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      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      Walton, William: "Hamlet" (1947)

      "Funeral March"

      Royal Liverpool Phil/Charles Groves
      Music For Shakespearean Films: Hamlet, Henry V, Richard III

      Angel DS-38088

      12:04 am

      Beethoven, Ludwig van: Piano Sonata #12 in A-Flat, Op 26, "Funeral March"

      Sviatoslav Richter, p
      Sviatoslav Richter: 100th Anniversary Edition

      Mel/BMG 25178-2

      12:23 am

      Purcell, Henry: Funeral Music for Queen Mary

      March

      Taverner Players/Andrew Parrott

      EMI/Ang CDC7-49635-2

      12:24 am

      Larsson, Lars-Erik: Symphony #1 in D, Op 2

      Helsingborg Sym Orch/Andrew Manze
      Larsson: Symphony No 1, Lyric Fantasy, Music for Orchestra

      CPO 777671-2

      12:54 am

      Larsson, Lars-Erik: "Tre citat för blandad kör," Op 59 (1969)

      #1

      Stockholm High School Chamber Cho/Eric Ericson

      Caprice CAP-1101

      1:00 am

      Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel: Fantasia in c, Wq 254

      Colin Tilney, clavichord

      DG Archiv 2533326

      1:05 am

      Telemann, Georg Philipp: "Tafelmusik," Bk 2

      Trio in e

      American Baroque
      TELEMANN, G.P.: Chamber Music (American Baroque)

      Dorian DOR-93205

      1:19 am

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

      Prelude No. 2 in c minor

      Béla Fleck, banjo; Edgar Meyer, db
      Music for Two

      Sony SK-92106

      1:20 am

      Novak, Vitezslav: Serenade in D, Op 36

      Ukrainian Chamber Orch/Andrew Mogrelia
      NOVAK : Serenades

      Marco Polo 8.223649

      1:47 am

      Warlock, Peter: Serenade for Strings

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

      Chandos CHAN-8808

      1:54 am

      Ginastera, Alberto: "Danza Criolla" Op 15, #1

      Maria Isabel Siewers, g
      Ginastera: Chamber Music Volume 5

      ASV CDDCA-1103

      2:00 am

      Anonymous 17th century, English: "In paradise"

      Michael Chance, ct; Fretwork
      The English Viol

      Virgin 61173-2

      2:05 am

      Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel: Sinfonia in G, Wq 183/4

      Age of Enlightenment Orch/Gustav Leonhardt
      4 Symphonies, Wq. 183 / Symphony No. 5, Wq. 182

      Virgin Classics 61794-2 (2)

      2:17 am

      Bach, Johann Sebastian: "Klavierbüchlein für Wilhelm Friedemann Bach"

      "Fantasia" No. 2

      Joseph Payne, hc
      Klavierbüchlein for Wilhelm Friedemann

      Hänssler Classic CD-92.137 (2)

      2:18 am

      Beethoven, Ludwig van: Symphony No. 5 in c minor, Op. 67

      Ch Orch of Europe/Nikolaus Harnoncourt

      Teldec 28144-2 (10)

      2:55 am

      Kjerulf, Halfdan: Notturno

      Audun Kayser, p
      Grieg Memory Album Vol. 3

      Vnp 0097-0042

      3:00 am

      Sor, Fernando: Variations on a theme from Mozart's "Magic Flute," Op 9

      Narciso Yepes, g
      The World Of The Spanish Guitar

      London STS-15224

      3:05 am

      Spohr, Ludwig (Louis): Variations on a theme from the opera "Alruna"

      Dieter Klöcker, cl; Slovak Radio Sym Orch/G. Schmalfuss
      Clarinet and Orchestra

      Marco Polo 8.223431

      3:14 am

      Bizet, Georges: Variations on a Theme from "Carmen"

      Vladimir Horowitz, p

      CBS M3K-44681 (3)

      3:18 am

      Chopin, Frédéric: Variations on "Là ci darem la mano" from Mozart's "Don Giovanni" Op.2

      Abbey Simon, p; Hamburg Sym/Heribert Beissel
      Complete Works for Piano and Orchestra

      Vox PVT-7167

      3:33 am

      Zemlinsky, Anton: Lieder, Op 2

      Book I, #2, "Der Himmel hat keine Sterne"

