Sunday, March 15, 2026

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      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      Johann Pachelbel: Canon and Gigue in D

      Yale Cellos/Aldo Parisot
      Cello Music - PACHELBEL, J. / VIVALDI, A. / ALBINONI, T. / RIMSKY-KORSAKOV, N. / RACHMANINOV, S. (The Sound of Cellos) (Yale Cellos)

      Delos D/CD-3042

      12:05 am

      Franz Liszt: "Hungarian Rhapsody" No. 2 in c-sharp minor

      Philadelphia Orch/Eugene Ormandy
      Liszt: Les Preludes / Hungarian Rhapsodies 1 & 2 / Mephisto Waltz

      CBS MYK-37772

      12:16 am

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

      Northern Sinfonia/Heinrich Schiff
      Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 29 and 40, Eine kleine Nachtmusik

      Virgin 59692-2

      12:36 am

      Frédéric Chopin: Waltzes, Op. 64

      No. 1 in D-Flat, "Minute"

      Mikhail Pletnev, p
      Survival and Beauty: The Heroic Music of Chopin

      DG 472883-2

      12:37 am

      George Gershwin: "Rhapsody in Blue"

      Jesus Maria Sanroma, p; Pittsburgh Sym Orch/William Steinberg

      Price-Less D-18347

      12:54 am

      Richard Wagner: "Die Walküre"

      "Ride of the Valkyries"

      Cambridge Buskers
      The Cambridge Buskers' Compact Classics

      DG 423400-2

      1:00 am

      Johannes Brahms: Three Vocal Quartets, Op 64

      #1, "An die Heimat"

      Westminster Cho/Joseph Flummerfelt
      BRAHMS, J.: 18 Liebeslieder Waltzes / 14 Deutsche Volkslieder / Quartets - Opp. 64, 92 (Westminster Choir, Flummerfelt)

      Delos DE-3193

      1:05 am

      Johannes Brahms: Cello Sonata #2 in F, Op 99

      Janos Starker, vc; Rudolf Buchbinder, p
      Brahms: Sonatas for Piano & Cello / Schumann: Adagio & Allegro

      RCA 61562-2

      1:34 am

      Heinrich von Herzogenberg: Songs, Op 31

      #4, "Die Graserin"

      Hélène Lindqvist, s; Philipp Vogler, p
      Brahms & Friends

      CPO 777586-2

      1:36 am

      Richard Wagner: "Tristan und Isolde"

      "Prelude and Liebestod"

      Vienna Phil/Herbert von Karajan
      Wagner: Tannhäuser

      DG 423613-2

      1:55 am

      David Popper: Etudes, Op 73

      #34 in F

      Janos Starker, vc
      The Road To Cello Playing

      Parnassus PACD-97-008

      2:00 am

      Frank Bridge: "Lament" (1915)

      English String Orch/William Boughton
      Finzi, Parry, Bridge - An English Suite

      Nimbus NI-5366

      2:04 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Clarinet and Bassoon Duo in B-Flat, WoO 27/3

      Consortium Classicum
      Chamber Music for Winds Vol. 4

      CPO 999439-2

      2:17 am

      Gordon Jacob: Seven Bagatelles

      #1, "March"

      Hansjörg Schellenberger, ob
      Duo Recital

      Denon 81757-6611-2

      2:17 am

      Gordon Jacob: Seven Bagatelles

      #3, "Waltz"

      Hansjörg Schellenberger, ob
      Duo Recital

      Denon 81757-6611-2

      2:18 am

      Darius Milhaud: Percussion Concerto (1930)

      Concert Arts Percussion/Felix Slatkin

      Cap P-8299

      2:26 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 103 in E-Flat, "Drum Roll"

      Philharmonia/Leonard Slatkin
      The London Symphonies, Vol. 2

      RCA 68424-2

      2:54 am

      Carl Orff: Carmina Burana

      #6, "Tanz"

      Bavarian Radio Sym Cho and Orch/Eugen Jochum
      Trionfi: Carmina Burana, Catulli Carmina, Trionfo di Afrodite

