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      Playlist for Tuesday, June 23, 2026

      Playing this hour

      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      Raymond Warren: "Wexford Bells: Suite on Old Irish Tunes"

      "Christmas Jig"; "Wexford Bells"

      Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland
      British Light Music Discoveries

      ASV CDWHL-2126

      12:05 am

      Edward Joseph Collins: Variations on an Irish Tune (1930)

      Royal Scottish National Orch/Marin Alsop
      Music Of Edward Collins: Vol. 6

      Albany TROY-650

      12:23 am

      Hamilton Harty: "In Ireland"

      Colin Fleming, f; Denise Kelly, h; Ulster Orch/Bryden Thomson
      Harty: John Field Suite, Etc.

      Chandos CHAN-6583

      12:32 am

      Robert Schumann: "Myrthen," Op. 25

      No. 13, "Hochländers Abschied"

      Ian Partridge, t; Julius Drake, p
      Schumann: Myrten · Lieder und Gesänge · Die Löwenbraut

      Chandos CHAN-9307

      12:33 am

      Robert Schumann: String Quartet No. 2 in F, Op. 41, No. 2

      Doric String Quartet
      Schumann: Three String Quartets, Op. 41

      Chandos CHAN-10692

      12:54 am

      Clara Schumann: Three Romances, Op. 21

      No. 2 in F

      Jean-Pierre Armengaud, p
      Clara Schumann: Piano Works, Vol 1

      Grand Piano GP-930

      1:00 am

      Heitor Villa-Lobos: "Chôros" No. 5, "Alma brasileira"

      Toomai String Quintet

      Passos Brasileiros

      1:04 am

      Heitor Villa-Lobos: "Chôros" No. 1 (1920)

      Julian Bream, g
      Julian Bream: The Ultimate Guitar Collection

      RCA 33705-2 (2)

      1:09 am

      Valerie Capers: Portraits in Jazz (1976)

      No. 10, "Bossa Brasilia"

      Maria Thompson Corley, p
      Soulscapes

      Albany TROY-857

      1:11 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Violin Concerto in D, Op.61

      Gidon Kremer, v; Ch Orch of Europe/Nikolaus Harnoncourt

      Teldec 28144-2 (10)

      1:54 am

      Dmitri Shostakovich: Five Pieces for two violins and piano

      No. 4, "Waltz"

      Gidon Kremer & Madara Petersone, v's; Georgijs Osokins, p
      Shostakovich Discoveries: World Premiere Recordings and Rarities

      DG 4867190

      2:00 am

      Hector Berlioz: "The Damnation of Faust," Op. 24

      "Rákoczy March"

      St Louis Sym Orch/Leonard Slatkin
      Classic Marches

      RCA 7716-2-RC

      2:04 am

      Franz Liszt: "Rákóczy March"

      Boston Pops/Arthur Fiedler
      Hi-Fi Fiedler And The Boston Pops

      RCA 67895-2

      2:11 am

      Anton Rubinstein: Cello Sonata #1 in D, Op 18

      Michal Kanka, vc; Jaromir Klepac, p

      Praga PRD-350015 (4)

      2:39 am

      Cesar Cui: Suite, Op 43, "In Modo Populari"

      :Allegretto"

      Hong Kong Phil/Kenneth Schermerhorn
      Cesar Cui

      Marco Polo 8.220308

      2:41 am

      Alexander Borodin: "Prince Igor"

      Polovtsian Dances

      Toronto Sym/Sir Andrew Davis
      Borodin: Symphonies 1, 2 & 3, Overture & Polovtsian Dances from "Prince Igor", In the Steppes of Central Asia

      Sony SB2K-62406 (2)

      2:54 am

      Cesar Cui: "Suite Miniature," Op 20

      "Scherzo rustique"

      Hong Kong Phil/Kenneth Schermerhorn
      Cesar Cui

      Marco Polo 8.220308

      3:00 am

      Fanny Mendelssohn: "Songs Without Words," Op 8

      #1 in B

      Tzimon Barto, p
      Best Piano Classics 100

      EMI/Ang CDC7-54900-2

      3:05 am

      Felix Mendelssohn: "Songs Without Words," Op 30

      Vassily Primakov, p
      Primakov in Concert, Vol. 1

      Bridge 9350

      3:23 am

      Igor Stravinsky: "Pastorale (Song Without Words)"

      Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
      Barber of Seville Overture

