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Playlist for Saturday, January 3, 2026
12:00 - 7:00 am
12:00 am
Hector Berlioz: "The Damnation of Faust," Op. 24
"Minuet of the Will-o'-the-Wisps"
Baltimore Sym/David Zinman
Berlioz: La Marseillase, Love Scene from Romeo and Juliet, Three Excerpts from the Damnation of Faust
12:05 am
Robert Schumann: "Scenes from Goethe's Faust" (1844-53)
Overture
Orch/Benjamin Britten
Schumann: Szenen Aus Goethes Faust
12:13 am
Amanda Maier: Violin Sonata in b
Katharina Wimmer, v; Ingrid Wendel, p
Unheard-of Treasures: Music by Women Composers
12:32 am
Johann Sebastian Bach: Two-Part Inventions, BWV 772/786
No. 11 in g minor
Tatiana Nikolaeva, p
Bach: 15 Inventions and 15 Sinfoniae BWV 772 - 801
12:34 am
Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 87 in A
St Martin's Academy/Sir Neville Marriner
Haydn Symphonies
12:55 am
Johann Sebastian Bach: "Anna Magdalena Notebook"
Minuet in g minor
Igor Kipnis, hc
1:00 am
Ary Barroso: "Bahia"
Daniel Barenboim, p; Brazilian Rhapsody Ensemble
Brazilian Rhapsody
1:05 am
Heitor Villa-Lobos: "Chôros" No. 5, "Alma Brasileira"
Sergio & Odair Assad, g's
Alma Brasileira
1:10 am
Darius Milhaud: "Saudades do Brasil," Op. 67
No. 1, "Sorocaba"
Justin Badgerow, p
Reminiscences of Brazil
1:11 am
Peter Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto #2 in G, Op. 44
Elisabeth Leonskaja, p; New York Phil/Kurt Masur
Tchaikovsky: The Piano Concertos
1:55 am
Alexander Scriabin: Etudes, Op 65
No. 2
Vladimir Sofronitski, p
Scriabin Piano Works
2:00 am
Joseph Boudin de Boismortier: "Les Voyages de l'Amour"
Le Concert Spirituel/Hervé Niquet
BOISMORTIER: Serenades Francaises / Fragments Melodiques
2:04 am
Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre: Clavier Suite in G
Carole Cerasi, hc
English Suites BWV 806- 811
2:13 am
Pierre Gautier de Marseille: Suite en trio in c
La Simphonie du Marais/Hugo Reyne
Symphonies
2:30 am
Andre Campra: "Tancréde"
"Interméde"
La Grande Ecurie et la Chambre du Roy/Jean-Claude Malgoire
Campra: Tancrede
2:32 am
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Trio #7 in B-Flat, Op 11
Beaux Arts Trio
Beethoven: Complete Piano Trios
2:54 am
Othmar Schoeck: "Unter Sternen," Op. 55
No. 13, "Wir wahnten lange recht zu leben"
Roman Trekel, br; Christoph Keller, p
Othmar Schoeck Complete Edition, Vol 8
3:00 am
Arthur Foote: "Three Character Pieces", Op 9
#1, "Morning Song"
Kevin Lawrence, v; Eric Larsen, p
The Violin Music of Arthur Foote
3:05 am
Edward MacDowell: Piano Concerto #2 in d, Op 23
Van Cliburn, p; Chicago Sym Orch/Walter Hendl
Schumann * MacDowell Piano Concertos
3:32 am
John Knowles Paine: "In the Country", Op 26
#1, "Woodnotes"
Denver Oldham, p
John Knowles Paine: Selected Piano Works
3:33 am
Quincy Porter: Duo for Viola & Harp
Eliesha Nelson, vi; Douglas Rioth, h
Quincy Porter: Complete Viola Works
3:43 am
Maurice Ravel: "Introduction and Allegro"
Isabelle Moretti, h; Quatuor Parisii
3:54 am
Nicanor Abelardo: "Panoramas"
No. 2, "Planting Rice"
Norman Menzales, f; chamber ensemble
Panoramas - Flute Music of the Philippines
4:00 am
Augustìn Barrios Mangoré: La Catedral
Sharon Isbin, g
Road To The Sun: Latin Romances For Guitar
4:05 am
Joaquin Rodrigo: "Fantasía para un gentilhombre"
Sharon Isbin, g; Lausanne Chamber Orch/Lawrence Foster
4:27 am
Antonio Lauro: "El Marabino" (Valse)
Sharon Isbin, g
Journey to the Amazon
4:29 am
Felix Mendelssohn: Cello Sonata No. 2 in D, Op 58
Coenraad Bloemendal, vc; Valerie Tryon, p
MENDELSSOHN, Felix: Cello Sonata No. 2 / BEN-HAIM, P.: Songs without Words (The Cantorial Voice of the Cello)
4:54 am
Georg Philipp Telemann: "Don Quichotte" Suite
"Sancho Panza Swindled"
Apollo's Fire/Jeannette Sorrell
Bach's Coffeehouse
5:00 am
Franz Liszt: Six Grand Etudes after Paganini (1838)
No. 1, "Tremolo"
Daniil Trifonov, p
Transcendental: Daniil Trifonov Plays Liszt
5:05 am
Nicolo Paganini: Moto perpetuo, Op 11
St Louis Sym Orch/Leonard Slatkin
Encore!
