Sunday, May 24, 2026

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      Playlist for Sunday, May 24, 2026

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      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      John Rutter: "Birthday Madrigals"

      #2, "Draw on, sweet night"

      Polyphony/Stephen Layton
      Rutter: Requiem

      Hyperion CDA-66947

      12:05 am

      Franz Schreker: Suite, "The Birthday of the Infanta" (after Wilde)

      Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Lothar Zagrosek
      Tanz Grotesk

      London 444182-2

      12:25 am

      Henry Purcell: Ode on St Cecilia's Day, 1683, "Welcome to All the Pleasures"

      Symphony

      English Concert/Trevor Pinnock
      Odes

      DG Archiv 427663-2

      12:27 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 88 in G

      London Mozart Players/Jane Glover

      MHS 522541-X (2)

      12:47 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata #20 in G, Op 49/2

      Dirk Herten, p
      Beethoven Piano Sonatas

      White 4 (10)

      12:55 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: 12 Contredanses, WoO 14

      #10

      Capella Istropolitana/Oliver Dohnanyi
      BEETHOVEN, L. van: 11 Dances, "Mödlinger Tänze" / 12 German Dances / 12 Minuets (Capella Istropolitana, Dohnányi)

      Naxos 8.550433

      12:56 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: 12 Contredanses, WoO 14

      #11

      Capella Istropolitana/Oliver Dohnanyi
      BEETHOVEN, L. van: 11 Dances, "Mödlinger Tänze" / 12 German Dances / 12 Minuets (Capella Istropolitana, Dohnányi)

      Naxos 8.550433

      1:00 am

      Eduard Strauss: Mit Vergnugen, Op 228

      Vienna Phil/Lorin Maazel
      New Year's Concert 1996

      RCA 68421-2 (2)

      1:02 am

      Johann Sr Strauss: "Radetzky" March, Op 228

      Vienna Phil/Lorin Maazel
      J. Strauss: Waltzes

      RCA 68421-2

      1:05 am

      Johann Strauss II: "Myrtle Blossoms" Waltz, Op. 395

      Vienna Philharmonic/Riccardo Muti
      2018 New Year's Concert

      Sony 88985477002

      1:15 am

      Alexander Glazunov: Concert Waltz #2 in F, Op 51

      Bamberg Sym Orch/Neeme Järvi
      Glazunov: Symphony No. 3, Concert Waltz No. 2

      Orfeo C-157101-A

      1:24 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: Valse-Scherzo, Op. 7

      Mela Tenenbaum, v; Richard Kapp, p
      Songs Without Words

      Ess.a.y CD-1048

      1:26 am

      Anton Arensky: String Quartet #2 in a, Op 35

      Ying String Quartet
      ARENSKY, A.S.: String Quartets Nos. 1 and 2 / Piano Quintet (Ying Quartet, Neiman)

      Sono Luminus DSL-92143

      1:55 am

      Ludwig Minkus: La Bayadere

      #42

      London Sym Orch/Richard Bonynge
      50 ballet classics

      MHS 525121-L (2)

      2:00 am

      Franz Schubert: Song, "Der Erlkönig," D. 328

      Jorge Bolet, p
      Liszt: Favourite Piano Works

      London 444851-2 (2)

      2:05 am

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

      Scottish National Orch/Sir Alexander Gibson
      Sibelius: Complete Tone Poems

      Chandos CHAN-8395/6 (2)

      2:20 am

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      6:00 am

      6:00 am

      With Heart and Voice

      "Pentecost." The Day of Pentecost is a vivid narrative in the New Testament depicting the coming of the Holy Spirit. Host Peter DuBois shares dramatic choral and organ music to mark this “birthday” of the Church.

      7:00 am - 12:00 pm

      6:00 - 8:00 pm

      6:00 pm

      Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcasts

      Mahler Symphony No. 3 in D Minor; Weibke Lehmkuhl, contralto; Chicago Symphony Chorus; Uniting Voices Chicago; Klaus Mäkelä, conductor.

      8:00 pm

      8:00 pm

      Fiesta! with Elbio Barilari

      Symphonic Music of Carlos Chávez Symphonic works of the great master Carlos Chávez are shared in this program. Host Elbio Barilari will present some of his best-known works as well as some hidden treasures. Join us for music from one of the greatest composers of the 20th century.

      9:00 - 11:00 pm

      9:00 pm

      Collectors' Corner with Henry Fogel

      Music by Ukrainian composer Thomas de Hartmann

      Hartmann Violin Concerto; Fantasie-Concerto for Double Bass and Orchestra; "Une fete en Ukraine;" "Concierto Andaluz;" Symphonie-Poeme No. 4; Carlos "Noels ukrainiens."