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      Playlist for Wednesday, July 8, 2026

      Playing this hour

      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      Augusta Holmès: "Ludus pro Patria"

      "La Nuit de l'Amour"

      Rheinland-Pfalz Phil/Patrick Davin
      Holmès

      Marco Polo 8.223449

      12:05 am

      Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov: "Capriccio espagnol," Op. 34

      Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
      BOCCHERINI, L.: Guitar Quintet No. 4 / FALLA, M.: El amor brujo / RIMSKY-KORSAKOV, N.: Capriccio espagnol (Evening in Granada)

      Delos DE-3144

      12:20 am

      Anton Arensky: 24 Pieces, Op 36

      #14, "Scherzino"

      Anatoly Sheludiakov, p
      Arensky: Twenty Four Pieces

      Angelok 1 Records ANG-CD-8803

      12:21 am

      Anton Arensky: "Egyptian Nights," Op 50a

      Overture

      Ussr Radio Sym Orch/Demchenko
      A Russian Concert

      Olympia OCD-107

      12:28 am

      Camille Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto No. 5 in F, Op. 103, "Egyptian"

      Stephen Hough, p; City of Birmingham Sym/Sakari Oramo
      Saint-Saens * The Complete Piano Concertos

      Hyperion CDA-67331/2 (2)

      12:55 am

      Emmanuel Chabrier: "Feuillet d'album"

      Stephen Hough, p
      Stephen Hough in Recital

      Hyperion CDA-67686

      1:00 am

      Andreas Oswald: Sonata à 3 in F

      Quicksilver
      Confluence

      Acis APL-94710

      1:05 am

      Georg Philipp Telemann: "Tafelmusik," Bk 2

      Three-Violin Concerto (Concerto grosso) in F

      Manfred Krämer, Florian Deuter, v's; Musica Antiqua Köln/Reinhard Goebel, v
      Tafelmusik, Musique De Table-Auswahl, Selections

      DG Archiv 429774-2

      1:19 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: English Suite No. 1 in A, BWV 806

      "Bouree #1"

      Bob van Asperen, hc
      Bach Edition: Complete Works

      Brilliant Classics 93102 (155)

      1:21 am

      Ernst Boehe: "Aus Odysseus' Fahrten"

      "The Island of Circe"

      Rheinland-Pfalz Phil/Werner Andreas Albert
      Ernst Boehe: Symphonic Poems, Vol 1

      CPO 999875-2

      1:40 am

      Augusta Holmès: "Andromède"

      Toulouse Capitole Orchestra/Leo Hussain
      Compositrices

      Palazzetto Bru Zane BZ-2006 (8)

      1:55 am

      Louise Farrenc: "Vingt Études de Moyenne Difficulté," Op. 42

      No. 19

      Maria Stratigou, p
      Louise Farrenc - Complete Piano Works, Vol 1

      Grand Piano GP-912-13 (2)

      2:00 am

      George Gershwin: "Girl Crazy"

      Overture

      Buffalo Phil/Michael Tilson Thomas
      Rhapsody In Blue

      CBS MK-42240

      2:05 am

      Kurt Weill: “Kleine Dreigroschenmusik (Little Threepenny Music)”

      London Sym/Michael Tilson Thomas
      The Seven Deadly Sins / Little Threepenny Music

      CBS MK-44529

      2:27 am

      Kurt Weill: "Lady in the Dark"

      "My Ship"

      Richard Glazier, p
      Broadway to Hollywood

      Centaur CRC-3347

      2:28 am

      Johann Nepomuk Hummel: Bassoon Concerto in F

      Claudio Gonella, bn; Orch/Diego Dini-Ciacci
      Hummel Edition

      Brilliant Classics 95792 (20)

      2:55 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Klavierstück in B-Flat, K. 9a

      Lera Auerbach, p

      Lyric Records 103

      3:00 am

      Hans Krása: Overture for Small Orchestra (1943)

      Orch/Gerard Schwarz
      KRASA: Brundibar / LAITMAN: I Never Saw Another Butterfly

