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      Playlist for Monday, June 1, 2026

      Playing this hour

      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck: Toccata

      Daniele Boccaccio, hc
      Sweelinck: Complete Keyboard Works

      Brilliant 95643 (6)

      12:05 am

      Gerald Finzi: Grand Fantasia and Toccata, Op 38

      Peter Donahoe, p; English Northern Sinfonia/Howard Griffiths
      Gerald Finzi

      Naxos 8.555766

      12:19 am

      Agathe Backer Grondahl: "Fantasy Pieces," Op 39

      #1, "Souvenir"

      Natalia Strelchenko, p
      Agathe Backer-Grondahl: Complete Piano Music, Vol. IV

      Arena AR-07015

      12:21 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 in c minor, Op. 67

      Le Concert des Nations/Jordi Savall
      Beethoven Symphonies 1 à 5

      Alia Vox AVSA-9937

      12:55 am

      Sainte-Colombe: "Prélude pour Mr. Vaquelin"

      Jordi Savall, viga
      Bande originale du film "Tous les matins du monde"

      Alia Vox AV-9821

      1:00 am

      Jules Massenet: Song, "Pensée d'Automne"

      Joan Sutherland, s; Richard Bonynge, p
      Massenet Edition

      London 4783963 (23)

      1:05 am

      Jules Massenet: Orchestral Suite No. 5, "Scènes napolitaines"

      New Zealand Sym/Jean-Yves Ossonce
      MASSENET: Orchestral Suites Nos. 4 - 7

      Naxos 8.553125

      1:16 am

      Franz Liszt: "Venezia e Napoli"

      Benjamin Grosvenor, p
      Homages

      Decca 483 0255

      1:34 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: "Don Giovanni," K. 527

      "Champagne Aria", "Finch' han dal vino"

      Thomas Allen, br; Scottish Chamber Orch/Richard Armstrong

      EMI/Ang CDC7-47508-2

      1:36 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: "Don Giovanni," K. 527

      Suite

      Netherlands Wind Ensemble
      Mozart * Rossini * Arrangements for Wind Instruments * Netherlands Wind Ensemble

      Pentatone PTC-5186190

      1:54 am

      Dmitri Shostakovich: "The Age of Gold," Op. 22

      Polka

      Vladimir Ashkenazy, p
      Shostakovich Piano Works

      London B0001846-02

      2:00 am

      Giuseppe Verdi: "Nabucco"

      Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves, "Va pensiero"

      Ambrosian Opera Cho, Philharmonia Orch/Riccardo Muti
      Verdi: Preludes, Ballet Music and Opera Choruses

      EMI/Ang CDC7-47274-2

      2:05 am

      Gioachino Rossini: "William Tell"

      Overture

      Philharmonia/Riccardo Muti
      Overtures

      EMI CDC7-47118-2

      2:16 am

      Giuseppe Verdi: "Rigoletto"

      Aria, "Questa o quella"

      Luciano Pavarotti, t; Turin Sym Orch/Mario Rossi
      Pavarotti: The Early Years Vol 2

      RCA 68014-2

      2:18 am

      Gaetano Donizetti: "Lucia di Lammermoor"

      Sextet, "Chi mi frena"

      Sutherland, Pavarotti, Royal Opera House Cho and Orch/Bonynge
      Pavarotti's Opera Made Easy: My Favorite Moments

      London 443814-2

      2:22 am

      Antonin Dvorák: String Sextet in A, Op 48

      Raphael Ensemble
      Dvorak: String Quintet Op 97, String Sextet Op 48

      Hyperion CDA-66308

      2:55 am

      John Playford: "The English Dancing Master"

      "Scotch Cap"

      Baltimore Consort
      Chamber and Vocal Music (16th-18th Centuries, Scottish) - CADEAC, P. / BLACKHALL, A. / LAUDER, J. (On the Banks of Helicon)

