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      Playlist for Wednesday, July 1, 2026

      Playing this hour

      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Divertimento No. 13 in F, K. 253

      "Tema con variazioni"

      London Wind Soloists/Jack Brymer
      Mozart Complete Wind Music

      London 455794-2 (3)

      12:05 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: String Divertimento in D, K. 136

      Dresden Staatskapelle/Herbert Blomstedt
      Mozart: Divertimenti, K. 136-138, Oboe Concerto in C Major & Adagio and Fugue in C Minor KV 546

      Ars Vivendi 2100215

      12:16 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Klavierstück in B-Flat, K. 15q

      Lera Auerbach, p

      Lyric Records 103

      12:17 am

      Heitor Villa-Lobos: "A prole do bebê," set 1

      Helen Huang, p (b 10/1982)
      For Children

      Teldec 13148-2

      12:33 am

      Erich Wolfgang Korngold: "Baby Serenade," Op. 24

      Northwest German Phil/Werner Andreas Albert

      CPO 999077-2

      12:54 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Clavier Partita No. 1 in B-Flat, BWV 825

      Prelude

      Francesco Tristano, p
      Bach: The 6 Partitas

      Naive V-8619

      1:00 am

      Olivier Messiaen: "Le Merle Noir (The Blackbird)"

      Jonathan Snowden, f; Andrew Litton, p

      Virgin Classics 90846-2

      1:05 am

      Antonio Vivaldi: Violin Concerto in D, R 90, "Il Gardellino"

      Giuliano Carmignola, v; Sonatori de la Gioiosa Marca
      Vivaldi: Concerti Della Natura

      Erato 80225-2

      1:15 am

      Moleiro: "Children's Suite"

      "The Birds"

      Clara Rodriguez, p
      Moleiro: Piano Music

      ASV CDDCA-890

      1:17 am

      Ernest Chausson: Piano Quartet in A, Op 30

      Benny Kim, v; Paul Neubauer, vi; Peter Rejto, vc; Anne-Marie McDermott, p
      Anne-Marie McDermott, piano,

      Tucson Chamber Music F99

      1:54 am

      Jean-Philippe Rameau: "Dardanus" (1739)

      "Tambourins" I, II

      Les Musiciens du Louvre/Marc Minkowski

      DG Archiv 4775578

      2:00 am

      Alexey Shor: "Seascapes"

      "Abandoned Lighthouse"

      David Aaron Carpenter, vi; London Philharmonic/David Parry
      Jane Hickman,

      Warner 0190295697693

      2:05 am

      Alexander Glazunov: "Sea", Op 28

      Royal Scottish National Orch/José Serebrier
      Glazunov: Symphony No. 6, Introduction and Dance from Salome

      Warner Classics 69627-2

      2:21 am

      Jane Antonia Cornish: "Ocean"

      Vicky Chow, p

      Cantaloupe CA-21174

      2:30 am

      Gabriel Fauré: "L'horizon chimérique," Op 118

      #4, "Vaisseaux, nous vous aurons aimées"

      Gerard Souzay, br; Dalton Baldwin, p

      EMI/Ang CMS7-64079-2 (4)

      2:32 am

      Antonin Dvorák: Wind Serenade in d minor, Op. 44

      German Chamber Phil Wind Soloists

      Deutsche Schallplatten DS-1004-2

      2:55 am

      Gabriel Pierné: Cydalise et le chevre-pied

      "Entrance of the Little Fauns"

      Chicago Sym Woodwind Quintet

      Audiophile AP-17

      3:00 am

      Dmitri Bortniansky: "Le fils-rival"

      Overture

      Moscow Phil Society Chamber Ensemble/Andrei Korsakov
      Concertino: Fomin / Bortnyansky / Aliabiev

      MCA Classics AED-10370

      3:05 am

      Ernst von Wanczura: Symphony #2, "Russian"

      Fiori Musicali/Penelope Rapson
      Haydn: Nelson Mass/ Wanczura: Symphony No. 2, The Russian

      Metronome METCD-1024

      3:19 am

      Dmitri Bortniansky: "Alcide"

      "Dance of the Furies"

      Moscow Phil Society Chamber Ensemble/Andrei Korsakov
      Concertino: Fomin / Bortnyansky / Aliabiev

      MCA Classics AED-10370

      3:20 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: "Souvenir d'un lieu cher," Op. 42

      #3, "Mélodie" in E-Flat

      Leopold Auer, v

      Pearl BVA-1 (3)

      3:24 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D, Op. 35

      Jascha Heifetz, v; Chicago Sym Orch/Fritz Reiner
      The Heifetz Collection, Volumes 11-15: The Concerto Collection

      RCA 67896-2

      3:53 am

      Frédéric Chopin: Preludes, Op.28

      no.20 in c minor

      Jorge Bolet, p
      Chopin: 24 Preludes Op. 28 and Nocturnes

      London 421363-2

      4:00 am

      Edward Elgar: "There Is Sweet Music"

