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      Playlist for Wednesday, April 8, 2026

      Playing this hour

      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      Alessandro Rolla: Trio Concertante #3 in D

      III. Allegro

      Novsak Trio

      Jecklin JS-269-2

      12:05 am

      Chevalier De Saint-Georges: String Quartet No. 6 in B-Flat, "Concertante"

      Arabella String Quartet
      Chevalier De Saint-Georges

      Naxos 8.574360

      12:15 am

      Francisco Tárrega: "Minueto"

      David Russell, g

      Opera Tres CDS-1003/4 (2)

      12:16 am

      Manuel de Falla: "The Three-Cornered Hat" (1918-19)

      Raquel Lojendio, s; BBC Phil/Juanjo Mena
      De Falla: Works For Stage & Concert Hall

      Chandos CHAN-10694

      12:55 am

      Francisco Tárrega: Preludio #1

      David Russell, g

      Opera Tres CDS-1003/4 (2)

      1:00 am

      Lili Boulanger: "D'un Matin de Printemps"

      Women's Phil/JoAnn Falletta
      The Woman's Philharmonic- Boulanger: D'un Soir Triste, D'un Matin de Printemps/ Schumann: Piano Concerto In A Minor Op. 7/ Tailleferre: Concertino For Harp And Orchestra/ Mendelssohn: Overture

      Koch 3-7169-2

      1:04 am

      Franz Schubert: Arpeggione Sonata in a minor, D. 821

      Robert Alemany, cl; JoAnn Falletta, g
      Schubert's Guitar

      Koch 3-75682-2

      1:29 am

      Jerome Moross: "Biguine" (1935)

      New Zealand Sym Orch/JoAnn Falletta

      Koch 3-7367-2

      1:34 am

      Catherine McMichael: "August Beguine"

      Mary Elizabeth Bowden, tr; Kassia Ensemble
      Rëverie

      Summit DCD-743

      1:38 am

      Samuel Barber: "Souvenirs," Op. 28

      No. 4, Two-Step (Allegro molto)

      Lara Downes, p

      Postcards 772001-2

      1:40 am

      Robert Schumann: "Papillons," Op. 2

      Murray Perahia, p
      Symphonic Etudes – Posthumous Etudes – Papillons

      CBS MK-34539

      1:54 am

      François Couperin: Pièces de clavecin, Bk 1 (1713): 2e ordre in d/D

      "Les Papillons"

      Carole Cerasi, hc
      Couperin: Complete Works for Harpsichord

      Metronome METCD-1100 (10)

      2:00 am

      Gioachino Rossini: Wind Quartet No. 1 in F

      1st mvt

      Westwood Wind Quintet
      Sextour à Vent

      Crystal CD-353

      2:05 am

      Gioachino Rossini: "La scala di seta"

      Overture

      Chicago Sym/Fritz Reiner
      Rossini: Overtures

      RCA 60387-2

      2:11 am

      Gioachino Rossini: "La Boutique fantasque"

      St Martin's Academy/Sir Neville Marriner
      Ancient Airs & Dances Suite III • La Boutique Fantasque • Gli Uccelli • The Birds

      Philips 420485-2

      2:32 am

      Vince Guaraldi: "Skating"

      Canadian Brass
      Christmas Time is Here

      Steinway & Sons 30027

      2:33 am

      August Klughardt: Wind Quintet, Op 79

      Westwood Wind Quintet
      Woodwind Treasures

      Crystal CD-250

      2:54 am

      Stephen Heller: 24 Preludes, Op 81

      #9, "Monologue: Pas vite"

      Jean Martin, p
      HELLER : Preludes Opp. 81 and 150

      Marco Polo 8.223434

      3:00 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Fantasia in d, K. 397

      Tom Beghin, forte-p
      Mozart: Selected Piano Works

      Etcetera KTC-4015

      3:05 am

      Johann Nepomuk Hummel: "Grande Sérénade en Potpourri", Op 66/2

      Red Chamber Music Ensemble
      Chamber Music At Schönbrunn

      Fleur de Son FDS-57983

      3:25 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: "The Magic Flute," K. 620

