Classical Music Playlist, October 31, 2025
Original album cover art of today's 'Symphonie fantastique' recording
The program of the Symphonie fantastique by Hector Berlioz is that a lovesick young man takes an overdose of opium and then dreams himself in a surreal sequence of situations where, in each, he sees his ideal but unrequited love; each appearance of her is a frustration of some kind and somehow related to the scene. In one movement he dreams that he has killed her, is led to the scaffold and, as the dreamer, is witness to his own execution. But it doesn't end there! Afterward, he dreams himself at a witches' sabbath with sorcerers and ghouls of every kind gathered for his funeral, including his beloved. The entire Symphonie fantastique is today’s Halloween Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
Francesco Geminiani
Concerto Grosso No. 5 in G minor Opus 5/5
La Petite Bande; Sigiswald Kuijken, conductor
6:09 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Piano Trio No. 3 in F minor Opus 65
Golub-Kaplan-Carr Trio
6:49 a.m.
Vassili Kalinnikov
Intermezzo No. 1 for orchestra in F# minor
London Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
6:56 a.m.
Henry Purcell
Timon of Athens: Curtain Tune on a Ground
Collegium Musicum 90; Richard Hickox, conductor
7:00 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Violin Concerto, Op. 3, No. 6 in A minor Opus 3/6 RV 356
Tafelmusik; Jeanne Lamon, conductor Elizabeth Wallfisch, violin
7:08 a.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 95 in C minor
Heidelberg Symphony; Thomas Fey, conductor
7:29 a.m.
Sergei Prokofiev
Violin Concerto No. 1: III. Moderato in D major Opus 19
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra; Klaus Makela, conductor Janine Jansen, violin
7:39 a.m.
Antonio Rosetti
Concerto for horn in D minor C 38
Concerto Amsterdam; Jaap Schroder, conductor Hermann Baumann, horn
7:59 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Toccata & Fugue in D minor BWV 565
Canadian Brass
8:08 a.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor Opus 37
Mahler Chamber Orchestra; Leif Ove Andsnes, conductor Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
8:45 a.m.
John Williams
Jaws: Theme
London Symphony Orchestra; John Williams, conductor
8:49 a.m.
Giuseppe Verdi
Requiem (selections)
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Georg Solti, conductor Vienna State Opera Chorus
8:53 a.m.
Edvard Grieg
PEER GYNT: In the Hall of the Mountain King Opus 23
Staatskapelle Dresden; Herbert Blomstedt, conductor
8:58 a.m.
Franz Schubert
String Quartet No. 14 "Death and the Maiden" in D minor D 810
Emerson String Quartet
9:37 a.m.
Henri Tomasi
Trumpet Concerto: II. Nocturne
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra; Edward Gardner, conductor Alison Balsom, trumpet
9:42 a.m.
Pietro Locatelli
Concerto Grosso No. 4 in E minor Opus 1/4
Raglan Baroque Players; Nicholas Kraemer, conductor
9:51 a.m.
Philip Glass
Glassworks: Opening
Vikingur Olafsson, piano
10:00 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Keyboard Concerto No. 1 in D minor BWV 1052
Australian Chamber Orchestra Angela Hewitt, piano
10:23 a.m.
Hector Berlioz
Damnation of Faust: Hungarian March Opus 24
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra; David Zinman, conductor
10:29 a.m.
Gaspar Sanz
Suite in e minor in E minor
Chatham Baroque
10:40 a.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 39 in G minor
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor Simon Standage, violin
11:00 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso No. 10 in D minor Opus 6/10 HWV 328
Boston Baroque; Martin Pearlman, conductor
11:13 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
The Water Goblin (Vodnik) Opus 107
Berlin Philharmonic; Simon Rattle, conductor
11:36 a.m.
Samuel Barber
Adagio for Strings Opus 11
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra; Leonard Slatkin, conductor
11:45 a.m.
Stanislaw Moniuszko
The Haunted Manor: Overture Straszny dw�r
Warsaw Philharmonic; Antoni Wit, conductor
11:50 a.m.
Giuseppe Verdi
LA FORZA DEL DESTINO Overture
Dallas Symphony Orchestra; Andrew Litton, conductor
12:00 p.m.
