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      Playlist for Saturday, January 10, 2026

      Playing this hour

      12:00 - 7:00 am

      12:00 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: "Ave Maria"

      Julian Lloyd Webber, vc; English Chamber Orch/Nicholas Cleobury
      Travels With My Cello

      Philips 412231-2

      12:05 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: "Italian Concerto" in F, BWV 971

      Kenneth Gilbert, hc
      Bach: Italian Concerto

      Harmonia Mundi HMA-1901278

      12:17 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Chorale, "Gott sei gelobet und benedeiet," BWV 322

      Chamber Cho of Europe/Nicol Matt
      Bach Edition: Complete Works

      Brilliant Classics 93102 (155)

      12:19 am

      Franz Berwald: "The Queen of Golconda"

      Overture

      Royal Phil/Ulf Björlin
      Berwald: Piano Concerto, Violin Concerto, Festival of the Bayaderes, Queen of Golconda Overture

      EMI/Ang CDM5-65073-2

      12:26 am

      Elfrida Andrée: "Fritiof" Suite

      Norrkoping Sym Orch/Hermann Bäumer
      Elfrida Andrée

      CPO 555589-2

      12:54 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Two-Part Inventions, BWV 772/786

      No. 5 in E-flat

      Ton Koopman, hc

      Capriccio 10210

      1:00 am

      Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck: Motet, "Tanto tempore vobiscum"

      Netherlands Chamber Choir/Paul van Nevel

      Radio Nederland 15

      1:05 am

      Unico Wilhelm van Wassenaer: Concerto Armonico #3 in A

      Amsterdam Baroque Orch/Ton Koopman
      6 Concerti Armonici

      Erato 45305-2

      1:13 am

      Bohuslav Martinu: "Cinq pièces brèves"

      #4

      Leonardo Trio

      Xlnt Music CD-18003

      1:15 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Concerto No.6 in D, Op. 61a

      Tapiola Sinfonietta/Olli Mustonen, p
      Beethoven: Piano Cto No 3 * Violin Cto (Piano Version)

      Ondine ODE-1123-5

      1:54 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Six "Ecossaisen," WoO 83

      Olli Mustonen, p
      Beethoven: Variations, Dances and Bagatelles

      London 452206-2

      2:00 am

      William Grant Still: Folk Suite #4

      Sierra Winds, Carol Urban-Stivers, p
      Get on Board: American Music for Woodwinds by William Grant Still

      Cambria CD-1083

      2:05 am

      William Grant Still: "Folk Suite" #3

      Sierra Winds, Carol Urban-Stivers, p
      Get on Board: American Music for Woodwinds by William Grant Still

      Cambria CD-1083

      2:10 am

      William Grant Still: Folk Suite #2

      "El Zapatero"

      Sierra Winds
      Get on Board: American Music for Woodwinds by William Grant Still

      Cambria CD-1083

      2:12 am

      Franz Liszt: "Dante" Symphony

      London Oratory School Schola; London Sym Orch/Leon Botstein
      Liszt: Dante Symphony, Etc

      Telarc CD-80613

      2:54 am

      Franz Liszt: "Responsories and Antiphons"

      "Sepulto Domino"

      Leslie Howard, p
      Responsories and Antiphons

      Hyperion CDA-67161/2 (2)

      3:00 am

      John Williams: "Star Wars" film music

      Main title

      London Phil/Dirk Brossé
      The Genius of Film Music: Hollywood Blockbusters 1980s-2000s

      LPO 0110

      3:05 am

      Jerome Moross: "The Cardinal" (1963)

      Suite

      Prague Phil Orch/Paul Bateman

      Silva SILKD-6030 (2)

      3:30 am

      Elmer Bernstein: "Far From Heaven"

      "Walking Through The Town"

      Studio Orchestra/Elmer Bernstein
      Far From Heaven (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

      Varese Sarabande 302 066 421 2

      3:32 am

      Luigi Boccherini: String Quintet in E, Op.11 no.5, G 275

      "Minuet"

      Mischa Maisky, vc; Daria Hovora, p
      Cellissimo

      DG 439863-2

      3:36 am

      Luigi Boccherini: Symphony #16 in A, Op 37/4 (G 518)

      I Solisti Veneti/Claudio Scimone
      Boccherini: Tre Sinfonie A Grande Orchestra Op. 21 No. 3 / No. 16: Op. 37 No. 4 / No. 4: Op. 12 No. 4 "La Casa del Diavolo"

      Erato 45486-2

      3:57 am

      Stephen Heller: 20 Preludes, Op 150

      #2

      Jean Martin, p
      HELLER : Preludes Opp. 81 and 150

      Marco Polo 8.223434

      4:00 am

      George Gershwin: "Porgy and Bess"

