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      Playlist for Wednesday, June 3, 2026

      Playing this hour

      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Scottish Folksong, "Marg'ret's Ghost," H XXXIa:65

      Jamie MacDougall, t; Eisenstadt Haydn Trio
      Haydn Edition

      Brilliant Classics 95594 (160)

      12:05 am

      Max Bruch: "Scottish Fantasy," Op. 46

      Jascha Heifetz, v; Osian Ellis, h; London New Sym/Sir Malcolm Sargent
      The Heifetz Collection, Volumes 11-15: The Concerto Collection

      RCA 61779-2 (5)

      12:31 am

      Serge Prokofiev: "Cinderella," Op. 87

      "The First Galop of the Prince"

      Cleveland Orch/Vladimir Ashkenazy
      Sergei Prokofiev: Cinderella / Mazurka

      London 410162-2 (2)

      12:32 am

      Reinhold Gliere: The Red Poppy

      "Russian Sailors' Dance"

      New York Phil/Leonard Bernstein
      Russian Sailor's Dance and Other Dazzling Dances

      Sony SFK-47282

      12:36 am

      Reinhold Gliere: "Zaporozhy Cossacks," Op 64

      Czecho-Slovak Radio Sym/Keith Clark
      GLIERE: Symphony No. 2 / The Zaporozhy Cossacks

      Naxos 8.550899

      12:54 am

      Serge Prokofiev: Seven Songs, Op. 79

      No. 6, "A Cossack Strolling the Town"

      Konstantin Pluzhnikov, t; Yuri Serov, p
      PROKOFIEV, S.: Songs and Romances (Complete)

      Delos DE-3275 (3)

      1:00 am

      Edvard Grieg: Two Elegiac Melodies, Op. 34

      No. 2, "The Last Spring"

      San Francisco Sym/Michael Tilson Thomas
      Masterpieces in Miniatre

      SFS Media SFS-0060

      1:05 am

      Jennifer Higdon: Oboe Concerto

      James Button, ob; Nashville Symphony Orchestra/Giancarlo Guerrero
      HIGDON: All Things Majestic / Viola Concerto / Oboe Concerto

      Naxos 8.559823

      1:23 am

      Dana Suesse: "Berceuse"

      Lara Downes, p
      The Bedtime Sessions

      Flipside Music FL-0011

      1:25 am

      Antonin Dvorák: String Quartet No. 4 in e minor

      Panocha String Quartet
      Dvorak: String Quartets Complete

      Supraphon SU-3815-2 (8)

      1:55 am

      Alexander Scriabin: Two Poems, Op 71 (1914)

      No. 2

      Vladimir Sofronitski, p
      Scriabin Piano Works

      Profil PH-22006 (12)

      2:00 am

      Gustav Holst: Scherzo (1933-4)

      Munich Sym Orch/Douglas Bostock

      Classico CD-284

      2:05 am

      Frédéric Chopin: Scherzo no.1 in b minor, Op.20

      Dmitry Paperno, p
      Paperno Plays Chopin

      Cedille CDR-90000026

      2:14 am

      Edouard Lalo: Scherzo in d (1884)

      Basel Sym Orch/Giancarlo Andretta
      Lalo: Symphony in G Minor, Etc.

      CPO 999296-2

      2:18 am

      Ernst von Dohnányi: "Symphonic Moments," Op 36

      #3, "Scherzo"

      Budapest Sym Orch/Tamàs Vàs ry

      Hungaroton HCD-31637

      2:19 am

      Johannes Brahms: Piano Sonata #3 in f, Op 5

      Orion Weiss, p
      Arc III

      First Hand Records FHR-129

      2:55 am

      English ANON 16th c: Desperada

      Hesperion XXI/Jordi Savall
      Elizabethan Consort Music, 1558-1603

      Alia Vox AV-9804

      3:00 am

      George Frideric Handel: "Solomon"

      Chorus, "From the censer curling rise"

      RIAS Chamber Cho, Berlin Academy for Ancient Music/Daniel Reuss
      Handel: Solomon

      Harmonia Mundi HMC-901949.50 (2)

      3:05 am

      George Frideric Handel: Concerto grosso in B-Flat, Op. 6, No. 7

      Northern Sinfonia/George Malcolm
      Handel: Concerti Grossi Op. 6, Vol. 3

      ASV CDDCS-303 (3)

