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      Playlist for Sunday, December 7, 2025

      Playing this hour

      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      Anton Wunderer: "Ländler"

      Detmolder Horn Quartet
      Hornquartette (Horn Quartets/ Quatuors pour cors)

      MD+G Recordings L-3324

      12:04 am

      Emmanuel Chabrier: "Larghetto" for horn and orchestra (1875)

      Ronald Janezic, fh; Vienna Phil/John Eliot Gardiner
      Chabrier: Espana, Suite Pastorale, Habanera, Marche Francaise, Fete Polonaise

      DG 447751-2

      12:14 am

      Jean Françaix: "Canon in Octave"

      Gregory Hustis, fh; Steven Harlos, p
      Lyrical Gems for the Horn

      Crystal CD-770

      12:16 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Serenade No. 9 in D, K. 320, "Posthorn"

      North German Radio Sym Orch/Günter Wand
      Mozart/Beethoven

      RCA 89717-2

      12:54 am

      Edwin Carr: "The Twelve Signs" (1974)

      "Libra"

      Melbourne Sym Orch/Edwin Carr
      Edwin Carr

      Kiwi Pacific CDSLD-101

      1:00 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata No. 167, "Ihr Menschen, rühmet Gottes Liebe (Sing the praises of God's love)"

      Chorale, "Sei Lob und Preis mit Ehren (Praise and glory with honor be)"

      Yo-Yo Ma, vc (1712 Stradivarius); Amsterdam Baroque Orch/Ton Koopman
      Simply Baroque

      Sony SK-60680

      1:02 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata No. 163, "Nur Jedem das Seine (Only to each his due!)"

      Aria, "Lass mein Herz die Münze sein (Let my heart be the coin)"

      Yo-Yo Ma, vc (1712 Stradivarius); Amsterdam Baroque Orch/Ton Koopman
      Simply Baroque

      Sony SK-60680

      1:05 am

      Peter Sculthorpe: "Sun Song"

      Adelaide Sym Orch/David Porcelijn
      Peter Sculthorpe

      ABC Classics 454505-2

      1:10 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Clavier Concerto No. 5 in f minor, BWV 1056

      Amsterdam Baroque Orch/Ton Koopman, hc
      Bach: Klavierkonzerte BWV 1053, 1054, 1056, 1058

      Erato 45644-2

      1:20 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: "Well-Tempered Clavier," Book 2, BWV 870/91

      Prelude No. 23 in B

      Heidrun Holtmann, p
      Well-Tempered Clavier

      Musicaphon M-56922 (4)

      1:21 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: String Quartet in G, Op. 33, No. 5 "(How do you do?)"

      Salomon String Quartet

      Hyperion CDA=66682

      1:43 am

      Ned Rorem: Concertino da Camera (1946)

      Jory Vinicour, hc; Chicago Phil/Scott Speck
      20th Century Harpsichord Concertos

      Cedille CDR-90000188

      2:00 am

      Johannes Brahms: Piano Pieces, Op. 118

      Andreas Ottensamer, cl; Yuja Wang, p
      Blue Hour

      DG 4836069

      2:00 am

      Ned Rorem: Song, "As Adam Early in the Morning"

      Thomas Hampson, br; Craig Rutenberg, p

      EMI/Ang CDC5-41645-2

      2:05 am

      Johannes Brahms: Serenade no.2 in A, Op.16

      St Louis Sym/Leonard Slatkin
      Brahms: Serenade No 2, Haydn Variationen

      RCA 7920-2-RC

      2:37 am

      Felix Mendelssohn: "Songs Without Words," Op. 85

      #6

      Andreas Ottensamer, cl; Yuja Wang, p
      Blue Hour

      DG 4836069

      2:39 am

      Samuel Livingston: "Gentle Winds"

