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Playlist for Friday, April 24, 2026
12:00 - 6:00 am
12:00 am
Garrop: Oratorio, "Terra Nostra"
Chorus, "A Blade of Grass/I Bequeath Myself"
Northwestern Sym Orch, Alice Millar Choir; Uniting Voices/Alltop
12:05 am
Franz Joseph Haydn: Cassation in G, Hob II:G1
Linde Consort/Hans-Martin Linde
12:20 am
Alfred Schnittke: "Polka"
Daniel Hope, v; Alexey Botvinov, p
Schnittke: Works for Violin and Piano
12:21 am
Dmitri Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No. 2 in c-sharp, Op. 129
Daniel Hope, v; BBC Sym Orch/Maxim Shostakovich
Violin Concertos 1 & 2
12:54 am
Dmitri Shostakovich: Five Pieces for two violins and piano
No. 2, "Gavotte"
Gidon Kremer & Madara Petersone, v's; Georgijs Osokins, p
Shostakovich Discoveries: World Premiere Recordings and Rarities
1:00 am
Jean-Philippe Rameau: "Hippolyte et Aricie"
Aria, "Rossignols amoureux"
Annick Massis, s; Musiciens du Louvre/Marc Minkowski
Hippolyte Et Aricie
1:05 am
Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre: Clavier Suite in G
Carole Cerasi, hc
English Suites BWV 806- 811
1:13 am
Jean-Philippe Rameau: "Les Indes Galantes"
Symphonies
Pierre Hamon, f; Le Concert des Nations/Jordi Savall
Corelli * Telemann * Rameau * Le Concerto Spirituel au Temps de Louis XV
1:23 am
François Couperin: Pièces de clavecin, Bk 3 (1722): 14e ordre in D/d
"La Linote-éfarouchée"
Carole Cerasi, hc
Couperin: Complete Works for Harpsichord
1:25 am
Charles Gounod: Symphony No. 2 in E-Flat
RAI Orch/Ernest Bour
Le médecin malgré lui
1:55 am
Charles Gounod: Song, "The Fountaint Mingles With the River"
Felicity Lott, s; Graham Johnson, p
Songs by Charles Gounod
2:00 am
Jean Sibelius: "Valse triste," Op. 44, No. 1
West-Eastern Divan Orch/Daniel Barenboim
Symphony No. 5, Overture, La Forza Del Destino, Valse Triste
2:05 am
Grazyna Bacewicz: Violin Sonata No. 1, "Sonata da camera"
Lydia Mordkovitch, v; Ian Fountain, p
Lydia Mordkovitch plays Bacewicz & Enescu
2:18 am
Jean Sibelius: "Karelia" Suite, Op. 11
Philadelphia Orch/Eugene Ormandy
2:33 am
Jean Sibelius: "King Christian II" Suite, Op. 27
"Menuetto"
Lahti Sym Orch/Osmo Vänskä
Karelia Suite / King Christian II / Pelléas Et Mélisande (Original Versions)
2:35 am
Ludwig van Beethoven: Violin Sonata no.3 in E-Flat, Op.12/3
Itzhak Perlman, v; Vladimir Ashkenazy, p
The Violin Sonatas
2:55 am
Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco: "Tango"
Itzhak Perlman, v; Samuel Sanders, p
Itzhak Perlman: Encores
3:00 am
Hector Berlioz: Eight Scenes from "Faust," Op. 1
"Le Roi de Thulé"
Angelika Kirchschlager, ms; Radio France Orch/Yutaka Sado
Faust * Berlioz * Liszt * Wagner * Yutaka Sado
3:05 am
Charles Gounod: "Faust"
Ballet Music
Rotterdam Phil/David Zinman
Essential Ballet
3:23 am
Hector Berlioz: Eight Scenes from "Faust," Op. 1
"Sérénade de Méphistophélés"
Jean-Paul Fouchécourt, t; Radio France Cho, Orch/Yutaka Sado
Faust * Berlioz * Liszt * Wagner * Yutaka Sado
3:24 am
Julius Röntgen: Aus Goethes Faust
Overture
Netherlands Sym/David Porcelijn
Julius Rontgen: Aus Goethes Faust
3:31 am
Alexander Borodin: Cello Sonata in b
Michal Kanka, vc; Jaromir Klepac, p
Russian Works for Cello and Piano
3:55 am
Friedrich Silcher: Chorus, "Mein Maidle"
Teisendorf Mens' Chorus/Ernst Gruber
4:00 am
Johann Sebastian Bach: Mass in b, BWV 232
Duet, "Domine Deus"
Balthasar Neumann Cho & Freiburg Baroque Orch/Thomas Hengelbrock
Mass B Minor BWV 232
4:05 am
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Sinfonia in E-Flat, Wq 183/2
Age of Enlightenment Orch/Gustav Leonhardt
4 Symphonies, Wq. 183 / Symphony No. 5, Wq. 182
4:14 am
Stephen Foster: "Oh! Susanna"
Vocal Arts Quartet
4:16 am
Ernest Chausson: "Viviane," Op 5
Basel Sym Orch/Armin Jordan
Ernest Chausson: Symphony Op. 20, Viviane Op. 5
4:28 am
Emmanuel Chabrier: Valse, "Julia", Op 1
Georges Rabol, p
CHABRIER: Piano Works, Vol. 2
4:40 am
Henri Duparc: "Lénore"
Toulouse Capitole Orch/Michel Plasson
4:53 am
Joseph Boudin de Boismortier: Solo Flute Suite, Op 35
Rondeau
Frans Brüggen, f
Encore!
