Friday, January 16, 2026

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      Playlist for Friday, January 16, 2026

      Playing this hour

      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      Joaquin Rodrigo: "Soleriana" (1953)

      #8 (Finale), "Boleras"

      Mexico State Sym Orch/Enrique B tiz

      EMI/Ang CDM5-65901-2

      12:05 am

      Manuel de Falla: "The Three-Cornered Hat"

      Suite

      Philharmonia/Carlo Maria Giulini

      EMI CDM7-69037-2

      12:23 am

      Domenico Scarlatti: Clavier Sonata in G, Kk 103 (L 233)

      Hédi Salànki, hc

      Price-Less D-16565

      12:25 am

      Dora Pejacevic: "Phantasie concertante" in D minor, Op. 48

      Volker Banfield, p; Rheinland-Pfalz State Phil/Ari Rasilainen
      Dora Pejačević: Piano Concerto, Symphony

      CPO 777418

      12:39 am

      Franz Liszt: Fantasy on Hungarian Folksongs for Piano and Orchestra

      Louis Lortie, p; Residentie Orch/George Pehlivanian
      Liszt: Works for Piano & Orchestra, Vol. 2

      Chandos CHAN-9864

      12:54 am

      Franz Liszt: "Responsories and Antiphons"

      "Ecce quomodo moritur justus"

      Leslie Howard, p
      Responsories and Antiphons

      Hyperion CDA-67161/2 (2)

      1:00 am

      Franz Liszt: "Transcendental Etudes"

      No. 3, "Paysage"

      Daniil Trifonov, p
      Transcendental: Daniil Trifonov Plays Liszt

      DG 479 5529 (2)

      1:05 am

      Sergei Liapunov: Twelve Transcendental Etudes, Op 11

      #1, "Berceuse"

      Konstantin Shcherbakov, p
      Sergei Liapunov-Transcendental Etudes

      Steinway & Sons 30098

      1:09 am

      Mily Balakirev: "Islamey," Oriental Fantasy

      USSR Sym Orch/Yevgeny Svetlanov
      Symphony No.1 / Solemn Overture

      Melodiya SUCD-1000172

      1:17 am

      Alexander Borodin: "In the Steppes of Central Asia"

      Boston Pops Orch/Arthur Fiedler
      Pops Caviar (Russian Orchestral Fireworks)

      RCA 68132-2

      1:25 am

      Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov: "Romances", Op. 39

      No. 3, "Silence descends over the valleys"

      Sergei Baikov, b; Ilya Scheps, p

      Chant du Monde LDC-288038/40 (3)

      1:26 am

      Ethel Smyth: Violin and Horn Concerto

      Sophie Langdon, v; Richard Watkins, fh; BBC Phil/Odaline de la Martinez
      Smyth: Orchestral Works

      Chandos CHAN-9449

      1:54 am

      music continues...

      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.

      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.

      2:00 - 7:00 pm

      2:00 pm

      Afternoon Music with Candice Agree

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

      7:00 pm

      7:00 pm

      Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin

      Mozart at His Zenith

      Beginning in 1786 at the first hearing of "The Marriage of Figaro," we’ll explore the stream of masterpieces, including operas, symphonies, piano concertos, and chamber works that Mozart wrote in the last five years of his life. He was in his early thirties, navigating the political life of a court composer in Vienna, while partying with the passion of a young man. On December 5, 1791, Mozart died, leaving his Requiem Mass unfinished. From these years alone, Mozart left a body of work that expresses a universe of imagination and emotions.

      8:00 - 11:00 pm

      11:00 pm

      11:00 pm

      Best of Studs Terkel

      It's Like A Dream To Me (1/15/1970)

      Studs Terkel's 1970 birthday tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929-1968). Containing music, voices of citizens, and Studs Terkel’s own interview with the civil rights leader, this mosaic hour portrays a snapshot of an important historical moment in our nation’s story. Please be advised this historical program includes some strong language of an offensive nature which conveys the harsh reality of the time and place.