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      Playlist for Monday, May 11, 2026

      Playing this hour

      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      Clara Schumann: Prelude and Fugue in f-sharp

      Jean-Pierre Armengaud, p
      Clara Schumann: Piano Music, Vol. 1

      Grand Piano GP-930

      12:05 am

      Robert Schumann: Fantasy in C, Op. 131

      Anne Sophie Mutter, v; New York Phil/Kurt Masur
      Violinkonzert/ Fantasie Op. 131

      DG 457075-2

      12:18 am

      Robert Schumann: Introduction and Concert Allegro in d, Op. 134

      Jan Lisiecki, p; Santa Cecilia National Academy Orch/Antonio Pappano
      Schumann

      DG 479 5327

      12:30 am

      Olivier Messiaen: Preludes (1928-29)

      #3, "Le nombre léger"

      Jan Lisiecki, p
      Jan Lisiecki - preludes

      DG 4866018

      12:32 am

      Jean-Philippe Rameau: "Anacréon"

      Suite

      Capella Savaria/Mary Térey-Smith
      RAMEAU: Anacreon / Daphnis et Egle

      Naxos 8.553746

      12:54 am

      Louis Couperin: "Trois Sarabandes"

      No. 1

      Blandine Verlet, hc
      Louis Couperin: Les pièces de clavessin

      Astrée E-8819 (5)

      1:00 am

      Leighton Lucas: "The Dam Busters"

      "Prelude and Dam Blast"

      BBC National Orch of Wales/Rumon Gamba
      Love Story: Piano Themes from Cinema's Golden Age

      Chandos CHAN-10713

      1:05 am

      Ralph Vaughan Williams: "Coastal Command" (1942)

      Philharmonia Orch/Kenneth Alwyn
      The Red Shoes - Classic British Film Music

      Silva SSD-1011

      1:26 am

      Arthur Bliss: "War in the Air"

      Theme

      BBC Phil/Rumon Gamba
      Bliss: The Film Music of Sir Arthur Bliss

      Chandos CHAN-9896

      1:28 am

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

      Overture

      St Martin's Academy/Sir Neville Marriner
      Mozart Overtures

      EMI CDC7-47014-2

      1:32 am

      Antonio Salieri: Clavier Concerto in C

      Andreas Staier, forte-p; Concerto Köln
      Concertos For Fortepiano

      Teldec 94569-2

      1:55 am

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

      Chorus, "Che del ciel, che degli Dei"

      Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood
      La clemenza di Tito

      Decca 444131-2 (2)

      2:00 am

      Frédéric Chopin: Preludes, Op. 28

      No. 15 in D-flat, "Raindrop"

      Jan Lisiecki, p
      Jan Lisiecki - preludes

      DG 4866018

      2:05 am

      Manuel Ponce: Six Preludes

      Oscar Ghiglia, g
      The Spanish Guitar Of Oscar Ghiglia

      Angel S-36849

      2:12 am

      Mikalojus Ciurlionis: Prelude in a

      Muza Rubackyte, p
      Muza Rubackyte * Chopin, Ciurlionis, Prokofiev

      Opera Omnia OP-8955

      2:14 am

      Kurt Atterberg: Symphony #2 in F (Op 6)

      Frankfurt Radio Sym Orch/Ari Rasilainen
      Symphonies 2 & 5

      CPO 999565-2

      2:55 am

      Francisco Tárrega: Preludio #8

      David Russell, g

      Opera Tres CDS-1003/4 (2)

      3:00 am

      Ignaz Holzbauer: "Günther von Schwarzburg"

      Aria, "Schönster Sohn des Himmels"

      Christoph Prégardien, t; La Stagione/Michael Schneider
      Günther von Schwarzburg

      CPO 999265-2 (3)

      3:05 am

      Ludwig August Lebrun: Oboe Concerto #1 in d

      Heinz Holliger, ob; Camerata Bern/Thomas Füri
      Oboe Concertos

      DG Archiv 471724-2 (2)

      3:24 am

      Carl Stamitz: Octet #2 in E-Flat

      Menuetto

      Consortium Classicum
      Wind Symphonies

      CPO 999081-2

      3:26 am

      Johann Wenzel Stamitz: Trio Sonata in A, Op 1/2

      Vienna Concentus Musicus/Nikolaus Harnoncourt

      Teldec 91002-2

      3:39 am

      Ignaz Holzbauer: Sinfonia Concertante in A

      Camerata Bern/Thomas Füri

      DG Archiv 2723068 (3)

