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      Playlist for Sunday, August 2, 2026

      Playing this hour

      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      Henryk Wieniawski: "Polonaise de concert (Polonaise brillante" #1 in D), Op 4

      Marat Bisengaliev, v; John Lenehan, p
      WIENIAWSKI: Violin Showpieces

      Naxos 8.550744

      12:05 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Violin Concerto No. 1 in C, H VIIa:1

      Rainer Küchl, v; Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orch/Adam Fischer
      Haydn Violin Concertos

      Nimbus NI-5518

      12:26 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: "Katharinen-Tänze"

      No. 4

      Boskovsky Ensemble/Willi Boskovsky
      The Willi Boskovsky Collection Vol. 2, The Charm of Old Vienna

      Vanguard OVC-8016

      12:27 am

      William Grant Still: "Danzas de Panama"

      Oregon String Quartet

      Koch 7546-2

      12:40 am

      Ernesto Lecuona: "Danzas Afro-Cubanos"

      Thomas Tirino, p
      Lecuona: Complete Piano Music Vol 3

      BIS CD-794

      12:54 am

      Leo Brouwer: "Danza Caracteristica" (1957)

      Steven Novacek, g
      Guitar Music Of The Americas

      Ambassador ARC-1007

      1:00 am

      Roman HOFSTETTER: String Quartet, Op 3/5 (formerly attributed to Haydn)

      "Andante cantabile (Serenade)"

      Guildhall String Ensemble
      Strings: The Definitive Collection

      RCA 61275-2

      1:05 am

      Michael Haydn: String Quintet in G, P 109

      L'Archibudelli
      Haydn: String Quintets B-Flat Major, C Major, G Major

      Sony SK-53987

      1:29 am

      Napoleon Coste: Five Guitar Studies

      #5 in g

      Andrés Segovia, g
      The Segovia Collection, Vol. 7: Guitar Etudes

      MCA Classics MCAD-42073

      1:31 am

      Gustav Holst: "Indra", Op. 12 (1903)

      Ulster Orch/JoAnn Falletta
      HOLST, G.: Symphony, "The Cotswolds" / Walt Whitman, Overture / Indra / Japanese Suite / A Winter Idyll (Ulster Orchestra, Falletta)

      Naxos 8.572914

      1:47 am

      Leo Délibes: "Lakmé"

      Ballet Music

      Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel
      Dances From The Opera

      Vox CDX-5130 (2)

      1:54 am

      Ernest Chausson: Seven Songs, Op 2

      #3, "Les Papillons"

      Ann Murray, ms; Graham Johnson, p

      Hyperion CDA-67321/2 (2)

      2:00 am

      Arcangelo Corelli: Trio Sonata in F, Op 4/7

      Accademia Bizantina/Carlo Chiarappa
      Opera omnia

      Koch 350202 (3)

      2:05 am

      music continues...

      6:00 am

      6:00 am

      With Heart and Voice

      "Summertime." Summer is now upon us – a time for relaxation, refreshment, and reflection. Host Peter DuBois shares music to help set the tone for this sacred season of renewal.

      7:00 am - 12:00 pm

      12:00 - 3:00 pm

      1:30 pm

      Ravinia Festival 2026

      Joshua Bell & Jeremy Denk

      This special performance by violinist Joshua Bell and pianist Jeremy Denk features the lush Romanticism of duo sonatas by Franz Schubert and Edvard Grieg. Recorded June 5, 2026 in the Martin Theatre.

      5:00 pm

      5:00 pm

      Ryan Opera Center Recital Series

      Sopranos Adia Evans and Emily Richter and pianist Michael Banwarth perform arias and songs by Samuel Barber, Richard Strauss, and Billy Strayhorn in the Fay and Daniel Levin Performance Studio. Hosted by Candice Agree.

      6:00 - 8:00 pm

      6:00 pm

      Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcasts

      Roussel "Bacchus and Ariadne" Suite No. 2; Ravel "Pavane for a Dead Princess;" Jean Martinon, conductor; Milhaud "Le Boeuf sur le toit," Op. 58; Gershwin "An American in Paris;" Stravinsky "The Rite of Spring;" Klaus Mäkelä, conductor.

      8:00 pm

      8:00 pm

      Fiesta! with Elbio Barilari

      Brazil – Baroque to Classical During its colonial times, Brazil was a very wealthy area of the Portuguese empire, supporting intense musical activity in the region. Fiesta presents music composed in Brazil during the 18th and 19th centuries by composers such as Luis Alvares Pinto, José Mauricio Nunes García, and Sigismund von Neukomm.

      9:00 - 11:00 pm

      9:00 pm

      Collectors' Corner with Henry Fogel

      The Art of Michael Rabin – Program 2

      Recordings of the great American violinist Michael Rabin.