      "It Ain't Necessarily So"

      Simon Estes, b-br; Berlin Radio Sym Orch/Leonard Slatkin
      Gershwin*, Simon Estes, Roberta Alexander, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Leonard Slatkin ‎– Porgy And Bess (Highlights • Querschnitt)

      Philips 412720-2

      4:05 am

      Michel-Richard Delalande: "Symphonies pour les Soupers du Roy (for the King's Supper)"

      Deuxiéme Fantaisie ou Caprice que le Roy demandoit

      Paillard Chamber Orch/Jean-François Paillard
      Delande: Simphonies Pour Les Soupers Du Roy: Concert De Trompettes De Versailles, Trois Caprices

      Erato ECD-88088

      4:15 am

      François Couperin: "Concert royal" #2

      Clavecin en Concert
      Couperin: Concerts Royaux - Luc Beauséjour

      Analekta AN2-9993

      4:30 am

      François Couperin: Pièces de clavecin, Bk 3 (1722):16 ordre in G/g

      "La Letiville"

      Carole Cerasi, hc
      Couperin: Complete Works for Harpsichord

      Metronome METCD-1100 (10)

      4:31 am

      George Gershwin: "Porgy and Bess: A Symphonic Picture"

      Pittsburgh Sym/Fritz Reiner
      From Gershwin's Time: 1920-1945

      Sony MH2K-60648 (2)

      4:55 am

      Richard Rodney Bennett: "Suite for Skip and Sadie"

      "Good Morning"

      Richard Rodney Bennett, Carol Rosenberger, p
      BENNETT, R.R.: Suite for Skip and Sadie / Partridge Pie / 7 Days a Week / WALTON, W.: Duets for Children

      Delos DE-6002

      5:00 am

      Jessie Montgomery: "Voodoo Dolls"

      Apollo Chamber Players
      Jessie Montgomery

      Azica ACD-71372

      5:05 am

      Johann Samuel Endler: Sinfonia à 7 in F

      Josh Cohen, tr; Ensemble Sprezzatura/Daniel Abraham

      Chandos CHAN-0828

      5:21 am

      Frédéric Chopin: "ɐtudes," Op. 10

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

      Vladimir Horowitz, p
      Horowitz: Early Romantics

      Sony S2K-53468 (2)

      5:23 am

      Georges Bizet: Variations on a Theme from "Carmen"

      Arcadi Volodos, p
      Volodos- Piano Transcriptions

      Sony SK-62691

      5:27 am

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

      London Phil/Franz Welser-Möst

      EMI/Ang CDC7-54858-2

      5:54 am

      Edvard Grieg: 25 Norwegian Folksongs and Dances, Op. 17

      No. 6, "Wedding Tune"

      Eva Knardahl, p
      Grieg: The Complete Piano Music, Vol. 5

      BIS CD-108

      6:00 am

      George Frideric Handel: "Amaryllis" Suite

      Gavotte and Scherzo

      Royal Phil/Thomas Beecham

      EMI/Ang CDM7-63374-2

      6:05 am

      George Frideric Handel: Concerto Grosso, Op. 6, No. 3

      Oregon Guitar Quartet
      Realizations * Oregon Guitar Quartet

      Cube Squared Records C2-R602

      6:19 am

      George Frideric Handel: "L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato"

      "Or Let the Merry Bells Ring Round"

      Philharmonia Virtuosi of New York/Richard Kapp
      Sleigh Ride!

      RCA 61373-2

      6:20 am

      Theodor Kullak: Piano Concerto in c, Op 55

      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

      6:55 am

      Stephen Heller: 20 Preludes, Op 150

      #12

      Jean Martin, p
      HELLER : Preludes Opp. 81 and 150

      Marco Polo 8.223434

      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

      William Grant Still: "Seven Traceries"

      Denver Oldham, p
      Africa: Piano Music of William Grant Still

      Koch 3-7084-2

      7:21 am

      Edward Elgar: "Enigma" Variations, Op. 36

      No. 9, "Nimrod"

      London Sym Orch/Adrian Boult
      100 Best Classics

      Warner 094636490120

      7:27 am

      Caroline Shaw: Three Essays

      No. 1, "Nimrod"

      Calidore String Quartet
      Babel

      Signum SIGCD-850

      7:36 am

      Ludovico Einaudi: "Divenire"

      La Pietà/Angèle Dubeau, v
      Ludovico Einaudi: Portrait

      Analekta AN2-8738

      7:45 am

      Antonio Pasculli: "Homage to Bellini"

