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      Playlist for Sunday, March 8, 2026

      Playing this hour

      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      Giuseppe Verdi: "Il trovatore"

      "Miserere...Quel suon, quelle preci"

      Gheorghiu, Alagna; London Voices, Berlin Phil/C Abbado

      EMI/Ang CDC5-56656-2

      12:00 am

      Jules Massenet: "Werther" (1892)

      Prelude

      Quebec Sym Orch/Yoav Talmi
      Extase

      Radio Canada Int'l SMCD-5236

      12:05 am

      Jules Massenet: "Cendrillon"

      Suite

      Hong Kong Phil/Kenneth Jean
      MASSENET: Orchestral Suites

      Marco Polo 8.223354

      12:05 am

      Giuseppe Verdi: "Il Trovatore"

      "Miserere"

      Philip Martin, p

      Hyperion CDA-66697

      12:14 am

      Giuseppe Verdi: "Il Trovatore"

      Ballet Music

      Monte Carlo National Opera Orch/Antonio de Almeida
      Ballet Music

      Philips 442550-2 (2)

      12:15 am

      Jules Massenet: "La navarraise" (1894)

      "Nocturne"

      London Sym Orch/Richard Bonynge

      London CS-6744

      12:18 am

      Jules Massenet: "Thaïs"

      "Méditation"

      Kennedy, v; English Chamber Orch
      Classic Kennedy

      EMI/Ang CDC5-56890-2

      12:25 am

      Jules Massenet: "Le Roi de Lahore"

      Valse

      London Sym Orch/Richard Bonynge

      London CS-6744

      12:32 am

      Jules Massenet: "Hérodiade" (1881)

      Finale

      New Zealand Sym Orch/Jean-Yves Ossonce
      MASSENET: Orchestral Suites Nos. 1- 3 / Herodiade

      Naxos 8.553124

      12:34 am

      Richard Strauss: Horn Concerto No. 2 in E-Flat

      Barry Tuckwell, fh; London Sym Orch/Istvan Kertész
      Strauss: The Concertos

      London 460296-2 (2)

      12:36 am

      Giuseppe Verdi: "Il Trovatore"

      Anvil Chorus, "Vedi le fosche"

      Regina Music Box
      Wound-up Opera (Great Hits From The Opera)

      CBS MS-7338

      12:38 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: "Ouverture solenelle," "1812," Op. 49

      Dallas Sym Cho and Orch/Andrew Litton
      Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture/ Voyevoda/ Sleeping Beauty

      Delos DE-3196

      12:54 am

      Victor Herbert: Three Compositions for Strings

      #3, "Forget-me-not"

      Los Angeles Chamber Orch/Gerard Schwarz
      Suite For Cello And Orchestra, Op. 3 / Three Compositions For String Orchestra / Serenade For String Orchestra, Op. 12

      Nonesuch 79107-1

      12:54 am

      Domenico Scarlatti: Clavier Sonata in f-sharp, Kk 25 (L 481)

      Hédi Salànki, hc

      Price-Less D-16565

      1:00 am

      Carl Maria von Weber: "Euryanthe"

      Hunting Chorus

      Vienna State Opera Cho, Horn Ens/R Dunn
      Forest & Hunting Songs of Romantic Era

      MHS 1224

      1:02 am

      Carl Maria von Weber: "Der Freischütz"

      Hunting Chorus, "Was gleicht wohl auf Erden"

      Berlin Radio Cho, Berlin Phil/Nikolaus Harnoncourt
      Der Freischütz

      Teldec 97758-2 (2)

      1:04 am

      Carl Maria von Weber: "Der Freischutz", Overture

      Overture

      Berlin Phil/Herbert von Karajan
      Schubert: Symphonies Nos. 1-4, Rosamunde Ballet Music/ Weber: Der Freischutz Overture

      EMI CDM5-66102-2

      1:15 am

      Claudio S Grafulla: "Freischütz Quickstep"

      Dodworth Saxhorn Band/Paul Eachus
      Grafulla's Favorites

      New World 80556-2

      1:19 am

      Carl Maria von Weber: "Der Freischütz"

