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      Playlist for Saturday, May 9, 2026

      Playing this hour

      12:00 - 7:00 am

      12:00 am

      Antonin Dvorák: "Slavonic Dances," Op. 72

      No. 2 in e minor

      Czech Phil/Jiri Belohlavek
      Dvorak Slavonic Dances

      Dec 4789458

      12:05 am

      Bohuslav Martinu: Piano Trio #1 "(5 pièces brèves)"

      Mary Ellen Woodside, v; Mary Brady, vc; Christine Hedinger, p
      Martinu: Kammermusik/Chamber Music

      Koch 3-6728-2

      12:17 am

      Jaroslav Jezek: "Bagatelles"

      #7, "Minuetto"

      Tomas Visek, p
      The Piano of Jaroslav Jezek

      Matous MK-0055-2131

      12:18 am

      Léo Délibes: "Coppélia"

      Act I

      Rotterdam Phil/David Zinman
      Essential Ballet

      Philips 438763-2 (2)

      12:55 am

      Jean-Henri d'Anglebert: Courante in D

      Christophe Rousset, hc

      London 458588-2 (2)

      1:00 am

      Franz Schubert: Song, "Auf dem Wasser zu singen," D 774

      Jorge Bolet, p

      London 425689-2

      1:05 am

      Franz Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 2 in A

      Jorge Bolet, p; Rochester Phil/David Zinman

      MMG MCD-10069

      1:26 am

      Franz Schubert: "Die Winterreise," D 911

      #3, "Mut"

      Leslie Howard, p
      The Complete Liszt Piano Music

      Hyperion CDS-44501/98 (98)

      1:28 am

      George Frideric Handel: "Rodelinda"

      Overture

      Julian Gray, Ronald Pearl, g's
      Baroque Inventions

      Dorian DOR-90209

      1:36 am

      George Frederic Handel: "Occasional Oratorio"

      Overture

      Music of the Baroque/Thomas Wikman
      Music of the Baroque

      Mintel Archive 8

      1:45 am

      George Frideric Handel: "Music for the Royal Fireworks"

      "Overture"

      English Chamber Orch
      Water Music/ Royal Fireworks Music

      Vanguard SVC-47

      1:54 am

      George Frideric Handel: "Music for the Royal Fireworks"

      "Bourée"

      Boston Baroque Orch/Martin Pearlman
      Handel: Music For The Fireworks, Water Music

      Telarc CD-80594

      2:00 am

      Percy Grainger: "Ramble on Love," arranged from "Der Rosenkavalier"

      Percy Grainger, p

      Vanguard SVC-99

      2:05 am

      Franz Strauss: Horn Concerto in c, Op 8

      Barry Tuckwell, fh; London Sym Orch/Istvan Kertesz
      Horn Concertos of Knechtl, M. Haydn, Mozart (#4), Strauss (2), & Hoddinott; Sonatas of Danzi & Beethoven

      London B0006249-02 (2)

      2:19 am

      Richard Strauss: "Krämerspiegel", Op. 66

      #7

      Brenden Gunnell, t; Malcolm Martineau, p
      Strauss: Complete Songs

      Two Pianists TP-1039312 (9)

      2:20 am

      Richard Strauss: Violin Sonata in E-Flat, Op. 18

      Jascha Heifetz, v; Brooks Smith, p
      Heifetz: The Final Recital

      RCA 88765440152 (9)

      2:45 am

      Richard Strauss: "Der Rosenkavalier," Op. 59

      Second Waltz Sequence

      Seattle Sym/Gerard Schwarz
      Richard Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier; Die Frau ohne Schatten; Burleske

      Delos DE-3109

      2:54 am

      Richard Strauss: Five Little Songs, Op. 69

      #1, "Der Stern"

      Juliana Banse, s; Malcolm Martineau, p
      Strauss: Complete Songs

      Two Pianists TP-1039312 (9)

      3:00 am

      André Cardinal Destouches: Ballet, Les Elements

      Chaconne

      Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood
      Jean-Fery Rebel: Les Elemens/ Destouches: Les Elemens