      DG 474131-2 (2)

      3:00 am

      Ernest Chausson: "Chanson"

      Ann Murray, ms; Graham Johnson, p

      Hyperion CDA-67321/2 (2)

      3:02 am

      Ernest Chausson: Song, "L'âme de bois"

      Christopher Trakas, br; Graham Johnson, p

      Hyperion CDA-67321/2 (2)

      3:05 am

      Ernest Chausson: "Poème," Op.25

      Itzhak Perlman, v; New York Phil/Zubin Mehta
      Itzhak Perlman: Fantaisie De Concert Sur 'Carmen'

      DG 423063-2

      3:21 am

      Ernest Chausson: "Sérénade italienne"

      Philip Langridge, t; Roger Vignoles, p

      Virgin 91179-2

      3:23 am

      Felix Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4 in A, Op. 90, "Italian"

      USSR Sym Orch/Yevgeny Svetlanov

      MCA Classics MLD-32130

      3:55 am

      Francesco BENDUSI: Chi non ha martello

      Calliope
      Calliope Festival: An Italian Renaissance Revel

      Nonesuch 79069-1

      4:00 am

      Johann Sr Strauss: "Kettenbrücken" Waltzes, Op 4

      Vienna Wind Quintet
      Strauss in Vienna - Famous Waltzes, Marches and Polkas for Wind Quintet

      Nimbus NI-5542

      4:05 am

      Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Sinfonia in A, Wq 182/4 (Hamburg Symphony #4)

      CPE Bach Chamber Orch/Hartmut Haenchen

      Capriccio 10106

      4:17 am

      Georg Philipp Telemann: "Klavierbüchlein für WF Bach"

      Suite in A

      Joseph Payne, hc
      Klavierbüchlein for Wilhelm Friedemann

      Hänssler Classic CD-92.137 (2)

      4:26 am

      George Frideric Handel: "Hercules"

      March in D

      New York Trumpet Ensemble
      The Heroick Mr Handel

      MMG MWCD-7100

      4:27 am

      Camille Saint-Saëns: "La jeunesse d'Hercule," Op. 50

      Radio France Nouvel Phil/Marek Janowski
      Saint-Saens: Piano Trios No 1 & 2

      Harmonia Mundi HMC-905197

      4:45 am

      Frédéric Chopin: "Barcarolle" in F-Sharp, Op. 60

      Vladimir Sofronitsky, p
      Great Pianists of the 20th Century: Vladimir Sofronitsky

      Philips 456970-2 (2)

      4:54 am

      Francesco Durante: Song, "Danza, danza, fanciulla"

      José Carreras, t; English Chamber Orch/Vjekoslav Sutej
      The Pleasure of Love

      Philips 434926-2

      5:00 am

      Charles Koechlin: "The Seven Stars Symphony," Op 132

      #4, Clara Bow

      Monte Carlo Phil/Alexandre Myrat; Françoise Pellié, ondes martenot

      EMI/Ang CDM7-64369-2

      5:05 am

      William Schuman: "Newsreel"

      Milwaukee Sym/Lukas Foss
      American Festival

      Pro Arte CDD-102

      5:12 am

      John Phillip SOUSA: Suite, At the Movies (1922)

      Royal Artillery Band/Keith Brion
      SOUSA, J.P.: Music for Wind Band, Vol. 2 (Royal Artillery Band, Brion)

      Naxos 8.559059

      5:28 am

      Carlos Surinach: "Hollywood Carnival" (1956)

      "Epitaph to the Silent Movies"

      Bronx Arts Ensemble
      Carlos Surinach: Ritmo Jondo

      New World 80505-2

      5:30 am

      George Gershwin: "Promenade"

      Fazil Say, p
      Gershwin

      Teldec 26202-2

      5:33 am

      Ferde Grofé: "Hollywood Suite"

      Bournemouth Sym/William Stromberg
      GROFE: Death Valley Suite / Hudson River Suite / Hollywood Suite

      Naxos 8.559017

      5:53 am

      Carlos Surinach: "Hollywood Carnival" (1956)

      "Parade of Beauties"

      Bronx Arts Ensemble
      Carlos Surinach: Ritmo Jondo

      New World 80505-2

      6:00 am

      6:00 am

      With Heart and Voice

      "Lent 4." Laetare Sunday provides a brief opportunity to share music of a more joyful nature in mid-Lent. “Laetare”, which means “rejoice” sets the tone for this program for the Fourth Sunday in Lent hosted by Peter DuBois.

