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      Playlist for Friday, April 3, 2026

      Playing this hour

      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      Arthur Bird: "Valse Menuett and Gavotte"

      Gowanus Arts Ensemble/Reuben Blundell
      American Romantics

      New Focus Recordings FCR-166-B

      12:05 am

      Horatio Parker: Suite for Piano Trio, Op 35

      Rawlins Trio
      Three American Piano Trios

      Albany TROY-107

      12:25 am

      Francis Johnson: "Bingham's Cotillion"

      Tami Lee Hughues, v; Ellen Bottorff, p
      Legacy

      Albany TROY-1293

      12:27 am

      Johann Halvorsen: Symphony #2 in d, "Fatum"

      Bergen Phil/Neeme Järvi
      Halvorsen: Orchestral Works, Vol 2 -- Thorsen / Bergen PO / Järvi

      Chandos CHAN-10614

      12:55 am

      Edvard Grieg: "Heart's Melodies," Op. 5

      No. 3, "Jeg elsker dig (I love thee)"

      Anne Sofie von Otter, ms; Bengt Forsberg, p
      Songs - Lieder

      DG 437521-2

      1:00 am

      Fanny Mendelssohn: Piano Sonata in A, "Easter"

      III. "Scherzo"

      Isata Kanneh-Mason
      Fanny Mendelssohn

      Decca 4870256

      1:05 am

      Felix Mendelssohn: Piano Concerto No. 2 in d, Op 40

      Stephen Hough, p; City of Birmingham Sym/Lawrence Foster
      Piano Concerto No. 4 in F Minor, Piano Concerto No. 1 in E Minor

      Hyperion CDA-66969

      1:26 am

      Emmanuel Chabrier: "Feuillet d'album"

      Stephen Hough, p
      Stephen Hough in Recital

      Hyperion CDA-67686

      1:28 am

      Felix Borowski: "Suite Rococo"

      Gowanus Arts Ensemble/Reuben Blundell
      American Romantics, Volume II

      New Focus Recordings FCR-166-B

      1:37 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op. 33

      Mstislav Rostropovich, vc; USSR State Sym Orch/Gennady Rozhdestvensky
      Rostropovich - The Russian Years

      EMI CDZM5-72016-2 (13)

      1:55 am

      Erwin Schulhoff: Five Pieces for String Quartet (1923)

      No. 3, "Alla czeca"

      Pittsburgh Sym Orch/Manfred Honeck
      Tchaikovsky: Symphony 5; Schulhoff: Five Pieces

      Reference FR-752

      2:00 am

      Giuseppe Verdi: "Macbeth"

      Chorus of Scottish refugees, "Patria oppressa"

      Chicago Sym Cho, Orch/Sir Georg Solti
      Verdi: Choruses * CSO * Solti

      London 430226-2

      2:04 am

      Ernest Bloch: "Macbeth"

      Two Interludes

      Royal Phil/Dalia Atlas
      Bloch: Symphony in E flat & other works

      ASV CDDCA-1019

      2:18 am

      Arthur Sullivan: "Macbeth" Incidental Music

      RTE Chamber Cho, Concert Orch/Andrew Penny
      SULLIVAN : Incidental Music

      Marco Polo 8.223635

      2:37 am

      Gilbert & Sullivan: "The Mikado"

      "For He's Gone and Married Yum-Yum"

      Soloists; Orch/Carl Davis
      Topsy- Turvy

      Sony SK-61834

      2:39 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Violin Concerto No.2 in E, BWV 1042

      Academy of St Martin in the Fields/Joshua Bell, v
      Joshua Bell- Bach

      Sony 08779-2

      2:54 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Chorale, "Als Jesus Christus in der Nacht," BWV 265

      Chamber Cho of Europe/Nicol Matt
      Bach Edition: Complete Works

      Brilliant Classics 93102 (155)

      3:00 am

      Antonin Reicha: 24 Horn Trios, Op 82

      #3

      German Natural Horn Soloists
      Anton Reicha

      MD+ G Productions 6050864-2

      3:05 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 2 in D, Op. 36

      Berlin Phil/Claudio Abbado
      Beethoven * 9 Symphonien * Berliner Philharmoniker * Claudio Abbado

      DG 469000-2 (5)

      3:37 am

      Johannes Brahms: "Neue Liebeslieder" Waltzes, Op 65

      #9, "Nagen am Herzen fühl ich"

