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      Playlist for Wednesday, November 4, 2026

      Playing this hour

      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      HOLMES, Augusta: "Ludus pro Patria"

      "La Nuit et l'Amour"

      Lyon National Orchestra/Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider

      Palazzetto Bru Zane BZ-2007

      12:05 am

      Saint-Saens, Camille: Symphony in A (1850)

      Liège Royal Phil Orch/Jean-Jacques Kantorow

      BIS 2460

      12:29 am

      Schoeck, Othmar: "Elegie", Op 36

      "Forest Song" ("The birds fly swiftly...")

      Christian Gerhaher, br; Basel Chamber Orch/Heinz Holliger

      Sony 19439963302

      12:30 am

      Donizetti, Gaetano: Oboe Sonata in F

      Heinz Holliger, ob; Burgin, p
      Heinz Holliger at the Opera

      Philips 426288-2

      12:38 am

      Cimarosa, Domenico: Sinfonia Concertante in G

      Nicolet, f; Holliger, ob; St Martin's Academy/Kenneth Sillito
      Concertos For Flute And Oboe / Konzerte Für Flöte Und Oboe / Concertos Pour Flûte Et Hautbois

      Philips 416359-2

      12:55 am

      Schoeck, Othmar: "Elegie", Op 36

      "Forest Song" ("Stormy breezes...")

      Christian Gerhaher, br; Basel Chamber Orch/Heinz Holliger

      Sony 19439963302

      1:00 am

      Tchaikovsky, Peter: "Andante cantabile"

      Jan Vogler, vc; Dresden Kapellsolisten/Helmut Branny
      Jan Vogler: My Tunes

      Sony 13065-2

      1:05 am

      Mayer, Emilie: Cello Sonata in A

      Raphaela Gromes, vc; Julian Riem, p
      Fortissima

      Sony 19802932902

      1:28 am

      Loewe, Carl: Song, "Maisuna am Brunnen," Op. 10

      Ingeborg Danz, s; Cord Garben, p
      Loewe: Lieder & Balladen Complete Edition

      CPO 777355-2 (21)

      1:30 am

      Respighi, Ottorino: "The Pines of Rome"

      London Phil/Carlo Rizzi

      Teldec 76263-2

      1:54 am

      Lassus, Orlandus (Roland de): Motet, "Sicut rosa"

      Charles Geyer, tr; Barbara Butler, tr

      D'Note DND-1026

      2:00 am

      Regondi: Etude #10 in A

      David Starobin, g
      David Starobin: Favorite Tracks, Vol. 1

      Bridge 9272

      2:05 am

      D'Indy, Vincent: "Saugefleurie", Op 21

      Württemberg Phil/Gilles Nopre
      D' INDY : Orchestra Works

      Marco Polo 8.223659

      2:21 am

      Alkan, Charles-Valentin: 25 Preludes, Op 31

      #7, "Librement mais sans secousses"

      Laurent Martin, p
      Alkan: Preludes Op. 31

      Marco Polo 8.223284

      2:23 am

      Puccini, Giacomo: "Le Villi"

      Prelude

      Berlin Radio Sym Orch/Riccardo Chailly
      Puccini: Orchestral Music

      London 410007-2

      2:26 am

      Puccini, Giacomo: "Edgar"

      Act 3 Prelude

      Royal Liverpool Phil Orch/Domingo Hindoyan
      Verismo: Preludi e Intermezzi

      Onyx 4242

      2:30 am

      Boccherini, Luigi: String Quartet in A, Op 39/1 (G 213)

      Borciani Quartet
      Boccherini

      Naxos 8.555042

      2:54 am

      Mantovano, Rossini: Madrigal, "Lirum bililirum"

      King's Singers

      EMI/Ang CDM7-69837-2

      3:00 am

      Kreisler, Fritz: "Liebesleid"

      Earl Wild, p
      Art of the Transcription

      Audiofon CD-72008-2 (2)

      3:05 am

      Haydn, Franz Joseph: Symphony No. 94 in G, "Surprise"

      English Chamber Orch/Jeffrey Tate
      Haydn: Symphonies 94, 95, and 97

      EMI/Ang CDC3-55679-2

      3:29 am

      Haydn, Franz Joseph: Symphony No. 94 in G, "Surprise"

