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      Playlist for Thursday, June 11, 2026

      Playing this hour

      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      John Phillip SOUSA: El Capitan

      Prelude

      Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel
      Peaches And Cream: Dances and Marches by John Philip Sousa

      MMG MCD-10005

      12:03 am

      John Phillip SOUSA: Semper Fidelis March

      Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel
      Peaches And Cream: Dances and Marches by John Philip Sousa

      MMG MCD-10005

      12:05 am

      William Grant Still: "Folk Suite" #1

      Alexa Still, f; Susan DeWitt Smith, p; New Zealand String Quartet

      Koch 3-7192-2

      12:13 am

      Florence Price: "Dances in the Canebrakes"

      Chicago Sinfonietta/Mei-Ann Chen
      Project W

      Cedille CDR-90000185

      12:22 am

      Turrin: "Three Summer Dances"

      #1, "Frolic"

      Borealis Wind Quintet
      A LA CARTE- Short Works for Winds

      MSR Classics MS-1128

      12:24 am

      Modest Mussorgsky: "Pictures at an Exhibition"

      Conrad Tao, p

      Warner 0825646056941

      12:55 am

      Mondonville: "Titon et l'Aurore"

      "Air pour les esprits du feu"

      Musiciens du Louvre/Marc Minkowski
      MONDONVILLE: Titon et l'Aurore- Extraits

      Erato 98520-2

      1:00 am

      Traditional: "The Bonnie Banks of Loch Lomond"

      Nicola Benedetti, v; BBC Scottish Sym/Rory Macdonald

      London B0021290-02

      1:05 am

      Hamish MacCunn: "Highland Memories," Op 30

      Royal Ballet Sinfonia/John Wilson
      The Land Of The Mountain And The Flood: Scottish Orchestral Music

      ASV CDWHL-2123

      1:15 am

      Pablo de Sarasate: "Airs écossais," Op 34

      Rachel Barton Pine, v; Scottish Chamber Orch/Alexander Platt
      Scottish Fantasies for Violin and Orchestra

      Cedille CDR-90000083 (2)

      1:22 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Six "Ecossaisen," WoO 83

      Olli Mustonen, p
      Beethoven: Variations, Dances and Bagatelles

      London 452206-2

      1:24 am

      Arnold Schoenberg: "Verklärte Nacht," Op 4

      Stockholm Chamber Orch/Esa-Pekka Salonen
      Transfigured Night, String Quartet No. 2 (Arr. By Schoenberg)

      Sony SK-62725

      1:54 am

      Alma MAHLER: Song, "Laue Sommernacht"

      Angelika Kirchschlager, ms; Helmut Deutsch, p
      Mahler, Korngold: Lieder

      Sony SK-68344

      2:00 am

      Traditional: "Shenandoah"

      Oregon Guitar Quartet
      Something Wondrous Fair * Oregon Guitar Quartet

      Cube Squared Records C2R-601

      2:05 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: "The Magic Flute," K. 620

      Overture

      Modern Mandolin Quartet

      Windham Hill 11108-2

      2:12 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: "The Impresario," K. 486

      Overture

      Dresden Staatskapelle/Hans Vonk
      Mozart: Overtures

      Capriccio 10070

      2:17 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concert Aria, "Un bacio di mano," K. 541

      Walter Berry, br; Salzburg Mozarteum Orch/Leopold Hager
      Mozart: Arias, Vocal Ensembles, Canons

      Philips 422523-2 (8)

      2:19 am

      Emilie Mayer: Symphony No. 6 in E

      NDR Radio Phil/Jan Willem de Vriend
      Emilie Mayer: Symphonies Nos. 4 & 6

      CPO 555615-2

      2:55 am

      Carl Loewe: Song, "Neuer Frühling"

      Yvi Jänicke, ms; Cord Garben, p
      Loewe: Lieder & Balladen Complete Edition

      CPO 777355-2 (21)

      3:00 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: "Well-Tempered Clavier," Book 1, BWV 846/69

      Prelude & Fugue No. 22 in b-flat minor

      Jenö Jandó, p
      BACH, J.S.: Well-Tempered Clavier (The), Book 1

      Naxos 8.553796/7 (2)

      3:05 am

      Alan Hovhaness: "Alleluia and Fugue," Op 40b

      Seattle Sym/Gerard Schwarz
      Hovhaness: Symphony No. 2 'Mysterious Mountain', Prayer of St. Gregory and God Created Great Whales

      Delos DE-3157

      3:14 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: "Well-Tempered Clavier," Book 1, BWV 846/69

      Fugue No. 21 in B-Flat

      Angela Hewitt, p
      Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier

      Hyperion CDA-67741/4 (4)

