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      Playlist for Saturday, July 11, 2026

      Playing this hour

      12:00 - 7:00 am

      12:00 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: "The Ruins of Athens," Op. 113

      Overture

      Berlin Phil/Herbert von Karajan
      Essential Beethoven

      DG D-210385 (2)

      12:05 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: "The Consecration of the House" Overture, Op 124

      St Martin's Academy/Neville Marriner
      Symphony No. 6 "Pastoral" , Overture Op. 124

      Philips 416385-2

      12:16 am

      Thomas Robinson: "A Toye"

      Ronn McFarlane & William Simms, l's
      Lute Duo Recital: McFarlane, Ronn / Simms, William - JOHNSON, J. / MARCHANT, J. / DANYEL, J. (Two Lutes: Lute Duets from England's Golden Age)

      Sono Luminus DSL-92155

      12:17 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata #13 in E-Flat, Op 27/1, "Sonata quasi una Fantasia"

      Paul Lewis, p
      Beethoven * Complete Piano Sonatas * Paul Lewis

      Harmonia Mundi HMX-2901902.11 (10)

      12:33 am

      Marion Bauer: "Fantasia quasi una sonata", Op 18

      Irina Muresanu, v; Virginia Eskin, p
      Bauer: Prelude and Fugue, Op. 43 - Six Preludes

      Albany TROY-465

      12:54 am

      John Dowland: "My Lord Willoughby's Welcome Home"

      Ronn McFarlane & William Simms, l's
      Lute Duo Recital: McFarlane, Ronn / Simms, William - JOHNSON, J. / MARCHANT, J. / DANYEL, J. (Two Lutes: Lute Duets from England's Golden Age)

      Sono Luminus DSL-92155

      1:00 am

      A Zarzycki: Mazurka in G, Op 26

      Wanda Wilkomirska, v; Paul Dan, p
      Polnische Violinmusik

      Ambitus AMB-97830

      1:05 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 38 in D, K. 504, "Prague"

      Salzburg Mozarteum Orch/Hans Graf

      Capriccio 10269

      1:37 am

      Eduard Strauss: Polka schnell, Mit Extrapost, Op 259

      Vienna Phil/Lorin Maazel
      Prosit Neujahr!

      DG 2532059

      1:39 am

      Johann Strauss II: Symphonic Metamorphoses of Themes from "The Gypsy Baron"

      Leon Fleisher, p
      Leon Fleischer: Recital

      Sony SK-48081

      1:51 am

      Johann Strauss II: "Jubelfest-Marsch," Op. 396

      Vienna Phil/Willi Boskovsky
      Marches célèbres

      London 421634-2

      1:54 am

      Francisco Tárrega: "Estudio brillante"

      Eduardo Fernàndez, g
      Eduardo Fernández

      London 417618-2

      2:00 am

      Amy (Mrs HHA) Beach: "Bal Masqué", Op 22

      Moravian Phil/Hector Valdivia
      Music by Amy Beach. Variations on Balkan Themes, Op. 60c for two pianos

      Centaur CRC-2990

      2:05 am

      Giuseppe Verdi: "Un ballo in maschera"

      Prelude

      La Scala Orch/Antonino Votto

      EMI/Ang CDM5-66862-2

      2:09 am

      Percy Fletcher: "Bal masqué"

      New London Orch/Ronald Corp
      British Light Music Classics, Vol. 2

      Hyperion CDA-66968

      2:15 am

      Francis Poulenc: Capriccio after "Le Bal masqué"

      Katia, Marielle Labèque, p's
      Poulenc * Concerto pour Deux Pianos et Orchestre * Milhaud * Scaramouche

      Philips 426284-2

      2:20 am

      Berthold Goldschmidt: "Last Chapters" (1931)

      "A Masked Ball in the Mountains"

