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      Playlist for Sunday, July 5, 2026

      Playing this hour

      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      Frédéric Chopin: Nocturnes, Op. 48

      No. 1 in C

      Martha Argerich, p
      Live from the Concertgebouw 1978 and 1979

      EMI/Ang CDC5-56975-2

      12:05 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Notturno No. 4 in C, H II:31

      Marten Root, f; Michael Niesemann, ob; Mozzafiato, L'Archibudelli Members
      Haydn: Eight Notturni For The King Of Naples

      Sony SK-62878

      12:13 am

      Ignaz Pleyel: Notturno in B-Flat

      Vienna Concilium Musicum

      Koch CD-310063

      12:31 am

      Spanish ANON 16th c: Rey aquien reyes adoran

      Virelai
      Ther Is No Rose: Renaissance Music For The Christmas Season

      Virgin 45286-2

      12:32 am

      Joaquin Turina: Piano Trio #1, Op 35

      Eroica Trio

      EMI/Ang CDC5-57033-2

      12:54 am

      Alonso de Mudarra: Fantasia

      Alirio Diaz, g

      Vanguard SVC-49

      1:00 am

      Edward Elgar: "Elegy," Op 58

      English Chamber Orch/Yehudi Menuhin
      Elgar: Music For Strings

      Arabesque Z-6563

      1:05 am

      Alla Pavlova: Elegy for Piano and Strings

      Peter Izotov, p, Globalis International Sym Orch/Konstantin Krimets
      Music Of Alla Pavlova

      Albany TROY-397

      1:09 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 3 in E-Flat, Op. 75

      Jerome Lowenthal, p; London Sym Orch/Sergiu Comissiona
      Tchaikovsky: Piano Concertos Nos. 2 And 3

      Bridge 9301-A/B (2)

      1:24 am

      Christian Sinding: "Capriccio"

      Jerome Lowenthal, p
      Christian Sinding * Music for Piano

      Bridge 9306

      1:26 am

      Darius Milhaud: Symphony No. 2, Op. 247

      Toulouse Capitole Orch/Michel Plasson
      Symphonies NR. 1 & 2, Suite Provençale

      DG 435437-2

      1:54 am

      Darius Milhaud: "Deux Marches pour la Libération" (1945)

      No. 2, "Gloria Victoribus"

      Musique desàgardiens de laàpaix/Desiré Dondeyne

      Music Guild MS-146

      2:00 am

      Enrique Granados: "Goyescas" (1911)

      #4, "La maja y el ruiseñor"

      Elena Martin, p; José Meliton, p
      Jaleo: Two- Piano Music From Spain

      Centaur CRC-2460

      2:05 am

      Manuel de Falla: "La vida breve" (1904-5)

      Interlude & Dance

      Cincinnati Sym Orch/Jesus López-Cobos
      Manuel de Falla: The Three-Cornered Hat (Complete), Interlude & Spansh Dance From La Vida Breve, Homenajes

      Telarc CD-80149

      2:12 am

      Manuel de Falla: "Canción" (1900)

      Miguel Baselga, p
      Complete Solo Piano Music

      BIS CD-773

      2:14 am

      Antonin Dvorák: String Quartet No. 13 in G, Op. 106

      Vlach String Quartet
      DVORAK, A.: String Quartets, Vol. 1 (Vlach Quartet) - Nos. 12, "American" and 13

      Naxos 8.553371

      2:55 am

      Filippo Azzaiolo: "Al di dolce ben mio"

      Musica Reservata/David Munrow
      16th Century Italian And French Dance Music

      Boston Skyline BSD-123

      3:00 am

      Paul Lewis: An English Overture (1971)

      Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland
      British Light Music Discoveries

      ASV CDWHL-2126

      3:05 am

      Arnold Bax: Overture to a Picaresque Comedy (1930)

      London Phil/Bryden Thomson
      Bax: Cello Concerto

      Chandos CHAN-8494

      3:16 am

      William Boyce: Overture #9 in A

      Cantilena/Adrian Shepherd
      Boyce: Overtures 1-9

      Chandos CHAN-6531

      3:26 am

      Henry Purcell: "The Fairy Queen"

