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      Playlist for Friday, July 31, 2026

      Playing this hour

      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      Carl Heinrich Graun: "Cleopatre e Cesare"

      Aria, "Sopportar non devo in pace"

      Robert Gambill, t; Concerto Köln/René Jacobs

      Harmonia Mundi HMC-901561.63 (3)

      12:05 am

      Johann Gottlieb Graun: "Concerto per il Viola da Gamba Concertata" in a

      Jan Freiheit, vi da gamba; Berlin Academy for Ancient Music
      Friedrich der Grosse: Music for the Berlin Court

      Harmonia Mundi HMC-902132

      12:29 am

      Marin Marais: Allemande l'Asmatique

      Marku Luolajan-Mikkola, viga; Annamari Pölhö, hc
      Marais 'Suite d'un Gout Etranger'

      Marquis Classics 81207-2

      12:31 am

      Erik Satie: "Trois gymnopédies"

      No. 1

      Ronn McFarlane, l; Carolyn Surreck, viga

      Flowerpot 2023-01

      12:34 am

      Erik Satie: "Trois gymnopédies"

      No. 2

      Ronn McFarlane, l; Carolyn Surreck, viga

      Flowerpot 2023-01

      12:36 am

      Erik Satie: "Trois gymnopédies"

      No. 3

      Ronn McFarlane, l; Carolyn Surreck, viga

      Flowerpot 2023-01

      12:38 am

      Gabriel Pierné: Cydalise et le chevre-pied

      Suite #2

      Lille National Orchestra/Darrell Ang
      Pierne

      Naxos 8.573609

      12:54 am

      Louis Couperin: Suite in a minor

      No. 6, "Menuet de Poitou - Double du menuet"

      Blandine Verlet, hc
      Louis Couperin: Les pièces de clavessin

      Astrée E-8819 (5)

      1:00 am

      Shulamit Ran: Sonatina for Two Flutes (1961)

      Mary Stolper, Mary Hickey, f's
      Shulamit Ran * Mirage * Chamber Music for Flute

      Erato 12787-2

      1:05 am

      Louis Ballard: "Fantasy Aborigine" No. 3, "Kokopelli"

      Fort Smith Sym/John Jeter
      Louis Ballard

      Naxos 8.559923

      1:18 am

      François Joseph Gossec: "Tambourin"

      Nora Shulman, f; Judy Loman, h
      Dance of the Blessed Spirits

      Naxos 8.554166

      1:19 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quartet #12 in E-Flat, Op 127

      Takács Quartet
      Beethoven: String Quartets Opp 95, 130-133 & 135 * Takács Quartet

      London 470849-2 (3)

      1:55 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: 12 Contredanses, WoO 14

      #3

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

      Naxos 8.550433

      2:00 am

      Karl Ditters von Dittersdorf: "Lauretanische Litanei"

      "Salus informorum"

      Heiner Hopfer, t; Munich Consortium/Georg Ratzinger
      Dittersdorf: Sacred Music

      Ars Musici 232221

      2:05 am

      Karl Ditters von Dittersdorf: String Quartet #5 in E-Flat

      Franz Schubert Quartet
      Carl Ditters Von Ditterdorf: String Quartets

      CPO 999038-2

      2:21 am

      Karl Ditters von Dittersdorf: "Requiem" in c

      "Kyrie"

      Regensburger Domspatzen Cho/Georg Ratzinger
      Dittersdorf: Sacred Music

      Ars Musici 232221

      2:23 am

      Louise Farrenc: Overture No. 2 in E-Flat, Op. 24

      Luxembourg European Soloists/Christoph König
      Farrenc

      Naxos 8.574094

      2:30 am

      Camille Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto No. 4 in c, Op. 44

      Alexander Brailowsky, p; Boston Sym/Charles Munch
      Brailowsky Plays Virtuoso Showpieces

      RCA 68165-2 (2)

      2:54 am

      Camille Saint-Saëns: "Ascanio" (1890)

      "Apothéose"

      Geneva Grand Theatre Orch/Guillaume Tourniaire
      Saint-Saens: Ascanio

      B Records LBM-013 (3)

      3:00 am

      Jean Sibelius: "King Christian II" Suite, Op. 27

      No. 5 (Finale), "Ballade"

      Lahti Sym Orch/Osmo Vänskä
      Karelia Suite / King Christian II / Pelléas Et Mélisande (Original Versions)

