Friday, July 17, 2026

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      Playlist for Friday, July 17, 2026

      Playing this hour

      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      Joseph Achron: "Hebrew Melody"

      Gil Shaham, v; Orli Shaham, p
      Nigunim * Hebrew Melodies * Gil and Orli Shaham

      Canary Classics CC-10

      12:05 am

      Pablo de Sarasate: "Carmen" Fantasy, Op 25

      Gil Shaham, v; Berlin Phil/Claudio Abbado
      The Berlin Gala * A Salute to Carmen

      DG 457583-2

      12:16 am

      Georges Bizet: "Carmen"

      "Seguidilla"

      National Opera Orch/Paul Freeman

      Pro Arte CDS-3670

      12:18 am

      Ernesto Halffter: "Sinfonietta" (1924)

      Gran Canaria Phil/Adrian Leaper
      The 6 Concertos For Flute & Strings Op.6

      ASV CDDCA-1078

      12:55 am

      Sergei Rachmaninoff: Preludes, Op. 32

      No. 6 in f

      Konstantin Lifschitz, p
      Constantin Lifschitz Plays Scriabin and Rachmaninov

      Denon CO-18026

      1:00 am

      Tomaso Albinoni: Adagio in g

      Signum Saxophone Quartet

      DG 00028948600014

      1:05 am

      Jennifer Higdon: Alto Saxophone Sonata

      Scott Turpen, sx; Theresa Bogard, p

      Albany TROY-1395

      1:22 am

      Tomaso Albinoni: Oboe Concerto in B-Flat, Op 7/3

      John Anderson, ob; Philharmonia Orch/Simon Wright
      Vivaldi: Cimarosa's Oboe Concerto and Concerti

      Nimbus NI-5188

      1:31 am

      Claudio Monteverdi: "Vespers of the Blessed Virgin" (1610)

      "Deus in Adjutorium"

      Chicago Brass Quintet
      Brassucopia

      Crystal CD-211

      1:32 am

      Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov: "Caucasian Sketches," Suite #1, Op 10

      Utah Sym Orch/Maurice Abravanel

      Vanguard SVC-8

      1:54 am

      Alexander Scriabin: Twenty-Four Preludes, Op 11

      No. 4

      Vladimir Sofronitski, p
      Scriabin Piano Works

      Profil PH-22006 (12)

      2:00 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: "Die Jahreszeiten (The Seasons)"

      Spring: Chorus, "Ewiger, mächtider, güttoger Gott"

      Southwest German Madrigal Cho; Ludwigsberger Festival Orch/Wolfgang Gönnenwein
      Haydn Edition

      Brilliant Classics 95594 (160)

      2:05 am

      Frederick Delius: "On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring"

      San Francisco Sym/Michael Tilson Thomas

      SFS Media SFS-0060

      2:12 am

      Frederick Delius: Two Pieces for Small Orchestra (1911-12)

      #2, "Summer Night on the River"

      Northern Sinfonia/Richard Hickox

      EMI/Ang CDM5-65067-2

      2:18 am

      Othmar Schoeck: Ten Songs, Op. 44

      No. 8, "Sommernacht"

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

      New Classical Adventure 234405 (12)

      2:20 am

      Anton Rubinstein: Piano Concerto #2 in F, Op 35

      Anna Shelest, p; Estonian National Sym/Neeme Järvi
      Rubinstein

      Music & Arts MA-1308

      2:54 am

      Alexander Scriabin: Twenty-Four Preludes, Op 11

      No. 12

      Vladimir Sofronitski, p
      Scriabin Piano Works

      Profil PH-22006 (12)

      3:00 am

      Domenico Gabrielli: "Canzon per sonare" #5

      Anthony Plog, tr; Sharon Davis, hc
      Old And New Music For Trumpet And Keyboard

      Crystal S-364

      3:05 am

      Vincent D'Indy: "Istar," Op 42

      San Francisco Sym Orch/Pierre Monteux
      Symphony in D Minor

      RCA 61967-2

      3:18 am

      Déodat de Séverac: Song, Offrande

      Francois Le Roux, br, Graham Johnson, p
      Severac: Songs

      Hyperion CDA-66983

      3:19 am

      Antonin Dvorák: Piano Quartet #2 in E-Flat, Op 87

      Menahem Pressler, p; members of Emerson String Quartet
      Piano Quintet Op. 81 / Piano Quartet Op. 87

      DG 439868-2

      3:55 am

      German ANON: Hymn, Rise Up, O Men of God

      St Olaf College Cho/Anton Armstrong
      The St. Olaf Choir: Great Hymns Of Faith

      St Olaf E-2294

      4:00 am

      Anatol Liadov: "Marionettes," Op 29

      Stephen Coombs, p
      Liadov: Marionettes, A Musical Snuff Box & Other Piano Music

      Hyperion CDA-66986

      4:05 am

      Igor Stravinsky: "Petrouchka"

      Chicago Sym/Sir Georg Solti
      Petrushka / Jeu de cartes

      London 443775-2

      4:39 am

      Igor Stravinsky: "Apollo (Apollon musagète)"

      Calliope's Variation

      Philharmonia Virtuosi Members
      Stravinsky: Apollon Musagète/ Tchaikovsky: Souvenir De Florence

      Ess.a.y CD-1015

      4:41 am

      Antonio Vivaldi: Violin Concerto in e, R 277 "(Il Favorito)"

      English Concert/Andrew Manze, v
      Vivaldi: Concertos for the Emperor

      Harmonia Mundi HMU-907332

      4:54 am

      Gaetano Donizetti: "La Favorite"

      Ballet Music: Excerpt

      Philharmonia Orch/Antonio de Almeida
      Donizetti: Ballet Music

      Philips 422844-2

      5:00 am

      Johann Strauss II: Waltzes, "Frühlingsstimmen (Voices of Spring)," Op. 410

      Ensemble Wien
      New Year's Concert In Vienna 1999

      Koch 3-6564-2

      5:05 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 - 3:00 pm

      10:00 am

      Midday with Lisa Flynn

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

      3:00 - 7:00 pm

      3:00 pm

      Afternoon Music with Candice Agree

      Including "Friday Afternoon at the Movies" at 4:30pm and "The Unrush Hour" at 5:00 pm.

      7:00 pm

      7:00 pm

      Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin

      Symphony, Part IV

      We start this week featuring the symphonic form at its Romantic apex, with Austrian composers Anton Bruckner and Gustav Mahler. Then we’ll head over to Britain to enjoy the music of Edward Elgar. Together, these three composers wrote 22 symphonies, which is impressive considering Bruckner didn’t compose his first until his forties, and Elgar was turning fifty! Get ready for a week filled with vivid, colorful orchestral symphonies.

      8:00 - 11:00 pm

      11:00 pm

      11:00 pm

      Best of Studs Terkel

      James Baldwin (11/22/1985)

      In 1985, Studs spoke with the distinguished American author, playwright, and civil rights activist, James Baldwin (1924-1987), whose book, "The Evidence of Things Not Seen," had recently been published.