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Piano Sonata No. 11 in A, K. 331

Composed by

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)

Performed by

Malcolm Bilson

Label

Hungaroton

Catalog Number

31009

Today's Playlist

10:01am Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64

Composed by

Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)

Performed by

Menuhin/Philharmonia/Kurtz

10:29am Selections from Pelleas & Melisande, Op. 46

Composed by

Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)

Performed by

English String Orchestra/Boughton

10:50am Flute Concerto in G minor, RV 104 "The Night"

Composed by

Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)

Performed by

Galway/New Irish Chamber Orchestra

11:01am In Autumn (A Concert Overture), Op. 11

Composed by

Edvard Grieg (1843–1907)

Performed by

Utah Symphony Orchestra/Abravanel

11:13am Sinfonietta in A minor, Op. 31

Composed by

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908)

Performed by

USSR Academic Symphony/Svetlanov

11:39am Suite in D for Viola da Gamba and Strings

Composed by

Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767)

Performed by

Cunningham/Orch Age Enlightenmt/Huggett

12:02pm L'Arlesienne Suite No. 1

Composed by

Georges Bizet (1838–1875)

Performed by

Montreal Symphony/Dutoit

12:21pm Suite Antique

Composed by

John Rutter (1945-)

Performed by

Dobing/Marshall/City of London Sinfonia/Rutter

12:40pm Sinfonia No. 2

Composed by

Amilcare Ponchielli (1834-1886)

Performed by

Minsk Philharmonic/Frontalini

12:48pm Music selected by the announcer

1:01pm Amaryllis Suite

Composed by

George Frideric Handel, arr. by Thomas Beecham

Performed by

Royal Philharmonic/Menuhin

1:21pm Concerto pathetique in E minor

Composed by

Franz Liszt (1811-1886)

Performed by

Howard/Budapest Symphony/Rickenbacher

1:47pm Violin Concerto in D, RV 210

Composed by

Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)

Performed by

Biondi/Europa Galante

2:00pm Symphony No. 38 in D, K. 504 “Prague”

Composed by

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)

Performed by

Vienna Philharmonic/Bernstein

2:33pm Polonaise in A flat, Op. 53 "Heroic"

Composed by

Frederic Chopin (1810-1849)

Performed by

Martha Argerich

2:41pm Concertante in G for 2 Flutes and Orchesta

Composed by

Domenico Cimarosa (1749-1801)

Performed by

Dohn/Steinkraus/Wurttemberg Chamber Orch/Faerber

3:00pm Overture & Venusberg Bacchanale from Tannhäuser

Composed by

Richard Wagner (1813-1883)

Performed by

MET Orchestra/Levine

3:24pm Concerto in F for 3 Violins from Tafelmusik, Part II

Composed by

Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767)

Performed by

Paillard Chamber Orchestra/Paillard

3:39pm Eleven Dances

Composed by

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)

Performed by

Capella Istropolitana/Dohnanyi

3:59pm Instrumental Piece

Composed by

Hildegard von Bingen (1098-1179)

Performed by

Sequentia

4:06pm Moderato from Serenade in E for Strings, Op.22

Composed by

Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904)

Performed by

Royal Philharmonic/Rosekrans

4:11pm Overture to Prince Igor

Composed by

Alexander Borodin (1833-1887)

Performed by

Russian National Orchestra/Pletnev

4:22pm Spanish Dance No. 4, "Villanesca"

Composed by

Enrique Granados (1867-1916)

Performed by

Christopher Parkening

4:30pm Pas de deux & Variations

Composed by

Riccardo Drigo (1846-1930)

Performed by

London Festival Ballet/Kern

4:37pm Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra in A minor, Op. 80

Composed by

Charles Villiers Stanford (1852–1924)

Performed by

Johnson/Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Groves

4:59pm Navarra from Iberia, Book 4

Composed by

Isaac Albeniz (1860-1909)

Performed by

Artur Rubinstein

5:05pm Troika from Lieutenant Kije Suite, Op. 60

Composed by

Sergei Prokofiev

Performed by

Dallas Symphony/Mata

5:09pm Overture to Pique Dame (The Queen of Spades)

Composed by

Franz von Suppe (1819-1895)

Performed by

Vienna Philharmonic/Mehta

5:18pm Pas de deux: Dance of the Prince and the Sugar-Plum Fairy from The Nutcracker, Op. 71

Composed by

Peter I. Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)

Performed by

Royal Philharmonic/Temirkanov

5:29pm Skaters' Waltz

Composed by

Emile Waldteufel (1837-1915)

Performed by

Vienna Philharmonic/Dudamel

5:38pm Roman Carnival Overture, Op. 9

Composed by

Hector Berlioz (1803-1869)

Performed by

Berlin Philharmonic/Maazel

5:47pm Youth Symphony

Composed by

Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)

Performed by

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra/Ashkenazy

5:59pm Flute Sonata in C, BWV 1033

Composed by

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

Performed by

Solum/Kipnis/Bogatin

6:08pm Andante favori in F, WoO 57

Composed by

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)

Performed by

Nelson Freire

6:17pm Valse Triste

Composed by

Oskar Nedbal (1874-1930)

Performed by

Czech Philharmonic/Neuman

6:24pm Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: Prelude, Act 3

Composed by

Richard Wagner (1813-1883)

Performed by

Chicago Symphony/Barenboim

6:32pm Ballo della regina, "La Peregrina", from Don Carlo

Composed by

Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901)

Performed by

Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra/Serebrier

6:49pm Music selected by the announcer

7:01pm In Praise of Tears

Composed by

Franz Schubert, transcribed by Franz Liszt

Performed by

Jorge Bolet

7:07pm Sonata for oboe and piano

Composed by

Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)

Performed by

Maier/Reiman

7:22pm Four Seasons

Composed by

Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)

Performed by

Shaham/Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

8:02pm Symphony No. 3 in F, Op. 90

Composed by

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)

Performed by

BBC Philharmonic/Noseda

8:39pm Wind Quintet in D, Op. 95

Composed by

Josef Bohuslav Foerster (1859-1951)

Performed by

Acelga Quintett

9:01pm Piano Concerto No. 2 in A

Composed by

Franz Liszt (1811-1886)

Performed by

Watts/Dallas Symphony/Litton

9:23pm Symphony No. 094 in G, "Surprise"

Composed by

Josef Haydn (1732-1809)

Performed by

Royal Promenade Orchestra/Simpson

9:49pm Africa Fantasy, Op. 89

Composed by

Camille Saint-Saens (1835-1921)

Performed by

Hough/City of Birmingham Symphony/Oramo

10:00pm Traumerei

Composed by

Robert Schumann

Performed by

Dame Moura Lympany

10:03pm Suite from The Crystal Heart

Composed by

Alexander von Zemlinsky (1871-1942)

Performed by

Slovak Radio Symphony/Rajter

10:42pm Quartet in B

Composed by

Ignaz Pleyel (1757-1831)

Performed by

Moscow Concertino/Bushkov

11:00pm Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor, Op. 13 "Pathetique"

Composed by

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)

Performed by

Jae-Hyuck Cho

11:20pm Chiaroscuro

Composed by

Anthony Sidney (b. 1952)

Performed by

Cover/Bonachea/Savage

11:35pm Flute Sonata in B minor, BWV 1030

Composed by

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

Performed by

Galway/Moll/Cunningham

11:53pm Music selected by the announcer