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Playlist for Saturday, July 4, 2026
12:00 - 7:00 am
12:00 am
Afro-American Trad: Spiritual, I'm a Pilgrim
Chanticleer
Our American Journey
12:05 am
James P Johnson: "American Symphonic Suite"
"Lament"
Leslie Stifelman, p; Concordia Orch/Marin Alsop
James P. Johnson - Symphonic Music
12:14 am
Kern: "Mark Twain: Portrait for Orchestra"
Boston Pops/Keith Lockhart
American Visions
12:27 am
Aaron Copland: "Old American Songs" Set 1
IV. "Simple Gifts"
St Charles Singers, Elgin Sym/Robert Hanson
Copland: Piano Concerto * The Tender Land
12:29 am
Antonin Dvorák: String Quartet No. 12 in F, Op. 96, "American"
Takacs String Quartet
String Quartets Op.96 'The American' • Op.105 • 5 Bagatelles, Op.47
12:54 am
Florence Price: "Five Folksongs in Counterpoint"
No. 4, "Shortnin' Bread"
Agave
American Originals: A New World, A New Canon
1:00 am
African Trad: "Red River Valley"
Dale Warland Singers/Dale Warland
The Dale Warland Singers * Blue Wheat
1:05 am
Virgil Thomson: "The River" Suite
Los Angeles Chamber Orch/Sir Neville Marriner
1:29 am
Charles Ives: Song, "At the River" (1916)
William Sharp, br; Steven Blier, p
The Complete Songs of Charles Ives, Vol. 3
1:31 am
American ANON 18th c: Washington's March
Janice Beck, o (First Baptist Church, Ann Arbor, MI)
N/A
1:33 am
Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 66 in B-Flat
Philharmonia Hungarica/Antal Dorati
Haydn * The Complete Symphonies * Antal Dorati
1:55 am
William Grant Still: "Swanee River"
Denver Oldham, p
Africa: Piano Music of William Grant Still * Denver Oldham
2:00 am
George Gershwin: "An American in Paris"
in miniature
Richard Glazier, p
A Salute to the Hollywood Musical
2:05 am
George Gershwin: "Porgy and Bess: A Symphonic Picture"
London Sym Orch/André Previn
Porgy and Bess, Second Rhapsody, Cuban Overture
2:22 am
George Gershwin: Three Preludes
No. 3
Anne Sophie Mutter, v; Lambert Orkis, p
Die Violin Sonaten 1-10
2:24 am
Antonin Dvorák: American Suite in A, Op 98b
Royal Liverpool Phil/Libor Pesek
2:47 am
Florence Price: "Fantasie Negre" (1929)
Michelle Cann, p
Revival
2:55 am
Florence Price: Song, "Desire"
Karen Slack, s; Michelle Cann, p
3:00 am
Scott Joplin: "Bethena: A Concert Waltz"
William Bolcom, p
3:05 am
Scott Joplin: "Fig Leaf Rag"
Alexander Peskanov, p
JOPLIN: Piano Rags, Vol. 1
3:10 am
Scott Joplin: "Peacherine Rag" (1901)
Lara Downes, p
Reflections: Scott Joplin Reconsidered
3:11 am
Aaron Copland: Symphony no.3
New York Phil/Leonard Bernstein
Symphony No. 3 • Quiet City
3:55 am
Nora Douglas Holt: "Nora's Dance"
Lara Downes, p
4:00 am
Henri Vieuxtemps: "Souvenir d'Amerique," Op 17 (Variations on Yankee Doodle)
Tchaikovsky Chamber Orch/Lazar Gosman, v
Masterworks Dinner Classics "An American Picnic"
4:05 am
Benjamin Britten: "An American Overture," Op. 27a
City of Birmingham Sym Orch/Sir Simon Rattle
Rattle Conducts Britten
4:15 am
William Schuman: "American Festival" Overture
St Louis Sym/Leonard Slatkin
Symphony No. 10 / New England Triptych / American Festival Overture
4:25 am
William Schuman: "Mail-Order Madrigals" (1971)
#1, Attention, Ladies!
