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Playlist for Sunday, December 7, 2025
12:00 - 6:00 am
12:00 am
Anton Wunderer: "Ländler"
Detmolder Horn Quartet
Hornquartette (Horn Quartets/ Quatuors pour cors)
12:04 am
Emmanuel Chabrier: "Larghetto" for horn and orchestra (1875)
Ronald Janezic, fh; Vienna Phil/John Eliot Gardiner
Chabrier: Espana, Suite Pastorale, Habanera, Marche Francaise, Fete Polonaise
12:14 am
Jean Françaix: "Canon in Octave"
Gregory Hustis, fh; Steven Harlos, p
Lyrical Gems for the Horn
12:16 am
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Serenade No. 9 in D, K. 320, "Posthorn"
North German Radio Sym Orch/Günter Wand
Mozart/Beethoven
12:54 am
Edwin Carr: "The Twelve Signs" (1974)
"Libra"
Melbourne Sym Orch/Edwin Carr
Edwin Carr
1:00 am
Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata No. 167, "Ihr Menschen, rühmet Gottes Liebe (Sing the praises of God's love)"
Chorale, "Sei Lob und Preis mit Ehren (Praise and glory with honor be)"
Yo-Yo Ma, vc (1712 Stradivarius); Amsterdam Baroque Orch/Ton Koopman
Simply Baroque
1:02 am
Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata No. 163, "Nur Jedem das Seine (Only to each his due!)"
Aria, "Lass mein Herz die Münze sein (Let my heart be the coin)"
Yo-Yo Ma, vc (1712 Stradivarius); Amsterdam Baroque Orch/Ton Koopman
Simply Baroque
1:05 am
Peter Sculthorpe: "Sun Song"
Adelaide Sym Orch/David Porcelijn
Peter Sculthorpe
1:10 am
Johann Sebastian Bach: Clavier Concerto No. 5 in f minor, BWV 1056
Amsterdam Baroque Orch/Ton Koopman, hc
Bach: Klavierkonzerte BWV 1053, 1054, 1056, 1058
1:20 am
Johann Sebastian Bach: "Well-Tempered Clavier," Book 2, BWV 870/91
Prelude No. 23 in B
Heidrun Holtmann, p
Well-Tempered Clavier
1:21 am
Franz Joseph Haydn: String Quartet in G, Op. 33, No. 5 "(How do you do?)"
Salomon String Quartet
1:43 am
Ned Rorem: Concertino da Camera (1946)
Jory Vinicour, hc; Chicago Phil/Scott Speck
20th Century Harpsichord Concertos
2:00 am
Johannes Brahms: Piano Pieces, Op. 118
Andreas Ottensamer, cl; Yuja Wang, p
Blue Hour
2:00 am
Ned Rorem: Song, "As Adam Early in the Morning"
Thomas Hampson, br; Craig Rutenberg, p
2:05 am
Johannes Brahms: Serenade no.2 in A, Op.16
St Louis Sym/Leonard Slatkin
Brahms: Serenade No 2, Haydn Variationen
2:37 am
Felix Mendelssohn: "Songs Without Words," Op. 85
#6
Andreas Ottensamer, cl; Yuja Wang, p
Blue Hour
2:39 am
Samuel Livingston: "Gentle Winds"
Arcadian Winds
Samuel Livingston
2:52 am
Claude Debussy: "Préludes", Book 1
III. "Le vent dans la plaine"
Jorge Bolet, p
Debussy: 16 Preludes
2:55 am
Georg Philipp Telemann: Song, "Wind"
Klaus Mertens, br; Ludger Rémy, hc
Singe-, Spiel- Und Generalbaß-Übungen 1733
