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      Playlist for Friday, February 13, 2026

      Playing this hour

      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Four African Dances, Op. 58

      #4, Allegro energico

      Samuel Nebyu, v; Bethany Brooks, p
      Music by Composers of African Descent

      BCM+D Records

      12:05 am

      Herbert Howells: Concerto for String Orchestra

      Sinfonia of London/John Wilson
      Vaughan Williams, Howells, Delius & Elgar - Music for Strings

      Chandos CHSA-5291

      12:33 am

      Hubert Gregg: Maybe it's Because I'm a Londoner

      John Williams, g; Orch/William Goodchild
      Echoes Of London

      CBS MK-42119

      12:34 am

      Mauro Giuliani: Variations on a theme by Handel, Op 107 "(Harmonious Blacksmit

      John Williams, g
      Guitar Recital: Paganini, Scarlatti, Giuliani and Villa-Lobos

      Sony SBK-62425

      12:41 am

      George Frideric Handel: Organ Concerto No. 13 in F, "The Cuckoo and the Nightingale"

      Simon Preston, o; English Concert/Trevor Pinnock
      Baroque Festival

      DG Archiv 469358-2 (3)

      12:54 am

      François Couperin: Pièces de clavecin, Bk 3 (1722): 14e ordre in D/d

      "La Rossignol-Vainqueur"

      Carole Cerasi, hc
      Couperin: Complete Works for Harpsichord

      Metronome METCD-1100 (10)

      1:00 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Divertimento in C, K. 15

      St Martin's Academy/Sir Neville Marriner
      Complete Mozart Edition Vol 45: Rarities and Surprises

      Philips 422545-2 (3)

      1:05 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: String Divertimento in D, K. 136

      Salzburg Camerata Academica des Mozarteums/Sandor Vegh
      Masters Of Classical Music, Vol. 1: Mozart

      Laserlight 15861

      1:18 am

      Delores White: Blues Dialogue (1988)

      3rd mvt, "Fast and funky"

      Gregory Walker, v
      Kaleidoscope: Music By African-American Women

      Leonarda LE-339

      1:20 am

      Clarence Cameron White: "Bandanna Sketches," Op. 12

      Samuel Nebyu, v; Bethany Brooks, p
      Music by Composers of African Descent

      BCM+D Records

      1:34 am

      Felix WHITE: The Nymph's Complaint for the Death of her Fawn (1921)

      Alex Klein, ob, Richard Young, vi, Ricardo Castro, p
      Poetic Inspirations: Works for Oboe, Viola & Piano

      Cedille CDR-90000102

      1:43 am

      Claude Debussy: "Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune"

      Santa Cecilia Academy Orch/Leonard Bernstein
      The Best of Bernstein

      DG B027991-02 (3)

      1:54 am

      Claude Debussy: "Fêtes galantes," Set 2

      "Le faune"

      Gérard Souzay, br; Dalton Baldwin, p

      EMI/Ang CMS7-64095-2 (3)

      2:00 am

      George Walker: "Lyric for Strings"

      Chicago Sinfonietta/Paul Freeman
      African Heritage Symphonic Series - Vol II

      Cedille CDR-90000061

      2:05 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata #32 in c, Op 111

      Simone Dinnerstein, p
      Simone Dinnerstein - The Berlin Concert

      Telarc CD-80715

      2:33 am

      Louis Gruenberg: "Vier Indiskretionen"

      IV. "Allegro burlando"

      Pacifica Quartet

      Cedille CDR-90000228

      2:35 am

      Johann Gottlieb Graun: Overture and Allegro

      Berlin Academy for Ancient Music
      Friedrich der Grosse: Music for the Berlin Court

      Harmonia Mundi HMC-902132

      2:47 am

      Carl Heinrich Graun: Horn Concerto in D

      Ursula Paludan Monberg, horn; Arcangelo/Jonathan Cohen
      Baroque Horn Concertos

      Hyperion CDA-68289

      2:55 am

      Johann Jakob Froberger: Suite XV in a

      "Courante"

      Ludger Rémy, hc
      The Strasbourg Manuscript

      CPO 999750-2

      3:00 am

      Gioachino Rossini: "Il Turco in Italia"

      "Intesi...Tu seconda il mio disegno...Se il mio rival deludo"