Gregg Smith Singers/Gregg Smith
4:26 am
Amy (Mrs HHA) Beach: Piano Quintet in f-sharp, Op 67
Garrick Ohlsson, p; Takács Quartet
Amy Beach
4:54 am
Amy (Mrs HHA) Beach: "Summer Dreams," Op. 47
No. 2, "Robin Redbreast"
Genova and Dmitrov Duo
Amy Beach: Complete Works for Piano Duo
5:00 am
Sousa: "With Pleasure"
Wallace Collection/John Wallace
Stars And Stripes Forever- Great Marches an Incidental Music
5:05 am
Robert Russell Bennett: "Symphonic Songs for Band"
Northwestern U Sym Wind Ensemble/John P Paynter
Winds Of Change: American Music For Wind Ensemble From The 1950s To The 1970s
5:18 am
Francis Johnson: "The New Bird Waltz"
Chestnut Brass Company/Tamara Brooks
The Music Of Francis Johnson And His Contemporaries: Early 19th-Century Black Composers
5:20 am
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 9 in E-flat, K. 271, "Jeunehomme"
Alfred Brendel, p; Scottish Chamber Orch/Charles Mackerras
Mozart: Pian Concertos K271 "Jeunehomme" & K503
5:55 am
William Grant Still: "Quit Dat Fool'nish"
Sierra Winds
Get on Board: American Music for Woodwinds by William Grant Still
6:00 am
Florence Price: "Abraham Lincoln Walks at Midnight"
VI. Finale
Robert Bennesh, o; Malmö Opera Cho & Orch/John Jeter
Price: Choral Works
6:05 am
John Wiliams: "Lincoln" film music
Excerpts
Chicago Sym/John Williams
Lincoln
6:26 am
Charles Ives: Variations on "America"
New York Phil/Kurt Masur
Debussy and Ravel: Orchestral Works
6:33 am
Charles Ives: Song, "The Things Our Fathers Loved" (1917)
Mary Ann Hart, ms; Dennis Helmrich, p
The Complete Songs of Charles Ives, Vol. 3
6:34 am
Randall Thompson: "The Testament of Freedom"
New York Choral Society, Manhattan Chamber Orch/Richard Auldon Clark
6:54 am
Richard Thompson: Prelude No. 3
Richard Thompson, p
Poetry Prelude
7:00 - 11:00 am
7:00 am
Weekend Mornings with Kristina Lynn
With news at 7:00 am; "Saturday Morning Listener's Choice" at 8:00 am; and "Soundtrack" at 9:00 am.
7:02 am
Florence Price: "Colonial Dance"
Württemberg Phil/John Jeter
Florence Beatrice Price: Songs of the Oak, Concert Overtures Nos. 1 & 2, The Oak, Colonial Dance, Suite of Dances
7:07 am
Aaron Copland: "Our Town"
Three Pieces for Piano
Ian Gindes, p
American Visions
7:18 am
Traditional American: "Pompey Ran Away"
Jake Blount, fiddle; Rhiannon Giddens, minstrel banjo
The American Revolution, a Film by Ken Burns, Sarah Botstein & David Schmidt
7:20 am
Traditional American: "Hard Times"
Rhiannon Giddens, minstrel banjo
The American Revolution, a Film by Ken Burns, Sarah Botstein & David Schmidt
7:22 am
William Billings: Anthem, "I Am the Rose of Sharon"
His Majestie's Clerkes/Paul Hillier
Early American Choral Music Vol. 1: Anthems and Fuging Tunes by William Billings
7:27 am
William Grant Still: "American Suite"
Royal Scottish National Orch/Avlana Eisenberg
William Grant Still: Summerland
7:36 am
William Grant Still: "Get on Board"
Sierra Winds; string quartet; Carol Urban-Stivers, p
Kelley Mikkelsen, cello,
Get on Board: American Music for Woodwinds by William Grant Still
7:39 am
Michael Torke: "Bliss"
University of Kansas Wind Ensemble/Paul W. Popiel
Michael Torke: Concerto for Orchestra
7:51 am
Samuel A. Ward: "America the Beautiful"
Canadian Brass
Stars & Stripes
7:56 am
Traditional American: "Shenandoah"
Tine Thing Helseth, tr; Kåre Nordstoga, o
Magical Memories
8:00 am
Saturday Morning Listener's Choice
8:00 am
George M. Cohan: "You're A Grand Old Flag"
Uri Caine Ensemble
The Sidewalks of New York - Tin Pan Alley
8:01 am
Aaron Copland: "Appalachian Spring"
"Simple Gifts"
London Sym Orch/Aaron Copland
American Masterpieces
8:06 am
Georg Philipp Telemann: Flute (Recorder) Suite in A minor
