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      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      Frédéric Chopin: "Les Sylphides"

      Grande valse brillante

      Philadelphia Orch/Eugene Ormandy
      Greatest Hits * The Ballet * Vol III

      CBS MLK-45660

      12:05 am

      Louise Farrenc: "La Sylphide" (Rondo-Waltz after Masini), Op. 18

      Maria Stratigou, p
      Louise Farrenc - Complete Piano Works, Vol 1

      Grand Piano GP-942

      12:12 am

      Frédéric Chopin: "Les Sylphides"

      Prelude in A, Op.28 no.7

      Berlin Phil/Herbert von Karajan
      Herbert von Karajan - Ballets Celebres

      DG 437404-2 (2)

      12:13 am

      Hector Berlioz: "Harold in Italy," Op. 16

      Gérard Caussé, vi; Orch Révolutionnaire et Romantique/Sir John Eliot Gardiner
      Harold En Italie / Tristia

      Philips 446676-2

      12:54 am

      Emmanuel Chabrier: Song, "Sérénade"

      Ludovic de San, br; Diane Andersen, p

      Discover Int'l DICD-920177

      1:00 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: English Suite No. 1 in A, BWV 806

      "Allemande"

      Bob van Asperen, hc
      Bach Edition: Complete Works

      Brilliant Classics 93102 (155)

      1:05 am

      Heitor Villa-Lobos: "Bachianas brasileiras" No. 9

      New World Sym/Michael Tilson Thomas
      Music Of Villa-Lobos

      RCA 68538-2

      1:15 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Clavier Concerto No. 7 in g minor, BWV 1058

      Alexandre Tharaud, p; Les Violons du Roy/Bernard Labadie

      Virgin 070913-2

      1:29 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: English Suite No. 6 in d minor, BWV 811

      "Gavotte"

      Bob van Asperen, hc
      Bach Edition: Complete Works

      Brilliant Classics 93102 (155)

      1:30 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Violin Sonata No. 5 in F, Op.24, "Spring"

      Andrew Wan, v; Charles Richard-Hamelin, p
      Beethoven

      Analekta AN2-8795

      1:54 am

      Othmar Schoeck: Ten Songs, Op. 24B

      No. 6, "Frühling"

      Jürg Dürmüller, t; Julius Drake, p
      Othmar Schoeck Complete Edition, Vol 6

      New Classical Adventure 234405 (12)

      2:00 am

      Francesco Rosetti: Two-Horn Concerto in E-Flat

      3rd mvt (Finale), Allegro: Tempo di menuetto

      Zdenek, Bedrich Tylsar, fh's; Capella Istropolitana/Frantisek Vajnar
      FIALA / POKORNY / ROSETTI: Concertos for 2 Horns

      Naxos 8.550459

      2:05 am

      Georg Philipp Telemann: "Tafelmusik," Bk 3

      Two-Horn Concerto in E-Flat

      Musica Antiqua Cologne/Reinhard Goebel
      Tafelmusik (Musique De Table)

      Archive 427619-2 (4)

      2:20 am

      Georg Philipp Telemann: Song, "Die vergesserne Phillis"

      Klaus Mertens, br; Ludger Rémy, hc
      Singe-, Spiel- Und Generalbaß-Übungen 1733

      CPO 777045-2

      2:22 am

      Richard Strauss: "Salome," Op. 54

      "Dance of the Seven Veils"

      Chicago Sym/Fritz Reiner
      Strauss: Scenes From Salome And Elektra

      RCA 68636-2

      2:31 am

      Mel Bonis: "Salomé," Op 101/1

      Toulouse Capitole Orch/Leo Hussain
      Compositrices

      Palazzetto Bru Zane BZ-2006 (8)

      2:35 am

      Jacques Ibert: Flute Concerto

      Susan Milan, f; City of London Sinfonia/Richard Hickox
      La Flute Enchantée

      Chandos CHAN-8840

      2:55 am

      François Couperin: Pièces de clavecin, Bk 2 (1716-17): 11e ordre in c/C

      "L'Etincelante ou la Bontems"

