The Drive-Time Elixir with Peter Whorf Playlist March 25, 2026
90.9 WRCJ
Octet for Strings in E Flat, Op. 20
Mendelssohn, Felix
2:01 pm
Emerson String Quartet (times two!)
DG
3888Concertino No. 2, Op. 13 (for piano and orchestra)
Mathieu, Andre
2:34 pm
London Mozart Players
ANALEKTA
29283Concerto for Orchestra (finale)
Bartok, Bela
2:48 pm
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
LONDON
417754“Die Fledermaus”: Overture
Strauss, Johann II
3:00 pm
Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra
NAXOS
8.554517“An 18th Century Scherzo”
Wood, Haydn
3:08 pm
Royal Ballet Sinfonia
NAXOS
8.555069Spring (“Vesna”, Musical Picture for Orchestra), Op. 34
Glazunov, Alexander
3:15 pm
Moscow Symphony Orchestra
NAXOS
8.553838“Little” Symphony No. 1 (“Le Printemps”) Op. 43
Milhaud, Darius
3:29 pm
Orchestra of Radio Luxembourg
VOX
5109“Skylark” (arranged by John Rutter)
Carmichael, Hoagy
3:33 pm
BBC Concert Orchestra (members) & The Cambridge Singers
COLLEGIUM
128“Moviola” (for orchestra)
Barry, John
3:40 pm
The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
EPIC SOUNDTRAX
52985“Les Fetes d’Hebe, ou les Talents lyriques” (Ballet Music from Scene 8: “La Poesie”)
Rameau, Jean-Philippe
3:45 pm
Les Arts Florissants
ERATO
26129Allegro non troppo (4th movement) from Symphony No. 5 in d, Op. 47
Shostakovich, Dmitri
3:49 pm
New York Philharmonic Orchestra
SONY CLASSICAL
61841“Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg”: Prelude to Act I
Wagner, Richard
4:00 pm
Philadelphia Orchestra
CBS
38914Intermezzo in e flat, Op. 118, No. 6
Brahms, Johannes
4:10 pm
20260325
BRILLIANT
92437Scherzo (2nd movement) from String Quartet in a
Kreisler, Fritz
4:15 pm
20260325
EMI
556626“Unchained” Melody (for orchestra)
North, Alex
4:22 pm
Nuremberg Symphony Orchestra
VARESE SARABANDE
302066124Serenade No. 9 in D, K 320 (“Posthorn”): 7th movement
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
4:27 pm
Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields
PHILIPS
464 022Symphony No. 5 in c, Op. 67 (2nd movement)
Beethoven, Ludwig van
4:34 pm
New York Philharmonic Orchestra
DECCA GOLD
B0027956Arabesque No 1 for Piano
Debussy, Claude
4:44 pm
20260325
SONY CLASSICAL
62367Toccata and Fugue in d, BWV 565 (for orchestra)
Bach, Johann Sebastian
4:48 pm
The Philadelphia Orchestra
EMI
585072Symphony No. 23 in D, K. 181
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
5:00 pm
Northern Chamber Orchestra
NAXOS
8.550876“Springtime” Overture, Op. 36 (“Im Frühling”)
Goldmark, Karl
5:09 pm
National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland
NAXOS
8.550745Etude in e, Op. 25, No. 5
Chopin, Frederic
5:19 pm
20260325
LONDON
443738“Sicilienne” from “Pelleas et Melisande”, Op. 78 (for cello and orchestra)
Faure, Gabriel
5:24 pm
Philharmonia Orchestra
EMI
557052Rondo (“Midi”) from “A John Field Suite”
Harty, Sir Hamilton
5:28 pm
English Sinfonia
EMI
567431“The Fellowship of the Ring”: “May It Be” & Themes
Shore, Howard
5:35 pm
Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
TELARC
80664“Ae Fond Kiss…” (arranged for violin and orchestra by Paul Campbell)
Traditional
5:41 pm
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
DECCA
B0021290Piano Concerto No. 2 in c, Op. 18 (finale)
Rachmaninoff, Sergei
5:46 pm
Berliner Philharmoniker
EMI
47481390.9 FM WRCJ
5:57 pm
20260325
