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      Playlist for Thursday, January 1, 2026

      Playing this hour

      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      Josef Strauss: Polka schnell, "Plappermäulchen (Little Chatterbox)," Op 245

      Vienna Phil/Franz Welser-Möst
      New Year's Concert 2013

      Sony 44071-2 (2)

      12:03 am

      Josef Strauss: Polka schnell, "Galoppin (Errand Boy)"

      Vienna Phil/Franz Welser-Möst
      New Year's Concert 2013

      Sony 44071-2 (2)

      12:05 am

      Franz Schubert: Twelve German Dances ("Ländler"), D 790

      Peter Serkin, p
      Dances

      Pro Arte PAD-171

      12:18 am

      Josef Strauss: Polka schnell, "Ohne Sorgen," Op 271

      Vienna Phil/Mariss Jansons
      New Year's Concert 2006

      DG 4775566 (2)

      12:20 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 4 in B-Flat, Op. 60

      Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Kurt Masur
      Beethoven Symphonies

      Philips 454032-2 (2)

      12:55 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Canon, "Glück, Glück zum neuen Jahr!", WoO 176

      Cantus Novus Wien
      Beethoven Complete Edition

      Naxos 8.500250 (90)

      1:00 am

      Johann Strauss II: Polka schnell, Unter Donner und Blitz, Op. 324

      Vienna State Opera Orch/Anton Paulik
      The Strauss Dynasty

      Vanguard OVC-8078/80 (3)

      1:03 am

      Johann Strauss II: Polka schnell, Auf der Jagd, Op. 373

      Vienna State Opera Orch/Anton Paulik
      The Strauss Dynasty

      Vanguard OVC-8078/80 (3)

      1:05 am

      Friedrich Ludwig Kunzen: "Musical New Year's Gift for the Fair Sex"

      Thomas Trondhjem, p
      Kunzen

      Da Capo 8.224228

      1:27 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: 12 Scottish Songs, WoO 156 (G 227)

      #11, "Auld Lang Syne"

      Rebekka Stöhr, ms; Martin Haunhorst, v; Bernhard Schwarz, vc; Rainer Maria Klaas, p
      Beethoven Complete Edition

      Naxos 8.500250 (90)

      1:29 am

      Hugo Wolf: "Mörike Lieder"

      "Zum neuen Jahr"

      Olaf Baer, br; Geoffrey Parsons, p

      EMI/Ang CDC7-49054-2

      1:30 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Oboe Concerto in D, K. 314

      Robert Atherholt, ob; Houston Sym Orch/Christoph Eschenbach

      IMP Masters TCD-77 (3)

      1:54 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Twelve German Dances, K. 586

      No. 8

      Tafelmusik/Bruno Weil
      Mozart: Deutsche Tänze

      Sony SK-46696

      2:00 am

      Johann Strauss II: "Die Fledermaus" Quadrille, Op. 363

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

      Nimbus NI-5542

      2:05 am

      Johann Strauss II: "Die Fledermaus"

      Suite

      Luxembourg Radio/TV Sym Orch/Kurt Redel
      Johann Strauss: Concert De Gala

      Forlane UCD-13151/52 (2)

      2:29 am

      Johann Strauss II: Die Fledermaus

      Chorus, "Ein Souper heut' uns winkt"

      Philharmonia Cho, Orch/von Karajan
      J. Strauss: Die Fledermaus

      EMI/Ang CHS7-69531-2 (2)

      2:30 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Serenade No. 6 in D, K. 239, "Serenata notturna"

      English Chamber Orch/Benjamin Britten
      Britten Conducts Mozart

      London CS-6598

      2:43 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 14 in c-sharp minor, Op. 27, No. 2, "Moonlight"

      David Bar-Illan, p
      Bar-Illan: Beethoven, Liszt, Schubert, Rameau, Chopin, Mendelssohn

      Audiofon CD-72009

      2:54 am

      Johann, Sr STRAUSS: Chinese Galop, Op 20

      Boston Pops Orch/Arthur Fiedler
      The Arhur Fielre Legacy- Evening at Pops

      DG 2548008

      3:00 am

      Johann Strauss, Sr: Waltz, "Fort nacheinander!," Op 16

      Slovak Sinfonietta/Christian Pollack
      Johann Strauss, Sr. Vol 2

      Marco Polo 8.225252

      3:05 am

      Franz von Suppé: "Morning, Noon and Night in Vienna"

      Overture

      St Martin's Academy/Neville Marriner
      Famous Overtures

      Philips 411450-2

      3:13 am

      Franz Schubert: Adagio and Rondo in A, D 438

      Chamber Orch of Europe/Gidon Kremer, v
      Schubert-Soirée

      DG 437535-2

      3:27 am

      Franz Schubert: "Soirées de Vienne"

      Valse-Caprice No. 6

      Vladimir Horowitz, p
      Horowitz in Hamburg: The Last Concert

      DG B0011458-02

      3:35 am

      Johann Strauss, Sr: "Ungarische Galoppe oder Frischka," Op 36

      #2

      Slovak Sinfonietta/Ernst Märzendorfer
      Johann Strauss, Sr. Vol 3

      Marco Polo 8.225253

      3:36 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 38 in C

      English Concert/Trevor Pinnock
      Haydn: 'Sturm and Drang' Symphonies Vol. 1

      Archive 427661-2

      3:54 am

      Johann Strauss, Sr: "Ungarische Galoppe oder Frischka," Op 36

      #3

      Slovak Sinfonietta/Ernst Märzendorfer
      Johann Strauss, Sr. Vol 3

      Marco Polo 8.225253

      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

      Johann Sebastian Bach: "Brandenburg" Concerto No. 1 in F, BWV 1046

      Linde Consort/Hans-Martin Linde
      Die Brandenburgischen Konzerte Nr.1,2 and 6

