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      Playing this hour

      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Four African Dances, Op. 58

      #4, Allegro energico

      Samuel Nebyu, v; Bethany Brooks, p
      Music by Composers of African Descent

      BCM+D Records

      12:05 am

      Herbert Howells: Concerto for String Orchestra

      Sinfonia of London/John Wilson
      Vaughan Williams, Howells, Delius & Elgar - Music for Strings

      Chandos CHSA-5291

      12:33 am

      Hubert Gregg: Maybe it's Because I'm a Londoner

      John Williams, g; Orch/William Goodchild
      Echoes Of London

      CBS MK-42119

      12:34 am

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

      John Williams, g
      Guitar Recital: Paganini, Scarlatti, Giuliani and Villa-Lobos

      Sony SBK-62425

      12:41 am

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

      Simon Preston, o; English Concert/Trevor Pinnock
      Baroque Festival

      DG Archiv 469358-2 (3)

      12:54 am

      François Couperin: Pièces de clavecin, Bk 3 (1722): 14e ordre in D/d

      "La Rossignol-Vainqueur"

      Carole Cerasi, hc
      Couperin: Complete Works for Harpsichord

      Metronome METCD-1100 (10)

      1:00 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Divertimento in C, K. 15

      St Martin's Academy/Sir Neville Marriner
      Complete Mozart Edition Vol 45: Rarities and Surprises

      Philips 422545-2 (3)

      1:05 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: String Divertimento in D, K. 136

      Salzburg Camerata Academica des Mozarteums/Sandor Vegh
      Masters Of Classical Music, Vol. 1: Mozart

      Laserlight 15861

      1:18 am

      Delores White: Blues Dialogue (1988)

      3rd mvt, "Fast and funky"

      Gregory Walker, v
      Kaleidoscope: Music By African-American Women

      Leonarda LE-339

      1:20 am

      Clarence Cameron White: "Bandanna Sketches," Op. 12

      Samuel Nebyu, v; Bethany Brooks, p
      Music by Composers of African Descent

      BCM+D Records

      1:34 am

      Felix WHITE: The Nymph's Complaint for the Death of her Fawn (1921)

      Alex Klein, ob, Richard Young, vi, Ricardo Castro, p
      Poetic Inspirations: Works for Oboe, Viola & Piano

      Cedille CDR-90000102

      1:43 am

      Claude Debussy: "Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune"

      Santa Cecilia Academy Orch/Leonard Bernstein
      The Best of Bernstein

      DG B027991-02 (3)

      1:54 am

      Claude Debussy: "Fêtes galantes," Set 2

      "Le faune"

      Gérard Souzay, br; Dalton Baldwin, p

      EMI/Ang CMS7-64095-2 (3)

      2:00 am

      George Walker: "Lyric for Strings"

      Chicago Sinfonietta/Paul Freeman
      African Heritage Symphonic Series - Vol II

      Cedille CDR-90000061

      2:05 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata #32 in c, Op 111

      Simone Dinnerstein, p
      Simone Dinnerstein - The Berlin Concert

      Telarc CD-80715

      2:33 am

      Louis Gruenberg: "Vier Indiskretionen"

      IV. "Allegro burlando"

      Pacifica Quartet

      Cedille CDR-90000228

      2:35 am

      Johann Gottlieb Graun: Overture and Allegro

      Berlin Academy for Ancient Music
      Friedrich der Grosse: Music for the Berlin Court

      Harmonia Mundi HMC-902132

      2:47 am

      Carl Heinrich Graun: Horn Concerto in D

      Ursula Paludan Monberg, horn; Arcangelo/Jonathan Cohen
      Baroque Horn Concertos

      Hyperion CDA-68289

      2:55 am

      Johann Jakob Froberger: Suite XV in a

      "Courante"

      Ludger Rémy, hc
      The Strasbourg Manuscript

      CPO 999750-2

      3:00 am

      Gioachino Rossini: "Il Turco in Italia"

      "Intesi...Tu seconda il mio disegno...Se il mio rival deludo"

      Juan Diego Flórez, t; Santa Cecilia Orch/Roberto Abbado
      Voce d'Italia: Arias for Rubini * Juan Diego Flórez

      London B0010302-02

      3:05 am

      Gioachino Rossini: "Il turco in Italia"

      Overture

      National Phil/Riccardo Chailly
      Rossini: Ouvertures

      London 400049-2

      3:13 am

      Gioachino Rossini: String Sonata No. 5 in E-Flat

      Members of the Orch of the Age of Enlightenment
      Rossini: The String Sonatas

