Monday, March 23, 2026

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      Playlist for Monday, March 23, 2026

      Playing this hour

      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      Percy Grainger: Irish Tune from County Derry "(Londonderry Air)"

      John Shirley-Quirk, br; Linden Singers, Wandsworth School Cho/Bedford
      Salute To Percy Grainger

      London 425159-2

      12:05 am

      Victor Herbert: Irish Rhapsody

      Ulster Orch/JoAnn Falletta
      HERBERT, V.: Cello Concertos Nos. 1 and 2 / Irish Rhapsody (Kosower, Ulster Orchestra, Falletta)

      Naxos 8.573517

      12:21 am

      Amy (Mrs HHA) Beach: Suite for Two Pianos "Founded Upon Old Irish Melodies," Op. 140

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

      CPO 555453-2

      12:42 am

      Irish Trad: Tobin's Favorite

      Carol Thompson, h
      Celtic Carol Thompson: The Blossom And The Rain

      Dorian DOR-90273

      12:44 am

      Georg Philipp Telemann: Three-Trumpet Concerto in D

      David Bilger, Stephen Burns & Edward Carroll, tr's; Philharmonia Virtuosi/Richard Kapp
      Baroque Trumpetissimo

      Ess.a.y CD-1035

      12:54 am

      Michael Praetorius: Chorale, "Vom Himmel hoch"

      Charles Geyer, tr; Barbara Butler, tr

      D'Note DND-1026

      1:00 am

      Claude Debussy: "Suite bergamasque"

      III. "Clair de lune"

      Angel Romero, g
      A Touch Of Class

      Telarc CD-80134

      1:05 am

      Reynaldo Hahn: String Quartet in a

      Quatuor Parisii

      Valois V-4848

      1:24 am

      Reynaldo Hahn: Song, "Le Printemps"

      Ailyn Pérez, s; Iain Burnside, p
      Poème d'un jour

      Opus Arte CD-9013

      1:25 am

      Josef Suk: "Pohadka (Fairy Tale)," Op 16

      Czech Phil/Jiri Belohlávek
      Suk: Asrael Symphony

      Chandos CHAN-9640 (2)

      1:55 am

      Antony Holborne: Coranto, "The Fairy Round"

      Fretwork

      Virgin 90706-2

      2:00 am

      Roman Hoffstetter: Serenade (Andante cantabile)

      Alban Berg String Quartet
      Haydn: String Quartets, Serenade

      EMI/Ang CDC5-57541-2

      2:05 am

      Johann Strauss II: Waltz, "Wine, Women and Song," Op. 333

      Diabolicus/Dietrich Henshcel
      A nos amours

      Naïve AM-137

      2:17 am

      Thomas Morley: Madrigal, "When loe by breake of morning"

      Hilliard Ensemble/Paul Hiller

      EMI/Ang CDC7-49197-2

      2:19 am

      Bohuslav Martinu: Three Madrigals

      No. 3

      Dartington Ensemble
      Martinu

      Hyperion CDA-66133

      2:25 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: "Sinfonia Concertante" in E-Flat, K. 364

      Lara St John, v; Scott St John, vi; The Knights/Eric Jacobsen
      Mozart * Scott & Lara St John / The Knights / Jacobsen / W A Mozart

      Ancalagon ANC-136

      2:55 am

      Samuel Barber: "Souvenirs," Op. 28

      No. 4, Two-Step (Allegro molto)

      Lara Downes, p

      Postcards 772001-2

      3:00 am

      Georges Auric: Adieu, New York! (Fox-Trot)

      Peter Toperczer, p
      Jazz-Inspired Piano Music

      Supraphon 111117-2

      3:05 am

      Howard Ricahrds: A Frenchman in New York

      "New York City Panorama"

      Moravian Phil/Vit Micka
      The Golden Age of Light Music:The Composer conducts Volume 3

      MMC MMC-2115

      3:09 am

      George Gershwin: "An American in Paris"

      Katia Labéque, p; Mariélle Labéque, p
      Gershwin: An American In Paris

      EMI/Ang CDC7-47044-2

      3:28 am

      Thomas Allen Levines: Travel Journal

      "April 6, New York"

      Portland String Quartet
      LeVines: Travel Journal/ Britton: Chinoiserie

      Arabesque Z-6632

      3:30 am

      Darius Milhaud: "A Frenchman in New York"

      Boston Pops/Arthur Fiedler
      Milhaud: A Frenchman In New York/ Gershwin: An American In Paris

      RCA LSC-2702

      3:55 am

      Italian Anon 14th c: Trotto

      London Early Music Consort/David Munrow
      Early Music Festival

      London 452967-2 (2)

