Classical Music Playlist, January 15, 2026
Johann Nepomuk Hummel (1778-1837)
Pianist and composer Johann Hummel (1778-1837) began as a child prodigy who was taught for two years for free by Mozart and later by Haydn, and later still was friends with Beethoven and Schubert and remained respected throughout his life. Socially, he created one of the first pension funds for musicians and performed benefit concerts when the retirement fund ran low. He was also one of the first to advocate for musical copyright protections against piracy. Featuring British pianist Sir Stephen Hough, Hummel’s 1819 Piano Concerto No. 3 is today’s Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
Santiago de Murcia
Guitar Sonata in D
Richard Savino, guitar
6:08 a.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 48 "Maria Theresa" in C major HOB 48
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
6:36 a.m.
Arthur Foote
Suite for Strings in E major Opus 63
Seattle Symphony; Gerard Schwarz, conductor
6:53 a.m.
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Scherzo in D minor
St. Petersburg Philharmonic; Mariss Jansons, conductor
7:00 a.m.
Johan Wagenaar
Cyrano de Bergerac Overture Opus 23
Concertgebouw Orchestra; Riccardo Chailly, conductor
7:14 a.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
7:20 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 19 in F major K 459
English Baroque Soloists; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor Malcolm Bilson, fortepiano
7:47 a.m.
Georges Bizet
Carmen Suite No. 1
Cincinnati Pops; Erich Kunzel, conductor
8:00 a.m.
Jean Sibelius
Karelia Suite Opus 11
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra; Jukka-Pekka Saraste, conductor
8:16 a.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Piano Concerto No. 1 in G minor Opus 25
London Mozart Players; Jonathan Bloxham, conductor Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano
8:37 a.m.
Turlough O�Carolan/TRADITIONAL/Isaac Alderson
Planxty Hewlett/The Dusty Miller/The Last Minute
Ensemble Galilei
8:45 a.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Leonore Overture No. 3 Opus 72
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; Riccardo Chailly, conductor
8:59 a.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Suite No. 1 in D major Opus 43
Detroit Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
9:35 a.m.
Gabriel Faure
Pavane Opus 50
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra; Leonard Slatkin, conductor
9:42 a.m.
Georg Philipp Telemann
Concerto for horn and strings in D major
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Iona Brown, conductor Hermann Baumann, horn
9:52 a.m.
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
The Tsar's Bride overture
Seattle Symphony; Gerard Schwarz, conductor
10:00 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso "Alexander's Feast" in C major HWV 318
English Baroque Soloists; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
10:13 a.m.
Astor Piazzolla
Spring in Buenos Aires (Primavera Portena)
David Tanenbaum, guitar
10:18 a.m.
Jessie Montgomery
Strum
Catalyst Quartet
10:26 a.m.
Samuel Wesley
Symphony in Bb major
Milton Keynes Chamber Orchestra; Hilary Davan Wetton, conductor
10:48 a.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Hebrides Overture in B minor Opus 26
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Christoph Von Dohnanyi, conductor
10:59 a.m.
Johann Nepomuk Hummel
Trumpet Concerto in Eb major
German Chamber Philharmonic; Thomas Klug, conductor Alison Balsom, trumpet
11:18 a.m.
Karl Goldmark
Prometheus Bound Overture Opus 38
Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra; Andras Korodi, conductor
11:37 a.m.
Robert Schumann
Introduction and Allegro appassionato in G major Opus 92
Berlin Philharmonic; Claudio Abbado, conductor Murray Perahia, piano
11:52 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Violin Concerto No. 11 in D major Opus 4/11 RV 204
Academy of Ancient Music; Christopher Hogwood, conductor Monica Huggett, violin
12:00 p.m.
Johann Christian Bach
Symphony No. 1 in D major Opus 3/1
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor
12:10 p.m.
Leo Brouwer
Preludio
Manuel Barrueco, guitar
12:13 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
2 Gavottes in G minor BWV 995
Sharon Isbin, guitar
12:17 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Symphony No. 2 in D major Opus 36
Minnesota Orchestra; Osmo Vanska, conductor
12:51 p.m.
