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      Playlist for Friday, January 9, 2026

      Playing this hour

      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      Ralph Vaughan Williams: "O vos omnes"

      Cambridge Singers/John Rutter
      Hail, Gladdening Light: Music of the English Church

      Collegium COLCD-113

      12:05 am

      Ruth Gipps: Symphony No. 4, Op. 61 (1972)

      BBC Welsh National Orch/Rumon Gamba
      Ruth Gipps

      Chandos CHAN-20078

      12:37 am

      Ernest John Moeran: "Songs of Springtime"

      "Spring, the sweet Spring"

      East London Cho/Michael Kibblewhite

      Koch 3-1266-2

      12:39 am

      Antonio Vivaldi: The Four Seasons, Concerto No. 1 in E major, Op. 8, RV 269, “Spring”

      Anne Akiko Meyers, v; English Chamber Orch/David Lockington

      E One EOM-CD-7790

      12:48 am

      Dmitri Cervo: "Concerto, "The Brazilian Four Seasons"

      I. "Spring in the Amazon, Dawn"

      Fábio Brum, tr; Seville Royal Sym Orch/Noam Zur
      Alchemy

      Naxos 8.579119

      12:55 am

      Jules Massenet: "Cléopâtre"

      "Amazones"

      St. Etienne Orch/Patrick Fourniller
      Cleopatre

      Koch 3-1032-2 (2)

      1:00 am

      Scott Joplin: "Solace" (A Mexican Serenade)

      Joe Brent, m; Lara Downes, p
      Reflections: Scott Joplin Reconsidered

      Rising Sun Music RS-016

      1:05 am

      Antonio Giuliani: Two-Mandolin Concerto in E

      Ugo Orlandi, m; Dorina Frati, m; I Solisti Veneti/Claudio Scimone
      ARIE DI RINALDO

      Erato ECD-88165

      1:20 am

      Gabriel Fauré: "Cinq Mélodies de Venise," Op 58

      #1, "Mandoline"

      Elly Ameling, s; Dalton Baldwin, p

      EMI/Ang CMS7-64079-2 (4)

      1:22 am

      Mauro Giuliani: "Potpourri tiré de l'Opéra Tancredi," Op 76

      Cavatina Duo
      Cavatina Duo at the Opera

      Bridge 9448

      1:36 am

      Gioachino Rossini: "William Tell"

      Ballet Suite

      Monte Carlo National Opera Orch/Antonio de Almeida
      Rossini: Ballet Music

      Philips 422843-2

      1:53 am

      Orlandus (Roland de) Lassus: Motet, "Sicut rosa"

      Charles Geyer, tr; Barbara Butler, tr

      D'Note DND-1026

      2:00 am

      George Butterworth: Two English Idylls (1911)

      #1, "Allegro scherzando"

      English Chamber Orch/Jeffrey Tate
      The Banks of Green Willow

      EMI/Ang CDC7-47945-2

      2:05 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Violin Sonata No. 17 in C, K. 296

      Chiara Banchini, v; Temenuschka Vesselinova, forte-p
      Mozart: Sonatas 'Opus II' for Pianoforte and Violin

      Harmonia Mundi HMC-901468/9 (2)

      2:24 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: "Missa Brevis" in G, K. 49

      "Benedictus"

      Soloists; Chamber Cho of Europe/Nicol Matt
      Mozart: Complete Masses

      Brilliant 96648

      2:26 am

      Leos Janácek: "Idyll" (1878)

      Rotterdam Phil/James Conlon
      Janacek: Danses Lachiennes

      Erato ECD-88095

      2:55 am

      Leos Janácek: Moravian Dances

      #5, "Rozek"

      Slovak Phil/Libor Pesek
      Janacek: Orchestral Works- Danube, Incidental Music To "Schluck Und Jau", Moravian Dances, Suite, Op.3

      Records Int'l 7008-2

      3:00 am

      Jacques Duphly: "La pothouïn"

      Alexandre Tharaud, p
      Couperin

      Harmonia Mundi HMC-901956

      3:05 am

      Jean-Féry Rebel: Violin Sonata #7 in g

      Andrew Manze, v; Richard Egarr, hc; Jaap ter Linden, viga
      Rebel: Violin Sonatas

      Harmonia Mundi HMU-907221

      3:16 am

      Darius Milhaud: "La Cheminée du roi René," Op. 205

      New York Woodwind Quintet
      The Best of the New York Woodwind Quintet, Vol. 2

      Boston Skyline BSD-139

      3:29 am

      Francois Couperin: Pièces de clavecin, Bk 2 (1716-7): 8e ordre

      "Rondeau"

