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Friday, February 20th, 2026

6:00 PM

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5:48 PM

Fair Melusina Overture Op32

Composer: Felix Mendelssohn [more info]
Performers: Swedish Chamber Orchestra, Thomas Dausgaard
Length: 9:50

5:35 PM

Lute Concerto RV93 in D

Composer: Antonio Vivaldi [more info]
Performers: Sharon Isbin, guitar; Zurich Chamber Orchestra, Howard Griffiths
Length: 11:43

5:24 PM

Symphony No 36 in B flat

Composer: Michael Haydn [more info]
Performers: Bournemouth Sinfonietta, Harold Farberman
Length: 9:32

5:08 PM

Music for Movies

Composer: Aaron Copland [more info]
Performers: St Louis Symphony, Leonard Slatkin
Length: 15:07

4:59 PM

Forza del Destino Overture

Composer: Giuseppe Verdi [more info]
Performers: Berlin Philharmonic, Claudio Abbado
Length: 7:36

4:52 PM

Rondo K485 in D

Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart [more info]
Performers: Alicia de Larrocha, piano
Length: 6:22

4:47 PM

Hungarian Dance No 2

Composer: Johannes Brahms [more info]
Performers: Gewandhaus Orchestra, Kurt Masur
Length: 3:11

4:30 PM

The Ox on the Roof Op58

Composer: Darius Milhaud [more info]
Performers: Ulster Orchestra, Yan Pascal Tortelier
Length: 16:16

4:09 PM

Variations on a Rococo Theme Op33

Composer: Peter Ilych Tchaikovsky [more info]
Performers: John-Henry Crawford, cello; San Francisco Ballet Orchestra, Martin West
Length: 19:39

4:00 PM

Terpsichore Dances

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

3:53 PM

Fantaisie-Impromptu in C sharp minor Op66

Composer: Frederic Chopin [more info]
Performers: Anatol Ugorski, piano
Length: 5:31

3:38 PM

Symphony in C

Composer: Jan Baptist Vanhal [more info]
Performers: Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia, Uwe Grodd
Length: 14:02

3:26 PM

Violin Sonata Op5 No 3 in C

Composer: Arcangelo Corelli [more info]
Performers: Trio Sonnerie
Length: 10:32

3:09 PM

Lincolnshire Posy

Composer: Percy Grainger [more info]
Performers: City of Birmingham Symphony Winds, Simon Rattle
Length: 16:41

3:00 PM

Siegfried: Forest Murmurs

Composer: Richard Wagner [more info]
Performers: New York Philharmonic, Zubin Mehta
Length: 7:00

2:55 PM

Hymntune Prelude No 2 "Dominus Regit Me"

Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams [more info]
Performers: Bournemouth Sinfonietta, George Hurst
Length: 3:01

2:21 PM

Piano Trio Op1 No2 in G

Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven [more info]
Performers: Daniel Barenboim, piano; Pinchas Zukerman, violin; Jacqueline du Pre, cello
Length: 33:24

2:06 PM

My Fatherland: No6 Blanik

Composer: Bedrich Smetana [more info]
Performers: Milwaukee Symphony, Zdenek Macal
Length: 13:31

1:59 PM

Concerto Op7 No 7 in A

Composer: Tomaso Albinoni [more info]
Performers: I Musici
Length: 5:10

1:45 PM

Ballet Suite No 1

Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich [more info]
Performers: Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Neeme Jarvi
Length: 13:35

1:19 PM

Symphony No 100 in G "Military"

Composer: Joseph Haydn [more info]
Performers: Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra, Adam Fischer
Length: 24:18

1:05 PM

Rob Roy Overture Op54

Composer: Hector Berlioz [more info]
Performers: San Diego Symphony, Yoav Talmi
Length: 13:23

1:00 PM

The Exquisite One

Composer: Francois Couperin [more info]
Performers: Angela Hewitt, piano
Length: 3:44

12:45 PM

Lamia

Composer: Dorothy Howell [more info]
Performers: BBC Concert Orchestra, Rebecca Miller
Length: 14:17

12:24 PM

String Quintet Op25 No4 in C

Composer: Luigi Boccherini [more info]
Performers: Europa Gallante
Length: 19:47

12:09 PM

Violin Concerto BWV1041 in A minor

Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach [more info]
Performers: James Ehnes, Violin; Canada's National Arts Centre Orchestra
Length: 13:37

12:03 PM

Melodie in E Op3 No3

Composer: Sergei Rachmaninov [more info]
Performers: Boris Giltburg, piano
Length: 4:27

12:00 PM

Friday Composers Datebook

Performers: John Birge
Length: 2:00
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11:44 AM

Wind Octet No 1 in E flat

Composer: Josef Myslivecek [more info]
Performers: L'Orfeo Wind Ensemble, Carin van Heerden
Length: 15:06

11:38 AM

Sonata K476 in G minor

Composer: Domenico Scarlatti [more info]
Performers: Victoria Drake, harp
Length: 4:40