5:00 am
John Baston: Recorder Concerto #2 in D
Andrés Spiller, r; Camerata Bariloche/Elias Khayat
5:05 am
Gordon Jacob: Flute Concerto (1951)
Still, f; New Zealand Chamber Orch/Nicholas Braithwaite
Alexa Still - Flute
5:26 am
Gordon Jacob: Suite for Recorder and Orchestra
4th mvt, "Burlesca alla rumba"
Michala Petri, r; St Martin's Academy/Kenneth Sillito
Virtuoso Recorder Concertos
5:28 am
William Walton: Cello Concerto
Janos Starker, vc; Philharmonia/Leonard Slatkin
Elgar, Walton: Cello Concertos; Delius
5:55 am
Anonymous: Grimstock
Julian Bream Consort
Fantasies, Ayres & Dances
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
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: "Hamburg" Symphony No. 3 in C, Wq 182/3
Berlin Academy for Ancient Music
CPE Bach Symphonies From Berlin to Hamburg
6:15 am
Hector Berlioz: "Roméo et Juliette," Op. 17
Queen Mab Scherzo
San Francisco Sym/Michael Tilson Thomas
Berlioz: Roméo et Juliette
6:24 am
Sergei Rachmaninoff: Vocalise, Op. 34, No. 14
Septura
Brass Septet Music, Vol. 3
6:31 am
Léo Delibes: "Sylvia"
"Cortège"
San Francisco Sym/Michael Tilson Thomas
Masterpieces in Miniature
6:38 am
George Frideric Handel: Violin Sonata in D, HWV 371
James Ehnes, v; Andrew Armstrong, p
Mythes
6:51 am
Gustav Holst: "A Fugal Concerto," Op. 40, No. 2
Anna Pyne, f; Philip Harmer, ob; English Sinfonia/H Griffiths
Holst: Double Concerto, St Paul's Suite, Brook Green Suite
7:03 am
Igor Stravinsky: "Four Norwegian Moods"
Cleveland Orch/Riccardo Chailly
Stravinsky: Le Sacre du Printemps and Four Norwegian Moods
7:13 am
George Gershwin: Three Preludes (1926)
Michael Tilson Thomas, p
Gershwin: Rhapsody In Blue, Second Rhapsody, Preludes, Unpublished Piano Works
7:22 am
Maurice Ravel: "Miroirs"
"Alborada del gracioso"
Chicago Sym Orch/Fritz Reiner
Fritz Reiner: The Complete RCA Album Collection
7:32 am
Isaac Albéniz: "Suite española", Op. 47
No. 3, "Sevilla (Sevillanas)"
John Williams, g
The Seville Concert
7:38 am
Aaron Copland: "Rodeo"
"Buckaroo Holiday"
San Francisco Sym/Michael Tilson Thomas
Copland The Populist
7:46 am
Aaron Copland: "Rodeo"
"Saturday Night Waltz"
San Francisco Sym/Michael Tilson Thomas
Copland The Populist
7:50 am
Aaron Copland: "Rodeo"
"Hoe-Down"
San Francisco Sym/Michael Tilson Thomas
Copland The Populist
7:54 am
Gabriel Fauré: "Pavane," Op. 50
St. Paul Chamber Orch/Bobby McFerrin, voice
Paper Music
8:03 am
Étienne-Nicolas Méhul: "La chasse du jeune Henri"
Overture
Gulbenkian Orch/Michel Swierczewski
Méhul: The Complete Symphonies
8:15 am
Carlo Monza: String Quartet in E-Flat, "La caccia"
Europa Galante
Opera in Musica: Carlo Monza Quartets
8:26 am
Michael Tilson Thomas: "Upon Further Reflection"
III. "You Come Here Often?"
Yuja Wang, p
The American Project
8:32 am
George Gershwin: "Promenade (Walking the Dog)"
Los Angeles Phil/Michael Tilson Thomas
Gershwin: Rhapsody In Blue, Second Rhapsody, Preludes, Unpublished Piano Works
8:35 am
George Gershwin: "Girl Crazy"
Overture
Buffalo Phil Orch/Michael Tilson Thomas
George Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue, An American in Paris, Broadway Overtures
8:43 am
Gustav Mahler: "Blumine"
San Francisco Sym/Michael Tilson Thomas
Masterpieces in Miniature
8:52 am
Emmanuel Chabrier: "Bourrée fantasque"
Suisse Romande Orch/Neeme Järvi
Chabrier: Orchestral Works
9:03 am
Johann Sebastian Bach: Orchestra Suite No. 3 in D, BWV 1068
Boston Baroque/Martin Pearlman
The Complete Orchestral Suites
9:23 am
Franz Joseph Haydn: Wind Divertimento in B-Flat, H II:46
Ensemble Wien-Berlin
Haydn - Danzi - Bozza - Ibert - Villa-Lobos
9:35 am
Johannes Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Haydn, Op. 56
London Sym Orch/Michael Tilson Thomas
Brahms: Serenade No. 2, Variations on a Theme by Haydn, Hungarian Dances
9:55 am
Michael Tilson Thomas: "Street Song"
1st mvt
Bay Brass
Sound the Bells! American Premieres for Brass
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.
10:00 am
Hosted by Kristina Lynn.
10:12 am
music continues...
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.
11:00 pm
11:00 pm
Best of Studs Terkel
Yehudi Menuhin, Part 2 (3/4/1986)
The second half of a two-part conversation with violinist, conductor, and musical mentor, Yehudi Menuhin. Menuhin and author Karen Shaffer. This hour includes Menuhin's collaborations with Ravi Shankar and jazz violinist Stéphane Grappellim, and concludes with a selection of the Beethoven Violin Concerto featuring the Philharmonia Orchestra under the direction of Furtwangler.
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