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      Playlist for Sunday, May 31, 2026

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      6:00 am

      With Heart and Voice

      "Pomp & Circumstance." In the midst of the season of high school and collegiate graduations, host Peter DuBois celebrates with sacred choral and organ music from a variety of schools and colleges in the US and abroad.

      6:58 am

      Dario Marianelli: "Pride and Prejudice"

      "The Secret Life of Daydreams"

      Jean-Yves Thibaudet, p; English Chamber Orch/Benjamin Wallfisch
      Pride & Prejudice (Music from the Motion Picture)

      Decca B0005620-02

      7:00 am - 12:00 pm

      7:01 am

      Meredith Monk: "Early Morning Melody"

      Jess Gillam, sx
      Jess Gillam: Time

      Decca 4851062

      7:01 am

      Caitlin Edwards: "Faithful"

      Caitlin Edwards, v & prod; Edward Smith, p
      Exhale

      Caitlin Edwards Exhale

      7:05 am

      Leonard Bernstein: "Wonderful Town"

      "The Story of my Life"

      Lara Downes, p
      For Lenny

      Sony 84284011251

      7:09 am

      Ernesto Cordero: "Sonatina tropical"

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

      Fleur de Son FDS-58020

      7:22 am

      Ralph Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 3, "Pastoral"

      Andrew Staples, t; Royal Liverpool Phil Orch/Andrew Manze
      Vaughan Williams: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 4

      Onyx 4161

      8:01 am

      Florence Price: "Fantasie Nègre" No. 1 in E minor

      Samantha Ege, p
      Fantasie Nègre: The Piano Music of Florence Price

      Lorelt LNT-144

      8:11 am

      Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Romance, Op. 39

      Rachel Barton Pine, v; Encore Chamber Orch/Daniel Hege
      Violin Concertos by Black Composers of the 18th and 19th Centuries

      Cedille CDR-90000035

      8:26 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata No. 146, "Wir müssen durch viel Trübsal"

      Duet, "Wie will ich mich (My Spirit be Joyful)"

      Empire Brass; Douglas Major, o
      A Bach Festival

      EMI CDC7-47395-2

      8:32 am

      Leonardo Cárdenas: "En el Centro del Mundo y el Tiempo"

      Daniel Velasco, f; Ellen Sommer, p
      Flauta Andina

      Naxos 8.579125

      8:53 am

      Jenni Brandon: "The Sequoia Trio"

      IV. "The Noble Trees"

      Lindabeth Binkley, ob; Kennen White, cl; MaryBeth Minnis, bn
      From Earth & Sky: Music of Jenni Brandon

      Blue Griffin BGR-545

      8:58 am

      Cecil Burleigh: "Nature's Voices," Op. 44

      No. 3, "O'er the Meadows"

      Zina Schiff, v; Mary Barranger, p
      Cecil Burleigh: Music for Violin and Piano

      Naxos 8.559061

      9:01 am

      Tarquinio Merula: Canzon, "La Lusignuola," Op. 1, No. 2

      Amsterdam Loeki Stardust Quartet
      Virtuoso Recorder Music

      L'Oiseau-Lyre 414277-2

      9:06 am

      Giovanni Gabrieli: "Canzon primi toni"

      Paris Instrumental Ensemble/Florian Hollard
      Renaissance Brass Music

      Vox ACD-8154

      9:11 am

      Luzzasco Luzzaschi: Canzone

      New York Kammermusiker
      A Renaissance Tour of Europe

      Dorian DOR-90133

      9:13 am

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

      Rectus & Inversus

      Yo-Yo Ma, vc; Chris Thile, man; Edgar Meyer, db
      Bach Trios

      Nonesuch 558933-2

      9:24 am

      Antonio Vivaldi: "Gloria" in D, R. 589

      Soloists; A Schoenberg Cho, Concentus Musicus Wien/Harnoncourt
      Vivaldi : Gloria - Pergolesi : Stabat Mater

      Teldec 76989-2

      9:53 am

      Joseph Bologne (Chevalier de Saint-Georges): "Concertante" Quartet No. 1 in B-Flat

      Arabella String Quartet
      Bologne: Six Concertante Quartets

      Naxos 8.574360

      10:01 am

      Robert Schumann: "Widmung," Op. 25, No. 1

      Isata Kanneh-Mason, p
      Romance: The Piano Music of Clara Schumann

      Decca 4850020

      10:03 am

      Mark Hayes: "Forever Music"

      The Aeolians/Jason Max Ferdinand; instrumentalists
      The Aeolians

      GIA ChoralWorks GIACD-1087

      10:08 am

      Franz Schubert: "An die Musik," D 547

      Shirley Verrett, ms; Charles Wadsworth, p
      Great Moments at Carnegie Hall

      Sony 88985304202

      10:12 am

      Gustav Holst: "St Paul's Suite," Op. 29, No. 2

      London Festival Orch Strings/Ross Pople
      Gustav Holst: Orchestral Music

      Arte Nova 34022-2

      10:26 am

      Ferdinando Carulli: Serenade No. 1 in A, Op. 96

      Julian Bream & John Williams, g's
      Together Again

      RCA 61452-2

      10:37 am

      John Rutter: "Cityscapes"

      I. "Big Apple"

      Royal Phil Orch/John Rutter
      John Rutter - Reflections

      Decca 4871478

      10:47 am

      Franz Schubert: String Quartet No. 14 in D minor, D. 810, "Death and the Maiden"

      I. "Allegro"

      Pavel Haas Quartet
      Schubert: Death and the Maiden & String Quintet in C major

      Supraphon SU-4110-2 (2)