      3:16 am

      Sergei Rachmaninoff: Cello Sonata in g, Op 19

      Christoph Croisévc; Alexander Panfilov, p
      The Russian Album

      Avie AV-2410

      3:54 am

      Felix Mendelssohn: "A Midsummer Night's Dream," Op. 61

      "Intermezzo"

      Royal Phil/Jane Glover

      Tring TRP-056

      4:00 am

      Claude Debussy: "Images," Set 2

      "Cloches à travers les feuilles"

      Paul Crossley, p
      Debussy: Complete Works For Solo Piano, Vol.1

      Sony 30732 (4)

      4:05 am

      Claude Debussy: Saxophone "Rapsodie" (1911)

      Jean-Marie Londeix, sx; French National Radio Orch/Jean Martinon

      EMI/Ang CDC3-65240 (2)

      4:15 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Fantasia and Fugue in c, BWV 537

      Amherst Saxophone Quartet
      Bach on Sax

      MCA Classics MCAD-6264

      4:23 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: "Well-Tempered Clavier," Book 2, BWV 870/91

      Prelude No. 6 in d

      Angela Hewitt, p
      Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier

      Hyperion CDA-67741/4 (4)

      4:25 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 17 in G, K. 453

      Benjamin Hochman, p; English Chamber Orch
      Mozart

      Avie AV-2404

      4:54 am

      Muzio Clementi: "Monferrine", Op 49

      #4 in C

      Lilya Zilberstein, p
      Clementi

      Hänssler Classic CD-93.096

      5:00 am

      Gustave G Charpentier: "Louise"

      Aria, "Depuis le jour"

      Kiri Te Kanawa, s; Royal Opera House Orch/Jeffrey Tate

      EMI/Ang CDC7-49863-2

      5:05 am

      Daniel-François Auber: "Masaniello"

      Overture

      Detroit Sym Orch/Paul Paray
      Overtures

      Mercury 434309-2

      5:12 am

      Gabriel Fauré: "Pénélope" (1913)

      Overture (Prélude)

      Suisse Romande Orch/Ernest Ansermet
      Symphonie en si bémol / Pelléas et Mélisande ; Pénélope - Prélude ; Masques et bergamasques

      London 433715-2

      5:20 am

      Edouard Lalo: "Le roi d'Ys" (1875-88)

      Overture

      Royal Phil/Yondani Butt
      Lalo

      ASV CDDCA-709

      5:31 am

      Camille Saint-Saëns: "Henry VIII"

      "Scherzetto"

      Razumovsky Symphony/Andrew Mogrelia
      DELIBES: Sylvia (Complete Ballet) / SAINT-SAENS: Henry VIII

      Naxos 8.553338-9 (2)

      5:33 am

      Sergei Taneyev: String Quartet #3 in A, Op 30

      Talan String Quartet

      MHS 515159-W

      5:54 am

      Alexander Scriabin: Preludes, Op 15

      #1 in A

      Evgeny Zarafiants, p
      Scriabin: Preludes for Piano, Vol 1

      Naxos 8.553997

      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

      Johann David Heinichen: Dresden Concerto in G, S 214

      Musica Antiqua Cologne/Reinhard Goebel
      Heinichen: Dresden Concerti

      Archiv 437549-2 (2)

      6:15 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Trio in D, Op. 70, No. 1, "Ghost"

      III. Finale, "Presto"

      Leonidas Kavakos, v; Yo-Yo Ma, vc; Emanuel Ax, p
      Beethoven for Three: Symphony No. 1; Op. 70, No. 1 "Ghost;" Op. 11 "Gassenhauer"

      Sony G010005464289W

      6:25 am

      Johannes Brahms: Hungarian Dance No. 5

      London Phil Orch/Marin Alsop
      Brahms: Symphony No. 4, Hungarian Dances Nos. 2, 4-9

      Naxos 8.570233

      6:27 am

      Johannes Brahms: Hungarian Dance No. 6

      London Phil Orch/Marin Alsop
      Brahms: Symphony No. 4, Hungarian Dances Nos. 2, 4-9

      Naxos 8.570233

      6:32 am

      Antonio Casimir Cartellieri: Two-Clarinet Concerto in B-Flat

      III. Rondo. Allegro

      Dieter Klocker & Sandra Arnold, cl's, Czech Phil Chamber Orch
      Cartellieri: Clarinet Concerto's, Vol. 2

      MD+G 3010960-2

      6:41 am

      Franz Liszt: Paraphrase on Verdi's "Rigoletto"

