Classical Music Playlist, November 28, 2025
Johan Svendsen, painted in Munich 1877
Norwegian composer Johan Svendsen began composing his Symphony No. 1 in 1865 and conducted the premiere of its first movement at his graduation concert in May 1866. This went very well, and he had just won the Conservatory’s First Prize. Assured, he continued work on the final three movements which he premiered in at his final graduation concert in May of 1867. It wasn’t until October of 1867 that Halvorsen finally premiered the complete symphony (all four movements) about which Edvard Grieg wrote a glowing review. Halvorsen’s Symphony No. 1 is today’s Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
Willem De Fesch
Concerto, Op. 5, No. 4 in D major Opus 5/4
Musica Ad Rhenum
6:08 a.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
Cello Concerto No. 1 in A minor Opus 33
London Symphony Orchestra; Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor Steven Isserlis, cello
6:28 a.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Piano Sonata No. 45 in A major HOB 16/30
Evgeny Kissin, piano
6:42 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Horn Concerto No. 4 in Eb major K 495
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra; Nicholas McGegan, conductor Lowell Greer, natural horn
7:00 a.m.
Luigi Boccherini
Quintet for guitar and strings No. 5 in D major G 449
Artaria Quartet Richard Savino, guitar
7:20 a.m.
Niels Gade
Symphony No. 4 in Bb major Opus 20
Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra; Christopher Hogwood, conductor
7:42 a.m.
Fanny Mendelssohn
Notturno in G minor H337
Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano
7:47 a.m.
Florence Price
String Quartet No. 2: III. Juba in A minor
Catalyst Quartet
7:52 a.m.
Ethel Smyth
Serenade in D: II. Scherzo. Allegro vivace in D major
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Odaline de la Martinez, conductor Tasmin Little, violin; John Lenehan, piano
7:59 a.m.
Friedrich Kuhlau
Elf-Mound Overture Opus 100
Odense Symphony Orchestra; Othmar Maga, conductor
8:11 a.m.
Carl Nielsen
Aladdin Suite Opus 34
San Francisco Symphony; Herbert Blomstedt, conductor
8:37 a.m.
Georg Philipp Telemann
Concerto for 3 trumpets in Bb major TWV 44:43
English Chamber Orchestra; Raymond Leppard, conductor Wynton Marsalis, trumpet
8:48 a.m.
Benjamin Britten
Gloriana: Courtly Dances
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Andre Previn, conductor
9:00 a.m.
Robert Schumann
Piano Quintet in Eb major Opus 44
Artemis Quartet Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
9:29 a.m.
John C. Williams
Aeolian Suite: Double Dance
Studio Orchestra; William Goodchild, conductor John Williams, guitar
9:43 a.m.
Alexander Glazunov
Symphony No. 4: II. Scherzo in Eb major Opus 48
BBC Welsh Symphony Orchestra; Tadaaki Otaka, conductor
9:49 a.m.
Isaac Albeniz
Iberia: Festival Day in Seville (Fete-Dieu a Seville)
Cincinnati Pops; Erich Kunzel, conductor
10:00 a.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 6 "Le Matin" in D major
Lausanne Chamber Orchestra; Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor
10:19 a.m.
Franz Schubert
Fantasie for piano four-hands in F minor Opus 103 D 940
Paul Badura-Skoda, piano; Andrea Bonatta, piano
10:38 a.m.
Georg Philipp Telemann
Polish Concerto (Concerto Polonois) in G major
Apollo's Fire; Jeannette Sorrell, conductor
10:47 a.m.
Arnold Bax
Overture to a Picaresque Comedy
London Philharmonic Orchestra; Bryden Thomson, conductor
11:00 a.m.
Paul Hindemith
Symphonic Metamorphosis: IV. March
San Francisco Symphony; Herbert Blomstedt, conductor Randall Goosby, violin
11:16 a.m.
Johan Halvorsen
Ancient Suite (Suite ancienne) Opus 31a
Bergen Philharmonic; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
11:43 a.m.
Agustin Barrios
Danzas Paraguayas
David Russell, guitar
11:49 a.m.
