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      Playlist for Wednesday, June 10, 2026

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      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      Frédéric Chopin: Nocturnes, Op. 9

      No. 1 in B-Flat

      Yundi Li, p
      Chopin: Nocturnes * Yundi

      EMI 08391-2 (2)

      12:05 am

      Franz Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 1 in E-Flat

      Yundi Li, p; Philharmonia/Andrew Davis
      Chopin/Liszt: Piano Concerto No 1 * Yundi Li/Philharmonia Orchestra/Andrew Davis

      DG B0008236-02

      12:23 am

      Frédéric Chopin: "ɐtudes," Op. 10

      No. 5 in G-flat, "Black Key"

      Yundi Li, p
      Yundi Li: Chopin

      DG 471479-2

      12:24 am

      Niels Gade: Symphony #7 in F, Op 45

      Copenhagen Collegium Musicum/Michael Schonwandt
      N.W. Gade: Symphonies 7 and 8

      Marco Polo DCCD-9301

      12:55 am

      Agathe Backer Grondahl: Piano Pieces, Op 59

      #4, "Albumblad"

      Natalia Strelchenko, p
      Agathe Backer-Grondahl: Complete Piano Music Vol V

      Arena AR-08016

      1:00 am

      Emil Von Reznicek: "Donna Diana"

      Overture

      Vienna State Opera Orch/Hermann Scherchen
      Great Conductors Of The 20th Century: Hermann Scherchen

      EMI/Ang 75956-2 (2)

      1:05 am

      Franz von Suppé: "Donna Juanita"

      Overture

      Slovak State Phil/Alfred Walter
      Suppe: Overtures Vol. 2

      Marco Polo 8.223648

      1:18 am

      Samuel Barber: "A Slumber Song of the Madonna" (1925)

      Sheku Kanneh-Mason, vc; Isata Kanneh-Mason, p
      Sheku

      London B0034635-02

      1:20 am

      Samuel Barber: Piano Concerto, Op. 38

      Elizabeth Joy Roe, p; London Sym Orch/Emil Tabakov
      Britten/ Barber: Piano Concertos - Nocturnes

      Decca 478 8189

      1:48 am

      Amy (Mrs HHA) Beach: Four Sketches, Op 15

      #3, "Dreaming"

      Alan Feinberg, p
      The American Romantic

      Argo 430330-2

      1:55 am

      Edward MacDowell: "Two Old Songs", Op 9

      #2, "Slumber Song"

      Stephen Tharp, t; James Barbagallo, p
      MACDOWELL: Songs (Complete)

      Naxos 8.559032

      2:00 am

      Jacques Ibert: Six Pieces for Harp (1917)

      "Reflets dans l'eau"

      Lavinia Meijer, h
      Lavinia Meijer plays Salzedo, Caplet & Ibert

      Channel Classics CCSSA-28908

      2:05 am

      Quincy Porter: Duo for Viola & Harp

      Eliesha Nelson, vi; Douglas Rioth, h
      Quincy Porter: Complete Viola Works

      Dorian DSL-90911

      2:15 am

      Antonio Vivaldi: The Four Seasons, Concerto No. 3 in F major, Op. 8, RV 293, “Autumn”

      Yolanda Kondonassis, h; Flanders Orch/Rudolf Werthen
      Vivaldi: The Four Seasons for Harp and Orchestra

      Telarc CD-80523

      2:26 am

      Hans Pfitzner: Six Songs, Op. 40

      No. 4, "Herbstgefuhl"

      Iris Vermilion, ms; Axel Bauni, p
      Pfitzner Songs, Vol 5

      CPO 999491-2

      2:28 am

      Gregor Josef Werner: "The Curious Musical Instrument Calendar"

      Rhein Bach Collegium
      The Marriage Of The Hen And The Cuckoo

      CPO 999083-2

      2:54 am

      Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel: The Year - 12 pieces for Fortepiano

      Postlude - Choral

      Ulrich Urban, p

      Koch 3-6719-2

      3:00 am

      Domenico Cimarosa: "Il Mercato di Malmantile"

      Overture

      Sinfonia Finlandia Jyväskylä/Patrick Gallois
      CIMAROSA: Overtures, Vol. 3

      Naxos 8.572734

      3:05 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Flute and Harp Sonata, No. 14, K. 29

      Ashley Solomon, f; Masumi Nagasawa, h
      Music For Flute And Harp

      Channel Classics CCS-17798

      3:14 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Church Sonata No. 7 in F, K. 224

