Classical Music Playlist, June 24, 2026
Bohemian-born composer Jan Zelenka served as a musician with the Dresden Court for about 35 years where he also composed music for the court church and was the official “church composer” for his final twelve years (1733 to his death in 1745). But when the elector prince for whom he worked spent two years in Vienna to court the young archduchess Maria Josepha, Zelenka was part of the prince’s retinue and wrote dance music for social events including his Capriccio No. 4. With challenging parts for two natural horns, it’s today's Midday Masterpiece at 2pm.
6:00 a.m.
Jean-Baptiste Lully
Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme
Le Concert des Nations; Jordi Savall, conductor
6:18 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 38 "Prague" in D major K 504
Prague Chamber Orchestra; Charles Mackerras, conductor
6:53 a.m.
ANONYMOUS
Dance of the Swans (Ballo de Cigni)
New London Consort; Philip Pickett, conductor
6:56 a.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
SWAN LAKE: Hungarian Dance (Czardas) Opus 20
Bolshoi Symphony Orchestra; Aleksander Lazarev (Lah-ZARR-reff), conductor
7:00 a.m.
Georg Muffat
Chaconne in G major
Musica Antiqua Koln; Reinhardt Goebel, conductor
7:17 a.m.
Johann Pachelbel
Canon and Gigue in D major
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor
7:24 a.m.
Georges Bizet
Symphony No. 1 in C major
New York Philharmonic; Leonard Bernstein, conductor
7:53 a.m.
Ricardo Herz
Sisifo na Cidade Grande (Sisyphus in the Big City)
Sphinx Virtuosi; Joe Hisaishi, conductor
7:59 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Scherzo capriccioso Opus 66
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra; Charles Mackerras, conductor
8:14 a.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Piano Concerto No. 11 in D major HOB 18:11
Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra Emanuel Ax, piano
8:33 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
Occasional Suite in D major
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor
8:50 a.m.
Joseph Kraus
PROSERPIN: Overture VB 19
Helsinki Baroque Orchestra; Aapo Hakkinen, conductor
9:00 a.m.
Johann Nepomuk Hummel
Piano Quintet in Eb minor Opus 87
Schubert Ensemble of London
9:22 a.m.
Charles Stanford
Irish Rhapsody No. 1 in D minor Opus 78
Ulster Orchestra; Vernon Handley, conductor
9:37 a.m.
Mel Bonis
Serenade Opus 46
Sandrine Cantoreggi, violin; Sheila Arnold, piano
9:41 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Partita No. 3 for Solo Violin: Gavotte en Rondeau in E major BWV 1006
Raphael Feuillatre, guitar
9:45 a.m.
Gabriel Faure
Masques and Bergamasques Opus 112
Lyon National Orchestra; Emmanuel Krivine, conductor
10:00 a.m.
Henri-Joseph Rigel
Symphony No. 14 in F major
Concerto Koln
10:10 a.m.
Amy Beach
Ballade, Op. 6 Opus 6
Anna Shelest, piano
10:20 a.m.
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Symphony No. 5 in D major
London Philharmonic Orchestra; Adrian Boult, conductor
11:00 a.m.
Bernhard Crusell
Clarinet Quartet No. 1 in Eb major Opus 2
Allegri String Quartet (members of) Thea King, clarinet
11:21 a.m.
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Piano Concerto in C# minor Opus 30
Bergen Philharmonic; Dmitri Kitayenko, conductor Geoffrey Tozer, piano
11:35 a.m.
Heitor Villa-Lobos
Prelude no. 1 in E minor
Julian Bream, guitar
11:40 a.m.
Chiquinha Gonzaga
Corta Jaca
Esther Abrami Quintet Esther Abrami, violin
11:43 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 17 in G major K 129
Prague Chamber Orchestra; Charles Mackerras, conductor
11:59 a.m.
John Field
Piano Concerto No. 1 in Eb major
New Irish Chamber Orchestra; Janos Furst, conductor John O'Conor, piano
12:21 p.m.
Elena Kats-Chernin
Something like this
Sally Walker, flute; Emily Granger, harp
12:24 p.m.
Phil Rosheger
Good Luck Waltz
David Russell, guitar
12:27 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Symphony No. 8 in F major Opus 93
German Chamber Philharmonic; Paavo Jarvi, conductor
12:53 p.m.
