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      Playlist for Friday, June 26, 2026

      Playing this hour

      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      Maurice Greene: Overture #1 in D

      Baroque Band/Garry Clarke
      Maurice Greene Overtures

      Cedille CDR-90000152

      12:05 am

      Henry Purcell: "The Fairy Queen"

      Suite

      Alison Balsom, tpt; English Concert/Trevor Pinnock
      Sound The Trumpet (Royal Music Of Purcell & Handel)

      EMI 40329-2

      12:19 am

      Henry Purcell: "The Fairy Queen"

      "A bird's Prelude"

      Le Concert des Nations/Jordi Savall
      The Fairy Queen & The Prophetess - Orchestral Suites ‎

      Fontalis ES-8583

      12:21 am

      Gaspard Fritz: Symphony in g, Op 6/6

      La Stagione/Michael Schneider
      Gaspard Fritz: 5 Sinfonias

      CPO 777696-2

      12:35 am

      Othmar Schoeck: Violin Sonata in D, WoO 22

      Simone Zgraggen, v; Ulrich Koella, p
      Schoeck: Three Violin Sonatas

      Claves 50-2503

      12:55 am

      Othmar Schoeck: Ten Songs, Op. 44

      No. 9, "Für Ninon"

      Nathan Berg, br; Julius Drake, p
      Othmar Schoeck Complete Edition, Vol 6

      New Classical Adventure 234405 (12)

      1:00 am

      Welsh Trad: Folksong, David of the White Rock

      Cheryl Ann Fulton, h
      The Airs Of Wales

      Koch 3-7071-2

      1:05 am

      Ralph Vaughan Williams: "English Folksong Suite"

      London Wind Orchestra/Denis Wick
      Military Band Suites 1 and 2

      ASV CDQS-6021

      1:15 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Welsh Folksong, "The melody of Cynwyd," H XXXIb:31

      Lorna Anderson, s; Eisenstadt Haydn Trio
      Haydn: Scottish Songs, Vol. 3

      Brilliant Classics 93059/5 (5)

      1:17 am

      Henriëtte Bosmans: Cello Concerto No. 1

      Raphael Wallfisch, vc; BBC Scottish Sym Orch/Ed Spanjaard
      Henriette Bosmans: Cello Concertos 1 & 2; Poeme

      CPO 555694-2

      1:55 am

      Robert Schumann: "Album für die Jugend," Op. 68

      #4, "Chorale"

      Luba Edlina, p
      Schumann: Album for the Young

      Chandos CHAN-9731

      2:00 am

      Morricone: "The Mission"

      "Gabriel's Oboe; The Falls"

      Yo-Yo Ma, vc; Roma Sinfonietta/Ennio Morricone
      Yo-Yo Ma Plays Ennio Morricone

      Sony SK-93456

      2:05 am

      Francesco Rosetti: Oboe Concerto in F

      Lajos Lencses, ob; Slovak Chamber Orch/Bohdan Warchal
      3 Oboe Concertos

      CPO 999062-2

      2:25 am

      Clémence de Grandval: "Gavotte"

      Lajos Lencsés, ob; Ansgar Schneider, vc; Budapest Strings
      Clémence de Grandval: Works For Oboe

      Hänssler Classic 98295

      2:28 am

      Serge Prokofiev: Symphony No. 1 in D, Op. 25, "Classical"

      III. Gavotte: "Non troppo allegro"

      Brodsky String Quartet
      Brodsky Unlimited

      Teldec 46015-2

      2:30 am

      Serge Prokofiev: Flute Sonata in D, Op. 94

      Pablo Barragán, cl; Sophie Pacini, p

      Aparté AP-287

      2:54 am

      Serge Prokofiev: Ten Pieces from "Romeo and Juliet," Op. 75

      II. "Scene"

      Nikolai Demidenko, p
      Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition/ Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet

      Hyperion CDA-67018

      3:00 am

      George Frideric Handel: "Giulio Cesare"

      Aria, "Tu la mia stella"

      Joan Sutherland, s; English Chamber Orch/Richard Bonynge
      Handel: Overtures and Sinfonias, Overtures of the 18th Century

      London 467238-2

      3:05 am

      George Frideric Handel: Concerto grosso in a, Op. 6, No. 4

      Orpheus Chamber Orch
      Handel: 12 Concerti Grossi, Op. 6

      DG 471758-2 (3)

      3:16 am

      John Cage: Six Melodies (1950)

      #5

      Gidon Kremer, v; Naoko Yoshino, h
      Insomnia * Gidon Kremer * Naoko Yoshino

      Philips 456016-2

      3:18 am

      Felix Mendelssohn: Violin and Piano Concerto in d (1823)

