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      Playlist for Saturday, October 31, 2026

      Playing this hour

      12:00 - 7:00 am

      12:00 am

      Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Minuet and Trio in G, K. 1

      Daniel Barenboim, p

      EMI/Ang CDC7-47384-2

      12:02 am

      Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Minuet in F, K. 2

      Daniel Barenboim, p

      EMI/Ang CDC7-47384-2

      12:02 am

      Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Allegro in B-Flat, K. 3

      Daniel Barenboim, p

      EMI/Ang CDC7-47384-2

      12:03 am

      Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Minuet in F, K. 4

      Daniel Barenboim, p

      EMI/Ang CDC7-47384-2

      12:05 am

      Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Flute Sonata No. 5 in C, K. 14

      Michael Faust, f; Ilton Wjuniski, hc
      Sonatas for Flute and Harpsichord, Volume 2: Bach's Sons to Mozart

      GM Recordings 2038-CD

      12:13 am

      Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Symphony No. 7 in D, K. 45

      St Martin's Academy/Neville Marriner
      Mozart: Youth Symphonies Vol 1

      Pentatone 5186138

      12:25 am

      Schumann, Robert: "Kinderszenen," Op. 15

      No. 1, "Of Foreign Lands and Peoples"

      Canadian Brass
      Carnaval

      Opening Day ODR-7438

      12:27 am

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

      Menahem Pressler, p; Emerson String Quartet Members
      Piano Quintet Op.44 · Klavierquintett · Quintette Avec Piano / Piano Quartet · Klavierquartett Op.47

      DG 445848-2

      12:54 am

      Schumann, Robert: "Carnaval," Op. 9

      No. 7, "Coquette"

      Canadian Brass
      Carnaval

      Opening Day ODR-7438

      1:00 am

      Nelson, Ron: "Rocky Point Holiday" (1969)

      Indiana State University Winds/John Boyd
      John Boyd Conducts American

      Elf ELF-1005 (2)

      1:05 am

      Giannini, Vittorio: Symphony #3 for Winds (1958)

      Dallas Wind Symphony/Frederick Fennell
      Trittico

      Reference Recordings RR-52-CD

      1:28 am

      Creston, Paul: "A Rumor"

      St Martin's Academy/Neville Marriner
      Barber: Adagio for Strings * Ives: Sym No 3 * ASMIF/Marriner

      London 4758237

      1:34 am

      Hummel, Johann Nepomuk: 24 Etudes, Op 125

      #21

      Michael Ponti, p

      Vox CDX-5151 (2)

      1:35 am

      Hummel, Johann Nepomuk: Trumpet Concerto in E-Flat

      Paul Merkelo, tr; Oxford Phil/Marios Papadapoulos
      The Enlightened Trumpet

      Sony 80463

      1:54 am

      Clarke, Jeremiah: "Suite de Clairque"

      "Bourée & Hornpipe"

      John Wallace, tr; English String Orch/William Boughton
      Rule Britannia

      Nimbus NI-5155

      2:00 am

      Still, William Grant: Violin and Piano Suite

      #1, "African Dancer - Majestically"

      Fritz Gearhart, v; Paul Tardif, p

      Koch 3-7268-2

      2:05 am

      Still, William Grant: "Two Panamanian Dances"

      String Quartet
      Lenox Avenue

      Cambria CD-1121

      2:10 am

      Still, William Grant: "Folk Suite" #3

      "An Inca Dance"

      Sierra Winds, Carol Urban-Stivers, p
      Get on Board: American Music for Woodwinds by William Grant Still

      Cambria CD-1083

      2:11 am

      Franck, César: Symphony in d minor

      Orch de Paris/Riccardo Muti
      Beethoven: Complete Symphonies

      MHS 514417-M

      2:54 am

      SERMISY, Claude de: Madrigal, Au joli bois

      Camerata Hungarica/Laszlo Czidra
      Choreae & Carmina

      Hungaroton HCD-12662-2

      3:00 am

      Wagner, Richard: "Parsifal"

