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      Playlist for Saturday, June 13, 2026

      Playing this hour

      12:00 - 7:00 am

      12:00 am

      Franz Liszt: Six Grand Etudes after Paganini (1838)

      No. 3 in g, "La Campanella"

      Jorge Bolet, p
      Liszt: Favourite Piano Works

      London 444851-2 (2)

      12:05 am

      Philip Glass: Piano Étude #18

      Víkingur Olafsson, p
      Philip Glass: Piano Works

      DG 479 6918

      12:11 am

      Frédéric Chopin: "ɐtudes," Op. 10

      No. 1 in C, "Waterfall"

      Claudio Arrau, p
      Chopin: Etudes Op 10 & Op 25

      EMI/Ang CDH7-61016-2

      12:12 am

      Arnold Bax: Symphony #4 (1931)

      Ulster Orch/Bryden Thomson
      Bax: Symphony No 4 · Tintagel

      Chandos CHAN-8312

      12:55 am

      Thomas Vautor: Madrigal, "Mother, I will have a husband"

      Cambridge Singers/John Rutter
      Olde English Madrigals

      American Gramaphone AGCD-500

      1:00 am

      Friedrich Dotzauer: Three Etudes for Unaccompanied Cello

      Anner Bylsma, vc
      Dotzauer: Chamber Music for Strings

      Sony SK-64307

      1:05 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Cello Concerto No. 1 in C, H VIIb:1

      Anner Bylsma, vc; Tafelmusik/Jeanne Lamon
      Haydn/ Kraft: Cello Concertos

      RCA 7757-2-RC

      1:27 am

      Maurice Ravel: "Alborada del Gracioso"

      Zurich Tonhalle Orch/Lionel Bringuier
      Ravel: Complete Orchestral Music

      DG 479 5524 (4)

      1:35 am

      Erik Satie: "Avant-Dernières Pensées"

      #2, "Aubade"

      Alexandre Tharaud, p
      Erik Satie * Avant-Dernière Pensées * Alexandre Tharaud

      Harmonia Mundi HMC-902017.18 (2)

      1:37 am

      Maurice Ravel: Violin Sonata in G (1923-7)

      Jaime Laredo, v; Joseph Kalichstein, p
      Ravel: Works For Piano, Violin And Cello

      Arabesque Z-6736-2 (2)

      1:54 am

      Léo Délibes: "Coppélia"

      "Valse de la poupée"

      Rotterdam Phil/David Zinman
      Essential Ballet

      Philips 438763-2 (2)

      2:00 am

      Michael Praetorius: "Terpsichore" (1612)

      "Gavotte"

      Collegium Terpsichore/Fritz Neumeyer
      Dance Music Of the High Renaissance

      Boston Skyline BSD-118

      2:02 am

      Michael Praetorius: "Terpsichore" (1612)

      "Volte"

      Collegium Terpsichore/Fritz Neumeyer
      Dance Music Of the High Renaissance

      Boston Skyline BSD-118

      2:05 am

      Michael Praetorius: "Terpsichore" (1612)

      Suite #3 in F

      New York Renaissance Band/Sally Logemann
      Praetorius: Terpsichore- Suites Nos. 1-4

      Arabesque Z-6531

      2:15 am

      Michael Praetorius: "Terpsichore" (1612)

      "Philou"

      New London Consort
      Editions De L'Oiseau-Lyre (The Original Sound)

      L'Oiseau Lyre 414633-2

      2:18 am

      Michael Praetorius: "Terpsichore"

      "Ballett"

      Amadeus Guitar Duo
      Guitar Gala Night

      Hänssler Classic CD-98.401

      2:20 am

      Adolf Wiklund: Piano Concerto #1 in e, Op 10

      Erikson, p; Swedish Radio Sym/Westerberg
      Wiklund

      Caprice CAP-21363

      2:54 am

      Edvard Grieg: Songs, Op. 59

      "Nar jeg vil do"

      Claire Booth, s; Christopher Glynn, p
      Lyric Music

      Avie AV-2403

      3:00 am

      Serge Prokofiev: "Peter and the Wolf" Piano Suite (after Op. 67)

      "The Duck"

      Tatiana Nikolayeva, p
      Russian Piano School, Vol. 15

      Mel/BMG 33213-2

      3:03 am

      Serge Prokofiev: "Peter and the Wolf" Piano Suite (after Op. 67)

      "The Cat"

      Tatiana Nikolayeva, p
      Russian Piano School, Vol. 15

      Mel/BMG 33213-2

      3:05 am

      Antonin Dvorák: "Humoresques," Op. 101

      No. 7 in G-flat, "Poco lento e grazioso"

      Jaimé Laredo, v; Margo Garrett, p
      Violin Recital: Laredo, Jaime - KREISLER, F. / FAURE, G. / MASSENET, J. / DVORAK, A. / SARASATE, P.