      GHA 126016

      3:25 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 24 in C minor, K. 491

      Benjamin Hochman, p; English Chamber Orch
      Mozart

      Avie AV-2404

      3:55 am

      John Johnsone: Sellenger's Rounde

      Jakob Lindberg, Paul O'Dette, l's
      English Lute Duets

      BIS CD-267

      4:00 am

      Edward German: "Romeo and Juliet" Incidental Music

      Nocturne

      Czecho-Slovak Radio Sym/Adrian Leaper
      GERMAN : British Light Music

      Marco Polo 8.223419

      4:04 am

      Frank Bridge: "There is a willow grows aslant a brook" (1928)

      BBC Welsh National Orch/Richard Hickox
      Bridge: Orchestral Works, Vol. 3

      Chandos CHAN-10112

      4:16 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: "Hamlet," Op. 67

      Overture

      USSR Radio Sym/Alexander Gauk

      Mobile Fidelity MFCD-870

      4:25 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: "Hamlet," Op. 67

      Waltz

      New York Phil/Kurt Masur
      Tchaikovsky: Famous Waltzes * New York Philharmonic * Masur

      Teldec 94571-2

      4:29 am

      Dmitri Shostakovich: "Hamlet" (Incidental Music, 1932), Op. 32

      "Funeral March"

      Gothenburg Sym Orch/Neeme Järvi
      Symphony No. 12 "The Year 1917" • Hamlet • The Age Of Gold

      DG 431688-2

      4:31 am

      Jan Ladislav Dussek: Clavier Sonata in c, Op 35/3

      Andreas Staier, forte-p

      RCA-DHM 77286-2

      4:54 am

      Malcolm Arnold: English Dances, Op 27

      #4

      Dallas Wind Sym/Jerry F Junkin
      Arnold For Band

      Reference Recordings RR-66-CD

      5:00 am

      Fabrizio Dentice: "Fantasia"

      Jacob Heringman, l
      The Siena Lute Book

      Avie AV-0036

      5:05 am

      Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Oboe Concerto in E-Flat, Wq 165

      Ku Ebbinge, ob; Amsterdam Baroque Orch/Ton Koopman

      Erato ECD-75560

      5:26 am

      Edward Elgar: "The Spanish Lady," Op 89

      Bourrée

      Guildhall String Ensemble/Robert Salter
      English Music For Strings

      RCA 7761-2-RC

      5:27 am

      William Walton: "Siesta" for Small Orchestra

      Northern Sinfonia of England/Richard Hickox
      English Miniatures

      EMI/Ang CDM5-66542-2

      5:33 am

      Joaquín Rodrigo: "Concierto de Aranjuez" (1939)

      Christopher Parkening, g; Royal Phil/Andrew Litton
      Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez/ Walton: 5 Bagatelles

      EMI/Ang CDC7-54665-2

      5:55 am

      Joaquin Rodrigo: "Cuatro madrigales amatorios" (1948)

      #3, "De dónde venis, amore?"

      Victoria de los Angeles, s; Paris Cons Orch/Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos

      EMI/Ang ZDMD5-65061-2 (4)

      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.

      6:10 am

      Franz Danzi: Sinfonia Concertante in B-flat, Op. 41

      I. "Allegro moderato"

      Demarre McGill, f; Anthony McGill, cl; Chicago Youth Sym Orch/Allen Tinkham
      Winged Creatures

      Cedille CDR-90000187

      6:21 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Organ Trio Sonata No. 5 in C, BWV 529

      I. "Allegro"

      Julian Bream, l; George Malcolm, hc
      Julian Bream Edition Vol 20 - Bach: Lute Suites

      RCA 61603-2

      6:27 am

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

      III. "Allegro vivace"

      Philadelphia Orch/Riccardo Muti
      Beethoven: The Complete Symphonies

      Warner 0825646278299

      6:33 am

      Bedřich Smetana: "Vyšehrad (The High Castle)"

      Czech Phil/Charles Mackerras
      Smetana: Má Vlast

      Supraphon SU-34652031

      6:49 am

      Joaquín Rodrigo: "Fandango"

      John Williams, g
      Spanish Guitar Favourites

      CBS MK-44794

      7:03 am

      Erich Wolfgang Korngold: "Tänzchen im alten Stil"

