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      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      John Rutter: "Birthday Madrigals"

      #2, "Draw on, sweet night"

      Polyphony/Stephen Layton
      Rutter: Requiem

      Hyperion CDA-66947

      12:05 am

      Franz Schreker: Suite, "The Birthday of the Infanta" (after Wilde)

      Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Lothar Zagrosek
      Tanz Grotesk

      London 444182-2

      12:25 am

      Henry Purcell: Ode on St Cecilia's Day, 1683, "Welcome to All the Pleasures"

      Symphony

      English Concert/Trevor Pinnock
      Odes

      DG Archiv 427663-2

      12:27 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 88 in G

      London Mozart Players/Jane Glover

      MHS 522541-X (2)

      12:47 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata #20 in G, Op 49/2

      Dirk Herten, p
      Beethoven Piano Sonatas

      White 4 (10)

      12:55 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: 12 Contredanses, WoO 14

      #10

      Capella Istropolitana/Oliver Dohnanyi
      BEETHOVEN, L. van: 11 Dances, "Mödlinger Tänze" / 12 German Dances / 12 Minuets (Capella Istropolitana, Dohnányi)

      Naxos 8.550433

      12:56 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: 12 Contredanses, WoO 14

      #11

      Capella Istropolitana/Oliver Dohnanyi
      BEETHOVEN, L. van: 11 Dances, "Mödlinger Tänze" / 12 German Dances / 12 Minuets (Capella Istropolitana, Dohnányi)

      Naxos 8.550433

      1:00 am

      Eduard Strauss: Mit Vergnugen, Op 228

      Vienna Phil/Lorin Maazel
      New Year's Concert 1996

      RCA 68421-2 (2)

      1:02 am

      Johann Sr Strauss: "Radetzky" March, Op 228

      Vienna Phil/Lorin Maazel
      J. Strauss: Waltzes

      RCA 68421-2

      1:05 am

      Johann Strauss II: "Myrtle Blossoms" Waltz, Op. 395

      Vienna Philharmonic/Riccardo Muti
      2018 New Year's Concert

      Sony 88985477002

      1:15 am

      Alexander Glazunov: Concert Waltz #2 in F, Op 51

      Bamberg Sym Orch/Neeme Järvi
      Glazunov: Symphony No. 3, Concert Waltz No. 2

      Orfeo C-157101-A

      1:24 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: Valse-Scherzo, Op. 7

      Mela Tenenbaum, v; Richard Kapp, p
      Songs Without Words

      Ess.a.y CD-1048

      1:26 am

      Anton Arensky: String Quartet #2 in a, Op 35

      Ying String Quartet
      ARENSKY, A.S.: String Quartets Nos. 1 and 2 / Piano Quintet (Ying Quartet, Neiman)

      Sono Luminus DSL-92143

      1:55 am

      Ludwig Minkus: La Bayadere

      #42

      London Sym Orch/Richard Bonynge
      50 ballet classics

      MHS 525121-L (2)

      2:00 am

      Franz Schubert: Song, "Der Erlkönig," D. 328

      Jorge Bolet, p
      Liszt: Favourite Piano Works

      London 444851-2 (2)

      2:05 am

      Jean Sibelius: "Night Ride and Sunrise," Op. 55

      Scottish National Orch/Sir Alexander Gibson
      Sibelius: Complete Tone Poems

      Chandos CHAN-8395/6 (2)

      2:20 am

      Adolf Wiklund: "Summer Night and Sunrise," Op 19 (1918)

      Gothenburg Sym/Jorma Panula
      Wiklund

      Caprice CAP-21363

      2:32 am

      Edvard Grieg: Six Songs, Op. 25

      No. 3, "Stambogsrim"

      Claire Booth, s; Christopher Glynn, p
      Lyric Music

      Avie AV-2403

      2:34 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Orchestra Suite No.1 in C, BWV 1066

      Brazilian Guitar Quartet
      BACH, J.S.: Overture (Suite) Nos. 1-4 (arr. for guitar quartet) (Brazilian Guitar Quartet)

      Delos DE-3254

      2:54 am

      Darius Milhaud: "Saudades do Brasil," Op. 67

      No. 12, "Paysandu"

      Antonio Barbosa, p
      Antonio Barbosa - Debussy, Milhaud

      Connoisseur CD-4190

      3:00 am

      Gerald Finzi: Prelude in f, Op 25

      City of London Sinfonia/Richard Hickox
      Finzi: Violin Concerto

      Chandos CHAN-9888

      3:04 am

      Max Reger: Clarinet Sonata, Op 49/2

      Ron Chen-Zion, cl; Roglit Ishay, p
      Reger: Complete Works For Clarinet & Piano