      Arcadian Winds
      Samuel Livingston

      Navona NV-6197

      2:52 am

      Claude Debussy: "Préludes", Book 1

      III. "Le vent dans la plaine"

      Jorge Bolet, p
      Debussy: 16 Preludes

      London 425518-2

      2:55 am

      Georg Philipp Telemann: Song, "Wind"

      Klaus Mertens, br; Ludger Rémy, hc
      Singe-, Spiel- Und Generalbaß-Übungen 1733

      CPO 777045-2

      3:00 am

      Christoph Willibald Gluck: "Orpheus and Eurydice"

      "Dance of the Blessed Spirits"

      Michala Petri, r; Lars Hannibal, g
      Artists Of The Century - Michala Petri - Ultimate Collection

      RCA 59112-2 (2)

      3:05 am

      John Field: Rondo in A-Flat

      Eckart Sellheim, forte-p; Collegium Aureum

      EMI/Ang CDC7-47527-2

      3:13 am

      Irish Trad: Bonny Prince Charlie

      The Chieftains
      Over the Sea to Skye: The Celtic Connection

      RCA 60424-2-RC

      3:15 am

      Arnold Bax: "Into the Twilight"

      Ulster Orch/Bryden Thomson
      Bax Tone Poems, Volume 2

      Chandos CHAN-10157

      3:28 am

      Arnold Bax: "In the Faery Hills" ("Eire," Pt 2)(1909)

      Ulster Orch/Bryden Thomson
      Ulster Orchestra / Handley: Harty/ Stanford/Moeran/Bax: Orchestral Works

      Chandos CHAN-10157

      3:43 am

      Arnold Bax: "Roscatha" ("Eire," Pt 3)(1910)

      Ulster Orch/Bryden Thomson
      Ulster Orchestra / Handley: Harty/ Stanford/Moeran/Bax: Orchestral Works

      Chandos CHAN-10157

      3:54 am

      Turlough O'Carolan: "Maurice O'Connor"

      Patrick Ball, h

      Fortuna CDFOR-005

      4:00 am

      Josef Lanner: "Neue Wiener Ländler mit Coda" in G, Op 1

      Ensemble Wien
      Dance Music From Old Vienna

      Sony SK-57974

      4:05 am

      Johannes Brahms: Piano Sonata #1 in C, Op 1

      Jon Nakamatsu, p
      10th Van Cliburn International Piano Competition

      Harmonia Mundi HMU-907218

      4:35 am

      Fanny Mendelssohn: Six Songs, Op 1

      #5, "Morgenständchen"

      Lauralyn Kolb, s, Arlene Shrut, p
      Fanny Mendelssohn: Lieder

      Centaur CRC-2120

      4:37 am

      Johann Strauss II: Waltzes, Epigramme, Op. 1

      Vienna Phil/Lorin Maazel
      Sings Hebrew Melodies

      MHS 515597-M

      4:46 am

      Hector Berlioz: "Waverley" Overture, Op. 1

      Toulouse Capitole Orch/Michel Plasson

      EMI/Ang CDC7-54237-2

      4:55 am

      William Bolcom: Nine Bagatelles

      "àthe ghost mazurka"

      Jon Nakamatsu, p
      10th Van Cliburn International Piano Competition

      Harmonia Mundi HMU-907218

      5:00 am

      Richard Wagner: "Die Walküre"

      "Ride of the Valkyries"

      NBC Sym Orch/Arturo Toscanini

      RCA 5751-2-RC

      5:05 am

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

      IV. "Adagietto"

      Smithsonian Chamber Players/Kenneth Slowik
      Transfiguration

      RCA-DHM 77374-2

      5:12 am

      Giacomo Puccini: "Adagetto"

      Milan Verdi Sym Orch/Riccardo Chailly
      Puccini Discoveries

      London B0002141-02

      5:16 am

      Giacomo Puccini: "La Bohème"

      Aria, "Vecchia zimarra, senti"

      Tancredi Pasero, b; Orch
      La Boheme

      Testament SBT-0132 (10)

