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      Playlist for Monday, August 31, 2026

      Playing this hour

      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      Grainger, Percy: "Tribute to Foster"

      "Lullaby"

      Martin Jones, p
      Grainger: Country Gardens and Other Piano

      Nimbus NI-5232

      12:05 am

      Gershwin, George: "Lullaby"

      Pro Arte Guitar Trio
      America

      ASV CDWHL-2099

      12:13 am

      Beach, Amy: "Fairy Lullaby"

      Lauralyn Kolb, s; Don McMahon, p
      Songs by Clara Schumann, Poldowski, and Amy Beach

      Albany TROY-109

      12:15 am

      Price, Florence: Symphony #1 in e

      Philadelphia Orch/Yannick Nézet-Séguin
      Florence Price: Two Symphonies

      DG BO034879-02

      12:55 am

      Price, Florence: Preludes (1926-52)

      No. 3

      Kirsten Johnson, p
      Florence Price

      Guild GM2CD-7828

      1:00 am

      Verdi, Giuseppe: "La Traviata"

      Cho, "Noi siamo zingarelle...Di Madride noi siam"

      Chicago Sym Cho, Orch/Sir Georg Solti
      Verdi: Choruses * CSO * Solti

      London 430226-2

      1:05 am

      Verdi, Giuseppe: "La Traviata"

      Preludes to acts 1 & 3

      BBC Phil/Sir Edward Downes
      Verdi: Preludes, Overtures, and Ballet Music Vol. 1

      Chandos CHAN-9696

      1:13 am

      Lovreglio, Donato: "Fantasia da Concerto" on themes from Verdi's "La Traviata"

      Emma Johnson, cl; Gordon Back, p
      A Clarinet Celebration

      ASV CDDCA-732

      1:25 am

      Lecuona, Ernesto: "Al Fin Te Vi"

      Anna Najoom, cl; Michael Salter, bcl
      Havana Blue

      3Sixteen

      1:26 am

      Menotti, Gian-Carlo: Violin Concerto (1952)

      Jennifer Koh, v; Spoleto Festival Orch/Richard Hickox
      Menotti: Violin Concerto

      Chandos CHAN-9979

      1:55 am

      Schoeck, Othmar: Three Songs, Op. 10

      No. 8, "Parabase"

      Juliane Banse, s; Wolfram Rieger, p
      Othmar Schoeck Complete Edition, Vol 5

      New Classical Adventure 234405 (12)

      2:00 am

      Scarlatti, Domenico: Clavier Sonata in C, Kk 225 (L 351)

      Scott Ross, hc
      Domenico Scarlatti: Complete Keyboard Works

      Erato 45309-2 (34)

      2:05 am

      Hamelin: Etude No. 6 in d, "Omaggio a Domenico Scarlatti"

      Marc-André Hamelin, p
      Hamelin * Etudes * Con Intimissino Sentimento * Cathy's Variations * Marc-André Hamelin, Piano

      Hyperion CDA-67789

      2:09 am

      Avison, Charles: Concerto grosso #2 in G, after Domenico Scarlatti

      St Martin's Academy/Neville Marriner
      12 Concerti Grossi

      Philips 438806-2 (2)

      2:20 am

      Scarlatti, Domenico: Clavier Sonata in d, Kk 34 (L 7)

      Scott Ross, hc
      Domenico Scarlatti: Complete Keyboard Works

      Erato 45309-2 (34)

      2:21 am

      Brahms, Johannes: Double Concerto in a minor, Op. 102

      Joshua Bell, v; Steven Isserlis, vc; Academy of St Martin in the Fields
      For the Love of Brahms

      Sony 88985321792

      2:54 am

      Gershwin, George: Three Preludes

      #1

      Joshua Bell, v; John Williams, p
      Gershwin Fantasy

      Sony SK-60659

      3:00 am

      de la Maza, Regino Sainz: Homenaje a Toulouse-Lautrec

      Ricardo Cobo, g
      Walking On The Water

      Ess.a.y CD-1073

      3:05 am

      Silvestrini, Gilles: Etudes pour Hautbois (1984)

      Eugene Izotov, ob
      Sound In Motion, Eugene Izotov: Pasculli, Silvestrini, Rachmaninoff

      Boston Records BR-1068-CD

      3:14 am

      Thomson, Virgil: Portraits for Piano

      "A French Boy of Ten: Louis Lange"

      Jacquelyn Helin, p
      Portraits and other Works

      New World 80429-2

      3:15 am

      Mussorgsky, Modest: "Pictures at an Exhibition"

      Finnish Radio Sym Orch/Neeme Järvi
      Pictures at an Exhibition, Night on a Bare Mountain, Songs And Dances Of Death

      BIS CD-325

      3:53 am

      Tchaikovsky, Peter: Album for the Young, Op. 39

      #8, Valse

      Leigh Howard Stevens, marimba
      Marimba When...

