Classical Music Playlist, March 24, 2026
Hildegard von Bingen receiving a vision. (Anonymous)
Selections by today's Woman in Music for Women’s History Month, Hildegard von Bingen from the 1100s, and other pre-baroque composers will be heard throughout the day today including the sublime “Requiem” from 1603 by Spanish composer Tomás Luis de Victoria for today's Midday Masterpiece.
Not only is Hildegard the earliest female composer, she is one of the first identified composers, PERIOD. She was a medieval nun who also wrote books on theology, botany, and medicine, and in hundreds of letters gave counsel to everyone from peasants to kings.
Her music was virtually unknown until around the 800th anniversary of her death in 1979 when an English ensemble performed her music. Soon after, the release of an album in 1983 became a surprise best-seller for people looking for affirmation and calm in a bustling modern world.
In the forty years since, interest in Hildegard's music and life has spawned hundreds of recordings, biographies, documentaries and more that highlight her accomplishments not only as a composer but a visionary, founder of monasteries, a leader who earned the respect of church and political leaders and, some say, a prophet. Branches of the Roman Catholic Church have recognized her as a saint for centuries.
Listen for selections of her music throughout the day today.
6:00 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Horn Quintet in Eb major K 407
Quadriga Quartet Wilhelm Bruns, natural horn
6:15 a.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
Piano Concerto No. 2 in Eb major Opus 32
Staatskapelle Dresden; Herbert Blomstedt, conductor Peter Rosel, piano
6:40 a.m.
Michael Praetorius
Dance Suite from Terpsichore
Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
6:51 a.m.
Dieterich Buxtehude
Praeludium in D minor BUX 140
The Paramount Brass
6:57 a.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Leonore Overture No. 3 Opus 72
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; Riccardo Chailly, conductor
7:11 a.m.
Giovanni Palestrina
Missa Papae Marcelli
The Tallis Scholars; Peter Phillips, conductor
7:44 a.m.
Maddalena Casulana
Morir non puo il mio cuore
Palaver Strings
7:47 a.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
Africa-Fantasie Opus 89
London Philharmonic Orchestra; Geoffrey Simon, conductor Gwendolyn Mok, piano
8:00 a.m.
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Capriccio Espagnol Opus 34
New York Philharmonic; Leonard Bernstein, conductor
8:16 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major K 467
Scottish Chamber Orchestra; Charles Mackerras, conductor John O'Conor, piano
8:44 a.m.
Hildegard von Bingen
Cum Erubuerint
Sequentia
8:49 a.m.
Benjamin Britten
Gloriana: Courtly Dances
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Andre Previn, conductor
9:00 a.m.
Alberic Magnard
Symphony No. 3 in Bb minor Opus 11
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra; Jean-Yves Ossonce, conductor
9:39 a.m.
Paulinho Nogueira
Bachianinha No. 1
Plinio Fernandes, guitar
9:42 a.m.
Heitor Villa-Lobos
Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5: Aria
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Kenneth Silito, conductor Alexandre Lagoya, guitar
9:48 a.m.
Alexander Glazunov
Concert Waltz No. 2 (Valse de Concert) Opus 51
Bamberg Symphony; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
10:00 a.m.
Maurice Ravel
Mother Goose Suite
Boston Symphony Orchestra; Charles Munch, conductor
10:19 a.m.
Jean Sibelius
Symphony No. 7 in C major Opus 105
London Symphony Orchestra; Colin Davis, conductor
10:43 a.m.
Hildegard von Bingen
O Quam preciosa
Sequentia Sequentia
10:51 a.m.
Gabriel Olafs
Melodia Suite: Absent Minded & Filma
Reykjavik Orchestra; Viktor Orri Arnason, conductor Gabriel Olafs, piano
10:59 a.m.
Frederic Chopin
Concert Rondo "Krakowiak" in F major Opus 14
Warsaw Philharmonic; Kazimierz Kord, conductor Garrick Ohlsson, piano
11:14 a.m.
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Symphony No. 3 in C major Opus 32
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
11:51 a.m.
Modest Mussorgsky
KHOVANSHCHINA: Persian Dance
Minnesota Orchestra; Eiji Oue, conductor
11:59 a.m.
Carlos Baguer
Symphony No. 13 in Eb major
London Mozart Players; Matthias Bamert, conductor
12:13 p.m.
