Wednesday, April 22, 2026

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      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      Piotr Illyitch Tchaikovsky: Six Piano Pieces, Op. 21

      No .6, "Scherzo"

      Piers Lane, p
      Russian Variations

      Hyperion CDA-68428

      12:05 am

      Alexander Dreyschock: "Morceau de concert," Op. 27

      Piers Lane, p; BBC Scottish Sym Orch/Niklas Willén
      Kullak: Piano Concerto In C Minor, Op 55 (First Recording)/ Dreyschock: Piano Concerto In D Minor, Op 137 (First Recording)

      Hyperion CDA-67086

      12:22 am

      Alexander Scriabin: Four Preludes, Op 33

      #1 in E

      Piers Lane, p

      Hyperion CDA-67057/8 (2)

      12:23 am

      Camille Saint-Saëns: "Morceau de concert" in G, Op. 154

      Isabelle Moretti, h; Southwest German Radio Sym Orch/Klaus Arp
      French Harp Concertos

      Koch 3-1142-2

      12:35 am

      Claude Debussy: Sonata (#2) for Flute, Viola and Harp

      Chicago Chamber Musicians

      Chicago Chamber Musicians

      12:55 am

      Jean-Philippe Rameau: "Les Boréades" (1764)

      "Pas de deux"

      Collegium 1704/Vaclav Luks
      Rameau: Les Boréades

      Versailles CVS-026 (3)

      1:00 am

      Hans Pfitzner: "Die Rose vom Liebesgarten"

      Blütenwunder

      Bavarian Radio Sym Orch/Wolfgang Sawallisch
      Pfitzner: Palestrina, Das Kathchen von Heilbronn, Die Rose vom Liebesgarten

      Orfeo C-168881-A

      1:05 am

      Franz Schmidt: "Notre Dame"

      Introduction, Intermezzo & Carnival Music

      Budapest Sym Orch/Michael Halász
      SCHMIDT : Symphony No. 1

      Marco Polo 8.223119

      1:18 am

      Richard Strauss: "Salome," Op. 54

      "Dance of the Seven Veils"

      Berlin Radio Sym Orch/Hanns-Martin Schneidt
      Les Brises D'Orient, Vol. 2

      Capriccio 10380

      1:29 am

      Hans Pfitzner: "Alte Weisen," Op. 33

      No. 2, "Ich furcht' nit Gespenster"

      Julie Kaufmann, s; Donald Sulzen, p
      Pfitzner Songs, Vol 5

      CPO 999491-2

      1:30 am

      Chevalier De Saint-Georges: Violin Concerto in A, Op 5/2 (1775)

      Rachel Barton Pine, v; Encore Chamber Orch/Daniel Hege
      Violin Concertos by Black Composers of the 18th and 19th Centuries

      Cedille CDR-90000035

      1:54 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Mass in C, K. 248

      "Kyrie"

      Soloists; Chamber Cho of Europe/Nicol Matt
      Mozart: Complete Masses

      Brilliant 96648

      2:00 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Three "Equali"

      Alessi, Hartman, Lawrence, Bollinger, tb
      Tb,
      Four Of A Kind

      Summit DCD-123

      2:05 am

      Emilie Mayer: Symphony No. 4 in b

      NDR Radio Phil/Jan Willem de Vriend
      Emilie Mayer: Symphonies Nos. 4 & 6

      CPO 555615-2

      2:37 am

      Darius Milhaud: "Le Carnaval d'Aix," Op. 83b

      "Cinzio"

      Claude Helffer, p; French National Orch/David Robertson
      Milahud: Le Carnaval d'Aix Op. 33b, 5 Etudes Op. 63, Concertos No. 1 and No. 4, Ballade Op. 61

      Erato 45992-2

      2:39 am

      Darius Milhaud: Chamber Symphony No. 2, "Pastorale" (1918)

      Luxembourg Radio Orch/Darius Milhaud

      Vox CDX-5109 (2)

      2:43 am

      Gabriel Pierné: "Divertissements sur un Thème Pastoral"

      BBC Phil/Juanjo Mena
      Pierné: Orchestral Works -- Bavouzet / BBC Philharmonic / Mena

      Chandos CHAN-10633

      2:55 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: "Missa Brevis" in G, K. 140, "Pastoral"

      "Benedictus"

      Soloists; Chamber Cho of Europe/Nicol Matt
      Mozart: Complete Masses

      Brilliant 96648

      3:00 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: "The Creatures of Prometheus," Op 43

      #14, Sinfonia Concertante

      Utah Sym Orch/Maurice Abravanel
      Music For The Theater: Beethoven: Incidental Music for Goethe's Egmont, The Creatures of Prometheus/ Schubert: Rusamunde

      Vanguard OVC-8084/85 (2)

      3:04 am

      Franz Danzi: Wind Quintet in B-Flat, Op 51/1

      Wien-Berlin Ensemble
      Haydn - Danzi - Bozza - Ibert - Villa-Lobos

      CBS MK-39558

      3:18 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Three German Dances, K. 605

