Saturday, January 17, 2026

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      Playlist for Saturday, January 17, 2026

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      12:00 - 7:00 am

      12:00 am

      Gwyneth Walker: "Full Circle"

      II. "The Grace of the World"

      Palisades Virtuosi
      Strike, Strum and Stride

      Albany TROY-1339

      12:05 am

      George Walker: "Folksongs for Orchestra"

      Cleveland Chamber Sym/Edwin London
      Walker: Orchestral Works

      Albany TROY-270

      12:17 am

      Gwyneth Walker: "Fantasy Etudes"

      No. 3, "Rough Rhythms"

      Blue Violet Duo
      Strike, Strum and Stride

      Centaur CRC-3978

      12:18 am

      Max Bruch: Serenade, Op. 75

      Jack Liebeck, v; BBC Scottish Sym Orch/Martyn Brabbins
      The Romantic Violin Concerto, Vol. 19: Bruch

      Hyperion CDA-68060

      12:55 am

      Vivian Fine: "Canzones y Dances"

      "Tango: The Frog Prince & the Senorita"

      Joel Browning, g; Jan Vinci, f
      Five Premieres: Chamber Works With Guitar

      Albany TROY-086

      1:00 am

      Leroy Anderson: "The Waltzing Cat"

      St Louis Sym/Leonard Slatkin
      Leroy Anderson Favorites * Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra * Leonard Slatkin

      RCA 68048-2

      1:02 am

      Leroy Anderson: "Bugler's Holiday"

      St Louis Sym/Leonard Slatkin
      Leroy Anderson Favorites * Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra * Leonard Slatkin

      RCA 68048-2

      1:04 am

      Johann Neruda: Trumpet Concerto in E-Flat

      Guy Touvron, tr; Prague Chamber Orch
      Classic Trumpet

      RCA 60858-2

      1:21 am

      Henry Purcell: "The Fairy Queen"

      Suite

      Alison Balsom, tpt; English Concert/Trevor Pinnock
      Sound The Trumpet (Royal Music Of Purcell & Handel)

      EMI 40329-2

      1:35 am

      Henry Purcell: "Sound the Trumpets"

      Hannes, Wolfgang, Bernhard Läubin, tr's; Simon Preston, o
      Awake The Trumpet's Lofty Sound

      DG 419245-2

      1:37 am

      Arthur Foote: String Suite in E, Op 63

      London Sym Orch Strings/Kenneth Klein
      Skyscrapers

      Albany TROY-235

      1:54 am

      Richard Thompson: Prelude No. 3

      Richard Thompson, p
      Poetry Prelude

      Albany TROY-830

      2:00 am

      Felix Mendelssohn: "A Midsummer Night's Dream," Op. 61

      "Scherzo"

      London Brass

      Teldec 246007-2

      2:05 am

      Antonin Dvorák: "Scherzo capriccioso," Op. 66

      Baltimore Sym/Marin Alsop
      Dvorák: Symphony No 6

      Naxos 8.570995

      2:20 am

      Giuseppe Martucci: Three Scherzos, Op 53

      Francesco Caramiello, p
      Giuseppe Martucci: The Piano Music Volume 1

      ASV CDDCA-897

      2:33 am

      Asako Hirabayashi: "Scherzo"

      Gail Olszewski, fp; Asako Hirabayashi, hc
      Asako Hirabayashi

      Albany TROY-1180

      2:35 am

      William Walton: "The Wise Virgins" Suite (after J.S. Bach)

      London Phil/Bryden Thomson
      Walton: The Quest And The Wise Virgins Suite

      Chandos CHAN-8871

      2:54 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: "Klavierbüchlein für Wilhelm Friedemann Bach"

      "Praeambulum" No. 11

      Joseph Payne, clavichord
      Klavierbüchlein for Wilhelm Friedemann

      Hänssler Classic CD-92.137 (2)

      3:00 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: "The Nutcracker" Suite, Op. 71a

      "Waltz of the Flowers"

      Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
      TCHAIKOVSKY, P.: The Nutcracker Suite / PRAETORIUS, M.: Terpsichore / WARLOCK, P.: Capriol Suite (arr. for guitar quartet) (Los Angeles Guitar Quartet

      Delos DE-3132

      3:05 am

      Eduard Tubin: Balalaika Concerto

      Emanuil Sheynkman, balalaika; Swedish Radio Sym Orch/Neeme Järvi
      Symphony No. 1 • Balaika Concerto • Music For Strings

      BIS CD-351

      3:25 am

      Antonio Vivaldi: Mandolin Concerto in C, R 425

      Pepe Romero, g; St Martin's Academy/Iona Brown
      Mad About Vivaldi

      DG 439516-2

      3:32 am

      Claude Debussy: Song, "Mandoline"

      Gérard Souzay, br; Dalton Baldwin, p

      EMI/Ang CMS7-64095-2 (3)

      3:34 am

      Georges Bizet: "L'arlésienne" Incidental Music

      St Paul Chamber Orch/Christopher Hogwood
      Bizet: L'Arlésienne • Gounod: Petite Symphonie / Symphony No.1

      London 430231-2

      3:54 am

      François Couperin: Pièces de clavecin, Bk 4 (1730): 21e ordre in e

      "La Bondissante"

      Carole Cerasi, hc
      Couperin: Complete Works for Harpsichord

      Metronome METCD-1100 (10)

