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      Playlist for Saturday, July 5, 2025

      Playing this hour

      12:00 - 7:00 am

      12:00 am

      Christian Sinding: "Romance", Op 30

      Henning Kraggerud, v; Christian Ihle Hadland, p
      SINDING, C.: Violin and Piano Music, Vol. 2 (Kraggerud, Hadland)

      Naxos 8.572255

      12:05 am

      Wilhelm Stenhammar: "Two Sentimental Romances," Op 28

      Henning Kraggerud, v; Dalasinfoniettan/Bjarte Engeset
      Nordic Violin Favorites

      Naxos 8.572827

      12:15 am

      Leopold MOZART: Sinfonia da Caccia (Jagd-Symphonie)

      New Zealand Chamber Orch/Donald Armstrong
      MOZART: Sinfonia di Caccia / Sinfonia Pastorale

      Naxos 8.553347

      12:27 am

      Carl Maria von Weber: "Lützows wilde Jagd"

      Camerata Vocale Gummersbach/Gus Anton

      Koch 3-1079-2

      12:29 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: String Quartet No. 17 in B-Flat, K. 458, "Hunt"

      Emerson String Quartet
      Jagd-Quartett, Dissonanzen-Quartett, Kaiser-Quartett

      DG 427657-2

      12:54 am

      Joseph Boudin de Boismortier: "La Puce (Pièce en rondeau de clavecin)"

      Gustav Leonhardt, hc
      Harpsichord Recital

      Philips 426352-2

      1:00 am

      Charles-Valentin Alkan: Three Marches, Op 37

      #1

      Ronald Smith, p
      The Alkan Project

      Arabesque Z-6523

      1:05 am

      Charles Ives: March, "The Circus Band"

      Milwaukee Sym/Lukas Foss
      American Festival

      Pro Arte CDD-102

      1:07 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: "Marche slave," Op. 31

      Israel Phil/Zubin Mehta
      1812 Overture/ Marche Slave

      Teldec 90201-2

      1:16 am

      Friedrich Nietzsche: Hungarian March

      John Bell Young, p
      Piano Music Of Friedrich Nietzsche

      Newport Classic NPD-85513

      1:17 am

      Antonin Dvorák: String Quartet No. 1 in A, Op. 2

      Vlach String Quartet
      Dvorák: The String Quartets, Vol 7

      Naxos 8.557357

      1:54 am

      Antonin Dvorák: "Minuets," Op 28

      #6

      Tomas Visek, p
      Piano Music

      Rosa RD-1318

      2:00 am

      Sergei Rachmaninoff: "Morceaux de Fantaisie," Op. 3

      No. 2, Prelude in c-sharp minor

      Jean-Yves Thibaudet, p

      London 458930-2

      2:05 am

      Sergei Rachmaninoff: "Morceaux de Fantaisie," Op. 3

      No. 3, "Mélodie"

      Sergei Rachmaninoff, p
      Rachmaninoff Plays Rachmaninoff

      RCA 7766-2-RG

      2:08 am

      Sergei Rachmaninoff: "Oriental Sketch" (1917)

      Sergei Rachmaninoff, p
      Rachmaninoff Plays Rachmaninoff

      RCA 7766-2-RG

      2:10 am

      Richard Strauss: "Ein Heldenleben," Op. 40

      Seattle Sym/Gerard Schwarz
      Strauss: Ein Heldenleben; Macbeth; Serenade in E flat major

      Delos DE-3094

      2:54 am

      Georg Philipp Telemann: "Heldenmusik"

      "La Majeste"

      Hakan Hardenberger, tr; Simon Preston, o
      Trumpet & Organ Spectacular At Sorø Church

      Philips 434074-2

      3:00 am

      Johann Caspar Fischer: Symphony for Eight Timpani and Orchestra

      Finale, Allegretto

      Jonathon Haas, ty; Bournemouth Sinfonietta/Harold Farberman
      18th Century Timpani Concertos

      CRD 3449

      3:05 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 103 in E-Flat, "Drum Roll"

