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Playlist for Saturday, August 8, 2026
12:00 - 7:00 am
12:00 am
Charles Wilfrid Orr: A Cotswold Hill Tune
Royal Ballet Sinfonia/David Lloyd-Jones
ENGLISH STRING MINIATURES, Vol. 1
12:05 am
Gustav Holst: Symphony in F, Op. 8, "The Cotswolds"
Munich Sym/Douglas Bostock
12:32 am
Philip Lane: Suite of Cotswold Folkdances (1978)
#5, "Ladies of Pleasure"
Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland
British Light Music Discoveries
12:34 am
Franz Schubert: "Three Military Marches," Op. 51, D. 733
No. 1 in D
Philip Jones Ensemble/Elgar Howarth
Grand March
12:38 am
Franz Schubert: Allegro in a, D 947, "Lebensstürme"
Yaara Tal, Andreas Groethuysen, p
Complete Piano Music For Four Hands, VOl. 2
12:53 am
Dmitri Shostakovich: "Alone" film score, Op. 26
"Calm after the Storm"
Royal Concertgebouw Orch/Riccardo Chailly
The Film Album
1:00 am
Henry Cowell: "Hymn for String Orchestra"
City of London Sinfonia/David Amos
1:05 am
Leo Sowerby: "From the Northland: Suite for Orchestra"
Czech National Sym/Paul Freeman
Prairie: Tone Poems by Leo Sowerby
1:25 am
Anthony Philip Heinrich: The Musical Bachelor
American Music Group/Neely Bruce
Dawning of Music in Kentucky
1:27 am
Ernst von Dohnányi: Variations on a Hungarian Folksong, Op 29
David Korevaar, p
David Korevaar: Dohnanyi
1:38 am
Jenö Hubay: "Variations sur un Thème Hongrois," Op 72
Hagai Shaham, v; BBC Scottish Sym Orch/Martyn Brabbins
Hubay: Violin Concertos 3 & 4
1:54 am
Bela Bartók: "Mikrokosmos"
"Major Seconds Broken and Together"
Equale Brass
Sonata/ Equalisation
2:00 am
Pietro Mascagni: "L'Amico Fritz"
Intermezzo
Berlin Phil/Herbert von Karajan
Opera Intermezzi * Berliner Philharmoniker * Karajan
2:05 am
Felix Mendelssohn: "A Midsummer Night's Dream" Overture, Op. 21
Philharmonia Orch/Neville Marriner
Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream
2:17 am
Felix Mendelssohn: "A Midsummer Night's Dream," Op. 61
"Nocturne"
Roberto Prosseda, p
Mendelssohn Discoveries: Rare Piano Works
2:23 am
Felix Mendelssohn: "A Midsummer Night's Dream," Op. 61
"Wedding March"
Vladimir Horowitz, p
Horowitz Encores
2:29 am
Vladimir Horowitz: Waltz in f
Vladimir Horowitz, p
2:30 am
Heitor Villa-Lobos: Cello Concerto No. 2
Andrés Díaz, vc; Simon Bolivar Sym Orch/Enrique Arturo Diemecke
VILLA-LOBOS, H.: Symphony No. 4, "Victoria" / Cello Concerto No. 2 / Amazonas
2:54 am
Vincenzo GALILEI: Euterpe
Jurgen Rost, g, Monika Rost, g
Songs And Dances For Lute
3:00 am
Jean-Philippe Rameau: "Acante et Céphise" (1751)
Overture
Les Talens Lyriques/Christophe Rousset
Rameau: Ouvertures * Les Talens Lyriques/Rousset
3:05 am
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 12 in A, K. 414
Evgeny Kissin, p; Moscow Virtuosi/Vladimir Spivakov
Evgeny Kissin- A Musical Portrait
3:31 am
Gabriel Fauré: "Morceau de concours"
Michel Debost, f; Jean-Philippe Collard, p
Faure: Chamber Music, Vol. 1
3:32 am
Dmitri Kabalevsky: "Colas Breugnon," Op 24
