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Playlist for Sunday, May 17, 2026
12:00 - 6:00 am
12:00 am
Karel Vacek: March, "Be Here to Stay"
Czech Phil/Vaclav Neumann
Old Czech Marches
12:02 am
Karel Vacek: "Fiddler's Polka"
Czech Phil/Vaclav Neumann
Old Czech Marches
12:05 am
Camille Saint-Saëns: Violin Sonata No. 1 in d, Op. 75
Jean-Jacques Kantorow, v; Jacques Rouvier, p
12:27 am
Carl Stamitz: Clarinet Concerto #10 in B-Flat
Sabine Meyer, cl; St Martin's Academy/Iona Brown
12:44 am
Johann Christian Cannabich: Sinfonia Concertante in C
Camerata Bern/Thomas Füri
12:53 am
Alexander Scriabin: Etudes, Op 65
#2, "Allegretto"
Arthur Greene, p
Scriabin: Etudes
1:00 am
Clara Schumann: Three Romances, Op. 22
No. 1, "Andante"
Aaron Rosand, v, Hugh Sung, p
Romances for Violin and Piano
1:02 am
Clara Schumann: Three Romances, Op. 22
No. 2, "Allegretto"
Aaron Rosand, v, Hugh Sung, p
Romances for Violin and Piano
1:05 am
Paul Dukas: "La Péri"
Dutch Radio Phil Orch/Jean Fournet
1:27 am
Paul Dukas: "La Péri"
"Fanfare"
Philip Jones Brass Ensemble
Classics For Brass
1:28 am
Camille Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto No. 1 in D, Op. 17
Jean-Philippe Collard, p; Royal Phil/André Previn
Saint-Saens: Concerto Pour Piano No. 1
1:57 am
Thomas Morley: Madrigal, "Arise, Get Up, My Dear"
Deller Consort
The English Madrigal School
2:00 am
Domenico Scarlatti: Clavier Sonata in F, Kk 468 (L 226)
Victoria Drake, h
2:05 am
Charles Avison: Concerto grosso #12 in D, after Domenico Scarlatti
St Martin's Academy/Neville Marriner
12 Concerti Grossi
2:20 am
Johann Gottfried Walther: Concerto in D, after Albinoni
Wolfgang Rübsam, o
5 Barockkonzerte Für Orgel
2:26 am
Johann Mattheson: Suite for Two Harpsichords
"Courante"
Attilio Cremonesi & Alessandro De Marchi, hc's
A duoi cembali - german music for two harpsichords
2:28 am
Ludwig (Louis) Spohr: Clarinet Concerto #4 in e
Thea King, cl; English Chamber Orch/Alun Francis
Mozart: Clarinet Concerto/ Spohr: Clarinet Concerto No.4
2:54 am
Santiago de Murcia: "Otros canarios"
Paul O'Dette, g
¡Jácaras!- 18th Century Spanish Baroque Guitar Music Of Santiago De Murcia
3:00 am
Antonin Nyvlt: Captain Rimek March
Czech Phil/Vaclav Neumann
Old Czech Marches
3:02 am
Frantisek KOVARIK: March, Round About Vysehrad
Czech Phil/Vaclav Neumann
Old Czech Marches
3:05 am
Bedrich Smetana: "Má vlast (My Fatherland)"
"Vysehrad (The High Castle)"
Czech Phil/Václav Smetácek
My Country
3:20 am
Bedrich Smetana: Eight-Hands Piano Sonata
Ensemble/Maarten Bon
3:30 am
Maurice Ravel: "Frontispice" (1918)
Paul Jacobs, Teresa Sterne, Gilbert Kalish, p
Ravel: Chansons Madécasses / Sites Auriculaires / Sonata For Violin And Cello
3:31 am
Johann Sebastian Bach: Clavier Concerto No. 1 in d minor, BWV 1052
Byron Schenkman, hc; Seattle Baroque
Bach: Harpsichord Concertos
3:54 am
Richard Strauss: Five Songs, Op. 48
No. 5, "Winterliebe"
Felicity Lott, s; Royal Scottish National Orch/Neeme Järvi
Strauss, R: Orchestral Songs, Vol. 2
4:00 am
Alexander Borodin: Song, "The Sleeping Princess"
Marianna Tarassova, ms; Yuri Serov, p
BORODIN, A.P.: Songs and Romances (Complete)
4:05 am
Alexander Borodin: "Prince Igor"
Overture
USSR Sym Orch/Yevgeny Svetlanov
