Classical Music Playlist, November 21, 2025
Beethoven in his Study by Carl Schloesser (circa 1811)
That Beethoven was enduring frustrations of going deaf, unrequited love and strife with patrons when he composed his Piano Sonata No. 23 might explain its dark and agitated feel throughout, until all his held-back energy is finally released in a ferocious conclusion. Beethoven’s “Appassionata” Piano Sonata No. 23 is today’s Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
Georg Philipp Telemann
Concerto for flute, oboe and viola d'amore in E major
Berlin Baroque Soloists; Rainer Kussmaul, conductor Emmanuel Pahud, flute; Albrecht Mayer, oboe d'amore; Wolfram Christ, viola d'amore
6:16 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor K 478
Emanuel Ax, piano; Isaac Stern, violin; Jaime Laredo, viola; Yo Yo Ma, cello
6:44 a.m.
Astor Piazzolla
Winter in Buenos Aires (Invierno Porteno)
David Tanenbaum, guitar
6:51 a.m.
Claude Debussy
La Mer: I. From Dawn Till Noon on the Sea
Concertgebouw Orchestra; Bernard Haitink, conductor
7:01 a.m.
Arcangelo Corelli
Concerto Grosso No. 5 in Bb major Opus 6
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor
7:12 a.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 102 in Bb major
Philharmonia Orchestra; Leonard Slatkin, conductor Matthias Feile, cello
7:37 a.m.
Isaac Albeniz
Suite Espanola: No. 4 "Cadiz" Opus 47
David Russell, guitar
7:42 a.m.
Mel Bonis
Flute Sonata: IV. Finale: Moderato in C# minor Opus 64
Maria Cecilia Munoz, flute; Tiffany Butt, piano
7:47 a.m.
Franz Liszt
Mephisto Waltz No. 1
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Fritz Reiner, conductor
8:00 a.m.
Richard Strauss
DER ROSENKAVALIER: Waltz Sequence No. 1
Seattle Symphony; Gerard Schwarz, conductor
8:13 a.m.
Joaquin Rodrigo
Fantasy for a Gentleman
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor Pepe Romero, guitar
8:36 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
A Musical Offering: Ricercar a 3 BWV 1079
John Gibbons, fortepiano
8:42 a.m.
Heitor Villa-Lobos
Bachianas Brasileiras No. 4: I. Preludio W284 Introdu��o
Nelson Freire, piano
8:46 a.m.
Bedrich Smetana
Ma Vlast: II. The Moldau (Vltava)
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic; Libor Pesek, conductor
9:00 a.m.
Theodore Dubois
Piano Quartet in A minor
Trio Hochelaga Jean-Luc Plourde, viola
9:33 a.m.
Gabriel Faure
Pavane Opus 50
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra; Leonard Slatkin, conductor
9:40 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto in D major RV 564
Academy of Ancient Music; Christopher Hogwood, conductor
9:50 a.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
Omphale's Spinning Wheel (Le Rouet d'Omphale) Opus 31
Royal Scottish National Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
10:00 a.m.
Johannes Brahms
Symphony No. 1: IV. Finale in C minor Opus 68
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Georg Solti, conductor
10:18 a.m.
Elena Kats-Chernin
Lullaby for Nick
Tamara-Anna Cislowska, piano; Elena Kats-Chernin, piano
10:23 a.m.
Wilhelm Peterson-Berger
Orchestral Suite: The Story of Sleeping Beauty (Tornrossagan)
Norrkoping Symphony Orchestra; Michail Jurowski, conductor
10:49 a.m.
Ethel Smyth
THE WRECKERS: Overture
Scottish National Orchestra; Alexander Gibson, conductor
11:00 a.m.
Jean-Philippe Rameau
LE TEMPLE DE LA GLOIRE: Suite II The Temple of Glory
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra; Nicholas McGegan, conductor
11:16 a.m.
William Grant Still
Lyric Quartet: III. The Jovial One
Catalyst Quartet
11:21 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 5 in D major K 175
English Chamber Orchestra; Jeffrey Tate, conductor Mitsuko Uchida, piano
11:44 a.m.
Jose Moncayo
Huapango
Simon Bolivar Orchestra; Maximiano Valdez, conductor
11:53 a.m.
Georg Philipp Telemann
Alster Overture
Tafelmusik; Jeanne Lamon, conductor
12:00 p.m.
