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      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      Piotr Illyitch Tchaikovsky: Six Piano Pieces, Op. 21

      No .6, "Scherzo"

      Piers Lane, p
      Russian Variations

      Hyperion CDA-68428

      12:05 am

      Alexander Dreyschock: "Morceau de concert," Op. 27

      Piers Lane, p; BBC Scottish Sym Orch/Niklas Willén
      Kullak: Piano Concerto In C Minor, Op 55 (First Recording)/ Dreyschock: Piano Concerto In D Minor, Op 137 (First Recording)

      Hyperion CDA-67086

      12:22 am

      Alexander Scriabin: Four Preludes, Op 33

      #1 in E

      Piers Lane, p

      Hyperion CDA-67057/8 (2)

      12:23 am

      Camille Saint-Saëns: "Morceau de concert" in G, Op. 154

      Isabelle Moretti, h; Southwest German Radio Sym Orch/Klaus Arp
      French Harp Concertos

      Koch 3-1142-2

      12:35 am

      Claude Debussy: Sonata (#2) for Flute, Viola and Harp

      Chicago Chamber Musicians

      Chicago Chamber Musicians

      12:55 am

      Jean-Philippe Rameau: "Les Boréades" (1764)

      "Pas de deux"

      Collegium 1704/Vaclav Luks
      Rameau: Les Boréades

      Versailles CVS-026 (3)

      1:00 am

      Hans Pfitzner: "Die Rose vom Liebesgarten"

      Blütenwunder

      Bavarian Radio Sym Orch/Wolfgang Sawallisch
      Pfitzner: Palestrina, Das Kathchen von Heilbronn, Die Rose vom Liebesgarten

      Orfeo C-168881-A

      1:05 am

      Franz Schmidt: "Notre Dame"

      Introduction, Intermezzo & Carnival Music

      Budapest Sym Orch/Michael Halász
      SCHMIDT : Symphony No. 1

      Marco Polo 8.223119

      1:18 am

      Richard Strauss: "Salome," Op. 54

      "Dance of the Seven Veils"

      Berlin Radio Sym Orch/Hanns-Martin Schneidt
      Les Brises D'Orient, Vol. 2

      Capriccio 10380

      1:29 am

      Hans Pfitzner: "Alte Weisen," Op. 33

      No. 2, "Ich furcht' nit Gespenster"

      Julie Kaufmann, s; Donald Sulzen, p
      Pfitzner Songs, Vol 5

      CPO 999491-2

      1:30 am

      Chevalier De Saint-Georges: Violin Concerto in A, Op 5/2 (1775)

      Rachel Barton Pine, v; Encore Chamber Orch/Daniel Hege
      Violin Concertos by Black Composers of the 18th and 19th Centuries

      Cedille CDR-90000035

      1:54 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Mass in C, K. 248

      "Kyrie"

      Soloists; Chamber Cho of Europe/Nicol Matt
      Mozart: Complete Masses

      Brilliant 96648

      2:00 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Three "Equali"

      Alessi, Hartman, Lawrence, Bollinger, tb
      Tb,
      Four Of A Kind

      Summit DCD-123

      2:05 am

      Emilie Mayer: Symphony No. 4 in b

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

      CPO 555615-2

      2:37 am

      Darius Milhaud: "Le Carnaval d'Aix," Op. 83b

      "Cinzio"

      Claude Helffer, p; French National Orch/David Robertson
      Milahud: Le Carnaval d'Aix Op. 33b, 5 Etudes Op. 63, Concertos No. 1 and No. 4, Ballade Op. 61

      Erato 45992-2

      2:39 am

      Darius Milhaud: Chamber Symphony No. 2, "Pastorale" (1918)

      Luxembourg Radio Orch/Darius Milhaud

      Vox CDX-5109 (2)

      2:43 am

      Gabriel Pierné: "Divertissements sur un Thème Pastoral"

      BBC Phil/Juanjo Mena
      Pierné: Orchestral Works -- Bavouzet / BBC Philharmonic / Mena

      Chandos CHAN-10633

      2:55 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: "Missa Brevis" in G, K. 140, "Pastoral"

      "Benedictus"

      Soloists; Chamber Cho of Europe/Nicol Matt
      Mozart: Complete Masses

      Brilliant 96648

      3:00 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: "The Creatures of Prometheus," Op 43

