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Preview!

Sundays, 6:00-9:00 pm ET

Discover new recordings and arts news.

Every Sunday evening at 6:00 pm ET, The Classical Station presents Preview!, our program of the latest classical releases and upcoming arts events.

From symphonies to choral music, from ballet to the chamber music hall, we strive to include a little bit of everything from the world of classical music.

A regular feature of Preview!, at approximately 7:00 pm ET, is an interview when we speak with today’s most fascinating performing artists and composers.

Mini-Podcast Archive

We’ve been honored to host to many prominent pianists, composers, guitarists, cellists, early music specialists and more. Each mini-podcast is linked below, runs for 7-10 minutes and can be downloaded and shared for free.

 

Now Playing

Quintet for guitar and string quartet, Op. 143

Composed by

Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco (1895-1968)

Performed by

Mela/Quatuor Byron

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Aparte

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Today's Playlist

5:41am Symphony in A, Op. 3, No. 5, WolS A2

Composed by

Johann Stamitz (1717-1757)

Performed by

Moscow Chamber Orchestra “Musica Viva”/Rudin

5:55am Music selected by the announcer

6:01am Concert Piece in F minor for piano and orchestra, Op. 79

Composed by

Carl Maria von Weber (1786-1826)

Performed by

Frith/RTE Sinfonietta/O'Duinn

6:19am Overture from Suite in D for Trumpet and Strings

Composed by

Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767)

Performed by

Burns/American Concerto Orchestra

6:25am Cantilena from Concerto Antico for Guitar & Small Orchestra

Composed by

Richard Harvey (b.1953)

Performed by

Williams/London Symphony/Daniel

6:37am Prelude to Act 1 from Lohengrin

Composed by

Richard Wagner (1813-1883)

Performed by

NY Philharmonic/Sinopoli

6:48am Serenade

Composed by

Domenico Cimarosa (1749-1801)

Performed by

Galway/Yamashita

7:01am Suite Mignonne, Op. 98a

Composed by

Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)

Performed by

English String Orchestra/Boughton

7:10am Hungarian Rhapsody No. 6 in D

Composed by

Franz Liszt (1811-1886)

Performed by

Budapest Festival Orchestra/Fischer

7:22am Overture to A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Op. 21

Composed by

Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)

Performed by

Chicago Symphony/Levine

7:35am Rossiniana No. 2, Op. 121

Composed by

Mauro Giuliani (1781-1829)

Performed by

David Russell

7:52am Overture to Lucio Silla, K. 135

Composed by

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)

Performed by

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

8:02am L'Arlesienne Suite No. 1

Composed by

Georges Bizet (1838–1875)

Performed by

Mexico City Philharmonic/Batiz

8:23am Overture to The Creatures of Prometheus, Op. 43

Composed by

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)

Performed by

BBC Scottish Symphony/Runnicles

8:30am Sicilienne from Concert in D for Violin, Piano & String Quartet, Op. 21

Composed by

Ernest Chausson (1855-1899)

Performed by

Faust/Melnikov/Salagon Quartet

8:36am Lute Concerto in D, RV 93

Composed by

Antonio Vivaldi, arr. by Pepe Romero

Performed by

P. Romero/I Musici

8:49am Music selected by the announcer

9:01am String Quartet No. 1 in D, Op. 11

Composed by

Peter I. Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)

Performed by

Smetana Quartet

9:28am Concertante in B flat for Flute and Clarinet, Op. 41

Composed by

Franz Danzi (1763-1826)

Performed by

D&A McGill/Chicago Youth SO/Tinkham

9:50am Forest Murmurs from Siegfried

Composed by

Richard Wagner (1813-1883)

Performed by

Vienna Philharmonic/Solti

10:01am Trumpet Concerto in E flat

Composed by

Josef Haydn (1732-1809)

Performed by

Smedvig/Scottish Chamber Orchestra/Ling

10:18am Mother Goose Suite

Composed by

Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)

Performed by

Cincinnati Symphony/P. Jarvi

10:35am Grand Sextet in E flat

Composed by

Mikhail Glinka (1804-1857)

Performed by

Moscow String Quartet (augmented)

11:01am Piano Sonata No. 18 in D, K. 576

Composed by

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)

Performed by

Ingrid Haebler

11:18am Clarinet Concerto No. 4 in E minor

Composed by

Louis Spohr (1784-1859)

Performed by

Leister/Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra/Fruhbeck

11:45am Symphony No. 11 in B flat

Composed by

Michael Haydn (1737-1806)

Performed by

Slovak Chamber Orchestra/Warchal

12:01pm Toy Box Ballet

Composed by

Claude Debussy (1862-1918)

Performed by

Ulster Orchestra/Tortelier

12:33pm Sonata in G

Composed by

George Frideric Handel (1685–1759)

Performed by

McFarlane/Rosenfeld

12:43pm Irish Tune from County Derry

Composed by

Traditional, arr. Percy Grainger

Performed by

Central Band of the RAF/Banks

12:49pm Music selected by the announcer

1:01pm Fantasie in F minor, Op. 49

Composed by

Frederic Chopin (1810-1849)

Performed by

Artur Rubinstein

1:14pm Siegfried Idyll

Composed by

Richard Wagner (1813-1883)