      Delos DE-3142

      4:00 am

      Gliere, Reinhold: Romance, Op 3

      David Oistrakh, v; Russian State Sym Orch/Kiril Kondrashin

      Omega OCD-1025

      4:04 am

      Dvorák, Antonín: Romance in f minor, Op. 11

      Arabella Steinbacher, v; Berlin Radio Sym/Marek Janowski
      Dvorak * Szymanowski * Violin Concertos * Steinbacher * Janowski

      Pentatone PTC-5186353

      4:16 am

      Dvorák, Antonín: "Poetic Tone Pictures", Op 85

      #4, "Spring Song"

      Stefan Veselka, p
      DVORAK: Complete Solo Piano Music

      Naxos 8.505205 (5)

      4:20 am

      Suk, Josef: "Spring," Op 22a

      Radoslav Kvapil, p
      An Anthology of Czech Piano Music, Vol. 8: Josef Suk

      Unicorn-Kanchana DKPCD-9159

      4:35 am

      Mechem, Kirk: Five Centuries of Spring

      "Spring"

      UCLA Madrigal Singers/Donn Weiss
      Choral Music Of Twentieth Century Americans

      Cambria CD-1068

      4:36 am

      Copland, Aaron: "Music for Movies"

      London Sinfonietta/Elgar Howarth
      Essential Aaron Copland - 12 Greatest Hits

      London 448261-2 (2)

      4:53 am

      Copland, Aaron: "From Sorcery to Science" film music

      "African Voodoo"

      Eos Orch/Jonathan Sheffer
      Celluloid Copland * Eos Orchestra

      Telarc CD-80583

      5:00 am

      Monti, Vittorio: "Czárdás"

      Evelyn Glennie, per; National Phil/Barry Wordsworth
      Rhythm Song

      RCA 60242-2-RC

      5:05 am

      Anderson, Leroy: "Lullaby of the Drums"

      BBC Concert Orch/Leonard Slatkin
      ANDERSON, L.: Orchestral Music, Vol. 2 - Suite of Carols / A Harvard Festival / Song of Jupiter

      Naxos 8.559356

      5:08 am

      Rodrigo, Joaquín: "Palillos y Panderetas (Drumsticks and Tambourines)"

      Mexico State Sym Orch/Enrique Bátiz

      EMI/Ang CDM5-65901-2

      5:21 am

      Philidor, Andre: Marche de timbales

      Marie-Ange Petit, tym
      Te Deum

      Harmonia Mundi HMC-901298

      5:22 am

      Liszt, Franz: Piano Concerto No. 1 in E-Flat

      Nareh Arghamanyan, p; Berlin Radio Sym/Alain Altinoglu
      Liszt -- The 2 Piano Concertos -- Nareh Arghamanyan

      Pentatone PTC-5186397

      5:41 am

      Wagner, Richard: "Rienzi"

      Overture

      Philharmonia Zurich/Fabio Luisi
      Wagner: Preludes and Interludes

      Philharmonia Records PHR-0102 (2)

      5:53 am

      Liszt, Franz: "Responsories and Antiphons"

      "Exclamans Jesus"

      Leslie Howard, p
      Responsories and Antiphons

      Hyperion CDA-67161/2 (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.

