WQXR Classical

New York City 105.9 FM

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WQXR 105.9 FM is New York City's only all-classical music station, operated by New York Public Radio and licensed to Newark, New Jersey. It broadcasts classical music, live concert performances and cultural programming on air and online, alongside sister streams such as Operavore and New Sounds.

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22:56

Polonaise in B

Franz Schubert
22:50

Das Jahr (The Year): March

Fanny Mendelssohn
22:24

Symphony No. 94 in G, "Surprise"

Franz Joseph Haydn
22:11

Baptiste Lully

Jean
22:01

Artist's Life (Kunstlerleben), Op. 316

Johann Strauss II

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Top Songs

1

Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 16: III. Allegro moderato e marcato. Andante maestoso

Edvard Grieg, Philharmonia Orchestra & Dinu Lipatti
2

Rhapsody In Blue

George Gershwin
3

Bridge & David Schweitzer - Emma Suite

Isobel Waller
4

Semper Fidelis

John Philip Sousa
5

Concerto Grosso No. 4 in F Major, Op. 3, HWV 315: I. Largo - Allegro

Christian Moreaux, Les Musiciens du Louvre, Marc Minkowski & George Frideric Handel
6

Eugenia

Scott Joplin
7

Orpheus in the Underworld: Overture

Jacques Offenbach, Prague Symphony Orchestra & Václav Smetáček
8

Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D Major BWV 1068 (Air)

Johann Sebastian Bach
9

String Quartet No. 2 in C Major, Op.36: II. Vivace

Britten Quartet & Benjamin Britten
10

The Three Cornered Hat ("El Sombrero de Tres Picos"): Final Dance

Vienna Philharmonic, Edouard Van Remoortel, Jean Madeira & Manuel de Falla
11

Simple

English Chamber Orchestra
12

Gymnopedie No.1

Erik Satie
13

Sonata in D major (K119)

Igor Kipnis & Domenico Scarlatti
14

The Mission Theme (Theme for NBC News)

John Williams
15

Bolero

Lamoureux Orchestre & Maurice Ravel
16

Concerto Grosso No. 3 in G Major, Op. 3, HWV 314: III. Allegro

Les Musiciens du Louvre, Marc Minkowski, Serge Saitta, Sébastian Marq & George Frideric Handel
17

Amber

Anne Chmelewsky
18

The Banquet Scene from "Hook"

John Williams & Boston Pops Orchestra
19

Por una Cabeza

Carlos Gardel
20

Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 46

Edvard Grieg
21

Cobos, Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne & Franz Joseph Haydn - Trumpet Concerto in E-Flat Major Hob. VIIe No. 1: III. Finale - Allegro

Jesús López
22

Bagatelle No. 25 in A Minor, "Für Elise", WoO 59

Seid Muhammad Shah & Ludwig van Beethoven
23

Grover's Corner from "Our Town"

Aaron Copland & Philharmonia Orchestra
24

Concerto for Piano No. 3 in D minor Op 30 I. 1st Movement - Allegro ma non tanto

Charles Munch, Byron Janis, Boston Symphony Orchestra & Sergei Rachmaninoff
25

Ubi Caritas

VOCES8 & Ola Gjeilo
26

The Entertainer

Scott Joplin
27

Music for the Royal Fireworks in D major, HWV 351: IV. La Réjouissance - Allegro

George Frideric Handel, Oliver von Dohnányi & Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra
28

SUE Classical & Ludwig van Beethoven - Piano Sonata No. 14 in C - Sharp Minor, Op. 27, No. 2: II. Allegretto

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