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      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      Mclean, Don: "Caledonia"

      Voces8
      Twenty - Voces8

      VOCES8 VCM-174

      12:05 am

      Haydn, Franz Joseph: Lira Organizzata Concerto No. 4 in F, H VIIh:4

      Jean-Pierre Rampal, f; Pierre Pierlot, ob; Franz Liszt Chamber Orch/János Rolla

      CBS M2K-39772 (2)

      12:20 am

      Haydn, Franz Joseph: Scottish Folksong, "My Love she's but a lassie yet", H XXXIa:7

      Jamie MacDougall, t; Eisenstadt Haydn Trio
      The Haydn Edition

      Brilliant Classics 93782 (150)

      12:22 am

      Still, William Grant: Folk Suite #2

      Sierra Winds; Carol Urban-Stivers, p
      Get on Board: American Music for Woodwinds by William Grant Still

      Cambria CD-1083

      12:29 am

      Brian, Havergal: English Suite No. 1

      New Russia State Symphony Orch/Alexander Walker
      Brian: Symphonies Nos. 22, 23, 24 - English Suite No. 1

      Naxos 8.572833

      12:55 am

      Britten, Benjamin: Eight Folk Song Arrangements

      "Avenging and Bright"

      Peter Pears, t; Benjamin Britten, p
      Folk Songs

      London 430063-2

      1:00 am

      Paganini, Nicolo: Violin Concerto #2 in b, Op 7, "La Campanella"

      "La Campanella"

      Philippe Quint, v; Dmitriy Cogan, p
      PAGANINI, N.: La Campanella / Le streghe / Variations (arr. F. Kreisler) (Quint, Cogan)

      Naxos 8.570703

      1:05 am

      Bruch, Max: Violin Concerto No. 1 in g minor, Op. 26

      Philippe Quint, v; Orquesta Sinfonica de Mineria/Carlos Miguel Prieto

      Avanti 10362

      1:29 am

      Bruch, Max: Song, "An den Jesusknaben," Op. 17/3

      Rafael Fingerlos, br; Sascha El Mouissi, p
      Bruch Lieder

      CPO 555422-2

      1:31 am

      Coleridge-Taylor, Samuel: "Moorish Dance"

      Samantha Ege, p

      Lorent LNT-147

      1:42 am

      Coleridge-Taylor, Avril: "Sussex Landscape," Op. 27

      Chineke! Orchestra/Fawzi Haimor

      Decca 4853322

      1:55 am

      Oswald, James: "The Caledonian Pocket Companion"

      "Sleepy Maggy"

      Olivier Riehl, f
      London Circa 1740

      Harmonia Mundi HMM-902613

      2:00 am

      Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Serenade No. 10 in B-Flat, K. 361, "Gran Partita"

      "Adagio"

      London Wind Soloists/Jack Brymer
      Mozart Complete Wind Music

      London 455794-2 (3)

      2:05 am

      Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Serenade No. 13 in G, K. 525, "Eine kleine Nachtmusik" (“A Little Night Music”)

      Kremerata Baltica
      After Mozart

      Nonesuch 79633-2

      2:22 am

      Piazzolla, Astor: Tango Ballet

      No. 6, "La Calle"

      Gidon Kremer, v; Kremerata Baltica
      Tango Ballet

      Teldec 22661-2

      2:24 am

      Dohnányi, Ernst von: Piano Concerto #2 in b, Op 42

      László Baranyay, p; Budapest Sym/György Györiványi-Ráth
      Dohnanyi Piano Concertos

      Hungaroton HCD-31555

      2:55 am

      Beethoven, Ludwig van: 12 German Dances, WoO 8

      #9

      Capella Istropolitana/Oliver Dohnanyi
      BEETHOVEN, L. van: 11 Dances, "Mödlinger Tänze" / 12 German Dances / 12 Minuets (Capella Istropolitana, Dohnányi)

      Naxos 8.550433

      3:00 am

      Respighi, Ottorino: Ancient Airs and Dances for the Lute, Set 1

      III. "Villanella"

      Philharmonia Hungarica/Antal Dorati
      Ancient Dances And Airs For Lute - Suites 1,2 &3

      Mercury 434304-2

      3:05 am

      Dukas, Paul: "Villanelle" (1906)

      Dennis Brain, fh; Wilfried Parry, p
      Dennis Brain: Unreleased Performances

      Arabesque 8071

      3:10 am

      Dukas, Paul: "The Sorcerer's Apprentice"

