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      12:00 - 7:00 am

      12:00 am

      Isaac Albéniz: "Iberia," Book 1

      "Evocación"

      Cincinnati Sym/Jesus Lopez-Cobos
      Albéniz: Iberia - Complete

      Telarc 2CD-80470 (2)

      12:05 am

      Enrique Arbós: Tres piezas, Op 6

      Ara Malikian, v, Madrid Sym Orch/Jesus Lopez-Cobos
      Enrique Fernandez Arbos: La obra orquestal

      Verso VRS-2027 (2)

      12:30 am

      Isaac Albéniz: "Iberia" Suite

      "El Puerto"

      Madrid Sym Orch/Enrique Arbos
      Arbos - Complete Orchestral Works

      Verso VRS-2027 (2)

      12:34 am

      Joaquín Nin-Culmell: "Tonadas" (1956-61)

      "Baile de Burgos"

      Edmund Battersby, p
      Granados: Goyescas/ Nin-Culmell: Tondas

      Koch 3-7062-2

      12:36 am

      Luigi Boccherini: Guitar Quintet #5 in D, G 449

      Pepe Romero, g; St Martin's Academy Chamber Ensemble
      The Guitar Quintets Including La Ritirata Di Madrid & Fandango

      Philips 438769-2 (2)

      12:54 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Song, "Piercing Eyes"

      Judith Nelson, s; Elaine Thornburgh, forte-p
      She Never Told Her Love: Franz Joseph Haydn

      Koch 3-7044-2

      1:00 am

      Thoinot Arbeau: "Orchésographie"

      "Les Bouffons"

      Philadelphia Renaissance Wind Band
      Keeping The Watch: The Philadelphia Renaissance Wind Band

      Newport Classic NPD-85527

      1:05 am

      Louis XIII: Ballet de la Merlaison

      Paris Ancient Instrument Ensemble/Rogeracotte
      Ballet De La Merlaison/ Messe Pour Plusieurs Instruments Au Lieu Des Orgues

      Nonesuch H-71130

      1:18 am

      Francis Poulenc: "Suite française"

      London Wind Orch/Denis Wick
      Shepherd's Hey: Wind Music of Grainger, Milhaud and Poulenc

      ASV CDWHL-2067

      1:30 am

      Francis Poulenc: "The Story of Babar"

      "Babar et Céleste"

      Christopher O'Riley, p
      Christopher O'Riley at the Break

      CPI 3294112

      1:32 am

      Serge Prokofiev: "Peter and the Wolf," Op. 67

      Basil Rathbone, n; All-American Orch/Leopold Stokowski
      Prokofiev: Peter And The Wolf/ Saint-saëns: Carnival Of The Animals

      Avid AMSC-601

      1:54 am

      Serge Prokofiev: "Summer Day Suite," Op. 65

      No. 3, Waltz

      San Diego Chamber Orch/Donald Barra
      Kabalevsky, Prokofiev, Glinka, Tchaikovsky

      Koch 3-7042-2

      2:00 am

      Hugo Wolf: Song, "Prometheus"

      Dietrich Henschel, br; Berlin German Sym Orch/Kent Nagano
      Wolf: Prometheus, Etc

      Harmonia Mundi HMC-901837

      2:05 am

      Karl Goldmark: "Prometheus Bound," Op 38

      Philharmonia Orch/Yondani Butt
      Goldmark: Symphony No. 2

      ASV CDDCA-934

      2:22 am

      Franz Liszt: "Prometheus," Symphonic Poem No. 5 (1850)

      Georgia Mangos, p; Louise Mangos, p
      Liszt: Complete Symphonic Poems for Two Pianos Vol. 2

      Cedille CDR-90000024

      2:35 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Six Ländler, WoO 15

      #6

      Berlin Chamber Orch/Helmut Koch
      Beethoven Edition: Complete Works

      Brilliant Classics 93525 (85)

      2:37 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Horn Concerto No. 1 in D, H VIId:3

      Ab Koster, horn; L'Archibudelli
      The Natural Horn

      Sony SK-68253

      2:54 am

      Howard Goodall: "Ecce Homo"

      Christ Church Cathedral Cho/Stephen Darlington
      Howard Goodall: Choral Works

      ASV CDDCA-1028

      3:00 am

      Erich Wolfgang Korngold: "Der Schneemann" (1908)

