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      Playlist for Wednesday, August 12, 2026

      Playing this hour

      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      Yukijiro Yoko: Variations on an old Japanese folk tune, "Sakura"

      Timothy Walker, g

      Helios CDH-88027

      12:05 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Divertimento No. 14 in B-Flat, K. 270

      Orpheus Chamber Orch members
      Serenata Notturna K.239, Divertimenti K.251 & K.270

      DG 415669-2

      12:17 am

      Darius Milhaud: "Divertissement en trois parties," Op. 299b

      Athena Ens
      Darius Milhaud: Music for Wind Instruments

      Chandos CHAN-6536

      12:28 am

      Mario Pilati: Divertimento for Brass

      IV. "Fanfara"

      Brass Soloists of the Moscow Symphony Orchestra
      Pilati: Four Italian Folk Songs

      Naxos 8.574168

      12:30 am

      Jean Sibelius: "Swanwhite" Incidental Music, Op. 54

      Gothenburg Sym Orch/Neeme Järvi
      Swanwhite Suite, Op.54 / Belshazzar's Feast Suite, Op.51

      BIS CD-359

      12:55 am

      Orlando Gibbons: Madrigal, "The Silver Swan"

      La Caccina
      Becoming

      La Caccina

      1:00 am

      Tarquinio Merula: Canzon, "La Lusignuola"

      Amsterdam Loeki Stardust Quartet
      Virtuoso Recorder Music

      L'Oiseau Lyre 414277-2

      1:05 am

      Antonio Vivaldi: Recorder Concerto in a, R 445

      Pamela Thorby, r; La Serenissima/Adrian Chandler
      Vivaldi: Gods, Emperors & Angels * La Serenissima

      Avie AV-2201

      1:15 am

      Tomaso Albinoni: Balletto a cinque #3

      "Gigha"

      Savaria Sym Orch/Pàl Németh

      Hungaroton HCD-32006

      1:17 am

      Frédéric Chopin: Ballade No. 1 in g minor, Op. 23

      Benjamin Grosvenor, p
      Chopin: Sonatas 2 & 3; Ballade No. 1; Berceuse; Nocturnes

      London 4870958

      1:26 am

      Grazyna Bacewicz: Symphony No. 3

      BBC Sym Orch/Sakari Oramo

      Chandos CHSA-5316

      1:54 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: "Well-Tempered Clavier," Bk 1, BWV 846/69

      Prelude No. 19 in A

      Léon Berben, hc
      Bach Edition: Complete Works

      Brilliant Classics 93102 (155)

      2:00 am

      Francoeur: "Zélindor, Roi des Sylphes"

      "Menuets" I & II

      Opera Lafayette/Ryan Brown
      Zelindor, Roi des Sylphes

      Naxos 8.660224

      2:05 am

      Emmanuel Chabrier: "Menuet pompeux"

      Lyon National Orch/Emmanuel Krivine
      Maurice Ravel Orchestrations

      Denon CO-78929

      2:11 am

      Maurice Ravel: Piano Concerto in G

      Alicia de Larrocha, p; St Louis Sym/Leonard Slatkin
      Piano Concertos / Valses nobles et sentimentales / Sonatine

      RCA 60985-2

      2:33 am

      Darius Milhaud: "Les Soirées de Pétrograde," Op. 55 (1919)

      No. 12, "Le Colonel Romanoff"

      Györgyi Dombradi, ms; Lambert Bumiller, p
      Milhaud: Mélodies

      CPO 999408-2

      2:34 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: "Hamlet," Op. 67

      Oregon Sym Orch/James DePreist
      Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture, Etc

      Delos D/CD-3081

      2:54 am

      Dmitri Shostakovich: "Hamlet" (Incidental Music, 1932), Op. 32

      "Cradle Song"

      Boston Sym Orch/Andris Nelsons
      Shostakovich: Under Stalin's Shadow

      DG 479 5201 (2)

      3:00 am

      Frédéric Chopin: "Fantaisie-Impromptu" in c-sharp minor, Op.66

      Earl Wild, p
      EARL WILD AT 88!

      Ivory Classics 73005

      3:05 am

      Camille Saint-Saëns: Septet in E-Flat, Op. 65

      Sinfonia da Camera/Ian Hobson
      Saint-Saens: Le Carnaval Des Animaux, Septour, Allegro Appasionato and 6 Bagatelles

      Arabesque Z-6570

      3:21 am

      Richard Strauss: Eight Songs, Op. 10

      No. 1, "Zueignung"

      Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, s; London Sym Orch/George Szell

      EMI/Ang CDC5-56241-2

      3:23 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Cello Concerto

      Matt Haimovitz, vc; Orch de Bretagne/Stefan Sanderling

      Transart TR-121

      3:44 am

      Richard Wagner: "Die Walküre"

      "Ride of the Valkyries"

      Cleveland Orch/George Szell
      Great Orchestral Music From "The Ring"

      CBS MYK-36715

      3:49 am

      Richard Wagner: "Die Walküre"

      "Magic Fire Music"

      Cleveland Orch/George Szell
      Great Orchestral Music From "The Ring"

