Classical Music Playlist, December 22, 2025
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We’ve got a very sweet holiday treat for you today: the ENTIRE ballet of “The Nutcracker” by Tchaikovsky. Join Clara on her adventure to the Kingdom of Sweets for today’s Midday Masterpiece starting at 2pm to about 3:25pm.
6:00 a.m.
Henry Purcell
The Gordian Knot Untied Z 597
La Stravaganza
6:13 a.m.
Carel Anton Fodor
Symphony No. 2 in G major Opus 13
Netherlands Radio Chamber Orchestra; Anthony Halstead, conductor
6:39 a.m.
Fanny Mendelssohn
Prelude and Fugue in E minor
Joanne Polk, piano
6:47 a.m.
Jacques Offenbach
LE VOYAGE DANS LA LUNE: Ballet of the Snowflakes
Philharmonia Orchestra; Antonio de Almeida, conductor
7:00 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso "Alexander's Feast" in C major HWV 318
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor
7:14 a.m.
Johann Albrechtsberger
Harp Concerto in C major
Paul Kuentz Chamber Orchestra; Paul Kuentz, conductor Nicanor Zabaleta, harp
7:32 a.m.
Teresa Carreno
Vals Gayo Opus 38
Clara Rodriguez, piano
7:37 a.m.
Ernesto Nazareth
Perigoso
Estela Olevsky, piano
7:42 a.m.
Wilhelm Peterson-Berger
Frosoblomster, Suite No. 1 (The Flowers of Froso) op. 16
Norrkoping Symphony Orchestra; Michail Jurowski, conductor
8:00 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Keyboard Concerto No. 3 in D major BWV 1054
Australian Chamber Orchestra Angela Hewitt, piano
8:18 a.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 96 "Miracle" in D major HOB I:96
Philharmonia Orchestra; Leonard Slatkin, conductor
8:43 a.m.
Jose Pacheco
Moita Festa
London Chamber Orchestra; Christopher Warren-Green, conductor
8:46 a.m.
TRADITIONAL
Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabella
London Sinfonia; John Rutter, conductor Cambridge Singers
8:49 a.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
EUGENE ONEGIN: Waltz
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Yuri Temirkanov, conductor
8:59 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
String Quintet No. 3 in C major K 515
Nash Ensemble w/ Philip Dukes Philip Dukes, viola
9:34 a.m.
TRADITIONAL
The Holly and the Ivy
Empire Brass
9:37 a.m.
James Pierpoint; Valerie Coleman, arr.
Jingle Bells
Imani Winds
9:41 a.m.
Franz Schubert
Impromptu No. 3 in Gb major Opus 90/3 D 899
John O'Conor, piano
9:48 a.m.
Johannes Brahms
Academic Festival Overture Opus 80
Berlin Philharmonic; Claudio Abbado, conductor
10:00 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso No. 9 in F major Opus 6/9 HWV 327
Handel & Haydn Society; Christopher Hogwood, conductor
10:14 a.m.
Philip Glass
Etude 2
Vikingur Olafsson, piano
10:20 a.m.
Jean Sibelius
Karelia Suite: III. Alla Marcia Opus 11
Philharmonia Orchestra; Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor
10:26 a.m.
Georges Bizet
Symphony No. 1 in C major
New York Philharmonic; Leonard Bernstein, conductor
10:55 a.m.
Taylor Scott Davis
MAGNIFICAT: IV. Desposuit
Voces8; Barnaby Smith, conductor Voces8 Foundation Orchestra; Voces8 Foundation Choir
11:00 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Quintet for piano & winds in Eb major K 452
Mitsuko Uchida, piano; Neil Black, oboe; Thea King, clarinet; Frank Lloyd, horn; Robin O'Neill, bassoon
11:26 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Four Seasons: Winter (L'Inverno) in F minor Opus 8 RV 297
...and friends Janine Jansen, violin
11:35 a.m.
Maurice Ravel
Bolero
London Symphony Orchestra; Claudio Abbado, conductor
11:50 a.m.
Engelbert Humperdinck
HANSEL UND GRETEL Overture
London Symphony Orchestra; Andre Previn, conductor
11:59 a.m.
Joaquin Rodrigo
Fantasy for a Gentleman
Lausanne Chamber Orchestra; Lawrence Foster, conductor Sharon Isbin, guitar
12:23 p.m.
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Sonata for Cello and Piano: III. Andante in Eb major Opus 19
Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello; Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano
12:30 p.m.
Georg Philipp Telemann
Suite in D major TWV 55:D19
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor
12:57 p.m.
TRADITIONAL
Kalado (Latvian carol)
; Ann Heider, conductor His Majestie's Clerkes
1:00 p.m.
Arcangelo Corelli
Concerto Grosso No. 2 in F major Opus 6
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra; Nicholas McGegan, conductor
1:10 p.m.
Anton Arensky
Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor Opus 32
Beaux Arts Trio
1:43 p.m.
Stanley Myers
Cavatina
Xuefei Yang, guitar
1:47 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 35 "Haffner": IV. Finale (Presto) in D major K 385
Bremen German Chamber Philharmonic; Tarmo Peltokoski, conductor
1:52 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
FIDELIO Overture Opus 72
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; Riccardo Chailly, conductor
2:00 p.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Nutcracker Ballet: Overture & Act I Opus 71
London Symphony Orchestra; Charles Mackerras, conductor
2:45 p.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Nutcracker Ballet: Act II Opus 71
London Symphony Orchestra; Charles Mackerras, conductor
3:27 p.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
DER FREISCHUTZ: Overture Opus 77 J 277
Tapiola Sinfonietta; Jean Jacques Kantorow, conductor
3:37 p.m.
Louise Farrenc
Etude No. 10 in F# minor Op 26/10
Lang Lang, piano
3:44 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
3:51 p.m.
Emmanuel Chabrier
Espana (Spanish Rhapsodie)
Boston Symphony Orchestra; Seiji Ozawa, conductor
3:59 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Symphony No. 7 in D minor Opus 70
Los Angeles Philharmonic; Gustavo Dudamel, conductor Bomsori Kim, violin
4:36 p.m.
Heitor Villa-Lobos
Bachianas Brasileiras No. 4: I. Preludio W284 Introdu��o
Nelson Freire, piano
4:40 p.m.
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Prelude in G minor in G minor Opus 23
Yuja Wang, piano
4:45 p.m.
Ola Gjeilo
Ave Generosa
The Choir of Royal Holloway; Rupert Gough, conductor
4:51 p.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Song without Words for cello and piano Opus 109
Elizabeth Dolin, cello; Bernadene Blaha, piano
4:55 p.m.
Richard Wagner
LOHENGRIN: Prelude to Act III
New York Philharmonic; Giuseppi Sinopoli, conductor
5:00 p.m.
George Friederich Handel
Water Music Suite No. 2 in D major HWV 349
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra; Nicholas McGegan, conductor
5:10 p.m.
Antonio Rosetti
Concerto for horn in D minor C 38
Concerto Amsterdam; Jaap Schroder, conductor Hermann Baumann, horn
5:30 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Piano Sonata No. 17 "Tempest" in D minor Opus 31/2
Richard Goode, piano
5:54 p.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
EUGENE ONEGIN: Polonaise
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Yuri Temirkanov, conductor
6:00 p.m.
Holiday Programming
In Winter's Glow SEGMENT 1
Steve Seel, host
6:32 p.m.
Holiday Programming
In Winter's Glow SEGMENT 2
Steve Seel, host
