Friday, February 20, 2026

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      Playlist for Friday, February 20, 2026

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      12:00 - 6:00 am

      Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff

      12:00 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata No. 80, "Ein feste Burg is unser Gott"

      Chorus, "Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott"

      Netherlands Bach Collegium/Pieter Jan Leusink
      Bach Edition: Complete Works

      Brilliant Classics 93102 (155)

      12:05 am

      Felix Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 5 in D, Op 107, "Reformation"

      Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Kurt Masur
      Mendelssohn Orchestral Works

      Warner Classics 62769-2 (5)

      12:30 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata No. 80, "Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott (A mighty fortress is our God)"

      Opening chorus, "Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott"

      Mormon Tabernacle Cho, Philadelphia Orch/Eugene Ormandy
      Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring * Mormon Tabernacle Choir

      Sony MDK-48296

      12:32 am

      Frederick the Great: Symphony #1 in G

      Manhattan Chamber Orch/Richard Auldon Clark
      Chamber Music of Frederick the Great

      Helicon HE-1003

      12:44 am

      Anna Amalia: Flute Sonata in F

      Jean Brégnac, f; Jennifer Hardy, vc; Yoann Moulin, hc
      Anna Amalia

      Harmonia Mundi HMM-905378

      12:54 am

      Johann Jakob Froberger: Suite XVIII in g

      "Courante"

      Ludger Rémy, hc
      The Strasbourg Manuscript

      CPO 999750-2

      1:00 am

      Alexander Glazunov: "The Seasons," Op 67

      "Petit Adagio"

      Swedish Radio Sym/Yevgeny Svetlanov
      Russian Adagios

      Ondine ODE-938-2

      1:05 am

      Alexander Glazunov: Suite, "From the Middle Ages" in E, Op 79

      Scottish National Orch/Neeme Järvi
      Glazunov: From The Middle Ages, Scènes de ballet & Lyadov: A Musical Snuffbox

      Chandos CHAN-8804

      1:28 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 - 2:00 pm

      10:00 am

      Midday with Lisa Flynn

      Including the "Daily Excursion" at 11:00 am and "Music in Chicago" at 12:00 pm.

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      2:00 - 7:00 pm

      2:00 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 with Bill McGlaughlin

      Johannes Brahms, Part I

      The first of a two-week biography exploring the music and life of a defining voice of the German Romantic Era. In his formative years as a pianist, Brahms befriends Robert and Clara Schumann, and with their support and later with the violinist Joseph Joachim, develops his musical voice. Topics includes Brahms’s struggles to publish symphonies on the heels of Beethoven and writing the German Requiem.

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      8:00 - 11:00 pm

      8:00 pm

      Evening Music

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      11:00 pm

      11:00 pm

      Best of Studs Terkel

      Barbara Hendricks (4/3/1978)

      In the spring of 1978, soprano Barbara Hendricks spoke of her meteorically rising career, played some of her recordings including works by Schubert and Gershwin, and reminisced about her teacher and mentor, Jennie Tourel.

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