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Playlist for Saturday, July 4, 2026
12:00 - 7:00 am
12:00 am
Afro-American Trad: Spiritual, I'm a Pilgrim
Chanticleer
Our American Journey
12:05 am
James P Johnson: "American Symphonic Suite"
"Lament"
Leslie Stifelman, p; Concordia Orch/Marin Alsop
James P. Johnson - Symphonic Music
12:14 am
Kern: "Mark Twain: Portrait for Orchestra"
Boston Pops/Keith Lockhart
American Visions
12:27 am
Aaron Copland: "Old American Songs" Set 1
IV. "Simple Gifts"
St Charles Singers, Elgin Sym/Robert Hanson
Copland: Piano Concerto * The Tender Land
12:29 am
Antonin Dvorák: String Quartet No. 12 in F, Op. 96, "American"
Takacs String Quartet
String Quartets Op.96 'The American' • Op.105 • 5 Bagatelles, Op.47
12:54 am
Florence Price: "Five Folksongs in Counterpoint"
No. 4, "Shortnin' Bread"
Agave
American Originals: A New World, A New Canon
1:00 am
African Trad: "Red River Valley"
Dale Warland Singers/Dale Warland
The Dale Warland Singers * Blue Wheat
1:05 am
Virgil Thomson: "The River" Suite
Los Angeles Chamber Orch/Sir Neville Marriner
1:29 am
Charles Ives: Song, "At the River" (1916)
William Sharp, br; Steven Blier, p
The Complete Songs of Charles Ives, Vol. 3
1:31 am
American ANON 18th c: Washington's March
Janice Beck, o (First Baptist Church, Ann Arbor, MI)
N/A
1:33 am
Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 66 in B-Flat
Philharmonia Hungarica/Antal Dorati
Haydn * The Complete Symphonies * Antal Dorati
1:55 am
William Grant Still: "Swanee River"
Denver Oldham, p
Africa: Piano Music of William Grant Still * Denver Oldham
2:00 am
George Gershwin: "An American in Paris"
in miniature
Richard Glazier, p
A Salute to the Hollywood Musical
2:05 am
George Gershwin: "Porgy and Bess: A Symphonic Picture"
London Sym Orch/André Previn
Porgy and Bess, Second Rhapsody, Cuban Overture
2:22 am
George Gershwin: Three Preludes
No. 3
Anne Sophie Mutter, v; Lambert Orkis, p
Die Violin Sonaten 1-10
2:24 am
Antonin Dvorák: American Suite in A, Op 98b
Royal Liverpool Phil/Libor Pesek
2:47 am
Florence Price: "Fantasie Negre" (1929)
Michelle Cann, p
Revival
2:55 am
Florence Price: Song, "Desire"
Karen Slack, s; Michelle Cann, p
3:05 am
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7:00 - 11:00 am
7:00 am
Weekend Mornings with Kristina Lynn
With news at 7:00 am; "Saturday Morning Listener's Choice" at 8:00 am; and "Soundtrack" at 9:00 am.
11:00 am
11:00 am
Introductions
Violinist Olha Tytarenko, a rising senior at DePaul University School of Myusic, performs Erich Wolfgang Korngold's Violin Concerto in D Major, Op.35 with the DePaul Symphony Orchestra conducted by Francesco Milioto. Recorded at Gannon Concert Hall on May 22, 2026.
12:00 - 3:00 pm
12:00 pm
From The Paris Opera
Verdi's Aida
Saioa Hernández (Aida); Piotr Beczała (Radamès); Eve-Maud Hubeaux (Amneris); Roman Burdenko (Amonasro); Alexander Köpeczi (Ramfis); Paris Opera Chorus and Orchestra; Michele Mariotti, conductor. Sung in Italian.
4:00 pm
4:00 pm
Listening to Singers with Oliver Camacho
A celebration of American vocal music performed by American artists.
5:00 pm
5:00 pm
Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival
JS Bach Concerto in D Minor, BWV 1043; Chad Hoopes, Bryan Lee, violins; Santa Fe Opera Orchestra musicians; Debussy "Jane" and "Romance: Silence ineffible;" Liv Redpath, soprano; George Fu, piano; Bridge Piano Trio No. 2, H. 178; Orion Weiss, piano; Jennifer Frautschi, violin; Felix Fan, cello.
6:00 - 9:00 pm
6:00 pm
Weekend Evening Music
7:30 pm
Grant Park Music Festival 2026
Independence Day Salute
Live from the Pritzker Pavilion, Christopher Bell conducts the Grant Park Orchestra in this annual Chicago tradition. The family-friendly celebration includes patriotic favorites alongside Gershwin’s "Three Preludes" with principal clarinetist Dario Brignoli and Carlos Gardel’s "Tango (Por Una Cabeza)" with concertmaster Jeremy Black.
9:00 pm - 12:00 am
9:00 pm
The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer
While we mark the 250th anniversary of our nation’s founding document, The Declaration of Independence, we also lift up America’s first popular songwriter, Stephen Foster, 200 years after his birth.
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