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      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      Bach, Johann Sebastian: Cantata No. 29, "Wir danken dir, Gott"

      Sinfonia

      Pierre Cochereau, o; Wind Ensemble
      Musique à Notre-Dame de Paris

      Philips 442473-2 (2)

      12:05 am

      Bach, Johann Christoph Friedrich JCF: Symphony #3 in d

      Berlin Baroque Soloists/Reinhard Goebel
      Bach: 7 Symphonies

      Hänssler Classics HC-21029

      12:13 am

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

      "Praeludium" No. 1

      Joseph Payne, hc
      Klavierbüchlein for Wilhelm Friedemann

      Hänssler Classic CD-92.137 (2)

      12:15 am

      Rachmaninoff, Sergei: Symphony No. 3 in a, Op. 44

      Detroit Sym/Leonard Slatkin
      RACHMANINOV, S.: Symphony No. 3 / Symphonic Dances (Detroit Symphony, Slatkin)

      Naxos 8.573051

      12:55 am

      Scriabin, Alexander: Twenty-Four Preludes, Op 11

      No. 15

      Vladimir Sofronitski, p
      Scriabin Piano Works

      Profil PH-22006 (12)

      1:00 am

      Spohr, Ludwig (Louis): "Festmarsch" in D

      Swiss Italian Orch/Howard Shelley

      Hyperion CDA-67939

      1:05 am

      Still, William Grant: Lyric Quartet (1960)

      II. "The Quiet One"

      Catalyst Quartet
      Uncovered, Vol. 3: Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson, George Walker, William Grant Still

      Azica ACD-71357

      1:10 am

      Walker, George: Lyric for Strings (1946)

      Cleveland Chamber Sym/Edwin London
      Walker: Orchestral Works

      Albany TROY-270

      1:16 am

      Burleigh, Henry Thacker: "I Don't Feel No-Ways Tired"

      Alchemy Viols/Philip Spray
      Deep River: Spirituals' Cross-Currents

      Navona Records NV-6650

      1:18 am

      Spohr, Ludwig (Louis): Symphony #4 in F, Op 86, "Die Weihe der Töne"

      Swiss Italian Orch/Howard Shelley
      Spohr Symphonies

      Hyperion CDA-67622

      1:55 am

      Loewe, Carl: Song, "Du schönes Fischermädchen," Op 9/5

      Yvi Jänicke, ms; Cord Garben, p
      Loewe: Lieder & Balladen Complete Edition

      CPO 777355-2 (21)

      2:00 am

      Chaminade, Cecile: "Sérénade aux étoiles," Op. 142

      Juliette Hurel, f; Hélène Couvert, p
      Compositrices

      Alpha 573

      2:05 am

      Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Flute Quartet No. 1 in D, K. 285

      L Beznosiuk, f; P Beznosiuk, v; T Dunn, vi; R Tunnicliffe, vc
      R Tunnicliffe,
      Mozart Flute Quartets * Beethoven Serenade

      Avie AV-2108

      2:19 am

      Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Six German Dances, K. 571

      No. 3 in C

      Slovak Sinfonietta/Taras Krysa
      Mozart: Complete Edition

      Brilliant Classics 92540 (170)

      2:20 am

      Benda, Johann (Jan)(Jiri): Clavier Concerto in C

      Josef Hala, hc; Ars Rediviva Ensemble
      Benda: Harpsichord Concertos

      Supraphon 111001-2

      2:35 am

      Hindemith, Paul: "Kammermusik" #2, Op 36/1

      Ronald Brautigam, p; Royal Concertgebouw Orch/Riccardo Chailly
      Kammermusik 1-7

      London 433816-2 (2)

      2:54 am

      Colnot, Cliff: Fanfare (1984)

      Chicago Brass Quintet
      Virtuoso Brass

      Delos DE-1022

      3:00 am

      Glazunov, Alexander: "The Seasons," Op 67

      "Petit Adagio"

      Swedish Radio Sym/Yevgeny Svetlanov
      Russian Adagios

      Ondine ODE-938-2

      3:05 am

      Ippolitov-Ivanov, Mikhail: "Caucasian Sketches," Suite #2, Op 42, "Iveria"

      Ukraine National Sym Orch/Arthur Fagen
      IPPOLITOV- IVANOV: Caucasian Sketches / Turkish Fragments

      Naxos 8.553405

      3:29 am

      Martinu, Bohuslav: Five Madrigal Stanzas (1943)

      #4, Scherzando, poco allegro

      Josef Suk, v; Josef Hala, p

      Discover Int'l DICD-920317

      3:30 am

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

      Suk Chamber Orch/Josef Suk, vi
      Bach: Brandenburg Concertos, Orchestral Suite No 2

