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      Playlist for Saturday, May 2, 2026

      Playing this hour

      12:00 - 7:00 am

      12:00 am

      Vincenzo Bellini: "Norma"

      Aria, "Casta diva"

      Maria Callas, s; La Scala Cho & Orch/Tullio Serafin
      The Incomparable Maria Callas

      EMI/Ang CDM7-63182-2

      12:05 am

      Antonio Pasculli: "Omaggio a Bellini" (Duo on themes from Bellini operas)

      Heinz Holliger, eh; Ursula Holliger, h
      Heinz Holliger at the Opera

      Philips 426288-2

      12:13 am

      Moritz Moszkowski: "Fantasie 'Hommage à Schumann'," Op 5

      Seta Tanyel, p
      Moritz Moszkowski-3

      Helios CDH-55143

      12:22 am

      Robert Schumann: "Kinderszenen," Op. 15

      No. 11, "Frightening"

      Canadian Brass
      Carnaval

      Opening Day ODR-7438

      12:23 am

      Robert Schumann: Piano Concerto in a minor, Op. 54

      Hélène Grimaud, p; Dresden Staatskapelle/Esa-Pekka Salonen
      Hélène Grimaud * Reflection

      DG B0006904-02

      12:55 am

      Johannes Brahms: Eight Songs, Op. 57

      "In meiner Nächte Sehnen"

      Olaf Bär, br; Geoffrey Parsons, p
      Brahms Lieder

      EMI/Ang CDC7-49723-2

      1:00 am

      Hamilton Harty: "Londonderry Air"

      Ulster Orch/Bryden Thomson

      MHS 5378710 (3)

      1:05 am

      John Field: Nocturne #16 in C

      Elizabeth Joy Roe, p
      Field: Complete Nocturnes

      Decca 478 9672

      1:14 am

      Augusta Holmès: "Ireland"

      Rheinland-Pfalz Phil/Samuel Friedmann
      Holmès

      Marco Polo 8.223449

      1:29 am

      Turlough O'Carolan: "T mé 'mo chodladh"

      Harp Consort/Andrew Lawrence-King
      Carolan's Harp

      RCA-DHM 77375-2

      1:30 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: String Quartet No. 16 in E-Flat, K. 428

      Guarneri String Quartet
      Mozart: Six Quartets Dedicated To Haydn

      RCA 60390-2 (3)

      1:54 am

      Alexander Scriabin: Etudes, Op 8

      #3 in b

      Lang Lang, p
      Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3/ Scriabin: Etudes

      Telarc CD-80582

      2:00 am

      Jacques Gallot: "La belle Cromatique Sarabande"

      Konrad Junghänel, l
      European Lute Music Vol.1: Pièces De Luth, France 17, Siècle

      RCA-DHM 77037-2-RC

      2:05 am

      George Frideric Handel: Sarabande

      Les Concerts du Monde/Keith Clark
      Movies Go Baroque

      Telarc CD-80336

      2:08 am

      Henry Purcell: Harpsichord Suite #4 in a

      "Saraband"

      Terence Charlston, hc
      PURCELL: Suites and Transcriptions for Harpsichord

      Naxos 8.553982

      2:10 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64

      Czech Phil/Semyon Bychkov
      The Tchaikovsky Project

      London 4834942 (7)

      2:55 am

      Serge Bortkiewicz: Seven Preludes, Op 40

      #1

      Pierre Huybregts, p
      Piano works of Serge Bortkiewicz

      Centaur CRC-2096

      3:00 am

      Johann Halvorsen: "Tordenskjold"

      "Tordenskjold goes into Action"

      Latvian National Sym Orch/Torje Mikkelsen
      Stage Music 2

      Simax PSC-1199

      3:05 am

      Johann Halvorsen: "Fossegrimen", Op 21 (1904)

      Overture

      Latvian National Sym Orch/Torje Mikkelsen
      Fossegrimen Op.21 - Norway's Greeting To Theodore Roosevelt Op.31

      Simax PSC-1207

      3:11 am

      Edvard Grieg: "Peer Gynt" Suite No. 2, Op. 55

      Philharmonia Orch/Walter Susskind
      Grieg: Peer Gynt Suites, Etc.

      Price-Less D-19092

      3:28 am

      Harald Saeverud: "The Mermaid"

      Einar Steen-Nokleberg, p
      SAEVERUD: Complete Piano Music, Vol. 2

      Naxos 8.554300

      3:29 am

      Dmitri Kabalevsky: Cello Sonata, Op 71

      Anthony Cooke, vc; Armin Watkins, p
      Rachmaninoff, Kabalevsky: Cello Sonatas

      Centaur CRC-2676

      3:54 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: "Sleeping Beauty", Op. 66

      "Pas de caractére"

      Royal Phil/Don Jackson

      Stradivari SCD-6046

      4:00 am

      Edouard Lalo: "Namouna" (1882)

      Théme varié

      Suisse Romande Orch/Ernest Ansermet

      London STS-15293

      4:05 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: String Trio #5 in c, Op 9/3

      L'Archibudelli
      Beethoven: Trios for Violin, Viola and Violoncello, Op. 9, 1-3

      Sony SK-48190

      4:27 am

      music continues...

      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

      Esme Arias-Kim, 18, violin. Wieniawski "Fantasie Brillante" on themes from Gounod’s "Faust;" Tchaikovsky "Mélodie" from "Souvenir d’un lieu cher," Op. 42; with Milana Pavchinskaya, piano. Originally broadcast June 1, 2024.

      12:00 - 4:00 pm

      12:00 pm

      Metropolitan Opera

      Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin

      Iurii Samoilov (Onegin); Amik Grigorian (Tatiana); Stanislas de Barbeyrac (Lenski); Maria Barakova (Olga); Alexander Tsymbalyuk (Prince Gremin); Larissa Diadkova (Filippyevna); Metropolitan Opera Cho & Orch/Timur Zangiev. Sung in Russian.

      4:00 pm

      4:00 pm

      Listening to Singers with Oliver Camacho

      A preview of the upcoming festival season at Des Moines Metro Opera with music director David Neely.

      5:00 pm

      5:00 pm

      Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival

      Rachmaninoff "Lilacs," Op. 21, No. 5; Kirill Gerstein, piano; Dohnányi Serenade in C Major, Op. 10; Martin Beaver, violin; Milena Pajaro-van de Stadt, viola; Eric Kim, cello; Shostakovich Piano Trio in E Minor, Op. 67; Giles Vonsattel, piano; Leila Josefowicz, violin; Paul Watkins, cello.

      6:00 - 8:00 pm

      6:00 pm

      Weekend Evening Music

      8:00 pm

      8:00 pm

      Folkstage hosted by Marilyn Rea Beyer

      Live from Acoustic Renaissance Concerts: Folkstage brings you Chicago’s renowned Susan Werner from her sold-out concert in Hinsdale.

      9:00 pm - 12:00 am

      9:00 pm

      The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer

      The lovely month of May! The promise of May includes flowers, sunshine, and sweet surprises.