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      Playlist for Friday, October 2, 2026

      Playing this hour

      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      Elgar, Edward: "Sospiri," Op 70

      English Sym Orch/William Boughton
      Meditations for Autumn

      Nimbus NI-7069

      12:05 am

      Hummel, Johann Nepomuk: Introduction and Rondo Brillant in F, Op 127, "Le retour à Londres"

      Alessandro Commellato, forte-p; Stefano Barneschi, v; Orch/Didier Talpain
      Hummel Edition

      Brilliant Classics 95792 (20)

      12:20 am

      Finzi, Gerald: "A Young Man's Exhortations," Op. 14

      No. 3, "Budmouth Dears"

      Stephen Varcoe, br; Clifford Benson, p
      Earth And Air And Rain

      Hyperion A-66161 (2)

      12:21 am

      Carwithen, Doreen: Concerto for Piano and Strings

      Samantha Ege, p; Lontano Orchestra/Odaline de la Martinez
      Carwithen: Orchestral Works

      Lorelt LNT-150

      12:54 am

      Dowland, John: "My Lord Chamberlain his Galliard"

      Jakob Lindberg, Paul O'Dette, l's
      English Lute Duets

      BIS CD-267

      1:00 am

      Soler, Antonio: Clavier Sonata #76 in F

      Pieter Jan Belder, hc
      Padre Antonio Soler: Harpsichord Sonatas – Volume ll

      Brilliant 93978

      1:05 am

      Boccherini, Luigi: Symphony in d, Op 12/4 (G 506), "La Casa del Diavolo"

      Tafelmusik/Jean Lamon
      Boccherini: Concerti Da Violoncello, Sinfonie

      RCA 7867-2-RC

      1:22 am

      Herrmann, Bernard: "The Devil and Daniel Webster" film music

      New Zealand Sym Orch/James Sedares

      Koch 3-7224-2

      1:42 am

      Herrmann, Bernard: "North by Northwest" Film Music

      "The Crash"

      Slovak National Sym Orch/Joel McNeely
      Music From The Great Hitchcock Movie Thrillers

      Varèse Sarabande VCL-11071067

      1:44 am

      Vivaldi, Antonio: Bassoon Concerto in c, R 480

      Sergio Azzolini, bs; L'Aura Soave Cremona
      Vivaldi: Bassoon Concertos, Volume III

      Naive OP-30539

      1:55 am

      Still, William Grant: "If You Should Go"

      Lecolion Washington, bn; Mark Ensley, p
      Karen Walwyn: Dark Fires, Vol. 2

      Albany TROY-1038

      2:00 am

      Beethoven, Ludwig van: Six Ländler, WoO 15

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

      Vanguard OVC-8016

      2:05 am

      Beethoven, Ludwig van: "Coriolan" Overture, Op.62

      Bavarian Radio Sym Orch/Colin Davis
      Beethoven: Overtures

      CBS MK-42103

      2:15 am

      Beethoven, Ludwig van: Song, "Gedenke mein", WoO 132

      Peter Schreier, t; Walter Olbertz, p
      Beethoven: Lieder Vol. 2

      Berlin Classics BC-2083-2

      2:16 am

      Onslow, Georges: String Quintet in A, Op. 75

      Elan Quintet
      Georges Onslow

      Naxos 8.574187

      2:44 am

      Farrenc, Louise: Variations on Onslow's "Le Colporteur," Op. 10

      Maria Stratigou, p
      Louise Farrenc: Complete Piano Works, Vol. 2: Variations

      Grand Piano GP-934

      2:55 am

      Farrenc, Louise: "Vingt Études de Moyenne Difficulté," Op. 42

      No. 11

      Maria Stratigou, p
      Louise Farrenc - Complete Piano Works, Vol 1

      Grand Piano GP-912-13 (2)

      3:00 am

      Offenbach, Jacques: "La Vie parisienne"

      Overture

      Cologne Radio Orrch/Pinchas Steinberg
      Classical Journey: France

      Laserlight 15669

      3:05 am

      Ravel, Maurice: Piano Trio in a (1914)

      Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio
      Ravel: Works For Piano, Violin And Cello

      Arabesque Z-6736-2 (2)

      3:31 am

      Ravel, Maurice: "Menuet sur le nom d'Haydn"

      Gwendolyn Mok, p
      The Complete Piano Works of Ravel

      Musicians Showcase MS-1070 (2)

      3:33 am

      Haydn, Franz Joseph: Piano Concertino in C, H XIV:12

      Ton Koopman, hc; Amsterdam Baroque Orch
      Complete Harpsichord Concertos: Divertimenti & Concertini

      Philips 446542-2 (2)

      3:44 am

      Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Symphony No. 24 in B-Flat, K. 182 (173dA)

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

      Erato 45544-2

      3:54 am

      Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Concert Aria, "Clarice cara," K. 256

