Classical Music Playlist, February 26, 2026
Antonín Dvořák (background photo by Michael Browning on Unsplash)
Czech composer Antonín Dvořák wrote his “New World Symphony” while teaching in America. He finished it in New York on May 24th of 1893 and, before it premiered that December, on June 3rd he arrived for the summer in the Czech community of Spillville, Iowa, where three days later he began writing his “American” String Quartet No. 12 and finished it within two weeks. It premiered in Boston on New Year’s Day of 1894, two weeks after the triumphant premiere in New York of his “New World Symphony” in December of 1893. The “American String Quartet” by Antonín Dvořák is today’s Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
Johann Friedrich Fasch
Concerto in D major L: D8
Tempesta di Mare
6:10 a.m.
Pavel Vranicky
Symphony in D major Opus 52
Dvorak Chamber Orchestra; Bohumil Gregor, conductor
6:46 a.m.
ANONYMOUS
Folia: Rodrigo Martinez
Jordi Savall, viola da gamba
6:52 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Slavonic Dance No. 4 in F major Opus 46
Cleveland Orchestra; Christoph Von Dohnanyi, conductor
7:01 a.m.
Arcangelo Corelli
Concerto Grosso No. 10 in C major Opus 6
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor
7:14 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 41 "Jupiter" in C major K 551
Scottish Chamber Orchestra; Jukka-Pekka Saraste, conductor
7:50 a.m.
Heitor Villa-Lobos
Bachianas Brasileiras No. 4: I. Preludio W284
Plinio Fernandes, guitar
7:54 a.m.
Dmitri Kabalevsky
Colas Breugnon: Overture
Boston Pops Orchestra; John Williams, conductor
8:00 a.m.
Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges
Symphony in G Major in G major
Tafelmusik; Jeanne Lamon, conductor
8:15 a.m.
Edward Elgar
Enigma Variations Opus 36
London Symphony Orchestra; Pierre Monteux, conductor
8:46 a.m.
Henry Purcell
Indian Queen: Symphony
Parley of Instruments
8:52 a.m.
Mikhail Glinka
Kamarinskaya
Detroit Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
9:00 a.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Symphony No. 3 "Scottish" in A minor Opus 56
Cleveland Orchestra; Christoph Von Dohnanyi, conductor
9:36 a.m.
William Grant Still
Africa: II. Land of Romance
Lara Downes, piano
9:44 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto for 2 horns in F major RV 539
Ensemble Zefiro; Alfredo Bernardini, conductor Thomas Muller, horn; Dileno Baldin, horn
9:55 a.m.
Claude Debussy
Arabesque No. 2 in G major
Philharmonia Orchestra; Geoffrey Simon, conductor
10:00 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Slavonic Rhapsody No. 2 in G minor Opus 45
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; Kurt Masur, conductor
10:15 a.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Piano Sonata No. 15 "Pastoral" in D major Opus 28
Stewart Goodyear, piano
10:38 a.m.
Clarence Cameron White
Levee Dance
Rachel Barton Pine, violin; Matthew Hagle, piano
10:42 a.m.
Joe Hisaishi
A Town with an Ocean View (from Kiki's Delivery Service)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Joe Hisaishi, conductor
10:50 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso No. 6 in D major Opus 3/6 HWV 317
Academy of Ancient Music; Richard Egarr, conductor Richard Egarr, organ
11:00 a.m.
Friedrich Kuhlau
Concertino for 2 horns and orchestra Opus 45
Odense Symphony Orchestra; Othmar Maga, conductor Ib Lanzky-Otto, horn; Froydis Ree Wekre, horn
11:24 a.m.
Federico Moreno Torroba
Castillos de Espana: Torija/Alcaniz (Elegia/Festival)
Andres Segovia, guitar
11:28 a.m.
Giuseppe Verdi
OTELLO: Ballet Music
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; Jose Serebrier, conductor
11:35 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Keyboard Concerto No. 3 in D major BWV 1054
Australian Chamber Orchestra Angela Hewitt, piano
11:52 a.m.
Claude Debussy
Scottish March (Marche Ecossaise)
Lyon National Orchestra; Jun Markl, conductor
12:00 p.m.