      Dorian DOR-90153

      3:09 am

      Confrey: "Humorestless"

      Noel Lester, p
      Rags to Riches: An American Album

      Elan CD-82296

      3:10 am

      Antonin Dvorák: String Serenade in E, Op. 22

      Prague Chamber Orch

      Denon CO-78919

      3:39 am

      Malcolm Arnold: Four Cornish Dances, Op 91

      #1, "Vivace"

      Grimethorpe Colliery Band/Elgar Howarth
      Arnold on Brass

      Conifer 16848-2

      4:00 am

      Alexander Glazunov: "Raymonda," Op 57

      Act 3, Entr'acte

      Royal Scottish National Orch/José Serebrier
      Glazunov: Symphonies 1, 2, 3, 9

      Warner Classics 61939-2

      4:04 am

      Franz Benda: Flute Concerto in A

      András Adorján, f; Ars Rediviva/Milan Munclinger
      Benda: Flute Concertos

      Orfeo C-151101-A

      4:23 am

      Alexander Glazunov: "Raymonda," Op 57

      Act 1, "La Traditore"

      Royal Scottish National Orch/José Serebrier
      Glazunov: Symphonies 1, 2, 3, 9

      Warner Classics 61939-2

      4:24 am

      Dmitri Shostakovich: "Bolt," Op. 27

      Suite

      Bolshoi Theater Orch/Maxim Shostakovich
      Two Ballet Suites: The Age Of Gold • The Bolt

      Angel/ Melodiya SR-40062

      4:54 am

      David Watkins: Fire Dance

      Susann McDonald, h
      The World of the Harp

      Delos D/CD-3005

      5:00 am

      Giuseppe Tartini: Variations on a Theme by Corelli (Gavotte fr Sonata Op 5/10)

      Erick Friedman, v; Brooks Smith, p
      Virtuoso Favorites

      RCA LSC-2671

      5:04 am

      Gordon Jacob: Clarinet Concertino (after Tartini)

      Charles Russo, cl; Chamber Orch/David Gilbert

      Premier PRCD-1052

      5:16 am

      Domenico Cimarosa: Oboe Concerto in C

      Anthony Camden, ob; City of London Sinfonia/Nicholas Ward
      Italian Oboe Concertos, Vol. 1

      Naxos 8.553433

      5:28 am

      Domenico Cimarosa: Clavier Sonata #11

      Roberte Mamou, p
      Cimarosa: 32 Sonatas for Pianoforte

      Asturia DP-87002

      5:29 am

      Camille Saint-Saëns: "Le carnaval des animaux (Carnival of the Animals)"

      Toulouse Capitole Orch/Michel Plasson; Mikhaïl Rudy, Tzimon Barto, p's

      EMI/Ang CDC7-54465-2

      5:53 am

      Thomas Weelkes: Madrigal, "The Ape, the Monkey, and the Baboon"

      Deller Consort
      The English Madrigal School

      Vanguard OVC-2533/34 (2)

      6:00 am

      Richard Strauss: "Die ägyptische Helena," Op. 75

      Aria, "Zweite Brautnacht" (Awakening Scene)

      Leontyne Price, s; Boston Sym Orch/Erich Leinsdorf
      Leontyne Price sings Strauss Arias

      RCA 60398-2-RG

      6:04 am

      Richard Strauss: "Guntram," Op. 25

      Act 1 Prelude

      Berlin Deutsche Oper Orch/Christian Thielemann
      Pfitzner * Strauss

      DG 449571-2

      6:16 am

      Richard Strauss: "Die Frau ohne Schatten," Op. 65

      Symphonic Fantasy

      Chicago Sym/Daniel Barenboim
      Strauss: Eine Alpensinfonie / Die Frau Ohne Schatten

      Erato 45997-2

      6:37 am

      Georg Philipp Telemann: Orchestral Suite in g, "La Changeante"

      Hornpipe

      Collegium Musicum 90/Simon Standage
      Telemann: La Changeante, Vol. 1

      Chandos CHAN-0519

      6:39 am

      Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Flute Sonata in G, Wq 85

      Christopher Hyde-Smith, f; Jane Dodd, hc
      Bach: 5 Flute Sonatas

      ASV CDQS-6205

      6:53 am

      Domenico Scarlatti: Sinfonia in a

      Europa Galante/Fabio Biondi, v
      Concerti & Sinfonie

      Virgin 45495-2

      7:00 - 11:00 am

      7:00 am

      Weekend Mornings with Kristina Lynn

      With news at 7:00 am; "Saturday Morning Listener's Choice" at 8:00 am; and "Soundtrack" at 9:00 am.