      Overture

      London Classical Players/Roger Norrington

      EMI/Ang CDCB5-55234-2 (2)

      3:27 am

      Johannes Brahms: Piano Trio #2 in C, Op 87

      Clara Wieck Trio

      Signum SIGX-80-00 (2)

      3:54 am

      Christoph Willibald Gluck: "Armide"

      Musette

      String Orch/Leopold Stokowski

      EMI/Ang CDM5-65912-2

      4:00 am

      Franz Lehár: "Giuditta"

      Aria, "In einem Meer von Liebe"

      Lucia Popp, s; Ambrosian Opera Cho, St Martin's Academy/Neville Marriner

      EMI/Ang CDC7-49700-2

      4:05 am

      Franz von Suppé: "Fatinitza"

      Overture

      Boston Pops Orch/Arthur Fiedler
      Overtures

      RCA RCD1-5479

      4:11 am

      Jacques Offenbach: "La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein"

      Overture

      Scottish Chamber Orch/Antonio de Almeida
      Offenbach: Arias And Overtures

      RCA 68116-2

      4:15 am

      Gilbert & Sullivan: "The Mikado"

      "I Have a Song to Sing-o"

      Chuckerbutty Ocarina Quartet/Michael Copley
      The Classic Ocarina

      Dorian DOR-93260

      4:16 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D, Op. 35

      Itzhak Perlman, v; Philadelphia Orch/Eugene Ormandy

      EMI/Ang CDC7-47106-2

      4:54 am

      Italian Anon 16th c: L'Herba Fresca gagliarda

      Becky Baxter, h
      Harp Music (Renaissance) - TROMBONCINO, B. / MODERNE, J. / CABEZON, A. de / VALDERRABANO, E. de

      Dorian DOR-93193

      5:00 am

      Bohuslav Martinu: Three Czech Dances for Two Pianos (1949)

      #3

      Clinton-Narboni Duo
      MARTINU: WORKS FOR TWO PIANOS

      Elan CD-82422

      5:05 am

      Antonin Dvorák: "My Home" Overture, Op 62

      Czech Phil/Libor Pesek
      Symphony No.2 / Overture (My Home)

      Virgin Classics 45127-2

      5:15 am

      Antonin Dvorák: "Slavonic Dances," Op. 72

      No. 6 in B-Flat, "Polonaise"

      Czech Phil/Karel Sejna
      Slavonic Dances

      Supraphon 111101-2

      5:18 am

      Carl Maria von Weber: Polonaise brillante (after Weber's Polacca brillante, Op 72)

      Joel Fan, p; Northwest Sinfonietta/Christophe Chagnard
      Dances for Piano and Orchestra

      Reference Recordings RR-134

      5:28 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: "Anna Magdalena Notebook"

      Polonaise in g minor, BWV. Anh 119

      Nicholas McGegan, clavichord
      Bach - Anna Magdalena Notebook

      Harmonia Mundi HCX-3957042

      5:30 am

      Henri Herz: "Grande polonaise brillante," Op 30

      Tasmanian Sym Orch/Howard Shelley, p
      Herz: Piano Concerto No 2, Op 74, Grande Polonaise Brillante, Op 30, Fantaisie Et Variations Sur La Marche D'Otello De Rossini, Op 67, Grande Fantaisie Militaire Sur La Fille Du Régiment, Op 163

      Hyperion CDA-68100

      5:44 am

      Richard Strauss: Wind Serenade in E-Flat, Op. 7

      Seattle Sym Orch/Gerard Schwarz
      Strauss: Ein Heldenleben; Macbeth; Serenade in E flat major

      Delos DE-3094

      5:53 am

      Richard Strauss: Five Songs, Op. 48

      No. 3, "Kling!"

      Jessye Norman, s; Geoffrey Parsons, p
      Lieder

      Philips 416298-2

      6:00 am

      6:00 am

      With Heart and Voice

      "America at 250." In celebration of the semi quincentennial of the Declaration of Independence, host Peter DuBois focuses on American sacred choral and organ music in both composition and performance.