      Hansjörg Schellenberger, eh; Margit-Anna Süss, h
      Duo Recital

      Denon 81757-6611-2

      7:55 am

      Franz Schubert: Impromptu in G-Flat, D 899, No. 3

      Jenő Jandó, p
      Perfect Piano: Best Loved Classical Music

      Naxos 8.578180

      8:00 am

      Saturday Morning Listener's Choice

      8:01 am

      Sergei Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini, Op. 43

      Variation No. 18

      Cécile Ousset, p; City of Birmingham Sym Orch/Simon Rattle
      Best Loved Classics Vol. 8

      EMI CDZ7-62507-2

      8:04 am

      Claudio Monteverdi: "Vespers of the Blessed Virgin" (1610)

      "Deus in adiutorium/Domine ad adiuvandum"

      La Cetra/Andrea Marcon
      Monteverdi: Christmas Vespers

      DG 4862977

      8:08 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: "Eugene Onegin," Op. 24

      Waltz

      Berlin Phil/Herbert von Karajan
      Panorama: Peter Tchaikovsky II

      DG 469271-2

      8:16 am

      Manuel Ponce: "Estrellita"

      Renata Tebaldi, s; New Philharmonia Orch/Richard Bonynge
      Renata Tebaldi - Voce d'angelo

      Decca 4781535

      8:18 am

      Manuel Ponce: "Estrellita"

      Manuel Barrueco, g
      Cantos y Danzas

      Warner 5565782

      8:23 am

      George Gershwin: "Porgy and Bess"

      "Summertime"

      Leontyne Price, s; RCA Victor Orch/Skitch Henderson
      Porgy and Bess Highlights

      RCA 5234-2

      8:29 am

      Richard Wagner: "Die Walküre"

      Wotan's Farewell & Magic Fire Music

      Berlin Phil/Klaus Tennstedt
      Wagner: Music From The Ring

      EMI CDC7-47007-2

      8:38 am

      Ottorino Respighi: "The Birds"

      Orpheus Chamber Orch
      Respighi: Ancient Airs and Dances I & III, Three Botticelli Pictures, The Birds

      DG 437533-2

      8:57 am

      Fela Sowande: "African Suite"

      V. Finale, "Akinla"

      Chicago Sinfonietta/Paul Freeman
      African Heritage Symphonic Series - Vol. I

      Cedille CDR-90000055

      9:00 am

      Soundtrack

      9:00 am

      Alfred Newman: 20th Century Fox Fanfare

      London Phil Orch/John Mauceri
      The Genius of Film Music

      LPO 0086

      9:02 am

      Bernard Herrmann: "Torn Curtain"

      Prelude

      Royal Phil Orch/Elmer Bernstein
      Torn Curtain

      Warner Classics 0349790963

      9:05 am

      Bernard Herrmann: "Torn Curtain"

      "Valse lente"

      Royal Phil Orch/Elmer Bernstein
      Torn Curtain

      Warner Classics 0349790963

      9:08 am

      Bernard Herrmann: "Torn Curtain"

      "The Farmhouse"

      Royal Phil Orch/Elmer Bernstein
      Torn Curtain

      Warner Classics 0349790963

      9:11 am

      John Corigliano: "Music from the Edge"

      "Family Shave"

      London Metropolitan Orch/Leonard Slatkin
      Music From The Edge

      Perseverance PRD-055

      9:14 am

      John Corigliano: "Music from the Edge"

      "Reunification/Breathe in the Dawn"

      Hila Plitmann, s; London Metropolitan Orch/Leonard Slatkin
      Music From The Edge

      Perseverance PRD-055

      9:21 am

      William Walton: "The Battle of Britain"

      "Spitfire Music and Battle in the Air"

      London Phil Orch/Carl Davis
      Walton: The Battle of Britain (Suite)

      EMI CDC7-47944-2

      9:28 am

      Jerry Goldsmith: "Timeline"

      "The Dig"

      Hollywood Studio Sym/Jerry Goldsmith
      Timeline - Music Inspired By The Film

      Varèse Sarabande 3020666002

      9:32 am

      Jerry Goldsmith: "Timeline"

      "To My Friends"

      Hollywood Studio Sym/Jerry Goldsmith
      Timeline - Music Inspired By The Film

      Varèse Sarabande 3020666002

      9:36 am

      Alex North: "2001: A Space Odyssey"

      Main Title

      National Phil Orch/Jerry Goldsmith
      Alex North's 2001

      Varèse Sarabande VSD-5400

      9:37 am

      Alex North: "2001: A Space Odyssey"

      "The Dawn of Man"

      National Phil Orch/Jerry Goldsmith
      Alex North's 2001

      Varèse Sarabande VSD-5400

      9:40 am

      Alex North: "2001: A Space Odyssey"

