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      Playlist for Sunday, December 7, 2025

      Playing this hour

      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      Anton Wunderer: "Ländler"

      Detmolder Horn Quartet
      Hornquartette (Horn Quartets/ Quatuors pour cors)

      MD+G Recordings L-3324

      12:04 am

      Emmanuel Chabrier: "Larghetto" for horn and orchestra (1875)

      Ronald Janezic, fh; Vienna Phil/John Eliot Gardiner
      Chabrier: Espana, Suite Pastorale, Habanera, Marche Francaise, Fete Polonaise

      DG 447751-2

      12:14 am

      Jean Françaix: "Canon in Octave"

      Gregory Hustis, fh; Steven Harlos, p
      Lyrical Gems for the Horn

      Crystal CD-770

      12:16 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Serenade No. 9 in D, K. 320, "Posthorn"

      North German Radio Sym Orch/Günter Wand
      Mozart/Beethoven

      RCA 89717-2

      12:54 am

      Edwin Carr: "The Twelve Signs" (1974)

      "Libra"

      Melbourne Sym Orch/Edwin Carr
      Edwin Carr

      Kiwi Pacific CDSLD-101

      1:00 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata No. 167, "Ihr Menschen, rühmet Gottes Liebe (Sing the praises of God's love)"

      Chorale, "Sei Lob und Preis mit Ehren (Praise and glory with honor be)"

      Yo-Yo Ma, vc (1712 Stradivarius); Amsterdam Baroque Orch/Ton Koopman
      Simply Baroque

      Sony SK-60680

      1:02 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata No. 163, "Nur Jedem das Seine (Only to each his due!)"

      Aria, "Lass mein Herz die Münze sein (Let my heart be the coin)"

      Yo-Yo Ma, vc (1712 Stradivarius); Amsterdam Baroque Orch/Ton Koopman
      Simply Baroque

      Sony SK-60680

      1:05 am

      Peter Sculthorpe: "Sun Song"

      Adelaide Sym Orch/David Porcelijn
      Peter Sculthorpe

      ABC Classics 454505-2

      1:10 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Clavier Concerto No. 5 in f minor, BWV 1056

      Amsterdam Baroque Orch/Ton Koopman, hc
      Bach: Klavierkonzerte BWV 1053, 1054, 1056, 1058

      Erato 45644-2

      1:20 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: "Well-Tempered Clavier," Book 2, BWV 870/91

      Prelude No. 23 in B

      Heidrun Holtmann, p
      Well-Tempered Clavier

      Musicaphon M-56922 (4)

      1:21 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: String Quartet in G, Op. 33, No. 5 "(How do you do?)"

      Salomon String Quartet

      Hyperion CDA=66682

      1:43 am

      Ned Rorem: Concertino da Camera (1946)

      Jory Vinicour, hc; Chicago Phil/Scott Speck
      20th Century Harpsichord Concertos

      Cedille CDR-90000188

      2:00 am

      Johannes Brahms: Piano Pieces, Op. 118

      Andreas Ottensamer, cl; Yuja Wang, p
      Blue Hour

      DG 4836069

      2:00 am

      Ned Rorem: Song, "As Adam Early in the Morning"

      Thomas Hampson, br; Craig Rutenberg, p

      EMI/Ang CDC5-41645-2

      2:05 am

      Johannes Brahms: Serenade no.2 in A, Op.16

      St Louis Sym/Leonard Slatkin
      Brahms: Serenade No 2, Haydn Variationen

      RCA 7920-2-RC

      2:37 am

      Felix Mendelssohn: "Songs Without Words," Op. 85

      #6

      Andreas Ottensamer, cl; Yuja Wang, p
      Blue Hour

      DG 4836069

      2:39 am

      Samuel Livingston: "Gentle Winds"

      Arcadian Winds
      Samuel Livingston

      Navona NV-6197

      2:52 am

      Claude Debussy: "Préludes", Book 1

      III. "Le vent dans la plaine"

      Jorge Bolet, p
      Debussy: 16 Preludes

      London 425518-2

      2:55 am

      Georg Philipp Telemann: Song, "Wind"