      5:18 am

      Antonio Vivaldi: Flautino Concerto in a, R 445

      Michala Petri, r; I Solisti Veneti/Claudio Scimone
      Vivaldi: 6 Concertos

      RCA 7885-2-RC

      5:28 am

      Johann Strauss II: "Graduation Ball"

      Minneapolis Sym (Minnesota Orch)/Antal Dorati
      Giselle • Graduation Ball • Gaîté Parisienne

      Mercury 434365-2 (2)

      5:54 am

      Georges Bizet: "Jeux d'enfants," Op. 22

      XII. "Le bal" (The Ball)

      Katia, Marielle Labéque, p
      Jeux D'enfants / Ma Mère L'Oye / Dolly Suite

      Philips 420159-2

      6:00 am

      6:00 am

      With Heart and Voice

      "Advent 2, Prophets and Prophecy." Host Peter DuBois shares choral and organ music of prophecy, both from the Old Testament prophets, and from the New Testament story of John the Baptist. Lovely music from a variety of sources.

      7:00 am - 12:00 pm

      7:00 am

      Hosted by Kristina Lynn.

      7:01 am

      Duke Ellington: Reflections in D

      Jean-Yves Thibaudet, p
      Conversations with Bill Evans

      Decca 455512-2

      7:09 am

      Edvard Grieg: "Holberg" Suite, Op. 40

      St Martin's Academy/Sir Neville Marriner
      Grieg, Sibelius: Suites

      Philips 412727-2

      7:31 am

      Traditional Norwegian: "Wintertide"

      Choir of Royal Holloway/Rupert Gough
      Winter Songs

      Decca 4816326

      7:34 am

      Nigel Westlake: "Antarctica" (Suite for Guitar and Orchestra)

      "Penguin Ballet"

      John Williams, g; London Sym Orch/Paul Daniel
      From Australia

      Sony SK-53361

      7:37 am

      Traditional English: "The Holly and the Ivy"

      Washington Saxophone Quartet
      Tis the Season

      Americus Records AMR-20111060

      7:40 am

      Ralph Vaughan Williams: "The Lark Ascending"

      Michael Davis, v; London Sym Orch/Bryden Thomson
      Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 5, The Lark Ascending

      Chandos CHAN-8554

      7:57 am

      Don Macdonald: "When the Earth Stands Still"

      La Caccina
      Open Book

      La Caccina

      8:03 am

      Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Guitar Quintet, Op. 143

      IV. Finale

      Sharon Isbin, g; Pacifica Quartet
      Souvenirs of Spain & Italy

      Cedille CDR-90000190

      8:09 am

      Ottorino Respighi: "Vetrate di Chiesa (Church Windows)"

      Cincinnati Sym Orch/Jesús López-Cobos
      Respighi: Church Windows, Brazilian Impressions, Roman Festivals

      Telarc CD-80356

      8:39 am

      Karl Jenkins: "The Armed Man - A Mass for Peace"

      XII. Benedictus

      Guy Johnston, vc; National Youth Choir of Great Britain; London Phil Orch/Karl Jenkins
      Karl Jenkins - The Armed Man

      Decca 4817826

      8:48 am

      Hazel Scott: "Peace of Mind"

      Lara Downes, p
      New Day Begun

      Rising Sun Music RS-012

      8:53 am

      Edvard Grieg: Lyric Pieces, Op. 65

      No. 6, "Wedding Day at Troldhaugen"

      Chicago Harp Quartet
      Soirées d'été

      Chicago Harp Quartet 748252899439

      9:01 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata No. 208, "Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd"

      Aria, "Schafe können sicher weiden (Sheep May Safely Graze)"

      Albrecht Mayer, ob; Sinfonia Varsovia
      Lieder ohne Worte: Transcriptions for Oboe and Orchestra

      DG 476047-2

      9:05 am

      Gabriela Montero: Improvisation on Bach's "Sheep May Safely Graze"

