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      12:00 - 7:00 am

      12:00 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata No. 78, "Jesu, der du meine Seele (Jesus, by whom my soul)"

      Duet, "Wir eilen mit schwachen (We hurry with weak yet eager steps)"

      Ruth Holton, s; Sytse Buwalda, ms; Netherlands Bach Collegium/Pieter Jan Leusink
      Bach Edition: Complete Works

      Brilliant Classics 93102 (155)

      12:05 am

      Johannes Brahms: "Tragic" Overture, Op.81

      Berlin Phil/Claudio Abbado
      Symphonie No. 3 - Tragische Ouvertüre - Schicksalslied

      DG 429765-2

      12:18 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Chaconne in d minor

      Leon Fleisher, p
      George Perle: Eight Pieces (1938-1997)

      Bridge 9429

      12:35 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Chorale, "Wo Gott der Herr nicht bei uns hällt," BWV 178

      Chamber Cho of Europe/Nicol Matt
      Bach Edition: Complete Works

      Brilliant Classics 93102 (155)

      12:37 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Schübler Chorale, "Ach, bleib bei uns, Herr Jesu Christ"

      Anna Christiane Neumann, p
      Bach Without Words

      Genuin GEN-15375

      12:41 am

      Ralph Vaughan Williams: Five Variants of "Dives and Lazarus" (1939)

      Utah Sym/Maurice Abravanel
      Fantasia On A Theme By Thomas Tallis, Variants of Dives and Lazarus, Flos Campi, Fantasia on Greensleeves

      Vanguard SVC-43

      12:54 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Little Preludes, BWV 933/38

      No. 1 in C; No. 2 in c

      Glenn Gould, p

      CBS M2K-42402 (2)

      1:00 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: "Well-Tempered Clavier," Book 2, BWV 870/91

      Prelude & Fugue No. 12 in f minor

      Gustav Leonhardt, hc
      Bach: Das Wohltemperierte Klavier

      RCA-DHM 77012-2-RG (2)

      1:05 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: "Well-Tempered Clavier," Book 2, BWV 870/91

      Prelude no. 4 in d-sharp

      Jiri Barta, vc; Hamish Milne, p
      Moscheles / Bach: Hummel

      Hyperion CDA-67521

      1:08 am

      Bach/Gounod: Ave Maria

      Eaken Piano Trio
      CHRISTMAS and HANUKAH: I'll Be Home for the Holidays

      Naxos 8.554714

      1:16 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Fantasia and Fugue in c, BWV 537

      Seattle Sym/Gerard Schwarz
      Orchestral Transcriptions by Respighi and Elgar

      Naxos 8.572741

      1:26 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: "Well-Tempered Clavier," Book 2, BWV 870/91

      Fugue No. 7 in E-flat

      George Fields, harmonica
      The Pocket Bach

      Angel S-36067

      1:28 am

      Johann Christian Bach: Sinfonia Concertante in E-Flat

      Alan Hacker, , Antony Pike, cl's; Geoffrey Gambold, bn; London Festival Orch/Ross Pople
      Concertante

      ASV CDDCA-651

      1:44 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Violin Concerto in g, after BWV 1056

      Malcolm Messiter, ob; Guildhall String Ensemble
      Baroque Oboe Concertos

      RCA 60224-2-RC

      1:54 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Clavier Partita No. 5 in G, BWV 829

      Finale, "Gigue"

      Glenn Gould, p

      CBS M2K-42402 (2)

      2:00 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata No. 208, "Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd! (Hunt)

      "Sheep May Safely Graze"

      Bournemouth Sym/José Serebrier
      BACH, J.S: Stokowski Transcriptions, Vol. 1

      Naxos 8.557883

      2:05 am

      Ferruccio Busoni: "Fantasia after Bach"

      Igor Levit, p
      Igor Levit, Life

      Sony 88985424452

      2:20 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata No. 150, "Nach dir, Herr, verlanget mich (For you, Lord, is my longing)"

      Sinfonia

      Bach Collegium Japan/Masaaki Suzuki
      Cantatas 1: BWV 4 Christ Lag In Todesbanden; BWV 150 Nach Dir, Herr, Verlanget Mich; BWV 196 Der Herr Denket An Uns

      BIS CD-751

      2:21 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata No. 208, "Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd! (Hunt)"

      Soloists; Amsterdam Baroque Cho and Orch/Ton Koopman
      Bach: Complete Cantatas - Volume 3

      Erato 14336-2 (3)

      2:55 am

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

      No. 5 in E-flat

      Ton Koopman, hc

      Capriccio 10210

      3:00 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Easter Oratorio, BWV 249