      Naxos 8.570119

      3:05 am

      Pavel Haas: Wind Quintet, Op 10

      Aulos Wind Quintet
      Music By Janácek, Foerster & Haas

      Koch CD-310051

      3:18 am

      Erwin Schulhoff: "Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme" (1926)

      Amsterdam Ebony Band/Werner Herbers
      Ensemble Works Vol.1

      Channel Classics CCS-6994

      3:34 am

      Gideon Klein: Czech and Russian Folk Songs (1942)

      "Chodila liska"

      Prague Phil Cho
      Klein: Piano Sonata, Fantasie And Fugue, String Trio, Choral Works

      Koch 3-7230-2

      3:35 am

      Viktor Ullmann: Symphony #1, "Von meiner Jugend" (1943)

      Cologne Gurzenich Orch/James Conlon
      Ullman: Symphony No. 2 in D; 6 Lieder Op. 17; Symphony No. 1 "Von meiner Jugend"

      Capriccio 67017

      3:53 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Three-Part Sinfonias, BWV 787-801

      No. 13 in a minor

      Janine Jansen, v; Maxim Rysanov, vi; Torleif Thedéen, vc

      London B0009905-02

      4:00 am

      Bedrich Smetana: Polka in g

      András Schiff, p
      Smetana: Polkas

      Teldec 21261-2

      4:05 am

      Jan Dismas Zelenka: "Hipocondrie" in A, ZWV 187

      Camerata Bern

      DG Archiv 2723059 (3)

      4:15 am

      Bedrich Smetana: "She is crying"

      Slovak Radio Sym Orch/Robert Stankovsky
      SMETANA : Short Orchestral Pieces

      Marco Polo 8.223705

      4:16 am

      Bohuslav Martinu: "Jazz Suite"

      Zdenek Jilek, p; Prague Sym Orch Members/Zbynek Vostrak
      Martinu: Works Inspired By Jazz And Sport

      Supraphon SU-30582011

      4:28 am

      Antonin Dvorák: "Czech Suite," Op 39

      Padova Chamber Orch/David Golub
      Dvořák: Czech Suite, Nocturne, Serenade for Strings

      Arabesque Z-6697

      4:54 am

      Manuel Rosenthal: "La Belle Zélie," suite for 2 pianos (1948)

      "Menuet burlesque"

      Daniel Blumenthal & Marie-Catherine Girod, p's
      Rosenthal: Musique De Chambre

      Calliope CAL-9894

      5:00 am

      Franz Liszt: "Années de pèlerinage:" 1st Year, Switzerland (1848-54)

      No. 1, "La chapelle de Guillaume Tell"

      Joseph Villa, p

      Second Hearing GS-9006

      5:05 am

      Gioachino Rossini: "William Tell"

      Overture

      Accademia di Santa Cecilia Orch/Myung-Whun Chung
      Italian Overtures

      DG 471566-2

      5:17 am

      Rolf Liebermann: "Suite on Six Swiss Folksongs" (1944)

      Swiss Chamber Phil/Patrice Ulrich
      Folk Meets Classic: Swiss Ethnophony

      Musica Helvetica MHCD-103.2

      5:27 am

      Richard Flury: Three Pieces for Violin & Piano

      #2, "Serenade"

      Sibylle Tschopp, v; Isabel Tschopp, p
      Swiss Composers 2

      Musica Helvetica MHCD-90.2

      5:29 am

      Antonin Reicha: Flute Quartet in C, Op 98/2

      Auréle Nicolet, f; German String Trio

      Intercord INT-160.833

      5:55 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: 12 German Dances, WoO 8

      #3 in F

      Berlin Chamber Orch/Helmut Koch
      Beethoven Edition: Complete Works

      Brilliant Classics 93525 (85)

      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.