      6:04 am

      Joseph Bologne (Chevalier de Saint-Georges): "Concertante" Quartet No. 1 in B-Flat

      Arabella String Quartet
      Bologne: Six Concertante Quartets

      Naxos 8.574360

      6:12 am

      Carl Reinecke: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C, Op. 144

      III. Finale, "Allegro vivace e grazioso"

      Simon Callaghan, p; St Gallen Sym Orch/Modestas Pitrėnas
      The Romantic Piano Concerto, Vol. 87

      Hyperion CDA-68429

      6:24 am

      Louis Spohr: "Grand Nonetto" in F, Op. 31

      IV. Finale, "Vivace"

      Berlin Octet
      Spohr: Nonet in F, Octet in E

      Berlin Classics 0090122-BC

      6:32 am

      Thomas Arne: Overture No. 6 in B-Flat

      Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood
      Arne: Eight Overtures

      L'Oiseau-Lyre 4759117

      6:40 am

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

      I. "Adagio-Allegro Vivace"

      Leonidas Kavakos, v; Yo-Yo Ma, vc; Emanuel Ax, p
      Beethoven for Three: Symphony No. 4 and Op. 97 "Archduke"

      Sony 19658881642

      6:52 am

      Johannes Brahms: Clarinet Sonata No. 2 in E-Flat, Op. 120, No. 2

      I., "Allegro amabile"

      Daniel Ottensamer, cl; Berlin German Sym Orch/Stephan Koncz
      Brahms/Koncz: Sonatas for Clarinet and Orchestra

      Pentatone PTC-5187425

      7:04 am

      George Whitefield Chadwick: Symphonic Sketches

      No. 1, "Jubilee"

      Cincinnati Pops/Erich Kunzel
      American Jubilee

      Telarc CD-80144

      7:14 am

      Sergei Rachmaninoff: Two Pieces for Piano, Six Hands

      Brigitte Engerer, Oleg Maisenberg, Elena Bachkirova, p
      Suites for Piano Four Hands

      Harmonia Mundi HMC-901301/2 (2)

      7:21 am

      Bedřich Smetana: Festive Symphony

      III. "Scherzo"

      Prague Sym Orch/Jiří Bělohlávek
      Smetana Festival

      Supraphon 110377-2

      7:33 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Violin and Oboe Concerto, BWV 1060

      I. "Allegro"

      Ray Still, ob; Israel Phil Orch/Itzhak Perlman, v
      Bach: Violin Concertos in D minor and G minor, Concerto for Violin and Oboe in C Minor

      EMI CDC7-47073-2

      7:40 am

      Luigi Boccherini: Symphony in E-Flat, Op. 35, No. 2 (G 510)

      London Festival Orch/Ross Pople
      Boccherini: Six Symphonies Op. 35

      Hyperion CDA-66903

      7:51 am

      Moritz Moszkowski: "From Foreign Lands," Op. 23

      Italy & Hungary

      San Francisco Ballet Orch/Martin West
      Moszkowski: From Foreign Lands

      Reference RR-138

      8:04 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: "Brandenburg" Concerto No. 3 in G Major, BWV 1048

      St Martin's Academy/Sir Neville Marriner
      Bach: Brandenburg Concertos No. 1-4

      EMI CDR5-69877-2

      8:19 am

      Percy Grainger: "Walking Tune"

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

      MSR Classics MS-1128

      8:23 am

      Traditional Romanian: Dances from Transylvania

      Andreas Ottensamer, cl; Oszkár Ökrös, cimb; Ensemble
      Antoine Tamestit, viola,
      Ödön Rácz, double bass,
      Brahms: The Hungarian Connection

      DG 4811409

      8:32 am

      Béla Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra

      II. Giuoco delle coppie

      Chicago Sym Orch/Fritz Reiner
      Fritz Reiner: The Complete RCA Album Collection

      RCA 888837019828

      8:39 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: Suite No. 2 in C, Op. 53, "Caractéristique"

      I. "Jeu de sons"

      BBC Scottish Sym Orch/Alpesh Chauhan
      Tchaikovsky: Orchestral Works, Vol. 3

      Chandos CHSA-5352

      8:51 am

      Antonín Dvořák: String Quintet No. 3 in E-Flat, Op. 97, "American"

      IV. Finale. "Allegro giusto"

      Emerson String Quartet; Paul Neubauer, vi
      Old World -- New World

      DG B0014106-02 (3)

      9:04 am

      Henry Purcell: "Abdelazer"

      Suite

      Tafelmusik/Jeanne Lamon
      A Baroque Feast

      Analekta AN2-9811

      9:13 am

      Benjamin Britten: "The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra," Op. 34