      Cambridge Singers/John Rutter
      There Is Sweet Music (English Choral Songs, 1890-1950)

      Collegium COLCD-505

      4:05 am

      Edward Elgar: "Severn Suite", Op 87a

      London Symphony Chorus & Orchestra; Richard Hickox
      Elgar: Caractacus

      Chandos CHAN-9156/7 (2)

      4:23 am

      Ivor Gurney: Song, "Severn Meadows"

      Benjamin Luxon, br; David Willison, p
      Gurney & Butterworth Songs -- Luxon & Willison

      Chandos CHAN-8831

      4:25 am

      Edward Elgar: Salut d'amour

      Sue Addison, tb, Sally Goodworth, p
      Elgar's Trombone

      Cala CACD-77016

      4:28 am

      Jean Baptiste Loeillet: Trio Sonata #1 in F

      Steve Witser, tb; Rip Jackson, hc; Marta Jasberg, vc
      Among Friends

      Albany TROY-373

      4:39 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Horn Concerto No. 3 in E-Flat, K. 447

      Christian Lindberg, tb; Tapiola Sinfonietta/Jean-Jacques Kantorow
      Mozart - The Four Hornbone Concertos

      BIS CD-1008

      4:53 am

      Frédéric Chopin: Waltzes, Op. 64

      No. 1 in D-Flat, "Minute"

      Christian Lindberg, tb; Roland Pöntinen, p
      The Burlesque Trombone

      BIS CD-318

      5:00 am

      Percy Grainger: "Ramble on Love," arranged from "Der Rosenkavalier"

      Percy Grainger, p

      Vanguard OVC-8205

      5:05 am

      Ronald Stevenson: Fantasy on Britten's "Peter Grimes"

      Inon Barnatan, p
      Darknesse Visible

      Avie AV-2256

      5:14 am

      Benjamin Britten: "Gloriana," Op. 53

      Courtly Dances

      Royal Phil/André Previn
      Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf/ Britten: Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, Gloriana Courtly Dances

      Telarc CD-80126

      5:24 am

      William Walton: "Orb and Sceptre," Coronation March

      City of Birmingham Sym Orch/Louis Frémaux

      EMI/Ang CDC7-47512-2

      5:31 am

      Ralph Vaughan Williams: Coronation Anthem, "O Taste and See" (1953)

      Worcester Cathedral Cho/Christopher Robinson
      Vaughan Williams: Hymns/ Choral

      Chandos CHAN-6550

      5:32 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: String Quartet in C, Op. 20, No. 2

      Lindsay String Quartet
      Live At Wigmore Hall Volume 1

      ASV CDDCA-622

      5:54 am

      Felix Mendelssohn: Etude in f

      Jane Coop, p
      The Romantic Piano

      Radio Canada Int'l MVCD-1015

      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

      Antonio Vivaldi: Two-Horn Concerto in F, R. 538

      Anneke Scott & Jocelyn Lightfoot, hn's; La Serenissima/Adrian Chandler
      Vivaldi x2

      Avie AV-2392

      6:13 am

      Franz Schubert: String Quartet No. 14 in D minor, D. 810, "Death and the Maiden"

      IV. Finale, "Presto"

      Brandis String Quartet
      Schubert Edition

      Brilliant Classics 94870

      6:23 am

      George Gershwin: "I Got Rhythm"

      Daniel Hope, v; Marcus Roberts Trio; Zürich Chamber Orch
      America

      DG 4861941

      6:31 am

      Hector Berlioz: "Roman Carnival" Overture, Op. 9

      Detroit Sym Orch/Paul Paray
      Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique

      Mercury 434328-2

      6:40 am

      Emmanuel Chabrier: "España"

      Boston Pops Orch/Arthur Fiedler
      Pops Stoppers

      RCA 63304-2

      6:47 am

      Francesco Geminiani: "La Follia" (after Corelli's Op. 5, No. 12)

      Academy of Ancient Music/Andrew Manze
      Geminiani - Concerti Grossi

      Harmonia Mundi HMU-907261/62 (2)

      7:03 am

      Gioachino Rossini: "La gazza ladra"

      Overture

      London Classical Players/Roger Norrington
      Rossini: Overtures

      EMI CDC7-54091-2

      7:13 am

      Michael Praetorius: "Terpsichore"

      "Courante"

      Collegium Terpsichore/Fritz Neumeyer
      Dance Music of the High Renaissance

      Boston Skyline BSD-118

      7:18 am

      Hector Berlioz: "The Damnation of Faust," Op. 24

      "Rákóczy March (Marche hongroise)"

      Chicago Sym Orch/Sir Georg Solti
      Pomp & Circumstance - Magnificent Marches

      Decca 411954-2

      7:23 am

      Johannes Brahms: Hungarian Dance No. 7

      Itzhak Perlman, v; Vladimir Ashkenazy, p
      The Art of Itzhak Perlman

      EMI ZDMD7-64617-2 (4)