      Overture

      Zürich Opera House Orch/Nikolaus Harnoncourt
      Overtures

      Teldec 95523-2

      3:32 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: "The Magic Flute," K. 620

      Trio, "Seid uns zum zweitenmal willkommen"

      Soloists; Les Arts Florissants/Christie
      Mozart: Die Zauberflote / The Magic Flute / La Flute Enchantée

      Erato 12705-2 (2)

      3:33 am

      Claude Debussy: "Petite Suite"

      Anthony Paratore, p; Joseph Paratore, p
      French Romance

      Four Winds FW-3014

      3:47 am

      Ambroise Thomas: "Raymond"

      Overture

      Detroit Sym Orch/Paul Paray
      Paray Conducts Bizet & Thomas

      Mercury 434321-2

      3:54 am

      Claude Debussy: "Petite pièce" (1910)

      David Shifrin, cl; André Watts, p
      DEBUSSY, C.: Chamber Music

      Delos DE-3167 (3)

      4:00 am

      Anton Bruckner: Motet, "Christus factus est"

      Dresden Kreuzchor/Martin Flämig

      Capriccio 10081

      4:04 am

      Anton Bruckner: Symphonic Prelude

      Royal Scottish National Orch/Neeme Järvi
      Mahler: Symphony No. 6

      Chandos CHAN-9207

      4:11 am

      Georg Philipp Telemann: Three-Oboe Overture (Suite) in C

      English Concert/Trevor Pinnock
      Suiten

      DG Archiv 437558-2

      4:36 am

      Georg Philipp Telemann: Fantasy #4 in B-Flat

      3rd mvt, Presto

      Heinz Holliger, ob
      Twelve Fantasies for Oboe Solo

      Denon 38C37-7089

      4:38 am

      Adolph Martin FOERSTER: Serenade, Op 61

      Rawlins Piano Trio
      American Romance

      Albany TROY-692

      4:54 am

      Nicolo Paganini: 24 Caprices for Solo Violin, Op 1

      #16 in g

      Ilya Kaler, v
      Paganini: 24 Caprices, Op 1

      Naxos 8.550717

      5:00 am

      Karol Szymanowski: "Masques," Op 34

      #2, "Tantris the Buffoon"

      Dennis Lee, p
      Etudes, Fantasy, Metopes, Masques

      Hyperion CDA-66409

      5:05 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Divertimento No. 10 in F, K. 247 (First "Lodron" Serenade)

      St Martin's Academy Chamber Ensemble
      Mozart: Academy Chamber - Divertimento pour orchestre n°10 K.247

      Philips 416362-2

      5:37 am

      Max Reger: Six Burlesques, Op 58

      #2

      Yaara Tal, Andreas Groethuysen, p
      Reger: Piano Music For Four Hands

      Sony SK-47671

      5:38 am

      Igor Stravinsky: "Scherzo fantastique," Op. 3

      CBC Sym/Igor Stravinsky
      Stravinsky Conducts Stravinsky: Firebird, Scherzo a la Russe, Fireworks, Scherzo Fantastique

      CBS MK-42432

      5:50 am

      Igor Stravinsky: "Scherzo à la russe" (1943-4)

      Ensemble/Maarten Bon

      RN Classics 93005

      5:54 am

      Gordon Jacob: Divertimento (1956)

      4th mvt, Scherzetto

      Tommy Reilly, harmonica; Hindar String Quartet
      Tommy Reilly - Jacob/ Moody: Harmonica Music

      Chandos CHAN-8802

      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.

