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Playlist for Saturday, January 17, 2026
12:00 - 7:00 am
12:00 am
Gwyneth Walker: "Full Circle"
II. "The Grace of the World"
Palisades Virtuosi
Strike, Strum and Stride
12:05 am
George Walker: "Folksongs for Orchestra"
Cleveland Chamber Sym/Edwin London
Walker: Orchestral Works
12:17 am
Gwyneth Walker: "Fantasy Etudes"
No. 3, "Rough Rhythms"
Blue Violet Duo
Strike, Strum and Stride
12:18 am
Max Bruch: Serenade, Op. 75
Jack Liebeck, v; BBC Scottish Sym Orch/Martyn Brabbins
The Romantic Violin Concerto, Vol. 19: Bruch
12:55 am
Vivian Fine: "Canzones y Dances"
"Tango: The Frog Prince & the Senorita"
Joel Browning, g; Jan Vinci, f
Five Premieres: Chamber Works With Guitar
1:00 am
Leroy Anderson: "The Waltzing Cat"
St Louis Sym/Leonard Slatkin
Leroy Anderson Favorites * Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra * Leonard Slatkin
1:02 am
Leroy Anderson: "Bugler's Holiday"
St Louis Sym/Leonard Slatkin
Leroy Anderson Favorites * Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra * Leonard Slatkin
1:04 am
Johann Neruda: Trumpet Concerto in E-Flat
Guy Touvron, tr; Prague Chamber Orch
Classic Trumpet
1:21 am
Henry Purcell: "The Fairy Queen"
Suite
Alison Balsom, tpt; English Concert/Trevor Pinnock
Sound The Trumpet (Royal Music Of Purcell & Handel)
1:35 am
Henry Purcell: "Sound the Trumpets"
Hannes, Wolfgang, Bernhard Läubin, tr's; Simon Preston, o
Awake The Trumpet's Lofty Sound
1:37 am
Arthur Foote: String Suite in E, Op 63
London Sym Orch Strings/Kenneth Klein
Skyscrapers
1:54 am
Richard Thompson: Prelude No. 3
Richard Thompson, p
Poetry Prelude
2:00 am
Felix Mendelssohn: "A Midsummer Night's Dream," Op. 61
"Scherzo"
London Brass
2:20 am
music continues...
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.
11:00 am
11:00 am
Introductions
Anna Huelke, 18, flute. Martinů: Flute Sonata, 1st mvt; Bach: Flute Sonata in E, BWV 1035, 1st mvt; Schocker: "The Further Adventures of Two Flutes"; Eben: Sonatina semplice. With Kay Kim, piano and Destina Sarussi, second flute.
12:00 - 4:00 pm
12:00 pm
Metropolitan Opera
Bizet's Carmen
Aigul Akhmetshina (Carmen); Michael Fabiano (Don José); Janai Brugger (Micaëla); Christian Van Horn (Escamillo); Metropolitan Opera Cho & Orch/Pier Giorgio Morandi. Sung in French.
4:00 pm
4:00 pm
Listening to Singers with Oliver Camacho
An interview with mezzo-soprano Joyce Di Donato, Chicago Symphony Orchestra's 2025/26 Artist-in-Residence.
8:00 pm
8:00 pm
Folkstage hosted by Marilyn Rea Beyer
From the archives: Rev. Robert Jones and Matt Watroba traveled from Detroit to Hinsdale, Illinois, to perform on Folkstage live from Acoustic Renaissance Concerts on a wintry night in 2021.
9:00 pm - 12:00 am
9:00 pm
The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer
Chicago has long been the epicenter of contemporary Gospel music. We’ll explore the impact of that music and celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.
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