      7:28 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: "Brandenburg" Concerto No. 3 in G Major, BWV 1048

      Tafelmusik/Jeanne Lamon
      Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 1-6

      Sony S2K-66289 (2)

      7:40 am

      John Williams: "Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back"

      Imperial March

      Boston Pops Orch/John Williams
      By Request... The Best of John Williams and the Boston Pops Orchestra

      Philips 420178-2

      7:44 am

      Maurice Ravel: "Miroirs"

      "Alborada del gracioso"

      Lyon Opera Orch/Kent Nagano
      Ravel: Le tombeau de Couperin, Pavane pour une infante défunte, Ma mère l'oye, Une barque sur l'océan, Alborada del gracioso

      Erato 14331-2

      7:53 am

      Scott Joplin: "Bethena: A Concert Waltz"

      Carlyn Lloyd-Ford, f; John Warfel, p
      American made - Carlyn Lloyd-Ford, Jon Warfel

      Tri-L-Co Music TLC-990002

      8:03 am

      Mily Balakirev: "Islamey"

      Olga Kern, p
      Rachmaninov: Sonata No. 2, Balakirev: Islamey

      Harmonia Mundi HMU-907399

      8:13 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 3 in D, Op. 29, "Polish"

      II. "Alla tedesca"

      Philharmonia Orch/Riccardo Muti
      Tchaikovsky: Complete Symphonies

      Warner 82564627825

      8:20 am

      Charles Mingus: "Myself When I Am Real"

      Julia Hamos, p
      Ellis Island

      Naïve V-8674

      8:31 am

      Gustav Holst: "Brook Green" Suite

      Royal Ballet Sinfonia/David Lloyd-Jones
      English String Miniatures, Vol. 3

      Naxos 8.555069

      8:38 am

      César Franck: Violin Sonata in A

      IV. Finale, "Allegretto poco mosso"

      Tabea Zimmermann, vi; Kirill Gerstein, p
      Sonatas for Viola & Piano Vol. 2

      Myrios MYR-008

      8:45 am

      Camille Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 22

      III. Finale, "Presto"

      Andrew von Oeyen, p; Prague Phil/Emmanuel Villaume
      Saint-Saëns, Ravel, Gershwin: Piano Concertos

      Warner 0190295908485

      8:52 am

      Arno Babajanian: Piano Trio in F-sharp minor

      III. Finale, "Allegro vigoroso"

      Lincoln Trio
      Trios from Our Homelands

      Cedille CDR-90000165

      9:03 am

      Luigi Boccherini: String Quintet in E, Op. 11, No. 5 (G 275)

      I Stern & CL Lin, v's; J Laredo, vi; Y Ma & S Robinson, vc's
      Yo-Yo Ma, cello,
      Quintets

      Sony SK-53983

      9:25 am

      Isaac Albéniz: "Suite española", Op. 47

      No. 3, "Sevilla (Sevillanas)"

      Manuel Barrueco, g
      Manuel Barrueco Plays Albéniz and Turina

      EMI CDC7-54382-2

      9:31 am

      Manuel Ponce: "Gavota"

      Mexico State Sym Orch/Enrique Bátiz
      Música Mexicana Vol. 6

      ASV CDDCA-926

      9:38 am

      Gabriel Fauré: "Cantique de Jean Racine," Op. 11

      Canterbury Cathedral Cho/David Flood; Michael Harris, o
      The Canterbury Tradition

      York CD-116

      9:44 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Horn Sonata in F, Op. 17

      Hermann Baumann, hn; Leonard Hokanson, p
      Works For Horn And Piano / Baumann, Hokanson

      Philips 416816-2

      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

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

      Suite

      Rotterdam Phil Orch/Yannick Nézet-Séguin
      Ravel: Ballet and Dance Music

      EMI 66342-2

      10:18 am

      music continues...

      12:15 pm

      Dame Myra Hess Concerts

      Violist Miranda Werner and pianist Yoshino Toi perform music by Amy Beach, George Rochberg, Florence Price, and George Gershwin 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

      George Gershwin (1898-1937)

      Gershwin was a true American original who broke musical boundaries, writing everything from Broadway musicals and popular songs to symphonic works and jazz. In just 38 years, he fearlessly explored new ideas and created a wide range of music. Bill shares how Gershwin’s life and work 'flashed across the world like a comet,' and gives fresh insights into the people and experiences that shaped him. We invite you to join us as we celebrate George Gershwin’s life and soulful music.

      8:00 - 10:00 pm

      10:00 pm - 12:00 am

      10:00 pm

      Baroque&Before with Candice Agree

      The Lullists

      Johann Caspar Ferdinand Fischer, Georg Muffat, and Georg Philipp Telemann sometimes are known as “Lullists” because of Jean-Baptiste Lully’s influence on their works. El Gran Teatro Del Mundo under the direction of Julio Caballero Pérez present a program of German Baroque Music "à la française" recorded live in concert January 10, 2020.