      Claes Haakan Ahnsjö, t; Salzburg Mozarteum Orch/Leopold Hager
      Mozart: Arias, Vocal Ensembles, Canons

      Philips 422523-2 (8)

      4:00 am

      Gabrielli, Domenico: Cello Sonata in g

      Anner Bylsma, vc; Robert Van Asperen, hc
      Violoncello In The 17th Century

      RCA 7978-2-RC

      4:05 am

      Vivaldi, Antonio: Cello Sonata #7 in g

      Anner Bylsma, vc; Hideimi Suzuki, vc; Jacques Ogg, hc
      Vivaldi: Sonatas For Cello And Basso Continuo

      RCA 7909-2-RC

      4:17 am

      Gabrielli, Domenico: Ricercar I

      Anner Bylsma, vc
      Violoncello In The 17th Century

      RCA 7978-2-RC

      4:18 am

      Grieg, Edvard: "Sigurd Jorsalfar," Op. 22

      Oslo Phil Cho; London Sym/Per Dreier
      Sigurd Jorsalfar

      Unicorn-Kanchana UKCD-2019

      4:54 am

      Grieg, Edvard: Four Songs, Op. 21

      No. 1, "The First Meeting"

      Marianne Hirsti, s; Rudolf Jansen, p
      Haugtussa Op. 67

      Aurora ARCD-1930

      5:00 am

      Delius, Frederick: Two Pieces for Small Orchestra (1911-12)

      #1, "On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring"

      St Martin's Academy/Sir Neville Marriner
      The Walk To The Paradise Garden / On Hearing The First Cuckoo In Spring / Summer Night On The River

      Lon 421390-2

      5:05 am

      Handel, George Frideric: Organ Concerto No. 13 in F, "The Cuckoo and the Nightingale"

      Peter Hurford, o; Concertgebouw Chamber Orch/Joshua Rifkin
      Handel: Organ Concertos Op. 4

      London 414604-2 (2)

      5:23 am

      Handel, George Frideric: "Love in Bath"

      Hornpipe

      Royal Phil/Thomas Beecham

      EMI/Ang CDM7-63374-2

      5:24 am

      Giuliani, Mauro: Variations on a theme by Handel, Op 107 "(Harmonious Blacksmith)"

      Pepe Romero, g
      Handel: Variations, Op. 107, Gran Sonata Eroica

      Philips 9500513

      5:31 am

      Beethoven, Ludwig van: String Trio #5 in c, Op 9/3

      Kodály String Quartet
      Beethoven Complete Edition

      Naxos 8.500250 (90)

      5:54 am

      Beethoven, Ludwig van: 25 Irish Songs, WoO 152

      #18, "They bid me slight my Dermot dear"

      Dorothee Wohlgemuth, s; Brahms Trio
      Beethoven Complete Edition

      Naxos 8.500250 (90)

      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.

      6:04 am

      Robert Fuchs: String Serenade in E minor, Op. 21, No. 3

      III. "Allegretto grazioso"

      RIAS Sinfonietta/Jiří Stárek
      Serenades from Austria

      Koch CD-316039

      6:10 am

      Richard Rodney Bennett: "Country Dances"

      Book 1

      BBC Scottish Sym Orch/John Wilson
      Richard Rodney Bennett: Orchestral Works, Vol. 4

      Chandos CHSA-5244

      6:21 am

      Florence Price: String Quartet in G (unfinished)

      II. "Andante moderato"

      Pacifica Quartet
      American Voices

      Cedille CDR-90000228

      6:29 am

      Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco: "Sonatina canonica," Op. 196

      Amadeus Guitar Duo
      Images from the South

      Naxos 8.573442

      6:41 am

      Carl Reinecke: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C, Op. 144

      III. Finale, "Allegro vivace e grazioso"

      Simon Callaghan, p; St Gallen Sym Orch/Modestas Pitrėnas
      The Romantic Piano Concerto, Vol. 87

      Hyperion CDA-68429

      6:52 am

      Louis Spohr: Symphony No. 2 in D minor, Op. 49

      IV. Finale, "Vivace"

      Singapore Sym Orch/Choo Hoey
      Franz Lachner: Symphony No. 1; Ludwig Spohr: Symphony No. 2

      Records Int'l 7004-2

      7:04 am

      Georg Philipp Telemann: Overture (Suite) in B-Flat, TWV 55:B10

      Overture

      English Concert/Trevor Pinnock
      Telemann Suites / The English Concert/Trevor Pinnock

      Archiv 437558-2

      7:11 am

      César Franck: Violin Sonata in A

      IV. Finale, "Allegretto poco mosso"

      Lisa Batiashvili, v; Giorgi Gigashvili, p
      Secret Love Letters

      DG 4860462

      7:18 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 1 in E-Flat, K. 16

      Salzburg Mozarteum Orch/Hans Graf
      Mozart: Early Symphonies, Vol. 1

      Laserlight 15867

      7:32 am

      William Walton: "Richard III"

