Classical Music Playlist, July 11, 2025
Johannes Brahms c 1862 by Carl Anton Schulz
In his mid-20s in the mid-1850s, Johannes Brahms was daunted by the shadow of Beethoven who had died only about 30 years before. Because of this, Brahms resisted composing a symphony until he was 46 when he felt better experienced. He gained some of that orchestral experience by writing other music including his two orchestral Serenades. The Brahms Serenade No. 1, completed in 1858 at age 25, is today's Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 53 "L'Imperiale" in D major
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
6:22 a.m.
Thomas Simpson
Galliard
Parley of Instruments; Peter Holman, conductor
6:23 a.m.
Joseph Bodin de Boismortier
Concerto pour Zampogna
Le Concert Spirituel; Herve Niquet, conductor Jean-Christophe Maillard, musette de cour
6:30 a.m.
Louis Spohr
Clarinet Concerto No. 2 in Eb major Opus 57
Seattle Symphony; Gerard Schwarz, conductor Jon Manasse, clarinet
6:58 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Keyboard Concerto No. 7 in G minor BWV 1058
A Far Cry; Simone Dinnerstein, conductor Simone Dinnerstein, piano
7:12 a.m.
Franz Berwald
Symphony No. 4 in Eb major
Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra; Okko Kamu, conductor
7:41 a.m.
Mel Bonis
Piano Quartet No. 1: II. Intermezzo in Bb major Opus 69
Mozart Piano Quartet
7:48 a.m.
Elena Kats-Chernin
Peggy's Rag
Sarah Cahill, piano
7:52 a.m.
Howard Shore
The Forest: 3rd movement
National Arts Centre Orchestra; Alexander Shelley, conductor Milos Karadaglic, guitar
7:59 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso No. 9 in F major Opus 6/9 HWV 327
Handel & Haydn Society; Christopher Hogwood, conductor
8:14 a.m.
Florence Price
Symphony No. 3
Philadelphia Orchestra; Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor
8:46 a.m.
Ricardo Castro
Plainte Opus 38/2
Orquesta Sinfonica de Mineria (OSM) Jorge Federico Osorio, piano
8:49 a.m.
William Byrd
Galliard
Ronn McFarlane, lute
8:52 a.m.
Emmanuel Chabrier
Espana (Spanish Rhapsodie)
Boston Symphony Orchestra; Seiji Ozawa, conductor
9:00 a.m.
Edouard Lalo
Symphonie Espagnole in D minor Opus 21
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor Anne Akiko Meyers, violin
9:34 a.m.
Gabriel Faure
Impromptu No. 4 in Db major Opus 91
Kathryn Stott, piano
9:40 a.m.
Georg Philipp Telemann
Concerto for trumpet, violin and strings in D major
Musica Angelica Baroque Orchestra; Martin Haselbock, conductor Martin Patschneider, trumpet; Elizabeth Blumenstock, violin
9:54 a.m.
Hector Berlioz
Damnation of Faust: Hungarian March Opus 24
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra; David Zinman, conductor
10:00 a.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Capriccio Italien Opus 45
Dallas Symphony Orchestra; Jaap van Zweden, conductor
10:16 a.m.
Ernesto Lecuona
Malaguena-Milonga
studio ensemble Anna Maria Mendieta, harp; Fanny Ara, flamenco dancer
10:24 a.m.
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
Flute Concerto in D minor Wq 22 / H 425
CBC Vancouver Orchestra; Mario Bernardi, conductor Robert Aitken, flute
10:47 a.m.
Amy Beach
A Hermit Thrush at Eve Opus 92
Alan Feinberg, piano
10:53 a.m.
Josef Suk
Burleska
Chee-Yun, violin; Akira Eguchi, piano
10:57 a.m.
Hamilton Harty
In Ireland
Ulster Orchestra; Bryden Thomson, conductor Colin Fleming, flute; Denise Kelly, harp
11:08 a.m.
Luigi Boccherini
Quintet for Guitar and Strings No. 9: IV. Finale "Retreat from Madrid" in C major G 453
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields Chamber Ensemble Pepe Romero, guitar
11:16 a.m.
Edvard Grieg
Holberg Suite Opus 40
Philharmonic Virtuosi of Berlin; Erno Sebestyen, conductor
11:38 a.m.
Thelonious Monk
Monk's Mood
Kristin Lee, violin; Jeremy Ajani Jordan, piano
11:44 a.m.
