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      Playlist for Friday, July 3, 2026

      Playing this hour

      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      Ignaz Pleyel: Symphony in G

      Finale, "Allegro"

      Sinfonia Finlandia Jyväskylä/Patrick Gallois
      PLEYEL: Symphonies in B-Flat Major and in G Major / Flute Concerto

      Naxos 8.572550

      12:05 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: String Quartet in g, Op. 20, No. 3

      Salomon String Quartet
      Haydn: 'Sun' Quartets Op 20 Nos. 1, 2 & 3

      Hyperion CDA-66621

      12:33 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Welsh folksong, "Away, my herd, under the green oak", H XXXIb:11

      Lorna Anderson, s; Jamie MacDougall, t; Haydn Trio
      The Haydn Edition

      Brilliant Classics 93782 (150)

      12:34 am

      Ruth Gipps: Symphony #2, Op 30

      BBC Welsh National Orch/Rumon Gamba
      Ruth Gipps

      Chandos CHAN-20078

      12:55 am

      John Playford: "The English Dancing Master"

      "Scotch Cap"

      Baltimore Consort
      Chamber and Vocal Music (16th-18th Centuries, Scottish) - CADEAC, P. / BLACKHALL, A. / LAUDER, J. (On the Banks of Helicon)

      Dorian DOR-90139

      1:00 am

      Jean-Philippe Rameau: Clavier Suite in G

      "La Poule"

      William Christie, hc
      Rameau: Pieces De Clavecin

      Harmonia Mundi HMC-901121

      1:05 am

      Jean-Philippe Rameau: "Concert en Sextuor" #6, "La Poule"

      Les Talens Lyriques/Christophe Rousset

      London B0001845-02

      1:21 am

      Jean-Philippe Rameau: "Les Paladins"

      "Gavotte"

      Neue Düsseldorfer Hofmusik/Konrad Junghänel
      Rameau - "Les Paladins"

      Coviello COV-21013 (2)

      1:23 am

      Carl Czerny: Wiener Marsch

      Lars Roos, p
      21 Piano Miniatures- The Magic of the Piano

      Philips 420817-2

      1:26 am

      Theodor Döhler: Piano Concerto in A, Op. 7

      Howard Shelley, p; Tasmanian Sym
      Romantic Piano Concerto: Vol. 61

      Hyperion CDA-67950

      1:54 am

      Stephen Heller: 24 Preludes, Op 81

      #6

      Laurent Martin, p
      HELLER : Preludes Opp. 81 and 150

      Marco Polo 8.223434

      2:00 am

      Antonio Salieri: "Semiramide"

      Overture

      Philharmonia Orch/Pietro Spada
      Salieri: The 2 Piano Concertos

      ASV CDDCA-955

      2:05 am

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

      Overture

      English Baroque Soloists/Sir John Eliot Gardiner
      Le Nozze Di Figaro

      DG Archive 439871-2 (3)

      2:09 am

      Carl Czerny: "Fantaisie brillant" on themes from "Figaro", Op 493

      Cyprien Katsaris, p
      Mozartiana

      Sony SK-52551

      2:19 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Twelve German Dances, K 586

      No. 5 in A

      Slovak Sinfonietta/Taras Krysa
      Mozart: Complete Edition

      Brilliant Classics 92540 (170)

      2:21 am

      Florence Price: Symphony #4 in d

      Philadelphia Orch/Yannick Nézet-Séguin
      Price: Symphony No. 4; Dawson: Negro Folk Symphony

      DG 4865137

      2:55 am

      Florence Price: "Three Miniature Portraits of Uncle Ned" (1932-41)

      "At Age 70"

      Josh Tatsuo Cullen, p
      Scenes in Tin Can Alley

      Blue Griffin BGR-615

      3:00 am

      Christian Sinding: Romance in E-Flat, Op 9

      Birgitte Staernes, v; Jorunn Bratlie, p
      Sinding: Works For Violin And Piano

      MTG MTG-CD-54446

      3:05 am

      Antonin Dvorák: Romance in f minor, Op. 11

      Itzhak Perlman, v; Boston Sym Orch/Erich Leinsdorf
      Tchaikovsky/ Sibelius: Violin Concertos/ Dvorak: Romance

