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      Playlist for Friday, August 28, 2026

      Playing this hour

      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      Sohy, Charlotte: "Triptyque champêtre," Op. 21

      II. "Au fil de l'eau (Très modéré)"

      Mathilde Calderini, f; Omer Bouchez, v; Lou Yung-Hsin Chang, vi; Yan Levionnois, vc; Constance Luzzati, h
      Charlotte Sohy, Compositrice de la Belle Epoque

      La Boîte à Pépites BAP01.03

      12:05 am

      Sohy, Charlotte: "Thème varié," Op. 15bis

      Cordelia Palm, v; Avignon-Provence National Orch/Debora Waldman
      Charlotte Sohy, Compositrice de la Belle Epoque

      La Boîte à Pépites BAP01.03

      12:13 am

      Sor, Fernando: "Introduction et Thème Varié," Op 20

      David Starobin, g
      Fernando Sor: Les Plus Belles Pages

      Bridge 9166

      12:23 am

      Henze, Hans Werner: "Carillon, Récitatif, Masque"

      "Masque"

      Peter Press, m; David Starobin, g; Susan Jolles, h
      Favorite Tracks Vol 2

      Bridge 9292

      12:24 am

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

      Murray Perahia, p; Berlin Phil/Claudio Abbado
      Schumann: Complete Works For Piano & Orchestra

      Sony SK-64577

      12:54 am

      Schumann, Robert: "Liederkreis," Op. 39

      #8, "In der Fremde"

      Kate Royal, s; Graham Johnson, p
      The Songs of Robert Schumann, Volume 10

      Hyperion CDJ-33110

      1:00 am

      Wolf-Ferrari, Ermanno: "The Jewels of the Madonna"

      Intermezzo

      Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra/Domingo Hindoyan
      Verismo: Preludi e Intermezzi

      Onyx 4242

      1:05 am

      Wolf-Ferrari, Ermanno: "Jewels of the Madonna"

      "Danza napolitana"

      Berlin Chamber Orch/Heinz Rögner

      Berlin Classics 0091772-BC

      1:09 am

      Wolf-Ferrari, Ermanno: English Horn Concertino, Op 34 (1947)

      William Moriconi, eh; Rome Sym Orch/Francesco La Vecchia
      WOLF-FERRARI, E.: Wind Concertinos (Tenaglia, Moriconi, Ciabocchi, Rome Symphony, La Vecchia)

      Naxos 8.572921

      1:38 am

      Busnois, A: Cent mille escus

      New York Kammermusiker
      Chamber Music (Renaissance) - PHILIDOR, P.D. / BUSNOYS, A. / LUZZASCHI, L. / MONTEVERDI, C. (A Renaissance Tour of Europe) (New York Kammermusiker)

      Dorian DOR-90133

      1:39 am

      Beethoven, Ludwig van: Piano Trio in E-Flat, WoO 38

      Trio Parnassus
      Beethoven: Complete Piano Trios, Vol. 4

      MDG Recordings 3031054-2

      1:54 am

      Beethoven, Ludwig van: 12 German Dances, WoO 8

      #4 in B-Flat

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

      Naxos 8.550433

      2:00 am

      Gould, Morton: "American Caprice"

      Lara Downes, p
      America Again

      Sono Luminus DSL-92207

      2:05 am

      Mendelssohn, Felix: "Capriccio brillant" in b, Op 22

      Sinfonia da Camera/Ian Hobson, p
      Mendelssohn: Piano Concerto No. 1 in G Minor Op. 25, Rondo Brillant in E-Flat Major Op. 29, Capriccio Brillant in B Minor Op. 22

      Arabesque Z-6688

      2:15 am

      Zelenka, Jan Dismas: Capriccio #5 in G

      Virtuosi Saxoniae/Ludwig Güttler
      Virtuose Konzerte Für Corno Da Caccia

      Berlin Classics BC-1072-2

      2:31 am

      Boulanger, Lili: "Clairières dans le ciel"

      #12, "Je garde une médaille d'elle"

      Nicholas Phan, t; Myra Huang, p
      Clairières

      Avie AV-2414

      2:33 am

      Andrée, Elfrida: Piano Trio No. 2 in g

      Boulanger Trio
      Who's Afraid Of...? Boulanger Trio

      Berlin Classics 0303298-BC

      2:54 am

      Boulanger, Lili: "Cortège" (1914)

      Olivier Charlier, v; Emile Naoumoff, p
      In Memoriam Lili Boulanger

      Marco Polo 8.223636

      3:00 am

      Marini, Biagio: "Passacalio"

      Hesperion XX
      La Barcha d'Amore * 1563-1685 * Montserrat Figueras * Jordi Savall

      Alia Vox AV-9811

      3:05 am

      Frescobaldi, Girolamo: Passacaglia

      Andrés Segovia, g
      The Segovia Collection, Vol. 4: The Baroque Guitar

      MCA Classics MCAD-42070

      3:09 am

      Falconieri: "Passacalio à 3 & à 4"