      Christine Goerke, s; Norman Mackenzie, Wustman, p
      Christine Goerke,
      Brahms - Liebeslieder Waltzes

      Telarc CD-80326

      3:38 am

      Fritz Kreisler: "Liebesleid"

      Maxim Vengerov, v; Ian Brown, p
      Kreisler, Paganini, Sarasate, Wieniawski

      EMI/Ang CDC5-57916-2

      3:42 am

      Fritz Kreisler: "Liebesfreud"

      Maxim Vengerov, v; Ian Brown, p
      Kreisler, Paganini, Sarasate, Wieniawski

      EMI/Ang CDC5-57916-2

      3:45 am

      Franz Lehár: "Zigeunerliebe Walzer"

      Vienna Johann Strauss Orch/Willi Boskovsky
      Lehar: Waltzes

      EMI CDC7-47020-2

      3:54 am

      Johann Strauss II: Der Zigeunerbaron (The Gypsy Baron)

      Entr'acte

      Philharmonia Orch/Otto Ackermann
      J. Strauss: Der Zigeunerbaron (The Gypsy Baron)

      EMI/Ang CHS7-69526-2 (2)

      4:00 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: "The Marriage of Figaro," K. 492

      Aria, "Non più andrai"

      Bryn Terfel, br; St Martin's Academy/Neville Marriner
      Mozart: Arias, Vocal Ensembles, Canons

      Philips 422523-2 (8)

      4:05 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Sonata No. 15 in C, K. 545

      Alicia de Larrocha, p
      Mozart Piano Sonatas K. 281, 282, 284, 545

      RCA 60709-2-RC

      4:15 am

      Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Clavier Sonata in E-Flat, Wq 63/5

      Armin Thalheim, clavichord

      Capriccio 10107

      4:26 am

      John Cage: Sonata #5 for Prepared Piano

      Joshua Pierce, p

      Wergo WER-60156

      4:27 am

      William Walton: Cello Concerto

      Janos Starker, vc; Philharmonia/Leonard Slatkin
      Elgar, Walton: Cello Concertos; Delius

      RCA 61695-2

      4:54 am

      John Ireland: Song, "I have twelve oxen"

      Lisa Milne, s; Graham Johnson, p
      The Songs of John Ireland

      Hyperion CDA-67261/2 (2)

      5:00 am

      Jean-Philippe Rameau: "Nouvelles suite de pièces de clavecin" (1728)

      Suite in G: #4, "La poule"

      William Christie, hc
      Rameau: Pieces De Clavecin

      Harmonia Mundi HMC-901121

      5:05 am

      Jean-Philippe Rameau: "Zoroastre"

      Overture

      Les Talens Lyriques/Christophe Rousset
      Rameau: Ouvertures * Les Talens Lyriques/Rousset

      L'Oiseau Lyre 4759107

      5:09 am

      Jean-Pierre Duport: Twenty-One Exercises for Two Cellos

      #9 in D

      Anner Bylsma & Kenneth Slowik, vc's
      The Cello and the King of Prussia

      Sony SK-63360

      5:15 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Nine Variations in D on a Minuet by Duport, K. 573

      Alfred Brendel, p
      The Art of Alfred Brendel

      Philips 426272-2

      5:30 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Divertimento in E-Flat, K. 113

      III. "Menuetto"

      Salzburg Camerata Academica des Mozarteums/Sàndor Végh
      Masters Of Classical Music, Vol. 1: Mozart

      Laserlight 15861

      5:31 am

      Luigi Boccherini: String Quintet in E, Op.11 no.5, G 275

      "Minuet"

      Bournemouth Sym/José Serebrier
      BACH, J.S. / PALESTRINA, G. / BYRD, W. / CLARKE, J. / BOCCERINI, L. / HAYDN, J. / MATTHESON, J.: Stokowski Transcriptions, Vol. 2

      Naxos 8.572050

      5:35 am

      Luigi Boccherini: Guitar Quintet no.4 in D, "Fandango," Op.50 (G 448)

      Sharon Isbin, g; Pacifica String Quartet
      Souvenirs of Spain and Italy

      Cedille CDR-90000190

      5:53 am

      Joaquin Rodrigo: "Cinco piezas Infantiles" (1924)

      #1, "Son chicos che pasan"

      Asturias Sym/Maximiano Valdes
      RODRIGO: Soleriana / Zarabanda lejana y Villancico

      Naxos 8.555844

      6:00 - 10:00 am

      6:00 am

      Mornings with Jan Weller

      Including news and weather on the hour between 6:00 am and 9:00 am; and "Carl’s Almanac" at 7:30 am.