      Act III Entr'acte

      Berlin German Sym Orch/Marek Janowski
      Der Freischütz

      RCA 62538-2 (2)

      1:20 am

      William Walton: Cello Concerto (1956)

      Ralph Kirshbaum, vc; Scottish National Orch/Alexander Gibson
      Walton: Belshazzar · Te Deum

      Chandos CHAN-6547

      1:54 am

      Gustav Holst: "Brook Green" Suite (1933)

      Prelude

      Royal Ballet Sinfonia/David Lloyd-Jones
      ENGLISH STRING MINIATURES, Vol. 3

      Naxos 8.555069

      3:00 am

      Francesco Geminiani: "The Enchanted Forest"

      Part 2: "Allegro"

      CBC Vancouver Orch/John Eliot Gardiner
      Baroque Masterpieces

      Radio Canada Int'l SMCD-5163

      3:05 am

      Alexander Glazunov: "The Forest," Op 19

      Moscow Sym Orch/Alexander Anissimov
      GLAZUNOV, A.K.: Orchestral Works, Vol. 13 - Symphony No. 6 / The Forest (Moscow Symphony, Anissimov)

      Naxos 8.554293

      3:26 am

      Serge Prokofiev: "Cinderella," Op. 87

      Waltz-Coda

      Cleveland Orch/Vladimir Ashkenazy
      Sergei Prokofiev: Cinderella / Mazurka

      London 410162-2 (2)

      3:28 am

      Paul Hindemith: "Tanzstücke," Op 19

      Hans Petermandl, p
      HINDEMITH : Piano Works Vol. 1

      Marco Polo 8.223335

      3:41 am

      Tielman Susato: "The Danserye" (1551)

      Suite

      Musica Aurea Ensemble/ Jean Woltéche

      Boston Skyline BSD-138

      3:54 am

      Italian Anon 14th c: Trotto

      London Early Music Consort/David Munrow
      Early Music Festival

      London 452967-2 (2)

      4:00 am

      Johann, Sr Strauss: Jugendfeuer Galop, Op 90

      Vienna Biedermeyer Ensemble
      Walzer A La Paganini- Musik Des Biedermeier III

      Denon CO-75779

      4:02 am

      Josef Strauss: Polka française, "Le Moulinet (The Little Mill)," Op 57

      Vienna Biedermeyer Ensemble

      Denon CO-75779

      4:05 am

      Leevi Madetoja: Symphony #1 in F, Op 29

      Iceland Sym Orch/Petri Sakari
      Madetoja: Symphonies Nos 1 & 2

      Chandos CHAN-9115

      4:28 am

      music continues...

      6:00 am

      6:00 am

      With Heart and Voice

      "Lent 3." Host Peter DuBois continues to observe the season of Lent. The program also features works of an eclectic group of composers whose birthdays are in March including J S Bach, Antonio Vivaldi, Samuel Adler, Moses Hogan, and Franz Josef Haydn.

      7:00 am - 12:00 pm

      6:00 - 8:00 pm

      6:00 pm

      Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcasts

      Bizet Adagietto from Suite No. 1 from "L’Arlésienne;" Berlioz "Harold in Italy," Op. 16; Antoine Tamestit, viola; "Symphonie fantastique," Op. 14; Klaus Mäkelä, conductor; "Les francs-juges" Overture, Op. 3; Georg Solti, conductor.

      8:00 pm

      8:00 pm

      Fiesta! with Elbio Barilari

      Mexican Soundscapes México is an enormous country, with many different regions and cultures. Fiesta presents orchestral works inspired by the landscapes of Mexico and the Mexican people, including music by José Pablo Moncayo and Candelario Huízar.

      9:00 - 11:00 pm

      9:00 pm

      Collectors' Corner with Henry Fogel

      Stokowski Live – program 3 of 3

      Leopold Stokowski conducts Prokofiev's "Alexander Nevsky," Klemperer's "Merry Waltz," Vaughan Williams's Symphony No. 8, and Britten's "The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra."