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Bassoon Concerto in B flat, K. 191

Composed by

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)

Performed by

Piesk/Berlin Philharmonic/Karajan

Label

EMI

Catalog Number

69014

Today's Playlist

10:23am Piano Trio in E flat, Op. 38

Composed by

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)

Performed by

Trio Elegiaque

11:01am Piano Concerto No. 24 in C minor, K. 491

Composed by

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)

Performed by

Kissin/London Symphony/Davis

11:32am Les Preludes

Composed by

Franz Liszt (1811-1886)

Performed by

Rotterdam Philharmonic/Conlon

11:50am Dance of the Knights from Romeo and Juliet: Suite No. 2, Op. 64b

Composed by

Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)

Performed by

Danish National Radio Symphony/Kitayenko

12:00pm Symphony No. 4 in D minor, Op. 120

Composed by

Robert Schumann (1810-1856)

Performed by

Berlin State Orchestra/Barenboim

12:35pm Cello Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Op. 33

Composed by

Camille Saint-Saens (1835-1921)

Performed by

Kliegel/Bournemouth Sinfonietta/Monnard

12:56pm Music selected by the announcer

1:01pm Concerto Grosso No. 08 in E minor

Composed by

Charles Avison (1709-1770), after Domenico Scarlatti

Performed by

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

1:12pm Symphony No. 006 in D, "Morning"

Composed by

Josef Haydn (1732-1809)

Performed by

Academy SMF/Marriner

1:32pm Les Sylphides

Composed by

Frédéric Chopin, arr. by Roy Douglas

Performed by

Berlin Radio Symphony/Fricke

2:01pm Capriccio espagnol, Op. 34

Composed by

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908)

Performed by

Mexico City Philharmonic/Batiz

2:18pm Trumpet Concerto

Composed by

Johann Nepomuk Hummel (1778-1837)

Performed by

Vosburgh/Seattle Symphony/Schwarz

2:37pm Clarinet Concerto No. 2 in E flat, Op. 74

Composed by

Carl Maria von Weber (1786-1826)

Performed by

Goodman/Chicago Symphony/Martinon

3:01pm Piano Concerto No. 2 in D minor, Op. 40

Composed by

Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)

Performed by

Bezuidenhout/Freiburg Baroque Orchestra/Heras-Casado

3:25pm Horn Concerto No. 4 in E flat, K. 495

Composed by

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)

Performed by

Clevenger/Franz Liszt Chamber Orch/Rolla

3:44pm Noble and Sentimental Waltzes

Composed by

Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)

Performed by

Alicia de Larrocha

4:00pm Havanaise, Op. 83

Composed by

Camille Saint-Saens (1835-1921)

Performed by

Heifetz/RCA Victor SO/Steinberg

4:10pm Love-Death (Liebestod) from Tristan and Isolde (for orchestra)

Composed by

Richard Wagner (1813-1883)

Performed by

Berlin Philharmonic/Karajan

4:19pm Sonata No. 4 in E minor, Op. 31

Composed by

Wenzel Thomas Matiegka (1773-1830)

Performed by

David Starobin

4:31pm Polonaise in E flat

Composed by

Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904)

Performed by

Prague Symphony/Belohlavek

4:39pm The Blue Danube

Composed by

Johann Strauss Jr. (1825-1899)

Performed by

Chicago Symphony/Reiner

4:48pm Symphony No. 3 in E flat

Composed by

Thomas Arne (1710-1778)

Performed by

Cantilena/Shepherd

5:00pm Jupiter, The Bringer of Jollity from The Planets, Op. 32

Composed by

Gustav Holst (1874-1934)

Performed by

Chicago Symphony/Levine

5:08pm Overture to Cinderella

Composed by

Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868)

Performed by

Zagreb Festival Orchestra/Halasz

5:18pm Little Suite from Anna Magdalena Bach Notebook

Composed by

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), arr. Thomas Frost

Performed by

Philadelphia Orchestra/Ormandy

5:26pm La Source (an etude), Op. 44

Composed by

Alphonse Hasselmans (1845-1912)

Performed by

Lily Laskine

5:31pm Waltz to Honor the Haimbachers

Composed by

Joseph Lanner (1801-1843)

Performed by

Ensemble Vienna

5:42pm Trio Sonata No. 8 in G minor

Composed by

George Frideric Handel (attributed)

Performed by

Convivium

5:53pm Intermezzo in E flat, Op. 117 No. 1

Composed by

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)

Performed by

Glenn Gould

6:00pm Impromptu-caprice, Op. 9

Composed by

Gabriel Pierne (1863-1937)

Performed by

Yolanda Kondonassis

6:07pm Finlandia, Op. 26

Composed by

Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)

Performed by

Berlin Philharmonic/Levine

6:16pm Fantasia No. 10 in E minor

Composed by

Henry Purcell (1659-1695)

Performed by

Emerson String Quartet

6:21pm London Suite

Composed by

Eric Coates (1886-1957)

Performed by

East of England Orchestra/Nabarro

6:36pm Avinu Malkeinu

Composed by

Traditional

Performed by

Miller/Herstik/Mizrahi

6:44pm Music selected by the announcer

7:01pm Drop The Needle with Vince Tillona

Performed by

Vince Tillona

7:03pm Drop The Needle with Vince Tillona

7:58pm Suite from Masques et Bergamasques, Op. 112

Composed by

Gabriel Faure (1845-1924)

Performed by

Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

8:14pm Four Seasons

Composed by

Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)

Performed by

Chang/Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

8:58pm Piano Concerto No. 25 in C, K. 503

Composed by

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)

Performed by

Goode/Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

9:30pm Appalachian Spring

Composed by

Aaron Copland (1900-1990)

Performed by

Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

9:57pm The Planets, Op. 32

Composed by

Gustav Holst (1874-1934)

Performed by

Philadelphia Orchestra/Ormandy

10:49pm Pavane for a Dead Princess

Composed by

Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)

Performed by

Van Cliburn

10:58pm A Somerset Rhapsody, Op. 21 No. 2

Composed by

Gustav Holst (1874-1934)

Performed by

London Philharmonic/Boult

11:08pm Flute Quartet in D

Composed by

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714–1788)

Performed by

Florilegium

11:23pm Elegiac Trio No. 1 in G minor

Composed by

Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)

Performed by

Neave Trio

11:39pm Popular Catalan Songs

Composed by

Traditional, arr. Miguel Llobet

Performed by

Julian Bream

11:57pm Music selected by the announcer