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      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari: "Jewels of the Madonna"

      Intermezzo

      Minnesota Orch/Eiji Oue
      Reveries

      Reference Recordings RR-99-CD

      12:05 am

      Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari: Serenade for Strings in E-Flat

      I Virtuosi Italiani
      I Virtuosi Italiani

      Arcadia ARC-2002-2

      12:29 am

      Hugo Wolf: "Italienisches Liederbuch"

      "Nun lass uns Frieden schliessen"

      Andreas Schmidt, br; Rudolf Jansen, p

      RCA 60857-2

      12:30 am

      Gioachino Rossini: "The Siege of Corinth"

      Overture

      Prague Sinfonia Orch/Christian Benda
      ROSSINI, G.: Overtures (Complete), Vol. 1 (Prague Sinfonia, Benda)

      Naxos 8.570933

      12:40 am

      Gioachino Rossini: "Cat Duet (Duetto buffo di due gatti)"

      Elisabeth Schwarzkopf & Victoria de los Angeles, s's; Gerald Moore, p
      A Tribute to Gerald Moore

      EMI CDC7-49238-2

      12:43 am

      Benjamin Britten: "Soirées musicales," Op. 9

      Helsingborg Sym/Okko Kamu
      Benjamin Britten: Piano Concerto

      Ondine ODE-825-2

      12:54 am

      Percy Grainger: "Lisbon (Dublin Bay)"

      English Chamber Orch/Benjamin Britten
      Salute To Percy Grainger

      London 425159-2

      1:00 am

      Richard Wagner: Adagio for Clarinet and Strings

      Jack Brymer, cl; Vienna State Opera Orch/Felix Prohaska

      Vanguard OVC-8090

      1:05 am

      Alice Mary Smith: "Andante"

      Angela Malsbury, cl; London Mozart Players/Howard Shelley
      Alice Mary Smith

      Chandos CHAN-10283

      1:12 am

      Francis Poulenc: "Presto" in B-Flat (1934)

      André Previn, p
      Great Pianists of the 20th Century: André Previn

      Philips 456934-2 (2)

      1:13 am

      Franz Schubert: Piano Trio No. 1 in B-Flat, D 898 (Op. 99)

      András Schiff, p; Yuuko Shiokawa, v; Milós Perényi, vc
      Piano Trios, Notturno, Arpeggione Sonata

      Teldec 13151-2 (2)

      1:54 am

      Marc-Antoine Charpentier: "Te Deum"

      "Prelude"

      Les Concerts du Monde/Keith Clark
      Movies Go Baroque

      Telarc CD-80336

      2:00 am

      Jordi Cervelló: "Milstein Caprice"

      María Dueñas, v
      Paganini: 24 Caprices

      DG 4865708

      2:05 am

      Antonin Dvorák: Violin Concerto in a minor, Op. 53

      Nathan Milstein, v; Pittsburgh Sym Orch/William Steinberg

      EMI/Ang ZDMF7-64830-2 (6)

      2:34 am

      Modest Mussorgsky: "Sorotchinsky Fair"

      "Gopak"

      Nathan Milstein, v; Georges Pludermacher, p
      Violin Concerto

      DG 410843-1

      2:36 am

      Gilbert & Sullivan: Iolanthe

      Overture

      St Martin's Academy/Neville Marriner
      Gilbert and Sullivan: Overtures

      Philips 434916-2

      2:43 am

      Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: "Hiawatha"

      Overture

      RTE Concert Orch/Adrian Leaper
      Coleridge-Taylor

      Marco Polo 8.223516

      2:54 am

      Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: "Twenty-Four Negro Melodies," Op. 59

      XI. "Didn't My Lord Deliver Daniel"

      Neave Trio
      Rooted

      Chandos CHAN-20272

      3:00 am

      Amilcare Ponchielli: "La Gioconda"

      Act I, Prelude

      Accademia di Santa Cecilia Orch/Myung-Whun Chung
      Italian Overtures

      DG 471566-2

      3:05 am

      Amilcare Ponchielli: "La Gioconda"

      Aria, "Cielo e mar!"