      English Chamber Orch/Jeffrey Tate
      Haydn: London Symphonies

      EMI/Ang CDR5-69810-2

      3:35 am

      Elliott Carter: Eight Pieces

      #2, "Moto Perpetuo"

      Morris Lang, ty
      Brass Quintet / Eight Pieces For Four Timpani

      Odyssey Y-34137

      3:37 am

      Robert Schumann: "Fantasiestücke," Op. 111

      Marta Deyanova, p
      Schumann Carnaval, Vienna Carnaval - A Piano Recital

      Nimbus NI-5545

      3:55 am

      Robert Schumann: Romances and Ballades, Op. 67

      No. 3, "Heidenröslein"

      Calmus Ensemble
      Hausmusik * Calmus Ensemble

      Carus 83.447

      4:00 am

      William Mathias: "The Lord Is My Shepherd"

      Gloriae Dei Cantores
      The Doctrine of Wisdom - Sacred Choral Music of William Mathias

      Gloriae Dei Cantores GDCD-026

      4:05 am

      William Mathias: Piano Trio, Op 30

      Nelson Harper, p; Michael Davis, v; William Conable, vc

      Koch 3-7326-2

      4:21 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Two-Part Inventions, BWV 772/786

      No. 1 in C

      Arturo Delmoni, v; Nathaniel Rosen, vc

      John Marks Records JMR-15

      4:23 am

      Johannes Brahms: Double Concerto in a minor, Op.102

      Julia Fischer, v; Daniel Müller-Schott, vc; Netherlands Phil Amsterdam/Yakov Kreizberg
      Brahms * Fischer * Müller-Schott * Kreizberg

      Pentatone PTC-5186066

      4:55 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Two-Part Inventions, BWV 772/786

      No. 3 in D

      Arturo Delmoni, v; Nathaniel Rosen, vc

      John Marks Records JMR-15

      5:00 am

      Domenico Scarlatti: Clavier Sonata in C, Kk 384 (L 2)

      Susan Miron, h
      Domenico Scarlatti: 10 Sonatas, Volume 2 (arr. Miron). K. 384

      Centaur CRC-2776

      5:05 am

      Alberto Ginastera: Harp Concerto, Op 25 (1968)

      Magdalena Barrera, h; Granada City Orch/Josep Pons
      Ginastera: Estancia, Concerto For Harp, Etc

      Harmonia Mundi HMC-901808

      5:28 am

      English Anon 16th c: "Desperada"

      Montserrat Figueras, s; Hesperion XX
      La Barcha d'Amore * 1563-1685 * Montserrat Figueras * Jordi Savall

      Alia Vox AV-9811

      5:30 am

      Nikolai Medtner: Russian Fairy Tale in f, Op 42/1

      Yevgeny Svetlanov, p
      Svetlanov Plays Medtner

      Russian Disc RDCD-10045

      5:36 am

      Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov: "Skazka (Legend)," Op. 29

      Bochum Sym Orch/Othmar Maga

      Turnabout QTV-34736

      5:54 am

      Alexander Glazunov: "The Seasons," Op 67

      Summer: Waltz of the Cornflowers and Poppies

      Royal Opera House Orch/Barry Wordsworth
      Delibes: Copellia (Highlights)

      Conifer 18814-2

      6:00 am

      Louis Moreau Gottschalk: "Deuxième Banjo," Op 82

      Lambert Orkis, p

      Smithsonian ND-033

      6:04 am

      Aaron Copland: "Ukelele Serenade"

      Yuriy Bekker, v; Andrew Armstrong, p
      Twentieth Century Duos

      Navona NV-6046

      6:09 am

      Aaron Copland: "Quiet City"

      Steele-Perkins, tr; McQueen, eh; City of London Sinfonia/Richard Hickox
      Barber / Copland / Gershwin

      Virgin Classics 90766-2

      6:20 am

      Christian Sinding: "Serenade"

      Jerome Lowenthal, p
      Christian Sinding * Music for Piano

      Bridge 9306

      6:22 am

      Christian Sinding: Piano Concerto in D-Flat, Op 6

      Eva Knardahl, p; Oslo Phil/Oivin Fjeldstad
      Sinding: Piano Concerto In D Flat Major, Op. 6 / Symphony In D Minor, Op. 21

      Norsk NKFCD-50016-2

      6:53 am

      Manuel Blancafort: "12 Cançons" (1916-19)

      #4, "Canço en la solitud"

      Miquel Villalba, p
      Blancafort Piano Music, Vol 1

      Naxos 8.557332

      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.

