Classical Music Playlist, November 6, 2025
Beethoven wrote his String Quartet No. 15 in 1825 after suffering a lengthy intestinal disorder he feared would be fatal. Upon recovering, on the manuscript he headed the 3rd movement with the words, "Heiliger Dankgesang eines Genesenen an die Gottheit, in der lydischen Tonart" ("Holy song of thanksgiving of a convalescent to the Deity, in the Lydian mode"). He then premiered the Quartet on this date 200 years ago, November 6th of 1825. The entire Quartet No. 15 is today’s Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Concerto for three violins in D major BWV 1064R
Freiburg Baroque Orchestra Petra Mullejans, violin; Gottfried von der Goltz, violin; Anne Katharina Schreiber, violin
6:16 a.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
Symphony No. 2 in A minor Opus 55
Ulster Orchestra; Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor
6:39 a.m.
Claude Debussy
Clair de lune ("Moonlight")
Stephen Hough, piano
6:44 a.m.
J. Michael Haydn
Trumpet Concerto in C major
Prague Chamber Orchestra Guy Touvron, trumpet
6:59 a.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Trumpet Overture Opus 101
London Symphony Orchestra; Claudio Abbado, conductor
7:09 a.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Cello Concerto No. 1 in C major HOB VIIb:1
English Chamber Orchestra; Andrew Davis, conductor Matt Haimovitz, cello
7:36 a.m.
Jean Sibelius
Karelia Suite Opus 11
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra; Jukka-Pekka Saraste, conductor
7:51 a.m.
Leon Minkus
Don Quixote: Grand pas de deux
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Robert Irving, conductor
8:00 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Clarinet Concerto - third movement in A major K 622
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor Karl Leister, clarinet
8:09 a.m.
Georg Philipp Telemann
Suite in D major TWV 55:D19
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor
8:36 a.m.
Francesco Tristano
On John Bull's Galliard In D
Basel Chamber Orchestra; Irene Delgado-Jimenez, conductor Francesco Tristano, piano
8:40 a.m.
William Kroll
Banjo and Fiddle
Leonidas Kavakos, violin; Peter Nagy, piano
8:44 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Scherzo capriccioso Opus 66
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra; Charles Mackerras, conductor
9:00 a.m.
Clara Schumann
Piano Trio in G minor Opus 17
Nash Ensemble
9:30 a.m.
Alexander Glazunov
Symphony No. 5: II. Scherzo in Bb major Opus 55
BBC Welsh Symphony Orchestra; Tadaaki Otaka, conductor
9:36 a.m.
Henry Purcell
DIDO AND AENEAS
Freiburg Baroque Orchestra; Thomas Hengelbrock, conductor
9:55 a.m.
Grace Williams
Penillion: IV. Allegro agitato
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Sir Charles Groves, conductor
10:00 a.m.
Arcangelo Corelli
Concerto Grosso No. 1 in D major Opus 6
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra; Nicholas McGegan, conductor
10:12 a.m.
Jan Dussek
Piano Concerto, Op. 29 in C major Opus 29
Ulster Orchestra; Howard Shelley, conductor Howard Shelley, piano
10:36 a.m.
Cesar Franck
Symphony: II. Allegretto in D minor
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Pierre Monteux, conductor
10:48 a.m.
Michael Torke
Bright Blue Music
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra; David Zinman, conductor
10:59 a.m.
Johannes Brahms
Serenade No. 2 in A major Opus 16
Scottish Chamber Orchestra; Charles Mackerras, conductor
11:31 a.m.
Alexander Borodin
PRINCE IGOR: Polovetsian Dances
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor Gothenburg Symphony Chorus
11:44 a.m.
Clarice Assad
Bohemian Queen: III. Hyde Park Jam
Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra; Allen Tinkham, conductor Mary Elizabeth Bowden, trumpet
11:50 a.m.
Mauro Giuliani
Guitar Concerto No. 3: III. Polonaise. Allegretto in F major Opus 70
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor Pepe Romero, guitar
11:59 a.m.
