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      Playlist for Friday, May 15, 2026

      Playing this hour

      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      Biagio Marini: "Passacalio"

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

      Avie AV-2202

      12:05 am

      George Frideric Handel: "Passacaille, Gigue and Menuet" in G

      English Concert/Trevor Pinnock
      Handel: Music For The Royal Fireworks

      Archive 453451-2

      12:12 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: "Passacaglia and Fugue in c minor," BWV 582

      Canadian Brass
      Perfect Landing

      Opening Day ODR-7450

      12:24 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: "Well-Tempered Clavier," Bk 1, BWV 846/69

      Fugue No. 6 in d

      Léon Berben, hc
      Bach Edition: Complete Works

      Brilliant Classics 93102 (155)

      12:26 am

      Ernst Boehe: "Aus Odysseus' Fahrten"

      "Odysseus Heimkehr"

      Rheinland-Pfalz Phil/Werner Andreas Albert
      Ernst Boehe: Symphonic Poems, Vol 2

      CPO 999908-2

      12:55 am

      Johann Jakob Froberger: Suite XI in D

      "Sarabande"

      Ludger Rémy, hc
      The Strasbourg Manuscript

      CPO 999750-2

      1:00 am

      Pablo de Sarasate: Two Spanish Dances, Op 21

      #1, "Malagueña"

      Rachel Barton, v; Samuel Sanders, p
      SARASATE, P.: Spanish Dances / Serenade andalouse / Miramar / Introduction and Tarantella / Muiniera

      Dorian DOR-90183

      1:05 am

      Ernesto Lecuona: "Andalucía, Suite Española"

      Louise Bessette, p
      Reflections on Spain

      Analekta AN2-9963

      1:28 am

      Marin Marais: "Marche Tartare"

      Marku Luolajan-Mikkola, viga; Annamari Pölhö, hc
      Marais 'Suite d'un Gout Etranger'

      Marquis Classics 81207-2

      1:30 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: March in D, K. 237

      Salzburg Mozarteum Orch/Hans Graf

      Capriccio 10253

      1:34 am

      Josef Myslivecek: Cello Concerto in C

      Wendy Warner, vc; Camerata Chicago/Drostan Hall
      Haydn & Myslivecek Cello Concertos

      Cedille CDR-90000142

      1:55 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Klavierstück in D, K. 15bb

      Lera Auerbach, p

      Lyric Records 103

      2:00 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: "Fidelio," Op 72

      Overture

      Consortium Classicum
      Chamber Music for Winds Vol. 2

      CPO 999437-2

      2:05 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Trio in E-Flat, WoO 38

      Trio Parnassus
      Beethoven: Complete Piano Trios, Vol. 4

      MDG Recordings 3031054-2

      2:20 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: "Trinklied", WoO 109

      Peter Schreier, t; Walter Olbertz, p

      Teldec 6.42130

      2:22 am

      Alexander Glazunov: Violin Concerto in a, Op 82

      David Oistrakh, v; Russian State Sym/Kiril Kondrashin

      Omega OCD-1025

      2:43 am

      Lera Auerbach: Piano Trio

      Lincoln Trio
      Notable Women

      Cedille CDR-90000126

      2:55 am

      Adolphe Adam: "Griselidis"

      March of the Gardeners

      Sofia Phil Orch/Dario Salvi
      Griselidis

      Naxos 8.574621-22 (2)

      3:00 am

      Heinrich von Biber: Mystery Sonatas ("Rosary")

      Sonata III, "The Nativity"

      Köln Musica Antiqua/Reinhard Goebel
      Die Rosenkranz-Sonaten

      DG Archiv 431656-2

      3:05 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Orchestra Suite No. 4 in D, BWV 1069

      Music of the Baroque/Thomas Wikman
      Music of the Baroque

      Mintel Archive 5

      3:24 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: "Well-Tempered Clavier," Book 1, BWV 846/69

      Fugue No. 16 in g

      Angela Hewitt, p
      Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier

      Hyperion CDA-67741/4 (4)