3:00 am
Christoph Willibald Gluck: "Orpheus and Eurydice"
"Dance of the Blessed Spirits"
Michala Petri, r; Lars Hannibal, g
Artists Of The Century - Michala Petri - Ultimate Collection
3:05 am
John Field: Rondo in A-Flat
Eckart Sellheim, forte-p; Collegium Aureum
3:13 am
Irish Trad: Bonny Prince Charlie
The Chieftains
Over the Sea to Skye: The Celtic Connection
3:15 am
Arnold Bax: "Into the Twilight"
Ulster Orch/Bryden Thomson
Bax Tone Poems, Volume 2
3:28 am
Arnold Bax: "In the Faery Hills" ("Eire," Pt 2)(1909)
Ulster Orch/Bryden Thomson
Ulster Orchestra / Handley: Harty/ Stanford/Moeran/Bax: Orchestral Works
3:43 am
Arnold Bax: "Roscatha" ("Eire," Pt 3)(1910)
Ulster Orch/Bryden Thomson
Ulster Orchestra / Handley: Harty/ Stanford/Moeran/Bax: Orchestral Works
3:54 am
Turlough O'Carolan: "Maurice O'Connor"
Patrick Ball, h
4:00 am
Josef Lanner: "Neue Wiener Ländler mit Coda" in G, Op 1
Ensemble Wien
Dance Music From Old Vienna
4:05 am
Johannes Brahms: Piano Sonata #1 in C, Op 1
Jon Nakamatsu, p
10th Van Cliburn International Piano Competition
4:35 am
Fanny Mendelssohn: Six Songs, Op 1
#5, "Morgenständchen"
Lauralyn Kolb, s, Arlene Shrut, p
Fanny Mendelssohn: Lieder
4:37 am
Johann Strauss II: Waltzes, Epigramme, Op. 1
Vienna Phil/Lorin Maazel
Sings Hebrew Melodies
4:46 am
Hector Berlioz: "Waverley" Overture, Op. 1
Toulouse Capitole Orch/Michel Plasson
4:55 am
William Bolcom: Nine Bagatelles
"àthe ghost mazurka"
Jon Nakamatsu, p
10th Van Cliburn International Piano Competition
5:00 am
Richard Wagner: "Die Walküre"
"Ride of the Valkyries"
NBC Sym Orch/Arturo Toscanini
5:05 am
Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 5 in c-sharp minor
IV. "Adagietto"
Smithsonian Chamber Players/Kenneth Slowik
Transfiguration
5:12 am
Giacomo Puccini: "Adagetto"
Milan Verdi Sym Orch/Riccardo Chailly
Puccini Discoveries
5:16 am
Giacomo Puccini: "La Bohème"
Aria, "Vecchia zimarra, senti"
Tancredi Pasero, b; Orch
La Boheme
5:18 am
Antonio Vivaldi: Flautino Concerto in a, R 445
Michala Petri, r; I Solisti Veneti/Claudio Scimone
Vivaldi: 6 Concertos
5:28 am
Johann Strauss II: "Graduation Ball"
Minneapolis Sym (Minnesota Orch)/Antal Dorati
Giselle • Graduation Ball • Gaîté Parisienne
5:54 am
Georges Bizet: "Jeux d'enfants," Op. 22
XII. "Le bal" (The Ball)
Katia, Marielle Labéque, p
Jeux D'enfants / Ma Mère L'Oye / Dolly Suite
6:00 am
6:00 am
With Heart and Voice
"Advent 2, Prophets and Prophecy." Host Peter DuBois shares choral and organ music of prophecy, both from the Old Testament prophets, and from the New Testament story of John the Baptist. Lovely music from a variety of sources.
7:00 am - 12:00 pm
7:00 am
Weekend Mornings
7:00 am
Hosted by Kristina Lynn.
