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      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      Horatio Parker: Scherzo

      Gowanus Arts Ensemble/Reuben Blundell
      American Romantics

      New Focus Recordings FCR-166

      12:05 am

      George Templeton Strong: "From a Notebook of Sketches"

      Suite #3

      Moscow Sym Orch/ Adriano
      Strong

      Naxos 8.559078

      12:21 am

      Edward MacDowell: "Woodland Sketches", Op 51

      Excerpts

      Eliot Fisk, g; Paula Robison, f
      Mountain Songs: A Cycle Of American Folk Music

      MHS 5173217

      12:26 am

      Edward MacDowell: "Woodland Sketches", Op 51

      #7, "From Uncle Remus"

      Dallas Wind Sym/Frederick Fennell
      Fennell Favorites!

      Reference Recordings RR-43-CD

      12:28 am

      Ludwig (Louis) Spohr: Clarinet Concerto #4 in e

      Thea King, cl; English Chamber Orch/Alun Francis
      Mozart: Clarinet Concerto/ Spohr: Clarinet Concerto No.4

      Meridian CDE-84022

      12:54 am

      Frédéric Chopin: Mazurkas, Op. 67

      No. 2 in g, "Cantabile"

      William Kapell, p
      Chopin Mazurkas

      RCA 68990-2

      1:00 am

      Antonio Vivaldi: "Giustino"

      Aria, "Vedro con mio diletto"

      Philippe Jaroussky, ct; Ensemble Artaserse
      Heroes

      Virgin 3634122-2

      1:05 am

      Antonio Vivaldi: Lute Concerto in D, R 93

      Sharon Isbin, g; Pacifica String Quartet
      Souvenirs of Spain and Italy

      Cedille CDR-90000190

      1:16 am

      Dmitri Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 7 in f-sharp, Op. 108

      Pacifica Quartet
      The Soviet Experience Volume I: String Quartets by Dmitri Shostakovich and his Contemporaries

      Cedille CDR-90000127

      1:28 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: String Quartet in D, Op. 1, No. 3

      Finale: Presto

      Kodaly String Quartet
      HAYDN: String Quartets Op. 1, Nos. 1- 4

      Naxos 8.550398

      1:30 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 54 in G

      Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orch/Adam Fischer
      Haydn 'The Esterhazy Recordings' Symphonies Volume 3

      Nimbus NI-5530/4 (5)

      1:54 am

      François Joseph Gossec: "Tambourin"

      Maxence Larrieu, f; Ichiro Suzuki, g
      Nocturnal

      Camerata 32CM-148

      2:00 am

      Sergei Rachmaninoff: "Aleko" (1893)

      Aleko's Song "(Beneath the Moon)"

      Vassily Gerello, br; Moscow Ch Orch, Yurlov Capella/Constantine Orbelian
      RACHMANINOV, S.: Aleko [Opera] / PUSHKIN, A.: The Gypsies

      Delos DE-3269 (2)

      2:05 am

      Modest Mussorgsky: "Khovanshchina"

      "Dance of the Persian Slaves"

      Minnesota Orch/Eiji Oue
      Exotic Dances From The Opera

      Reference Recordings RR-71-CD

      2:12 am

      Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov: "Le coq d'or:" Orchestral Suite

      Pittsburgh Sym Orch/William Steinberg

      EMI/Ang CDM5-65424-2

      2:37 am

      Sergei Rachmaninoff: "Aleko" (1893)

      "Romance of a Young Gypsy"

      Vsevolod Grivnov, t; Moscow Chamber Orch/Constantine Orbelian
      RACHMANINOV, S.: Aleko [Opera] / PUSHKIN, A.: The Gypsies

      Delos DE-3269 (2)

      2:38 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: "Mazeppa"

      Cossack Dance

      Cincinnati Pops/Erich Kunzel
      Tchaikovsky: Orchestral Works

      Telarc CD-80541

      2:43 am

      Alexander Borodin: "Prince Igor"