      Dorian DOR-90139

      3:00 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Prelude in e-flat

      Czech Phil/Leopold Stokowski
      Leopold Stokowski: Orchestral Transcriptions

      London 421639-2

      3:05 am

      Georges Bizet: "L'Arlésienne" Suite No. 1

      National Phil/Leopold Stokowski
      Bizet: Carmen & L'Arlesienne Suites

      CBS MYK-37260

      3:23 am

      Igor Stravinsky: "L'histoire du soldat"

      The Soldier's March

      Sym of the Air/Leopold Stokowski

      Vanguard SVC-1

      3:25 am

      Henry Purcell: Suite

      BBC Phil/Matthias Bamert
      Stokowski's Symphonic Baroque

      Chandos CHAN-9930

      3:37 am

      Peter Maxwell Davies: Realization of Purcell's "Fantasia upon One Note" (1973)

      Fires of London/Peter Maxwell Davies
      Renaissance & Baroque Realisations

      Unicorn-Kanchana KP-8005

      3:41 am

      Henry Purcell: Trio Sonata #5 in g

      Bell'Arte Antiqua
      English Baroque Music

      ASV CDGAU-213

      3:49 am

      Henry Purcell: "The Fairy Queen"

      Jig

      Empire Brass; Arthur Press, per; Brad Ellis, syn
      Fireworks

      EMI/Ang CDC7-49277-2

      4:00 am

      Eduard Strauss: Polka francaise, Innig und Sinnig

      Johann Strauss Orch/Christopher Warren-Green
      The Strauss Album

      Black Box BBM-1059

      4:04 am

      Jean-Baptiste Arban: Fantasie Brillante

      Wynton Marsalis, tr; Eastman Wind Ensemble/Donald Hunsberger
      Carnaval

      CBS MK-42137

      4:13 am

      Georges Hüe: "Fantaisie"

      Lisa Garner Santa, f; Gabriel Sanchez, p
      Rêver en Couleurs: French Music for Solo Flute and Piano

      MSR Classics MS-1213

      4:21 am

      Gabriel Pierné: Fantaisie-Ballet in Bb, Op 6

      Stephen Coombs, p, BBC Scottish Sym Orch/Ronald Corp
      The Complete Works For Piano And Orchestra

      Hyperion CDA-67348

      4:32 am

      French ANON 13th c: Dance, La doucours

      The Dufay Collective
      Music Of The Trouveres

      Chandos CHAN-9544

      4:34 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Trio #9 in G, Op 121a, "Kakadu"

      Daniel Barenboim, p; Pinchas Zukerman, v; Jacqueline Du Pré, vc

      EMI/Ang CMS7-63124-2 (3)

      4:53 am

      Italian Anon 16th c: Balletto

      Jacob Heringman, l
      The Siena Lute Book

      Avie AV-0036

      5:00 am

      Adolphe-Charles Adam: "Giselle"

      Act 1: "Entrée de Giselle"

      Royal Opera House Orch/Mark Ermler
      Adam: Giselle

      Conifer 18308-2

      5:05 am

      Amy (Mrs HHA) Beach: Prelude and Fugue, Op 81

      Joanne Polk, p
      Amy Beach: Under the Stars- Solo Piano Music of Amy Beach, Vol. 2

      Arabesque Z-6704

      5:16 am

      Arthur Honegger: Prelude, Arioso and Fughetta on B-A-C-H (1932)

      I Musici de Montreal/Yuli Turovsky
      Honneger: Symphony No. 2/ Concerto da Camera/Prelude, Arioso and Fugheta

      Chandos CHAN-8632

      5:23 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: "Klavierbüchlein für Wilhelm Friedemann Bach"

      Minuet in G, BWV 841

      Wolfgang Rübsam, organ
      BACH, J.S.: From the W.F. Bach Notebook / 5 Little Preludes