Symphony No. 3 / Works For Symphony Orchestra
4:15 am
Peter Tchaikovsky: "Swan Lake," Op. 20
Act 1: "Pas de trois" coda
USSR Radio-TV Large Sym Orch/Gennady Rozhdestvensky
4:17 am
Johannes Brahms: Clarinet Quintet in b minor, Op.115
Karl Leister, cl; Berliner Solisten
Mozart and Brahms: Clarinet Quintets
4:55 am
Laszlo Lajtha: Six Piano Pieces, Op 14 (1930)
#1, Ostinato
Klara Körmendi, p
LAJTHA : Piano Works
5:00 am
Henry Purcell: "Elegy on the Death of John Playford"
Hill, t; Keyte, b; Academy of Ancient Music/Hogwood
5:05 am
John Playford: "The English Dancing Master"
"The Healths"
Broadside Band/Jeremy Barlow
Popular Tunes In 17th Century England
5:13 am
Antony Holborne: Five Dances
London Gabrieli Brass Ensemble
The Splendour Of Baroque Brass
5:19 am
English ANON 14th c: Estampie anglaise
Calliope
Diversions: Pavannes, Ayres and Dances Of The Renaissance
5:21 am
Eduard Tubin: Symphony #3 (1942)
Swedish Radio Sym/Neeme Järvi
Symphonies Nos. 3 And 8
5:54 am
Johann Sebastian Bach: Orchestra Suite No.2 in b minor, BWV 1067
VII. Badinerie
Rolf Smedvig, tr
Virtuoso - Rolf Smedvig
6:00 am
6:00 am
With Heart and Voice
"Praise the Lord." Host Peter DuBois shares psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs of praise from the vast repertoire of sacred choral and organ music.
6:58 am
Dario Marianelli: "Pride and Prejudice"
"The Secret Life of Daydreams"
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, p; English Chamber Orch/Benjamin Wallfisch
Pride & Prejudice (Music from the Motion Picture)
7:00 am - 12:00 pm
7:01 am
Bedřich Smetana: "Vltava (The Moldau)"
Vienna Phil/Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Smetana: Má Vlast
7:15 am
Traditional African-American: Spiritual, "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot"
Chicago Brass Quintet
American Voices
7:24 am
Peter Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings in C, Op. 48
Bavarian Radio Sym Orch/Sir Colin Davis
Tchaikovsky & Dvořák: Serenades for Strings
7:57 am
Traditional Xhosa: "Vela Vela (Come!)"
Chicago Children's Cho/Josephine Lee
WFMT: 70 Essential Years
8:01 am
Asako Hirabayashi: "Suite for Children"
Gina DiBello, v; Asako Hirabayashi, hc
The Harpsichord in the New Millennium
8:09 am
Johann Sebastian Bach: Prelude and Fugue in E-Flat, BWV 552, St Anne
Fugue
Philharmonia Orch/Robert Craft
The Music of Arnold Schoenberg, Vol. 3
8:16 am
Louise Farrenc: Clarinet Trio in E-Flat, Op. 44
Linos Ensemble
Farrenc: Piano Trios and Sextet
8:41 am
Sergei Rachmaninoff: Vocalise, Op. 34, No. 14
John-Henry Crawford, vc; Victor Santiago Asuncion, p
Voice of Rachmaninoff
8:48 am
Claude Debussy: Saxophone Rhapsody
Alexandre Doisy, sx; Lyon National Orch/Jun Märkl
Debussy: Orchestral Works, Vol. 7
9:00 am
Ludwig van Beethoven: "Fidelio," Op. 72
Overture
Vienna Phil/Claudio Abbado
Beethoven: The Overtures
9:07 am
Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 30 in C, "Alleluia"
Cantilena/Adrian Shepherd
Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 22, 24, and 30
9:22 am
Traditional Sephardic: "Las Estrellas de los Cielos"
Hesperion XXI/Jordi Savall
Diáspora Sefardí - Romances & Instrumental Music
9:34 am
Jacobus Clemens non Papa: "Ego flos campi"
