Classical Music Playlist, January 23, 2026
Georges Bizet (1838-1875) [old b&w photo enhanced by AI]
As a 17 year old student at the Paris Conservatory in 1855, Georges Bizet composed a symphony that he soon forgot about and never mentioned in any of his notebooks or letters. Eighty years later, in 1935 — sixty years after his death [in 1875] — this early symphony was discovered and had its premiere and caused a sensation. It was immediately hailed as a youthful masterpiece, and famed choreographer George Balanchine even choreographed it into a ballet in 1947. Georges Bizet's early Symphony in C is today's Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
Jean-Marie Leclair
String Sonata in Bb major Opus 4/2
Musica Alta Ripa
6:11 a.m.
Edvard Grieg
Peer Gynt Suite No. 2 Opus 55
San Francisco Symphony; Herbert Blomstedt, conductor
6:29 a.m.
Manuel de Falla
Three-Cornered Hat: Neighbors' Dance
Simon Bolivar Orchestra; Eduardo Mata, conductor
6:33 a.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 97 in C major HOB I:97
Heidelberg Symphony Orchestra; Thomas Fey, conductor
6:59 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso No. 4 in F major Opus 3/4a HWV 315
Musicians of the Louvre; Marc Minkowski, conductor
7:12 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Sinfonia Concertante for violin & viola in Eb major K 364
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor Gidon Kremer, violin; Kim Kashkashian, viola
7:45 a.m.
Antonio Lauro
Dance for Six ("Seis por Derecho")
Eduardo Fernandez, guitar
7:48 a.m.
Alan Thomas
Sephardic Trio: III. Una Matica de Ruda (traditional wedding song)
Cavatina Duo [flute & guitar] David Cunliffe, cello
7:53 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto for 2 trumpets in C major RV 537
English Chamber Orchestra; Raymond Leppard, conductor Wynton Marsalis, trumpet
8:02 a.m.
Francesco Geminiani
Concerto Grosso "La Follia" in D minor
Les Violons du Roy; Bernard Labadie, conductor
8:13 a.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
Piano Concerto No. 5 in F major Opus 103
Orchestre de Paris; Serge Baudo, conductor Aldo Ciccolini, piano
8:43 a.m.
Alonso Mudarra
Fantasia No. 10
Klaus Jackle, guitar
8:45 a.m.
Clarence Cameron White
Basque Folk Song
Marcus Eley, clarinet; Lucerne DeSa, piano
8:49 a.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Violin Concerto: III. Allegro vivacissimo (Finale) in D major Opus 35
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra; William Steinberg, conductor Nathan Milstein, violin
9:00 a.m.
Edward Elgar
Cello Concerto in E minor Opus 85
London Philharmonic Orchestra; George Pehlivanian, conductor Ofra Harnoy, cello
9:30 a.m.
Valerie Coleman
Portraits of Langston: VI. Harlem's Summer Night
McGill/McHale Trio Demarre McGill, flute; Anthony McGill, clarinet; Michael McHale, piano
9:34 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Bagatelles Opus 47
Takacs Quartet
9:51 a.m.
Robert Schumann
Concertpiece for 4 horns & orchestra: I. Lebhaft in F major Opus 86
Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor Members of...
10:00 a.m.
Clara Schumann
Variations on a theme by Robert Schumann Opus 20
Benjamin Grosvenor, piano
10:12 a.m.
Johan Halvorsen
Festival March
Latvian National Symphony; Terje Mikkelsen, conductor
10:18 a.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Piano Sextet in D major Opus 110
Munich Piano Trio and friends
10:50 a.m.
Elena Kats-Chernin
Fast Blue Village 2
Del Sol String Quartet
10:57 a.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
Oberon Overture J 306
London Classical Players; Roger Norrington, conductor
11:07 a.m.
Peter Maxwell Davies
Farewell to Stromness
Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
11:12 a.m.
Max Bruch
Violin Concerto No. 1: III. Finale in G minor Opus 26
Royal Stockholm Philharmonic; Sakari Oramo, conductor Daniel Hope, violin
11:20 a.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 92 "Oxford" in G major
Berlin Philharmonic; Simon Rattle, conductor
11:46 a.m.
Robert Schumann
Piano Concerto: III. Allegro vivace in A minor Opus 54
San Francisco Ballet Orchestra; Martin West, conductor Lara Downes, piano
11:59 a.m.
Jennifer Reason
Local Artist Feature: Jason Sia, piano
Jennifer Reason, host
12:17 p.m.
Florence Price
Symphony No. 1: I. Allegro ma non troppo in E minor
Philadelphia Orchestra; Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor
12:37 p.m.
Undine Smith Moore
Afro-American Suite for Flute, Cello, and Piano: III. Adagio ma appossionato
Mallarme Chamber Players
12:41 p.m.