      3:26 am

      Johannes Brahms: String Sextet #2 in G, Op 36

      Heifetz & Baker, v's; Primrose & Majewski, vi's; Piatigorsky 7 Rejto, vc
      Piatigorsky 7 Rejto,
      The Heifetz Collection, Volume 41: Dvořák: Quintet, op. 81 / Brahms: Sextet, op. 36

      RCA 7965-2-RG

      3:55 am

      Johannes Brahms: Eight Songs, Op. 57

      "Strahlt zuweilen auch ein mildes Licht"

      Olaf Bär, br; Geoffrey Parsons, p
      Brahms Lieder

      EMI/Ang CDC7-49723-2

      4:00 am

      George Whitefield Chadwick: Five Piano Pieces

      The Frogs"

      Peter Kairoff, p
      American Character - Piano Music of George Whitefield Chadwick

      Albany TROY-745

      4:05 am

      George Whitefield Chadwick: Symphonic Ballad, "Tam O'Shanter"

      BBC Welsh National Orch/Andrew Constantine
      Falstaff

      Orchid Classics ORC-100103 (2)

      4:25 am

      Malcolm Arnold: "Tam O'Shanter" Overture, Op 51

      Dallas Wind Sym/Jerry F Junkin
      Arnold For Band

      Reference Recordings RR-66-CD

      4:33 am

      Malcolm Arnold: Three Shanties, Op 4

      #2

      Nash Ensemble
      The Chamber Music Of Malcolm Arnold – 3

      Hyperion CDA-66173

      4:35 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Violin Sonata #1 in D, Op 12/1

      Barbara Govatos, v; Marcantonio Barone, p
      Ludwig Van Beethoven: The Complete Sonatas for Violin and Piano

      Bridge 9389-A/D (4)

      4:55 am

      Adolphe-Charles Adam: "Giselle"

      Act 2: Ensemble des Wilis

      London Sym Orch/Michael Tilson Thomas
      Adam: Giselle

      Sony SK-42450

      5:00 am

      Franz Schubert: "Ständchen" from "Schwanengesang"

      Vladimir Horowitz, p
      Vladimir Horowitz- Complete Recordings On Deutsche Grammophon

      DG 427772-2

      5:05 am

      Zoltán Kodály: String Serenade, Op. 12

      Ani Kavafian, v; Joseph Silverstein, v; Paul Neubauer, vi
      DOHNANYI, E.: Serenade in C Major / KODALY, Z.: Serenade / BARTOK, B.: Sonata for 2 Pianos and Percussion

      Delos DE-3151

      5:26 am

      Lars-Erik Larsson: "Little Serenade" for Strings, Op 12

      Stockholm Sinfonietta/Esa-Pekka Salonen
      A Swedish Serenade

      BIS CD-285

      5:37 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: "Well-Tempered Clavier," Book 1, BWV 846/69

      Prelude No. 19 in A

      Angela Hewitt, p
      Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier

      Hyperion CDA-67741/4 (4)

      5:39 am

      Johann Christian Bach: Sinfonia Concertante in A

      Yo-Yo Ma, vc; Pinchas Zukerman, v; St Paul Chamber Orch
      Ma Plays Bach

      Legacy 89861-2

      5:54 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: "Well-Tempered Clavier," Book 2, BWV 870/91

      Fugue No. 20 in a

      Angela Hewitt, p
      Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier

      Hyperion CDA-67741/4 (4)

      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

      Johann Sebastian Bach: English Suite No. 2 in A minor, BWV 807

      Bourrées I & II

      Francesco Tristano, p
      Bach: The 6 English Suites

      Naïve V-8828

      6:08 am

      Emmanuel Chabrier: "Bourrée fantasque"

      Suisse Romande Orch/Neeme Järvi
      Chabrier: Orchestral Works

      Chandos CHSA-5122

      6:16 am

      Benjamin Britten: "Simple Symphony," Op. 4

      I. "Boisterous Bourrée"

      Orpheus Chamber Orch
      Prokofiev: Classical Symphony, Bizet: Symphony in C, Britten: Simple Symphony