      London Sym Orch/Charles Mackerras
      Peter And The Wolf, Young Person's Guide To The Orchestra, Sorcerer's Apprentice

      Cala CACD-1022

      3:21 am

      Saint-Saens, Camille: "Le carnaval des animaux (Carnival of the Animals)"

      Finale

      Chicago Sym Orch/James Levine
      Horowitz - Beethoven, Chopin, Scarlatti

      Disney 60986-7

      3:23 am

      Taylor, Deems: "Through the Looking Glass"

      Seattle Sym Orch/Gerard Schwarz
      The Musical Fantasies Of Charles Griffes And Deems Taylor

      Delos DE-3099

      3:54 am

      Anderson, Leroy: "Jazz Pizzicato"

      Utah Sym Orch/Maurice Abravanel

      Vanguard SVC-4

      4:00 am

      Altenburg, Johann Ernst: Concerto for Seven Trumpets and Timpani

      Hubert Laws, f; Philharmonia Virtuosi/Richard Kapp
      Baroque Trumpetissimo

      Ess.a.y CD-1035

      4:05 am

      Ewazen, Eric: Fantasia for Seven Trumpets (1992)

      American Brass Quintet and Friends

      Well-Tempered Productions WTP-5189

      4:13 am

      Humiston, William Henry: "A Southern Fantasy" (1906)

      Sym Orch of America/Matthew Phillips
      Those Fabulous Americans

      Albany TROY-103

      4:24 am

      Anonymous, American: Old Kentucky, Kentucky

      Eastman Wind Ensemble/Frederick Fennell
      The Civil War- Its Music and Its Sound

      Mercury SRI2-77011 (2)

      4:25 am

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

      Vienna Phil/Riccardo Muti

      EMI CDC7-54066-2

      4:54 am

      Giuliani, Mauro: "Pièces faciles et agréables," Op 74

      #13, Menuetto

      Mikael Helasvuo, f; Jukka Savijoki, g
      Mauro Giuliani - The Complete Works for Flute and Guitar, Vol.3

      BIS CD-413

      5:00 am

      Finzi, Gerald: Prelude in f, Op 25

      Royal Ballet Sinfonia/David Lloyd-Jones
      ENGLISH STRING MINIATURES, Vol. 3

      Naxos 8.555069

      5:05 am

      Smetana, Bedrich: "Má vlast (My Fatherland)"

      "Vysehrad (The High Castle)"

      Chicago Sym Orch/Rafael Kubelik
      Má Vlast ("My Country"), Symphonic Cycle

      Mercury 434379-2

      5:19 am

      Janácek, Leoš: "Moravian Folk Poetry in Song"

      #50, "Musicians"

      Magdalena Kozen , ms; Malcolm Martineau, p
      Magdalena Kozená: Songs My Mother Taught Me

      DG 4776665

      5:21 am

      Mozart, Leopold: Two-Horn Concerto in E-Flat

      Zbigniew Zuk, fh, Jacek Muzyk, fh, Wroclaw Chamber Orch/Jan Stanienda
      Il Corno Italiano

      Zuk Records 160114

      5:31 am

      Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Two-Piano Concerto No. 10 in E-Flat, K. 365

      Ellen Corver, Sepp Grotenhuis, p's; Amsterdam Mozart Plyrs/Jürgen Kussma
      Mozart: Symphony No. 29

      Channel Classics CCS-1190

      5:54 am

      Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Twelve Horn Duos, K. 487

      No. 8, Allegro

      Ab Koster, fh; Knut Hasselmann, fh
      Mozart: Ein Musikalischer Spass K. 522, Horn Quintet K. 407, Marches, Duos, Diverttimenti

      Sony SK-46702

      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

      Georges Bizet: Symphony in C

      I. "Allegro vivo"

      Orch de Paris/Semyon Bychkov
      Bizet: Symphony in C; Franck: Symphony in D minor

      Philips 432096-2

      6:12 am

      Charles Gounod: Symphony No. 2 in E-Flat

      IV. Finale, "Allegro leggiero assai"

      St Martin's Academy/Neville Marriner
      Gounod: Symphonies 1 & 2, Faust Ballet Music

      Philips 462125-2

      6:21 am

      Enrique Granados: "Allegro de concierto," Op. 46

      Xiayin Wang, p
      Granados: Goyescas, etc.