      Jean-Yves Thibaudet, p
      Liszt Transcriptions

      Decca 436736-2

      6:49 am

      Felix Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4 in A, Op. 90, "Italian"

      I. "Allegro vivace"

      London Sym Orch/Claudio Abbado
      Mendelssohn: 5 Symphonies, 7 Overtures

      DG 415353-2 (4)

      7:03 am

      William Alwyn: Concerto grosso No. 1

      City of London Sinfonia/Richard Hickox
      Alwyn: Oboe Concerto, Concerti Grossi

      Chandos CHAN-8866

      7:16 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: "The Nutcracker," Op. 71

      "Waltz of the Flowers"

      Milwaukee Sym Orch/Andreas Delfs
      Sergei Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet; Peter Ilyitch Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker

      Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra 708761739923

      7:25 am

      Morten Lauridsen: "Les chansons des roses"

      "Dirait-on"

      Anne Akiko Meyers, v; Fabio Bidini, p
      Shining Night

      Avie AV-2455

      7:33 am

      Richard Strauss: Horn Concerto No. 1 in E-Flat, Op. 11

      III. Finale, Rondo: "Allegro"

      Dale Clevenger, hn; Chicago Sym Orch/Daniel Barenboim
      Richard Strauss: Wind Concertos

      Teldec 23913-2

      7:38 am

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

      III. Finale, Rondo: "Allegro molto"

      Hermann Baumann, hn; Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Kurt Masur
      Strauss: Horn Concertos Nos. 1 & 2; Weber: Concertino for Horn

      Philips 412237-2

      7:46 am

      Ferde Grofé: "Mississippi Suite"

      Boston Pops Orch/Keith Lockhart
      American Visions

      RCA 68786-2

      8:05 am

      Darius Milhaud: "Suite d'après Corrette," Op. 161b

      Chicago Chamber Musicians
      French Wind Trios

      Cedille CDR-90000040

      8:16 am

      Lukas Foss: Three American Pieces

      Nikki Chooi, v; Buffalo Phil Orch/JoAnn Falletta
      American Classics - Lukas Foss

      Naxos 8.559938

      8:30 am

      Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Symphony in E-Flat, Wq 183/2

      Berlin Academy for Ancient Music
      CPE Bach: Symphonies, Harpsichord Concerto

      Harmonia Mundi HMC-901622

      8:42 am

      Aaron Copland: "Old American Songs" Set 1

      No. 4, "Simple Gifts"

      St. Charles Singers, Elgin Sym Orch/Robert Hanson
      Copland: Piano Concerto, The Tender Land, Old American Songs

      Naxos 8.559297

      8:44 am

      Aaron Copland: "Old American Songs" Set 2

      No. 4, "At the River"

      St. Charles Singers, Elgin Sym Orch/Robert Hanson
      Copland: Piano Concerto, The Tender Land, Old American Songs

      Naxos 8.559297

      8:49 am

      Antonín Dvořák: Violin Concerto in A minor, Op. 53

      III. Finale, "Allegro giocoso, ma non troppo"

      Augustin Hadelich, v; Bavarian Radio Sym Orch/Jakub Hrůša
      Bohemian Tales

      Warner 0190295274764

      9:04 am

      Michael Torke: "An American Abroad"

      Royal Scottish National Orch/Marin Alsop
      Torke: Rapture, An American Abroad, Jasper

      Naxos 8.559167

      9:26 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: String Sextet, Op. 70, "Souvenir de Florence"

      I. "Allegro con spirito"

      Nash Ensemble
      Tchaikovsky & Korngold: String Sextets

      Hyperion CDA-68406

      9:38 am

      Sergei Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 3 in A minor, Op. 44

      III. "Allegro"

      Detroit Sym Orch/Leonard Slatkin
      Rachmaninov: Symphony No. 3, Symphonic Dances

      Naxos 8.573051

      9:52 am

      Albert Roussel: "Divertissement," Op. 6

      Orsino Ensemble; Pavel Kolesnikov, p
      Belle Époque - French Music for Wind

      Chandos CHSA-5282

      10:00 am - 3:00 pm

      10:00 am

      Midday with Lisa Flynn

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

      10:00 am

      George Gershwin: "An American in Paris"

      San Francisco Sym/Michael Tilson Thomas
      Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue, Concerto In F, An American In Paris, Variations on 'I Got Rhythm'

      RCA 68931-2 (2)

      10:20 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Two-Piano Sonata in D, K. 448

      Anderson & Roe Piano Duo
      An Amadeus Affair

      Steinway & Sons 30022

      10:43 am

      William Walton: "Troilus and Cressida"

      Symphonic Suite: II. Scherzo

      City of Birmingham Sym Orch/Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla
      The British Project