Jennifer Reason
Local Artist Feature: Robert Vann, tenor and Managing Director of the Sacramento Youth Symphony
Jennifer Reason, host
12:25 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Orchestral Suite No. 4 in D major BWV 1069
La Petite Bande; Sigiswald Kuijken, conductor
12:45 p.m.
Cecile Chaminade
Autrefois ("In Times Past") Opus 87/4
Stephen Hough, piano
12:49 p.m.
Mel Bonis
Serenade Opus 46
Sandrine Cantoreggi, violin; Sheila Arnold, piano
12:54 p.m.
John Adams
Short Ride in a Fast Machine
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; Simon Rattle, conductor
1:00 p.m.
Anton Bruckner
Symphony No. 4 "Romantic": III. Scherzo in Eb major
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra; Manfred Honeck, conductor
1:11 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
String Quartet No. 12 "American" in F major Opus 96
Cypress String Quartet
1:36 p.m.
Leo Delibes
Sylvia: Procession of Bacchus from Act III
San Francisco Symphony; Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
1:42 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
ABDUCTION FROM THE SERAGLIO Overture K 384
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor
1:49 p.m.
J. P. E. Hartmann
Hakon Jarl Opus 40
Danish National Symphony Orchestra; Thomas Dausgaard, conductor
2:00 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Piano Sonata No. 23 "Appassionata" in F minor Opus 57
Claudio Arrau, piano
2:28 p.m.
Isaac Albeniz
La Vega
London Symphony Orchestra; Elmer Bernstein, conductor Christopher Parkening, guitar
2:43 p.m.
Henry Purcell
Timon of Athens: Curtain Tune on a Ground
Collegium Musicum 90; Richard Hickox, conductor
2:46 p.m.
Georg Philipp Telemann
Concerto for trumpet, violin and strings in D major
Musica Angelica Baroque Orchestra; Martin Haselbock, conductor Martin Patschneider, trumpet; Elizabeth Blumenstock, violin
3:01 p.m.
Johannes Brahms
Piano Concerto No. 2: II. Allegro appassionato in Bb major Opus 83
Cleveland Orchestra; George Szell, conductor Leon Fleisher, piano
3:11 p.m.
Carl Nielsen
Symphony No. 3 "Sinfonia expansiva" Opus 27
San Francisco Symphony; Herbert Blomstedt, conductor
3:47 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Cantata No. 140 "Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme": I. Chorale BWV 140 Wachet auf,ruft uns die Stimme
The Bach Ensemble; Joshua Rifkin, conductor
3:54 p.m.
Aaron Copland
Rodeo: Hoe-Down
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra; Leonard Slatkin, conductor
4:00 p.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
Symphony No. 3 "Organ": Finale in C minor Opus 78
Montreal Symphony Orchestra; Kent Nagano, conductor Olivier Latry, organ
4:08 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major K 488
Scottish Chamber Orchestra; Charles Mackerras, conductor John O'Conor, piano
4:35 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Slavonic Rhapsody No. 3 in Ab major Opus 45
Scottish National Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
4:49 p.m.
Johann Strauss, Jr.
Morning Papers Opus 279 (Morgenblatter)
Vienna State Opera Orchestra; Jascha Horenstein, conductor
4:59 p.m.
Johannes Brahms
Symphony No. 2: IV. Allegro con spirito in D major Opus 73
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Georg Solti, conductor
5:09 p.m.
Guillaume Dumanoir
Orchestral Suite in F major
Le Concert des Nations; Jordi Savall, conductor
5:23 p.m.
Max Bruch
Scottish Fantasy Opus 46
New Symphony Orchestra of London; Malcolm Sargent, conductor Jascha Heifetz, violin; Osian Ellis, harp
5:49 p.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Marche Slav Opus 31
Russian Symphony Orchestra; Valery Poliansky, conductor
6:00 p.m.
Jennifer Reason
Local Artist Feature: Robert Vann, tenor and Managing Director of the Sacramento Youth Symphony
Jennifer Reason, host
6:25 p.m.
Louise Farrenc
Sextet in C minor Opus 40
Linos Ensemble
6:51 p.m.
Henriette Renie
Dance of the Elves (Danse des Lutins)
Xavier de Maistre, harp
6:55 p.m.
Yoko Shimomura
Valse Di Fantastica
Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra; Irene Delgado-Jimenez, conductor Esther Abrami, violin