      Chandos CHAN-10995

      6:30 am

      Johann Melchior Molter: Sinfonia concertante in D

      Wolfgang Basch, tr; Chamber Group
      Virtuose Bläsermusik (Chamber Music For Trumpet And Winds)

      RCA 7976-2-RC

      6:41 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Serenade No. 6 in D, K. 239, "Serenata Notturna"

      Prague Chamber Orch/Charles Mackerras
      Mozart: "Haffner" Serenade • "Serenata Notturna" / Charles Mackerras

      Telarc CD-80161

      6:54 am

      Alberto Hemsi: Quintet, Op. 28

      II. "Burlesca"

      ARC Ensemble
      Chamber Works by Alberto Hemsi

      Chandos CHAN-20243

      7:04 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 2 in G, Op. 44

      III. Finale, "Allegro con fuoco"

      Mikhail Pletnev, p; Philharmonia Orch/Vladimir Fedoseyev
      Tchaikovsky: Piano Concertos Nos. 2 & 3

      Virgin 91202-2

      7:12 am

      Giacomo Puccini: "Turandot"

      Suite

      National Opera Orch/Paul Freeman
      Puccini: Opera for Orchestra

      Pro Arte CDS-3671

      7:23 am

      Felix Mendelssohn: Violin Sonata in F (1838)

      III. Finale, "Assai vivace"

      Alina Ibragimova, v; Cédric Tiberghien, p
      Mendelssohn: Violin Sonatas

      Hyperion CDA-68322

      7:32 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: "Missa Solemnis" in D, Op. 123

      "Gloria in excelsis Deo"

      Soloists; Westminster Cho, New York Phil/Leonard Bernstein
      Kim Borg, bass,
      The Royal Edition, Volume 11: Missa Solemnis, Choral Fantasy, Theresia Mass

      Sony SM2K-47522 (2)

      7:38 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor, BWV 1041

      Alina Ibragimova, v; Arcangelo/Jonathan Cohen
      Bach: Violin Concertos

      Hyperion CDA-68068

      7:51 am

      Emilie Mayer: Overture in D minor

      Berlin Academy for Ancient Music
      Emilie Mayer: Piano Concerto, Symphony No. 1, Overtures

      Harmonia Mundi HMM-905417

      8:05 am

      Georg Anton Benda: Clavier Concerto in F minor

      I. Allegro

      Il Pomo d'Oro/Francesco Corti, hc
      The Age of Extremes

      Arcana A-573

      8:13 am

      Dmitri Shostakovich: Four Waltzes

      Philippa Davies, f; Michael Collins, cl; Ian Brown, p
      Shostakovich: Piano Quintet; Piano Trio No. 2; 4 Waltzes

      Virgin 59312-2

      8:24 am

      Paul Lewis: "Sussex Symphony Overture"

      Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland
      The Best of British Light Music

      ASV CDWHL-2133

      8:33 am

      Franz Schubert: Symphony No. 5 in B-Flat, D. 485

      I. "Allegro"

      Chamber Orch of Europe/Claudio Abbado
      Schubert: Symphonies Nos. 5 & 6

      DG 423654-2

      8:40 am

      George Frideric Handel: Violin Sonata in D, HWV 371

      James Ehnes, v; Andrew Armstrong, p
      Mythes

      Onyx 4234

      8:53 am

      Zygmunt Noskowski: Symphony No. 3 in F, "From Spring to Spring"

      III. "Fall"

      Rheinland-Pfalz State Phil/Antoni Wit
      Zygmunt Noskowski: Symphony No. 3

      Capriccio C-5547

      9:04 am

      Percy Grainger: Children's March, "Over the Hills and Far Away"

      US Marine Band/Michael J Colburn
      Monumental Works for Winds

      Naxos 8.570243

      9:12 am

      Claude Debussy: "Images," Set 3

      "Ibéria"

      Cleveland Orch/Pierre Boulez
      Debussy: Images, Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune, Printemps

      DG 435766-2

      9:32 am

      Nino Rota: Quintet for Flute, Oboe, Viola, Cello, and Harp

      Ex Novo Ensemble
      Nino Rota: Chamber Music

      ASV CDDCA-1072

      9:48 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: "Sinfonia Concertante" in E-Flat, K. 297b

