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      Playlist for Friday, August 7, 2026

      Playing this hour

      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      Gabriel Fauré: "Cantique de Jean Racine," Op 11

      Winchester Cathedral Choir/David Hill
      Requiem

      Virgin Classics 45318-2

      12:05 am

      Charlotte Sohy: "Thème varié," Op. 15bis

      Cordelia Palm, v; Avignon-Provence National Orch/Debora Waldman
      Charlotte Sohy, Compositrice de la Belle Epoque

      La Boîte à Pépites BAP01.03

      12:14 am

      Johann Nepomuk Hummel: Adagio and Variations in f, Op 102

      Alex Klein, ob; Czech National Sym/Paul Freeman
      Oboe concertos by Krommer and Hummel

      Cedille CDR-90000045

      12:28 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: "Goldberg Variations," BWV 988

      Variation No. 2

      Pieter-Jan Belder, hc
      Bach Edition: Complete Works

      Brilliant Classics 93102 (155)

      12:30 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: Suite No. 4 in G, Op. 61, "Mozartiana"

      Stuttgart Radio Sym/Sir Neville Marriner
      'Mozartiana' Suites No. 3 and 4

      Capriccio 10200

      12:54 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Six German Dances, K. 571

      No. 2 in A

      Slovak Sinfonietta/Taras Krysa
      Mozart: Complete Edition

      Brilliant Classics 92540 (170)

      1:00 am

      Charles Bordes: "4 Poems"

      No. 4, "Du courage? mon ame eclate de douleur"

      Nicolas Cavalier, b; François-René Duchable, p
      Bordes: Complete Mélodies: Vol. 2

      Timpani 1C-1208

      1:05 am

      Paul Dukas: "The Sorcerer's Apprentice"

      Oslo Phil/Mariss Jansons
      100 Best Film Classics

      EMI/Ang CDD7-64291-2

      1:16 am

      Erik Satie: "Gnossiennes"

      No. 6

      Bruce Liu, p

      DG 4865830

      1:18 am

      Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Piano Trio in c

      Oistrakh Trio
      Rimsky-Korsakov Edition

      Brilliant 94369 (25)

      1:55 am

      Anton Arensky: 24 Pieces, Op 36

      #6, "Duo"

      Anatoly Sheludiakov, p
      Arensky: Twenty Four Pieces

      Angelok 1 Records ANG-CD-8803

      2:00 am

      Joseph Turrin: "Romance"

      Sheona White, hn; Studio Orch/Kyle Ritenauer

      Phoenix PHCD-190

      2:05 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 39 in E-Flat, K. 543

      London Mozart Players/Jane Glover
      Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 37, 40 and 41

      ASV CDDCA-615

      2:36 am

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

      Aria, "Tardi s'avvede"

      Gilles Cachemaille, br; Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood
      La clemenza di Tito

      Ois 444131-2 (2)

      2:38 am

      Henryk Wieniawski: "Légende," Op 17

      Itzhak Perlman, v; Abbey Road Ensemble/Lawrence Foster

      EMI CDC5-55475-2

      2:46 am

      Henriette Renié: "Légende (after de Lisle's Les Elfes)"

      Susann McDonald, h
      Music In The Air

      Klavier K-11133

      2:54 am

      Carlos Salzedo: "Rumba"

      Nancy Lendrim, h; Jody Guinn, h
      Short Stories - Music For Harp Duo By Carlos Salzedo

      Azica ACD-71226

      3:00 am

      Johannes Brahms: "F-A-E Scherzo (Sonatensatz)"

      Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, v; Cecile Licad, p
      Brahms: Violin Sonata No. 2

      EMI/Ang CDC7-49410-2

      3:05 am

      Franz Liszt: "Les préludes," Symphonic Poem No. 3

      Berlin Radio Sym Orch/Ferenc Fricsay
      Dvorak: Symphony No. 9 'From The New World'/ Smetana: Die Moldau/ Liszt: Les Preludes

      DG 423384-2

      3:22 am

      Johannes Brahms: "Deutsche Volkslieder" WoO 33

      No. 38, "Des Abends kann ich nicht schlafen geh'n (At evening, I cannot sleep)"

      Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, br; Gerald Moore, p
      Brahms Volkslieder

      EMI/Ang CDC5-85502-2 (2)