      Maurice André, tr; Toulouse Capitole Orch/Michel Plasson

      EMI/Ang CDC7-49219-2

      3:10 am

      Amilcare Ponchielli: "La Gioconda"

      "Dance of the Hours"

      Gothenburg Sym Orch/Neeme Järvi
      Intermezzo

      DG 429494-2

      3:21 am

      Amilcare Ponchielli: "Elegia"

      La Scala Phil/Riccardo Muti
      Puccini, Catalani e Puchinelli

      Sony SK-63025

      3:33 am

      Niels Gade: "Elegie", Op 19/1

      Soren Elbaek, v; Elisabeth Westenholz, p
      Gade: Works For Violin & Piano

      Kontrapunkt 32164

      3:34 am

      Carl Nielsen: Flute Concerto (1926)

      Aurèle Nicolet, f; Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Kurt Masur
      Flute Concertos By Scheibe, Agrelli, Hasse

      Philips 412728-2

      3:54 am

      Carl Nielsen: "Piano Music for Great and Small," Op 53

      #17

      Elisabeth Westenholz, p
      Nielsen- Complete Piano Music

      BIS CD-167/168 (2)

      4:00 am

      Hubert Bath: "Cornish Rhapsody" (1944)

      Michael Stairs, p
      Oh, Dear!

      DTR DTR-9701

      4:05 am

      Gustav Holst: "A Somerset Rhapsody," Op. 21, No. 2

      Bournemouth Sinfonietta/Norman Del Mar

      EMI/Ang CDC7-47812-2

      4:15 am

      Ernest John Moeran: Rhapsody #1 (1922)

      Ulster Orch/Vernon Handley

      Chandos CHAN-8639

      4:27 am

      Edward Bairstow: Anthem, "I sat down under his shadow"

      Cambridge Singers/John Rutter
      Hail, Gladdening Light: Music of the English Church

      Collegium COLCD-113

      4:28 am

      Franz Schubert: Arpeggione Sonata in a minor, D. 821

      Klaus Storck, arpeggione; Alfons Kontarsky, forte-p

      DG Archiv 2533175

      4:55 am

      Franz Schubert: "Moments musicaux," D 780

      No. 3 in f

      Walter Hautzig, p
      Schubert: Sonata In Bb, Moments Musicaux, Waltzes

      Connoisseur CD-4209

      5:00 am

      Isaac Albéniz: "Granada"

      Andres Segovia, g
      The Segovia Collection, Vol. 3: My Favorite Works

      MCA Classics MCAD-42069

      5:05 am

      Joaquín Rodrigo: "Fantasía para un gentilhombre" (1954)

      Christopher Parkening, g; Royal Phil/Andrew Litton

      EMI/Ang CDC7-54665-2

      5:26 am

      Gaspar Sanz: "Giga Ingles"

      Rolf Lislevand, g
      Encuentro

      Astrée E-8575

      5:28 am

      Felix Mendelssohn: String Quartet No. 1 in E-Flat, Op. 12

      "Canzonetta"

      Andrés Segovia, g
      The Segovia Collection Vol. 9: The Romantic Guitar

      MCA Classics MCAD-10281

      5:32 am

      Felix Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in d

      Viktoria Mullova, v; St Martin's Academy/Neville Marriner
      Violin Concertos / Violinkonzerte

      Philips 432077-2

      5:54 am

      Jean-Philippe Rameau: "Dardanus" (1739)

      "Tambourins" I, II

      Les Musiciens du Louvre/Marc Minkowski

      DG Archiv 4775578

      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.

      6:03 am

      Claude Debussy: "Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun"

      Canadian Chamber Ensemble/Raffi Armenian

      Radio Canada Int'l SMCD-5164

      6:14 am

      Richard Strauss: "Till Eulenspiegel einmal anders"

      Chicago Pro Musica
      The Medinah Sessions

      Reference RR-2102 (2)

      6:23 am

      Johann Strauss II: "Treasure Waltz," Op. 418 (from "Der Zigeunerbaron")

      Alban Berg Quartet; A Mitterhofer, harmonium; H Medjimoreč, p
      J. Strauss II, J. Strauss I, Lanner arr. Berg, Schoenberg, Webern: Walzer