      Kontrapunkt 32190

      3:24 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: "Anna Magdalena Notebook"

      Minuet in G, BWV. Anh 114

      Alexandre LaGoya, g
      Alexandre Lagoya Plays Bach

      Erato 45692-2

      3:25 am

      Camille Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto No. 5 in F, Op. 103, "Egyptian"

      Jean-Philippe Collard, p; Royal Phil/André Previn
      Saint-Saens: Piano Concertos 1-5, "Wedding Cake" - Caprice-Valse, "Africa" Fantaisie

      EMI/Ang CDFB5-73356-2 (2)

      3:54 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: "Thamos, King of Egypt," K. 345

      Entr'acte No. 7

      Sinfonia Varsovia/Emmanuel Krivine

      Denon CO-75372

      4:00 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 14 in c-sharp minor, Op. 27, No. 2, "Moonlight"

      I. Adagio

      Philadelphia Orch/Wolfgang Sawallisch

      EMI/Ang CDC5-55592-2

      4:05 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quartet in F after Piano Sonata in E, Op 14/1

      Lindsay String Quartet
      Beethoven: The String Quartets Vol 2

      ASV CDDCA-1112

      4:18 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Sonata No. 9 in D, K. 311

      Jean-Pierre Rampal, f; Trio Pasquier

      Querstand VKJK-0216

      4:34 am

      Gilbert/Sullivan: "The Mikado"

      "The flowers that bloom in the spring, tra la"

      Bonaventura Bottone, t, English National Opera Orch/Peter Robinson
      Gilbert And Sullivan: The Mikado

      MCA Classics MCAD-6215

      4:36 am

      Edward Elgar: "Severn Suite", Op 87

      Royal Liverpool Phil/Charles Groves
      Elgar: Nursery Suite, Severn Suite, The Crown of India Suite, Grandia and Diarmid - Funeral March, The Light of Life...

      EMI/Ang CDM7-63280-2

      4:54 am

      Ralph Vaughan Williams: Six Studies in English Folksong (1926)

      No. 2

      Denise Djokic, vc; David Jalbert, p
      Denise Djokic * Folklore

      Endeavour Classics END-1013

      5:00 am

      Thomas Arne: "Cuckoo Song"

      Yvonne Howard, ms; English Serenata
      Sweet Swan of Avon: Music For Shakespeare

      Meridian CDE-84301

      5:03 am

      Lennox Berkeley: "A Winter's Tale"

      "Daffodils"

      English Serenata
      Sweet Swan of Avon: Music For Shakespeare

      Meridian CDE-84301

      5:05 am

      Lars-Erik Larsson: "A Winter's Tale" Incidental Music

      New York Scandia Sym/Dorrit Matson
      Orchestral Works Of Lars-erik Larsson

      Centaur CRC-2607

      5:15 am

      Anton Zemlinsky: "Cymbeline" Incidental Music

      Suite

      David Kuebler, t; Gürzenich Orch/James Conlon

      EMI/Ang CDC5-56474-2

      5:33 am

      Robert Johnson: "Hark, hark, the lark"

      James Bowman, ct; James Tyler, l
      Songs In Shakespeare's Plays

      DG Archiv 2533407

      5:34 am

      Emmanuel Chabrier: "Suite pastorale"

      Ulster Orch/Yan-Pascal Tortelier
      La Péri / L'Apprenti Sorcier / Suite Pastorale / España

      Chandos CHAN-8852

      5:54 am

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      6:00 am

      6:00 am

      With Heart and Voice

      "Pentecost." The Day of Pentecost is a vivid narrative in the New Testament depicting the coming of the Holy Spirit. Host Peter DuBois shares dramatic choral and organ music to mark this “birthday” of the Church.

      7:00 am - 12:00 pm

      6:00 - 8:00 pm

      6:00 pm

      Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcasts

      Mahler Symphony No. 3 in D Minor; Weibke Lehmkuhl, contralto; Chicago Symphony Chorus; Uniting Voices Chicago; Klaus Mäkelä, conductor.

      8:00 pm

      8:00 pm

      Fiesta! with Elbio Barilari

      Symphonic Music of Carlos Chávez Symphonic works of the great master Carlos Chávez are shared in this program. Host Elbio Barilari will present some of his best-known works as well as some hidden treasures. Join us for music from one of the greatest composers of the 20th century.

      9:00 - 11:00 pm

      9:00 pm

      Collectors' Corner with Henry Fogel

      Music by Ukrainian composer Thomas de Hartmann

      Hartmann Violin Concerto; Fantasie-Concerto for Double Bass and Orchestra; "Une fete en Ukraine;" "Concierto Andaluz;" Symphonie-Poeme No. 4; Carlos "Noels ukrainiens."