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      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      Liszt, Franz: "Transcendental Etudes"

      No. 3, "Paysage"

      Daniil Trifonov, p
      Transcendental: Daniil Trifonov Plays Liszt

      DG 479 5529 (2)

      12:05 am

      Britten, Benjamin: "Simple Symphony," Op. 4

      English Chamber Orch/G Levine
      Les Illuminations ~ Bridge Variations ~ Simple Symphony

      Arabesque Z-6603

      12:23 am

      Purcell, Henry: Chacony in g

      London Chamber Orch/Christopher Warren-Green
      Prelude and Fugue, Simple Symphony, Lachrymae, Chacony

      Virgin 61269-2

      12:32 am

      Grainger, Percy: "Lisbon (Dublin Bay)"

      English Chamber Orch/Benjamin Britten
      Salute To Percy Grainger

      London 425159-2

      12:33 am

      Bach, Johann Sebastian: Cello Suite No. 3 in C, BWV 1009

      Antonio Meneses, vc
      Antonio Meneses * J S Bach * The 6 Cello Suites

      Avie AV-0052 (2)

      12:54 am

      Bach, Johann Sebastian: Chorale, "O Gott, du frommer Gott," BWV 398

      Chamber Cho of Europe/Nicol Matt
      Bach Edition: Complete Works

      Brilliant Classics 93102 (155)

      1:00 am

      Hailstork, Adolphus: "Adagio for Strings"

      Ambrosia Quartet
      Adolphus Hailstork

      Albany TROY-1680

      1:05 am

      Barber, Samuel: "Adagio for Strings" (from Op. 11)

      London Sym/André Previn
      Rachmaninov: Symphony No. 2 in E Minor Op. 27, Vocalise, Intermezzo and Dance

      EMI CD-EMX-2127

      1:14 am

      Strauss, Richard: Song, "Im Walde"

      Christiane Libor, s; Nina Schumann, p
      Strauss: Complete Songs

      Two Pianists TP-1039312 (9)

      1:16 am

      Raff, Joachim: Symphony #3 in F, Op. 153, "In the Forest"

      Czecho-Slovak State Phil/Urs Schneider
      RAFF : Symphonies Nos. 3 and 10

      Marco Polo 8.223321

      1:54 am

      Liszt, Franz: "Responsories and Antiphons"

      "Posuerunt me"

      Leslie Howard, p
      Responsories and Antiphons

      Hyperion CDA-67161/2 (2)

      2:00 am

      Deutscher, Alma: "For Antonia (Variations on a melody in G major)"

      Alma Deutscher, p
      From My Book of Melodies

      Sony 1907590192

      2:05 am

      Dvorák, Antonín: Symphonic Variations, Op. 78

      North German Radio Sym Orch/John Eliot Gardiner
      9 Ungarische Tänze • Hungarian Dances / Symphonische Variationen • Böhmische Suite Symphonic Variations • Czech Suite

      DG 437506-2

      2:26 am

      Thomas, Alan: Variations on Dvořák's "Song to the Moon"

      Eugenia Moliner, f; Beilin Han, p
      Song to the Moon

      Azica ACD-71369

      2:43 am

      Deutscher, Alma: "Siren Sounds Waltz" (2019)

      Waltz No. 2

      Alma Deutscher, p
      From My Book of Melodies

      Sony 1907590192

      2:44 am

      Strauss II, Johann: "Blue Danube" Waltzes, Op. 314

      Chicago Sym/Daniel Barenboim
      Johann Strauss II: Waltzes & Polkas

      Erato 45998-2

      2:54 am

      Weber, Carl Maria von: Six Waltzes (1812)

      #2

      Michael Endres, p

      Oehms Classics OC-357 (2)

      3:00 am

      Offenbach, Jacques: "The Tales of Hoffmann"

      "Il était une fois à la cour d'Eisenach"

      Joseph Calleja, t; Suisse Romande Orch & Chorus/Marco Armiliato

      London B0015747-02

      3:05 am

      Hofmann, Heinrich: Serenade in D, Op 65

      Berolina Ensemble
      ‘Chamber Music’: Octet, Op.80 For Flute, Clarinet, Horn, Bassoon, Two Violins, Viola And Cello; Serenade, Op.65 For Flute, Two Violins, Viola, Cello And Doublebass; Sextet, Op.25 For Two Violins, Two Violas And Two Cellos

      MD+G 9481808-6

      3:32 am

      Dahl, Ingolf: Serenade for Four Flutes (1960)

      "Cadenza"

      Flute Force
      Flute Force

      CRI CD-581

      3:33 am

      Elgar, Edward: String Serenade in e, Op 20

      Rotterdam Chamber Orch/Conrad van Alphen
      Grieg, Dvorak, Elgar

      Telarc CD-80623

      3:44 am

      Hedges, Anthony: "An Ayrshire Serenade," Op 42 (1971)

      Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland
      British Light Music Discoveries

      ASV CDWHL-2126

      3:54 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

      4:00 am

      Beethoven, Ludwig van: Piano Trio #8 in B-Flat, WoO 39

      Stuttgart Piano Trio
      BEETHOVEN: Archduke Trio / Kakadu Variations / Allegretto, WoO 39

      Naxos 8.550949

      4:05 am

      Beethoven, Ludwig van: Two-Oboe and English Horn Trio in C, Op 87

      Marilyn Zupnik, ob; Kathryn Greenbank, ob; Elizabeth Starr, eh
      Beethoven & Triebensee: Oboe Trios

