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Playlist for Saturday, January 17, 2026
12:00 - 7:00 am
12:00 am
Gwyneth Walker: "Full Circle"
II. "The Grace of the World"
Palisades Virtuosi
Strike, Strum and Stride
12:05 am
George Walker: "Folksongs for Orchestra"
Cleveland Chamber Sym/Edwin London
Walker: Orchestral Works
12:17 am
Gwyneth Walker: "Fantasy Etudes"
No. 3, "Rough Rhythms"
Blue Violet Duo
Strike, Strum and Stride
12:18 am
Max Bruch: Serenade, Op. 75
Jack Liebeck, v; BBC Scottish Sym Orch/Martyn Brabbins
The Romantic Violin Concerto, Vol. 19: Bruch
12:55 am
Vivian Fine: "Canzones y Dances"
"Tango: The Frog Prince & the Senorita"
Joel Browning, g; Jan Vinci, f
Five Premieres: Chamber Works With Guitar
1:00 am
Leroy Anderson: "The Waltzing Cat"
St Louis Sym/Leonard Slatkin
Leroy Anderson Favorites * Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra * Leonard Slatkin
1:02 am
Leroy Anderson: "Bugler's Holiday"
St Louis Sym/Leonard Slatkin
Leroy Anderson Favorites * Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra * Leonard Slatkin
1:04 am
Johann Neruda: Trumpet Concerto in E-Flat
Guy Touvron, tr; Prague Chamber Orch
Classic Trumpet
1:21 am
Henry Purcell: "The Fairy Queen"
Suite
Alison Balsom, tpt; English Concert/Trevor Pinnock
Sound The Trumpet (Royal Music Of Purcell & Handel)
1:35 am
Henry Purcell: "Sound the Trumpets"
Hannes, Wolfgang, Bernhard Läubin, tr's; Simon Preston, o
Awake The Trumpet's Lofty Sound
1:37 am
Arthur Foote: String Suite in E, Op 63
London Sym Orch Strings/Kenneth Klein
Skyscrapers
1:54 am
Richard Thompson: Prelude No. 3
Richard Thompson, p
Poetry Prelude
2:00 am
Felix Mendelssohn: "A Midsummer Night's Dream," Op. 61
"Scherzo"
London Brass
2:05 am
Antonin Dvorák: "Scherzo capriccioso," Op. 66
Baltimore Sym/Marin Alsop
Dvorák: Symphony No 6
2:20 am
Giuseppe Martucci: Three Scherzos, Op 53
Francesco Caramiello, p
Giuseppe Martucci: The Piano Music Volume 1
2:33 am
Asako Hirabayashi: "Scherzo"
Gail Olszewski, fp; Asako Hirabayashi, hc
Asako Hirabayashi
2:35 am
William Walton: "The Wise Virgins" Suite (after J.S. Bach)
London Phil/Bryden Thomson
Walton: The Quest And The Wise Virgins Suite
2:54 am
Johann Sebastian Bach: "Klavierbüchlein für Wilhelm Friedemann Bach"
"Praeambulum" No. 11
Joseph Payne, clavichord
Klavierbüchlein for Wilhelm Friedemann
3:00 am
Peter Tchaikovsky: "The Nutcracker" Suite, Op. 71a
"Waltz of the Flowers"
Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
TCHAIKOVSKY, P.: The Nutcracker Suite / PRAETORIUS, M.: Terpsichore / WARLOCK, P.: Capriol Suite (arr. for guitar quartet) (Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
3:05 am
Eduard Tubin: Balalaika Concerto
Emanuil Sheynkman, balalaika; Swedish Radio Sym Orch/Neeme Järvi
Symphony No. 1 • Balaika Concerto • Music For Strings
3:25 am
Antonio Vivaldi: Mandolin Concerto in C, R 425
Pepe Romero, g; St Martin's Academy/Iona Brown
Mad About Vivaldi
3:32 am
Claude Debussy: Song, "Mandoline"
Gérard Souzay, br; Dalton Baldwin, p
3:34 am
Georges Bizet: "L'arlésienne" Incidental Music
St Paul Chamber Orch/Christopher Hogwood
Bizet: L'Arlésienne • Gounod: Petite Symphonie / Symphony No.1
3:54 am
François Couperin: Pièces de clavecin, Bk 4 (1730): 21e ordre in e
"La Bondissante"
Carole Cerasi, hc
Couperin: Complete Works for Harpsichord
4:00 am
Peter Tchaikovsky: "The Months (The Seasons)," Op. 37
"June (Barcarolle)"
Moscow Chamber Orch/Constantine Orbelian
TCHAIKOVSKY, P.: Serenade in C Major / The Seasons (arr. A. Gauk) (Moscow Chamber Orchestra, Orbelian)
4:05 am
Jacques Offenbach: "The Tales of Hoffmann"
"Barcarolle" (Belle nuit)
Royal Liverpool Phil Cho, BBC Phil/Yan Pascal Tortelier
BBC Philharmonic / Tortelier: French Bonbons