      I. "Allegro"

      Music of the Baroque/Jane Glover
      Journey to Our 50th Season

      Music of the Baroque CD-2018

      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

      Maddalena Sirmen: String Quartet No. 5 in F minor

      Allegri String Quartet
      Sirmen: The Six String Quartets

      Cala CACD-1019

      10:13 am

      Darius Milhaud: "Le carnaval de Londres," Op. 172

      Overture and Dances

      New London Orch/Ronald Corp
      Milhaud: Le carnaval d'Aix, Le carnaval de Londres, L'apothéose de Molière, Le boeuf sur le toit

      Hyperion CDA-66594

      10:23 am

      Camille Saint-Saëns: Cello Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Op. 33

      Zuill Bailey, vc; Roanoke Sym/David Wiley
      Zuill Bailey in Concert * Live 10-17-05

      Delos DE-3378

      10:44 am

      Unico Wilhelm van Wassenaer: "Concerto Armonico" No. 3 in A

      Amsterdam Baroque Orch/Ton Koopman
      Van Wassenaer: 6 Concerti Armonici

      Erato 45305-2

      10:54 am

      Nino Rota: "Sarabande e Toccata"

      Sarabanda

      Mariko Anraku, h
      Mariko Anraku

      EMI CDC5-67270-2

      11:00 am

      William Schuman: "American Festival" Overture

      St. Louis Sym Orch/Leonard Slatkin
      William Schuman: Symphony No. 10, New England Triptych, American Festival Overture / Leonard Slatkin

      RCA 61282-2

      11:10 am

      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

      11:31 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Sonata No. 4 in E-Flat, K. 282

      Mitsuko Uchida, p
      Mozart: 4 Piano Sonatas K. 280-283

      Philips 420186-2

      11:45 am

      Astor Piazzolla: "Histoire du Tango"

      III. "Night Club 1960"

      Britta Jacobs, f; Irene Kalisvaart, g
      20th Century Music for Flute & Guitar

      Naxos 8.551453

      11:52 am

      Jacques Offenbach: "La belle Hélène"

      Overture

      St Martin's Academy/Neville Marriner
      Famous Overtures

      Philips 411450-2

      12:00 pm

      Charlie Chaplin: "City Lights"

      "Reunited"

      City Lights Orch/Carl Davis
      Chaplin: City Lights

      Carl Davis Collection CDC-015

      12:09 pm

      Giovanni Gabrieli: Sonata No. 19

      Empire Brass and Friends
      Music of Gabrieli

      Telarc CD-80204

      12:15 pm

      Dame Myra Hess Concerts

      Pianist Miki Aoki performs music by Handel, Poulenc, Bach, and Cécile Chaminade, live from Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago.

      1:00 - 3:00 pm

      1:00 pm

      Music for the Afternoon

      1:00 pm

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

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

      Alpha 692

      1:20 pm

      Adolphe Adam: "Giselle"

      Galop & Act 1 finale

      Royal Opera House Orch/Richard Bonynge
      Adam: Giselle - Ballet

      Decca 417505-2 (2)

      1:36 pm

      Max Bruch: Eight Pieces, Op. 83

      Nos. 6-8

      Philon Trio
      Philon Trio: Max Bruch

      Analekta AN2-8923

      1:50 pm

      Eric Whitacre: "Three Flower Songs"

      No. 3, "Go, Lovely Rose"

      Voces8/Eric Whitacre
      Home

      Decca 4853970

      1:55 pm

      Gabriel Fauré: "Pelléas et Mélisande," Op. 80

      "Sicilienne"

      Atlanta Sym Orch/Robert Shaw
      Les nuits d'été, Pelléas et Mélisande

      Telarc CD-80084

      2:00 pm

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Clavier Concerto No. 6 in F, BWV 1057

      Julia Zilberquit, p; Moscow Virtuosi/Saulius Sondeckis
      J S Bach * Complete Solo Keyboard Concertos * Julia Zilberquit

      Warner Classics 63686

      2:19 pm

      Maurice Ravel: "Ma mère l'Oye (Mother Goose)"

      Suite

      Chicago Sym Orch/Jean Martinon
      Ravel: Rapsodie espagnole, Alborada del gracioso, Mother Goose, Introduction and Allegro, Daphnis et Chloé Suite No. 2

      RCA 63683-2

      2:36 pm

      Robert Schumann: "Widmung," Op. 25, No. 1

      Beatrice Rana, p
      Clara & Robert Schumann: Piano Concertos

      Warner 5419729625

      2:40 pm

      David Popper: Three Pieces, Op. 11

      No. 1, "Widmung"

