Wednesday, August 19, 2026

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      Playlist for Wednesday, August 19, 2026

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      12:00 - 6:00 am

      Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff

      12:00 am

      Trad, Sephardic: Paxarico tu te llamas

      Hesperion XXI/Jordi Savall
      Diaspora Sefardi (Romances and Musica Instrumental)

      Alia Vox AV-9809 (2)

      12:05 am

      Corelli, Arcangelo: Variations in d minor on "La Follia," Op.5 no.12

      Ensemble/Jordi Savall
      La Folia (1490-1701)

      Alia Vox AV-9805

      12:16 am

      Sirmen, Maddalena Lombardini: String Quartet No. 3 in g

      Allegri String Quartet
      Sirmen: The Six String Quartets

      Cala CACD-1019

      12:27 am

      Maddalena, Maddalena Lombardini: Violin Duet in A, Op. 5/5

      II. "Allegretto"

      Shelby Yamin; Sarah Bleile Douglas, v's
      Maddalena Lombardini: Violin Duets, Op. 5

      Orpheus0

      12:29 am

      Glazunov, Alexander: Oriental Rhapsody, Op 29

      USSR Sym Orch/Yevgeny Svetlanov
      Forest, Sea, Oriental Rhapsody

      Melodiya SUCD-1000156

      12:54 am

      Scriabin, Alexander: Five Preludes, Op 74

      #4, "Lent, vague, indécis"

      Piers Lane, p

      Hyperion CDA-67057/8 (2)

      1:00 am

      Pärt, Arvo: "Summa"

      La Pietà/Angèle Dubeau
      Angèle Dubeau & La Pietà * Arvo Pärt, Portrait

      Analekta AN2-8731

      1:05 am

      Tartini, Giuseppe: Violin Sonata in g, "Devil's Trill"

      La Pietà/Angéle Dubeau, v
      Infernal Violins

      Analekta AN2-8723

      1:17 am

      Liszt, Franz: "Mephisto Waltz" No. 1, "Dance in the Village Inn"

      Daniel Barenboim, p
      Daniel Barenboim: On My New Piano

      DG 479 6724

      1:29 am

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      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.

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      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

      Pianist Han Chen performs music by Igor Stravinsky and Nina C. Young, live from Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago.

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      1:00 - 3:00 pm

      1:00 pm

      Music for the Afternoon

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      3:00 - 7:00 pm

      3:00 pm

      Afternoon Music with Candice Agree

      Including "The Unrush Hour" at 5:00 pm.

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      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.

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      8:00 - 10:00 pm

      8:00 pm

      Evening Music

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      10:00 pm

      10:00 pm

      Baroque&Before with Candice Agree

      Julian Bream

      English lutenist and guitarist Julian Bream’s contributions to music are innumerable. Although his repertoire spanned the centuries, this program focuses on his interpretations of works of the Renaissance and Baroque.

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      11:00 pm

      11:00 pm

      Evening Music

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