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      Playlist for Wednesday, May 27, 2026

      Playing this hour

      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      Johann Strauss II: "Soirée de Vienne"

      Jean-Yves Thibaudet, p
      Jean-Yves Thibaudet * Aria--Opera Without Words

      London B0008431-02

      12:05 am

      Johann Strauss II: Schatz-Walzer, Op. 418 (Treasure Waltz, from The Gypsy Baron)

      Boston Sym Chamber Players
      Walzer- Transriptionen

      DG 463667-2

      12:14 am

      Anton von Webern: Five Movements for String Quartet, Op 5

      #4

      Artis String Quartet
      Webern: String Quartets/ Gielen: Variations

      Sony SK-48059

      12:16 am

      Johannes Brahms: Symphony no.3 in F, Op.90

      Royal Concertgebouw Orch/Bernard Haitink
      Brahms: The Symphonies

      Philips 442068-2 (4)

      12:55 am

      Johannes Brahms: "Neue Liebeslieder" Waltzes, Op 65

      #5, "Wahre, wahre deinen Sohn"

      Anne Sofie von Otter, ms; Helmut Deutsch, p; Bengt Forsberg, p

      EMI/Ang CDC5-55430-2

      1:00 am

      Benjamin Lees: String Quartet Concerto

      III. "Allegro energico"

      Harlem Quartet; Chicago Sinfonietta/Mei-Ann Chen
      Delights & Dances

      Cedille CDR-90000141

      1:05 am

      music continues...

      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.

      10:00 am - 1:00 pm

      10:00 am

      Midday with Lisa Flynn

      Including the Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts at 12:15 pm.

      12:15 pm

      Dame Myra Hess Concerts

      Flutist Tyler Martin and pianist Beilin Han-Kim perform music by Joachim Andersen, Reena Esmail, Carl Reinecke, and Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, live from Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago.

      1:00 pm

      1:00 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

      32 Beethoven Piano Sonatas

      "Pathétique. Moonlight. Appassionata. Hammerklavier." Ludwig van Beethoven wrote his first piano sonata at the age of 25 and his last at 52, and together these 32 sonatas have been called "The New Testament" of music. Artur Schnabel was the first pianist to record a complete set, and since then this feat has been achieved by Daniel Barenboim, Alfred Brendel, Claude Frank, Maurizio Pollini, and Claudio Arrau - twice! We’ll sample as many as we possibly can, and we hope you will share in our wonder and amazement at Beethoven’s Piano Sonatas.

      8:00 - 10:00 pm

      10:00 pm - 12:00 am

      10:00 pm

      Baroque&Before with Candice Agree

      Bernardo Pasquini's "Sant'Agnese"

      A performance of the 1677 oratorio "Sant'Agnese" by Bernardo Pasquini, which recounts the martyrdom of the patron saint of chastity. Recorded in concert August 11, 2025 as part of the Radovljica Festival, the oldest Slovenian festival of early music.