      No. 2

      Salzburg Mozarteum Orch/Hans Graf
      Mozart: Dances And Minuets

      Laserlight 15887

      3:20 am

      Carl Nielsen: Violin Concerto, Op 33

      Saeka Matsuyama, v; Odense Sym/Jan Wagner
      The Danish Wave

      Bridge 9100

      3:54 am

      Peter Lange-Müller: Two Songs after H C Andersen

      #2

      Annemarie Moller, ms, Dorte Kirkeskov, p
      Lange- Muller: Songs

      Danacord DACOCD-374

      4:00 am

      Robert de Visée: Lute Suite in g

      Rafael Andia, g
      Visée: Suites de guitare

      Harmonia Mundi HMA-1901186

      4:05 am

      Camille Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 1 in E-Flat, Op. 2

      ORTF National Orch/Jean Martinon
      Saint-Saens: Complete Symphonies

      MHS 525324-f (2)

      4:36 am

      Benjamin Godard: "Suite de trois morceaux," Op 116

      #1, Allegretto

      William Bennett, f; English Chamber Orch/Steuart Bedford
      Celebration For Flute And Orchestra ‎

      ASV CDDCA-652

      4:38 am

      Edward Elgar: "Concert Allegro," Op 46

      Peter Pettinger, p
      Elgar: Piano Works

      Chandos CHAN-8438

      4:48 am

      Edward Elgar: "Dream Children," Op 43

      Indianapolis Sym/Raymond Leppard
      Elgar: Dream Children, Starlight Express, Etc.

      Koss Classics KC-1014

      4:54 am

      William Byrd: "Jig"

      Canadian Brass
      English Renaissance Music

      CBS MK-45792

      5:00 am

      Alan Langford: Two Worlds Overture

      Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland
      British Light Music World Premieres

      ASV CDWHL-2116

      5:05 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 3 in G, K. 216

      Zino Francescatti, v; Orch/Bruno Walter
      Bruno Walter Edition - Mozart: Violin Concertos

      Sony SMK-64468

      5:30 am

      Jacques Ibert: "Cinq pièces en Trio"

      #2

      Chicago Chamber Musicians
      20th Century French Wind Trios

      Cedille CDR-90000040

      5:32 am

      Igor Stravinsky: "Jeu de cartes"

      Chicago Sym/Sir Georg Solti
      Petrushka / Jeu de cartes

      London 443775-2

      5:55 am

      Leo Délibes: "Lakmé"

      Ballet: "Terana"

      Opera-Comique National Theater Orch/Alain Lombard

      EMI/Ang CDC7-49430-2 (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.

      6:05 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 in F, Op. 68, "Pastoral"

      I. "Awakening of cheerful feelings on arrival in the countryside"

      Chamber Orch of Europe/Yannick Nézet-Séguin
      Ludwig van Beethoven: The Symphonies

      DG 4863050

      6:18 am

      Igor Stravinsky: "Pastorale"

      Israel Baker, v; Chamber Ensemble/Igor Stravinsky
      Igor Stravinsky 1882-1971 The Edition · An Introduction

      Sony SAMPCD-1466

      6:20 am

      Amy Beach: "Pastorale," Op. 151

      Borealis Wind Quintet
      A La Carte: Short Works for Wind Quintet

      MSR Classics MS-1128

      6:24 am

      Zdeněk Fibich: "Impressions from the Countryside," Op. 54

      "Village Dance"

      Czech National Sym Orch/Marek Štilec
      Fibich: Orchestral Works, Vol. 1 - Symphony No. 1

      Naxos 8.572985

      6:33 am

      music continues...

      10:00 am - 1:00 pm

      10:00 am

      Midday with Lisa Flynn

      Including the "Daily Excursion" at 11:00 am.

      12:15 pm

      Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts

      Pianist Mackenzie Melemed performs music by Copland, Price, Ned Rorem, Arthur Foote, and Louis-Moreau Gottschalk, live from Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago.

      1:00 pm

      1:00 pm

      Music for the Afternoon

      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

      The Russian Five

      This group, also known as The Mighty Handful, includes Mily Balakirev, Modest Mussorgsky, César Cui, Alexander Borodin, and Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. Led by Balakirev, they helped create the Russian National School of Composers in Saint Petersburg from 1856 to 1870. Bill introduces each composer and shares important works performed by renowned musicians.

      8:00 - 10:00 pm

      10:00 pm - 12:00 am

      10:00 pm

      Baroque&Before with Candice Agree

      Quartets & Motets

      Two young ensembles based in Basel, Cafebaum Banda Barocca and Voces Suaves present Johann Gottlieb Janitsch's Quartet in G minor, "O Haupt voll Blut und Wunden;" Johann Bach's motet, "Unser Leben ist ein Schatten;" and J.S. Bach's motet, "Komm, Jesu, Komm" and Cantata 42, "Am Abend aber desselbigen Sabbats." Recorded at the 2018 Bach Festival in Switzerland.