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      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      Franz Liszt: "Transcendental Etudes"

      No. 3, "Paysage"

      Daniil Trifonov, p
      Transcendental: Daniil Trifonov Plays Liszt

      DG 479 5529 (2)

      12:05 am

      Benjamin Britten: "Simple Symphony," Op. 4

      English Chamber Orch/G Levine
      Les Illuminations ~ Bridge Variations ~ Simple Symphony

      Arabesque Z-6603

      12:23 am

      Henry Purcell: Chacony in g

      London Chamber Orch/Christopher Warren-Green
      Prelude and Fugue, Simple Symphony, Lachrymae, Chacony

      Virgin 61269-2

      12:32 am

      Percy Grainger: "Lisbon (Dublin Bay)"

      English Chamber Orch/Benjamin Britten
      Salute To Percy Grainger

      London 425159-2

      12:33 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Cello Suite No. 3 in C, BWV 1009

      Antonio Meneses, vc
      Antonio Meneses * J S Bach * The 6 Cello Suites

      Avie AV-0052 (2)

      12:54 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Chorale, "O Gott, du frommer Gott," BWV 398

      Chamber Cho of Europe/Nicol Matt
      Bach Edition: Complete Works

      Brilliant Classics 93102 (155)

      1:00 am

      Adolphus Hailstork: "Adagio for Strings"

      Ambrosia Quartet
      Adolphus Hailstork

      Albany TROY-1680

      1:05 am

      Samuel Barber: "Adagio for Strings" (from Op. 11)

      London Sym/André Previn
      Rachmaninov: Symphony No. 2 in E Minor Op. 27, Vocalise, Intermezzo and Dance

      EMI CD-EMX-2127

      1:14 am

      Richard Strauss: Song, "Im Walde"

      Christiane Libor, s; Nina Schumann, p
      Strauss: Complete Songs

      Two Pianists TP-1039312 (9)

      1:16 am

      Joachim Raff: Symphony #3 in F, Op. 153, "In the Forest"

      Czecho-Slovak State Phil/Urs Schneider
      RAFF : Symphonies Nos. 3 and 10

      Marco Polo 8.223321

      1:54 am

      Franz Liszt: "Responsories and Antiphons"

      "Posuerunt me"

      Leslie Howard, p
      Responsories and Antiphons

      Hyperion CDA-67161/2 (2)

      2:00 am

      Alma Deutscher: "For Antonia (Variations on a melody in G major)"

      Alma Deutscher, p
      From My Book of Melodies

      Sony 1907590192

      2:05 am

      Antonin Dvorák: Symphonic Variations, Op. 78

      North German Radio Sym Orch/John Eliot Gardiner
      9 Ungarische Tänze • Hungarian Dances / Symphonische Variationen • Böhmische Suite Symphonic Variations • Czech Suite

      DG 437506-2

      2:26 am

      Alan Thomas: Variations on Dvořák's "Song to the Moon"

      Eugenia Moliner, f; Beilin Han, p
      Song to the Moon

      Azica ACD-71369

      2:43 am

      Alma Deutscher: "Siren Sounds Waltz" (2019)

      Waltz No. 2

      Alma Deutscher, p
      From My Book of Melodies

      Sony 1907590192

      2:44 am

      Johann Strauss II: "Blue Danube" Waltzes, Op. 314

      Chicago Sym/Daniel Barenboim
      Johann Strauss II: Waltzes & Polkas

      Erato 45998-2

      2:54 am

      Carl Maria von Weber: Six Waltzes (1812)

      #2

      Michael Endres, p

      Oehms Classics OC-357 (2)

      3:00 am

      Elie Siegmeister: "Our Cat"

      Noel Lester, p
      Purrfectly Classical

      Centaur CRC-2511

      3:02 am

      Carlos Guastavino: "Gato (Cat)"

      Noel Lester, p
      Purrfectly Classical

      Centaur CRC-2511

      3:05 am

      George Gershwin: "Walking the Dog"

      Detroit Sym Orch/Neeme Järvi
      Favourite Encores!