Stile Antico
Song of Songs
9:41 am
Georg Philipp Telemann: Trumpet Suite in D
John Wallace, tr; English String Orch/William Boughton
Telemann: Trumpet Concertos
9:57 am
Igor Stravinsky: "Danses concertantes"
No. 5, "Marche"
City of London Sinfonia/Richard Hickox
Stravinsky: Pulcinella, Danses concertantes
10:01 am
Claude Debussy: "Danses sacrée et profane"
Marisa Robles, h; Chamber Orch of Europe/James Galway
Clair de Lune
10:13 am
Johannes Brahms: Violin Sonata No. 2 in A, Op. 100
Leonidas Kavakos, v; Yuja Wang, p
Brahms: The Violin Sonatas
10:35 am
Dani Howard: "Arches"
Royal Liverpool Phil Orch/Pablo Urbina
Dani Howard Orchestral Works
10:46 am
Frédéric Chopin: Variations on Mozart's "Là ci darem la mano," Op. 2
Garrick Ohlsson, p; Warsaw Phil Orch/Kazimierz Kord
The Complete Chopin Piano Works Vol. 9 - The Orchestral Works
11:05 am
Michael R. Oldham: "A Muse on Old Hollywood"
Michael R. Oldham, p
In Select Theaters
11:10 am
Ferde Grofé: "Hollywood Suite"
Bournemouth Sym Orch/William Stromberg
Ferde Grofé: Death Valley Suite, Hudson River Suite, Hollywood Suite
11:32 am
Clémence de Grandval: "Grand Trio"
Andrew Parker, ob; Kristin Jensen, bn; Colette Valentine, p
Clémence de Grandval: Works For Oboe
11:53 am
Herbert Stothart: "The Wizard of Oz"
Fantasy for Orchestra
London Sym Orch/John Williams
John Williams Conductor
12:00 - 3:00 pm
12:00 pm
Dmitri Shostakovich: Symphony No. 10 in E minor, Op. 93
II. "Allegro"
Brussels Phil/Alexander Rahbari
Classical Heat
12:05 pm
Johann Heinrich Schmelzer: Sonata a 5 in D minor
ACRONYM
Cantica Obsoleta
12:14 pm
Giuseppe Verdi: "Birthday Variations"
London Sym Orch/Arnold Roth
Music Of The Joffrey Ballet Of Chicago
12:47 pm
music continues...
3:00 - 6:00 pm
3:00 pm
Rising Stars in Concert 2026
A showcase performance by The Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Opera Center 2025/26 Ensemble with the Lyric Opera Orchestra conducted by Enrique Mazzola. Featuring selections from Donizettiâs "Viva la mamma," the program also includes additional repertoire chosen to highlight the Ensembleâs wide-ranging talents. Recorded Saturday, April 25 at the Lyric Opera House. Hosted by Lisa Flynn and Roger Pines.
6:00 - 8:00 pm
6:00 pm
Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcasts
Tchaikovsky, arr. Glazunov Meditation from "Souvenir d'un lieu cher," Op. 42; Julien Rachlin, violin; Mozart Sinfonia concertante in E-flat Major, K. 364; Stephanie Jeong, violin; Julien Rachlin, viola; Beethoven "The Creatures of Prometheus," Overture; Mozart Symphony No. 36 in C Major, K. 425, "Linz;" Julien Rachlin, conductor; Hindemith "Noblissima visione;" Jean Martinon, conductor.
8:00 pm
8:00 pm
Fiesta! with Elbio Barilari
Music from Uruguay Uruguay is a small country with strong cultural and musical traditions. A Uruguayan himself, Fiesta’s host, Elbio Barilari, will present Uruguayan orchestral music by the iconic composer Lamarque Pons and by living composers Fernando Condon, Sergio Cervetti and José Serebrier.
9:00 - 11:00 pm
9:00 pm
Collectors' Corner with Henry Fogel
Great Recordings by Great Tenors
Great Recordings by Great Tenors.
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