      Helios CDH-55200

      3:28 am

      Nicola Matteis: "Musica grave"

      Elizabeth Wallfisch, v
      Violin Masters of the 17th Century

      Hyperion CDA-67238

      3:29 am

      Georg Philipp Telemann: Ouverture in C, "Wassermusik (Hamburger Ebb' und Flut)"

      Music of the Baroque/Thomas Wikman
      Music of the Baroque

      Mintel Archive 22

      3:55 am

      George Frideric Handel: "Water Music" Suite No. 3 in G

      "Gigue"

      Philharmonia Baroque Orch/Nicholas McGegan
      Water Musick

      Harmonia Mundi HMU-907010

      4:00 am

      Domenico Scarlatti: Clavier Sonata in d, Kk 516 (L 12)

      Virginia Black, hc
      Domenico Scarlatti: Sonatas

      EMI/Angel CDC7-47654-2

      4:05 am

      Ottorino Respighi: Violin Sonata in b minor

      Jascha Heifetz, v; Emanuel Bay, p
      The Heifetz Collection, Volume 44: Ravel: Trio / Debussy & Respighi: Sonatas / Martinu: Duo for Violin & Cello

      RCA 88765440152 (9)

      4:29 am

      Joan Ambrosio Dalza: "Poi che volse"

      Doulce Mémoire/Denis Raisin-Dadre
      L'Harmonie du Monde

      Naive E-8883

      4:30 am

      Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov: "Russian Easter Overture," Op. 36

      New York Phil/Yuri Temirkanov
      Scheherazade; Russian Easter Overture

      RCA 61173-2

      4:46 am

      Mily Balakirev: "Islamey," Oriental Fantasy

      Claudio Arrau, p
      Steinway Legends: Claudio Arrau

      Philips B0007154-02

      4:54 am

      Mily Balakirev: Song, "The pleasure you bring is enthralling"

      Olga Borodina, ms; Larissa Gergieva, p
      Olga Borodina- Songs of Desire

      Philips 442780-2

      5:00 am

      Franz Schubert: Impromptus, D 935 (Op. 142)

      No. 2 in A-Flat

      Alfred Brendel, p
      Schubert: Impromptus

      Philips 422237-2

      5:05 am

      Gabriel Fauré: Harp Impromptu, Op 86

      Mariko Anraku, h
      Music for Harp

      EMI CDC5-56515-2

      5:14 am

      Gabriel Fauré: "Berceuse," Op 16

      Anne Sophie Mutter, v; Vienna Phil
      Carmen-Fantasie

      DG 437544-2

      5:18 am

      Johannes Brahms: Five Songs, Op 49

      #4, "Wiegenlied"

      Thomas Allen, br; Sharon Isbin, g

      Virgin 91750-2

      5:20 am

      Johannes Brahms: Double Concerto in a minor, Op. 102

      Anne Sophie Mutter, v; Antonio Meneses, vc; Berlin Phil/Karajan
      Brahms: Double Concerto in A Minor Op. 102, Tragic Overture Op. 81

      DG 410603-2

      5:55 am

      Kaija Saariaho: "Sept papillons" (2000)

      Papillon 3

      Wilhelmina Smith, vc
      Works for Solo Cello

      Ondine ODE-1294-2

      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 Gallagher & ensemble: Luck Be a Lady (Loesser)

      Broadway Revival Cast
      Guys and Dolls

      RCA 09026 61317 2

      6:07 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: "Pique Dame"

      Russian Dance and Romance

      New Zealand Sym Orch/Peter Breiner
      Tchaikovsky: The Queen of Spades, Voyevoda Suites

      Naxos 8.573015

      6:14 am

      Alexander Borodin: Scherzo in E

      Marco Rapetti & Giampaolo Nuti, p's
      Borodin Edition

      Brilliant Classics 94410

      6:20 am

      Gioachino Rossini: "La gazza ladra"

      Overture

      London Classical Players/Roger Norrington
      Rossini: Overtures

      EMI CDC7-54091-2

      6:31 am

      Johann Friedrich Fasch: Bassoon Concerto in C

      Peter Whelan, bn; Ensemble Marsyas
      Fasch: Quartets and Concertos

      Linn CKD-467

      6:40 am

      Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Prussian Sonata No. 2 in A-Flat, Wq 48/2

      Einav Yarden, p
      Father and Son

      Challenge Classics CC-72952

      6:53 am

      Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson: String Sinfonietta No. 1