      "Space Station Docking; Trip to the Moon"

      National Phil Orch/Jerry Goldsmith
      Alex North's 2001

      Varèse Sarabande VSD-5400

      9:46 am

      Alex North: "2001: A Space Odyssey"

      "Moon Rocket Bus"

      National Phil Orch/Jerry Goldsmith
      Alex North's 2001

      Varèse Sarabande VSD-5400

      9:52 am

      Maurice Ravel: "Don Quichotte à Dulcinée"

      José van Dam, br; BBC Sym Orch/Pierre Boulez
      Ravel: Orchestral Songs; Roussel: Symphony No. 3

      Sony SMK-64107

      10:01 am

      Hazel Scott: "Idyll"

      Lara Downes, p
      Holes in the Sky

      Portrait 19075920792

      10:03 am

      Ysaÿe Barnwell: "Wanting Memories"

      Cantus
      That Eternal Day

      Cantus Recordings CTS-1210

      10:08 am

      Burt Bacharach: "I Say a Little Prayer"

      Sheku Kanneh-Mason, vc
      Song

      Decca 4853169

      10:12 am

      Igor Stravinsky: "Pulcinella"

      III. Scherzino

      London Sinfonietta/Esa-Pekka Salonen
      Stravinsky: Pulcinella, Octet, Renard, Ragtime

      Sony SK-45965

      10:19 am

      Richard Strauss: "Don Juan," Op. 20

      Chicago Sym Orch/Sir Georg Solti
      Solti: A Passion for Music

      Decca 4758525 (5)

      10:37 am

      Stephen Sondheim: "Sunday in the Park with George"

      "Color and Light"

      Anthony de Mare, p
      Liaisons: Re-imagining Sondheim from the Piano

      ECM 2470-72

      10:43 am

      Bernadette Peters & Mandy Patinkin: "Move On" (Sondheim)

      Bernadette Peters & Mandy Patinkin
      Broadway's Showplace

      RCA Victor 60359-2-RCDJ

      10:48 am

      Mary D. Watkins: "Five Movements in Color"

      No. 2, "Soul of Remembrance"

      New Black Music Repertory Ensemble/Leslie Dunner
      Recorded Music of the African Diaspora

      Albany TROY-1200

      10:54 am

      Florence Price: "Adoration"

      James Oesi, db; Djuwa Mroivili, p
      Adoration

      James Oesi (Adoration)

      11:00 am

      11:00 am

      Introductions

      Jeffery Tong, 15, cello. Saint-Saëns Cello Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Op. 33, 1st mvt; Beethoven Cello Sonata No. 3 in A, Op. 69, 1st mvt; Bach Cello Suite No. 4, Gigue; Perkinson "Song Form" from "Lamentation"; N Boulanger Three Pieces for cello and piano. With Liang-yu Wang, piano

      11:47 am

      Antonio Vivaldi: Violin, Two-Oboe, Two-Horn & Bassoon Concerto in F, R. 569

      Freiburg Baroque Orch/Gottfried von der Goltz
      Vivaldi - I Concerti Di Dresda

      Naïve OP-30283

      12:00 - 4:00 pm

      12:00 pm

      Metropolitan Opera

      Bellini's I puritani

      Lisette Oropesa (Elvira Walton); Lawrence Brownlee (Lord Arturo Talbot); Artur Ruciński (Riccardo Forth); Christian Van Horn (Giorgio Walton); Metropolitan Opera Cho & Orch/Marco Armillato. Sung in Italian.

      3:44 pm

      Alexander Scriabin: 24 Preludes, Op. 11

      No. 23 in F, "Vivo"

      Zara Lawler, f; Paul Fadoul, mar
      Prelude Cocktail

      Lawler + Fadoul 884501976640

      3:46 pm

      Shawn E. Okpebholo: "city beautiful"

      III. "burnham"

      Lincoln Trio
      Trios from Contemporary Chicago

      Cedille CDR-90000211

      3:51 pm

      Josef Mysliveček: Sinfonia in G

      Concerto Köln
      Il Divino Boemo: Josef Mysliveček Symphonies

      Archiv 4776418

      4:00 pm

      4:00 pm

      Listening to Singers with Oliver Camacho

      Baritone Will Liverman on his Grammy-nominated album "The Dunbar/Moore Sessions."

      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: Turn back the clock to a Midnight Special New Year’s Eve concert on December 31, 2004. John McCutcheon, Peggy Seeger, and Tom Dundee performed live at The Old Town School of Folk Music.

      9:00 pm - 12:00 am

      9:00 pm

      The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer

      Joan Baez’s 85th birthday party continues with songs that she wrote, interpreted, and music by the artists she has lifted up over the years.