      DG 423624-2

      6:19 am

      Johan Halvorsen: "Suite ancienne," Op. 31

      "Bourrée"

      Bergen Phil Orch/Neeme Järvi
      Halvorsen: Orchestral Works, Vol. 2

      Chandos CHAN-10614

      6:23 am

      Joseph Canteloube: Songs of the Auvergne, Set 1

      Three Bourrées

      Dawn Upshaw, s; Lyon Opera Orch/Kent Nagano
      Joseph Canteloube: Chants d'Auvergne; Maurice Emmanuel: Chansons bourguignonnes

      Erato 17577-2

      6:32 am

      Franz Schubert: Symphony No. 5 in B-Flat, D. 485

      I. "Allegro"

      Chamber Orch of Europe/Claudio Abbado
      Schubert: Symphonies Nos. 5 & 6

      DG 423654-2

      6:40 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Rondo in G, Op. 51, No. 2

      Evgeny Kissin, p
      Bach-Busoni: Chaconne; Schumann: Kreisleriana; Beethoven: Rondo a Capricco

      RCA 68911-2

      6:50 am

      Alan Thomas: "Trío Sefardí"

      I. "Como páxaro en su vuelo"

      Cavatina Duo; David Cunliffe, vc
      Sephardic Journey

      Cedille CDR-90000163

      7:05 am

      Charles Wuorinen: "Bearbeitungen über das Glogauer Liederbuch"

      Ensemble Recherche
      renaissance transcriptions

      Coviello COV-60812

      7:14 am

      George Whitefield Chadwick: Symphonic Sketches

      No. 3, "Hobgoblin"

      Czech State Phil/José Serebrier
      Chadwick: Tam O'Shanter, Symphonic Sketches, Melpomene Overture

      Reference RR-64

      7:21 am

      Leo Sowerby: Serenade in G

      Avalon String Quartet
      Sowerby: The Paul Whiteman Commissions & Other Early Works

      Cedille CDR-90000205

      7:34 am

      Igor Stravinsky: "Pulcinella"

      Overture; Serenata; Scherzino; Allegro

      Nicholas Phan, t; Chicago Sym Orch/Pierre Boulez
      Stravinsky: Pulcinella, Symphony in Three Movements, Four Etudes

      CSO Resound 901918

      7:46 am

      Sergei Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C, Op. 26

      I. "Andante"

      Behzod Abduraimov, p; RAI National Sym Orch/Juraj Valčuha
      Prokofiev & Tchaikovsky: Piano Concertos

      Decca 4785360

      7:56 am

      Sergei Rachmaninoff: Six Pieces, Op. 11

      No. 2, Scherzo

      Septura
      Brass Septet Music, Vol. 3

      Naxos 8.573475

      8:03 am

      Frédéric Chopin: Scherzo No. 2 in B-flat minor, Op. 31

      Evgeny Kissin, p
      The Salzburg Recital

      DG 4862990

      8:15 am

      Gabriel Fauré: Piano Quartet No. 1 in C minor, Op. 15

      II. "Allegro vivo"

      Isaac Stern, v; Jaime Laredo, vi; Yo-Yo Ma, vc; Emanuel Ax, p
      Emanuel Ax, piano,

      Sony SK-48066

      8:22 am

      Mel Bonis: "Suite Orientale," Op. 48

      WDR Orch Cologne/Joseph Bastian
      Mel Bonis Orchestral Works

      CPO 555752-2

      8:31 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Clarinet Trio in E-Flat, K. 498, "Kegelstatt"

      III. Finale, Rondo, "Allegretto"

      Patrick Messina, cl; Lise Berthaud, vi; Fabrizio Chiovetta, p
      Mozart, Bruch

      Aparté AP-332

      8:41 am

      Felix Mendelssohn: String Symphony No. 2 in D

      Europa Galante/Fabio Biondi
      Mendelssohn - Europa Galante

      Naïve V-7262

      8:53 am

      Maurice Ravel: "Rapsodie espagnole"

