. Allegro non troppo ma con brio in G major Opus 111
Takacs Quartet Lawrence Power, viola
12:13 p.m.
Francesco Tristano
On John Bull's Galliard In D
Basel Chamber Orchestra; Irene Delgado-Jimenez, conductor Francesco Tristano, piano
12:18 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Sonata No. 14 in C minor K 457
Andras Schiff, piano
12:40 p.m.
Richard Strauss
Don Juan Opus 20
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Daniel Barenboim, conductor
12:59 p.m.
Alexander Glazunov
Ballet Scenes Opus 52 (Scenes de Ballet)
Scottish National Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
1:28 p.m.
Agustin Barrios
Vals Tropical
David Russell, guitar
1:30 p.m.
William Kroll
Banjo and Fiddle
Leonidas Kavakos, violin; Peter Nagy, piano
1:35 p.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
Symphony No. 2 in C major J 51
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor
1:54 p.m.
Frederic Chopin
Nocturne No. 2 in Eb major Opus 9/2
Seong-Jin Cho, piano
2:00 p.m.
Aram Khachaturian
Violin Concerto
Royal Scottish National Orchestra; Teddy Abrams, conductor Rachel Barton Pine, violin
2:41 p.m.
Lowell Liebermann
Gargoyles: III. Allegro moderato Opus 29
Dmytro Choni, piano
2:45 p.m.
Pietro Locatelli
Concerto Grosso No. 7 in F major Opus 1/7
Raglan Baroque Players; Nicholas Kraemer, conductor
2:53 p.m.
Carl Nielsen
Masquerade Overture
Aarhus Symphony Orchestra; Lance Friedel, conductor
2:59 p.m.
Grace Williams
Fantasia on Welsh Nursery Tunes
Royal Ballet Sinfonia; Andrew Penny, conductor
3:11 p.m.
Johannes Kapsberger
Canario for chitarrone
Paul O'Dette, baroque guitar
3:13 p.m.
Gaspar Sanz
Canarios
Chatham Baroque
3:17 p.m.
Johann Nepomuk Hummel
Piano Concerto No. 3 in B minor Opus 89
English Chamber Orchestra; Bryden Thomson, conductor Stephen Hough, piano
3:54 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Slavonic Dance No. 1 in C major Opus 46
Cleveland Orchestra; Christoph Von Dohnanyi, conductor
3:59 p.m.
Louise Farrenc
Piano Trio No. 2 in D minor Opus 34
Linos Ensemble
4:26 p.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Hebrides Overture in B minor Opus 26
London Symphony Orchestra; Barry Wordsworth, conductor
4:37 p.m.
George Friederich Handel
XERXES: Largo: "Ombra mai fu"
Guildhall String Ensemble
4:40 p.m.
Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson
String Quartet No. 1 "Calvary": III. Allegro vivace
Catalyst Quartet Michelle Cann, piano
4:47 p.m.
Ralph Vaughan Williams
English Folk Song Suite
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic; Vernon Handley, conductor
4:59 p.m.
Benjamin Britten
Soirees musicales (Suite after Rossini) Opus 9
National Philharmonic Orchestra; Richard Bonynge, conductor
5:10 p.m.
Johannes Brahms
Piano Sonata No. 1: IV. Finale in C major Opus 1
Norman Krieger, piano
5:18 p.m.
Florence Price
Symphony No. 4 in D minor
Fort Smith Symphony; John Jeter, conductor
5:51 p.m.
Giuseppe Verdi
NABUCCO Overture (Sinfonia)
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Edward Downes, conductor
6:00 p.m.
Wilhelm Stenhammar
Serenade in F major Opus 31
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
6:33 p.m.
Alexander Scriabin
Piano Sonata No. 2 "Sonata Fantasy" in G# minor Opus 19
Jeneba Kanneh-Mason, piano
6:46 p.m.
Joe Hisaishi
A Town with an Ocean View (from Kiki's Delivery Service)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Joe Hisaishi, conductor
6:53 p.m.
Xavier Dubois Foley
Shelter Island
Randall Goosby, violin; Xavier Dubois Foley, double bass
