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      Playlist for Wednesday, May 13, 2026

      Playing this hour

      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      Imogen Holst: "On Westhall Hill"

      BBC Concert Orchestra/Alice Farnham
      Imogen Holst

      NMC NMCD-280

      12:05 am

      Gustav Holst: "Walt Whitman" Overture, Op. 7

      Ulster Orch/JoAnn Falletta
      HOLST, G.: Symphony, "The Cotswolds" / Walt Whitman, Overture / Indra / Japanese Suite / A Winter Idyll (Ulster Orchestra, Falletta)

      Naxos 8.572914

      12:12 am

      Charles Villiers Stanford: "Songs of Faith," Op. 97

      No. 6, "Joy, Shipmate, Joy!"

      Roderick Williams, br; Andrew West, p
      Charles Villiers Stanford: Songs of Faith, Love and Nonsense

      Somm SOMMCD-0627

      12:14 am

      Kern: "Mark Twain: Portrait for Orchestra"

      Boston Pops/Keith Lockhart
      American Visions

      RCA 68786-2

      12:27 am

      Richard Wetz: "Kleist" Overture, Op. 16

      Rheinland-Pflaz Phil/Werner Andreas Albert
      Richard Wetz

      CPO 999695-2

      12:43 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Variations on Mozart's "Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen," Op.66

      Mstislav Rostropovich, vc; Vasso Devetzi, p

      EMI 17597

      12:54 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Six German Dances, K. 571

      No. 1 in D

      Vienna Concentus Musicus/Nikolaus Harnoncourt

      Sony 88697914112

      1:00 am

      Augustin Barrios Mangoré: "Vals de Primavera"

      Alexander-Sergei Ramirez, g
      Barrios Mangoré: Confesión * Alexander-Sergei Ramirez

      DG 471532-2

      1:05 am

      Morton Gould: "Latin-American Symphonette"

      Utah Sym/Maurice Abravanel
      A Lincoln Portrait

      Vanguard OVC-4037

      1:26 am

      Augustìn Barrios Mangoré: "Las Abejas"

      Thibaut Garcia, g
      El Bohemio

      Warner 5054197726170

      1:27 am

      music continues...

      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.

      10:00 am - 1:00 pm

      10:00 am

      Midday with Lisa Flynn

      Including the Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts at 12:15 pm.

      12:15 pm

      Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts

      Trio Eris (Violinist K. J. McDonald, cellist Annie SeEun Hyung, and pianist Andrew Jun Chen) perform music by Reena Esmail and Feliz Mendelssohn, live from Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago.

      1:00 pm

      1:00 pm

      Music for the Afternoon

      2:00 - 7:00 pm

      2:00 pm

      Afternoon Music with Candice Agree

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

      7:00 pm

      7:00 pm

      Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin

      Béla Bartók (1881-1945)

      This week, Bill looks at the life and musical development of one of Hungary’s greatest composers. A musician’s musician, Bartok was supported by many of the great conductors of his era. Paul Sacher, who led the Basel Chamber Orchestra, asked him to write the Divertimento for Strings. Serge Koussevitsky and Fritz Reiner invited him to compose the Concerto for Orchestra. At the end of the week, we’ll hear Benny Goodman perform "Contrasts" for Violin, Clarinet, and Piano, a piece he requested from Bartok.

      8:00 - 10:00 pm

      10:00 pm - 12:00 am

      10:00 pm

      Baroque&Before with Candice Agree

      Accademia Bizantina

      Harpsichordist Ottavio Dantone leads Accademia Bizantina in musical jewels by Johann Sebastian Bach, Georg Philipp Telemann, and Carl Philipp Emmanuel Bach. Featuring Marcello Gatti playing the traverso flute and Alessandro Tampieri playing violin and viola d’amore. Recorded live in concert February 7, 2026 at Aula Magna Università La Sapienza, Rome.