      Kenneth Gilbert, hc
      Francois Couperin: Second Livre de Clavecin

      Harmonia Mundi HMA-190354.56 (3)

      3:30 am

      Edward Elgar: "Froissart" Overture, Op 19

      English Sym Orch/William Boughton
      Elgar 'Enigma Variations' and Overtures

      Nimbus NI-5206

      3:45 am

      Thomas Arne: Overture #8 in g

      Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood
      Arne: Eight Overtures * The A A M/Christopher Hogwood

      L'Oiseau Lyre 4759117

      3:54 am

      Ralph Vaughan Williams: Six Studies in English Folksong (1926)

      No. 3

      Eugene Dowling, tuba; Edward Norman, p

      Pro Arte TBCDD-595

      4:00 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Andante in C, K. 315

      Lisa Beznosiuk, f; Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood
      Flute And Harp Concerto • Flute Concerto No. 1 • Andante In C • Bassoon Concerto

      L'Oiseau Lyre 417622-2

      4:05 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 3 in G, K. 216

      Julia Fischer, v; Netherlands Chamber Orch/Yakov Kreizberg

      Pentatone PTC-5186064

      4:29 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Divertimento No. 12 in E-Flat, K. 252

      Finale, "Presto assai"

      Amadeus Winds
      Wind Divertimenti

      L'Oiseau Lyre 425819-2

      4:30 am

      Irving Fine: "Diversions for Orchestra"

      Moscow Radio Sym/Joel Spiegelman
      FINE, I.: Music for Orchestra / Diversions / Symphony / Blue Towers / Toccata concertante (Moscow Radio Symphony, Spiegelman)

      Delos DE-3139

      4:39 am

      Ken Benshoof: "Six Diversions" (2005)

      Karl-Ove Mannberg, v; Lena Johnson, p
      American Visions

      Bluebell ABCD-112

      4:54 am

      Norman Dello Joio: "Diversions"

      "Preludio"

      Debra Torok, p
      Norman Dello Joio: Complete Works for Piano, Vol. 3 - Family Album, Five Images, Stage Parodies

      Albany TROY-359

      5:00 am

      Igor Stravinsky: "Pulcinella"

      "Gavotta con due variazioni", "Vivo"

      Soulima Stravinsky, p
      Soulima Stravinsky Plays Igor Stravinsky

      Centaur CRC-2188

      5:05 am

      Gustav Holst: "St Paul's Suite," Op. 29, No. 2

      English Chamber Orch/Imogen Holst
      Lyric Movement / Brook Green Suite / Nocturne / A Fugal Concerto / St Paul's Suite

      Lyrita SRCS.34

      5:18 am

      Othmar Schoeck: Violin Sonata in D, Op 22 (1905)

      Ursula Bagdasarjanz, v; Gisela Schoeck, p

      Gallo CD-1249

      5:35 am

      Igor Stravinsky: Two Waltzes for Piano

      #2

      Soulima Stravinsky, p
      Soulima Stravinsky Plays Igor Stravinsky

      Centaur CRC-2188

      5:37 am

      Dmitri Shostakovich: "The Age of Gold" Suite, Op. 22a

      Prague Sym/Maxim Shostakovich
      Shostakovich Conducts Shostakovich

      Supraphon 32782031

      5:54 am

      Igor Stravinsky: Four Etudes, Op. 7 (1929)

      #3, "Andantino"

      Soulima Stravinsky, p
      Soulima Stravinsky Plays Igor Stravinsky

      Centaur CRC-2188

      5:54 am

      Igor Stravinsky: Four Etudes, Op. 7 (1929)

      #4, "Vivo"

      Soulima Stravinsky, p
      Soulima Stravinsky Plays Igor Stravinsky

      Centaur CRC-2188

      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

      Michael Praetorius: "Dance Suite"

      Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
      Dances from Renaissance to Nutcracker

      Delos DE-3132

      6:15 am

      Dag Wirén: Serenade for Strings, Op. 11

      St Martin's Academy/Neville Marriner
      Grieg, Sibelius, Nielsen, Wirén

      Argo 417132-2

      6:31 am

      Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Piano and Wind Quintet in B-Flat (1876)

      Finale, Rondo: "Allegretto"

      Capricorn
      Glinka: Grand Sextet; Rimsky-Korsakov: Quintet

      Hyperion A-66163

      6:40 am

      Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: "Scheherazade," Op. 35

      III. "The Young Prince and the Young Princess"

      Atlanta Sym Orch/Robert Spano
      Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade, Russian Easter Overture