      3:20 am

      Bach/Busoni: Chorale Prelude, Komm, Gott, Schopfer

      Paul Jacobs, p
      Legendary Busoni Recordings

      Arbiter 124 (2)

      3:22 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Chaconne in d minor

      Johana Harris, p
      A Living Legacy: Johana Harris Plays Bach

      MCA Classics MCAD-6261

      3:37 am

      Roy Harris: Symphony #3 (1939)

      Colorado Sym Orch/Marin Alsop
      HARRIS: Symphonies Nos. 3 and 4

      Naxos 8.559227

      3:54 am

      Roy Harris: American Ballads

      "The Bird"

      Johana Harris, p
      Johana Harris Plays The Music Of Roy Harris

      CRI CD-818

      4:00 am

      Jennifer Higdon: "Autumn Reflection" (1994)

      Susan Glaser, f; John Novacek, p
      Jennifer Higdon * Summer Shimmers

      Koch KICCD-7738

      4:05 am

      Rebecca Clarke: "Epilogue"

      Pamela Frame, vc; Robert Weirich, p

      Koch 3-7281-2

      4:10 am

      Ellen Taaffe Zwilich: Horn Concerto

      David Jolley, fh; Michigan State U Sym Orch/Leon Gregorian

      Koch 3-7487-2

      4:24 am

      Rebecca Clarke: Song, "Come, Oh Come"

      Susanne Mentzer, ms; Craig Rutenberg, p
      Eternal Feminine

      Koch 3-7506-2

      4:25 am

      Amy (Mrs HHA) Beach: Piano Quintet in f-sharp, Op 67

      Anne-Marie McDermott, p; Escher String Quartet

      Cms Studio Recordings 82524-2

      4:54 am

      Rebecca Clarke: Song, "Infant Joy"

      Susanne Mentzer, ms; Craig Rutenberg, p
      Eternal Feminine

      Koch 3-7506-2

      5:00 am

      Hugo Alfvén: "Il Primo Amore"

      Lars Roos, p
      Skärgårdsglitter

      Philips 6563007

      5:05 am

      Hugo Alfvén: "A Legend of the Skerries," Op 20

      Royal Stockholm Phil/Neeme Järvi
      Hugo Alfven: Symphonies Nos. 1-5, Swedish Rhapsodies

      BIS CD-725

      5:21 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: "Das Orgelbüchlein," BWV 599/644

      "Da Jesus an dem Kreuze stund" BWV 621

      Murray Forbes Somerville, o (Flentrop instrument, Busch Hall, Harvard U)
      J. S. Bach: Das Orgelbüchlein

      Titanic TI-221

      5:23 am

      Robert Schumann: "Fantasiestücke," Op. 73

      Einar Jóhannesson, cl; Martin Berkofsky, p

      Cristofori CF-883

      5:34 am

      Samuel Wesley: Symphony #6 in B-Flat

      Milton Keynes Chamber Orch/Hilary Davan Wetton
      Wesley: Symphonies 3, 4, 5 and 6

      Unicorn-Kanchana DKPCD-9098

      5:55 am

      Heitor Villa-Lobos: Twelve Etudes for Guitar (1928)

      No. 6, Poco Allegro

      Fabio Zanon, g
      The Complete Solo Guitar Music

      Musicmasters 67188-2

      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

      Hugo Wolf: "Italian Serenade" in G

      Orpheus Chamber Orch
      Wagner, Sibelius, Puccini, Wolf, Turina, Dvořák, Berlioz

      DG 431680-2

      6:12 am

      Mario Pilati: Four Popular Italian Songs

      Vadim Davydov, picc; Aleksandr Kosolov, ob; Moscow Sym Orch/Adriano
      Pilati: Preludio, aria e tarantella, 4 canzoni popolari italiane, Divertimento, Bagatelles

      Naxos 8.574168

      6:23 am

      Johannes Brahms: Piano Trio No. 1 in B, Op. 8

      II. Scherzo

      Joshua Bell, v; Steven Isserlis, vc; Jeremy Denk, p
      For the Love of Brahms

      Sony 88985321792

      6:31 am

      Jean-Noël Hamal: Overture No. 1

      Camerata Leodiensis/Hubert Schoonbroodt
      Six Ouvertures da camera a quattro Op. 1

      Koch CD-311146

      6:41 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Flute Sonata in E-Flat, BWV 1031