"Réjouissance"
Frédéric de Roos, r; Ricercar Consort
Telemann: Doppelkonzerte Mit Blockflöte / Suite A-moll / Frédéric de Roos, Ricercar Consort
8:08 am
George Walker: "Folksongs for Orchestra"
No. 1, "Going to Lay Down My Sword and Shield"
Seattle Sym/Asher Fisch
Music of George Walker & William Dawson
8:13 am
George Gershwin: "Porgy and Bess"
"Summertime"
Leontyne Price, s; David Garvey, p
Great Moments at Carnegie Hall
8:16 am
Cristóbal de Morales: "Parce mihi Domine"
Jan Garbarek, sx; Hilliard Ensemble
Officium
8:26 am
Maurice Ravel: "Daphnis et Chloé"
Suite No. 2: I. "Daybreak"
Slovak Radio Sym Cho & Orch/Kenneth Jean
Paradise
8:32 am
Gioachino Rossini: "The Barber of Seville"
"Largo al factotum"
Doc Severinsen, tr; Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel
Trumpet Spectacular
8:39 am
Washington Revels: "Tenting on the Old Camp Ground" (Walter Kittredge)
Washington Revels feat. Douglas Jimerson, Jacqueline Schwab, Gallery Voices
Hard Times Come Again No More: American Music of the Civil War Era
8:42 am
Bryan Bowers: Grandfather's Clock - instrumental (Work)
Bryan Bowers
Home, Home on the Road
8:45 am
Leonard Bernstein: "West Side Story"
"America"
Katia Labèque & Marielle Labèque, p's; G Grau & R Séguinier, per
Raphaël Séguinier, percussion,
Rhapsody in Blue, West Side Story
8:48 am
Aaron Copland: "Fanfare for the Common Man"
St. Louis Sym Orch/Leonard Slatkin
The American Album
8:52 am
Traditional Scottish: Hymn, "Morning Has Broken"
American Boychoir, St. Luke's Chamber Ensemble/James Litton
Hymnus
8:55 am
Stan Freberg: Washington Crosses the Delaware (Command Decision)
Stan Freberg
Stan Freberg Presents The United States of America , Vol. 1
9:00 am
Alfred Newman: 20th Century Fox Fanfare
London Phil Orch/John Mauceri
The Genius of Film Music
9:00 am
Soundtrack
9:02 am
John Corigliano: "Revolution"
"Searching For Daisy;" End Title
James Galway, tin whistle; Studio Orch/John Corigliano
Revolution (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
9:10 am
Trevor Jones: "The Last of the Mohicans"
Main Title
Royal Scottish National Orch/Joel McNeely
The Last Of The Mohicans (Original Motion Picture Score)
9:12 am
Trevor Jones: "The Last of the Mohicans"
"The Kiss"
Royal Scottish National Orch/Joel McNeely
The Last Of The Mohicans (Original Motion Picture Score)
9:15 am
John Williams: "The Patriot"
Middlesex County Fifes & Drums
Boston Pops Orch/Keith Lockhart
Lights, Camera...Magic!
9:25 am
Rob Lane: "John Adams" (2008 TV music)
"Abigail"
Andrew Shulman, vc; Mike Lang, p
John Adams (Music from the HBO Miniseries)
9:26 am
Rob Lane: "John Adams" (2008 TV music)
"Leaving for Philadelphia"
Studio Orch/Rob Lane
John Adams (Music from the HBO Miniseries)
9:29 am
Joseph Vitarelli: "John Adams" (2008 TV music)
"The White House"
Studio Orch/Jorge Del Barrio
John Adams (Music from the HBO Miniseries)
9:33 am
Henry Jackman: "The Birth of a Nation"
"The Birth of a Nation"
Cho & Orch/Stephen Coleman
The Birth of a Nation: Original Motion Picture Score
9:36 am
Henry Jackman: "The Birth of a Nation"
"On To Jerusalem"
Cho & Orch/Stephen Coleman
The Birth of a Nation: Original Motion Picture Score
9:44 am
James Horner: "Glory"
"Preparations for Battle"
Studio Orch/Grief McRitchie
Glory (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
9:53 am
David Arnold: "Independence Day"
"Jolly Roger"
Studio Orch/Nicholas Dodd
Independence Day (Original Soundtrack Recording)
9:56 am
David Arnold: "Independence Day"
"Aftermath"
Studio Orch/Nicholas Dodd
Independence Day (Original Soundtrack Recording)
10:01 am
Herbert Clarke: Valse Brillante, "Sounds from the Hudson"
