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Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68

Composed by

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)

Performed by

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

Label

Hanssler

Catalog Number

98

Today's Playlist

2:47pm Suite for Woodwind Quintet, Op. 57

Composed by

Charles Edouard Lefebvre (1843-1917)

Performed by

Powers Woodwind Quintet

3:00pm 1812 Overture, Op. 49

Composed by

Peter I. Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)

Performed by

New York Philharmonic/Bernstein

3:17pm Faithful Shepherd Ballet Suite

Composed by

George Frideric Handel, arr. by Thomas Beecham

Performed by

Royal Philharmonic/Menuhin

3:43pm Concerto in E flat for 2 Horns from Tafelmusik

Composed by

Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767)

Performed by

Baumann/Brown/Acad. SMF/Brown

4:01pm Dances in the Canebrakes

Composed by

Florence Price (1887-1953)

Performed by

William Chapman Nyaho

4:10pm Suite populaire espagnole

Composed by

Manuel de Falla (1876-1946)

Performed by

Perlman/Sanders

4:25pm Dances Sacred and Profane for Harp and Orchestra

Composed by

Claude Debussy (1862-1918)

Performed by

Chalifoux/Cleveland Orchestra/Boulez

4:36pm Suite from Masques et Bergamasques, Op. 112

Composed by

Gabriel Faure (1845-1924)

Performed by

Monte Carlo Philharmonic/DePreist

4:51pm Carnival Overture, Op. 92

Composed by

Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904)

Performed by

London Symphony/Kertesz

5:01pm Horn Concerto No. 1 in E flat

Composed by

Richard Strauss (1864-1949)

Performed by

Baumann/Gewandhaus Orch/Masur

5:18pm Tango

Composed by

Isaac Albeniz (1860-1909)

Performed by

John Williams

5:22pm Overture to The Silken Ladder

Composed by

Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868)

Performed by

Philharmonia/Karajan

5:30pm Merry Waltz

Composed by

Otto Klemperer (1885-1973)

Performed by

Minnesota Orchestra/Oue

5:39pm Lute Concerto in D, RV 93

Composed by

Antonio Vivaldi, arr. by Pepe Romero

Performed by

P. Romero/I Musici

5:52pm Suite from Abdelazer

Composed by

Henry Purcell (1659-1695)

Performed by

Canadian Brass

6:02pm Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis

Composed by

Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)

Performed by

Symphony Orchestra of the Curtis Institute/Previn

6:19pm Pavane for a Dead Princess

Composed by

Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)

Performed by

Elaine Greenfield

6:26pm Symphonic Variations on an African Air, Op. 63

Composed by

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875-1912)

Performed by

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic/Llewellyn

6:47pm Music selected by the announcer

7:01pm Violin Concerto No. 2 in E, BWV 1042

Composed by

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

Performed by

Lozakovich/Bavarian Radio Symphony Chamber Orchestra

7:19pm Symphony No. 3 in A minor, Op. 56 "Scottish"

Composed by

Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)

Performed by

Scottish Chamber Orchestra/Laredo

8:01pm Symphony No. 3 in E flat, Op. 55 "Eroica"

Composed by

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)

Performed by

Hanover Band/Goodman

8:49pm Nimrod from Enigma Variations, Op. 36

Composed by

Edward Elgar (1857-1934)

Performed by

Cincinnati Pops/Kunzel

8:54pm Nocturne in C sharp minor, Op. Posth.

Composed by

Frederic Chopin (1810-1849)

Performed by

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

9:00pm Flute Concerto in G

Composed by

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714–1788)

Performed by

Gallois/C.P.E. Bach Chamber Orch/Schreier

9:26pm Selections from Spartacus

Composed by

Aram Khachaturian (1903-1978)

Performed by

London Symphony/Black

9:49pm Lute Fastasias Nos. 7 and 5

Composed by

Simone Molinaro (c.1570-1636), arr. J.L. Kerr

Performed by

James Limerick Kerr

10:00pm The Girl with the Flaxen Hair

Composed by

Claude Debussy (1862-1918)

Performed by

Capucon/Bellom

10:03pm Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14

Composed by

Hector Berlioz (1803-1869)

Performed by

Orchestra Lamoureux of Paris/Markevitch

10:57pm Sure on This Shining Night (No. 3 from 4 Songs Op. 13)

Composed by

Samuel Barber

Performed by

Sheku & Isata Kanneh-Mason

11:01pm Melancholy Serenade, Op. 26

Composed by

Peter I. Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)

Performed by

Stern/Columbia Symphony/Brieff

11:09pm Children's Corner

Composed by

Claude Debussy (1862-1918)

Performed by

Pascal Roge

11:28pm Clarinet Quartet No. 2 in C minor, Op. 4

Composed by

Bernhard Henrik Crusell (1775-1838)

Performed by

Rosengren/Enoksson/Volle/Winland

11:49pm Music selected by the announcer