End-of-Year Playlist

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Get ready for a classical journey through YOUR favorite tunes! The playlist curated by YOU, our listeners, will air Dec. 26–31. Hear it in its entirety on December 31 and January 1.

Starting on January 1, the playlist will be available on Spotify.

  • The Best of 2024: Your End of Year Playlist!

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    1.
    Brandenburg Concerto #5
    Johann Sebastian Bach

    2.
    The Lark Ascending
    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    3.
    Symphony #9
    Ludwig van Beethoven

    4.
    Adagio for Strings
    Samuel Barber

    5.
    Scheherazade
    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    6.
    Appalachian Spring
    Aaron Copland

    7.
    New World Symphony
    Antonín Dvořák

    8.
    Pathetique sonata
    Ludwig van Beethoven

    9.
    Nessun dorma
    Giacomo Puccini

    10.
    Water Music
    George Frideric Handel

    11.
    Canon and Gigue
    Johann Pachelbel

    12.
    The Moldau
    Bedřich Smetana

    13.
    Pavane for a Dead Princess
    Maurice Ravel

    14.
    Piano Concerto #3
    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    15.
    Variations on a Theme of Paganini
    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    16.
    La Mer
    Claude Debussy

    17.
    Symphony #41, “Jupiter”
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    18.
    Lacrimosa
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    19.
    12 Navajo Vocables
    Connor Chee

    20.
    Piano Concerto in F
    George Gershwin

    21.
    Violin Concerto in G minor
    Max Bruch

    22.
    The Rite of Spring
    Igor Stravinsky

    23.
    Spiegel Im Spiegel
    Arvo Part

    24.
    Symphony #3 “Organ”
    Camille Saint-Saëns

    25.
    Symphony #7
    Ludwig van Beethoven

    26.
    Ave Verum Corpus
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    27.
    Cello Concerto in B minor
    Antonín Dvořák

    28.
    Night on Bald Mountain
    Modest Mussorgsky

    29.
    Overture of Tristan und Isolde
    Richard Wagner

    30.
    Pictures at an Exhibition
    Modest Mussorgsky

    31.
    Pines of Rome
    Ottorino Respighi

    32.
    String Quartet #12 – American
    Antonín Dvořák

    33.
    Etude E minor, Op. 25 No. 5
    Frederic Chopin

    34.
    Holy art Thou from Xerxes
    George Frideric Handel

    35.
    Lullaby For Strings
    George Gershwin

    36.
    Piano Concerto #5
    Ludwig van Beethoven

    37.
    Quintet in C, D. 956
    Franz Schubert

    38.
    Symphony #5
    Gustav Mahler

    39.
    Concierto de Aranjuez
    Joaquin Rodrigo

    40.
    Romeo & Juliet Fantasy Overture
    Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    41.
    “The Swan of Tuonela”
    Jean Sibelius