      6:03 am

      Jean Sibelius: "Suite mignonne," Op. 98a

      Tapiola Sinfonietta/Tuomas Ollila
      Northern Highlights: The Ultimate Finnish Orchestral Favourites

      Ondine ODE-991-2

      6:09 am

      Nikolai Medtner: "Sonata-Idylle" in G, Op. 56

      Marc-André Hamelin, p
      Medtner: The Complete Piano Sonatas

      Hyperion CDA-67221/4 (4)

      6:22 am

      Hubert Parry: "Lady Radnor's Suite"

      Allemande, Sarabande, & Gigue

      English String Orch/William Boughton
      The Spirit of England

      Nimbus NI-5210/3

      6:30 am

      Jean-Féry Rebel: "Les Plaisirs Champêtres"

      La Petite Bande/Sigiswald Kuijken
      Concert de danse

      Accent ACC-96122-D

      6:42 am

      Richard Rodney Bennett: "Country Dances"

      Book 1

      BBC Scottish Sym Orch/John Wilson
      Richard Rodney Bennett: Orchestral Works, Vol. 4

      Chandos CHSA-5244

      6:53 am

      Antonín Dvořák: "Rusalka," Op. 114

      "Song to the Moon"

      Yo-Yo Ma, vc; The Knights/Eric Jacobsen
      Golijov: Azul

      Warner 0190295875213

      7:04 am

      Georges Bizet: "Patrie" Overture, Op. 19

      Detroit Sym Orch/Paul Paray
      Paray Conducts Bizet & Thomas

      Mercury 434321-2

      7:16 am

      Traditional American: "Farewell to Ireland/Highlander's Farewell"

      Apollo's Fire/Jeannette Sorrell
      Sugarloaf Mountain: An Appalachian Gathering

      Avie AV-2329

      7:21 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: "Scherzando" No. 3 in D, H II:35

      Berlin Haydn Ensemble
      F.J. & J.M. Haydn: Flute Concertos & Scherzandi / Emmanuel Pahud

      EMI CDC5-56577-2

      7:31 am

      Giuseppe Tartini: Violin Sonata in G minor, "Devil's Trill"

      Finale

      Rachel Barton Pine, v; David Schrader, hc
      Instrument of the Devil

      Cedille CDR-90000041

      7:39 am

      François-Joseph Gossec: Symphony in E-Flat, Op. 5, No. 2

      London Mozart Players/Matthias Bamert
      Gossec: Symphonies

      Chandos CHAN-9661

      7:52 am

      Jean-Baptiste Arban: Variations on a Theme from Bellini's "Norma"

      Mary Elizabeth Bowden, tr; Kassia Ensemble
      Rêverie

      Summit DCD-743

      8:05 am

      Michael Torke: "Bright Blue Music"

      Baltimore Sym Orch/David Zinman
      Michael Torke - Color Music / David Zinman

      Argo 433071-2

      8:16 am

      Harold Arlen: "Over the Rainbow"

      Lucienne Renaudin Vary, tr; Lille National Orch/Roberto Rizzi Brignoli
      The Voice of the Trumpet

      Warner Classics 0190295888329

      8:21 am

      Florence Price: "Rainbow Waltz"

      Michael Clark, p
      Waltzes & Character Pieces of Florence Price

      Navona NV-6591

      8:26 am

      William Schuman: "Newsreel"

      Milwaukee Sym Orch/Lukas Foss
      American Festival

      Pro Arte CDD-102

      8:34 am

      Malcolm Arnold: Three Shanties, Op. 4

      Nash Ensemble
      Malcolm Arnold: Chamber Music, Vol. 3

      Hyperion CDA-66173

      8:43 am

      Christoph Graupner: Suite in F for flute, viola d'amore, chalumeau, strings and cembalo

      "Ouverture, Air en Gavotte, Air en Polonese"

      Soloists, Finnish Baroque Orch/Sirkka-Liisa Kaakinen-Pilch, vi d'amore
      Graupner: Orchestral Suites

      Ondine ODE-1220

      8:53 am

      Johannes Brahms: Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98

      III. "Allegro giocoso"

      Chamber Orch of Europe/Yannick Nézet-Séguin
      Brahms: The Symphonies

      DG 4866000

      9:03 am

      Edward Elgar: "Pomp and Circumstance" March No. 5 in C, Op. 39, No. 5

      London Phil Orch/Sir Georg Solti
      Elgar: Enigma Variations, Pomp & Circumstance Marches, Cockaigne Overture

      Decca 417719-2

      9:11 am

      Francis Poulenc: Two-Piano Concerto in D minor

      Katia Labèque & Marielle Labèque, p's; Boston Sym Orch/Seiji Ozawa
      Poulenc, Milhaud: Concerto Pour 2 Pianos Et Orchestre

