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      Playlist for Wednesday, October 7, 2026

      Playing this hour

      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      Schubert, Franz: Song, "Ave Maria"

      Benjamin Grosvenor, p
      Franz Liszt

      London 4851450

      12:05 am

      Schubert, Franz: Symphony No. 10 in D, D. 936a

      St Martin's Academy/Sir Neville Marriner
      Schubert: The 10 Symphonies

      Philips 412176-2 (6)

      12:33 am

      Dieupart, Charles: Clavier Suite No. 2 in D

      "Gigue"

      Joseph Payne, hc
      Dieupart: Harpsichord Suites

      Centaur CRC-2617

      12:34 am

      HOLMES, Augusta: "Trois petites pièces"

      Juliette Hurel, f; Hélène Couvert, p
      Compositrices

      Alpha 573

      12:41 am

      Saint-Saens, Camille: "Cyprès et Lauriers," Op. 156

      Vincent Warnier, o; Lyon National Orch/Leonard Slatkin
      SAINT-SAËNS, C.: Symphony No. 3, "Organ" / Danse Macabre / Cypres et Lauriers (Warnier, Lyon National Orchestra, Slatkin)

      Naxos 8.573331

      12:55 am

      Godard, Benjamin: Song, "Printemps"

      Tassis Chritoyannis, br; Jeff Cohen, p
      Godard: Mélodies

      Aparté AP-123

      1:00 am

      Bach, Johann Sebastian: Cello Suite No. 5 in c minor, BWV 1011

      "Gavotte"

      Phoebe Carrai, vc

      Avie AV-0021 (2)

      1:05 am

      Beach, Amy: Two Pieces, Op. 54

      No. 2, "Gavotte fantastique"

      Joanne Polk, p

      Arabesque Z-6693

      1:08 am

      Rameau, Jean-Philippe: "Les Surprises de l'Amour"

      "Gavotte"

      Les Nouveaux Caractères/Sébastien d'Hérin
      Les Surprises de l'Amour

      Glossa GCD-922701 (3)

      1:10 am

      Tchaikovsky, Peter: Symphony No. 1 in g, Op. 13, "Winter Dreams"

      Orch of St Luke's/Pablo Heras-Casado

      Harmonia Mundi HMC-902220

      1:54 am

      Strauss, Richard: Song, "Winterreise"

      Manuel Walser, br; Nina Schumann, p
      Strauss: Complete Songs

      Two Pianists TP-1039312 (9)

      2:00 am

      Harty, Hamilton: "A John Field Suite"

      4th mvt (Finale), Rondo: "Midi"

      Ulster Orch/Bryden Thomson
      Harty: John Field Suite, Etc.

      Chandos CHAN-6583

      2:05 am

      Haydn, Franz Joseph: London Trio No. 3 in G, H IV:3

      Jean-Pierre Rampal, Wolfgang Schulz, f's; Gilbert Audin, bn

      Sony SK-48061

      2:16 am

      Haydn, Franz Joseph: Scottish Folksong, "Bid me not forget", H XXXIa:126

      Lorna Anderson, s; Haydn Trio
      Haydn Edition

      Brilliant Classics 95594 (160)

      2:18 am

      Barber, Samuel: Nocturne "(Homage to John Field)," Op. 33

      Israela Margalit, p

      EMI/Ang CDC5-55400-2

      2:22 am

      Field, John: Piano Concerto #2 in A-Flat

      John O'Conor, p; Scottish Chamber Orch/Charles Mackerras
      Field: Piano Concertos No 2 & 3

      Telarc CD-80370

      2:55 am

      Kapsberger, Giovanni: "Canario"

      Paul O'Dette, l
      Kapsberger: Il Tedesco Della Tiorba, Pieces For Lute

      Harmonia Mundi HMU-907020

      3:00 am

      Malats, Joaquin: "Serenata espanola"

      Norman Ruiz, g
      Andaluza- Albeniz, Moreno- Torroba, Et Al

      Centaur CRC-2279

      3:05 am

      Sarasate, Pablo de: Two Spanish Dances, Op 22

      #1, "Romanza Andaluza"