      7:00 am - 12:00 pm

      7:01 am

      Keith Jarrett: "Adagio"

      Marcia Butler, ob; Fairfield Orch/Thomas Crawford
      Bridge of Light

      ECM 1450

      7:12 am

      Conrad Kocher: "For the Beauty of the Earth"

      Cantus
      A Harvest Home

      Cantus Recordings CTS-L04

      7:16 am

      Antonín Dvořák: Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95, "From the New World"

      Berlin Phil/Claudio Abbado
      Claudio Abbado- The Berlin Album

      DG 457651-2

      8:01 am

      Franz Schubert: Vocal Quartet, "Die Nacht," D 983c

      Daniel Hope, v; Ensemble Amarcord
      Hope

      DG 4860543

      8:05 am

      Dana Suesse: "Blue Moonlight"

      Sara Davis Buechner, p
      Jazz Nocturne: The Piano Works of Dana Suesse

      eOne 7770

      8:12 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: "Swan Lake," Op. 20

      Suite

      Philadelphia Orch/Eugene Ormandy
      Swan Lake Op. 20

      CBS MBK-42252

      8:27 am

      Florence Price: "Five Folksongs in Counterpoint"

      Catalyst Quartet
      Uncovered, Vol. 2: Florence Price

      Azica ACD-71346

      8:48 am

      Beata Moon: Piano Fantasy

      Nancy Boston, p
      American Women: Modern Voices in Piano Music

      Nancy Boston CD-2006

      8:55 am

      William Grant Still: "Ennanga"

      2nd mvt

      Ashley Jackson, h; Harlem Chamber Players
      Ennanga

      Bright Shiny Things BSTD-0188

      9:02 am

      John Johnson: "Greensleeves"

      Baltimore Consort
      Watkins Ale: Music of the English Renaissance

      Dorian DOR-90142

      9:08 am

      George Frideric Handel: "Music for the Royal Fireworks"

      Alison Balsom, tr; Balsom Ensemble
      Royal Fireworks

      Warner 0190295370060

      9:25 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 88 in G

      III. Menuetto

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

      RCA 888837019828

      9:31 am

      François Couperin: "Pièces en concert"

      Jian Wang, vc; Camerata Salzburg
      The Baroque Album

      DG 474236-2

      9:44 am

      Ignacio de Jerusalem: Mass in G "de los Niños"

      Gloria

      Chicago Arts Chorale & Orchestra/Javier José Mendoza
      Jerusalem: Mass in G, Galant Music from Mexico City

      Navona NV-6274

      9:54 am

      Traditional Venezuelan: Medley, "Caballo viejo; Alma llanera"

      L'Arpeggiata/Christina Pluhar
      Los Pájaros Perdidos * The South American Project

      Virgin 0709502-3

      9:58 am

      Antonio Lauro: Venezuelan Waltz No. 2 in E minor, "Andreina"

      Josep Henríquez, g
      Josep Henríquez - Recital

      DK90 CD-1069

      10:01 am

      Dani Howard: Trombone Concerto

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

      Rubicon RCD-1125

      10:21 am

      Frédéric Chopin: Polonaise No. 6 in A-Flat, Op. 53, "Heroic"

      Martha Argerich, p
      Martha Argerich - The Legendary 1965 Recording

      EMI CDC5-56805-2

      10:29 am

      Grace Williams: "Sea Sketches"

      No. 5, "Calm Sea in Summer"

      BBC Phil Strings/John Andrews
      Grace Williams: Orchestral Works

      Resonus RES-10349

      10:36 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 in E-Flat, Op. 55, "Eroica"

      III. Scherzo

      Cleveland Orch/George Szell
      Classical Fan Favorites

      Sony (Classical Fan Favorites)

      10:43 am

      Paul Schoenfield: "Café Music"

      Eroica Trio
      Eroica Trio

      EMI CDC5-56482-2

      11:00 am

      John Adams: "The Chairman Dances"

      City of Birmingham Sym Orch/Simon Rattle
      John Adams: Harmonielehre, The Chairman Dances, Tromba Lontana, Short Ride in a Fast Machine

