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

Overture to Benvenuto Cellini, Op. 23

Composed by

Hector Berlioz (1803-1869)

Performed by

Bastille Opera Orchestra/Chung

Label

DG

Catalog Number

447

Today's Playlist

8:01am Music of the Spheres

Composed by

Josef Strauss (1827-1870)

Performed by

Vienna Philharmonic/Kleiber

8:12am Overture to Son and Stranger

Composed by

Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)

Performed by

South German Philharmonic/Scholz

8:20am Symphony No. 2 in G

Composed by

Jiri Benda (1722-1795)

Performed by

Salieri Chamber Orchestra/Pal

8:30am Pastoral for Clarinet and Piano

Composed by

Arthur Bliss (1891-1975)

Performed by

Thea King/Clifford Benson

8:35am Tango

Composed by

Isaac Albeniz (1860-1909)

Performed by

John Williams

8:39am Gavotta, Op. 55 No. 2

Composed by

Giuseppe Martucci (1856-1909)

Performed by

Rome Symphony/La Vecchia

8:45am Music selected by the announcer

9:01am Sinfonia No. 9 in G minor for flute and strings

Composed by

Alessandro Scarlatti (1660-1725)

Performed by

Bennett/I Musici

9:10am La Valse

Composed by

Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)

Performed by

Cincinnati Symphony/Lopez-Cobos

9:24am Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 18

Composed by

Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)

Performed by

Giltburg/Royal Scottish National Orchestra/Prieto

10:00am Sonata in A minor

Composed by

Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767)

Performed by

Field & Franz

10:10am Suite from Pelleas and Melisande

Composed by

Claude Debussy arr. Jonathan Nott

Performed by

Orchestre de la Suisse Romande/Nott

10:59am Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 126

Composed by

Charles Villiers Stanford (1852–1924)

Performed by

Fingerhut/Ulster Orchestra/Handley

11:39am Goldberg Variations 1-9, BWV 988

Composed by

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), arr. Garcia & Moriniere

Performed by

Thibaut Garcia/Antoine Moriniere

11:53am Bohemian Dance from Carmen Suite No. 2

Composed by

Georges Bizet (1838–1875)

Performed by

Saint Louis Symphony/Slatkin

11:59am Serenade No. 12 in C minor (for winds), K. 388 "Nacht Musique"

Composed by

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)

Performed by

Scottish National Orchestra Wind Ensemble/P. Jarvi

12:28pm Over the Rainbow

Composed by

Harold Arlen, arr. Tom Poster

Performed by

Ma/Stott

12:32pm Sonata No. 1 in D

Composed by

Jean-Marie Leclair (1697-1764)

Performed by

London Baroque/Medlam

12:44pm Sospiri, Op. 70

Composed by

Edward Elgar (1857-1934)

Performed by

Partington/Johnston/English Str. Orch./Boughton

12:50pm Music selected by the announcer

1:01pm Piano Concerto in D

Composed by

Josef Haydn (1732-1809)

Performed by

Ax/Liszt Chamber Orchestra

1:20pm Concerto Madrigal for two guitars and orchestra

Composed by

Joaquin Rodrigo (1901-1999)

Performed by

P. & A. Romero/Academy SMF/Marriner

1:50pm Trio in G minor for Winds, RV 103

Composed by

Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)

Performed by

Camerata of Cologne

2:00pm Octet in F for Strings & Winds, D. 803

Composed by

Franz Schubert (1797-1828)

Performed by

Mozzafiato/L'Archibudelli

3:03pm Symphony in C minor

Composed by

Mary Alice Smith (1839-1884)

Performed by

London Mozart Players/Shelley

3:36pm Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 22

Composed by

Camille Saint-Saens (1835-1921)

Performed by

Chamayou/French National Orchestra/Krivine

4:00pm Trio Sonata in G minor, Op. 2 No. 3

Composed by

Dietrich Buxtehude (1637-1707)

Performed by

Repast Baroque Ensemble

4:12pm Flute Quartet No. 2 in G, K. 285a

Composed by

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)

Performed by

Bennett/Grumiaux Trio

4:22pm In the Fen Country

Composed by

Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)

Performed by

New Philharmonia/Boult

4:37pm Epic March

Composed by

John Ireland (1879-1962)

Performed by

London Symphony/Hickox

4:48pm Overture to Semiramide

Composed by

Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868)

Performed by

Philharmonia Orchestra/Muti

5:00pm Overture to The Creatures of Prometheus, Op. 43

Composed by

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)

Performed by

Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

5:06pm Prelude to Khovanshchina, "Dawn over the Moscow River"

Composed by

Modest Mussorgsky, orch. Dmitri Shostakovich

Performed by

USSR Symphony/Svetlanov

5:14pm Prelude in D flat, Op. 28 No. 15 "Raindrop"

Composed by

Frederic Chopin (1810-1849)

Performed by

John O’Conor

5:19pm A Winter Idyll

Composed by

Gustav Holst (1874-1934)

Performed by

Ulster Orchestra/Falletta

5:30pm Waltz from Suite of Three Pieces, Op. 116

Composed by

Benjamin Godard (1849-1895)

Performed by

Shostac/Perry

5:35pm Symphonic Dance, Op. 64 No. 4

Composed by

Edvard Grieg (1843–1907)

Performed by

Utah Symphony Orchestra/Abravanel

5:46pm Piezas Caracteristicas, Op. 92

Composed by

Federico Moreno Torroba (1891-1982)

Performed by

Andres Segovia

6:00pm Suite in D

Composed by

Marin Marais (1656-1728)

Performed by

Spectre de la Rose

6:15pm Air from Tafelmusik Suite No. 1 in E minor

Composed by

Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767)

Performed by

Camerata Romana/Duvier

6:20pm Andante cantabile from String Quartet No. 1 in D, Op. 11

Composed by

Peter I. Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)

Performed by

Blair Quartet

6:28pm Piano Trio in E flat, WoO 38

Composed by

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)

Performed by

Kempff/Szeryng/Fournier

6:46pm Music selected by the announcer

7:01pm Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor, BWV 1041

Composed by

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

Performed by

Zukerman/English Chamber Orchestra

7:16pm Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95 "From the New World"

Composed by

Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904)

Performed by

Baltimore Symphony/Alsop

8:00pm Symphony No. 2 in E minor, Op.27

Composed by

Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)

Performed by

Russian National Orchestra/Pletnev

8:52pm Water Games (Jeux d'Eau)

Composed by

Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)

Performed by

Martha Argerich

8:59pm Trumpet Concerto in E flat

Composed by

Josef Haydn (1732-1809)

Performed by

Andre/Bamberg Symphony/Guschlbauer

9:16pm Piano Concerto No. 1 in B minor, Op. 2

Composed by

Eugen d'Albert (1864-1932)

Performed by

Lane/BBC Scottish Symphony/Francis

10:02pm String Quartet No. 15 in G, D. 887

Composed by

Franz Schubert (1797-1828)

Performed by

Brandis Quartet

10:47pm Andante Spianato & Grand Polonaise in E flat, Op. 22

Composed by

Frederic Chopin (1810-1849)

Performed by

Mikhail Pletnev

11:02pm Sonata No. 2 for Harp and Guitar

Composed by

Anthony Sidney (b. 1952)

Performed by

Cover/Bonachea/Savage

11:19pm Pastoral Suite

Composed by

Emmanuel Chabrier (1841-1894)

Performed by

French National Orchestra/Jordan

11:41pm Panis angelicus

Composed by

Cesar Franck (1822-1890)

Performed by

Lloyd Webber/Royal Philharmonic/Judd

11:47pm Music selected by the announcer