      III. Finale, Rondo, "Allegro furioso"

      Chicago Sinfonietta/Paul Freeman
      Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson: A Celebration

      Cedille CDR-90000087

      7:04 am

      Stevie Wonder: "Superstition"

      Aleko Nunez, g
      Acoustic Guitar Covers 2

      Impossible Music [Acoustic Guitar Covers 2]

      7:08 am

      Cécile Chaminade: Flute Concertino, Op. 107

      Susan Milan, f; City of London Sinfonia/Richard Hickox
      La Flûte Enchantée

      Chandos CHAN-8840

      7:18 am

      Antonín Dvořák: Piano Trio No. 2 in G minor, Op. 26

      I. Allegro moderato

      Weilerstein Trio
      Dvořák Trios * Weilerstein Trio

      Koch KICCD-7657

      7:32 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: "La Clemenza di Tito," K. 621

      Rondo, "Non più di fiori"

      Joyce DiDonato, ms; Lyon Opera Orch/Kazushi Ono
      Diva Divo

      Virgin 641986

      7:41 am

      William Bolcom: "Seattle Slew" Suite

      "Preakness Promenade"

      Louisville Orch/Lawrence Leighton Smith
      Bolcom: Symphony No. 1, Symphony No. 3, Seattle Slew Orchestral Suite

      Louisville LCD-007

      7:49 am

      Wynton Marsalis: Violin Concerto in D

      IV. "Hootenanny"

      Nicola Benedetti, v; Philadelphia Orch/Cristian Macelaru
      Marsalis: Violin Concerto in D, Nicola Benedetti

      Decca B0030521-02

      8:04 am

      Jean-Joseph de Mondonville: Sonata in B-Flat, Op. 3, No. 3

      Les Musiciens du Louvre/Marc Minkowski
      Mondonville: Six Sonates en symphonie, Op. 3

      Archiv 474550-2

      8:14 am

      Frederick Delius: "North Country Sketches"

      IV. Finale, "March of Spring"

      Welsh National Opera Orch/Charles Mackerras
      Delius: Brigg Fair, In a Summer Garden, The Walk to the Paradise Garden, North Country Sketches / Sir Charles Mackerras

      Argo 430202-2

      8:23 am

      Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Clarinet Quintet, Op. 10

      IV. Finale, "Allegro agitato"

      Anthony McGill, cl; Catalyst Quartet
      Uncovered, Volume 1

      Azica ACD-71336

      8:32 am

      Malcolm Arnold: "Tam O'Shanter" Overture, Op. 51

      Scottish National Orch/Sir Alexander Gibson
      Scottish Overtures

      Chandos CHAN-8379

      8:42 am

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

      Canadian Chamber Ensemble/Raffi Armenian

      Radio Canada Int'l SMCD-5164

      8:52 am

      Scott Joplin: "Bethena: A Concert Waltz"

      Agave
      American Originals: A New World, A New Canon

      Acis APL-20445

      9:03 am

      Carl Orff: "Carmina Burana"

      "O, Fortuna"

      Atlanta Sym Cho & Orch/Robert Shaw
      The Power & The Majesty - Essential Choral Classics

      Telarc CD-80397

      9:09 am

      Igor Stravinsky: "Jeu de cartes"

      Chicago Sym Orch/Sir Georg Solti
      Igor Stravinsky: Petrushka, Jeu de cartes

      Decca 443775-2

      9:34 am

      Dana Suesse: "Piano Poker"

      Sara Davis Buechner, p
      Jazz Nocturne: The Piano Works of Dana Suesse

      eOne 7770

      9:40 am

      Bernard Herrmann: "Psycho"

      "A Narrative for String Orchestra"

      London Phil Orch Strings/Bernard Herrmann
      Music from the Great Hitchcock Movie Thrillers

      Decca 443895-2

      9:55 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Piano Concerto in D, H XVIII:11 (Op. 21)

      III. Finale, "Rondo all'Ungarese: Allegro assai"

      Marc-André Hamelin, p; Les Violons du Roy/Bernard Labadie
      Haydn Piano Concertos Nos 3, 4 & 11

      Hyperion CDA-67925

      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.