      7:03 am

      Alexis Ffrench: "Guiding Light"

      Alexis Ffrench, p
      Truth

      Sony 19439966602

      7:06 am

      Eric Whitacre: "Goodnight Moon"

      Hila Plitmann, s; London Sym Orch/Eric Whitacre
      Water Night

      Decca B0016636-02

      7:11 am

      Brian Wilson & Mike Love: "The Warmth of the Sun"

      Brian Wilson, p
      At My Piano

      Decca 3850038

      7:16 am

      Felix Mendelssohn: "Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage" Overture, Op. 27

      London Sym Orch/Claudio Abbado
      Mendelssohn: 5 Symphonies, 7 Overtures / Abbado

      DG 471467-2 (4)

      7:31 am

      Georg Philipp Telemann: Three-Trumpet Concerto in D

      David Bilger, Stephen Burns & Edward Carroll, tr's; Philharmonia Virtuosi/Richard Kapp
      Baroque Trumpetissimo / Bilger, Burns, Carroll, Et Al

      Ess.a.y CD-1035

      7:42 am

      Keith Jarrett: "Bridge of Light"

      Patricia McCarty, vi; Fairfield Orch/Thomas Crawford
      Bridge of Light

      ECM 1450

      8:00 am

      Saturday Morning Listener's Choice

      8:00 am

      Domenico Scarlatti: Clavier Sonata in C, Kk 159 (L 104)

      Béla Fleck, banjo; Chris Thile, m
      Perpetual Motion

      Sony SK-89610

      8:02 am

      Domenico Scarlatti: Clavier Sonata in C, Kk 159 (L 104)

      Daniel Barenboim, p
      Live from the Teatro Colón

      EMI CDC5-57416-2

      8:05 am

      Gustav Holst: Suite No. 1 in E-Flat, Op. 28, No. 1

      I. "Chaconne"

      Cleveland Symphonic Winds/Frederick Fennell
      Music for Wind Band

      Telarc CD-80038

      8:10 am

      Frank Bridge: "There is a willow grows aslant a brook" (1928)

      English Chamber Orch/Jeffrey Tate
      The Banks of Green Willow

      EMI CDM7-64200-2

      8:21 am

      Alexander Arutiunian: Trumpet Concerto in A-Flat

      Alison Balsom, tr; BBC Scottish Sym Orch/Lawrence Renes
      Seraph

      EMI 78590-2

      8:38 am

      Jean Sibelius: "The Tempest," Op. 109

      Suite No. 1: "Berceuse"

      Royal Phil Orch/Thomas Beecham
      The Tempest Incidental Music/Finlandia/Karelia Suite /Scenes Historiques

      EMI CDM7-63397-2

      8:40 am

      Jean Sibelius: "The Tempest," Op. 109

      Suite No. 2, "Dance of the Nymphs"

      Gothenburg Sym Orch/Santtu-Matias Rouvali
      Sibelius Symphonies Nos. 6 & 7, The Tempest

      Alpha 1130

      8:42 am

      Jean Sibelius: "The Tempest," Op. 109

      "The Storm"

      Gothenburg Sym Orch/Neeme Järvi
      Sibelius: The Tempest, etc.

      BIS CD-448

      8:47 am

      Thomas Arne: "Rule Britannia"

      New York Phil/Leonard Bernstein
      Bernstein Favorites

      Sony SFK-47280

      8:47 am

      Sting: "August Winds"

      Renée Fleming, s; BBC Concert Orch/Rob Fisher
      Broadway

      Decca B0028739-02

      8:51 am

      Ruth Gipps: Symphony No. 2 in B, Op. 30

      IV. "Tempo di marcia"

      Munich Sym Orch/Douglas Bostock
      Arthur Butterworth: Symphony No. 1; Ruth Gipps: Symphony No. 2