      EMI CDC7-54881-2

      6:31 am

      Johann Adolf Hasse: Sinfonia, Op. 5, No. 6

      Concerto Köln/Pablo Heras-Casado
      El Maestro: Farinelli

      Archiv 4792050

      6:41 am

      Johannes Brahms: Piano Quartet No. 2 in A, Op. 26

      IV. Finale, "Allegro"

      M Nowak, v; K Budnik, vi; Y Okamoto, vc; K Zimmerman, p
      Krystian Zimerman, piano,
      Brahms: Piano Quartets Nos. 2 & 3

      DG 4864650

      6:51 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 in A, Op. 92

      IV. Finale, "Allegro con brio"

      St Martin's Academy/Joshua Bell
      Beethoven: Symphonies No 4 & 7 / Bell, ASMF

      Sony 49176-2

      7:03 am

      Georg Philipp Telemann: Flute, Oboe and Bassoon Suite in b

      Soloists; European Baroque Soloists
      Telemann: Suite in B; Concerto in G; Six Canonic Sonatas

      Denon 81757-9614-2

      7:14 am

      Gabriel Fauré: Violin Sonata No. 1 in A, Op. 13

      III. "Allegro vivo"

      Gil Shaham, v; Akira Eguchi, p
      The Fauré Album

      Canary Classic CC-03

      7:19 am

      Wilhelm Stenhammar: Serenade in F, Op. 31

      V. Finale

      Swedish Radio Sym Orch/Esa-Pekka Salonen
      Stenhammar: Midvinter

      Musica Sveciae MSCD-626

      7:31 am

      Richard Wagner: "The Flying Dutchman"

      Overture

      Chicago Sym Orch/Daniel Barenboim
      Wagner Overtures and Preludes

      Teldec 99595-2

      7:44 am

      Maurice Ravel: Sonatine

      Orpheus Trio
      Debussy / Ravel / Fauré / Devienne

      Vanguard VBD-25002

      7:55 am

      Björk: "Venus as a Boy"

      Jess Gillam, sx; Jess Gillam Ensemble
      Jess Gillam: Time

      Decca 4851062

      8:04 am

      Scott Joplin: "Ragtime Dance"

      NE Conservatory Ragtime Ensemble/Gunther Schuller
      Scott Joplin: The Red Back Book/Elite Syncopations

      EMI 47193-2

      8:08 am

      Frederick Delius: Dance Rhapsody No. 2

      Welsh National Opera Orch/Charles Mackerras
      Delius: Violin Concerto, Etc.

      Argo 433704-2

      8:18 am

      Eduard Tubin: Estonian Dance Suite (1938)

      Gothenburg Sym Orch/Neeme Järvi
      Tubin: String-Concertos

      BIS CD-337

      8:33 am

      Robert Schumann: Piano Quartet in E-Flat, Op. 47

      III. "Andante cantabile"

      I Faust, v; A Tamestit, vi; JG Queyras, vc; A Melnikov, fp
      Alexander Melnikov, fortepiano,
      Robert Schumann: Piano Quartet & Piano Quintet

      Harmonia Mundi HMM-902695

      8:40 am

      Zygmunt Noskowski: Symphony No. 3 in F, "From Spring to Spring"

      I. "Spring"

      Rheinland-Pfalz State Phil/Antoni Wit
      Zygmunt Noskowski: Symphony No. 3

      Capriccio C-5547

      8:52 am

      Giuseppe Verdi: "Les Vêpres siciliennes"

      Four Seasons Ballet: Spring

      I Musici; Francesco Buccarella, p
      Vivaldi, Verdi: Le Quattro Staggioni

      Decca 4852630

      9:04 am

      Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Guitar Concerto No. 1 in D, Op. 99

      Eduardo Fernández, g; English Chamber Orch/Miguel Gómez Martínez
      Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez, Fantasia para un gentilhombre; Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Guitar Concerto No. 1

      Decca 417199-2

      9:25 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Violin Sonata No. 18 in G, K. 301

      Hilary Hahn, v; Natalie Zhu, p
      Mozart: Violin Sonatas

      DG 4775572

      9:41 am

      Charles Villiers Stanford: Irish Rhapsody No. 4 in A minor, Op. 141, "Ulster Rhapsody"

      Ulster Orch/Vernon Handley
      An Irish Rhapsody

      Chandos CHAN-6525

      10:00 am - 2:00 pm

      10:00 am

      Midday with Lisa Flynn

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

      10:00 am

      Josef Mysliveček: Overture in A

      Concerto Köln
      Il Divino Boemo: Josef Mysliveček Symphonies

      Archiv 4776418

      10:11 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: "Leonore" Overture No. 3 in C, Op. 72b