      II. "Andante"

      BBC Music Division Soloists; Hoffnung Festival Orch/Laurence Leonard
      Hoffnung Music Festivals 1956, 1958, and 1961

      Harmonia Mundi HMC-90768

      3:35 am

      Tchaikovsky, Peter: "Swan Lake," Op. 20

      Dance of the Little Swans

      Earl Wild, p
      Art of the Transcription

      Audiofon CD-72008-2 (2)

      3:37 am

      Wild, Earl: Piano Sonata

      Xiayin Wang, p
      The Piano Music of Earl Wild

      Chandos CHAN-10626

      3:54 am

      Johnson, Francis: "Victoria Gallop"

      Chestnut Brass Company
      The Music Of Francis Johnson And His Contemporaries: Early 19th-Century Black Composers

      Musicmasters 7029-2-C

      4:00 am

      Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Two Marches, K. 335

      Lausanne Chamber Orch/Yehudi Menuhin

      Virgin 91122-2

      4:05 am

      Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Serenade No. 13 in G, K. 525, "Eine kleine Nachtmusik" (“A Little Night Music”)

      Takács String Quartet; Joseph Carver, db

      London 460034-2

      4:22 am

      Lehár, Franz: The Merry Widow Ballet

      Act 1 finale

      Adelaide Sym Orch/John Lanchbery
      Highlights From The Merry Widow Ballet, Arranged And Conducted By John Lanchbery, The Adelaide Symphony Orchestra And The Adelaide Singers

      Angel S-37092

      4:24 am

      Ravel, Maurice: "Sonate posthume"

      Jaime Laredo, v; Joseph Kalichstein, p
      Ravel: Works For Piano, Violin And Cello

      Arabesque Z-6736-2 (2)

      4:39 am

      Satie, Erik: "Two Posthumous Preludes and a Gnossiene"

      French National Orch
      Poulenc: Aubade, Les Biches, Etc.

      London 452937-2

      4:49 am

      Poulenc, Francis: "Trois mouvements perpétuels" (1918)

      Carol Wincenc, f; Eliot Fisk, g
      Two American Virtuosi

      Musicmasters MM-60059-X

      4:55 am

      Koechlin, Charles: "Paysages et marines", Op 63 (1915-6)

      "Chant de pécheurs"

      Deborah Richards, p
      Paysages Et Marines Op. 63 / Nocturne Chromatique Op. 33 / L'Ancienne Maison De Campagne Op. 124

      CPO 999054-2

      5:00 am

      Verdi, Giuseppe: "I lombardi"

      Trio, "L'acque sante del Giordano"

      Esperian, Pavarotti, F E d'Artegna; Royal Phil/Magiera
      Pavarotti Plus

      London 448700-2

      5:05 am

      Verdi, Giuseppe: "Stiffelio"

      Overture

      Bern Sym Orch/Vincent La Selva
      Verdi: Complete Opera Overtures

      Newport Classic NPD-85649

      5:14 am

      Wagner, Richard: "Der fliegende Höllander (The Flying Dutchman)"

      Overture

      Minnesota Orch/Neville Marriner
      Wagner: Minnesota Orchestra, Nevillie Marriner

      Telarc CD-80083

      5:25 am

      Wagner, Richard: Fanfare #1

      Seattle Trumpet Consort
      After Baroque

      Origin Classical OC-33001

      5:26 am

      Wagner, Richard: Fanfare #2

      Seattle Trumpet Consort
      After Baroque

      Origin Classical OC-33001

      5:26 am

      Wagner, Richard: Fantasia in f-sharp

      Thomas Lorango, p

      Newport Classic NCD-60133

      5:54 am

      Arnold, Malcolm: English Dances, Op 53

      #2, Con brio

      Philharmonia Orch/Bryden Thomson
      Arnold: Dances

      Chandos CHAN-8867

      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.