      Irena Grafenauer, f; Maria Graf, h
      Bach: 3 Sonatas for Flute and Harp

      Philips 422061-2

      6:52 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings in C, Op. 48

      IV. Finale, "Tema russo"

      St. Louis Sym Orch/Leonard Slatkin
      Pachelbel: Kanon; Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings; Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on "Greensleeves"; Borodin: Nocturne

      Telarc CD-80080

      7:05 am

      Sylvius Leopold Weiss: "Concerto a Cinque" in C

      Tempesta di Mare
      Weiss: Lute Concerti

      Chandos CHAN-0707

      7:16 am

      Jacques Ibert: "Cinq pièces en trio"

      Chicago Chamber Musicians
      French Wind Trios

      Cedille CDR-90000040

      7:24 am

      Sergei Rachmaninoff: Vocalise, Op. 34, No. 14

      Alisa Weilerstein, vc; Inon Barnatan, p
      Chopin & Rachmaninov

      Decca 4788416

      7:33 am

      William Walton: "Orb and Sceptre," Coronation March

      Philharmonia Orch/David Willcocks
      Walton: Crown Imperial · Fanfares

      Chandos CHAN-8998

      7:42 am

      Marcel Tournier: Sonatine, Op. 30

      Emmanuel Ceysson, h; Sarah Dayan, v; Lydia Shelley, vc
      Images: Hommage à Marcel Tournier

      Alpha 1133

      7:57 am

      Francis Poulenc: "La Baigneuse de Trouville" from "Les Mariés de la Tour Eiffel"

      Philharmonia Orch/Geoffrey Simon
      French Ballet Music of the 1920's

      Chandos CHAN-8356

      8:04 am

      Peter Warlock: "Capriol" Suite

      Guildhall String Ensemble/Robert Salter
      English Music for Strings

      RCA 7761-2-RC

      8:15 am

      Mel Bonis: Six "Valses-Caprices," Op. 87

      EStrella Piano Duo
      In Her Own Voice

      Sheridan Music Studio (In Her Own Voice)

      8:25 am

      Franz Schubert: Octet in F, D 803

      III. Scherzo, "Allegro vivace"

      Berlin Philharmonic Octet
      Schubert: Octet in F major, D803

      Nimbus NI-5577

      8:33 am

      Georges Bizet: Symphony in C, "Roma"

      IV. Finale, "Allegro vivacissimo"

      Royal Phil Orch/Enrique Bátiz
      Bizet: Two Symphonies In C

      ASV CDQS-6135

      8:41 am

      Antonín Dvořák: String Sextet in A, Op. 48

      I. "Allegro moderato"

      Fine Arts Quartet; Anna Kreetta Gribajcevic, vi; Jens Peter Maintz, vc
      Dvořák: Spirit of Bohemia

      Naxos 8.574205

      8:55 am

      Michael Torke: "Unseen"

      No. 6

      East Coast Chamber Orch; Michael Torke Orch/Michael Torke
      Unseen - Michael Torke

      Ecstatic Records ER-092402

      9:05 am

      Jan Koetsier: Brass Symphony, Op. 80

      TenThing
      tenThing - 10

      EMI 88326-2

      9:20 am

      Clarice Assad: "Constellation"

      Harumi Rhodes, v; Clarice Assad, p
      Takács Assad Libro

      Yarlung YAR-59691

      9:34 am

      Bedřich Smetana: "Vltava (The Moldau)"

      Milwaukee Sym Orch/Zdenek Macal
      Bedřich Smetana: Má vlast

      Telarc CD-80265

      9:47 am

      Arturo Márquez: "Danzón" No. 2

      Grant Park Orch/Thomas Wilkins
      Mendelssohn's Italian Symphony (July 30, 2016)

      Grant Park Music Festival

      9:55 am

      John Philip Sousa: "The Liberty Bell"

      Grant Park Orch/David Loebel
      Independence Day Eve at Grant Park

      Grant Park Music Festival CD-1

      10:00 am - 1:00 pm

      10:00 am

      Midday with Lisa Flynn

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

      10:00 am

      Mily Balakirev: Piano Concerto No. 1 in F-sharp minor, Op. 1

      Howard Shelley, p; BBC Phil/Vassily Sinaisky
      Mily Balakirev: Symphony No. 2; Tamara; Piano Concerto, Op. 1 / Howard Shelley

      Chandos CHAN-9727

      10:14 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Horn Quintet in E-Flat, K. 407

