Wednesday, August 19, 2026

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      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      Trad, Sephardic: Paxarico tu te llamas

      Hesperion XXI/Jordi Savall
      Diaspora Sefardi (Romances and Musica Instrumental)

      Alia Vox AV-9809 (2)

      12:05 am

      Corelli, Arcangelo: Variations in d minor on "La Follia," Op.5 no.12

      Ensemble/Jordi Savall
      La Folia (1490-1701)

      Alia Vox AV-9805

      12:16 am

      Sirmen, Maddalena Lombardini: String Quartet No. 3 in g

      Allegri String Quartet
      Sirmen: The Six String Quartets

      Cala CACD-1019

      12:27 am

      Maddalena, Maddalena Lombardini: Violin Duet in A, Op. 5/5

      II. "Allegretto"

      Shelby Yamin; Sarah Bleile Douglas, v's
      Maddalena Lombardini: Violin Duets, Op. 5

      Orpheus0

      12:29 am

      Glazunov, Alexander: Oriental Rhapsody, Op 29

      USSR Sym Orch/Yevgeny Svetlanov
      Forest, Sea, Oriental Rhapsody

      Melodiya SUCD-1000156

      12:54 am

      Scriabin, Alexander: Five Preludes, Op 74

      #4, "Lent, vague, indécis"

      Piers Lane, p

      Hyperion CDA-67057/8 (2)

      1:00 am

      Pärt, Arvo: "Summa"

      La Pietà/Angèle Dubeau
      Angèle Dubeau & La Pietà * Arvo Pärt, Portrait

      Analekta AN2-8731

      1:05 am

      Tartini, Giuseppe: Violin Sonata in g, "Devil's Trill"

      La Pietà/Angéle Dubeau, v
      Infernal Violins

      Analekta AN2-8723

      1:17 am

      Liszt, Franz: "Mephisto Waltz" No. 1, "Dance in the Village Inn"

      Daniel Barenboim, p
      Daniel Barenboim: On My New Piano

      DG 479 6724

      1:29 am

      Liszt, Franz: "Responsories and Antiphons"

      "Libera me Domine de viis inferni"

      Leslie Howard, p
      Responsories and Antiphons

      Hyperion CDA-67161/2 (2)

      1:31 am

      Mackenzie, Alexander: "Pibroch Suite," Op 42

      Rachel Barton Pine, v; Scottish Chamber Orch/Alexander Platt
      Scottish Fantasies for Violin and Orchestra

      Cedille CDR-90000083 (2)

      1:54 am

      Haydn, Franz Joseph: Scottish Folksong, "The ploughman," H XXXIa:10

      Lorna Anderson, s; Eisenstadt Haydn Trio
      Haydn Edition

      Brilliant Classics 95594 (160)

      2:00 am

      Beethoven, Ludwig van: Variations on Paisiello's "Nel cor più non mi sento," WoO 70

      Cédric Tiberghien, p
      Beethoven: Piano Variations

      Harmonia Mundi HMM-902433.34 (2)

      2:05 am

      Lekeu, Guillaume: "Thema con variazioni"

      Wlodzimierz Prominski, v; Piotr Reichert, vi; Roman Hoffmann, vc
      Guillaume Lekeu Complete Works

      Ricercar RIC-351 (8)

      2:19 am

      Farrenc, Louise: "Douze Études Brillantes," Op. 41

      No. 3

      Maria Stratigou, p
      Louise Farrenc - Complete Piano Works, Vol 1

      Grand Piano GP-912-13 (2)

      2:21 am

      Beethoven, Ludwig van: Symphony No. 4 in B-Flat, Op. 60

      Vienna Phil/Andris Nelsons
      Beethoven: Complete Symphonies

      DG 4837071 (5)

      2:55 am

      Visée, Robert de: Mascarade (Rondeau)

      Andrew Lawrence-King, h
      La Harpe Royale

      RCA-DHM 77371-2

      3:00 am

      Wagner, Richard: "Die Walküre"

      "Ride of the Valkyries"

      London Sym Orch/Barry Tuckwell
      Wagner Overtures

      MCA Classics MCAD-25968

      3:05 am

      Mozart, Leopold: Horn Concerto in D

      Barry Tuckwell, fh; St Martin's Academy/Sir Neville Marriner
      Horn Concertos

      EMI/Ang CDFP5-65395-2 (2)

      3:16 am

      Glazunov, Alexander: "Idyll"

      Anton Hammer, horn; RIAS Sinfonietta/Jiri Starek

      Koch 3-1611-2

      3:23 am

      Chaminade, Cecile: "Album des Enfants", Op 126

      #1, "Idylle"

      Peter Jacobs, p
      Piano Music By Cécile Chaminade – 3

      Hyperion CDA-66846

      3:24 am

      Janácek, Leoš: "Idyll" (1878)

      Seattle Sym/Gerard Schwarz
      DVORAK, A.: Symphony No. 6 / JANACEK, L.: Idyll (Seattle Symphony, Schwarz)

      Naxos 8.572698

      3:54 am

      Smetana, Bedrich: Sketches, Op. 4

      "Idyll"

      Frantisek Rauch, p
      Smetana: Dreams, Sketches

      Supraphon 11112587

      4:00 am

      Dvorák, Antonín: "From the Bohemian Forest," Op 68

      #5, "Silent Woods (Klid)"

      Pieter Wispelwey, vc; Paolo Giacometti, harmonium
      Dvorak: Cello Concerto & works by Tchaikovsky, Arensky & Davidov

      Channel Classics CCS-8695 (2)

      4:05 am

      Wagner, Richard: "Siegfried"

      "Forest Murmurs"

      Philharmonia Orch/Otto Klemperer
      Klemperer conducts Wagner

      EMI/Ang CDC7-47255-2

      4:13 am

      Paine, John Knowles: "In the Country", Op 26

      Denver Oldham, p
      John Knowles Paine: Selected Piano Works

      New World 80424-2 (2)

      4:31 am

      Burleigh: "Boyhood Recollections" (1925)

      "Hushed Woods"

      Zina Schiff, v; Mary Barranger, p
      BURLEIGH: Music for Violin and Piano

      Naxos 8.559061

      4:32 am

      MacDowell, Edward: "Woodland Sketches", Op 51

      Dallas Wind Sym/Frederick Fennell
      Fennell Favorites!