Richard Strauss
Horn Concerto No. 2: III. Rondo in Eb major
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; Kurt Masur, conductor Hermann Baumann, horn
12:59 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
In Nature's Realm Overture Opus 91
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Seiji Ozawa, conductor
1:15 p.m.
Grace Williams
Penillion: I. Moderato cantando
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Sir Charles Groves, conductor
1:19 p.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Violin Concerto No. 11 in D major Opus 4/11 RV 204
Academy of Ancient Music; Christopher Hogwood, conductor Monica Huggett, violin
1:27 p.m.
Clara Schumann
Piano Concerto in A minor Opus 7
The Women's Philharmonic; JoAnn Falletta, conductor Angela Cheng, piano
1:51 p.m.
Claude Debussy
Rhapsodie No. 1 for clarinet
Ulster Orchestra; Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor Christopher King, clarinet
2:00 p.m.
Jan Dismas Zelenka
Capriccio No. 4 in A major Z 185
Bern Camerata; Alexander van Wijnkoop, conductor Barry Tuckwell, horn; Robert Routch, horn; Heinz Holliger, oboe; Hans Elhorst, oboe
2:28 p.m.
Mykola Lysenko
Suite on Ukrainian Themes: II. Courante Opus 2
Anna Shelest, piano
2:31 p.m.
Arthur Foote
Serenade: Gavotte Opus 25
Seattle Symphony; Gerard Schwarz, conductor
2:36 p.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Piano Concerto No. 2 in D minor Opus 40
Royal Flemish Philharmonic; Phillippe Herreweghe, conductor Martin Helmchen, piano
3:00 p.m.
Johan Wagenaar
Cyrano de Bergerac Overture Opus 23
Concertgebouw Orchestra; Riccardo Chailly, conductor
3:15 p.m.
Gentil Montana
Suite Colombiana No. 2: IV. Porro
Jose Antonio Escobar, guitar
3:18 p.m.
Jean Sibelius
Karelia Suite: III. Alla Marcia Opus 11
Philharmonia Orchestra; Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor
3:24 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Keyboard Concerto No. 2 in E major BWV 1053
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Murray Perahia, conductor Murray Perahia, piano
3:44 p.m.
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Phantasy Quintet
Medici String Quartet
4:00 p.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto for four violins in B minor Opus 3/10 RV 580
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor Simon Standage, violin; Elizabeth Wilcock, violin; Micaela Comberti, violin; Miles Golding, violin
4:11 p.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 92 "Oxford" in G major
Berlin Philharmonic; Simon Rattle, conductor
4:37 p.m.
Manuel Ponce
Estrellita
Duo Sonidos
4:40 p.m.
Marin Marais
Les Fetes Champestres
Jordi Savall, viola da gamba; Ton Koopman, harpsichord; Hopkinson Smith, guitar
4:46 p.m.
Johann Christian Bach
Sinfonia, Op. 18, No. 3 in D major Opus 18/3
Netherlands Chamber Orchestra; David Zinman, conductor
4:59 p.m.
Edvard Grieg
Peer Gynt Suite No. 1 Opus 46
San Francisco Symphony; Herbert Blomstedt, conductor
5:16 p.m.
Robert Schumann
Ghost Variations Wo0 24
Igor Levit, piano
5:28 p.m.
Tielmann Susato
Galliardes Nos. 2,11,9,4,7,10,3,15
New London Consort; Philip Pickett, conductor
5:39 p.m.
Antonio Rosetti
Concerto for horn in D minor C 38
Concerto Amsterdam; Jaap Schroder, conductor Hermann Baumann, horn
5:59 p.m.
Carl Nielsen
Symphony No. 1 in G minor Opus 7
Royal Danish Orchestra; Paavo Berglund, conductor
6:32 p.m.
Marcel Tyberg
Symphony No. 2: III. Scherzo in F minor
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra; JoAnn Falletta, conductor
6:42 p.m.
Frederic Chopin
Waltz No. 1 "Grande Valse Brillante" in Eb major Opus 18
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano
6:47 p.m.
Elena Kats-Chernin
Unsent Love Letters
Tamara-Anna Cislowska, piano
6:53 p.m.
Karl Jenkins
Stravaganza: 2. Dreams & Drones
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Karl Jenkins, conductor Jess Gillam, soprano saxophone
