Saturday, August 22, 2026

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      Playlist for Saturday, August 22, 2026

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      12:00 - 7:00 am

      12:00 am

      Vine, Carl: "Slow Movement from Cembalo Concerto in F minor, BWV 1056"

      Kremerata Baltica/Gidon Kremer
      The Art of Instrumentation: Homage to Glenn Gould

      Nonesuch 528982-2

      12:05 am

      Bach, Johann Sebastian: Violin Concerto in g (BWV 1056)

      Europa Galante/Fabio Biondi, v
      Bach: Concertos

      Virgin Classics 45361-2

      12:15 am

      Locatelli, Pietro: Violin Sonata in d, Op 6/12 (1737)

      Fabio Biondi, v; Europa Galante
      Italian Violin Sonatas

      Virgin 45588-2

      12:28 am

      Geminiani, Francesco: "The Enchanted Forest"

      Part 1: "Andante"

      CBC Vancouver Orch/John Eliot Gardiner
      Baroque Masterpieces

      Radio Canada Int'l SMCD-5163

      12:30 am

      Kodály, Zoltán: Variations on a Hungarian Folksong, "The Peacock"

      Vienna Phil/Sir Georg Solti
      Enigma Variations, The Peacock, Paganini Variations

      London 452853-2

      12:54 am

      Anonymous 13th century, German: Glogauer Liederbuch

      Pfauenschwanz (Peacock's Tail)

      Folger Consort
      Carmina Burana and other Spirited songs from the German Middle Ages

      Bard BDCD1-8901

      1:00 am

      Grieg, Edvard: Two Elegiac Melodies, Op. 34

      No. 2, "The Last Spring"

      English Chamber Orch

      Vanguard SVC-45

      1:05 am

      Grieg, Edvard: "Peer Gynt" Suite No. 1, Op. 46

      Czech State Phil/Stephen Gunzenhauser
      GRIEG, E.: Peer Gynt Suites Nos. 1 and 2 / Lyric Pieces / 3 Orchestral Pieces from Sigurd Jorsalfar (CSSR State Philharmonic, Gunzenhauser)

      Naxos 8.550140

      1:20 am

      Martinu, Bohuslav: Eight Preludes, H 181

      #2, "En forme de scherzo"

      Eleonora Bekova,p
      Martinu: Piano Works

      Chandos CHAN-9655

      1:22 am

      Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Symphony in D, K. 250/K 248b (Haffner Serenade)

      Tafelmusik/Bruno Weil
      Mozart: Six Symphonies after Serenades

      Sony S2K-47260 (2)

      1:55 am

      Martinu, Bohuslav: Eight Preludes, H 181

      #5, "En forme de Capriccio"

      Eleonora Bekova,p
      Martinu: Piano Works

      Chandos CHAN-9655

      2:00 am

      Suppé, Franz von: "Fatinitza"

      Overture

      Boston Pops Orch/Arthur Fiedler
      Overtures

      RCA RCD1-5479

      2:05 am

      Dauprat, Louis François: Horn Quintet in E-Flat, Op 6/3

      Zbigniew Zuk, fh, Camerata String Quartet
      Il Corno Italiano

      Zuk Records 311

      2:27 am

      Bishop, Henry: Chorus, "Foresters sound the cheerful horn"

      London Pro Cantione Antiqua
      Sweet & Low - Glees & Partsongs

      Conifer CDCF-145

      2:29 am

      Saint-Saens, Camille: "Africa," Op. 89

      Jean-Philippe Collard, p; Royal Phil/André Previn
      Saint-Saens: Concerto Pour Piano No. 1

      EMI/Ang CDC7-49757-2

      2:40 am

      Saint-Saens, Camille: "Cadenza for 'Africa'"

      Camille Saint-Saens, p

      Desmar IPA-117

      2:42 am

      SOUSA, John Phillip: Three Quotations (1895)

      Razumovsky Sym Orch/Keith Brion
      SOUSA: On Wings of Lightning

      Naxos 8.559029

      2:55 am

      Burleigh: Four Concert Pieces (1920)

      "Tints"

      Zina Schiff, v; Mary Barranger, p
      BURLEIGH: Music for Violin and Piano

      Naxos 8.559061

      3:00 am

      Chabrier, Emmanuel: "Le roi malgré lui" (1887)

      "Danse slave"

      Suisse Romande Orch/Ernest Ansermet
      Chabrier: Ansermet

      London 433720-2

      3:05 am

      Franck, César: Violin Sonata in A

      Joshua Bell, v; Jean-Yves Thibaudet, p
      Joshua Bell: French Chamber Works

      London 421817-2

      3:32 am

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      7:00 - 9:00 am

      7:00 am

      Weekend Mornings with Kristina Lynn

      With news at 7:00 am; "Saturday Morning Listener's Choice" at 8:00 am; and "Soundtrack" at 9:00 am.

      9:00 - 11:00 am

      9:00 am

      Soundtrack

      11:00 am

      11:00 am

      Introductions

      A rebroadcast of a performance of the first movement of Ginastera's String Quartet No. 1 and Puccini's "Crisantemi" by Meraviglia Quartet (Elle Cho & Lauren Kim, violins; Emily Chen, viola; Lucy Wu, cello). The ensemble formed at the Music Institute of Chicago Academy and performed in the Levin Studio in 2024.

      12:00 - 3:00 pm

      12:00 pm

      From Vienna State Opera

      Verdi's Luisa Miller

      Roberto Tagliavini (Graf von Walter); Freddie De Tommaso (Rodolfo); Daria Sushkova (Federica); Marko Mimica (Wurm); George Petean (Miller); Nadine Sierra (Luisa); Teresa Sales Rebordão (Laura); Vienna State Opera Chorus and Orchestra; Michele Mariotti, conductor. Sung in Italian.

      3:00 pm

      3:00 pm

      Afternoon Music

      4:00 pm

      4:00 pm

      Listening to Singers with Oliver Camacho

      A preview of Lyric Opera of Chicago's 2026-27 season with music director Enrique Mazzola.

      5:00 - 8:00 pm

      5:00 pm

      Weekend Evening Music

      8:00 pm

      8:00 pm

      Folkstage hosted by Marilyn Rea Beyer

      From the archives: Twenty years ago, Terri Hendrix performed on Folkstage. We revisit that concert. The spirited Texas songwriter and multi-instrumentalist recently released her 30-year retrospective, "Pen to Paper."

      9:00 pm - 12:00 am

      9:00 pm

      The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer

      Songs featuring “Little Boxes,” big circles, triangles, among other shapes and symbols commemorate Malvina Reynolds’ birth anniversary.