      7:00 am - 12:00 pm

      7:01 am

      Traditional Irish: "Star of the County Down"

      Sheku Kanneh-Mason, vc
      Song

      Decca 4853169

      7:02 am

      Louis Moreau Gottschalk: "Home Sweet Home," Op. 51

      Alan Feinberg, p
      The American Virtuoso

      Argo 436121-2

      7:10 am

      Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco: "Love's Labour's Lost," Op. 167

      Four Dances

      Malmö Sym/Andrew Mogrelia
      Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 and 2 / 4 Dances for Love's Labour's Lost

      Naxos 8.572823

      7:27 am

      Max Richter: "Hamnet"

      "Of the undiscovered country"

      Studio Cho & Orch/Hugh Brunt
      Hamnet (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

      Decca 7892918

      7:34 am

      Alice Mary Smith: Symphony in A minor

      London Mozart Players/Howard Shelley
      Alice Mary Smith: Symphonies

      Chandos CHAN-10283

      8:02 am

      Traditional Irish: "Dance in the Morning Early"

      James Galway, f; The Chieftains, Orch/Dudley Simpson
      James Galway & The Chieftains - Over The Sea To Skye

      RCA 60424-2

      8:09 am

      Traditional African-American: Spiritual, "Steal Away"

      Cantus
      The COVID-19 Sessions

      Signum SIGCD-819

      8:15 am

      Amilcare Ponchielli: "La Gioconda"

      "Dance of the Hours"

      La Scala Phil/Riccardo Chailly
      Overtures, Preludes & Intermezzi

      Decca 4831148

      8:26 am

      Heitor Villa-Lobos: "Danças características africanas"

      Brazilian Guitar Quartet
      Brazilian Guitar Quartet Plays Villa-Lobos

      Delos DE-3409

      8:38 am

      Ailbhe McDonagh: "The Irish Four Seasons"

      Lynda O'Connor, v; Anamus/David Brophy
      The Irish Seasons

      Avie AV-2688

      9:01 am

      Jean-Joseph Mouret: "Rondeau"

      Rolf Smedvig, tr; Michael Murray, o
      Ceremonial Music for Trumpet & Organ

      Telarc CD-80341

      9:04 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: "Goldberg Variations," BWV 988

      Aria; Variations 1-2

      Britten Sinfonia/Thomas Gould
      Bach: Goldberg Variations

      Harmonia Mundi HMU-807633

      9:28 am

      Fanny Mendelssohn: "Songs Without Words," Op. 8

      No. 3 in D-Flat

      Sarah Cahill, p
      The Future is Female, Vol. 1

      First Hand Records FHR-131

      9:33 am

      Francesco Cavalli: "Magnificat"

      Ensemble Correspondances/Sébastian Daucé
      An Italian Travel Diary

      Harmonia Mundi 902640

      9:51 am

      George Frideric Handel: "Water Music" Suite No. 2 in D

      Orpheus Chamber Orch
      Handel: Water Music, Music for the Royal Fireworks

      DG 435390-2

      10:01 am

      Susan Spain-Dunk: "Phantasy Quartet" in D minor

      Archaeus Quartet
      Smyth, Beach and Spain-Dunk - Archaeus String Quartets

      Lorelt LNT-114

      10:15 am

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

      Suite

      Bavarian Radio Sym Orch/Carlo Maria Giulini
      Great Conductors Of The 20th Century - Carlo Maria Giulini

      EMI 75462-2 (2)

      10:35 am

      Luise Adolpha Le Beau: Piano Concerto in D minor, Op. 37

      III. Finale: Allegro vivo

      Katia Tchemberdji, p; Berlin Chamber Sym/Jürgen Bruns
      Works by 19th Century Women Composers