Tessa Lark
Applachian Fantasy
Tessa Lark, violin
12:46 p.m.
Johann Strauss, Jr.
Morning Papers Opus 279 (Morgenblatter)
Vienna State Opera Orchestra; Franz Bauer-Theussl, conductor
12:58 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Keyboard Concerto No. 3 in D major BWV 1054
Australian Chamber Orchestra Angela Hewitt, piano
1:15 p.m.
Francisco Tarrega
Arabian Caprice (Capricho arabe)
Celino Romero, guitar
1:22 p.m.
Fanny Mendelssohn
Piano Trio in D minor Opus 11
Nash Ensemble
1:48 p.m.
Giuseppe Verdi
MACBETH: Act III: Ballet Music
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Edward Downes, conductor
1:50 p.m.
Antonio Pasculli
Omaggio a Bellini (Hommage to Bellini)
Heinz Holliger, English horn; Ursula Holliger, harp
2:00 p.m.
Georges Bizet
Symphony No. 1 in C major
New York Philharmonic; Leonard Bernstein, conductor
2:29 p.m.
Zenobia Powell Perry
Piano Potpurri: No. 5. A Jazz Trifle
LaDoris Hazzard Cordell, piano
2:32 p.m.
Alessandro Stradella
Sonata for trumpet and strings
Philharmonia Orchestra; Simon Wright, conductor John Wallace, trumpet
2:39 p.m.
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Oboe Concerto
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor Celia Nicklin, oboe
2:59 p.m.
Gioachino Rossini
THE ITALIAN GIRL IN ALGIERS: Overture
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra; Yoel Levi, conductor
3:08 p.m.
Neil Gladd
The Goldberg Rag
Ugo Orlandi, mandolin; Claudio Mandonico, piano; Daniele Bosio, tuba
3:10 p.m.
Dmitri Shostakovich
Suite for Variety Orchestra: Waltz No. 2
Jess Gillam, alto saxophone; Ben Dawson, piano; Timothy Welch, viola; Michael Gray, violin; Benjamin Hughes, cello
3:14 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 38 "Prague" in D major K 504
English Chamber Orchestra; Jeffrey Tate, conductor
3:49 p.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto for lute and 2 violins in D major RV 93
Bach Sinfonia; Daniel Abraham, conductor Ronn McFarlane, lute; C. Ann Loud, violin; Marlisa del Cid Woods, violin
4:01 p.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso No. 1 in Bb major Opus 3/1 HWV 312
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor
4:10 p.m.
Louise Farrenc
Piano Trio No. 2 in D minor Opus 34
Linos Ensemble
4:37 p.m.
Jon Terryl "Terry" Plumeri
Windflower
Moscow Philharmonic; Jon Terryl "Terry" Plumeri, conductor Sara Watkins, oboe
4:52 p.m.
Francois Couperin
The Waving Scarf (Le bavolet flottant)
Assad Brothers Sergio Assad, guitar; Odair Assad, guitar
4:54 p.m.
Isaac Albeniz
Suite Espanola: No. 4 "Cadiz" Opus 47
Katia and Marielle Labeque, piano duo
4:58 p.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto for four mandolins in B minor Opus 3/10 RV 580
Il Giardino Armonico; Giovanni Antonini, conductor Avi Avital, mandolin
5:08 p.m.
Valerie Coleman
Shotgun Houses: I. Shotgun Houses
Harlem Quartet David Shifrin, clarinet
5:13 p.m.
Niccolo Paganini
Perpetual Motion "Moto Perpetuo" Opus 11 MS 72
Eastman Wind Ensemble; Donald Hunsberger, conductor Wynton Marsalis, trumpet
5:19 p.m.
William Grant Still
Africa: Symphonic Poem
Fort Smith Symphony; John Jeter, conductor
5:47 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Harpsichord Concerto in D minor BWV 974
Vikingur Olafsson, piano
5:59 p.m.
Jennifer Reason
Local Artist Feature: Jason Sia, piano
Jennifer Reason, host
6:16 p.m.
Leo Delibes
Coppelia: (Suite from the ballet)
Philadelphia Orchestra; Eugene Ormandy, conductor
6:32 p.m.
Franz Liszt
Etude No. 3 "The Little Bell" ("La Campanella") in G# minor
Jorge Bolet, piano
6:37 p.m.
Samuel Barber
Canzonetta for oboe and strings Opus 48
London Symphony Orchestra; Jose Serebrier, conductor Julia Girdwood, oboe
6:45 p.m.
Carlos Simon
Memory of Summer
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra; Klaus Makela, conductor Carlos Simon, piano
6:49 p.m.
Hania Rani
Glass
Scoring Berlin; Jonathan Stockhammer, conductor Mari Samuelsen, violin
6:53 p.m.
Andrew York
Muir Woods
Andrew York, guitar