      Prelude & Coronation

      St Martin's Academy/Neville Marriner
      Walton: Richard III; Macbeth; Major Barbara

      Chandos CHAN-8841

      7:41 am

      Peter Schickele: "Serenade for Three"

      Orion Ensemble
      A Celebration of American Chamber Music

      Orion Ensemble 707541717021

      7:53 am

      Emmanuel Chabrier: "España"

      Boston Sym Orch/Seiji Ozawa
      Espana '92

      DG 435852-2

      8:03 am

      Carl Maria von Weber: "Euryanthe"

      Overture

      Vienna Phil/Christian Thielemann
      German Overtures

      DG 4745022

      8:13 am

      Wilhelm Peterson-Berger: "Flowers of Frösön"

      Don Bailey, f; Arcata String Quartet, Grace Paradise, h; Scott Pingel, db
      Irish H,
      Voyage - Don Bailey

      Summit DCD-239

      8:22 am

      Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 1 in D, "Titan"

      II. "Kräftig bewegt"

      Chicago Sym Orch/Claudio Abbado
      Symphonie No. 1

      DG 400033-2

      8:32 am

      Louis Moreau Gottschalk: Symphony No. 1, "A Night in the Tropics"

      II. Finale, "Festa Criolla"

      Utah Sym/Maurice Abravanel
      Louis Moreau Gottschalk, Vol. 2

      Vanguard OVC-4051

      8:39 am

      Richard Strauss: Piano Quartet in C minor, Op. 13

      IV. Finale: Vivace

      R Capuçon, v; P Zientara, vi; J Hagen, vc; G Bellom, p
      Guillaume Bellom, piano,
      Richard Strauss - Renaud Capuçon - Seiji Ozawa

      DG 4867082

      8:50 am

      Josef Mysliveček: Divertimento in B-Flat

      Budapest Wind Ensemble/Kálmán Berkes
      Kozeluch & Mysliveček: Parthias

      Hungaroton HCD-31676

      9:03 am

      Daniel-François Auber: "The Crown Diamonds"

      Overture

      Detroit Sym Orch/Paul Paray
      French Opera Highlights

      Mercury 432014-2

      9:12 am

      Gabriel Fauré: Piano Quartet No. 1 in C minor, Op. 15

      Beaux Arts Trio; Kim Kashkashian, vi
      Fauré: Trio Op. 120, Quartet Op. 15 No. 1

      Philips 422350-2

      9:45 am

      Johann David Heinichen: Dresden Concerto in G, S 214

      Musica Antiqua Cologne/Reinhard Goebel
      Heinichen: Dresden Concerti

      Archiv 437549-2 (2)

      9:56 am

      Gilbert & Sullivan: "The Pirates of Penzance"

      "I am the very model of a modern Major-General"

      John Cameron, br, Glyndebourne Festival Cho, Pro Arte Orch/Malcolm Sargent
      The Pirates of Penzance; Overtures

      EMI CMS7-64409-2 (2)

      10:00 am - 3:00 pm

      10:00 am

      Midday with Lisa Flynn

      Including "Music in Chicago" at 12:00 pm.

      10:00 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: "Kakadu Variations" in G, Op. 121a

      Lobkowicz Trio
      Beethoven: Triple Concerto, Kakadu Variations; Voříšek: Grand Rondeau Concertant

      Rubicon RCD-1075

      10:17 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 97 in C

      Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orch/Ádám Fischer
      Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 97, 98 & 27

      Nimbus NI-5199

      10:44 am

      Gioachino Rossini: "Soirées musicales"

      No. 8, "La danza"

      Joseph Calleja, t; BBC Concert Orch/Steven Mercurio
      Be My Love -- A Tribute to Mario Lanza

      Decca B0017438-02

      10:47 am

      Marc-André Hamelin: Etude No. 9 in f minor, "After Rossini"

      Marc-André Hamelin, p
      Marc-André Hamelin: Études

      Hyperion CDA-67789

      10:53 am

      Giuseppe Verdi: "Luisa Miller"

      Overture

      European Wind Soloists/Patrick De Ritis
      Italian Opera Transcribed for Wind Ensemble

      Naxos 8.573259

      11:00 am

      Camille Saint-Saëns: "Samson and Delilah," Op. 47

      "Bacchanale"

      Minnesota Orch/Eiji Oue
      Exotic Dances from the Opera

      Reference RR-71

      11:08 am

      Antonín Dvořák: Violin Sonatina in G, Op. 100

      Gil Shaham, v; Orli Shaham, p
      Dvořák for Two

      DG 449820-2

      11:27 am

      Richard Strauss: "Festmusik der Stadt Wien"