      11:01 am

      Manuel de Falla: "Nights in the Gardens of Spain"

      Martha Argerich, p; Orch de Paris/Daniel Barenboim
      Falla: Noches En Los Jardines De Espana / Argerich

      Erato 45266-2

      11:27 am

      Paul Wiancko: "When the Night"

      Owls
      Rare Birds

      New Amsterdam Records NWAM-194

      11:37 am

      Hans Huber: Serenade No. 1 in E, Op. 86, "Summer Nights"

      Stuttgart Phil/Jörg-Peter Weigle
      Huber: Symphony No. 5, First Serenade (Summer Nights)

      Sterling CDS-1027-2

      11:58 am

      Amy Beach: "Empress of the Night," Op. 2, No. 3

      Lake Effect Clarinet Quartet
      Cooler By The Lake

      Lake Effect Clarinet Quartet (Cooler By The Lake)

      12:00 - 6:00 pm

      12:00 pm

      Anonymous English: "Sumer is icumen in"

      New College Choir Oxford/Edward Higginbottom
      Early One Morning: Folksongs and Spirituals

      Erato 19065-2

      12:01 pm

      Antonio Vivaldi: "The Four Seasons: Summer," RV. 315

      Patrick Stewart, n; Stephen Alltop, hc; Musica Anima String Orch/Arnie Roth, v
      Vivaldi - The Compleat The Four Seasons

      American Gramaphone AGCD-801

      12:14 pm

      Clarence Cameron White: "Levee Dance," Op. 26, No. 2

      Rachel Barton Pine, v; Matthew Hagle, p
      Blues Dialogues

      Cedille CDR-90000182

      12:18 pm

      Franz Liszt: Transcendental Etude No. 11, "Harmonies du soir"

      Inna Faliks, p
      Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts: Inna Faliks (November 24, 2010)

      WFMT

      12:28 pm

      Étienne-Nicolas Méhul: Symphony No. 1 in G minor

      Berlin Academy for Ancient Music
      Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 4 & 8; Méhul: Symphony No. 1; Cherubini: Lodoïska Overture

      Harmonia Mundi HMM-902448.49

      12:54 pm

      George Frideric Handel: "Theodora"

      Aria, "Angels, ever bright and fair"

      Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, ms; Philharmonia Baroque Orch/N McGegan
      Lorraine Hunt Lieberson: A Tribute

      Harmonia Mundi HMU-907471.72 (2)

      1:00 pm

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Variations and Fugue in E-Flat, Op. 35, "Eroica"

      Alfred Brendel, p
      The Art of Alfred Brendel: Beethoven

      Philips 446922-2 (5)

      1:24 pm

      George Antheil: "A Jazz Symphony"

      Oregon Sym/Carlos Kalmar
      Spirit of the American Range

      Pentatone PTC-5186481

      1:32 pm

      Astor Piazzolla: "Le grand tango"

      Tabea Zimmermann, vi; Javier Perianes, p
      Cantilena

      Harmonia Mundi HMM-902648

      1:45 pm

      Giuseppe Verdi: "Aida"

      Chorus, "Gloria all'Egitto" (Triumphal Scene)

      Berlin Opera Cho, Orch/Giuseppe Sinopoli
      Opera Choruses

      DG 415283-2

      1:51 pm

      Giovanni Battista Fontana: Sonata No. 2

      Rachel Podger, v; Marcin Swiatkiewicz, hc; Daniele Caminiti, theorbo
      Perla Barocca

      Channel Classics CCSSA-36014

      2:00 pm

      Johannes Brahms: Double Concerto in A minor, Op. 102

      Joshua Bell, v; Steven Isserlis, vc; Academy of St Martin in the Fields
      For the Love of Brahms

      Sony 88985321792

      2:34 pm

      Anna Bon: Keyboard Sonata No. 6

      Noriko Yasuda, fp
      Anna Bon: La virtuosa de Venezia

      La Donna Musicale LA-10104

      2:42 pm

      Edvard Grieg: "Peer Gynt," Op. 23

      Suite No. 2: "Solveig's Song"

      Slovak State Phil Orch/Stephen Gunzenhauser
      The Best of Grieg

      Naxos 8.556658

      2:48 pm

      Stella Sung: "Dance of the White Lotus Under the Silver Moon"

      Susan Glaser, f; Emily Mitchell, h
      Under The Silver Moon

      Koch 3-7497-2

      3:00 pm

      Caroline Shaw: Three Essays

      No. 1, "Nimrod"

      Calidore String Quartet
      Babel

      Signum SIGCD-850

      3:09 pm

      music continues...

      6:00 - 8:00 pm

      6:00 pm

      Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcasts

      Poulenc Concerto in G Minor for Organ, Strings, and Timpani; JS Bach Varation No. 20 fr "Goldberg Variations," BWV 988; Saint-Saëns Cameron Carpenter, organ; Nikolaj Szeps-Znaieder, conductor; Ravel Suite No. 2 from "Daphnis and Chloe; Boléro;" Daniel Barenboim, conductor.

      8:00 pm

      8:00 pm

      Fiesta! with Elbio Barilari

      Teresa Carreño: Composer and Pianist Born in Venezuela in 1853, Teresa Carreño was one the first Latin American women with an international career as a pianist, composer and teacher. Fiesta explores the life and music of this piano virtuoso nicknamed the 'Valkyrie of the Piano.'

      9:00 - 11:00 pm

      9:00 pm

      Collectors' Corner with Henry Fogel

      Klaus Tennstedt Live

      Conductor Klaus Tennstedt performing Mahler Symphony No. 1; Haydn Sinfonia Concertante; Beethoven Symphony No. 7.