      Polovtsian Dances

      St Petersburg Kirov Orch
      White Nights: Romantic Russian Showpieces

      Philips 442011-2

      2:54 am

      Alexander Borodin: "Prince Igor"

      Final Chorus

      Sofia National Theatre Cho and Orch/Jerzy Semkow

      EMI/Ang CDMB5-66814-2 (2)

      3:00 am

      Mauro Giuliani: Six Variations on "La Folia", Op 45

      Richard Savino, g

      Koch 3-7591-2 (2)

      3:05 am

      Antonio Salieri: Variations on "La Follia di Spagna"

      London Mozart Players/Matthias Bamert

      MHS 5164941

      3:23 am

      Jean-Henri d'Anglebert: "Folies d'Espagne"

      Christophe Rousset, hc

      London 458588-2 (2)

      3:32 am

      Dusan Bogdanovic: Songs and Dances from the New Village (2004)

      #3, "Gankino Oro"

      Laura Gilbert, f, Antigoni Goni, g
      Laura Gilbert And Antigoni Goni: Songs And Dances From The New Villiage

      Koch KIC-CD-7652

      3:33 am

      Gabriel Fauré: "Pelléas et Mélisande," Op. 80

      Frederica von Stade, ms; Toulouse Capitole Orch/Michel Plasson
      Faure: Orchestral Works, Incidental Music

      EMI CDC7-47938-2

      3:53 am

      Frédéric Chopin: Song, "The Dead Knight of the Forest"

      Mordecai Shehori, p
      Mordecai Shehori Plays Mozart, Beethoven, Chopin, Liszt

      Connoisseur CD-4189

      4:00 am

      Richard Strauss: Five Songs, Op. 41

      No. 1, "Wiegenlied"

      Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, s; London Sym Orch/George Szell

      EMI/Ang CDC5-56241-2

      4:04 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Serenade No. 12 in c minor, K. 388

      Marlboro Festival Musicians/Alexander Schneider
      Marlboro Fest 40th Anniversary- Mozart: Serenades

      Sony SMK-47295

      4:29 am

      John Phillip SOUSA: The Irish Dragoon

      "Circus Galop"

      Razumovsky Sym Orch/Keith Brion
      SOUSA: On Wings of Lightning

      Naxos 8.559029

      4:30 am

      Florence Price: "Fantasie Negre" (1929)

      Helen Walker-Hill, p
      Kaleidoscope: Music By African-American Women

      Leonarda LE-339

      4:39 am

      Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: "Danse nègre"

      Chicago Sinfonietta/Paul Freeman
      African Heritage Symphonic Series, Vol. 1

      Cedille CDR-90000055

      4:45 am

      Louis Moreau Gottschalk: "Bamboula (Danses des negres)"

      Alan Feinberg, p
      Fascinatin' Rhythm: American Syncopation

      Argo 444457-2

      4:53 am

      Claude Debussy: "Le petit nègre"

      Reykjavik Wind Quintet
      French Wind Music

      Chandos CHAN-9362

      5:00 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: "Sleeping Beauty", Op. 66

      "Bluebird" pas de deux

      Scottish National Orch/Neeme Järvi
      Le Baiser De La Fee (The Fairy's Kiss)

      Chandos CHAN-8360

      5:05 am

      Michael Haydn: Symphony No. 23 in D, P 43

      Bournemouth Sinfonietta/Harold Farberman

      MMG MCD-10026

      5:21 am

      Igor Stravinsky: Four Russian Songs (1918-19)

      #1, "The Drake"

      Lucy Shelton, s; John Constable, p

      Koch 3-7425-2

      5:23 am

      Igor Stravinsky: "Suite italienne"

      Denise Djokic, vc; David Jalbert, p
      Denise Djokic * Folklore

      Endeavour Classics END-1013

      5:42 am

      Igor Stravinsky: "Four Norwegian Moods"