Louis Theodore Gouvy
Symphonie breve in G minor Opus 58
Saarbrucken Radio Philharmonic Orchestra; Jacques Mercier, conductor
12:15 p.m.
John Williams
The Reivers: Main Title
Studio Orchestra; John Williams, conductor
12:22 p.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor Opus 49
Claremont Trio
12:51 p.m.
Alessandro Scarlatti
Concerto Grosso No. 6 in E major
Europa Galante; Fabio Biondi, conductor
12:59 p.m.
Aram Khachaturian
Gayne Ballet Suite
Boston Pops Orchestra; John Williams, conductor
1:10 p.m.
Franz Schubert
String Quartet No. 12 (Quartet Movement) in C minor D 703
Verdi String Quartet
1:21 p.m.
Edvard Grieg
Piano Concerto in A minor Opus 16
Berlin Philharmonic; Mariss Jansons, conductor Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
1:51 p.m.
Teng Yu-hsien
Spring Breeze
Xuefei Yang, guitar
1:55 p.m.
Florence Price
Symphony No. 1: III. Juba Dance in E minor
Philadelphia Orchestra; Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor
2:00 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
String Quartet No. 12 "American" in F major Opus 96
Emerson String Quartet
2:26 p.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Trumpet Concerto in Eb major
German Chamber Philharmonic; Thomas Klug, conductor Alison Balsom, trumpet
2:42 p.m.
Bela Bartok
Concerto for Orchestra: IV. Interrupted Intermezzo
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Fritz Reiner, conductor
2:48 p.m.
Johan Christian Schieferdecker
Concerts musicaux No. 1
Berlin Academy of Ancient Music
3:00 p.m.
Jean Sibelius
Karelia Suite Opus 11
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra; Jukka-Pekka Saraste, conductor
3:16 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
2 Gavottes in G minor BWV 995
Sharon Isbin, guitar
3:20 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 5 in D major K 175
English Baroque Soloists; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor Malcolm Bilson, fortepiano
3:42 p.m.
Charles Gounod
FAUST: Ballet Music
Boston Symphony Orchestra; Seiji Ozawa, conductor
4:00 p.m.
Anton Bruckner
Symphony No. 8: IV. Finale in C minor
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Karl Bohm, conductor
4:24 p.m.
Gabriel Olafs
Staircase Sonata
Reykjavik Orchestra; Viktor Orri Arnason, conductor Gabriel Olafs, piano
4:27 p.m.
David Pritchard
Stairs
Aquarelle Guitar Quartet
4:32 p.m.
Georg Philipp Telemann
Concerto for trumpet, violin and strings in D major
Musica Angelica Baroque Orchestra; Martin Haselbock, conductor Martin Patschneider, trumpet; Elizabeth Blumenstock, violin
4:46 p.m.
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
Symphony in Eb major Wq 179
Les Violons du Roy; Bernard Labadie, conductor
5:00 p.m.
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor Opus 18
Dallas Symphony Orchestra; Andrew Litton, conductor Stephen Hough, piano
5:33 p.m.
Fernando Sor
Etude No. 17 in E minor Opus 6/11
Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra; Irene Delgado-Jimenez, conductor Pablo Sainz Villegas, guitar
5:37 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Sheep May Safely Graze BWV 208
Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra; Ton Koopman, conductor Yo Yo Ma, cello
5:42 p.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
Oberon Overture J 306
Philharmonia Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
5:52 p.m.
Wilhelm Peterson-Berger
Prelude to Sveagaldrar (Forspel till)
Norrkoping Symphony Orchestra; Michail Jurowski, conductor
6:00 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
String Quintet No. 5 in D major K 593
Nash Ensemble Philip Dukes, viola
6:28 p.m.
Mary Kouyoumdjian
Aghavni: III. 1986
Lara Downes, piano
6:30 p.m.
Frederic Chopin
Waltz No. 1 "Grande Valse Brillante" in Eb major Opus 18
Stephen Kovacevich, piano
6:36 p.m.
Paul Dukas
Polyeucte Overture
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor
6:52 p.m.
Claude Debussy
Slow Waltz (La plus que lente)
San Francisco Symphony; Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