Charles Stanford
Symphony No. 4: IV. Finale in F major Opus 31
Ulster Orchestra; Vernon Handley, conductor
11:59 a.m.
Edward Elgar
In The South (Alassio) overture Opus 50
BBC Symphony Orchestra; Leonard Slatkin, conductor
12:21 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
12:25 p.m.
Marc-Antoine Charpentier
Te Deum: Prelude
English Chamber Orchestra; Anthony Newman, conductor Wynton Marsalis, trumpet
12:28 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
The Hero's Song Opus 111
Scottish National Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
12:50 p.m.
Frederic Chopin
Polonaise No. 6 "Heroic" in Ab major Opus 53
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano
12:58 p.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso "Alexander's Feast" in C major HWV 318
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor
1:12 p.m.
Francis Poulenc
Piano Concerto
Philharmonia Orchestra; Charles Dutoit, conductor Pascal Roge, piano
1:32 p.m.
Giovanni Bassano
Divisions on "Frais et gaillard" (madrigal by Clemens non Papa)
The King's Noyse; David Douglass, conductor
1:35 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
String Quartet No. 14: V. Presto in C# minor Opus 131
Takacs Quartet
1:41 p.m.
Edvard Grieg
Norwegian Dances Opus 35
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
2:00 p.m.
Johan Svendsen
Symphony No. 1 in D major Opus 4
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra; Mariss Jansons, conductor
2:35 p.m.
Domenico Scarlatti
Sonata in E major K 162
Assad Brothers Sergio Assad, guitar; Odair Assad, guitar
2:42 p.m.
Clara Schumann
Variations on a theme by Robert Schumann Opus 20
Benjamin Grosvenor, piano
2:55 p.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
La Jota Aragonese Opus 64
London Philharmonic Orchestra; Geoffrey Simon, conductor
3:00 p.m.
Franz Liszt
Hungarian Rhapsody No. 6 "Carnival in Pest" in D major
Budapest Symphony Orchestra; Andras Korodi, conductor
3:14 p.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 97 in C major HOB I:97
Heidelberg Symphony Orchestra; Thomas Fey, conductor
3:40 p.m.
Astor Piazzolla
Spring in Buenos Aires (Primavera Portena)
A Far Cry Jason Vieaux, guitar; Julien Labro, bandoneon
3:47 p.m.
Arcangelo Corelli
Concerto Grosso No. 12 in F major Opus 6
Musica Amphion; Pieter-Jan Belder, conductor
3:59 p.m.
Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
Guitar Concerto No. 1 in D major Opus 99
London Philharmonic Orchestra; Leonard Slatkin, conductor Kazuhito Yamashita, guitar
4:19 p.m.
Emmanuel Chabrier
Pastoral Suite (Suite Pastorale)
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
4:39 p.m.
Alma Deutscher
The Chase (Impromptu in C minor)
Alma Deutscher, piano
4:43 p.m.
Wilhelm Stenhammar
Piano Concerto No. 1: II. Vivacissimo in Bb minor Opus 1
Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra; Andrew Manze, conductor Seta Tanyel, piano
4:48 p.m.
John Knowles Paine
Overture to Shakespeare's "As You Like It" Opus 28
New York Philharmonic; Zubin Mehta, conductor
5:00 p.m.
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Oboe Concerto
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic; Vernon Handley, conductor Jonathan Small, oboe
5:18 p.m.
John Field
Piano Sonata in A major Opus 1/2
John O'Conor, piano
5:32 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 33 in Bb major K 319
Prague Chamber Orchestra; Charles Mackerras, conductor
5:56 p.m.
Isaac Albeniz
Espana: No. 5 "Capriccio Catalan" Opus 165
Raphael Feuillatre, guitar
6:01 p.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Piano Sextet in D major Opus 110
Bartholdy Quartett and friends
6:32 p.m.
Alexander Glazunov
Concert Waltz No. 1 (Valse de Concert) in D major Opus 47
Bamberg Symphony; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
6:42 p.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
Invitation to the Dance Opus 65
Cleveland Orchestra; Christoph Von Dohnanyi, conductor
6:52 p.m.
Hayato Sumino
Human Universe
Hayato Sumino, piano