      IV. Finale, "Feria"

      Cleveland Orch/Pierre Boulez
      A Century of French Music

      Sony 88875192862

      9:03 am

      Hajime Komatsu: "Four Japanese Folk Songs" Suite No. 2

      Kontras Quartet
      Origins

      MSR Classics MS-1537

      9:18 am

      William Bolcom: "Seattle Slew" Suite

      Louisville Orch/Lawrence Leighton Smith
      First Edition: William Bolcom

      Louisville FECD-0033

      9:39 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Violin Partita No. 3 in E, BWV 1006

      I. "Prelude"

      Hilary Hahn, v
      Hilary Hahn Plays Bach

      Sony SK-62793

      9:44 am

      Camille Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3 in C minor, Op. 78, "Organ"

      II. "Allegro moderato - Maestoso"

      Olivier Latry, o; Philadelphia Orch/Christoph Eschenbach
      Barber, Poulenc, Saint-Saëns

      Ondine ODE-1094-5

      10:00 am - 2:00 pm

      10:00 am

      Midday with Lisa Flynn

      Including "Music in Chicago" at 12:00 pm.

      10:00 am

      Hosted by Kristina Lynn.

      10:01 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 18 in F, K. 130

      Prague Chamber Orch/Charles Mackerras
      Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 14, 15, 16, 17 & 18

      Telarc CD-80242

      10:21 am

      Lerner & Loewe: "My Fair Lady"

      Medley

      Richard Glazier, p
      Broadway to Hollywood

      Centaur CRC-3347

      10:27 am

      Lerner & Loewe: "My Fair Lady"

      "I Could Have Danced All Night"

      Barbara Hannigan, s; Ludwig Orch
      Dance With Me

      Alpha 790

      10:31 am

      Hubert Parry: Anthem, "I was glad"

      Trumpeters, Coronation Cho & Orch/Pappano; Holder, o
      King Charles III Coronation: The Official Album

      Decca 4859080

      10:40 am

      Gabriel Fauré: Harp Impromptu, Op. 86

      Mariko Anraku, h
      Mariko Anraku: Harp Recital

      EMI CDC5-56515-2

      10:50 am

      Peter Warlock: "Capriol" Suite

      English Sinfonia/Neville Dilkes
      Country Gardens

      EMI CDZ7-62529-2

      11:00 am

      Chris Batchelor: "Andalusian Suite"

      London Brass
      Viva España!

      Teldec 76990-2

      11:10 am

      Georg Philipp Telemann: Overture (Suite) in F, TWV 55:F1

      L'Orfeo Barockorchester/Carin van Heerden
      Telemann: VI Ouvertures à 4 ou 6 TWV 55 (1736)

      CPO 555519-2

      11:26 am

      Robert Schumann: "Kinderszenen," Op. 15

      Martha Argerich, p
      Carte Blanche

      DG 4795096 (2)

      11:45 am

      Ilan Eshkeri: "A Perfect Planet"

      "Flamingos"

      London Metropolitan Orch/Ilan Eshkeri
      A Perfect Planet (Soundtrack from the BBC Series)

      Sony G010004513880O

      11:53 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: "Swan Lake," Op. 20

      Act 1, Waltz

      National Phil Orch/Richard Bonynge
      Weekend Classics: Ballet Weekend

      Decca 433880-2

      12:01 pm

      Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quartet No. 12 in E-Flat, Op. 127

      III. "Scherzando vivace"

      Dover Quartet
      Beethoven: Complete String Quartets, Vol 3

      Cedille CDR-90000215

      12:10 pm

      Franz Joseph Haydn: "Sinfonia concertante" in B-Flat

      Gringolts, v; Altstaedt, vc; Bernardini, ob; Whelan, bn; Arcangelo/Jonathan Cohen
      Peter Whelan, bassoon,
      Mozart: Concertos & Haydn: Sinfonia concertante / Arcangelo

      Hyperion CDA-68090

      12:32 pm

      Traditional Chinese: "Jasmine Flower"