      Vanguard OVC-7002/3 (2)

      3:42 am

      Martinu, Bohuslav: Violin Sonata #2 (1931)

      Josef Suk, v; Josef Hala, p

      Supraphon 110099-2

      3:54 am

      Verdi, Giuseppe: "Aida"

      Act 2: Dance of the Moorish Slaves

      Metropolitan Opera Orch
      Verdi: Ballet Music * James Levine

      Sony SK-52489

      4:00 am

      Massenet, Jules: "Werther" (1892)

      "Je ne soi si je veille..O nature pleine de grace"

      Marcelo Alvarez, t; Nice Phil and Cho/Mark Elder
      Marcelo Alvarez: French Tenor Arias

      Sony SK-89650

      4:05 am

      Massenet, Jules: Orchestral Suite from "Esclarmonde"

      Hong Kong Phil/Kenneth Jean
      MASSENET: Orchestral Suites

      Marco Polo 8.223354

      4:28 am

      Rameau, Jean-Philippe: "Daphnis et Aeglé"

      "Contredanse"

      La Petite Bande/Sigiswald Kuijken
      Concert De Danse

      Accent ACC-96122-D

      4:30 am

      Bach, Johann Sebastian: Cantata No. 29, "Wir danken dir, Gott (We thank you, God)"

      Sinfonia

      Vienna Concentus Musicus/Nikolaus Harnoncourt
      Complete Cantatas Vol. 5

      Teldec 8.35034 (2)

      4:33 am

      Bach, Johann Sebastian: Clavier Concerto No. 2 in E, BWV 1053

      Edwin Fischer, p; Philharmonia Orch/Edwin Fischer

      EMI/Ang CDH7-64928-2

      4:54 am

      Bach, Wilhelm Friedemann: Acht Fugen für Orgel oder Clavier, F 31

      Fugue IV

      Chris Farr, hc
      J. S. Bach and Sons

      Channel Classics CCS-2091

      5:00 am

      Stenhammar, Wilhelm: Serenade in F, Op 31 (1911-13)

      3rd mvt, "Canzonetta"

      Swedish Radio Sym Orch/Esa-Pekka Salonen
      Serenad / Midvinter / Chitra

      Musica Sveciae MSCD-626

      5:04 am

      Wirén, Dag: String Serenade, Op 11

      Stockholm Sinfonietta/Esa-Pekka Salonen
      A Swedish Serenade

      BIS CD-285

      5:18 am

      Stenhammar, Wilhelm: Song, "I en skogsbacke"

      Ingvar Wixell, br; Stockholm Phil/Johan Arnell

      Musica Sveciae MSCD-617

      5:20 am

      Elgar, Edward: "Enigma" Variations, Op. 36

      London Sym Orch/Eduardo Mata

      Vox VU-9018

      5:54 am

      Ford: A Galliard

      Narciso Yepes, g, Godelieve Monden, g
      Guitar Duos

      RCA 60764-2

      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

      Peter Warlock: "Capriol" Suite

      Guildhall String Ensemble/Robert Salter
      English Music for Strings

      RCA 7761-2-RC

      6:15 am

      Charles Wuorinen: "Bearbeitungen über das Glogauer Liederbuch"

      Ensemble Recherche
      renaissance transcriptions

      Coviello COV-60812

      6:24 am

      Haydn Wood: "An 18th Century Scherzo"

      Royal Ballet Sinfonia/David Lloyd-Jones
      English String Miniatures, Vol. 3

      Naxos 8.555069

      6:32 am

      Emilie Mayer: Symphony No. 1 in C minor

      III. Menuet

      Berlin Academy for Ancient Music
      Emilie Mayer: Piano Concerto, Symphony No. 1, Overtures

      Harmonia Mundi HMM-905417

      6:40 am

      Georg Philipp Telemann: "Partie polonaise," TWV 39:1

      Julian Bream & John Williams, g's
      Together Again

      RCA 61452-2

      6:52 am

      Hugo Wolf: Scherzo and Finale

      Finale

      Orch de Paris/Daniel Barenboim
      Hugo Wolf: Penthesilea, Der Corregidor, Italian Serenade, Scherzo & Finale

      Warner 49582-2

      7:04 am

      André Grétry: Rococo Suite

      France Springuel, vc; I Fiamminghi/Rudolf Werthen
      Grétry, Ysaÿe, Vieuxtemps, Servais, Gossec, Léonard, Lekeu - I Fiamminghi / Rudolf Werthen

