Classical Music Playlist, October 20, 2025
Danish composer Niels Gade circa 1850
Danish composer Niels Gade wrote his Symphony No. 5 as a birthday gift for his wife. It’s an unusual symphony in that it features a piano. It’s today’s Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
Charles Avison
Concerto No. 1 in D minor Opus 4/1
Avison Ensemble; Pavlo Beznosiuk, conductor
6:09 a.m.
Jean Sibelius
Symphony No. 5 in Eb major Opus 82
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
6:44 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
ALMIRA: Suite of instrumental music
Berlin Academy of Ancient Music
7:00 a.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
DER FREISCHUTZ: Overture Opus 77 J 277
Tapiola Sinfonietta; Jean Jacques Kantorow, conductor
7:10 a.m.
Fredrich Ernst Fesca
Symphony No. 3 in D major Opus 13
NDR Radio Philharmonic Hanover; Frank Beermann, conductor
7:39 a.m.
Amy Beach
Romance (1893) in D major Opus 23
Kristin Lee, violin; Jun Cho, piano
7:46 a.m.
Alexander von Zemlinsky
Symphony No. 2: IV. Moderato (Finale) in Bb major
Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra; Riccardo Chailly, conductor
7:59 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Concerto for two violins (Double Concerto) in D minor BWV 1043
Berlin Philharmonic Nigel Kennedy, violin; Daniel Stabrawa, violin
8:14 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 39 in Eb major K 543
Prague Chamber Orchestra; Charles Mackerras, conductor
8:44 a.m.
Rebecca Clarke
Cello Sonata: I. Impetuoso
Raphael Wallfisch, cello; John York, piano
8:53 a.m.
Johan Halvorsen
Entry March of the Boyars
Bergen Philharmonic; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
8:59 a.m.
Florence Price
Symphony No. 4 in D minor
Philadelphia Orchestra; Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor
9:35 a.m.
Frederic Chopin
Piano Sonata No. 2: III. Marche fun�bre (Funeral March) in Bb minor Opus 35
Benjamin Grosvenor, piano
9:45 a.m.
Dmitri Shostakovich
Symphony No. 1: I. Allegretto-Allegro non troppo in E minor Opus 10
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Leonard Bernstein, conductor
9:55 a.m.
Gabriela Lena Frank
Leyendas: VI. Coqueteos
Del Sol String Quartet
10:00 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Violin Concerto No. 2 in E major BWV 1042
Amsterdam Bach Solisten; Thomas Zehetmair, conductor Thomas Zehetmair, violin
10:17 a.m.
Isaac Albeniz
Suite Espanola: No. 4 "Cadiz" Opus 47
Pepe Romero, guitar
10:23 a.m.
Manuel Ponce
Piano Concerto No. 1 "Romantico" in A minor Opus 22
Orquesta Sinf�nica de Miner�a (OSM); Carlos Miguel Prieto, conductor Jorge Federico Osorio, piano
10:47 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso No. 4 in F major Opus 3/4a HWV 315
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor
10:59 a.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 64 "Tempora mutantur" (The Times Change) in A major
Academy of Ancient Music; Christopher Hogwood, conductor
11:22 a.m.
Fanny Mendelssohn
Song Without Words Opus 8/1
Sarah Cahill, piano
11:28 a.m.
Aaron Copland
The Red Pony Suite
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra; Leonard Slatkin, conductor
11:52 a.m.
Ariel Ramirez
MISA CRIOLLA: II. Gloria
Zurich Chamber Orchestra; Daniel Hope, conductor Daniel Hope, violin; Palau de la Musica vocal quartet
11:59 a.m.
Ignaz Moscheles
Recollections of Ireland Opus 69
Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra; Howard Shelley, conductor Howard Shelley, piano
12:16 p.m.
Ottorino Respighi
Ancient Airs and Dances: Suite No. 2
Sinfonia 21; Richard Hickox, conductor
12:37 p.m.