      English Sym Orch/William Boughton
      Orchestral Favourites Vol. V - Britten's Four Sea Interludes

      Nimbus NI-7017

      9:31 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: String Quartet in G, Op. 64, No. 4

      Angeles String Quartet
      Haydn: Complete String Quartets

      Philips 464650-2 (21)

      9:48 am

      Mikhail Glinka: "Ruslan and Lyudmila"

      Dances in Naina's Castle (Act 3)

      Bolshoi Theatre Orch/Yevgeny Svetlanov
      Mikhail Glinka: Symphonic Operatic Excerpts

      Melodiya SUCD-1000166

      10:00 am - 3:00 pm

      10:00 am

      Midday with Lisa Flynn

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

      10:00 am

      Florence Price: "Dances in the Canebrakes"

      Althea Waites, p
      Black Diamonds * Althea Waites plays music by African-American Composers

      Cambria CD-1097

      10:10 am

      Ottorino Respighi: "Trittico botticelliano"

      Orpheus Chamber Orch
      Respighi: Ancient Airs and Dances I & III, Three Botticelli Pictures, The Birds

      DG 437533-2

      10:31 am

      Antonio Vivaldi: Trio Sonata in D minor, R. 64

      L'Estravagante
      Vivaldi: Trio Sonatas (12) for Two Violins & Continuo, Op. 1

      Naïve OP-30535

      10:43 am

      Howard Hanson: "Merry Mount," Op. 31

      Seattle Sym/Gerard Schwarz
      Howard Hanson: Symphony No. 4 "Requiem", Suite from "Merry Mount", Lament for Beowulf

      Delos DE-3105

      11:00 am

      Gilbert & Sullivan: "Iolanthe"

      Overture

      St Martin's Academy/Neville Marriner
      Gilbert and Sullivan: Overtures

      Philips 434916-2

      11:08 am

      Georg Philipp Telemann: Divertimento in B-Flat

      Musica Antiqua Cologne/Reinhard Goebel
      Telemann: String Concertos

      Archiv 463074-2

      11:18 am

      Isaac Albéniz: "Iberia," Book 3

      Cincinnati Sym Orch/Jesús López-Cobos
      Albéniz: Iberia - Complete

      Telarc CD-80470 (2)

      11:42 am

      John Williams: "Schindler's List"

      Three Pieces

      Gil Shaham, v; Orli Shaham, p
      Nigunim * Hebrew Melodies * Gil and Orli Shaham

      Canary Classics CC-10

      11:55 am

      Franz Schreker: Four Little Pieces for Orchestra

      IV, "Gradevole (Allegro)"

      Berlin German Sym Orch/Peter Ruzicka
      Franz Schreker - Four Short Pieces For Full Orchestra And Other Orchestral Works

      Koch 3-6454-2

      12:00 pm

      Anna Amalia of Prussia: Divertimento

      Sapphire Woodwind Quintet
      More Than Muses: Female Composers Throughout History

      Sapphire Woodwind Quintet

      12:05 pm

      Florence Price: "Adoration"

      Sapphire Woodwind Quintet
      More Than Muses: Female Composers Throughout History

      Sapphire Woodwind Quintet

      12:09 pm

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 104 in D, "London"

      Danish Chamber Orch/Ádám Fischer
      Haydn: Late Symphonies, Vol. 4

      Naxos 8.574519

      12:36 pm

      Hugo Wolf: "Italian Serenade" in G

      Sejong Soloists
      Haydn, Puccini, Wolf and Others

      Samsung TSCO-081

      12:44 pm

      Joaquim Malats: "Serenata española"

      Mabel Millán, g
      The Devil's Caprice

      Naxos 8.574191

      12:48 pm

      Antonio Ruiz-Pipó: "Canción y Danza" No. 1

      Mabel Millán, g
      The Devil's Caprice

      Naxos 8.574191

      12:53 pm

      Ludovico Einaudi: "I giorni"

      La Pietà/Angèle Dubeau, v
      Ludovico Einaudi: Portrait

      Analekta AN2-8738

      1:00 pm

      Claudio Monteverdi: "Selva morale e spirituale"

      "Beatus vir" (Psalm 112)

      Taverner Consort Cho & Players/Andrew Parrott
      Pachelbel's Canon and Other Baroque Favorites