      DG 4861547

      10:52 am

      Julius Röntgen: Serenade for Seven Wind Instruments in A, Op. 14 (1876)

      IV. Allegro molto vivace

      Viotta Ensemble
      The Romantic Era in the Netherlands

      NM Classics 92035

      11:00 am

      Joseph Bologne (Chevalier de Saint-Georges): "Concertante" Quartet No. 2 in G minor

      Arabella String Quartet
      Bologne: Six Concertante Quartets

      Naxos 8.574360

      11:11 am

      Gaspard Fritz: Symphony in F, Op. 6, No. 5

      La Stagione/Michael Schneider
      Fritz: 5 Sinfonias

      CPO 777696-2

      11:28 am

      Jesús Corona: "Rapsodia Mexicana"

      Argentina Durán, p
      Rapsodia Mexicana

      Bravo Music (Rapsodia Mexicana)

      11:39 am

      Gustav Holst: "The Planets," Op. 32

      "Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity"

      BBC Phil/Sir Andrew Davis
      Holst: Orchestral Works, Vol 2

      Chandos CHSA-5086

      11:49 am

      Imogen Holst: Suite for String Orchestra

      III. Intermezzo

      BBC Concert Orch/Alice Farnham
      Discovering Imogen

      NMC NMCD-280

      11:56 am

      Giovanni Gabrieli: "Canzon in Double Echo"

      Canadian Brass
      Echo: Glory of Gabrieli

      Opening Day ODR-7380

      12:01 pm

      Stacy Garrop: "Terra Nostra"

      Chorus, "A Blade of Grass/I Bequeath Myself"

      Soloists; Cho's; Northwestern U Sym Orch/Stephen Alltop
      David Govertsen, bass-baritone,
      Terra Nostra: Oratorio by Stacy Garrop

      Cedille CDR-90000227

      12:08 pm

      Gabriel Fauré: Piano Trio in D minor, Op. 120

      Renaud Capuçon, v; Gautier Capuçon, vc; Nicholas Angelich, p
      Fauré: Complete Chamber Music for Strings and Piano

      Virgin 070875-2 (5)

      12:29 pm

      Mikhail Glinka: "Kamarinskaya"

      Detroit Sym Orch/Neeme Järvi
      Favourite Encores!

      Chandos CHAN-9227

      12:36 pm

      Johann Sebastian Bach: "Brandenburg" Concerto No. 4 in G Major, BWV 1049

      Alan Choo, v; D Mor & K Stewart, r's; Apollo's Fire/J Sorrell
      Bach's Coffeehouse

      Avie AV-2520

      12:53 pm

      Tan Dun: "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon"

      "The Eternal Vow"

      Tim Gill, vc; Royal Philharmonic Orch/Paul Bateman
      Film Music Gala

      RPO RPOSP-033

      1:01 pm

      Claude Debussy: "La Mer"

      Cleveland Orch/Pierre Boulez
      Debussy: La Mer, Nocturnes, Jeux, Rhapsody for Clarinet and Orchestra

      DG 439896-2

      1:25 pm

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Wind Divertimento in B-Flat, H II:46

      Ensemble Wien-Berlin
      Haydn - Danzi - Bozza - Ibert - Villa-Lobos

      CBS MK-39558

      1:37 pm

      Frédéric Chopin: Scherzo No. 2 in B-flat minor, Op. 31

      Martha Argerich, p
      Great Pianists of the 20th Century: Martha Argerich II

      Philips 456703-2 (2)

      1:47 pm

      Henry Cowell: Hymn and Fuguing Tune No. 10

      Celia Nicklin, ob; St Martin's Academy/Sir Neville Marriner
      Barber, Ives, Copland

      Argo 417818-2

      1:54 pm

      Karl Jenkins: "Ave verum corpus"

      Polyphony/Stephen Layton
      Karl Jenkins: Motets

      DG 4793232

      2:00 pm

      Vincent d'Indy: "Jour d'été à la montagne," Op. 61

      Iceland Sym Orch/Rumon Gamba
      d'Indy: Orchestral Works, Vol. 1

      Chandos CHAN-10464

      2:32 pm

      Anonymous 16th-century English: "Kemp's Jig"

      Les Witches
      Fortune My Foe: Music of Shakespeare's Time

      Dorian DOR-93182

      2:34 pm

      Anonymous English: "Goe from My Window"

      Les Witches
      Fortune My Foe: Music of Shakespeare's Time

      Dorian DOR-93182

      2:39 pm

      John Playford: "The English Dancing Master"

      "Wallom Green"

