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Tuesday, September 2, 2025

Classical Music Playlist, September 2, 2025

 

Frédéric Chopin at 25 (1835) by his fiancée Maria Wodzińska
Some critics who were contemporaries of Frédéric Chopin didn't care for his Piano Sonata No. 3. Franz Liszt didn't like it. Others said it lacked focus, had too many themes, and one even said the finale's passion ventured into indecency. But modern re-evaluations call it things like, "some of the finest music ever written for the piano." Come to your own conclusion when you listen to Chopin's 3rd and final piano sonata in a new release from British pianist Benjamin Grosvenor for today’s Midday Masterpiece.

Listen to Jennifer Reason’s 2021 interview with Benjamin Grosvenor HERE.
6:00 a.m.
6:00 a.m.
Joseph Fiala
Concerto for Oboe in Bb major
Prague Chamber Orchestra; Frantisek Vajnar, conductor Jiri Krejci, oboe
6:18 a.m.
Wilhelm Peterson-Berger
Earina Suite
Norrkoping Symphony Orchestra; Michail Jurowski, conductor
6:40 a.m.
Gioachino Rossini
SEMIRAMIDE: Overture
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra; Yoel Levi, conductor
6:52 a.m.
Frederic Chopin
Waltz No. 1 "Grande Valse Brillante" in Eb major Opus 18
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano
6:59 a.m.
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Russian Easter Festival Overture Opus 36
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Daniel Barenboim, conductor
7:00 a.m.
7:14 a.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Violin Concerto in E minor Opus 64
Boston Symphony Orchestra; Charles Munch, conductor Jascha Heifetz, violin
7:40 a.m.
Claude Debussy
Petite Suite
Lyon National Orchestra; Jun Markl, conductor
7:54 a.m.
Karen LeFrak
Miami Concerto: I. Bailamos
Orchestra of St. Luke's; Enrico Lopez-Ya�ez, conductor Sharon Isbin, guitar
8:00 a.m.
8:00 a.m.
Gustav Holst
St. Paul's Suite Opus 29/2
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra; Christopher Hogwood, conductor
8:14 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 35 "Haffner" in D major K 385
English Baroque Soloists; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
8:38 a.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
The Seasons: September "The Hunt" Opus 37
Bruce Liu, piano
8:41 a.m.
Fanny Mendelssohn
Das Jahr (The Year): 9. September: At the River
Anna Shelest, piano
8:46 a.m.
Johannes Brahms
Tragic Overture Opus 81
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; Riccardo Chailly, conductor
9:00 a.m.
9:00 a.m.
Carl Nielsen
Aladdin Suite Opus 34
San Francisco Symphony; Herbert Blomstedt, conductor
9:27 a.m.
Ottorino Respighi
The Magic Pot: Suite (La pentola magica)
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra; Adriano, conductor
9:45 a.m.
Pieter Hellendaal
Concerto Grosso in F major Opus 3/6
Combattimento Consort; Jan Willem de Vriend, conductor
10:00 a.m.
10:00 a.m.
Ernest Chausson
Poeme
Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France; Mikko Franck, conductor Hilary Hahn, violin
10:17 a.m.
Percy Grainger
Children's March "Over the Hills and Far Away"
Michigan State University Symphonic Band; Keith Brion, conductor
10:26 a.m.
Louise Farrenc
Trio for clarinet, cello, and piano in Eb major Opus 44
Linos Ensemble
10:50 a.m.
Gustav Holst
The Planets: Jupiter, the Bringer of Jolity Opus 32
Philharmonia Orchestra; Leonard Slatkin, conductor
10:59 a.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Capriccio Italien Opus 45
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor
11:00 a.m.
11:15 a.m.
Julie Cooper
Firedove
The Chapel Choir of Pembroke College, Cambridge Anna Lapwood, organ; Elena Urioste, violin
11:22 a.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Piano Sonata No. 23 "Appassionata" in F minor Opus 57
Claudio Arrau, piano
11:50 a.m.
Engelbert Humperdinck
HANSEL UND GRETEL Overture
Bavarian Radio Symphony; Jeffrey Tate, conductor