      Warner 03403-2

      11:13 am

      Josef Suk: "Summer Impressions," Op. 22b

      Margaret Fingerhut, p
      Suk: Piano Works

      Chandos CHAN-9026/7 (2)

      11:28 am

      Shawn E. Okpebholo: "city beautiful"

      Lincoln Trio
      Trios from Contemporary Chicago

      Cedille CDR-90000211

      11:40 am

      Samuel Barber: "Knoxville: Summer of 1915," Op. 24

      Leontyne Price, s; New Philharmonia Orch/Thomas Schippers
      Leontyne Price Sings Barber

      RCA 61983-2

      11:57 am

      Randy Newman: "Toy Story"

      "I Will Go Sailing No More" (Instrumental)

      Studio Orch/Randy Newman
      Walt Disney Records

      D-002066492 Toy Story: The Legacy Collection

      12:00 - 5:00 pm

      12:00 pm

      Leonard Bernstein: "Candide"

      XXXI. Finale, "Make Our Garden Grow"

      Hadley, Anderson, Green, Ludwig, London Sym Cho, Orch/Leonard Bernstein
      Adolph Green, baritone,
      Bernstein: Candide

      DG 429734-2 (2)

      12:06 pm

      Leonard Bernstein: "Mass"

      "A Simple Song"

      Empire Brass
      Bernstein, Gershwin, Tilson Thomas

      Telarc CD-80159

      12:12 pm

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Viola da gamba Sonata No. 2 in D, BWV 1028

      Jaap ter Linden, viga; Richard Egarr, hc
      J. S. Bach: Gamba Sonatas

      Harmonia Mundi HMU-907268

      12:28 pm

      Molly Herron: "Hammer and Pull"

      Science Ficta
      Through Lines

      New Amsterdam (Through Lines)

      12:32 pm

      Zoltán Kodály: "Summer Evening"

      Budapest Phil Orch/Zoltán Kodály
      Zoltán Kodály: Summer Evening, Concerto For Orchestra

      DG 2543809

      12:54 pm

      Francis Poulenc: Violin Sonata

      II. Intermezzo, "Très calme"

      Cho-Liang Lin, v; Paul Crossley, p
      Poulenc, Ravel, Debussy: Works for Violin and Piano

      Sony SK-66839

      1:01 pm

      Stacy Garrop: "Jubilation"

      Lincoln Trio
      WFMT Day of Music (December 13, 2011)

      WFMT

      1:09 pm

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: "Exsultate, jubilate," K. 165

      "Alleluia"

      Sylvia McNair, s; English Baroque Soloists/John Eliot Gardiner
      Mozart: The Singles - 66 Classic Tracks

      Decca 4831010

      1:12 pm

      Johannes Brahms: String Quartet No. 1 in C minor, Op. 51, No. 1

      Chiara String Quartet
      Brahms by Heart

      Azica ACD-71289 (2)

      1:47 pm

      music continues...

      5:00 pm

      5:00 pm

      Ryan Opera Center Recital Series

      Baritone Sihau Hu, bass-baritone Benjamin R. Sokol, and pianist Michael Banwarth perform arias and songs by Bellini, Verdi, Borodin, Zhao Jipling, Misha Veksler, Mark Markovich Warshawsky, and Cole Porter in the Fay and Daniel Levin Performance Studio. Hosted by Candice Agree.

      6:00 - 8:00 pm

      6:00 pm

      Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcasts

      Rimsky-Korsakov "Capriccio espagnol," Op. 34; Tchaikovsky "Francesca da Rimini," Op. 32; Bruckner Symphony No. 4 in E-Flat, "Romantic;" Daniel Barenboim, conductor.

      8:00 pm

      8:00 pm

      Fiesta! with Elbio Barilari

      Guitar, Piano and Orchestral Music from Colombia We’ll hear a selection of Colombian music by composer and guitar virtuoso Gentil Montaña. Plus, works by living composers Amparo Ángel, one of the most prominent women composers on the continent, and by 102-year-old composer Luis Carlos Figueroa.

      9:00 - 11:00 pm

      9:00 pm

      Collectors' Corner with Henry Fogel

      Marston Records

      A sample of the historic vocal and instrumental recordings on the Marston label.