      Carole Cerasi, hc
      Couperin: Complete Works for Harpsichord

      Metronome METCD-1100 (10)

      3:00 am

      Friedrich Kuhlau: "Lulu, oder die Zauberflöte"

      "Spinnlied der Hexen"

      Rummel, s; Friboe, s; Orvad, ms; Danish Radio Sym Orch/Schonwandt
      Kuhlau: Schonwandt - Lulu

      Kontrapunkt 32009/11 (3)

      3:05 am

      Antonin Dvorák: "The Noon Witch," Op 108

      Scottish National Orch/Neeme Järvi
      Symphony No. 6 in D Major Op. 60, The Noon Witch

      Chandos CHAN-241-3 (2)

      3:17 am

      Bedrich Smetana: "Má vlast (My Fatherland)"

      "Vltava (The Moldau)"

      Chicago Sym Orch/Rafael Kubelik
      Má Vlast ("My Country"), Symphonic Cycle

      Mercury 434379-2

      3:29 am

      Antonin Dvorák: "Silhouettes," Op 8

      #4

      Tomas Visek, p
      Piano Music

      Rosa RD-1318

      3:31 am

      Arnold Bax: String Quartet #1 in G (1918)

      Maggini String Quartet
      Music and Video Club Vol. 2 (UK Only)

      Naxos 8.555282

      3:54 am

      Thomas Greaves: Madrigal, "Come away sweet love and play"

      Cambridge Singers/John Rutter
      Olde English Madrigals

      American Gramaphone AGCD-500

      4:00 am

      Anonymous: "Bransles de Village"

      Piffaro Renaissance Band
      Chansons et Danceries: French Renaissance Wind Music * Piffaro

      Archive 447107-2

      4:05 am

      Darius Milhaud: "Suite française," Op. 248

      London Wind Orch/Denis Wick
      La France!

      ASV CDQS-6118

      4:21 am

      Francis Poulenc: "Suite française"

      #1, "Bransle de Bourgogne"

      Indiana State University Winds

      Elf ELFCD-1011

      4:22 am

      Robert Schumann: Symphony No. 1 in B-Flat, Op. 38, "Spring"

      Suisse Romande Orch/Armin Jordan
      Schumann: Symphonies 1 - 4

      Erato 45496-2 (2)

      4:54 am

      Robert Schumann: "Lieder-Album für die Jugend," Op 79

      #19, "Frühlings Ankunft"

      Leslie Howard, p
      Liszt Vol. 15

      Hyperion CDA-66481/2 (2)

      5:00 am

      Jean-Philippe Rameau: "Naís"

      "Rigaudons"

      Philharmonia Baroque Orch/Nicholas McGegan

      Harmonia Mundi HMU-907121

      5:02 am

      Jean-Philippe Rameau: "Naís"

      "Gavottes"

      Philharmonia Baroque Orch/Nicholas McGegan

      Harmonia Mundi HMU-907121

      5:05 am

      Carlos Salzedo: "Suite of Eight Dances for Harp"

      Heidi Lehwalder, h
      Scintillation (Music For The Harp)

      Nonesuch 79049-1

      5:21 am

      Marcel Grandjany: "The Children's Hour"

      "Little Angel"

      Anne-Margeurite Michaud, h
      The Children's Hour- Harpworks For The Imagination

      Summit DCD-355

      5:22 am

      Roger Quilter: "Where the Rainbow Ends"

      Czecho-Slovak Radio Sym/Adrian Leaper
      Quilter

      Marco Polo 8.223444

      5:36 am

      Edward Elgar: "The Wand of Youth" Suite #2, Op 1b

      Ulster Orch/Bryden Thomson
      The Wand Of Youth Suites / Nursery Suite

      Chandos CHAN-10422

      5:54 am

      Malcolm Arnold: "Eight Children's Pieces", Op 36

      #4, "Strolling Tune"

      Benjamin Frith, p

      Koch 3-7162-2

      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.

