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Dolly Suite, Op. 56

Composed by

Gabriel Faure, orch. by Henri Rabaud

Performed by

Seattle Symphony/Morlot

Label

Seattle Symphony Orchestra

Catalog Number

1004

Today's Playlist

1:00pm Swan Lake, Op. 20, Introduction & Act I

Composed by

Peter I. Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)

Performed by

London Symphony/Tilson Thomas

1:52pm Swan Lake, Op. 20, Act II

Composed by

Peter I. Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)

Performed by

London Symphony/Tilson Thomas

2:26pm Swan Lake, Op. 20, Act III

Composed by

Peter I. Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)

Performed by

London Symphony/Tilson Thomas

3:15pm Swan Lake, Op. 20, Act IV

Composed by

Peter I. Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)

Performed by

London Symphony/Tilson Thomas

3:35pm Guitar Quintet, Op. 143

Composed by

Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco (1895-1968)

Performed by

Isbin/Pacifica Quartet

4:00pm Concerto No. 3 in C sharp minor, Op. 80, Scharw. 127

Composed by

Franz Xaver Scharwenka (1850-1924)

Performed by

Markovich/Estonian National Symphony Orchestra/Jarvi

4:33pm Annen-Polka

Composed by

Johann Strauss Jr. (1825-1899)

Performed by

Budapest Festival Orchestra/Fischer

4:38pm Symphony in D minor, Op. 12 No. 4 "House of the Devil"

Composed by

Luigi Boccherini (1743-1805)

Performed by

New Philharmonia/Leppard

5:00pm Clarinet Quintet in B flat, Op. 34

Composed by

Carl Maria von Weber (1786-1826)

Performed by

Shifrin/Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center

5:30pm Gymnopedie No. 3

Composed by

Erik Satie/orch. Claude Debussy

Performed by

The Knights/Jacobsen

5:34pm Three Piano Pieces, D. 946

Composed by

Franz Schubert (1797-1828)

Performed by

Maurizio Pollini

6:02pm Concerto in C for Two Oboes, Op. 7 No. 11

Composed by

Tomaso Albinoni (1671-1751)

Performed by

Holliger/Bourge/I Musici

6:11pm Canticle of Creation

Composed by

Francis of Assisi (c.1181-1226), orch. James Morgan & Juliette Pochin

Performed by

Poor Clares of Arundel/Pochin

6:28pm "Songs My Mother Taught Me" and "Tune Thy Strings" from Gypsy Melodies, Op. 55

Composed by

Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904)

Performed by

Von Stade/Firkusny

6:32pm The Heavens are Telling the Glory of God from The Creation

Composed by

Josef Haydn (1732-1809)

Performed by

Blegen/Bavarian RSO/Bernstein

6:39pm Concerto in C for Trumpet and Winds

Composed by

Tomaso Albinoni (1671-1751)

Performed by

Basch/Virtuoso Chamber Music/Asperen

6:49pm Overture to Orpheus in the Underworld

Composed by

Jacques Offenbach (1819-1880)

Performed by

Czecho-Slovak State Philharmonic/Alfred Walter

7:02pm Souvenir de Spa, Op. 2

Composed by

Francois Servais (1807-1866)

Performed by

Smithsonian Chamber Players

7:20pm Suite No. 1 from Peer Gynt, Op. 46

Composed by

Edvard Grieg (1843–1907)

Performed by

English Chamber Orchestra/Leppard

7:36pm Mandolin Concerto in G

Composed by

Johann Nepomuk Hummel (1778-1837)

Performed by

Avital/Il Giardino Armonico/Antonini

7:52pm Dreaming by the Fireside from Intermezzo

Composed by

Richard Strauss (1864-1949)

Performed by

Vienna Philharmonic/Bychkov

8:02pm Symphony No. 1 in G minor

Composed by

Vasily Kalinnikov (1866-1901)

Performed by

National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine/Kuchar

8:42pm Piano Sonata No. 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 27 No. 2 “Moonlight”

Composed by

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)

Performed by

André Watts

9:01pm España Waltz

Composed by

Emile Waldteufel (1837-1915)

Performed by

Orchestra of the Vienna People's Opera/Bauer-Theussl

9:09pm Piano Concerto No. 1 in D, Op. 17

Composed by

Camille Saint-Saens (1835-1921)

Performed by

Rogé/Philharmonia/Dutoit

9:40pm Dances in the Canebrakes

Composed by

Florence Price (1887-1953)

Performed by

William Chapman Nyaho

9:50pm Rapsodie Basque

Composed by

Gabriel Pierne (1863-1937)

Performed by

BBC Philharmonic Orchestra/Mena

10:02pm Pictures at an Exhibition

Composed by

Modest Mussorgsky (1839-1881), orch. Maurice Ravel

Performed by

Berlin Philharmonic/Karajan

10:38pm Overture to H.M.S. Pinafore

Composed by

Arthur Sullivan (1842-1900)

Performed by

Scottish Chamber Orchestra/Faris

10:43pm Five Selections from Victory at Sea

Composed by

Richard Rodgers, arr. Robert Russell Bennett

Performed by

Cincinnati Pops/Kunzel

11:06pm Symphony No. 3

Composed by

Aaron Copland (1900-1990)

Performed by

New York Philharmonic/Bernstein

11:51pm Music selected by the announcer