      3:23 am

      Lennox Berkeley: Flute Concerto, Op 36

      James Galway, f; London Phil/Lennox Berkeley
      James Galway Collection- Lennox Berkeley: The Complete Works for Flute

      RCA AGL1-5447

      3:46 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Notturno No. 2 in F, H II:26

      Marten Root, f; Michael Niesemann, ob; Mozzafiato, L'Archibudelli Members
      Haydn: Eight Notturni For The King Of Naples

      Sony SK-62878

      3:54 am

      Marion Bauer: Four Piano Pieces, Op 21

      #3, "Toccata"

      Virginia Eskin, p
      Music of Marion Bauer & Ruth Crawford

      Albany TROY-297

      4:00 am

      Bohuslav Martinu: Opera, "Comedy on the Bridge"

      Suite for Winds

      DePaul University Wind Ensemble/Donald DeRoche
      DePaul University Wind Ensemble

      Albany TROY-334

      4:05 am

      Antonin Dvorák: "Czech Suite," Op 39

      Detroit Sym Orch/Antal Dorati
      Czech Suite • Suite Tchèchque • Tschechische Suite / Prague Waltzes • Valses De Prague • Prager Walzer

      London 414370-2

      4:29 am

      Viteslav Novák: South Bohemian Suite, Op 64

      Epilogue

      Brno State Phil/Jaroslav Vogel

      Ultraphon 111873-2

      4:30 am

      Serge Prokofiev: Flute Sonata in D, Op. 94

      Erich Graf, f; Ricklen Nobis, p
      Flute Masterworks: Poulenc, Debussy, Varese, Borne, Nobis, Prokofiev

      Aeolus 02

      4:54 am

      Alexander Scriabin: Twenty-Four Preludes, Op 11

      #21 in B-Flat

      Piers Lane, p

      Hyperion CDA-67057/8 (2)

      5:00 am

      Franz Liszt: "Valse oubliée" No. 2 in A-Flat

      Mikhail Rudy, p

      EMI/Ang CDC7-49842-2

      5:05 am

      Oscar Bystr”m: Waltz No. 3 in E (1851)

      Gavle Sym Orch/Carlos Spierer
      Oscar Byström: Orchestral Works

      Sterling CDS-1025-2

      5:12 am

      Alexander Glazunov: Concert Waltz #1 in D, Op 47

      Bamberg Sym Orch/Neeme Järvi
      Glazunov: Symphony No. 2, Waltz No. 1

      Orfeo C-148101-A

      5:21 am

      Philipp Fahrbach i: Polka, Reissaus, Op 121

      Ensemble Wien
      A Little Light Music- Schubert, Suppe, Et Al

      Koch 3-6524-2

      5:23 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: String Quartet in E, Op. 17, No. 1

      Festetics String Quartet
      Haydn: String Quartets Volume 2

      Arcana A-412 (2)

      5:54 am

      Michael Praetorius: "Terpsichore" (1612)

      "Courante"

      Brass Ring
      Brass Ring - Berio, Praetorius, Gabrieli, Bach, Ewald, Kelly

      Crystal CD-561

      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

      Wilhelm Peterson-Berger: "Flowers of Frösön"

      Don Bailey, f; Arcata String Quartet, Grace Paradise, h; Scott Pingel, db
      Irish H,
      Voyage - Don Bailey

      Summit DCD-239

      6:13 am

      Léo Delibes: "Lakmé"

      Flower Duet, "Dôme épais, le jasmin"

      Eugenia Zukerman, f; Allan Vogel, ob; Dennis Helmrich, p
      Aria - Eugenia Zukerman

      Delos DE-3209

      6:19 am

      Léo Delibes: "Coppélia"

      Variations on a Slavic Theme

      Lyon Opera Orch/Kent Nagano
      Delibes: Coppélia (Highlights)

      Erato 96368-2

      6:26 am

      Georges Bizet: "The Pearl Fishers"

      Duet, "Au fond du temple saint"

      Ofra Harnoy, vc's; Mike Herriott, brass
      Portrait

      H&H Records HHR-202301

      6:32 am

      Sylvius Leopold Weiss: "Concerto a Cinque" in C

      Tempesta di Mare
      Weiss: Lute Concerti

      Chandos CHAN-0707

      6:43 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Divertimento in E-Flat, K. 563

      I. "Allegro"

      Henning Kraggerud, v; Lars Anders Tomter, vi; Christoph Richter, vc
      Mozart: Divertimento in E-Flat Major