      Philips 426284-2

      9:33 am

      Robert Russell Bennett: "Symphonic Songs for Band"

      Northwestern U Sym Wind Ensemble/John P Paynter
      Winds of Change - New World

      New World 80211-2

      9:48 am

      Maurice Ravel: "Introduction and Allegro"

      Isabelle Moretti, h; Quatuor Parisii
      Musiques à Orsay

      Naïve V-4919

      10:00 am - 1:00 pm

      10:00 am

      Midday with Lisa Flynn

      Including the "Daily Excursion" at 11:00 am.

      10:00 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 59 in A, "Fire"

      Il Giardino Armonico/Giovanni Antonini
      Haydn 2032, Vol. 13: Horn Signal

      Alpha 692

      10:20 am

      George Frideric Handel: Coronation Anthem, "Zadok the Priest"

      Monteverdi Cho, English Baroque Soloists/John Eliot Gardiner
      Handel: Israel in Egypt, Zadok the Priest, The King Shall Rejoice

      Philips 432110-2 (2)

      10:27 am

      Franz Schubert: "Military March" in E-Flat, D 733, No. 3

      Yaara Tal & Andreas Groethuysen, p
      Franz Schubert: Piano Music For Four Hands, Vol. 3

      Sony S2K-68240 (2)

      10:34 am

      Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson: String Sinfonietta No. 1

      Chicago Sinfonietta/Paul Freeman
      Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson: A Celebration

      Cedille CDR-90000087

      10:51 am

      Carl Maria von Weber: Clarinet Concertino in E-Flat, Op. 26

      Jon Manasse, cl; Brooklyn Phil/Lukas Foss
      Weber: The Complete Clarinet Music, Vol. 2

      XLNT Music CD-18005

      11:01 am

      Agustín Barrios Mangoré: "Julia Florida"

      Susan Palma-Nidel, f; Quique Sinesi, g
      Elegante: New Flute Music from South America

      Flutewine Productions 616892044949

      11:08 am

      Robert Schumann: "Fantasiestücke," Op. 88

      Renaud Capuçon, v; Gautier Capuçon, vc; Martha Argerich, p
      Schumann - Gautier Capuçon, Renaud Capuçon, Martha Argerich, The Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Bernard Haitink

      Erato 0190295634216

      11:28 am

      Hugo Alfvén: "The Mountain King," Op. 37

      Suite

      Royal Stockholm Phil/Neeme Järvi
      Alfvén: Three Swedish Rhapsodies

      BIS CD-725

      11:44 am

      Jean-Philippe Rameau: "Platée"

      Dances

      Philharmonia Baroque Orch/Nicholas McGegan
      Suites from Platée and Dardanus

      Conifer 51313-2

      11:54 am

      Richard Wagner: "Tannhäuser"

      Chorus, "Freudig begrüßen wir die edle Halle"

      Bavarian Radio Cho & Sym Orch/Robert Heger
      The Best Choral Album in the World...Ever!

      Warner 50999082826

      12:00 pm

      Johann Nepomuk Hummel: Septet in D minor, Op. 74

      Finale, "Vivace"

      Linos Ensemble
      Mozart, Hummel: Quintet & Septet

      Calig CAL-50895

      12:09 pm

      Claude Debussy: "Danse (Tarantelle styrienne)"

      Lyon National Orch/Leonard Slatkin
      Ravel: Orchestra Music Vol. 3

      Naxos 8.573124

      12:15 pm

      Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts

      Pianist Amiri Harewood performs music by George Walker and J.S. Bach, live from Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago.

