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      Playlist for Wednesday, September 9, 2026

      Playing this hour

      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      Beethoven, Ludwig van: Rondo a capriccio in G, "Rage over a lost penny," Op 129

      Alexis Weissenberg, p

      EMI/Ang CDM7-69336-2

      12:05 am

      Beethoven, Ludwig van: Symphony No. 1 in C, Op. 21

      Vienna Phil/Andris Nelsons
      Beethoven: Complete Symphonies

      DG 4837071 (5)

      12:33 am

      Beach, Amy: "Summer Dreams," Op. 47

      No. 2, "Robin Redbreast"

      Genova and Dmitrov Duo
      Amy Beach: Complete Works for Piano Duo

      CPO 555453-2

      12:35 am

      Beach, Amy: "The Fair Hills of Eire, O," Op 91

      Joanne Polk, p
      Amy Beach: Under the Stars- Solo Piano Music of Amy Beach, Vol. 2

      Arabesque Z-6704

      12:39 am

      Bax, Arnold: "In the Faery Hills" ("Eire," Pt 2)(1909)

      Ulster Orch/Bryden Thomson
      Ulster Orchestra / Handley: Harty/ Stanford/Moeran/Bax: Orchestral Works

      Chandos CHAN-10157

      12:55 am

      Balfe, Michael: "The Bohemian Girl"

      "Galop"

      Irish National Sym Orch/Richard Bonynge
      The Bohemian Girl

      Argo 433324-2 (2)

      1:00 am

      Del Tredici, David: Farewell

      Hilary Hahn, v; Cory Smythe, p

      DG B0019103-02

      1:05 am

      Vieuxtemps, Henri: Violin Concerto #4 in d, Op 31

      Hilary Hahn, v; Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen/Paavo Järvi

      DG B0022698-02

      1:35 am

      Lekeu, Guillaume: "Chansonette sans paroles"

      Luc Devos, p
      Guillaume Lekeu Complete Works

      Ricercar RIC-351 (8)

      1:37 am

      Bond, Victoria: "Dreams of Flying"

      Cassatt String Quartet
      Blue and Green Music: String Quartets and Vocal Works by Victoria Bond

      Albany TROY-1905

      1:55 am

      Schumann, Robert: Three Duets, Op. 43

      No. 1, "Wenn ich ein Vöglein wär"

      Felicity Lott, s; Ann Murray, ms; Graham Johnson, p
      The Songs of Robert Schumann, Volume 10

      Hyperion CDJ-33110

      2:00 am

      Grofé, Ferde: "Grand Canyon Suite"

      "Sunrise"

      Boston Pops Orch/John Williams
      The Green Album

      Sony SK-48224

      2:04 am

      Copland, Aaron: Four Dance Episodes from "Rodeo"

      Buffalo Phil/JoAnn Falletta
      American Classics * Aaron Copland * Four Dances from Rodeo

      Naxos 8.559240

      2:23 am

      MacDowell, Edward: Eight Songs, Op 47

      #3, "Folksong"

      Stephen Tharp, t; James Barbagallo, p
      MACDOWELL: Songs (Complete)

      Naxos 8.559032

      2:25 am

      Bax, Arnold: Salzburg Sonata

      "Lento espressivo"

      Eric Parkin, p
      Bax: Piano Music, Vol. 4

      Chandos CHAN-9561

      2:34 am

      Haydn, Michael: "Notturno" in G

      Savaria Baroque Orch/Pal Nemeth
      Michael Haydn Collection

      Brilliant Classics 95885 (28)

      2:55 am

      Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Klavierstück, K. 15v

      Lera Auerbach, p

      Lyric Records 103

      3:00 am

      Corigliano, John: "Midsummer Fanfare"

      Grant Park Orch/Carlos Kalmar
      American Orchestral Works

      Cedille CDR-90000090

      3:05 am

      Mendelssohn, Felix: "A Midsummer Night's Dream," Op. 61

      London Phil/Adrian Boult

      EMI/Ang CDM7-63957-2

      3:39 am

      Beethoven, Ludwig van: "The Ruins of Athens," Op. 113

      "Turkish March"

      Boston Pops Orch/Arthur Fiedler
      Marches In Hi-Fi

      MHS 514551-F

      3:40 am

      Martinu, Bohuslav: String Trio #2

      Krysia Osostowicz, v; Timothy Boulton, vi; Richard Lester, vc

      Virgin 45015-2

      3:55 am

      Beethoven, Ludwig van: 12 German Dances, WoO 8

      #10

      Capella Istropolitana/Oliver Dohnanyi
      BEETHOVEN, L. van: 11 Dances, "Mödlinger Tänze" / 12 German Dances / 12 Minuets (Capella Istropolitana, Dohnányi)