      St Luke's Orch/Robert Craft
      Stravinsky, The Composer Volume V

      Musicmasters 67110-2

      5:50 am

      Igor Stravinsky: "Scherzo à la russe" (1943-4)

      Cincinnati Sym Orch/Paavo Järvi
      Petrouchka / The Firebird Suite / Scherzo A La Russe

      Telarc CD-80587

      5:54 am

      Igor Stravinsky: Three Japanese Songs

      #3, "Tsaraiuki"

      Jane Manning, s; Nash Ensemble/Simon Rattle
      Stravinsky: Symphonies Of Wind

      Chandos CHAN-6535

      6:00 am

      6:00 am

      With Heart and Voice

      "Lent 5." Host Peter Dubois shares sacred choral and organ music evoking prayers of petition, repentance, thanksgiving, and longing during this season of Lent.

      7:00 am - 12:00 pm

      7:01 am

      Wagner Tiso: "Chôro de mãe"

      Sérgio Assad & Odair Assad, g's
      Alma Brasileira

      Nonesuch 79179-2

      7:07 am

      Jane Antonia Cornish: "Sky"

      Vicky Chow, p
      Sierra

      Cantaloupe CA-21174

      7:17 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 in F, Op. 68, "Pastoral"

      Vienna Phil/Andris Nelsons
      Beethoven: Complete Symphonies

      DG 4837071

      8:01 am

      George Morrison: Five Violin Solos

      No. 2, "Every Time I Feel the Spirit"

      Tami Lee Hughes, v; Ellen Bottorff, p
      Legacy: Violin Music of African-American Composers

      Albany TROY-1293

      8:04 am

      William Grant Still: "A Deserted Plantation"

      I. "Spiritual"

      James Oesi, db; Djuwa Mroivili, p
      Adoration

      James Oesi (Adoration)

      8:07 am

      Germaine Tailleferre: Harp Concertino

      Gillian Benet, h; Women's Phil/JoAnn Falletta
      The Women's Philharmonic: Mendelssohn, Schumann, Tailleferre, Boulanger

      Koch 3-7169-2

      8:24 am

      Antonín Dvořák: String Serenade in E, Op. 22

      Metamorphosen/Scott Yoo
      Grieg - Dvořák - Tchaikovsky

      Archetype 60105

      8:55 am

      John Field: Nocturne in E minor, H 46

      John O'Conor, p
      Nocturnes of John Field

      Telarc CD-80199

      9:00 am

      George Frideric Handel: "Solomon"

      Act 3 Sinfonia, "Arrival of the Queen of Sheba"

      Taverner Players/Andrew Parrott
      Pachelbel: Canon & Gigue; Bach; Handel; Purcell

      EMI CDM7-69853-2

      9:04 am

      Giuseppe Sammartini: Recorder Concerto in F

      Lucie Horsch, r; Academy of Ancient Music
      Baroque Journey

      Decca 4834722

      9:17 am

      Henry Purcell: "Thou Knowest, Lord, the Secrets of Our Hearts"

      Voces8 & Les Inventions
      A Purcell Collection

      Signum SIGCD-375

      9:23 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue in D minor, BWV 903

      András Schiff, p
      Great Pianists of the 20th Century - András Schiff

      Philips 456925-2 (2)

      9:36 am

      Marianna Martines: Sinfonia in C

      Women's Phil/JoAnn Falletta
      Baroquen Treasures

      Newport Classic NCD-60102

      9:52 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 43 in E-Flat, "Mercury"

      IV. Finale, "Allegro"

      Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orch/Ádám Fischer
      Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 40-54 - The Esterházy Recordings

      Nimbus NI-5530/4 (5)

      9:56 am

      Edgar Olivero: "Pa Pa Pa" (after Mozart's "The Magic Flute")

