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      Playlist for Saturday, September 5, 2026

      Playing this hour

      12:00 - 7:00 am

      12:00 am

      Corelli, Arcangelo: Sonata da camera in E, Op 2/10

      Purcell Quartet
      Corelli: Sonatas for Strings, Vol. 2

      Chandos CHAN-0515

      12:05 am

      Corelli, Arcangelo: Trio Sonata in c, Op 4/11

      Accademia Bizantina/Carlo Chiarappa
      Opera omnia

      Koch 350202 (3)

      12:12 am

      Corelli, Arcangelo: Oboe Concerto in F

      "Allemanda"

      Gheorghe Zamfir, pan pipe; English Chamber Orch/James Judd
      Baroque Concertos

      Philips 420938-2

      12:14 am

      Prokofiev, Serge: Symphony No. 6 in e-flat minor, Op. 111

      National Sym Orch/Leonard Slatkin
      Prokofiev: 6th Symphony; Suite from "The Love For Three Oranges"

      RCA 68801-2

      12:55 am

      Kabalevsky, Dmitri: "Romeo and Juliet" Suite, Op 56

      #3, "Preparations for the Ball"

      Armenian Phil/Loris Tjeknavorian
      Kabalevsky: Suites from Romeo and Juliet, The Comedians & Colas Breugnon

      ASV CDDCA-967

      1:00 am

      Liszt, Franz: "Années de pèlerinage:" 1st Year, Switzerland (1848-54)

      No. 1, "La chapelle de Guillaume Tell"

      Alfred Brendel, p
      Liszt * Années de pèlerinage (Première Année: Suisse) * Isoldens Liebestod * Alfred Brendel

      Philips 420202-2

      1:05 am

      Morlacchi, Francesco: "The Swiss Shepherd"

      James Galway, f; Phillip Moll, p
      Music For My Friends

      RCA 68882-2

      1:14 am

      Liszt, Franz: "Années de pèlerinage:" 1st Year, Switzerland (1848-54)

      No. 9, "Les cloches de Genève (Nocturne)"

      Leslie Howard, p

      Hyperion CDA-67026

      1:21 am

      Swiss Trad: Basel March

      Philip Jones Brass Ensemble/Elgar Howarth
      In Switzerland

      HNH 4037

      1:25 am

      Trad, Swiss: Zurich March

      Philip Jones Brass Ensemble
      Philip Jones Brass Ensemble in Switzerland

      Claves Records 4037

      1:27 am

      Ravel, Maurice: "Ma mère l'Oye (Mother Goose)"

      London Sym Orch/Pierre Monteux
      Ravel: Orchestral Favorites

      Philips 442542-2

      1:55 am

      Schumann, Robert: "Kinderszenen," Op. 15

      No. 12, "Child Falling Asleep"

      Daniel Schlosberg, p
      Child's Play

      Centaur CRC-3218

      2:00 am

      Quilter, Roger: Duet, "It was a lover and his lass"

      Felicity Lott, s; Ann Murray, ms; Graham Johnson, p

      EMI/Ang CDC7-54411-2

      2:02 am

      Rutter, John: Folksong setting, "It was a lover and his lass"

      Oriana Singers/William Chin

      Juno 1994

      2:05 am

      Sibelius, Jean: "Rakastava (The Lover)," Op. 14

      Scottish National Orch/Alexander Gibson
      Sibelius: Scenes Historiques

      Chandos CHAN-6591

      2:17 am

      Trad, Yugoslavian: The Unfaithful Lover

      Quink
      Folksongs Of The World

      Telarc CD-80275

      2:18 am

      Dvorák, Antonín: Piano Quintet in A, Op 81

      Philippe Entremont, p; Vienna Chamber Orch

      Pro Arte CDD-470

      2:54 am

      Anonymous 17th century, English: Two Lute Pieces

      Christopher Parkening, g
      The Artistry of Christopher Parkening

      EMI/Ang CDC7-54853-2

      3:00 am

      Ravel, Maurice: "Pavane pour une infante défunte"