      Naxos 8.550433

      4:00 am

      Massenet, Jules: "Thaïs"

      "Méditation"

      Joshua Bell, v; Royal Phil/Andrew Litton
      Chausson: Poème

      London 433519-2

      4:05 am

      Haydn, Franz Joseph: Symphony No. 41 in C

      Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orch/Adam Fischer
      Haydn 'The Esterhazy Recordings' Symphonies Volume 3

      Nimbus NI-5530/4 (5)

      4:23 am

      Haydn, Franz Joseph: Scottish Folk Songs

      "The Ploughman"

      Janet Baker, ms; Yehudi Menuhin, v; George Malcolm, hc
      Scottish Folk Songs

      Angel S-37172

      4:25 am

      Sarasate, Pablo de: "Airs écossais," Op 34

      Rachel Barton Pine, v; Scottish Chamber Orch/Alexander Platt
      Scottish Fantasies for Violin and Orchestra

      Cedille CDR-90000083 (2)

      4:32 am

      Moscheles, Ignaz: "Anticipations of Scotland: A Grand Fantasia", Op 75

      Howard Shelley, p; Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra/Howard Shelley
      Moscheles: Piano Concerto No 2 In E Flat Major, Piano Concerto No 3 In G Minor, Anticipations Of Scotland, Op 75

      Hyperion CDA-67276

      4:47 am

      Holst, Gustav: Seven Scottish Airs for Piano and Orchestra

      Michael Freyhan, p; London Festival Orch Strings/Ross Pople
      Orchestral Music

      Arte Nova 34022-2

      4:54 am

      Anonymous 17th century, Scottish: Straloch Lute Book

      Lilt Ladie An Gordonn

      Ronn McFarlane, l
      MCFARLANE, Ronn: Scottish Lute (The)

      Dorian DOR-90129

      5:00 am

      Verdi, Giuseppe: "La forza del destino"

      Aria, "Pace, pace, mio Dio"

      Angela Gheorghiu, s; London Phil/Zubin Mehta

      London 466000-2

      5:05 am

      Verdi, Giuseppe: "La forza del destino"

      Overture

      Accademia di Santa Cecilia Orch/Myung-Whun Chung
      Italian Overtures

      DG 471566-2

      5:13 am

      Respighi, Ottorino: "Belfagor"

      Overture

      London Sym Orch/Lamberto Gardelli
      Gemini - Respighi: Pines Of Rome

      EMI/Ang CDC5-86549-2 (2)

      5:24 am

      Boccherini, Luigi: "Clementina"

      Overture

      Les Talens Lyriques/Christophe Rousset
      Arias de Zarzuela Barroca

      Naive E-8885

      5:30 am

      Rossini, Gioachino: "Semiramide"

      Overture

      Philharmonia/Riccardo Muti
      Overtures

      EMI CDC7-47118-2

      5:42 am

      Monteverdi, Claudio: "L'Orfeo"

      Toccata (Overture)

      N/A
      N/A

      EMI/Ang CDS7-47142-8 (2)

      5:43 am

      Bruch, Max: Violin Romance in a minor, Op. 42

      J Israelievitch, v; St Christopher Chamber Orch (Lithuania)/Arie Lipsky
      The Romance And Rhapsody Of Max Bruch

      Fleur de Son FDS-57925

      5:54 am

      Schubert, Franz: "Moment musical" No. 3 in f

      Stephen Hough, p
      Stephen Hough's New Piano Album

      Hyperion CDA-67043

      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

      Luigi Boccherini: Symphony in B-Flat, Op. 21, No. 5 (G 497)

      1st mvt, "Allegro spiritoso"

      Tafelmusik/Jeanne Lamon
      Boccherini: Concerti Da Violoncello, Sinfonie

      RCA 7867-2-RC

      6:12 am

      Francis Poulenc: Three Novelettes

      Pascal Rogé, p
      Poulenc: Les Soirées De Nazelles, 3 Mouvements Perpétuels, 3 Novelettes, 9 Improvisations

      Decca 417438-2

      6:20 am

      Mauro Giuliani: Guitar Concerto No. 1 in A, Op 30

      I. Allegro maestoso

      Pepe Romero, g; St Martin's Academy/Neville Marriner
      Philips Classics: The Stereo Years