      Wendy Warner, vc; Eileen Buck, p
      Wendy Warner plays Popper and Piatigorsky

      Cedille CDR-90000111

      2:47 pm

      Felix Mendelssohn: Overture, "The Fair Melusina," Op. 32

      Bern Sym Orch/Peter Maag
      Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4 'Italian', Three Overtures

      MCA Classics MCAD-5849

      3:00 - 7:00 pm

      3:00 pm

      Afternoon Music with Candice Agree

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

      3:00 pm

      Marjan Mozetich: Violin Concerto, "Affairs of the Heart"

      Juliette Kang, v; CBC Vancouver Orch strings/Mario Bernardi
      Affairs of the Heart - the Music of Marjan Mozetich

      Radio Canada Int'l SMCD-5200

      3:24 pm

      Duke Ellington: "Night Creature"

      Courtney Bryan, p; Cincinnati Sym Orch/Louis Langrée
      American Dreams

      Fanfare Cincinnati FC-023

      3:44 pm

      Gustav Holst: "St Paul's Suite," Op. 29, No. 2

      Camerata Chicago/Drostan Hall
      "Suite" Beginnings

      DMD Classics 2003

      3:57 pm

      Leslie Adams: Etudes, Part II

      No. 1 in E

      Thomas Otten, p
      Thomas Otten * H. Leslie Adams * Piano Etudes, Part II

      Albany TROY-1519

      4:00 pm

      Johannes Brahms: "Academic Festival" Overture, Op. 80

      Brussels Phil/Alexander Rahbari
      Famous Overtures

      Naxos 8.553627

      4:12 pm

      Emmanuel Chabrier: "L'etoile"

      Three movements

      Suisse Romande Orch/Neeme Järvi
      Chabrier: Orchestral Works

      Chandos CHSA-5122

      4:21 pm

      Josef Suk: Fantasy in G minor, Op. 24

      Julia Fischer, v; Monte Carlo Phil Orch/Yakov Kreizberg
      Poème

      Decca B0015535-02

      4:47 pm

      Alessandro Scarlatti: String Sonata No. 22 in A

      Musica Pacifica
      Alessandro Scarlatti: Concerti da Camera

      Dorian DOR-93192

      4:57 pm

      Anonymous Spanish: Romance ("Jeux Interdits")

      Narciso Yepes, g
      100 Classical Masterworks

      DG 4793590

      5:00 pm

      Antonín Dvořák: "Scherzo capriccioso," Op. 66

      Baltimore Sym Orch/Marin Alsop
      Dvorák: Symphony No 6

      Naxos 8.570995

      5:16 pm

      Frédéric Chopin: Polonaise No. 8 in D minor, Op. 71, No. 1

      Garrick Ohlsson, p
      Chopin: The Complete Piano Works Vol. 5 - Polonaises and Impromptus

      Arabesque Z-6642 (2)

      5:22 pm

      Peter Tchaikovsky: "Eugene Onegin," Op. 24

      Polonaise

      Slovak Radio Sym Orch/Ondrej Lenárd
      Can-Can and Other Dances from the Opera

      Naxos 8.550924

      5:27 pm

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 9 in E-Flat, K. 271, "Jeunehomme"

      English Chamber Orch/Murray Perahia, p
      Perahia * Plays and Conducts Mozart Piano Concertos Nos 21 & 9

      CBS MK-34562

      6:00 pm

      music continues...

      7:00 pm

      7:00 pm

      Exploring Music

      Darius Milhaud (1892-1974)

      Host Peter van de Graaff invites you into the vibrant musical world of Darius Milhaud, who stands among history’s most prolific composers and whose music is alive with inspiration and imagination. Born in Southern France, he traveled to Brazil and later to California, where he taught young musicians including Burt Bacharach, Dave Brubeck, and William Bolcom.

      8:00 - 10:00 pm

      10:00 pm - 12:00 am

      10:00 pm

      Baroque&Before with Candice Agree

      Zelenka & Handel with Collegium 1704

      Václav Luks leads the Prague-based baroque orchestra Collegium 1704 and Collegium Vocale 1704 in Jan Dismas Zelenka’s Missa Circumcisionis and Handel’s Dixit Dominus. Recorded live in concert October 9, 2025 in Dvořák Hall in Prague.