Sunday, August 23, 2026

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      Playlist for Sunday, August 23, 2026

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      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      Walton, William: "Hamlet" (1947)

      "Funeral March"

      Royal Liverpool Phil/Charles Groves
      Music For Shakespearean Films: Hamlet, Henry V, Richard III

      Angel DS-38088

      12:04 am

      Beethoven, Ludwig van: Piano Sonata #12 in A-Flat, Op 26, "Funeral March"

      Sviatoslav Richter, p
      Sviatoslav Richter: 100th Anniversary Edition

      Mel/BMG 25178-2

      12:23 am

      Purcell, Henry: Funeral Music for Queen Mary

      March

      Taverner Players/Andrew Parrott

      EMI/Ang CDC7-49635-2

      12:24 am

      Larsson, Lars-Erik: Symphony #1 in D, Op 2

      Helsingborg Sym Orch/Andrew Manze
      Larsson: Symphony No 1, Lyric Fantasy, Music for Orchestra

      CPO 777671-2

      12:54 am

      Larsson, Lars-Erik: "Tre citat för blandad kör," Op 59 (1969)

      #1

      Stockholm High School Chamber Cho/Eric Ericson

      Caprice CAP-1101

      1:00 am

      Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel: Fantasia in c, Wq 254

      Colin Tilney, clavichord

      DG Archiv 2533326

      1:05 am

      Telemann, Georg Philipp: "Tafelmusik," Bk 2

      Trio in e

      American Baroque
      TELEMANN, G.P.: Chamber Music (American Baroque)

      Dorian DOR-93205

      1:19 am

      Bach, Johann Sebastian: "Well-Tempered Clavier," Book 1, BWV 846/69

      Prelude No. 2 in c minor

      Béla Fleck, banjo; Edgar Meyer, db
      Music for Two

      Sony SK-92106

      1:20 am

      Novak, Vitezslav: Serenade in D, Op 36

      Ukrainian Chamber Orch/Andrew Mogrelia
      NOVAK : Serenades

      Marco Polo 8.223649

      1:47 am

      Warlock, Peter: Serenade for Strings

      Ulster Orch/Vernon Handley
      Moeran: Serenade in G · Warlock: Serenade · Capriol Suite

      Chandos CHAN-8808

      1:54 am

      Ginastera, Alberto: "Danza Criolla" Op 15, #1

      Maria Isabel Siewers, g
      Ginastera: Chamber Music Volume 5

      ASV CDDCA-1103

      2:00 am

      Anonymous 17th century, English: "In paradise"

      Michael Chance, ct; Fretwork
      The English Viol

      Virgin 61173-2

      2:05 am

      Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel: Sinfonia in G, Wq 183/4

      Age of Enlightenment Orch/Gustav Leonhardt
      4 Symphonies, Wq. 183 / Symphony No. 5, Wq. 182

      Virgin Classics 61794-2 (2)

      2:17 am

      Bach, Johann Sebastian: "Klavierbüchlein für Wilhelm Friedemann Bach"

      "Fantasia" No. 2

      Joseph Payne, hc
      Klavierbüchlein for Wilhelm Friedemann

      Hänssler Classic CD-92.137 (2)

      2:18 am

      Beethoven, Ludwig van: Symphony No. 5 in c minor, Op. 67

      Ch Orch of Europe/Nikolaus Harnoncourt

      Teldec 28144-2 (10)

      2:55 am

      music continues...

      6:00 am

      6:00 am

      With Heart and Voice

      "Praise the Lord." Host Peter DuBois shares psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs of praise from the vast repertoire of sacred choral and organ music.

      7:00 am - 12:00 pm

      12:00 - 3:00 pm

      1:31 pm

      Ravinia Festival 2026

      Steans Institute Piano & Strings Program

      Stravinsky Suite Italienne; Noah Lee, cello, Joseph Liccardo, piano; Haydn String Quartet in C major, Op. 54 No. 2; Aoi Saito, violin; Sameer Agrawal, violin; Yizilin Liang, viola; Joan Herget, cello; Suk Piano Trio in C minor, Op. 2; Yuki Yoshimi, piano; Hayoung Choi, violin; Jiaxun Yao, cello. Recoded July 2026 in Bennett Gordon Hall.

      6:00 - 8:00 pm

      6:00 pm

      Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcasts

      Weber Clarinet Concertos No. 1 & 2; Benny Goodman, clarinet; Jean Martinon, conductor; Overture to "Oberon;" Georg Solti, conductor; Nielsen Clarinet Concerto, Op. 57; Benny Goodman, clarinet; Morton Gould, conductor; "Helios" Overture, Op. 17; Jean Martinon, conductor; Fisher "Chicago;" Benny Goodman, clarinet; Morton Gould, conductor.

      8:00 pm

      8:00 pm

      Fiesta! with Elbio Barilari

      Travels to Sepharad Sepharad is the name the Spanish Jews gave to the Iberian Peninsula, making themselves the Sephardic people. Expelled from Spain, their culture and their language, Ladino, has been preserved in Northern Africa, Greece, Turkey and the Netherlands. Jewish Sephardic music is one of the most fascinating music styles to come out of Spain. Fiesta shares recordings of this lesser-known style of music.

      9:00 - 11:00 pm

      9:00 pm

      Collectors' Corner with Henry Fogel

      The art of Elmira Darvarova

      Bulgarian violinist who was first female concertmaster of Met Opera Orchestra. Music by Liszt, Ligeti, Ysaÿe, and Kodály.