Remo Pignoni
Por el sur
Mirian Conti, piano
12:39 p.m.
Carlos Chavez
Chapultepec Republican Overture
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Enrique Batiz, conductor
12:47 p.m.
Michael Tilson Thomas
You Come Here Often?
National Orchestra of France; Cristian Macelaru, conductor Yuja Wang, piano
1:00 p.m.
Richard Strauss
Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme Suite Opus 60
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
1:34 p.m.
Morten Lauridsen
Les Chansons des Roses: Dirait-on
Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
1:40 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Keyboard Concerto No. 4 in A major BWV 1055
Australian Chamber Orchestra; Richard Tognetti, conductor Angela Hewitt, piano
1:54 p.m.
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
THE SNOW MAIDEN: Dance of the Tumblers
Seattle Symphony; Gerard Schwarz, conductor
2:00 p.m.
Niels Gade
Symphony No. 5 in D minor Opus 25
Stockholm Sinfonietta; Neeme Jarvi, conductor Roland Pontinen, piano
2:26 p.m.
Heitor Villa-Lobos
Choros No. 5: Alma Brasileira
Assad Brothers Sergio Assad, guitar; Odair Assad, guitar
2:32 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Violin Concerto No. 4 in D major K 218
Deutsche Radio Philharmonie; Bruno Weil, conductor Lena Neudauer, violin
2:55 p.m.
John Stanley
Trumpet Voluntary
English Chamber Orchestra; Anthony Newman, conductor Wynton Marsalis, trumpet
3:00 p.m.
Lars-Erik Larsson
Pastoral Suite Opus 19
CBC Vancouver Orchestra; Mario Bernardi, conductor
3:14 p.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Symphony No. 3 "Scottish": II. Vivace non troppo in A minor Opus 56
San Francisco Symphony; Herbert Blomstedt, conductor
3:20 p.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 31 "Hornsignal" in D major
Lausanne Chamber Orchestra; Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor
3:48 p.m.
Fanny Mendelssohn
Overture in C major
The Women's Philharmonic; JoAnn Falletta, conductor
4:00 p.m.
Joaquin Rodrigo
Concierto de Aranjuez
Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra; Gabor Takacs-Nagy, conductor Raphael Feuillatre, guitar
4:23 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude & Fugue No. 1 in C Major (from the Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1) in C major BWV 846
Mahan Esfahani, harpsichord
4:28 p.m.
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Petite Suite de Concert Opus 77
Chineke! Orchestra; Anthony Parnther, conductor
4:45 p.m.
Edvard Grieg
In Autumn Overture Opus 11
Bergen Philharmonic; Ole Kristian Ruud, conductor
4:59 p.m.
Frederic Chopin
Variations on Mozart's "La ci darem la mano" in Bb major Opus 2
Warsaw Philharmonic; Kazimierz Kord, conductor Garrick Ohlsson, piano
5:19 p.m.
Anton Bruckner
Symphony No. 4 "Romantic": I. Bewegt, Nicht Zu Schell in Eb major
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Karl Bohm, conductor
5:40 p.m.
Hamilton Harty
In Ireland
Ulster Orchestra; Bryden Thomson, conductor Colin Fleming, flute; Denise Kelly, harp
5:51 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Piano Trio "Archduke": II. Scherzo in Bb major Opus 97
Esther Abrami Quintet Emanuel Ax, piano; Leonidas Kavakos, violin; Yo Yo Ma, cello
5:59 p.m.
Franz Schubert
Symphony No. 4 "Tragic" in C minor D 417
Stockholm Sinfonietta; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
6:30 p.m.
Virgil Thomson
Louisiana Story: Acadian Songs and Dances
New London Orchestra; Ronald Corp, conductor
6:46 p.m.
Louis Couperin
Passacaille
Andrew Lawrence-King, harp
6:53 p.m.
Jessie Montgomery
Voodoo Dolls
Apollo Chamber Players Hector del Curto, bandoneon