      7:03 am

      Dana Suesse: "Blue Moonlight"

      Sara Davis Buechner, p
      Jazz Nocturne: The Piano Works of Dana Suesse

      eOne 7770

      7:09 am

      Michael Torke: "Bliss"

      University of Kansas Wind Ensemble/Paul W. Popiel
      Michael Torke: Concerto for Orchestra

      Ecstatic Records ER-092261

      7:22 am

      James P. Johnson: "Concerto Jazz A Mine"

      I. Allegro

      Leslie Stifelman, p; Concordia Orch/Marin Alsop
      Victory Stride: The Symphonic Music of James P. Johnson

      Nimbus NI-2745

      7:32 am

      George Frideric Handel: "Music for the Royal Fireworks"

      Alison Balsom, tr; Balsom Ensemble
      Royal Fireworks

      Warner 0190295370060

      7:49 am

      Jon Batiste: "Für Elise - Batiste" (after Beethoven)

      Jon Batiste, p
      Beethoven Blues

      Verve 7529002

      7:54 am

      Jean Sibelius: Serenade in G minor, Op. 69, No. 2

      Christian Tetzlaff, v; Danish National Sym Orch/Thomas Dausgaard
      Sibelius: Complete Music for Violin and Orchestra

      Virgin 45534-2

      8:00 am

      Saturday Morning Listener's Choice

      8:01 am

      Grace Williams: "Sea Sketches"

      No. 5, "Calm Sea in Summer"

      BBC Phil Strings/John Andrews
      Grace Williams: Orchestral Works

      Resonus RES-10349

      8:07 am

      William Steffe: "The Battle Hymn of the Republic"

      Tanglewood Festival Cho, Boston Pops Orch/John Williams
      America The Beautiful

      Philips 454391-2

      8:14 am

      Ralph Vaughan Williams: "The Lark Ascending"

      Hilary Hahn, v; London Sym Orch/Sir Colin Davis
      Elgar: Violin Concerto, Op.61 / Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending

      DG 474504-2

      8:32 am

      Francis Hopkinson: "My Days Have Been So Wondrous Free"

      Thomas Hampson, br; Wolfgang Rieger, p
      Wondrous Free: Songs of America II

      Thomas Hampson Media THM-5432

      8:34 am

      Charles-Valentin Alkan: Etude, "Scherzo diabolico," Op. 39, No. 3

      Bernard Ringeissen, p
      Alkan: Piano Music, Vol. 1

      Naxos 8.553434

      8:41 am

      Camille Saint-Saëns: "Carnival of the Animals"

      "Aviary; Fossils; The Swan; Finale"

      The Kanneh-Masons
      Carnival

      Decca 4851156

      8:49 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp minor, Op. 27, No. 2, "Moonlight"

      III. "Presto agitato"

      Matthew Hagle, p
      Live from WFMT: Matthew Hagle plays Beethoven Sonatas

      WFMT (rel. Fall 2019)

      9:00 am

      Soundtrack

      9:00 am

      Alfred Newman: 20th Century Fox Fanfare

      London Phil Orch/John Mauceri
      The Genius of Film Music

      LPO 0086

      9:01 am

      Gene de Paul: "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers"

      "Barn Dance"

      Studio Orch/Adolph Deutsch
      Seven Brides For Seven Brothers (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

      WaterTower Music [Seven Brides For Seven Brothers]

      9:09 am

      Elmer Bernstein: "The Magnificent Seven"

      Suite

      Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel
      Round-Up

      Telarc CD-80141

      9:16 am

      Aaron Copland: "The Red Pony" Suite

      Phoenix Sym/James Sedares
      Copland: Suite from The Tender Land, Three Latin-American Sketches, Suite from The Red Pony

