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      Playlist for Wednesday, September 30, 2026

      Playing this hour

      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      Purcell, Henry: "The Fairy Queen"

      Excerpts

      Tafelmusik/Jeanne Lamon
      Purcell: Ayres For The Theatre (Dioclesian / King Arthur / The Fairy Queen / The Indian Queen)

      Sony SK-66169

      12:05 am

      Holst, Gustav: Symphony in F, Op. 8, "The Cotswolds"

      Ulster Orch/JoAnn Falletta
      HOLST, G.: Symphony, "The Cotswolds" / Walt Whitman, Overture / Indra / Japanese Suite / A Winter Idyll (Ulster Orchestra, Falletta)

      Naxos 8.572914

      12:28 am

      Finzi, Gerald: "I Said To Love," Op. 19b

      No. 4, "In Five-Score Summers"

      Stephen Varcoe, br; Clifford Benson, p
      Earth And Air And Rain

      Hyperion A-66161 (2)

      12:30 am

      Beach, Amy: "Summer Dreams," Op. 47

      Deborah Moriarty; Zhihua Tang, p
      Connecting Cultures

      Blue Griffin BGR-633

      12:43 am

      Barber, Samuel: "Summer Music," Op. 31

      Bergen Wind Quintet
      Wind Quintets By Barber, Sæverud, Jolivet & Hindemith

      BIS CD-291

      12:54 am

      Bach, Johann Sebastian: Two-Part Inventions, BWV 772/786

      No. 13 in a minor

      Béla Fleck, banjo; Evelyn Glennie, marimba
      Bela Fleck: Perpetual Motion

      Sony SK-89610

      1:00 am

      Victoria, Tomas Luis de: Motet, "Alma Redemptoris Mater"

      Chanticleer
      Magnificat

      Teldec 81829-2

      1:05 am

      Reinecke, Carl: Piano Concerto #1 in f-sharp, Op 72

      Michael Ponti, p; Radio Luxembourg Orch/Pierre Cao

      Vox CDX-5065 (2)

      1:29 am

      Tárrega, Francisco: Estudio in C

      David Russell, g

      Opera Tres CDS-1003/4 (2)

      1:31 am

      Granados, Enrique: "Escenas románticas"

      Alicia de Larrocha, p
      Granados: Escenas Romanticas, Bocetos, Cuentos de la Juventud

      RCA 63368-2

      1:55 am

      Tsintsadze, Sulkhan: Six Quartet Miniatures

      #1, "Shepherd's Dance"

      Ostrobothnian Chamber Orch/Juha Kangas
      NORDGREN, P.H.: Pelimannimuotokuvia / ELLER, H.: 5 Pieces / GRIEG, E.: 2 Nordic Melodies

      Ondine ODE-766-2

      2:00 am

      Smith, Irene Britton: Fugue in g

      Hague String Trio
      Ethel Smyth

      Cobra 0083

      2:05 am

      Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Piano Trio in G, K. 496

      Gryphon Trio
      Mozart * Complete Piano Trios * The Gryphon Trio

      Analekta AN2-9827-8 (2)

      2:31 am

      Finzi, Gerald: "I Said To Love," Op. 19b

      No. 1, "I Need To Go"

      Stephen Varcoe, br; Clifford Benson, p
      Earth And Air And Rain

      Hyperion A-66161 (2)

      2:33 am

      Vaughan Williams, Ralph: "Norfolk Rhapsody" No. 1

      New Philharmonia/Sir Adrian Boult
      Vaughan Williams: Serenade to Music, The Lark Ascending, Fantasia on Greensleeves, English Folk Song Suite, In The Fen Country, Norfolk Rhapsody No. 1

      EMI CDC7-47218-2

      2:43 am

      Moeran, Ernest John: Rhapsody #1 (1922)

      Ulster Orch/JoAnn Falletta
      MOERAN, E.J.: In the Mountain Country / Rhapsodies / Overture for a Masque (Frith, Ulster Orchestra, Falletta)

      Naxos 8.573106

      2:54 am

      Moeran, Ernest John: Serenade in G (1947-8)

      7th mvt, "Rigadoon (Rigaudon)"

      Ulster Orch/Vernon Handley
      Moeran: Serenade in G · Warlock: Serenade · Capriol Suite

      Chandos CHAN-8808

      3:00 am

      Marini, Biagio: "Passacalio"

      Irish Baroque Orch/Monica Huggett
      Flights of Fantasy: Early Italian Chamber Music

      Avie AV-2202

      3:05 am

      Copland, Aaron: "Passacaglia"

      Ramon Salvatore, p
      Copland Piano Music — Romantic & Modern

      Cedille CDR-90000021

      3:12 am

      Sowerby, Leo: Passacaglia (1942)

      Gail Quillman, p
      Piano Works

      New World NW-376-2

      3:23 am

      Frescobaldi, Girolamo: "Il primo libro di toccate" (1637)

      "Passacagli"