      6:03 am

      Léo Delibes: "Sylvia"

      "Cortège"

      San Francisco Sym/Michael Tilson Thomas
      Masterpieces in Miniature

      SFS Media SFS-0060

      6:10 am

      Frédéric Chopin: Ballade No. 3 in A-Flat, Op. 47

      Seong-Jin Cho, p
      Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 1 & Ballades

      DG B0026046-02

      6:19 am

      Antonio Vivaldi: "The Four Seasons: Autumn," RV. 293

      La Serenissima/Adrian Chandler, v
      Vivaldi: The Four Seasons etc.

      Avie AV-2344

      6:32 am

      Alberto Hemsi: Quintet, Op. 28

      II. "Burlesca"

      ARC Ensemble
      Chamber Works by Alberto Hemsi

      Chandos CHAN-20243

      6:39 am

      Felix Mendelssohn: "A Midsummer Night's Dream" Overture, Op. 21

      Age of Enlightenment Orch/Charles Mackerras
      Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4, Italian; A Midsummer Night's Dream: Overture And Incidental Music

      Virgin 90725-2

      6:51 am

      Zdeněk Fibich: "Impressions from the Countryside," Op. 54

      "Village Dance"

      Czech National Sym Orch/Marek Štilec
      Fibich: Orchestral Works, Vol. 1 - Symphony No. 1

      Naxos 8.572985

      7:03 am

      Astor Piazzolla: "Histoire du Tango"

      III. "Nightclub 1960"

      Karen Gomyo, v; Stephanie Jones, g
      A Piazzolla Trilogy

      BIS 2385

      7:11 am

      Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 4 in G

      II. "In gemächlicher Bewegung. Ohne Hast"

      London Phil Orch/Klaus Tennstedt
      Complete Symphonies

      EMI CZS5-72799-2 (12)

      7:21 am

      Antonín Dvořák: String Quartet No. 10 in E-Flat, Op. 51, "Slavonic"

      II. "Dumka"

      Kontras Quartet
      All Made of Stories

      MSR Classics MS-1859

      7:31 am

      Vincenzo Bellini: "Norma"

      Duet, "Mira, oh Norma"

      Montserrat Caballé, s; Shirley Verrett, ms; New Philharmonia Orch/Anton Guadagno
      Opera's Greatest Duets

      RCA 62699-2

      7:41 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Triple Concerto in C, Op. 56

      III. Finale, "Rondo alla Polacca"

      Benedetti; Kanneh-Mason; Grosvenor; Philharmonia Orch/Rouvali
      Beethoven: Triple Concerto

      Decca 4854624

      7:54 am

      Domenico Scarlatti: Clavier Sonata in D, Kk 29 (L 461)

      Angela Hewitt, p
      Angela Hewitt: Domenico Scarlatti Sonatas

      Hyperion CDA-67613

      8:03 am

      Aaron Copland: "An Outdoor Overture"

      Cleveland Pops Orch/Louis Lane
      Copland: Orchestral Works

      Sony SBK-62401

      8:14 am

      Matthew Locke: Music for "The Tempest"

      Suite of Dances

      Il Giardino Armonico members
      Biber: Battalia; Locke: The Tempest

      Teldec 21464-2

      8:21 am

      Alexander Borodin: "Petite Suite"

      VII. Finale, "Nocturne"

      Russian State Sym Orch/Yevgeny Svetlanov
      Borodin: Symphony No. 2, Petite Suite

      RCA 62505-2

      8:29 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Notturno No. 1 in C, H II:25

      Marten Root, f; Michael Niesemann, ob; Mozzafiato, L'Archibudelli
      Haydn: Eight Notturni for the King of Naples

      Sony SK-62878

      8:42 am

      Henry Charles Litolff: "Concerto symphonique" No. 3 in E-Flat, Op. 45

      I. Maestoso

      Peter Donohoe, p; BBC Scottish Sym Orch/Andrew Litton

      Hyperion CDA-67210

      8:54 am

      Erik Satie: "Jack-in-the-Box"

      Utah Sym/Maurice Abravanel
      The Complete Ballets of Erik Satie

      Vanguard OVC-4030

      9:03 am

      Johann Nepomuk Hummel: Trumpet Concerto

      Wynton Marsalis, tr; English Chamber Orch/Raymond Leppard
      The London Concert

