Classical Music Playlist, November 25, 2025
Joaquín Rodrigo in 1960 | photo by Juan Gyenes
The Los Romeros family of guitarists commissioned the "Concierto Andaluz" from Spanish composer Joaquín Rodrigo in 1967. He composed the music as an homage to the Andalusian roots of the Romeros, and to the landscape and music of Andalucía with musical mentions of the flamenco forms of Bulería, Zapateado and Sevillana. You’ll hear the Romeros perform the “Concierto Andaluz for Four Guitars” for today's Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
Andre Campra
Venetian Festivals
Limoges Baroque Ensemble; Jean-Michel Hasler, conductor
6:15 a.m.
Franz Schubert
Symphony No. 8 "Unfinished" in B minor D 759
Scottish Chamber Orchestra; Charles Mackerras, conductor
6:40 a.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
FIDELIO Overture Opus 72
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; Riccardo Chailly, conductor
6:48 a.m.
Hamilton Harty
In Ireland
Ulster Orchestra; Bryden Thomson, conductor Colin Fleming, flute; Denise Kelly, harp
6:59 a.m.
Frederic Chopin
Concert Rondo "Krakowiak" in F major Opus 14
Warsaw Philharmonic; Kazimierz Kord, conductor Garrick Ohlsson, piano
7:14 a.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Sinfonia concertante in Bb major HOB 105
Cologne Chamber Orchestra; Helmut Muller-Bruhl, conductor Christian Hommel, oboe; Martin Kevenhorster, bassoon; Winfred Rademacher, violin; Oren Shevlin, cello
7:35 a.m.
Zoltan Kodaly
Dances of Galanta
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra; Yoel Levi, conductor
7:53 a.m.
Emmanuel Chabrier
Espana (Spanish Rhapsodie)
Boston Symphony Orchestra; Seiji Ozawa, conductor
8:00 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Violin Concerto No. 2 in E major BWV 1042
Freiburg Baroque Orchestra Gottfried von der Goltz, violin
8:17 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
American Suite in A major Opus 98
Prague Philharmonia; Jakub Hrusa, conductor
8:41 a.m.
Philip Glass
Symphony No. 3: Movement IV
Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra; Dennis Russell Davies, conductor
8:45 a.m.
Dmitri Kabalevsky
Colas Breugnon: Overture
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Fritz Reiner, conductor
8:51 a.m.
Alfredo Casella
Italia: IV. Finale (Allegro molto vivace...) Opus 11
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Gianandrea Noseda, conductor
9:00 a.m.
Kurt Atterberg
Symphony No. 3 "West Coast Pictures" in D Opus 10
Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra; Sixten Ehrling, conductor
9:36 a.m.
Samuel Akpabot
Pastorale from "Scenes from Nigeria"
Marcus Eley, clarinet; Lucerne DeSa, piano
9:39 a.m.
Giuseppe Sammartini
Pastorale in G major
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor
9:45 a.m.
Arcangelo Corelli
Concerto Grosso No. 8 "Christmas Concerto" in G minor Opus 6
Les Violons du Roy; Bernard Labadie, conductor
10:00 a.m.
Benjamin Britten
Matinees musicales (Suite after Rossini) Opus 24
National Philharmonic Orchestra; Richard Bonynge, conductor
10:14 a.m.
Alfredo Catalani
Ero e Leandro (Hero and Leander) - Symphonic Poem
Rome Symphony Orchestra; Francesco La Vecchia, conductor
10:33 a.m.
Ludwig August Lebrun
Oboe Concerto No. 1 in D minor
Mahler Chamber Orchestra; Claudio Abbado, conductor Albrecht Mayer, oboe
10:54 a.m.
Maurice Ravel
Miroirs: Une Barque sur l'Ocean (A Boat on the Ocean)
Berlin Philharmonic; Pierre Boulez, conductor
11:03 a.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
Piano Trio No. 2: I. Allegro non troppo in E minor Opus 92
Neave Trio
11:15 a.m.
Carel Anton Fodor
Symphony No. 3 in C minor Opus 19
Netherlands Radio Chamber Orchestra; Anthony Halstead, conductor
11:45 a.m.