    42.
    Symphony #5
    Dimitri Shostakovich

    43.
    Symphony #6
    Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    44.
    Arabesque #1
    Claude Debussy

    45.
    Madama Butterfly humming chorus
    Giacomo Puccini

    46.
    Symphony #2
    Jean Sibelius

    47.
    Gabriel’s Oboe (from The Mission)
    Ennio Morricone

    48.
    Alleluia
    Randall Thompson

    49.
    Piano Concerto
    Maurice Ravel

    50.
    Six Pieces for Piano, Op. 118
    Johannes Brahms

    51.
    Star Trek II Wrath of Khan score
    James Horner

    52.
    Symphony #7
    Dmitri Shostakovich

    53.
    Four Last Songs
    Richard Strauss

    54.
    Lemminkainen Suite
    Jean Sibelius

    55.
    Spem in Alium
    Thomas Tallis

    56.
    Cello Concerto #1 in E-Flat Major
    Dmitri Shostakovich

    57.
    Fantasie for Violin and Harp, Op. 124
    Camille Saint-Saëns

    58.
    Farewell Symphony
    Franz Joseph Haydn

    59.
    3 Penny Opera
    Kurt Weill

    60.
    Concerto for Orchestra
    Béla Bartók

    61.
    Lincolnshire Posy
    Percy Grainger

    62.
    North by Northwest score
    Bernard Hermann

    63.
    Schelomo
    Ernest Bloch

    64.
    Choctaw Nights
    George Quincy

    65.
    the difficulty of crossing a field
    David Lang

    66.
    Agave Baroque album Peace in Our Time
    Reginald Mobley

    67.
    Lyric Pieces
    Edvard Grieg

    68.
    7th Voyage of Sinbad score
    Bernard Hermann

    69.
    Fire in my mouth
    Julia Wolfe

    70.
    Grand Tarantelle
    Louis Moreau Gottschalk

    71.
    Sensemaya
    Silvestre Revueltas

    72.
    Legacy
    Deantha Edmunds

2024 Choices

1.
3 Penny Opera
Kurt Weill

2.
7th Voyage of Sinbad score
Bernard Hermann

A1.
Adagio for Strings
Samuel Barber

A2.
Agave Baroque album Peace in Our Time
Reginald Mobley

A3.
Alleluia
Randall Thompson

A4.
Appalachian Spring
Aaron Copland

A5.
Arabesque #1
Claude Debussy

A6.
Ave Verum Corpus
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

B1.
Brandenburg Concerto #5
Johann Sebastien Bach

C1.
Canon and Gigue
Johann Pachelbel

C2.
Cello Concerto in B minor
Antonín Dvořák

C3.
Cello Concerto #1 in E-Flat Major
Dmitri Shostakovich

C4.
Choctaw Nights
George Quincy

C5.
Concerto for Orchestra
Béla Bartók

C6.
Concierto de Aranjuez
Joaquin Rodrigo

D1.
the difficulty of crossing a field
David Lang

E7.
Etude E minor, Op. 25 No. 5
Frederic Chopin

F1.
Fantasie for Violin and Harp, Op. 124
Camille Saint-Saëns

F2
Farewell Symphony
Franz Joseph Haydn

F3.
Fire in my mouth
Julia Wolfe

F4.
Four Last Songs
Richard Strauss

G1.
Gabriel’s Oboe (from The Mission)
Ennio Morricone

G2.
Grand Tarantelle
Louis Moreau Gottschalk

H1.
Holy art Thou from Xerxes
George Frideric Handel

L1.
La Mer
Claude Debussy

L2.
Lacrimosa
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

L3.
The Lark Ascending
Ralph Vaughan Williams

L4.
Legacy
Deantha Edmunds

L5.
Lemminkainen Suite
Jean Sibelius

L6.
Lincolnshire Posy
Percy Grainger

L7.
Lullaby For Strings
George Gershwin

L8.
Lyric Pieces
Edvard Grieg

M1.
Madama Butterfly humming chorus
Giacomo Puccini

M2.
“The Moldau”
Bedřich Smetana

N1.
Navajo Vocables
Connor Chee

N2.
Nessun dorma
Giacomo Puccini

N3.
New World Symphony
Antonín Dvořák

N4.
Night on Bald Mountain
Modest Mussorgsky

N5.
North by Northwest score
Bernard Hermann

O1.
Overture of Tristan und Isolde
Richard Wagner

P1.
Pathetique sonata
Ludwig van Beethoven

P2.
Pavane for a Dead Princess
Maurice Ravel

P3.
Piano Concerto
Maurice Ravel

P4.
Piano Concerto #3
Sergei Rachmaninoff

P5.
Piano Concerto in F
George Gershwin

P6.
Piano Concerto #5
Ludwig van Beethoven

P7.
Pictures at an Exhibition
Modest Mussorgsky

P8.
Pines of Rome
Ottorino Respighi

Q1.
Quintet in C, D. 956
Franz Schubert

R1.
The Rite of Spring
Igor Stravinsky

R2.
Romeo & Juliet Fantasy Overture
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

S1.
Scheherazade
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

S2.
Schelomo
Ernest Bloch

S3.
Sensemaya
Silvestre Revueltas

S4.
Six Pieces for Piano, Op. 118
Johannes Brahms

S5.
Spem in Alium
Thomas Tallis

S6.
Spiegel Im Spiegel
Arvo Part

S7.
Star Trek II Wrath of Khan score
James Horner

S8.
String Quartet #12 – American
Antonín Dvořák

S9.
“The Swan of Tuonela”
Jean Sibelius

S10.
Symphony #2
Jean Sibelius

S11.
Symphony #3 “Organ”
Camille Saint-Saëns

S12.
Symphony #5
Gustav Mahler

S13.
Symphony #5
Dimitri Shostakovich

S14.
Symphony #6
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

S15.
Symphony #7
Ludwig van Beethoven

S16.
Symphony #7
Dmitri Shostakovich

S17.
Symphony #9
Ludwig van Beethoven

S18.
Symphony #41, “Jupiter”
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

V1.
Variations on a Theme of Paganini
Sergei Rachmaninoff

V2.
Violin Concerto in G minor
Max Bruch

W1.
Water Music
George Frideric Handel