5:09 am
Nicolo Paganini: Guitar Quartet #2 in C
Paganini Quartet
5:28 am
Sergei Rachmaninoff: Songs, Op. 21
No. 7, "It is peaceful here"
Sheku Kanneh-Mason, vc; Isata Kanneh-Mason, p
Sheku
5:29 am
Sergei Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
Daniil Trifonov, p; Philadelphia Orch/Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Rachmaninoff Variations / Trifonov
5:54 am
Franz Liszt: Six Grand Etudes after Paganini (1838)
No. 4, "Arpeggio"
Daniil Trifonov, p
Transcendental: Daniil Trifonov Plays Liszt
6:00 am
William Walton: "Macbeth" (Incidental Music, 1941)
Fanfare and March
Sir John Gielgud, n; St Martin's Academy/Neville Marriner
Walton: Richard III
6:05 am
Daniel-François Auber: "The Crown Diamonds"
Overture
Detroit Sym Orch/Paul Paray
French Opera Highlights
6:13 am
Hyacinthe Jadin: Piano Sonata in C, Op 3/3
Richard Fuller, forte-p
Sonates Pour Pianoforte
6:34 am
Ludwig van Beethoven: Song, "Ruf vom Berge", WoO 147
Peter Schreier, t; Walter Olbertz, p
Beethoven: Lieder Vol. 2
6:36 am
William Walton: "Sinfonia Concertante" (1928)
Peter Katin, p; London Sym Orch/William Walton
Scapino / The Quest / Sinfonia Concertante / Capriccio Burlesco
6:55 am
Johann Sebastian Bach: "Klavierbüchlein für Wilhelm Friedemann Bach"
"Praeludium" No. 6
Joseph Payne, o
Klavierbüchlein for Wilhelm Friedemann
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.
7:02 am
Maurice Ravel: "Daphnis et Chloé"
Part 3
Tenebrae, London Sym Orch/Antonio Pappano
Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé
7:20 am
Erik Satie: Three "Gymnopédies"
Michel Legrand, p
Erik Satie By Michel Legrand
7:31 am
Jacques Offenbach: "The Tales of Hoffmann"
Barcarolle ("Belle nuit")
Lucienne Renaudin Vary & Erik Truffaz, tr's; Lille National Orch/Roberto Rizzi Brignoli
The Voice of the Trumpet
7:34 am
Sofiane Pamart: "Paris"
Sofiane Pamart, p
Planet Gold
7:38 am
Cécile Chaminade: "Callirhoé," Op. 37
Scherzettino
Metz Grand Est National Orch/David Reiland
Compositrices: New Light on French Romantic Women Composers
7:41 am
Jean Françaix: "Le gay Paris"
Prague Wind Quintet
Françaix: Le gay Paris; Wind Quintets; L'heure du berger
7:52 am
Charlotte Sohy: Four Romantic Pieces, Op. 30
Marie Vermeulin, p
Charlotte Sohy, Compositrice de la Belle Epoque
8:00 am
Saturday Morning Listener's Choice
8:01 am
Jean-Baptiste Arban: Variations on "The Carnival of Venice"
Wynton Marsalis, cornet; Eastman Wind Ensemble/Donald Hunsberger
Carnaval
8:09 am
Léo Delibes: "Sylvia"
"March et cortège de Bacchus"
Paris Opera Orch/Jean-Baptiste Mari
Delibes * Sylvia * Coppelia
8:18 am
May Aufderheide: "The Richmond Rag"
Virginia Eskin, p
Fluffy Ruffle Girls: Women in Ragtime
8:20 am
Julia Lee Niebergall: "Hoosier Rag"
Virginia Eskin, p
Fluffy Ruffle Girls: Women in Ragtime
8:23 am
Dana Suesse: "Syncopated Love Song"
Sara Davis Buechner, p
Jazz Nocturne: The Piano Works of Dana Suesse
8:28 am
Giuseppe Verdi: "Nabucco"
Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves, "Va, pensiero"
Chicago Sym Cho & Orch/Sir Georg Solti
The World's Greatest Opera Album
8:34 am
Johann Strauss Sr: "Radetzky" March, Op. 228
Chicago Sym Orch/Daniel Barenboim
Johann Strauss Waltzes & Polkas
8:38 am
Fernando Sor: "L'encouragement," Op 34
Julian Bream & John Williams, g's
Together
8:54 am
Frédéric Chopin: Nocturne in D-Flat, Op. 27, No. 2
Evgeny Kissin, p
Chopin, Vol. 1 - Recorded at Carnegie Hall
9:00 am
Soundtrack
9:00 am
Alfred Newman: 20th Century Fox Fanfare
London Phil Orch/John Mauceri
The Genius of Film Music
9:01 am
John Powell: "How to Train Your Dragon"
"This is Berk"
Studio Cho & Orch/Gavin Greenaway
How To Train Your Dragon (Music From The Motion Picture)
9:05 am
John Powell: "How to Train Your Dragon"
"Romantic Flight"
Studio Cho & Orch/Gavin Greenaway
