The Drive-Time Elixir with Peter Whorf Playlist April 22, 2026
90.9 WRCJ
“The Hebrides” Overture (“Fingal’s Cave”) Op. 26
Mendelssohn, Felix
2:01 pm
The London Classical Players
EMI
749889“Appalachian Spring” (Ballet for Martha)
Copland, Aaron
2:13 pm
Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra
LONDON
448261Symphony No. 6 in F, Op. 68 (“Pastorale”)–3rd, 4th & 5th movements: Joyful Gathering of the Peasants-Storm-Shepherd’s Song/Thankful Feelings After the Storm
Beethoven, Ludwig van
2:38 pm
Cleveland Orchestra
SONY CLASSICAL
46532“In Nature’s Realm” (Overture), Op. 91
Dvorak, Antonin
3:00 pm
Ulster Orchestra
CHANDOS
7123“La Colomba” (“The Dove”) from “The Birds”
Respighi, Ottorino
3:14 pm
Philadelphia Orchestra
CBS
45543Ragtime alla Turca (based on the 3rd movement of Piano Sonata, K331)
Anderson, Greg and Roe, Elizabeth Joy
3:19 pm
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Steinway & Sons
30022Concerto for Two Trumpets in D, G 24
Torelli, Giuseppe
3:23 pm
European Chamber Soloists
BRILLIANT
92401Suite No. 2 in F for Band, Op 28b
Holst, Gustav
3:29 pm
The Cleveland Symphonic Winds
TELARC
80038“Casablanca”: Suite
Steiner, Max
3:38 pm
Nuremberg Symphony Orchestra
VARESE SARABANDE
302066124Girl Crazy: Embraceable You
Gershwin, George
3:45 pm
20260422
EMI
5 85081Finale (“Allegro con fuoco”) from Symphony No 4 in f, Op 36
Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich
3:49 pm
London Symphony Orchestra
PHILIPS
438335“Idomeneo”, K 366: Overture
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
4:00 pm
Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields
EMI
585060Two Pieces for Small Orchestra (for orchestra)
Delius, Frederick
4:04 pm
Royal Scottish National Orchestra
NAXOS
8.557143To Spring from Lyric Pieces, Op. 43 (Volume III)
Grieg, Edvard
4:17 pm
20260422
RCA
60391Songs and Sonnets from Shakespeare: Spring
Shearing, George
4:22 pm
The Cambridge Singers
COLLEGIUM
128Organ Concerto No. 13 in F (“The Cuckoo and the Nightingale”)
Handel, George Frideric
4:25 pm
Academy of Saint Martin-in-the-Fields
DECCA
458333“The Fellowship of the Ring”: “May It Be” & Themes
Shore, Howard
4:40 pm
Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
TELARC
80664“Pelleas et Melisande” (Sicilienne)
Faure, Gabriel
4:46 pm
New Philharmonia Orchestra
SONY CLASSICAL
62644“Symphony on a French Mountain Air,” Op. 25 (finale)
d'Indy, Vincent
4:50 pm
Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra
APEX
49809“Carnaval”–Three Excerpts (orchestrated by Maurice Ravel)
Schumann, Robert
5:00 pm
European Chamber Orchestra
MHS
512425Concerto for Strings in g, RV 156
Vivaldi, Antonio
5:09 pm
Accademia I Filarmonici
NAXOS
8.553742Intermezzo in a, Op. 76, No. 7
Brahms, Johannes
5:15 pm
20260422
LONDON
455247“Menuetto” from Divertimento in D, K.334 (arranged for flute and orchestra)
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
5:18 pm
Chamber Orchestra of Europe
RCA
60917“Havanaise” (for violin and orchestra), Op. 83
Saint-Saens, Camille
5:23 pm
Philharmonia Orchestra
EMI
769112“Due Tramonti”
Einaudi, Ludovico
5:35 pm
Lyric Strings
CLASSIC FM
35“The Birds”: The Cuckoo
Respighi, Ottorino
5:40 pm
Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
Fanfare Cincinnati
004“Ma Vlast”: Vltava (The Moldau)
Smetana, Bedrich
5:45 pm
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
DG
445 55090.9 FM WRCJ
6:09 pm
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