      Chandos CHAN-9227

      3:08 am

      Gioachino Rossini: "Cat" Duet "(Duetto buffo di due gatti)"

      Felicity Lott, s; Ann Murray, ms; Graham Johnson, p
      Sweet Power Of Song

      EMI/Ang CDC7-54411-2

      3:12 am

      Aaron Copland: "Scherzo Humoristique, The Cat and the Mouse"

      Leo Smit, p
      The Complete Music For Solo Piano

      Sony SM2K-66345 (2)

      3:16 am

      Emil Sjögren: "Porträtt av Donnie, min lilla hund"

      Lars Roos, p
      Piano- Malarlegender, Sonat E-Moll

      Bluebell 152

      3:17 am

      Camille Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3 in c minor, Op. 78, "Organ"

      Frederick Minger, o; Baltimore Sym Orch/Sergiu Comissiona
      Symphony No. 3 'Organ' in C Minor, Op. 78

      Vanguard SVC-100/01 (2)

      3:53 am

      Michael Praetorius: "Terpsichore" (1612)

      "Courante"

      Brass Ring
      Brass Ring - Berio, Praetorius, Gabrieli, Bach, Ewald, Kelly

      Crystal CD-561

      4:00 am

      Franz Schubert: "Ständchen" from "Schwanengesang"

      Vladimir Horowitz, p
      Vladimir Horowitz- Complete Recordings On Deutsche Grammophon

      DG 427772-2

      4:05 am

      Franz Krommer: Wind Octet in B-Flat, Op 78

      Sabine Meyer Wind Ensemble

      EMI/Ang CDC7-54383-2

      4:22 am

      Felix Mendelssohn: "Gondellied"

      Martin Jones, p

      Nimbus NI-5074

      4:23 am

      Edvard Grieg: Symphony in c (1864)

      Gothenburg Sym Orch/Neeme Järvi
      Symphony/In Autumn/Old Norwegian Melody With Variations/Funeral March In Memory Of Rikard Nordraak

      DG 427321-2

      4:55 am

      John Knowles Paine: "In the Country", Op 26

      #7, "The Mill"

      Denver Oldham, p
      John Knowles Paine: Selected Piano Works

      New World 80424-2 (2)

      5:00 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata No. 78, "Jesu, der du meine Seele (Jesus, by whom my soul)"

      Duet, "Wir eilen mit schwachen (We hurry with weak yet eager steps)"

      Maurice André, tr; Béatrice André, ob; Francois-Henri Houbart, o
      Maurice André At The Ebbs Church

      EMI/Ang CDC7-49722-2

      5:05 am

      Johann Wilhelm Hertel: Trumpet Concerto #2 in E-flat

      Virtuosi Saxoniae, Ludwig Güttler, tr

      Berlin Classics BC-1068-2

      5:14 am

      Georg Philipp Telemann: Overture (Suite) in D, TWV 55

      "La Trompette"

      Siegfried Pank, viga; Academy for Ancient Music

      Capriccio 10237

      5:16 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 in A, Op. 92

      Philharmonia/Benjamin Zander
      Symphonies No. 5 & No. 7

      Telarc CD-80471

      5:54 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Canon, "An Maelzel," WoO 162

      Vienna Academy Chamber Cho/Xaver Mayer
      The Comic Beethoven: Dances and Satiric Songs and Canons

      Seraphim S-60180

      6:00 - 10:00 am

      6:00 am

      Hosted by Jan Weller.

      6:03 am

      Edward Elgar: "Salut d'amour," Op. 12

      John Williams, g's
      Echos of London

      CBS MK-42119

      6:08 am

      Giuseppe Clemente Dall'Abaco: Sonata VII in C, ABV 18

      Elinor Frey, vc; Mauro Valli, vc; Federica Bianchi, hc; Giangiacomo Pinardi, lute
      Giangiacomo Pinardi, lute,
      Dall'Abaco Cello Sonatas

      Passacaille 1069

      6:21 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 21 in C, Op. 53, "Waldstein"

      I. "Allegro con brio"

      Maurizio Pollini, p
      Beethoven: Sonaten Opp. 31/2, 53, 79, 81a

      DG 427642-2

      6:32 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Prelude and Fugue in G minor, BWV 542, "Great"

      Fugue

      Russian Renaissance
      Russian Renaissance

      Azica ACD-71333

      6:39 am

      Johannes Brahms: Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98

      I. "Allegro non troppo"

      Chamber Orch of Europe/Yannick Nézet-Séguin
      Brahms: The Symphonies

      DG 4866000

      6:52 am

      Frédéric Chopin: Polonaise No. 6 in A-Flat, Op. 53, "Heroic"

      Daniel Barenboim, p
      The Warsaw Recital

      DG B0015384-02

      7:03 am

      Manuel de Falla: "La vida breve"

