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      Playlist for Friday, December 26, 2025

      Playing this hour

      1:00 - 6:00 am

      1:00 am

      Sun Yiquang: "Dance of Spring"

      Lang Lang, p
      Lang Lang * Dragon Songs

      DG B0008233-00

      1:05 am

      An-Lun Huang: "Saibei Suite" #2

      "Saibei Dance"

      Chicago Sinfonietta/Mei-Ann Chen
      Delights & Dances

      Cedille CDR-90000141

      1:09 am

      Chinese Trad: "Jasmine Flower"

      Shanghai String Quartet
      The Flowing Stream: Chinese Folk Songs And Tone Poems By Zhou Long

      Delos DE-3233

      1:10 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36

      Colorado Sym/Marin Alsop
      Tchaikovsky * Symphony No 4

      Naxos 8.555714

      1:55 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Two-Part Inventions, BWV 772/786

      No. 9 in f minor

      Ton Koopman, hc

      Capriccio 10210

      2:00 am

      Maurice Ravel: "Ma mère l'Oye (Mother Goose)"

      V. "Le jardin féerique (The Fairy Garden)"

      City of Birmingham Sym Orch/Simon Rattle
      Ravel: Sheherazade/ Ma Mere L'Oye/ La Valse/ Alborada del Gracioso/ La Vallee des Cloches

      EMI/Ang CDC7-54204-2

      2:05 am

      Claude Debussy: "La boîte à joujoux"

      Seattle Sym/Ludovic Morlot
      Stravinsky: Petrushka / Debussy: La Boîte à Joujoux

      Seattle Symphony Media SSM-1010

      2:38 am

      Adolphe-Charles Adam: "Le Corsaire"

      Act 1: Introduction & "Tarantella"

      English Chamber Orch/Richard Bonynge
      Le Corsaire

      London 430286-2 (2)

      2:39 am

      Percy Grainger: "Handel in the Strand" (Clog Dance)(1912)

      BBC Phil/Richard Hickox
      Grainger: Vol. 6 - Orchestral Works 2 'The Warriors'

      Chandos CHAN-9584

      2:43 am

      George Frideric Handel: Concerto grosso in G, Op. 6, No. 1

      Orpheus Chamber Orch
      Handel: 12 Concerti Grossi, Op. 6

      DG 471758-2 (3)

      2:55 am

      George Frideric Handel: "Samson"

      Sinfonia: Allegro

      English Concert/Trevor Pinnock
      Overtures

      DG Archiv 419219-2

      3:00 am

      Alfred Bartles: "When Tubas Waltz"

      Tubadours
      The Mighty Tubadours

      Crystal CD-420

      3:03 am

      Victor Herbert: "Babes in Toyland"

      "March of the Toy Soldiers"

      Tubadours
      The Mighty Tubadours

      Crystal CD-420

      3:05 am

      Antonio Vivaldi: Bassoon Concerto in C, R 470

      Daniel Smith, bn; English Chamber Orch/Philip Ledger
      Bassoon Concertos Volume One

      ASV CDDCA-571

      3:15 am

      Ralph Nicholson: "Miniature Suite" for contrabassoon and piano

      3rd mvt, Waltz

      Susan Nigro, contra-bn; Mark Lindeblad, p
      The Big Bassoon - Muradian, Palider, Etc

      Crystal CD-346

      3:17 am

      Antonin Dvorák: Cello Concerto in b minor, Op. 104

      Mischa Maisky, vc; Berlin Phil/Zubin Mehta

      DG B0002054-02

      3:54 am

      Alexander Scriabin: Five Preludes, Op 16

      #4 in e-flat

      Gary Karr, db; Harmon Lewis, p

      VQR 2031

      4:00 am

      Alfred Schnittke: "Moz-Art"

      Vladimir Malinin, v; Alexander Melnikov, v
      Vladimir Malinin

      Mobile Fidelity MFCD-905

      4:05 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 25 in g minor, K. 183

      Camerata Chicago/Drostan Hall
      Mozart Symphonies

      DMD Classics DMD-1272017

      4:30 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Twelve German Dances, K. 586

      No. 1 in C

      Tafelmusik/Bruno Weil
      Mozart: Deutsche Tänze

      Sony SK-46696

      4:32 am

      Gustav Holst: Wind Quintet in A-Flat, Op 14

      Vega Wind Quintet
      Vega Wind Quintet

      LDR LDRC-1002

      4:46 am

      Gustav Holst: "The Planets," Op. 32

      "Neptune, the Mystic"

      New York Choral Artists, New York Phil/Zubin Mehta
      Holst: The Planets

      Teldec 46316-2

      4:54 am

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

      2nd mvt, Ostinato

      Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
      Barber of Seville Overture

      GHA 126016

      5:00 am

      Franz Schubert: "Three Military Marches," Op. 51, D. 733

      No. 1 in D

      Earl Wild, p
      Concerto No. 2 In C Minor

      Chesky CD-2

      5:05 am

      Igor Stravinsky: "L'histoire du soldat"

      Los Angeles Chamber Orch/Gerard Schwarz
      The Soldier's Tale

      Delos D/CD-3021

      5:29 am

      Jessel: "Parade of the Wooden Soldiers"

