Classical Music Playlist, March 26, 2026
Henriette Renié (1875-1956)
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 Henriette Renié (1875-1956).
- French harpist and composer Henriette Renié was known for her virtuosic compositions and simpler pieces for beginning students. She also codified a method of harp playing that is still used today.
- Renié was born in Paris and was soon recognized as a child prodigy on the harp and enrolled at the Paris Conservatory at the age of nine in 1884.
- This was fortunate timing because up to 1880 women were only allowed to study performance at the Conservatory. By the time she enrolled, women could now study theory, harmony and composition.
- By age 12 she had won many prizes and students from all over Paris sought her out for lessons.
- Her astonishing concerts, compositions and advocacy for the harp raised the instrument from a parlor curiosity and occasional member of orchestras (just for effects) to one of virtuosity and led to major compositions for the instrument from other composers such as Claude Debussy, Maurice Ravel and others.
- She was awarded the Legion of Honor in 1954, the highest decoration of merit in France.
- Henriette Renié died in March, 1956, in Paris.
Renié's 1901 Trio for Harp, Violin and Cello is today's Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
Johann Friedrich Fasch
Concerto for lute and orchestra in D minor
Musica Antiqua Koln; Reinhardt Goebel, conductor Michael Ducker, lute
6:14 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Piano Quartet No. 2 in Eb major Opus 87
Emerson String Quartet Menahem Pressler, piano
6:51 a.m.
Johann Christian Bach
Overture to La Giulia
Hanover Band; Anthony Halstead, conductor
7:00 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso "Alexander's Feast" in C major HWV 318
English Baroque Soloists; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
7:14 a.m.
Edvard Grieg
Piano Concerto in A minor Opus 16
Berlin Philharmonic; Mariss Jansons, conductor Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
7:44 a.m.
Henriette Renie
Dance of the Elves (Danse des Lutins)
Xavier de Maistre, harp
7:48 a.m.
Alfredo Casella
Italia: IV. Finale (Allegro molto vivace...) Opus 11
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Gianandrea Noseda, conductor
7:57 a.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Symphony No. 4 "Italian": I. Allegro Vivace in A major Opus 90
San Francisco Symphony; Herbert Blomstedt, conductor
8:09 a.m.
Henriette Renie
Harp Concerto in C minor
Rhenish Philharmonic Orchestra; Shao-Chia Lu, conductor Xavier de Maistre, harp
8:30 a.m.
George Gershwin
Rhapsody in Blue
Cincinnati Jazz Orchestra; Erich Kunzel, conductor William Tritt, piano
8:49 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Symphony No. 6: III. Scherzo (Furiant) in D major Opus 60
Cleveland Orchestra; Christoph Von Dohnanyi, conductor
8:59 a.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
Symphony No. 3 "Organ" in C minor Opus 78
Boston Symphony Orchestra; Charles Munch, conductor Berj Zamkochian, organ
9:35 a.m.
Andre Campra
Venetian Festivals
Limoges Baroque Ensemble; Jean-Michel Hasler, conductor
9:50 a.m.
Igor Stravinsky
The Firebird: Lullaby (Berceuse) & Finale L'Oiseau de feu
Detroit Symphony Orchestra; Antal Dorati, conductor
10:00 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso No. 10 in D minor Opus 6/10 HWV 328
Academy of Ancient Music; Andrew Manze, conductor
10:15 a.m.
Louis Spohr
Clarinet Concerto No. 1 in C minor Opus 26
English Chamber Orchestra; Gerard Schwarz, conductor Emma Johnson, clarinet
10:39 a.m.
Henriette Renie
Ballade Fantastique
Xavier de Maistre, harp
10:49 a.m.
Fela Sowande
African Suite: Selections
Chicago Sinfonietta; Paul Freeman, conductor
11:00 a.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture
Philharmonia Orchestra; Riccardo Muti, conductor
11:21 a.m.
Carl Nielsen
Masquerade Overture
Aarhus Symphony Orchestra; Lance Friedel, conductor
11:26 a.m.
Aram Khachaturian
Masquerade: Waltz
The Bolshoi Theater Orchestra; Mark Ermler, conductor
11:32 a.m.