Mike Nelson
INTERVIEW: Clarice Assad
12:11 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 15 in Bb major K 450
English Chamber Orchestra; Jeffrey Tate, conductor Mitsuko Uchida, piano
12:36 p.m.
George Friederich Handel
Music for the Royal Fireworks HWV 351
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor
12:55 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Cantata No. 29: Sinfonia BWV 29
Brandenburg Consort; Roy Goodman, conductor Paul Nicholson, organ
12:59 p.m.
Claude Debussy
Petite Suite
Philharmonia Orchestra; Geoffrey Simon, conductor
1:13 p.m.
Georg Philipp Telemann
Overture in D major
Berlin Academy of Ancient Music
1:21 p.m.
Johan Halvorsen
Symphony No. 2 "Fate" (Fatum) in D minor
Bergen Philharmonic; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
1:50 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Symphony No. 9 "From the New World": III. Scherzo in E minor Opus 95
Los Angeles Philharmonic; Gustavo Dudamel, conductor
2:00 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
String Quartet No. 15 in A minor Opus 132
Cypress String Quartet
2:44 p.m.
Edouard Lalo
Scherzo in D minor
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Yondani Butt, conductor
2:50 p.m.
Gustav Holst
The Planets: Jupiter, the Bringer of Jolity Opus 32
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra; Yoel Levi, conductor
2:59 p.m.
Arcangelo Corelli
Concerto Grosso No. 2 in F major Opus 6
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra; Nicholas McGegan, conductor
3:10 p.m.
Bedrich Smetana
BARTERED BRIDE: Overture
Janacek Philharmonic; Theodore Kuchar, conductor
3:17 p.m.
Franz Schubert
Piano Quintet "Trout" in A major Opus 114 D 667
Emanuel Ax, piano; Pamela Frank, violin; Rebecca Young, viola; Yo Yo Ma, cello; Edgar Meyer, bass
3:56 p.m.
Johannes Brahms
Hungarian Dance No. 5 in G minor
Berlin Philharmonic; Claudio Abbado, conductor
4:00 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 41 "Jupiter" in C major K 551
Scottish Chamber Orchestra; Jukka-Pekka Saraste, conductor
4:35 p.m.
Earl Wild
Grand Fantasie on Porgy and Bess: Summertime (After G. Gershwin)
San Francisco Symphony; Herbert Blomstedt, conductor Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano
4:38 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Piano Quintet No. 2: III. Scherzo (Furiant) in A major Opus 81
Emerson String Quartet Menahem Pressler, piano
4:44 p.m.
Gioachino Rossini
LA CENERENTOLA (Cinderella): Overture
Philharmonia Orchestra; Carlo Maria Giulini, conductor
4:53 p.m.
Ron Nelson
Rocky Point Holiday
Dallas Wind Symphony; Jerry Junkin, conductor
4:59 p.m.
Frederic Chopin
Concert Rondo "Krakowiak" in F major Opus 14
Warsaw Philharmonic; Kazimierz Kord, conductor Garrick Ohlsson, piano
5:15 p.m.
Bela Bartok
Concerto for Orchestra: IV. Interrupted Intermezzo
Helsinki Philharmonic; Susanna Malkki, conductor
5:20 p.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 93 in D major HOB I:93
Heidelberg Symphony Orchestra; Thomas Fey, conductor
5:43 p.m.
Florence Price
Violin Concerto No. 2
Royal Scottish National Orchestra; Jonathon Heyward, conductor Rachel Barton Pine, violin
5:59 p.m.
Ottorino Respighi
Rossiniana: Suite for Orchestra
Chamber Orchestra of New York; Salvatore Di Vittorio, conductor
6:23 p.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Bassoon Concerto in E minor in E minor RV 484
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor Milan Turkovich, bassoon
6:36 p.m.
George Gershwin
Second Rhapsody
London Symphony Orchestra; Andre Previn, conductor Cristina Ortiz, piano
6:52 p.m.
Yosef Hadar
Evening of Roses
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; Mirga Grazinyte-Tyla, conductor Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello
6:55 p.m.
Bear McCreary
Battlestar Galactica: The Shape of Things to Come
studio ensemble; Bear McCreary, conductor