      10:00 am

      Florence Price: Concert Overture No. 2

      Württemberg Phil/John Jeter
      Florence Beatrice Price: Songs of the Oak, Concert Overtures Nos. 1 & 2, The Oak, Colonial Dance, Suite of Dances

      Naxos 8.559920

      10:15 am

      George Gershwin: "Lullaby"

      Brodsky Quartet
      New World Quartets

      Chandos CHAN-10801

      10:25 am

      Domenico Cimarosa: "I tre amanti" ("The Three Lovers")

      Overture

      Czech Chamber Phil Orch/Michael Halász
      Cimarosa: Overtures, Vol. 4

      Naxos 8.573459

      10:33 am

      Antonín Dvořák: "Scherzo capriccioso," Op. 66

      Baltimore Sym Orch/Marin Alsop
      Dvorák: Symphony No 6

      Naxos 8.570995

      10:49 am

      Franz Schubert: Piano Sonata in B-Flat, D 960

      IV. Finale, "Allegro ma non troppo"

      Simone Dinnerstein, p
      A Character of Quiet: Schubert, Glass

      Orange Mountain Music OMM-0147

      11:00 am

      Jens Kruger: "Appalachian Concerto"

      V. "Gone But Not Forgotten"

      Kruger Brothers; string quartet
      Appalachian Concerto

      Double Time Music DTM-022

      11:08 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: "Brandenburg" Concerto No. 5 in D Major, BWV 1050

      Berlin Academy for Ancient Music
      Bach: Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 1-6

      Harmonia Mundi HMC-901634/5 (2)

      11:28 am

      Isaac Albéniz: "Iberia," Book 3

      "El Albaicín"

      Timo Korhonen, g; Tampere Phil Orch/Tuomas Ollila
      Leo Brouwer: Guitar Concerto No. 5 'Helsinki', Iberia Suite, From Yesterday To Penny Lane

      Ondine ODE-979-2

      11:37 am

      Cécile Chaminade: "Six pièces romantiques," Op. 55

      Roberto Prosseda & Alessandra Ammara, p
      Compositrices: New Light on French Romantic Women Composers

      Bru Zane BZ-2006

      11:51 am

      August De Boeck: Fantasy on Two Flemish Folksongs

      Belgian Radio & TV Phil Orch/Alexander Rahbari
      Flemish Romantic Music

      Marco Polo 8.223418

      12:00 pm

      Alan Thomas: Fantasy on Verdi's "La Traviata" (after Krakamp, Briccialdi & Tárrega)

      Cavatina Duo
      Cavatina at the Opera

      Bridge 9448

      12:11 pm

      Charles Gounod: "Faust"

      Ballet music

      St. Martin's Academy/Sir Neville Marriner
      Gounod: Symphonies 1 & 2, Faust Ballet Music

      Philips 462125-2

      12:29 pm

      Claudio Monteverdi: "Vespers of the Blessed Virgin" (1610)

      "Sonata sopra Santa Maria"

      John Buffett, treble; Apollo's Fire/Jeannette Sorrell
      Monteverdi: Vespers of 1610 - 400th Anniversary Edition

      Avie AV-2206 (2)

      12:37 pm

      Jean Sibelius: "The Oceanides," Op. 73

      Helsinki Phil/Paavo Berglund
      Sibelius: Sibelius Symphony No. 2, The Oceanides, Finlandia

      EMI CDC7-49511-2

      12:47 pm

      Reynaldo Hahn: Piano Quintet in F-sharp minor

      I. "Molto agitato e con fuoco"

      Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective
      Hahn: Piano Quintet; Songs; Piano Quartet

      Chandos CHAN-20326

      1:00 pm

      Franz Schubert: Symphony No. 3 in D, D. 200

      Freiburg Baroque Orch/Pablo Heras-Casado
      Schubert: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 4

      Harmonia Mundi HMC-902154

      1:23 pm

      Svend S. Schultz: "Une Amourette" (Little Serenade)

      Carion
      Nielsen's Footsteps

      Odradek ODRCD-321

      1:34 pm

      Ralph Vaughan Williams: "Charterhouse Suite"

      English Northern Phil/David Lloyd-Jones
      English String Miniatures, Vol. 2

      Naxos 8.555068

      1:50 pm

      Johann Strauss II: Waltz, "Künstlerleben (Artist's Life)," Op. 316

      Vienna Phil/Mariss Jansons
      New Year's Concert 2006

      DG 4775566 (2)

      2:00 - 7:00 pm

      2:00 pm

      Afternoon Music with Candice Agree

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

      2:00 pm

      Mel Bonis: Flute Sonata in C-sharp minor, Op. 64

      Erin K. Murphy, f; Kirstin Ihde, p
      Day & Night: Modern Flute & Piano Duos by Women Composers

      Albany TROY-1829

      2:00 pm

      Hosted by Kristina Lynn.