      Barbara Bonney, s; Cord Garben, p
      Zemlinsky: Lieder

      DG 427348-2 (2)

      3:35 am

      Zemlinsky, Anton: Sinfonietta, Op 23

      Czech Phil/Antony Beaumont
      Zemlinsky: Symphony in B flat major/ Prelude to 'Es war einmal'/Sinfonietta/'Der König Kandaules'

      Chandos CHAN-10204

      3:53 am

      Brahms, Johannes: Five Songs, Op 49

      #4, "Wiegenlied"

      Thomas Allen, br; Sharon Isbin, g

      Virgin 91750-2

      4:00 am

      Turrin: "Three Summer Dances"

      Borealis Wind Quintet
      A LA CARTE- Short Works for Winds

      MSR Classics MS-1128

      4:05 am

      Mendelssohn, Felix: Fantasy on "The Last Rose of Summer," Op 15

      Martin Jones, p

      Nimbus NI-5072

      4:12 am

      Trad, Irish: 'Tis the Last Rose of Summer

      Wynton Marsalis, cornet, Eastman Wind Ensemble/Donald Hunsberger
      Carnaval

      CBS MK-42137

      4:14 am

      Dvorák, Antonín: Symphony No. 9 in e minor, Op. 95, "From the New World"

      Slovak Radio Sym Orch/Ivan Anguélov
      Symphony No. 9 in E minor op. 95 “From the New World”

      Oehms Classics OC-555

      4:55 am

      Prokofiev, Serge: Five "Sarcasms," Op. 17

      No. 2, "Allegro rubato"

      Easley Blackwood, p
      Radical Piano

      Cedille CDR-90000027

      5:00 am

      Prokofiev, Serge: "Cinderella"

      Adagio

      Mstislav Rostropovich, vc; Alexander Dedyukhin, p
      Saint-Saëns: Cello Concerto No. 1; Schumann: Cello Concerto

      DG 4776505 (2)

      5:05 am

      PARKER, Clifton: The Glass Slipper

      Overture

      Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland
      British Light Music World Premieres

      ASV CDWHL-2116

      5:08 am

      Rossini, Gioachino: "La Cenerentola"

      Overture

      Scottish Chamber Orch/Jaime Laredo
      Rossini: Operatic Overtures Vol. 10

      Nimbus NI-5078

      5:16 am

      Massenet, Jules: "Cendrillon"

      Suite

      Hong Kong Phil/Kenneth Jean
      MASSENET: Orchestral Suites

      Marco Polo 8.223354

      5:26 am

      Massenet, Jules: "Lent et Sombre" for Bassoon and Piano

      David McGill, bn; Peter Serkin, p
      Musique Francaise

      Boston Records BR-1022-CD

      5:28 am

      Massenet, Jules: "Valse très lente" (1901)

      Aldo Ciccolini, p
      Massenet: Piano Music

      EMI/Angel CDM7-64277-2

      5:32 am

      Chopin, Frédéric: Waltz in E-flat, Op.18, "Grande valse brillante"

      Claudio Arrau, p
      Waltzes / Walzer / Valses

      Philips 400025-2

      5:38 am

      Liapunov, Sergei: Symphonic Poem in Memory of Chopin, Op 37 (1910)

      Ussr State Academy Orch/Yevgeny Svetlanov
      Symphonic Poems from Russia

      Melodiya 34166 (2)

      5:53 am

      Chopin, Frédéric: Waltz in E-Flat, Op. Posth

      Abbey Simon, p
      Abbey Simon Plays Chopin- Etudes and Waltzes

      Vox VU-9034

      6:00 am

      6:00 am

      With Heart and Voice

      "Praise the Lord." Host Peter DuBois shares psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs of praise from the vast repertoire of sacred choral and organ music.