      Ars Nova Ensemble Cho/Peter Schwarz
      Berthold Goldschmidt: Last Chapters

      Largo 56620-2

      2:22 am

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

      Itzhak Perlman, v; London Phil/Daniel Barenboim

      EMI/Ang CDC7-47168-2

      2:54 am

      Antonin Dvorák: Twelve "Cypresses" (1887)

      #10, "There stands an ancient crag"

      Emerson String Quartet
      Emerson String Quartet * Old World -- New World

      DG B0014106-02 (3)

      3:00 am

      Marie Bigot: Etude in c

      Betty Ann Miller, p
      Music By Maria Hester Park, Marie Bigot And Fanny Mendelsshon Hensel

      Centaur CRC-2320

      3:02 am

      Marie Bigot: Etude in a

      Betty Ann Miller, p
      Music By Maria Hester Park, Marie Bigot And Fanny Mendelsshon Hensel

      Centaur CRC-2320

      3:04 am

      Maddalena Lombardini Sirmen: String Quartet No. 3 in g

      Allegri String Quartet
      Sirmen: The Six String Quartets

      Cala CACD-1019

      3:16 am

      Maria Theresia von Paradis: "Sicilienne"

      I Solisti di Zagreb/Antonio Janigro

      Vanguard SRV-260/1 (2)

      3:18 am

      Anna Bon: Flute Sonata in C, Op 1/1

      Sabine Dreier, f; Irene Hegen, p
      Flute Sonatas Op.1

      CPO 999181-2

      3:29 am

      Corona Schröter: Song, "Für Manner uns zu plagen"

      Patrice Michaels Bedi, s, David Schrader, fortepiano
      Songs of the Classical Age

      Cedille CDR-90000049

      3:31 am

      Franz Schubert: "Wanderer Fantasia" in C, Op. 15, for Piano and Orchestra

      Philip Thomson, p; Hungarian State Orch/Kerry Stratton

      Hungaroton HCD-31525

      3:53 am

      Franz Schubert: Song, "Der Geistertanz," D 116

      Brigitte Fassbaender, c; Graham Johnson, p
      The Hyperion Schubert Edition, Volume 11

      Hyperion CDJ-33011

      4:00 am

      Franz Schubert: "Moments musicaux," D 780

      No. 4 in c-sharp

      John O'Conor, p
      Schubert: Moments Musicaux, Sonata in A Major

      Telarc CD-80369

      4:05 am

      Franz Schubert: Symphony No. 8 in b minor, D. 759, "Unfinished"

      Vienna Phil/Riccardo Muti

      EMI/Ang CDC7-54066-2

      4:31 am

      George Gershwin: Three Preludes (1926)

      #1, "Allegro ben ritmato e deciso"

      Terry King, vc; John Jensen, p
      Four Unpublished Cello Pieces

      Music & Arts CD-1076

      4:33 am

      Mauro Giuliani: "Potpourri tiré de l'Opéra Tancredi," Op 76

      Mikael Helasvuo, f; Jukka Savijoki, g
      Mauro Giuliani - The Complete Works for Flute and Guitar, Vol.3

      BIS CD-413

      4:47 am

      Gioachino Rossini: "Tancredi"

      Overture

      Cincinnati Sym Orch/Thomas Schippers
      Rossini: Stabat mater, Overtures

      Vox CDX-5141 (2)

      4:54 am

      Gioachino Rossini: "Les soirées musicales"

      No. 8, "La danza"

      Netherlands Brass Quintet

      Ottavo OTRC-48609

      5:00 am

      Alexander Borodin: "Petite Suite"

      II. "Intermezzo"

      Royal Stockholm Phil/Gennady Rozhdestvensky
      Borodin: Symphony No. 2

      Chandos CHAN-9386

      5:05 am

      Malcolm Arnold: "A Manx Suite" (Little Suite #3), Op 142

      City of London Sinfonia/Richard Hickox
      Arnold: Orchestral Works

      Chandos CHAN-9509

      5:14 am

      Malcolm Arnold: Little Suite #4, Op 80a

      Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland
      British Light Music Discoveries

      ASV CD-WHL-2126

      5:21 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Violin Sonata No. 5 in f minor, BWV 1018

      Fabio Biondi, v; Rinaldo Alessandrini, hc
      Sonaten Für Violine Und Cembalo BWV 1014 - 1019 ‎

      Opus 111 OPS-30-127/28 (2)

      5:37 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Solo Violin Sonata No. 1 in g minor, BWV 1001

      Finale, "Presto"

      Béla Fleck, banjo; Evelyn Glennie, marimba
      Bela Fleck: Perpetual Motion

      Sony SK-89610

      5:39 am

      Ian Finkel: The Gypsy Virtuoso

      Evelyn Glennie, xylophone, Black Dyke Band/James Watson
      Evelyn Glennie Meets The Black Dyke Band: Reflected In Brass

      RCA 63234-2

      5:42 am

      Franz Liszt: "Hungarian Rhapsody" No. 2 in c-sharp minor

      Vancouver Sym Orch/Sergiu Comissiona
      Rhapsodies

      Radio Canada Int'l SMCD-5166

      5:53 am

      Johannes Brahms: "Hungarian Dances"

      No. 13 in D

      Yaara Tal, p; Andreas Groethuysen, p
      Brahms: Hungarian Dances Nos. 1-21, Waltzes Op. 39

      Sony SK-53285

      6:00 am

      Jacques Ibert: Six Pieces for Harp (1917)

      "Reflets dans l'eau"

      Lavinia Meijer, h
      Lavinia Meijer plays Salzedo, Caplet & Ibert

      Channel Classics CCSSA-28908

      6:05 am

      Jacques Ibert: "Trois pièces brèves" (1930)

      Bergen Wind Quintet
      Ibert: Trois Pieces Breves/ Reicha: Wind Quintet, Op. 88 No. 2/ Arnold: Three Shanties Op. 4/ Saeverud: Wind Quintet No. 2

      Simax PSC-1094

      6:12 am

      Gabriel Fauré: "Pièces brèves," Op 84

      Pierre-Alain Volondat & Patrick De Hooge, p
      FAURE: Piano Music for Four Hands

      Naxos 8.553638

      6:31 am

      Frank Martin: "Quatre pièces brèves"

      #2, "Air"

      José Antonio Escobar, g
      Laureate Series, Guitar- Jose Antonio Escobar

      Naxos 8.555719

      6:33 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 95 in c minor

      Philharmonia Hungarica/Antal Dorati
      Haydn * The Complete Symphonies * Antal Dorati

      London 4781221 (33)

      6:54 am

      John Johnson: "The Flatt Galliard"

      Ronn McFarlane & William Simms, l's
      Lute Duo Recital: McFarlane, Ronn / Simms, William - JOHNSON, J. / MARCHANT, J. / DANYEL, J. (Two Lutes: Lute Duets from England's Golden Age)

      Sono Luminus DSL-92155

      7:00 - 11:00 am

      7:00 am

      Weekend Mornings with Kristina Lynn

      With news at 7:00 am; "Saturday Morning Listener's Choice" at 8:00 am; and "Soundtrack" at 9:00 am.

      7:02 am

      George Gershwin: "Someone to Watch Over Me"

      Romain Leleu, tr; Julien Gernay, p
      Folies Parisiennes - Paris, de l'Exposition Universelle aux années 1890

      Harmonia Mundi HMM-905381

      7:07 am

      George Frideric Handel: "Terpsichore"

      Suite: Air of Erato; Entreé (Jalousie); Ballo; Chaconne

      Apollo's Fire/Jeannette Sorrell
      The Power of Love: Arias from Handel Operas

      Avie AV-2350

      7:19 am

      Manuel de Falla: Seven Popular Spanish Songs

      No. 4, "Jota"

      Avi Avital, m; Ensemble
      Ralf Benesch, guitar,
      Zvi Plesser, cello,
      Between Worlds