How To Train Your Dragon (Music From The Motion Picture)
9:07 am
John Powell: "How to Train Your Dragon"
"Test Drive"
Anna Lapwood, o
Midnight Sessions at the Royal Albert Hall
9:10 am
Lorne Balfe: "Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves"
"Down at the Cemetery"
Studio Cho & Orch/Peter Rotter
Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (Music from the Motion Picture)
9:15 am
Lorne Balfe & Hans Zimmer: "Dragon Age: The Veilguard"
"Love and Ashes"
Studio Cho & Orch
Dragon Age: The Veilguard (Original Soundtrack)
9:20 am
Jeremy Soule: "The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim"
"Dragonborn"
Jeremy Soule, prod
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim [Original Videogame Soundtrack]
9:24 am
Jeremy Soule: "The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim"
"From Past to Present"
Jeremy Soule, prod
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim [Original Videogame Soundtrack]
9:30 am
Tan Dun: "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon"
"Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" (Main Theme)
Yo-Yo Ma, vc; Shanghai Sym Orch & Percussion Ens/Tan Dun
Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
9:33 am
Tan Dun: "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon"
"The Eternal Vow"
Yo-Yo Ma, vc; Shanghai Sym & Percussion Ensemble/Tan Dun
Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
9:36 am
Tan Dun: "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon"
"A Wedding Interrupted"
Shanghai Sym Orch & Percussion Ens/Tan Dun
Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
9:39 am
Tan Dun: "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon"
"Silk Road"
Ma Xiao Hui, erhu; Yo-Yo Ma, vc; Shanghai Sym Orch & Per Ens/Dun
Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
9:42 am
Tan Dun: "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon"
"Farewell"
Ma Xiao Hui, erhu; Yo-Yo Ma, vc; Shanghai Sym Orch & Per Ens/Dun
Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
9:45 am
James Newton Howard: "Maleficent"
Suite
Studio Orch/James Newton Howard
Maleficent (An Original Walt Disney Records Soundtrack)
9:52 am
Bernard Herrmann: "The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad"
Suite
National Phil Orch/Bernard Herrmann
Phase 4 Stereo Concert Series
10:01 am
Mason Bates: "Ford's Farm"
Hilary Hahn, v; Cory Smythe, p
In 27 Pieces
10:05 am
Claude Bolling: Suite for Flute and Jazz Piano
II. "Sentimentale"
Jean-Pierre Rampal, f; Claude Bolling, p; Max Hediguer, db; Marcel Sabiani, dr
Marcel Sabiani, drums,
Bolling Suite for Flute and Jazz Piano
10:13 am
Georg Philipp Telemann: Paris Quartet No. 2 in D
Freiburg Baroque Consort
Telemann: Paris Quartets
10:25 am
Astor Piazzolla: "Libertango"
Yo-Yo Ma, vc; et al.
Horacio Malvicino, guitar,
Héctor Console, double bass,
Soul of the Tango - The Music of Astor Piazzolla
10:29 am
Samuel Barber: "Fresh from West Chester (Some Jazzings)"
II. "Let's Sit It Out, I'd Rather Watch"
Ruth Slenczynska, p
My Life in Music
10:35 am
William Grant Still: "Serenade"
Royal Scottish National Orch/Avlana Eisenberg
William Grant Still: Summerland
10:42 am
Johann Sebastian Bach: Orchestra Suite No. 2 in B minor, BWV 1067
I. Ouverture
Brazilian Guitar Quartet
Bach: The Orchestral Suites
10:50 am
Hector Berlioz: "Roméo et Juliette," Op. 17
Queen Mab Scherzo
San Francisco Sym/Michael Tilson Thomas
Berlioz: Roméo et Juliette
11:00 am
11:00 am
Introductions
Zarin Mehta, 16, piano and composer. Mehta "A Misty Dawn," from "Glimpses;" Bach Toccata in G minor, BWV 915; Beethoven Sonata No. 24 in F-Sharp, Op. 78; Lyapunov "Lezginka;" AR Thomas "Amalgam" (North American premiere) Falla-Mehta Scenes from "The Three-Cornered Hat" (world premiere).