      Chamber Orch of Europe members/Daniel Hope, v
      Daniel Hope * Air: A Baroque Journey

      DG B0013993-02

      3:13 am

      Piccinini, Alessandro: "Ciaconna"

      Jakob Lindberg, theorbo
      Lamenti

      DG Archiv 457617-2

      3:15 am

      Bartók, Béla: Concerto for Orchestra

      Philadelphia Orch/Christoph Eschenbach

      Ondine ODE-SC-1072

      3:54 am

      Bartók, Béla: Hungarian Peasant Songs, Op 20

      No. 1

      Béla Bartók, p
      Bartok Plays Bartok

      Price-Less D-22719

      4:00 am

      Bach, Johann Sebastian: Cantata No. 208, "Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd! (Hunt)"

      Aria, "Schafe können sicher weiden (Sheep May Safely Graze)"

      Orch/Leopold Stokowski
      Solid Gold Baroque

      Vanguard OVC-4021

      4:05 am

      Brahms, Johannes: Violin Sonata #3 in d, Op 108

      Kyung-Wha Chung, v; Peter Frankl, p

      EMI/Ang CDC5-56203-2

      4:25 am

      Morgan: "Amanda"

      The Western Wind
      Early American Vocal Music

      Nonesuch H-71276

      4:26 am

      Canning, Thomas: Fantasy on a Hymn Tune by Justin Morgan

      Houston Sym/Leopold Stokowski

      Everest EVC-9004

      4:37 am

      Schuman, William: "New England Triptych"

      Seattle Sym/Gerard Schwarz
      Out West!- Tone Poems of the American West

      Delos DE-3115

      4:54 am

      Billings, William: "David's Lamentation"

      His Majestie's Clerkes/Paul Hillier
      'A Land Of Pure Delight' William Billings Anthems And Fuging Tunes

      Harmonia Mundi HMU-907048

      5:00 am

      Bach, Johann Sebastian: Cantata No. 208, "Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd! (Hunt)"

      Aria, "Schafe können sicher weiden (Sheep May Safely Graze)"

      Stephen Nielson, p; Ovid Young, p

      Resmiranda RES-8014

      5:05 am

      Haydn, Franz Joseph: "Scherzando" No. 5 in E, H II:37

      Vienna Haydn Sinfonietta/Manfred Huss
      6 Scherzandi : Hob. II:33-38

      Koch 3-1443-2

      5:14 am

      Lessel, Franciszek: Wind Sextet #3 in E-Flat

      Consortium Classicum
      Lessel: Wind Sextet

      MD+G Recordings 3011509-2

      5:28 am

      Debussy, Claude: "Hommage à Haydn"

      Werner Haas, p
      Complete Piano Music Volume 2

      Philips 438721-2 (2)

      5:30 am

      Debussy, Claude: "La Mer"

      Chicago Sym Orch/Daniel Barenboim
      Le Sacre Du Printemps / La Mer / Notations VII

      Teldec 81702-2

      5:55 am

      Fauré, Gabriel: Two Songs, Op 2

      #2, "Les Matelots"

      Gérard Souzay, br; Dalton Baldwin, p

      EMI/Ang CMS7-64079-2 (4)

      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

      Antonio Vivaldi: Recorder Concerto fragment in G, R. 312

      Pamela Thorby, r; La Serenissima/Adrian Chandler
      Vivaldi: Gods, Emperors & Angels

      Avie AV-2201

      6:08 am

      Antonio Vivaldi: Violin and Cello Concerto in B-Flat, R. 547

      Vladimir Waltham, vc; La Serenissima/Adrian Chandler, v
      Vivaldi x2

      Avie AV-2392

      6:18 am

      Lennon-McCartney: Abbey Road Medley

      Dalibor Karvay, v; Peter Breiner Chamber Orch/Peter Breiner
      Beatles Go Baroque, Vol. 2

      Naxos 8.574078

      6:23 am

      Frédéric Chopin: Piano Trio in G minor, Op. 8

      II. Scherzo

      Daniel Hope, v; Camille Thomas, vc; Julien Brocal, p
      The Chopin Project: Trilogy

      DG 4858451

      6:31 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 4 in D, K. 218

      III. Finale, Rondeau

      Julia Fischer, v; Netherlands Chamber Orch/Yakov Kreizberg
      Mozart: The Violin Concertos

      Pentatone PTC-5186453 (2)

      6:39 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: String Quartet No. 1 in D, Op. 11

      II. "Andante cantabile"

      Steven Isserlis, vc; Chamber Orch of Europe/John Eliot Gardiner
      Rococo Variations

      Virgin 91134-2

      6:47 am

      Hugo Alfvén: Swedish Rhapsody No. 1, Op. 19, "Midsommarvaka"

      Gothenburg Sym Orch/Neeme Järvi
      The Four Seasons: A Musical Calendar of Favourite Classics

      DG 469376-2 (4)

      7:04 am

      Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach: Sinfonia in D

      Concerto Köln
      Music of the Bach Sons

      Capriccio 10283

      7:14 am

      Amy Beach: Romance, Op. 23

      Rachel Barton Pine, v; Matthew Hagle, p
      American Virtuosa: Tribute to Maud Powell