      Telarc CD-80568

      6:52 am

      Dmitri Shostakovich: Jazz Suite No. 1

      Royal Concertgebouw Orch/Riccardo Chailly
      Shostakovich: The Jazz Album

      Decca 433702-2

      7:04 am

      Henry Charles Litolff: "Concerto symphonique" No. 3 in E-Flat, Op. 45

      I. Maestoso

      Peter Donohoe, p; BBC Scottish Sym Orch/Andrew Litton

      Hyperion CDA-67210

      7:16 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Violin and Viola Duo No. 1 in G, K. 423

      I. "Allegro"

      Itzhak Perlman, v; Pinchas Zukerman, vi
      Mozart: Duos For Violin & Viola / Perlman/Zukerman

      RCA 60735-2-RC

      7:23 am

      Béla Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra

      II. Giuoco delle coppie

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

      RCA 888837019828

      7:32 am

      John Knowles Paine: Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 23

      IV. Finale, "Allegro vivace"

      New York Phil/Zubin Mehta
      Paine: Symphony No. 1, Overture To "As You Like It"

      New World NW-374-2

      7:43 am

      Darius Milhaud: "Saudades do Brasil," Op. 67

      Set 2

      William Bolcom, p
      Darius Milhaud: Piano Music

      Nonesuch 71316-2

      7:55 am

      Heitor Villa-Lobos: "Bachianas Brasileiras" No. 1

      Finale, Fugue ("Conversa")

      Yale Cellos/Aldo Parisot
      Bach Bachianas

      Delos D/CD-3041

      8:03 am

      Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 1 in D, "Titan"

      II. "Kräftig bewegt"

      Chicago Sym Orch/Claudio Abbado
      Symphonie No. 1

      DG 400033-2

      8:13 am

      Franz Liszt: "Csárdás macabre"

      Alfred Brendel, p
      Philips Classics: The Stereo Years

      Philips 4788977

      8:21 am

      Camille Saint-Saëns: "Danse macabre," Op. 40

      La Pietà/Angèle Dubeau, v
      Once Upon A Time / Il Était Une Fois...

      Analekta AN2-8719

      8:29 am

      Herbert Clarke: Valse Brillante, "Sounds from the Hudson"

      Wynton Marsalis, cornet; Eastman Wind Ensemble/Donald Hunsberger
      Carnaval

      CBS MK-42137

      8:38 am

      Wynton Marsalis: "Blues Symphony"

      VI. "Danzon y Mambo, Choro y Samba"

      Detroit Sym Orch/Jader Bignamini
      Marsalis: Blues Symphony

      Pentatone PTC-5187232

      8:51 am

      Maurice Ravel: Piano Concerto in G

      I. "Allegramente"

      Martha Argerich, p; London Sym Orch/Claudio Abbado
      Ravel: Piano Concertos, Menuet Antique, Le Tombeau de Couperin, Fanfare

      DG 423665-2

      9:03 am

      Johannes Brahms: Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor, Op..25

      IV. Finale, "Rondo alla zingarese"

      Amadeus Quartet members; Murray Perahia, p
      Brahms: Piano Quartet No. 1

      CBS MK-42361

      9:12 am

      Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: "Gipsy Suite," Op. 20

      RTÉ Concert Orch/Adrian Leaper
      Coleridge-Taylor: Hiawatha Overture - Petite Suite

      Naxos 8.555191

      9:26 am

      Antonín Dvořák: Wind Serenade in D minor, Op. 44

      Orpheus Chamber Orch Winds
      Dvořák: Serenades Opp. 22 & 44

      DG 415364-2

      9:53 am

      Antonín Dvořák: String Quartet No. 12 in F, Op. 96, "American"

      IV. Finale, "Vivace ma non troppo"

      Euclid Quartet
      American Quartets

      Afinat AR-1701

      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

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Clavier Toccata No. 7 in G, BWV 916

      Angela Hewitt, p
      The Toccatas

      Hyperion CDA-67310

      10:00 am

      Hosted by Kristina Lynn.

      10:08 am

      Johann Neruda: Trumpet Concerto in E-Flat

      Lucienne Renaudin Vary, tr; Lucerne Sym Orch/Michael Sanderling
      Trumpet Concertos

      Warner 9029633426

      10:25 am

      Irene Britton Smith: "Reminiscence"

      Dawn Wohn, v; Emely Phelps, p
      Unbounded: Music by American Women

      Delos DE-3599

      10:29 am

      Florence Price: "Elfentanz"

      Dawn Wohn, v; Esther Park, p
      Perspectives

      Delos DE-3547

      10:34 am

      Paul Dukas: "The Sorcerer's Apprentice"

      Lyon National Orch/Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider
      Aux étoiles - French Symphonic Poems