Jennifer Reason
Local Artist Feature: Shuying Li, composer
Jennifer Reason, host
12:20 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Piano Trio "Ghost" in D major Opus 70/1
Isaac Stern, violin; Eugene Istomin, piano; Leonard Rose, cello
12:47 p.m.
John Williams
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom: Parade of the Slave Children
Boston Pops Orchestra; John Williams, conductor
12:53 p.m.
Gustav Holst
The Planets: Uranus, the Magician Opus 32
Philharmonia Orchestra; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
1:01 p.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 78 in C minor
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
1:21 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Rondo in A minor K 511
Mitsuko Uchida, piano
1:33 p.m.
Sergei Rachmaninoff
The Isle of the Dead Opus 29
Detroit Symphony Orchestra; Leonard Slatkin, conductor
1:56 p.m.
Carl Orff
Carmina Burana: O fortuna
Orchester der Deutschen Oper; Eugen Jochum, conductor Chor der Deutschen oper Berlin
2:00 p.m.
Hector Berlioz
Symphonie Fantastique Opus 14
Boston Symphony Orchestra; Charles Munch, conductor
2:48 p.m.
Charles Gounod
Funeral March of a Marionette
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra; Leonard Slatkin, conductor
2:53 p.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
Danse Macabre Opus 40
French Radio and Television Orchestra; Jean Martinon, conductor
3:01 p.m.
Cesar Franck
The Accursed Huntsman (Le Chasseur Maudit)
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra; Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor
3:16 p.m.
Frederic Chopin
Piano Sonata No. 2 in Bb minor Opus 35
Jeneba Kanneh-Mason, piano
3:42 p.m.
Paul Dukas
The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchesta; David Zinman, conductor
3:54 p.m.
John Williams
HARRY POTTER and the Sorcerer's Stone: Hedwig's Theme
London Symphony Orchestra; John Williams, conductor
4:00 p.m.
Modest Mussorgsky
Night on Bald Mountain
Philadelphia Orchestra; Riccardo Muti, conductor
4:12 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Toccata & Fugue in D minor BWV 565
Simon Preston, organ
4:21 p.m.
William Bolcom
Ghost Rag: I. Graceful Ghost
Spencer Meyer, piano
4:26 p.m.
Lowell Liebermann
Gargoyles: III. Allegro moderato Opus 29
Dmytro Choni, piano
4:29 p.m.
Stewart Goodyear
The Kapok
iSing Silicon Valley; Jennah Delp Somers, conductor Inbal Segev, cello; Stewart Goodyear, piano
4:35 p.m.
Giacomo Puccini
The Witches Sabbath (from LE VILLI: La Tregenda, Intermezzo)
Czechoslovak RSO, Bratislava; Ondrej Lenard, conductor
4:39 p.m.
Giuseppe Verdi
MACBETH: Witches Chorus: tre volte miagola...
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Georg Solti, conductor Chicago Symphony Chorus
4:44 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
The Noon Witch Opus 108
Berlin Philharmonic; Simon Rattle, conductor
4:59 p.m.
Igor Stravinsky
The Firebird: Ballet Suite (1919)
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra; Paavo Jarvi, conductor
5:20 p.m.
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Prelude in C-sharp minor in C# minor Opus 3/2
Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano
5:24 p.m.
John Williams
Devil's Dance (from the Witches of Eastwick)
Gil Shaham, violin; Jonathan Feldman, piano
5:30 p.m.
Jean-Philippe Rameau
Les Cyclopes ("Cyclops")
Bremen German Chamber Philharmonic Raphael Feuillatre, guitar
5:33 p.m.
Steven Stucky
Funeral Music for Queen Mary (after Henry Purcell)
"The President's Own" United States Marine Band; Timothy Foley, conductor
5:43 p.m.
Franz Liszt
Totentanz-Danse macabre
Boston Symphony Orchestra; Seiji Ozawa, conductor Krystian Zimerman, piano
5:59 p.m.
Jennifer Reason
Local Artist Feature: Shuying Li, composer
Jennifer Reason, host
6:20 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Serenade for Winds in C minor K 388
Champs-Elysees Theatre Orchestra; Philippe Herreweghe, conductor Members of...
6:43 p.m.
Rebecca Clarke
Morpheus
Philip Dukes, viola; Sophia Rahman, piano
6:51 p.m.
Danny Elfman
Percussion Concerto: II. D.S.C.H.
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic; JoAnn Falletta, conductor Colin Currie, percussion