      Sony SK-57497

      9:24 am

      Anton Arensky: String Quartet No. 2 in A minor, Op. 35

      Variations on a theme of Tchaikovsky, Op. 35a

      Sejong Soloists
      Shostakovich, Tchaikovsky, Arensky, Stravinsky

      Samsung SCC-013

      9:38 am

      Michael Torke: "Bliss"

      University of Kansas Wind Ensemble/Paul W. Popiel
      Michael Torke: Concerto for Orchestra

      Ecstatic Records ER-092261

      9:50 am

      William Walton: "Scapino" Overture

      Royal Liverpool Phil Orch/John Wilson
      Made in Britain

      Avie AV-2194

      10:00 am - 1:00 pm

      10:00 am

      Midday with Lisa Flynn

      Including the Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts at 12:15 pm.

      10:00 am

      Ralph Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis

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

      DG 4861547

      10:16 am

      Johannes Brahms: "Neue Liebeslieder" Waltzes, Op. 65

      No. 15, "Zum Schluss"

      Robert Shaw Festival Singers/Shaw; Mackenzie & Wustman, p's
      Brahms: Liebeslieder Waltzes, Evening Songs

      Telarc CD-80326

      10:20 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: "Eugene Onegin," Op. 24

      Act II, Entr'acte and Waltz

      BBC Scottish Sym Orch/Alpesh Chauhan
      Tchaikovsky: Orchestral Works, Vol. 3

      Chandos CHSA-5352

      10:29 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Horn Concerto No. 4 in E-Flat, K. 495

      David Jolley, hn; Orpheus Chamber Orch
      Mozart: Clarinet Concerto, Horn Concertos 1 & 4

      DG 423377-2

      10:47 am

      Francisco Tárrega: "Recuerdos de la Alhambra"

      Pablo Sáinz-Villegas, g
      Soul of Spanish Guitar

      Sony 19439786732

      10:54 am

      Georges Bizet: "Carmen"

      Toreador Song

      Dmitri Hvorostovsky, br; Spiritual Revival Choir of Russia; Philharmonia of Russia/Constantine Orbelian
      Heroes and Villains

      Delos DE-3365

      11:00 am

      Frank Martin: Piano Trio on Irish Folk Tunes

      Neave Trio
      Rooted

      Chandos CHAN-20272

      11:18 am

      Edward Elgar: "Cockaigne" Overture ("In London Town"), Op. 40

      Oregon Sym/Carlos Kalmar
      This England

      Pentatone PTC-5186471

      11:34 am

      George Frideric Handel: "Music for the Royal Fireworks"

      Overture

      English Concert/Trevor Pinnock
      Handel: Music for the Royal Fireworks, Concerti a Due Cori

      Archiv 415129-2

      11:42 am

      Florence Price: Barcarolle

      Lara Downes, p
      Phenomenal Women

      Rising Sun Music RS-003D

      11:46 am

      John Field: Nocturne in F, H 62

      Míceál O'Rourke, p; London Mozart Players/Matthias Bamert
      Field: Piano Concertos

      Chandos CHAN-9534

      11:53 am

      Maurice Ravel: "Menuet antique"

      Royal Stockholm Phil Orch/Sakari Oramo
      Orchestral Music of Ravel

      BIS 2438

      12:00 pm

      Ambroise Thomas: "Raymond"

      Overture

      Les Siècles/François-Xavier Roth
      Les Nuits de Paris - Dance Music from Folies Bergère to Opéra

      Bru Zane BZ-2005

      12:08 pm

      Henryk Wieniawski: "Polonaise brillante" No. 1 in D, Op. 4

      Leila Josefowicz, v; St Martin's Academy/Sir Neville Marriner
      Bohemian Rhapsodies - Leila Josefowicz

      Philips 454440-2

      12:15 pm

      Dame Myra Hess Concerts

      Clarinetist Jonathan Leibovitz and pianist Matteo Generani perform music by Clara Schumann, Paul Ben-Haim, and Carl Maria von Weber, live from Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago.

