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      Playlist for Monday, April 27, 2026

      Playing this hour

      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      Carl Stamitz: Clarinet Concerto #11 in E-Flat

      3rd mvt (Finale), "Rondo alla Scherzo"

      Sabine Meyer, cl; St Martin's Academy/Iona Brown

      EMI/Ang CDC7-54842-2

      12:05 am

      Franz Krommer: Octet-Partita in F, Op 57

      Sabine Meyer Wind Ensemble

      EMI/Ang CDC7-54383-2

      12:24 am

      Percy Grainger: "Lincolnshire Posy"

      "The Brisk Young Sailor"

      Lake Effect Clarinet Quartet
      Cooler By the Lake

      Lake Effect Clarinet Quartet

      12:25 am

      Charles Tomlinson Griffes: "The Pleasure Dome of Kubla Khan," Op 8

      Buffalo Phil/JoAnn Falletta
      GRIFFES: Pleasure Dome of Kubla Khan / The White Peacock

      Naxos 8.559164

      12:38 am

      John Alden Carpenter: "Sea-Drift"

      Royal Phil/Karl Krueger
      American Tone Poems

      Bridge 9190

      12:54 am

      Edward MacDowell: Eight Songs, Op 47

      #3, "Folksong"

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

      Naxos 8.559032

      1:00 am

      Madeleine Dring: Trio for oboe, bassoon & keyboard

      II. "Andante semplice"

      Nicholas Daniel, ob; Amy Harman, bn; Antonio Oyarzábal, p
      Complete Works for Oboe by Madeleine Dring

      Chandos CHAN-20344

      1:05 am

      Madeleine Dring: "Three Piece Suite"

      Nicholas Daniel, ob; Antonio Oyarzábal, p
      Complete Works for Oboe by Madeleine Dring

      Chandos CHAN-20344

      1:18 am

      Tina Nicholson: "Moments from Women"

      "The Trollop"

      Susan Davol, ob
      Double Take: American Reed

      Albany TROY-1515

      1:19 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Triple Concerto in C, Op 56

      Itzhak Perlman, v; Yo-Yo Ma, vc; Berlin Phil/Daniel Barenboim, p

      EMI CDC5-55516-2

      1:55 am

      Bohuslav Martinu: "Cinq pièces brèves"

      #1

      Leonardo Trio

      Xlnt Music CD-18003

      2:00 am

      Alan Hovhaness: "Armenian Rhapsody" #3, Op 189 (1944)

      Slovak Radio Sym Orch/Kerry Stratton
      HOVHANESS, A.: Celestial Fantasy / In Memory of an Artist / Processional and Fugue / Psalm and Fugue

      Dorian DOR-93166

      2:05 am

      Hugo Alfvén: Swedish Rhapsody #1, Op 19, "Midsommarvaka"

      Swedish Radio Sym/Esa-Pekka Salonen
      A Nordic Festival- Nordiska Maserverk

      Sony SK-46668

      2:18 am

      Ralph Vaughan Williams: Suite for Pipes

      IV. Finale

      Swedish Recorder Quartet
      Suite for Pipes

      Caprice CAP-21687

      2:20 am

      Ralph Vaughan Williams: Partita for Double String Orchestra (1939-48)

      London Phil Strings/Sir Adrian Boult

      EMI CDM7-69710-2

      2:39 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Clavier Partita No. 5 in G, BWV 829

      Francesco Tristano, p
      Bach: The 6 Partitas

      Naive V-8619

      2:54 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Clavier Partita No. 2 in c, BWV 826

      Rondeau

      Pieter-Jan Belder, hc
      The Six Partitas, BWV 825-830

      Brilliant 92286

      3:00 am

      Vincenzo Bellini: Little Overture

      Bolshoi Chamber Orch/Gennady Rozhdestvensky

      West WGS-8338

      3:05 am

      Quincy Porter: "Little Trio"

      Zizi Mueller, f; Yuval Waldman, v; Jesse Levine, vi
      American Flute, Volume One

      Premier PRCD-1029

      3:11 am

      Malcolm Arnold: Little Suite #1 for Orchestra, Op 53

      City of London Sinfonia/Richard Hickox
      Arnold: Orchestral Works

      Chandos CHAN-9509

      3:20 am

      Malcolm Arnold: Little Suite #2 for Brass Band, Op 93

      Grimethorpe Colliery Band/Elgar Howarth
      Arnold on Brass

      Conifer 16848-2

      3:26 am

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

      Netherlands Brass Quintet

      Ottavo OTRC-48609

      3:29 am

      Claude Debussy: "Petite pièce" (1910)