      #14, Sinfonia Concertante

      Utah Sym Orch/Maurice Abravanel
      Music For The Theater: Beethoven: Incidental Music for Goethe's Egmont, The Creatures of Prometheus/ Schubert: Rusamunde

      Vanguard OVC-8084/85 (2)

      3:04 am

      Franz Danzi: Wind Quintet in B-Flat, Op 51/1

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

      CBS MK-39558

      3:18 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Three German Dances, K. 605

      No. 2

      Salzburg Mozarteum Orch/Hans Graf
      Mozart: Dances And Minuets

      Laserlight 15887

      3:20 am

      Carl Nielsen: Violin Concerto, Op 33

      Saeka Matsuyama, v; Odense Sym/Jan Wagner
      The Danish Wave

      Bridge 9100

      3:54 am

      Peter Lange-Müller: Two Songs after H C Andersen

      #2

      Annemarie Moller, ms, Dorte Kirkeskov, p
      Lange- Muller: Songs

      Danacord DACOCD-374

      4:00 am

      Robert de Visée: Lute Suite in g

      Rafael Andia, g
      Visée: Suites de guitare

      Harmonia Mundi HMA-1901186

      4:05 am

      Camille Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 1 in E-Flat, Op. 2

      ORTF National Orch/Jean Martinon
      Saint-Saens: Complete Symphonies

      MHS 525324-f (2)

      4:36 am

      Benjamin Godard: "Suite de trois morceaux," Op 116

      #1, Allegretto

      William Bennett, f; English Chamber Orch/Steuart Bedford
      Celebration For Flute And Orchestra ‎

      ASV CDDCA-652

      4:38 am

      Edward Elgar: "Concert Allegro," Op 46

      Peter Pettinger, p
      Elgar: Piano Works

      Chandos CHAN-8438

      4:48 am

      Edward Elgar: "Dream Children," Op 43

      Indianapolis Sym/Raymond Leppard
      Elgar: Dream Children, Starlight Express, Etc.

      Koss Classics KC-1014

      4:54 am

      William Byrd: "Jig"

      Canadian Brass
      English Renaissance Music

      CBS MK-45792

      5:00 am

      Alan Langford: Two Worlds Overture

      Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland
      British Light Music World Premieres

      ASV CDWHL-2116

      5:05 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 3 in G, K. 216

      Zino Francescatti, v; Orch/Bruno Walter
      Bruno Walter Edition - Mozart: Violin Concertos

      Sony SMK-64468

      5:30 am

      Jacques Ibert: "Cinq pièces en Trio"

      #2

      Chicago Chamber Musicians
      20th Century French Wind Trios

      Cedille CDR-90000040

      5:32 am

      Igor Stravinsky: "Jeu de cartes"

      Chicago Sym/Sir Georg Solti
      Petrushka / Jeu de cartes

      London 443775-2

      5:55 am

      Leo Délibes: "Lakmé"

      Ballet: "Terana"

      Opera-Comique National Theater Orch/Alain Lombard

      EMI/Ang CDC7-49430-2 (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.

      6:05 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 in F, Op. 68, "Pastoral"

      I. "Awakening of cheerful feelings on arrival in the countryside"

      Chamber Orch of Europe/Yannick Nézet-Séguin
      Ludwig van Beethoven: The Symphonies

      DG 4863050

      6:18 am

      Igor Stravinsky: "Pastorale"

      Israel Baker, v; Chamber Ensemble/Igor Stravinsky
      Igor Stravinsky 1882-1971 The Edition · An Introduction

      Sony SAMPCD-1466

      6:20 am

      Amy Beach: "Pastorale," Op. 151

      Borealis Wind Quintet
      A La Carte: Short Works for Wind Quintet

      MSR Classics MS-1128

      6:24 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

      6:32 am

      Jackson Berkey: "Earth Voices"

      III. "Autumn Brilliance"

      Orion Ensemble
      A Celebration of American Chamber Music

      Orion Ensemble 707541717021

      6:34 am

      Jackson Berkey: "Earth Voices"

      IV. Finale, "French Mountain Village"

      Orion Ensemble
      A Celebration of American Chamber Music

      Orion Ensemble 707541717021

      6:40 am

      Ernest John Moeran: Symphonic Impression, "In the Mountain Country"