      3:54 am

      Peruvian ANON 17th c: Zarabandas

      Harp Consort/Andrew Lawrence-King
      Spanish Dances

      RCA-DHM 77340-2

      4:00 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Six Ländler, WoO 15

      Boskovsky Ensemble/Willi Boskovsky
      The Willi Boskovsky Collection Vol. 2, The Charm of Old Vienna

      Vanguard OVC-8016

      4:05 am

      Franz Schubert: Four Ländler, D 814

      Claire Aebersold & Ralph Neiweem, p
      Schubert Four Hand Piano Works Volume 2 * Aebersold-Neiweem

      Summit DCD-404

      4:09 am

      Hermann Regner: Six Ländler (1986)

      Les Vents de Montréal

      Radio Canada Int'l MVCD-1105

      4:17 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Six Ländler, K. 606

      Salzburg Camerata Academica/Sandor Vegh
      Mozart: Marches and Dances

      Laserlight 15653

      4:22 am

      Jacques Offenbach: "Gaîté Parisienne"

      "Ländler"

      Pittsburgh Sym Orch/André Previn
      Gaité Parisienne

      Philips 411039-2

      4:24 am

      Serge Prokofiev: "Romeo and Juliet," Op. 64

      Suite No. 2

      Oslo Phil/Mariss Jansons

      EMI/Ang CDC7-49289-2

      4:54 am

      Alexander Scriabin: Romance

      Steven Isserlis, vc; Thomas Adés, p
      Cello World

      RCA 68928-2

      5:00 am

      Alexander Scriabin: Etudes, Op 8

      #9 in g#

      Chitose Okashiro, p
      Scriabin: 26 Etudes Complete

      Pro Piano PPR-224510

      5:05 am

      Alexander Glazunov: Violin Concerto in a, Op 82

      Julia Fischer, v; Russian National Orch/Yakov Kreizberg

      Pentatone PTC-5186059

      5:25 am

      Alexander Borodin: "Serenata alla spagnola"

      Borodin String Quartet
      Russian Miniatures

      Teldec 94572-2

      5:28 am

      Isaac Albéniz: Improvisation in f-sharp minor

      Isaac Albeniz, p
      Catalan Piano Traditional

      VAI VAIA/IPA-1001

      5:29 am

      Isaac Albéniz: "Mallorca," Op. 202

      Julian Bream, g
      Music of Spain

      RCA 61608-2

      5:36 am

      Joaquín Turina: "Danzas fantásticas," Op 22

      London Phil/Enrique Bátiz

      EMI/Ang CDD7-63886-2

      5:54 am

      Francisco Tárrega: "Maria"

      Norbert Kraft, g
      19TH CENTURY GUITAR FAVOURITES

      Naxos 8.553007

      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

      André Grétry: "Céphale et Procris"

      "Suite de ballet"

      Orch National de Bretagne/Stefan Sanderling
      Grétry: Suites & Overtures

      ASV CDDCA-1095

      6:15 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 21 in C, K. 467

      II. "Andante"

      Alon Goldstein, p; Fine Arts Quartet
      Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 20 & 21

      Naxos 8.573398

      6:23 am

      Aldemaro Romero: Suite for Strings No. 1

      "Fuga con Pajarillo"

      Simón Bolívar Youth Orch/Gustavo Dudamel
      Fiesta * Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela * Gustavo Dudamel

      DG B0011340-02

      6:32 am

      Anton Edvard Pratté: "Grand Concert" in G minor

      III. "Rondo: Polacca à la Svedese"

      Delphine Constantin-Reznik, h; Norrköping Sym Orch/Daniela Musca
      Pratté: Harp Works

      BIS 2570

      6:45 am

      Francis Poulenc: "Gloria"

      "Gloria; Laudamus Te"

      Chicago Sym Cho & Orch/Bernard Haitink
      Daphnis et Chloé; Poulenc Gloria

      CSO Resound 901906

      6:52 am

      Camille Saint-Saëns: "Danse macabre," Op. 40

      La Pietà/Angèle Dubeau, v
      Once Upon A Time / Il Était Une Fois...