      Interlude & Dance

      Cincinnati Sym Orch/Jesús López-Cobos
      Manuel de Falla: The Three-Cornered Hat (Complete) / Interlude & Spansh Dance From La Vida Breve / Homenajes

      Telarc CD-80149

      7:12 am

      Gabriel Fauré: Barcarolle No. 13 in C, Op. 116

      Alessio Bax, p
      Music at Menlo Live: Maps and Legends

      Music@Menlo 2010

      7:17 am

      Alberto Ginastera: "Estancia," Op. 8

      Final Dance, "Malambo"

      BBC Phil/Juanjo Mena
      Explosive Classics

      Chandos CHAN-10989

      7:21 am

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

      I. "Allegro con spirito"

      Nash Ensemble
      Tchaikovsky & Korngold: String Sextets

      Hyperion CDA-68406

      7:34 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 8 in F, Op. 93

      I. "Allegro vivace e con brio"

      Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Kurt Masur
      Beethoven: Symphony No. 8

      Pro Arte 375

      7:45 am

      Ralph Vaughan Williams: English Folk Song Suite

      London Wind Orch/Denis Wick
      Wind Music of Holst and Vaughan Williams

      ASV CDQS-6021

      7:56 am

      Traditional Irish: Irish Jig

      Scott Tennant, g
      Classical Caffeine

      Delos DE-1628

      8:03 am

      George Gershwin: "Someone to Watch Over Me"

      Romain Leleu, tr; Julien Gernay, p
      Folies Parisiennes - Paris, de l'Exposition Universelle aux années 1890

      Harmonia Mundi HMM-905381

      8:08 am

      William Grant Still: "Ennanga"

      2nd mvt

      Ann Hobson Pilot, h; Videmus
      Works by William Grant Still

      New World 80399-2

      8:15 am

      Jean-Philippe Rameau: "Pièces de clavecin en concerts": Quatrième concert

      Trio Settecento

      WFMT

      8:27 am

      Jean Sibelius: "Canzonetta," Op. 62a

      Bergen Phil Orch/Andrew Litton
      Stravinsky: The Firebird

      BIS SACD-1874

      8:32 am

      Carl Maria von Weber: Clarinet Concertino in E-Flat, Op. 26

      David Shifrin, cl; Orch di Padova e del Veneto/David Golub
      Weber: Clarinet Concertos

      Delos DE-3220

      8:44 am

      Claude Debussy: "Images," Set 2

      Ivan Moravec, p
      Ivan Moravec Plays Debussy

      MMG MCD-10003

      8:58 am

      Darius Milhaud: "Saudades do Brasil," Op. 67

      No. 1, "Sorocaba"

      Windscape Wind Quintet
      The Roaring 20s

      Arabesque Z-6732

      9:03 am

      Antonín Dvořák: "Humoresque" in G-Flat, Op. 101, No. 7

      Anne-Sophie Mutter, v; Berlin Phil/Manfred Honeck
      Dvořák: Violin Concerto

      DG B0019303-02

      9:09 am

      Peter Warlock: "Capriol" Suite

      English Sinfonia/Neville Dilkes
      Country Gardens

      EMI CDZ7-62529-2

      9:19 am

      Bedřich Smetana: "From Bohemia's Meadows and Forests"

      Czech Phil/Charles Mackerras
      Smetana: Má Vlast

      Supraphon SU-34652031

      9:33 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: "Souvenir d'un lieu cher," Op. 42

      Janine Jansen, v; Mahler Chamber Orch/Daniel Harding
      Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto, Souvenir d'un lieu cher

      Decca 4780651

      9:51 am

      Elmer Bernstein: "The Age of Innocence"

      Suite

      London Phil Orch/Dirk Brossé
      The Genius of Film Music: Hollywood Blockbusters 1980s-2000s

      LPO 0110

      10:00 am - 3:00 pm

      10:00 am

      Midday with Lisa Flynn

      Including the "Daily Excursion" at 11:00 am and "Music in Chicago" at 12:00 pm.