      Budapest Clarinet Quintet
      Clarinet Evergreens

      Naxos 8.553427

      3:05 am

      Crusell, Bernhard Henrik: Clarinet Concerto #1 in E-Flat, Op 1

      Emma Johnson, cl; Royal Phil/Gunther Herbig
      Crusell, Kozeluch and Krommer: Clarinet Concertos

      ASV CDDCA-763

      3:28 am

      Sullivan, Arthur: "Thespis" Ballet Suite

      Introduction

      Dublin RTE Concert Orch/Andrew Penny
      Sullivan: Ballet Music

      Marco Polo 8.223460

      3:30 am

      Vaughan Williams, Ralph: "Suite de ballet" (1913)

      Harriet LeJeune, f; Hilda Freund, p

      Sheridan Music Press SMP-209

      3:36 am

      Handel, George Frideric: "Amaryllis" Suite

      Royal Phil/Yehudi Menuhin
      Handel: Music For The Royal Fireworks/ Amaryllis Suite/ Suite From The Water Music

      MCA Classics MCAD-6186

      3:55 am

      Britten, Benjamin: "Prince of the Pagodas," Op. 57

      King of the North

      Bournemouth Sym Orch/Uri Segal

      EMI/Ang CDM7-69422-2

      4:00 am

      Clementi, Muzio: Piano Sonatina, Op 36/5

      Philippe Entremont, p
      Philippe Entremont Plays Sonatinas

      CBS MG-33202 (2)

      4:06 am

      Ravel, Maurice: "Sonatine"

      Orpheus Trio

      Vanguard VBD-25002

      4:16 am

      Françaix, Jean: Trumpet and Piano Sonatina

      Gigue

      Ole Edvard Antonsen, tr; Einar Sinebye, p
      Italian Oboe Concertos

      Simax PSC-1041

      4:18 am

      Strauss, Richard: Wind Symphony (Wind Sonatina No. 2), "The Happy Workshop"

      Orpheus Chamber Orch
      Sonatinen

      DG 445849-2

      4:55 am

      De meester, Louis: Toccata

      Pierre Huybregts, p
      Piano Music By Belgian Composers

      Orion ORS-79361

      5:00 am

      Berners, Gerald Tyrwhitt, Lord: Fugue for Orchestra

      Royal Liverpool Phil/Barry Wordsworth
      Lord Berners: The Triumph of Neptune (Suite)

      EMI/Ang CDM5-65098-2

      5:05 am

      Frederick the Great: Symphony #1 in G

      Manhattan Chamber Orch/Richard Auldon Clark
      Chamber Music of Frederick the Great

      Helicon HE-1003

      5:17 am

      Amalia, Anna: Piano Concerto

      Rosario Marciano, p, Luxembourg Radio Orch/Louis de Froment
      Ballade For Piano And Orchestra/ Concertstuck For Piano And Orchestra/ Concerto For 12 Instruments And Cembalo Obbligato/ Divertimento For Piano And Strings

      Turnabout TV-34754

      5:27 am

      Henry VIII: Suite, "Rose Without A Thorn"

      Philip Jones Brass Ensemble
      Music For The Courts Of Europe

      London 417524-2

      5:39 am

      Berners, Gerald Tyrwhitt, Lord: "The Triumph of Neptune" Suite

      5th mvt, "Sunday Morning" (Intermezzo)

      Royal Liverpool Phil/Barry Wordsworth
      Lord Berners: The Triumph of Neptune (Suite)

      EMI/Ang CDM5-65098-2

      5:41 am

      Hindemith, Paul: "Kleine Kammermusik," Op 24/2

      Bergen Wind Quintet
      Wind Quintets By Barber, Sæverud, Jolivet & Hindemith

      BIS CD-291

      5:54 am

      Tchaikovsky, Peter: "Swan Lake," Op. 20

      Act II, Dance of the Little Swans

      London Sym Orch/Richard Williams

      MCA Classics MCAD-25207

      6:00 am

      Büsser, Henri: "Prélude et Scherzo"

      Susan Milan, f; Ian Brown, p
      Flute Fantaisie

      Chandos CHAN-8609

      6:05 am

      Franck, César: "Quatre Pièces Brèves"