      Juan Diego Flórez, t; Santa Cecilia Orch/Roberto Abbado
      Voce d'Italia: Arias for Rubini * Juan Diego Flórez

      London B0010302-02

      3:05 am

      Gioachino Rossini: "Il turco in Italia"

      Overture

      National Phil/Riccardo Chailly
      Rossini: Ouvertures

      London 400049-2

      3:13 am

      Gioachino Rossini: String Sonata No. 5 in E-Flat

      Members of the Orch of the Age of Enlightenment
      Rossini: The String Sonatas

      Helios CDH-55200

      3:28 am

      Nicola Matteis: "Musica grave"

      Elizabeth Wallfisch, v
      Violin Masters of the 17th Century

      Hyperion CDA-67238

      3:29 am

      Georg Philipp Telemann: Ouverture in C, "Wassermusik (Hamburger Ebb' und Flut)"

      Music of the Baroque/Thomas Wikman
      Music of the Baroque

      Mintel Archive 22

      3:55 am

      George Frideric Handel: "Water Music" Suite No. 3 in G

      "Gigue"

      Philharmonia Baroque Orch/Nicholas McGegan
      Water Musick

      Harmonia Mundi HMU-907010

      4:00 am

      Domenico Scarlatti: Clavier Sonata in d, Kk 516 (L 12)

      Virginia Black, hc
      Domenico Scarlatti: Sonatas

      EMI/Angel CDC7-47654-2

      4:05 am

      Ottorino Respighi: Violin Sonata in b minor

      Jascha Heifetz, v; Emanuel Bay, p
      The Heifetz Collection, Volume 44: Ravel: Trio / Debussy & Respighi: Sonatas / Martinu: Duo for Violin & Cello

      RCA 88765440152 (9)

      4:29 am

      Joan Ambrosio Dalza: "Poi che volse"

      Doulce Mémoire/Denis Raisin-Dadre
      L'Harmonie du Monde

      Naive E-8883

      4:30 am

      Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov: "Russian Easter Overture," Op. 36

      New York Phil/Yuri Temirkanov
      Scheherazade; Russian Easter Overture

      RCA 61173-2

      4:46 am

      Mily Balakirev: "Islamey," Oriental Fantasy

      Claudio Arrau, p
      Steinway Legends: Claudio Arrau

      Philips B0007154-02

      4:54 am

      Mily Balakirev: Song, "The pleasure you bring is enthralling"

      Olga Borodina, ms; Larissa Gergieva, p
      Olga Borodina- Songs of Desire

      Philips 442780-2

      5:00 am

      Franz Schubert: Impromptus, D 935 (Op. 142)

      No. 2 in A-Flat

      Alfred Brendel, p
      Schubert: Impromptus

      Philips 422237-2

      5:05 am

      Gabriel Fauré: Harp Impromptu, Op 86

      Mariko Anraku, h
      Music for Harp

      EMI CDC5-56515-2

      5:14 am

      Gabriel Fauré: "Berceuse," Op 16

      Anne Sophie Mutter, v; Vienna Phil
      Carmen-Fantasie

      DG 437544-2

      5:18 am

      Johannes Brahms: Five Songs, Op 49

      #4, "Wiegenlied"

      Thomas Allen, br; Sharon Isbin, g

      Virgin 91750-2

      5:20 am

      Johannes Brahms: Double Concerto in a minor, Op. 102

      Anne Sophie Mutter, v; Antonio Meneses, vc; Berlin Phil/Karajan
      Brahms: Double Concerto in A Minor Op. 102, Tragic Overture Op. 81

      DG 410603-2

      5:55 am

      Kaija Saariaho: "Sept papillons" (2000)

      Papillon 3

      Wilhelmina Smith, vc
      Works for Solo Cello

      Ondine ODE-1294-2

      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

      Peter Gallagher & ensemble: Luck Be a Lady (Loesser)

      Broadway Revival Cast
      Guys and Dolls

      RCA 09026 61317 2

      6:07 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: "Pique Dame"

      Russian Dance and Romance

      New Zealand Sym Orch/Peter Breiner
      Tchaikovsky: The Queen of Spades, Voyevoda Suites