      6:03 am

      Adolphus Hailstork: "Three Spirituals" (2005)

      Virginia Sym Orch/JoAnn Falletta
      Adolphus Hailstork: An American Port of Call

      Naxos 8.559722

      6:12 am

      Maurice Ravel: Sonatine

      Stewart Goodyear, p
      Stewart Goodyear: Ravel

      Orchid Classics ORC-100061

      6:24 am

      Duke Ellington: Come Sunday

      Lara Downes, p; PUBLIQuartet
      New Day Begun

      Rising Sun Music RS-012

      6:28 am

      Traditional African-American: Spiritual, "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot"

      Chicago Brass Quintet
      American Voices

      Centaur CRC-3159

      6:36 am

      Antonín Dvořák: Piano Quintet in A, Op. 81

      I. "Allegro ma non tanto"

      Juilliard String Quartet; Rudolf Firkušný, p
      Juilliard String Quartet - 50 Years, Vol. 5: Great Collaborations

      Sony SM2K-62709 (2)

      6:48 am

      Johann Christian Bach: Sinfonia (Overture) in D, Op. 18/6

      English Sym Orch/William Boughton
      JC Bach: Six Grand Overtures, Op. 18

      Nimbus NI-5403

      7:02 am

      Emmanuel Chabrier: "L'etoile"

      Three movements

      Suisse Romande Orch/Neeme Järvi
      Chabrier: Orchestral Works

      Chandos CHSA-5122

      7:11 am

      Franz Liszt: Transcendental Etude No. 5, "Feux follets"

      Daniil Trifonov, p
      Transcendental: Daniil Trifonov Plays Liszt

      DG 4795529 (2)

      7:16 am

      Florence Price: Symphony No. 4 in D minor

      II. "Andante cantabile"

      Philadelphia Orch/Yannick Nézet-Séguin
      Price: Symphony No. 4; Dawson: Negro Folk Symphony

      DG 4865137

      7:23 am

      Florence Price: Symphony No. 4 in D minor

      III. "Juba"

      Philadelphia Orch/Yannick Nézet-Séguin
      Price: Symphony No. 4; Dawson: Negro Folk Symphony

      DG 4865137

      7:32 am

      Edward Elgar: "Enigma" Variations, Op. 36

      No. 12 to end

      City of Birmingham Sym Orch/Simon Rattle
      Elgar: Enigma Variations, Falstaff, Grania and Diarmid

      EMI CDC5-55001-2

      7:44 am

      Gabriel Fauré: Barcarolle No. 3 in G-Flat, Op. 42

      Charles Owen, p
      Fauré: The Complete Barcarolles

      Avie AV-2240

      7:52 am

      Margaret Bonds: "Montgomery Variations"

      VII. Finale, "Benediction"

      Royal Scottish National Orch/Kellen Gray
      African American Voices II

      Linn CKD-731

      7:58 am

      Margaret Bonds: "Fields of Wonder"

      No. 6, "New Moon"

      Cantus
      Fields of Wonder

      Signum SIGCD-867

      8:03 am

      William Dawson: "Negro Folk Symphony"

      III. Finale, "O, Le' Me Shine, Shine like a Morning Star!"

      Philadelphia Orch/Yannick Nézet-Séguin
      Price: Symphony No. 4; Dawson: Negro Folk Symphony

      DG 4865137

      8:13 am

      Frédéric Chopin: Polonaise No. 3 in A, Op. 40, No. 1, "Military"

      Lang Lang, p
      Gran Turismo 5 - The Official Soundtrack

      Sony 82933

      8:20 am

      Paul Taffanel: Fantasy on Weber's "Der Freischütz"

      Cavatina Duo
      Cavatina at the Opera

      Bridge 9448

      8:33 am

      George Frideric Handel: Harpsichord Suite No. 7 in B-Flat, Bk 2

      Keith Jarrett, p
      Händel: Suites for Keyboard - Keith Jarrett

      ECM 1530

      8:43 am

      Johann Pachelbel: Canon and Gigue in D

      Canon

      Wynton Marsalis, tr's; English Chamber Orch/Raymond Leppard
      Baroque Music For Trumpets