      Koch 3-7092-2

      9:44 am

      Aaron Copland: "Of Mice and Men"

      "Threshing Machines"

      New Philharmonia Orch/Aaron Copland
      The Copland Collection: Orchestral & Ballet Works 1936-1948

      Sony SM3K-46559

      9:47 am

      Aaron Copland: "Of Mice and Men"

      "Barley Wagons"

      New Philharmonia Orch/Aaron Copland
      The Copland Collection: Orchestral & Ballet Works 1936-1948

      Sony SM3K-46559

      9:51 am

      Max Steiner: "Dodge City"

      Suite

      National Phil Orch/Charles Gerhardt
      Charles Gerhardt Conducts Classic Film Scores

      RCA 19075920642

      10:01 am

      Samuel Barber: "Knoxville: Summer of 1915," Op. 24

      Leontyne Price, s; New Philharmonia Orch/Thomas Schippers
      Leontyne Price Sings Barber

      RCA 61983-2

      10:19 am

      George Gershwin: "Porgy and Bess"

      "Summertime"

      Jazz Combo/Miles Davis
      Miles Davis * Porgy and Bess

      CBS CK-40647

      10:22 am

      George Gershwin: "Porgy and Bess"

      "It Ain't Necessarily So"

      Jazz Combo/Miles Davis
      Miles Davis * Porgy and Bess

      CBS CK-40647

      10:28 am

      William Grant Still: Symphony No. 2 in G, "Song of a New Race"

      Fort Smith Symphony/John Jeter
      American Classics * William Grant Still * Symphonies Nos 2 and 3 * Wood Notes

      Naxos 8.559676

      11:00 am

      11:00 am

      Introductions

      American Composer Highlights for Independence Day Weekend

      Music by Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson, Marcel Grandjany, Robert Muczynski, Florence Price, Aaron Copland, Daniel Bernard Roumain, Mitch Markovich, Allen Vizzutti, Andrea Casarrubios, Belford Hernandez and Mischa Zupko.

      12:00 - 3:00 pm

      12:00 pm

      From the Opéra Comique, Paris

      Rameau's Les Fêtes d'Hébé

      Emmanuelle de Negri (Hébé /The Naiad); Lea Desandre (Sapho/Iphise/Eglé);Ana Vieira Leite (Cupid/Spartan Woman/The Stream); Antonin Rondepierre (Thélème); Cyril Auvity (The stream /Lycurgue); Marc Mauillon (Momus/Mercure); Lisandro Abadie (Eurilas/Alcée); Renato Dolcini (Hymas/Tirtée); Matthieu Walendzik (The river); Les Arts Florissants; William Christie, conductor. Sung in French.

      3:00 pm

      3:00 pm

      Saturday Afternoon Music with Jan Weller

      4:00 pm

      4:00 pm

      Listening to Singers with Oliver Camacho

      Nathan Gunn, an American Baritone

      Nathan Gunn shares his passion for music by American composers and singing in English.

      5:00 pm

      5:00 pm

      Music with Jan Weller

      6:00 pm

      6:00 pm

      Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival

      Prokofiev Sonata in D Major, Op. 94; Tara Helen O'Connor, flute; Ran Dank, piano; Tchaikovsky String Quartet in D Major, Op. 11; Dover Quartet.

      7:00 pm

      7:00 pm

      Sounds Classical

      The World of Video Game Music

      Kristina Lynn and LaRob K. Rafael explore the emotional depth and innovation found in the wide world of video game music, including iconic scores and sounds from games likes "Super Mario Bros." and "Tetris," as well as more modern games like "Ghost Giant" and "Godfall."

      8:00 pm

      8:00 pm

      Folkstage hosted by Marilyn Rea Beyer

      From the archives: The expansive, imaginative, pyrotechnic songs of Kenny White filled the Acoustic Renaissance Concerts space in Hinsdale on November 20, 2021. Take “The Road Less Traveled” all the way to Kenny’s signature “In My Recurring Dream.”

      9:00 pm - 12:00 am

      9:00 pm

      The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer

      Take to the highways and byways of our nation - cross country or across town. Music celebrating America and Americans is en route to you this week.