11:08 AM

Symphony No 4 in D minor Op120

Composer: Robert Schumann [more info]
Performers: WDR Symphony, Heinz Holliger
Length: 28:55

11:00 AM

Danzon Cubano

Composer: Aaron Copland [more info]
Performers: New World Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas
Length: 6:56

10:55 AM

Voldomiro Overture

Composer: Domenico Cimarosa [more info]
Performers: Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia, Alessandro Amoretti
Length: 4:09

10:14 AM

Piano Concerto in G minor Op33

Composer: Antonin Dvorak [more info]
Performers: Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano; Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Length: 39:20

10:06 AM

Adagio for Strings Op11 No2

Composer: Samuel Barber [more info]
Performers: Cincinnati Pops, Erich Kunzel
Length: 7:21

10:00 AM

Poro Overture

Composer: George Frideric Handel [more info]
Performers: English Chamber Orchestra, Raymond Leppard
Length: 4:14

9:49 AM

American Scene - East

Composer: William Grant Still [more info]
Performers: Manhattan Chamber Orchestra, Richard Auldon Clark
Length: 10:15

9:24 AM

Violin Sonata K379 in G

Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart [more info]
Performers: Augustin Dumay, violin; Maria Joao Pires, piano
Length: 23:00

9:08 AM

Introduction and Allegro Op47

Composer: Edward Elgar [more info]
Performers: Capella Istropolitana, Adrian Leaper
Length: 14:51

9:00 AM

Suite No 4 in F

Composer: Georg Boehm [more info]
Performers: Rinaldo Alessandrini, harpsichord
Length: 6:52

8:49 AM

Oberon Overture

Composer: Carl Maria von Weber [more info]
Performers: Czecho-Slovak Radio Orchestra, Alfred Walter
Length: 8:58

8:31 AM

Children's Corner Suite

Composer: Claude Debussy [more info]
Performers: Pays de la Loire National Orchestra, Pascal Rophe
Length: 18:04

8:19 AM

Hungarian Rhapsody No 12

Composer: Franz Liszt [more info]
Performers: London Symphony, Antal Dorati
Length: 10:38

8:05 AM

Piano Sonata Op25 No5 F sharp minor

Composer: Muzio Clementi [more info]
Performers: Gregory Sioles, piano
Length: 13:16

8:01 AM

Trumpet Tune and Air

Composer: Jeremiah Clarke [more info]
Performers: Philip Jones Brass Ensemble
Length: 2:55

7:51 AM

Sinfonia Spirituosa in D

Composer: Georg Philipp Telemann [more info]
Performers: Musica Antiqua Cologne, Reinhard Goebel
Length: 8:04

7:38 AM

Emperor Waltz Op437

Composer: Johann Strauss Jr [more info]
Performers: Vienna Philharmonic, Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Length: 11:54

7:28 AM

Nocturne No 2 in F

Composer: Joseph Haydn [more info]
Performers: Mozzafiato & L'Archibudelli
Length: 8:39

7:07 AM

John Field Suite

Composer: Hamilton Harty [more info]
Performers: Ulster Orchestra, Bryden Thomson
Length: 19:40

7:00 AM

Norwegian Dance Op35 No4 in D

Composer: Edvard Grieg [more info]
Performers: WDR Symphony, Eivind Aadland
Length: 5:43

6:54 AM

Nocturne Op32 No2 in A flat

Composer: Frederic Chopin [more info]
Performers: Yundi Li, piano
Length: 4:05

6:38 AM

Sonata RV 3 in C

Composer: Antonio Vivaldi [more info]
Performers: Musica Pacifica
Length: 15:26

6:27 AM

Winter Idyll

Composer: Gustav Holst [more info]
Performers: BBC Philharmonic, Andrew Davis
Length: 9:27

6:10 AM

Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks Op28

Composer: Richard Strauss [more info]
Performers: Berlin Philharmonic, Gustavo Dudamel
Length: 15:48

6:00 AM

Variations on "Taendeln und Scherzen" WoO76

Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven [more info]
Performers: Richard Raymond, piano
Length: 8:50

5:54 AM

Song, When I but hear your voice

Composer: Mily Balakirev
Performers: Olga Borodina, ms; Larissa Gergieva, p
Length: 1:24

5:37 AM

Masquerade Suite (1944)

Composer: Aram Khachaturian
Performers: Russia Philharmonia, Constantine Orbelian
Length: 16:33

5:22 AM

Six Pieces

Composer: Fikret Dzhamil Amirov
Performers: Beth Chandler, f; Paolo Steinberg, p
Length: 15:31

5:20 AM

Iphigénie en Aulide

Composer: Christoph Willibald Gluck
Performers: Boston Baroque, Martin Pearlman
Length: 1:29

5:05 AM

Ballet Suite No. 1

Composer: Christoph Willibald Gluck
Performers: Hartford Sym, Fritz Mahler
Length: 15:35

