Classical Music Playlist, July 1, 2026
Mozart wrote his final three symphonies in quick succession over the summer of 1788 — his Symphonies 39, 40 and 41. He may have intended them as a trilogy to be published together, which they were not; there also has been speculation that he never heard any of them performed, which is doubtful though there is no record of their performance. Listen for the charming dance tune on the clarinet in the third movement (about 19 minutes into the symphony) in Mozart’s Symphony No. 39, today’s Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
Jean-Philippe Rameau
The Birth of Osiris (La Naissance d'Osiris)
Capella Savaria; Mary Terey-Smith, conductor
6:30 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Sonata No. 12 in F major K 332 (FROM THE RUSSELL KLETZING COLLECTION)
Mitsuko Uchida, piano
6:50 a.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
Phaeton - Symphonic Poem Opus 39
Royal Scottish National Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
7:00 a.m.
Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges
Symphony in G Major in G major
Tafelmusik; Jeanne Lamon, conductor
7:15 a.m.
Franz Schubert
Impromptu No. 2 in Eb major Opus 90/2 D 899
Krystian Zimerman, piano
7:20 a.m.
Jean-Baptiste Lully
March for the Turkish Ceremony
Le Concert des Nations; Jordi Savall, conductor
7:24 a.m.
Joaquin Rodrigo
Concierto Serenata for harp and orchestra
Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra; Ernst Marzendorfer, conductor Nicanor Zabaleta, harp
7:48 a.m.
Arturo Marquez
Danzon No. 2
Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra; Gustavo Dudamel, conductor
7:59 a.m.
J. P. E. Hartmann
Hakon Jarl Opus 40
Danish National Symphony Orchestra; Thomas Dausgaard, conductor
8:09 a.m.
Edvard Grieg
Piano Concerto in A minor Opus 16
Berlin Philharmonic; Mariss Jansons, conductor Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
8:40 a.m.
Carl Nielsen
Wind Quintet: I. Allegro ben moderato Opus 43
Bergen Wind Quintet
8:48 a.m.
Carl Nielsen
Masquerade Overture
San Francisco Symphony; Herbert Blomstedt, conductor
8:54 a.m.
Niels Gade
Symphony No. 6: III. Allegro Moderato e Energico in G minor Opus 32
Stockholm Sinfonietta; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
9:00 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 15 in Bb major K 450
English Chamber Orchestra; Murray Perahia, conductor Murray Perahia, piano
9:26 a.m.
Richard Strauss
Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks Opus 28
Staatskapelle Dresden; Rudolph Kempe, conductor
9:42 a.m.
Jan Dismas Zelenka
Capriccio No. 2 in G major Z 183
Bern Camerata; Alexander van Wijnkoop, conductor
9:56 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Concerto in D major: I. Allegro in D major BWV 972
Philadelphia Orchestra; Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor Raphael Feuillatre, guitar
10:00 a.m.
Samuel Wesley
Symphony in A major
London Mozart Players; Matthias Bamert, conductor
10:15 a.m.
Pablo de Sarasate
Carmen Fantasy: Habanera
Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra; Andres Orozco-Estrada, conductor Hilary Hahn, violin
10:18 a.m.
George Gershwin
PORGY AND BESS: It Ain't Necessarily So
Duo Sonidos
10:22 a.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Symphony No. 4 "Italian" in A major Opus 90
London Symphony Orchestra; Claudio Abbado, conductor
10:52 a.m.
Wilhelm Peterson-Berger
Symphony No. 4 "Stockholm" (Holmia): I. Allegro moderato in A major
Norrkoping Symphony Orchestra; Michail Jurowski, conductor
11:00 a.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
Piano Concerto No. 5 in F major Opus 103
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Pascal Roge, piano
11:31 a.m.
Agustin Barrios
Aire de Zamba
Angel Romero, guitar
11:33 a.m.
Sonny Kompanek
Killer Tango
Canadian Brass
11:38 a.m.
Christoph Forster
Horn Concerto in Eb major ICF 6
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor Barry Tuckwell, horn
11:52 a.m.