      Igor Kipnis, hc
      A Treasury of Harpsichord Favorites

      Music & Arts CD-243

      3:24 am

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

      Anima Eterna Orch/Jos van Immerseel
      Mendelssohn: Symphonies No. 4 'Italian' and No. 5 'Reformation'

      Channel Classics CCS-6694

      3:53 am

      ANON 16th c, German: La cara cosa

      Convivium Musicum/Sven Berger
      Still Smiling- From The Musical World Of Leonardo Di Vinci

      Musica Rediviva MRCD-006

      4:00 am

      KRAFT, Nikolaus: Divertimento in G

      Jörg Baumann, vc; Klaus Stoll, db

      Koch CD-311056

      4:05 am

      Pleyel, Ignaz: Clarinet Concerto in B-Flat

      Paul Meyer, cl; Franz Liszt Chamber Orch/Jean-Pierre Rampal

      Denon CO-78911

      4:28 am

      Françaix, Jean: Theme and Variations (1974)

      Eduard Brunner, cl; Margarita Höhenrieder, p

      Calig CAL-50907

      4:36 am

      Rosenthal, Manuel: "Juventas" for Clarinet and Strings (1988)

      "Nostalgia"

      Jean-Michel Charlier, cl; Daniel String Quartet; Korneel Le Compte, db
      Rosenthal: Musique De Chambre

      Calliope CAL-9894

      4:37 am

      Franck, César: "Symphonic Variations"

      Alicia de Larrocha, p; London Phil/Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos
      Piano Concerto, Symphonic Variations

      London 417583-2

      4:54 am

      Gervaise, Claude: Danceries

      "Allemande"

      Philip Jones Brass Ensemble
      Music From The Royal Court

      London B0000807-02 (2)

      5:00 am

      Mendelssohn, Felix: "Scherzo à capriccio" in f, No. E, Op 118

      Martin Jones, p

      Nimbus NI-5069

      5:05 am

      Reger, Max: Comedy Overture, Op 120

      Louisville Orch/Jorge Mester
      Reger: A Comedy Overture, Op. 120/ Bizet: Chromatic Variations / Moszkowski: Suite No. 3 For Orchestra, Op. 79 / Napravnik: Festive March

      Louisville Recordings LS-734

      5:12 am

      Hurd, Michael: Overture to an Unwritten Comedy (1970)

      Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland
      British Light Overtures - 1

      ASV CDWHL-2133

      5:17 am

      Ibert, Jacques: "Cinq pièces en Trio"

      #5

      Chicago Chamber Musicians
      20th Century French Wind Trios

      Cedille CDR-90000040

      5:18 am

      Saint-Saens, Camille: Piano Trio No. 2 in e, Op. 92

      Arden Trio
      SAINT-SAENS, C.: Piano Trio No. 2 / RAVEL, M.: Piano Trio in A Minor (Arden Trio)

      Delos D/CD-3055

      5:54 am

      Rebel, Jean-Féry: "La Fantaisie"

      "Loure"

      La Petite Bande/Sigiswald Kuijken
      Concert De Danse

      Accent ACC-96122-D

      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

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Piano Sonata No. 50 in D, H XVI:37

      Leif Ove Andsnes, p
      Haydn: Piano Sonatas

      EMI CDC5-56756-2

      6:14 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: "Egmont," Op. 84

      Overture

      Vienna Phil/Claudio Abbado
      Beethoven: The Overtures

      DG 429762-2 (2)

      6:23 am

      Franz Schubert: Piano Quintet in A, D. 667, "Trout"

      V. Finale, "Allegro giusto"

      The Kanneh-Masons
      River of Music

      Decca 4871265

      6:31 am

      Arcangelo Corelli: Concerto grosso in D, Op. 6, No. 4

      English Concert/Trevor Pinnock
      Corelli: 12 Concerti Grossi, Op. 6

      Archiv 423626-2 (2)

      6:41 am

      William Alwyn: Concerto grosso No. 1

      City of London Sinfonia/Richard Hickox
      Alwyn: Oboe Concerto, Concerti Grossi

      Chandos CHAN-8866

      6:53 am

      Joaquín Rodrigo: "Concierto serenata"

      III. Finale, "Sarao"

      Nancy Allen, h; Royal Phil Orch/Enrique Bátiz
      The Rodrigo Edition

      EMI CZS7-67435-2 (4)

      7:04 am

      Aaron Copland: "Our Town"

      London Sym Orch/Aaron Copland
      Copland Conducts Copland

      CBS MK-42429

      7:17 am

      Peter Sculthorpe: "Small Town"

      Guy Henderson, ob; Sydney Sym Orch/Stuart Challender
      Earth Cry

      ABC Classics 426481-2

      7:24 am

      Florence Price: "Village Scenes"

      No. 1, "Church Spires in Moonlight"

      Josh Tatsuo Cullen, p
      Scenes in Tin Can Alley

      Blue Griffin BGR-615

      7:32 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: "The Magic Flute," K. 620

