Wednesday, September 23, 2026

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      Playlist for Wednesday, September 23, 2026

      Playing this hour

      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      Mclean, Don: "Caledonia"

      Voces8
      Twenty - Voces8

      VOCES8 VCM-174

      12:05 am

      Haydn, Franz Joseph: Lira Organizzata Concerto No. 4 in F, H VIIh:4

      Jean-Pierre Rampal, f; Pierre Pierlot, ob; Franz Liszt Chamber Orch/János Rolla

      CBS M2K-39772 (2)

      12:20 am

      Haydn, Franz Joseph: Scottish Folksong, "My Love she's but a lassie yet", H XXXIa:7

      Jamie MacDougall, t; Eisenstadt Haydn Trio
      The Haydn Edition

      Brilliant Classics 93782 (150)

      12:22 am

      Still, William Grant: Folk Suite #2

      Sierra Winds; Carol Urban-Stivers, p
      Get on Board: American Music for Woodwinds by William Grant Still

      Cambria CD-1083

      12:29 am

      Brian, Havergal: English Suite No. 1

      New Russia State Symphony Orch/Alexander Walker
      Brian: Symphonies Nos. 22, 23, 24 - English Suite No. 1

      Naxos 8.572833

      12:55 am

      Britten, Benjamin: Eight Folk Song Arrangements

      "Avenging and Bright"

      Peter Pears, t; Benjamin Britten, p
      Folk Songs

      London 430063-2

      1:00 am

      Paganini, Nicolo: Violin Concerto #2 in b, Op 7, "La Campanella"

      "La Campanella"

      Philippe Quint, v; Dmitriy Cogan, p
      PAGANINI, N.: La Campanella / Le streghe / Variations (arr. F. Kreisler) (Quint, Cogan)

      Naxos 8.570703

      1:05 am

      Bruch, Max: Violin Concerto No. 1 in g minor, Op. 26

      Philippe Quint, v; Orquesta Sinfonica de Mineria/Carlos Miguel Prieto

      Avanti 10362

      1:29 am

      Bruch, Max: Song, "An den Jesusknaben," Op. 17/3

      Rafael Fingerlos, br; Sascha El Mouissi, p
      Bruch Lieder

      CPO 555422-2

      1:31 am

      Coleridge-Taylor, Samuel: "Moorish Dance"

      Samantha Ege, p

      Lorent LNT-147

      1:42 am

      Coleridge-Taylor, Avril: "Sussex Landscape," Op. 27

      Chineke! Orchestra/Fawzi Haimor

      Decca 4853322

      1:55 am

      Oswald, James: "The Caledonian Pocket Companion"

      "Sleepy Maggy"

      Olivier Riehl, f
      London Circa 1740

      Harmonia Mundi HMM-902613

      2:00 am

      Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Serenade No. 10 in B-Flat, K. 361, "Gran Partita"

      "Adagio"

      London Wind Soloists/Jack Brymer
      Mozart Complete Wind Music

      London 455794-2 (3)

      2:05 am

      Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Serenade No. 13 in G, K. 525, "Eine kleine Nachtmusik" (“A Little Night Music”)

      Kremerata Baltica
      After Mozart

      Nonesuch 79633-2

      2:22 am

      Piazzolla, Astor: Tango Ballet

      No. 6, "La Calle"

      Gidon Kremer, v; Kremerata Baltica
      Tango Ballet

      Teldec 22661-2

      2:24 am

      Dohnányi, Ernst von: Piano Concerto #2 in b, Op 42

      László Baranyay, p; Budapest Sym/György Györiványi-Ráth
      Dohnanyi Piano Concertos

      Hungaroton HCD-31555

      2:55 am

      Beethoven, Ludwig van: 12 German Dances, WoO 8

      #9

      Capella Istropolitana/Oliver Dohnanyi
      BEETHOVEN, L. van: 11 Dances, "Mödlinger Tänze" / 12 German Dances / 12 Minuets (Capella Istropolitana, Dohnányi)

      Naxos 8.550433

      3:00 am

      Respighi, Ottorino: Ancient Airs and Dances for the Lute, Set 1

      III. "Villanella"

      Philharmonia Hungarica/Antal Dorati
      Ancient Dances And Airs For Lute - Suites 1,2 &3

      Mercury 434304-2

      3:05 am

      Dukas, Paul: "Villanelle" (1906)

      Dennis Brain, fh; Wilfried Parry, p
      Dennis Brain: Unreleased Performances

      Arabesque 8071

      3:10 am

      Dukas, Paul: "The Sorcerer's Apprentice"

      London Sym Orch/Charles Mackerras
      Peter And The Wolf, Young Person's Guide To The Orchestra, Sorcerer's Apprentice

      Cala CACD-1022

      3:21 am

      Saint-Saens, Camille: "Le carnaval des animaux (Carnival of the Animals)"

      Finale

      Chicago Sym Orch/James Levine
      Horowitz - Beethoven, Chopin, Scarlatti

      Disney 60986-7

      3:23 am

      Taylor, Deems: "Through the Looking Glass"

      Seattle Sym Orch/Gerard Schwarz
      The Musical Fantasies Of Charles Griffes And Deems Taylor

      Delos DE-3099

      3:54 am

      Anderson, Leroy: "Jazz Pizzicato"

      Utah Sym Orch/Maurice Abravanel

      Vanguard SVC-4

      4:00 am

      Altenburg, Johann Ernst: Concerto for Seven Trumpets and Timpani

      Hubert Laws, f; Philharmonia Virtuosi/Richard Kapp
      Baroque Trumpetissimo

      Ess.a.y CD-1035

      4:05 am

      Ewazen, Eric: Fantasia for Seven Trumpets (1992)

      American Brass Quintet and Friends

      Well-Tempered Productions WTP-5189

      4:13 am

      Humiston, William Henry: "A Southern Fantasy" (1906)

      Sym Orch of America/Matthew Phillips
      Those Fabulous Americans

      Albany TROY-103

      4:24 am

      Anonymous, American: Old Kentucky, Kentucky

      Eastman Wind Ensemble/Frederick Fennell
      The Civil War- Its Music and Its Sound

      Mercury SRI2-77011 (2)

      4:25 am

      Schubert, Franz: Symphony No. 1 in D, D. 82

      Vienna Phil/Riccardo Muti

      EMI CDC7-54066-2

      4:54 am

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      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 Concerts

      Pianist Miki Aoki performs music by Handel, Poulenc, Bach, and Cécile Chaminade, live from Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago.

      1:00 - 3:00 pm

      1:00 pm

      Music for the Afternoon

      3:00 - 7:00 pm

      3:00 pm

      Afternoon Music with Candice Agree

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

      7:00 pm

      7:00 pm

      Exploring Music

      Darius Milhaud (1892-1974)

      Host Peter van de Graaff invites you into the vibrant musical world of Darius Milhaud, who stands among history’s most prolific composers and whose music is alive with inspiration and imagination. Born in Southern France, he traveled to Brazil and later to California, where he taught young musicians including Burt Bacharach, Dave Brubeck, and William Bolcom.

      8:00 - 10:00 pm

      10:00 pm - 12:00 am

      10:00 pm

      Baroque&Before with Candice Agree

      Zelenka & Handel with Collegium 1704

      Václav Luks leads the Prague-based baroque orchestra Collegium 1704 and Collegium Vocale 1704 in Jan Dismas Zelenka’s Missa Circumcisionis and Handel’s Dixit Dominus. Recorded live in concert October 9, 2025 in Dvořák Hall in Prague.