12:00 - 3:00 pm
12:00 pm
Metropolitan Opera
Bates' The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
Andrzej Filończyk (Joe Kavalier); Miles Mykkanen (Sam Clay); Sun-Ly Pierce (Rosa Saks); Lauren Snouffer (Sarah Kavalier); Edward Nelson (Tracy Bacon); Patrick Carfizzi (Sheldon Anapol); Craig Colcough (Gerhard); Metropolitan Opera Cho & Orch/Yannick Nézet-Séguin. Sung in English. Recorded Fall 2024.
3:00 pm
3:00 pm
Afternoon Music
3:02 pm
Fanny Mendelssohn: Overture (1830)
Women's Phil/JoAnn Falletta
The Women's Philharmonic: Mendelssohn, Schumann, Tailleferre, Boulanger
3:13 pm
Robert Schumann: Violin Sonata No. 2 in D minor, Op. 121
I. "Ziemlich langsam – Lebhaft"
Joshua Brown, v; Paolo Giacometti, p
Robert Schumann: Violin Sonatas No. 1 & 2; Fantasy, Op. 131
3:28 pm
Leevi Madetoja: "Suite pastorale," Op. 34
Oulu Sinfonia/Rumon Gamba
Pictures from Finland
3:40 pm
Pietro Denis: Mandolin Sonata No. 3
Duo Gervasio
Classical Mandolin and Guitar
3:50 pm
Giuseppe Antonio Brescianello: Violin Concerto in G
La Serenissima/Adrian Chandler, v
Extra Time
4:00 pm
4:00 pm
Listening to Singers with Oliver Camacho
Artists to Watch in 2026 including sopranos Louise Alder, Lisette Oropesa, and Rowan Pierce, countertenor Hugh Cutting, tenor Anthony Léon, and the vocal ensemble Chroma.
5:00 - 8:00 pm
5:00 pm
Weekend Evening Music
5:00 pm
Louise Farrenc: "Variations concertantes sur un air suisse," Op. 20
Winfried Rademacher, v; Konstanze Eickhorst, p
Louise Farrenc: Sonata, Trios, Variations
5:11 pm
Camille Saint-Saëns: "Samson and Delilah," Op. 47
"Bacchanale"
Pittsburgh Sym Orch/Lorin Maazel
Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3 "Organ", Danse Macabre, Phaéton, Danse Bacchanale
5:20 pm
Bohuslav Martinů: Violin Concerto No. 2
Isabelle Faust, v; Prague Phil/Jiří Bělohlávek
Martinů: Violin Concerto No. 2
5:50 pm
Claudio Monteverdi: "Vespers of the Blessed Virgin" (1610)
"Ave maris stella"
Pygmalion/Raphaël Pichon
Monteverdi: Vespers of 1610
6:01 pm
Richard Strauss: "Also sprach Zarathustra," Op. 30
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Andris Nelsons
Strauss Alliance
6:37 pm
Johann Strauss II: Waltz, "Wiener Bonbons," Op. 307
Vienna Phil/Zubin Mehta
New Year's Concert 1998
6:46 pm
Heinrich von Biber: Violin Sonata No. 3 in F major
Dorian Komanoff Bandy, v; Hank Knox, hc; Elinor Frey, vc
Lovers and Mourners: Variations and Sonatas from 17th-Century Germany
6:59 pm
George Gershwin: "Impromptu in Two Keys"
William Bolcom, p
George Gershwin: Piano Music
7:00 pm
Antonio Soler: "Fandango"
L'Arpeggiata/Christina Pluhar
Los Pájaros Perdidos * The South American Project
7:11 pm
Maurice Ravel: "Miroirs"
"Une barque sur l'océan"
French National Orch/Cristian Măcelaru
Ravel Paris 2025
7:19 pm
Mason Bates: Piano Concerto
Daniil Trifonov, p; Philadelphia Orch/Yannick Nézet-Séguin
My American Story: North
7:47 pm
Richard Strauss: "Festmusik der Stadt Wien"
Northwestern U Sym Wind Ensemble/Mallory Thompson
Reflections - Northwestern University Symphonic Wind Ensemble
8:00 pm
8:00 pm
Folkstage hosted by Marilyn Rea Beyer
Live from the Levin Performance Studio: Anne Hills entertains the studio audience with songs of Michael Smith from her latest release aptly titled, "Every Town: More Songs by Michael Smith."
9:00 pm - 12:00 am
9:00 pm
The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer
Turn the page, turn over a new leaf, and turn the corner on a new year. Nothing is so constant as change, so we’ll change up the playlist for a fresh start to 2026.
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