Suite
Armenian Phil/Loris Tjeknavorian
Kabalevsky: Suites from Romeo and Juliet, The Comedians & Colas Breugnon
3:54 am
Maurice Ravel: "Trois Chansons"
No. 3, "Ronde"
Cambridge Singers/John Rutter
Cambridge Singers A Cappella
4:00 am
Jan Hugo Vorisek: Six Impromptus, Op 7
#3 in d
Artur Pizarro, p
Vorisek: Piano Works, Vol. 1
4:05 am
Carl Maria von Weber: Clarinet Quintet in B-Flat, Op. 34
Charles Neidich, cl; L'Archibudelli
Weber, Reicha, Hummel: Clarinet Quintets & Quartet
4:31 am
Carlos Chávez: Seven Pieces (1923-30)
#4, "Blues"
Hsuan-Ya Chen, p
Piano Works Of Carlos Chavez
4:33 am
Carlos Chávez: Symphony #4, "Romántica"
New York Phil/Carlos Chavez
Sinfonía india / Sinfonía de Antígona / Sinfonía romántica
4:54 am
Sylvius Leopold Weiss: Lute Suite in d
Prelude
Ronn McFarlane, l
Lute Recital: McFarlane, Ronn - BACH, J.S. / KELLNER, D. / WEISS, S.L. (A Distant Shore)
5:00 am
Antonin Dvorák: "Rusalka," Op. 114
"Song to the Moon"
Czech Phil/Vaclav Neumann
Rusalka Highlights
5:05 am
Antonin Dvorák: Bagatelles, Op 47
Domus Piano Quartet
Domus
5:22 am
Ludwig van Beethoven: Eleven Bagatelles, Op. 119
No. 8 in C
Mia Chung, p
Mia Chung - Beethoven Sonatas & Bagatelles vol. 2
5:23 am
Ludwig van Beethoven: "Leonore" Overture no.2 in C, Op.72a
Hanover Band/Roy Goodman
5:37 am
Mayseder: "Potpourrie on Themes of Beethoven and Rossini"
Michala Petri, r; Lars Hannibal, g
Café Vienna: 19th Century Café Music * Michala Petri * Lars Hannibal
5:46 am
Gioachino Rossini: "L'Italiana in Algeri (The Italian Girl in Algiers)"
Overture
Chamber Orch of Europe/Claudio Abbado
Rossini: Overtures
5:54 am
Gorzanis: Galliard, "La Barcha del mio amore"
Hesperion XXI
La Barcha d'Amore * 1563-1685 * Montserrat Figueras * Jordi Savall
6:00 am
George Frideric Handel: "Tamerlano"
Overture
English Baroque Soloists/John Eliot Gardiner
Handel: Tamerlano
6:05 am
John Gardner: Flute Concerto, Op 220 (1995)
Jennifer Stinton, f; Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland
John Gardner: Symphony No. 3; Flute Concerto
6:21 am
George Frideric Handel: "Il pastor fido"
Ballet Music: A tempo di Bourrée
English Baroque Soloists/John Eliot Gardiner
Handel: Alcina, Il Pastor Fido, Terpsichore
6:22 am
George Frideric Handel: Harpsichord Suite No. 8 in G
Alan Cuckston, hc
HANDEL: Harpsichord Suites Nos. 6 - 8
6:33 am
George Frideric Handel: Harpsichord Suite No. 5 in E
Air with variations, "The Harmonious Blacksmith"
Harry Bicket, hc
The Handel Collection
6:37 am
George Frideric Handel: "Semele"
Aria, "Where'er you walk"
Nicholas Daniel, ob; City of London Sinfonia/John Rutter
The Handel Collection
6:42 am
John Rutter: Suite
Royal Ballet Sinfonia/David Lloyd-Jones
ENGLISH STRING MINIATURES, Vol. 1
6:54 am
John Rutter: "God be in my head"
Polyphony/Stephen Layton
Rutter: Requiem
7:00 - 9:00 am
7:00 am
Weekend Mornings with Kristina Lynn
With news at 7:00 am; "Saturday Morning Listener's Choice" at 8:00 am; and "Soundtrack" at 9:00 am.