      Naxos 8.573015

      6:14 am

      Alexander Borodin: Scherzo in E

      Marco Rapetti & Giampaolo Nuti, p's
      Borodin Edition

      Brilliant Classics 94410

      6:20 am

      Gioachino Rossini: "La gazza ladra"

      Overture

      London Classical Players/Roger Norrington
      Rossini: Overtures

      EMI CDC7-54091-2

      6:31 am

      Johann Friedrich Fasch: Bassoon Concerto in C

      Peter Whelan, bn; Ensemble Marsyas
      Fasch: Quartets and Concertos

      Linn CKD-467

      6:40 am

      Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Prussian Sonata No. 2 in A-Flat, Wq 48/2

      Einav Yarden, p
      Father and Son

      Challenge Classics CC-72952

      6:53 am

      Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson: String Sinfonietta No. 1

      III. Finale, Rondo, "Allegro furioso"

      Chicago Sinfonietta/Paul Freeman
      Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson: A Celebration

      Cedille CDR-90000087

      7:04 am

      Stevie Wonder: "Superstition"

      Aleko Nunez, g
      Acoustic Guitar Covers 2

      Impossible Music [Acoustic Guitar Covers 2]

      7:08 am

      Cécile Chaminade: Flute Concertino, Op. 107

      Susan Milan, f; City of London Sinfonia/Richard Hickox
      La Flûte Enchantée

      Chandos CHAN-8840

      7:18 am

      Antonín Dvořák: Piano Trio No. 2 in G minor, Op. 26

      I. Allegro moderato

      Weilerstein Trio
      Dvořák Trios * Weilerstein Trio

      Koch KICCD-7657

      7:32 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: "La Clemenza di Tito," K. 621

      Rondo, "Non più di fiori"

      Joyce DiDonato, ms; Lyon Opera Orch/Kazushi Ono
      Diva Divo

      Virgin 641986

      7:41 am

      William Bolcom: "Seattle Slew" Suite

      "Preakness Promenade"

      Louisville Orch/Lawrence Leighton Smith
      Bolcom: Symphony No. 1, Symphony No. 3, Seattle Slew Orchestral Suite

      Louisville LCD-007

      7:49 am

      Wynton Marsalis: Violin Concerto in D

      IV. "Hootenanny"

      Nicola Benedetti, v; Philadelphia Orch/Cristian Macelaru
      Marsalis: Violin Concerto in D, Nicola Benedetti

      Decca B0030521-02

      8:04 am

      Jean-Joseph de Mondonville: Sonata in B-Flat, Op. 3, No. 3

      Les Musiciens du Louvre/Marc Minkowski
      Mondonville: Six Sonates en symphonie, Op. 3

      Archiv 474550-2

      8:14 am

      Frederick Delius: "North Country Sketches"

      IV. Finale, "March of Spring"

      Welsh National Opera Orch/Charles Mackerras
      Delius: Brigg Fair, In a Summer Garden, The Walk to the Paradise Garden, North Country Sketches / Sir Charles Mackerras

      Argo 430202-2

      8:23 am

      Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Clarinet Quintet, Op. 10

      IV. Finale, "Allegro agitato"

      Anthony McGill, cl; Catalyst Quartet
      Uncovered, Volume 1

      Azica ACD-71336

      8:31 am

      music continues...

      10:00 am - 2:00 pm

      10:00 am

      Midday with Lisa Flynn

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

      2:00 - 7:00 pm

      2:00 pm

      Afternoon Music with Candice Agree

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

      7:00 pm

      7:00 pm

      Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin

      First Love….and Later

      For centuries, composers have drawn inspiration from love stories, poems, and their own romances. Clara and Robert Schumann wrote music for each other. Gustav Mahler composed the Adagietto from his Fifth Symphony while deeply in love with his new wife, Alma Schindler. Berlioz, Prokofiev, Bellini, and Delius are just a few who were inspired by the story of Romeo and Juliet. And of course, no week of love songs would feel complete without hearing arias from La Bohème, Carmen, and Tosca.

      8:00 - 11:00 pm

      11:00 pm

      11:00 pm

      Best of Studs Terkel

      Trio Basho (2/11/1993)

      Presenting the music of an exuberant trio of Chicago musicians known as Trio Basho with members Shinobu Sato, Kat Eggleston and Al Ehrich.