      4:00 am

      Louis Gruenberg: "Emperor Jones" (1932)

      Aria, "Standin' in the Need of Prayer"

      Lawrence Tibbett, br; Cho, Orch/Alexander Smallens
      Lawrence Tibbett: Gershwin, Rossini, Verdi, Bizet

      RCA 7808-2-RG

      4:04 am

      Andrei Schulz-Evler: "Arabesques" on the themes of "The Beautiful Blue Danube"

      Tzimon Barto, p

      EMI/Ang CDC7-54900-2

      4:16 am

      Josef Strauss: Polka schnell, Eingesendet, Op 240

      Vienna Phil/Willi Boskovsky
      The Vienna Of The Strausses / Tales From The Vienna Woods / Roses From The South And Other Favorites

      London STS-15376

      4:17 am

      Louis Gruenberg: Violin Concerto, Op 47

      Jascha Heifetz, v; San Francisco Sym Orch/Pierre Monteux
      The Heifetz Collection, Volume 23: Concertos

      RCA 61754-2

      4:55 am

      Italian Anon 16th c: Scaramella

      Karl-Ernst Schroder, l, Crawford Young, l
      Amours Amours Amours (Lautenduos Um 1500/ Duos De Luths Autour 1500/ Lute Duos Around 1500)

      Harmonia Mundi HMC-905253

      5:00 am

      John Phillip SOUSA: Semper Fidelis March

      Concert Arts Symphonic Band/Felix Slatkin
      The Military Band- Salute To The Services

      EMI/Ang CDC7-47422-2

      5:02 am

      John Phillip SOUSA: Washington Post March

      Concert Arts Symphonic Band/Felix Slatkin
      The Military Band- Salute To The Services

      EMI/Ang CDC7-47422-2

      5:05 am

      Aaron Copland: Clarinet Concerto

      Stanley Drucker, cl; New York Phil/Leonard Bernstein
      Copland: El Salon Mexico, Concerto for Clarinet and String Orchestra, Music for the Theatre, Connotations for Orchestra

      DG 431672-2

      5:22 am

      Johann Friedrich Fasch: Chalumeau (Clarinet) Concerto in B-Flat

      Virtuosi Saxoniae/Ludwig Güttler

      Capriccio 10218/9 (2)

      5:33 am

      Claude Debussy: "Petite pièce" (1910)

      Charles Stier, cl; Molly Newton, p
      Cameos

      Elan CD-82246

      5:35 am

      Richard Wagner: "Tristan und Isolde"

      Prelude and "Liebestod"

      Met Orch
      Wagner: Orchestral Music

      DG 447764-2

      5:54 am

      Victor Herbert: "A la Valse"

      Jascha Heifetz, v; Emanuel Bay, p

      DG B0007190-02 (2)

      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

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Violin and Viola Duo No. 1 in G, K. 423

      I. "Allegro"

      Itzhak Perlman, v; Pinchas Zukerman, vi
      Mozart: Duos For Violin & Viola / Perlman/Zukerman

      RCA 60735-2-RC

      6:12 am

      Darius Milhaud: "La Cheminée du roi René," Op. 205

      Reykjavik Wind Quintet
      French Wind Music

      Chandos CHAN-9362

      6:25 am

      Jacques Duphly: "La Forqueray"

      Raphaël Feuillâtre, g
      Visages Baroques

      DG 4864073

      6:31 am

      Felix Mendelssohn: "Rondo brillant" in E-Flat, Op. 29

      Roberto Prosseda, p; Hague Residentie Orchestra/Jan Willem de Vriend
      Mendelssohn Piano Concertos / Prosseda, Brautigam

      Decca 4817207

      6:44 am

      Johan Svendsen: String Quintet in C, Op. 5

      Finale - "Allegro"

      Oslo String Quartet, Henning Kraggerud, vi
      Svendsen: String Quartet, String Quintet / Kraggerud, Oslo

      CPO 999858-2

      6:53 am

      Arnold Bax: "Russian Suite"

      I. "Gopak" (National Dance)

      London Phil Orch/Bryden Thomson
      Bax: Symphony No. 5, Russian Suite

      Chandos CHAN-8669

      7:03 am

      Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Symphony in E-Flat, Wq 183/2

      Berlin Academy for Ancient Music
      CPE Bach: Symphonies, Harpsichord Concerto

      Harmonia Mundi HMC-901622

      7:16 am

      Clémence de Grandval: "Grand Trio"

      IV. "Rondo"

      Andrew Parker, ob; Kristin Jensen, bn; Colette Valentine, p
      Clémence de Grandval: Works For Oboe

      Navona NV-6702

      7:22 am

      Erich Wolfgang Korngold: "Straussiana" (1953)