      Itzhak Perlman, v; Samuel Sanders, p

      EMI/Ang CDC7-49514-2

      3:10 am

      Granados, Enrique: "Danzas españolas," Op 37 (Op 5)

      #5, "Andaluza (Playera)"

      Royal Phil/Artur Rodzinski
      Musique Espagnole: Le Tricorne, Suite No. 1, 2 Danse Rituelle du feu

      EMI/Ang CDZB5-68742-2 (2)

      3:16 am

      Lecuona, Ernesto: "Suite Andalucia"

      Amanda Pepping, tr; Gail Novak, p
      Amanda

      Summit DCD-433

      3:28 am

      Nin, Joaquín: "Seguida española"

      "Andaluza"

      Michel Tirabosco, pan pipe; Antonio Dominguez, g

      Fidesson CF1.019

      3:30 am

      Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Violin Concerto No. 4 in D, K. 218

      Anne-Sophie Mutter, v; Philharmonia/Riccardo Muti

      EMI CDR5-69865-2

      3:54 am

      Noel-Gallon: Cantabile

      Kathy Pope, cl, Jed Moss, p
      Clarinet Kaleidoscope

      Centaur CRC-2466

      4:00 am

      Wallace, William: "Valse Brillante"

      Rosemary Tuck, p
      WALLACE, W.V.: Chopinesque (Tuck, Bonynge)

      Naxos 8.572776

      4:05 am

      Wallace, William: Prelude to Aeschylus's Play "The Eumenides"

      BBC Scottish Sym Orch/Martyn Brabbins
      Wallace: Creation Symphony, Pelléas And Mélisande, Prelude To The Eumenides

      Hyperion CDA-66987

      4:15 am

      Wallace, William: "Au bord de la mer-Nocturne"

      Rosemary Tuck, p
      WALLACE, W.V.: Chopinesque (Tuck, Bonynge)

      Naxos 8.572776

      4:21 am

      Chopin, Frédéric: Mazurkas, Op. 6

      No. 2

      Russell Sherman, p
      Chopin: Mazurkas Nos. 1-51

      Avie AV-2262 (2)

      4:23 am

      Schumann, Robert: Piano Concerto in a minor, Op. 54

      Hélène Grimaud, p; Dresden Staatskapelle/Esa-Pekka Salonen
      Hélène Grimaud * Reflection

      DG B0006904-02

      4:54 am

      Chopin, Frédéric: Mazurkas, Op. 6

      No. 3

      Russell Sherman, p
      Chopin: Mazurkas Nos. 1-51

      Avie AV-2262 (2)

      5:00 am

      Sammartini, Giuseppe: Trio Sonata in F

      Camerata Köln
      Giuseppe & Giovanni Battista Sammartini: Concerti

      RCA-DHM 77323-2

      5:05 am

      Reinecke, Carl: Trio for Oboe, Horn, and Piano, Op 188

      Stephen Taylor, ob; David Jolley, fh; Sarah Rothenberg, p
      German Romantic Works for Horn

      Arabesque Z-6641

      5:28 am

      Tromboncino, Bartolomeo: Ah partiale e cruda morte

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

      Musica Rediviva MRCD-006

      5:30 am

      Sammartini, Giovanni Battista GB: Concerto in E-Flat

      La Serenissima/Adrian Chandler
      Rise of the North Italian Violin Concerto, Volume 3

      Avie AV-2154

      5:43 am

      Sammartini, Giuseppe: Cello Concerto in C

      Rainer Zipperling, vc; Camerata Köln
      Giuseppe & Giovanni Battista Sammartini: Concerti

      RCA-DHM 77323-2

      5:54 am

      Poliziano, Angelo: Ben venga maggio

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

      Musica Rediviva MRCD-006

      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.

      6:00 am

      Hosted by Kristina Lynn.

