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Tuesday, March 10, 2026

Classical Music Playlist, March 10, 2026

 

Ethel Smyth (1858-1944)

Every day in March for Women’s History Month CapRadio celebrates Women In Music who brought us to where we are today and the innovators who keep moving music forward. Today's classical spotlight is on English composer and suffragette Ethel Smyth. Her 1890 Serenade in D is today’s Midday Masterpiece.

  • British composer Ethel Smyth was born in 1858 and in 1887 enrolled at the Leipzig Academy and during this time she met Brahms, Dvořák, Clara Schumann and Tchaikovsky among others.
  • Returning to England in 1890 and gaining recognition with various compositions, from 1893 to 1910 she focused on writing operas.
  • A 1903 performance of her second opera Der Wald (The Forest) at the Metropolitan Opera in New York remained for over a century that company's only opera composed by a woman. The New York audience gave her a ten-minute ovation, though reviews were mixed. Positive reviews praised the music on its own merits; negative reviews complained that her music was “un-feminine.”
  • From 1911 to 1913 Smyth was active with the English suffragette movement and her composition, The March of Women, became an anthem for the movement. 
  • Smyth was the first female composer to be awarded a damehood (Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire) in 1922 and received honorary doctorates from Universities of Oxford and Durham.
  • Smyth died in 1944 at the age of 86.
6:00 a.m.
6:00 a.m.
Johann Heinichen
Concerto in F major S 235
Musica Antiqua Koln; Reinhardt Goebel, conductor
6:18 a.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 95 in C minor
Collegium Musicum 90; Richard Hickox, conductor
6:39 a.m.
Arvo Part
Mirror in the Mirror (Spiegel im Spiegel)
Anne Akiko Meyers, violin; Akira Eguchi, piano
6:48 a.m.
Johann Strauss, Jr.
Morning Papers Opus 279 (Morgenblatter)
Vienna State Opera Orchestra; Franz Bauer-Theussl, conductor
7:00 a.m.
7:00 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso No. 1 in G major Opus 6/1 HWV 319
Academy of Ancient Music; Andrew Manze, conductor
7:12 a.m.
Robert Schumann
Piano Concerto in A minor Opus 54
Berlin Philharmonic; Mariss Jansons, conductor Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
7:44 a.m.
Ethel Smyth
THE BOATSWAIN'S MATE: Overture
BBC National Orchestra of Wales; Rumon Gamba, conductor
7:51 a.m.
Gustav Mahler
Symphony No. 1: 2nd movement in D major
San Francisco Symphony; Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
8:00 a.m.
8:01 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 40: I. Molto allegro in G minor K 550
Scottish Chamber Orchestra; Charles Mackerras, conductor
8:11 a.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
Clarinet Concerto No. 2 in Eb major Opus 74
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor Andrew Marriner, clarinet
8:36 a.m.
Ethel Smyth
String Quartet: II. Allegro molto leggiero in E minor
Mannheim String Quartet
8:44 a.m.
Alexander Borodin
PRINCE IGOR: Polovetsian Dances
Bavarian Radio Symphony & Chorus; Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
9:00 a.m.
9:00 a.m.
Christoph Forster
Horn Concerto in Eb major ICF 6
St. Luke's Chamber Ensemble Stewart Rose, horn
9:16 a.m.
Cesar Franck
Symphony: I. Lento - Allegro non troppo in D minor
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Pierre Monteux, conductor
9:37 a.m.
Franz Liszt
Hungarian Rhapsody No. 1 in F minor
Budapest Symphony Orchestra; Andras Korodi, conductor
9:52 a.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Symphony No. 4 "Italian": IV. Saltarello (Presto) in A major Opus 90
San Francisco Symphony; Herbert Blomstedt, conductor
10:00 a.m.
10:00 a.m.
Johannes Brahms
Piano Quintet: I. Allegro non troppo in F minor Opus 34
Artemis Quartet Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
10:17 a.m.
Gustav Mahler
Symphony No. 5: III. Scherzo in C# minor
Berlin Philharmonic; Claudio Abbado, conductor Gerd Seifert, horn
10:38 a.m.
Franz Waxman
Rhapsody for piano and orchestra
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra; James Sedares, conductor David Buechner, piano
10:53 a.m.
Ethel Smyth
Four Songs: 2. The Dance
Berkeley Ensemble; Odaline de la Martinez, conductor Lucy Stevens, contralto
11:00 a.m.
11:01 a.m.
Gioachino Rossini
Bassoon Concerto
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Gianandrea Noseda, conductor Karen Geoghegan, bassoon