      Analekta AN2-8719

      7:03 am

      Erich Wolfgang Korngold: "Tänzchen im alten Stil"

      Helsinki Phil Orch/John Storgårds
      Korngold: Symphony in F-Sharp, etc

      Ondine ODE-1182-2

      7:12 am

      Gregorio Lambranzi: "Danze da Nuova e curiosa scuola de' balli teatrali"

      Le Consort; Marie-Ange Petit, per
      Vivaldi: Le Quattro Stagioni

      Harmonia Mundi HMM-902757-58

      7:22 am

      Dobrinka Tabakova: "Suite in Old Style"

      III. "Riddle of the barrel-organ player"

      Vaiva Eidukaitytė-Storastienė, hc; Lithuanian Chamber Orch/Maxim Rysanov, vi
      Dobrinka Tabakova * String Paths

      ECM 2239

      7:27 am

      Edward Elgar: "The Wand of Youth" Suite No. 1, Op. 1a

      III. Minuet, "Old Style"

      Royal Liverpool Phil Orch/Vernon Handley
      Elgar: Organ Sonata; Wand of Youth Suites No. 1 & No. 2

      EMI CD-EMX-2148

      7:32 am

      Anatoly Liadov: "The Enchanted Lake," Op. 62

      Mexico City Phil Orch/Enrique Bátiz
      Liadov: The Enchanted Lake and Other Orchestral Works

      ASV CDDCA-657

      7:40 am

      Paul Dukas: "The Sorcerer's Apprentice"

      Yuja Wang, p
      Fantasia

      DG B0016606-02

      7:50 am

      Hamilton Harty: "In Ireland"

      Colin Fleming, f; Denise Kelly, h; Ulster Orch/Bryden Thomson
      Harty: John Field Suite, Etc.

      Chandos CHAN-6583

      8:03 am

      Carlos Guastavino: "Jeromita Linares"

      Pablo Cohen, g; Camerata Bariloche
      Impresiones

      Dorian DOR-90202

      8:16 am

      Pablo Casals: "Sant Martí del Canigó"

      Barcelona Cellists/Lluis Claret
      Music at the Time of Picasso

      Valois V-4780

      8:23 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: "Sleeping Beauty," Op. 66

      "Bluebird" pas de deux

      Scottish National Orch/Neeme Järvi
      Stravinsky: Le Baiser de la Fée & Tchaikovsky: 'Bluebird' Pas de deux

      Chandos CHAN-8360

      8:30 am

      Carl Friedrich Abel: Clavier Concerto in B-Flat, Op. 11, No. 2

      David Owen Norris, square piano; Ensemble Sonnerie
      The World's First Piano Concertos

      Avie AV-0014

      8:40 am

      Ralph Vaughan Williams: Variations for Orchestra

      St Martin's Academy/Neville Marriner
      Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis, etc.

      Philips 442427-2

      8:52 am

      Thomas Arne: Overture No. 5 in D

      Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood
      Arne: Eight Overtures

      L'Oiseau-Lyre 4759117

      9:03 am

      Stanisław Moniuszko: "Bajka (Fairy Tale)"

      Overture

      Warsaw Phil Orch/Antoni Wit
      Stanisław Moniuszko: Overtures

      Naxos 8.572716

      9:18 am

      Robert Schumann: "Märchenerzählungen (Fairy Tales)," Op. 132

      Michael Collins, cl; Steven Isserlis, vc; Stephen Hough, p
      Brahms, Frühling, Schumann - Clarinet Trios, Märchenerzählungen, Träumerei

      RCA 63504-2

      9:33 am

      Engelbert Humperdinck: "Hansel and Gretel"

      "Evening Prayer"

      Philharmonic Symphony of London/Nick Ingman
      50 Classics for Relaxation

      Time Life 24742-D

      9:36 am

      Engelbert Humperdinck: "Hansel and Gretel"

      "Dream Pantomime"

      RCA Victor Sym Orch/Fritz Reiner
      Reiner Conducts Wagner

      RCA 61792-2

      9:47 am

      Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: "Scheherazade," Op. 35

      III. "The Young Prince and the Young Princess"

      Atlanta Sym Orch/Robert Spano
      Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade, Russian Easter Overture

      Telarc CD-80568

      9:57 am

      Nikolai Medtner: Four Fairy Tales, Op. 26

      No. 2 in E-Flat

      Geoffrey Tozer, p
      Medtner: Piano Works, Vol. 7

      Chandos CHAN-9899

      10:00 am - 2:00 pm

      10:00 am

      Midday with Lisa Flynn

      Including "Music in Chicago" at 12:00 pm.