      Naxos 8.572258

      6:56 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: The Nine Symphonies

      Cambridge Buskers
      The Cambridge Buskers' Compact Classics

      DG 423400-2

      7:03 am

      Henry Cowell: Hymn and Fuguing Tune No. 10

      Celia Nicklin, ob; St Martin's Academy/Sir Neville Marriner
      Barber, Ives, Copland

      Argo 417818-2

      7:12 am

      Camille Saint-Saëns: "Samson and Delilah," Op. 47

      "Bacchanale"

      Grant Park Orch/Thomas Wilkins
      Mendelssohn's Italian Symphony (July 30, 2016)

      Grant Park Music Festival

      7:20 am

      Camille Saint-Saëns: Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso, Op. 28

      James Ehnes, v; Quebec Sym Orch/Yoav Talmi
      Selections: The Best of James Ehnes

      Analekta AN2-9768

      7:32 am

      Granville Bantock: "The Pierrot of the Minute"

      Bournemouth Sinfonietta/Norman Del Mar
      Bantock, Butterworth, Bridge

      Chandos CHAN-8373

      7:45 am

      Leroy Robertson: "Punch and Judy" Overture

      Utah Sym/Maurice Abravanel
      Americana: 20th Century Works for Orchestra

      Vox ACD-8155

      7:53 am

      Anatol Liadov: "Marionettes," Op. 29

      Monique Duphil, p
      LIADOV: Piano Miniatures

      Marco Polo 8.220416

      8:04 am

      Georg Philipp Telemann: Divertimento in B-Flat

      Musica Antiqua Cologne/Reinhard Goebel
      Telemann: String Concertos

      Archiv 463074-2

      8:14 am

      Adrian Cruft: Traditional Hornpipe Suite

      Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland
      British Light Music Discoveries 2

      ASV CDWHL-2126

      8:21 am

      Malcolm Arnold: Three Shanties, Op. 4

      Nash Ensemble
      Malcolm Arnold: Chamber Music, Vol. 3

      Hyperion CDA-66173

      8:30 am

      Moritz Moszkowski: "Spanish Dances," Op. 12

      Nos. 2 & 4

      I Salonisti
      The Last Dance - Music For A Vanishing Era

      RCA-DHM 77377-2

      8:39 am

      Igor Stravinsky: "Petrushka"

      I. "The Shrovetide Fair", "Russian Dance"

      Orch de Paris/Klaus Mäkelä
      Stravinsky: Petrushka; Debussy: Jeux, Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune

      Decca 4870146

      8:50 am

      Gerald Finzi: "Eclogue," Op. 10

      Martin Jones, p; English String Orch/William Boughton
      Finzi, Bridge, Parry: An English Suite

      Nimbus NI-5366

      9:04 am

      Albert Roussel: "Divertissement," Op. 6

      Orsino Ensemble; Pavel Kolesnikov, p
      Belle Époque - French Music for Wind

      Chandos CHSA-5282

      9:12 am

      Max Bruch: "Scottish Fantasy," Op. 46

      Anne Akiko Meyers, v; Royal Phil Orch/Jesús López-Cobos
      Scottish Fantasy

      RCA 60942-2

      9:40 am

      Samuel Barber: "Souvenirs," Op. 28

      John Browning & Leonard Slatkin, p
      Samuel Barber: Symphony No. 1, Piano Concerto, Souvenirs

      RCA 60732-2-RC

      10:00 am - 3:00 pm

      10:00 am

      Midday with Lisa Flynn

      Including "Music in Chicago" at 12:00 pm.

      10:00 am

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

      Yo-Yo Ma, vc; Emanuel Ax, p
      Hope Amid Tears

      Sony 886449139354

      10:22 am

      Ron Nelson: "Sonoran Desert Holiday"

      Dallas Wind Sym/Jerry Junkin
      Holidays & Epiphanies - The Music of Ron Nelson

      Reference RR-76

      10:33 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata No. 208, "Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd"

      Aria, "Schafe können sicher weiden (Sheep May Safely Graze)"

      Anne Akiko Meyers, v; Los Angeles Master Chorale/Grant Gershon; Jaebon Hwang, o
      Mysterium

      Avie AV-2585

      10:37 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Fugue in G minor, BWV 578, "Little"

      Philadelphia Orch/Yannick Nézet-Séguin
      Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring; Stokowski: Bach Transcriptions