      6:04 am

      Rinaldo Alessandrini: Overture in G after Bach

      Concerto Italiano/Rinaldo Alessandrini
      More Bach, Please!

      Naïve OP-8454

      6:17 am

      Giovanni Sollima: "Il concerto perduto" (after Vivaldi R 787)

      Giovanni Sollima, vc; Il Pomo d'Oro
      Al-Bunduqiyya - The Lost Concerto

      Erato 5419791752

      6:30 am

      Antonín Dvořák: "Stabat Mater," Op 58

      III. "Eja mater, fons amoris"

      Prague Philharmonic Cho, Czech Phil/Jiří Bělohlávek
      Dvořák: Stabat Mater, Op. 58

      Decca 4831510 (2)

      6:39 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: "The Seven Last Words of Christ on the Cross"

      Introduction; Chorale – Sonata I

      Attacca Quartet
      Haydn: Seven Last Words

      Azica ACD-71299

      6:53 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 97 in C

      IV. Finale, "Presto assai"

      Cleveland Orch/George Szell
      Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 97, 98, 99

      Sony MHK-62979

      7:03 am

      Leó Weiner: Divertimento No. 1 on Old Hungarian Dances, Op. 20

      Budapest Strings/Károly Botvay
      Hungarian Orchestral Music

      Capriccio 10528

      7:16 am

      Ernest Bloch: "From Jewish Life"

      Natalie Clein, vc; BBC Scottish Sym Orch/Ilan Volkov
      Bloch: Schelomo & Voice in the Wilderness; Bruch: Kol Nidrei

      Hyperion CDA-67910

      7:31 am

      Richard Wagner: "Parsifal"

      Good Friday Spell

      Philadelphia Orch/Christian Thielemann
      Thielemann - Wagner

      DG 453485-2

      7:46 am

      Claude Debussy: "Danses sacrée et profane"

      Yolanda Kondonassis, h; Oberlin 21/Bridget-Michaele Reischl
      Air Music for harp, flute, and strings

      Telarc CD-80694

      7:56 am

      Claude Debussy: "Children's Corner" Suite

      I. "Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum"

      Jean Rondeau, hc
      Gradus ad Parnassum

      Erato 5054197416231

      8:04 am

      Nino Rota: Bassoon Concerto

      I. Toccata

      Christopher Millard, bn; CBC Vancouver Orch/Mario Bernardi
      Concerti Italiani

      Radio Canada Int'l SMCD-5185

      8:10 am

      Maurice Ravel: "La valse"

      Cincinnati Sym Orch/Paavo Järvi
      Ravel: Suite No. 2 from Daphnis et Chloé, Pavane pour une infante défunte, La Valse, Ma mère l'oye, Boléro

      Telarc CD-80601

      8:24 am

      Traditional Jewish: Introduction and Two Klezmer Dances

      Leo Chelyapov, cl; Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
      L.A.G.Q.

      Sony 60274

      8:34 am

      Heinrich von Biber: Mystery Sonatas ("Rosary")

      Sonata X, "The Crucifixion"

      Alan Choo, v; Apollo's Fire/Jeannette Sorrell
      Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber: Mystery Sonatas

      Avie AV-2656

      8:44 am

      Giuseppe Tartini: "Stabat Mater"

      Benedictine Nuns of Mary, Queen of Apostles
      Lent at Ephesus

      Decca B0019859-02

      8:53 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: String Quartet No. 1 in D, Op. 11

      II. "Andante cantabile"

      Steven Isserlis, vc; Chamber Orch of Europe/John Eliot Gardiner
      Rococo Variations

      Virgin 91134-2

      9:04 am

      Georges Bizet: "Carmen"

      Suite

      Ksenija Sidorova, acc; Nuevo Mondo
      Ksenija Sidorova: Carmen

      DG 4795224

      9:17 am

      Alan Thomas: "Trío Sefardí"

      I. "Como páxaro en su vuelo"

      Cavatina Duo; David Cunliffe, vc
      Sephardic Journey

      Cedille CDR-90000163

      9:29 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: "St Matthew Passion," BWV 244

      Aria, "Erbarme dich, mein Gott"

      Yo-Yo Ma, vc; Amsterdam Baroque Orch/Ton Koopman
      Yo-Yo Ma * Simply Baroque

      Sony SK-60680

      9:38 am

      Michael Torke: "An American Abroad"

      Royal Scottish National Orch/Marin Alsop
      Torke: Rapture, An American Abroad, Jasper

      Naxos 8.559167

      10:00 am - 2:00 pm

      10:00 am

      Midday with Lisa Flynn

      Including the "Daily Excursion" at 11:00 am and "Music in Chicago" at 12:00 pm.