      Dallas Wind Symphony/Frederick Fennell
      "Marches I've Missed"

      Reference Recordings RR-85-CD

      5:32 am

      Gabriel Pierné: Album pour mes petits amis, Op 14

      #6, "March of the Little Lead Soldiers"

      English Chamber Orch/Paul Tortelier
      French Impressions

      Virgin 90707-2

      5:36 am

      Thomas Ravenscroft: "Wee be Souldiers three"

      Consort of Musicke/Anthony Rooley

      Virgin 91217-2

      5:37 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Three-Clavier Concerto No. 2 in C, BWV 1064

      A Heiller, hc; E Heiller, hc; K Rapf, hc; Zagreb Soloists/Antonio Janigro
      Historical Anthology: Johann Sebastian Bach - Concertos For One, Two, Three & Four Harpsichords & String Orchestra

      Vanguard OVC-2523/24 (2)

      5:54 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Five Little Preludes, BWV 939-943

      No. 5

      Angela Hewitt, p
      Bach

      Hyperion CDA-67121/2 (2)

      6:00 - 10:00 am

      6:00 am

      Hosted by Jan Weller.

      6:04 am

      George Walker: "Lyric for Strings"

      London Sym Orch Strings/Paul Freeman
      Black Composers Series 1974-1978, Vol. 7

      Sony 19075862152 (10)

      6:11 am

      Fela Sowande: "African Suite"

      London Sym Orch Strings/Paul Freeman
      Black Composers Series 1974-1978, Vol. 7

      Sony 19075862152 (10)

      6:27 am

      Santiago de Murcia: "Marionas"

      Constantinople Ensemble
      Early Dreams

      Analekta AN2-9989

      6:32 am

      Edvard Grieg: "Holberg" Suite, Op. 40

      Metamorphosen/Scott Yoo
      Grieg - Dvořák - Tchaikovsky

      Archetype 60105

      6:50 am

      Malcolm Arnold: English Dances, Set 1, Op. 27

      Dallas Wind Sym/Jerry Junkin
      Malcolm Arnold for Band

      Reference RR-66

      7:04 am

      Jessie Montgomery: "Hymn for Everyone"

      Chicago Sym Orch/Riccardo Muti
      Contemporary American Composers

      CSO Resound 9012301

      7:16 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: "Italian Concerto" in F, BWV 971

      Corona Guitar Quartet
      Corona Guitar Kvartet

      Albany TROY-1084

      7:31 am

      Georges Bizet: "Jeux d'enfants," Op. 22

      Bastille Opera Orch/Myung-Whun Chung
      Carmen Suite, L'Arlesienne Suite 1 and 2

      DG 431778-2

      7:43 am

      Caitlin Edwards: "Faithful"

      Caitlin Edwards, v & prod; Edward Smith, p
      Exhale

      Caitlin Edwards Exhale

      7:48 am

      Michael Abels: "Winged Creatures"

      Demarre McGill, f; Anthony McGill, cl; Chicago Youth Sym Orch/Allen Tinkham
      Winged Creatures

      Cedille CDR-90000187

      8:04 am

      William Grant Still: Symphony No. 2 in G, "Song of a New Race"

      II.-III.

      Detroit Sym Orch/Neeme Järvi
      Still, Dawson, Ellington: Orchestral Works

      Chandos CHAN-9226

      8:17 am

      Brian Sibley: "And Yet Another Partridge in a Pear Tree (A Cautionary Tale for Christmas)"

      Penelope Keith & Timothy Graball, actors; Orch
      And Yet Another Partridge in a Pear Tree

      BBC D-619.2

      8:33 am

      Ralph Vaughan Williams: Folksong setting, "The Turtle Dove"

      Finzi Singers/Paul Spicer
      Holst & Vaughan Williams: Choral Music

      Chandos CHAN-9425

      8:37 am

      Jean-Philippe Rameau: "La Poule"

      Bruce Liu, p
      Waves

      DG 4864400

      8:39 am

      Jean-Philippe Rameau: "La Poule"

      La Folia Baroque Orchestra/Stefan Temmingh, recorder
      Birds

      Deutsche Harmonia Mundi 88875141202

      8:42 am

      Traditional Catalan: "Song of the Birds"

      Avi Avital, m; Between Worlds
      Song of the Birds

      DG 4867526

      8:46 am

      Engelbert Humperdinck: "The Blue Bird"

      Prelude ("The Christmas Dream")

      Bamberg Sym/Karl Anton Rickenbacher
      Humperdinck: Fairy-Tale Music

      Virgin 61128-2

      8:51 am

      music continues...

      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

      Holiday Celebration

      The sound of sleigh bells means that it's winter holiday time, and music is full of representations of celebratory music. All around the world, winter holidays of a wide variety are celebrated, and their music is wonderful to listen to regardless of which one you celebrate.

      8:00 - 11:00 pm

      11:00 pm

      11:00 pm

      Best of Studs Terkel

      Christmas Memories (12/22/1961)

      A perennial favorite — Studs's holiday compendium of voices and memories of childhood Christmases originally aired in 1961.