      CBS MK-42478

      8:50 am

      Wynton Marsalis: Violin Concerto in D

      IV. "Hootenanny"

      Nicola Benedetti, v; Philadelphia Orch/Cristian Macelaru
      Marsalis: Violin Concerto in D, Nicola Benedetti

      Decca B0030521-02

      9:03 am

      William Grant Still: Symphony No. 1, "Afro-American"

      Chicago Sinfonietta/Paul Freeman
      African Heritage Symphonic Series - Vol. I

      Cedille CDR-90000055

      9:26 am

      Jules Massenet: "Thaïs"

      Meditation

      Yo-Yo Ma, vc, Kathryn Stott, p
      Paris: La Belle Epoque

      Sony SK-87287

      9:32 am

      Amy Beach: Piano Concerto in C-sharp minor, Op. 45

      II. Scherzo (Perpetuum mobile)

      Danny Driver, p; BBC Scottish Sym Orch/Rebecca Miller
      The Romantic Piano Concerto - Vol 70

      Hyperion CDA-68130

      9:39 am

      Johann Strauss II: Waltz, "Roses from the South," Op. 388

      Vienna State Opera Orch/Anton Paulik
      The Strauss Dynasty

      Vanguard OVC-8078/80 (3)

      9:49 am

      Lili Boulanger: "D'un matin de printemps"

      Anna Agafia, v; Frank Braley, p
      Compositrices: New Light on French Romantic Women Composers

      Bru Zane BZ-2006

      9:54 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 in A, Op. 92

      III. "Presto"

      Chicago Sym Orch/Fritz Reiner
      Fritz Reiner: The Complete RCA Album Collection

      RCA 888837019828

      10:00 am - 3:00 pm

      10:00 am

      Midday with Lisa Flynn

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

      10:00 am

      José Bragato: "Graciela y Buenos Aires"

      Viktor Aepli, vc, Camerata Bariloche
      ¡Tango!

      Dorian DOR-90201

      10:09 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Three-Piano Concerto No. 7 in F, K. 242

      Alfred Brendel & Imogen Cooper, p's; St Martin's Academy/Sir Neville Marriner
      Mozart: Concertos 2 & 3 Pianos / Alfred Brendel, Imogen Cooper/St Martin's Academy/Neville Marriner

      Philips 416364-2

      10:33 am

      Francisco Tárrega: "Recuerdos de la Alhambra"

      Pablo Sáinz-Villegas, g
      Soul of Spanish Guitar

      Sony 19439786732

      10:41 am

      Joseph Bologne (Chevalier de Saint-Georges): "L'amant anonyme"

      Act I, Scene 3: Ballet

      Haymarket Opera Orch/Craig Trompeter
      L'Amant Anonyme

      Cedille CDR-90000217

      10:49 am

      Joseph Bologne (Chevalier de Saint-Georges): "L'amant anonyme"

      Quartet, "Aimons-nous sans cesse"

      Soloists; Haymarket Opera Orch/Craig Trompeter
      Michael St. Peter, tenor,
      L'Amant Anonyme

      Cedille CDR-90000217

      10:53 am

      William Grant Still: Violin and Piano Suite

      II. "Mother and Child - Slowly and expressive"

      Rachel Barton Pine, v; Matthew Hagle, p
      Violin Lullabies

      Cedille CDR-90000139

      11:01 am

      Richard Wagner: "Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg"

      Act 1 Prelude

      Vienna Phil/Lorin Maazel
      Summer Night Concert 2013

      Sony 88883712052

      11:14 am

      Adolphus Hailstork: Piano Concerto No. 1

      III. Lento - Vivace

      Stewart Goodyear, p; Buffalo Phil Orch/JoAnn Falletta
      Danny Elfman: Violin Concerto "Eleven Eleven;" Adolphu Hailstork: Piano Concerto No. 1

      Naxos 8.559925

      11:23 am

      Johann Stamitz: Clarinet Concerto in B-Flat

      Andreas Ottensamer, cl; Potsdam Chamber Academy
      New Era

      Decca 4814711

      11:40 am

      Margaret Bonds: "Credo"

