Monday, August 17, 2026

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      Playlist for Monday, August 17, 2026

      Playing this hour

      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      Joseph Canteloube: Songs of the Auvergne, Set 1

      "Baíléro (Shepherd's Song)"

      Julian Lloyd Webber, vc; National Phil/Charles Gerhardt

      RCA 60695-2-RG

      12:05 am

      Luigi Boccherini: (Cello) Sonata #6 in A

      Marcos Machado, db; Ney Fialkow, p

      Blue Griffin BGR-369

      12:13 am

      John Ireland: Song, "In Summer Woods"

      Julian Lloyd Webber, vc; Jiaxin Cheng, vc; John Lenehan, p
      DELIUS, F. / IRELAND, J.: Songs (arr. for cello and piano) (J. Lloyd Webber, Jiaxin Cheng, Lenehan)

      Naxos 8.572902

      12:15 am

      Arnold Bax: Symphony #6 (1934)

      London Phil/Bryden Thomson
      Bax: Symphony No. 6/ Festival Overture

      Chandos CHAN-8586

      12:55 am

      Johannes Brahms: "Wiegenlied" Op.49, no.4, "Lullaby"

      Yo-Yo Ma, vc; Kathryn Stott, p
      Songs from the Arc of Life

      Sony 10316-2

      1:00 am

      Karl Ditters von Dittersdorf: "Andantino" in G

      Lajos Lencses, ob; Franz Liszt Chamber Orch
      Classical Oboe

      Hänssler Classic CD-98.277

      1:05 am

      Karl Ditters von Dittersdorf: "Ovid" Symphony in D, "The Petrification of Phineus and his Friends"

      Cantilena/Adrian Shepherd
      Dittersdorf: Six Symphonies

      MHS 522223-A (2)

      1:22 am

      Fritz Kreisler: "Scherzo à la Dittersdorf"

      Isaac Stern, v; Franz Liszt Ch Orch
      Caprice Viennois (Music Of Kreisler)

      Sony SK-62692

      1:26 am

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      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.

      10:00 am - 3:00 pm

      10:00 am

      Midday with Lisa Flynn

      Including "Music in Chicago" at 12:00 pm.

      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

      Curse of the Ninth! Ninth Symphonies

      Why did so many great composers die after finishing their ninth symphony? This week, we look at the so-called curse of the Ninth Symphony, a legend that started with Beethoven in the mid-1820s. Over time, people began to believe that writing a ninth symphony could be a composer’s final work and maybe even mark their last year on Earth. We’ll listen to five famous ninth symphonies by Beethoven, Schubert, Bruckner, Dvořák, and Mahler.

      8:00 - 10:00 pm

      10:00 pm - 12:00 am

      10:00 pm

      The WFMT Orchestra Series

      Budapest Festival Orchestra

      Mozart Piano Concerto No. 24 in C minor, K. 491; Elisabeth Leonskaja, piano; Prokofiev Overture on Hebrew Themes, Op. 34; Schumann Symphony No. 3 in E-flat, Op. 97, "Rhenish;" Iván Fischer, conductor.