Classical Music Playlist, October 17, 2025
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Autumn is a great time to get married. Maybe a harvest-themed event at a rustic venue in the foothills? Get some inspo by listening to a "Rustic Wedding Symphony" from 1875 by Hungarian composer Karl Goldmark. It opens with a Wedding March in the first movement, with variations. Then a Bridal Song for the second movement, and so on through to the final celebratory dance in the fifth movement. “A Rustic Wedding Symphony” by Karl Goldmark is today’s Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
Organ Concerto No. 2 in Bb major Opus 4
Academy of Ancient Music; Richard Egarr, conductor Richard Egarr, organ
6:10 a.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
String Quartet "Emperor" in C major Opus 76/3
Emerson String Quartet
6:35 a.m.
Aldemaro Romero
Fuga con Pajarillo
Sphinx Virtuosi; Cristian Macelaru, conductor Daniel Hope, violin; Alexey Botvinov, piano
6:48 a.m.
August Soderman
Swedish Folk Songs and Dances
Norrlands Opera Symphony Orchestra; Roy Goodman, conductor
7:00 a.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major Opus 11
Scottish Chamber Orchestra; Charles Mackerras, conductor Nikolai Demidenko, piano
7:21 a.m.
Georg Philipp Telemann
Tafelmusik III: Suite (Overture) in Bb major TWV 55:B1
Musica Antiqua Koln; Reinhardt Goebel, conductor
7:47 a.m.
Mel Bonis
Soir et Matin: I. Soir (Evening) Opus 76
Neave Trio
7:53 a.m.
Santiago de Murcia
La Jota
The Harp Consort Paul O'Dette, baroque guitar; Andrew Lawrence-King, harp
8:00 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
8:10 a.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Symphony No. 8 in F major Opus 93
Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
8:36 a.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
8:51 a.m.
Johann Strauss, Jr.
Artist's Life Opus 316 Kunstlerleben
Vienna State Opera Orchestra; Jascha Horenstein, conductor
9:01 a.m.
Dmitri Shostakovich
Piano Concerto No. 2 in F major Opus 102
Boston Symphony Orchestra; Andris Nelsons, conductor Yuja Wang, piano
9:20 a.m.
Enrique Granados
Danzas espanolas No. 5 "Andaluza"
Maria Duenas, violin; Raphael Feuillatre, guitar
9:26 a.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 87 in A major HOB I:87
Heidelberg Symphony Orchestra; Thomas Fey, conductor
9:51 a.m.
Pietro Locatelli
Concerto Grosso No. 7 in F major Opus 1/7
Raglan Baroque Players; Nicholas Kraemer, conductor
10:00 a.m.
Josef Suk
Fantastic Scherzo Opus 25
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra; JoAnn Falletta, conductor
10:15 a.m.
Philip Glass
Etude 2
Vikingur Olafsson, piano
10:23 a.m.
Joseph Kraus
Sinfonia in Eb major VB 144
Concerto Koln
10:44 a.m.
Charles Stanford
Irish Rhapsody No. 1 in D minor Opus 78
Ulster Orchestra; Vernon Handley, conductor
10:59 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Oboe Concerto No. 12 in C major RV 449
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor Paul Goodwin, oboe
11:09 a.m.
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Prelude in C-sharp minor in C# minor Opus 3/2
Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano
11:15 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 34 in C major K 338
Prague Chamber Orchestra; Charles Mackerras, conductor
11:38 a.m.
Vladimir Martynov
The Beatitudes
Kronos Quartet
11:43 a.m.
Aldemaro Romero
Fuga con Pajarillo
Sphinx Virtuosi; Cristian Macelaru, conductor Daniel Hope, violin; Alexey Botvinov, piano
11:52 a.m.
Mikhail Glinka
RUSLAN AND LUDMILA: Overture
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Fritz Reiner, conductor
12:00 p.m.
Jennifer Reason
Local Artist Feature: Roger Xia, piano
Jennifer Reason, host
12:29 p.m.
