Tuesday, August 18, 2026

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      Playlist for Tuesday, August 18, 2026

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      12:00 - 6:00 am

      Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff

      12:00 am

      "Incantation and Dance"

      Stephen Caplan, ob; Carol Urban-Stivers, p
      Get on Board: American Music for Woodwinds by William Grant Still

      Cambria CD-1083

      12:05 am

      "Grass: Poem for Piano, Strings, and Percussion"

      Joseph Joubert, p; Chicago Sinfonietta/Paul Freeman
      Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson: A Celebration

      Cedille CDR-90000087

      12:21 am

      "Carmen"

      "Seguidilla"

      National Opera Orch/Paul Freeman

      Pro Arte CDS-3670

      12:23 am

      Trumpet Concerto in D

      Rolf Smedvig, tr; Scottish Chamber Orch/Jahja Ling
      Rolf Smedvig: Virtuoso

      Telarc CD-80227

      12:36 am

      Piano Sonata No. 11 in A, K. 331

      Alfred Brendel, p
      Haydn: 11 Piano Sonatas, Etc.

      Philips 446921-2 (5)

      12:55 am

      Song, "Erntelied"

      Barbara Bonney, s; Malcolm Martineau, p
      F.X. Mozart: Lieder

      London B0005505-02

      1:00 am

      The Swan

      Aquarelle Guitar Quartet
      Aquarelle Guitar Quartet:Dances

      Chandos CHAN-10609

      1:04 am

      "Song of the Black Swan"

      Julian Lloyd Webber, vc; John Lenehan, p
      Cello Song

      Philips 434917-2

      1:08 am

      Four Legends from the Kalevala, Op. 22

      No. 2, "The Swan of Tuonela"

      Los Angeles Phil/Esa-Pekka Salonen
      Sibelius: Lemminkainen Legends Op. 22, En Saga Op. 9

      Sony SK-48067

      1:17 am

      "Swan Lake," Op. 20

      Pas de quatre

      Earl Wild, p
      Great Pianists of the 20th Century: Earl Wild

      Philips 456991-2 (2)

      1:19 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.

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      10:00 am - 3:00 pm

      10:00 am

      Midday with Lisa Flynn

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

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      3:00 - 7:00 pm

      3:00 pm

      Afternoon Music with Candice Agree

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

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      7:00 pm

      7:00 pm

      Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin

      Curse of the Ninth! Ninth Symphonies

      Why did so many great composers die after finishing their ninth symphony? This week, we look at the so-called curse of the Ninth Symphony, a legend that started with Beethoven in the mid-1820s. Over time, people began to believe that writing a ninth symphony could be a composer’s final work and maybe even mark their last year on Earth. We’ll listen to five famous ninth symphonies by Beethoven, Schubert, Bruckner, Dvořák, and Mahler.

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      8:00 - 10:00 pm

      8:00 pm

      Evening Music

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      10:00 pm

      10:00 pm

      Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center

      Saint-Saëns "Tarantelle" in A minor, Op. 6; Sooyun Kim, flute; Romie de Guise-Langlois, clarinet; Gilbert Kalish, piano; Fauré "Dolly Suite," Op. 56; Anne-Marie McDermott, Gloria Chien, pianos; Thuille Sextet in B-flat major, Op. 6; Tara helen O'Connor, flute; James Austin Smith, oboe; Sebastian Manz, clarinet; Marc Goldberg, bassoon; David Byrd-Marrow, horn; Wu Qian, piano.

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      11:00 pm

      11:00 pm

      Evening Music

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