      Paul Meyer, cl; Eric Le Sage, p
      French Clarinet Art

      Denon 81757-9282-2

      3:31 am

      Alexander Borodin: "Petite Suite"

      Philharmonia Orch/Geoffrey Simon
      Borodin: Requiem, Polovtsian Dances, In the Steppes of Central Asia, Nocturne, Petite Suite

      Cala CACD-1029

      3:54 am

      Erik Satie: "Petite ouverture à danser"

      France Clidat, p

      Pantheon D-16611 (3)

      4:00 am

      Johannes Brahms: Three Intermezzi, Op 117

      #3 in c-sharp

      Glenn Gould, p
      Brahms: 4 Ballades, Op. 10 - 2 Rhapsodies, Op. 79 - 10 Intermezzi

      Sony SM2K-52651 (2)

      4:05 am

      Georg Philipp Telemann: Flute Concerto in D

      Robert Stallman, f; Philadelphia Concerto Soloists Chamber Orch

      VAI VAIA-1166

      4:20 am

      Antonio Vivaldi: Violin Concerto in G, R 310 (Op 3/3)

      Vienna State Opera Chamber Orch/Mario Rossi

      Turnabout SVC-66/67 (2)

      4:28 am

      Giuseppe Torelli: Violin and Guitar Concerto in A

      3rd mvt, "Allegro"

      Günther Pichler, v; Karl Scheit, g; Wiener Solisten/Wilfried Böttcher

      Omega OCD-1020

      4:29 am

      John Stanley: String Concerto in b, Op 2/2

      Collegium Musicum 90/Simon Standage
      Stanley: Concertos For Strings, Op. 2

      Chandos CHAN-0638

      4:42 am

      Louis Couperin: "Les goûts réünis, ou nouveaux concerts"

      Excerpts

      Janos Starker, vc; Santa Fe Festival Orch
      Cello Recital: Starker, Janos - BACH, C.P.E. BOCCHERINI, L. / VIVALDI, A. JANSON, J.-B.-A.-J. / COUPERIN, F. (Concerto Collection)

      Delos DE-3197

      4:54 am

      Francois Couperin: "Pièces de clavecin," Bk 3 (1722): "18e ordre" in f/F

      #2, "La Verneüilleté"

      Christophe Rousset, hc
      Couperin: Troisième Livre De Pièces De Clavecin

      Harmonia Mundi HMC-901442/4 (3)

      5:00 am

      Claude Debussy: "Images", Set 1

      I. "Reflets dans l'eau"

      Van Cliburn, p
      Van Cliburn- Complete Album Collection

      RCA 60415-2-RG

      5:05 am

      Claude Debussy: "La Mer"

      Cleveland Orch/Vladimir Ashkenazy
      La Mer/ Nocturnes/ Prelude A L'Apres-Midi D'un Faune

      London 417488-2

      5:28 am

      Claude Debussy: "Images," Set 2

      "Poissons d'or"

      Pierre-Laurent Aimard, p
      Images / Études

      Warner Classics 83940-2

      5:33 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: "O Lord, what is man!"

      Adrian Peacock, b; Parley of Instruments/Peter Holman

      Hyperion CDA-67020

      5:34 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Piano Concerto in D, H XVIII:11 (Op. 21)

      Bella Davidovich, p; Prague Chamber Phil/Dmitry Sitkovetsky
      Sitkovetsky, Davidovich And Hudecek Play Haydn

      Supraphon SU-32652031

      5:54 am

      Anton Zemlinsky: Six Waltz Songs, Op 6, on folk texts from Tuscany

      #5, "Blaues Sternlein"

      Barbara Bonney, s; Cord Garben, p
      Zemlinsky: Lieder

      DG 427348-2 (2)

      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

      Giuseppe Sammartini: Cello Concerto in C

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

      RCA-DHM 77323-2

      6:16 am

      Antonín Dvořák: Violin Sonatina in G, Op. 100

      I. "Allegro risoluto"

      Randall Goosby, v; Zhu Wang, p
      Roots

      Decca B0033878-02

      6:23 am

      Carl Maria von Weber: Symphony No. 1 in C, Op. 19

      IV. Finale, "Presto"

      London Classical Players/Roger Norrington
      Weber: Symphonies 1 & 2, Konzertstück

      EMI CDC5-55348-2

      6:32 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Violin Sonata No. 9 in A, Op. 47, "Kreutzer"