      Dreyer Gaido CD-21015

      10:45 am

      Rachel Portman: "Flight"

      La Pietà/Angèle Dubeau, v
      Elle

      Analekta AN2-8754

      10:50 am

      Jacques Offenbach: "Orpheus in the Underworld"

      "Ballet pastoral"

      Philharmonia Orch/Antonio de Almeida
      Offenbach: Can Can, Overtures & Ballets: Original Versions

      Philips 422057-2

      11:00 am

      Leslie Bricusse & Anthony Newley: "Pure Imagination," from "Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory"

      Richard Glazier, p
      Pure Imagination: Great Songs from the Stage and Screen

      Centaur CRC-3716

      11:01 am

      Augusta Holmès: "Andromède"

      Toulouse Capitole Orch/Leo Hussain
      Compositrices: New Light on French Romantic Women Composers

      Bru Zane BZ-2006

      11:17 am

      Amy Beach: "Suite for Two Pianos Founded upon Old Irish Melodies," Op. 104

      Genova & Dimitrov Piano Duo
      Amy Beach: Complete Works for Piano Duo

      CPO 555453-2

      11:40 am

      Frank Bridge: An Irish Melody, "The Londonderry Air" (1908)

      Delmé String Quartet
      Bridge: Music For String Quartet

      Chandos CHAN-8426

      11:50 am

      Richard Wagner: "Lohengrin"

      Prelude to Act 3

      RCA Victor Sym Orch/Fritz Reiner
      Reiner Conducts Wagner

      RCA 61792-2

      11:55 am

      Jonny Greenwood: "One Battle After Another"

      "Baby Charlene"

      London Contemporary Orch/Hugh Brunt
      One Battle After Another (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

      Nonesuch [One Battle After Another]

      12:00 - 6:00 pm

      12:00 pm

      Franz von Suppé: "Light Cavalry"

      Overture

      Vienna Phil/Zubin Mehta
      Suppé: Overtures

      CBS MK-44932

      12:07 pm

      Franz Schubert: "Notturno" in E-Flat, D 897

      Amsterdam Piano Trio
      Schubert Edition

      Brilliant Classics 94870

      12:18 pm

      Ravi Shankar: "Enchanted Dawn"

      Barbara Mahler, f; Delaine Fedson, h
      Enchanted Dawn

      Peridot PP-7922

      12:32 pm

      Carl Maria von Weber: Clarinet Concerto No. 1 in F minor, Op. 73

      Andreas Ottensamer, cl; Berlin Phil/Mariss Jansons
      Blue Hour

      DG 4836069

      12:53 pm

      Randall Thompson: "Alleluia"

      Kansas City Chorale/Charles Bruffy
      Alleluia: An American Hymnal

      Nimbus NI-5568

      1:02 pm

      John Dowland: "The Queen's Galliard"

      Joseph Ehrenpreis, g
      Aloe

      Joseph Ehrenpreis (Aloe)

      1:04 pm

      John Dowland: "The Lady Rich, her Galliard"

      Joseph Ehrenpreis, g
      Aloe

      Joseph Ehrenpreis (Aloe)

      1:06 pm

      John Dowland: "The Frog Galliard"

      Joseph Ehrenpreis, g
      Aloe

      Joseph Ehrenpreis (Aloe)

      1:08 pm

      John Dowland: "Captain Candish's Galliard"

      Joseph Ehrenpreis, g
      Aloe

      Joseph Ehrenpreis (Aloe)

      1:11 pm

      Erich Wolfgang Korngold: "Tänzchen im alten Stil"

      Helsinki Phil Orch/John Storgårds
      Korngold: Symphony in F-Sharp, etc

      Ondine ODE-1182-2

      1:19 pm

      Antonio Vivaldi: "The Four Seasons: Summer," RV. 315

      La Serenissima/Adrian Chandler, v
      Vivaldi: The Four Seasons etc.