      Les Witches
      Nobody's Jig: Mr Playford's English Dancing Master

      Alpha 502

      2:42 pm

      Michael Torke: "Javelin"

      Boston Pops Orch/John Williams
      Summon the Heroes

      Sony SK-62592

      2:52 pm

      Edvard Grieg: Symphonic Dances, Op. 64

      No. 1, "Allegro moderato e marcato"

      Bergen Phil Orch/Edward Gardner
      Grieg: Symphonic Dances, Before a Southern Convent, Funeral March for Rikard Nordaak, Bergliot

      Chandos CHSA-5301

      3:00 - 7:00 pm

      3:00 pm

      Afternoon Music with Candice Agree

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

      3:00 pm

      Max Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 26

      Cho-Liang Lin, v; Chicago Sym Orch/Leonard Slatkin
      Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1, Scottish Fantasy

      CBS MK-42315

      3:25 pm

      Jean-Féry Rebel: "Les Caractères de la Danse"

      Palladian Ensemble
      The Sun King's Paradise

      Linn CKD-100

      3:35 pm

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 34 in C, K. 338

      Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood
      Mozart: The Complete Symphonies

      L'Oiseau-Lyre 452496-2 (19)

      3:56 pm

      Ralph Vaughan Williams: Three Shakespeare Songs

      No. 1, "Full fathom five (The Tempest)"

      Cambridge Singers/John Rutter
      There is Sweet Music: English Choral Songs, 1890-1950

      Collegium CSCD-505

      4:00 pm

      Ernest Chausson: "Poème," Op. 25

      Joshua Bell, v; Royal Phil Orch/Andrew Litton
      Poème

      Decca 433519-2

      4:19 pm

      Sergei Prokofiev: Flute Sonata (Violin Sonata No. 2) in D, Op. 94

      I. "Moderato"

      Brandon Patrick George, f; Jacob Greenberg, p
      Brandon Patrick George: Flute Sonatas & Solo Works

      Profil PH-18039

      4:29 pm

      Gioachino Rossini: "La gazza ladra"

      Overture

      Philharmonia Orch/Riccardo Muti
      The Best of Rossini

      EMI CZS7-67440-2 (2)

      4:40 pm

      Agathe Backer Grøndahl: Piano Suite, Op. 20

      Natalia Strelchenko, p
      Agathe Backer Grøndahl: Complete Piano Music, Vol. 2

      Arena AR-08014

      4:58 pm

      Leonard Bernstein: "Mass"

      "Alleluia"

      Norman Scribner Cho, Orch/Leonard Bernstein
      Leonard Bernstein: Mass - A Theatre Piece for Singers, Players and Dancers

      CBS M2K-44593 (2)

      5:00 pm

      Manuel de Falla: Four Spanish Pieces

      Judith Jáuregui, p
      Para Alicia

      BerliMusic BM-001

      5:16 pm

      Franz Liszt: "Liebestraum" No. 1 in A-Flat

      Philadelphia Orch/Eugene Ormandy
      Liszt's Greatest Hits

      CBS MLK-39450

      5:21 pm

      Alexander Scriabin: Waltz in A-Flat, Op. 38

      Chicago Pro Musica
      The Medinah Sessions

      Reference RR-2102 (2)

      5:28 pm

      Ottorino Respighi: "Concerto gregoriano"

      Takako Nishizaki, v; Singapore Sym Orch/Choo Hoey
      RESPIGHI, O.: Concerto Gregoriano / Poema Autunnale

      Marco Polo 8.220152

      6:00 pm

      Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 5 in C-sharp minor

      IV. "Adagietto"

      Mito Chamber Orch
      Schubert/Mahler: Death And The Maiden

      Sony SK-61970

      6:11 pm

      Francis Poulenc: "Aubade"

      Gabriel Tacchino, p; Paris Conservatory Orch/Georges Prêtre
      Poulenc: Aubade; Concerto pour piano; Concerto pour 2 pianos

      EMI CDM7-64714-2

      6:33 pm

      music continues...

      7:00 pm

      7:00 pm

      Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin

      Haydn and Mozart Quartets

      When Haydn first started composing for the string quartet, the first violinist was the star, actually standing in front of the other three seated players. Ninety-nine Haydn string quartets later, the form had evolved into four equal voices. Bill will share with us the brief time in history when Mozart and Haydn enjoyed each other’s company, playing and composing string quartets together.

      8:00 - 10:00 pm

      10:00 pm - 12:00 am

      10:00 pm

      The New York Philharmonic This Week

      Julia Wolfe "Fire in my mouth;" Shostakovich Symphony No. 8; Women of The Crossing; The Young People's Chorus of New York; Jaap van Zweden, conductor.