      RCA 63591-2

      3:17 am

      Claude Debussy: Song, "Romance"

      Natalie Dessay, s; Philippe Cassard, p
      Debussy * Clair de Lune * Natalie Dessay * Philippe Cassard

      Virgin Classics 730769-2

      3:18 am

      César Franck: Piano Quintet in f (1878-79)

      Budapest String Quartet
      Great Performances from the Library of Congress Vol. 23

      Bridge 9185

      3:55 am

      Johannes Ghiselin: L'Alfonsina

      Collegium Pro Musica
      Songs And Dances Of The Renaissance

      Price-Less D-22700

      4:00 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: "Don Giovanni," K. 527

      Overture

      Prague Chamber Orch
      Mozart: Operas Ouvertures

      Transart TR-144

      4:05 am

      Johann Nepomuk Hummel: Piano Trio #1 in E-Flat, Op 12

      Borodin Trio
      Hummel: Piano Trios

      Chandos CHAN-9529

      4:26 am

      Norwegian Trad: Folkdance after Myllarguten

      Knut Buen, v
      Nøkleberg Slåtter / Norwegian Peasant Dances, Op.72 With The Original Fiddle Tunes From Telemark

      Simax PSC-1040

      4:28 am

      Franz Berwald: "Reminiscences from the Norwegian Mountains"

      Royal Phil/Ulf Björlin

      EMI/Ang CDM5-65866-2

      4:36 am

      Geirr Tveitt: Hardanger Fiddle Concerto #2, "Three Fjords"

      Sigbjorn Bernhoft Osa, Hardanger fiddle; Bergen Phil/Karsten Andersen
      Geirr Tveitt: Piano Sonata No. 29 & Concerto No. 2 for hardanger fiddle

      Aurora NCD-B-4945

      4:54 am

      Norwegian Trad: Springdans

      Knut Buen, fiddle
      Nøkleberg Slåtter / Norwegian Peasant Dances, Op.72 With The Original Fiddle Tunes From Telemark

      Simax PSC-1040

      5:00 am

      Oscar Straus: "The Last Waltz"

      "Rose Song"

      Magda Kalmàr, s; Budapest Sym Orch/Tamas Brody

      Hungaroton HCD-16613

      5:05 am

      Johann Strauss II: Waltz, "Roses from the South," Op. 388

      Vienna Phil/Karl Böhm
      Wiener Philharmoniker Spielen Johann & Josef Strauss 1929–1990

      DG 435335-2 (2)

      5:15 am

      Johannes Brahms: Twelve Songs and Romances, Op 44

      #7, "Nun stehn die Rosen in Blüte"

      Cambridge Singers/John Rutter
      Cambridge Singers A Cappella

      Collegium CSCD-509

      5:16 am

      Sylvius Leopold Weiss: Lute Suite in d

      Eduardo Eguez, l

      Ma Recordings M-078-A

      5:31 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Orchestra Suite No.1 in C, BWV 1066

      La Petite Bande/Sigiswald Kuijken
      Suites (Overtures)

      RCA-DHM 77008-2-RG (2)

      5:54 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: "Das Orgelbüchlein," BWV 599/644

      "Wir Christenleut" BWV 612

      Simon Preston, o
      Bach: Orgelbüchlein

      DG 431816-2

      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

      Edmond Dédé: "Chicago, grande valse à l'Américaine"

      Hot Springs Music Festival/Richard Rosenberg
      Dédé: Mon pauvre coeur- Françoise et Tirtillard- Méphisto masqué

      Naxos 8.559038

      6:14 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

      6:24 am

      Johan Halvorsen: "Suite ancienne," Op. 31

      "Intrata"

      Norwegian Radio Orch/Ari Rasilainen
      Johan Halvorsen: Suite Ancienne, Mascarade

      Norsk NKFCD-50033-2

      6:31 am

      David Schiff: "Ducal Suite" (after Duke Ellington)

      "Kinda Dukish/Rockin' in Rhythm"

      David Shifrin, cl; Dover Quartet
      Clarinet Quintets for Our Time

      Delos DE-3576

      6:38 am

      Edward Elgar: "Cockaigne" Overture ("In London Town"), Op. 40

      Oregon Sym/Carlos Kalmar
      This England

      Pentatone PTC-5186471

      6:54 am

      Peter Boyer: "Rolling River (Sketches on Shenandoah)"

