This Week at The Classical Station

(Still Life with Books by Jan Davidsz. de Heem, 1625-1630)

Simplicity is the final achievement of art. 

~ Frédéric Chopin

This Week at The Classical Station

by Chrissy Keuper & Mark Schreiner

Thursday, 22 January 2026

It’s Friday Eve, All!

We’ll celebrate at 7pmET with Thursday Night Opera House and Gaetano Donizetti’s La Fille du Regiment (The Daughter of the Regiment) in a 1968 recording of Richard Bonynge conducting the Orchestra and Chorus of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, along with legendary soloists including Joan Sutherland and Luciano Pavarotti.

Join us at the opera!

 

Monday, 19 January 2026

A very good new week to you, Listeners. We are honored to be here with you, sharing this amazing music.

 

LP on turntable with tone arm and needThis evening at 7pmET, wrap yourself in the warmth of vinyl with Vince Tillona and Drop the Needle. This week’s spotlight is on Smetana, J.S. Bach, and Prokofiev’s tribute to Haydn and Mozart. Then at 8pmET, Monday Night at the Symphony features recordings of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra with works by Bizet, Saint-Saens, and Elgar, conducted by Simon Rattle, Sakari Oramo, and Louis Fremaux. script and serif text: Monday Night at the symphony

 

 

 

 

 

Tomorrow, George Leef honors Classical Café’s weekly Legendary Performer:

Spanish violinist, composer, and conductor Pablo de Sarasate.

 

 

 

 

And on Wednesday just after 11amET, George will give away two tickets to the Akropolis Reed Quintet’s performance in Durham this Friday evening, courtesy of Duke Arts.

Good luck!

 

 

Now Playing

Concerto in C for Flute and Harp, K. 299

Composed by

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)

Performed by

Galway/Robles/Chamber Orchestra of Europe

Label

RCA Victor

Catalog Number

7861

Today's Playlist

1:31pm Piano Sonata in A, D. 664

Composed by

Franz Schubert (1797-1828)

Performed by

Benjamin Hochman

1:53pm Four dances

Composed by

Thomas Morley (1557-1602), S. Tennant

Performed by

Los Angeles Guitar Quartet

2:02pm Piano Concerto No. 5 in E flat, Op. 73 "Emperor"

Composed by

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)

Performed by

Kempff/Berlin Philharmonic/Leitner

2:41pm Concerto Grosso in D minor, Op. 3 No. 5

Composed by

George Frideric Handel (1685–1759)

Performed by

Musicians of the Louvre/Minkowski

2:52pm Music selected by the announcer

3:00pm Quartet Movement in F

Composed by

Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904)

Performed by

Panocha Quartet

3:11pm Dances Sacred and Profane for Harp and Orchestra

Composed by

Claude Debussy (1862-1918)

Performed by

Zabaleta/Paul Kuentz Chamber Orchestra/Kuentz

3:23pm Symphony No. 1 in E flat

Composed by

Alexander Borodin (1833-1887)

Performed by

Rotterdam Philharmonic/Gergiev

4:01pm Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op. 30

Composed by

Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)

Performed by

Cliburn/Symphony of the Air/Kondrashin

4:45pm Oboe Quartet in F

Composed by

Louis Massonneau (1766-1848)

Performed by

Goodwin/Terzetto

5:01pm Horn Concerto No. 2 in E flat, K. 417

Composed by

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)

Performed by

Clevenger/Franz Liszt Chamber Orch/Rolla

5:16pm Violin Concerto in D minor

Composed by

Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)

Performed by

Ibragimova/Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment/Jurowski

5:40pm Sarabande from Doktor Faust, Op. 51

Composed by

Ferruccio Busoni (1866-1924)

Performed by

Hong Kong Philharmonic/Wong

5:51pm Music selected by the announcer

6:01pm Lute Fastasias Nos. 7 and 5

Composed by

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

Performed by

James Limerick Kerr

6:11pm Magnificat septimi toni "S'io esca vivo"

Composed by

Orlando de Lassus (c.1532-1594)

Performed by

Magnificat/Cave

6:21pm Violin Concerto in D minor, RV 241

Composed by

Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)

Performed by

Cafe Zimmermann/Valetti

6:32pm Cello Concerto No. 2 in D, VIIb:2

Composed by

Josef Haydn (1732-1809)

Performed by

Crozman/Les Violons du Roy/Ellis

7:01pm String Quartet No. 4 in C minor, Op. 18 No. 4

Composed by

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)

Performed by

Ariel Quartet

7:26pm Overture "The Empress"

Composed by

Helene de Montgeroult (1764-1836)

Performed by

Arion Baroque Orchestra/Lussier

7:37pm Cello Sonata No. 1 in E minor, Op. 38

Composed by

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)

Performed by

Weilerstein/Barnatan

8:01pm Piano Trio from Twenty-four Negro Melodies, Op.59 No.1, for Solo Piano

Composed by

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875-1912)

Performed by

Neave Trio

8:18pm Deux arabesques, L. 74

Composed by

Claude Debussy (1862-1918)

Performed by

Tetreault/Hebert-Bouchard

8:29pm Escales (Ports of Call)

Composed by

Jacques Ibert (1890-1962)

Performed by

Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra/Falletta

8:46pm Chiaroscuro

Composed by

Anthony Sidney (b. 1952)

Performed by

Cover/Bonachea/Savage

9:01pm Three Water Colors

Composed by

Tor Aulin (1866-1914)

Performed by

Omnibus Wind Ensemble

9:14pm There will be Rest

Composed by

Frank Ticheli (b.1958)

Performed by

Voces8

9:22pm Harp Concerto in G minor, Op. 81

Composed by

Elias Parish Alvars (1808-1849)

Performed by

Nordmann/Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra/Rampal

9:53pm Fantasia in G minor

Composed by

Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel (1805-1847)

Performed by

Green/Todd

10:01pm How lovely is thy dwelling place from A German Requiem

Composed by

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)

Performed by

Philharmonia Orchestra & Chorus/Klemperer

10:08pm Symphony No. 6, Op. 173 "Celestial Gate"

Composed by

Alan Hovhaness (1911-2000)

Performed by

I Fiamminghi/Werthen

10:31pm Les Sylphides

Composed by

Frédéric Chopin, arr. by Roy Douglas

Performed by

Berlin Radio Symphony/Fricke

11:00pm Great is thy faithfulness

Composed by

William Marion Runyan

Performed by

Gough/Choir of Wells Cathedral/Archer

11:05pm Scandinavian Suite

Composed by

Percy Grainger (1882-1961)

Performed by

Moerschel/Drury

11:22pm Nigra sum

Composed by

Pablo Casals (1876-1973)

Performed by

Voices of Ascension/Keene

11:28pm Sonata romantica

Composed by

Manuel Ponce (1882-1948)

Performed by

Norbert Kraft

11:51pm Music selected by the announcer