      7:00 am - 12:00 pm

      7:01 am

      Antonio Estévez: "Mediodía en el Llano"

      Simón Bolívar Youth Orch/Gustavo Dudamel
      Fiesta * Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela * Gustavo Dudamel

      DG B0011340-02

      7:09 am

      Cécile Chaminade: "Valse-Caprice"

      Enid Katahn, p
      Cécile Chaminade: Music for Piano

      Gasparo GSCD-247

      7:16 am

      Astor Piazzolla: "María de Buenos Aires"

      Suite

      Lucienne Renaudin Vary, tr; Monte Carlo Phil Orch/Sascha Goetzel
      Piazzolla Stories

      Warner 0190295155636

      7:29 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-Flat, Op. 19

      Martha Argerich, p; Mito Chamber Orch/Seiji Ozawa
      Beethoven: Piano Concerto 2; Grieg: Holberg Suite

      Decca 4850592

      8:00 am

      Gioachino Rossini: String Sonata No. 5 in E-Flat

      Age of Enlightenment Orch members
      Gioachino Rossini - The String Sonatas

      Hyperion CDA-66595

      8:15 am

      Justin Holland: "Carnival of Venice" Fantasy

      Christopher Mallett, g
      Justin Holland: Guitar Works & Arrangements

      Naxos 8.559924

      8:23 am

      Johannes Brahms: "Academic Festival" Overture, Op. 80

      New York Phil/Leonard Bernstein
      Brahms: Symphony No. 4/ Academic Festival Overture/ Tragic Overture

      Sony SMK-47538

      8:34 am

      Benny Goodman; Carl Maria von Weber: "Let's Dance"

      Benny Goodman & His Orchestra

      CBS 463335-1

      8:37 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Piano Trio in G, H XV:25

      Beaux Arts Trio
      Haydn: Complete Piano Trios

      Philips 454098-2 (9)

      8:55 am

      Florence Price: Violin Concerto No. 1 in D

      III. Finale, "Allegro"

      Randall Goosby, v; Philadelphia Orch/Yannick Nézet-Séguin
      Max Bruch & Florence Price: Violin Concertos

      Decca 4854234

      9:00 am

      Harold Arlen: "Get Happy"

      Jenny Lin, p
      Get Happy

      Steinway & Sons 30011

      9:04 am

      George Frideric Handel: "Acis and Galatea"

      Duet, "Happy We"

      Atlanta Sym Cho & Orch/Robert Shaw
      Grand and Glorious - Great Operatic Choruses

      Telarc CD-80333

      9:08 am

      Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: "African Suite," Op. 35

      Chineke! Orch/Kevin John Edusei
      Chineke! Orchestra: Coleridge-Taylor

      Decca 4853322

      9:28 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata No. 146, "Wir müssen durch viel Trübsal"

      Duet, "Wie will ich mich (My Spirit be Joyful)"

      Empire Brass; Douglas Major, o
      A Bach Festival

      EMI CDC7-47395-2

      9:35 am

      Joseph Bologne (Chevalier de Saint-Georges): Violin Concerto in G, Op. 2, No. 1

      Fumika Mohri, v; Czech Chamber Phil Orch/Michael Halász
      Bologne: Violin Concertos, Opp. 2 & 7

      Naxos 8.574452

      9:56 am

      Ola Gjeilo: "The Lake Isle"

      Tenebrae/Nigel Short; Ola Gjeilo, p; Kristian Kvalvaag, g; str quartet
      Ciaran McCabe, violin,
      Matthew Sharp, cello,
      Voices, Piano, Strings

      Decca B0024646-02

      10:04 am

      Gustav Holst: "The Planets," Op. 32

      "Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity"

      Royal Phil Orch/André Previn
      The Planets Op. 32

      Telarc CD-80133

      10:14 am

      Traditional African-American: Spiritual, "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot"

      Chicago Brass Quintet
      American Voices

      Centaur CRC-3159

      10:22 am

      John Rutter: "Cityscapes"

      Royal Phil Orch/John Rutter
      John Rutter - Reflections

      Decca 4871478

      10:46 am

      Ellis Marsalis: "Fourth Autumn"

      Karen Walwyn, p
      Dark Fires, Vol. 2

      Albany TROY-384

      10:52 am

      Billy Joel: "And So it Goes"

      Harry Watters, tb; Salt River Brass/Patrick Sheridan
      The Great American Songbook

      Soundset 1070

      11:01 am

      Ellen Taaffe Zwilich: "Upbeat!"