      Avie AV-2344

      1:30 pm

      Bernard Herrmann: "Marnie"

      Suite

      London Phil Orch/Bernard Herrmann
      Music from the Great Hitchcock Movie Thrillers

      Decca 443895-2

      1:41 pm

      Peter Tchaikovsky: "The Nutcracker," Op. 71

      "Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy"

      Isata Kanneh-Mason & Jeneba Kanneh-Mason, p
      Carnival

      Decca 4851156

      1:43 pm

      Bob Marley: "Redemption Song"

      The Kanneh-Masons
      Carnival

      Decca 4851156

      1:48 pm

      Camille Saint-Saëns: Bassoon Sonata in G, Op. 168

      Bruce Grainger, bn; Gail Niwa, p
      Music for Bassoon, Piano and Cello

      Centaur CRC-2244

      2:02 pm

      Dora Pejačević: Piano Concerto in G minor, Op. 33

      Oliver Triendl, p; Brandenburg State Orch/Howard Griffiths
      Dora Pejačević: Piano Concerto, Overture & Orchestral Songs

      CPO 777916

      2:31 pm

      Traditional Scottish: "The Water is Wide (O Waly, Waly)"

      St. Charles Singers/Jeffrey Hunt
      Bushes & Briars

      MSR Classics MS-1606

      2:34 pm

      Pietro Mascagni: "Cavalleria rusticana"

      Intermezzo sinfonico

      BBC Concert Orch/Barry Wordsworth
      Opera Without Words

      Decca 473371-2

      2:38 pm

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Three "Equali," WoO 30

      Joseph Alessi, Scott A. Hartman, Mark Lawrence & Blair Bollinger, tb's
      Blair Bollinger, bass trombone,
      Four of a Kind

      Summit DCD-123

      2:44 pm

      Paul Paccione: "Wave Forms"

      Davide Alogna, v; London Sym Orch/Miran Vaupotić
      Symphonic Stradavarius

      Navona NV-6688

      2:50 pm

      Ruth Crawford Seeger: Suite for Wind Quintet

      Imani Winds
      UChicago Presents: Considered Modern (January 20, 2017)

      WFMT

      3:01 pm

      Teresa Carreño: "Plainte (Première élégie)," Op. 17

      Clara Rodríguez, p
      Teresa Carreño * Obras para piano * Piano Works

      Fundación MMG FD-2522002237

      3:05 pm

      Teresa Carreño: "Partie (Deuxième élégie)," Op. 18

      Clara Rodríguez, p
      Teresa Carreño * Obras para piano * Piano Works

      Fundación MMG FD-2522002237

      3:11 pm

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor, Op. 13, "Pathétique"

      II. "Adagio cantabile"

      Janoska Ensemble
      The Big B's

      DG 4540390

      3:17 pm

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony in B-Flat, K. 45b/Anh 214

      Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood
      Mozart: The Complete Symphonies

      L'Oiseau-Lyre 452496-2 (19)

      3:31 pm

      Leoš Janáček: "The Excursions of Mr Brouček"

      Waltzes and Other Dances

      New Zealand Sym Orch/Peter Breiner
      Janáček: Operatic Orchestral Suites, Vol. 1

      Naxos 8.750555

      3:41 pm

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      6:00 - 8:00 pm

      6:00 pm

      Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcasts

      Mahler "Totenfeier;" Pierre Boulez, conductor; Smetana "Má vlast;" Jakub Hrůša, conductor.

      8:00 pm

      8:00 pm

      Fiesta! with Elbio Barilari

      Imaginary Concert Our new imaginary concert starts with a lively Venezuelan overture, followed by a colorful Brazilian violin concerto. We’ll finish with by a great Mexican symphony by Carlos Chávez.

      9:00 - 11:00 pm

      9:00 pm

      Collectors' Corner with Henry Fogel

      Great Female pianists from the past – Program 1

      Including Olga Samaroff, Myra Hess, Marla Jona, Gina Bachauer, Guiomar Novaes, Tatiana Nikolaeva, Maria Yudina, Teresa Carreno, and Magda Tagliaferro.