Thursday, April 23, 2026

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      Playlist for Thursday, April 23, 2026

      Playing this hour

      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      Erkki Melartin: "Sleeping Beauty," Op 22

      Overture

      Tempere Phil/Leif Segerstam
      Melartin

      Ondine ODE-923-2

      12:04 am

      Engelbert Humperdinck: "Dornröschen"

      Overture

      Munich Radio Orch/Ulf Schirmer
      Dornröschen

      CPO 777510-2

      12:11 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: "Sleeping Beauty", Op. 66

      Suite for Two Pianos

      Katia & Marielle Labèque, p
      Piano Fantasy: Music For Two Pianos

      Philips 442778-2

      12:28 am

      Engelbert Humperdinck: "Dornröschen"

      Interlude: "The Thorn Castle"

      Munich Radio Orch/Ulf Schirmer
      Dornröschen

      CPO 777510-2

      12:30 am

      Felix Mendelssohn: String Symphony No. 9 in C

      Orpheus Chamber Orch
      Symphonies For Strings Nos. 8 • 9 • 10

      DG 437528-2

      12:54 am

      Fanny Mendelssohn: Piano Piece in c

      Sontraud Speidel, p
      Fanny Mendelssohn

      ARS Produktion ARS-38615

      1:00 am

      Aaron Copland: "Appalachian Spring"

      "Variations on a Shaker melody"

      Marcelo Bratke, Marcela Roggeri, p's
      The Open Prairie - Music for Two Pianos

      Etcetera KTC-1223

      1:05 am

      Gian-Carlo Menotti: "Sebastian"

      Suite

      Spoleto Festival Orch/Richard Hickox
      Menotti: Apocalisse & Other Orchestral Works

      Chandos CHAN-9900

      1:30 am

      Hugo Wolf: "Italienisches Liederbuch"

      "Ich esse nun mein Brot"

      Geraldine McGreevy, s; Sholto Kynoch, p
      Hugo Wolf: The Complete Songs Volume 3

      Stone Records 5060192780116

      1:31 am

      Johannes Brahms: Clarinet Sonata #1 in f, Op 120/1

      Richard Stoltzman, cl; Richard Goode, p
      The Sonatas For Clarinet And Piano, Op. 120

      RCA 60036-2-RG

      1:55 am

      music continues...

      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 - 2:00 pm

      10:00 am

      Midday with Lisa Flynn

      Including the "Daily Excursion" at 11:00 am and "Music in Chicago" at 12:00 pm.

      2:00 - 7:00 pm

      2:00 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 Russian Five

      This group, also known as The Mighty Handful, includes Mily Balakirev, Modest Mussorgsky, César Cui, Alexander Borodin, and Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. Led by Balakirev, they helped create the Russian National School of Composers in Saint Petersburg from 1856 to 1870. Bill introduces each composer and shares important works performed by renowned musicians.

      8:00 - 10:00 pm

      10:00 pm - 12:00 am

      10:00 pm

      The New York Philharmonic This Week

      Stravinsky "Rite of Spring;" Debussy "La Mer;" Beethoven Symphony No. 7; Jaap van Zweden, conductor.