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

Quintet No. 6 in G minor

Composed by

Antonio Soler (1729-1783)

Performed by

Schrader/Chicago Baroque Ensemble

Label

Cedille Records

Catalog Number

0

Today's Playlist

5:23am Concerto in G for 2 Mandolins, RV 532 (performed on guitar)

Composed by

Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)

Performed by

Sollscher/Camerata Bern/Furi

5:36am Overture No. 4 in F

Composed by

Francesco Veracini (1690-1768)

Performed by

Musica Antiqua Cologne/Goebel

5:51am Music selected by the announcer

6:01am Concerto in F for 3 Violins from Tafelmusik, Part II

Composed by

Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767)

Performed by

Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra/Koopman

6:15am Sonata No. 12 in C, "The Ascension"

Composed by

Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber (1644-1704)

Performed by

Podger/Swiakiewicz/Manson/Miller

6:24am Egdon Heath, Op. 47

Composed by

Gustav Holst (1874-1934)

Performed by

Winnipeg Symphony/Tovey

6:39am Andante Spianato & Grand Polonaise in E flat, Op. 22

Composed by

Frederic Chopin (1810-1849)

Performed by

Jon Nakamatsu

6:55am Valse fantastique from Raymonda, Op. 57

Composed by

Alexander Glazunov (1865–1936)

Performed by

London Symphony/Butt

7:00am Overture to The Merry Wives of Windsor

Composed by

Otto Nicolai (1810-1849)

Performed by

Vienna Philharmonic/Boskovsky

7:11am For the Whole World

Composed by

Joseph Hellmesberger II (1855-1907)

Performed by

Vienna Philharmonic/Thielemann

7:19am In a Summer Garden, a Rhapsody

Composed by

Frederick Delius (1862-1934)

Performed by

Welsh National Opera Orchestra/MacKerras

7:35am Symphony No. 5 in G

Composed by

Jiri Benda (1722-1795)

Performed by

Salieri Chamber Orchestra/Pal

7:48am Hebrides Overture, Op. 26

Composed by

Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)

Performed by

London Symphony/Abbado

8:00am Spanish Dance No. 7, "Valenciana"

Composed by

Enrique Granados (1867-1916)

Performed by

Angel & Celedonio Romero

8:08am Trio Sonata No. 3 in E flat

Composed by

George Frideric Handel (attributed)

Performed by

Convivium

8:20am Memory of A Summer Night in Madrid

Composed by

Mikhail Glinka (1804-1857)

Performed by

Tchaikovsky Moscow Radio Symphony/Fedoseyev

8:30am Ballet des Plaisirs

Composed by

Jean-Baptiste Lully (1632-1687)

Performed by

Aradia Baroque Ensemble/Mallon

8:45am Carnaval Overture, Op. 45

Composed by

Alexander Glazunov (1865–1936)

Performed by

Boston Pops/Fiedler

8:55am Music selected by the announcer

9:01am Sonatina in D, D. 384

Composed by

Franz Schubert (1797-1828)

Performed by

Stoltzman/Goode

9:15am Francesca da Rimini, Op. 32

Composed by

Peter I. Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)

Performed by

USSR Radio and TV Orchestra/Ovchinnikov

9:39am Trio, Op. 24

Composed by

Charlotte Sohy (1887-1955)

Performed by

Nikolov/Phillips/Bensaid

10:00am Symphony No. 092 in G, "Oxford"

Composed by

Josef Haydn (1732-1809)

Performed by

Vienna Philharmonic/Bohm

10:31am Suite in G for 2 Viols

Composed by

Marin Marais (1656-1728)

Performed by

Smithsonian Chamber Players

11:00am Concerto Grosso in D minor, Op. 6 No. 10

Composed by

George Frideric Handel (1685–1759)

Performed by

Bath Festival Orchestra/Menuhin

11:16am Adagio in G minor

Composed by

Tomaso Albinoni (arr. Remo Giazotto)

Performed by

Capella Istropolitana/Edlinger

11:29am Piano Sonata No. 16 in C, K. 545

Composed by

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)

Performed by

Marc-Andre Hamelin

11:39am String Symphony No. 07 in D minor

Composed by

Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)

Performed by

Concerto Cologne

12:00pm Symphony No. 8 in B minor, D. 759 "Unfinished"

Composed by

Franz Schubert (1797-1828)

Performed by

Slovak Philharmonic/Halasz

12:27pm Rossiniana

Composed by

Ottorino Respighi (1879-1936)

Performed by

Buffalo Philharmonic/Falletta

12:49pm Romantic Waltz No. 3 for Two Pianos

Composed by

Emmanuel Chabrier (1841-1894)

Performed by

Dosse/Petit

12:57pm Music selected by the announcer

1:01pm Ballet de Xerxes

Composed by

Jean-Baptiste Lully (1632-1687)

Performed by

Aradia Baroque Ensemble/Mallon

1:21pm Trumpet Concerto in E flat

Composed by

Johann Baptist Georg Neruda (1708-1780)

Performed by

Touvron/Prague Chamber Orchestra

1:40pm Holberg Suite, Op. 40

Composed by

Edvard Grieg (1843–1907)