Lili Boulanger
Prelude in D Flat Major in Db major
Anna Shelest, piano
11:50 a.m.
Adolphus Hailstork
Three Spirituals
Virginia Symphony Orchestra; JoAnn Falletta, conductor
12:00 p.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
DER FREISCHUTZ: Overture Opus 77 J 277
Philharmonia Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
12:11 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude & Fugue No. 2 in C Minor (from the Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1) in C minor BWV 847
Mahan Esfahani, harpsichord
12:14 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Poetic Tone Pictures: VII. Furiant Opus 85
Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
12:18 p.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 103 "Drum Roll" in Eb major
Collegium Musicum 90; Richard Hickox, conductor
12:50 p.m.
Johann Strauss, Jr.
DIE FLEDERMAUS Overture (The Bat)
Vienna State Opera Orchestra; Jascha Horenstein, conductor
12:59 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
THE MAGIC FLUTE: Overture (Die Zauberflote) K 620
Scottish Chamber Orchestra; Charles Mackerras, conductor
1:07 p.m.
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor Opus 18
Dallas Symphony Orchestra; Andrew Litton, conductor Stephen Hough, piano
1:40 p.m.
Connor Chee
Navajo Vocable No. 4
Angelica Hairston, harp
1:44 p.m.
Percy Grainger
Molly on the Shore
Dallas Wind Symphony; Jerry Junkin, conductor
1:49 p.m.
Mikhail Glinka
Spanish Overture No. 2
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Vassily Sinaisky, conductor
2:00 p.m.
Joaquin Rodrigo
Concierto Andaluz for 4 guitars
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor Los Romeros
2:25 p.m.
Richard Strauss
Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks Opus 28
Staatskapelle Dresden; Rudolph Kempe, conductor
2:41 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Fantasia and Fugue in A minor in A minor BWV 904
Vikingur Olafsson, piano
2:51 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Egmont Overture Opus 84
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; Riccardo Chailly, conductor
3:00 p.m.
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Capriccio Espagnol Opus 34
New York Philharmonic; Leonard Bernstein, conductor
3:17 p.m.
Bedrich Smetana
BARTERED BRIDE: Dance of the Comedians
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Gianandrea Noseda, conductor
3:24 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 14 in Eb major K 449
English Chamber Orchestra; Jeffrey Tate, conductor Mitsuko Uchida, piano
3:47 p.m.
Franz Liszt
Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 in D minor
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Georg Solti, conductor
3:59 p.m.
George Friederich Handel
Music for the Royal Fireworks HWV 351
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor
4:17 p.m.
Edvard Grieg
Piano Concerto in A minor Opus 16
Berlin Philharmonic; Mariss Jansons, conductor Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
4:47 p.m.
Erik Satie
Gymnopedies Nos. 1 & 3
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
4:55 p.m.
Koji Kondo
The Legend of Zelda Suite
London Philharmonic Orchestra
5:00 p.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Violin Concerto, Op. 3, No. 6 in A minor Opus 3/6 RV 356
Tafelmusik; Jeanne Lamon, conductor Elizabeth Wallfisch, violin
5:08 p.m.
Johannes Brahms
Serenade No. 2 in A major Opus 16
New York Philharmonic; Leonard Bernstein, conductor
5:41 p.m.
Ronn McFarlane
Fermi's Paradox
Carolyn Surrick, viola da gamba; Ronn McFarlane, lute
5:48 p.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
Africa-Fantasie Opus 89
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Andre Previn, conductor Jean-Philippe Collard, piano
6:00 p.m.
Anton Bruckner
Symphony No. 8: IV. Finale in C minor
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Karl Bohm, conductor
6:24 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Piano Sonata No. 14 "Moonlight" in C# minor Opus 27/2
Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano
6:40 p.m.
Florence Price
String Quartet in G major: II. Andante moderato - Allegretto in G major
Pacifica Quartet
6:48 p.m.
John Williams
STAR WARS - ATTACK OF THE CLONES: Across the Stars (Love Theme)
London Symphony Orchestra; John Williams, conductor
6:54 p.m.
Yiruma
non e la fine
Yiruma, piano; Chanuk Kang, cello