      4:00 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: "The Months (The Seasons)," Op. 37

      "June (Barcarolle)"

      Moscow Chamber Orch/Constantine Orbelian
      TCHAIKOVSKY, P.: Serenade in C Major / The Seasons (arr. A. Gauk) (Moscow Chamber Orchestra, Orbelian)

      Delos DE-3255

      4:05 am

      Jacques Offenbach: "The Tales of Hoffmann"

      "Barcarolle" (Belle nuit)

      Royal Liverpool Phil Cho, BBC Phil/Yan Pascal Tortelier
      BBC Philharmonic / Tortelier: French Bonbons

      Chandos CHAN-9765

      4:08 am

      Jacques Offenbach: Two-Cello Suite No. 1

      Ronald Pidoux, vc; Etienne Peclard, vc
      Offenbach: Suites for 2 Cellos

      Harmonia Mundi HM-1043

      4:29 am

      Erik Satie: "Le Piccadilly" (Piano Rag, c 1904)

      Jean-Yves Thibaudet, p
      The Magic of Satie

      London 470290-2

      4:30 am

      Chevalier De Saint-Georges: Violin Concerto in G, Op. 12, No. 2

      Qian Zhou, violin; Toronto Chamber Orchestra/Kevin Mallon
      Monsieur de Saint-Georges

      Naxos 8.557322

      4:54 am

      Jean-Philippe Rameau: "Le temple de la gloire"

      "Gigue en rondeau"

      Philharmonia Baroque Orch/Nicholas McGegan
      Temple de la Gloire

      PBP PBP-10 (2)

      5:00 am

      Carl Loewe: Song, "Der alte König," Op 116/2

      Thomas Mohr, br; Cord Garben, p
      Loewe: Lieder & Balladen Complete Edition

      CPO 777355-2 (21)

      5:05 am

      Emilie Mayer: String Quartet in g, Op. 14

      Erato Quartet
      String Quartets

      CPO 999679-2

      5:34 am

      Carl Loewe: Song, "Du Geist der reinsten Güte," Op. 89/5

      Robert Wörle, t; Cord Garben, p
      Loewe: Lieder & Balladen Complete Edition

      CPO 777355-2 (21)

      5:36 am

      Steiner: "The Three Musketeers" (1935)

      Suite

      Potsdam Brandenburg Phil/Richard Kaufman
      Captain Blood

      Marco Polo 8.223607

      5:55 am

      Fréderic Chopin: "Etudes," Op. 10

      No. 7 in C, "Toccata"

      Yunchan Lim, p
      Fréderic Chopin

      Decca 4870122

      6:00 am

      Elizabeth Maconchy: Overture, "Proud Thames" (1952)

      London Phil/Vernon Handley
      Proud Thames / Music For Orchestra / Symphony No.1 / Four Elizabethan Dances

      Lyrita SRCS.57

      6:05 am

      Eric Coates: "London Suite"

      London Pops Orch/Frederick Fennell
      Frederick Fennell Conducts The Music Of Leroy Anderson and Eric Coates

      Mercury 434376-2

      6:20 am

      John Rutter: "God be in my head"

      Cambridge Singers, City of London Sinfonia/John Rutter
      Gloria: The Sacred Music Of John Rutter

      Collegium COLCD-100

      6:21 am

      Emmanuel Chabrier: "Pièces pittoresques" (1881)

      #10, "Scherzo-valse"

      Artur Rubinstein, p
      The Artistry of Artur Rubinstein

      RCA 5665-2-RC

      6:26 am

      Mlynarski: Violin Concerto #2 in D, Op 6

      Nigel Kennedy, v; Polish Chamber Orch/Jacek Kaspszyk
      Polish Spirit * Nigel Kennedy

      EMI/Ang 79934-2

      6:55 am

      music continues...

      7:00 - 11:00 am

      7:00 am

      Weekend Mornings

      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

      Anna Huelke, 18, flute. Martinů: Flute Sonata, 1st mvt; Bach: Flute Sonata in E, BWV 1035, 1st mvt; Schocker: "The Further Adventures of Two Flutes"; Eben: Sonatina semplice. With Kay Kim, piano and Destina Sarussi, second flute.

      12:00 - 4:00 pm

      12:00 pm

      Metropolitan Opera

      Bizet's Carmen

      Aigul Akhmetshina (Carmen); Michael Fabiano (Don José); Janai Brugger (Micaëla); Christian Van Horn (Escamillo); Metropolitan Opera Cho & Orch/Pier Giorgio Morandi. Sung in French.

      4:00 pm

      4:00 pm

      Listening to Singers with Oliver Camacho

      An interview with mezzo-soprano Joyce Di Donato, Chicago Symphony Orchestra's 2025/26 Artist-in-Residence.

      5:00 - 8:00 pm

      5:00 pm

      Weekend Evening Music

      8:00 pm

      8:00 pm

      Folkstage hosted by Marilyn Rea Beyer

      From the archives: Rev. Robert Jones and Matt Watroba traveled from Detroit to Hinsdale, Illinois, to perform on Folkstage live from Acoustic Renaissance Concerts on a wintry night in 2021.

      9:00 pm - 12:00 am

      9:00 pm

      The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer

      Chicago has long been the epicenter of contemporary Gospel music. We’ll explore the impact of that music and celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.