      CBS MYK-36715

      3:54 am

      George Frideric Handel: "Water Music" Suite

      "Bourrée" and "Hornpipe"

      London Sym Orch/George Szell
      The Water Music / Royal Fireworks Music (Excerpts) ‎

      London 417694-2

      4:00 am

      Claude Debussy: "L'enfant prodigue"

      Prelude

      Paris Harp Sextet
      The Paris Harp Sextet

      Adda 581124

      4:02 am

      Alphonse Hasselmans: "Les Follets (Will-o-the-Wisps)"

      Paris Harp Sextet
      The Paris Harp Sextet

      Adda 581124

      4:05 am

      Carlos Salzedo: Harp and Piano Sonata (1922)

      Yolanda Kondonassis, h; Kathryn Brown, p
      Salzedo's Harp * Music of Carlos Salzedo * Yolanda Kondonassis, Harp

      Telarc CD-80691

      4:18 am

      Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Sonata for Cello and Harp, Op 208

      Mallarmé Chamber Players

      Mallarmé MCHP-2

      4:34 am

      Alan Hovhaness: Violin and Harp Sonata, Op 406

      "Dance"

      Aurora Duo

      MSR Classics MS-1682

      4:36 am

      Johannes Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Haydn, Op.56a

      Berlin Phil/Nikolaus Harnoncourt
      Brahms: The Symphonies- Haydn Variations/ Academic Festival Overture/ Tragic Overture

      Teldec 13136-2 (3)

      4:54 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Secular Canons, H XXVIIb:1-46

      No. 43, "Wunsch"

      Györ Girls' Cho/Miklos Szabo

      Hungaroton HCD-12890-2

      5:00 am

      Felix Mendelssohn: String Quartet, Op 81 (Andante, Scherzo, Capriccio & Fugue)

      "Fugue"

      Pacifica Quartet
      Mendelssohn: The Complete String Quartets * Pacifica Quartet

      Cedille CDR-90000082 (3)

      5:05 am

      Fanny Mendelssohn: Prelude and Toccata

      Joanne Polk, p
      Fanny and Felix Mendelssohn

      Bridge 9367

      5:09 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Toccata and Fugue in d minor, BWV 565

      Ton Koopman, o
      Baroque Festival

      Archive 415338-2

      5:17 am

      Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Oboe Concerto in E-Flat, Wq 165

      Ku Ebbinge, ob; Amsterdam Baroque Orch/Ton Koopman

      Erato ECD-75560

      5:37 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Two-Part Inventions, BWV 772/786

      No. 1 in C

      Ton Koopman, hc

      Capriccio 10210

      5:39 am

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

      London Phil/Sir Adrian Boult

      Omega OCD-1028

      5:53 am

      Richard Strauss: "Also sprach Zarathustra," Op. 30

      Introduction: "Sunrise"

      Boston Sym Orch/Seiji Ozawa
      Also Sprach Zarathustra

      Philips 400072-2

      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.

      6:04 am

      Jean Sibelius: "Spring Song," Op. 16

      Scottish National Orch/Sir Alexander Gibson
      Nielsen: Symphony No. 5, Etc; Sibelius / Alexander Gibson

      Chandos CHAN-6533

      6:12 am

      Mark O'Connor: "The American Seasons"

      Summer

      Mark O'Connor, v; Metamorphosen/Scott Yoo
      Mark O'Connor: The American Seasons

      Sony SK-89660

      6:22 am

      František Janoska: "The Four Seasons in Janoska Style" (after Vivaldi)

      Autumn: I. "7/8 Balkan Journey"

      Janoska Ensemble
      Vivaldi: The Four Seasons in Janoska Style

      DG 9487617

      6:30 am

      Georg Philipp Telemann: "Quadro" in G minor

      Florilegium
      Telemann: Chamber Music / Florilegium

      Channel Classics CCS-5093

      6:39 am

      Johannes Brahms: String Sextet No. 1 in B-flat, Op. 18

      IV. Finale, Rondo, "Poco allegretto e grazioso"

      Music@Menlo Ensemble
      Yura Lee, viola,
      Eric Kim, cello,
      Music@Menlo Live: Through Brahms

      Music@Menlo 2011 (7)

      7:04 am

      Franz von Suppé: "Pique Dame"

      Overture

      Vienna Phil/Sir Georg Solti
      Famous Overtures

      Decca 460982-2 (2)

      7:12 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: "Pique Dame"

      Russian Dance and Romance

      New Zealand Sym Orch/Peter Breiner
      Tchaikovsky: The Queen of Spades, Voyevoda Suites

      Naxos 8.573015

      7:19 am

      Antonín Dvořák: Piano Trio No. 3 in F minor, Op. 65

      IV. Finale, "Allegro con brio"

      Philip Setzer, v; David Finckel, vc; Wu Han, p
      Dvořák: Piano Trios Nos. 3 & 4

      ArtistLed 11201-2

      7:31 am

      Heinrich Biber: Eight-Trumpet Sonata in A

      Wynton Marsalis, tr's; English Chamber Orch/Raymond Leppard
      Baroque Music For Trumpets