      DG B0019758-02

      7:23 am

      Georges Bizet: "L'Arlésienne"

      Suite No. 2

      Chicago Sym Orch/Jean Martinon
      Jean Martinon - The Complete CSO Recordings

      Sony Classical 88843062752 (10)

      7:43 am

      Turlough O'Carolan: "Captain O'Kane"

      Danish String Quartet; Nikolaj Busk, p
      Keel Road

      ECM 2785

      7:47 am

      Ruth Gipps: Oboe Sonata No. 1, Op. 5a

      Juliana Koch, ob; Michael McHale, p
      Piper of Dreams – Ruth Gipps Chamber Music

      Chandos CHAN-20290

      8:00 am

      Saturday Morning Listener's Choice

      8:00 am

      Scott Joplin: "Pine Apple Rag"

      Alexander Peskanov, p
      Joplin: Piano Rags, Vol. 1 / Peskanov

      Naxos 8.559114

      8:04 am

      Ingolf Dahl: Music for Brass Instruments (1944)

      Intermezzo

      Center City Brass Quintet

      Chandos CHAN-10017

      8:08 am

      Scott Joplin: "Treemonisha"

      "We're Goin' Around"

      Robert Mack, t; Paragon Ragtime Orch and Singers/Rick Benjamin
      Scott Joplin: Treemonisha

      New World 80720-2 (2)

      8:11 am

      Mingxin Du: Ten Xinjiang Dances

      "I'll Wait for You till Dawn" (Kazakh folk-song)

      Takako Nishizaki, v; Singapore Sym Orch/Choo Hoey
      DU, Mingxin: 10 Xinjiang Dances

      Naxos 8.225814

      8:18 am

      Sergei Prokofiev: "Scythian" Suite, Op. 20

      II. "The Evil God and Dance of the Pagan Monsters"

      Burning River Brass
      Russian Carnival

      Dorian CD-90293

      8:22 am

      Carl Orff: "Schulwerk"

      "Fünf Stücke: #1, Cantabile"

      Markus Zahnhausen, r
      Orff-Schulwerk Volume 1: Musica Poetica

      Celestial Harmonies 13105-2

      8:24 am

      Carl Orff: "Schulwerk"

      "Fünf Stücke: #2, Rondo"

      Markus Zahnhausen, r
      Orff-Schulwerk Volume 1: Musica Poetica

      Celestial Harmonies 13105-2

      8:25 am

      Carl Orff: "Schulwerk"

      "Fünf Stücke": #3, "Allegro moderato"

      Markus Zahnhausen, r
      Orff-Schulwerk Volume 1: Musica Poetica

      Celestial Harmonies 13105-2

      8:28 am

      Ralph Vaughan Williams: Mass in G minor

      "Kyrie"

      Westminster Abbey Cho/James O'Donnell
      Vaughan Williams, Tavener, MacMillan

      Hyperion CDA-68420

      8:33 am

      Hector Berlioz: Choral Setting of "La Marseillaise"

      Roberto Alagna, t; Choeur Les Éléments, Royal Opera House Orch/Bertrand de Billy
      Berlioz: Roberto Alagna

      EMI CDC5-57433-2

      8:40 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Two-Piano Concerto No. 10 in E-Flat, K. 365

      II. "Andante"

      Daniel Barenboim, p; English Chamber Orch/Georg Solti, p
      Mozart: Concertos K 242, 365, 466 / Solti, Schiff, Barenboim

      Decca 430232-2

      8:48 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D, Op. 35

      III. Finale, "Allegro vivacissimo"

      Hilary Hahn, v; Royal Liverpool Phil Orch/Vasily Petrenko
      Higdon & Tchaikovsky Violin Concertos

      DG B0014698-02

      9:00 am

      Alfred Newman: 20th Century Fox Fanfare

      London Phil Orch/John Mauceri
      The Genius of Film Music

      LPO 0086

      9:00 am

      Soundtrack

      9:02 am

      David Amram: "The Manchurian Candidate"

