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      Playlist for Thursday, March 26, 2026

      Playing this hour

      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Chorale Prelude, "O Mensch bewein dein Sünde gross"

      BBC Phil/Sir Andrew Davis
      King of Kings: Bach Orchestral Transcriptions

      Chandos CHAN-20400

      12:05 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: French Suite No. 4 in E-flat, BWV 815

      Murray Perahia, p
      Bach: French Suites

      DG 479 6565 (2)

      12:21 am

      Mignot de la Voye: Orchestra Suite in B-Flat

      Le Concert des Nations/Jordi Savall
      Suites d'Orchestre, 1650-1660

      Fontalis ES-9908

      12:28 am

      Louis Couperin: Suite in C

      No. 5, "Courante II"

      Blandine Verlet, hc
      Louis Couperin: Les pièces de clavessin

      Astrée E-8819 (5)

      12:29 am

      Aram Khachaturian: "Spartacus" Ballet Suite No. 3 (1957)

      Royal Phil/Yuri Temirkanov

      EMI/Ang CDC7-47348-2

      12:54 am

      Serge Prokofiev: "Cinderella," Op. 87

      No. 39, "The Prince and the Cobblers"

      Cleveland Orch/Vladimir Ashkenazy
      Sergei Prokofiev: Cinderella / Mazurka

      London 410162-2 (2)

      1:00 am

      Fela Sowande: "Two Preludes of Yoruba Sacred Folk Melodies"

      No. 1, "K'A Mura"

      Rebeca Omordia, p
      African Pianism, Vol. 2

      Somm SOMMCD-0688

      1:05 am

      Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: "African Suite," Op. 35

      Chineke! Orchestra/Kevin John Edusei
      Music by Composers of African Descent

      Decca 00028948533190

      1:24 am

      Robert Schumann: "Lieder-Album für die Jugend," Op. 79

      No. 23, "Er ist's"

      Jean-Pierre Armengaud, p
      Clara Schumann: Piano Music, Vol. 1

      Grand Piano GP-930

      1:26 am

      Robert Schumann: Piano Concerto in a minor, Op. 54

      Jorge Federico Osorio, p; Royal Phil/Enrique Bátiz
      Schumann - Piano Concerto

      ASV CDQS-6092

      1:54 am

      Robert Schumann: Song, "Die Weinende (The Weeping)"

      Mark Padmore, t; Graham Johnson, p
      The Songs of Robert Schumann, Volume 8

      Hyperion CDJ-33108

      2:00 am

      Cécile Chaminade: "Automne"

      Joanne Polk, p
      The Flatterer: Piano Music of Cécile Chaminade

      Steinway & Sons 30037

      2:05 am

      Cecile Chaminade: Flute Concertino, Op 107

      Timothy Hutchins, f; CBC Vancouver Orch/Mario Bernardi

      Radio Canada Int'l SMCD-5171

      2:12 am

      Jean Françaix: Piano Concertino

      Claude Françaix, p; London Sym/Antal Dorati
      Dorati Conducts Satie/Milhaud/Auric/Françaix/Fetler

      Mercury 434335-2

      2:20 am

      Jean Françaix: "Huit Danses Exotiques"

      "Samba lenta; Merengue"

      Sándor Rigó, sx; Christina Leeb-Grill, p
      Latin American Dances: Works for Saxophone and Piano

      Naxos 8.579078

      2:22 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Serenade No. 11 in E-Flat, K. 375

      Charles Neidich, cl; Mozzafiato
      Mozart, Pleyel: Serenades For Wind Instruments

      Sony SK-64306

      2:54 am

      Jean Françaix: "Huit Danses Exotiques"

      "Mambo"

      Sándor Rigó, sx; Christina Leeb-Grill, p
      Latin American Dances: Works for Saxophone and Piano

      Naxos 8.579078

      3:00 am

      Frederick Delius: "Air and Dance" (1915)

      English Northern Philharmonia/David Lloyd-Jones
      ENGLISH STRING MINIATURES, Vol. 2

      Naxos 8.555068

      3:04 am

      Claude Debussy: "Préludes", Book 1

      X. "La Cathédrale engloutie (The Sunken Cathedral)"

      Aldo Ciccolini, p
      Debussy: Dreams

      EMI/Ang CDM5-66753-2

      3:11 am

      George Frideric Handel: "Water Music" Suite

      London Sym Orch/George Szell
      The Water Music / Royal Fireworks Music (Excerpts) ‎

      London 417694-2

      3:30 am

      Thomas Morley: Madrigal, "When loe by breake of morning"

      Deller Consort
      The English Madrigal School

      Vanguard OVC-2533/34 (2)

      3:32 am

      Hamilton Harty: "A Comedy Overture" (1906)

      Ulster Orch/Bryden Thomson
      Harty: An Irish Symphony

      Chandos ABRD-1027

      3:46 am

      William Walton: "Scapino" Overture (1940)

      Bournemouth Sym Orch/Andrew Litton

      London 444114-2

      3:54 am

      Howard Skempton: "Piano Piece 1969"

      John Tilbury, p
      Well, Well, Cornelius

      Sony SK-66482

      4:00 am

      music continues...

      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.

      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.

      2:00 - 7:00 pm

      2:00 pm

      Afternoon Music with Candice Agree

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

      7:00 pm

      7:00 pm

      Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin

      Pacific Overtures II

      In the second week cruising the Pacific Rim, you’ll hear selections from Chile and Colombia. Then the tour heads up into Mexico, where we’ll hear Silvestre Revueltas and Carlos Chávez, before motoring to the Pacific Northwest and Canada. Then, we'll sail all the way down to the Philippines, to Java, to China, Korea, and Japan, and finally, the Hawaiian Islands.

      8:00 - 10:00 pm

      10:00 pm - 12:00 am

      10:00 pm

      The New York Philharmonic This Week

      Berg Violin Concerto; Pinchas Zukerman, violin; Pintscher "Towards Osiris:" Study for Orchestra; Schoenberg Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor, Op. 25; Christoph Eschenbach, conductor.