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Thursday, May 21st, 2026

4:01 PM

Partita

Composer: Richard Rodney Bennett [more info]
Performers: Scott Dickinson, viola; BBC Scottish Symphony, John Wilson
Length: 16:24

3:53 PM

Concert Waltz "Rosme"

Composer: Roger Quilter [more info]
Performers: Slovak Radio Orchestra, Adrian Leaper
Length: 6:55

3:36 PM

Chaconne in D minor

Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach [more info]
Performers: Lilit Grigoryan, piano
Length: 15:45

3:29 PM

Wind Quintet No 4 in B

Composer: Josef Myslivecek [more info]
Performers: L'Orfeo Wind Ensemble, Carin van Heerden
Length: 5:57

3:20 PM

Forza del Destino Overture

Composer: Giuseppe Verdi [more info]
Performers: Santa Cecilia Orchestra, Myung-Whun Chung
Length: 7:43

3:02 PM

Dance Suite

Composer: Bela Bartok [more info]
Performers: Bournemouth Symphony, Marin Alsop
Length: 17:26

2:54 PM

Humoreske Op88 No2

Composer: Robert Schumann [more info]
Performers: Martha Argerich, piano; Gidon Kremer, violin; Mischa Maisky, cello
Length: 6:43

2:17 PM

Symphony No 41 in C K551 "Jupiter"

Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart [more info]
Performers: Tafelmusik Orchestra, Bruno Weil
Length: 35:38

2:10 PM

The Nightingale in Love

Composer: Francois Couperin [more info]
Performers: Angela Hewitt, piano
Length: 6:13

2:02 PM

Celebration Overture

Composer: Peter Boyer [more info]
Performers: London Philharmonic, Peter Boyer
Length: 6:34

1:54 PM

London Trio No 2 in G

Composer: Joseph Haydn [more info]
Performers: Laurel Zucker & Renee Siebert, flute; Samuel Magill, cello
Length: 6:57

1:41 PM

Prince Igor: Polovtsian Dances

Composer: Alexander Borodin [more info]
Performers: Cincinnati Pops, Erich Kunzel
Length: 11:23

1:11 PM

Concierto Madrigal

Composer: Joaquin Rodrigo [more info]
Performers: Pepe & Angel Romero, guitar; Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner
Length: 29:08

1:02 PM

Suite No 16

Composer: Johann Hermann Schein [more info]
Performers: Six Strings Consort of Viols
Length: 7:41

12:41 PM

Three Botticelli Pictures

Composer: Ottorino Respighi [more info]
Performers: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
Length: 19:40

12:29 PM

Overture VB147 in D minor

Composer: Joseph Martin Kraus [more info]
Performers: Swedish Chamber Orchestra, Petter Sundkvist
Length: 10:04

12:12 PM

Daphnis and Chloe Suite No 2

Composer: Maurice Ravel [more info]
Performers: Cincinnati Symphony, Paavo Jaervi
Length: 16:01

12:08 PM

America the Beautiful: Echo Chamber

Composer: Viet Cuong [more info]
Performers: Min Kwon, piano
Length: 2:17

12:04 PM

America/Desh

Composer: Reena Esmail [more info]
Performers: Min Kwon, piano
Length: 4:02

12:01 PM

Thursday Composers Datebook

Performers: John Birge
Length: 2:00
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11:54 AM

Sonata K213 in D minor

Composer: Domenico Scarlatti [more info]
Performers: Victoria Drake, harp
Length: 6:24

11:22 AM

Stone Flower Suite Op118

Composer: Serge Prokofiev [more info]
Performers: Scottish National Orchestra, Neeme Jaervi
Length: 30:38

11:10 AM

Der Freischuetz Overture

Composer: Carl Maria von Weber [more info]
Performers: Dresden State Orchestra, Gustav Kuhn
Length: 10:05

11:00 AM

Symphony Op3 No4 in B flat

Composer: Johann Christian Bach [more info]
Performers: Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner
Length: 8:20

10:51 AM

Chacony in G minor

Composer: Henry Purcell [more info]
Performers: Musica Antiqua Cologne, Reinhard Goebel
Length: 7:27

10:19 AM

Piano Concerto No 5 in F Op103 "Egyptian"

Composer: Camille Saint-Saens [more info]
Performers: Anna Malikova, piano; Cologne Radio Orchestra, Thomas Sanderling
Length: 30:35

10:07 AM

El salon Mexico

Composer: Aaron Copland [more info]
Performers: BBC Philharmonic, John Wilson
Length: 11:15

10:00 AM

Euristeo Overture

Composer: Christoph Willibald von Gluck [more info]
Performers: Rhenish Chamber Orchestra, Jan Corazolla
Length: 5:42