      Theme

      United Artists Studio Orch/David Amram
      David Amram's Classic American Film Scores, 1956-2016

      bandcamp [David Amram's Classic American FIlm Scores]

      9:04 am

      David Amram: "Three Lost Loves"

      No. 1, "Jim and Antonia"

      Amram Ensemble
      So in America

      Affetto AF-1801

      9:10 am

      Rachel Portman: "Belle"

      Main Titles

      Studio Orch/David Snell
      Belle - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

      Varèse Sarabande VSD-7278

      9:11 am

      Rachel Portman: "Belle"

      "Mirror"

      Studio Orch/David Snell
      Belle - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

      Varèse Sarabande VSD-7278

      9:12 am

      Rachel Portman: "The Little Prince"

      Act I finale, "We Light Our Lamps"

      The Little Prince Cho & Ens; BBC Concert Orch/David C Abell
      Willard White, bass,
      Aled Jones, singer,
      The Little Prince

      Lakeshore Records G-010001037975T

      9:18 am

      Elisabeth Lutyens: "The Check Book"

      I. Air

      Martin Jones, p
      Piano Works, Vol. 2

      Resonus Classics RES-10306

      9:18 am

      Elisabeth Lutyens: "The Check Book"

      V. The Musical Box

      Martin Jones, p
      Piano Works, Vol. 2

      Resonus Classics RES-10306

      9:19 am

      Elisabeth Lutyens: "The Check Book"

      XII. Burla

      Martin Jones, p
      Piano Works, Vol. 2

      Resonus Classics RES-10306

      9:20 am

      Elisabeth Lutyens: "The Skull"

      Suite: 7th mvt, End Titles

      BBC Sym Orch/Jac van Steen
      Love from a Stranger: Four British Film Scores

      NMC NME-073

      9:23 am

      Danny Elfman: "Beetlejuice"

      Main Titles

      Studio Cho & Orch/Bill Ross
      Beetlejuice (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

      Geffen Records (Beetlejuice)

      9:26 am

      Danny Elfman: Percussion Quartet

      Movement 1

      Third Coast Percussion
      Perspectives

      Cedille CDR-90000210

      9:31 am

      Howard Shore: "The Lord of the Rings"

      "Concerning Hobbits"

      La Pietà/Angèle Dubeau, v
      A Time for Us

      Analekta AN2-8733

      9:34 am

      Howard Shore: "The Forest"

      Movement III

      Miloš, g; National Arts Centre Orch/Alexander Shelley
      The Moon and the Forest

      Decca 4851597

      9:41 am

      Sergei Prokofiev: Cantata, "Alexander Nevsky," Op. 78

      VII. Finale, "Alexander's Entry into Pskov"

      Chicago Sym Orch & Cho/Fritz Reiner
      Prokofiev: Alexander Nevsky, Lieutenant Kijé Suite, Ruslan & Ludmilla / CSO/Fritz Reiner

      RCA 5605-2-RC

      9:45 am

      Sergei Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 5 in G, Op. 55

      IV. "Larghetto"

      Boris Berman, p; Royal Concertgebouw Orch/Neeme Järvi
      Prokofiev: Piano Concertos Nos. 1, 4 & 5

      Chandos CHAN-8791

      9:53 am

      Joe Hisaishi: "Spring"

      Lang Lang, p
      Piano Book 2

      DG 4878193

      9:56 am

      Joe Hisaishi: "My Neighbor Totoro"

      "My Neighbor Totoro"

      Bach Choir; Tiffin Choirs; Royal Phil Orch/Joe Hisaishi
      Joe Hisaishi: A Symphonic Celebration

      DG 4877352

      10:02 am

      Betty Jackson King: "Four Seasonal Sketches"