      Koch CD-311197

      7:15 am

      Antonín Dvořák: String Quartet No. 13 in G, Op. 106

      III. "Molto vivace"

      Takács Quartet
      Dvořák & Coleridge-Taylor: Quartets

      Hyperion CDA-68413

      7:23 am

      Thomas Arne: Overture No. 7 in D

      Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood
      Arne: Eight Overtures

      L'Oiseau-Lyre 4759117

      7:32 am

      Dmitri Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5 in D minor, Op. 47

      IV. Finale, "Allegro non troppo"

      St Petersburg Phil/Yuri Temirkanov
      Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5; Symphony No. 9

      RCA 68548-2

      7:44 am

      Claude Debussy: "Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun"

      Orch de Paris/Klaus Mäkelä
      Stravinsky: Petrushka; Debussy: Jeux, Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune

      Decca 4870146

      7:55 am

      Fritz Kreisler: "Tambourin Chinois," Op 3

      David Garrett, v; Royal Phil Orch/Ion Marin
      Legacy

      Decca 4764425

      8:04 am

      Bedřich Smetana: Shakespeare Festival March

      Slovak Radio Sym Orch/Robert Stankovsky
      Smetana: Wedding Scenes, Libuše's Judgement

      Marco Polo 8.223705

      8:12 am

      Felix Mendelssohn: "A Midsummer Night's Dream" Overture, Op. 21

      Age of Enlightenment Orch/Charles Mackerras
      Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4, Italian; A Midsummer Night's Dream: Overture And Incidental Music

      Virgin 90725-2

      8:25 am

      Louise Farrenc: Nonet in E-Flat, Op. 38

      IV. Finale, "Adagio-Allegro"

      Bernold, Leleux, Guyot, Cazalet, Audin, Sutre, Da Silva, Salque, V Pasquier
      André Cazalet, horn,
      Guillaume Sutre, violin,
      Louise Farrenc - Chamber Music

      Naïve V-5033

      8:33 am

      Johann Gottfried Berwald: Sinfonia in C

      Örebro Chamber Orch/Göran Nilson
      Mozart & His Contemporaries

      Bluebell ABCD-031

      8:41 am

      Franz Berwald: Symphony No. 3 in C, "Sinfonie singulière"

      I. Allegro fuocoso

      Gothenburg Sym Orch/Neeme Järvi
      Berwald: 4 Symphonies

      DG 415502-2 (2)

      8:52 am

      Franz Berwald: Grand Septet in B-Flat

      III. Finale, "Allegro con spirito"

      Uppsala Chamber Soloists
      Beethoven & Berwald: Septets

      Bluebell ABCD-033

      9:04 am

      Maurice Ravel: "Menuet antique"

      Ulster Orch/Yan Pascal Tortelier
      Ravel: Mother Goose

      Chandos CHAN-9203

      9:12 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Clarinet Concerto in A, K. 622

      Charles Neidich, cl; Orpheus Chamber Orch
      Mozart: Clarinet Concerto, Horn Concertos 1 & 4

      DG 423377-2

      9:43 am

      Vincent d'Indy: "Suite in Olden Style," Op. 24

      Iceland Sym Orch/Rumon Gamba
      d'Indy: Orchestral Works, Volume 6

      Chandos CHSA-5157

      10:00 am - 3:00 pm

      10:00 am

      Midday with Lisa Flynn

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

      10:00 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Prelude and Fugue in E-Flat, BWV 552, "St Anne"

      BBC Phil/Sir Andrew Davis
      King of Kings: Bach Orchestral Transcriptions

      Chandos CHAN-20400

      10:17 am

      Pietro Mascagni: "Cavalleria rusticana"

      Chorus, "Gli aranci olezzano"

      Ambrosian Opera Cho, Philharmonia Orch/Riccardo Muti
      The Best Choral Album in the World...Ever!

      Warner 50999082826

      10:26 am

      music continues...

      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.

      7:00 pm

      7:00 pm

      Exploring Music

      Darius Milhaud (1892-1974)

      Host Peter van de Graaff invites you into the vibrant musical world of Darius Milhaud, who stands among history’s most prolific composers and whose music is alive with inspiration and imagination. Born in Southern France, he traveled to Brazil and later to California, where he taught young musicians including Burt Bacharach, Dave Brubeck, and William Bolcom.

      8:00 - 11:00 pm

      11:00 pm

      11:00 pm

      Best of Studs Terkel

      David Attenborough (2/8/1985)

      In his 1984 book and subsequent BBC and PBS television series, Sir David Attenborough (b. 1926) examined the forces that shape the Earth's surface and how the living adapt. The author, broadcaster, and naturalist spoke with Studs Terkel in 1985.