Thursday, June 18, 2026

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      Playlist for Thursday, June 18, 2026

      Playing this hour

      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: "Twenty-Four Negro Melodies," Op. 59

      VII. "O Lo Ba"

      National Phil/Michael Repper
      Coleridge-Taylor: Toussaint L'Ouverture, Ballade Op. 4, Suites from "24 Negro Melodies"

      Albany AV-2763

      12:05 am

      Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: "Romance for Violin" Op. 39

      Callum Smart, v; Richard Uttley, p

      Orchid ORC-100149

      12:16 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Romance No. 1 in G, Op. 40

      Franz Liszt Chamber Orch/Isaac Stern, v
      Isaac Stern Plays Mozart Beethoven Haydn

      Sony SK-62693

      12:23 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: "The Ruins of Athens," Op. 113

      "Turkish March"

      Berlin Phil/Claudio Abbado
      Claudio Abbado * Marce & Danze

      DG 4777645

      12:24 am

      Cipriani Potter: Piano Concerto No. 4 in E

      Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra/Howard Shelley, p
      The Romantic Piano Concerto - Vol 72

      Hyperion CDA-68151

      12:55 am

      John Burton: Piano Sonata #1 in D

      3rd mvt, Presto

      Ian Hobson, p
      Field: Piano Sonatas Nos. 1-4

      Arabesque Z-6594

      1:00 am

      Edvard Grieg: "Scenes from Folk Life," Op. 19

      No. 1, "Mountain Dance"

      Eva Knardahl, p
      Grieg: The Complete Piano Music, Vol. 5

      BIS CD-108

      1:05 am

      Béla Bartók: "Romanian Folk Dances"

      Virtuosi di Kuhmo/Peter Csaba
      Bartók: Divertimento for Strings, Sz. 113, etc.

      Ondine ODE-919-2

      1:12 am

      Zoltán Kodaly: String Quartet No. 2, Op. 10

      Kodaly Quartet
      Koaly: String Quartets No. 1-2

      Hungaroton HCD-12362

      1:30 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: "Klavierbüchlein für Wilhelm Friedemann Bach"

      "Praeambulum" No. 9

      Joseph Payne, clavichord
      Klavierbüchlein for Wilhelm Friedemann

      Hänssler Classic CD-92.137 (2)

      1:31 am

      Jan Dismas Zelenka: "Sinfonia a 8 Concertanti" in a, ZWV 189

      Freiburg Baroque Orch/Gottfried von der Goltz

      RCA-DHM 77339-2

      1:55 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: English Suite No. 4 in F, BWV 809

      "Menuet"

      Bob van Asperen, hc
      Bach Edition: Complete Works

      Brilliant Classics 93102 (155)

      2:00 am

      Franz Schubert: "Three Military Marches," Op. 51, D. 733

      No. 1 in D

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

      Sony S2K-68240 (2)

      2:04 am

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

      Royal Concertgebouw Orch/Nikolaus Harnoncourt
      Symphony No. 1 / Symphony No. 4 "Tragic" / Overture in the Italian Style

      Teldec 97509-2

      2:32 am

      Norwegian Trad: "Minuet"

      Lodestar Trio

      Naxos NXW-76158-2

      2:34 am

      Agathe Backer Grondahl: Piano Pieces, Op 63

      Natalia Strelchenko, p
      Agathe Backer-Grondahl: Complete Piano Music Vol V

      Arena AR-08016

      2:41 am

      Christian Sinding: Suite in a, Op 10

      Itzhak Perlman, v; Pittsburgh Sym/André Previn
      The Perlman Edition: Sibelius & Korngold: Violin Concertos / Sinding: Suite

      EMI/Ang 62590-2

      2:54 am

      William Byrd: "Ave Maria"

      Gesualdo Six/Owain Park
      William Byrd

      Hyperion CDA-68416

      3:00 am

      Frédéric Chopin: Nocturnes, Op. 48

      No. 1 in C

      Martha Argerich, p
      Live from the Concertgebouw 1978 and 1979

      EMI/Ang CDC5-56975-2

      3:05 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 - 3:00 pm

      10:00 am

      Midday with Lisa Flynn

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

      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

      The Symphonies, Part X

      This week, Bill McGlaughlin continues his multi-part exploration of this vibrant, exciting musical form with symphonies written between 1900 and 1920. Bill focuses on rarely-heard works: Alexander Scriabin’s Symphony No. 3 conducted by Riccardo Muti, an important interpreter of the Scriabin color wheel; George Enescu’s Symphony No. 2; and Samuel Barber’s Symphony No. 1.

      8:00 - 10:00 pm

      10:00 pm - 12:00 am

      10:00 pm

      The New York Philharmonic This Week

      Brahms Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor; Paul Lewis, piano; Schumann Symphony No. 2 in C major; Christoph von Dohnányi, conductor.