4:08 am
Jacques Offenbach: Two-Cello Suite No. 1
Ronald Pidoux, vc; Etienne Peclard, vc
Offenbach: Suites for 2 Cellos
4:29 am
Erik Satie: "Le Piccadilly" (Piano Rag, c 1904)
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, p
The Magic of Satie
4:30 am
Chevalier De Saint-Georges: Violin Concerto in G, Op. 12, No. 2
Qian Zhou, violin; Toronto Chamber Orchestra/Kevin Mallon
Monsieur de Saint-Georges
4:54 am
Jean-Philippe Rameau: "Le temple de la gloire"
"Gigue en rondeau"
Philharmonia Baroque Orch/Nicholas McGegan
Temple de la Gloire
5:00 am
Carl Loewe: Song, "Der alte König," Op 116/2
Thomas Mohr, br; Cord Garben, p
Loewe: Lieder & Balladen Complete Edition
5:05 am
Emilie Mayer: String Quartet in g, Op. 14
Erato Quartet
String Quartets
5:34 am
Carl Loewe: Song, "Du Geist der reinsten Güte," Op. 89/5
Robert Wörle, t; Cord Garben, p
Loewe: Lieder & Balladen Complete Edition
5:36 am
Steiner: "The Three Musketeers" (1935)
Suite
Potsdam Brandenburg Phil/Richard Kaufman
Captain Blood
5:55 am
Fréderic Chopin: "Etudes," Op. 10
No. 7 in C, "Toccata"
Yunchan Lim, p
Fréderic Chopin
6:00 am
Elizabeth Maconchy: Overture, "Proud Thames" (1952)
London Phil/Vernon Handley
Proud Thames / Music For Orchestra / Symphony No.1 / Four Elizabethan Dances
6:05 am
Eric Coates: "London Suite"
London Pops Orch/Frederick Fennell
Frederick Fennell Conducts The Music Of Leroy Anderson and Eric Coates
6:20 am
John Rutter: "God be in my head"
Cambridge Singers, City of London Sinfonia/John Rutter
Gloria: The Sacred Music Of John Rutter
6:21 am
Emmanuel Chabrier: "Pièces pittoresques" (1881)
#10, "Scherzo-valse"
Artur Rubinstein, p
The Artistry of Artur Rubinstein
6:26 am
Mlynarski: Violin Concerto #2 in D, Op 6
Nigel Kennedy, v; Polish Chamber Orch/Jacek Kaspszyk
Polish Spirit * Nigel Kennedy
6:55 am
Fréderic Chopin: "Etudes," Op. 10
No. 4 in C-sharp minor, "Torrent"
Yunchan Lim, p
Fréderic Chopin
7:00 - 11:00 am
7:00 am
Weekend Mornings
With news at 7:00 am; "Saturday Morning Listener's Choice" at 8:00 am; and "Soundtrack" at 9:00 am.
7:03 am
Giacomo Puccini: "La Bohème"
Suite
National Opera Orch/Paul Freeman
Puccini: Opera for Orchestra
7:19 am
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: "The Bamboula," Op. 75
Isata Kanneh-Mason, p
Summertime
7:23 am
Georges Bizet: "Jeux d'enfants," Op. 22
French National Orch/Seiji Ozawa
Bizet: Symphony in C, Carmen Suite, Jeux d'enfants, Overture "Patrie"
7:36 am
Claude Debussy: "Petite Suite"
I. "En bateau"
Répercussion
Fantaisies Classiques
7:41 am
Lauren McCall: "A Spark and a Glimmer"
Caitlin Edwards, v; Nancy Ives, vc; Monica Ohuchi, p
Amplify: All Classical Portland's RII Vol. 1
7:51 am
Andrew York: "Sunburst"
Jason Vieaux, g
Play
7:56 am
Vladimir Dmitriev: Russian Intermezzo
Odessa Balalaikas
The Art of Balalaika
8:00 am
Saturday Morning Listener's Choice
8:01 am
Alfred Reed: "El Camino Real"
Senzoku Gakuen Symphonic Wind Orch/Alfred Reed
Alfred Reed Live, Vol. 6: The Final Recorded Concert
8:14 am
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Variations on "Ah, vous dirai-je, maman," K. 265
Myung-Whun Chung, p
Myung-Whun Chung - Piano
8:23 am
Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quartet No. 8 in E minor, Op. 59, No. 2, "Razumovsky"
I. "Allegro"
Emerson String Quartet
Essential Beethoven
8:34 am
Carlo Gesualdo: Madrigal, "Moro, lasso, al mio duolo"
La Compagnia del Madrigale
Gesualdo: Madrigali libro sesto, 1611
8:39 am
Gioachino Rossini: "L'Italiana in Algeri (The Italian Girl in Algiers)"
Overture
Orpheus Chamber Orch
Rossini Overtures
8:48 am
Edward Elgar: "Enigma" Variations, Op. 36
No. 9, "Nimrod"
Chicago Sym Orch/Sir Georg Solti
Ultimate Classical Dreams
8:52 am
Iosif Ivanovici: "Waves of the Danube (The Anniversary Song)"