      Felix Klieser, hn; Zemlinsky Quartet
      Mozart & Haydn For Horn & String Quartet

      Berlin Classics 0302346-BC

      10:32 am

      Louise Farrenc: Overture No. 2 in E-Flat, Op. 24

      Insula Orch/Laurence Equilbey
      Farrenc: Symphonies Nos. 1-3 & Overtures

      Erato 5419752210

      10:41 am

      Henryk Wieniawski: "Polonaise brillante" No. 2 in A, Op. 21

      Maxim Vengerov, v; Ian Brown, p
      Kreisler, Paganini, Sarasate, Wieniawski

      EMI CDC5-57916-2

      10:51 am

      Niels Gade: Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 56

      II. Romanze

      Christina Åstrand, v; Tampere Phil Orch/John Storgårds
      Romantic Violin Concertos

      Dacapo 6.220562

      11:00 am

      Fela Sowande: "African Suite"

      I. "Joyful Day"

      London Sym Orch Strings/Paul Freeman
      Black Composers Series 1974-1978, Vol. 7

      Sony 19075862152 (10)

      11:09 am

      Tomaso Albinoni: Trumpet Concerto in D

      Leipzig Bach Collegium/Ludwig Güttler, tr
      Leipziger Bach-Collegium - Stradella, J.Ch.Bach, Finger, J.S. Bach, Telemann, Albinoni

      Capriccio 10166

      11:20 am

      Francis Poulenc: Clarinet Sonata

      Pablo Barragán, cl; Sophie Pacini, p
      Boundless

      Aparté AP-287

      11:35 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: Suite No. 2 in C, Op. 53, "Caractéristique"

      IV. "Rêves d'enfant"

      BBC Scottish Sym Orch/Alpesh Chauhan
      Tchaikovsky: Orchestral Works, Vol. 3

      Chandos CHSA-5352

      11:49 am

      George Frideric Handel: Concerto grosso in A minor, Op. 6, No. 4

      Boston Baroque Ensemble/Martin Pearlman
      Handel: Concerti Grossi Op. 6, Nos. 1-6

      Telarc CD-80253

      12:00 pm

      Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Guitar Quintet, Op. 143

      I. Allegro, vivo e schietto

      Jason Vieaux, g; Escher Quartet
      Dance

      Azica ACD-71328

      12:07 pm

      Antonín Dvořák: "Notturno (Intermezzo)" in B, Op. 40

      St Martin's Academy/Neville Marriner
      The Academy in Concert II

      EMI CDD7-64107-2

      12:15 pm

      Dame Myra Hess Concerts

      Pianist Oscar Jiang performs music by Chopin, Liszt, and Price, live from Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago.

      1:00 - 3:00 pm

      1:00 pm

      Music for the Afternoon

      1:01 pm

      Maurice Ravel: "La valse"

      Orch de Paris/Klaus Mäkelä
      Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique; Ravel: La valse

      Decca 4870959

      1:15 pm

      Giovanni Battista Pergolesi: Flute Concerto in G

      James Galway, f; I Solisti Veneti/Claudio Scimone
      Italian Flute Concertos

      RCA 61164-2

      1:28 pm

      Randall Thompson: "Alleluia"

      Polyphony/Stephen Layton
      American Polyphony

      Hyperion CDA-67929

      1:35 pm

      Edward Joseph Collins: Variations on an Irish Tune (1930)

      Earl Wild, p
      Romantic Music of Edward Joseph Collins

      CRI CD-644

      1:52 pm

      Léo Delibes: "Sylvia"

      "March et cortège de Bacchus"

      Paris Opera Orch/Jean-Baptiste Mari
      Delibes * Sylvia * Coppelia

      EMI 67208-2 (2)

      2:00 pm

      Joaquín Rodrigo: "Fantasía para un gentilhombre"

      Sharon Isbin, g; Lausanne Chamber Orch/Lawrence Foster
      Concierto de Aranjuez

      Virgin 91192-2

      2:24 pm

      Florence Price: "Snapshots"

      Samantha Ege, p
      Fantasie Nègre: The Piano Music of Florence Price

      Lorelt LNT-144

      2:35 pm

      Jean-Marie Leclair: Violin Concerto in A minor, Op. 7, No. 5

      Théotime Langlois de Swarte, v; Les Ombres
      Vivaldi, Leclair, Locatelli: Violin Concertos

