Classical Music Playlist, April 6, 2026
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, 1880. Source: Library of Congress
Early reception of Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1 did not bode well. His desired soloist for the premiere told Tchaikovsky to his face that it was unplayable along with a stream of other criticisms. Tchaikovsky replied that, "I shall not alter a single note. I shall publish the work exactly as it is!" And that he did. And despite some awful reviews following the 1875 premiere in Boston by critics, that performance was a smashing success with the audience. The Concerto soon grew to be recognized as one of the masterwork piano concertos, and it’s today’s Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
Charles Avison
Concerto No. 6 in G major Opus 3/6
Avison Ensemble; Pavlo Beznosiuk, conductor
6:10 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 19 in F major K 459
Scottish Chamber Orchestra; Charles Mackerras, conductor John O'Conor, piano
6:38 a.m.
Isaac Albeniz
Suite Espanola: No. 1 "Granada" Opus 47/1
Raphael Feuillatre, guitar
6:44 a.m.
Leo Delibes
Coppelia: (Suite from the ballet)
Philadelphia Orchestra; Eugene Ormandy, conductor
6:59 a.m.
Ricardo Castro
Piano Concerto: III. Polonaise in A minor Opus 22
Orquesta Sinf�nica de Miner�a (OSM); Carlos Miguel Prieto, conductor Jorge Federico Osorio, piano
7:08 a.m.
Robert Schumann
Symphony No. 1 "Spring" in Bb major Opus 38
Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
7:39 a.m.
Henning Sommerro
Varsog
Arctic Philharmonic; Christian Kluxen, conductor Eldbjorg Hemsing, violin
7:43 a.m.
Teng Yu-hsien
Spring Breeze
Xuefei Yang, guitar
7:48 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Four Seasons: Spring (La Primavera) in E major Opus 8/1 RV 269
Tafelmusik; Jeanne Lamon, conductor Jeanne Lamon, violin
7:59 a.m.
Georges Bizet
L'Arlesienne Suite No. 2
Montreal Symphony Orchestra; Charles Dutoit, conductor
8:19 a.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Symphony No. 7: II. Allegretto in A major Opus 92
Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
8:28 a.m.
Arthur Foote
Piano Trio No. 2 in Bb major Opus 65
Neave Trio
8:51 a.m.
Franz Von Suppe
Light Cavalry Overture
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Gustav Kuhn, conductor
9:00 a.m.
Johan Halvorsen
Symphony No. 1 in C minor
Bergen Philharmonic; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
9:36 a.m.
Charlotte Sohy
Song Without Words Op 30/4
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; The Bach Choir; Joe Hisaishi, conductor Lang Lang, piano
9:40 a.m.
Charles S. Brown
A Song Without Words
Rachel Barton Pine, violin; Matthew Hagle, piano
9:44 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Othello Overture Opus 93
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra; Vaclav Neumann, conductor
10:00 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
ALMIRA: Suite of instrumental music
Berlin Academy of Ancient Music
10:15 a.m.
Francesco Tristano
On John Bull's Galliard In D
Basel Chamber Orchestra; Irene Delgado-Jimenez, conductor Francesco Tristano, piano
10:19 a.m.
Tielmann Susato
Galliardes Nos. 2,11,9,4,7,10,3,15
New London Consort; Philip Pickett, conductor
10:30 a.m.
Antonio Rosetti
Concerto for horn in D minor C 38
Prague Chamber Orchestra Radek Baborak, horn
10:52 a.m.
Franz Schubert
Impromptu No. 4 in F minor Opus 142 D 935
Murray Perahia, piano
11:00 a.m.
Luigi Boccherini
Cello Concerto No. 9 in Bb major G 482
Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra; Ton Koopman, conductor Yo Yo Ma, cello
11:18 a.m.
Thelonious Monk
Monk's Mood
Kristin Lee, violin; Jeremy Ajani Jordan, piano
11:24 a.m.
Igor Stravinsky
Pulcinella Suite
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra; Yoel Levi, conductor
11:46 a.m.
Jan Dismas Zelenka
Capriccio No. 2 in G major Z 183
Bern Camerata; Alexander van Wijnkoop, conductor
12:00 p.m.
