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Violin Concerto No. 3 in G, K. 216

Composed by

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)

Performed by

Kremer/Vienna Philharmonic/Harnoncourt

Label

DG

Catalog Number

415

Today's Playlist

10:26am Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30, TrV 176: I-IX

Composed by

Richard Strauss (1864-1949)

Performed by

Seattle Symphony Orchestra/Dausgaard

11:00am Overture to Hansel and Gretel

Composed by

Engelburt Humperdinck (1854-1921)

Performed by

Berlin Philharmonic/Karajan

11:10am The Moldau from Ma Vlast (My Fatherland)

Composed by

Bedrich Smetana (1824-1884)

Performed by

London Symphony/Dorati

11:25am Capriccio italien, Op. 45

Composed by

Peter I. Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)

Performed by

Saint Louis Symphony/Slatkin

11:43am A Lincolnshire Posy

Composed by

Percy Grainger (1882-1961)

Performed by

Central Band of the RAF/Banks

12:02pm Symphony No. 1 in E minor

Composed by

Florence Price (1887-1953)

Performed by

New Black Music Repertory Ensemble/Dunner

12:42pm Violin Concerto No. 2 in E, BWV 1042

Composed by

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

Performed by

Peabody/Philharmonia Virtuosi/Kapp

1:01pm Prologue from Sleeping Beauty, Op. 66

Composed by

Peter I. Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)

Performed by

National Philharmonic/Bonynge

1:37pm Oboe Concerto in C, K. 314

Composed by

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)

Performed by

Miyamoto/English Chamber Orch/Garcia

2:01pm Triple Concerto in C, Op. 56

Composed by

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)

Performed by

Kalichstein/Laredo/Robinson/English CO/Garcia

2:39pm Overture to The Thieving Magpie

Composed by

Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868)

Performed by

Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields/Marriner

2:50pm Suite for Piano, Violin and Cello, Op. 35

Composed by

Horatio Parker (1863-1919)

Performed by

Toledo Trio

3:01pm Appalachian Spring

Composed by

Aaron Copland (1900-1990)

Performed by

Copland w/chamber orchestra

3:34pm Overture in D

Composed by

Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767)

Performed by

English Concert/Pinnock

4:01pm Themes from Pirates of the Caribbean

Composed by

Hans Zimmer (b.1957)

Performed by

Piano Guys/Czech Philharmonic/Greenaway

4:08pm In The Cause of the Free

Composed by

Peter Boyer (b.1970)

Performed by

London Symphony Orchestra/Boyer

4:16pm Theme from Somewhere in Time

Composed by

John Barry (1933-2011)

Performed by

The City of Prague Philharmonic/Raine

4:23pm Capriol Suite

Composed by

Peter Warlock (1894-1930)

Performed by

Parkening/Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields/Brown

4:35pm Selections from Gayne

Composed by

Aram Khachaturian (1903-1978)

Performed by

London Symphony/Black

4:54pm Rainbow Connection

Composed by

Paul Williams

Performed by

Lang Lang

5:00pm Adagio for Strings, Op. 11

Composed by

Samuel Barber (1910-1981)

Performed by

Baltimore Symphony/Zinman

5:09pm Cello Suite No. 1 in G, BWV 1007

Composed by

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

Performed by

Yo-Yo Ma

5:27pm Songs my Mother Taught Me from Gypsy Melodies, Op. 55

Composed by

Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904)

Performed by

Yo-Yo Ma, cello; Kathryn Stott, piano

5:30pm Waltz No. 2 from Jazz Suite No. 2

Composed by

Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)

Performed by

Radio France Philharmonic/P. Jarvi

5:35pm Dome epais le jasmin (Flower Duet) from Lakme

Composed by

Leo Delibes (1836-1891)

Performed by

Sutherland/Berbie/Monte Carlo Opera/Bonynge

5:41pm Andante (3rd Movement) from Symphony No. 6 in A minor, "Tragic"

Composed by

Gustav Mahler (1860-1911)

Performed by

San Francisco Symphony Orchestra/Tilson Thomas

5:59pm String Trio in G, Op. 9, No. 1

Composed by

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)

Performed by

Trio Arnold

6:25pm String Trio in D, Op. 9, No. 2

Composed by

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)

Performed by

Trio Arnold

6:47pm String Trio in C minor, Op. 9 No. 3

Composed by

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)

Performed by

Trio Arnold

7:12pm Three Gymnopedies

Composed by

Eric Satie (1866-1925)

Performed by

Jean-Yves Thibaudet

7:23pm Symphony No. 8 in B minor, D. 759 "Unfinished"

Composed by

Franz Schubert (1797-1828)

Performed by

Royal Concertgebouw/Harnoncourt

7:50pm Fantasy in F minor for Piano Four Hands, D. 940

Composed by

Franz Schubert (1797-1828)

Performed by

Perahia/Lupu

8:11pm Serenade No. 11 in E flat (for winds), K. 375

Composed by

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)

Performed by

Danzi Quintet

8:37pm Symphony No. 039 in G minor

Composed by

Josef Haydn (1732-1809)

Performed by

L'Estro Armonico/Solomons

8:59pm Symphony No. 3 in A minor, Op. 56 "Scottish"

Composed by

Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)

Performed by

London Symphony/Abbado

9:43pm Six Chorale Preludes

Composed by

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)

Performed by

Lydia Artymiw

10:00pm Suite for Flute, Violin, Viola, Cello and Harp, Op. 34

Composed by

Marcel Tournier (1879-1951)

Performed by

O'Connor/Lee/Neubauer/Atapine/Kibbey

10:14pm Symphony No. 4 in B flat, Op. 60

Composed by

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)

Performed by

Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields/Bell

10:49pm Suite No. 5 in G minor

Composed by

Matthew Locke (1621-1677)

Performed by

Amsterdam Loeki Stardust Quartet

11:00pm Piano Trio in A minor, Op. 50

Composed by

Peter I. Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)

Performed by

Golub Kaplan Carr Trio

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