Performed by

Berlin Philharmonic/Karajan

1:34pm Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43

Composed by

Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)

Performed by

Cliburn/Philadelphia Orchestra/Ormandy

2:01pm Holberg Suite, Op. 40

Composed by

Edvard Grieg (1843–1907)

Performed by

Rotterdam Chamber Orch/van Alphen

2:22pm String Quartet No. 22 in B flat, K. 589

Composed by

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)

Performed by

Dover Quartet

2:46pm Capriccio No. 1 in D

Composed by

Jan Dismas Zelenka (1679-1745)

Performed by

Bach Sinfonia/Abraham

3:01pm Asturias (Leyenda) from Suite Espanola, Op. 47

Composed by

Isaac Albeniz (1860-1909)

Performed by

Norbert Kraft

3:09pm Concerto for 2 Horns in E flat

Composed by

Leopold Mozart (1719-1787)

Performed by

Muzyk/Kerdelewicz/Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra/Falletta

3:23pm Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37

Composed by

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)

Performed by

Hough/Finnish Radio Symphony/Lintu

4:00pm On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring

Composed by

Frederick Delius (1862-1934)

Performed by

London Symphony/Wordsworth

4:08pm Scherzo from Nonet for Strings & Winds, Op. 31

Composed by

Louis Spohr (1784-1859)

Performed by

Consortium Classicum/Klocker

4:16pm Overture to A Life For The Czar

Composed by

Mikhail Glinka (1804-1857)

Performed by

Philharmonia Hungarica/Kohler

4:28pm Variations on a Theme by Haydn, Op. 56b

Composed by

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)

Performed by

Argerich/Freire

4:46pm Overture to Patience

Composed by

Arthur Sullivan (1842-1900)

Performed by

Scottish Chamber Orchestra/Faris

4:52pm Slavonic Dance in E minor, Op. 72 No. 2

Composed by

Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904)

Performed by

Berlin Philharmonic/Maazel

5:00pm Light Cavalry Overture

Composed by

Franz von Suppe (1819-1895)

Performed by

NY Philharmonic/Bernstein

5:08pm Adagio in E for Guitar and Orchestra, K. 261

Composed by

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)

Performed by

Romero/Academy SMF/Brown

5:16pm Carnival Overture, Op. 92

Composed by

Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904)

Performed by

Philharmonia/Davis

5:26pm La gitana from 2 Danzas

Composed by

Ernesto Halffter (1905-1989)

Performed by

Perlman/Sanders

5:31pm Village Swallows from Austria

Composed by

Josef Strauss (1827-1870)

Performed by

Johann Strauss Orchestra of Vienna/Boskovsky

5:39pm From Bohemia's Woods and Fields from Má vlast (My Fatherland)

Composed by

Bedrich Smetana (1824-1884)

Performed by

Vienna Philharmonic/Harnoncourt

5:54pm Greensleeves

Composed by

John Johnsone (c.1545-1594)

Performed by

Sharon Isbin

6:00pm Impromptu in C minor, D. 899 No. 1

Composed by

Franz Schubert (1797-1828)

Performed by

Andras Schiff

6:11pm Symphony No. 089 in F

Composed by

Josef Haydn (1732-1809)

Performed by

La Petite Bande/Kuijken

6:35pm Guitar Quintet No. 7 in E minor

Composed by

Luigi Boccherini (1743-1805)

Performed by

Romero/Academy Chamber Ensemble

6:54pm Music selected by the announcer

7:01pm Scottish Fantasy for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 46

Composed by

Max Bruch (1838-1920)

Performed by

Midori/Israel Philharmonic/Mehta

7:32pm Piano Concerto No. 4 in C minor, Op. 44

Composed by

Camille Saint-Saens (1835-1921)

Performed by

Johannesen/Radio Luxembourg Orchestra/Kontarsky

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

Composed by

Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)

Performed by

Oslo Philharmonic/Makela

8:47pm Fantasy in G for Flute and Guitar, Op. 337

Composed by

Ferdinando Carulli (1770-1841)

Performed by

Rampal/Lagoya

8:59pm Rhapsody Jardine for Oboe and String Orchestra

Composed by

Barbara Harbach (b.1946)

Performed by

Libby/Slovak Radio Symphony/Trevor

9:10pm Piano Trio in G, Op. 1 No. 2

Composed by

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)

Performed by

Guarneri Trio Prague

9:42pm Divertimento in B flat, K. 137

Composed by

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)

Performed by

Academy Chamber Ensemble

9:58pm Symphony No. 1 in C

Composed by

Muzio Clementi (1752–1832)

Performed by

London Mozart Players/Bamert

10:24pm Suite in D minor

Composed by

Robert de Visee (1650-1732)

Performed by

Andres Segovia

10:33pm String Quartet in D, Op. 44 No. 1

Composed by

Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)

Performed by

Melos Quartet

11:00pm Traumerei

Composed by

Robert Schumann

Performed by

Khatia Buniatishvili

11:05pm Clarinet Quintet in A, K. 581

Composed by

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)

Performed by

Pay/Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields Chamber Ensemble

11:41pm Capricho Arabe

Composed by

Francisco Tarrega (1852-1909)

Performed by

Milos Karadaglic

11:48pm Music selected by the announcer