      Jànos Sebestyén, o; Ferenc Erkel Chamber Orch
      MOZART, W.A.: Church Sonatas (Complete)

      Naxos 8.550512

      3:19 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Violin Sonata No. 18 in G, K. 301

      Nathan Milstein, v; Leon Pommers, p

      EMI/Ang CDM5-67316-2

      3:30 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Sonata in F, K. 533/494

      II. "Allegretto"

      Aldo Ciccolini, p

      Discover Int'l DICD-920199

      3:31 am

      William Alwyn: Concerto grosso #1 (1943)

      City of London Sinfonia/Richard Hickox
      Alwyn: Oboe Concerto · Concerti Grossi

      Chandos CHAN-8866

      3:43 am

      George Frideric Handel: Concerto grosso in a, Op. 6, No. 4

      Guildhall String Ensemble
      Handel: Concerti Grossi Op 6 Nos 1-4

      RCA 7895-2-RC

      3:53 am

      Georg Muffat: Concerto grosso #5 in G

      "Menuet"

      Holland Baroque Society
      Muffat - Auserlesene mit Ernst und Lust gemengte Instrumentalmusik

      Channel Classics CCSSA-27408

      4:00 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: Suite No. 2 in C, Op. 53, "Caractéristique"

      II. Valse

      Stuttgart Radio Sym Orch/Neville Marriner

      Capriccio 10227

      4:05 am

      Anton Arensky: Variations on a Theme by Tchaikovsky, Op 35a

      St Petersburg Camerata/Saulius Sondeckis
      Tchaikovsky: Sérénade pour cordes op.48

      Sony SMK-58976

      4:20 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: Sixteen Children's Songs, Op. 54

      #5, "Christ in His Garden"

      English Chamber Orch/Benjamin Britten

      BBC 8002-2

      4:23 am

      English Trad: Folksong, Master Kilby

      Ian Partridge, t, Jukka Savijoki, g
      Britten & Berkeley: Works for Voice and Guitar

      Ondine ODE-779-2

      4:25 am

      Benjamin Britten: The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, Op.34

      Cincinnati Sym/Paavo Järvi
      Britten * Elgar * Paavo Järvi * Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

      Telarc CD-80660

      4:42 am

      Henry Purcell: Chacony in g

      St Paul Chamber Orch/Pinchas Zukerman, vi
      Canon & Gigue

      Philips 412215-2

      4:49 am

      Gunnar de Frumerie: "Chaconne" (1932)

      Arne Torger, p

      Caprice CAP-1159

      4:54 am

      Gunnar de Frumerie: Pastoral Suite, Op 13b

      "Finale"

      Kathleen Rudolph, f, CBC Vancouver Orch/Mario Bernardi

      Radio Canada Int'l SMCD-5157

      5:00 am

      Vincent Persichetti: "Pastoral," Op 21 (1943)

      Philadelphia Woodwind Quintet
      French Portraits

      Boston Records BR-1063-CD

      5:05 am

      Vincent Persichetti: Introit for Strings, Op 96

      Israel Phil/Amos
      Chajes: Israeli Melody/ Hovhaness: Armenian Rhapsody, Etc

      Crystal CD-508

      5:09 am

      Vincent Persichetti: Divertimento for Band (1950)

      North Texas Wind Sym/Eugene Corporon
      Recollections

      Klavier K-11124

      5:19 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Divertimento No. 14 in B-Flat, K. 270

      Finale, "Presto"

      Danzi Wind Quintet
      Mozart: Wind Divertimentos

      Seon SB2K-60115 (2)

      5:21 am

      Robert Schumann: Symphony No. 1 in B-Flat, Op. 38, "Spring"

      Vienna Phil/Leonard Bernstein

      DG 453049-2 (2)

      5:55 am

      Edvard Grieg: Lyric Pieces, Op. 43

      No. 1, "Butterfly"

      Jacques Israelievitch, v; Robert Kortgaard, p

      Jlh JLH-1003

      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

      George Butterworth: Two English Idylls

      English String Orch/William Boughton
      Butterworth, Parry & Bridge: Music for String Orchestra

      Nimbus NI-5068

      6:14 am

      Pablo de Sarasate: "Caprice basque," Op. 24

      María Dueñas, v; Itamar Golan, p
      Paganini: 24 Caprices

      DG 4865708

      6:23 am

      Maurice Ravel: "Miroirs"