      Prelude and Serenade

      Linz Bruckner Orch/Caspar Richter
      The Piano Concertos

      ASV CDDCA-1074

      3:04 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata #23 in f, Op 57, "Appassionata"

      Annie Fischer, p

      Hungaroton HCD-31631

      3:28 am

      Morton Gould: "Fanfare for Freedom"

      London Phil/Jorge Mester
      Twenty Fanfares For The Common Man

      Koch 3-7012-2

      3:29 am

      Zoltán Kodály: "Háry János" Suite, Op. 35a

      Baltimore Sym Orch/Sergiu Comissiona
      Sergiu Comissiona Kodaly Alfven Enescu

      MMG MCD-10015

      3:54 am

      Zoltán Kodály: "Háry János"

      "The Jewish Family"

      Budapest Festival Orch/Ivan Fischer
      Zoltan Kodaly: Hary Janos Suite/ Dances Of Galanta And Marosszek

      Philips 462824-2

      4:00 am

      Max Reger: Preludes and Fugues, Op 131a

      #2 in d

      Mateja Marinkovic, v
      Reger: Preludes and Fugues

      ASV CDDCA-876 (2)

      4:05 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 15 in B-Flat, K. 450

      Chamber Orch of Europe/Pierre-Laurent Aimard, p
      Piano Concertos 6, 15 & 27

      Warner Classics 62259-2

      4:30 am

      Edward MacDowell: "New England Idyls," Op 62

      #1, "An Old Garden"

      James Barbagallo, p
      MacDowell: Piano Music Vol. 1

      Marco Polo 8.223631

      4:31 am

      Elie Siegmeister: Western Suite (1945)

      #4, "Buckaroo"

      Buffalo Phil/Lukas Foss
      Americana: 20th Century Works For Orchestra

      Vox CDX-5182 (2)

      4:35 am

      Aaron Copland: Four Dance Episodes from "Rodeo"

      Buffalo Phil/JoAnn Falletta
      American Classics * Aaron Copland * Four Dances from Rodeo

      Naxos 8.559240

      4:54 am

      Edward MacDowell: "Woodland Sketches", Op 51

      #3, "At An Old Trysting Place"

      James Barbagallo, p
      MacDowell: Piano Music Vol. 1

      Marco Polo 8.223631

      5:00 am

      Jean Sibelius: Romance in C, Op. 42

      Boston Sym Orch/Vladimir Ashkenazy
      Finlandia/Valse triste/Romance/Symphony No. 2

      London 436566-2

      5:05 am

      Edvard Grieg: "Sigurd Jorsalfar," Op. 22

      Suite

      CSR Sym/Stephen Gunzenhauser
      GRIEG, E.: Peer Gynt Suites Nos. 1 and 2 / Lyric Pieces / 3 Orchestral Pieces from Sigurd Jorsalfar (CSSR State Philharmonic, Gunzenhauser)

      Naxos 8.550140

      5:23 am

      Wilhelm Stenhammar: "Allegro ma non tanto" in A

      Lucia Negro, p; Patrik Swedrup, v; Helena Nilsson, vc
      The Complete Solo Piano Music Volume 3 / Chamber Music With Piano

      BIS CD-764

      5:32 am

      Einar Englund: "The White Reindeer" film music suite (1952)

      Overture

      Finnish Radio Sym Orch/Petri Sakari

      Finland Transcriptions FT-9905

      5:33 am

      Niels Gade: Symphony #4 in B-Flat, Op 20

      Stockholm Sinfonietta/Neeme Järvi
      The Complete Symphonies, Volume 1 - No.3 In A Minor / No. 4 In B Flat

      BIS CD-338

      5:54 am

      Christian Sinding: Song, "From Afar at Night", Op 57/14

      Per Vollestad, br; Sigmund Hjelset, p
      Sinding: Songs Vol 2

      Simax PSC-1195

      6:00 am

      Edvard Grieg: Two Elegiac Melodies, Op. 34

      No. 2, "The Last Spring"

      St Martin's Academy/Neville Marriner
      Classical Favorites: Mozart, Pachelbel, Et al.