      Act 3 Prelude

      London Sym Orch/Adrian Boult

      EMI/Ang CDZB7-62539-2 (2)

      3:05 am

      Weber, Carl Maria von: Piano Sonata #3 in d, Op 49

      Michael Endres, p

      Oehms Classics OC-357 (2)

      3:30 am

      Weber, Carl Maria von: Six Waltzes (1812)

      #1

      Wind Ensemble/Jean-Claude Malgoire

      CBS M-39011

      3:31 am

      Wagenaar, Johan: "Wiener Dreivierteltakt," Op 38 (Waltz Cycle)

      Royal Concertgebouw Orch/Riccardo Chailly
      Saul En David • Amphitrion • Cyrano De Bergerac • De Getemde Feeks

      London 425833-2

      3:41 am

      Strauss II, Johann: Waltz, "Wine, Women and Song," Op. 333

      Boston Sym Chamber Players
      Walzer- Transriptionen

      DG 463667-2

      3:54 am

      Strauss, Richard: Six Songs, Op. 19

      No. 1, "Wozu noch, Mädchen"

      Jonas Kaufmann, t; Helmut Deutsch, p
      Strauss: Lieder

      Harmonia Mundi HMC-901879

      4:00 am

      Bach, Johann Sebastian: "The Art of Fugue," BWV 1080

      Contrapunctus XI

      Phantasm
      Art Of Fugue

      Simax PSC-1135

      4:05 am

      Vivaldi, Antonio: The Four Seasons, Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 8, RV 315, “Summer”

      Piero Toso, v; I Solisti Veneti/Claudio Scimone
      Vivaldi: Le Quattro Stagioni

      Erato ECD-88003

      4:15 am

      Bach, Johann Sebastian: "Italian Concerto" in F, BWV 971

      Ton Koopman, hc
      Bach: Italian Concerto, Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue, French Suite No. 5

      Erato 45787-2

      4:30 am

      Monteverdi, Claudio: "Selva morale e spirituale"

      Motet, "Et resurrexit"

      Kirkby, Meier-Schmid, s; Stuttgart Baroque Ensemble/Frieder Bernius

      Pantheon D-07108

      4:31 am

      Wagner, Richard: "Tannhäuser"

      Overture and Venusberg Music

      Royal Concertgebouw Orch/Riccardo Chailly
      Wagner - Chailly

      London 448155-2

      4:54 am

      Popper, David: Etudes, Op 73

      #40 in D

      Janos Starker, vc
      The Road To Cello Playing

      Parnassus PACD-97-008

      5:00 am

      Verheij, Anton: Salve Regina

      Netherlands Chamber Cho/Uwe Gronostay
      Vox Neerlandica II

      NM Classics 92065

      5:05 am

      Wagenaar, Johan: "Amphitrion," Op 45

      Overture

      Royal Concertgebouw Orch/Riccardo Chailly
      Saul En David • Amphitrion • Cyrano De Bergerac • De Getemde Feeks

      London 425833-2

      5:13 am

      Smit, Leo: Flute Sonata (1939)

      Eleonore Pameijer, f; Frans van Ruth, p

      NM Classics 93003 (4)

      5:26 am

      Strategier, Herman: Chorus, Les compagnons de la Marjolaine

      Netherlands Chamber Cho/Uwe Gronostay
      Vox Neerlandica II

      NM Classics 92065

      5:27 am

      Haydn, Franz Joseph: Cello Concerto No. 1 in C, H VIIb:1

      Julian Lloyd Webber, vc; English Chamber Orch/Julian Lloyd Webber
      Cello Concertos - Cellokonzerte 1 & 4

      Philips 412793-2

      5:54 am

      Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: "Eine kleine Gigue" in G, K. 574