      Boston Modern Orchestra Project/Gil Rose
      Ellen Taaffe Zwilich: Symphony No. 5, Upbeat!, Concerto Elegia, Commedia dell'Arte

      BMOP Sound 1098

      11:06 am

      Alfred Schnittke: "Suite in the Old Style"

      Daniel Hope, v; Alexey Botvinov, p
      Schnittke: Works for Violin and Piano

      DG 4839235

      11:22 am

      Camille Saint-Saëns: "Samson and Delilah," Op. 47

      "Bacchanale"

      Grant Park Orch/Thomas Wilkins
      Mendelssohn's Italian Symphony (July 30, 2016)

      Grant Park Music Festival

      11:31 am

      William Grant Still: Symphony No. 3, "Sunday"

      North Arkansas Sym Orch/Carlton Woods
      A Festive Sunday with William Grant Still

      Cambria CD-1060

      11:53 am

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

      Alan Feinberg, p
      The American Virtuoso

      Argo 436121-2

      12:00 - 3:00 pm

      12:00 pm

      Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson: String Sinfonietta No. 1

      Chicago Sinfonietta/Paul Freeman
      Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson: A Celebration

      Cedille CDR-90000087

      12:16 pm

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: "Mitridate, re di Ponto," K. 87

      Overture

      La Cetra/Andrea Marcon
      Mozart Overtures

      DG 4779445

      12:22 pm

      Aaron Copland: Two Pieces for Violin and Piano

      "Nocturne (to Israel Citkowitz)"

      Elena Urioste, v; Tom Poster, p
      From Brighton to Brooklyn

      Chandos CHAN-20248

      12:28 pm

      Alexander Glazunov: "Les ruses d'amour (Lady Soubrette)," Op. 61

      Waltz

      Russian State Sym Orch/Yevgeny Svetlanov
      Waltzes And Polonaises By Russian Composers

      Melodiya SUCD-1000179

      12:35 pm

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Bassoon Concerto in B-Flat, K. 191

      David McGill, bn; Cleveland Orch/Christoph von Dohnányi
      Mozart: Clarinet Concerto, Oboe Concerto, Bassoon Concerto

      Decca 443176-2

      12:54 pm

      Leonard Bernstein: "Rondo for Lifey"

      Alison Balsom, tr; Tom Poster, p
      Légende

      Warner 0190295987725

      12:56 pm

      Leonard Bernstein: "Candide"

      XXXI. Finale, "Make Our Garden Grow"

      Ofra Harnoy, vc's; Mike Herriott, brass
      Portrait

      H&H Records HHR-202301

      1:01 pm

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Mass in B minor, BWV 232

      "Sanctus; Osanna in excelsis"

      Monteverdi Cho, English Baroque Soloists/John Eliot Gardiner
      Bach: Mass in B minor

      Soli Deo Gloria SDG-722 (2)

      1:10 pm

      Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 5 in C-sharp minor

      V. Finale, Rondo

      Grand Teton Music Fest Orch/Donald Runnicles
      Mahler: Symphony No. 5

      Reference FR-763SACD

      1:26 pm

      Josef Suk: String Serenade in E-Flat, Op. 6

      I. "Andante con moto"

      Polish Radio Chamber Orch/Agnieszka Duczmal
      Tchaikovsky & Suk: Serenades for Strings; Grieg: Holberg Suite and Two Elegiac Melodies

      ASV CDQS-6094

      1:31 pm

      Ravinia Festival 2026

      Steans Institute Piano & Strings Program

      Stravinsky Suite Italienne; Noah Lee, cello, Joseph Liccardo, piano; Haydn String Quartet in C major, Op. 54 No. 2; Aoi Saito, violin; Sameer Agrawal, violin; Yizilin Liang, viola; Joan Herget, cello; Suk Piano Trio in C minor, Op. 2; Yuki Yoshimi, piano; Hayoung Choi, violin; Jiaxun Yao, cello. Recoded July 2026 in Bennett Gordon Hall.

