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Friday, May 1st, 2026

2:24 PM

String Quartet No 2 in D

Composer: Alexander Borodin [more info]
Performers: Emerson String Quartet
Length: 27:42

2:10 PM

Flute Concerto in G

Composer: Georg Philipp Telemann [more info]
Performers: James Galway, flute; Zagreb Soloists, James Galway
Length: 11:47

2:00 PM

Three Jewish Poems: Dance

Composer: Ernest Bloch [more info]
Performers: New Zealand Symphony, James Sedares
Length: 8:54

1:16 PM

Piano Sonata No 29 in B flat Op106 "Hammerklavier"

Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven [more info]
Performers: Richard Goode, piano
Length: 42:23

1:08 PM

Chrysanthemums

Composer: Giacomo Puccini [more info]
Performers: Sinfonia of London, John Wilson
Length: 6:31

1:00 PM

Symphony Op2 No5 in D

Composer: William Boyce [more info]
Performers: Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Yehudi Menuhin
Length: 7:07

12:52 PM

Chants d'Auvergne Book 1: "Bailero"

Composer: Joseph Canteloube [more info]
Performers: Kiri Te Kanawa, soprano; English Chamber Orchestra, Jeffrey Tate
Length: 6:43

12:45 PM

Fantasia No 2 in C

Composer: Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach [more info]
Performers: Elizabeth Rich, piano
Length: 5:27

12:11 PM

Water Music: Suite No 1 in F HWV348

Composer: George Frideric Handel [more info]
Performers: Orchestra of St. Luke's, Charles Mackerras
Length: 33:19

12:03 PM

The Theory of Everything

Composer: Johann Johannsson [more info]
Performers: Alice Sara Ott, piano
Length: 6:36

12:00 PM

Friday Composers Datebook

Performers: John Birge
Length: 2:00
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11:47 AM

Armenian Dances Suite No1

Composer: Alfred Reed [more info]
Performers: Taiwan Wind Ensemble, John Boyd
Length: 11:23

11:41 AM

Festivals of Hebe Ouverture

Composer: Jean-Philippe Rameau [more info]
Performers: English Chamber Orchestra, Raymond Leppard
Length: 5:05

11:12 AM

Violin Concerto in E minor Op64

Composer: Felix Mendelssohn [more info]
Performers: Jennifer Pike, violin; City of Birmingham Symphony, Edward Gardner
Length: 27:55

11:00 AM

Piano Sonata Op 7 No1 in E flat

Composer: Muzio Clementi [more info]
Performers: Howard Shelley, piano
Length: 11:03

10:51 AM

Terpsichore Dances

Composer: Michael Praetorius [more info]
Performers: Brass Ring
Length: 7:57

10:16 AM

Symphony No 4

Composer: Bohuslav Martinu [more info]
Performers: Bamberg Symphony, Neeme Jaervi
Length: 33:15

10:08 AM

Pearl Fishers: "At the Back of the Holy Temple"

Composer: Georges Bizet [more info]
Performers: Jerry Hadley, tenor; Thomas Hampson, baritone; Welsh Opera Orchestra, Carlo Rizzi
Length: 7:36

10:00 AM

Introduction and Variations on "Que ne suis-je la fougere!"

Composer: Fernando Sor [more info]
Performers: Christian El Khouri, guitar
Length: 6:20

9:53 AM

Adagio in G minor

Composer: Tomaso Albinoni [more info]
Performers: Ensemble Caprice, Matthias Maute
Length: 5:27

9:00 AM

Piano Quartet No 2 in A Op26

Composer: Johannes Brahms [more info]
Performers: Emanuel Ax, piano; Isaac Stern, violin; Jaime Laredo, viola; Yo-Yo Ma, cello
Length: 52:01

8:50 AM

Scapino - A Comedy Overture

Composer: William Walton [more info]
Performers: Bournemouth Symphony, Andrew Litton
Length: 8:06

8:30 AM

Symphony No 25 in G minor K183

Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart [more info]
Performers: London Mozart Players, Jane Glover
Length: 19:24

8:19 AM

English Idylls

Composer: George Butterworth [more info]
Performers: Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner
Length: 9:46

8:08 AM

Sonata K109 in A minor

Composer: Domenico Scarlatti [more info]
Performers: Susan Miron, harp
Length: 10:12

8:00 AM

Eugene Onegin: Waltz

Composer: Peter Ilych Tchaikovsky [more info]
Performers: National Symphony of Ukraine, Theodore Kuchar
Length: 6:26

7:44 AM

Charterhouse Suite

Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams [more info]
Performers: English Northern Philharmonia, David Lloyd-Jones
Length: 14:12

7:32 AM

Four Seasons: RV293 Autumn Concerto in F

Composer: Antonio Vivaldi [more info]
Performers: Dmitry Badiarov, violin; Le Petite Bande, Sigiswald Kuijken
Length: 11:10

7:26 AM

Footprints in the Snow

Composer: Claude Debussy [more info]
Performers: Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano
Length: 4:51

7:07 AM

Symphony No 64 in A "Tempora Mutantur"

Composer: Joseph Haydn [more info]
Performers: Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra, Adam Fischer
Length: 18:18

7:01 AM

Signor Bruschino Overture

Composer: Gioacchino Rossini [more info]
Performers: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
Length: 5:10

6:55 AM

Slavonic Dance Op46 No6 in D

Composer: Antonin Dvorak [more info]
Performers: Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Length: 4:38

6:41 AM

Flute Sonata BWV1034 in E minor

Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach [more info]
Performers: Michala Petri, recorder; Keith Jarrett, harpsichord
Length: 12:42

6:20 AM

Isle of the Dead Op29

Composer: Sergei Rachmaninov [more info]
Performers: St. Petersburg Philharmonic, Mariss Jansons
Length: 19:44

6:10 AM

Variations on "Ein Maedchen oder Weibchen" Op66

Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven [more info]
Performers: Zuill Bailey, cello; Simone Dinnerstein, piano
Length: 9:28

6:01 AM

Menuet Antique

Composer: Maurice Ravel [more info]
Performers: Cleveland Orchestra, Pierre Boulez
Length: 7:19

5:54 AM

Ciganske Melodie (Gypsy Melodies), Op 55

Composer: Antonín Dvorák
Performers: Anne Sofie von Otter, ms; Bengt Forsberg, p
Length: 1:44

5:47 AM

Rondo in g, Op 94

Composer: Antonín Dvorák
Performers: Pieter Wispelwey, vc; Paolo Giacometti, p
Length: 7:04

5:30 AM

Viola Sonata, Op 11/4

Composer: Paul Hindemith
Performers: Kim Kashkashian, vi; Robert Levin, p
Length: 17:21

5:28 AM

Ludus Tonalis (1943)

Composer: Paul Hindemith
Performers: Martin Perry, p
Length: 1:27

5:05 AM

Seven Interludes

Composer: Antonín Dvorák
Performers: Russian Phil, Dmitry Yablonsky
Length: 23:20

5:00 AM

Variations on an Old English Nursery Song (1941)

Composer: Paul Hindemith
Performers: Frances Steiner, vc; David Berfield, p
Length: 5:17

4:54 AM

36 Greek Dances

Composer: Nikos Skalkottas
Performers: BBC Symphony, Nikos Christodoulou
Length: 1:49

4:47 AM

Romanian Folk Dances

Composer: Béla Bartók
Performers: Todd Levy, cl; Jeannie Yu, p
Length: 6:35

4:35 AM

Suite of Cotswold Folkdances (1978)

Composer: Philip Lane
Performers: Royal Ballet Sinfonia, Gavin Sutherland
Length: 11:40

4:26 AM

Suite of French Dances (1958)

Composer: Paul Hindemith
Performers: Tasmanian Sym, Werner Andreas Albert
Length: 9:30

4:24 AM

Orchésographie

Composer: Thoinot Arbeau
Performers: Convivium Musicum, Sven Berger
Length: 1:38

4:05 AM

La Péri

Composer: Paul Dukas
Performers: Cincinnati Sym, Jesús López-Cobos
Length: 19:45

4:00 AM

Coppélia

Composer: Léo Délibes
Performers: Rotterdam Phil, David Zinman
Length: 5:02

3:54 AM

Toccata

Composer: Edmund Haines
Performers: Chicago Sym Brass
Length: 1:46

3:28 AM

Symphony No. 38 in D, K. 504, Prague

Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performers: Chicago Sym, Sir Georg Solti
Length: 26:00

3:26 AM

Danse Humoresque

Composer: Hunter
Performers: Chicago Sym Woodwind Quintet
Length: 1:40

3:18 AM

Chicago (Orchestra version)

Composer: Edmond Dédé
Performers: Hot Springs Music Festival, Richard Rosenberg
Length: 8:35

3:14 AM

La Jota Aragonesa

Composer: Louis Moreau Gottschalk
Performers: Alan Mandel, p
Length: 4:05

3:05 AM

Jota aragonesa (Spanish Overture #1)

Composer: Mikhail Glinka
Performers: USSR Sym Orch, Yevgeny Svetlanov
Length: 9:08

3:00 AM

Danzas españolas, Op 37 (Op 5)

Composer: Enrique Granados
Performers: John Williams, g; Timothy Kain, g
Length: 5:08

2:55 AM

Two-Part Inventions, BWV 772/786

Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
Performers: Simone Dinnerstein, p
Length: 1:43

2:36 AM

Violin Concerto in Bb

Composer: Giuseppe Tartini
Performers: La Serenissima, Adrian Chandler, v
Length: 18:35

2:24 AM

String Quartet #2 in B-Flat

Composer: Maddalena Lombardini Maddalena
Performers: Allegri String Quartet
Length: 12:09

2:22 AM

Folksong Settings

Composer: Benjamin Britten
Performers: Peter Pears, t; Benjamin Britten, p
Length: 1:44

2:05 AM

Simple Symphony, Op. 4

Composer: Benjamin Britten
Performers: English Chamber Orch, Benjamin Britten
Length: 17:28

2:00 AM

Peter Grimes: Four Sea Interludes, Op. 33a

Composer: Benjamin Britten
Performers: New York Phil, Leonard Bernstein
Length: 5:07

1:55 AM

Two Poems, Op 32

Composer: Alexander Scriabin
Performers: Vladimir Sofronitski, p
Length: 1:41

1:22 AM

Symphony #5 in B-Flat, Op 55

Composer: Alexander Glazunov
Performers: Royal Scottish National Orch, José Serebrier
Length: 32:43

1:20 AM

Lute Partita in d

Composer: Sylvius Leopold Weiss
Performers: Hopkinson Smith, l
Length: 1:37

1:05 AM

Lute Concerto in d

Composer: Johann Friedrich Fasch
Performers: Hopkinson Smith, l; String Quartet
Length: 15:25

1:00 AM

Rowallen Lute Book

Composer: Scottish Anonymous 17th century
Performers: Ronn McFarlane, l
Length: 5:26

12:54 AM

Clavier Suite in E-Flat

Composer: Georg Böhm
Performers: Rinaldo Alessandrini, hc
Length: 1:30

12:33 AM

Violin Concerto

Composer: Jose White
Performers: Rachel Barton Pine, v Encore Chamber Orch, Daniel Hege
Length: 21:34

12:28 AM

Guadalquivir

Composer: Ernesto Lecuona
Performers: Orch, Morton Gould
Length: 4:22

12:27 AM

Mass in F, Op. 190

Composer: Joseph Rheinberger
Performers: Collegium Vocale Limburg, Eberhard Metternich
Length: 1:49

12:05 AM

Seven Fantasies, Op 116

Composer: Johannes Brahms
Performers: Jorge Federico Osorio, p
Length: 21:53

12:00 AM

Hymn, Op. 35

Composer: Joseph Rheinberger
Performers: Elektra Women's Cho, Diane Loomer
Length: 5:08