Tuesday, April 21, 2026

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      Playlist for Tuesday, April 21, 2026

      Playing this hour

      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      Leos Janácek: "Jenufa"

      Overture

      Vienna Phil/Charles Mackerras
      Janacek: The Operas

      London 414483-2

      12:05 am

      Bedrich Smetana: "Má Vlast (My Fatherland)"

      "Vysehrad (The High Castle)"

      Czech Phil/Charles Mackerras
      Smetana: Ma Vlast

      Supraphon SU-3465-2031

      12:20 am

      Leos Janácek: "Rikadla (Nursery Rhymes)"

      "Bear Sits Down Upon a Tree Trunk"

      Academie Muzickych Umeni Praha Cho, Netherlands Wind Ensemble/T Fischer
      Janacek: Music For Wind Ensemble

      Chandos CHAN-9399

      12:22 am

      Herbert Howells: String Quartet #3, "In Gloucestershire"

      Divertimenti
      Howells & Dyson

      Hyperion CDA-66139

      12:55 am

      Benjamin Britten: Eight Folk Song Arrangements

      "Avenging and Bright"

      Peter Pears, t; Benjamin Britten, p
      Folk Songs

      London 430063-2

      1:00 am

      Antonin Dvorák: "From the Bohemian Forest," Op 68

      #5, "Silent Woods (Klid)"

      Peter Bruns, vc; Dresden Staatskapelle/Michael Helmrath
      Bach: Transcriptions And Variations

      Hänssler Classic CD-98.478

      1:05 am

      Mel Bonis: "Scènes de la forêt," Op 123

      Gabriela Vargas, f; David Cooper, h; Kuang-Hao Huang, p

      Classical Music Chicago

      1:19 am

      Leo Sowerby: From the Northland Suite (1922)

      "Forest Voices"

      Czech National Sym Orch/Paul Freeman
      Prairie: Tone Poems by Leo Sowerby

      Cedille CDR-90000033

      1:26 am

      Robert Schumann: Six Songs, Op 89

      #4, "Abschied vom Walde"

      Hanno Müller-Brachmann, br; Graham Johnson, p

      Hyperion CDJ-33111

      1:28 am

      Jan Hugo Vorisek: Sinfonia in D

      Prague Chamber Orch/Oldrich Vlcek
      Vorisek: Symphony In D Major, Variations De Bravoure, Introduction Et Rondeau Brillant

      Supraphon 103868-2

      1:55 am

      music continues...

      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 - 2:00 pm

      10:00 am

      Midday with Lisa Flynn

      Including the "Daily Excursion" at 11:00 am and "Music in Chicago" at 12:00 pm.

      2:00 - 7:00 pm

      2:00 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

      The Russian Five

      This group, also known as The Mighty Handful, includes Mily Balakirev, Modest Mussorgsky, César Cui, Alexander Borodin, and Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. Led by Balakirev, they helped create the Russian National School of Composers in Saint Petersburg from 1856 to 1870. Bill introduces each composer and shares important works performed by renowned musicians.

      8:00 - 10:00 pm

      10:00 pm

      10:00 pm

      Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center

      Penderecki Quartet No. 3; Shanghai Quartet; Bloch Quintet No. 1; Gloria Chien, piano; Kristin Lee, James Thompson, violins; Yura Lee, viola; Dmitri Atapine, cello.

      11:00 pm