Classical Music Playlist, October 1, 2025
Johannes Brahms c 1862 by Carl Anton Schulz
Johannes Brahms said that inspiration for his Piano Quartet No. 3 in c-minor was the character of Werther from the 1774 novel The Sorrows of Young Werther by Johann Wolfgang Goethe which fictionalizes his own emotional anguish over his impossible love for a married woman. One needn’t analyze too deeply to realize this was also the situation with Brahms toward Clara Schumann. These impossible love triangles are reflected in the Brahms Piano Quartet No. 3, today’s Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
Gaspar Sanz
Suite in e minor in E minor
Chatham Baroque
6:11 a.m.
Ignaz Moscheles
Piano Concerto No. 7 "Pathetique" in C minor Opus 93
Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra; Howard Shelley, conductor Howard Shelley, piano
6:34 a.m.
Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach
Sinfonia No. 3 in D minor HW 1/3
Les Violons du Roy; Bernard Labadie, conductor
6:43 a.m.
Bedrich Smetana
Ma Vlast: I. Vysehrad
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra; Vaclav Neumann, conductor
6:59 a.m.
Ludwig August Lebrun
Oboe Concerto No. 1 in D minor
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor Paul Goodwin, oboe
7:20 a.m.
Ottorino Respighi
The Birds (Gli Uccelli)
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
7:40 a.m.
Florence Price
Symphony No. 4: III. Juba Dance in D minor
Philadelphia Orchestra; Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor Raphael Feuillatre, guitar
7:45 a.m.
Aram Khachaturian
Masquerade: Waltz
The Bolshoi Theater Orchestra; Mark Ermler, conductor
7:51 a.m.
Gioachino Rossini
OTELLO: Overture
National Philharmonic Orchestra; Riccardo Chailly, conductor
8:00 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso No. 3 in E minor Opus 6/3 HWV 321
Handel & Haydn Society; Christopher Hogwood, conductor
8:13 a.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor Opus 22
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Pascal Roge, piano
8:38 a.m.
Georg Philipp Telemann
Alster Overture
Tafelmusik; Jeanne Lamon, conductor
8:45 a.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Leonore Overture No. 3 Opus 72
German Chamber Philharmonic; Daniel Harding, conductor
8:59 a.m.
Paul Dukas
Symphony in C major
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor
9:42 a.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
The Seasons: October "Autumn Song" Opus 37
Bruce Liu, piano
9:49 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto for two violins, Op. 3, No. 8 in A minor Opus 3 RV 522
Tafelmusik; Jeanne Lamon, conductor Jeanne Lamon, violin; Genevieve Gilardeau, violin
10:00 a.m.
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Oboe Concerto
Capella Bydgostiensis; Daniel Stabrawa, conductor Albrecht Mayer, oboe
10:19 a.m.
Fanny Mendelssohn
Sonata Movement (Sonatensatz) in E in E major (1822, age 16) H44
Leanne Rees, piano
10:27 a.m.
Ottorino Respighi
The Fantastic Toyshop (La Boutique Fantasque): Suite
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor
10:49 a.m.
Michael Torke
Javelin
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra; Yoel Levi, conductor
10:59 a.m.
Jean Sibelius
Symphony No. 6 in D minor Opus 104
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
11:28 a.m.
Agustin Barrios
Aire de Zamba
Angel Romero, guitar
11:30 a.m.
Claude Debussy
Reverie
Yolanda Kondonassis, harp
11:36 a.m.
Amy Beach
Piano Trio in A minor Opus 150
Neave Trio
11:51 a.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Ruy Blas: Overture Opus 95
London Symphony Orchestra; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
12:00 p.m.
Arnold Bax
Tintagel
Ulster Orchestra; Bryden Thomson, conductor
12:16 p.m.
Malcolm Forsyth
Golyardes' Grounde
Canadian Brass
12:19 p.m.
Frederic Chopin
Prelude No. 15 "Raindrop" in Db major Opus 28
Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano
12:25 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
American Suite in A major Opus 98
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic; Libor Pesek, conductor
12:49 p.m.
Gioachino Rossini
LA CENERENTOLA: Overture "Cinderella"
Chamber Orchestra of Europe; Claudio Abbado, conductor
12:59 p.m.
Franz Liszt
Piano Concerto No. 1 in Eb major
Budapest Festival Orchestra; Ivan Fischer, conductor Zoltan Kocsis, piano
1:17 p.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
1:26 p.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 96 "Miracle" in D major HOB I:96
English Chamber Orchestra; Jeffrey Tate, conductor
1:50 p.m.
Sergei Prokofiev
Symphony No. 5: II. Allegro marcato in Bb major Opus 100
Royal Scottish Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
2:00 p.m.
Johannes Brahms
Piano Quartet No. 3 in C minor Opus 60
Krystian Zimerman, piano; Maria Nowak, violin; Katarzyna Budnik, viola; Yuya Okamoto, cello
2:34 p.m.
Georg Philipp Telemann
Suite "La Musette" in G minor
Berlin Academy of Ancient Music
2:48 p.m.
Benjamin Britten
Gloriana: Courtly Dances
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Andre Previn, conductor
3:00 p.m.
Anton Bruckner
Symphony No. 9: II. Scherzo in D minor WAB 109
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra; Manfred Honeck, conductor
3:25 p.m.
Astor Piazzolla
Histoire du Tango: II. Cafe 1930
Manuel Barrueco, guitar; Emmanuel Pahud, flute
3:34 p.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
String Quartet "Quinten" (Fifths) in D minor Opus 76/2
Takacs Quartet
3:55 p.m.
Florence Price
Piano Concerto in One Movement: III. Allegretto
Chineke! Orchestra; Leslie Suganandarajah, conductor Jeneba Kanneh-Mason, piano
4:00 p.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
4:14 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 36 "Linz" in C major K 425
Prague Chamber Orchestra; Charles Mackerras, conductor
4:47 p.m.
Franz Strauss
Nocturno for Horn and Piano Opus 7
Peter Landgren, horn; Ann Schein, piano
4:55 p.m.
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
THE SNOW MAIDEN: Dance of the Tumblers
Seattle Symphony; Gerard Schwarz, conductor
5:00 p.m.
Robert Schumann
Piano Quartet: IV. Finale in Eb major Opus 47
Emerson String Quartet Menahem Pressler, piano
5:09 p.m.
Georges Bizet
Carmen Suite No. 1
Cincinnati Pops; Erich Kunzel, conductor
5:22 p.m.
Johan Halvorsen
Symphony No. 2 "Fate" (Fatum) in D minor
Bergen Philharmonic; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
5:51 p.m.
Leon Minkus
Don Quixote: Grand pas de deux
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Robert Irving, conductor
5:59 p.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Piano Concerto No. 2 in D minor Opus 40
Quebec Symphony Orchestra; Louis Lortie, conductor Louis Lortie, piano
6:21 p.m.
John C. Williams
Aeolian Suite: Double Dance
Studio Orchestra; William Goodchild, conductor John Williams, guitar
6:34 p.m.
Grace Williams
Ballads
BBC Welsh Symphony Orchestra; Vernon Handley, conductor
6:52 p.m.
Leonard Bernstein
Love Theme from ON THE WATERFRONT (Symphonic Suite)
New York Philharmonic; Leonard Bernstein, conductor