      EMI/Ang CDC7-47045-2

      4:24 am

      Henry Purcell: "Chacony" in g

      Societas Musica Chamber Orch/Jorgen Ernst Hansen
      Invitation to the Baroque Music

      Denon 38C37-7037

      4:31 am

      Jean-Philippe Rameau: "Dardanus"(1739)

      "Les Songes"

      Orch of the 18th Century/Frans Brüggen
      Les Boréades • Dardanus (Suites)

      Philips 420240-2

      4:32 am

      Jean-Philippe Rameau: "Pièces de clavecin en concerts" : Troisième concert

      Lars Frydén, v; Gustav Leonhardt, hc; Nikolaus Harnoncourt, viga
      Historical Anthology: Rameau - Pièces De Clavecin En Concert

      Vanguard OVC-2520

      4:44 am

      Antonio Vivaldi: Flute Concerto in D, Op. 10, No. 3, R. 428, "The Goldfinch"

      Hesperus/Scott Reiss, r
      Baroque Recorder Concerti

      Koch 3-7454-2

      4:54 am

      George Frideric Handel: "L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato"

      "Or Let the Merry Bells Ring Round"

      Edward Carroll, Lee Soper, tr's; Philharmonia Virtuosi/Richard Kapp
      Mr. George F. Handel's Top Tunes

      CBS RM-38910

      5:00 am

      Britten: "A New Year Carol"

      Anonymous 4; Andrew Lawrence-King, h
      Wolcum Yule: Celtic and British Songs and Carols

      Harmonia Mundi HMU-907325

      5:02 am

      Trad: "Auld Lang Syne"

      Jeffrey Biegel, p
      A Steinway Christmas Album * Jeffrey Biegel

      Steinway 30005

      5:04 am

      Franz Waxman: "Auld Lang Syne" Variations

      Kremerata Baltica
      Happy Birthday

      Nonesuch 79657-2

      5:17 am

      Johann Strauss, Sr: "Hirten-Galoppe," Op 28

      Slovak Sinfonietta/Ernst Märzendorfer
      Johann Strauss, Sr. Vol 3

      Marco Polo 8.225253

      5:19 am

      Franz Schubert: Symphony No. 2 in B-flat, D. 125

      Berlin Phil/Daniel Barenboim
      Symphonies Nos. 2 & 8

      CBS MK-39676

      5:54 am

      Franz Schubert: 12 "Valses nobles," D 969

      No. 4

      Gil Shaham, v; Göran Söllscher, g
      Schubert for Two

      DG 471568-2

      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

      Prudence Houston: To all the good children, a happy New Year

      Indiana U Children's Chamber Cho, Pro Arte Singers/Paul Hillier
      Traditional And Modern Carols

      Harmonia Mundi HMU-907233

      6:06 am

      Gabriel Fauré: "Dolly" Suite, Op. 56

      Julian Bream & John Williams, g's
      Together

      RCA 61450-2

      6:25 am

      Arthur Bird: "Valse Menuett and Gavotte"

      Gowanus Arts Ensemble/Reuben Blundell
      American Romantics

      New Focus FCR-166B

      6:31 am

      Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari: "Idillio" Concertino, Op. 15

      Andrea Tenaglia, ob; Rome Sym Orch/Francesco La Vecchia
      Wolf-Ferrari: Wind Concertinos

      Naxos 8.572921

      6:55 am

      Björk: "Venus as a Boy"

      Jess Gillam, sx; Jess Gillam Ensemble
      Jess Gillam: Time

      Decca 4851062

      7:04 am

      Benjamin Britten: "A New Year Carol," Op. 7, No. 5

      Anonymous 4; Andrew Lawrence-King, h
      Wolcum Yule: Celtic and British Songs and Carols

      Harmonia Mundi HMU-907325

      7:06 am

      Gerald Finzi: "New Year Music" (Nocturne), Op. 7

      Northern Sinfonia/Richard Hickox
      Moeran, Finzi: Serenade in G, Sinfonietta, The Fall of the Leaf, Nocturne / Richard Hickox

      EMI CDC7-49912-2

      7:19 am

      music continues...

      10:00 am - 12:00 pm

      10:00 am

      The 2026 Vienna Philharmonic New Year’s Concert

      The famed Vienna Philharmonic offers “a greeting of hope, friendship, and peace” in its annual New Year’s Day concert, broadcast live around the world from the lavish Golden Hall of the Musikverein in Vienna. For the first time Yannick Nézet-Séguin leads the orchestra in favorites including "Roses from the South" and the "Egyptian March" along with lesser known but equally sparkling music by the Strauss family, Josephine Weinlich, Florence Price, and others.

      12:00 - 2:00 pm

      12:00 pm

      Music for the Afternoon

      2:00 - 7:00 pm

      2:00 pm

      Afternoon Music with Candice Agree

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

      7:00 pm

      7:00 pm

      Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin

      Mozart Piano Concertos

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart composed numerous concertos, many of which are lively and pleasing to the ear, even when performed by an eight-year-old. The young Mozart was heavily influenced by the music of Johann Christian Bach. In addition to their mutual love for music, JC Bach and Mozart shared a passion for intricate keyboard games. This week features five episodes of exceptional piano performances, with Murray Perahia conducting while soloing Mozart’s early concertos. It also includes performances by Alfred Brendel, Maria João Pires, Rudolf Serkin, and Mitsuko Uchida.

      8:00 - 10:00 pm

      10:00 pm - 12:00 am

      10:00 pm

      The New York Philharmonic This Week

      Mozart Symphony Nos. 39, 40, and 41; Alan Gilbert, conductor.