      Naxos 8.553097

      5:25 am

      Felix Mendelssohn: String Octet in E-Flat, Op 20

      Heifetz, Baker, Belnick, Stepansky, v's; Primrose, Majewski, va's; Piatigorsky, Rejto, vc's
      William Primrose,
      Gregor Piatigorsky, cello,
      The Heifetz Collection, Volume 35: Mendelssohn: Octet / Gershwin / Rachmaninoff / Shostakovich / Stravinsky

      RCA 61766-2

      5:53 am

      Hildegard von Bingen: "O pastor animarum"

      Oxford Camerata/Jeremy Summerly
      VON BINGEN: Heavenly Revelations

      Naxos 8.550998

      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

      Gustav Holst: "Brook Green" Suite

      Royal Phil Strings/Barry Wordsworth
      English String Music

      Tring TRP-037

      6:12 am

      Wynton Marsalis: String Quartet No. 1, "At the Octoroon Balls"

      VII. Finale, "Rampart St. Row House Rag"

      Orion String Quartet
      Marsalis: At The Octoroon Balls; A Fidler's Tale Suite

      Sony SK-60979

      6:17 am

      Aaron Copland: "Appalachian Spring"

      Second half

      Music@Menlo Ensemble
      Resonance

      Music@Menlo 2012 (6)

      6:30 am

      Anton Rubinstein: Piano Trio No. 1 in F, Op. 15, No. 1

      III. Moderato con moto

      Romantic Trio
      Rubinstein: Piano Trios Nos. 1 and 3

      Russian Disc RDCD-10041

      6:40 am

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

      III. Finale, Rondo, "Allegro"

      Joshua Bell, v; Camerata Salzburg/Roger Norrington
      Mendelssohn & Beethoven: Violin Concertos

      Sony SK-89505

      6:50 am

      William Alwyn: "Overture to a Masque"

      London Sym Orch/Richard Hickox
      Alwyn: Symphony No. 2, Overture to a Masque, The Magic Island, Derby Day, Fanfare for a Joyful Occasion

      Chandos CHAN-9093

      7:03 am

      Jean-Féry Rebel: "Les Plaisirs Champêtres"

      La Petite Bande/Sigiswald Kuijken
      Concert de danse

      Accent ACC-96122-D

      7:15 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: "The Nutcracker," Op. 71

      #14, Pas de deux

      Milwaukee Sym Orch/Andreas Delfs
      Sergei Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet; Peter Ilyitch Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker

      Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra 708761739923

      7:20 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: "The Nutcracker," Op. 71

      "Mother Ginger and Her Little Clowns"

      Milwaukee Sym Orch/Andreas Delfs
      Sergei Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet; Peter Ilyitch Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker

      Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra 708761739923

      7:24 am

      Johannes Brahms: Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68

      III. "Un poco allegretto e grazioso"

      NFM Wrocław Phil/Giancarlo Guerrero
      Brahms: Symphony No. 1 & Academic Festival Overture

      CD Accord ACD-277

      7:32 am

      Mikhail Glinka: "Ruslan and Lyudmila"

      Overture

      Bavarian Radio Sym Orch/Esa-Pekka Salonen
      Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture, Etc

      Philips 416288-2

      7:38 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Organ Trio Sonata No. 6 in G, BWV 530

      Yo-Yo Ma, vc; Chris Thile, man; Edgar Meyer, db
      Bach Trios

      Nonesuch 558933-2

      7:52 am

      Francesco Durante: String Concerto No. 5 in A

      Concerto Köln
      Durante: Concertos for Strings Nos. 1-6

      Capriccio 10371

      8:03 am

      Richard Strauss: Wind Serenade in E-flat, Op. 7

      Netherlands Wind Ensemble
      Favourite Serenades for Orchestra

      Philips 438748-2 (2)

      8:14 am

      Clarice Assad: "Arcos da Lapa"

      Sérgio Assad & Odair Assad, g's
      Jardim Abandonado

      Nonesuch 278140-2

      8:16 am

      Clarice Assad: "Familia"