      Sinfonia

      Leon Goossens, ob; David Lloyd, p
      The Goossens Family

      Chandos CHAN-7132

      3:05 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Orchestra Suite No.2 in b minor, BWV 1067

      Tobias Carron, f; Moscow Virtuosi/Vladimir Spivakov
      Bach: Orchestral Suites

      RCA 60360-2-RC (2)

      3:30 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Little Preludes, BWV 933/38

      No. 3 in d

      Ton Koopman, hc

      Capriccio 10210

      3:32 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Violin Sonata No. 2 in A, BWV 1015

      Adrian Butterfield, v; Silas Wollston, hc
      Bach: Complete Violin Sonatas

      Somm SOMMCD-0664-2 (2)

      3:45 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: "Aria variata alla maniera italiana," BWV 989

      Alison Balsom, tr; Ensemble
      Works For Trumpet

      EMI/Ang CDC5-58047-2

      3:55 am

      Francesco Maria BASSANO: Taccata per B quadro

      Tragicomedia
      Capritio- Instrumental Music From 17th Century Italy

      Harmonia Mundi HMU-907294

      4:00 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata No. 197, "Gott ist unsere Zuversicht"

      Opening Chorus, "Gott ist unsere Zuversicht"

      Netherlands Bach Collegium/Pieter Jan Leusink
      Bach Edition: Complete Works

      Brilliant Classics 93102 (155)

      4:05 am

      Heitor Villa-Lobos: "Bachianas brasileiras" No. 9 (1949)

      French Radio Orch/Heitor Villa-Lobos

      EMI CDH7-61015-2

      4:16 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: "Brandenburg" Concerto No. 3 in G, BWV 1048

      Age of Enlightenment Orch/Alison Bury, v
      Bach: Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 1-6

      Virgin 90747-2 (2)

      4:26 am

      Johann Christoph Bach: Cantata, Es erhub sich ein Streit

      Soloists; Rhineland Cho Society, Musica Antiqua Köln/Reinhard Goebel
      Die Familie Bach vor Johann Sebastian: Die Kantaten

      DG Archiv 419253-2 (2)

      4:34 am

      Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: "Alla Polacca," Wq 114/5

      Ana-Marija Markovina, p
      CPE Bach Edition

      Brilliant Classics HC-21100 (60)

      4:35 am

      Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Clavier Concerto in c, Wq 37

      Ludger Rémy, hc; Les Amis de Philippe
      CPE Bach Edition

      Brilliant Classics HC-21100 (60)

      4:54 am

      Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: "Andantino" in D, Wq 116/24

      Ana-Marija Markovina, p
      CPE Bach Edition

      Brilliant Classics HC-21100 (60)

      5:00 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata #147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben"

      Chorus, "Wachet auf"

      Dan Dean, t
      Fanfare for The Common Man

      Origin Classical OC-33026

      5:05 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Violin Concerto No.1 in a minor, BWV 1041

      Simon Standage, v; English Concert/Trevor Pinnock
      Bach: Concertos

      DG Archiv 463725-2 (5)

      5:19 am

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

      No. 9 in f minor

      Ton Koopman, hc

      Capriccio 10210

      5:21 am

      Edvard Grieg: "Holberg" Suite, Op. 40

      Gothenburg Sym Orch/Neeme Järvi
      Holberg Suite (2 Elegiac Melodies • 2 Nordic Melodies • 2 Melodies • 2 Lyric Pieces)

      DG 437520-2

      5:40 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: French Suite No. 1 in d minor, BWV 812

      Murray Perahia, p
      Bach: French Suites

      DG 479 6565 (2)

      5:54 am

      Pancrace Royer: "Zaïde, reine de Grenade"

      "Entrée"

      Les Talens Lyriques/Christophe Rousset
      Surprising Royer

      Aparte AP-298

      6:00 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue in d minor, BWV 903

      "Fugue"

      Onyx Brass
      Fugue

      Chandos CHAN-10462

      6:05 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Fugue in g minor, BWV 578, "Little"

      London Sym Orch/Leopold Stokowski
      Leopold Stokowski: The Stereo Collection, 1954-1975

      RCA 88691916852 (14)

      6:08 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Orchestra Suite No.3 in D, BWV 1068

      II. Air

      String Orch/Leopold Stokowski
      Music for Strings

      EMI/Ang CDM5-65912-2

      6:15 am

      Max Reger: Cello Suite #3 in a, Op 131c/3

      Pieter Wispelwey, vc
      Reger: Cello Suite No 1 in G major, Op 131c No 1, etc.