      V. "I Believe in the Prince of Peace"

      Dessoff Choirs and Orch/Malcolm J. Merriweather
      Margaret Bonds: Credo, Simon Bore the Cross

      Avie AV-2589

      11:48 am

      George Dyson: Overture, "At the Tabard Inn"

      London Sym Orch/Richard Hickox
      Dyson: The Canterbury Pilgrims

      Chandos CHAN-9531 (2)

      12:01 pm

      Antonio Vivaldi: Trio Sonata in D minor, R. 63, "La Folia"

      Francisco Fullana & Alan Choo, v's; Apollo's Fire/Jeannette Sorrell
      Vivaldi: The Four Seasons, La Folia

      Avie AV-2485

      12:12 pm

      Robert Nathaniel Dett: "Magnolia"

      Part I: "Magnolias; The Deserted Cabin; My Lady Love"

      Clipper Erickson, p
      My Cup Runneth Over - The Complete Piano Works of R. Nathaniel Dett

      Navona NV-6013

      12:25 pm

      Camille Saint-Saëns: Cello Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Op. 33

      Daniel Müller-Schott, vc; Berlin German Sym Orch/Alexandre Bloch
      Four Visions of France

      Orfeo ORF-C988211

      12:44 pm

      John Rosamond Johnson: "Lift Every Voice and Sing"

      Boys Choir of Harlem; unknown pianist
      We Shall Overcome

      Boys Choir of Harlem

      12:52 pm

      Duke Ellington: Reflections in D

      Jean-Yves Thibaudet, p
      Conversations with Bill Evans

      Decca 455512-2

      1:00 pm

      Eduard Tubin: "Prélude solennel"

      Gothenburg Sym Orch/Neeme Järvi
      Eduard Tubin: Prélude sollenel, Violin Concerto No. 1, Suite on Estonian Dances

      BIS CD-286

      1:09 pm

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

      Berlin Academy for Ancient Music
      Bach: Orchestral Suites No 1-4

      Harmonia Mundi HMC-901578/9 (2)

      1:35 pm

      Ludovico Einaudi: "I giorni"

      La Pietà/Angèle Dubeau, v
      Ludovico Einaudi: Portrait

      Analekta AN2-8738

      1:41 pm

      William Grant Still: Prelude for flute, string quartet, double-bass and piano

      Alexa Still, f; Michael Steer, db; Susan DeWitt Smith, p; New Zealand SQ
      Still: Summerland

      Koch 3-7192-2

      1:53 pm

      Aaron Copland: "Danzón cubano"

      Mexico City Phil/Enrique Bátiz
      Copland: Fanfare for the Common Man, El Salón México, Quiet City, Four Dance Episodes from "Rodeo", Dance Symphony, Danzón Cubano

      EMI CD-EMX-2147

      2:01 pm

      Eric Coates: "Summer Days Suite"

      BBC Phil/John Wilson
      Coates: Orchestral Works, Vol. 2

      Chandos CHAN-20148

      2:12 pm

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Violin Sonata No. 5 in F, Op. 24, "Spring"

      Maxim Vengerov, v; Itamar Golan, p
      Mozart, Beethoven, Mendelssohn: Violin Sonatas

      Teldec 76349-2

      2:36 pm

      George Frideric Handel: Concerto grosso in B minor, Op. 6, No. 12

      Boston Baroque/Martin Pearlman
      Handel: Concerti Grossi Op. 6 Nos. 7-12

      Telarc CD-80688

      2:49 pm

      Claude Debussy: "La plus que lente"

      Aldo Ciccolini, p
      L'Ouvre Pour Piano, Vol. III

      EMI CDC7-54449-2

      2:54 pm

      Claude Debussy: "Danse (Tarantelle styrienne)"

      Bohemia Chamber Phil/Douglas Bostock
      French Orchestral Miniatures, Vol. 2

      Classico CD-168

      3:00 - 9:00 pm

      3:00 pm

      Afternoon Music with Candice Agree

      Including "The Unrush Hour" at 5:00 pm.