      CBS MK-42478

      7:38 am

      Benjamin Britten: "Gloriana," Op. 53

      Courtly Dances

      Julian Bream Consort
      Julian Bream Edition Vol 6: The Julian Bream Consort

      RCA 61589-2

      8:04 am

      Aram Khachaturian: "Masquerade" Suite

      Waltz

      London Sym Orch/Stanley Black
      Khachaturian: Suites- Spartacus, Gayaneh, Masquerade

      Decca 448252-2 (2)

      8:09 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Piano Sonata No. 48 in C, H XVI:35

      Jeneba Kanneh-Mason, p
      Jane Austen's Piano

      Sony G-010005641311J

      8:23 am

      Edvard Grieg: Symphonic Dances, Op. 64

      No. 1, "Allegro moderato e marcato"

      Gothenburg Sym Orch/Neeme Järvi
      Grieg: Symphonic Dances, Norwegian Dances, Lyric Suite

      DG 419431-2

      8:31 am

      Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Flute Concerto in A minor, Wq 166

      III. Finale, "Allegro assai"

      Jean-Pierre Rampal, f; Franz Liszt Chamber Orch/Jànos Rolla
      CPE Bach: The Complete Flute Concertos

      CBS M2K-44690 (2)

      8:39 am

      Francis Poulenc: Piano Concerto

      I. "Allegretto"

      Eric Le Sage, p; Royal Liège Phil Orch/Stéphane Denève
      A Century of French Music

      Sony 88875192862

      8:50 am

      Franz Schubert: String Quintet in C, D 956

      I. "Allegro ma non troppo"

      Stephanie Jeong & Gina DiBello, v's; Lawrence Neuman, vi; Brant Taylor & Kenneth Olsen, vc's
      Brant Taylor, cello,
      Rush Hour Concert: The Schubert Cello Quintet (June 1, 2021)

      WFMT

      9:04 am

      Henry Cowell: "Old American Country Set"

      Manhattan Chamber Orch/Richard Auldon Clark
      Henry Cowell: Persian Set

      Koch 3-7220-2

      9:19 am

      Alexander Borodin: "In the Steppes of Central Asia"

      Bavarian Radio Sym Orch/Esa-Pekka Salonen
      Tchaikovsky, Borodin, Balakirev: 1812, Polovtsian Dances, Islamey

      Philips 412552-2

      9:28 am

      Felix Mendelssohn: String Octet in E-Flat, Op. 20

      I. "Allegro moderato, ma con fuoco"

      Jupiter Quartet, Jasper String Quartet
      Jupiter and Jasper String Quartets * Mendelssohn * Visconti * Golijov

      Marquis 16132

      10:00 am - 1:00 pm

      10:00 am

      Midday with Lisa Flynn

      Including the Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts at 12:15 pm.

      10:00 am

      Johan Wagenaar: "Cyrano de Bergerac" Overture, Op. 23

      Royal Concertgebouw Orch/Riccardo Chailly
      Johan Wagenaar: Saul en David, Amphitrion, Cyrano de Bergerac, De Getemde Feeks

      Decca 425833-2

      10:15 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Fantasia in C minor, K. 475

      Hélène Grimaud, p
      The Messenger

      DG 4837854

      10:28 am

      Richard Strauss: "Le bourgeois gentilhomme," Op. 60

      "Menuett; The Dinner"

      Chicago Sym Orch/Fritz Reiner
      Richard Strauss: Symphonia Domestica / Suite From Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme

      RCA 68637-2

      10:41 am

      Dmitri Shostakovich: "The Tale of the Silly Little Mouse" film score, Op. 56

      Suite

      Royal Concertgebouw Orch/Riccardo Chailly
      The Film Album

      Decca 460792-2

      11:01 am

      Carl Maria von Weber: "Der Freischütz"

      Overture

      Bavarian Radio Sym Orch/Rafael Kubelík
      Favorite Opera Overtures

      DG 423787-2

      11:12 am

      Maddalena Sirmen: String Quartet No. 4 in B-Flat

      Allegri String Quartet
      Sirmen: The Six String Quartets

      Cala CACD-1019

      11:23 am

      Isaac Albéniz: "Iberia," Book 1

      Cincinnati Sym Orch/Jesús López-Cobos
      Albéniz: Iberia - Complete

      Telarc CD-80470 (2)

      11:43 am

      music continues...

      12:15 pm

      Dame Myra Hess Concerts

      Violist Joseph Skerik and pianist Victor Santiago Asunción perform music by Dobrinka Tabakova, Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson, Coleman Hawkins, and Samuel Barber, live from Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago.

      1:00 - 3:00 pm

      1:00 pm

      Music for the Afternoon

      3:00 - 7:00 pm

      3:00 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

      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!

      8:00 - 10:00 pm

      10:00 pm - 12:00 am

      10:00 pm

      Baroque&Before with Candice Agree

      Teresa Berganza

      Revel in the artistic legacy of Spanish mezzo-soprano Teresa Berganza. While her unique vocal characteristics brought her accolades for her interpretations of Mozart, Rossini, Bizet, and in zarzuela, this program showcases her mastery of baroque and renaissance repertory.