Bedrich Smetana
BARTERED BRIDE: Overture
Janacek Philharmonic; Theodore Kuchar, conductor
12:37 p.m.
Ernst von Dohnanyi
Symphonic Minutes Opus 36
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra; JoAnn Falletta, conductor
12:53 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Slavonic Dance No. 6 in D major Opus 46
Cleveland Orchestra; Christoph Von Dohnanyi, conductor
1:00 p.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
Concertino for Clarinet and Orchestra in Eb major Opus 26
Staatskapelle Dresden; Herbert Blomstedt, conductor Sabine Meyer, clarinet
1:10 p.m.
Fredrich Ernst Fesca
Symphony No. 2 in D major Opus 10
NDR Radio Philharmonic Hanover; Frank Beermann, conductor
1:37 p.m.
Robert Schumann
Kinderszenen: Traumerei (Dreaming) Opus 15/7
Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano
1:39 p.m.
Ernesto Nazareth
Odeon - Tango Brasileiro
Richard Cionco, piano
1:43 p.m.
Franz Liszt
Les Preludes (Symphonic Poem #3) S 97
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; Kurt Masur, conductor
2:00 p.m.
Karl Goldmark
Rustic Wedding Symphony in Eb major Opus 26
New York Philharmonic; Leonard Bernstein, conductor
2:45 p.m.
Federico Moreno Torroba
The Wedding (La Boda)
Los Romeros
2:48 p.m.
Edvard Grieg
Lyric Pieces: Wedding Day at Troldhaugen Opus 65
Andrei Gavrilov, piano
2:55 p.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
A Midsummer Night's Dream: Wedding March
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; James Levine, conductor
3:01 p.m.
Friedrich Witt
Concerto for Two Horns and Orchestra (No. 3) in F major
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra; JoAnn Falletta, conductor Jacek Muzyk, horn; Daniel Kerdelewicz, horn
3:19 p.m.
Kevin Puts
Home
Conspirare; Craig Hella Johnson, conductor Mir� Quartet
3:27 p.m.
Arcangelo Corelli
Concerto Grosso No. 6 in F major Opus 6
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra; Nicholas McGegan, conductor
3:39 p.m.
Gioachino Rossini
Bassoon Concerto
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Gianandrea Noseda, conductor Karen Geoghegan, bassoon
3:58 p.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 8 "Le Soir" (Evening) in G major
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor
4:21 p.m.
Luigi Boccherini
Quintet for guitar and strings No. 3 in Bb major G 447
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields Chamber Ensemble Pepe Romero, guitar
4:46 p.m.
Dana Suesse
Jazz Nocturne
Hot Springs Festival Orchestra; Richard Rosenberg, conductor
4:51 p.m.
Emmanuel Chabrier
Espana (Spanish Rhapsodie)
Boston Symphony Orchestra; Seiji Ozawa, conductor
4:59 p.m.
Michael Torke
Sky
Albany Symphony Orchestra; David Alan Miller, conductor Tessa Lark, violin
5:24 p.m.
Juanjo Mosalini
Toma, Toca (Take it, Play it)
Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra of Boston; Gisele Ben-Dor, conductor Juanjo Mosalini, bandoneon
5:29 p.m.
Joseph Kraus
Sinfonie in D major VB 143
Concerto Koln
5:49 p.m.
Ignacy Jan Paderewski
Overture
Polish National Radio Orchestra; Antoni Wit, conductor
6:00 p.m.
Jennifer Reason
Local Artist Feature: Roger Xia, piano
Jennifer Reason, host
6:29 p.m.
Kurt Atterberg
Suite No. 7
Camerata Nordica; Ulf Wallin, conductor
6:44 p.m.
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
African Suite: African Dance Opus 35/4
Chineke! Orchestra; Kevin John Edusei, conductor
6:51 p.m.
Sarah Kirkland Snider
The Currents
MIchael Mizrahi, piano