      Ulster Orch/JoAnn Falletta
      Moeran: In the Mountain Country

      Naxos 8.573106

      6:47 am

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

      Czech Phil/Charles Mackerras
      Smetana: Má Vlast

      Supraphon SU-34652031

      7:04 am

      Michael Abels: "Global Warming"

      Chicago Sinfonietta/Paul Freeman
      African Heritage Symphonic Series III

      Cedille CDR-90000066

      7:14 am

      Philip Glass: "Aguas da Amazonia"

      "Japurá River"

      Third Coast Percussion; Constance Volk, f
      Aguas da Amazonia by Philip Glass

      Rockwell 198883460711

      7:19 am

      Philip Glass: "Aguas da Amazonia"

      "Negro River"

      Third Coast Percussion; Constance Volk, f
      Aguas da Amazonia by Philip Glass

      Rockwell 198883460711

      7:23 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

      7:33 am

      Aaron Copland: "An Outdoor Overture"

      Cleveland Pops Orch/Louis Lane
      Copland: Orchestral Works

      Sony SBK-62401

      7:44 am

      Charlotte Sohy: "Triptyque champêtre," Op. 21

      Mathilde Calderini, f; Omer Bouchez, v; Lou Yung-Hsin Chang, vi; Yan Levionnois, vc; Constance Luzzati, h
      Yan Levionnois, cello,
      Charlotte Sohy, Compositrice de la Belle Epoque

      La Boîte à Pépites BAP01.03

      8:04 am

      Claude Debussy: "La Mer"

      III. Finale, "Dialogue of the Wind and the Sea"

      New Philharmonia Orch/Pierre Boulez
      A Century of French Music

      Sony 88875192862

      8:12 am

      Paul Gilson: "La mer (De Zee)"

      Sailors' Dance (Scherzo)

      Belgian Radio & TV Phil Orch/Alexander Rahbari
      Flemish Romantic Music

      Marco Polo 8.223418

      8:18 am

      Reinhold Glière: "The Red Poppy"

      "Russian Sailors' Dance"

      Philadelphia Orch/Eugene Ormandy
      Greatest Hits of the Ballet, Vol. 2

      CBS MLK-45659

      8:23 am

      Ethel Smyth: "The Boatswain's Mate"

      Overture

      Lontano Ens/Odaline de la Martinez
      Ethel Smyth * The Boatswain's Mate

      Retrospect Opera RO-001

      8:30 am

      Jean Sibelius: "Suite champêtre," Op. 98b

      Tapiola Sinfonietta/Tuomas Ollila
      Sibelius: Pelléas et Mélisande; Cassazione; Presto; Suite mignonne; Suite champêtre; Suite caractéristique

      Ondine ODE-952-2

      8:38 am

      Meredith Monk: "Earth Seen from Above"

      San Francisco Sym Cho/Vance George
      Voices 1900/2000: A Choral Journey Through the 20th Century

      Delos DE-3270

      8:46 am

      Ralph Vaughan Williams: "In the Fen Country"

      London Phil Orch/Bernard Haitink
      Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 6; In the Fen Country; On Wenlock Edge

      EMI CDC5-56762-2

      9:04 am

      Antonín Dvořák: "In Nature's Realm" Overture, Op. 91

      Czech Phil/Libor Pešek
      Dvořák: Symphony No. 6, Overture 'In Nature's Realm'

      Virgin 90791-2

      9:20 am

      Bruce Wolosoff: Cello Sonata No. 2, "Requiem for the Planet"

      Sara Sant'Ambrogio, vc; Bruce Wolosoff, p
      Paradise Found

      Avie AV-2492

      9:42 am

      Eugene Goossens: Two Nature Poems, Op. 25

      Melbourne Sym Orch/Sir Andrew Davis
      Sir Eugene Goossens: Orchestral Works Vol. 2

      Chandos CHSA-5119

      9:55 am

      Ilan Eshkeri: "A Perfect Planet"

      "Arctic Foxes"

      London Metropolitan Orch/Ilan Eshkeri
      A Perfect Planet (Soundtrack from the BBC Series)

      Sony G010004513880O

      10:00 am - 1:00 pm

      10:00 am

      Midday with Lisa Flynn

      Including the "Daily Excursion" at 11:00 am.

