Saturdays On Point

Saturdays at 1:00 pm Eastern

Summer 2026


Saturdays On Point brings the magic of ballet every Saturday at 1:00 pm Eastern, featuring full performances of beloved ballets by world-renowned orchestras.

June

  • 06/06/26: Glazunov: Raymonda
  • 06/13/26: Delibes: Coppélia
  • 06/20/26: Minkus: La Bayadère
  • 06/27/26: J.P.E. Hartmann: The Valkyrie

July

  • 07/04/26: Various: American Ballets
    Copland: Rodeo  •  Kay: Stars and Stripes  •  Bernstein: Fancy Free
    Barber: Souvenirs  •  Carpenter: Krazy Kat
  • 07/11/26: Khachaturian: Spartacus (Suites 1–3)
  • 07/18/26: Lovenskiold: La Sylphide
  • 07/25/26: Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake

August

  • 08/01/26: Messager: Les Deux Pigeons
  • 08/08/26: Shchedrin: Carmen (ballet)
  • 08/15/26: Strauss, Jr.: Cinderella
  • 08/22/26: Poulenc: Les Biches
  • 08/29/26: Various: George Balanchine’s Jewels
    with music by Fauré, Stravinsky & Tchaikovsky

Now Playing

Clarinet Quintet In B flat, Op. 89

Composed by

Anton Reicha (1770–1836)

Performed by

Zahradnik/Panocha Quartet

Label

Supraphon

Catalog Number

73081

Today's Playlist

3:47pm Overture to A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Op. 21

Composed by

Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)

Performed by

Bamberg Symphony/Flor

4:01pm Concerto in C, RV 87

Composed by

Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)

Performed by

Camerata of Cologne

4:09pm Prelude No. 5 in G minor, Op. 23

Composed by

Sergei Rachmaninoff arr. Antoince Fougeray

Performed by

Raphael Feuillatre

4:15pm Ballet Music from Macbeth

Composed by

Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901)

Performed by

Scottish National Orchestra/Gibson

4:26pm Serenade No. 13 in G, K. 525 "Eine kleine Nachtmusik"

Composed by

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)

Performed by

Columbia Symphony/B. Walter

4:41pm Concerto in D for Trumpet and 2 Oboes

Composed by

Anonymous

Performed by

Basch/Virtuoso Chamber Music/Asperen

5:00pm Clair de lune from Suite Bergamasque

Composed by

Claude Debussy (1862-1918)

Performed by

Williams/Bream

5:06pm Dance of the Miller’s Wife from Three Cornered Hat

Composed by

Manuel de Falla (1876-1946)

Performed by

Berlin Radio Symphony/Maazel

5:15pm Violin Concerto in F, Op. 7 No. 4

Composed by

Jean-Marie Leclair (1697-1764)

Performed by

Ruhadze/Ensemble Violini Capricciosi

5:31pm Quickened Pulses Waltz

Composed by

Johann Strauss Jr. (1825-1899)

Performed by

Czecho-Slovak State Philharmonic/Walter

5:41pm Sonata a 3 in E Minor, Op. 1, No. 11

Composed by

Tomaso Albinoni (1671-1751)

Performed by

Parnassi Musici

5:47pm Suite in D from Terpsichore

Composed by

Michael Praetorius (1571–1621)

Performed by

Christopher Parkening

6:00pm A Mighty Fortress Is Our God

Composed by

Joseph Joachim Raff (1822-1882)

Performed by

Basel Radio Symphony/Travis

6:20pm Intermezzo in A, Op. 118 No. 2

Composed by

Johannes Brahms, arr. by Nicolai Popov

Performed by

Ottensamer/Wang

6:26pm Four's Company

Composed by

Paul Lansky (b.1944)

Performed by

Curtis Institute Guitar Quartet

6:46pm Music selected by the announcer

7:01pm Clarinet Concerto in A, K. 622

Composed by

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)

Performed by

Neidich/Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

7:31pm 4 Impromptus, D. 899

Composed by

Franz Schubert (1797-1828)

Performed by

Alfred Brendel

8:01pm Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18

Composed by

Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)

Performed by

Richter/Warsaw Philharmonic/Wislocki

8:36pm Lute Suite In E minor, BWV 996

Composed by

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

Performed by

Yolanda Kondonassis

8:53pm Intermezzo from Goyescas

Composed by

Enrique Granados (1867-1916)

Performed by

Chicago Symphony/Reiner

9:01pm Sonata Concertata in A

Composed by

Niccolo Paganini (1782–1840)

Performed by

Galway/Yamashita

9:16pm Cello Concerto in B minor, Op. 104

Composed by

Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904)

Performed by

Tsang/Royal Scottish National Orchestra/Yoo

9:58pm Prelude

Composed by

Anonymous

Performed by

Christopher Wilson

10:00pm Three Gymnopedies

Composed by

Eric Satie (1866-1925)

Performed by

Stoltzman/Allen

10:10pm Overture & Venusberg Bacchanale from Tannhäuser

Composed by

Richard Wagner (1813-1883)

Performed by

Berlin Philharmonic/Maazel

10:33pm A Summer’s Day in the Country

Composed by

Niels Gade (1817-1890)

Performed by

Lyngby-Taarbaeck Symphony/Eriksson

11:00pm Horn Quintet in E, Op. 106

Composed by

Anton Reicha (1770–1836)

Performed by

Klanska/Panocha Quartet

11:29pm Suite Cubana

Composed by

Manuel Ponce (1882-1948)

Performed by

Jorge Federico Osorio

11:43pm Music selected by the announcer