      Overture

      Columbia Sym Orch/Bruno Walter
      Mozart: Eine kleine Nachtmusik; Overtures; Masonic Funeral Music

      CBS MYK-37774

      7:41 am

      Pablo de Sarasate: Fantasy on Mozart's "The Magic Flute," Op. 54

      Gil Shaham, v; Akira Eguchi, p
      The Fiddler of the Opera

      DG 447640-2

      7:53 am

      Bedřich Smetana: "The Bartered Bride"

      Dance of the Comedians

      London Sym Orch/Geoffrey Simon
      Smetana: The Bartered Bride; String Quartet "My Life"

      Chandos CHAN-8412

      8:04 am

      Christoph Graupner: Suite in F for flute, viola d'amore, chalumeau, strings and cembalo

      "Ouverture, Air en Gavotte, Air en Polonese"

      Soloists, Finnish Baroque Orch/Sirkka-Liisa Kaakinen-Pilch, vi d'amore
      Graupner: Orchestral Suites

      Ondine ODE-1220

      8:16 am

      Antonín Dvořák: Piano Quintet in A, Op. 81

      IV. Finale, "Allegro"

      Emerson String Quartet; Menahem Pressler, p
      Dvořák: Piano Quintet Op. 81, Piano Quartet Op. 87

      DG 439868-2

      8:25 am

      Edward MacDowell: Orchestra Suite No. 2, Op. 48, "Indian"

      V. Finale, "Village Festival"

      Ulster Orch/Takuo Yuasa
      Edward MacDowell: Suites Nos. 1 and 2, Hamlet and Ophelia

      Naxos 8.559075

      8:32 am

      Richard Wagner: "The Flying Dutchman"

      Overture

      London Classical Players/Roger Norrington
      Early Romantic Overtures

      EMI CDC7-49889-2

      8:43 am

      Maurice Ravel: "Introduction and Allegro"

      Isabelle Moretti, h; Quatuor Parisii
      Musiques à Orsay

      Naïve V-4919

      8:55 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: "The Months (The Seasons)," Op. 37b

      No. 9, "September (The Hunt)"

      Dudok Quartet
      Tchaikovsky String Quartets Vol. 2

      Rubicon RCD-1124

      8:57 am

      Kurt Weill: "September Song"

      Daniel Hope, v; Jacques Ammon, p; Zürich Chamber Orch
      For Seasons

      DG 4796922

      9:06 am

      Francis Poulenc: "Suite française"

      London Wind Orch/Denis Wick
      Shepherd's Hey: Wind Music of Grainger, Milhaud and Poulenc

      ASV CDWHL-2067

      9:20 am

      Edvard Grieg: "Holberg" Suite, Op. 40

      St Martin's Academy/Sir Neville Marriner
      Grieg, Sibelius: Suites

      Philips 412727-2

      9:42 am

      Richard Strauss: "Till Eulenspiegel einmal anders"

      Chicago Pro Musica
      The Medinah Sessions

      Reference RR-2102 (2)

      9:50 am

      Richard Strauss: Four Last Songs

      No. 2, "September"

      Renee Fleming, s; Houston Sym/Christoph Eschenbach
      Strauss: Four Last Songs, Orchesterlieder, Der Rosenkavalier Suite

      RCA 68539-2

      9:56 am

      Jerry Orbach: "Try To Remember"

      Jerry Orbach
      The Fantasticks (Original Cast Album)

      Polydor 821 943 2 Y 1

      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

      Jean Françaix: "L'Horloge de Flore (The Flower Clock)"

      John de Lancie, ob; London Sym Orch/André Previn
      Strauss: Oboe Concerto; Françaix: L'Horloge de flore; Satie: Gymnopedie No. 1; Ibert: Symphonie concertante

      RCA 7989-2

      10:18 am

      Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck: Fantasia in D

      Stewart Goodyear, p
      For Glenn Gould

      Sono Luminus DSL-92220

      10:27 am

      music continues...

      12:15 pm

      Dame Myra Hess Concerts

      Pianist Ariel Lanyi performs music by Haydn, Chopin, and Brahms, 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

      A Guitar Fest

      This week’s show was inspired by a listener who suggested we dedicate some time to Andrés Segovia. He wrote, 'Of all musicians I have known, no one dominated the field as he did. Almost single-handedly, he converted the guitar from a plaything to a concert instrument...An amazing artist and an unforgettable man.' So, this week, we’ll hear Andrés Segovia and his colleagues perform guitar pieces by Bach, Villa-Lobos, Albéniz, and Brouwer. Hosted by Bill McGlaughlin

      8:00 - 10:00 pm

      10:00 pm

      10:00 pm

      Baroque&Before with Candice Agree

      Jean Guillou

      An appreciation of French organist, composer, pedagogue, and organ builder Jean Guillou, titular organist at L’Église St. Eustache in Paris for 52 years

      11:00 pm