Neave Trio, photo courtesy of Jacob Lewis Lovendahl

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

Don Quixote, Op. 35, TrV 184: I-IV

Composed by

Richard Strauss (1864-1949)

Performed by

Ma/Ansell/Boston Symphony Orchestra/Nelsons

Label

Deutsche Grammophon

Catalog Number

4862040

Today's Playlist

9:48am Piano Trio No. 23 in E flat

Composed by

Josef Haydn (1732-1809)

Performed by

Stern/Rose/Istomin

10:00am Overture to The Rhine Nymphs

Composed by

Jacques Offenbach (1819-1880)

Performed by

Gulbenkian Orchestra/Swierczewski

10:07am Sleeping Beauty (Tone Pictures)

Composed by

Engelburt Humperdinck (1854-1921)

Performed by

Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony/Fischer-Dieskau

10:29am Quintet in C minor, Op. 52

Composed by

Louis Spohr (1784-1859)

Performed by

Les Vents Francais

11:01am Symphony No. 6 in D, Op. 60

Composed by

Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904)

Performed by

BBC Symphony/Belohlavek

11:44am Queen’s Waltz, Op. 22 No. 3

Composed by

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

Performed by

Musica Camerata Montreal

11:49am Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun

Composed by

Claude Debussy (1862-1918)

Performed by

Bergen Philharmonic/Kitayenko

12:01pm The Sorcerer's Apprentice

Composed by

Paul Dukas (1865-1935)

Performed by

Suisse Romande Orchestra/Ansermet

12:13pm Hebrides Overture, Op. 26

Composed by

Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)

Performed by

Hague Philharmonic/de Vriend

12:25pm Piano Sonata No. 26 in E flat, Op. 81a "Les Adieux"

Composed by

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)

Performed by

Artur Rubinstein

12:43pm Music selected by the announcer

1:01pm Suite from Water Music

Composed by

George Frideric Handel, arr. by Hamilton Harty

Performed by

Pittsburgh Symphony/Previn

1:19pm Florida Suite

Composed by

Frederick Delius (1862-1934)

Performed by

Ulster Orchestra/Handley

1:57pm Valse Bluette

Composed by

Riccardo Drigo

Performed by

Perlman/Sanders

2:00pm Symphony No. 5 in B flat, D. 485

Composed by

Franz Schubert (1797-1828)

Performed by

New Orchestra/Spering

2:28pm Clarinet Concerto No. 1 in F minor, Op. 73

Composed by

Carl Maria von Weber (1786-1826)

Performed by

Meyer/Dresden State Orchestra/Blomstedt

2:50pm Forest Murmurs from Siegfried

Composed by

Richard Wagner (1813-1883)

Performed by

Vienna Philharmonic/Solti

3:01pm Violin Sonata in A, FWV 8

Composed by

Cesar Franck (1822-1890)

Performed by

Ibragimova/Tiberghien

3:30pm Dances Sacred and Profane for Harp and Orchestra

Composed by

Claude Debussy (1862-1918)

Performed by

Chalifoux/Cleveland Orchestra/Boulez

3:41pm Piano Sonata No. 10 in C, K. 330

Composed by

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)

Performed by

Peter Katin

4:01pm Flute Concerto in D, Op. 283

Composed by

Carl Reinecke (1824-1910)

Performed by

Bezaly/Hague Philharmonic/Jarvi

4:20pm Granada from Suite espanola, Op. 47

Composed by

Isaac Albeniz (1860-1909)

Performed by

John Williams

4:25pm Fantasie Brillante

Composed by

Jean-Baptiste Arban (1825-1889)

Performed by

Marsalis/Eastman Wind Ensemble/Hunsberger

4:34pm Menuet from Le Tombeau de Couperin

Composed by

Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)

Performed by

Francois-Joel Thiollier

4:40pm Concerto in C for Two Oboes, Op. 7 No. 11

Composed by

Tomaso Albinoni (1671-1751)

Performed by

Holliger/Bourge/I Musici

4:49pm Four Scottish Dances, Op. 59

Composed by

Malcolm Arnold (1921-2006)

Performed by

Dallas Wind Symphony/Junkin

5:01pm Music for the Royal Fireworks

Composed by

George Frideric Handel (1685–1759)

Performed by

Cleveland Symphonic Winds/Fennell

5:17pm Swedish Rhapsody No. 2, Op. 24 "Uppsala Rhapsody"

Composed by

Hugo Alfven (1872-1960)

Performed by

Stockholm Philharmonic/Jarvi

5:28pm Danube Maiden Waltz

Composed by

Johann Strauss Jr. (1825-1899)

Performed by

Johann Strauss Orchestra of Vienna/Boskovsky

5:37pm Hungarian Rhapsody No. 5 in E minor

Composed by

Franz Liszt (1811-1886)

Performed by

Budapest Festival Orchestra/Fischer

5:48pm Bacchanale from Samson and Delilah

Composed by

Camille Saint-Saens (1835-1921)

Performed by

Montreal Symphony/Dutoit

5:56pm Passacaglia

Composed by

Sylvius Leopold Weiss (1687-1750)

Performed by

John Williams

6:01pm Village Swallows from Austria

Composed by

Josef Strauss (1827-1870)

Performed by

Vienna Philharmonic/Boskovsky

6:10pm La Peri

Composed by

Paul Dukas (1865-1935)

Performed by

French National Orchestra/Slatkin

6:31pm Selections from The Skaters

Composed by

Giacomo Meyerbeer (1791-1864)

Performed by

Cincinnati Pops/Kunzel

6:49pm Prelude in C sharp minor, Op. 3 No. 2

Composed by

Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)

Performed by

Van Cliburn

6:55pm Music selected by the announcer

7:01pm Clarinet Quintet in B flat, Op. 34

Composed by

Carl Maria von Weber (1786-1826)

Performed by

Neidich/L'Archibudelli

7:29pm Quintet in B flat

Composed by

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908)

Performed by

Capricorn

8:00pm Symphony No. 9 in C, D. 944 "Great"

Composed by

Franz Schubert (1797-1828)

Performed by

Berlin Philharmonic/Karajan

8:48pm Nocturne in E flat, Op. 55 No. 2

Composed by

Frederic Chopin (1810-1849)

Performed by

Claudio Arrau

8:54pm Nocturne from Pan Voyevoda

Composed by

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908)

Performed by

Moscow Symphony/Golovschin

9:01pm Piano Sonata No. 17 in B flat, K. 570

Composed by

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)

Performed by

Alicia de Larrocha

9:21pm Symphony No. 6 in F, Op. 68 "Pastoral"

Composed by

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)

Performed by

Boston Symphony/Leinsdorf

10:01pm String Quartet in D, Ben 342

Composed by

Ignaz Pleyel (1757–1831)

Performed by

Pleyel Quartet Cologne

10:20pm Clarinet Sonata in E flat

Composed by

Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)

Performed by

Neidich/Levin

10:45pm Concerto in B flat for Harp and Lute, Op.4 No.6

Composed by

George Frideric Handel (1685–1759)

Performed by

Ellis/Dupre/Philomusica London/Jones

11:01pm Scheherazade, Op. 35

Composed by

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908)

Performed by

Fenyves/Suisse Romande Orchestra/Ansermet

11:45pm Music selected by the announcer