      10:00 am

      Gerald Finzi: "Eclogue," Op. 10

      Tom Poster, p; Aurora Orch/Nicholas Collon
      Introit - The Music of Gerald Finzi

      Decca 4789357

      10:12 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 18 in F, K. 130

      Prague Chamber Orch/Charles Mackerras
      Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 14, 15, 16, 17 & 18

      Telarc CD-80242

      10:31 am

      Gioachino Rossini: "Il turco in Italia"

      Overture

      National Phil/Riccardo Chailly
      Rossini: Overtures

      Sony SBK-62653

      10:40 am

      Sergei Prokofiev: "Overture on Hebrew Themes," Op. 34

      National Sym Orch members/Leonard Slatkin
      Prokofiev: 6th Symphony, Suite from "The Love For Three Oranges"

      RCA 68801-2

      10:50 am

      Franz Schubert: Impromptu in A-Flat, D 935, No. 2

      Gerardo Teissonnière, p
      Schubert: The Complete Impromptus

      Steinway & Sons 30220

      11:01 am

      Ernesto Lecuona: "Rapsodia Argentina"

      Thomas Tirino, p; Polish National Radio Sym Orch/Michael Bartos
      Ernesto Lecuona: The Complete Piano Music, Vol. 2

      BIS CD-774

      11:13 am

      Franz Benda: Violin Concerto in A

      Zefira Valova, v; Il Pomo d'Oro
      Violin Concertos: Benda, Graun, Saint-Georges, Sirmen

      Aparté AP-291

      11:29 am

      Claude Debussy: "Printemps"

      Lyon National Orch/Jun Märkl
      Debussy: Orchestral Works, Vol. 6

      Naxos 8.572583

      11:46 am

      Ludovico Einaudi: "Experience"

      Voces8; L Somogyi, h; T Gould, v; E Denton, vc; E Bradley, mar
      Elsa Bradley, marimba,
      Nightfall

      Decca 4870458

      12:01 pm

      Germaine Tailleferre: "Pastorale" (1942)

      Rachel Barton Pine, v; Orion Weiss, p
      French Impressions: Chamber Music by Chausson & Tailleferre

      Cedille CDR-90000238

      12:04 pm

      Germaine Tailleferre: "Berceuse" (1913)

      Rachel Barton Pine, v; Orion Weiss, p
      French Impressions: Chamber Music by Chausson & Tailleferre

      Cedille CDR-90000238

      12:08 pm

      Aaron Copland: "The Red Pony" Suite

      Buffalo Phil Orch/JoAnn Falletta
      Aaron Copland: Four Dances from Rodeo; The Red Pony (Suite); Prairie Journal; Letter from Home

      Naxos 8.559240

      12:33 pm

      Johannes Brahms: Scherzo for "F-A-E" Sonata

      Christian-Pierre La Marca, vc; Jean-Frédéric Neuburger, p
      Love Letters

      Naïve V-7364

      12:40 pm

      Heitor Villa-Lobos: "Bachianas Brasileiras" No. 1

      I. Introduction ("Embolada")

      Yale Cellos/Aldo Parisot
      Bach Bachianas

      Delos D/CD-3041

      1:01 pm

      George Frideric Handel: Concerto grosso in C, "Alexander's Feast"

      Berlin Academy for Ancient Music
      Handel: Famous Arias

      Harmonia Mundi HMX-2908288.91 (4)

      1:14 pm

      Frédéric Chopin: Waltz in A minor, Op. 34, No. 2

      Evgeny Kissin, p
      Chopin, Vol. 1 - Recorded at Carnegie Hall

      RCA 60445-2

      1:22 pm

      Antonín Dvořák: "Slavonic Dances," Op. 46

      Nos. 1-4

      Cleveland Orch/George Szell
      Dvořák: Slavonic Dances Opp. 46 & 72

      Sony SBK-89845

      1:44 pm

      Astor Piazzolla: Tango Suite

      Tango No. 2

      Patrick Gallois, f; Göran Söllscher, g
      Piazzolla for Two

      DG 449185-2

      1:51 pm

      Jean Sibelius: Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47

      III. Finale, "Allegro, ma non tanto"

      Anne-Sophie Mutter, v; Dresden Staatskapelle/André Previn
      Sibelius: Violin Concerto in D Minor, Op. 47, Serenades Nos. 1 and 2, Humoresque

      DG 447895-2

      2:01 pm

      Gabriel Fauré: "Cantique de Jean Racine," Op. 11

      Cambridge Singers, City of London Sinfonia/John Rutter
      Fauré: Requiem (1893 Version) and Other Choral Music

      Collegium COLCD-109

      2:09 pm

      Robert Schumann: Piano Quartet in E-Flat, Op. 47

      Daniel Hope, v; Paul Neubauer, vi; David Finckel, vc; Wu Han, p
      Wu Han, piano,
      Brahms, Schumann, Mahler: Piano Quartets

      DG B0022906-02

      2:37 pm

      Johann Joachim Quantz: Two-Flute Concerto in G

      Jed Wentz & Marion Moonen, f's; Musica Antiqua Cologne/Reinhard Goebel
      Concerti "per l'orchestra di Dresda"

      Archiv 447644-2

      3:00 - 7:00 pm

      3:00 pm

      Afternoon Music with Candice Agree

      Including "Friday Afternoon at the Movies" at 4:30pm and "The Unrush Hour" at 5:00 pm.