      10:00 am

      Arcangelo Corelli: Concerto grosso in D, Op. 6, No. 4

      Berlin Academy for Ancient Music/Georg Kallweit
      Corelli: Concerti Grossi Op. 6, 1-6

      Pentatone PTC-5187234

      10:10 am

      Óscar Esplá: "Cantos de Antaño"

      Pedro Carboné, p
      Esplá: Complete Works for Piano Vol. 1

      Marco Polo 8.225045

      10:18 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 104 in D, "London"

      Philharmonia Baroque Orch/Nicholas McGegan
      Haydn: Symphonies No. 104 London, No. 88, No. 101 Clock / Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra

      Philharmonia Baroque PBP-02

      10:47 am

      Ralph Vaughan Williams: Three Shakespeare Songs

      Cambridge Singers/John Rutter
      There Is Sweet Music (English Choral Songs, 1890-1950)

      Collegium COLCD-104

      10:54 am

      Max Richter: "In the Garden"

      La Pietà/Angèle Dubeau, v
      Pulsations

      Analekta AN2-8748

      11:00 am

      Mily Balakirev: "Islamey"

      Bavarian Radio Sym Orch/Esa-Pekka Salonen
      Tchaikovsky, Borodin, Balakirev: 1812, Polovtsian Dances, Islamey

      Philips 412552-2

      11:11 am

      Manuel de Falla: Four Spanish Pieces

      Miguel Baselga, p
      Manuel de Falla: Complete Solo Piano Music

      BIS CD-773

      11:28 am

      Ron Nelson: "Courtly Airs and Dances"

      Dallas Wind Sym/Jerry Junkin
      Holidays & Epiphanies - The Music of Ron Nelson

      Reference RR-76

      11:41 am

      Antonio Caldara: Cello Concerto in D minor

      Jan Vogler, vc; La Folia Baroque Orch
      Concerti di Venezia

      Sony 88843090012

      11:50 am

      Gioachino Rossini: "Il turco in Italia"

      Overture

      National Phil/Riccardo Chailly
      Rossini: Overtures

      Sony SBK-62653

      12:00 pm

      Charles Villiers Stanford: "Beati quorom via"

      Chicago a cappella
      Cambridge Concert (February 2024)

      Chicago a cappella February 2024

      12:03 pm

      Charles Villiers Stanford: "The Blue Bird," Op. 119, No. 3

      Chicago a cappella/John William Trotter

      Music in Chicago

      12:08 pm

      Ricardo Castro: "Atzimba"

      Intermezzo

      Phil Orch of the Americas/Alondra de la Parra
      Mi Alma Mexicana

      Sony 88697755552

      12:14 pm

      Franz Schubert: Impromptu in B-Flat, D 935, No. 3

      Andreas Haefliger, p
      Impromptus Op. 90 and Op. 142

      Sony SK-53108

      12:26 pm

      Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco: "Love's Labour's Lost," Op. 167

      Four Dances

      Malmö Sym/Andrew Mogrelia
      Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 and 2 / 4 Dances for Love's Labour's Lost

      Naxos 8.572823

      12:43 pm

      Paul Schoenfield: "Café Music"

      Eroica Trio
      Eroica Trio

      EMI CDC5-56482-2

      1:01 pm

      Felix Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3 in A minor, Op. 56, "Scottish"

      Bavarian Radio Sym Orch/Andrew Davis
      Mendelssohn: Symphonies Nos. 3 "Scottish" & 4, "Italian"

      Sony SBK-46536

      1:40 pm

      Niccolò Paganini: Caprice No. 24 in A minor

      John Williams, g
      John Williams - Guitar Greatest Hits

      CBS MLK-45522

      1:48 pm

      Samuel Barber: Piano Concerto, Op. 38

      Canzone: "Moderato"

      John Browning, p; St. Louis Sym Orch/Leonard Slatkin
      Samuel Barber: Symphony No. 1, Piano Concerto, Souvenirs

      RCA 60732-2-RC

      1:57 pm

      Valerie Capers: "Portraits in Jazz"

      No. 2, "Waltz for Miles"

      Maria Thompson Corley, p
      Soulscapes

      Albany TROY-857

      2:00 - 7:00 pm

      2:00 pm

      Afternoon Music with Candice Agree

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

      2:00 pm

      Johann Sebastian Bach: "The Art of Fugue," BWV 1080

      Contrapunctus XIII a & b; "Canon per Augmentationem in Contrario Motu"; Contrapunctus XVIII, "Fuga a tre soggetti"

      Berlin Academy for Ancient Music
      J S Bach - Die Kunst der Fuge - Akademie für alte Musik Berlin