      Gabriela Montero, p
      Bach and Beyond

      EMI 64647

      9:10 am

      Samuel Scheidt: "Canzon bergamasca"

      Empire Brass
      Empire Brass - Greatest Hits

      Telarc CD-80438

      9:15 am

      Johann Friedrich Fasch: Lute Concerto in D minor

      Hopkinson Smith, l; Chiara Banchini & David Plantier, v's; David Courvoisier, vi; Roel Dieltiens, vc
      David Courvoisier, viola,
      Fasch, Haydn, Kohaut, Hagen: Lute Concertos

      Astrée E-8641

      9:32 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: "Brandenburg" Concerto No. 3 in G Major, BWV 1048

      Anderson & Roe Piano Duo
      The Art of Bach

      Steinway & Sons 30033

      9:45 am

      Marc-Antoine Charpentier: "Noëls sur les instruments"

      Les Violons du Roy/Bernard Labadie
      Simphonies des Noëls

      Dorian DOR-90180

      10:01 am

      Astor Piazzolla: "Close Your Eyes and Listen"

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

      Warner 0190295155636

      10:08 am

      Antonio Soler: "Fandango"

      Alain Lefèvre, p
      Alain Lefèvre, Soler, Rameau, Scarlatti - Fandango

      Koch 3-7389-2

      10:22 am

      John Williams: "E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial"

      "Adventures on Earth"

      City of Prague Phil Orch/Nic Raine
      Six Star Wars Films

      Silva SILCD-1182

      10:34 am

      Florence Price: String Quartet in A minor

      Avalon String Quartet
      Florence Beatrice Price, Leo Sowerby: Music for String Quartet

      Naxos 8.559941

      11:01 am

      Camille Saint-Saëns: "Tarentelle" in A minor, Op. 6

      Demarre McGill, f; Anthony McGill, cl; Chicago Youth Sym Orch/Allen Tinkham
      Winged Creatures

      Cedille CDR-90000187

      11:08 am

      Michel Legrand: "One Day"

      King's Singers
      Finding Harmony

      Signum SIGCD-607

      11:10 am

      Howard Blake: "Walking in the Air" from "The Snowman"

      Barry Gordon, p
      Distant Songs

      Telarc CD-80330

      11:17 am

      Doreen Carwithen: Piano Concerto

      Mark Bebbington, p; Innovation Chamber Ensemble/R Jenkinson
      Concertos for Piano and Strings

      Somm SOMMCD-254

      11:52 am

      Claude Debussy: Two Arabesques

      No. 1 in E

      Richard Stoltzman, cl; Nancy Allen, h
      Romance

      RCA 60198-2

      11:57 am

      Traditional English: "I Saw Three Ships"

      Burning River Brass
      Twas the Night Before Christmas

      Azica ACD-71319

      12:00 - 5:00 pm

      12:00 pm

      George Frideric Handel: "Joy to the World"

      Philadelphia Orch/Eugene Ormandy
      The Glorious Sound of Christmas

      CBS MK-6369

      12:01 pm

      George Frideric Handel: "Joy to the World"

      Wynton Marsalis Septet
      The Ultimate Classical Christmas

      Sony 88697-14332-2

      12:05 pm

      Felix Mendelssohn: "The Hebrides (Fingal's Cave)" Overture, Op 26

      Bamberg Sym/Claus Peter Flor
      Mendelssohn Overtures

      RCA 7905-2-RC

      12:17 pm

      Sofiane Pamart: "Medellín"

      Sofiane Pamart, p
      Planet Gold

      Urban PIASU-166D

      12:23 pm

      Gentil Montaña: "Suite Colombiana" No. 2

      "Porro"

      Sharon Isbin, g; Gaudêncio Thiago de Mello, per
      Journey to the Amazon

      Teldec 19899-2

      12:26 pm

      Ludwig van Beethoven: "Christ on the Mount of Olives," Op. 85

      Chorus, "Hallelujah!"