      Reference Recordings RR-43-CD

      4:54 am

      MacDowell, Edward: "New England Idyls," Op 62

      #5, "In Deep Woods"

      James Barbagallo, p
      MacDowell: Piano Music Vol. 1

      Marco Polo 8.223631

      5:00 am

      Wagner, Richard: "Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg"

      Prize Song, "Morgenlicht leuchtend"

      Jonas Kaufmann, t; Prague Phil Orch/Marco Armiliato
      Romantic Arias

      London B0010837-02

      5:05 am

      Wagner, Richard: "Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg"

      Prelude to Act 1

      New York Phil/Pierre Boulez
      Pierre Boulez: Wagner

      Sony SMK-64108

      5:16 am

      Böhm, Theobald: Trois Duos de Mendelssohn et Lachner

      #2

      Jean-Pierre Rampal, f, Claudi Arimany, f, John Steele Ritter, p
      Chamber Music - DOPPLER, F. / KUHLAU, F. / MOZART, W.A. / BOHM, T. / HUGUES, L. (Romantic Music for 2 Flutes and Piano)

      Delos DE-3212

      5:17 am

      Lecuna, Juan Vicente: Five Sonatas de Alta Gracia

      Monique Duphil, p
      Piano Music Of Venezuela

      Eclectra ECCD-2034

      5:31 am

      Falla, Manuel de: "El Amor Brujo" (1915)

      Carol Brice, s; Pittsburgh Sym Orch/Fritz Reiner

      EMI/Ang CDC5-62866-2 (2)

      5:54 am

      Lecuona, Ernesto: "Andalucía, Suite Espagnole"

      "Gitanerias"

      Thomas Tirino, p
      Lecuona: Complete Piano Music Vol 1

      BIS CD-754

      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

      Gabriel Fauré: "Sicilienne," Op. 78

      Emmanuel Pahud, f; Mariko Anraku, h
      Beau Soir: French and Japanese Melodies for Flute & Harp

      EMI CDC5-57740-2

      6:08 am

      Jean-Philippe Rameau: Dances from "Les Indes Galantes"

      Le Concert des Nations/Jordi Savall
      Le Concert Spirituel - At the time of Louis XV

      Alia Vox AVSA-9877

      6:20 am

      Felix Mendelssohn: "Capriccio brillant" in B minor, Op. 22

      Stephen Hough, p; City of Birmingham Sym Orch/Lawrence Foster
      Felix Mendelssohn - Piano Concertos

      Hyperion CDA-66969

      6:32 am

      Walter Rabl: Quartet in E-Flat, Op. 1

      I. "Allegro moderato"

      D Ottensamer, cl; N Bendix-Balgley, v; S Koncz, vc; C Traxler, p
      Christoph Traxler, piano,
      Brahms/Koncz: Sonatas for Clarinet and Orchestra

      Pentatone PTC-5187425

      6:39 am

      Edward Elgar: String Serenade in E minor, Op. 20

      Orpheus Chamber Orch
      Elgar: Introduction and Allegro, Serenade, Elegy; Vaughan Williams: Tallis Fantasia, Greensleeves Fantasia

      DG 419191-2

      6:52 am

      Arnold Bax: "Morning Song (Maytime in Sussex)"

      Piers Lane, p; The Orchestra Now/Leon Botstein
      The Romantic Piano Concerto, Vol. 81: Rubbra & Bliss

      Hyperion CDA-68297

      7:04 am

      music continues...

      10:00 am - 1:00 pm

      10:00 am

      Midday with Lisa Flynn

      Including the Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts at 12:15 pm.

      12:15 pm

      Dame Myra Hess Concerts

      Pianist Han Chen performs music by Igor Stravinsky and Nina C. Young, live from Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago.

      1:00 - 3:00 pm

      1:00 pm

      Music for the Afternoon

      3:00 - 7:00 pm

      3:00 pm

      Afternoon Music with Candice Agree

      Including "The Unrush Hour" at 5:00 pm.

      7:00 pm

      7:00 pm

      Exploring Music

      Curse of the Ninth! Ninth Symphonies

      Why did so many great composers die after finishing their ninth symphony? This week, we look at the so-called curse of the Ninth Symphony, a legend that started with Beethoven in the mid-1820s. Over time, people began to believe that writing a ninth symphony could be a composer’s final work and maybe even mark their last year on Earth. We’ll listen to five famous ninth symphonies by Beethoven, Schubert, Bruckner, Dvořák, and Mahler.

      8:00 - 10:00 pm

      10:00 pm

      10:00 pm

      Baroque&Before with Candice Agree

      Julian Bream

      English lutenist and guitarist Julian Bream’s contributions to music are innumerable. Although his repertoire spanned the centuries, this program focuses on his interpretations of works of the Renaissance and Baroque.

      11:00 pm