Johannes Brahms
Rhapsody in G minor Opus 79/2
Emanuel Ax, piano
12:59 p.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso No. 5 in D major Opus 6/5 HWV 323
Academy of Ancient Music; Andrew Manze, conductor
1:14 p.m.
Luigi Boccherini
Quintet for guitar and strings No. 3 in Bb major G 447
Artaria Quartet Richard Savino, guitar
1:39 p.m.
Fanny Mendelssohn
Notturno in G minor H337
Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano
1:44 p.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Symphony No. 3 "Scottish": II. Vivace non troppo in A minor Opus 56
San Francisco Symphony; Herbert Blomstedt, conductor
1:49 p.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
EURYANTHE Overture Opus 81 J 291
Philharmonia Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
2:00 p.m.
Johann Nepomuk Hummel
Piano Concerto No. 3 in B minor Opus 89
English Chamber Orchestra; Bryden Thomson, conductor Stephen Hough, piano
2:36 p.m.
Enrique Granados
Danzas espanolas No. 5 "Andaluza"
Maria Duenas, violin; Raphael Feuillatre, guitar
2:42 p.m.
Franz Schubert
Rosamunde: Entr'acte No. 3 in Bb major D 797
Chamber Orchestra of Europe; Claudio Abbado, conductor
2:51 p.m.
Johann Strauss, Jr.
Vienna Blood Opus 354 Wiener Blut
Vienna State Opera Orchestra; Jascha Horenstein, conductor
3:00 p.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Capriccio italien Opus 45
Dallas Symphony Orchestra; Eduardo Mata, conductor
3:16 p.m.
Tomaso Albinoni
Adagio in G minor
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
3:25 p.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
String Quartet "The Rider" in G minor Opus 74/3
Kodaly Quartet
3:47 p.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
A Midsummer Night's Dream: Overture
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra; Yoel Levi, conductor
3:59 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Symphony No. 5 in C minor Opus 67
Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
4:32 p.m.
Huang Tzu
Plum blossoms in the snow
Xuefei Yang, guitar
4:34 p.m.
Camargo Mozart Guarnieri
Brazilian Dance (Dansa Brasiliera)
New York Philharmonic; Leonard Bernstein, conductor
4:38 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Concerto for two violins (Double Concerto) in D minor BWV 1043
Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra; Ton Koopman, conductor Monica Huggett, violin; Alison Bury, violin
4:54 p.m.
Aram Khachaturian
Masquerade: Waltz
St. Petersburg State Symphony Orchestra; Andre Anichanov, conductor
4:59 p.m.
Johann Nepomuk Hummel
Concerto for Mandolin in G major
Il Giardino Armonico; Giovanni Antonini, conductor Avi Avital, mandolin
5:15 p.m.
Charles S. Brown
A Song Without Words
Rachel Barton Pine, violin; Matthew Hagle, piano
5:19 p.m.
Gabriel Faure
Papillon Opus 77
Yo Yo Ma, cello; Kathryn Stott, piano
5:23 p.m.
Louise Farrenc
Symphony No. 3 in G minor Opus 36
North German Radio Symphony; Johannes Goritzki, conductor
5:54 p.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
MAZEPPA: Gopak
Minnesota Orchestra; Eiji Oue, conductor
6:00 p.m.
Niels Gade
Symphony No. 3 in A minor Opus 15
Stockholm Sinfonietta; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
6:27 p.m.
Florence Price
"mini" Quintet for Piano and Strings in E minor
Catalyst Quartet Michelle Cann, piano
6:37 p.m.
Karen LeFrak
Miami Concerto
Orchestra of St. Luke's; Enrico Lopez-Ya�ez, conductor Sharon Isbin, guitar
6:56 p.m.
Philip Glass
The Truman Show: Truman Sleeps
Valentina Lisitsa, piano
