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Overture and 3 Dances - Mam’zelle Angot Ballet

Composed by

Charles Lecocq (1832-1918)

Performed by

National Philharmonic/Bonynge

Label

London

Catalog Number

411

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7:10am Waltz in F, Op. 54 No. 6

Composed by

Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904)

Performed by

Prague Symphony/Belohlavek

7:17am Irish Rhapsody

Composed by

Victor Herbert (1859-1924)

Performed by

Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra/Brion

7:35am Overture to Iphigenie en Aulide

Composed by

Christoph Willibald von Gluck, arr. by Richard Wagner

Performed by

Philharmonia/Klemperer

7:47am Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 582

Composed by

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), transcribed by Leopold Stokowski

Performed by

Philadelphia Orchestra/Nezet-Seguin

8:02am Serenade No. 11 in E flat (for winds), K. 375

Composed by

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)

Performed by

Tokyo Kosei Wind Orchestra/Fennell

8:29am Dance of the Shepherdess from The Mountain King, Op. 37

Composed by

Hugo Alfven (1872-1960)

Performed by

Swedish Radio Symphony/Salonen

8:35am Paris Quartet No. 1 in G, TWV 43:G1

Composed by

Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767)

Performed by

Nevermind

8:47am Music selected by the announcer

9:01am Don Quixote, Op. 35, TrV 184: I-IV

Composed by

Richard Strauss (1864-1949)

Performed by

Ma/Ansell/Boston Symphony Orchestra/Nelsons

9:48am Piano Trio No. 23 in E flat

Composed by

Josef Haydn (1732-1809)

Performed by

Stern/Rose/Istomin

10:00am Overture to The Rhine Nymphs

Composed by

Jacques Offenbach (1819-1880)

Performed by

Gulbenkian Orchestra/Swierczewski

10:07am Sleeping Beauty (Tone Pictures)

Composed by

Engelburt Humperdinck (1854-1921)

Performed by

Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony/Fischer-Dieskau

10:29am Quintet in C minor, Op. 52

Composed by

Louis Spohr (1784-1859)

Performed by

Les Vents Francais

11:01am Symphony No. 6 in D, Op. 60

Composed by

Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904)

Performed by

BBC Symphony/Belohlavek

11:44am Queen’s Waltz, Op. 22 No. 3

Composed by

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

Performed by

Musica Camerata Montreal

11:49am Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun

Composed by

Claude Debussy (1862-1918)

Performed by

Bergen Philharmonic/Kitayenko

12:01pm The Sorcerer's Apprentice

Composed by

Paul Dukas (1865-1935)

Performed by

Suisse Romande Orchestra/Ansermet

12:13pm Hebrides Overture, Op. 26

Composed by

Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)

Performed by

Hague Philharmonic/de Vriend

12:25pm Piano Sonata No. 26 in E flat, Op. 81a "Les Adieux"

Composed by

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)

Performed by

Artur Rubinstein

12:43pm Music selected by the announcer

1:01pm Suite from Water Music

Composed by

George Frideric Handel, arr. by Hamilton Harty

Performed by

Pittsburgh Symphony/Previn

1:19pm Florida Suite

Composed by

Frederick Delius (1862-1934)

Performed by

Ulster Orchestra/Handley

1:57pm Valse Bluette

Composed by

Riccardo Drigo

Performed by

Perlman/Sanders

2:00pm Symphony No. 5 in B flat, D. 485

Composed by

Franz Schubert (1797-1828)

Performed by

New Orchestra/Spering

2:28pm Clarinet Concerto No. 1 in F minor, Op. 73

Composed by

Carl Maria von Weber (1786-1826)

Performed by

Meyer/Dresden State Orchestra/Blomstedt

2:50pm Forest Murmurs from Siegfried

Composed by

Richard Wagner (1813-1883)

Performed by

Vienna Philharmonic/Solti

3:01pm Violin Sonata in A, FWV 8

Composed by

Cesar Franck (1822-1890)

Performed by

Ibragimova/Tiberghien

3:30pm Dances Sacred and Profane for Harp and Orchestra

Composed by

Claude Debussy (1862-1918)

Performed by

Chalifoux/Cleveland Orchestra/Boulez

3:41pm Piano Sonata No. 10 in C, K. 330

Composed by

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)