      Helsinki Phil Orch/John Storgårds
      Korngold: Symphony in F-Sharp, etc

      Ondine ODE-1182-2

      7:11 am

      Antonín Dvořák: "In Nature's Realm" Overture, Op. 91

      Bournemouth Sym Orch/José Serebrier
      Dvořák: Symphony No. 7, In Nature's Realm, Scherzo capriccioso, Slavonic Dances

      Warner 66656

      7:29 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Fantasia in D minor, K. 397

      Mieczysław Horszowski, p
      Mozart, Chopin, Debussy, Beethoven - Mieczyslaw Horszowski

      Nonesuch 79160-2

      7:36 am

      Johannes Brahms: String Sextet No. 2 in G, Op. 36

      I. "Allegro non troppo"

      West German Radio Symphony Orchestra Chamber Players
      Brahms: String Sextets

      Pentatone PTC-5186807

      7:52 am

      Edvard Grieg: Lyric Pieces, Op. 65

      No. 6, "Wedding Day at Troldhaugen"

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

      Philips 412727-2

      8:03 am

      Arthur Bliss: "Adam Zero" Suite

      Black Dyke Band/John Wilson
      Bliss: Works for Brass Band

      Chandos CHSA-5344

      8:14 am

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

      Susan Milan, f; City of London Sinfonia/Richard Hickox
      La Flûte Enchantée

      Chandos CHAN-8840

      8:26 am

      Scott Joplin: "The Chrysanthemum"

      Lara Downes, p
      Reflections: Scott Joplin Reconsidered

      Rising Sun Music RS-016

      8:30 am

      Amy Beach: Romance, Op. 23

      Augustin Hadelich, v; Orion Weiss, p
      American Road Trip

      Warner 5021732287908

      8:38 am

      Gioachino Rossini: "Il turco in Italia"

      Overture

      Prague Sinfonia/Christian Benda
      Rossini: Complete Overtures, Vol. 4

      Naxos 8.572735

      8:48 am

      Ferruccio Busoni: Nine Variations on a Prelude of Chopin in c minor

      Marc-André Hamelin, p
      Busoni: Late Piano Music

      Hyperion CDA-67951/3

      9:03 am

      Ottorino Respighi: "The Birds"

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

      DG 437533-2

      9:22 am

      Camille Saint-Saëns: Allegro appassionato," Op. 70

      Stephen Hough, p; City of Birmingham Sym Orch/Sakari Oramo
      Saint-Saëns: The Complete Works for Piano and Orchestra

      Hyperion CDA-67331/2 (2)

      9:28 am

      François-Joseph Gossec: "Tambourin"

      Nora Shulman, f; Judy Loman, h
      Dance of the Blessed Spirits: Romantic Music for Flute and Harp

      Naxos 8.554166

      9:31 am

      Peter Warlock: "Capriol" Suite

      Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
      Dances from Renaissance to Nutcracker

      Delos DE-3132

      9:40 am

      Hugo Alfvén: "The Mountain King," Op. 37

      Suite

      Royal Stockholm Phil/Neeme Järvi
      Alfvén: Three Swedish Rhapsodies

      BIS CD-725

      9:56 am

      Germaine Tailleferre: "Galliarde" (1973)

      Raymond Mase, tr; Marcia Eckert, p
      Germaine Tailleferre Musique de Chambre

      Cambria CD-1085

      10:00 am - 3:00 pm

      10:00 am

      Midday with Lisa Flynn

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

      10:00 am

      Agustín Barrios Mangoré: "La Catedral"

      Xuefei Yang, g
      Guitar Favorites

      Decca 4858195

      10:09 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Trio in B-Flat, Op. 11

      Leonidas Kavakos, v; Yo-Yo Ma, vc; Emanuel Ax, p
      Beethoven for Three: Symphony No. 1; Op. 70, No. 1 "Ghost;" Op. 11 "Gassenhauer"

      Sony G010005464289W

      10:32 am

      Aaron Copland: "Quiet City"

      W Harrod, eh; P Collins, tr; Cincinnati Pops Orch/E Kunzel
      Copland: The Music of America

      Telarc CD-80339

      10:42 am

      Leonard Bernstein: "Candide"

      XXXI. Finale, "Make Our Garden Grow"

      Hadley, Anderson, Green, Ludwig, London Sym Cho, Orch/Leonard Bernstein
      Adolph Green, baritone,
      Bernstein: Candide

      DG 429734-2 (2)