      London Sym Orch/Peter Boyer
      Boyer: Balance of Power - Orchestral Works

      Naxos 8.559915

      7:04 am

      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

      7:13 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: "The Months (The Seasons)," Op. 37b

      VI. "June (Barcarolle)"

      Yunchan Lim, p
      Tchaikovsky: The Seasons

      Decca 4871021

      7:18 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: "The Months (The Seasons)," Op. 37b

      VII. "July (Song of the Reaper)"

      Yunchan Lim, p
      Tchaikovsky: The Seasons

      Decca 4871021

      7:19 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: "The Months (The Seasons)," Op. 37b

      VIII. "August (The Harvest)"

      Yunchan Lim, p
      Tchaikovsky: The Seasons

      Decca 4871021

      7:24 am

      Edward MacDowell: Orchestra Suite No. 1 in D minor, Op. 42

      III. "In October"

      Eastman-Rochester Orch/Howard Hanson
      Hanson Conducts Chadwick, MacDowell & Peter

      Mercury 434337-2

      7:32 am

      Leoš Janáček: Sinfonietta

      Mvts 4 & 5

      Chicago Sym Orch/Seiji Ozawa
      Bartók, Janáček, Lutosławski, Stravinsky

      EMI CDFB5-72664-2 (2)

      7:42 am

      William Grant Still: Folk Suite No. 2

      Sierra Winds; Kim DeLibero, h
      Get on Board: American Music for Woodwinds by William Grant Still

      Cambria CD-1083

      7:50 am

      John Williams: "The Cowboys"

      Suite

      Dallas Winds/Jerry Junkin
      John Williams: At the Movies

      Reference RR-142

      8:04 am

      Aaron Copland: "Rodeo"

      "Buckaroo Holiday"

      San Francisco Sym/Michael Tilson Thomas
      Copland The Populist

      RCA 63511-2

      8:12 am

      Claude Debussy: Prelude No. 24, "Feux d'artifice"

      Jean-Yves Thibaudet, p
      Debussy: Preludes (Livres I Et II): The Complete Works For Solo Piano Vol. I / Jean-Yves Thibaudet

      Decca 452022-2 (2)

      8:16 am

      Igor Stravinsky: "Fireworks," Op. 4

      Chicago Sym Orch/Pierre Boulez
      Stravinsky: The Firebird; 4 Etudes; Fireworks

      DG 437850-2

      8:22 am

      George Gershwin: "Strike Up the Band"

      Overture

      Philzuid/Duncan Ward
      Gershwin, Montsalvatge, Bernstein, and Peña Campo

      Fuga Libera FUG-832

      8:30 am

      Arnold Bax: "The Happy Forest"

      BBC Phil/Vernon Handley
      Bax Tone Poems, Vol. 2

      Chandos CHAN-10446

      8:41 am

      music continues...

      10:00 am - 3:00 pm

      10:00 am

      Midday with Lisa Flynn

      Including "Music in Chicago" at 12:00 pm.

      3:00 - 7:00 pm

      3:00 pm

      Afternoon Music with Candice Agree

      Including "Friday Afternoon at the Movies" at 4:30pm and "The Unrush Hour" at 5:00 pm.

      7:00 pm

      7:00 pm

      Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin

      George Gershwin (1898-1937)

      Gershwin was a true American original who broke musical boundaries, writing everything from Broadway musicals and popular songs to symphonic works and jazz. In just 38 years, he fearlessly explored new ideas and created a wide range of music. Bill shares how Gershwin’s life and work 'flashed across the world like a comet,' and gives fresh insights into the people and experiences that shaped him. We invite you to join us as we celebrate George Gershwin’s life and soulful music.

      8:00 - 11:00 pm

      11:00 pm

      11:00 pm

      Best of Studs Terkel

      Michael Tilson Thomas (6/11/1985)

      WFMT remembers Michael Tilson Thomas (1944–2026), the beloved and deeply admired American conductor, who died earlier this year. "MTT" spoke with Studs about his interest in American composers Gershwin, Ives, and Ruggles, all of whom he knew personally.