      Sarah Willis, hn; Sarahbanda
      Mozart y Mambo

      Alpha 878

      10:01 am

      Johann Strauss II: "Tritsch-Tratsch-Polka," Op. 214

      Vienna Phil/Zubin Mehta
      New Year's Concert, 1990

      Sony SK-45808

      10:04 am

      Pablo de Sarasate: Two Spanish Dances, Op. 26

      Aaron Rosand, v; Eileen Flissler, p
      Aaron Rosand plays Sarasate

      Vox ACD-8160

      10:18 am

      Jessie Montgomery: "Coincident Dances"

      Chicago Sinfonietta/Mei-Ann Chen
      Project W

      Cedille CDR-90000185

      10:30 am

      Aaron Copland: "Our Town"

      Three Pieces for Piano

      Ian Gindes, p
      American Visions

      Centaur CRC-3475

      10:41 am

      Damien Geter: String Quartet No. 1, "Neo-Soul"

      I Voglar Belgique & R Chen, v's; J Arnold, vi; N Ives, vc
      Nancy Ives, cello,
      Elevate - All Classical Radio's RII Vol. 2

      Navona NV-6625

      11:01 am

      Traditional African-American: Spiritual, "Take Me to the Water"

      Ashley Jackson, voices & h
      Take Me to the Water

      Decca 7572822

      11:07 am

      Claude Debussy: "La Mer"

      Philharmonia Orch/Pablo Heras-Casado
      Debussy: La Mer & Le Martyre de Saint Sébastien

      Harmonia Mundi HMM-902310

      11:32 am

      Judd Greenstein: "Clearing, Dawn, Dance"

      yMusic
      Beautiful Mechanical

      New Amsterdam NWAM-032

      11:43 am

      John Williams: "E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial"

      "Adventures on Earth"

      Vienna Phil/John Williams
      John Williams Live in Vienna - Live Edition

      DG 4839887

      11:55 am

      Will Gregory: "Orbit"

      Jess Gillam, sx; Jess Gillam Ensemble
      Jess Gillam: Time

      Decca 4851062

      12:00 - 6:00 pm

      12:00 pm

      Bedřich Smetana: "The Bartered Bride"

      Overture

      RCA Victor Sym Orch/Leopold Stokowski
      Dvořák: Symphony No. 9; Smetana: The Moldau, The Bartered Bride Overture

      RCA 62601-2

      12:08 pm

      Claude Debussy: "Petite Suite"

      Lee Luvisi & Anne-Marie McDermott, p's
      The Complete Chamber Music of Claude Debussy

      Delos DE-3167

      12:22 pm

      Modest Mussorgsky: "Khovanshchina"

      Act 1 Prelude, "Dawn on the Moskva River"

      Berlin Phil/Claudio Abbado
      St. John's Night on the Bare Mountain

      Sony SK-62034

      12:29 pm

      Scott Joplin: "The Cascades"

      Chicago Saxophone Quartet
      The Chicago Saxophone Quartet

      Centaur CRC-2086

      12:33 pm

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: "Lucio Silla," K. 135

      Overture

      La Scala Phil/Riccardo Chailly
      Musa Italiana

      Decca 4852944

      12:42 pm

      Alan Hovhaness: Four Motets, Op. 268

      William Ferris Chorale/Paul French
      American Choral Premieres

      Cedille CDR-90000109

      12:55 pm

      Béla Bartók: "Romanian Folk Dances"

      Quebec Sym Orch/Yoav Talmi
      Dancing for 100 Years

      Analekta FL2-3156

      1:02 pm

      Mykola Lysenko: Ukrainian Rhapsody No. 2, Op. 18, "Dumka-Shumka"

      Margaret Fingerhut, p
      Ukraine: A Piano Portrait

      Somm SOMMCD-0701

      1:13 pm

      Richard Wagner: "Siegfried Idyll"

      Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Andris Nelsons
      Bruckner: Symphonies Nos. 6 & 9, Wagner: Siegfried Idyll & Parsifal Prelude

      DG 4836659

      1:34 pm

      Maurice Ravel: "Miroirs"

      "Alborada del gracioso"