      Classico CD-274

      8:55 am

      Frédéric Chopin: Nocturne in D-Flat, Op. 27, No. 2

      Jeneba Kanneh-Mason, p
      Fantasie

      Sony 19802889462

      9:00 am

      Soundtrack

      9:00 am

      Alfred Newman: 20th Century Fox Fanfare

      London Phil Orch/John Mauceri
      The Genius of Film Music

      LPO 0086

      9:11 am

      Edvard Grieg: "Peer Gynt," Op. 23

      No. 1, "At the Wedding" (Act 1 Prelude)

      Berlin Phil/Jeffrey Tate
      Grieg: Peer Gynt

      EMI CDR5-69860-2

      9:16 am

      Erich Wolfgang Korngold: "Much Ado About Nothing," Op. 11

      Overture

      Northwest German Phil/Wener Andreas Albert
      Korngold: Orchestral Works, Vol. 2

      CPO 999046-2

      9:23 am

      Joel Engel: "The Dybbuk Suite" (1922), Op. 35

      III. "Wedding March"

      Guy Yehuda, cl; strings & per
      Between Two Worlds

      Reference Recordings APL-54155

      9:25 am

      Joel Engel: "The Dybbuk Suite" (1922), Op. 35

      IV. "The Veiling of the Bride"

      Guy Yehuda, cl; strings & per
      Between Two Worlds

      Reference Recordings APL-54155

      9:27 am

      Joel Engel: "The Dybbuk Suite" (1922), Op. 35

      VI. "For What reason?" (Reprise)

      Guy Yehuda, cl; strings & per
      Between Two Worlds

      Reference Recordings APL-54155

      9:33 am

      Alex North: "Death of a Salesman"

      "Willy"

      Royal Phil Orch/Elmer Bernstein

      Film Score Monthly FMC-9

      9:36 am

      Alex North: "Death of a Salesman"

      "The Boys Meet Ben"

      Royal Phil Orch/Elmer Bernstein

      Film Score Monthly FMC-9

      9:40 am

      Laurence Rosenthal: "A Raisin in the Sun"

      Main Title; "The Chauffer"

      Studio Orch/Laurence Rosenthal
      Rosenthal: A Raisin in the Sun, Requiem for a Heavyweight

      Intrada 148

      9:43 am

      Laurence Rosenthal: "A Raisin in the Sun"

      Finale, "He Come Into His Manhood Today"

      Studio Orch/Laurence Rosenthal
      Rosenthal: A Raisin in the Sun, Requiem for a Heavyweight

      Intrada 148

      9:47 am

      Kurt Weill: "Kleine Dreigroschenmusik (Little Threepenny Music)"

      Overture and "Die Moritat von Mackie Messer" (Mack the Knife)

      Philharmonia Orch/Otto Klemperer
      Stravinsky: Symphony in Three Movements, Pulcinella; Weill: Kleine Dreigroschenmusik; J. Strauss II: Wiener Blut

      EMI CDM7-64142-2

      9:52 am

      Adam Guettel: "The Light in the Piazza"

      "American Dancing"

      The Light in the Piazza Orch
      Adam Guettel: The Light in the Piazza (Original Broadway Cast Recording)

      Nonesuch 79829

      9:54 am

      Philip Glass: Music for "The Crucible"

      Cue 1A

      Miranda Cuckson, v; Jeffrey Zeigler, vc

      Orange Mountain Music 0121

      9:56 am

      Philip Glass: Music for "The Crucible"

      Cue 8

      Miranda Cuckson, v; Jeffrey Zeigler, vc

      Orange Mountain Music 0121

      10:02 am

      Fela Sowande: "African Suite"

      London Sym Orch Strings/Paul Freeman
      Black Composers Series 1974-1978, Vol. 7

      Sony 19075862152 (10)

      10:19 am

      John Williams: "Star Wars: The Force Awakens"

      Rey's Theme

      Boston Pops Orch/Keith Lockhart
      Lights, Camera...Magic!

      BSO Classics 1704

      10:21 am

      Jessie Montgomery: "Starburst"

      The Knights
      Flight: Migration Music, Part II

      Rising Sun Music Flight

      10:26 am

      Ruth Gipps: "Ambarvalia"

      Royal Liverpool Phil Orch/Charles Peebles
      Piano Concertos by Dora Bright and Ruth Gipps

      Somm SOMMCD-273

      10:35 am

      Traditional Scottish: "The Reel of Tullochgorum"

      Jordi Savall, treble viol
      The Celtic Viol

      Alia Vox AVSA-9865

      10:38 am

      Florence Price: Piano Concerto in D minor

      Michelle Cann, p; New York Youth Sym/Michael Repper
      New York Youth Symphony: Florence Price, Valerie Coleman, Jessie Montgomery

      Avie AV-2503

      10:56 am

      John Walter Bratton: "The Teddy Bears' Picnic"

      New Columbian Brass Band/George Foreman
      Gather

      WFMT (Gather)

      11:00 am

      11:00 am

      Introductions

      This week we’re revisiting a recital from March, 2024, by then 16-year-old pianist Zarin Mehta who performed Bach's Toccata in G minor, BWV 915, and Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 24 in F-Sharp, Op. 78, “à Thérèse.”