      Channel Classics CCS-9596

      6:35 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: "Anna Magdalena Notebook"

      Minuet in F, BWV. Anh 113

      Igor Kipnis, clavichord
      The Note Book Of Anna Magdalena Bach

      Nonesuch DB-79020 (2)

      6:37 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: "Brandenburg" Concerto No. 6 in B-Flat, BWV 1051

      English Concert/Trevor Pinnock
      Bach: The English Concert - Brandenburg Concertos 4,5,6

      Archive 423492-2 (3)

      6:54 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: "Anna Magdalena Notebook"

      Minuet in G, BWV. Anh 116

      Igor Kipnis, clavichord
      The Note Book Of Anna Magdalena Bach

      Nonesuch DB-79020 (2)

      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.

      7:03 am

      Herman Hupfeld: Song, "As Time Goes By"

      Itzhak Perlman, v; Boston Pops Orch/John Williams
      John Williams Conductor

      Sony 88985417792

      7:08 am

      William Grant Still: "Danzas de Panama"

      Oregon String Quartet
      Oregon Festival of American Music Presents William Grant Still

      Koch 3-7546-2

      7:22 am

      Richard Wagner: "The Flying Dutchman"

      Spinning Chorus, "Summ und brumm"

      Earl Wild, p
      The Virtuosity of Earl Wild

      Ivory Classics 70901 (2)

      7:29 am

      Antonín Dvořák: "Legends," Op 59

      No. 10 in B-flat minor

      Bournemouth Sym Orch/José Serebrier
      Dvořák: Symphony No. 8, Complete Ten Legends

      Warner 0825646287871

      7:34 am

      Florence Price: String Quartet in A minor

      I. "Moderato"

      Catalyst Quartet
      Uncovered, Vol. 2: Florence Price

      Azica ACD-71346

      7:50 am

      Doreen Carwithen: Overture, "ODTAA (One Damn Thing After Another)"

      London Sym Orch/Richard Hickox
      Carwithen: Orchestral Works

      Chandos CHAN-9524

      8:00 am

      Saturday Morning Listener's Choice

      8:01 am

      Bernard Herrmann: "Marnie"

      Suite

      London Phil Orch/Bernard Herrmann
      Music from the Great Hitchcock Movie Thrillers

      Decca 443895-2

      8:12 am

      Ernest Ball: "Mother Machree"

      John McCormack, t; Edwin Schneider, p
      John McCormack: Irish Tenor Ballads

      Regis RRC-1092

      8:16 am

      John Rutter: "Celebration Overture"

      Royal Phil Orch/John Rutter
      John Rutter - Reflections

      Decca 4871478

      8:24 am

      Kevin Puts: "Emily — No Prisoner Be"

      No. 13, "'Hope' is the thing"

      Joyce DiDonato, ms; Time for Three
      Kevin Puts: Emily — No Prisoner Be

      Platoon [Emily]

      8:27 am

      Kevin Puts: "Emily — No Prisoner Be"

      No. 26, "No Prisoner Be"

      Joyce DiDonato, ms; Time for Three
      Kevin Puts: Emily — No Prisoner Be

      Platoon [Emily]

      8:31 am

      Antonio Vivaldi: "The Four Seasons: Autumn," RV. 293

      Yolanda Kondonassis, h; I Fiamminghi/Rudolf Werthen
      Vivaldi: The Four Seasons for Harp and Orchestra

      Telarc CD-80523

      8:44 am

      Carl Orff: "Carmina Burana"

      #3, "Veris leta facies"

      John van Kesteren, br, Philharmonia Cho, Orch/Riccardo Muti
      Carmina Burana

      EMI CDC7-47100-2

      8:50 am

      Johannes Brahms: Piano Pieces, Op. 118

      No. 2, Intermezzo in A

      Stewart Goodyear, p
      For Glenn Gould

      Sono Luminus DSL-92220

      8:56 am

      Johannes Brahms: Piano Pieces, Op. 76

      No. 5, Capriccio in C-sharp minor

      Barry Douglas, p
      Brahms: Works for Solo Piano, Vol. 6

      Chandos CHAN-10903

      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

      Stephen Sondheim: "Invitation to a March"

      Incidental Music Excerpts

      Chamber Ensemble
      Unsung Sondheim

      Varèse Sarabande VSD-5433

      9:11 am

      Stephen Sondheim: "Stavisky"

      Main Title

      Opus Two
      Sondheim: New Chamber Music Arrangements

      Bridge 9605

      9:13 am

      Stephen Sondheim: "Merrily We Roll Along"