      DG B0019032-02

      10:42 am

      Gustav Holst: "The Planets," Op. 32

      "Venus, the Bringer of Peace"

      Royal Phil Orch/James Judd
      Planets

      Denon CO-75076

      10:51 am

      Ernest Chausson: "La Tempête," Op. 18

      Two Scenes

      Belgian Radio Sym Orch/José Serebrier
      Chausson: Symphony in B-Flat, Soir de Fête, The Tempest

      Chandos CHAN-8369

      11:01 am

      Louise Farrenc: "Cavatine" after Bellini's "Norma," Op. 14, No. 1

      Joanne Polk, p
      Farrenc: Etudes & Variations for Solo Piano

      Steinway & Sons 30133

      11:09 am

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

      Berlin Phil/Claudio Abbado
      Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night’s Dream (excerpts); Symphony No. 4 in A (Italian)

      Sony SK-62826

      11:22 am

      Frank Bridge: Suite for String Orchestra

      Bournemouth Sinfonietta/Norman Del Mar
      Bantock, Butterworth, Bridge

      Chandos CHAN-8373

      11:44 am

      Samuel Barber: "The School for Scandal" Overture, Op. 5

      Baltimore Sym Orch/David Zinman
      Barber: Adagio, Symphony No. 1, The School for Scandal, Essays

      Argo 436288-2

      11:53 am

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

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

      Cleveland Orch & Cho/Robert Shaw
      Hallelujah! & Other Great Sacred Choruses

      RCA 63709-2

      12:01 pm

      Caitlin Edwards: "Faithful"

      Caitlin Edwards, v & prod; Edward Smith, p
      Exhale

      Caitlin Edwards Exhale

      12:04 pm

      Ethel Smyth: Violin Sonata in A minor, Op. 7

      II. Scherzo

      Caitlin Edwards, v; Daniel Schlosberg, p
      Mere Mortals

      Navona NV-6563

      12:08 pm

      Henry Purcell: "The Fairy Queen"

      Suite

      Alison Balsom, tr; English Concert/Trevor Pinnock
      Sound The Trumpet (Royal Music of Purcell & Handel)

      EMI 40329-2

      12:24 pm

      Peggy Glanville-Hicks: "Etruscan Concerto"

      Caroline Almonte, p; Tasmanian Sym Orch/Richard Mills
      Women of Note: A Century of Australian Composers

      ABC Classics 4817995 (2)

      12:40 pm

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: "The Magic Flute," K. 620

      Overture

      La Cetra/Andrea Marcon
      Mozart Overtures

      DG 4779445

      12:48 pm

      Johann Strauss II: "Emperor Waltz," Op. 437

      Vienna Phil/Mariss Jansons
      New Year's Concert 2016

      Sony 88875174802

      1:00 pm

      Georg Philipp Telemann: "Tafelmusik," Book 1

      Quartet in G

      Freiburg Baroque Orch members
      The Complete Tafelmusik

      Harmonia Mundi HMC-902042.45 (4)

      1:15 pm

      Duke Ellington: Suite from "The River" (1970)

      Buffalo Phil Orch/JoAnn Falletta
      Ellington: Black, Brown, and Beige

      Naxos 8.559737

      1:38 pm

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      3:00 - 7:00 pm

      3:00 pm

      Afternoon Music with Candice Agree

      Including "Friday Afternoon at the Movies" at 4:30pm and "The Unrush Hour" at 5:00 pm.

      7:00 pm

      7:00 pm

      Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin

      String Quartet Composers from Fibich to Sibelius

      This week, Bill broadens his look at the string quartet, focusing on lesser-known late-19th-century composers. He begins with Poème for violin and piano by Czech composer Zdeněk Fibich. Bill says, 'The music is familiar, but the composer may not be.' 'Poème' was the score for one of George Balanchine's first ballets. Fibich was among the European composers born in the mid-19th century featured here, such as Hugo Wolf, Vincent d’Indy, and Ernest Chausson. Bill also adds New England composer Amy Beach to this group.

      8:00 - 11:00 pm

      11:00 pm

      11:00 pm

      Best of Studs Terkel

      Hiroshima? Overkill and Megalove (08/20/1963) A dramatization of Norman Corwin's prose poem "Overkill and Megalove" — a response to the bombing of Hiroshima that deals with the madness of war that leads to the obliteration of the human species. An annual WFMT tradition dating back to 1963.