      Bohemia Chamber Phil/Douglas Bostock

      Classico CD-158

      6:19 am

      Debussy, Claude: "Petite Suite"

      Philharmonia Orch/Geoffrey Simon
      Borodin: Suite from Prince Igor, petite Suite, Nocturne from String Quartet No. 2, In the Steppes of Central Asia, Requiem

      Cala CACD-1001

      6:32 am

      Debussy, Claude: "Hommage à Haydn"

      Werner Haas, p
      Complete Piano Music Volume 2

      Philips 438721-2 (2)

      6:34 am

      Haydn, Franz Joseph: Symphony No. 47 in G

      Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orch/Adam Fischer
      Haydn 'The Esterhazy Recordings' Symphonies Volume 3

      Nimbus NI-5530/4 (5)

      6:54 am

      Poulenc, Francis: "Le Bestiaire" (1918)

      #1, "Le Dromadaire"

      Felicity Lott, s; Graham Johnson, p
      Hommage a Francis Poulenc

      Forlane UCD-16730

      7:00 - 9:00 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

      William Grant Still: "American Suite"

      Royal Scottish National Orch/Avlana Eisenberg
      William Grant Still: Summerland

      Naxos 8.559867

      7:12 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Trio Sonata in G, BWV 1039

      Nadia Labrie, f; Luc Beauséjour, p; Camille Paquette-Roy, vc
      Flute Passion: Bach

      Analekta AN2-8921

      7:25 am

      Hector Berlioz: "Symphonie fantastique," Op. 14

      II. "A Ball"

      Chicago Sym Orch/Riccardo Muti
      Berlioz: Symphony Fantastique, Lelio

      CSO Resound 9011501 (2)

      7:33 am

      Francesco Tristano: "A Soft Shell Groove"

      Alice Sara Ott & Francesco Tristano, p's
      Scandale

      DG 4793541

      7:41 am

      Hubert Parry: "Lady Radnor's Suite"

      English String Orch/William Boughton
      The Spirit of England

      Nimbus NI-5210/3

      7:58 am

      Lili Boulanger: "Cortège"

      Olivier Charlier, v; Emile Naoumoff, p
      Boulanger, Lili and Nadia: In memoriam Lili Boulanger

      Marco Polo 8.223636

      8:00 am

      Saturday Morning Listener's Choice

      8:00 am

      Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: "The Tale of Tsar Saltan"

      "The Three Wonders; Flight of the Bumblebee"

      Philharmonia Orch/Vladimir Ashkenazy
      Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade, Tsar Saltan Suite

      Decca 417301-2

      8:10 am

      Kurt Weill: "September Song"

      Daniel Hope, v; Joscho Stephan, g; Zürich Chamber Orch
      America

      DG 4861941

      8:13 am

      Kurt Weill: "Kleine Dreigroschenmusik (Little Threepenny Music)"

      "Die Moritat von Mackie Messer" (Mack the Knife)

      Ebony Band/Werner Herbers
      Ebony Band: Weill - Toch - Schulhoff

      Channel Classics CCS-25109

      8:16 am

      Florence Price: Symphony No. 1 in E minor

      III. "Juba"

      Philadelphia Orch/Yannick Nézet-Séguin
      Florence Price - Symphonies 1 & 3

      DG 4861900

      8:21 am

      Friedrich von Flotow: "Martha"

      "The Last Rose of Summer"

      Renée Fleming, s; English Chamber Orch/Jeffrey Tate
      Renee Fleming: The Beautiful Voice

      Decca 458858-2

      8:27 am

      Claude Debussy: "Estampes"

      "Jardins sous la pluie"

      Ivan Moravec, p
      Ivan Moravec Plays Debussy

      MMG MCD-10003

      8:31 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: "Souvenir d'un lieu cher," Op. 42

      III. "Mélodie" in E-Flat

      Béla Fleck, banjo; Edgar Meyer, p
      Perpetual Motion

      Sony SK-89610

      8:35 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 21 in C, K. 467

      II. "Andante"

      Mahler Chamber Orchestra/Leif Ove Andsnes, p
      Mozart Momentum 1785

      Sony 19439742462

      8:42 am

      Franz Liszt: "Mephisto Waltz" No. 1 ("Dance in the Village Inn")

      Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Kurt Masur
      Liszt: Tone Poems, A Faust Symphony

      EMI CDFB5-68595-2 (2)

      8:54 am

      Francisco Tárrega: "Pavana"

      David Russell, g

      Opera Tres CDS-1003/4 (2)

      8:56 am

      Moritz Moszkowski: "From Foreign Lands," Op. 23

      IV. Spanish, "Molto vivace"

      Polish National Radio Sym Orch/Antoni Wit
      Moszkowski: Piano Concerto in E major; From Foreign Lands

      Naxos 8.553989

      9:00 - 11:00 am

      9:00 am

      Soundtrack

      9:00 am

      Alfred Newman: 20th Century Fox Fanfare

      London Phil Orch/John Mauceri
      The Genius of Film Music

      LPO 0086

      9:02 am

      Stephen Flaherty: "My Favorite Year"

      "If the World Were Like the Movies"

      Tim Curry, singer; Original Broadway Cast Orch/Jan Rosenberg
      My Favorite Year (Original Broadway Cast Recording)

      RCA 0902661617-2

      9:07 am

      Jerry Goldsmith: "The Shadow"

      Main Theme

      City of Prague Phil Orch/Nic Raine
      Jerry Goldsmith: 40 Years of Film Music

      Silva Screen CD-1183

      9:10 am

      Lebo M; Jerry Goldsmith: "Congo"

      "Spirit of Africa"

      Studio Cho & Orch/Jerry Goldsmith
      Congo (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

      Epic Soundtrax EK-67266

      9:12 am

      Jerry Goldsmith: "Congo"

      "Bail Out"

      Studio Orch/Jerry Goldsmith
      Congo (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

      Epic Soundtrax EK-67266

      9:16 am

      Hans Zimmer: "Muppets Treasure Island"

      Suite

      Phil Wind Orch/Marc Reift
      Cinemagic 69

      Marcophon CD-7461

      9:25 am

      Basil Poledouris: "The Hunt for Red October"

      "Hymn to Red October"

      Studio Cho & Orch/Basil Poledouris
      The Hunt For Red October (Music From The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

      Intrada 257

      9:31 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 29 in A, K. 201

      Excerpt from I. "Allegro moderato"

      St Martin's Academy/Neville Marriner
      Amadeus (The Complete Soundtrack Recording)

      Fantasy FCD-4403-2

      9:38 am

      Steve Jablonsky: "Transformers" (2007 film)

      "Optimus"

      Studio Cho & Orch/Nick Glennie-Smith
      Transformers (The Score)

      Warner Bros 298812-2

      9:41 am

      Alan Silvestri: "Predator"

      Suite

      City of Prague Phil Orch/Nic Raine
      Film Music by Alan Silvestri

      Telarc SILCD-2009

      9:46 am

      Georges Delerue: "Steel Magnolias"

      Main Title Introduction

      Studio Orch/Georges Delerue
      Steel Magnolias (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

      Polydor 841 582-2

      9:50 am

      Georges Delerue: "Steel Magnolias"

      "Easter Picnic; Departure"

      Studio Orch/Georges Delerue
      Steel Magnolias (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

      Polydor 841 582-2

      9:55 am

      Dolly Parton: "I Will Always Love You"

      Ensemble Reflektor/Thomas Klug
      Liebeslied

      Paschen Records PR-200066

      10:02 am

      Peter Boyer: "Celebration Overture"

      London Phil Orch/Peter Boyer
      Boyer: Symphony No. 1, Silver Fanfare, Festivities, Three Olympians, Celebration Overture

      Naxos 8.559769

      10:09 am

      Traditional South African: "Ke Nali Moona"

      Chicago Children's Cho/Josephine Lee
      The Chicago Children's Choir Recorded at Preston Bradley Hall

      Chicago Children's Choir 2000

      10:13 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Divertimento No. 14 in B-Flat, K. 270