      6:03 am

      Evaristo Dall'Abaco: Concerto in G "a più istrumenti," Op. 6, No. 5

      Concerto Köln
      Evaristo Felice Dall'Abaco: Concerti / Concerto Köln

      Teldec 22166-2

      6:12 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: "Coriolan" Overture, Op. 62

      Vienna Phil/Claudio Abbado
      Beethoven: The Overtures

      DG 429762-2 (2)

      6:21 am

      Florence Price: "Fantasie Nègre" No. 1 in E minor

      Rebecca Omordia, p
      African Pianism, Vol. 2

      Somm SOMMCD-0688

      6:30 am

      Franz Schubert: Symphony No. 6 in C, D. 589, "Little"

      IV. Finale, "Allegro moderato"

      London Classical Players/Roger Norrington
      Schubert: Symphonies Nos. 4 & 6

      EMI 54210-2

      6:41 am

      Gabriel Fauré: Violin Sonata No. 1 in A, Op. 13

      II. "Andante"

      Karisa Chiu, v; Zhu Wang, p
      Home

      Cedille CDR-90000239

      6:49 am

      Georg Philipp Telemann: Flute, Oboe and Bassoon Suite in b

      Soloists; European Baroque Soloists
      Telemann: Suite in B; Concerto in G; Six Canonic Sonatas

      Denon 81757-9614-2

      7:03 am

      Johan Svendsen: Norwegian Rhapsody No. 2, Op. 19

      Trondheim Sym Orch/Ole Kristian Ruud
      Svendsen & Halvorsen: Norwegian Rhapsodies

      Simax PSC-1085

      7:13 am

      William Bolcom: "Seattle Slew" Suite

      "Preakness Promenade"

      Louisville Orch/Lawrence Leighton Smith
      Bolcom: Symphony No. 1, Symphony No. 3, Seattle Slew Orchestral Suite

      Louisville LCD-007

      7:22 am

      Leroy Anderson: Piano Concerto in C

      III. Finale, "Allegro vivo"

      Stewart Goodyear, p; Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel
      American Piano Classics

      Telarc CD-80112

      7:31 am

      Traditional Chinese: "Blue Little Flower"

      Yo-Yo Ma, vc, Silk Road Ensemble
      Silk Road Journeys: When Strangers Meet

      Sony SK-89782

      7:35 am

      Traditional Chinese: "Mido Mountain"

      Yo-Yo Ma, vc, Silk Road Ensemble
      Silk Road Journeys: When Strangers Meet

      Sony SK-89782

      7:40 am

      Johann Pepusch: Chamber Symphony in D minor

      Cantilena/Adrian Shepherd
      Christmas Concertos

      Chandos CHAN-6630

      7:51 am

      Ferde Grofé: "Grand Canyon Suite"

      III. "On the Trail"

      Utah Sym/Maurice Abravanel
      Great American Landscapes

      EMI CDM7-64307-2

      8:02 am

      Alexander Glazunov: Triumphal March, Op. 40

      Royal Phil Orch/Yondani Butt
      Glazunov: Symphony No. 6; 2 Serenades; Triumphal March / LSO, RPO/Yondani Butt

      ASV CDDCA-699

      8:11 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: String Quartet No. 2 in F, Op. 22

      II. Scherzo: "Allegro giusto"

      Vermeer Quartet
      Tchaikovsky: String Quartet No. 2 and Souvenir de Florence

      Cedille CDR-90000017

      8:18 am

      Sergei Prokofiev: Ten Piano Pieces, Op. 12, Suite

      Septura
      Brass Septet Music, Vol. 3

      Naxos 8.573475

      8:30 am

      Giuseppe Verdi: "La forza del destino"

      Overture

      Camerata Chicago/Drostan Hall
      Camerata Chicago: Brahms Violin Concerto with Guido Sant'Anna

      Camerata Chicago [2024 Brahms Violin Concerto with Guido Sant'Anna]