      Onyx Brass/John Wilson
      Festmusik: A Legacy

      Chandos CHSA-5284

      11:39 am

      Constant Lambert: Ballet, "Pomona"

      English Northern Phil/David Lloyd-Jones
      Constant Lambert: Tiresias & Pomona

      Hyperion CDA-67049

      12:01 pm

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Clavier Partita (French Overture) in B minor, BWV 831

      I. Prelude

      Daniel Schlosberg, p
      Gaul Me Maybe: French Baroque Keyboard Music

      Centaur CRC-3477

      12:09 pm

      Georg Philipp Telemann: "Hamburger Ebb' und Fluth (Wassermusik)"

      Le Concert des Nations/Jordi Savall
      Les Éléments: Tempêtes, orages et fêtes marines

      Alia Vox AVSA-9914 (2)

      12:32 pm

      Carl Maria von Weber: "Invitation to the Dance," Op. 65

      Chicago Sym Orch/Fritz Reiner
      Fritz Reiner: The Complete RCA Album Collection

      RCA 888837019828

      12:42 pm

      Isaac Albéniz: "Cantos de España", Op. 232

      No. 4, "Córdoba"

      Julian Bream & John Williams, g's
      Together

      RCA 61450-2

      12:50 pm

      Anonymous 16th-century Czech: "Czech Folk Songs"

      Ensemble Caprice/Matthias Maute
      Chaconne

      Analekta AN2-9132

      1:00 pm

      Leslie Adams: Etudes, Part I

      No. 10 in D-Flat

      Maria Thompson Corley, p
      Maria Corley * Leslie Adams * Twelve Etudes

      Albany TROY-639

      1:08 pm

      Josef Mysliveček: Cello Concerto in C

      Wendy Warner, vc; Camerata Chicago/Drostan Hall
      Haydn & Mysliveček: Cello Concertos

      Cedille CDR-90000142

      1:31 pm

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Three "Fantasies for Anna Magdalena Bach" (Two Minuets, Musette)

      Canadian Brass
      Canadian Brass: Bach

      Opening Day B0010559-02

      1:41 pm

      Peter Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64

      IV. Finale, "Andante maestoso - Allegro vivace"

      Polish National Radio Sym Orch/Antoni Wit
      Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5; The Storm

      Naxos 8.550716

      1:53 pm

      Peter Tchaikovsky: "The Nutcracker," Op. 71

      "Miniature Overture; March"

      Martha Argerich & Nicolas Economou, p's
      Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1, The Nutcracker Suite

      DG 449816-2

      2:00 pm

      Felix Mendelssohn: "Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage" Overture, Op. 27

      London Sym Orch/Claudio Abbado
      Mendelssohn: 5 Symphonies, 7 Overtures / Abbado

      DG 471467-2 (4)

      2:14 pm

      Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Clarinet Quintet, Op. 10

      Anthony McGill, cl; Catalyst Quartet
      Uncovered, Volume 1

      Azica ACD-71336

      2:43 pm

      Jean Sibelius: "Suite champêtre," Op. 98b

      Virtuosi di Kuhmo/Péter Csaba
      Sibelius: Works for String Orchestra

      Ondine ODE-830-2

      2:52 pm

      Gabriel Fauré: "Cantique de Jean Racine," Op. 11

      Cambridge Singers, City of London Sinfonia/John Rutter
      Fauré: Requiem (1893 Version) and Other Choral Music

      Collegium COLCD-109

      3:00 - 7:00 pm

      3:00 pm

      Afternoon Music with Candice Agree

      Including "Friday Afternoon at the Movies" at 4:30pm and "The Unrush Hour" at 5:00 pm.

      3:00 pm

      Nikolai Myaskovsky: Cello Sonata No. 2 in A minor, Op. 81

      Wendy Warner, vc; Irina Nuzova, p
      Russian Music for Cello & Piano

      Cedille CDR-90000120

      3:26 pm

      music continues...

      7:00 pm

      7:00 pm

      Exploring Music

      A Guitar Fest

      This week’s show was inspired by a listener who suggested we dedicate some time to Andrés Segovia. He wrote, 'Of all musicians I have known, no one dominated the field as he did. Almost single-handedly, he converted the guitar from a plaything to a concert instrument...An amazing artist and an unforgettable man.' So, this week, we’ll hear Andrés Segovia and his colleagues perform guitar pieces by Bach, Villa-Lobos, Albéniz, and Brouwer. Hosted by Bill McGlaughlin

      8:00 - 11:00 pm

      11:00 pm

      11:00 pm

      Best of Studs Terkel

      Jacques Brel (10/8/1978)

      Studs Terkel pays tribute to the extraordinary Belgian songwriter and performer Jacques Brel. This program was originally broadcast on the morning of Brel’s death at the age of 49 on October 9, 1978.