11:20 a.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 6 "Le Matin" in D major
Lausanne Chamber Orchestra; Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor
11:39 a.m.
Sergei Prokofiev
Symphony No. 5: II. Allegro marcato in Bb major Opus 100
Royal Scottish Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
11:49 a.m.
Francesco Tristano
Toccata
Arctic Philharmonic; Christian Kluxen, conductor Francesco Tristano, piano
11:52 a.m.
Frederic Chopin
Waltz No. 1 "Grande Valse Brillante" in Eb major Opus 18
Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano
11:59 a.m.
Franz Liszt
Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 in D minor
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Georg Solti, conductor
12:00 p.m.
12:12 p.m.
Ethel Smyth
Concerto for Violin, Horn and Orchestra
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Odaline de la Martinez, conductor Sophie Langdon, violin; Richard Watkins, horn
12:43 p.m.
Percy Grainger
Shepherd's Hey
Dallas Wind Symphony; Jerry Junkin, conductor
12:45 p.m.
George Friederich Handel
Solomon: Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor
12:51 p.m.
John Field
Rondo for piano & strings in Ab major
London Mozart Players; Matthias Bamert, conductor Miceal O'Rourke, piano
1:00 p.m.
1:00 p.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Four Seasons: Spring (La Primavera) in E major Opus 8 RV 269
...and friends Janine Jansen, violin
1:13 p.m.
Joaquin Rodrigo
Concierto de Aranjuez
Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra; Gabor Takacs-Nagy, conductor Raphael Feuillatre, guitar
1:38 p.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
Africa-Fantasie Opus 89
Tapiola Sinfonietta; Jean-Jacques Kantorow, conductor Laura Mikkola, piano
1:51 p.m.
Juventino Rosas
Over the Waves (Sobre las olas)
Vienna State Opera Orchestra; Franz Bauer-Theussl, conductor
2:00 p.m.
2:00 p.m.
Ethel Smyth
Serenade in D in D major
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Odaline de la Martinez, conductor Tasmin Little, violin; John Lenehan, piano
2:37 p.m.
Astor Piazzolla
Spring in Buenos Aires (Primavera Portena)
A Far Cry Jason Vieaux, guitar; Julien Labro, bandoneon
2:47 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 1 in Eb major K 16 (FROM THE RUSSELL KLETZING COLLECTION)
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor
3:00 p.m.
3:01 p.m.
Jean Sibelius
Karelia Overture Opus 10
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
3:13 p.m.
Henry Purcell
Timon of Athens: Curtain Tune on a Ground
Parley of Instruments
3:20 p.m.
Ethel Smyth
Piano Trio in D minor
Neave Trio
3:54 p.m.
Johannes Brahms
Hungarian Dance No. 1 in G minor
Staatskapelle Berlin; Otmar Suitner, conductor
4:00 p.m.
4:00 p.m.
Franz Von Suppe
Light Cavalry Overture
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Gustav Kuhn, conductor
4:10 p.m.
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Serenade to Music
London Philharmonic Orchestra; Vernon Handley, conductor
4:25 p.m.
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
Cello Concerto in A major Wq 172 / H 439
English Chamber Orchestra; Andrew Davis, conductor Matt Haimovitz, cello
4:48 p.m.
Ethel Smyth
THE WRECKERS: Overture
Scottish National Orchestra; Alexander Gibson, conductor
4:59 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Triple Concerto for piano, violin, cello & orchestra in C major Opus 56
Philharmonia Orchestra; Santtu-Matias Rouvali, conductor Nicola Benedetti, violin; Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello; Benjamin Grosvenor, piano
5:00 p.m.
5:35 p.m.
Isaac Albeniz
The Crimson Tower (Torre Bermeja) Opus 92/12
Raphael Feuillatre, guitar
5:40 p.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso No. 7 in Bb major Opus 6/7 HWV 325
Boston Baroque; Martin Pearlman, conductor
5:54 p.m.
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Aleko: Men's Dance
Moscow Chamber Orchestra; Constantine Orbelian, conductor
6:00 p.m.
6:01 p.m.
Ethel Smyth
String Quintet in E major Opus 1
Mannheim String Quartet
6:29 p.m.
Samuel Barber
First Essay for Orchestra Opus 12
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra; Yoel Levi, conductor
6:39 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Husitska Overture Opus 67
Janacek Philharmonic; Theodore Kuchar, conductor
6:53 p.m.
Jon Batiste
Nocturne No. 1 in D minor
Jon Batiste, piano
6:56 p.m.
Agustin Barrios
The Bees (Las Abejas)
Jason Vieaux, guitar

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