      10:00 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: String Divertimento in D, K. 136

      Concerto Köln
      Mozart * Concerto Köln

      Archiv 4775800

      10:18 am

      Amy Beach: "Les Rêves de Colombine (Suite Française)," Op. 65

      Virginia Eskin, p
      Amy Beach, Arthur Foote: Music For Piano

      Northeastern NR-223

      10:35 am

      Jules Massenet: "Thaïs"

      Meditation

      Anne-Sophie Mutter, v; Berlin Phil/Herbert von Karajan
      The Very Best of Anne-Sophie Mutter

      EMI 07634-2 (2)

      10:42 am

      George Frideric Handel: "Ariodante"

      Ballet Music

      Collegium Musicum 90/Simon Standage
      Handel at the Opera

      Chandos CHAN-0650

      10:52 am

      Isaac Albéniz: "Iberia," Book 2

      "Rondeña"

      Cincinnati Sym Orch/Jesús López-Cobos
      Albéniz: Iberia - Complete

      Telarc CD-80470 (2)

      11:00 am

      Fela Sowande: "African Suite"

      I. "Joyful Day"

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

      Sony 19075862152 (10)

      11:09 am

      Robert Schumann: Piano Quartet in E-Flat, Op. 47

      Daniel Hope, v; Paul Neubauer, vi; David Finckel, vc; Wu Han, p
      Wu Han, piano,
      Brahms, Schumann, Mahler: Piano Quartets

      DG B0022906-02

      11:37 am

      Mikhail Glinka: "Valse-Fantaisie"

      Radio France Phil/Paavo Järvi
      Ballets Russes

      Virgin 45609-2

      11:47 am

      Pietro Locatelli: Concerto grosso in G, Op. 4, No. 9, "Da Chiesa"

      Raglan Baroque Players/Elizabeth Wallfisch
      Locatelli's Opus 4

      Hyperion CDA-67041/42 (2)

      11:55 am

      Margaret Bonds: "Simon Bore the Cross"

      V. "Don't You Know, Mary?"

      Dessoff Choirs and Orch/Malcolm J. Merriweather
      Margaret Bonds: Credo, Simon Bore the Cross

      Avie AV-2589

      12:01 pm

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Romance No. 1 in G, Op. 40

      Susanne Hou, v; Camerata Chicago/Drostan Hall

      Camerata Chicago A Valentine's Romance Concert 2026

      12:07 pm

      Alexander Glazunov: "Méditation" in D, Op. 32

      Susanne Hou, v; Camerata Chicago/Drostan Hall

      Camerata Chicago A Valentine's Romance Concert 2026

      12:13 pm

      Maurice Ravel: String Quartet in F

      Arcanto Quartet
      Debussy, Dutilleux, Ravel * Quatuors à Cordes * Arcanto Quartett

      Harmonia Mundi HMC-902067

      12:43 pm

      John Corigliano: "L'Invitation au voyage"

      Paul Edmund-Davies, f; I Fiamminghi/Rudolf Werthen
      Corigliano: Creations and Other Works

      Telarc CD-80421

      12:52 pm

      Felix Mendelssohn: "Ruy Blas," Op 95

      Overture

      Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Kurt Masur
      Mendelssohn: Overtures

      Berlin Classics 0091572-BC

      1:01 pm

      Johannes Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Haydn, Op. 56

      Martha Argerich & Nelson Freire, p's
      Salzburg

      DG 4778570

      1:19 pm

      Franz Joseph Haydn: "The Seven Last Words of Christ on the Cross"

      Word No. 1 (Largo): "Father, forgive them"

      Ensemble Resonanz/Riccardo Minasi
      Haydn: The Seven Last Words of Our Saviour on the Cross