      8:38 am

      William Grant Still: Violin and Piano Suite

      Rachel Barton Pine, v; Matthew Hagle, p
      Blues Dialogues

      Cedille CDR-90000182

      8:52 am

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

      Chicago Brass Quintet
      American Voices

      Centaur CRC-3159

      9:04 am

      Antonio Vivaldi: String Concerto in E minor, R. 134

      La Serenissima/Adrian Chandler
      Rise of the North Italian Violin Concerto, Volume 2

      Avie AV-2128

      9:11 am

      Robert Schumann: Piano Quintet in E-Flat, Op. 44

      Juilliard String Quartet; Leonard Bernstein, p
      Juilliard String Quartet - 50 Years, Vol. 5: Great Collaborations

      Sony SM2K-62709 (2)

      9:39 am

      Edward Elgar: Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85

      IV. Finale, "Allegro"

      Sheku Kanneh-Mason, vc; London Sym Orch/Simon Rattle
      Sheku Kanneh-Mason: Elgar

      Decca B0031491-02

      9:52 am

      Elena Kats-Chernin: "Re-invention" No. 1 (after Bach's BWV 779)

      Genevieve Lacey, r; Flinders Quartet
      The Elena Kats-Chernin Collection

      ABC Classics 4816430/7

      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

      Lili Boulanger: "D'un soir triste"

      Neave Trio
      A Room of Her Own

      Chandos CHAN-20238

      10:11 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Clavier Concerto No. 2 in E, BWV 1053

      Beatrice Rana, p; Amsterdam Sinfonietta
      Bach: Concertos

      Warner 2173243358

      10:31 am

      Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: "Magnificat" in D, Wq 215

      Choruses, "Gloria Patri et Filio," "Sicut erat in principio"

      RIAS Chamber Cho, Berlin Academy for Ancient Music/HC Rademann
      CPE Bach: Magnificat

      Harmonia Mundi HMC-902167

      10:39 am

      Ernst von Dohnányi: "Ruralia Hungarica," Op. 32

      "Andante alla zingaresca," Op. 32c, No. 2

      Leonidas Kavakos, v; Enrico Pace, p
      Virtuoso

      Decca 4789377

      10:46 am

      Alberto Nepomuceno: "Suíte antiga," Op. 11

      English Chamber Orch/Neil Thomson
      Serenata: Brazilian Music for Chamber Orchestra

      Naxos 8.574405

      11:00 am

      Alexander Borodin: "In the Steppes of Central Asia"

      Boston Pops Orch/Arthur Fiedler
      Pops Caviar - Russian Orchestral Fireworks

      RCA 68132-2

      11:09 am

      Joaquín Rodrigo: "Fantasía para un gentilhombre"

      Göran Söllscher, g; Orpheus Chamber Orch
      Rodrigo & Villa-Lobos: Guitar Concertos

      DG 429232-2

      11:33 am

      music continues...

      12:15 pm

      Dame Myra Hess Concerts

      Trio Caspar (Andrea Caputo, clarinet; Jason Mooh, violin; Bogang Hwang, piano) performs music byDarius Milhaud, Igor Stravinsky, and Libby Larsen, 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

      Les Cinq Plus

      This week’s theme: French composers from the generation before Les Six, that we are fondly calling Les Cinq Plus. Like Les Six, our composers did not have a great deal in common, and the way they have been grouped is a historical accident. Unlike Les Six, Les Cinq Plus grew up listening to the art songs of the 1800s, and each in their way carried this romantic torch forward: Chabrier, Massenet, Duparc, Chausson, Dukas, and perhaps Satie as “L’Autre.”

      8:00 - 10:00 pm

      10:00 pm - 12:00 am

      10:00 pm

      Baroque&Before with Candice Agree

      Le Remède de Fortune

      Vocalist Marc Mauillon and friends (Maud Haering, Angélique Mauillon, Nolwenn Le Guern, and Pierre Hamon) bring us the romantic "Le Remède de Fortune," a narrative poem by Guillame de Machaut (1300-1377), exemplar of the "ars nova" musical style. Recorded live in concert May 17, 2025 at Les Riches Heures de Valère Early Music Festival.