11:59 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto for violin, two cellos and strings in C major RV 561
Europa Galante; Fabio Biondi, conductor Fabio Biondi, violin; Maurizio Naddeo, cello; Antonio Fantinuoli, cello
12:00 p.m.
12:08 p.m.
Zoltan Kodaly
Marosszek Dances
Budapest Festival Orchestra; Ivan Fischer, conductor
12:21 p.m.
Franz Schubert
Symphony No. 5 in Bb major D 485
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor
12:50 p.m.
Ethel Smyth
Piano Trio: III. Scherzo. Presto con brio in D minor
Neave Trio Tasmin Little, violin; John Lenehan, piano
12:54 p.m.
George Friederich Handel
Water Music Suite No. 1: Alla Hornpipe in F major Water Music Suite in F
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra; Nicholas McGegan, conductor
1:00 p.m.
1:00 p.m.
Johannes Brahms
St. Anthony Variations in Bb major Opus 56
Scottish Chamber Orchestra; Charles Mackerras, conductor
1:18 p.m.
Franz Liszt
Consolation No. 3 in Db major G 172
Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
1:23 p.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Sleeping Beauty Suite Opus 66
Philadelphia Orchestra; Riccardo Muti, conductor
1:46 p.m.
Richard Strauss
Festival Prelude Opus 61
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra; Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor Michael Chertock, organ
2:00 p.m.
2:00 p.m.
Frederic Chopin
Piano Sonata No. 3 in B minor Opus 58
Benjamin Grosvenor, piano
2:27 p.m.
Heitor Villa-Lobos
Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5: Aria
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Kenneth Silito, conductor Alexandre Lagoya, guitar
2:33 p.m.
Johann Friedrich Fasch
Concerto for 2 Horns, 2 Oboes, Bassoon and Strings in F major FWV L: F2
Les Amis de Philippe; Ludger Remy, conductor
2:48 p.m.
Jacques Offenbach
ORPHEUS IN THE UNDERWORLD: Overture
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Lorin Maazel, conductor
2:59 p.m.
Pietro Locatelli
Concerto Grosso No. 5 in D major Opus 1/5
Europa Galante; Fabio Biondi, conductor
3:00 p.m.
3:08 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Cello Concerto in B minor Opus 104
London Symphony Orchestra; Charles Mackerras, conductor Raphael Wallfisch, cello
3:49 p.m.
Leonard Bernstein
Love Theme from ON THE WATERFRONT (Symphonic Suite)
New York Philharmonic; Leonard Bernstein, conductor
3:56 p.m.
Johan Halvorsen
Entry March of the Boyars
Bergen Philharmonic; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
4:00 p.m.
4:02 p.m.
Anton Arensky
Piano Quintet: Scherzo Opus 51
Ying Quartet Adam Neiman, piano
4:11 p.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 94 "Surprise" in G major
Heidelberg Symphony; Thomas Fey, conductor
4:36 p.m.
Enrique Granados
Danzas espanolas No. 5 "Andaluza"
Maria Duenas, violin; Raphael Feuillatre, guitar
4:42 p.m.
Edward Elgar
Cockaigne Overture (In London Town) Opus 40
London Philharmonic Orchestra; Leonard Slatkin, conductor
4:59 p.m.
Oskar Bohme
Trumpet Concerto Opus 18
Czech Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra; Arnie Roth, conductor George Vosburgh, trumpet
5:00 p.m.
5:16 p.m.
Modest Mussorgsky
Scherzo in Bb major
Philharmonia Orchestra; Geoffrey Simon, conductor
5:21 p.m.
Louise Farrenc
Piano Trio No. 2 in D minor Opus 34
Linos Ensemble
5:47 p.m.
Benjamin Britten
Gloriana: Courtly Dances
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Andre Previn, conductor
5:59 p.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Symphony No. 3 "Scottish" in A minor Opus 56
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Christoph Von Dohnanyi, conductor
6:00 p.m.
6:37 p.m.
Peter Boyer
Festivities
London Philharmonic Orchestra; Peter Boyer, conductor
6:44 p.m.
Lili Boulanger
Prelude in D Flat Major in Db major
Anna Shelest, piano
6:47 p.m.
Jessie Montgomery
Peace
Anthony McGill, clarinet; Gloria Chien, piano
6:53 p.m.
John Adams
Fellow Traveler
Attacca Quartet

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