      Berlin Phil/Herbert von Karajan
      Beethoven: Symphony No. 8 / Ouvertüren-fidelio / Leonore III / Karajan

      DG 415507-2

      10:25 am

      Bill Evans: "Peace Piece"

      Jean-Yves Thibaudet, p
      Conversations with Bill Evans

      Decca 455512-2

      10:34 am

      William Grant Still: "Danzas de Panama"

      Berlin Sym Orch/Isaiah Jackson
      William Grant Still: La Guiablesse, Danzas de Panama, Quit Dat Fool'nish, Summerland

      Koch 3-7154-2

      10:49 am

      Joseph Bologne (Chevalier de Saint-Georges): Violin Concerto in D, Op. 2, No. 2

      I. Allegro

      Fumika Mohri, v; Czech Chamber Phil Orch/Michael Halász
      Bologne: Violin Concertos, Opp. 2 & 7

      Naxos 8.574452

      11:01 am

      Aaron Copland: "Our Town"

      Suite

      St. Louis Sym Orch/Leonard Slatkin
      Music For Films

      RCA 61699-2

      11:11 am

      Traditional Scottish: "Sitting in the Stern of a Boat"

      Mindy Rosenfeld, f; Ronn McFarlane, l
      Nine Notes that Shook the World

      Sono Luminus DSL-92169

      11:18 am

      Traditional Scottish: Folksong, "I Know Where I'm Going"

      Cambridge Singers, City of London Sinfonia/John Rutter
      The Lark In The Clear Air

      Collegium COLCD-120

      11:22 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor, Op. 23

      I. "Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso"

      Van Cliburn, p; RCA Sym Orch/Kiril Kondrashin
      Tchaikovsky: Concerto No. 1 / Rachmaninoff: Concerto No. 2

      RCA 5912-2-RC

      11:44 am

      Florence Price: String Quartet in A minor

      I. "Moderato"

      Catalyst Quartet
      Uncovered, Vol. 2: Florence Price

      Azica ACD-71346

      12:01 pm

      Giovanni Gabrieli: "Sonata pian e forte"

      Chicago Sym Orch Brass/Mark Ridenour
      Chicago Symphony Orchestra Brass Live

      CSO Resound 9011101

      12:05 pm

      Giovanni Gabrieli: "Canzon septimi toni à 8" #2

      Chicago Sym Orch Brass
      Chicago Symphony Orchestra Brass Live

      CSO Resound 9011101

      12:10 pm

      Franz Schubert: Symphony No. 3 in D, D. 200

      Freiburg Baroque Orch/Pablo Heras-Casado
      Schubert: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 4

      Harmonia Mundi HMC-902154

      12:33 pm

      George Frideric Handel: Violin Sonata in D, HWV 371

      James Ehnes, v; Andrew Armstrong, p
      Mythes

      Onyx 4234

      12:46 pm

      Tomás Bretón: "En la Alhambra"

      City of Granada Orch/Juan de Udaeta
      En la Alhambra: 19th Century Spanish Symphonic Music

      Almaviva DS-0107

      12:54 pm

      Joaquín Rodrigo: "Pájaros de primavera" (1972)

      Angel Romero, g
      Works For Solo Guitar by Angel Romero

      RCA 68767-2

      1:01 pm

      Franz Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 2 in A

      Yefim Bronfman, p; Vienna Phil/Franz Welser-Möst
      Summer Night Concert Schönbrunn 2010: Moon Planets Stars

      DG 4763793

      1:22 pm

      music continues...

      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

      What Else Ya Got?

      Have you ever wondered about those composers who succeeded in writing one smashing piece but were otherwise forgotten? This week, we’ll get to know some of these immortals and their other compositions, including Pachelbel’s Suite in G Major and Dukas’ Symphony in C Major. The program also presents Hermann Baumann in a rare performance of Glière's Horn Concerto in B-flat Major, Op. 91.

      8:00 - 11:00 pm

      11:00 pm

      11:00 pm

      Best of Studs Terkel

      Memorial Day (5/30/1960)

      From 1960, a program of music and poetry for Memorial Day.