      10:48 am

      Antonio Vivaldi: "La Cetra" Concerto No. 4 in E, R. 263

      Monica Huggett, v; Raglan Baroque Players/Nicholas Kraemer
      Vivaldi: La Cetra Op. 9

      Virgin 61246-2 (2)

      11:00 am

      Mademoiselle Duval: Ballet, "Les Génies" ("The Geniuses")

      Suite

      Women's Phil/JoAnn Falletta
      Baroquen Treasures

      Newport Classic NCD-60102

      11:13 am

      Igor Stravinsky: "Pulcinella"

      Suite

      Mahler Chamber Orch/Pablo Heras-Casado
      Stravinsky: Pulcinella Suite; Falla: El retablo de maese Pedro, Harpsichord Concerto

      Harmonia Mundi HMM-902653

      11:37 am

      Erik Satie: "Pièces froides - Trois airs à faire fuir"

      Alain Planès, p
      Satie

      Harmonia Mundi HMM-902749

      11:45 am

      Antonín Dvořák: "Slavonic Dances," Op. 72

      No. 8 in A-Flat

      Chamber Orch of Europe/Nikolaus Harnoncourt
      Dvorák * Slavonic Dances

      Teldec 81038-2

      11:53 am

      Pietro Baldassare: Trumpet Sonata No. 1 in F

      Ensemble/Stephen Burns, tr
      Baroque Music for Trumpet and Strings

      Musicmasters MMD-60074-K

      12:01 pm

      Francis Poulenc: "Gloria"

      "Gloria; Laudamus Te"

      Chicago Sym Cho & Orch/Bernard Haitink
      Daphnis et Chloé; Poulenc Gloria

      CSO Resound 901906

      12:08 pm

      Hector Berlioz: "Benvenuto Cellini," Op. 23

      Overture

      Lyon National Orch/Leonard Slatkin
      Berlioz: Harold en Italie, Le carnaval romain, Benvenuto Cellini: Overture

      Naxos 8.573297

      12:20 pm

      Ernesto Nazareth: Tango, "Carioca"

      Arthur Moreira Lima, p
      Moreira Lima, Nazareth: Tangos, Waltzes & Polkas

      Pro Arte PAD-144

      12:28 pm

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Cello Concerto No. 1 in C

      Christian-Pierre La Marca, vc; Le Concert de la Loge/Julien Chauvin
      Legacy

      Naïve V-7259

      12:53 pm

      Grace Williams: "Sea Sketches"

      No. 5, "Calm Sea in Summer"

      BBC Phil Strings/John Andrews
      Grace Williams: Orchestral Works

      Resonus RES-10349

      1:00 pm

      Gioachino Rossini: "Otello"

      Ballet music, part 1

      Monte Carlo Opera Cho, Orch/Antonio de Almeida
      Rossini: Ballet Music

      Philips 422843-2

      1:15 pm

      Franz Schubert: Fantasy in C, D 934

      Benjamin Beilman, v; Juho Pohjonen, p
      Resonance

      Music@Menlo 2012 (6)

      1:41 pm

      Julius Williams: "Toccatina"

      Dvorák Sym Orch/Julius Williams
      Somewhere Far Away * The Music of Julius Williams

      Albany TROY-1072

      1:49 pm

      Peter Tchaikovsky: "Marche slave," Op. 31

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

      Chandos CHSA-5352

      2:00 pm

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Orchestra Suite No. 3 in D, BWV 1068

      Le Concert des Nations/Jordi Savall
      Bach, J S: Orchestral Suites Nos. 1-4, BWV1066-1069

      Alia Vox AVSA-9890 (2)

      2:27 pm

      Reinhold Glière: "The Red Poppy"

      "Phoenix"; Valse; Russian Sailors' Dance

      New Jersey Sym Orch/Zdenek Macal
      Gliere: Symphony No. 2, The Red Poppy Suite

      Delos DE-3178

      2:39 pm

      Louise Farrenc: Piano Quintet No. 1 in A minor, Op. 30

      II. "Adagio non troppo"

      Linos Ensemble
      Piano Quintets Op. 30 & 31

      CPO 999194-2

      2:46 pm

      Peter Cornelius: "The Barber of Baghdad"

      Overture

      Royal Scottish National Orch/Lance Friedel
      Great Comedy Overtures

      Naxos 8.573418

      2:56 pm

      Ronn McFarlane: "Snapdragon"