      3:00 pm

      Gustav Holst: "Egdon Heath," Op. 47

      BBC Sym Orch/Sir Andrew Davis
      Holst: The Planets, Egdon Heath

      Teldec 94541-2

      3:14 pm

      Ethel Smyth: Violin Sonata in A minor, Op. 7

      Caitlin Edwards, v; Daniel Schlosberg, p
      Mere Mortals

      Navona NV-6563

      3:45 pm

      Béla Bartók: Hungarian Sketches

      Chicago Sym Orch/Pierre Boulez
      Bartók: Divertimento, Dance Suite, Hungarian Sketches, Two Pictures

      DG 445825-2

      3:56 pm

      Michael Praetorius: "Nigra sum sed formosa"

      Balthasar Neumann Cho & Ens/Pablo Heras-Casado
      Praetorius: Pablo Heras-Casado

      Archiv 4794522

      4:00 pm

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Adagio and Rondo in C minor, K. 617

      Dennis James, glass harmonica; Emerson String Quartet
      Cristal: Glass Music Through The Ages

      Sony SK-89047

      4:14 pm

      Franz Schubert: Symphony No. 9 in C, D. 944, "Great"

      IV. Finale, "Allegro vivace"

      Dresden Staatskapelle/Giuseppe Sinopoli
      Schubert: Symphonies 8 'Unfinished' and 9 'Great'

      DG 437689-2

      4:28 pm

      Montague Ring: "Four Moorish Pictures (An Eastern Suite)"

      No. 4, "Dance of Triumph"

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

      Albany TROY-1965-68

      4:30 pm

      Elmer Bernstein: "To Kill a Mockingbird"

      Selections

      Royal Scottish National Orch/Elmer Bernstein
      To Kill a Mockingbird

      Varèse Sarabande VSD-5754

      4:49 pm

      Leslie Adams: Etudes, Part I

      No. 10 in D-Flat

      Maria Thompson Corley, p
      Maria Corley * Leslie Adams * Twelve Etudes

      Albany TROY-639

      4:58 pm

      Count Basie: Jumpin' at the Woodside

      Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
      Labyrinth

      Delos DE-3163

      5:00 pm

      George Gershwin: "Rhapsody in Blue"

      Columbia Sym Orch/Leonard Bernstein, p
      Bernstein Favorites: 20th Century

      Sony SFK-46715

      5:17 pm

      Domenico Scarlatti: Clavier Sonata in C minor, Kk 99 (L 317)

      Matteo Mela & Lorenzo Micheli, g's
      Scarlatti: Twelve Sonatas

      Evidence EVCD-107

      5:23 pm

      Max Bruch: Eight Pieces, Op. 83

      No. 2 in B minor, "Allegro con moto"

      Patrick Messina, cl; Lise Berthaud, vi; Fabrizio Chiovetta, p
      Mozart, Bruch

      Aparté AP-332

      5:26 pm

      music continues...

      6:30 pm

      Grant Park Music Festival 2026

      Copland Symphony No. 3

      Live from the Pritzker Pavilion, featuring the Grant Park Orchestra conducted by Giancarlo Guerrero. Reena Esmail "Black Iris;" Prokofiev Piano Concerto No. 3; Stewart Goodyear, piano; Copland Symphony No. 3. Hosted by Dave Schwan.

      9:00 pm

      9:00 pm

      Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin

      The Symphonies, Part X

      This week, Bill McGlaughlin continues his multi-part exploration of this vibrant, exciting musical form with symphonies written between 1900 and 1920. Bill focuses on rarely-heard works: Alexander Scriabin’s Symphony No. 3 conducted by Riccardo Muti, an important interpreter of the Scriabin color wheel; George Enescu’s Symphony No. 2; and Samuel Barber’s Symphony No. 1.

      10:00 pm

      11:00 pm

      11:00 pm

      Best of Studs Terkel

      Lynn Harrell, cello (c. 1982)

      Studs welcomed the venerable American cellist Lynn Harrell (1944 – 2020) at the beginning of his multi-decade international career, for an hour of music and conversation.