      10:00 am

      Hosted by Kristina Lynn.

      10:00 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: English Suite No. 2 in A minor, BWV 807

      Francesco Tristano, p
      Bach: The 6 English Suites

      Naïve V-8828

      10:18 am

      Alan Hovhaness: "Psalm and Fugue," Op 40a

      Manhattan Chamber Orch/Richard Auldon Clark
      Alan Hovhaness: Symphony of Metal Instruments

      Koch 3-7289-2

      10:28 am

      Florence Price: "Waltz of the Spring Maid"

      Claire Huangci, p
      Piano Heroines

      Alpha 1231

      10:33 am

      John Alden Carpenter: "Krazy Kat"

      Boston Modern Orchestra Project/Gil Rose
      John Alden Carpenter: Complete Ballets

      BMOP Sound 1100

      10:46 am

      Béla Bartók: Hungarian Folk Tunes

      James Ehnes, v; Andrew Armstrong, p
      Bartók: Works for Violin & Piano, Volume 2

      Chandos CHAN-10752

      10:55 am

      Eric Ewazen: "Frost Fire"

      III. "Tense and Dramatic"

      Axiom Brass
      New Standards

      Axiom Brass [New Standards]

      11:01 am

      Edvard Grieg: Lyric Pieces, Op. 65

      No. 6, "Wedding Day at Troldhaugen"

      Leif Ove Andsnes, p
      Grieg: Lyric Pieces

      EMI CDC5-57296-2

      11:08 am

      Emile Waldteufel: "The Skaters' Waltz," Op. 183

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

      Bru Zane BZ-2005

      11:18 am

      Candelario Huízar: "Imágenes"

      Phil Orch of the Americas/Alondra de la Parra
      Mi Alma Mexicana

      Sony 88697755552

      11:36 am

      Alessandro Marcello: Oboe Concerto in D minor (C minor)

      John Abberger, ob; Tafelmusik/Jeanne Lamon
      A Baroque Feast

      Analekta AN2-9811

      11:49 am

      Paul Dukas: "The Sorcerer's Apprentice"

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

      Bru Zane BZ-2007

      12:00 pm

      William Byrd: "Walsingham"

      Charivari Agréable
      The Fitzwilliam Virginal Book

      Signum SIGCD-009

      12:07 pm

      Gustav Holst: "Brook Green" Suite

      Bournemouth Sinfonietta/Norman Del Mar
      Holst, Vaughan Williams, Delius, Warlock

      EMI CDC7-47812-2

      12:15 pm

      Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts

      Pianist Mackenzie Melemed performs music by Copland, Price, Ned Rorem, Arthur Foote, and Louis-Moreau Gottschalk, live from Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago.

      12:57 pm

      Fréderic Chopin: Waltz in C-sharp minor, Op. 64, No. 2

      Guitar4mation
      Trans4mation

      Gramola 99048

      1:00 pm

      1:00 pm

      Music for the Afternoon

      1:00 pm

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Cello Concerto No. 1 in C

      Christian Poltéra, vc; Munich Chamber Orchestra
      Haydn: Cello Concertos; Hindemith: Trauermusik

      BIS 2507

      1:24 pm

      Traditional Korean: "Arirang"

      Lang Lang, p
      Piano Book

      DG 4797528

      1:28 pm

      Lin-Manuel Miranda: "Encanto"

      "We Don't Talk About Bruno"

      Lang Lang, p
      The Disney Book

      DG B0036059-02

      1:34 pm

      Karl Goldmark: Overture, "Im Frühling," Op. 36

      Polish National Radio Sym Orch/Michael Bartos
      Goldmark: Rustic Wedding Symphony, Op. 26, Im Frühling Overture

      Newport Classic NPD-85503

      1:45 pm

      Max Richter: "On the Nature of Daylight"

      Voces8
      Nightfall

      Decca 4870458

      1:53 pm

      Amanda Lee Falkenberg: "The Moons Symphony"

      VII. "Earth Moon: Earthrise - The Overview"

      Soloists; London Voices, London Sym Orch/Marin Alsop
      The Moons Symphony

      Signum SIGCD-730

      2:00 - 7:00 pm

      2:00 pm

      Afternoon Music with Candice Agree

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

      2:00 pm

      Felix Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64

      Nicola Benedetti, v; St Martin's Academy/James MacMillan
      Mendelssohn, MacMillan, Mozart