      "Not a Day Goes By"

      Anthony de Mare, p
      Liaisons II: All Things Bright and Beautiful – Re-Imagining Sondheim from the Piano

      Avie AV-2694

      9:18 am

      Stephen Sondheim: "Sweeney Todd"

      Opening Title

      Studio Orch/Paul Gemignani
      Sweeney Todd (The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

      Nonesuch 368572-6

      9:22 am

      Stephen Sondheim: "Dick Tracy"

      "Sooner or Later"

      Susan Egan; National Sym Orch/Craig Barna
      The Musicality of Sondheim

      Cherry Red CDJAZ-9006

      9:28 am

      Stephen Sondheim: "Into the Woods"

      "Ever After" (Instrumental)

      Studio Orch/Paul Gemignani
      Into The Woods (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

      Walt Disney Records D-002124092

      9:29 am

      Stephen Sondheim: "Into the Woods"

      "No More" (Instrumental)

      Studio Orch/Paul Gemignani
      Into The Woods (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

      Walt Disney Records D-002124092

      9:31 am

      Stephen Sondheim: "Into the Woods"

      "Stay With Me" (Instrumental)

      Studio Orch/Paul Gemignani
      Into The Woods (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

      Walt Disney Records D-002124092

      9:34 am

      Stephen Sondheim: "Into the Woods"

      "Last Midnight" (Instrumental)

      Studio Orch/Paul Gemignani
      Into The Woods (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

      Walt Disney Records D-002124092

      9:39 am

      Stephen Sondheim: "A Little Night Music"

      Overture; "Night Waltz"

      Original Motion Picture Cast & Ens/Paul Gemignani
      A Little Night Music (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

      Masterworks Broadway 88883723932

      9:43 am

      Stephen Sondheim: "A Little Night Music"

      "Send in the Clowns"

      Elizabeth Taylor; Original Motion Picture Cast & Ens/P Gemignani
      A Little Night Music (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

      Masterworks Broadway 88883723932

      9:48 am

      Leonard Bernstein: "West Side Story"

      "Maria"

      Ansel Elgort, voice; Orch/Gustavo Dudamel
      West Side Story (2021 Motion Picture Soundtrack)

      Hollywood Records D003694602

      9:51 am

      Leonard Bernstein: "West Side Story"

      "Tonight"

      Rachel Zegler & Ansel Elgort, voices; Orch/Gustavo Dudamel
      West Side Story (2021 Motion Picture Soundtrack)

      Hollywood Records D003694602

      9:56 am

      Leonard Bernstein: "West Side Story"

      Finale

      Orch/Gustavo Dudamel
      West Side Story (2021 Motion Picture Soundtrack)

      Hollywood Records D003694602

      10:01 am

      Florence Price: "Fantasie Nègre" No. 2 in G minor

      Lara Downes, p
      Some of These Days

      Flipside FL-0014

      10:09 am

      Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 1 in D, "Titan"

      I. "Langsam, schleppend"

      Baltimore Sym Orch/Marin Alsop
      Mahler: Symphony No. 1

      Naxos 8.572207

      10:26 am

      Joe Hisaishi: "The Wind Rises"

      "A Dream of Flight; The Encounter; A Journey"

      Avi Avital, m; Royal Phil Orch/Joe Hisaishi
      Joe Hisaishi: A Symphonic Celebration

      DG 4877352

      10:34 am

      Maria Hester Park: Piano Sonata in C, Op. 7

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

      Centaur CRC-2320

      10:51 am

      Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Piano Quintet, Op. 1

      IV. Finale, "Allegro molto"

      Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective
      Coleridge-Taylor: Nonet, Piano Trio, Piano Quintet

      Chandos CHAN-20242

      11:00 am - 8:00 pm

      11:00 am

      Metropolitan Opera

      Wagner's Tristan und Isolde

      Lise Davidsen (Isolde); Michael Spyres (Tristan); Ekaterina Gubanova (Brangäne); Ryan Speedo Green (King Marke); Tomas Konieczny (Kurnewal); Metropolitan Opera Orch/Yannick Nézet-Séguin. Sung in German.

      4:30 pm

      Weekend Evening Music

      8:00 pm

      8:00 pm

      Folkstage hosted by Marilyn Rea Beyer

      From the archives: An adventurous evening of music with banjo phenom Abigail Washburn accompanied by famed fiddler Rayna Gellert and their ensemble recorded in 2011.

      9:00 pm - 12:00 am

      9:00 pm

      The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer

      Hello, Neighbor! Sampling music from Canada and Mexico, our neighbors to the north and south.