      Yo-Yo Ma, vc; Assad family, g's and vocals
      Badi Assad, voice,
      Odair Assad, voice and guitar,
      Yo-Yo Ma & Friends: Songs of Joy & Peace

      Sony 24414-2

      8:22 am

      Franz Liszt: "Valse de concert" after Donizetti's "Lucia" & "Parasina"

      Jean-Yves Thibaudet, p
      Liszt Transcriptions

      Decca 436736-2

      8:33 am

      Sergei Prokofiev: Flute Sonata (Violin Sonata No. 2) in D, Op. 94

      II. Scherzo, "Presto"

      Richard Stoltzman, cl; Warsaw Phil Orch/Lawrence Leighton Smith
      Clarinet Concertos

      RCA 63836-2

      8:41 am

      Sergei Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op. 30

      III. Finale, "Alla breve"

      Yunchan Lim, p; Fort Worth Sym Orch/Marin Alsop
      Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3, Live from the 2022 Cliburn Competition

      Decca 4871023

      8:55 am

      Percy Grainger: "Spoon River"

      Dallas Wind Sym/Jerry Junkin
      Lincolnshire Posy: Music for Band by Percy Grainger

      Reference RR-117

      9:03 am

      Johan Svendsen: "Carnival in Paris," Op 9

      Trondheim Sym Orch/Ole Kristian Ruud
      Johan Svendsen: Zorahayda; Karneval i Paris, Norsk kunstnerkarneval, Romeo og Jule

      Virgin 45128-2

      9:17 am

      Bryan Kelly: "Suite Parisienne"

      Brass Ring
      Brass Ring - Music For Brass Quintet

      Crystal CD-561

      9:31 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 31 in D, K. 297, "Paris"

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

      L'Oiseau-Lyre 452496-2 (19)

      9:47 am

      Hector Berlioz: "Roman Carnival" Overture, Op. 9

      Grant Park Orch/Thomas Wilkins
      Mendelssohn's Italian Symphony (July 30, 2016)

      Grant Park Music Festival

      9:57 am

      Fritz Kreisler: "Schön Rosmarin"

      Franz Liszt Chamber Orch/Isaac Stern, v
      Caprice Viennois - Music of Fritz Kreisler

      Sony SK-62692

      10:00 am - 3:00 pm

      10:00 am

      Midday with Lisa Flynn

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

      10:00 am

      Johannes Brahms: Rhapsody in B minor, Op. 79, No. 1

      Murray Perahia, p
      Brahms: Handel Variations, Rhapsodies, Piano Pieces

      Sony 72725

      10:10 am

      Constant Lambert: Ballet, "Pomona"

      English Northern Phil/David Lloyd-Jones
      Constant Lambert: Tiresias & Pomona

      Hyperion CDA-67049

      10:31 am

      Pablo de Sarasate: "Navarra," Op. 33

      La Pietà/Angèle Dubeau, v
      Virtuose

      Analekta AN2-8729

      10:38 am

      Johann Ludwig Bach: Ouverture (Suite) in G

      Concerto Italiano/Rinaldo Alessandrini
      Bach: Overtures for Orchestra

      Naïve OP-30578

      10:52 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Violin Partita No. 1 in B minor, BWV 1002

      IV. "Bourrée"

      Hopkinson Smith, l
      Hopkinson Smith: Album

      Naïve E-8908

      11:00 am

      Daniel-François Auber: "The Bronze Horse"

      Overture

      BBC Phil/Yan Pascal Tortelier
      Tortelier's French Bonbons

      Chandos CHAN-9765

      11:09 am

      William Grant Still: Lyric Quartet

      Catalyst Quartet
      Uncovered, Vol. 3: Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson, George Walker, William Grant Still

      Azica ACD-71357

      11:25 am

      Josef Suk: "Fantastic Scherzo," Op. 25

      Czech Phil/Charles Mackerras
      Suk: Summer Tale, Fantastic Scherzo / Mackerras