      2:28 pm

      Claude Debussy: "Syrinx"

      James Galway, f
      Clair de Lune

      RCA RCD1-7173

      2:31 pm

      Claude Debussy: String Quartet in G minor, Op. 10

      Avalon String Quartet
      Illuminations

      Cedille CDR-90000156

      2:56 pm

      Gabriela Lena Frank: Three Latin American Dances

      I. "Introduction: Jungle Jaunt"

      Utah Sym/Keith Lockhart
      Symphonic Dances

      Reference RR-105

      3:00 - 6:00 pm

      3:02 pm

      Alexandre Desplat: "Wes Anderson's Suite"

      F Calvo, man; G Caserotto, banjo; L Morar, dulcimer; Orchestre de Paris/Alexandre Desplat
      Paris - Hollywood

      Warner Classics 2173277573

      3:15 pm

      Philippe de Monte: "Super flumina Babylonis"

      ORA Ensemble/Suzi Digby
      Upheld by Stillness

      Harmonia Mundi HMW-906102

      3:21 pm

      Johannes Brahms: Fantasies, Op. 116

      Jorge Federico Osorio, p
      Final Thoughts: The Last Piano Works of Schubert & Brahms

      Cedille CDR-90000171 (2)

      3:44 pm

      Sergei Prokofiev: "Romeo and Juliet" Suite No. 1, Op. 64bis

      V. "Masks"

      Royal Scottish National Orch/Neeme Järvi
      Prokofiev: Romeo & Juliet Suites

      Chandos CHAN-8940

      3:47 pm

      Peter Tchaikovsky: "Valse sentimentale," Op. 51, No. 6

      Isaac Stern, v; Alexander Zakin, p
      A Life In Music - Encores For Violin & Piano

      Sony SMK-64536

      3:49 pm

      Sergei Rachmaninoff: Song, "Zdes' khorosho (It's Peaceful Here)," Op. 21, No. 7

      Yo-Yo Ma, vc; Kathryn Stott, p
      Songs of Comfort & Hope

      Sony 19439822372

      3:52 pm

      Alessandro Marcello: Oboe Concerto in D minor (C minor)

      John Abberger, ob; Tafelmusik/Jeanne Lamon
      A Baroque Feast

      Analekta AN2-9811

      4:04 pm

      Moritz Moszkowski: Bolero, Op. 16, No. 2

      Nazrin Rashidova, v; Daniel Grimwood, p
      Moritz Moszkowski: Works for Violin and Piano

      Naxos 8.573410

      4:11 pm

      Moritz Moszkowski: Humoresque, Op. 82, No. 4

      Nazrin Rashidova, v; Daniel Grimwood, p
      Moritz Moszkowski: Works for Violin and Piano

      Naxos 8.573410

      4:17 pm

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 in E-Flat, Op. 55, "Eroica"

      III. Scherzo

      Chamber Orch of Europe/Yannick Nézet-Séguin
      Ludwig van Beethoven: The Symphonies

      DG 4863050

      4:23 pm

      Giuseppe Verdi: Four Sacred Pieces

      "Laudi alla Vergine Maria"

      Santa Cecilia Cho/Antonio Pappano
      Sacred Verdi

      Warner 84524-2

      4:29 pm

      Gioachino Rossini: "Otello"

      Ballet Music

      Monte Carlo Opera Orch/Antonio de Almeida
      Rossini: Ballet Music

      Philips 422843-2

      4:49 pm

      music continues...

      6:00 - 8:00 pm

      6:00 pm

      Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcasts

      Weber Clarinet Concertos No. 1 & 2; Benny Goodman, clarinet; Jean Martinon, conductor; Overture to "Oberon;" Georg Solti, conductor; Nielsen Clarinet Concerto, Op. 57; Benny Goodman, clarinet; Morton Gould, conductor; "Helios" Overture, Op. 17; Jean Martinon, conductor; Fisher "Chicago;" Benny Goodman, clarinet; Morton Gould, conductor.

      8:00 pm

      8:00 pm

      Fiesta! with Elbio Barilari

      Travels to Sepharad Sepharad is the name the Spanish Jews gave to the Iberian Peninsula, making themselves the Sephardic people. Expelled from Spain, their culture and their language, Ladino, has been preserved in Northern Africa, Greece, Turkey and the Netherlands. Jewish Sephardic music is one of the most fascinating music styles to come out of Spain. Fiesta shares recordings of this lesser-known style of music.

      9:00 - 11:00 pm

      9:00 pm

      Collectors' Corner with Henry Fogel

      The art of Elmira Darvarova

      Bulgarian violinist who was first female concertmaster of Met Opera Orchestra. Music by Liszt, Ligeti, Ysaÿe, and Kodály.