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      Playlist for Monday, May 4, 2026

      Playing this hour

      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      Franz Liszt: Three Concert Etudes

      No. 3, "Un sospiro"

      Daniil Trifonov, p
      Transcendental: Daniil Trifonov Plays Liszt

      DG 479 5529 (2)

      12:05 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 55 in E-Flat, "The Schoolmaster"

      Lausanne Chamber Orch/Jesús López-Cobos

      Denon CO-78930

      12:26 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Scottish Folksong, "The bonnie wee thing," H XXXIa:102

      Jamie MacDougall, t; Eisenstadt Haydn Trio
      Haydn Edition

      Brilliant Classics 95594 (160)

      12:28 am

      Amy (Mrs HHA) Beach: "Scottish Legend," Op 54/1

      Joanne Polk, p

      Arabesque Z-6693

      12:31 am

      Daniel Gregory Mason: Violin Sonata in c, Op 14

      Kevin Lawrence, v; Phillip Bush, p
      Daniel Gregory Mason and Frederick Shepherd Converse: Violin Sonatas

      New World 80591-2

      12:54 am

      Burleigh: "Nature's Voices" (1927)

      "Winding Stream"

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

      Naxos 8.559061

      1:00 am

      Sousa: "With Pleasure"

      Wallace Collection/John Wallace
      Stars And Stripes Forever- Great Marches an Incidental Music

      Nimbus NI-5129

      1:05 am

      Benjamin Britten: "An American Overture," Op. 27a

      City of Birmingham Sym Orch/Sir Simon Rattle
      Rattle Conducts Britten

      EMI/Ang CZS5-73983-2 (2)

      1:16 am

      Louis Ballard: "Four American Indian Piano Preludes"

      Emanuele Arciuli, p
      Walk in Beauty

      Innova 255

      1:22 am

      Kevin Puts: Concerto for Orchestra

      III. "Music Box with Arietta"

      St. Louis Sym Orch/Stéphane Denève

      Delos DE-3620

      1:24 am

      Johannes Brahms: Serenade no.2 in A, Op.16

      Scottish Chamber Orch/Sir Charles Mackerras
      Brahms Serenades 1 & 2

      Telarc CD-80522

      1:55 am

      Johannes Brahms: Romances and Songs, Op 84

      #4, "Vergebliches Ständchen"

      Elly Ameling, s; Rudolf Jansen, p
      On The Wings Of Song

      Philips 422333-2

      2:00 am

      Domenico Cimarosa: "Giannina e Bernardone"

      Overture

      Milan RAI Orch/Nino Sanzogno
      Giannina e Bernardone

      Andromeda ANDRCD-5059 (2)

      2:05 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: "La Finta Semplice," K. 51

      Overture

      La Cetra/Andrea Marcon
      Mozart Overtures * La Cetra * Andrea Marcon

      DG 4779445

      2:12 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: "La finta giardiniera," K. 196

      Aria, "Una damina, una nipote"

      Benelli, t; Theatre Royal de Monnaie Orch/Sylvain Cambreling

      Ricercar RIS-066045-47 (3)

      2:13 am

      Antonin Dvorák: Cello Concerto in b minor, Op. 104

      Mstislav Rostropovich, vc; Berlin Phil/Herbert von Karajan
      Cellokonzert • Rokoko-Variationen

      DG 447413-2

      2:55 am

      Moleiro: "Children's Suite"

      "The Birds"

      Clara Rodriguez, p
      Moleiro: Piano Music

      ASV CDDCA-890

      3:00 am

      Giuseppe Verdi: "Nabucco"

      Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves, "Va pensiero"

      Atlanta Sym Cho, Orch/Robert Shaw
      Verdi: Requiem & Operatic Choruses

      Telarc CD-80152 (2)

      3:05 am

      Giuseppe Verdi: "I Vespri Siciliani"

      Overture

      BBC Phil/Sir Edward Downes
      Verdi: Preludes, Overtures, and Ballet Music Vol. 1

      Chandos CHAN-9696

      3:14 am

      Antonio Pasculli: Grand Concerto on themes from Verdi's "I Vespri Siciliani"

      Philippe Magnan, ob; I Musici de Montréal/Yuli Turovsky
      I musici de Montreal - Verdi/ Dupin/Pasculli

      Chandos CHAN-9662

      3:27 am

      Giuseppe Verdi: "Ernani"

      Chorus, "Si ridesti il Leon di Castiglia"

      Forum Opera Chor; Forum Phil/Gabriele Bellini

      Koch 350214

      3:29 am

      Johannes Brahms: Fantasias, Op 116

      Robert Silverman, p
      Piano Music of Brahms, Vol. 2

      Radio Canada Int'l MVCD-1113

      3:54 am

      Arnold Schoenberg: Six Pieces for Male Chorus, Op 35

      #1, "Hemmung"

      BBC Singers/Pierre Boulez
      Das Chorwerk

      Sony S2K-44571 (2)

      4:00 am

      Darius Milhaud: "Deux esquisses (Two Sketches)," Op. 227b

      Athena Ensemble
      Darius Milhaud: Music for Wind Instruments

      Chandos CHAN-6536

      4:05 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 86 in D

      Vienna Concentus Musicus/Nikolaus Harnoncourt
      The Paris Symphonies (Nos 82-87)

      Deutsche Harmonia Mundi 60602-2 (3)

      4:37 am

      music continues...

      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.

      10:00 am - 2:00 pm

      10:00 am

      Midday with Lisa Flynn

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

      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

      Claude Debussy (1862-1918)

      Claude Debussy, who once said he learned more from poets and painters than from the music conservatory, is considered the figurehead of Impressionist music (though he would vehemently argue against it). This week, Bill reflects on Debussy's peculiar upbringing, his studies at the Paris Conservatory, and his Prix de Rome win.

      8:00 - 10:00 pm

      8:00 pm

      Live from WFMT

      The Audire Quartet returns to the Levin Studio with a program that includes the String Quartet No. 3 in D major, Op. 18, No. 3, by Beethoven, and the String Quartet No. 14 “Death and the Maiden” by Schubert. Hosted by Kerry Frumkin.

      10:00 pm - 12:00 am

      10:00 pm

      The WFMT Orchestra Series

      San Francisco Symphony

      Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor, Op. 23; Conrad Tao, piano; Adès Three-Piece Suite from "Powder Her Face;" Elgar "Enigma" Variations, Op. 36; Nicholas Collon, conductor.