      Rochelle Sennet, p
      Bach to Black: Suites for Piano, Vol. 3

      Albany TROY-1965-68

      10:12 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: "The Magic Flute," K. 620

      Overture

      Modern Mandolin Quartet
      Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker Suite

      Windham Hill 11108-2

      10:20 am

      Dmitri Kabalevsky: "The Comedians," Op. 26

      National Phil/Leonard Slatkin
      Leonard Slatkin - Conducts Russian Showpieces

      RCA 5661-2-RC

      10:37 am

      Cécile Chaminade: "Air de Ballet," Op. 30

      Eric Parkin, p
      Chaminade Piano Works

      Chandos CHAN-8888

      10:43 am

      Claire Cowan: "Hansel and Gretel"

      "Entry of the Dew Fairies" to Act I Finale

      New Zealand Sym Orch/Hamish McKeich
      Royal New Zealand Ballet * Hansel and Gretel * Music by Claire Cowan

      (Claire Cowan) (2020)

      11:00 am

      11:00 am

      Introductions

      An encore presentation of the performance by the then 16-year-old pianist Clara Zhang recorded February 17, 2024 in the Levin Performance Studio.

      11:12 am

      Jessie Montgomery: "Starburst"

      The Knights
      Flight: Migration Music, Part II

      Rising Sun Music Flight

      11:16 am

      Hans Gál: Trio for violin, clarinet and piano, Op. 97

      Ensemble Burletta
      Hans Gál: Chamber Music for Clarinet

      Toccata TOCC-0377

      11:37 am

      Giacomo Puccini: "Capriccio sinfonico"

      La Scala Phil/Riccardo Muti
      Puccini, Catalani e Ponchielli per Orchestra

      Sony SK-63025

      11:52 am

      Josef Suk: String Serenade in E-Flat, Op. 6

      IV. Finale, "Allegro giocoso"

      London Chamber Orch/Christopher Warren-Green
      Tchaikovsky, Suk, Dvořák: Serenades

      Virgin 91165-2

      12:00 - 2:00 pm

      12:00 pm

      From The Royal Ballet and Opera in London

      Janáček's The Makropulos Affair

      Aušrinė Stundytė (Emilia Marty); Sean Panikkar (Albert Gregor); Johan Reuter (Baron Jaroslav Prus); Henry Waddington (Dr. Kolenatý); Peter Hoare (Vítek); Daniel Matoušek (Janek); Alan Oke (Count Hauk-Šendorf); Heather Engebretson (Kristina); Royal Opera House Chorus and Orchestra; Jakub Hrůša, conductor. Sung in Czech.

      2:00 - 4:00 pm

      2:00 pm

      Afternoon Music

      4:00 pm

      4:00 pm

      Listening to Singers with Oliver Camacho

      Highlights from the 2025 Last Night at the Proms featuring soprano Louise Alder, the BBC Singers, and the BBC Symphony Chorus and Orchestra conducted by Elim Chan. The 2026 Proms season runs from July 17 to September 12.

      5:00 pm

      5:00 pm

      Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival

      Ravel Sonata for Violin and Cello, M. 73; Leila Josefowicz, violin; Paul Watkins, cello; Dohnányi Sextet in C major, Op. 37; David Shifrin, clarinet; Stefan Dohr, horn; Jennifer Frautschi, violin; Toby Appel, viola; Eric Kim, cello; Soyeon Kate Lee, piano.

      6:00 - 8:00 pm

      6:00 pm

      Weekend Evening Music

      8:00 pm

      8:00 pm

      Folkstage hosted by Marilyn Rea Beyer

      From the archives: The Limeliters performed at the Byron Colby Barn of Prairie Crossing, Grayslake, Illinois July 22, 2000. We replay this raucous show on the birth anniversary of longtime band member Alex Hassilev.

      9:00 pm - 12:00 am

      9:00 pm

      The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer

      Commemorating the principled life of Ida B. Wells on the 160th anniversary of her birth while honoring those who work for the betterment of us all.