      Northwest German Phil/Werner Andreas Albert
      Korngold: Orchestral Works, Vol. 4

      CPO 999146-2

      7:32 am

      Eugène Gigout: Toccata in B minor

      Marie-Claire Alain, o
      Grandes Toccatas

      Erato 95538-2

      7:37 am

      Astor Piazzolla: Tango Suite

      Yo-Yo Ma, vc; Sérgio Assad & Odair Assad, g's
      Soul of the Tango - The Music of Astor Piazzolla

      Sony SK-63122

      7:48 am

      Bedřich Smetana: "Vltava (The Moldau)"

      New York Phil/Leonard Bernstein
      Dvořák: Symphony No. 9 "From The New World", "Carnival" Overture", Two Slavonic Dances / Leonard Bernstein

      Sony SMK-47547

      8:04 am

      Heinrich Marschner: "Des Falkners Braut," Op. 65

      Overture

      Slovak Phil Orch/Alfred Walter
      Marschner: Overtures

      Marco Polo 8.223342

      8:12 am

      Francis Poulenc: "Trois mouvements perpétuels"

      Carol Wincenc, f; Eliot Fisk, g
      Eliot Fisk, Carol Wincenc - Two American Virtuosi

      Musicmasters MM-60059-X

      8:20 am

      Ethel Smyth: Violin and Horn Concerto

      III. Finale, "Allegro"

      Sophie Langdon, v; Richard Watkins, hn; BBC Phil/Odaline de la Martinez
      Ethel Smyth: Concerto for Violin, Horn & Orchestra; Serenade

      Chandos CHAN-9449

      8:31 am

      George Frideric Handel: Harp Concerto in B-Flat, Op. 4, No. 6

      Maxine Eilander, h; Tafelmusik/Jeanne Lamon
      A Baroque Feast

      Analekta AN2-9811

      8:44 am

      Niccolò Paganini: Introduction & Variations on Rossini's "Di tanti palpiti"

      Vilde Frang, v; Michail Lifits, p
      Paganini, Schubert

      Warner 0190295419363

      8:55 am

      Emmanuel Chabrier: "Suite pastorale"

      II. "Danse villageoise"

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

      DG 447751-2

      9:03 am

      Franz Liszt: "Hungarian Rhapsody" No. 9 in E-flat, "Carnival in Pest"

      Philharmonia Hungarica/Willi Boskovsky
      Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsodies Nos.1-6, Rákóczy March, Hungarian Battle March / Willi Boskovsky

      EMI CDM7-64627-2

      9:16 am

      Victor Ewald: Brass Quintet No. 2 in E-Flat, Op. 6

      Axiom Brass
      New Standards

      Axiom Brass [New Standards]

      9:35 am

      Hubert Parry: "An English Suite"

      English String Orch/William Boughton
      Finzi, Bridge, Parry: An English Suite

      Nimbus NI-5366

      9:55 am

      Igor Stravinsky: "Circus Polka"

      Jenny Lin, p
      Stravinsky: Solo Piano Works

      Steinway & Sons 30028

      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.

      10:00 am

      Claude Debussy: "Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun"

      Suisse Romande Orch/Armin Jordan
      Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune

      Erato 45605-2

      10:11 am

      John Rutter: Anthem, "I Will Lift Up Mine Eyes"

      Cambridge Singers, City of London Sinfonia/John Rutter
      John Rutter: Requiem

      Collegium COLCD-103

      10:20 am

      Manuel Ponce: Piano Concerto No. 1, "Romántico"

      Jorge Federico Osorio, p; Mexico State Sym Orch/Enrique Bátiz
      Música Mexicana Vol. 6

      ASV CDDCA-926

      10:42 am

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      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

      Pacific Overtures II

      In the second week cruising the Pacific Rim, you’ll hear selections from Chile and Colombia. Then the tour heads up into Mexico, where we’ll hear Silvestre Revueltas and Carlos Chávez, before motoring to the Pacific Northwest and Canada. Then, we'll sail all the way down to the Philippines, to Java, to China, Korea, and Japan, and finally, the Hawaiian Islands.

      8:00 - 10:00 pm

      8:00 pm

      Live from WFMT

      An archival performance by the São Paulo City String Quartet from 2010. Hosted by Kerry Frumkin.

      10:00 pm - 12:00 am

      10:00 pm

      The WFMT Orchestra Series

      Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields

      Ravel Piano Concerto in G major; Julius Asal, piano; "Le Tombeau de Couperin;" Mozart Piano Concerto No. 22 in E-flat major, K. 482; Symphony No. 31 in D major, K. 297/300a, "Paris."