      Gidon Kremer, v; Martha Argerich, p; Orpheus Chamber Orch
      Concerto For Violin And Piano - Violin Concerto In D Minor

      DG 427338-2

      3:54 am

      Moritz Moszkowski: Etudes, Op 72

      Etude in F

      Michael Ponti, p

      Vox CDX-5151 (2)

      4:00 am

      Henri Duparc: Song, "Phidylé"

      Gail Williams, fh; Kathryn Goodson, p
      Belle Nuit

      Navona Records NV-5983 (2)

      4:05 am

      Henri Duparc: Song, "Chanson triste"

      Mischa Maisky, vc; Daria Hovora, p
      Après Un Rêve

      DG 457657-2

      4:09 am

      Henri Duparc: Song, "Extase"

      London Sym Orch/Leopold Stokowski
      Leopold Stokowski: Orchestral Transcriptions

      London 448946-2

      4:12 am

      Henri Duparc: "Lénore"

      Toulouse Capitole Orch/Michel Plasson

      EMI/Ang CDC5-55385-2

      4:25 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: "Leonore Prohaska" Incidental Music, WoO 96

      #1, "Kriegerchor"

      Berlin Radio Cho/Claudio Abbado
      Beethoven: Incidental Music

      DG 447748-2

      4:26 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano and Wind Quintet in E-Flat, Op 16

      Robert Levin, forte-p; Academy of Ancient Music Chamber Ensemble
      Quintets For Fortepiano & Wind Instruments

      London 455994-2

      4:53 am

      Ferenc Farkas: "Ancient Hungarian Dances" for Wind Quintet (1959)

      #3, "Lapockas Tanc"

      Borealis Wind Quintet
      A LA CARTE- Short Works for Winds

      MSR Classics MS-1128

      5:00 am

      Bastiano Chilese: Canzon in Echo a 8 (1608)

      Hesperion XXI/Jordi Savall
      Battaglie And Lamenti 1600-1660: Monteverdi, Peri, Fontei, Strozzi

      Alia Vox AV-9815

      5:05 am

      Giovanni Gabrieli: "Canzon in echo duodecimi toni (à 10)"

      Taverner Players/Andrew Parrott

      EMI/Ang CDC7-54265-2

      5:09 am

      Antonio Vivaldi: Violin & "Echo Violin" Concerto in A, R 552

      Enrico Casazza, v; Europa Galante/Fabio Biondi, v
      Vivaldi - Concerti con Titoli

      Virgin 45424-2

      5:25 am

      Orlandus (Roland de) Lassus: "Echo Song"

      Empire Brass
      The Glory of Gabrieli: Antiphonal Music for Brass Choirs

      Telarc CD-80553

      5:27 am

      Gerald Finzi: Suite fr "Love's Labours Lost," Op 28

      English String Orch/William Boughton
      Spirit of England Volume 1

      Nimbus NI-5210/3 (4)

      5:54 am

      English ANON: Song, I Loathe that I Did Love

      Paul Elliott, t, Paul O'Dette, l
      Shakespeare's Songbook volumes 1-2

      Azica ACD-72229 (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

      Henry Purcell: "Purcell Suite"

      Canadian Brass
      High, Light, Bright, and Clear: The Glory of Baroque Brass

      RCA RCD1-4574

      6:15 am

      Ottorino Respighi: Ancient Airs and Dances for the Lute, Set 3

      Los Angeles Chamber Orch/Sir Neville Marriner
      Respighi: Ancient Airs and Dances

      EMI CDC7-47116-2

      6:30 am

      music continues...

      10:00 am - 2:00 pm

      10:00 am

      Midday with Lisa Flynn

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

      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

      Sir William Walton (1902-1983)

      This is a week steeped in 20th-century British music. Composer Benjamin Britten wrote that hearing William Walton's music was a 'great turning point in my musical life.' Bill features Walton’s love of different musical genres: film music from Henry V, the poem Façade set to music performed by the London Mozart Players narrated by Prunella Scales, the orchestral march Crown Imperial, and the cantata Belshazzar’s Feast.

      8:00 - 11:00 pm

      11:00 pm

      11:00 pm

      Best of Studs Terkel

      Mel Brooks (7/2/1968)

      Tonight’s conversation, chosen to mark actor, writer, and filmmaker's 100th birthday, first aired on WFMT in 1968, shortly after the release of "The Producers." During this program, Studs discussed the satirical film with various, unusual, out-sized characters who all, curiously enough, sounded a lot like Mel Brooks who was born June 28, 1926.