      Amadeus Winds
      Mozart: Wind Divertimenti

      L'Oiseau-Lyre 425819-2

      10:26 am

      Jon Batiste: "Für Elise - Reverie" (after Beethoven)

      Jon Batiste, p
      Beethoven Blues

      Verve 7529002

      10:43 am

      Richard Strauss: "Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks," Op. 28

      Berlin Phil/Sir Georg Solti
      Also Sprach Zarathustra / Till Eulenspiegels Lustige Streiche / Salome - Tanz der sieben Schleier

      Decca 452603-2

      10:58 am

      Frédéric Chopin: Etudes, Op. 25

      No. 9 in G-flat, "Butterfly"

      Yunchan Lim, p
      Yunchan Lim: Chopin Études

      Decca 4870122

      11:00 am

      11:00 am

      Introductions

      Formed at the Music Institute of Chicago, The Hemingway Quartet (Romeo Vashishth, Elle Cho, Sebastian Manning, violins and viola; Lucy Wu, cello) performs the first movement of Haydn's String Quartet in C major, Op. 76, No. 3, "Emperor," and the second movement of Brahms's String Quartet No. 1 in C minor, Op. 51, No. 1. Originally boradcast in September 2025.

      11:13 am

      Florence Price: "Colonial Dance"

      Württemberg Phil/John Jeter
      Florence Beatrice Price: Songs of the Oak, Concert Overtures Nos. 1 & 2, The Oak, Colonial Dance, Suite of Dances

      Naxos 8.559920

      11:19 am

      Arturo Márquez: "Danzón" No. 2

      Oliver Talukder, ob, eh, f & pic; Moriah Trenk, p
      Briefly Gorgeous

      Cedille CDR-90000245

      11:29 am

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

      Vienna Concentus Musicus/Nikolaus Harnoncourt
      Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 3, 5 & 6, Overture No. 3

      Teldec 75859-2

      11:54 am

      Dani Howard: Trombone Concerto

      III. "Illumination"

      Peter Moore, tb; Royal Liverpool Phil Orch/Michael Seal
      Dani Howard Orchestral Works

      Rubicon RCD-1125

      12:00 - 3:00 pm

      12:00 pm

      From La Scala

      Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor

      Boris Pinkhasovich (Enrico Ashton); Rosa Feola (Miss Luca); Piero Pretti (Edgardo di Ravenswood); Leonardo Cortellazzi (Arturo Bucklaw); Michele Pertusi (Raimondo Bidebent); Paolo Antognetti (Normanno); Hyeonsol Park (Alisa); La Scala Chorus and Orchestra; Speranza Scappucci, conductor. Sung in Italian.

      2:40 pm

      Antonio Pasculli: Concerto on themes from Donizetti's "La Favorita"

      John Anderson, ob; Gordon Back, p
      Capriccio: Classics for Oboe

      ASV CDWHL-2100

      2:54 pm

      Franz Joseph Haydn: "The Creation"

      Gabriel's aria, "Nun beut die Flur" (With verdure clad the fields appear)

      Lucy Crowe, s; Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra/Simon Rattle
      Haydn: Die Schöpfung

      BR Klassik BRK-900221

      3:00 pm

      3:00 pm

      Afternoon Music

      3:00 pm

      music continues...

      4:00 pm

      4:00 pm

      Listening to Singers with Oliver Camacho

      An interview with soprano Lucy Crowe recorded at the 2026 Santa Fe Opera festival where she was starring in the title role of Handel's "Rodelinda."

      5:00 - 8:00 pm

      5:00 pm

      Weekend Evening Music

      8:00 - 10:00 pm

      8:00 pm

      Folkstage hosted by Marilyn Rea Beyer

      Live from the Levin Performance Studio: A very special two-hour preview of the 50th annual Fox Valley Folk Music & Storytelling Festival with Chris Vallillo, storyteller Heather Forest, Zoe Mulford, Joy Clark, and Claudia Schmidt.

      10:00 pm - 12:00 am

      10:00 pm

      The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer

      We start an hour later this week and pack in a concentrated playlist of September songs.