9:47 AM

Trio Sonata in G minor

Composer: Johann Joachim Quantz [more info]
Performers: Ensemble Labirinto Armonico
Length: 11:16

9:13 AM

Symphony No 5 in C minor Op67

Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven [more info]
Performers: Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra, Gustavo Dudamel
Length: 32:48

9:05 AM

Capriccio

Composer: Lukas Foss [more info]
Performers: Clancy Newman, cello; Natalie Zhu, piano
Length: 6:47

9:00 AM

Legend Op59 No 5 in A flat

Composer: Antonin Dvorak [more info]
Performers: Czech Philharmonic, Tomas Netopil
Length: 4:17

8:50 AM

Fantasia Suite No 4 in C

Composer: William Lawes [more info]
Performers: The Purcell Quartet
Length: 8:14

8:39 AM

Flying Dutchman Overture

Composer: Richard Wagner [more info]
Performers: Berlin Radio Symphony, Marek Janowski
Length: 10:32

8:28 AM

Parthia in E flat

Composer: Carl Stamitz [more info]
Performers: Consortium Classicum
Length: 9:22

8:09 AM

Dance of King David Op37

Composer: Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco [more info]
Performers: Daniel Blumenthal, piano
Length: 18:36

8:00 AM

Concerto for Two Trumpets RV537 in C

Composer: Antonio Vivaldi [more info]
Performers: Gabriele Cassone & Matteo Frige, trumpet; Ensemble Pian & Forte, Francesco Fanna
Length: 7:09

7:55 AM

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7:45 AM

Finlandia Op26

Composer: Jean Sibelius [more info]
Performers: Bavarian Radio Orchestra, Mariss Jansons
Length: 8:15

7:32 AM

Violin Sonata Op5 No 5 in G minor

Composer: Arcangelo Corelli [more info]
Performers: Chiara Banchini, violin; Jesper Christensen, harpsichord; Luciano Contini, archlute; Kaethy Gohl, cello
Length: 10:43

7:20 AM

Armenian Dances Suite No1

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

7:08 AM

Impromptu D899 No1 in C minor

Composer: Franz Schubert [more info]
Performers: Yannick Nezet-Seguin, piano
Length: 10:36

7:00 AM

The Anonymous Lover Overture

Composer: Chevalier de Saint-Georges [more info]
Performers: Tafelmusik, Jeanne Lamon
Length: 7:42

6:47 AM

Norfolk Rhapsody No 1

Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams [more info]
Performers: Queen's Hall Orchestra, Barry Wordsworth
Length: 10:45

6:32 AM

Cello Sonata BWV1028 in D

Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach [more info]
Performers: Sarah Cunningham, viola da gamba; Richard Egarr, harpsichord
Length: 14:14

6:24 AM

Villanelle

Composer: Paul Dukas [more info]
Performers: Hermann Baumann, horn Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, Kurt Masur
Length: 6:04

6:03 AM

Sinfonia Concertante in B flat

Composer: Joseph Haydn [more info]
Performers: Cologne Chamber Orchestra, Helmut Mueller-Bruehl
Length: 19:55

6:00 AM

Song without Words Op 62 No5 in A minor "Gondola Song"

Composer: Felix Mendelssohn [more info]
Performers: Daniel Barenboim, piano
Length: 2:50

5:53 AM

Lyric Pieces, Op. 43

Composer: Edvard Grieg
Performers: Emil Gilels, p
Length: 1:41

5:37 AM

Piano Concerto No. 3 in E-Flat, Op. 75

Composer: Peter Tchaikovsky
Performers: Kirill Gerstein, p Czech Phil, Semyon Bychkov
Length: 16:09

5:19 AM

Piano Sonata No. 10 in C, K. 330

Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performers: Mitsuko Uchida, p
Length: 17:55

5:18 AM

Monferrine, Op 49

Composer: Muzio Clementi
Performers: Lilya Zilberstein, p
Length: 1:23

5:13 AM

Cleopatra

Composer: Domenico Cimarosa
Performers: Esterhazy Orch, Alessandro Amoretti
Length: 4:21

5:04 AM

Antonius och Cleopatra, Op 57

Composer: Ludvig Norman
Performers: Helsingborg Sym, Hans-Peter Frank
Length: 9:06

5:00 AM

Cleopatra's Night, Op 90

Composer: Henry Kimball Hadley
Performers: BBC Concert Orch, Rebecca Miller
Length: 4:50

4:54 AM

La clemenza di Tito, K. 621

Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performers: RIAS Chamber Cho Chamber Orch of Europe, Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Length: 1:36