Wynton Marsalis, cornet; Eastman Wind Ensemble/Donald Hunsberger
Carnaval
10:10 am
Irving Berlin: "Always"
Kiri Te Kanawa, s; Abbey Road Ensemble/Jonathan Tunick
Kiri Sings Berlin
10:15 am
Irving Berlin: "God Bless America"
US Army Field Band & Soldiers' Chorus/Col. Jim R. Keene
Soundtrack of the American Soldier
10:20 am
Scott Joplin: "Treemonisha"
Overture
The Paragon Ragtime Orchestra/Rick Benjamin
Scott Joplin: Treemonisha
10:29 am
Louis Ballard: "The Four Moons"
Finale, "Pas de quatre"
Fort Smith Sym/John Jeter
Louis Wayne Ballard: The Four Moons, Devil's Promenade, Fantasy Aborigine No. 3 "Kokopelli", Scenes from Indian Life
10:34 am
George Gershwin: "Porgy and Bess"
"It Ain't Necessarily So"
Jazz Combo/Miles Davis
Miles Davis * Porgy and Bess
10:40 am
Antonín Dvořák: String Quartet No. 12 in F, Op. 96, "American"
IV. Finale, "Vivace ma non troppo"
Modern Mandolin Quartet
Americana
10:47 am
John Knowles Paine: Symphony No. 2 in A, Op. 34, "In the Spring"
IV. Finale, "The Glory of Nature"
Ulster Orch/JoAnn Falletta
Paine: Orchestral Works, Vol. 2
11:00 am
11:00 am
Introductions
Violinist Olha Tytarenko, a rising senior at DePaul University School of Myusic, performs Erich Wolfgang Korngold's Violin Concerto in D Major, Op.35 with the DePaul Symphony Orchestra conducted by Francesco Milioto. Recorded at Gannon Concert Hall on May 22, 2026.
11:27 am
Aaron Copland: "Old American Songs" Set 1
No. 2, "The Dodger"
Chicago Brass Quintet
American Voices
11:30 am
Peter Boyer: "Celebration Overture"
London Phil Orch/Peter Boyer
Boyer: Symphony No. 1, Silver Fanfare, Festivities, Three Olympians, Celebration Overture
11:38 am
Margaret Bonds: "The Bells"
Rochelle Sennet, p
Bach to Black: Suites for Piano, Vol. 6
11:44 am
Michael Abels: "Frederick's Fables"
No. 1, "Frederick"
Michael Sumuel, n; Illinois Phil Orch/Stilian Kirov
Children's Stories
11:53 am
Leonard Bernstein: "Fancy Free"
"Enter Three Sailors; Scene at the Bar; Enter Two Girls"
New York Phil/Leonard Bernstein
Bernstein: On The Town, Fancy Free, On The Waterfront
12:00 - 3:00 pm
12:00 pm
From The Paris Opera
Verdi's Aida
Saioa Hernández (Aida); Piotr Beczała (Radamès); Eve-Maud Hubeaux (Amneris); Roman Burdenko (Amonasro); Alexander Köpeczi (Ramfis); Paris Opera Chorus and Orchestra; Michele Mariotti, conductor. Sung in Italian.
4:00 pm
4:00 pm
Listening to Singers with Oliver Camacho
A celebration of American vocal music performed by American artists.
5:00 pm
5:00 pm
Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival
JS Bach Concerto in D Minor, BWV 1043; Chad Hoopes, Bryan Lee, violins; Santa Fe Opera Orchestra musicians; Debussy "Jane" and "Romance: Silence ineffible;" Liv Redpath, soprano; George Fu, piano; Bridge Piano Trio No. 2, H. 178; Orion Weiss, piano; Jennifer Frautschi, violin; Felix Fan, cello.
6:00 - 9:00 pm
6:00 pm
Weekend Evening Music
7:30 pm
Grant Park Music Festival 2026
Independence Day Salute
Live from the Pritzker Pavilion, Christopher Bell conducts the Grant Park Orchestra in this annual Chicago tradition. The family-friendly celebration includes patriotic favorites alongside Gershwin’s "Three Preludes" with principal clarinetist Dario Brignoli and Carlos Gardel’s "Tango (Por Una Cabeza)" with concertmaster Jeremy Black.
9:00 pm - 12:00 am
9:00 pm
The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer
While we mark the 250th anniversary of our nation’s founding document, The Declaration of Independence, we also lift up America’s first popular songwriter, Stephen Foster, 200 years after his birth.
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