      Decca 466443-2

      11:41 am

      Domenico Scarlatti: Clavier Sonata in D, Kk. 119

      Igor Kamenz, p
      Igor Kamenz plays Scarlatti

      Naïve V-5399

      11:45 am

      Domenico Scarlatti: Clavier Sonata in A, Kk 101 (L 494)

      Igor Kamenz, p
      Igor Kamenz plays Scarlatti

      Naïve V-5399

      11:49 am

      Domenico Scarlatti: Clavier Sonata in E, Kk 381 (L 225)

      Igor Kamenz, p
      Igor Kamenz plays Scarlatti

      Naïve V-5399

      11:53 am

      Joseph Canteloube: Songs of the Auvergne, Set 1

      "Baïlèro (Shepherd's Song)"

      Dawn Upshaw, s; Lyon Opera Orch/Kent Nagano
      Joseph Canteloube: Chants d'Auvergne; Maurice Emmanuel: Chansons bourguignonnes

      Erato 17577-2

      12:00 pm

      Doug Lofstrom: "Midsummer Passage"

      Russian String Orchestra/Misha Rachlevsky
      Doug Lofstrom: Music for Strings

      Origin OC-33027

      12:08 pm

      Claude Debussy: Cello Sonata in D minor

      Adrian Brendel, vc; Simon Crawford-Philliips, p
      Debussy: Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune, Sonatas "pour divers instruments", String Quartet

      Hyperion CDA-68463

      12:21 pm

      Joseph Bologne (Chevalier de Saint-Georges): Symphony No. 1 in G, Op. 11, No. 1

      London Sym Orch/Paul Freeman
      Black Composers Series 1974-1978, Vol. 1

      Sony 19075862152 (10)

      12:37 pm

      Peter Tchaikovsky: "The Maid of Orléans"

      Ballet Music

      Royal Opera House Orch/Colin Davis
      Tchaikovsky: Ballet Music

      Philips 422845-2

      12:52 pm

      Peter Tchaikovsky: "Valse-Scherzo" in C, Op. 34

      Midori, v; London Sym Orch/Leonard Slatkin
      Paganini: Violin Concerto No. 1; Tchaikovsky: Sérénade mélancolique, Valse-Scherzo

      Philips 420943-2

      1:00 pm

      Duke Ellington: "New World a-Comin'"

      Jeffrey Biegel, p; Brown U Orch/Paul Phillips
      Manhattan Intermezzo

      Naxos 8.573490

      1:14 pm

      Michio Miyagi: "Haru No Umi (The Sea in Springtime)"

      Yolanda Kondonassis, h
      Pictures of the Floating World

      Telarc CD-80488

      1:24 pm

      Jean Françaix: "L'Horloge de Flore (The Flower Clock)"

      Albrecht Mayer, ob; St Martin's Academy/Mathias Mönius
      Bonjour Paris * Albrecht Mayer

      Decca 4782564

      1:42 pm

      John Rutter: "Te Deum"

      Cambridge Singers, City of London Sinfonia/John Rutter
      John Rutter - Te Deum

      Collegium COLCD-112

      1:51 pm

      Jean Sibelius: Suite for Violin and Strings, Op. 117

      James Ehnes, v; Bergen Phil Orch/Edward Gardner
      Sibelius: Violin Concerto; Serenades; Humoresques; Earnest Melodies; Suite

      Chandos CHSA-5267

      2:00 pm

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor, K. 466

      Norwegian Chamber Orch/Leif Ove Andsnes, p
      Mozart: Piano Concertos 17 & 20 * Leif Ove Andsnes

      EMI 00281-2

      2:32 pm

      Enrique Granados: "Goyescas" (piano suite)

      No. 6, Epilogue, "Serenata del espectro"

      Javier Perianes, p
      Granados: Goyescas, El Pelele

      Harmonia Mundi HMM-902626

      2:42 pm

      George Gershwin: "Lullaby"

      Nash Ensemble
      Herrmann, Gershwin, Waxman & Copland: American Chamber Music

      Hyperion CDA-68094

      2:50 pm

      Maurice Ravel: "Menuet antique"

      Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra/Gianluigi Gelmetti
      Ravel: Alborada del Gracioso; Le Tombeau de Couperin; etc.