      Lang Lang, p
      Piano Book

      DG 4797528

      12:40 pm

      Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: "The Song of Hiawatha"

      Overture

      RTÉ Concert Orch/Adrian Leaper
      Coleridge-Taylor: Hiawatha Overture - Petite Suite

      Naxos 8.555191

      12:53 pm

      Manuel de Falla: "The Three-Cornered Hat"

      Dances

      John Williams, g
      Spanish Guitar Favourites

      CBS MK-44794

      1:01 pm

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

      Janine Jansen, v; Mahler Chamber Orch/Daniel Harding
      Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto, Souvenir d'un lieu cher

      Decca 4780651

      1:19 pm

      Franz Schubert: Piano Sonata in A minor, D 537

      Garrick Ohlsson, p
      Schubert: Piano Sonatas D 537, D 959

      Hyperion CDA-68398

      1:45 pm

      Johnny Marr: "There is a Light That Never Goes Out"

      Orchestra of the Swan
      Timelapse

      Signum SIGCD-662

      1:52 pm

      Carl Maria von Weber: "Invitation to the Dance," Op. 65

      Ensemble Wien-Berlin
      Concert à la Carte

      Sony SK-42175

      2:00 - 7:00 pm

      2:00 pm

      Afternoon Music with Candice Agree

      Including "The Unrush Hour" at 5:00 pm.

      2:00 pm

      Vincent d'Indy: Piano Trio No. 2, Op. 98, "En forme de suite"

      Horszowski Trio
      Horszowki Trio plays Saint-Saëns, Fauré and d'Indy

      Bridge 9441

      2:20 pm

      Sergei Prokofiev: "Romeo and Juliet," Op. 64

      Romeo at Juliet's Tomb

      Milwaukee Sym Orch/Andreas Delfs
      Sergei Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet; Peter Ilyitch Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker

      Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra 708761739923

      2:27 pm

      Zoltán Kodály: "Háry János" Suite, Op. 35a

      Chicago Sym Orch/Sir Georg Solti
      Solti: Bartok

      Decca 443444-2

      2:51 pm

      Johann Strauss II: Waltz, "Künstlerleben (Artist's Life)," Op. 316

      Vienna String Sextet
      Wiener Streichsextett

      Camerata 32CM-93

      2:58 pm

      Anonymous 17th-century English: "The Miller of the Dee"

      Broadside Band/Jeremy Barlow
      Popular Tunes in 17th Century England

      Harmonia Mundi HMA-1901039

      3:00 pm

      Antonín Dvořák: "Legends," Op 59

      Nos. 1-5

      Bournemouth Sym Orch/José Serebrier
      Dvořák: Symphony No. 8, Complete Ten Legends

      Warner 0825646287871

      3:24 pm

      Aram Khachaturian: "Gayaneh"

      Gopak; Sabre Dance; Ayesha's Dance; Dance of the Rose Maidens

      Royal Phil Orch/Yuri Temirkanov
      Khachaturian: Suites From The Ballets

      EMI CDC7-47348-2

      3:37 pm

      music continues...

      7:00 pm

      7:00 pm

      Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin

      Béla Bartók (1881-1945)

      This week, Bill looks at the life and musical development of one of Hungary’s greatest composers. A musician’s musician, Bartok was supported by many of the great conductors of his era. Paul Sacher, who led the Basel Chamber Orchestra, asked him to write the Divertimento for Strings. Serge Koussevitsky and Fritz Reiner invited him to compose the Concerto for Orchestra. At the end of the week, we’ll hear Benny Goodman perform "Contrasts" for Violin, Clarinet, and Piano, a piece he requested from Bartok.

      8:00 - 11:00 pm

      11:00 pm

      11:00 pm

      Best of Studs Terkel

      Anna Deavere Smith (5/4/1995)

      Born in 1950, Anna Deavere Smith frequently credits Studs Terkel's book "Working" for revealing to her the dramatic power of spoken language, and for inspiring her groundbreaking plays such as "Fires in the Mirror" and "Let Me Down Easy." The visionary and prolific actor and author spoke with Studs on WFMT in May 1995