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Clarinet Quintet in B minor, Op. 115

Composed by

Johannes Brahms, arr. by Yuri Bashmet

Performed by

Bashmet/Moscow Soloists

Label

Sony

Catalog Number

60550

Today's Playlist

11:38am Concerto in E flat, Op. 7 No. 6

Composed by

Pietro Antonio Locatelli (1695-1764)

Performed by

Amsterdam Bach Soloists/Have

11:55am Music selected by the announcer

12:01pm Horn Concerto No. 3 in E flat, K. 447

Composed by

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)

Performed by

Clevenger/Franz Liszt Chamber Orch/Rolla

12:19pm Six Pavans arranged for guitar quartet

Composed by

Luys Milan (c.1500-1561), arr. R. Gallery

Performed by

English Guitar Quartet

12:27pm Piano Concerto in A minor

Composed by

Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)

Performed by

Katsaris/Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra/Rolla

1:00pm Toy Box Ballet

Composed by

Claude Debussy (1862-1918)

Performed by

Lyon Opera Orchestra/Nagano

1:34pm Games (Jeux)

Composed by

Claude Debussy (1862-1918)

Performed by

French National Radio and TV Orchestra/Martinon

1:54pm Les Biches (complete ballet)

Composed by

Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)

Performed by

Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra&Choir/North German Radio Chorus/Deneve

2:29pm Selections from Giselle, Act 1

Composed by

Adolphe Adam (1803-1856)

Performed by

London Symphony/Tilson Thomas

2:54pm Music selected by the announcer

3:00pm Corcovado

Composed by

Darius Milhaud, trans. Arthur Levering

Performed by

Fisk/Wincenc

3:04pm Quartet in E minor, TWV 43:e4

Composed by

Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767)

Performed by

Hanoverian Ensemble

3:26pm Overture to Orpheus in the Underworld

Composed by

Jacques Offenbach (1819-1880)

Performed by

Czecho-Slovak State Philharmonic/Alfred Walter

3:37pm La Peri

Composed by

Paul Dukas (1865-1935)

Performed by

Suisse Romande Orchestra/Jordan

4:01pm La Mer (The Sea)

Composed by

Claude Debussy (1862-1918)

Performed by

Cleveland Orchestra/Boulez

4:26pm Selections from Incidental Music to A Midsummer Night's Dream

Composed by

Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)

Performed by

Chicago Symphony/Levine

4:58pm Piano Concerto No. 17 in G, K. 453

Composed by

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)

Performed by

O. Shaham/Saint Louis Symphony/Robertson

5:29pm Rusalka Fantasy

Composed by

Antonin Dvorak, arr. by Manfred Honneck and Tomas Ille

Performed by

Pittsburgh Symphony/Honeck

5:51pm Variations on Casta Diva

Composed by

Jean-Baptiste Arban (1825-1889), after music of Vincenzo Bellini

Performed by

Bowden/Kassia Ensemble

6:01pm Flute Concerto in C, BWV 1055

Composed by

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

Performed by

Rampal/Ars Rediviva Orch/Munclinger

6:16pm The Lark Ascending

Composed by

Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)

Performed by

Kennedy/City of Birmingham Symphony/Rattle

6:34pm Theme from The Apartment

Composed by

Charles Williams

Performed by

Ferrante/Teicher/a studio orchestra and chorus

6:38pm Selections from Gayne

Composed by

Aram Khachaturian (1903-1978)

Performed by

London Symphony/Black

7:00pm Nocturnes, Op. 368

Composed by

Carl Czerny (1791-1857)

Performed by

Roberte Mamou

7:32pm Overture to Maskarade

Composed by

Carl Nielsen (1865-1931)

Performed by

Danish National Radio Symphony/Dausgaard

7:38pm Oboe Concerto in F, BWV 1053

Composed by

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

Performed by

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

7:59pm Piano Concerto No. 2 in F, Op. 102

Composed by

Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)

Performed by

Bernstein/NY Philharmonic

8:20pm Johnny Appleseed Suite

Composed by

Mark O'Connor (b.1961)

Performed by

O'Connor/Colorado Symphony/Alsop

8:40pm Three Gymnopedies

Composed by

Eric Satie (1866-1925)

Performed by

Stoltzman/Allen

8:49pm Gardens of the Villa Taranto

Composed by

Colin Brumby (1933-2018)

Performed by

Rayner/Lynch

9:02pm Grand Waltz from Cinderella

Composed by

Sergei Prokofiev

Performed by

Hollywood Bowl Orchestra/Mauceri

9:07pm Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95 "From the New World"

Composed by

Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904)

Performed by

Seattle Symphony/Morlot

9:52pm Crux Fidelis

Composed by

Venantius Fortunatus (530-610)

Performed by

Benedictines Of Mary, Queen Of Apostles

10:02pm Symphony No. 6 in F, Op. 68 "Pastoral"

Composed by

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)

Performed by

Philharmonia Orchestra/Ashkenazy

10:50pm Ballet Music from Macbeth

Composed by

Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901)

Performed by

Orch. Bologna Comm. Theatre/Chailly

11:02pm Concerto for Clarinet, Strings, Harp and Piano

Composed by

Aaron Copland (1900-1990)

Performed by

Goodman/Columbia Symphony/Copland

11:20pm Selections from Voyage to the Moon

Composed by

Jacques Offenbach (1819-1880)

Performed by

Philharmonia/Almeida

11:40pm Music selected by the announcer