4:31 AM

Oboe Concerto in C, H VIIg:C1

Composer: Franz Joseph Haydn
Performers: Pierre Pierlot, ob Franz Liszt Chamber Orch, Janos Rolla
Length: 22:58

4:29 AM

Ballata, La bionda treccia

Composer: Landini
Performers: London Early Music Consort, David Munrow
Length: 1:27

4:26 AM

Canto popolare, originally from In the South

Composer: Edward Elgar
Performers: Nigel Kennedy, v; Peter Pettinger, p
Length: 3:03

4:05 AM

In the South (Alassio) Overture, Op. 50

Composer: Edward Elgar
Performers: Royal Phil, Yondani Butt
Length: 21:49

4:00 AM

Trumpet Sonata in D

Composer: Giuseppe Torelli
Performers: Sandro Verzari, tr Ensemble, Flavio Colusso
Length: 5:00

3:54 AM

Songs Without Words, Op 38

Composer: Felix Mendelssohn
Performers: Daniel Barenboim, p
Length: 1:51

3:13 AM

Two-Piano Concerto No. 2 in A-Flat

Composer: Felix Mendelssohn
Performers: Joshua Pierce & Dorothy Jonas, p's Slovak State Phil, Bystrik Rezucha
Length: 41:34

3:11 AM

Sonata V for Prepared Piano

Composer: John Cage
Performers: Joshua Pierce, p
Length: 1:13

3:05 AM

Light Cavalry

Composer: Franz von Suppé
Performers: Vienna Phil, Zubin Mehta
Length: 6:24

3:00 AM

Requiem

Composer: Franz von Suppé
Performers: Barbara Gohl, ms Zurich Chamber Och, Cho, Edmond de Stoutz
Length: 5:35

2:54 AM

Klavierbüchlein für Wilhelm Friedemann Bach

Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
Performers: Joseph Payne, hc
Length: 1:52

2:30 AM

Viola da gamba Sonata in D, Wq 137

Composer: Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
Performers: Paolo Pandolfo, viga; Rinaldo Alessandrini, hc
Length: 24:26

2:28 AM

Three Piano Pieces, Op 53

Composer: Agathe Backer Grondahl
Performers: Natalia Strelchenko, p
Length: 1:22

2:19 AM

Two Elegiac Melodies, Op. 34

Composer: Edvard Grieg
Performers: St Martin's Academy, Neville Marriner
Length: 9:01

2:05 AM

String Serenade, Op 11

Composer: Dag Wirén
Performers: St Martin's Academy, Neville Marriner
Length: 14:38

2:00 AM

Cantata No. 147, Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben (Heart and mouth and deed and life)

Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
Performers: St Martin's Academy, Sir Neville Marriner
Length: 5:15

1:55 AM

Five Pieces

Composer: Gordon Jacob
Performers: Tommy Reilly, harmonica St Martin's Academy, Neville Marriner
Length: 1:42

1:41 AM

Harp Concerto

Composer: Georg Christoph Wagenseil
Performers: Roberta Alessandrini, h, Mantova Orch, Vittorio Parisi
Length: 13:49

1:32 AM

Harp Sonata (1957)

Composer: Germaine Tailleferre
Performers: Maria Graf, h
Length: 8:45

1:30 AM

Bingham's Cotillion

Composer: Francis Johnson
Performers: Tami Lee Hughues, v; Ellen Bottorff, p
Length: 1:49

1:05 AM

Cakewalk

Composer: Louis Moreau Gottschalk
Performers: Boston Pops Orch, Arthur Fiedler
Length: 25:19

1:00 AM

The Dying Poet, Op 110

Composer: Louis Moreau Gottschalk
Performers: Alan Mandel, p
Length: 5:34

12:55 AM

Isabel

Composer: Francisco Tárrega
Performers: David Russell, g
Length: 1:36

12:30 AM

Concierto del Sur

Composer: Manuel Ponce
Performers: Junhong Kuang, g Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orch, Darrell Ang
Length: 25:00

12:28 AM

Missa Sanctissimae Trinitatis

Composer: Jan Dismas Zelenka
Performers: Musica Floria, Marek Stryncl
Length: 1:50

12:11 AM

Dresden Concerto in F, S 235

Composer: Johann David Heinichen
Performers: Musica Antiqua Köln, Reinhard Goebel
Length: 16:36

12:05 AM

Didone Abbandonata

Composer: Johann Adolf Hasse
Performers: Munich Hofkapelle, Michael Hofstetter
Length: 6:21

12:00 AM

Didone Abbandonata

Composer: Niccolo Jommelli
Performers: Dorothea Röschmann, s Martina Borst, ms; William Kendall, ct; Stuttgart Chamber Or, Frieder Bernius
Length: 5:31