      Atlanta Sym Cho & Orch/Robert Shaw
      Absolute Heaven: Essential Choral Masterpieces

      Telarc CD-80458

      12:31 pm

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Two-Piano Concerto No. 10 in E-Flat, K. 365

      Murray Perahia, p; Chicago Sym Orch/Sir Georg Solti, p
      Solti: The Legacy 1937-1997

      Decca 4784884

      12:57 pm

      Traditional English: "Here We Come A-Wassailing"

      Black Dyke Band/Nicholas Childs
      John Rutter: Brass at Christmas

      Naxos 8.574564

      1:01 pm

      Sergei Prokofiev: Flute Sonata (Violin Sonata No. 2) in D, Op. 94

      Mathieu Dufour, f; Aleksandar Madžar, p
      Mathieu Dufour - Flute Recital

      Harmonia Mundi HMN-911770

      1:28 pm

      Orlandus (Roland de) Lassus: "Angelus ad pastores ait"

      Vocalconsort Berlin/Daniel Reuss
      Lassus: Prophetiæ Sibyllarum

      Accent ACC-24307

      1:31 pm

      Jacques Offenbach: "La Vie parisienne"

      Overture

      City of Birmingham Sym Orch/Louis Frémaux
      Best-Loved Classics 14

      EMI CDZ7-67225-2

      1:37 pm

      Edu Lobo & Chico Buarque: "Beatriz"

      Plínio Fernandes, g
      Saudade

      Decca 4857617

      1:41 pm

      Antônio Carlos Jobim: "The Girl from Ipanema"

      Plínio Fernandes, g
      Saudade

      Decca 4857617

      1:45 pm

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 98 in B-Flat

      IV. Finale, "Presto"

      London Phil Orch/Eugen Jochum
      Haydn: The 12 'London' Symphonies

      DG 437201-2 (4)

      1:53 pm

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Motet, "Komm, Jesu, komm", BWV 229

      Norwegian Soloists Choir/Grete Pedersen; instrumental ensemble
      Joakim Peterson, violone,
      Christian Kjos, organ,
      Veni: Songs of Christmas II

      BIS 2511

      2:01 pm

      Alexander Borodin: Symphony No. 2 in B minor

      Berlin Phil/Simon Rattle
      Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhbition; Borodin: Symphony No. 2, Polovtsian Dances

      EMI CDC5-00273-2

      2:31 pm

      Manuel Ponce: "Estrellita"

      John-Henry Crawford, vc; Jiji, g
      Corazón - The Music of Latin America

      Orchid Classics ORC-100198

      2:34 pm

      Pablo de Sarasate: Two Spanish Dances, Op. 23

      No. 2, "Zapateado"

      Vienna Bohème Quartet
      Bravourissimo

      Koch 3-6718-2

      2:39 pm

      Florian Leopold Gassmann: "L'amore artigiano"

      Overture

      Eclipse Chamber Orch/Sylvia Alimena
      Gassmann Opera Overtures

      Naxos 8.570421

      2:47 pm

      Franz Liszt: "Réminiscences de 'Lucia di Lammermoor'" after Donizetti

      Jorge Bolet, p
      Great Pianists of the 20th Century: Jorge Bolet

      Philips 456724-2 (2)

      2:54 pm

      Gaetano Donizetti: "L'elisir d'amore"

      Aria, "Una furtiva lagrima"

      José Carreras, t; London Phil Orch/Jesús López-Cobos
      Philips Classics: The Stereo Years

      Philips 4788977

      2:59 pm

      Traditional German: Carol, "O Tannenbaum (O Christmas Tree)"

      Isabella Brown, v
      Introductions: An Introductions Christmas (December 25, 2021)

      WFMT

      3:00 pm

      George Gershwin: "Novelette in Fourths"

      Fazıl Say, p
      Gershwin

      Teldec 26202-2

      3:02 pm

      George Gershwin: "Three-Quarter Blues"