      Christoph Berner, fortepiano
      W A Mozart * Lieder & Klavierstücke

      Harmonia Mundi HMC-901979

      6:00 am

      Elgar, Edward: "Chantant"

      Peter Pettinger, p
      Elgar: Piano Works

      Chandos CHAN-8438

      6:05 am

      Schubert, Franz: Symphony No. 5 in B-flat, D. 485

      Vienna Phil/Riccardo Muti

      EMI CDC7-49850-2

      6:35 am

      Elgar, Edward: "Skizze" (1903)

      Peter Pettinger, p
      Elgar: Piano Works

      Chandos CHAN-8438

      6:36 am

      Bax, Arnold: "Nympholept" (1912)

      London Phil/Bryden Thomson
      Bax: Symphony No. 2/ Nympholet

      Chandos CHAN-8493

      6:54 am

      Vaughan Williams, Ralph: Six Studies in English Folksong (1926)

      No. 3

      Ellen Croxford, vc; David Parkhouse, p

      EMI/Ang CDM5-65100-2

      7:00 - 9:00 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

      Bernard Herrmann: "The Twilight Zone"

      Main Title

      Studio Orch/Joel McNeely
      The Twilight Zone (The Complete Scores)

      Varèse Sarabande 302 066 087 2

      7:05 am

      Robert Schumann: "Ghost" Variations in E-Flat, WoO 24

      Michael Lewin, p
      Piano Phantoms * Michael Lewin

      Sono Luminus DSL-92168

      7:19 am

      Antonín Dvořák: String Quartet No. 12 in F, Op. 96, "American"

      Carmina Quartet
      Dvorak: String Quartets in F, Op. 96 "American" & in A-flat,Op. 105 / Carmina Quartet

      Denon CO-18075

      7:44 am

      Joseph Kosma: "Autumn Leaves"

      Alison Balsom, tr; Al Cherry, g; Orch/Guy Barker
      Paris

      Warner 0825646327898

      7:49 am

      Betty Jackson King: "Four Seasonal Sketches"

      No. 3, "Autumn Dance"

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

      Albany TROY-1965-68

      7:53 am

      Camille Saint-Saëns: "Danse macabre," Op. 40

      Michèle Boussinot, v; French National Orch/Georges Prêtre
      Best-Loved Classics, Volume 11

      EMI CDZ7-67202-2

      8:00 am

      Saturday Morning Listener's Choice

      8:01 am

      Maurice Ravel: "La valse"

      Philadelphia Orch/Eugene Ormandy
      Ravel's Greatest Hits

      CBS MBK-46274

      8:14 am

      Charles Gounod: "Funeral March of a Marionette"

      Antonio Ballista, p
      Shortcuts: One-Minute-Plus Piano Pieces by 50 Composers

      Brilliant Classics 95615

      8:18 am

      Gilbert & Sullivan: "Ruddigore"

      "When the Night Wind Howls"

      Glyndebourne Festival Cho & Pro Arte Orch/Malcolm Sargent
      Gilbert & Sullivan: Ruddigore; Sullivan: The Tempest, The Merchant of Venice

      EMI CMS7-64412-2 (2)

      8:22 am

      Nikolai Medtner: "Forgotten Melodies," Op. 38

      No. 2, "Danza Graziosa"

      Marc-André Hamelin, p
      Medtner: The Complete Piano Sonatas

      Hyperion CDA-67221/4 (4)

      8:25 am

      Nikolai Medtner: "Forgotten Melodies," Op. 38

      No. 3, "Danza Festiva"

      Marc-André Hamelin, p
      Medtner: The Complete Piano Sonatas

      Hyperion CDA-67221/4 (4)

      8:31 am

      Bach-Gounod: "Ave Maria"