James Horner
THE ROCKETEER: Rocketeer to the Rescue/End Title
Studio Orchestra
11:59 a.m.
Gustav Holst
St. Paul's Suite Opus 29/2
English String Orchestra; William Boughton, conductor
12:14 p.m.
George Gershwin
An American in Paris
London Symphony Orchestra; Andre Previn, conductor
12:33 p.m.
Franz Schubert
Sonata "Arpeggione" in A minor D 821
Australian Chamber Orchestra; Richard Tognetti, conductor John Williams, guitar
12:56 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Fur Elise in A minor WoO 59
John O'Conor, piano
1:00 p.m.
Arcangelo Corelli
Concerto Grosso No. 11 in Bb major Opus 6
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor
1:11 p.m.
Isaac Albeniz
Suite Espanola: No. 4 "Cadiz" Opus 47
Jason Vieaux, guitar
1:16 p.m.
George Friederich Handel
XERXES: Largo: "Ombra mai fu"
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
1:20 p.m.
Theodore Dubois
Quintet for piano, oboe and strings in F major
Trio Hochelaga Philippe Magnan, oboe; Jean-Luc Plourde, viola
1:50 p.m.
Gregorio Allegri
Miserere (Psalm 51)
; Richard Marlow, conductor Trinity College Choir, Cambridge
2:00 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 39 in Eb major K 543
Scottish Chamber Orchestra; Charles Mackerras, conductor
2:31 p.m.
Grace Williams
Sea Sketches: V. Calm Sea in Summer
English Chamber Orchestra; David Atherton, conductor
2:37 p.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
The Seasons: July "Song of the Reaper" Opus 37
Bruce Liu, piano
2:40 p.m.
Charles Stanford
Irish Rhapsody No. 4 in A minor Opus 141
Ulster Orchestra; Vernon Handley, conductor
3:00 p.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
Carnival of the Animals
London Festival Orchestra; Ross Pople, conductor
3:23 p.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Oboe Concerto No. 12 in C major RV 449
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor Paul Goodwin, oboe
3:33 p.m.
Henriette Renie
Contemplation
Xavier de Maistre, harp
3:37 p.m.
Heitor Villa-Lobos
Choros No. 1
Pepe Romero, guitar
3:43 p.m.
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Russian Easter Festival Overture Opus 36
Seattle Symphony; Gerard Schwarz, conductor
3:59 p.m.
Michael Torke
Javelin
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra; Yoel Levi, conductor
4:09 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Symphonic Variations Opus 78
Scottish National Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
4:31 p.m.
Francesco Tristano
Toccata
Arctic Philharmonic; Christian Kluxen, conductor Francesco Tristano, piano
4:35 p.m.
William Grant Still
Suite for Violin and Piano: III. Gamin
Randall Goosby, violin; Zhu Wang, piano
4:39 p.m.
Georges Bizet
L'Arlesienne Suite No. 2
Ulster Orchestra; Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor
4:57 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Keyboard Concerto No. 3 in D major BWV 1054
Chamber Orchestra of Europe Andras Schiff, piano
5:13 p.m.
Granville Bantock
The Sea Reivers (Hebridean Sea Poem)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Vernon Handley, conductor
5:17 p.m.
Klaus Badelt
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl: Selections
Cincinnati Pops; Erich Kunzel, conductor
5:23 p.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 100 "Military" in G major
Orchestra of St. Luke's; Charles Mackerras, conductor
5:46 p.m.
Ralph Vaughan Williams
English Folk Song Suite
University of Texas Wind Ensemble; Jerry Junkin, conductor
5:59 p.m.
Fanny Mendelssohn
Piano Trio in D minor Opus 11
Nash Ensemble
6:25 p.m.
Pieter Hellendaal
Concerto Grosso in D major Opus 3/5
Combattimento Consort; Jan Willem de Vriend, conductor
6:43 p.m.
Aram Khachaturian
Spartacus: Adagio of Spartacus & Phrygia
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Aram Khachaturian, conductor
6:53 p.m.
Ottorino Respighi
Three Botticelli Pictures: Birth of Venus
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