      Ronn McFarlane, l; Willard Morris, db; Mattias Rucht, per
      One Morning

      Dorian DSL-92111

      3:00 - 7:00 pm

      3:00 pm

      Afternoon Music with Candice Agree

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

      3:00 pm

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 33 in B-Flat, K. 319

      Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood
      Mozart: The Complete Symphonies

      L'Oiseau-Lyre 452496-2 (19)

      3:24 pm

      Jan van Gilse: String Quartet (unfinished)

      Ebony Quartet
      Nonet, String Quartet, Trio

      NM Classics 92056

      3:35 pm

      Clara Schumann: Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 7

      Angela Cheng, p; Women's Phil/JoAnn Falletta
      The Women's Philharmonic: Mendelssohn, Schumann, Tailleferre, Boulanger

      Koch 3-7169-2

      3:57 pm

      Traditional: "The Parting Glass"

      Robert Shaw Chorale/Robert Shaw
      Irish Folk Songs

      RCA 63646-2

      4:00 pm

      Giuseppe Verdi: "Les Vêpres siciliennes"

      Four Seasons Ballet: Autumn

      I Musici; Francesco Buccarella, p
      Vivaldi, Verdi: Le Quattro Staggioni

      Decca 4852630

      4:10 pm

      Johannes Brahms: String Quintet No. 1 in F, Op. 88

      Alexander String Quartet; Toby Appel, vi
      Brahms: The String Quintets & Sextets

      Foghorn Classics CD-2012 (2)

      4:37 pm

      Alexander Scriabin: Piano Sonata No. 3 in F-sharp minor, Op. 23

      I. "Drammatico"

      Yuja Wang, p
      Yuja Wang: The Vienna Recital

      DG 4864567

      4:45 pm

      Alexandre Desplat: "The Shape of Water"

      Emmanuel Pahud, f; Myriam Lafargue, acc; French National Orch/Alexandre Desplat
      Airlines

      Warner 0190295306878

      4:57 pm

      Edvard Grieg: Two Elegiac Melodies, Op. 34

      No. 1, "Heart's Wounds"

      Yo-Yo Ma, vc, Kathryn Stott, p
      Songs from the Arc of Life

      Sony 10316-2

      5:00 pm

      Georges Bizet: "L'Arlésienne"

      Suite No. 1

      City of Granada Orch/Josep Pons
      Bizet: L'arlesienne Suites, Symphonie En Ut

      Harmonia Mundi HMC-901675

      5:18 pm

      Sergei Prokofiev: "Romeo and Juliet," Op. 64

      Dance of the Knights

      Boston Sym Orch/Seiji Ozawa
      Prokofiev: Romeo & Juliet

      DG 423268-2 (2)

      5:23 pm

      Jean-Philippe Rameau: "Platée"

      "Chaconne"

      Philharmonia Baroque Orch/Nicholas McGegan
      Suites from Platée and Dardanus

      Conifer 51313-2

      5:30 pm

      Charlotte Sohy: Symphony in C-sharp minor

      French National Orch/Débora Waldman
      Compositrices: New Light on French Romantic Women Composers

      Bru Zane BZ-2006

      6:00 pm

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Trio in E, K. 542

      Arion Trio
      Mozart: Piano Trios, Clarinet Trio

      Pantheon D-24827 (2)

      6:20 pm

      Aaron Copland: "Rodeo"

      Four Dance Episodes

      London Sym Orch/Aaron Copland
      Copland Conducts Copland

      CBS MK-42430

      6:41 pm

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      7:00 pm

      7:00 pm

      Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin

      Sir William Walton (1902-1983)

      This is a week steeped in 20th-century British music. Composer Benjamin Britten wrote that hearing William Walton's music was a 'great turning point in my musical life.' Bill features Walton’s love of different musical genres: film music from Henry V, the poem Façade set to music performed by the London Mozart Players narrated by Prunella Scales, the orchestral march Crown Imperial, and the cantata Belshazzar’s Feast.

      8:00 - 10:00 pm

      10:00 pm

      10:00 pm

      Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center

      Messiaen "Quartet for the End of Time;" Jörg Widmann, clarinet; Nicolas Dautricourt, violin; Nicolas Altstaedt, cello; Gilles Vonstattel, piano.

      11:00 pm

      11:00 pm

      Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival

      Ligeti Trio, "Hommage à Brahms;" Brahms Horn Trio in E-Flat Major, Op. 40; Stefan Dohr, french horn; William Hagen, violin; Kirill Gerstein, piano.