      L'oiseau Lyre 421656-2

      3:05 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Violin Partita No. 2 in d minor, BWV 1004

      V. "Chaconne"

      Boston Sym Orch/Seiji Ozawa
      20th Century Bach - Virtuoso Orchestral Transcriptions

      Philips 432092-2

      3:22 am

      George Frideric Handel: Chaconne in g

      Jory Vinikour, hc
      Chaconne

      Consonance 81-0007

      3:28 am

      Henry Purcell: "The Gordian Knot Untied"

      Chaconne

      Taverner Consort/Andrew Parrott
      The Pocket Purcell

      Virgin 45116-2

      3:30 am

      Antonin Dvorák: Wind Serenade in d minor, Op. 44

      Northern Sinfonia/Myung-Whun Chung
      Wind And String Serenades

      ASV CDQS-6002

      3:54 am

      Antonin Dvorák: Four Folksongs (In Folk Tone), Op 73

      #4, "The Horseman"

      Grayson Hirst, t; Rudolph Palmer, p
      Dvorak: Love Songs and Folk-Duets

      Spectrum SR-193

      4:00 am

      John Bull: "The King's Hunt"

      Rafael Puyana, hc
      The Golden Age Of Harpsichord Music

      Mercury 434364-2

      4:05 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: String Quartet No. 17 in B-Flat, K. 458, "Hunt"

      American String Quartet
      Mozart; Complete String Quartet Box Set

      Musicmasters 67194-2 (6)

      4:27 am

      Czech ANON 18th c: Two Duets

      Prague Collegium Musicum/Jiri Starek

      Supraphon 1110614

      4:28 am

      Paladilhé: Solo de concert

      John Mack, ob
      Mozart, Loeffler, Paladihe, Britten

      Crystal CD-323

      4:32 am

      Franz Krommer: Oboe Concerto #2 in F, Op 52

      Jiri Krejci, ob; Prague Chamber Orch/Frantisek Vajnar
      Oboe Concertos

      Supraphon 103624-2

      4:55 am

      Franz Schubert: Minuet in c-sharp, D 600

      Jacques Abram, p

      MHS OR-257

      5:00 am

      Percy Grainger: "The Merry King"

      Martin Jones, p

      Nimbus NI-5244

      5:04 am

      Frederick the Great: Symphony #1 in G

      Manhattan Chamber Orch/Richard Auldon Clark

      Helicon Classics HE-1003

      5:16 am

      Johann Gottfried Müthel: Sonata in D for Flute and Continuo

      Barthold Kuijken, f; Bob van Asperen, hc; Wieland Kuijken, vc
      Adriaenssen: Love Songs And Dances From "Pratum Musicum", Liuto Concertato

      Sony SK-66267

      5:29 am

      Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Four Little Duets, Wq 115

      #4, "Allegro"

      Christopher Hogwood, Christophe Rousset, clavichords
      Bach: Concertos & Duets

      L'Oiseau Lyre 440649-2

      5:30 am

      Charles Lecocq: "Mam'zelle Angot"

      Act II

      National Phil/Richard Bonynge
      La Fille Mal Gardée - Mam'zelle Angot

      London 430849-2 (2)

      5:53 am

      Joseph Horovitz: Music Hall Suite

      "Les Girls"

      Metropolitan Brass Quintet
      Brass Bonanza - Gabrieli, Speer, Arnold, Hovhaness, Et Al

      Crystal CD-200

      6:00 am

      Karol Szymanowski: Three Myths, Op 30

      #1, "The Fountain of Arethusa"

      Ulf Hoelscher, v; Michel Béroff, p

      EMI/Ang CDC5-55169-2

      6:05 am

      Ottorino Respighi: "The Fountains of Rome"

      Pittsburgh Sym Orch/Lorin Maazel
      Respighi: Pini Di Roma, Feste Romane, Fontane Di Roma

      Sony SK-66843

      6:21 am

      Charles Tomlinson Griffes: "Four Roman Sketches," Op 7

      #3, "The Fountain of the Acqua Paola"