      Harmonia Mundi HMM-902649

      2:51 pm

      Dag Wirén: "Suite miniature," Op. 8b

      Torleif Thedéen, vc; Stefan Bojsten, p
      Dag Wirén: Chamber Music, Vol. 2

      BIS CD-797

      3:00 - 7:00 pm

      3:00 pm

      Afternoon Music with Candice Agree

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

      3:00 pm

      Igor Stravinsky: "Pulcinella"

      Suite

      St. Martin's Academy/Sir Neville Marriner
      Panorama: Igor Stravinsky

      DG 469205-2 (2)

      3:24 pm

      Clara Schumann: Three Romances, Op. 22

      Emmanuel Pahud, f; Eric Le Sage, p
      Romances

      Warner 5419756355

      3:35 pm

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Serenade No. 9 in D, K. 320, "Posthorn"

      Symphony adaptation

      Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood
      Mozart: The Complete Symphonies

      L'Oiseau-Lyre 452496-2 (19)

      3:57 pm

      Traditional English: Sea shanty, "Spanish Ladies"

      Robert Shaw Chorale Men/Robert Shaw
      Sea Shanties * The Men of the Robert Shaw Chorale

      RCA 63528-2

      4:00 pm

      Peter Tchaikovsky: "Romeo and Juliet" Overture-Fantasy

      Chicago Sym Orch/Sir Georg Solti
      1812 Overture/ Romeo and Juliet/ The Nutcracker Suite

      Decca 436624-2

      4:22 pm

      Franz Joseph Haydn: String Quartet in A, Op. 55, No. 1

      Kodály Quartet
      Haydn: String Quartets Op. 55, Nos. 1 - 3

      Naxos 8.550397

      4:41 pm

      François-Adrien Boieldieu: Harp Concerto in C (in Three Tempi)

      III. Finale, Rondeau, "Allegro agitato"

      Lily Laskine, h; Paillard Chamber Orch/Jean-François Paillard
      Lily Laskine joue Boieldieu, Mozart, Pierné

      Erato ECD-88069

      4:49 pm

      Carl Maria von Weber: "Oberon"

      Overture

      Israel Phil Orch/Daniel Barenboim
      The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra - 60th Anniversary Gala Concert

      RCA 68768-2 (2)

      5:00 pm

      Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: "Capriccio espagnol," Op. 34

      London Sym Orch/Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos
      Spanish Spectacular

      MCA Classics MCAD-25887

      5:16 pm

      Jane Antonia Cornish: "Last Light"

      Vicky Chow, p
      Sierra

      Cantaloupe CA-21174

      5:22 pm

      Sergei Rachmaninoff: Prelude in D, Op. 23, No. 4

      Vassily Primakov, p
      Rachmaninoff Recital

      Bridge 9348

      5:28 pm

      Thomas de Hartmann: Violin Concerto, Op. 66

      Joshua Bell, v; INSO-Lviv Sym Orch/Dalia Stasevska
      Thomas de Hartmann Rediscovered

      Pentatone PTC-5187076

      5:58 pm

      Traditional Scottish: "Scotland the Brave"

      Boston Pipers Society, Boston Pops Orch/Keith Lockhart
      The Celtic Album

      RCA 68901-2

      6:00 pm

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

      St Martin's Academy/Sir Neville Marriner
      Bach: Brandenburg Concertos No. 1-4

      EMI CDR5-69877-2

      6:15 pm

      music continues...

      7:00 pm

      7:00 pm

      Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin

      Strangers in a Strange Land

      We will hear the musical evolution of five mature composers as they started their new lives in America: Russian Igor Stravinsky, Hungarian Bela Bartok, German Kurt Weill, Italian Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, and Austrian Ernst Toch. These five composers arrived in America early in the Twentieth Century and quickly became vital members of our American musical community. Bill leads us through their development of new sounds and relationships, all the while telling the fantastic stories that link us to their teachers, Rimsky-Korsakov and Richard Strauss.

      8:00 - 10:00 pm

      10:00 pm - 12:00 am

      10:00 pm

      Baroque&Before with Candice Agree

      Bernardo Pasquini's "The Martyrdom of Saint Vitus"

      A performance of the 1867 oratorio "The Martyrdom of Saints Vitus, Modestus and Crescentia under the Tyranny of Diocletian" by Bernardo Pasquini, featuring Ensemble Concerto Romano and vocal soloists recorded in concert as part of Forum Alte Musik Köln.