      Capriccio 10297

      2:57 pm

      Maurice Ravel: "Menuet sur le nom d'Haydn"

      Margaret Fingerhut, p
      Hommages to Haydn, Roussel and Fauré

      Chandos CHAN-8578

      3:00 - 7:00 pm

      3:00 pm

      Afternoon Music with Candice Agree

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

      3:00 pm

      Samuel Barber: Violin Concerto, Op. 14

      Anne Akiko Meyers, v; London Sym Orch/Leonard Slatkin
      The American Masters

      eOne EOM-CD-7791

      3:25 pm

      Felix Mendelssohn: "The Hebrides (Fingal's Cave)" Overture, Op 26

      Scottish National Orch/Alexander Gibson
      Seascapes

      Chandos CHAN-6538

      3:36 pm

      Georg Philipp Telemann: "Burlesque de Don Quichotte"

      Freiburg Baroque Orch/Gottfried von der Goltz
      Georg Philipp Telemann: Suites (Overtures); Concerto

      RCA-DHM 77321-2

      3:57 pm

      Leonard Bernstein: "West Side Story"

      "Tonight"

      Katia Labèque & Marielle Labèque, p's
      West Side Story: Symphonic Dances and Songs

      CBS MK-45531

      4:00 pm

      Ralph Vaughan Williams: "In the Fen Country"

      London Phil Orch/Bernard Haitink
      Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 6; In the Fen Country; On Wenlock Edge

      EMI CDC5-56762-2

      4:15 pm

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Violin Partita No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1004

      V. "Chaconne"

      Leon Fleisher, p
      All The Things You Are

      Bridge 9429

      4:34 pm

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125, "Choral"

      II. Scherzo, "Molto vivace"

      Chamber Orch of Europe/Yannick Nézet-Séguin
      Ludwig van Beethoven: The Symphonies

      DG 4863050

      4:48 pm

      Charles Lucien Lambert: Bolero, "Le Castillian" (1861)

      Gary Hammond, p
      American Classics: Charles Lucien Lambert Sr. and Lucien-Leon Guillaume Lambert Jr.

      Naxos 8.559037

      4:55 pm

      Louis Moreau Gottschalk: "Souvenirs d'Andalousie," Op. 22

      Alan Marks, p
      Gottschalk for 2 Hands

      Nimbus NI-5014

      5:00 pm

      George Frideric Handel: "Music for the Royal Fireworks"

      B'Rock Orchestra/Dmitry Sinkovsky
      Handel: Water & Fire

      Pentatone PTC-5187013

      5:17 pm

      Leonard Bernstein: "Olympic Hymn"

      Tanglewood Festival Cho, Boston Pops Orch/John Williams
      Summon the Heroes

      Sony SK-62592

      5:22 pm

      music continues...

      7:00 pm

      7:00 pm

      Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin

      Strangers in a Strange Land

      We will hear the musical evolution of five mature composers as they started their new lives in America: Russian Igor Stravinsky, Hungarian Bela Bartok, German Kurt Weill, Italian Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, and Austrian Ernst Toch. These five composers arrived in America early in the Twentieth Century and quickly became vital members of our American musical community. Bill leads us through their development of new sounds and relationships, all the while telling the fantastic stories that link us to their teachers, Rimsky-Korsakov and Richard Strauss.

      8:00 - 10:00 pm

      8:00 pm

      Live from WFMT

      One of the premier chamber ensembles from the Chicago area International Chamber Artists performs live in the Fay and Daniel Levin Performance Studio.

      10:00 pm - 12:00 am

      10:00 pm

      The WFMT Orchestra Series

      San Francisco Symphony

      Tchaikovsky Selections from "Swan Lake," Op. 20; Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74, "Pathétique;" Elim Chan, conductor.