      2:18 pm

      Arvo Pärt: "Fratres" for string orchestra and percussion

      Estonian National Sym Orch/Paavo Järvi
      Summa

      Virgin 45501-2

      2:29 pm

      George Frideric Handel: Concerto grosso in D, Op. 6, No. 5

      St Martin's Academy/Sir Neville Marriner
      Handel: Concerti Grossi, Op 3 & Op 6

      Decca 4758673 (3)

      2:44 pm

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 22 in F, Op. 54

      Alfred Brendel, p
      Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Opp. 53, 54 & 101

      Philips 438472-2

      2:57 pm

      Joseph Brackett: "Simple Gifts"

      Frederic Hand, g
      Across Time: Guitar solos & songs by Frederic Hand

      ReEntrant REN-02

      3:00 pm

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 4 in D, K. 218

      Julia Fischer, v; Netherlands Chamber Orch/Yakov Kreizberg
      Mozart: The Violin Concertos

      Pentatone PTC-5186453 (2)

      3:23 pm

      John Mackey: "This Cruel Moon"

      Dallas Winds/Jerry Junkin
      Asphalt Cocktail: Music of John Mackey

      Reference RR-144

      3:33 pm

      Camille Saint-Saëns: "Carnival of the Animals"

      Ens Musique Oblique
      Saint-Saëns: Quintette Op.14, L'Assassinat Du Duc De Guise, Le Carnaval Des Animaux / Ensemble Musique Oblique

      Harmonia Mundi HMC-901472

      3:56 pm

      William Kroll: "Banjo and Fiddle"

      Leonidas Kavakos, v; Péter Nagy, p
      Leonidas Kavakos Plays

      Delos DE-3116

      4:01 pm

      Walter Piston: "The Incredible Flutist" Suite

      National Orchestral Institute Phil/JoAnn Falletta
      Copland: The Tender Land Suite; Creston: Saxophone Concerto; Kay: Pietà; Piston: The Incredible Flutist Suite

      Naxos 8.559911

      4:18 pm

      Joaquín Turina: "The Bullfighter's Prayer" Op. 34

      Pacifica Quartet
      Souvenirs of Spain & Italy

      Cedille CDR-90000190

      4:27 pm

      Bill Evans: "Waltz for Debby"

      Jean-Yves Thibaudet, p
      Conversations with Bill Evans

      Decca 455512-2

      4:29 pm

      Bronislaw Kaper: "The Swan"

      Suite #2

      MGM Studio Orch/Johnny Green
      The Swan: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

      Film Score Monthly Vol, 7, No. 5

      4:48 pm

      Josef Strauss: Waltz, "Sphärenklänge," Op. 235

      Vienna Phil/Daniel Barenboim
      New Year's Concert 2009

      Decca B0012569-02 (2)

      4:58 pm

      Florence Price: Suite of Dances

      II. Allegretto

      Württemberg Phil/John Jeter
      Florence Beatrice Price: Songs of the Oak, Concert Overtures Nos. 1 & 2, The Oak, Colonial Dance, Suite of Dances

      Naxos 8.559920

      5:00 pm

      Sergei Rachmaninoff: "Trio élégiaque" No. 1 in G minor

      Vadim Repin, v; Mischa Maisky, vc; Lang Lang, p
      Tchaikovsky * Rachmaninoff: Piano Trios * Lang Lang * Vadim Repin * Mischa Maisky

      DG B0013504-02

      5:15 pm

      Dave Brubeck: "The Duke"

      Quartet San Francisco
      QSF Plays Brubeck

      Violin Jazz Recordings JCCD-106

      5:21 pm

      Andrea Keller: "I Surrender"

      Genevieve Lacey, r; Marshall McGuire, h
      Women of Note, Vol. 4

      ABC Classics ABCL-0013D

      5:28 pm

      music continues...

      7:00 pm

      7:00 pm

      Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin

      First Love….and Later

      For centuries, composers have drawn inspiration from love stories, poems, and their own romances. Clara and Robert Schumann wrote music for each other. Gustav Mahler composed the Adagietto from his Fifth Symphony while deeply in love with his new wife, Alma Schindler. Berlioz, Prokofiev, Bellini, and Delius are just a few who were inspired by the story of Romeo and Juliet. And of course, no week of love songs would feel complete without hearing arias from La Bohème, Carmen, and Tosca.

      8:00 - 11:00 pm

      11:00 pm

      11:00 pm

      Best of Studs Terkel

      Trio Basho (2/11/1993)

      Presenting the music of an exuberant trio of Chicago musicians known as Trio Basho with members Shinobu Sato, Kat Eggleston and Al Ehrich.