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      Playlist for Sunday, March 1, 2026

      Playing this hour

      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      Claude Debussy: "Études," Bk 2

      #10, "Pour le sonorités opposées"

      Mitsuko Uchida, p
      12 Etudes

      Philips 422412-2

      12:05 am

      Claude Debussy: "La Mer"

      Chicago Sym Orch/Fritz Reiner
      Debussy la Mer

      RCA 60875-2

      12:30 am

      Malcolm Arnold: Three Shanties, Op 4

      Vega Wind Quintet
      Vega Wind Quintet

      LDR LDRC-1002

      12:36 am

      Erich Wolfgang Korngold: "The Sea Wolf" film music

      "Finale"

      New Zealand Sym Orch/James Sedares
      Tribute to Erich Wolfgang Korngold

      Koch 3-7302-2

      12:38 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 21 in A

      Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orch/Adam Fischer
      Haydn Symphonies 21-39

      MHS 5576550 (5)

      12:54 am

      Erik Satie: "Gnossienne" #2

      Alexandre Tharaud, p
      Erik Satie * Avant-Dernière Pensées * Alexandre Tharaud

      Harmonia Mundi HMC-902017.18 (2)

      1:00 am

      Antonio Vivaldi: "Tito Manlio"

      Aria, "Vanne perdida...Fra le procelle"

      Philippe Jaroussky, ct; Ensemble Artaserse
      Heroes

      Virgin 3634122-2

      1:05 am

      Antonio Vivaldi: The Four Seasons, Concerto No. 3 in F major, Op. 8, RV 293, “Autumn”

      Daniel Hope, v; Zurich Chamber Orch
      For Seasons

      DG 479 6922

      1:15 am

      Cécile Chaminade: "Automne"

      Beth Chandler, f; Paolo Steinberg, p
      Time Place Spirit

      MSR Classics MS-1641

      1:21 am

      Reynaldo Hahn: Song, "L'Automne"

      Martyn Hill, t; Graham Johnson, p
      Hahn: Songs

      Hyperion CDA-66045

      1:23 am

      Sergei Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2 in c minor, Op. 18

      Byron Janis, p; Minneapolis Sym Orch/Antal Dorati
      Rachmaninoff

      Mercury 470639-2

      1:54 am

      Serge Bortkiewicz: Preludes, Op 33

      #10, "Patetico"

      Pierre Huybregts, p
      Piano works of Serge Bortkiewicz

      Centaur CRC-2096

      2:00 am

      Richard Strauss: "Schlagobers," Op. 70

      "The Princess"

      Tokyo Metropolitan Sym/Hiroshi Wakasugi

      MHS 514507-L

      2:05 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata #12 in A-Flat, Op 26

      Dirk Herten, p
      Beethoven Piano Sonatas

      White 4 (10)

      2:24 am

      Richard Strauss: "Schlagobers," Op. 70

      Dance of the Little Pralines

      Tokyo Metropolitan Sym Orch/Hiroshi Wakasugi
      Strauss: Schlagobers, Ballet Music, Op. 70

      MHS 514507-L

      2:26 am

      Richard Strauss: "Josephslegende," Op. 63

      Suite

      Seattle Sym Orch/Gerard Schwarz
      Strauss: Josephslegnede Suite; Symphonia Domestica

      Delos DE-3082

      2:54 am

      Giovanni Kapsberger: Corrente II

      Paul O'Dette, l
      Kapsberger: Il Tedesco Della Tiorba, Pieces For Lute

      Harmonia Mundi HMU-907020

      3:00 am

      Frédéric Chopin: Nocturnes, Op. 27

      No. 2 in D-Flat

      Vladimir Sofronitsky, p
      Great Pianists of the 20th Century: Vladimir Sofronitsky

      Philips 456970-2 (2)

      3:05 am

      Vincent D'Indy: String Sextet, Op 92

      Prat String Quartet; Jean Dupouy, vi; François Michel, vc

      Valois V-4678

      3:26 am

      Jean Françaix: "Le Gay Paris" (1974)