Henry Purcell
DIDO AND AENEAS
Freiburg Baroque Orchestra; Thomas Hengelbrock, conductor
11:50 a.m.
John Williams
Theme from The Patriot
Boston Pops Orchestra; Keith Lockhart, conductor Middlesex County Fifes & Drums
12:00 p.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Trumpet Concerto in Eb major
German Chamber Philharmonic; Thomas Klug, conductor Alison Balsom, trumpet
12:16 p.m.
Henriette Renie
Legende L�gende
Xavier de Maistre, harp
12:26 p.m.
Georges Bizet
Symphony No. 1 in C major
New York Philharmonic; Leonard Bernstein, conductor
12:56 p.m.
Gabriel Faure
PELLEAS ET MELISANDE: Sicilienne Opus 80
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
1:01 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Keyboard Concerto No. 4 in A major BWV 1055
Chamber Orchestra of Europe Andras Schiff, piano
1:15 p.m.
Marcel Grandjany
Rhapsodie for Harp Opus 10
Yolanda Kondonassis, harp
1:25 p.m.
Carel Anton Fodor
Symphony No. 2 in G major Opus 13
Netherlands Radio Chamber Orchestra; Anthony Halstead, conductor
1:50 p.m.
Richard Wagner
DIE WALKURE: Magic Fire Music
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; Jose Serebrier, conductor
2:00 p.m.
Henriette Renie
Trio for harp, violin and cello
Emily Levin, harp; Julia Choi, violin; Christine Lamprea, cello
2:30 p.m.
Ernesto Nazareth
Perigoso
Estela Olevsky, piano
2:35 p.m.
Maurice Ravel
Daphnis et Chloe: Suite No. 2
Concertgebouw Orchestra; Bernard Haitink, conductor
2:52 p.m.
Johannes Brahms
Rhapsody in G minor Opus 79/2
Emanuel Ax, piano
3:00 p.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
EURYANTHE Overture Opus 81 J 291
Philharmonia Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
3:10 p.m.
Vincenzo Capirola
Rustic Dance (La Vilanela)
Paul O'Dette, lute
3:12 p.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Rustic Concerto (Concerto "alla Rustica") in G major RV 151
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor
3:16 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Symphony No. 2 in D major Opus 36
German Chamber Philharmonic; Paavo Jarvi, conductor
3:49 p.m.
Arnold Bax
Morning Song (Maytime in Sussex)
London Philharmonic Orchestra; Bryden Thomson, conductor Margaret Fingerhut, piano
3:58 p.m.
Sergei Prokofiev
Symphony No. 1 "Classical" in D major Opus 25
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
4:13 p.m.
Henriette Renie
Contemplation
Naoko Yoshino, harp
4:19 p.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Piano Concerto No. 1 in G minor Opus 25
London Mozart Players; Jonathan Bloxham, conductor Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano
4:40 p.m.
Anton Bruckner
Symphony No. 6: I. Majestoso in A major
Concertgebouw Orchestra; Riccardo Chailly, conductor
4:59 p.m.
Ignacy Jan Paderewski
Overture
Polish National Radio Orchestra; Antoni Wit, conductor
5:09 p.m.
Heitor Villa-Lobos
Bachianas Brasileiras No. 4: I. Preludio W284
Plinio Fernandes, guitar
5:13 p.m.
Sonny Kompanek
Killer Tango
Canadian Brass
5:18 p.m.
Gustav Mahler
Symphony No. 3: I. Kraftig in D minor "powerful"
New York Philharmonic; Leonard Bernstein, conductor
5:54 p.m.
Hector Berlioz
Damnation of Faust: Hungarian March Opus 24
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra; David Zinman, conductor
6:00 p.m.
Johannes Brahms
Piano Trio No. 1 in B major Opus 8
Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano; Itzhak Perlman, violin; Lynn Harrell, cello
6:36 p.m.
Henriette Renie
Piece Symphonique Pi�ce symphonique
Xavier de Maistre, harp
6:45 p.m.
Carlos Simon
Memory of Summer
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra; Klaus Makela, conductor Carlos Simon, piano
6:54 p.m.
Robert Schumann
Nightpiece No. 4 in F major Opus 23
Andras Schiff, piano