7:01 am
Duke Ellington: Reflections in D
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, p
Conversations with Bill Evans
7:09 am
Edvard Grieg: "Holberg" Suite, Op. 40
St Martin's Academy/Sir Neville Marriner
Grieg, Sibelius: Suites
7:31 am
Traditional Norwegian: "Wintertide"
Choir of Royal Holloway/Rupert Gough
Winter Songs
7:34 am
Nigel Westlake: "Antarctica" (Suite for Guitar and Orchestra)
"Penguin Ballet"
John Williams, g; London Sym Orch/Paul Daniel
From Australia
7:37 am
Traditional English: "The Holly and the Ivy"
Washington Saxophone Quartet
Tis the Season
7:40 am
Ralph Vaughan Williams: "The Lark Ascending"
Michael Davis, v; London Sym Orch/Bryden Thomson
Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 5, The Lark Ascending
7:57 am
Don Macdonald: "When the Earth Stands Still"
La Caccina
Open Book
8:03 am
Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Guitar Quintet, Op. 143
IV. Finale
Sharon Isbin, g; Pacifica Quartet
Souvenirs of Spain & Italy
8:09 am
Ottorino Respighi: "Vetrate di Chiesa (Church Windows)"
Cincinnati Sym Orch/Jesús López-Cobos
Respighi: Church Windows, Brazilian Impressions, Roman Festivals
8:39 am
Karl Jenkins: "The Armed Man - A Mass for Peace"
XII. Benedictus
Guy Johnston, vc; National Youth Choir of Great Britain; London Phil Orch/Karl Jenkins
Karl Jenkins - The Armed Man
8:48 am
Hazel Scott: "Peace of Mind"
Lara Downes, p
New Day Begun
8:53 am
Edvard Grieg: Lyric Pieces, Op. 65
No. 6, "Wedding Day at Troldhaugen"
Chicago Harp Quartet
Soirées d'été
9:01 am
Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata No. 208, "Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd"
Aria, "Schafe können sicher weiden (Sheep May Safely Graze)"
Albrecht Mayer, ob; Sinfonia Varsovia
Lieder ohne Worte: Transcriptions for Oboe and Orchestra
9:05 am
Gabriela Montero: Improvisation on Bach's "Sheep May Safely Graze"
Gabriela Montero, p
Bach and Beyond
9:10 am
Samuel Scheidt: "Canzon bergamasca"
Empire Brass
Empire Brass - Greatest Hits
9:15 am
Johann Friedrich Fasch: Lute Concerto in D minor
Hopkinson Smith, l; Chiara Banchini & David Plantier, v's; David Courvoisier, vi; Roel Dieltiens, vc
David Courvoisier, viola,
Fasch, Haydn, Kohaut, Hagen: Lute Concertos
9:32 am
Johann Sebastian Bach: "Brandenburg" Concerto No. 3 in G Major, BWV 1048
Anderson & Roe Piano Duo
The Art of Bach
9:45 am
Marc-Antoine Charpentier: "Noëls sur les instruments"
Les Violons du Roy/Bernard Labadie
Simphonies des Noëls
10:01 am
Astor Piazzolla: "Close Your Eyes and Listen"
Lucienne Renaudin Vary, tr; Monte Carlo Phil Orch/Sascha Goetzel
Piazzolla Stories
10:08 am
Antonio Soler: "Fandango"
Alain Lefèvre, p
Alain Lefèvre, Soler, Rameau, Scarlatti - Fandango
10:22 am
John Williams: "E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial"
"Adventures on Earth"
City of Prague Phil Orch/Nic Raine
Six Star Wars Films
10:34 am
Florence Price: String Quartet in A minor
Avalon String Quartet
Florence Beatrice Price, Leo Sowerby: Music for String Quartet
11:01 am
Camille Saint-Saëns: "Tarentelle" in A minor, Op. 6
Demarre McGill, f; Anthony McGill, cl; Chicago Youth Sym Orch/Allen Tinkham
Winged Creatures
11:08 am
Michel Legrand: "One Day"
King's Singers
Finding Harmony
11:10 am
Howard Blake: "Walking in the Air" from "The Snowman"
Barry Gordon, p
Distant Songs
11:17 am
Doreen Carwithen: Piano Concerto
Mark Bebbington, p; Innovation Chamber Ensemble/R Jenkinson
Concertos for Piano and Strings
11:52 am
Claude Debussy: Two Arabesques
No. 1 in E
Richard Stoltzman, cl; Nancy Allen, h
Romance
11:57 am
Traditional English: "I Saw Three Ships"
Burning River Brass
Twas the Night Before Christmas
12:00 - 5:00 pm
12:00 pm
George Frideric Handel: "Joy to the World"
Philadelphia Orch/Eugene Ormandy
The Glorious Sound of Christmas
12:01 pm
George Frideric Handel: "Joy to the World"
Wynton Marsalis Septet
The Ultimate Classical Christmas
12:05 pm
Felix Mendelssohn: "The Hebrides (Fingal's Cave)" Overture, Op 26
Bamberg Sym/Claus Peter Flor
Mendelssohn Overtures
12:17 pm
Sofiane Pamart: "Medellín"
Sofiane Pamart, p
Planet Gold
12:23 pm
Gentil Montaña: "Suite Colombiana" No. 2
"Porro"
Sharon Isbin, g; Gaudêncio Thiago de Mello, per
Journey to the Amazon
12:26 pm
Ludwig van Beethoven: "Christ on the Mount of Olives," Op. 85
Chorus, "Hallelujah!"