      ChromaDuo
      Ravel & Debussy: Music for Two Guitars

      Naxos 8.573286

      1:43 pm

      Edvard Grieg: "Holberg" Suite, Op. 40

      II. "Sarabande"

      Camerata Cassovia
      The Best of Grieg

      Naxos 8.556658

      1:47 pm

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata No. 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben (Heart and mouth and deed and life)"

      Chorale, "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring"

      Vienna Boys' Cho, Cho Viennensis, Vienna Sym Orch/Uwe Christian Harrer
      Angelic Voices: The Best of the Vienna Boys' Choir

      Philips 462778-2

      1:51 pm

      Ernesto Cordero: "Sonatina tropical"

      Castellani-Andriaccio Duo
      Anima del Sur: Milongas and Tango for 2 Guitars

      Fleur de Son FDS-58020

      2:03 pm

      Henryk Wieniawski: Violin Concerto No. 2 in D minor, Op. 22

      Julian Rachlin, v; Israel Phil Orch/Zubin Mehta
      Saint-Saëns: Violin Concerto No. 3; Wieniawski: Violin Concerto No. 2

      Sony SK-48373

      2:27 pm

      Christoph Willibald Gluck: "Orpheus and Eurydice"

      "Dance of the Blessed Spirits"

      Renaud Capuçon, v; Jérôme Ducros, p
      Capriccio

      Virgin 374087-2

      2:32 pm

      Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: "Petite Suite de Concert," Op. 77

      RTÉ Concert Orch/Adrian Leaper
      Coleridge-Taylor: Hiawatha Overture - Petite Suite

      Naxos 8.555191

      2:49 pm

      Astor Piazzolla: "La muerte del ángel"

      Kremerata Baltica/Gidon Kremer
      The Sound of Piazzolla

      Warner 0190295831899

      2:53 pm

      Matthew Locke: Suite in G minor

      Newberry Consort/Mary Springfels
      Musick For Severall Friends

      Harmonia Mundi HMA-1907013

      3:01 pm

      Stephen Sondheim: "A Little Night Music"

      "Send in the Clowns"

      Anthony de Mare, p
      Liaisons: Re-imagining Sondheim from the Piano

      ECM 2470-72

      3:07 pm

      Stephen Sondheim: "Into the Woods"

      "No One Is Alone"

      Anthony de Mare, p
      Liaisons: Re-imagining Sondheim from the Piano

      ECM 2470-72

      3:11 pm

      Stephen Sondheim: "Company"

      "Being Alive"

      Anthony de Mare, p
      Liaisons II: All Things Bright and Beautiful – Re-Imagining Sondheim from the Piano

      Avie AV-2694

      3:17 pm

      Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: "The Tsar's Bride," Op. 57

      Overture

      Seattle Sym/Gerard Schwarz
      Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio espagnol / Overtures

      Naxos 8.572788

      3:24 pm

      Percy Grainger: "Molly on the Shore"

      Rachel Barton Pine, v; Matthew Hagle, p
      American Virtuosa: Tribute to Maud Powell

      Cedille CDR-90000097

      3:27 pm

      Percy Grainger: "Shepherd's Hey"

      Lake Effect Clarinet Quartet
      Nielsen, Grainger & Strauss

      Lake Effect (2019)

      3:30 pm

      Hector Berlioz: "L'Enfance du Christ," Op. 25

      The Shepherds' Farewell

      Tenebrae, London Sym Orch/Sir Colin Davis
      Berlioz: L'Enfance du Christ

      LSO Live LSO-0606 (2)

      3:35 pm

      Giuseppe Verdi: "Il Trovatore"

      "Sevillana; Echo du soldat"

      Bournemouth Sym Orch/José Serebrier
      Verdi: Complete Ballet Music from the Operas

      Naxos 8.572818-19 (2)

      3:43 pm

      Joseph Bologne (Chevalier de Saint-Georges): Violin Concerto in D, Op. 3, No. 1

      Qian Zhou, v; Toronto Chamber Orch/Kevin Mallon
      Joseph Boulogne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges: Violin Concertos