Performed by

Peter Katin

4:01pm Flute Concerto in D, Op. 283

Composed by

Carl Reinecke (1824-1910)

Performed by

Bezaly/Hague Philharmonic/Jarvi

4:20pm Granada from Suite espanola, Op. 47

Composed by

Isaac Albeniz (1860-1909)

Performed by

John Williams

4:25pm Fantasie Brillante

Composed by

Jean-Baptiste Arban (1825-1889)

Performed by

Marsalis/Eastman Wind Ensemble/Hunsberger

4:34pm Menuet from Le Tombeau de Couperin

Composed by

Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)

Performed by

Francois-Joel Thiollier

4:40pm Concerto in C for Two Oboes, Op. 7 No. 11

Composed by

Tomaso Albinoni (1671-1751)

Performed by

Holliger/Bourge/I Musici

4:49pm Four Scottish Dances, Op. 59

Composed by

Malcolm Arnold (1921-2006)

Performed by

Dallas Wind Symphony/Junkin

5:01pm Music for the Royal Fireworks

Composed by

George Frideric Handel (1685–1759)

Performed by

Cleveland Symphonic Winds/Fennell

5:17pm Swedish Rhapsody No. 2, Op. 24 "Uppsala Rhapsody"

Composed by

Hugo Alfven (1872-1960)

Performed by

Stockholm Philharmonic/Jarvi

5:28pm Danube Maiden Waltz

Composed by

Johann Strauss Jr. (1825-1899)

Performed by

Johann Strauss Orchestra of Vienna/Boskovsky

5:37pm Hungarian Rhapsody No. 5 in E minor

Composed by

Franz Liszt (1811-1886)

Performed by

Budapest Festival Orchestra/Fischer

5:48pm Bacchanale from Samson and Delilah

Composed by

Camille Saint-Saens (1835-1921)

Performed by

Montreal Symphony/Dutoit

5:56pm Passacaglia

Composed by

Sylvius Leopold Weiss (1687-1750)

Performed by

John Williams

6:01pm Village Swallows from Austria

Composed by

Josef Strauss (1827-1870)

Performed by

Vienna Philharmonic/Boskovsky

6:10pm La Peri

Composed by

Paul Dukas (1865-1935)

Performed by

French National Orchestra/Slatkin

6:31pm Selections from The Skaters

Composed by

Giacomo Meyerbeer (1791-1864)

Performed by

Cincinnati Pops/Kunzel

6:49pm Prelude in C sharp minor, Op. 3 No. 2

Composed by

Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)

Performed by

Van Cliburn

6:55pm Music selected by the announcer

7:01pm Clarinet Quintet in B flat, Op. 34

Composed by

Carl Maria von Weber (1786-1826)

Performed by

Neidich/L'Archibudelli

7:29pm Quintet in B flat

Composed by

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908)

Performed by

Capricorn

8:00pm Symphony No. 9 in C, D. 944 "Great"

Composed by

Franz Schubert (1797-1828)

Performed by

Berlin Philharmonic/Karajan

8:48pm Nocturne in E flat, Op. 55 No. 2

Composed by

Frederic Chopin (1810-1849)

Performed by

Claudio Arrau

8:54pm Nocturne from Pan Voyevoda

Composed by

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908)

Performed by

Moscow Symphony/Golovschin

9:01pm Piano Sonata No. 17 in B flat, K. 570

Composed by

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)

Performed by

Alicia de Larrocha

9:21pm Symphony No. 6 in F, Op. 68 "Pastoral"

Composed by

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)

Performed by

Boston Symphony/Leinsdorf

10:01pm String Quartet in D, Ben 342

Composed by

Ignaz Pleyel (1757–1831)

Performed by

Pleyel Quartet Cologne

10:20pm Clarinet Sonata in E flat

Composed by

Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)

Performed by

Neidich/Levin

10:45pm Concerto in B flat for Harp and Lute, Op.4 No.6

Composed by

George Frideric Handel (1685–1759)

Performed by

Ellis/Dupre/Philomusica London/Jones

11:01pm Scheherazade, Op. 35

Composed by

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908)

Performed by

Fenyves/Suisse Romande Orchestra/Ansermet

11:45pm Music selected by the announcer