Performed by

Moscow Soloists/Bashmet

2:01pm Guitar Concerto

Composed by

Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959)

Performed by

Isbin/NY Philharmonic/Serebrier

2:21pm Fantasie in F minor, Op. 49

Composed by

Frederic Chopin (1810-1849)

Performed by

Gyorgy Cziffra

2:35pm Violin Concerto No. 2 in D minor, Op. 44

Composed by

Max Bruch (1838-1920)

Performed by

Perlman/Israel Philharmonic/Mehta

3:00pm Symphony No. 100 in G, "Military"

Composed by

Josef Haydn (1732-1809)

Performed by

Academy of Ancient Music/Hogwood

3:25pm Four entr'actes, Op. 17

Composed by

Norbert Burgmuller (1810-1836)

Performed by

Hofkapelle Stuttgart/Bernius

3:44pm Songs of Dawn, Op. 133

Composed by

Robert Schumann (1810-1856)

Performed by

Sylviane Deferne

3:59pm Flute Concertino in D, Op. 107

Composed by

Cecile Chaminade (1857-1944)

Performed by

Hutchins/CBC Vancouver Orchestra/Bernardi

4:08pm Toccata from Le Tombeau de Couperin

Composed by

Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)

Performed by

Elaine Greenfield

4:14pm Suite from The Fairy Queen

Composed by

Henry Purcell (1659-1695)

Performed by

Canadian Brass

4:28pm Finlandia, Op. 26

Composed by

Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)

Performed by

Swedish Radio Symphony/Salonen

4:37pm Waltz from Act I, Swan Lake, Op. 20

Composed by

Peter I. Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)

Performed by

Cincinnati Pops/Kunzel

4:45pm In Bohemia

Composed by

Mily Balakirev (1837-1910)

Performed by

Singapore Symphony/Hoey

4:59pm Romeo and Juliet Before Parting from Ten Pieces from Romeo and Juliet, Op. 75

Composed by

Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)

Performed by

Jorge Federico Osorio

5:08pm Overture No. 2 in D

Composed by

Jean-Marie Leclair (1697-1764)

Performed by

London Baroque/Medlam

5:20pm Impromptu in A flat, D. 935 No. 2

Composed by

Franz Schubert (1797-1828)

Performed by

Ingrid Haebler

5:28pm España Waltz

Composed by

Emile Waldteufel (1837-1915)

Performed by

Orchestra of the Vienna People's Opera/Bauer-Theussl

5:35pm Sonata a 3 in B Minor, Op. 1, No. 8

Composed by

Tomaso Albinoni (1671-1751)

Performed by

Parnassi Musici

5:43pm Triana from Iberia, Book 2

Composed by

Isaac Albeniz (1860-1909)

Performed by

Earl Wild

5:49pm Concertino in E flat for Clarinet & Orchestra, Op. 26

Composed by

Carl Maria von Weber (1786-1826)

Performed by

Meyer/Dresden State Orchestra/Blomstedt

5:59pm Suite from Coppelia

Composed by

Leo Delibes (1836-1891)

Performed by

Royal Scottish National Orchestra/Jarvi

6:30pm Piano Trio No. 23 in E flat

Composed by

Josef Haydn (1732-1809)

Performed by

Stern/Rose/Istomin

6:42pm Gran Sonata Eroica, Op. 150

Composed by

Mauro Giuliani (1781-1829)

Performed by

David Russell

6:52pm Music selected by the announcer

7:01pm Drop The Needle with Vince Tillona

Performed by

Vince Tillona

7:03pm Drop The Needle with Vince Tillona

Composed by

Pytor I. Tchaikovsky

Performed by

USSR Symphony Orch./Svetlanov

8:00pm Jauchzet, frohlocket! from Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248

Composed by

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

Performed by

Hungarian Radio Chorus/Failoni Orchestra/Oberfrank

8:09pm Symphony No. 9 in C, D. 944 "Great"

Composed by

Franz Schubert (1797-1828)

Performed by

Failoni Orchestra/Halasz

9:01pm Symphony in C, "The Four Ages of the World"

Composed by

Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf (1739–1799)

Performed by

Failoni Orchestra/Gmur

9:20pm Symphony in G, "The Transformation of Actaeon into a Stag"

Composed by

Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf (1739–1799)

Performed by

Failoni Orchestra/Gmur

9:45pm Symphony in D, "The Fall of Phaeton"

Composed by

Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf (1739–1799)

Performed by

Failoni Orchestra/Gmur

10:09pm Ballade for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 19

Composed by

Gabriel Faure (1845-1924)

Performed by

Ogdon/Birmingham Symphony/Fremaux

10:24pm Incidental Music from A Midsummer Night's Dream

Composed by

Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)

Performed by

Cleveland Orchestra/Szell

10:56pm Ricercar a 3 from The Musical Offering, BWV 1079

Composed by

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

Performed by

Andrew Rangell

11:03pm Paris Quartet No. 4 in B minor, TWV 43:h2

Composed by

Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767)

Performed by

Holloway/Brunmater/Duftschmid/Becker/Mortensen

11:22pm Piano Sonata No. 21 in C, Op. 53 "Waldstein"

Composed by

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)

Performed by

Eugene Istomin

11:48pm Music selected by the announcer