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Playlist for Friday, August 14, 2026
12:00 - 6:00 am
12:00 am
Johann Adolph Hasse: "La Contadina"
Ballet Music
Ensemble Arcadia/Attilio Cremonesi
La Contadina
12:05 am
Johann Adolf Hasse: "Didone Abbandonata"
Sinfonia
Munich Hofkapelle/Michael Hofstetter
Hasse: Reloaded
12:11 am
Johann Friedrich Fasch: Orchestral Suite in d
"Gavotte"
Il Fondamento/Paul Dombrecht
12:13 am
Johan Svendsen: String Octet in A, Op 3
Tharice Virtuosi
Bruch & Svendsen: String Octets
12:55 am
Agathe Backer Grondahl: "Fantasy Pieces," Op 55
#3, "Little Waltz"
Natalia Strelchenko, p
Agathe Backer-Grondahl: Complete Piano Music, Vol. IV
1:00 am
Peter Tchaikovsky: Twelve Piano Pieces (Etudes), Op. 40
#9, Waltz
Kevin MacLeod, p
Hatoful Boyfriend: A School of Hope and White Wings (Soundtrack)
1:05 am
Germaine Tailleferre: Concertino for Harp and Orchestra (1927)
Gillian Benet, h; Women's Phil/JoAnn Falletta
The Woman's Philharmonic- Boulanger: D'un Soir Triste, D'un Matin de Printemps/ Schumann: Piano Concerto In A Minor Op. 7/ Tailleferre: Concertino For Harp And Orchestra/ Mendelssohn: Overture
1:21 am
Peter Tchaikovsky: "Capriccio italien," Op. 45
Oslo Phil/Mariss Jansons
The Symphonies
1:36 am
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Piano Pieces, Op. 72
No. 16, "Valse à cinq temps"
Yevgeny Sudbin, p
1:37 am
Leo Smit: Harp Concertino (1931)
Godelieve Schrama, h; Netherlands Phil/Ed Spanjaard
1:55 am
Benjamin Britten: Harp Suite, Op. 83
2nd mvt, Toccata
Marion Hofmann, h
Virtuoso Harp
2:00 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.
3:00 - 9:00 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
Beethoven Symphony No. 9
Live from the Pritzker Pavilion, featuring the Grant Park Chorus and Orchestra conducted by Giancarlo Guerrero. Julia Wolfe "Liberty Bell;" Michael Daugherty "Mount Rushmore;" Beethoven Symphony No. 9; Karen Slack, soprano; Imara Miles, mezzo-soprano; John Matthew Myers, tenor; Jongwon Han, bass-baritone; Christopher Bell, chorus director. Hosted by Dave Schwan.
9:00 pm
9:00 pm
Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin
Musical Dynasties
This week’s topic, “Musical Dynasties,” was suggested by a station in Arizona. Andy Bade, Music Host for Classical 90.5 KUAT-FM in Tucson, wrote in with some program ideas. So, Musical Dynasties: Gabrieli, Bach, Mozart, Mendelssohn, Robert and Clara Schumann, Strauss: the Johanns and Richard, and ending with the Haydns: Joseph and Michael. Thanks so much for taking the time to write!
11:00 pm
11:00 pm
Best of Studs Terkel
Kurt Elling (8/11/1997)
The magnificent American jazz singer Kurt Elling (b. 1967) was Studs Terkel’s guest in 1997. With his rich baritone voice and four-octave range, Elling had just released The Messenger, the album which cemented his reputation as a producer, arranger, poetic lyricist, composer, and captivating vocalist.
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