      Philips 4788977

      6:30 am

      Johannes Brahms: Serenade No. 1 in D, Op. 11

      VI. Finale, Rondo, "Allegro"

      London Sym Orch/István Kertész
      Weekend Serenade - Serenades 1 & 2

      Decca 421628-2

      6:37 am

      Johann Joachim Quantz: Two-Flute Concerto in G

      Jed Wentz & Marion Moonen, f's; Musica Antiqua Cologne/Reinhard Goebel
      Concerti "per l'orchestra di Dresda"

      Archiv 447644-2

      6:50 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Clarinet Quintet in A, K. 581

      IV. Finale, "Allegretto con variazioni"

      Anthony McGill, cl; Pacifica Quartet
      Mozart and Brahms Clarinet Quintets

      Cedille CDR-90000147

      7:04 am

      Vision String Quartet: "Sailor"

      Vision String Quartet
      Spectrum

      Warner 0190296656699

      7:10 am

      Franz Schubert: "Konzertstück" in D, D 345

      St. Paul Chamber Orch/Pinchas Zukerman, v
      Beethoven, Dvořák, Schubert: Violin Romances - Pinchas Zukerman

      Philips 420168-2

      7:21 am

      Anonymous 18th-century Bolivian: "Sonata Chiquitanas" XVIII

      Florilegium
      Bolivian Baroque Vol. 1

      Channel Classics CCSSA-22105 (2)

      7:31 am

      Maurice Ravel: Piano Concerto in G

      I. "Allegramente"

      Pierre-Laurent Aimard, p; Cleveland Orch/Pierre Boulez
      Ravel: The Piano Concertos, Miroirs

      DG B0014764-02

      7:42 am

      Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Flute & Guitar Sonatina, Op. 205

      Susan Hoeppner, f; Rachel Gauk, g
      Toward The Sea

      Marquis ERAD-147

      7:55 am

      Alfredo Catalani: "Scherzo"

      La Scala Phil/Riccardo Muti
      Puccini, Catalani e Ponchielli per Orchestra

      Sony SK-63025

      8:03 am

      Emmanuel Chabrier: "Le roi malgré lui"

      "Fête polonaise"

      Vienna Phil/John Eliot Gardiner
      Chabrier: España, Suite pastorale, etc.

      DG 447751-2

      8:12 am

      Camille Saint-Saëns: "Caprice sur des airs danois et russes," Op. 79

      Orsino Ensemble; Pavel Kolesnikov, p
      Belle Époque - French Music for Wind

      Chandos CHSA-5282

      8:24 am

      Jean Sibelius: "Andante festivo"

      Gothenburg Sym Orch Strings/Neeme Järvi
      Nightmoods: Twilight Hour

      DG 453909-2

      8:31 am

      Alessandro Marcello: Oboe Concerto in D minor (C minor)

      Alison Balsom, pic tr; Pinnock's Players/Trevor Pinnock
      Baroque Concertos

      Warner 2173227329

      8:44 am

      Anton Edvard Pratté: "Grand Concert" in G minor

      III. "Rondo: Polacca à la Svedese"

      Delphine Constantin-Reznik, h; Norrköping Sym Orch/Daniela Musca
      Pratté: Harp Works

      BIS 2570

      9:04 am

      music continues...

      10:00 am - 1:00 pm

      10:00 am

      Midday with Lisa Flynn

      Including the Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts at 12:15 pm.

      12:15 pm

      Dame Myra Hess Concerts

      Pianist Antonio Alessandri performs music by Bach, Chopin, and Ravel, live from Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago.

      1:00 - 3:00 pm

      1:00 pm

      Music for the Afternoon

      3:00 - 7:00 pm

      3:00 pm

      Afternoon Music with Candice Agree

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

      7:00 pm

      7:00 pm

      Exploring Music

      Bill's Keepers

      Bill McGlaughlin keeps a big box at home filled with albums from friends around the world. This week, he’s sharing some of his favorites, which he calls his 'keepers.' We’ll listen to Mendelssohn performed by Isaac Perlman, as well as pieces from flutist Robert Stallman’s CD, 'The Nightingale in Love.'

      8:00 - 10:00 pm

      10:00 pm - 12:00 am

      10:00 pm

      Baroque&Before with Candice Agree

      Bach & Handel with Matthias Goerne

      Baritone Matthias Goerne joins the NDR Radio Philharmonic Orchestra led by Enrico Onofri for a program of vocal and orchestral works by Bach and Handel. Recorded live in concert December 19, 2025.