      Harmonia Mundi HMM-902633

      1:27 pm

      Ralph Vaughan Williams: Overture for Brass Band, "Henry the Fifth"

      Grimethorpe Colliery Band/Peter Parkes
      Brass from the Masters, Vol. 2

      Chandos CHAN-4553

      1:37 pm

      Peter Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74, "Pathétique"

      II. "Allegro con grazia"

      Chicago Sym Orch/Fritz Reiner
      Fritz Reiner: The Complete RCA Album Collection

      RCA 888837019828

      1:46 pm

      François-Joseph Gossec: Symphony in E-Flat, Op. 5, No. 2

      London Mozart Players/Matthias Bamert
      Gossec: Symphonies

      Chandos CHAN-9661

      2:00 - 7:00 pm

      2:00 pm

      Afternoon Music with Candice Agree

      Including "The Unrush Hour" at 5:00 pm.

      2:00 pm

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Violin Concerto in D, Op. 61

      I. "Allegro ma non troppo"

      Charlie Siem, v; Philharmonia Orchestra/Oleg Caetani
      Beethoven: VIolin Concerto, Romances

      Signum SIGCD-704

      2:23 pm

      Luigi Cherubini: "Anacréon"

      Overture

      Berlin Phil/Herbert von Karajan
      Méditation: Overtures & Intermezzi

      EMI CDM7-64629-2

      2:36 pm

      Enrique Granados: "Goyescas" (piano suite)

      No. 2, "Coloquio en la reja"

      Alicia de Larrocha, p
      Granados: Goyescas, Allegro de Concierto, Danzas Lenta

      RCA 60408-2-RC

      2:48 pm

      Antonín Dvořák: Piano Quintet in A, Op. 81

      I. "Allegro ma non tanto"

      Juilliard String Quartet; Rudolf Firkušný, p
      Juilliard String Quartet - 50 Years, Vol. 5: Great Collaborations

      Sony SM2K-62709 (2)

      3:00 pm

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 96 in D, "Miracle"

      New York Phil/Leonard Bernstein
      Haydn: The "London" Symphonies Nos. 93-99

      Sony SM3K-47553 (3)

      3:25 pm

      Gayane Chebotaryan: Piano Trio (1945)

      Trio de l'Île
      Babadjanian - Chebotaryan - Piazzolla * Piano Trios

      Divine Art 25211

      3:36 pm

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Clavier Concerto No. 1 in D minor, BWV 1052

      Hanover Band/Andrew Arthur, hc
      J.S. Bach: Harpsichord Concertos

      Signum SIGCD-710

      3:58 pm

      Dana Suesse: "Song Without Words"

      Sara Davis Buechner, p
      Jazz Nocturne: The Piano Works of Dana Suesse

      eOne 7770

      4:00 pm

      Hector Berlioz: "Symphonie fantastique," Op. 14

      V. Finale, "Dream of a Witches' Sabbath"

      Chicago Sym Orch/Daniel Barenboim
      Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique, La Marseillaise

      Teldec 98800-2

      4:11 pm

      Jean-Michel Damase: Seventeen Variations for Woodwind Quintet

      Reykjavik Wind Quintet
      French Wind Music

      Chandos CHAN-9362

      4:27 pm

      Bach-Gounod: "Ave Maria"

      Yolanda Kondonassis, h
      Dream Season: The Christmas Harp

      Telarc CD-80446

      4:30 pm

      Alfred Newman: "The Robe"

      Suite

      20th Century Fox Studio Cho & Orch/Alfred Newman
      The Robe - Alfred Newman

      Fox Records 07822-11011-2

      4:51 pm

      music continues...

      7:00 pm

      7:00 pm

      Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin

      Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)

      German composer Felix Mendelssohn has been hailed as one of the greatest musical minds of all time. This week, Bill ventures from his precocious youth to his early death surveying his great body of work including the beloved Violin Concerto, String Octet, and "Italian" Symphony.

      8:00 - 11:00 pm

      11:00 pm

      11:00 pm

      Best of Studs Terkel

      N. Scott Momaday (4/26/1993)

      Pulitzer prize winning author N. Scott Momaday (1934–2024) was born in Lawton, Oklahoma, to a father of Kiowa Indian heritage and a mother of European and Cherokee heritage. In April 1996, he shared some of his writing and life experiences with Studs including readings from his book of poetry, "In the Presence of the Sun."