Friday, June 19, 2026

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      12:00 - 6:00 am

      Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff

      12:00 am

      Frédéric Chopin: "Les Sylphides"

      Grande valse brillante

      Philadelphia Orch/Eugene Ormandy
      Greatest Hits * The Ballet * Vol III

      CBS MLK-45660

      12:05 am

      Louise Farrenc: "La Sylphide" (Rondo-Waltz after Masini), Op. 18

      Maria Stratigou, p
      Louise Farrenc - Complete Piano Works, Vol 1

      Grand Piano GP-942

      12:12 am

      Frédéric Chopin: "Les Sylphides"

      Prelude in A, Op.28 no.7

      Berlin Phil/Herbert von Karajan
      Herbert von Karajan - Ballets Celebres

      DG 437404-2 (2)

      12:13 am

      Hector Berlioz: "Harold in Italy," Op. 16

      Gérard Caussé, vi; Orch Révolutionnaire et Romantique/Sir John Eliot Gardiner
      Harold En Italie / Tristia

      Philips 446676-2

      12:54 am

      Emmanuel Chabrier: Song, "Sérénade"

      Ludovic de San, br; Diane Andersen, p

      Discover Int'l DICD-920177

      1:00 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: English Suite No. 1 in A, BWV 806

      "Allemande"

      Bob van Asperen, hc
      Bach Edition: Complete Works

      Brilliant Classics 93102 (155)

      1:05 am

      Heitor Villa-Lobos: "Bachianas brasileiras" No. 9

      New World Sym/Michael Tilson Thomas
      Music Of Villa-Lobos

      RCA 68538-2

      1:15 am

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

      Alexandre Tharaud, p; Les Violons du Roy/Bernard Labadie

      Virgin 070913-2

      1:29 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: English Suite No. 6 in d minor, BWV 811

      "Gavotte"

      Bob van Asperen, hc
      Bach Edition: Complete Works

      Brilliant Classics 93102 (155)

      1:30 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Violin Sonata No. 5 in F, Op.24, "Spring"

      Andrew Wan, v; Charles Richard-Hamelin, p
      Beethoven

      Analekta AN2-8795

      1:54 am

      Othmar Schoeck: Ten Songs, Op. 24B

      No. 6, "Frühling"

      Jürg Dürmüller, t; Julius Drake, p
      Othmar Schoeck Complete Edition, Vol 6

      New Classical Adventure 234405 (12)

      2:00 am

      Francesco Rosetti: Two-Horn Concerto in E-Flat

      3rd mvt (Finale), Allegro: Tempo di menuetto

      Zdenek, Bedrich Tylsar, fh's; Capella Istropolitana/Frantisek Vajnar
      FIALA / POKORNY / ROSETTI: Concertos for 2 Horns

      Naxos 8.550459

      2:05 am

      Georg Philipp Telemann: "Tafelmusik," Bk 3

      Two-Horn Concerto in E-Flat

      Musica Antiqua Cologne/Reinhard Goebel
      Tafelmusik (Musique De Table)

      Archive 427619-2 (4)

      2:20 am

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      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.

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      10:00 am - 3:00 pm

      10:00 am

      Midday with Lisa Flynn

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

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      3:00 - 9:00 pm

      3:00 pm

      Afternoon Music with Candice Agree

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

      6:30 pm

      Grant Park Music Festival 2026

      Copland Symphony No. 3

      Live from the Pritzker Pavilion, featuring the Grant Park Orchestra conducted by Giancarlo Guerrero. Reena Esmail "Black Iris;" Prokofiev Piano Concerto No. 3; Stewart Goodyear, piano; Copland Symphony No. 3. Hosted by Dave Schwan.

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      9:00 pm

      9:00 pm

      Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin

      The Symphonies, Part X

      This week, Bill McGlaughlin continues his multi-part exploration of this vibrant, exciting musical form with symphonies written between 1900 and 1920. Bill focuses on rarely-heard works: Alexander Scriabin’s Symphony No. 3 conducted by Riccardo Muti, an important interpreter of the Scriabin color wheel; George Enescu’s Symphony No. 2; and Samuel Barber’s Symphony No. 1.

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      10:00 pm

      10:00 pm

      Evening Music

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      11:00 pm

      11:00 pm

      Best of Studs Terkel

      Lynn Harrell, cello (c. 1982)

      Studs welcomed the venerable American cellist Lynn Harrell (1944 – 2020) at the beginning of his multi-decade international career, for an hour of music and conversation.

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