Sergei Prokofiev
Symphony No. 1 "Classical" in D major Opus 25
Royal Scottish Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
12:00 p.m.
Jennifer Reason
LOCAL ARTIST FEATURE: Sunny Knable, composer
Jennifer Reason, host
12:20 p.m.
Bernhard Crusell
Clarinet Concerto No. 2 in F minor Opus 5
Cologne Academy; Michael Alexander Willens, conductor Eric Hoeprich, clarinet
12:44 p.m.
Claude Debussy
Clair de lune ("Moonlight")
Hayato Sumino, piano
12:49 p.m.
Aram Khachaturian
Gayne Ballet Suite
Boston Pops Orchestra; John Williams, conductor
1:00 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Violin Concerto No. 2 in E major BWV 1042
Amsterdam Bach Solisten; Thomas Zehetmair, conductor Thomas Zehetmair, violin
1:18 p.m.
Peter Maxwell Davies
Farewell to Stromness
Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
1:22 p.m.
Federico Moreno Torroba
The Wedding (La Boda)
Los Romeros
1:26 p.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
Piano Trio No. 1 in F major Opus 18
Munich Piano Trio
1:54 p.m.
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
THE SNOW MAIDEN: Dance of the Tumblers
Minnesota Orchestra; Eiji Oue, conductor
2:00 p.m.
Johannes Brahms
Serenade No. 1 in D major Opus 11
Scottish Chamber Orchestra; Charles Mackerras, conductor
2:49 p.m.
Jennifer Higdon
Amazing Grace
Serafin String Quartet
2:55 p.m.
Franz Liszt
Transcendental Etude No. 5 "Feux Follets" (Will o' the wisps)
Daniil Trifonov, piano
3:00 p.m.
Jules Massenet
Suite No. 4 "Picturesque Scenes" (Scenes pittoresques)
Monte Carlo National Opera Orchestra; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
3:17 p.m.
William Grant Still
Africa: II. Land of Romance
Lara Downes, piano
3:24 p.m.
Valerie Coleman
Portraits of Langston: V. Jazz Band in a Parisian Cabaret
McGill/McHale Trio Demarre McGill, flute; Anthony McGill, clarinet; Michael McHale, piano
3:29 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Bagatelles Opus 47
Takacs Quartet
3:47 p.m.
Franz Berwald
Concert Piece in F major Opus 2
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor Klaus Thunemann, bassoon
3:59 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Fantasia and Fugue in A minor in A minor BWV 904
Vikingur Olafsson, piano
4:09 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Symphony No. 8 in F major Opus 93
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Claudio Abbado, conductor
4:36 p.m.
Giacomo Puccini
Three minuets for strings in A major
Orchestre D'Auvergne; Jean Jacques Kantorow, conductor
4:48 p.m.
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Vocalise Opus 34/14
Orchestra of St. Luke's; Michael Stern, conductor Joshua Bell, violin
4:55 p.m.
Andrew York
Sunburst
Jason Vieaux, guitar
5:00 p.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso No. 3 in G major Opus 3/3 HWV 314
Academy of Ancient Music; Richard Egarr, conductor
5:10 p.m.
James Louis "J.J." Johnson
Lament
Kristin Lee, violin; Jeremy Ajani Jordan, piano
5:15 p.m.
Francisco Tarrega
Danza mora
Pepe Romero, guitar
5:18 p.m.
Max Bruch
Symphony No. 3 in E major Opus 51
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; Kurt Masur, conductor
5:50 p.m.
Robert Schumann
Piano Quartet: IV. Finale in Eb major Opus 47
Emerson String Quartet Menahem Pressler, piano
5:59 p.m.
Jennifer Reason
LOCAL ARTIST FEATURE: Sunny Knable, composer
Jennifer Reason, host
6:19 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Violin Concerto No. 2 in D major K 211
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Iona Brown, conductor Iona Brown, violin
6:39 p.m.
Tan Dun
Eight Memories in Watercolor: 7. Floating Clouds
Shen Lu, piano
6:41 p.m.
Edward K. (Duke) Ellington
Come Sunday
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; Simon Rattle, conductor Various soloists
6:47 p.m.
Nainita Desai
My Mind Is Still
Voces8
6:53 p.m.
Jessie Montgomery
Starburst
String Orchestra of New York; Julian Wachner, conductor
6:56 p.m.
Santiago de Murcia
Villanos
Richard Savino, guitar; Mauro ReFosco, percussion; Yousif Sheronick, percussion