      "Alborada del gracioso"

      Lyon National Orch/Leonard Slatkin
      Ravel: Orchestra Music Vol. 1

      Naxos 8.572887

      6:32 am

      Haydn Wood: "London Cameos" (1942)

      I. "The City" (Miniature Overture)

      Slovak Radio Sym Orch/Adrian Leaper
      Wood: Sketch of A Dandy, London Cameos, The Seafarer, A Brown Bird Singing

      Marco Polo 8.223402

      6:37 am

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

      Oregon Sym/Carlos Kalmar
      This England

      Pentatone PTC-5186471

      6:54 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: "The London Sketchbook" (1764)

      Divertimento in C

      St Martin's Academy/Neville Marriner
      Mozart - Rarities & Surprises / St Martin's Academy/Sir Neville Marriner

      Philips 422545-2 (3)

      7:03 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Flute Quartet No. 4 in A, K. 298

      Susan Milan, f; Chilingirian String Quartet members
      Mozart: Flute Quartets

      Chandos CHAN-8872

      7:15 am

      Niccolò Castiglioni: "La Buranella" (after Galuppi's Harpsichord Sonatas)

      VII. Finale, "Presto"

      Danish National Sym Orch/Gianandrea Noseda
      Castiglioni - Salmo XIX etc

      Chandos CHAN-10858

      7:21 am

      Johannes Brahms: Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor, Op..25

      IV. Finale, "Rondo alla zingarese"

      Isaac Stern, v; Jaime Laredo, vi; Yo-Yo Ma, vc; Emanuel Ax, p
      Emanuel Ax, piano,
      Brahms: Piano Trios, Quartets

      Sony SM3K-64520 (3)

      7:33 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: "Brandenburg" Concerto No. 1 in F Major, BWV 1046

      IV. Menuet, Trio I, Polacca, Trio II

      Chamber Orch of Europe
      Bach: Brandenburg Concertos

      DG 431660-2 (2)

      8:05 am

      Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach: Sinfonia in D

      Concerto Köln
      Music of the Bach Sons

      Capriccio 10283

      8:15 am

      Joaquín Turina: "Tres danzas andaluzas," Op. 8

      No. 3, "Zapateado"

      Sara Davis Buechner, p
      Turina: Mujeres Españolas, Woman of Spain -- Five Suites for Piano

      Connoisseur CD-4186

      8:20 am

      Eric Coates: "Summer Days Suite"

      Royal Liverpool Phil Orch/John Wilson
      London Again: The Music of Eric Coates

      Avie AV-2070

      8:32 am

      Emmanuel Chabrier: "Bourrée fantasque"

      Suisse Romande Orch/Neeme Järvi
      Chabrier: Orchestral Works

      Chandos CHSA-5122

      8:41 am

      Peter Maxwell Davies: "An Orkney Wedding, with Sunrise"

      Royal Phil Orch/Sir Peter Maxwell Davies
      The Music Of Peter Maxwell Davies

      Collins 30032

      8:55 am

      Johann Heinrich Schmelzer: "Polish Bagpipes"

      Freiburg Baroque Consort
      Schmelzer: Baroque World Theatre

      Harmonia Mundi HMC-902087

      9:04 am

      Francis Poulenc: "Suite française"

      London Wind Orch/Denis Wick
      Shepherd's Hey: Wind Music of Grainger, Milhaud and Poulenc

      ASV CDWHL-2067

      9:17 am

      Eric Ewazen: Sinfonia for Strings

      Sejong Soloists
      Sejong Plays Ewazen

      Albany TROY-577

      9:36 am

      Heitor Villa-Lobos: Concerto for Guitar & Small Orchestra

      Manuel Barrueco, g; São Paulo Sym Orch/Giancarlo Guerrero
      Villa-Lobos: Guitar Concerto / Harmonica Concerto / Sexteto místico

      Naxos 8.574018

      9:54 am

      Johannes Brahms: "Ein deutsches Requiem," Op. 45

      IV. "Wie lieblich sind deine Wohnungen (How lovely are thy dwellings)"

      Milwaukee Symphony Chorus and Orch/Ken-David Masur
      Brahms: Ein deutsches Requiem (Live)

      MSO Classics MSO-104

      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

      Franz Liszt: "Mephisto Waltz" No. 2

      Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Kurt Masur
      Liszt: Tasso, Les Préludes, Orpheus, Mazeppa, Mephisto Waltz No. 2