Giovanni Palestrina
Stabat mater
The Tallis Scholars; Peter Phillips, conductor
12:24 p.m.
Hildegard von Bingen
O Frondens Virga
Ann Moss, soprano; Trace Johnson, baroque cello; Justin Ouellet, viola
12:30 p.m.
Howard Hanson
Symphony No. 2 "Romantic"
Seattle Symphony; Gerard Schwarz, conductor
1:00 p.m.
Alan Hovhaness
Symphony No. 2 "Mysterious Mountain" Opus 132
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra; Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor
1:17 p.m.
Jan Dussek
Harp Concerto in Eb major Opus 15
Mantova Orchestra; Vittorio Parisi, conductor Roberta Alessandrini, harp
1:43 p.m.
Richard Strauss
Serenade in Eb major Opus 7
Stockholm Philharmonic (members of); Paavo Berglund, conductor
1:54 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
LA CLEMENZA DI TITO Overture K 621
Scottish Chamber Orchestra; Christian Baldini, conductor
2:00 p.m.
Tomas Luis de Victoria
Requiem
The Tallis Scholars; Peter Phillips, conductor
2:42 p.m.
Hildegard von Bingen
O Virtus Sapientiae (Antiphon for Divine Wisdom)
iSing Silicon Valley Esteli Gomez, soprano
2:47 p.m.
Alfonso X "El Sabio"
Cantiga de Santa Maria, No. 48 THE CANTICLES OF HOLY MARY
Ensemble Galilei Maggie Sansone, dulcimer
2:51 p.m.
ANONYMOUS
Saltarello
Calliope
2:56 p.m.
Hildegard von Bingen
2 Instrumental Dances from Ordo Virtutum
Sequentia; Benjamin Bagby, conductor
3:01 p.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto for 2 oboes, 2 violins, bassoon in C major RV 557
Ensemble Zefiro; Alfredo Bernardini, conductor Members of...
3:10 p.m.
Aleksandra Pakhmutova
Trumpet Concerto
Moscow Chamber Orchestra; Constantine Orbelian, conductor Bibi Black, trumpet
3:26 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
The Hero's Song Opus 111
Scottish National Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
3:49 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Piano Concerto No. 5 "Emperor": III. Rondo in Eb major Opus 73
London Symphony Orchestra; Colin Davis, conductor Evgeny Kissin, piano
4:00 p.m.
Johann Strauss, Jr.
Vienna Blood Opus 354 Wiener Blut
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Fritz Reiner, conductor
4:10 p.m.
Edvard Grieg
Holberg Suite Opus 40
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
4:31 p.m.
Dmitri Kabalevsky
Colas Breugnon: Overture
Minnesota Orchestra; Eiji Oue, conductor
4:37 p.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Sleeping Beauty Suite Opus 66
Philadelphia Orchestra; Riccardo Muti, conductor
4:59 p.m.
Richard Strauss
Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks Opus 28
Staatskapelle Dresden; Rudolph Kempe, conductor
5:15 p.m.
Sebastian Iradier
La Paloma the dove
Pablo Sainz Villegas, guitar
5:18 p.m.
Agustin Bardi
Gallo Ciego blind rooster
Apollo Chamber Players Hector del Curto, bandoneon
5:23 p.m.
Dorothy Howell
Piano Concerto in D minor in D minor
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra; Rebecca Miller, conductor Danny Driver, piano
5:43 p.m.
Virgil Thomson
Louisiana Story: Acadian Songs and Dances
New London Orchestra; Ronald Corp, conductor
5:59 p.m.
Edward Elgar
Cello Concerto in E minor Opus 85
London Philharmonic Orchestra; George Pehlivanian, conductor Ofra Harnoy, cello
6:29 p.m.
Hildegard von Bingen
O beatissime Ruperte
Sequentia
6:31 p.m.
Hildegard von Bingen
O Bonifaci
Sequentia; Benjamin Bagby, conductor
6:35 p.m.
Max Richter
On the Nature of Daylight
Max Richter Orchestra; Lorenz Dangel, conductor
6:41 p.m.
Maurice Ravel
Pavane for a Dead Princess (Pavane Pour Une Infante Defunte)
Lyon National Orchestra; Leonard Slatkin, conductor
6:49 p.m.
Shelley Washington
Middleground
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