      Harmonia Mundi HMC-902064

      2:20 pm

      Henryk Wieniawski: "Polonaise brillante" No. 2 in A, Op. 21

      Charlie Siem, v; Itamar Golan, p
      Between the Clouds

      Signum SIGCD-652

      2:31 pm

      Antonio Vivaldi: Violin & "Echo Violin" Concerto in A, R. 552

      Toso & Carmignola, v's; I Solisti Veneti/Claudio Scimone
      Vivaldi - Concertos Pour Mandolines, Concertos Pour Violon

      Erato ECD-55013

      2:45 pm

      Charlotte Sohy: "Histoire sentimentale," Op. 34

      Avignon-Provence National Orch/Debora Waldman
      Charlotte Sohy, Compositrice de la Belle Epoque

      La Boîte à Pépites BAP01.03

      2:58 pm

      François Couperin: "Le Tic-Toc-Choc"

      Elizabeth Hainen, h
      Home: Works for Solo Harp

      Avie AV-2378

      3:00 pm

      Clara Schumann: Variations on a Theme by Robert, Op. 20

      Jean-Pierre Armengaud, p
      Clara Schumann: Piano Music, Vol. 1

      Grand Piano GP-930

      3:13 pm

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Serenade No. 11 in E-Flat, K. 375

      Chamber Orch of Europe Wind Ensemble/Alexander Schneider
      Mozart: Serenades for Winds / Schneider CO of Europe

      ASV CDCOE-802

      3:38 pm

      Edvard Grieg: "Holberg" Suite, Op. 40

      Gothenburg Sym Orch Strings/Neeme Järvi
      Grieg: Holberg Suite, 2 Elegiac Melodies, 2 Nordic Melodies, 2 Melodies, 2 Lyric Pieces

      DG 437520-2

      3:57 pm

      Leroy Anderson: "Forgotten Dreams"

      Eastman-Rochester Pops Orch/Frederick Fennell
      Frederick Fennell Conducts the Music of Leroy Andresen & Eric Coates

      Mercury 434376-2

      4:00 pm

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Violin Sonata No. 3 in E-Flat, Op. 12, No. 3

      Itzhak Perlman, v; Vladimir Ashkenazy, p
      Beethoven: Violin Sonatas 1-3 / Perlman, Ashkenazy

      Decca 417573-2

      4:21 pm

      George Gershwin: "Cuban Overture"

      Boston Pops Orch/Arthur Fiedler
      Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue, Concerto In F, An American In Paris, Variations on 'I Got Rhythm'

      RCA 6806-2-RG

      4:32 pm

      Guillaume Dumanoir: "Suite du Ballet de Stockholm"

      Le Concert des Nations/Jordi Savall
      Dumanoir: Suites d'orchestre

      Fontalis ES-9908

      4:58 pm

      Ernesto Lecuona: "Danzas Afro-Cubanas"

      No. 5, "Danza lucumí"

      Morton Gould and His Orchestra
      Lecuona Sinfónica

      RCA 68922-2

      5:00 pm

      Florence Price: Violin Concerto No. 2

      Randall Goosby, v; Philadelphia Orch/Yannick Nézet-Séguin
      Max Bruch & Florence Price: Violin Concertos

      Decca 4854234

      5:16 pm

      music continues...

      7:00 pm

      7:00 pm

      Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin

      Béla Bartók (1881-1945)

      This week, Bill looks at the life and musical development of one of Hungary’s greatest composers. A musician’s musician, Bartok was supported by many of the great conductors of his era. Paul Sacher, who led the Basel Chamber Orchestra, asked him to write the Divertimento for Strings. Serge Koussevitsky and Fritz Reiner invited him to compose the Concerto for Orchestra. At the end of the week, we’ll hear Benny Goodman perform "Contrasts" for Violin, Clarinet, and Piano, a piece he requested from Bartok.

      8:00 - 10:00 pm

      8:00 pm

      Live from WFMT

      Pianist Claire Huangci released her latest album titled HEROINES, featuring music of Fanny Hensel, Clara Schumann, Amy Beach, and Florence Price earlier this year. Heard on WFMT broadcasts from Ravinia Festival and the Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts, Huangci makes her debut in the Levin Studio. Hosted by Kerry Frumkin.

      10:00 pm - 12:00 am

      10:00 pm

      The WFMT Orchestra Series

      San Francisco Symphony

      Dai Fujikura "Entwine;" Ravel Piano Concerto in G minor; Hélène Grimaud, piano; Fauré "Requiem," Op. 48; Liv Redpath, soprano; Michael Sumuel, bass-baritone; SFS Chorus; Kazuki Yamada, conductor.