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

Meditation from Morceaux, Op. 72

Composed by

Peter I. Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)

Performed by

Vladimir Ashkenazy

Label

Decca

Catalog Number

0

Today's Playlist

6:48pm Music selected by the announcer

7:01pm Harold in Italy, Op. 16

Composed by

Hector Berlioz (1803-1869)

Performed by

Zimmermann/London Symphony/Davis

7:42pm Piano Sonata No. 26 in E flat, Op. 81a "Les Adieux"

Composed by

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)

Performed by

Maurizio Pollini

8:00pm Symphony No. 2 in D, Op. 43

Composed by

Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)

Performed by

Berlin Philharmonic/Karajan

8:49pm Ave Maria

Composed by

Giulio Caccini, arr. by David Cullen

Performed by

Lloyd Webber/Royal Philharmonic/Judd

8:56pm Ballade in B minor, Op. 10 No. 3

Composed by

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)

Performed by

Lars Vogt

9:01pm Symphony No. 094 in G, "Surprise"

Composed by

Josef Haydn (1732-1809)

Performed by

Berlin Philharmonic/Karajan

9:26pm Fantasia in C, D. 760 "Wanderer Fantasy"

Composed by

Franz Schubert (1797-1828)

Performed by

Jamina Gerl

9:48pm Irish Rhapsody No. 6, Op. 191

Composed by

Charles Villiers Stanford (1852–1924)

Performed by

Mordkovitch/Ulster Orchestra/Handley

10:00pm Rolling River (Sketches on 'Shenandoah')

Composed by

Peter Boyer (b.1970)

Performed by

London Symphony Orchestra

10:06pm Prelude from English Suite No. 6 in D minor, BWV 811

Composed by

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

Performed by

Andras Schiff

10:17pm Piano Trio in A minor, Op. 50

Composed by

Peter I. Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)

Performed by

Rubinstein/Heifetz/Piatigorsky

10:59pm Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40 (A Hero’s Life)

Composed by

Richard Strauss (1864-1949)

Performed by

Philadelphia Orchestra/Sawallisch

11:44pm Arabesque

Composed by

York Bowen (1884-1961)

Performed by

Sandrine Chatron

11:52pm Music selected by the announcer