      Kathleen Battle, s, Christopher Parkening, g
      Pleasures of Their Company

      EMI CDC7-47196-2

      8:36 am

      Nikolai Kapustin: Preludes in Jazz Style, Op. 53

      No. 23

      Kuang-Hao Huang, p
      Intersection: Jazz Meets Classical Song

      Cedille CDR-90000149

      8:38 am

      Nikolai Kapustin: Preludes in Jazz Style, Op. 53

      No. 19

      Kuang-Hao Huang, p
      Intersection: Jazz Meets Classical Song

      Cedille CDR-90000149

      8:40 am

      Bernard Herrmann: "Cape Fear"

      Main Title

      Studio Orch/Bernard Herrmann
      Cape Fear - The Original 1962 Film Score

      Soundstage SCD-525

      8:44 am

      William Bolcom: "Graceful Ghost" Rag

      Altius Quartet
      Dress Code

      Navona NV-6078

      8:48 am

      Sergei Prokofiev: "Romeo and Juliet," Op. 64

      Montagues & Capulets; Dance; Death of Tybalt

      Chicago Sym Orch Brass/Dale Clevenger
      Chicago Symphony Orchestra Brass Live

      CSO Resound 9011101

      9:00 - 11:00 am

      9:00 am

      Soundtrack

      9:00 am

      Alfred Newman: 20th Century Fox Fanfare

      London Phil Orch/John Mauceri
      The Genius of Film Music

      LPO 0086

      9:01 am

      Christopher Young: "Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror"

      "Phantom Carriage"

      Saya Hashino, o; Zürich Tonhalle Orch/Frank Strobel
      Nosferatu - A Symphony of Horror

      Warner Classics 2173245792

      9:06 am

      Franz Waxman: "The Bride of Frankenstein"

      Prelude & Minuet

      Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel
      Chiller

      Telarc CD-80189

      9:08 am

      Franz Waxman: "Sorry, Wrong Number"

      Passacaglia

      Queensland Sym Orch/Richard Mills
      Franz Waxman - Legendary Hollywood Vol. 2

      BSX Records STC-77144

      9:16 am

      Bernard Herrmann: "The Day the Earth Stood Still"

      "Prelude and Outer Space"

      Ensemble/Joel McNeely
      The Day the Earth Stood Still

      Varèse Sarabande 3020663142

      9:18 am

      music continues...

      11:00 am

      11:00 am

      Introductions

      A quartet from Northwestern University’s Bienen School of Music — pianist Cameron Akioka, violinist Hiu Sing Fan, violist James Kang, and cellist Tristen Khylil Johnson — performs Mozart’s Piano Quartet No. 2 in E-flat major, K. 493.

      12:00 - 4:00 pm

      12:00 pm

      From Opera Festival of Chicago

      Leoncavallo's Pagliacci

      Michelle Allie Drever (Nedda); Jonathan Burton (Canio); Franco Pomponi (Tonio); Jerek Fernández (Peppe); Jonathan Wilson (Silvio); Opera Festival of Chicago Orchestra & Chorus; Emanuele Andrizzi, conductor. Sung in Italian. Recorded at the North Shore Center for the Performing Arts in Skokie, Illinois.

      1:30 pm

      Afternoon Music

      4:00 pm

      4:00 pm

      Listening to Singers with Oliver Camacho

      A survey of spooky songs for Halloween, including Schubert's "Der Doppelgänger," Saint-Saëns's "Danse macabre," and the Witch's song from Humperdinck's "Hansel and Gretel."

      5:00 - 8:00 pm

      5:00 pm

      Weekend Evening Music

      8:00 pm

      8:00 pm

      Folkstage hosted by Marilyn Rea Beyer

      From the archives: Margo Hennebach, Adrienne Jones, and Mark Saunders, brought tight acoustic arrangements, intricate harmonies, and a spooky touch when they performed as Mad Agnes in October 2007.

      9:00 pm - 12:00 am

      9:00 pm

      The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer

      Music of the unseen including disappearing acts and phantoms for Halloween on the 100th anniversary of Harry Houdini’s death.