7:00 am
Hosted by Robbie Ellis.
7:02 am
Henriëtte Bosmans: "Poème"
Dmitri Ferschtman, vc, Netherlands Radio Chamber Orch/Ed Spanjaard
Henriëtte Bosmans
7:18 am
William Boyce: Symphony No. 1 in B-Flat
Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood
Boyce: Symphonies, Op. 2
7:25 am
Richard Rodgers: "Carousel"
Waltz
John Wilson Orch/John Wilson
Maxim Vengerov: 5 Classic Albums
7:34 am
Jessie Montgomery: "Strum"
Catalyst Quartet
Strum: Music for Strings
7:42 am
Josef Suk: String Serenade in E-Flat, Op. 6
IV. Finale, "Allegro giocoso"
London Chamber Orch/Christopher Warren-Green
Tchaikovsky, Suk, Dvořák: Serenades
7:49 am
Antonio Vivaldi: Cello Concerto in D minor, R. 406
Christophe Coin, vc; Il Giardino Armonico/Giovanni Antonini
Vivaldi - Cello Concertos Volume 1
8:00 am
Saturday Morning Listener's Choice
8:01 am
Robert Nathaniel Dett: "The Ordering of Moses"
Finale, "He is King of Kings"
Soloists; May Festival Cho; Cincinnati Sym Orch/James Conlon
R. Nathaniel Dett - The Ordering of Moses - Live from Carnegie Hall
8:07 am
Dario Marianelli: "Pride and Prejudice"
"Dawn"
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, p
Pride & Prejudice (Music from the Motion Picture)
8:11 am
George Gershwin: "Porgy and Bess"
"Summertime"
Ofra Harnoy, vc; Mike Herriott, tr
Portrait
8:13 am
George Gershwin: "Porgy and Bess"
"It Ain't Necessarily So"
Frederick Ballentine, t; Metropolitan Opera Cho & Orch/David Robertson
The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess
8:17 am
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: "Don Giovanni," K. 527
Duet, "Là ci darem la mano"
Cecilia Bartoli, ms; Bryn Terfel, bbr; Santa Cecilia Orch/Myung-Whun Chung
The Art of Cecilia Bartoli
8:20 am
Johannes Brahms: Waltzes, Op. 39
No. 15 in A-Flat
Claire Aebersold & Ralph Neiweem, p
Brahms: Four Hands - Aebersold and Neiweem piano duo
8:29 am
music continues...
11:00 am
11:00 am
Introductions
An encore presentation of pianist Noah Kim's performance of Mozart's Piano Sonata No. 18 in D, K.576. Originally broadcast December 9, 2023.
12:00 - 3:00 pm
12:00 pm
From La Scala
Debussy's Pelléas et Mélisande
Bernard Richter (Pelléas); Sara Blanch (Mélisande); Simon Keenlyside (Golaud); Marie-Nicole Lemieux (Geneviève); John Relyea (Arkel); La Scala Chorus and Orchestra; Maxime Pascal, conductor. Sung in French.
4:00 pm
4:00 pm
Listening to Singers with Oliver Camacho
Introducing British tenor Laurence Kilsby including highlights from his 2026 BBC Proms program with Thomas Dunford's Jupiter Ensemble.
8:00 pm
8:00 pm
Folkstage hosted by Marilyn Rea Beyer
From the archives: One guitar, one accordion, two people whose songs are either funny or not so funny but with a twist. We re-broadcast Lou & Peter Berryman performing on Folkstage during the peak of their touring years.
9:00 pm - 12:00 am
9:00 pm
The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer
Chicago baseball teams come out on top this weekend wherever they may be in the standings. And we look to the heavens for The Perseids and The New Moon.
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