Today's Playlist

hour 1

• Carl Nielsen
  "Maskarade"
  The Swedish Radio Symphony with conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen
  
• George Frideric Handel
  Sinfonia in E Minor from "Messiah," HWV 56
  The Romanian Radio Chamber Orchestra and Academic Chorus with conductor Horia Andreescu
  Radio Hall, Bucharest, Romania
  
• Traditional (Arranged by Pavel Fischer and Radim Sedmidubsky)
  "Moravian Folk Tunes"
  The Skampa String Quartet
  Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio, St. Paul, Minnesota
  
• Bedrich Smetana
  "Hulan" ("The Lancer"), from Czech Dances, Book 2
  Pianist Garrick Ohlsson
  Newman Center for the Performing Arts, Denver
  
• Richard Strauss
  "Metamorphosen"
  The Los Angeles Philharmonic with conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen
  Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles
  

hour 2

• Felix Mendelssohn
  Scherzo from "A Midsummer Night's Dream"
  The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra with conductor Bobby McFerrin
  
• George Frideric George Frideric
  "Entrance of the Queen of Sheba," from "Solomon"
  The Cleveland Orchestra with conductor Nicholas McGegan
  Severance Hall, Cleveland
  
• George Frideric Handel
  "Gia l'Ebro Mio Ciglio," from "Orlando"
  Countertenor David Daniels and pianist Martin Katz
  Spivey Hall, Morrow, Georgia
  
• George Frideric Handel
  Two movements from Suite No. 2 in F
  Pianist Garrick Ohlsson
  Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio, St. Paul, Minnesota
  
• George Frideric Handel
  Passacaglia
  Violinist James Ehnes and cellist Robert deMaine
  Seattle Chamber Music Society Summer Festival, Seattle
  
• Antonio V. d'Almeida
  Fantasy, Op. 70
  Guitarist Julio Guerreiro
  Belem Cultural Centre, Lisbon, Portugal
  
• Bela Kovacs
  "To Bach," from Two Hommages for Solo Clarinet
  Clarinetist Jose Franch-Ballester
  Occidental Community Church, Occidental, California
  
• George Frideric Handel
  Concerto Grosso in G, Op. 6, No. 1
  The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra with conductor Nicholas McGegan
  Ordway Center, St. Paul, Minnesota
  
• George Frideric Handel
  Third movement from Concerto for Harp in B-flat, HWV 294
  Harpist Mollie Marcuson with the River Oaks Chamber Orchestra and conductor JoAnn Falletta
  The Church of St. John the Divine, Houston