Slovak Radio Sym Orch/Jerome Cohen
French Ballroom Favourites: Les succès de la danse
9:02 am
Soundtrack
9:02 am
Alfred Newman: 20th Century Fox Fanfare
London Phil Orch/John Mauceri
The Genius of Film Music
9:04 am
Elmer Bernstein: "Some Came Running"
"Rejection"
Studio Orch/Elmer Bernstein
Some Came Running (Original Motion Picture Score)
9:07 am
Elmer Bernstein: "Some Came Running"
"Ginny"
Studio Orch/Elmer Bernstein
Some Came Running (Original Motion Picture Score)
9:10 am
Elmer Bernstein: "Some Came Running"
"The Noblest Act"
Studio Orch/Elmer Bernstein
Some Came Running (Original Motion Picture Score)
9:11 am
Elmer Bernstein: "Some Came Running"
"Catharsis"
Studio Orch/Elmer Bernstein
Some Came Running (Original Motion Picture Score)
9:14 am
Elmer Bernstein: "The Black Cauldron"
Suite
Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
The Black Cauldron
9:32 am
Elmer Bernstein: "Rambling Rose"
"Rose and Buddy"
Orch/Elmer Bernstein
Rambling Rose (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack To The Film)
9:39 am
Elmer Bernstein: "Staccato"
Suite
Original TV soundtrack
Elmer Bernstein: Staccato
9:48 am
Sergei Prokofiev: "The Queen of Spades," Op. 70
Suite, I. Introduction and Allegro
Royal Scottish National Orch/Neeme Järvi
On Guard for Peace & The Queen of Spades
9:57 am
Sergei Prokofiev: "The Queen of Spades," Op. 70
Suite, III. Scherzo
Royal Scottish National Orch/Neeme Järvi
On Guard for Peace & The Queen of Spades
10:02 am
Giacomo Puccini: Three Minuets (1892)
Ensō Quartet
Strauss: String Quartet in A; Puccini: Crisantemi, Three Minuets; Verdi: String Quartet
10:12 am
Dave Brubeck: "Joy in the Morning"
Orchestral Suite
Cincinnati Sym Orch/Jesús López-Cobos
Into The Light: Symphonic Expressions Of Spirit
10:29 am
Francis Poulenc: "Les chemins de l'amour"
Yo-Yo Ma, vc; Kathryn Stott, p
Songs of Comfort & Hope
10:33 am
Camille Saint-Saëns: Romance in F, Op. 36
Yo-Yo Ma, vc; Kathryn Stott, p
Merci
10:36 am
Michael Praetorius: "Terpsichore"
5 Dances
Brass Ring
Brass Ring - Music For Brass Quintet
10:46 am
Gioachino Rossini: "Zelmira"
Aria and rondo finale, "Riedi al soglio"
Joyce DiDonato, ms; Lyon Opera Orch & Cho/Riccardo Minasi
Stella di Napoli
10:55 am
Peter Tchaikovsky: "Mazeppa"
Cossack Dance
Indianapolis Sym Orch/Raymond Leppard
Tchaikovsky: Manfred Symphony, Elegie, Cossack Dance
11:00 am
11:00 am
Introductions
Anna Huelke, 18, flute. Martinů: Flute Sonata, 1st mvt; Bach: Flute Sonata in E, BWV 1035, 1st mvt; Schocker: "The Further Adventures of Two Flutes"; Eben: Sonatina semplice. With Kay Kim, piano and Destina Sarussi, second flute.
11:51 am
Percy Grainger: Children's March, "Over the Hills and Far Away"
US Marine Band/Michael J Colburn
Monumental Works for Winds
12:00 - 4:00 pm
12:00 pm
Metropolitan Opera
Bizet's Carmen
Aigul Akhmetshina (Carmen); Michael Fabiano (Don José); Janai Brugger (Micaëla); Christian Van Horn (Escamillo); Metropolitan Opera Cho & Orch/Pier Giorgio Morandi. Sung in French.
4:00 pm
4:00 pm
Listening to Singers with Oliver Camacho
An interview with mezzo-soprano Joyce Di Donato, Chicago Symphony Orchestra's 2025/26 Artist-in-Residence.
8:00 pm
8:00 pm
Folkstage hosted by Marilyn Rea Beyer
From the archives: Rev. Robert Jones and Matt Watroba traveled from Detroit to Hinsdale, Illinois, to perform on Folkstage live from Acoustic Renaissance Concerts on a wintry night in 2021.
9:00 pm - 12:00 am
9:00 pm
The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer
Chicago has long been the epicenter of contemporary Gospel music. We’ll explore the impact of that music and celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.
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