      12:51 pm

      Richard Strauss: Wind Sonatina No. 1 in F, "From an Invalid Worshop"

      II. "Romance and Minuet"

      Orpheus Chamber Orch
      Richard Strauss - Orpheus Chamber Orchestra - Sonatinen

      DG 445849-2

      1:00 pm

      1:00 pm

      Music for the Afternoon

      1:01 pm

      Giacomo Puccini: "Preludio sinfonico"

      La Scala Phil/Riccardo Muti
      Puccini, Catalani e Ponchielli per Orchestra

      Sony SK-63025

      1:11 pm

      Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quartet No. 3 in D, Op. 18, No. 3

      Cuarteto Casals
      Beethoven: The Complete String Quartets, Volume 1

      Harmonia Mundi HMM-902400.02

      1:34 pm

      Georg Philipp Telemann: Trumpet Concerto in D, TWV 51:D7

      Maurice André, tr; Berlin Phil/Herbert von Karajan
      Hummel, Mozart, Telemann, Vivaldi: Trumpet Concertos

      EMI CDC5-56260-2

      1:44 pm

      Louise Farrenc: Symphony No. 3 in G minor, Op. 36

      IV. Finale, "Allegro"

      Metz Grand Est National Orch/David Reiland
      Compositrices: New Light on French Romantic Women Composers

      Bru Zane BZ-2006

      1:52 pm

      John Field: Nocturne in E, H 54, "Grande Pastorale"

      Alice Sara Ott, p
      John Field: Complete Nocturnes

      DG 4866238

      2:00 - 7:00 pm

      2:00 pm

      Afternoon Music with Candice Agree

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

      2:00 pm

      Leó Weiner: Serenade for small orchestra, Op. 3

      Budapest Festival Orch/Sir Georg Solti
      Sir Georg Solti, Budapest Festival Orchestra - The Last Recording

      Decca 458929-2

      2:21 pm

      Giuseppe Verdi: "La forza del destino"

      Overture

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

      EMI CDC7-47274-2

      2:31 pm

      Leoš Janáček: Lachian Dances

      Warsaw Phil Orch/Antoni Wit
      Janáček: Taras Bulba, Lachian Dances, Moravian Dances

      Naxos 8.572695

      2:52 pm

      Aaron Copland: "Letter from Home"

      Buffalo Phil Orch/JoAnn Falletta
      Aaron Copland: Four Dances from Rodeo; The Red Pony (Suite); Prairie Journal; Letter from Home

      Naxos 8.559240

      3:00 pm

      Sergei Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 1 in D, Op. 19

      Hilary Hahn, v; Radio France Phil Orch/Mikko Franck
      Hilary Hahn: Paris

      DG 4839847

      3:23 pm

      Ottorino Respighi: "Feste Romane (Roman Festivals)"

      Philadelphia Orch/Riccardo Muti
      Respighi: Pini di Roma, Fontane di Roma, Feste Romane

      EMI CDC7-47316-2

      3:48 pm

      Maddalena Sirmen: Violin Duet in E, Op. 5, No. 4

      Shelby Yamin & Sarah Bleile Douglas, v's
      Maddalena Lombardi: Violin Duets, Op. 5

      Orpheus (Maddalena Lombardini: Violin Duets, Op. 5)

      3:57 pm

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

      Margaret Fingerhut, p
      Hommages to Haydn, Roussel and Fauré

      Chandos CHAN-8578

      4:00 pm

      Francis Poulenc: "Aubade"

      Gabriel Tacchino, p; Paris Conservatory Orch/Georges Prêtre
      Poulenc: Aubade; Concerto pour piano; Concerto pour 2 pianos

      EMI CDM7-64714-2

      4:22 pm

      music continues...

      7:00 pm

      7:00 pm

      Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin

      Homage

      The gift of immortality through the hands of great composers. How would you like to be the subject of a composition by Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, or Mozart? In many cases, the fame of the music has outlasted that of its honoree, but we’ll explore some of these heartfelt gestures and the composers who made them. Works include Handel’s "Water Music" and Mussorgsky’s "Pictures at an Exhibition."

      8:00 - 10:00 pm

      10:00 pm - 12:00 am

      10:00 pm

      Baroque&Before with Candice Agree

      Apollo's Fire – O Jerusalem

      Under the direction of Jeannette Sorrell, Apollo's Fire presents an exploration of the four quarters of Old Jerusalem (Jewish, Christian, Arab, and Armenian/Byzantine) and the cross-cultural influences of the city’s inhabitants. Recorded live in concert on March 12, 2020 at Northwestern University’s Galvin Recital Hall.