      6:04 am

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

      London Mozart Players/Matthias Bamert
      Gossec: Symphonies

      Chandos CHAN-9661

      6:18 am

      Danish String Quartet: Medley, "Marie Louise; The Chat; Gale Warning"

      Danish String Quartet
      Keel Road

      ECM 2785

      6:26 am

      Domenico Scarlatti: Clavier Sonata in G, Kk 13 (L 486)

      Angela Hewitt, p
      Angela Hewitt: Domenico Scarlatti Sonatas

      Hyperion CDA-67613

      6:32 am

      Josef Suk: "Fantastic Scherzo," Op. 25

      Czech Phil/Charles Mackerras
      Suk: Summer Tale, Fantastic Scherzo / Mackerras

      Decca 466443-2

      6:47 am

      Ron Nelson: "Courtly Airs and Dances"

      Dallas Wind Sym/Jerry Junkin
      Holidays & Epiphanies - The Music of Ron Nelson

      Reference RR-76

      7:03 am

      Mark O'Connor: "Appalachia Waltz"

      La Pietà/Angèle Dubeau
      Blanc

      Analekta AN2-8737

      7:10 am

      Camille Saint-Saëns: "Le rouet d'Omphale," Op. 31

      Les Siècles/François-Xavier Roth
      Saint-Saëns: Symphonic Poems, Le Carnaval des animaux, L'Assassinat du duc de Guise

      Harmonia Mundi HMM-902614.15

      7:20 am

      Franz Liszt: Fantasy on the Waltz from Gounod's "Faust"

      Misha Dichter, p
      The Best Of Liszt

      Philips 446554-2 (2)

      7:32 am

      Percy Grainger: Irish Tune from County Derry "(Londonderry Air)"

      Monteverdi Cho/John Eliot Gardiner
      Danny Boy - Songs and Dancing Ballads by Grainger

      Philips 446657-2

      7:38 am

      Charles Villiers Stanford: Irish Rhapsody No. 5 in G minor, Op. 147

      Ulster Orch/Vernon Handley
      Stanford: Symphony No. 3, Irish Rhapsody No. 5

      Chandos CHAN-8545

      7:53 am

      Mikhail Glinka: Grand Sextet in E-Flat

      III. Finale, "Allegro con spirito"

      Moscow String Quartet; Rifat Komachkov, db; Tigran Alikhanova, p
      Gran Sestetto Originale

      Finer Arts FA-9608-2

      8:03 am

      Fela Sowande: "African Suite"

      I. "Joyful Day"

      London Sym Orch Strings/Paul Freeman
      Black Composers Series 1974-1978, Vol. 7

      Sony 19075862152 (10)

      8:13 am

      George Gershwin: "Girl Crazy"

      Overture

      Grant Park Orch/David Loebel
      Independence Day Eve at Grant Park

      Grant Park Music Festival CD-1

      8:20 am

      Alexander Glazunov: "The Seasons," Op. 67

      Summer

      Royal Scottish National Orch/José Serebrier
      Glazunov: Symphony No. 5, The Seasons

      Warner 61434-2

      8:32 am

      Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Guitar Quintet, Op. 143

      I. "Allegro, vivo e schietto"

      Sharon Isbin, g; Pacifica Quartet
      Souvenirs of Spain & Italy

      Cedille CDR-90000190

      8:39 am

      Georges Bizet: "La jolie fille de Perth"

      Suite

      Orch de Paris/Daniel Barenboim
      Barenboim in Paris

      EMI CDM7-64869-2

      8:51 am

      Chris Batchelor: "Andalusian Suite"

      London Brass
      Viva España!

      Teldec 76990-2

      9:03 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: "Brandenburg" Concerto No. 4 in G Major, BWV 1049

      Apollo's Fire/Jeannette Sorrell
      Bach: Brandenburg Concertos, Harpsichord & Violin Concertos

      Avie AV-2207 (2)

      9:20 am

      Johannes Brahms: Clarinet Trio in A minor, Op. 114

      David Shifrin, cl; David Finckel, vc; Wu Han, p
      Clarinet Trios by Beethoven, Brahms & Bruch

      ArtistLed 11101-2

      9:46 am

      Maurice Ravel: "Shéhérazade, ouverture de féerie"

      Lyon National Orch/Leonard Slatkin
      Ravel: Orchestra Music Vol. 1

      Naxos 8.572887

      10:00 am - 1:00 pm

      10:00 am

      Midday with Lisa Flynn

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

      10:00 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Orchestra Suite No. 1 in C, BWV 1066