      Virgin 57876-2 (2)

      1:10 pm

      Agathe Backer Grøndahl: "Norwegian Folk Tunes and Folk Dances," Op. 33

      Natalia Strelchenko, p
      Agathe Backer Grøndahl: Complete Piano Music, Vol. 1 - Norwegian Folk Tunes

      Arena AR-06007

      1:22 pm

      Edvard Grieg: Old Norwegian Romance With Variations, Op. 51

      Iceland Sym/Petri Sakari
      Grieg: Norwegian Dances, In Autumn, Old Norwegian Romance; Svendsen: Two Icelandic Melodies

      Chandos CHAN-9028

      1:48 pm

      Clara Schumann: Three Romances, Op. 22

      Nicholas Daniel, ob; Julius Drake, p
      Robert & Clara Schumann: Works for Oboe and Piano

      Chandos CHAN-20295

      2:00 pm

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

      Berlin Phil/Claudio Abbado
      Beethoven: 9 Symphonies

      DG 469000-2 (5)

      2:41 pm

      Stephen Sondheim: "Into the Woods"

      "No One Is Alone"

      Chris Reynolds, p
      Past is Prologue

      Lexicon LC-2205

      2:45 pm

      Duke Ellington: "Solitude"

      Chris Reynolds, p
      Past is Prologue

      Lexicon LC-2205

      2:49 pm

      Ennio Morricone: "Once upon a Time in America"

      Deborah's Theme/Amapola

      London Phil Orch/John Mauceri
      The Genius of Film Music

      LPO 0086

      2:55 pm

      Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: "Four Characteristic Waltzes," Op. 22

      III. "Valse de la Reine"

      Musica Camerata Montréal
      Salon Viennois

      Radio Canada Int'l MVCD-1112

      3:00 - 7:00 pm

      3:00 pm

      Afternoon Music with Candice Agree

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

      3:00 pm

      Joaquín Rodrigo: "Concierto de Aranjuez"

      Sharon Isbin, g; Lausanne Chamber Orch/Lawrence Foster
      Concierto de Aranjuez

      Virgin 91192-2

      3:26 pm

      Luigi Boccherini: Cello Concerto No. 9 in B-Flat, G 482

      Yo-Yo Ma, vc; St. Paul Chamber Orch/Pinchas Zukerman
      Boccherini, J. C. Bach: Cello Concertos

      CBS MK-39964

      3:49 pm

      Ralph Vaughan Williams: Suite for Pipes

      London Early Music Consort
      A Contemporary Elizabethan Concert

      Angel S-37263

      4:00 pm

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Violin and Oboe Concerto, BWV 1060

      Isabelle Faust, v; Xenia Löffler, ob; Berlin Academy for Ancient Music
      J. S. Bach - Violin Concertos (Symphonies · Overture · Sonatas)

      Harmonia Mundi HMM-902335.36

      4:00 pm

      Dmitri Shostakovich: Jazz Suite No. 2

      Dance I

      Frankfurt Radio Sym/Dmitri Kitayenko
      Shostakovich: Ballet Suites 1 & 3, Suites 1 & 2 for Jazz Orchestra

      RCA 68304-2

      4:14 pm

      Terry Riley: "The Heaven Ladder," Book 5

      "Etude from the Old Country"

      Zofo Duet
      Zofo Plays Terry Riley

      Sono Luminus DSL-92189

      4:29 pm

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      7:00 pm

      7:00 pm

      Exploring Music

      Fit for A King

      For centuries, the relationship between a King and his musical subjects has been intimate and deep. From Bach to Bridge, we will listen to this rich and intriguing world of the European court composer. This means listening to some glorious music and, in most cases, giving credit where credit is due to the people who commissioned these works. Bill McGlaughlin will connect Haydn, Scarlatti, and Walton to their savvy patrons, confirming that if you want to command the finest musicians, it helps to be the king.

      8:00 - 10:00 pm

      10:00 pm - 12:00 am

      10:00 pm

      The WFMT Orchestra Series

      Munich Philharmonic Orchestra

      Bruch Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 26; María Dueñas, violin; Wagner Overture to "Der fliegende Holländer;" Mendelssohn Symphony No. 3 in A minor, Op. 56, "Scottish;" Lahav Shani, conductor.