      3:00 pm

      Johann Christian Bach: Flute and Oboe Quintet in D, Op. 22/1

      English Concert members
      JC Bach: 3 Quintets, Sextet

      Archiv 423385-2

      3:22 pm

      Jean Sibelius: Four Legends from the Kalevala, Op. 22

      No. 2, "The Swan of Tuonela"

      Lahti Sym Orch/Osmo Vänskä
      Sibelius: Lemminkäinen Suite

      BIS CD-1015

      3:33 pm

      Béla Bartók: Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta

      II. "Allegro"

      Chicago Sym Orch/Fritz Reiner
      Classical Fan Favorites

      Sony (Classical Fan Favorites)

      3:40 pm

      Béla Bartók: Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta

      IV. Finale, "Allegro molto"

      Chicago Sym Orch/Fritz Reiner
      Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra, Music for Strings, Percussion & Celesta

      RCA 61504-2

      3:49 pm

      Arvo Pärt: "Spiegel im Spiegel"

      Paul Huang, v; Helen Huang, p
      Live from WFMT: Paul Huang & Helen Huang (January 28, 2025)

      WFMT

      4:00 pm

      Paul Dukas: "The Sorcerer's Apprentice"

      Lyon National Orch/Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider
      Aux étoiles - French Symphonic Poems

      Bru Zane BZ-2007

      4:13 pm

      Maurice Ravel: "Le tombeau de Couperin"

      Kebyart
      Unraveled: Homage to Maurice Ravel

      Linn CKD-779

      4:30 pm

      Georges Delerue: "Two English Girls"

      Suite

      Studio Orch/Georges Delerue
      Jules et Jim / Les Deux Anglaises

      Universal UCCM-4094

      4:50 pm

      Paul Bowles: "Pastorela" Ballet Music

      Suite No. 1

      Eos Ensemble/Jonathan Sheffer
      Music of Paul Bowles

      RCA 68409-2

      5:00 pm

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 24 in F-Sharp, Op. 78

      Alfred Brendel, p
      Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Opp. 57, 78, 79 & 90

      Philips 442787-2

      5:11 pm

      Aaron Copland: "Appalachian Spring"

      "Simple Gifts"

      Boston Pops Orch/John Williams
      The Green Album

      Sony SK-48224

      5:17 pm

      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

      5:22 pm

      Frédéric Chopin: Polonaise No. 8 in D minor, Op. 71, No. 1

      Garrick Ohlsson, p
      Chopin: The Complete Piano Works Vol. 5 - Polonaises and Impromptus

      Arabesque Z-6642 (2)

      5:29 pm

      William Grant Still: Symphony No. 2 in G, "Song of a New Race"

      Detroit Sym Orch/Neeme Järvi
      Still, Dawson, Ellington: Orchestral Works

      Chandos CHAN-9226

      6:00 pm

      music continues...

      7:00 pm

      7:00 pm

      Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin

      Songs of Parting

      Adiós, adieu, sayonara, vale, zàijiàn — no turning back this week as Bill explores musical farewells. He features works ranging from Purcell’s "Sonata for Trumpet" to Bach’s “Capriccio,” a heartfelt goodbye to his eldest brother. Prokofiev’s ballet "Romeo and Juliet" includes a moving farewell from Romeo, where the mandolin cleverly sets the scene in Italy, and the saxophone expresses Romeo’s poignant departure. Kathleen Ferrier sings a Northumbrian folk song, “Blow the Wind Southerly,” and Ray Charles doesn’t mince words in his shout to “Hit the Road Jack!” that includes a snarling vocal by Margie Hendricks of the Raelettes, and yes, more saxophone.

      8:00 - 11:00 pm

      8:00 pm

      Friday Evening with Kristina Lynn

      11:00 pm

      11:00 pm

      Best of Studs Terkel

      King's Singers (7/20/1995)

      The King's Singers have represented the gold standard in a cappella singing on the world's greatest stages for over fifty years. Members of the King’s Singers visited Studs Terkel at WFMT in 1995.