      Klaus Mertens, br; Ludger Rémy, hc
      Singe-, Spiel- Und Generalbaß-Übungen 1733

      CPO 777045-2

      3:00 am

      Christoph Willibald Gluck: "Orpheus and Eurydice"

      "Dance of the Blessed Spirits"

      Michala Petri, r; Lars Hannibal, g
      Artists Of The Century - Michala Petri - Ultimate Collection

      RCA 59112-2 (2)

      3:05 am

      John Field: Rondo in A-Flat

      Eckart Sellheim, forte-p; Collegium Aureum

      EMI/Ang CDC7-47527-2

      3:13 am

      Irish Trad: Bonny Prince Charlie

      The Chieftains
      Over the Sea to Skye: The Celtic Connection

      RCA 60424-2-RC

      3:15 am

      Arnold Bax: "Into the Twilight"

      Ulster Orch/Bryden Thomson
      Bax Tone Poems, Volume 2

      Chandos CHAN-10157

      3:28 am

      Arnold Bax: "In the Faery Hills" ("Eire," Pt 2)(1909)

      Ulster Orch/Bryden Thomson
      Ulster Orchestra / Handley: Harty/ Stanford/Moeran/Bax: Orchestral Works

      Chandos CHAN-10157

      3:43 am

      Arnold Bax: "Roscatha" ("Eire," Pt 3)(1910)

      Ulster Orch/Bryden Thomson
      Ulster Orchestra / Handley: Harty/ Stanford/Moeran/Bax: Orchestral Works

      Chandos CHAN-10157

      3:54 am

      Turlough O'Carolan: "Maurice O'Connor"

      Patrick Ball, h

      Fortuna CDFOR-005

      4:00 am

      Josef Lanner: "Neue Wiener Ländler mit Coda" in G, Op 1

      Ensemble Wien
      Dance Music From Old Vienna

      Sony SK-57974

      4:05 am

      Johannes Brahms: Piano Sonata #1 in C, Op 1

      Jon Nakamatsu, p
      10th Van Cliburn International Piano Competition

      Harmonia Mundi HMU-907218

      4:35 am

      Fanny Mendelssohn: Six Songs, Op 1

      #5, "Morgenständchen"

      Lauralyn Kolb, s, Arlene Shrut, p
      Fanny Mendelssohn: Lieder

      Centaur CRC-2120

      4:37 am

      Johann Strauss II: Waltzes, Epigramme, Op. 1

      Vienna Phil/Lorin Maazel
      Sings Hebrew Melodies

      MHS 515597-M

      4:46 am

      Hector Berlioz: "Waverley" Overture, Op. 1

      Toulouse Capitole Orch/Michel Plasson

      EMI/Ang CDC7-54237-2

      4:55 am

      William Bolcom: Nine Bagatelles

      "àthe ghost mazurka"

      Jon Nakamatsu, p
      10th Van Cliburn International Piano Competition

      Harmonia Mundi HMU-907218

      5:00 am

      Richard Wagner: "Die Walküre"

      "Ride of the Valkyries"

      NBC Sym Orch/Arturo Toscanini

      RCA 5751-2-RC

      5:05 am

      Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 5 in c-sharp minor

      IV. "Adagietto"

      Smithsonian Chamber Players/Kenneth Slowik
      Transfiguration

      RCA-DHM 77374-2

      5:12 am

      Giacomo Puccini: "Adagetto"

      Milan Verdi Sym Orch/Riccardo Chailly
      Puccini Discoveries

      London B0002141-02

      5:16 am

      Giacomo Puccini: "La Bohème"

      Aria, "Vecchia zimarra, senti"

      Tancredi Pasero, b; Orch
      La Boheme

      Testament SBT-0132 (10)

      5:18 am

      Antonio Vivaldi: Flautino Concerto in a, R 445

      Michala Petri, r; I Solisti Veneti/Claudio Scimone
      Vivaldi: 6 Concertos

      RCA 7885-2-RC

      5:28 am

      Johann Strauss II: "Graduation Ball"