      DG B0007682-02

      2:28 pm

      Mel Bonis: "Le Rêve de Cléopâtre," Op. 180

      Toulouse Capitole Orch/Leo Hussain
      Compositrices: New Light on French Romantic Women Composers

      Bru Zane BZ-2006

      2:37 pm

      Niels Gade: Symphony No. 2 in E, Op. 10

      IV. Finale, "Allegretto"

      Copenhagen Collegium Musicum/Michael Schønwandt
      N.W.Gade: Symphonies 1 & 2

      Dacapo DCCD-9201

      2:47 pm

      Maurice Ravel: Sonatine

      Walter Gieseking, p
      BBC Legends: Walter Gieseking

      BBC Music BBCL-4030-2

      2:57 pm

      Carl Nielsen: "Moderen (The Mother)," Op. 41

      "The Fog is Lifting"

      James Galway, f; Sioned Williams, h
      James Galway Plays Nielsen

      RCA 6359-2-RC

      3:00 pm

      Ernest Chausson: "Soir de fête," Op. 32

      BBC Phil/Yan Pascal Tortelier
      Chausson: Symphony in B-Flat, Viviane, Soir de fête, La tempête

      Chandos CHAN-9650

      3:15 pm

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Cello Sonata No. 5 in D, Op. 102, No. 2

      Jennifer Kloetzel, vc; Robert Koenig, p
      Beethoven - The Conquering Hero

      Avie AV-2450

      3:39 pm

      Franz Anton Hoffmeister: Oboe Concerto in C

      Albrecht Mayer, ob; Potsdam Chamber Academy
      Albrecht Mayer: Lost and Found

      DG 4792942

      3:58 pm

      Béla Bartók: "Hungarian Sketches"

      No. 5, "Swineherd's Dance"

      Chicago Sym Orch/Fritz Reiner
      Fritz Reiner: The Complete RCA Album Collection

      RCA 888837019828

      4:00 pm

      Gabriel Fauré: Harp Impromptu, Op. 86

      Nora Koch, h
      Clair de lune: Virtuoso Music for Harp

      Berlin Classics 0011662-BC

      4:10 pm

      Camille Saint-Saëns: Symphony in A (1850)

      Royal Liège Phil Orch/Jean-Jacques Kantorow
      Saint-Saëns - Symphonies Nos 1, 2 and in A major

      BIS 2460

      4:35 pm

      Agustín Barrios Mangoré: "La Catedral"

      Thibaut Garcia, g
      Bach Inspirations

      Erato 0190295605261

      4:43 pm

      Bedřich Smetana: "Vltava (The Moldau)"

      Prague Sym Orch/Jiří Bělohlávek
      Smetana Festival

      Supraphon 110377-2

      4:56 pm

      Stanley Myers: "The Deer Hunter"

      Cavatina

      Göran Söllscher, g
      Essential Guitar - 34 Guitar Masterpieces

      Decca 470477-2 (2)

      5:00 pm

      Richard Strauss: "Don Juan," Op. 20

      Philadelphia Orch/Wolfgang Sawallisch
      Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra, Burleske, Don Juan

      EMI CDC5-56364-2

      5:17 pm

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      7:00 pm

      7:00 pm

      Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin

      The Russian Five

      This group, also known as The Mighty Handful, includes Mily Balakirev, Modest Mussorgsky, César Cui, Alexander Borodin, and Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. Led by Balakirev, they helped create the Russian National School of Composers in Saint Petersburg from 1856 to 1870. Bill introduces each composer and shares important works performed by renowned musicians.

      8:00 - 10:00 pm

      10:00 pm - 12:00 am

      10:00 pm

      Baroque&Before with Candice Agree

      Quartets & Motets

      Two young ensembles based in Basel, Cafebaum Banda Barocca and Voces Suaves present Johann Gottlieb Janitsch's Quartet in G minor, "O Haupt voll Blut und Wunden;" Johann Bach's motet, "Unser Leben ist ein Schatten;" and J.S. Bach's motet, "Komm, Jesu, Komm" and Cantata 42, "Am Abend aber desselbigen Sabbats." Recorded at the 2018 Bach Festival in Switzerland.