      12:58 pm

      Gordon Jacob: "William Byrd" Suite

      I. "Earl of Oxford's March"

      Eastman Wind Ensemble/Frederick Fennell
      British and American Band Classics

      Mercury 432009-2

      1:00 - 3:00 pm

      1:00 pm

      Music for the Afternoon

      1:01 pm

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 99 in E-Flat

      Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orch/Ádám Fischer
      Haydn: Symphony No. 99 In E Flat; Symphony No. 104 In D 'London'

      Nimbus NI-5230

      1:30 pm

      Georg Philipp Telemann: "Tafelmusik," Book 1

      Quartet in G

      Freiburg Baroque Orch members
      The Complete Tafelmusik

      Harmonia Mundi HMC-902042.45 (4)

      1:45 pm

      Edward MacDowell: Orchestra Suite No. 2, Op. 48, "Indian"

      V. Finale, "Village Festival"

      Ulster Orch/Takuo Yuasa
      Edward MacDowell: Suites Nos. 1 and 2, Hamlet and Ophelia

      Naxos 8.559075

      1:52 pm

      Aaron Copland: "Danzón cubano"

      Mexico City Phil/Enrique Bátiz
      Copland: Fanfare for the Common Man, El Salón México, Quiet City, Four Dance Episodes from "Rodeo", Dance Symphony, Danzón Cubano

      EMI CD-EMX-2147

      2:00 pm

      Bedřich Smetana: "Vyšehrad (The High Castle)"

      Czech Phil/Charles Mackerras
      Smetana: Má Vlast

      Supraphon SU-34652031

      2:17 pm

      Leslie Adams: Etudes, Part I

      No. 12 in e-flat minor

      Maria Thompson Corley, p
      Maria Corley * Leslie Adams * Twelve Etudes

      Albany TROY-639

      2:26 pm

      Giuseppe Tartini: Violin Concerto in E, D. 51

      La Serenissima/Adrian Chandler, v
      The Italian Job

      Avie AV-2371

      2:44 pm

      Josquin des Prez: "Ave Maria, Virgo Serena"

      Voces8
      Twenty - Voces8

      VOCES8 VCM-174

      2:51 pm

      Giuseppe Verdi: "Giovanna d'Arco"

      Overture

      La Scala Phil/Riccardo Muti
      Verdi: Preludes and Overtures

      Sony SK-68468

      3:00 - 7:00 pm

      3:00 pm

      Afternoon Music with Candice Agree

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

      3:00 pm

      Richard Strauss: "Burleske" in D minor

      Bertrand Chamayou, p; Santa Cecilia Orch/Antonio Pappano
      Strauss: Ein Heldenleben & Burleske

      Warner 190295028428

      3:21 pm

      Charles Tomlinson Griffes: "The Pleasure Dome of Kubla Khan," Op. 8

      Buffalo Phil Orch/JoAnn Falletta
      Griffes: Pleasure Dome of Kubla Khan, The White Peacock, Three Tone Pictures, Poem

      Naxos 8.559164

      3:36 pm

      Eugène Ysaÿe: "Poème concertant"

      Philippe Graffin, v; Royal Liverpool Phil Orch/JJ Kantorow
      Rêves

      Avie AV-2650

      4:00 pm

      Henry Purcell: "King Arthur"

      Act 5 Symphony

      Music of the Baroque Orch/Thomas Wikman
      With Clarion Voice

      D'Note DND-1026

      4:00 pm

      Robert Nathaniel Dett: "In the Bottoms"

      Rochelle Sennet, p
      Bach to Black: Suites for Piano, Vol. 1

      Albany TROY-1869-71 (3)

      4:18 pm

      music continues...

      7:00 pm

      7:00 pm

      Exploring Music

      A Little Traveling Music, Please

      Rivers, boatmen, wanderers, and travelers are always on the go. This week, Bill shares stories about journeys and the music they inspired, featuring works by George Handel, Bedřich Smetana, and Duke Ellington. We’ll also hear pieces like Beethoven’s "Les Adieux," Schubert’s "Die schöne Müllerin," and Haydn’s "Farewell" Symphony.

      8:00 - 10:00 pm

      10:00 pm - 12:00 am

      10:00 pm

      Baroque&Before with Candice Agree

      Bernardo Pasquini's "Sant'Agnese"

      A performance of the 1677 oratorio "Sant'Agnese" by Bernardo Pasquini, which recounts the martyrdom of the patron saint of chastity. Recorded in concert August 11, 2025 as part of the Radovljica Festival, the oldest Slovenian festival of early music.