      Minneapolis Sym (Minnesota Orch)/Antal Dorati
      Giselle • Graduation Ball • Gaîté Parisienne

      Mercury 434365-2 (2)

      5:54 am

      Georges Bizet: "Jeux d'enfants," Op. 22

      XII. "Le bal" (The Ball)

      Katia, Marielle Labéque, p
      Jeux D'enfants / Ma Mère L'Oye / Dolly Suite

      Philips 420159-2

      6:00 am

      6:00 am

      With Heart and Voice

      "Advent 2, Prophets and Prophecy." Host Peter DuBois shares choral and organ music of prophecy, both from the Old Testament prophets, and from the New Testament story of John the Baptist. Lovely music from a variety of sources.

      7:00 am - 12:00 pm

      7:00 am

      Hosted by Kristina Lynn.

      7:01 am

      Duke Ellington: Reflections in D

      Jean-Yves Thibaudet, p
      Conversations with Bill Evans

      Decca 455512-2

      7:09 am

      Edvard Grieg: "Holberg" Suite, Op. 40

      St Martin's Academy/Sir Neville Marriner
      Grieg, Sibelius: Suites

      Philips 412727-2

      7:31 am

      Traditional Norwegian: "Wintertide"

      Choir of Royal Holloway/Rupert Gough
      Winter Songs

      Decca 4816326

      7:34 am

      Nigel Westlake: "Antarctica" (Suite for Guitar and Orchestra)

      "Penguin Ballet"

      John Williams, g; London Sym Orch/Paul Daniel
      From Australia

      Sony SK-53361

      7:37 am

      Traditional English: "The Holly and the Ivy"

      Washington Saxophone Quartet
      Tis the Season

      Americus Records AMR-20111060

      7:40 am

      Ralph Vaughan Williams: "The Lark Ascending"

      Michael Davis, v; London Sym Orch/Bryden Thomson
      Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 5, The Lark Ascending

      Chandos CHAN-8554

      7:57 am

      Don Macdonald: "When the Earth Stands Still"

      La Caccina
      Open Book

      La Caccina

      8:03 am

      Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Guitar Quintet, Op. 143

      IV. Finale

      Sharon Isbin, g; Pacifica Quartet
      Souvenirs of Spain & Italy

      Cedille CDR-90000190

      8:10 am

      Ottorino Respighi: "Vetrate di Chiesa (Church Windows)"

      Cincinnati Sym Orch/Jesús López-Cobos
      Respighi: Church Windows, Brazilian Impressions, Roman Festivals

      Telarc CD-80356

      8:39 am

      music continues...

      5:00 pm

      5:00 pm

      Ryan Opera Center Recital Series

      Baritone Sihau Hu, bass-baritone Benjamin R. Sokol, and pianist Michael Banwarth perform arias and songs in the Fay and Daniel Levin Performance Studio. Hosted by Candice Agree.

      6:00 - 8:00 pm

      6:00 pm

      Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcasts

      Dohnányi Variations on a Nursery Song; András Schiff, piano; Del Tredici "Final Alice;" Barbara Hendricks, soprano; Berlioz "Les Franc-juges" Overture, Op. 3; Weber "Oberon" Overture; Georg Solti, conductor.

      8:00 pm

      8:00 pm

      Fiesta! with Elbio Barilari

      Orchestral Music from Perú, Brazil & Spain Long before 'nationalism' became a musical trend in the 19th century, composers from Spain and Latin America had been using their musical roots as an inspiration and a source. Host Elbio Barilari shares some brilliant examples music inspired by culture, from the Peruvian composer Ceso Garrido-Lecca, the Brazilian Camargo Guarnieri and the Catalonian-Spanish Enric Morera.

      9:00 - 11:00 pm

      9:00 pm

      Collectors' Corner with Henry Fogel

      Yuja Wang, the Berlin and Vienna recitals

      Recitals from the Berlin Philharmonie (2018) and the Vienna Konzerthaus (2022) by the great Chinese pianist Yuja Wang.