Saturdays On Point

Saturdays at 1:00 pm Eastern

Fall 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.

September

  • September 5 — Maurice Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé
  • September 12 — Baroque-era ballets
    George Frideric Handel: Alcina
    Jean-Philippe Rameau: Pygmalion
    Jean-Baptiste Lully: Ballet de Xerxes
  • September 19 — Cécile Chaminade: Callirhoë
  • September 26 — Fall Equinox
    Alexander Glazunov: The Seasons
    Giuseppe Verdi: Seasons ballet from I vespri siciliani
    Knudåge Riisager: Suite from Twelve by Mail

October

  • October 3 — Hans Christian Lumbye: Napoli
  • October 10 — Classical-era ballet
    Paul Wranitzky: The Forest Maiden
    Ludwig van Beethoven: The Creatures of Prometheus
  • October 17 — Frédéric Chopin: Les Sylphides
  • October 24 — Suites from favorite ballets
    Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake and The Sleeping Beauty · Copland: Rodeo · Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet · Stravinsky: The Firebird · Delibes: Coppélia
  • October 31 — Halloween: ghosts, spiders, and pumpkins!
    Adam: Suite from Giselle · Roussel: The Spider’s Feast · Prokofiev: Suite from Cinderella · Minkus: Suite from La Bayadère · Rieti: The Night Shadow

November

  • November 7 — Léo Delibes: La Source
  • November 14 — Manuel de Falla: The Three-Cornered Hat
  • November 21 — Adolphe Adam: Orfa
  • November 28 — Thanksgiving weekend — Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker

Now Playing

Prelude to Act 1 from Lohengrin

Composed by

Richard Wagner (1813-1883)

Performed by

NY Philharmonic/Sinopoli

Label

DG

Catalog Number

419

Today's Playlist

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