      ASV CDQS-6192

      4:27 am

      Beethoven, Ludwig van: Serenade (String Trio) in D, Op 8

      1st mvt, Marcia

      David Hopman, g; Delmar Pettys, v; Catherine Brubaker, vi

      Gajo GR-1002

      4:29 am

      Beethoven, Ludwig van: Piano Trio #4 in D, Op 70/1, "Ghost"

      Hephzibah Menuhin, p; Yehudi Menuhin, v; Maurice Gendron, vc

      EMI CD-EMX-2078

      4:55 am

      Schein, Johann Hermann: "Banchetto Musicale"

      Allemande

      Collegium Terpsichore/Fritz Neumeyer
      Dance Music Of the High Renaissance

      Boston Skyline BSD-118

      5:00 am

      Porter, Quincy: "Little Trio"

      Zizi Mueller, f; Yuval Waldman, v; Jesse Levine, vi
      American Flute, Volume One

      Premier PRCD-1029

      5:05 am

      Porter, Quincy: "Ukrainian Suite" (1925)

      San Diego Chamber Orch/Donald Barra

      Koch 3-7196-2

      5:15 am

      Shchedrin, Rodion: Song, "Soft Ukrainian Night"

      Slavyanka (Men's Russian Chorus)/Gregory Smirnov
      Choral Concert: Slavanka Men's Russian Chorus

      Dorian DOR-93212

      5:18 am

      Traditional, Ukrainian: Folksong, The boundless field

      Paul Plishka, b, Thomas Hrynkiv, p
      Paul Plishka Sings Songs of Ukraine

      Forlane UCD-16645

      5:20 am

      Tchaikovsky, Peter: Symphony No. 2 in c minor, Op. 17, "Little Russian"

      Bournemouth Sym Orch/Andrew Litton
      Symphonies And Orchestral Works

      Virgin 59699-2 (3)

      5:54 am

      Philidor, Andre: Pavane "Louis XIII"

      New York Kammermusiker
      Chamber Music (Renaissance) - PHILIDOR, P.D. / BUSNOYS, A. / LUZZASCHI, L. / MONTEVERDI, C. (A Renaissance Tour of Europe) (New York Kammermusiker)

      Dorian DOR-90133

      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

      Georg Philipp Telemann: Violin Concerto in E

      Berlin Baroque Soloists/Rainer Kussmaul, v
      Sinfonia Melodica

      DG B0005761-02

      6:13 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Notturno No. 1 in C, H II:25

      Marten Root, f; Michael Niesemann, ob; Mozzafiato, L'Archibudelli
      Haydn: Eight Notturni for the King of Naples

      Sony SK-62878

      6:25 am

      Antonín Dvořák: Eight Waltzes, Op. 54

      No. 1 in A

      I Musici de Montréal/Yuli Turovsky
      Borodin & Dvořák: Works for Strings

      Chandos CHAN-9484

      6:32 am

      Richard Danielpour: "An American Mosaic"

      XIII. "Teachers & Students"

      Simone Dinnerstein, p
      An American Mosaic

      Supertrain STR-025

      6:34 am

      Richard Danielpour: "An American Mosaic"

      VIII. "An Elegy for Our Time"

      Simone Dinnerstein, p
      An American Mosaic

      Supertrain STR-025

      6:37 am

      Richard Danielpour: "An American Mosaic"

      VI. "Journalists, Poets, & Writers"

      Simone Dinnerstein, p
      An American Mosaic

      Supertrain STR-025

      6:41 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: Suite No. 3 in G, Op. 55

      I. "Élégie"

      NDR Radio Phil/Stanislav Kochanovsky
      Tchaikovsky: Orchestral Suite No. 3 - Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio Espagnol

      Harmonia Mundi HMM-905392

      6:52 am

      Jules Massenet: Piano Concerto in E-Flat

      III. Finale, "Airs slovaques"

      Stephen Coombs, p; BBC Scottish Sym Orch/Jean-Yves Ossonce
      Hahn & Massenet: Piano Concertos

      Hyperion CDA-66897

      7:04 am

      Felix Mendelssohn: "Ruy Blas," Op 95

      Overture

      Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Kurt Masur
      Mendelssohn: Overtures

      Berlin Classics 0091572-BC

      7:12 am

      Luigi Bassi: Concert Fantasy on Themes from Verdi's "Rigoletto"

      Sabine Meyer, cl; Zürich Opera Orch/Franz Welser-Möst
      A Night at the Opera

      EMI CDC5-56137-2

      7:25 am

      music continues...

      10:00 am - 3:00 pm

      10:00 am

      Midday with Lisa Flynn

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

      3:00 - 7:00 pm

      3:00 pm

      Afternoon Music with Candice Agree

      Including "Friday Afternoon at the Movies" at 4:30pm and "The Unrush Hour" at 5:00 pm.

      7:00 pm

      7:00 pm

      Exploring Music

      Curse of the Ninth! Ninth Symphonies

      Why did so many great composers die after finishing their ninth symphony? This week, we look at the so-called curse of the Ninth Symphony, a legend that started with Beethoven in the mid-1820s. Over time, people began to believe that writing a ninth symphony could be a composer’s final work and maybe even mark their last year on Earth. We’ll listen to five famous ninth symphonies by Beethoven, Schubert, Bruckner, Dvořák, and Mahler.

      8:00 - 11:00 pm

      11:00 pm

      11:00 pm

      Best of Studs Terkel

      Unveiling Picasso’s Gift to Chicago

      In 1967, Studs recorded Chicagoans' reactions to the then-new Picasso sculpture in Daley Plaza. In 1997, he replayed the show along with some music and readings that muse on definitions of art.