      "Valse"

      Prague Wind Quintet
      Francaix: WIND QUINTET No.1, No.2 - LE GAY PARIS - L'HEURE DU BERGER

      Praga PRD-250126

      3:28 am

      Alexander Borodin: Symphony no.2 in b minor

      Vienna Phil/Rafael Kubelik

      EMI/Ang ZDMB5-68223-2 (2)

      3:55 am

      Bela Bartók: "Hungarian Sketches"

      No. 2, "Bear Dance"

      Equale Brass
      Bacchanales

      Nimbus NIM-5004

      4:00 am

      Oskar Nedbal: Serenade, Op 6/2

      Vladislav Linetzky, v; Carlsbad Sym Orch/Douglas Bostock
      Scherzo Capriccioso

      Classico CD-192

      4:05 am

      Antonin Dvorák: Romance in f minor, Op. 11

      Ivan Zenaty, v; Virtuosi di Praga/Oldrich Vlcek
      N/A

      Discover Int'l DICD-920265

      4:17 am

      Serge Prokofiev: "Cinderella," Op. 87

      Act 2, No. 21: "Passepied"

      Russian National Orch/Mikhail Pletnev
      Cinderella / Summer Night - Suite

      DG 445830-2 (2)

      4:19 am

      Igor Stravinsky: Symphony in E-flat, Op. 1

      Russian National Orch/Mikhail Pletnev
      Symphony In E Flat / "The Firebird" Suite

      DG 453434-2

      4:54 am

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

      VII. "Les bulles de savon" (Soap bubbles)

      Katia, Marielle Labéque, p
      Jeux D'enfants / Ma Mère L'Oye / Dolly Suite

      Philips 420159-2

      5:00 am

      Gabriel Fauré: Nocturnes, Op 33

      #2, "Fleur jetée"

      Sally Pinkas, p
      Gabriel Faure: Complete Nocturnes

      Musica Omnia MO-0109

      5:05 am

      Leos Janácek: Suite for String Orchestra

      Prague Chamber Orch

      Denon CO-78919

      5:24 am

      music continues...

      6:00 am

      6:00 am

      With Heart and Voice

      "Lent 12." The texts in the Book of Psalms span the whole of human experience, and during the Lenten season we focus particularly on those of lament, reflection and comfort. Host Peter DuBois shares choral and organ music related to those texts, as well as hymns that enrich the season.

      7:00 am - 12:00 pm

      5:00 pm

      5:00 pm

      Ryan Opera Center Recital Series

      Conductor and pianist Chi-Yuan Lin leads pianist Michael Banwarth, and members of the Lyric Opera Orchestra in Mahler’s "Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen" with baritone Sihao Hu, the aria “Vissi d’arte” from Puccini’s "Tosca" with soprano Adia Evans, plus select works by Taiwanese composers Chih-Yun Wang, Tyzen Hsiao, and Ching-Shan Chang. Hosted by Candice Agree.

      6:00 - 8:00 pm

      6:00 pm

      Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcasts

      Rachmaninov Symphonic Dances, Op. 45; Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini; Beatrice Rana, piano; Tchaikovsky "Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy" for piano for hands; Lahav Shani, piano; Prokofiev Symphony No. 1 in D Major, "Classical;" Lahav Shani, conductor; Wagner Orchestral selections from "The Ring Cycle;" Daniel Barenboim, conductor.

      8:00 pm

      8:00 pm

      Fiesta! with Elbio Barilari

      18th Century Composers from Spain & Portugal Fiesta introduces rarely heard pieces by Spanish and Portuguese composers from the Baroque and early Classical periods including Manuel Canales, Vicente Baset, and Joao de Souza Carvalho.

      9:00 - 11:00 pm

      9:00 pm

      Collectors' Corner with Henry Fogel

      Stokowski Live – program 2 of 3

      Leopold Stokowski conducts performances of Brahms's Symphony No. 4 in E, Ravel's "Rhapsodie espanole," and Berlioz's "Symphonie fantastique."