      BIS CD-918

      3:05 am

      Sergei Rachmaninoff: Two-Piano Suite No. 2, Op. 17

      Cynthia Raim & David Allen Wehr, p's
      Rachmaninoff: Suites For 2 Pianos

      Connoisseur CD-4214

      3:29 am

      Jean Sibelius: "King Christian II" Suite, Op. 27

      "Menuetto"

      Lahti Sym Orch/Osmo Vänskä
      Karelia Suite / King Christian II / Pelléas Et Mélisande (Original Versions)

      BIS CD-918

      3:31 am

      Georg Philipp Telemann: Overture (Suite) in C, "Hamburger Ebb' und Flut (Wassermusik)"

      Musica Antiqua Köln/Reinhard Goebel
      Wassermusik • Water Music • Musique Sur L'Eau / 3 Konzerte • Concertos

      DG Archiv 413788-2

      3:55 am

      George Frideric Handel: "Water Music"

      "Bourrée"

      Graziano Mandozzi, synthesizer
      Bach / Handel 300

      DG 415110-2

      4:00 am

      Marion Bauer: Prelude and Fugue for Flute and Piano, Op 43

      Deborah Boldin, f; Virginia Eskin,
      Bauer: Prelude and Fugue, Op. 43 - Six Preludes

      Albany TROY-465

      4:05 am

      Leopold Godowsky: Prelude & Fugue on B-A-C-H, for left hand

      Marc-André Hamelin, p
      Godowsky: Original Works And Transcriptions

      Radio Canada Int'l MV-1026

      4:10 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Clavier Concerto No. 3 in D, BWV 1054

      Robert Woolley, hc; Purcell Quartet and Friends
      Bach: Concertos for Harpsichord & Strings, Vol. 1

      Chandos CHAN-0595

      4:27 am

      Henry Purcell: "Abdelazer, or The Moor's Revenge" Suite

      "Rondeau"

      Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
      For Thy Pleasure: J S Bach and Other Baroque Masters

      Delos DE-3205

      4:28 am

      Henry Purcell: "The Gordian Knot Untied"

      Suite

      Accademia Bizantina/Stefano Montanari
      O Solitude: Songs and Arias by Henry Purcell * Andreas Scholl

      London 4782262

      4:39 am

      Georges Bizet: "L'Arlésienne" Suite No. 2

      Ljubljana Sym Orch/Marko Munih
      French Favorites

      Stradivari SCD-6052

      4:53 am

      Georges Bizet: "L'Arlésienne" incidental music

      Act 3: Melodrama-Finale

      Louvre Musicians/Marc Minkowski

      Naive V-5130

      5:00 am

      Gaetano Donizetti: Flute and Harp Sonata in g

      Jean-Pierre Rampal, f; Marielle Nordmann, h
      Music For Flute & Harp

      Sony SK-44552

      5:05 am

      Gioachino Rossini: "La gazza ladra"

      Overture

      Atlanta Sym Orch/Yoel Levi
      Classical Zoo With Itzhak Perlman, Narrator

      Telarc CD-80443

      5:15 am

      Eric Fenby: Rossini on Ilkla Moor- Overture (1938)

      Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland
      British Light Music Discoveries

      ASV CDWHL-2126

      5:21 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 - 3:00 pm

      10:00 am

      Midday with Lisa Flynn

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

      3:00 - 8:00 pm

      3:00 pm

      Afternoon Music with Candice Agree

      Including "Friday Afternoon at the Movies" at 4:30pm and "The Unrush Hour" at 5:00 pm.

      6:30 pm

      Grant Park Music Festival 2026

      Gershwin An American in Paris

      Live from the Pritzker Pavilion, featuring the Grant Park Orchestra conducted by Kendrick Armstrong. Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson Sinfonietta No. 1; Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Violin Concerto in G minor, Op. 80; Gabriela Lara, violin; Ellington "The Three Black Kings," arr. Luther Henderson; Gershwin "An American in Paris." Hosted by Dave Schwan.

      8:00 pm

      9:00 pm

      9:00 pm

      Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin

      Nadia Boulanger (1887-1979)

      Nadia Boulanger taught and influenced an entire generation of musicians, from Aaron Copland and Ástor Piazzolla to Philip Glass and Quincy Jones. This week, Bill shares some of her compositions and performances alongside those of her prolific students.

      10:00 pm

      11:00 pm

      11:00 pm

      Best of Studs Terkel

      Agnes de Mille (5/11/1960)

      The American dance visionary Agnes de Mille (1905–1993) discusses her career as a dancer and choreographer.