The Drive-Time Elixir with Peter Whorf Playlist May 22, 2026
90.9 WRCJ
90.9 FM WRCJ
3:47 am
20260522
Music for the Royal Fireworks
Handel, George Frideric
2:01 pm
Academy of Saint Martin-in-the-Fields
DECCA
458333Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra in E
Mendelssohn, Felix
2:21 pm
Nieuw Sinfonietta Amsterdam
BIS
688Symphony No. 1 in e (4th movement: Finale. Presto)
Price, Florence
2:53 pm
The Philadelphia Orchestra
DG
0034879-02“Liberty Fanfare”
Williams, John
3:00 pm
Boston Pops Orchestra
PHILIPS
420178“Festivities” (for orchestra)
Boyer, Peter
3:04 pm
London Philharmonic Orchestra
NAXOS
8.559769“Cavatina” (for guitar & strings)
Myers, Stanley
3:11 pm
Tippett Quartet
CLASSIC FM
35Adagio (for cor anglais, 2 violins & cello) in C, K.580a
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
3:16 pm
Salzburger Solisten (members)
NAXOS
8.555913Alla Marcia, from “Karelia” Suite, Op. 11
Sibelius, Jean
3:23 pm
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
EMI
769028“Water Music”: Suite No 2 in G
Handel, George Frideric
3:30 pm
Academy of Saint Martin-in-the-Fields
DECCA
458333“Moments Musicaux”: Book I (for solo piano), D. 780–No. 1 in C
Schubert, Franz
3:40 pm
20260522
PHILIPS
475628“Wotan’s Farewell” and “Magic Fire Music” from “Die Walkure”
Wagner, Richard
3:48 pm
National Opera Orchestra
PRO ARTE
3673Fanfare for the Common Man
Copland, Aaron
4:00 pm
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra
RCA
60983“Marche militaire” No. 1 ( from D. 733)
Schubert, Franz
4:03 pm
London Philharmonic Orchestra
DECCA
466241“Fireworks” (“Feux d’artifice”): No. 12 from Preludes, Book II
Debussy, Claude (arranged for orchestra by Colin Matthews)
4:09 pm
Halle Orchestra
HALLE
7527“Enigma” Variations, Op 36: No. 9–“Nimrod” (Adagio)
Elgar, Edward
4:14 pm
London Symphony Orchestra
LONDON
452 303Overture “1812”, Op. 49
Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich
4:19 pm
Russian National Orchestra
DG
477 053“Summon the Heroes”
Williams, John
4:37 pm
Boston Pops Orchestra
SONY CLASSICAL
62592Polonaise in A Flat, Op. 53 (“Heroic”)
Chopin, Frederic
4:44 pm
20260522
DG
474370Unconquered: Liberty
Torke, Michael
4:51 pm
Philadelphia Orchestra
ECSTATIC
092271“Le roi malgre lui”: “Fete polonaise”
Chabrier, Emmanuel
5:00 pm
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
CHANDOS
9227“Fetes”, from “Trois Nocturnes” (for orchestra)
Debussy, Claude
5:07 pm
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
TELARC
80617Jeux (Sonatine) for Flute and Piano
Ibert, Jacques
5:14 pm
20260522
EMI
556488“Lincoln”: “The American Process”
Williams, John
5:20 pm
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
SONY
88725446852“For a Beautiful Land”
Coleman, Linda Robbins
5:24 pm
Lansdowne Symphony Orchestra
NEW FOCUS
286“Amber Waves”
Gould, Morton
5:37 pm
National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine
NAXOS
8.559147“Saving Private Ryan”: Hymn to the Fallen
Williams, John
5:45 pm
The Recording Arts Orchestra of Los Angeles
SONY
88985374582“Venus, the Bringer of Peace”, from “The Planets”
Holst, Gustav
5:50 pm
BBC Philharmonic
CHANDOS
5086