      12:00 - 4:00 pm

      12:00 pm

      From Vienna State Opera

      Beethoven's Fidelio

      Malin Byström (Leonore); David Butt Philip (Florestan); Simonas Strazdas (Don Fernando); Christopher Maltman (Don Pizarro); Kathrin Zukowski (Marzelline); Daniel Jenz (Jaquino); Vienna State Opera Chorus and Orchestra; Franz Welser-Möst, conductor. Sung in German.

      2:24 pm

      Afternoon Music

      2:24 pm

      Patrick Doyle: "Sense and Sensibility"

      "My Father's Favourite"

      Studio Orch/Patrick Doyle
      Sense and Sensibility (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

      Sony SK-62258

      2:30 pm

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Violin Sonata No. 2 in A, BWV 1015

      Rachel Barton Pine, v; Jory Vinikour, hc
      Bach: The Sonatas for Violin & Harpsichord

      Cedille CDR-90000177

      2:45 pm

      Felix Mendelssohn: Overture for Wind Instruments, Op 24

      London Sym Orch/Claudio Abbado
      Mendelssohn: 5 Symphonies, 7 Overtures / Abbado

      DG 471467-2 (4)

      2:55 pm

      Fritz Kreisler: "Preghiera" (after Rachmaninoff Op. 18)

      Gidon Kremer, v; Daniil Trifonov, p
      Preghiera: Rachmaninoff Piano Trios

      DG 4796979

      3:01 pm

      Gabriela Lena Frank: Three Latin American Dances

      Utah Sym/Keith Lockhart
      Symphonic Dances

      Reference RR-105

      3:19 pm

      Alfredo Carrasco: "Romanza sin palabras"

      Argentina Durán, p
      Rapsodia Mexicana

      Bravo Music (Rapsodia Mexicana)

      3:26 pm

      Tobias Picker: "Opera Without Words"

      Scene 4: "The Gladiator"

      Nashville Symphony Orch/Giancarlo Guerrero
      Picker: Opera Without Words - The Encantadas

      Naxos 8.559854

      3:32 pm

      Dmitri Shostakovich: "Moscow, Cheryomushki," Op. 105

      Suite from the operetta

      Philadelphia Orch/Riccardo Chailly
      Shostakovich: The Dance Album

      Decca 452597-2

      3:52 pm

      Carl Nielsen: "Saul and David," Op. 25

      Act 4 Prelude, "Allegro burrascoso"

      Rikke Sandberg & Kristoffer Hyldig, p
      Espansiva - Carl Nielsen Works for 4-Hand Piano

      Our Recordings 8.226923

      3:56 pm

      Carl Nielsen: "Saul and David," Op. 25

      Battle Music with the Curtain Down, "Allegro violente"

      Rikke Sandberg & Kristoffer Hyldig, p
      Espansiva - Carl Nielsen Works for 4-Hand Piano

      Our Recordings 8.226923

      4:00 pm

      4:00 pm

      Listening to Singers with Oliver Camacho

      A preview of Haymarket Opera's upcoming production of Marc-Antoine Charpentier's "David et Jonathas" with conductor and harpsichordist Jory Vinikour.

      5:00 pm

      5:00 pm

      Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival

      Francisco Coll "Two Waltzes Toward Civilization," after Lorca's "Poet in New York;" Mozart Sonata in F Major; Paul Huang, violin; Orion Weiss, piano; Dvořák String Quartet in F Major, Op. 96, "American;" Dover Quartet.

      6:00 - 8:00 pm

      6:00 pm

      Weekend Evening Music

      8:00 pm

      8:00 pm

      Folkstage hosted by Marilyn Rea Beyer

      From the archives: Set sail again with David Berkeley and Ben Parker from their 2019 Folkstage appearance as Sons of Town Hall.

      9:00 pm - 12:00 am

      9:00 pm

      The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer

      Gone fishing. Grab your rod and reel and spend a summery day fishing as we catch and release folk songs and fish stories.