      Fazıl Say, p
      Gershwin

      Teldec 26202-2

      3:03 pm

      George Gershwin: "Promenade (Walking the Dog)"

      Fazıl Say, p
      Gershwin

      Teldec 26202-2

      3:07 pm

      Josef Mysliveček: Sinfonia in C

      Concerto Köln
      Il Divino Boemo: Josef Mysliveček Symphonies

      Archiv 4776418

      3:15 pm

      Antonio Vivaldi: Violin Concerto in E-Flat, R. 257

      Alessandro Tampieri, v; Accademia Bizantina/Ottavio Dantone
      Vivaldi: Violin Concertos "Per il castello"

      Naïve OP-7078

      3:26 pm

      Irving Berlin: "White Christmas"

      Orch/André Kostelanetz
      Wonderland of Christmas

      Sony 96970

      3:30 pm

      Louise Farrenc: Trio for flute, cello and piano in E minor, Op. 45

      Linos Ensemble
      Louise Farrenc: Sonata, Trios, Variations

      CPO 555538

      3:56 pm

      Franz Schubert: "Ecossaisen," Op. 49

      Boskovsky Ensemble/Willi Boskovsky
      The Willi Boskovsky Collection Vol. 2, The Charm of Old Vienna / The Boskovsky Ensemble

      Vanguard OVC-8016

      4:00 pm

      Elizabeth DiSavino: Suite of French Carols

      Solid Brass
      Christmas With Solid Brass

      Dorian DOR-90114

      4:07 pm

      Anthony Ritchie: String Quartet No. 3, Op. 221, "In Time"

      Jade String Quartet
      Melencolia

      Rattle RAT-D159

      4:30 pm

      Francisco Tárrega: "Capricho árabe (Serenata)"

      Salvatore Foderà, g
      The Sea Between Lands

      Brilliant Classics 95862

      4:35 pm

      Edvard Grieg: "Peer Gynt," Op. 23

      Suite No. 1: "In the Hall of the Mountain King"

      Berlin Phil/Herbert von Karajan
      Grieg: Peer Gynt Suites, Sibelius: Pelleas et Melisande

      DG 410026-2

      4:39 pm

      Giuseppe Verdi: "Don Carlos"

      "Ballet de la Reine"

      Bournemouth Sym Orch/José Serebrier
      Verdi: Complete Ballet Music from the Operas

      Naxos 8.572818-19 (2)

      4:56 pm

      music continues...

      5:00 pm

      5:00 pm

      Ryan Opera Center Recital Series

      Baritone Sihau Hu, bass-baritone Benjamin R. Sokol, and pianist Michael Banwarth perform arias and songs in the Fay and Daniel Levin Performance Studio. Hosted by Candice Agree.

      6:00 - 8:00 pm

      6:00 pm

      Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcasts

      Dohnányi Variations on a Nursery Song; András Schiff, piano; Del Tredici "Final Alice;" Barbara Hendricks, soprano; Berlioz "Les Franc-juges" Overture, Op. 3; Weber "Oberon" Overture; Georg Solti, conductor.

      8:00 pm

      8:00 pm

      Fiesta! with Elbio Barilari

      Orchestral Music from Perú, Brazil & Spain Long before 'nationalism' became a musical trend in the 19th century, composers from Spain and Latin America had been using their musical roots as an inspiration and a source. Host Elbio Barilari shares some brilliant examples music inspired by culture, from the Peruvian composer Ceso Garrido-Lecca, the Brazilian Camargo Guarnieri and the Catalonian-Spanish Enric Morera.

      9:00 - 11:00 pm

      9:00 pm

      Collectors' Corner with Henry Fogel

      Yuja Wang, the Berlin and Vienna recitals

      Recitals from the Berlin Philharmonie (2018) and the Vienna Konzerthaus (2022) by the great Chinese pianist Yuja Wang.