      Musica Antiqua Cologne/Reinhard Goebel
      4 Ouvertüren / Suites BWV 1066-1069, BWV 1070

      Archiv 415671-2 (2)

      10:26 am

      Margaret Bonds: "Troubled Water"

      Ashley Jackson, h
      Take Me to the Water

      Decca 7572822

      10:33 am

      Luigi Cherubini: "Lodoïska"

      Overture

      Berlin Academy for Ancient Music
      Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 4 & 8; Méhul: Symphony No. 1; Cherubini: Lodoïska Overture

      Harmonia Mundi HMM-902448.49

      10:43 am

      Pietro Mascagni: "Cavalleria rusticana"

      Easter hymn, "Regina coeli laetare"

      Ambrosian Opera Cho, Philharmonia Orch/Riccardo Muti
      The Best Choral Album in the World...Ever!

      Warner 50999082826

      10:51 am

      Francisco Tárrega: "Gran Jota"

      Pablo Sáinz-Villegas, g
      Soul of Spanish Guitar

      Sony 19439786732

      11:00 am

      Henry Purcell: "Abdelazer"

      Suite

      Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood
      The Baroque Experience

      L'Oiseau-Lyre 433523-2 (5)

      11:14 am

      Darius Milhaud: "Scaramouche," Op. 165b

      Katia Labèque & Marielle Labèque, p's
      Poulenc, Milhaud: Concerto Pour 2 Pianos Et Orchestre

      Philips 426284-2

      11:24 am

      Heitor Villa-Lobos: "Bachianas Brasileiras" No. 2

      No. 4, Toccata "(The Little Train of the Caipira)"

      Oslo Phil/Mariss Jansons
      World Encores

      EMI CDC5-56576-2

      11:29 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 34 in C, K. 338

      Prague Chamber Orch/Charles Mackerras
      Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 31, 33, 34

      Telarc CD-80190

      11:51 am

      Norman Dello Joio: "Exaltation of Larks (Lyric Dances)"

      Atlantic Sinfonietta/Edvard Tchivzhel
      American Dancer - The American Music Collection, Vol. 4

      Koch 3-7600-2

      12:00 pm

      Julius Röntgen: Serenade for Seven Wind Instruments in A, Op. 14 (1876)

      IV. Allegro molto vivace

      Viotta Ensemble
      The Romantic Era in the Netherlands

      NM Classics 92035

      12:08 pm

      Maurice Ravel: "Pavane for a Dead Princess"

      Stuttgart Radio Sym Orch/Gianluigi Gelmetti
      Ravel: Alborada del Gracioso; Le Tombeau de Couperin; etc.

      Capriccio 10297

      12:15 pm

      Dame Myra Hess Concerts

      Pianist Sunmi Han performs music by Lili Boulanger, Chopin, and Korngold, 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 with Bill McGlaughlin

      Voices from the East

      A single bell rings steadily, creating a calm, meditative mood. Gradually, the strings join in, playing canonic scales that shimmer through the music. This first piece in Voices from the East is 'Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten' by Estonian composer Arvo Pärt. Over the week, we’ll explore music by composers from the Baltic states, travel to Chistopol in western Russia, and finish in Georgia. You’ll hear works by Arvo Pärt, Sofia Gubaïdulina, and Giya Kancheli. Come join us on this musical journey!

      8:00 - 10:00 pm

      8:15 pm

      Grant Park Music Festival 2026

      Sibelius Symphony No. 2

      Live from the Pritzker Pavilion, featuring the Grant Park Orchestra conducted by Carlos Kalmar. Christopher Theofanidis "Drum Circles;" Third Coast Percussion, percussion; Sibelius Symphony No. 2 in D major. Hosted by Dave Schwan.

      10:00 pm - 12:00 am

      10:00 pm

      Baroque&Before with Candice Agree

      A Portuguese Pilgrimage

      Giulio Prandi leads the Ghislieri Chorus, Orchestra, and soloists in Davide Perez's "Mattutino de’ Morti," considered the most significant musical work of 18th century Portugal. The concert includes selections from Grzegorz Gerwazy Gorczycki’s "Conductus funebris." Recorded live in concert at the 2021 Misteria Paschalia Festival.