      III. Finale, "Presto"

      Sphinx Virtuosi
      Songs for Our Times

      DG 4865014

      6:39 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 12 in A, K. 414

      II. Andante

      Evren Ozel, p; Vienna Radio Sym Orch/Howard Griffiths
      Next Generation Mozart Soloists, Vol. 12

      Alpha 1139

      6:48 am

      Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: "Berlin" Symphony No. 6 in F, Wq 181

      Berlin Academy for Ancient Music
      Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Oboe Concertos

      Harmonia Mundi HMM-902601

      7:03 am

      Giacomo Meyerbeer: "L'Africaine"

      Indian March

      Barcelona Sym Orch/Michal Nesterowicz
      Meyerbeer: Ballet Music from the Operas

      Naxos 8.573076

      7:13 am

      Joaquín Turina: "Escena andaluza," Op. 7

      I. "Crépuscule du soir"

      Lincoln Trio; Aurelien Fort Pederzoli, v; Ayane Kozasa & Doyle Armbrust, vi's
      Turina * Chamber Music for Strings and Piano * Lincoln Trio

      Cedille CDR-90000150 (2)

      7:21 am

      Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: "The Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh"

      "Wedding Procession; Tatar Invasion; Battle of Kerzhenets"

      London Sym Orch/Gianandrea Noseda
      Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5; Rimsky-Korsakov: Kitezh Suite

      LSO Live LSO-0858

      7:32 am

      George Frideric Handel: "Music for the Royal Fireworks"

      "Overture"

      English Concert/Trevor Pinnock
      Handel: Music For The Royal Fireworks

      Archiv 453451-2

      7:41 am

      Morten Lauridsen: "Lux Aeterna"

      IV. "Veni, Sancte Spiritus"

      Polyphony, Britten Sinfonia/Stephen Layton
      Lux aeterna & other choral works

      Hyperion CDA-67449

      7:43 am

      Morten Lauridsen: "Lux Aeterna"

      V. Finale, "Agnus Dei - Lux aeterna"

      Polyphony, Britten Sinfonia/Stephen Layton
      Lux aeterna & other choral works

      Hyperion CDA-67449

      7:54 am

      Meyer/Thile/Duncan: "Attaboy"

      Stuart Duncan, v; Chris Thile, man; Yo-Yo Ma, vc; Edgar Meyer, db
      Edgar Meyer, double bass,
      The Goat Rodeo Sessions

      Sony 84118-2

      8:03 am

      Giuseppe Antonio Brescianello: Symphony in D, Op. 1, No. 1

      Banchetto Musicale
      Brescianello: Concerti & Sinphonie

      Dynamic CDS-291/1-2 (2)

      8:12 am

      Mario Pilati: Four Popular Italian Songs

      Vadim Davydov, picc; Aleksandr Kosolov, ob; Moscow Sym Orch/Adriano
      Pilati: Preludio, aria e tarantella, 4 canzoni popolari italiane, Divertimento, Bagatelles

      Naxos 8.574168

      8:22 am

      Amilcare Ponchielli: "La Gioconda"

      "Dance of the Hours"

      Royal Opera House Orch/Sir Georg Solti
      Weekend Classics: Dance of the Hours, Invitation to the Dance, Danse macabre, Barcarolle

      Decca 421396-2

      8:32 am

      Emmanuel Chabrier: "Joyeuse marche"

      Vienna Phil/John Eliot Gardiner
      Chabrier: España, Suite pastorale, etc.

      DG 447751-2

      8:36 am

      David Lyon: "Joie de vivre" Overture

      Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland
      British Light Music World Premieres

      ASV CDWHL-2116

      8:43 am

      Haydn Wood: "Moods Suite"

      No. 6, Waltz, "Joyousness"

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

      Marco Polo 8.223402

      8:49 am

      Fela Sowande: "African Suite"

      I. "Joyful Day"

      London Sym Orch Strings/Paul Freeman
      Black Composers Series 1974-1978, Vol. 7

      Sony 19075862152 (10)

      8:57 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata No. 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben (Heart and mouth and deed and life)"

      Chorale, "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring"

      Yo-Yo Ma, vc; Amsterdam Baroque Orch/Ton Koopman
      Yo-Yo Ma * Simply Baroque

      Sony SK-60680

      9:04 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: "Brandenburg" Concerto No. 3 in G Major, BWV 1048

      Berlin Academy for Ancient Music
      Bach: Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 1-6