5:00 AM

Il Parnasso confuso

Composer: Christoph Willibald Gluck
Performers: Cecilia Bartoli, ms Berlin Academy for Ancient Music, Bernhard Forck
Length: 5:16

4:53 AM

Liederkreis (Song Cycle), Op. 39 (texts by Eichendorff)

Composer: Robert Schumann
Performers: Kyle Stegall, t; Eric Zivian, p
Length: 1:27

4:28 AM

Violin Sonata #1 in G, Op 78

Composer: Johannes Brahms
Performers: Anne Sophie Mutter, v; Alexis Weissenberg, p
Length: 25:18

4:27 AM

Liederkreis, Op. 24 (texts by Heine)

Composer: Robert Schumann
Performers: Kyle Stegall, t; Eric Zivian, p
Length: 1:13

4:20 AM

Arabeske in C, Op. 18

Composer: Robert Schumann
Performers: Byron Janis, p
Length: 7:12

4:05 AM

Prayer in Time of War

Composer: William Schuman
Performers: Louisville Orch, Jorge Mester
Length: 15:00

4:00 AM

Chant de Guerre

Composer: Louis Moreau Gottschalk
Performers: Philip Martin, p
Length: 5:06

3:55 AM

Three-Part Sinfonias, BWV 787-801

Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
Performers: Ton Koopman, hc
Length: 1:53

3:17 AM

String Quartet No. 13 in B-Flat, Op. 130

Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven
Performers: Dover Quartet
Length: 38:03

3:15 AM

English Suite No. 6 in D minor, BWV 811

Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
Performers: Francesco Tristano, p
Length: 1:26

3:05 AM

Bachianas brasileiras No. 9 (1949)

Composer: Heitor Villa-Lobos
Performers: Nashville Sym Orch, Kenneth Schermerhorn
Length: 10:08

3:00 AM

Valsa da dor (1932)

Composer: Heitor Villa-Lobos
Performers: Silvie Cheng, p
Length: 5:30

2:55 AM

Alcione

Composer: Marin Marais
Performers: Musiciens du Louvre, Marc Minkowski
Length: 1:30

2:35 AM

Viola da Gamba Suite in D

Composer: Marin Marais
Performers: Juan M Quintana, viga; Attilio Cremonesi, hc; Dolores Costoy
Length: 20:19

2:33 AM

Clavier Partita no. 3 in a, BWV 827

Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
Performers: Francesco Tristano, p
Length: 1:27

2:28 AM

Lamento di Tristano

Composer: Anon 14th c
Performers: Hesperion XXI, Jordi Savall
Length: 4:54

2:05 AM

Suite, From the Middle Ages in E, Op 79

Composer: Alexander Glazunov
Performers: Scottish National Orch, Neeme Järvi
Length: 23:20

2:00 AM

The Seasons, Op 67

Composer: Alexander Glazunov
Performers: Swedish Radio Sym, Yevgeny Svetlanov
Length: 5:38

1:54 AM

Suite XVIII in g

Composer: Johann Jakob Froberger
Performers: Ludger Rémy, hc
Length: 1:25

1:44 AM

Flute Sonata in F

Composer: Anna Amalia
Performers: Jean Brégnac, f; Jennifer Hardy, vc; Yoann Moulin, hc
Length: 10:45

1:32 AM

Symphony #1 in G

Composer: Frederick the Great
Performers: Manhattan Chamber Orch, Richard Auldon Clark
Length: 11:31

1:30 AM

Cantata No. 80, Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott (A mighty fortress is our God)

Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
Performers: Mormon Tabernacle Cho, Philadelphia Orch, Eugene Ormandy
Length: 1:40

1:05 AM

Symphony No. 5 in D, Op 107, Reformation

Composer: Felix Mendelssohn
Performers: Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch, Kurt Masur
Length: 25:34

1:00 AM

Cantata No. 80, Ein feste Burg is unser Gott

Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
Performers: Netherlands Bach Collegium, Pieter Jan Leusink
Length: 5:18

12:54 AM

La diva de l'Empire (1904, arr. Hans Ourdine 1919)

Composer: Erik Satie
Performers: Alain Planès, p
Length: 1:39

12:35 AM

Flute Concerto

Composer: Jacques Ibert
Performers: Susan Milan, f City of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox
Length: 19:49

12:33 AM

The Charge of the Light Brigade

Composer: Steiner
Performers: Brandenburg Phil Orch, Potsdam, Richard Kaufman
Length: 1:32

12:19 AM

Piano Sonata No. 14 in c-sharp minor, Op. 27, No. 2, Moonlight

Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven
Performers: Alessio Bax, p
Length: 14:17

12:05 AM

Capriccio, Op. 85

Composer: Richard Strauss
Performers: Vienna Phil, André Previn
Length: 13:39

12:00 AM

Blue Moonlight

Composer: Dana Suesse
Performers: Sara Davis Buechner, p
Length: 5:32