      Cedille CDR-90000097

      7:22 am

      Moritz Moszkowski: Piano Concerto in E, Op. 59

      III. Scherzo, "Vivace"

      Markus Pawlik, p; Polish National Radio Sym Orch/Antoni Wit
      Moszkowski: Piano Concerto in E major; From Foreign Lands

      Naxos 8.553989

      7:32 am

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

      I. "Adagio molto-Allegro con brio"

      Vienna Phil/Karl Böhm
      Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 1, 2, 4 and 5

      DG 439681-2 (2)

      7:43 am

      Sergei Rachmaninoff: Cello Sonata in G minor, Op. 19

      IV. Finale, "Allegro mosso"

      Marie-Elisabeth Hecker, vc; Martin Helmchen, p
      From Eastern Europe

      Alpha 827

      7:54 am

      Arturo Márquez: "Conga del Fuego"

      Simón Bolívar Youth Orch/Gustavo Dudamel
      Gustavo Dudamel: Discoveries

      DG B0013458-02

      8:03 am

      Dmitri Shostakovich: Piano Concerto No. 2 in F, Op. 102

      I. "Allegro"

      Mikhaïl Rudy, p; London Phil Orch/Mariss Jansons
      Shostakovich: Symphony No. 15, Piano Concerto No. 2, Romance & Folk Feast (The Gadfly)

      EMI CDC5-56591-2

      8:12 am

      Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Guitar Quintet, Op. 143

      II. "Andante mesto"

      Sharon Isbin, g; Pacifica Quartet
      Souvenirs of Spain & Italy

      Cedille CDR-90000190

      8:19 am

      Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Guitar Quintet, Op. 143

      III. Scherzo

      Sharon Isbin, g; Pacifica Quartet
      Souvenirs of Spain & Italy

      Cedille CDR-90000190

      8:25 am

      Charles Gounod: "Funeral March of a Marionette"

      Boston Pops Orch/Arthur Fiedler
      Classics from the Crypt

      RCA 61238-2

      8:31 am

      Alfred Reed: "Punchinello," Overture to a Romantic Comedy

      Tokyo Kosei Wind Orch/Alfred Reed
      The Wind Music of Alfred Reed

      Kosei KOR-3550

      8:40 am

      Igor Stravinsky: "Pulcinella"

      Suite: "Serenata; Scherzino"

      Mahler Chamber Orch/Pablo Heras-Casado
      Stravinsky: Pulcinella Suite; Falla: El retablo de maese Pedro, Harpsichord Concerto

      Harmonia Mundi HMM-902653

      8:48 am

      Unico Wilhelm van Wassenaer: "Concerto Armonico" No. 2 in B-Flat

      I Musici de Montréal/Yuli Turovsky
      Pergolesi: Concerti Grossi

      Chandos CHAN-8481

      9:04 am

      Bedřich Smetana: "Vltava (The Moldau)"

      Vienna Phil/Nikolaus Harnoncourt
      Smetana: Má Vlast

      RCA 54331-2 (2)

      9:19 am

      Leó Weiner: Divertimento No. 2 on Hungarian Folk Tunes, Op. 24

      Hungarian Chamber Orch/Vilmos Tátrai
      Leó Weiner: Concertino for piano and orchestra, Divertimento No. 2, Ballade, Pastorale

      Hungaroton HCD-31992

      9:34 am

      Gustav Holst: "A Moorside Suite" (1928)

      Dallas Wind Sym/Howard Dunn
      Holst: Hammersmith & Suites

      Reference RR-39

      9:49 am

      Eugene Goossens: "Kaleidoscope," Op 18

      Melbourne Sym Orch/Sir Andrew Davis
      Sir Eugene Goossens: Orchestral Works Vol. 2

      Chandos CHSA-5119

      10:00 am - 3:00 pm

      10:00 am

      Midday with Lisa Flynn

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

      10:00 am

      Benjamin Britten: "Peter Grimes," Op. 33

      Four Sea Interludes, Op. 33a

      English Sym Orch/William Boughton
      Orchestral Favourites Vol. V - Britten's Four Sea Interludes

      Nimbus NI-7017

      10:17 am

      music continues...

      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

      Sound the Trumpets

      The trumpet takes center stage this week. Its story stretches back thousands of years and spans many cultures. We’ll listen to the Shofar, a ram’s horn from biblical times, and the ancient trumpets found in Tutankhamun's tomb. And we’ll savor the modern trumpet’s bright sound in music by Bach and Vivaldi, and in the rich and complex symphonic music of Mahler, Ravel, and Stravinsky. Hosted by Peter van de Graaff

      8:00 - 11:00 pm

      11:00 pm

      11:00 pm

      Best of Studs Terkel

      Working (9/05/1960)

      Studs Terkel's book "Working" celebrates everyday people in their own words and the way they make their living. This archive rebroadcast is his 1960 tribute to Labor Day.