      EMI CDM7-64850-2

      10:12 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: String Quartet in D, Op. 64, No. 5, "Lark"

      Danish String Quartet
      Haydn & Brahms: String Quartets

      Avi Music 8553264

      10:31 am

      Adolphe Adam: "Giselle"

      excerpts from Act I

      Royal Opera House Orch/Mark Ermler

      Conifer 18308-2

      10:45 am

      Hildegard of Bingen: Song, "O viridissima virga, Ave"

      Chloe Flower, p; ENO Chorus; Academy of St Martin in the Fields/Jessica Cottis
      She Composed: The Holidays

      Popsical Music Group 199538674651

      10:53 am

      Francesco Manfredini: Concerto grosso in F, Op. 3, No. 8

      Capella Istropolitana/Jaroslav Krček
      Francesco Onofrio Manfredini: Concerti Grossi Op. 3

      Naxos 8.553891

      11:00 am

      Xavier Montsalvatge: "Poema concertante"

      Rachel Barton Pine, v; NDR Radio Phil/Celso Antunes
      Xavier Montsalvatge Canciones & Conciertos

      Hänssler Classic CD-98.642

      11:14 am

      Aram Khachaturian: "Masquerade" Suite

      Waltz & Mazurka

      Chicago Harp Quartet
      Rush Hour Concerts: Chicago Harp Quartet (June 11, 2024)

      Classical Music Chicago

      11:23 am

      Frédéric Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor, Op. 21

      I. "Maestoso"

      Benjamin Grosvenor, p; Royal Scottish National Orch/Elim Chan
      Chopin Piano Concertos

      Decca 4850365

      11:38 am

      Richard Strauss: "Der Rosenkavalier," Op. 59

      Second Waltz Sequence

      Seattle Sym/Gerard Schwarz
      Richard Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier; Die Frau ohne Schatten; Burleske

      Delos DE-3109

      11:48 am

      Giuseppe Sammartini: Cello Concerto in C

      Rainer Zipperling, vc; Camerata Köln
      Giuseppe & Giovanni Battista Sammartini: Concerti

      RCA-DHM 77323-2

      12:00 pm

      Edward Elgar: "Pomp and Circumstance" March No. 5 in C, Op. 39, No. 5

      BBC Phil/Sir Andrew Davis
      Elgar: Cello Concerto, Introduction and Allegro, Elegy, Marches Nos 1 to 5

      Chandos CHAN-10709

      12:08 pm

      Sergei Rachmaninoff: "Vespers (All-Night Vigil)," Op. 37

      "Blessed Art Thou, O Lord"

      Clarion Choir/Steven Fox
      Rachmaninoff Vespers

      Pentatone PTC-5187019

      12:15 pm

      Dame Myra Hess Concerts

      Pianist Lucas Amory performs music by Mozart, Fauré, Germaine Tailleferre, and Debussy, live from Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago.

      1:00 - 3:00 pm

      1:00 pm

      Music for the Afternoon

      1:00 pm

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Orchestra Suite No. 4 in D, BWV 1069

      Tafelmusik/Jeanne Lamon
      Tafelmusik * Bach * Orchestral Suites

      Analekta FL2-3134

      1:20 pm

      music continues...

      3:00 - 8:00 pm

      3:00 pm

      Afternoon Music with Candice Agree

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

      6:30 pm

      Grant Park Music Festival 2026

      Bernstein West Side Story

      Live from the Pritzker Pavilion, featuring the Grant Park Orchestra conducted by Giancarlo Guerrero. Joan Tower "Made in America;" Bernstein Symphonic Dances from "West Side Story;" Barber Symphony No. 1. Hosted by Dave Schwan.

      8:00 pm

      9:00 pm

      9:00 pm

      Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin

      Haydn and Mozart Quartets

      When Haydn first started composing for the string quartet, the first violinist was the star, actually standing in front of the other three seated players. Ninety-nine Haydn string quartets later, the form had evolved into four equal voices. Bill will share with us the brief time in history when Mozart and Haydn enjoyed each other’s company, playing and composing string quartets together.

      10:00 pm - 12:00 am

      10:00 pm

      Baroque&Before with Candice Agree

      The Brandenburg Concertos

      Swiss recorder player and conductor Maurice Steger and Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra present Bach's six Brandenburg Concertos. Recorded in concert March 27, 2025, at Broadcasting Hall, Frankfurt, Germany.