Atlanta Sym Cho & Orch/Robert Shaw
Absolute Heaven: Essential Choral Masterpieces
12:31 pm
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Two-Piano Concerto No. 10 in E-Flat, K. 365
Murray Perahia, p; Chicago Sym Orch/Sir Georg Solti, p
Solti: The Legacy 1937-1997
12:57 pm
Traditional English: "Here We Come A-Wassailing"
Black Dyke Band/Nicholas Childs
John Rutter: Brass at Christmas
1:01 pm
Sergei Prokofiev: Flute Sonata (Violin Sonata No. 2) in D, Op. 94
Mathieu Dufour, f; Aleksandar Madžar, p
Mathieu Dufour - Flute Recital
1:28 pm
Orlandus (Roland de) Lassus: "Angelus ad pastores ait"
Vocalconsort Berlin/Daniel Reuss
Lassus: Prophetiæ Sibyllarum
1:31 pm
Jacques Offenbach: "La Vie parisienne"
Overture
City of Birmingham Sym Orch/Louis Frémaux
Best-Loved Classics 14
1:37 pm
Edu Lobo & Chico Buarque: "Beatriz"
Plínio Fernandes, g
Saudade
1:41 pm
Antônio Carlos Jobim: "The Girl from Ipanema"
Plínio Fernandes, g
Saudade
1:45 pm
Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 98 in B-Flat
IV. Finale, "Presto"
London Phil Orch/Eugen Jochum
Haydn: The 12 'London' Symphonies
1:53 pm
Johann Sebastian Bach: Motet, "Komm, Jesu, komm", BWV 229
Norwegian Soloists Choir/Grete Pedersen; instrumental ensemble
Joakim Peterson, violone,
Christian Kjos, organ,
Veni: Songs of Christmas II
2:01 pm
Alexander Borodin: Symphony No. 2 in B minor
Berlin Phil/Simon Rattle
Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhbition; Borodin: Symphony No. 2, Polovtsian Dances
2:31 pm
Manuel Ponce: "Estrellita"
John-Henry Crawford, vc; Jiji, g
Corazón - The Music of Latin America
2:34 pm
Pablo de Sarasate: Two Spanish Dances, Op. 23
No. 2, "Zapateado"
Vienna Bohème Quartet
Bravourissimo
2:39 pm
Florian Leopold Gassmann: "L'amore artigiano"
Overture
Eclipse Chamber Orch/Sylvia Alimena
Gassmann Opera Overtures
2:47 pm
Franz Liszt: "Réminiscences de 'Lucia di Lammermoor'" after Donizetti
Jorge Bolet, p
Great Pianists of the 20th Century: Jorge Bolet
2:54 pm
Gaetano Donizetti: "L'elisir d'amore"
Aria, "Una furtiva lagrima"
José Carreras, t; London Phil Orch/Jesús López-Cobos
Philips Classics: The Stereo Years
2:59 pm
Traditional German: Carol, "O Tannenbaum (O Christmas Tree)"
Isabella Brown, v
Introductions: An Introductions Christmas (December 25, 2021)
3:02 pm
music continues...
5:00 pm
5:00 pm
Ryan Opera Center Recital Series
Baritone Sihau Hu, bass-baritone Benjamin R. Sokol, and pianist Michael Banwarth perform arias and songs 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
Dohnányi Variations on a Nursery Song; András Schiff, piano; Del Tredici "Final Alice;" Barbara Hendricks, soprano; Berlioz "Les Franc-juges" Overture, Op. 3; Weber "Oberon" Overture; Georg Solti, conductor.
8:00 pm
8:00 pm
Fiesta! with Elbio Barilari
Orchestral Music from Perú, Brazil & Spain Long before 'nationalism' became a musical trend in the 19th century, composers from Spain and Latin America had been using their musical roots as an inspiration and a source. Host Elbio Barilari shares some brilliant examples music inspired by culture, from the Peruvian composer Ceso Garrido-Lecca, the Brazilian Camargo Guarnieri and the Catalonian-Spanish Enric Morera.
9:00 - 11:00 pm
9:00 pm
Collectors' Corner with Henry Fogel
Yuja Wang, the Berlin and Vienna recitals
Recitals from the Berlin Philharmonie (2018) and the Vienna Konzerthaus (2022) by the great Chinese pianist Yuja Wang.
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