      James Tocco, p
      MacDowell: 4 Sonatas/ Griffes: Solo Works

      Gasparo GSCD-231

      6:24 am

      Gasparo Zanetti: Gallaria d'amor el il suo Canaria

      The Whole Noyse
      Lo Splendore D'Italia

      Helicon HE-1011

      6:26 am

      Georges Onslow: String Quintet in D, Op 68/27

      Duhem, Pouvereau, Glatard, Bourré, Martignoni
      Bourré,
      Onslow: 2 Quintettes

      Erato ECD-88252

      6:54 am

      Alexander Scriabin: Two Poems, Op 63

      #2, "Etrangeté"

      Joseph Villa, p

      Dante PSG-8902

      7:00 - 11:00 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.

      7:03 am

      Antonín Dvořák: "Notturno (Intermezzo)" in B, Op. 40

      St Martin's Academy/Neville Marriner
      The Academy in Concert II

      EMI CDD7-64107-2

      7:11 am

      Bryce Dessner: "Haven"

      Katia Labèque & Marielle Labèque, p's; David Chalmin & Bryce Dessner, g's
      Bryce Dessner, guitar,
      El Chan

      DG 4818074

      7:20 am

      Maddalena Sirmen: Violin Duet in E-Flat, Op. 5, No. 1

      Shelby Yamin & Sarah Bleile Douglas, v's
      Maddalena Lombardi: Violin Duets, Op. 5

      Orpheus (Maddalena Lombardini: Violin Duets, Op. 5)

      7:32 am

      Alexandre Desplat: "The Shape of Water"

      Emmanuel Pahud, f; Myriam Lafargue, acc; French National Orch/Alexandre Desplat
      Airlines

      Warner 0190295306878

      7:44 am

      Michel-Richard Delalande: "Symphonies for the King's Supper"

      "Troisième Caprice"

      Paillard Chamber Orch/Jean-François Paillard
      Delalande: Simphonies pour les soupers du Roy

      Erato ECD-88088

      8:00 am

      music continues...

      11:00 am

      11:00 am

      Introductions

      An encore presentation of cellist Jan Vargas Nedvetsky and pianist Liang-yu Wang's performance of Tchaikovsky's Nocturne Op. 19, No. 4, and the Cello Sonata in D by Pietro Locatelli (arr. Piatti). Originally broadcast on September 14, 2024.

      12:00 - 3:00 pm

      12:00 pm

      Metropolitan Opera

      Donizetti's La fille du régiment

      Erin Morley (Marie); Lawrence Brownlee (Tonio); Alice Coote (Marquise of Berkenfield); Peter Kálmán (Sulpice); Metropolitan Opera Cho & Orch/Giacomo Sagripanti. Sung in French. Recorded Fall 2025.

      3:00 pm

      3:00 pm

      Afternoon Music

      4:00 pm

      4:00 pm

      Listening to Singers with Oliver Camacho

      For Mother's Day: a survey of the "good" mothers and mother figures in opera such as Cornelia in "Giulio Cesare," Mamma Lucia in "Cavalleria rusticana," and Minnie in "The Girl of the Golden West."

      5:00 pm

      5:00 pm

      Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival

      Messiaen "Le baiser de l'enfant-Jésus" from "Vingt regards sur;" Juho Pohjonen, piano; Boccherini Cello Concerto in B-flat Major, G. 482; Camden Shaw, cello; Santa Fe Opera Orchestra musicians. Bartók Sonata in C Major, Sz. 76; Jennifer Frautschi, violin; Shai Wosner, piano.

      6:00 - 8:00 pm

      6:00 pm

      Weekend Evening Music

      8:00 pm

      8:00 pm

      Folkstage hosted by Marilyn Rea Beyer

      From the archives: Torchbearers for a unique collaboration, a look back at “Weavermania” from a 2001 concert with Mark Dvorak alongside Michael Smith, Barbara Barrow, and Tom Dundee of treasured memory.

      9:00 pm - 12:00 am

      9:00 pm

      The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer

      Mother’s Day! Let’s honor your mom and salute American poet and musician Joy Harjo on her 75th birthday. And we fondly remember Tom Dundee, born on May 9, 1946.