      Seraphim 73289-2

      6:04 am

      Franz Schubert: Violin Sonatina No. 2 in a, D 385

      Gidon Kremer, v; Oleg Maisenberg, p
      Sonatinas For Violin And Piano D 384 · D 385 · D 408

      DG 437092-2

      6:30 am

      Franz Schubert: Song, "Der Traum", D 213

      Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, br; Gerald Moore, p
      Schubert: Lieder

      DG 437215-2 (9)

      6:31 am

      Arthur Benjamin: "North American Square Dance Suite"

      Joshua Pierce, p; Dorothy Jonas, p; Slovak Radio Sym Orch/Kirk Trevor
      Pierce & Jonas

      MSR Classics MS-1652 (2)

      6:43 am

      Domenico Cimarosa: Oboe Concerto in C

      Heinz Holliger, ob; I Musici
      Albinoni, Cimarosa, Marcello, Et Al: Oboe Concertos

      Philips 420189-2

      6:53 am

      Arthur Benjamin: "Jamaican Rhumba"

      Jascha Heifetz, v; Milton Kaye, p
      The Heifetz Collection, Volume 19: 51 Miniatures 1944-1946

      RCA 61750-2 (2)

      7:00 - 9:00 am

      7:00 am

      Weekend Mornings with Kristina Lynn

      With news at 7:00 am; "Saturday Morning Listener's Choice" at 8:00 am; and "Soundtrack" at 9:00 am.

      7:02 am

      Henry Mayer: "The Summer Wind"

      Boston Pops Orch/John Williams
      John Williams Conductor

      Sony 88985417792

      7:06 am

      Franz Krommer: Oboe Concerto No. 1 in F, Op. 37

      III. Finale, Rondo

      Alex Klein, ob; Czech National Sym Orch/Paul Freeman
      Oboe Concertos of the Classical Era

      Cedille CDR-90000045

      7:13 am

      Leonard Bernstein: "Peter Pan"

      "Dream With Me"

      Zuill Bailey, vc; Lara Downes, p
      Some Other Time

      Steinway & Sons 30025

      7:17 am

      Augusta Holmès: "Andromède"

      Toulouse Capitole Orch/Leo Hussain
      Compositrices: New Light on French Romantic Women Composers

      Bru Zane BZ-2006

      7:34 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano and Wind Quintet in E-flat, K. 452

      Berlin Phil Winds; Alfons Kontarsky, p
      Mozart & Beethoven Quintets for Piano and Winds

      Denon 38C37-7090

      7:57 am

      music continues...

      9:00 - 11:00 am

      9:00 am

      Soundtrack

      Music of The Odyssey.

      11:00 am

      11:00 am

      Introductions

      Violist Callia Murray, 17, performs the Prelude from Bach's Cello Suite No. 6 in D major, BWV 1012 and Paul Hindemith's Viola Sonata, Op. 11, No. 4 with pianist Lyudmila Lakisova. Recorded in June 2026 in Levin Studio.

      12:00 - 4:00 pm

      12:00 pm

      From The Glyndebourne Festival

      Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro

      Tommaso Barea (Figaro); Johanna Wallroth (Susanna); Huw Montague Rendall (Count); Louise Alder (Countess); Alessandro Corbelli (Bartolo); Madeleine Shaw (Marcellina); Adèle Charvet (Cherubino); Robert Forrest (Don Basilio); Elisabeth Boudreault (Barbarina); Alexander Vassiliev (Antonio); Vincent Ordonneau (Don Curzio); Glyndebourne Fistival Opera Chorus; Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment; Riccardo Minasi, conductor. Sung in Italian.

      3:30 pm

      Afternoon Music

      4:00 pm

      4:00 pm

      Listening to Singers with Oliver Camacho

      Highlights of previous interviews with Frederica von Stade and Susan Graham. The legendary mezzo-sopranos give a joint recital with pianist Kevin Murphy next month at Ravinia.

      5:00 pm

      5:00 pm

      Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival

      Schubert "Ganymed," D. 544; Liv Redpath, soprano; George Fu, piano; Brahms Piano Quartet in A Major, Op. 26; Kirill Gerstein, piano; Joel Link, violin; Toby Appel, viola; Camden Shaw, cello.

      6:00 - 8:00 pm

      6:00 pm

      Weekend Evening Music

      8:00 pm

      8:00 pm

      Folkstage hosted by Marilyn Rea Beyer

      Live from the Levin Performance Studio: A songwriter from England’s South Coast, Ruth Theodore began busking at age 14 and is now a Righteous Babe recording artist. from the UK.

      9:00 pm - 12:00 am

      9:00 pm

      The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer

      This date presents a confluence of historic events and celebrations including Steve Goodman’s birthday, Bob Dylan plugging in at Newport, and the famous photo of a face on Mars snapped by NASA’s Viking 1 spacecraft.