      Bru Zane BZ-2007

      10:47 am

      Philip Glass: "Metamorphosis" No. 1

      Third Coast Percussion
      Perspectives

      Cedille CDR-90000210

      10:56 am

      Leslie Bricusse & Anthony Newley: "Pure Imagination," from "Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory"

      Richard Glazier, p
      Pure Imagination: Great Songs from the Stage and Screen

      Centaur CRC-3716

      11:00 am

      Douglas Lilburn: "A Song of Islands"

      New Zealand Sym Orch/James Judd
      Lilburn Orchestral Works

      Naxos 8.557697

      11:17 am

      Isaac Albéniz: "Suite española", Op. 47

      No. 5, "Asturias (Leyenda)"

      Pablo Sáinz-Villegas, g
      Soul of Spanish Guitar

      Sony 19439786732

      11:26 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Romance No. 2 in F, Op. 50

      Philippe Quint, v; Minería Sym Orch/Carlos Miguel Prieto
      Bruch & Mendelssohn, Beethoven: Violin Concertos, Romances

      Avanti 10362

      11:35 am

      George Frideric Handel: Concerto grosso in B-Flat, Op. 6, No. 7

      Academy of Ancient Music/Andrew Manze
      Handel: Concerti Grossi, Op. 6

      Harmonia Mundi HMU-907228.29 (2)

      11:50 am

      Mark O'Connor: "The American Seasons"

      Summer

      Mark O'Connor, v; Metamorphosen/Scott Yoo
      Mark O'Connor: The American Seasons

      Sony SK-89660

      12:01 pm

      José Siqueira: Three Etudes

      Alex Klein, ob; Phillip Bush, p
      When There Are No Words...

      Cedille CDR-90000208

      12:12 pm

      Heitor Villa-Lobos: "Bachianas Brasileiras" No. 5

      "Aria (Cantilena)"

      Joan Baez, voice & guitar; David Soyer, vc; Gino Foreman, g
      Joan Baez 5

      Vanguard

      12:20 pm

      Claude Debussy: "Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun"

      London Sym Orch/Michael Tilson Thomas
      Debussy: Jeux, La boîte à joujoux, Prelude à l'après-midi d'un faune

      Sony SK-48231

      12:33 pm

      Camille Saint-Saëns: "Samson and Delilah," Op. 47

      Aria, "Mon coeur s'ouvre à ta voix"

      Yo-Yo Ma, vc; Kathryn Stott, p
      Merci

      Sony 19802822812

      12:41 pm

      Erich Wolfgang Korngold: "Märchenbilder (Fairytale Pictures)," Op. 3

      Linz Bruckner Orch/Caspar Richter
      Korngold: Fairytale Pictures and other orchestral music

      ASV CDDCA-1108

      1:00 pm

      Richard Strauss: "Salome"

      "Dance of the Seven Veils"

      Berlin Deutsche Oper Orch/Giuseppe Sinopoli
      The History of Classical Music in 24 Hours

      DG 4794648

      1:11 pm

      Franz Liszt: Two Legends

      No. 1, "St. Francis of Assisi Preaching to the Birds"

      Alessio Bax, p
      Italian Inspirations

      Signum SIGCD-611

      1:21 pm

      Antonio Vivaldi: Violin Concerto in B-Flat, R. 362 (Op. 8/10), "La caccia"

      Accademia Bizantina/Carlo Chiarappa, v
      Il Cimento dell'armonia e dell'inventione, Vol. 2

      Denon CO-75447

      1:30 pm

      Richard Wagner: "Siegfried Idyll"

      Diabolicus/Dietrich Henschel
      A nos amours

      Naïve AM-137

      1:48 pm

      Anthony Holborne: "Renaissance Suite"

      Philadelphia Brass Ensemble
      The Glorious Sound of Brass

      Sony SBK-63061

      2:00 - 7:00 pm

      2:00 pm

      Afternoon Music with Candice Agree

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

      2:00 pm

      music continues...

      7:00 pm

      7:00 pm

      Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin

      Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)

      A master of wit and elegance, Francis Poulenc was equal parts boulevardier and enfant terrible. His melodic gifts and prolific output made him one of the 20th century’s most enduring composers. Even more impressive, Poulenc was the only self-taught member of Les Six. This group of young French composers was comprised of the brightest stars of contemporary French music. Bill displays the range of Poulenc's pieces this week— from witty parody to deep tragedy and everything in between.

      8:00 - 11:00 pm

      11:00 pm

      11:00 pm

      Best of Studs Terkel

      Joan Baez (11/09/1989)

      The American singer, songwriter, and activist Joan Baez is known for her distinctive, clear and gorgeous voice, and for championing social justice and civil rights. She was born on January 9, 1941, and we wish her the very best with this musical hour with Studs Terkel from 1989 on her 85th birthday.