      Naxos 8.557322

      4:02 pm

      Joaquín Turina: String Quartet, Op. 4, "De la guitarra"

      Byron Quartet
      Souvenir d'Espagne

      Aparté AP-308

      4:32 pm

      Joaquín Turina: "Ráfaga," Op 53

      Rafael Andia, g
      Joaquín Turina: Oeuvres pour guitare

      Harmonia Mundi HMC-905246

      4:35 pm

      Grażyna Bacewicz: Symphony No. 2

      I. "Con passione"

      BBC Sym Orch/Sakari Oramo
      Bacewicz: Orchestral Works, Vol. 2

      Chandos CHSA-5345

      4:43 pm

      Grażyna Bacewicz: Lullaby

      Johan Dalene, v; Christian Ihle Hadland, p
      Stained Glass

      BIS 2730

      4:46 pm

      Jacques Offenbach: "The Tales of Hoffmann"

      Barcarolle ("Belle nuit")

      Dresden Staatskapelle/Silvio Varviso
      Overtures and Intermezzi

      Philips 412236-2

      4:50 pm

      Georg Philipp Telemann: Flute Concerto in D

      Emmanuel Pahud, f; Berlin Baroque Soloists/Rainer Kussmaul
      Telemann: Flute concertos/Pahud

      EMI 57397-2

      5:04 pm

      Will Liverman: "Morning"

      Will Liverman, br & p
      The Dunbar/Moore Sessions, Complete Collection

      Lexicon LC-2505

      5:06 pm

      Will Liverman: "The Lesson"

      Martin Luther Clark, t; Will Liverman, br & p
      The Dunbar/Moore Sessions, Complete Collection

      Lexicon LC-2505

      5:09 pm

      Will Liverman: "Sonnet"

      Will Liverman, br & p; Lady Jess, v
      The Dunbar/Moore Sessions, Complete Collection

      Lexicon LC-2505

      5:12 pm

      Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Harp Concertino, Op. 93

      Ann Mason Stockton, h; Orch/Felix Slatkin
      Nostalgique

      Crystal CD-171

      5:29 pm

      Ralph Vaughan Williams: "Serenade to Music"

      Twelve Vocal Soloists, New York Phil/Leonard Bernstein
      Bernstein Favorites: Twentieth Century

      Sony SMK-47638

      5:43 pm

      Franz Schubert: "Ave Maria (Ellens Gesang III)," D 839

      Renée Fleming, s; Christoph Eschenbach, p
      The Schubert Album

      Decca 455294-2

      5:51 pm

      Sergei Prokofiev: Cello Sonata in C, Op. 119

      III. "Allegro ma non troppo"

      Marie-Elisabeth Hecker, vc; Martin Helmchen, p
      From Eastern Europe

      Alpha 827

      6:00 - 8:00 pm

      6:00 pm

      Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcasts

      Telemann Trumpet Concerto in D Major, TWV 41: D7; Michael Haydn Esteban Batallán, trumpet; Riccardo Muti, conductor; Prokofiev "Lieutenant Kijé" Suite, Op. 60; R Strauss "Der Bürger als Edelmann," Op. 60; Fritz Reiner, conductor.

      8:00 pm

      8:00 pm

      Fiesta! with Elbio Barilari

      Baroque Music from Mexico, Perú & Brazil The music written and performed in Latin America during the Colonial period has become more popular in recent years. Elbio explores the strong connections between Spanish music from the past and Latin American music as well as the multiple similarities with early and baroque music one can find in Latin American folk music.

      9:00 - 11:00 pm

      9:00 pm

      Collectors' Corner with Henry Fogel

      Great Female pianists from the past – Program 2

      Including Olga Samaroff, Myra Hess, Marla Jona, Gina Bachauer, Guiomar Novaes, Tatiana Nikolaeva, Maria Yudina, Teresa Carreno, and Magda Tagliaferro.