Alexander Borodin
PRINCE IGOR: Polovetsian Dances
Bavarian Radio Symphony & Chorus; Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
12:16 p.m.
Hania Rani
Glass
Scoring Berlin; Jonathan Stockhammer, conductor Mari Samuelsen, violin
12:21 p.m.
Robert Schumann
Piano Concerto in A minor Opus 54
Berlin Philharmonic; Mariss Jansons, conductor Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
12:52 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
RUSALKA: Polonaise in Eb major
Prague Philharmonia; Jakub Hrusa, conductor
12:59 p.m.
Jean-Marie Leclair
Flute Concerto in C major Opus 7/3
Arion Claire Guimond, baroque flute
1:14 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
DON GIOVANNI Overture K 527
Scottish Chamber Orchestra; Christian Baldini, conductor
1:21 p.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
String Quartet "Sunrise" in Bb major Opus 76/4
Quatuor Mosaiques
1:46 p.m.
Bedrich Smetana
Ma Vlast: IV. From Bohemia's Woods and Meadows
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra; Vaclav Neumann, conductor
2:00 p.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Piano Concerto No. 1 in Bb minor Opus 23
Berlin Philharmonic; Claudio Abbado, conductor Martha Argerich, piano
2:33 p.m.
Alan Thomas
Sephardic Trio: III. Una Matica de Ruda (traditional wedding song)
Cavatina Duo [flute & guitar] David Cunliffe, cello
2:38 p.m.
Claude Debussy
Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra; Paavo Jarvi, conductor
2:48 p.m.
Hector Berlioz
Symphonie Fantastique: V. Witches' Sabbath Opus 14
BBC Symphony Orchestra; Andrew Davis, conductor
3:00 p.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Violin Concerto, Op. 4, No. 9 in F major Opus 4/9 RV 284
Academy of Ancient Music; Christopher Hogwood, conductor Monica Huggett, violin
3:08 p.m.
Jon Terryl "Terry" Plumeri
Windflower
Moscow Philharmonic; Jon Terryl "Terry" Plumeri, conductor Sara Watkins, oboe
3:23 p.m.
Florence Price
Piano Quintet in A minor
Takacs Quartet Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano
3:50 p.m.
Mikhail Glinka
Spanish Overture No. 1 "Jota aragonesa"
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Vassily Sinaisky, conductor
4:00 p.m.
Max Bruch
Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 26 in G minor Opus 26
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra; Jakub Hrusa, conductor Nicola Benedetti, violin
4:26 p.m.
Leo Brouwer
Afro-Cuban Lullaby (Cancion de Cuna: Berceuse)
Pablo Sainz Villegas, guitar
4:29 p.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
EUGENE ONEGIN: Polonaise
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra; David Zinman, conductor
4:35 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Keyboard Concerto No. 4 in A major BWV 1055
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Murray Perahia, conductor Murray Perahia, piano
4:49 p.m.
Henriette Renie
Dance of the Elves (Danse des Lutins)
Xavier de Maistre, harp
4:53 p.m.
Stewart Goodyear
The Kapok
iSing Silicon Valley; Jennah Delp Somers, conductor Inbal Segev, cello; Stewart Goodyear, piano
4:59 p.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Violin Concerto, Op. 3, No. 6 in A minor Opus 3/6 RV 356
Venice Baroque Orchestra Avi Avital, mandolin
5:07 p.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor Opus 49
Claremont Trio
5:36 p.m.
Howard Hanson
MERRY MOUNT suite
Seattle Symphony; Gerard Schwarz, conductor
5:53 p.m.
Ludovico Einaudi
Odd Days
La Pieta; Angele Dubeau, conductor Angele Dubeau, violin
6:00 p.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 98 in Bb major
Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra; Adam Fischer, conductor
6:30 p.m.
William Grant Still
Suite for Violin and Piano
Rachel Barton Pine, violin; Matthew Hagle, piano
6:44 p.m.
Frederick Delius
On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring
Bournemouth Sinfonietta; Norman Del Mar, conductor
6:52 p.m.
Michael Tilson Thomas
You Come Here Often?
National Orchestra of France; Cristian Macelaru, conductor Yuja Wang, piano
6:54 p.m.
Carlos Simon
Memory of Summer
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra; Klaus Makela, conductor Carlos Simon, piano