      Harmonia Mundi HMC-901634/5 (2)

      9:16 am

      Gabriela Montero: Improvisation on Bach's "Brandenburg" Concerto No. 3

      Gabriela Montero, p
      Bach and Beyond

      EMI 64647

      9:24 am

      Ernest Bloch: Concerto Grosso No. 1

      Jenny Lin, p; Southwest German Radio Sym Orch/Jiří Stárek
      Ernest Bloch: Concerto Symphonique, Concerto Grosso No. 1, Scherzo Fantasque

      Hänssler Classic CD-93.192

      9:49 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74, "Pathétique"

      III. "Allegro molto vivace"

      London Phil Orch/Karina Canellakis
      Karina Canellakis conducts Tchaikovsky

      LPO LPO-0137

      10:00 am - 2:00 pm

      10:00 am

      Midday with Lisa Flynn

      Including the "Daily Excursion" at 11:00 am and "Music in Chicago" at 12:00 pm.

      10:00 am

      Hosted by Dave Schwan.

      10:00 am

      Antonio Vivaldi: Oboe Concerto in D, R. 453

      Zefiro/Alfredo Bernardini, ob
      Vivaldi: Concerti per oboe

      Naïve OP-30478

      10:10 am

      Antonín Dvořák: Violin Sonata in F, Op. 57

      Gil Shaham, v; Orli Shaham, p
      Dvořák for Two

      DG 449820-2

      10:32 am

      Johannes Brahms: "Academic Festival" Overture, Op. 80

      Houston Sym/Christoph Eschenbach
      Brahms: Symphonies 1-4

      Virgin 61360-2 (4)

      10:45 am

      Jake Runestad: "Sing, Wearing the Sky"

      Kantorei/Joel Rinsema
      Jake Runestad: Sing, Wearing the Sky

      Naxos 8.559892

      10:51 am

      Irving Fine: "Diversions for Orchestra"

      Moscow Radio Sym/Joel Spiegelman
      Irving Fine: Music for Orchestra

      Delos DE-3139

      11:01 am

      Traditional Chinese: "Moon Reflection at Second Stream"

      Pacific Harmony String Quartet
      Melodies of the Far East

      Pacific Harmony 2000

      11:09 am

      Franz Schubert: "Moments musicaux," D 780

      No. 6 in A-Flat

      Daniele Pollini, p
      Schubert - Maurizio Pollini, Daniele Pollini

      DG 4866398

      11:18 am

      David Amram: Variations on "Red River Valley"

      Julius Baker, f; Manhattan Chamber Orch/Richard Auldon Clark
      David Amram - An American Original

      Newport Classic NPD-85546

      11:32 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Clavier Concerto No. 7 in G minor, BWV 1058

      Hanover Band/Andrew Arthur, hc
      J.S. Bach: Harpsichord Concertos

      Signum SIGCD-710

      11:48 am

      Georg Philipp Telemann: Divertimento in A

      Musica Antiqua Cologne/Reinhard Goebel
      Telemann: String Concertos

      Archiv 463074-2

      12:01 pm

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Trio in B-Flat, Op. 11

      I. "Allegro con brio"

      Lincoln Trio
      Impromptu at 15

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      12:09 pm

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      2:00 - 7:00 pm

      2:00 pm

      Afternoon Music with Candice Agree

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

      7:00 pm

      7:00 pm

      Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin

      A Visit with Richard Stoltzman

      Bill shares an interview with the legendary clarinetist whose career spans over 50 years as a concerto soloist, chamber musician, recitalist, jazz performer, arranger, and recording artist. Stoltzman’s welcoming spirit has introduced us to new musicians and fresh takes on music by Messiaen, Takemitsu, and Copland, and he has commissioned works from many, many composers. As you listen to his stories about his parents, Benny Goodman, Rudolf Serkin, and his teachers and friends, you quickly understand his dedication to a lifetime spent getting it right.

      8:00 - 10:00 pm

      8:00 pm

      Live from WFMT

      The Chicago Harp Quartet (Emily Granger, Eleanor Kirk, Catherine Yom Litaker, and Julie Spring) performs live in Levin Studio. Hosted by Kerry Frumkin.

      10:00 pm - 12:00 am

      10:00 pm

      The WFMT Orchestra Series

      San Francisco Symphony

      Salonen Cello Concerto; Rainer Eudeikis, cello; Beethoven Symphony No. 6 in F Major, Op. 68, "Pastoral;" Debussy "La Mer;" Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor.