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      Playlist for Wednesday, April 1, 2026

      Playing this hour

      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      Rebecca Clarke: "Midsummer Moon"

      Laura Kobayashi, v; Susan Gray, p
      Laura Kobayashi: Boldy Expressive!

      Albany TROY-372

      12:05 am

      Herbert Clarke: Rondo Caprice, "From the Shores of the Mighty Pacific"

      Gerard Schwarz, cornet; William Bolcom, p
      Cornet Favorites & Highlights From Cousins

      Nonesuch 79157-2

      12:11 am

      Richard Strauss: "Intermezzo," Op. 72

      Four Symphonic Interludes

      Seattle Sym/Gerard Schwarz
      Strauss: Zarathustra, Dances of the Seven Veils, Intermezzo

      Delos D/CD-3052

      12:36 am

      Richard Strauss: "Mädchenblumen," Op. 22

      #2, "Mohnblumen"

      Anja-Nina Bahrmann, s; Nina Schumann, p
      Strauss: Complete Songs

      Two Pianists TP-1039312 (9)

      12:37 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Horn Concerto No. 4 in E-Flat, K. 495

      Dale Clevenger, fh; Franz Liszt Chamber Orch/Janos Rolla
      Mozart: Horn Concertos Nos. 1-4

      CBS MDK-44906

      12:55 am

      Johann Jakob Froberger: Suite II in D

      "Courante"

      Ludger Rémy, hc
      The Strasbourg Manuscript

      CPO 999750-2

      1:00 am

      Alfredo Catalani: "La Wally"

      Romanza di Wally, "Ebben? ne andrò lontana"

      Renée Fleming, s; London Phil/Sir Charles Mackerras
      By Request

      London B0001024-02

      1:05 am

      Alfredo Catalani: "Contemplazione"

      La Scala Phil/Riccardo Muti
      Puccini, Catalani e Puchinelli

      Sony SK-63025

      1:15 am

      Mauro Giuliani: Gran Pot-Pourri, Op 67

      Waller and Maxwell Guitar Duo

      Music From Northwestern 10

      1:31 am

      Mauro Giuliani: "Pièces faciles et agréables," Op 74

      #8

      Mikael Helasvuo, f; Jukka Savijoki, g
      Mauro Giuliani - The Complete Works for Flute and Guitar, Vol.3

      BIS CD-413

      1:32 am

      Alexander Scriabin: Symphony #4, Op 54, "The Poem of Ecstasy"

      Chicago Sym/Pierre Boulez

      DG 459647-2

      1:54 am

      Alexander Scriabin: Preludes, Op 51

      No. 3, "Poème ailé"

      Vladimir Sofronitski, p
      Scriabin Piano Works

      Profil PH-22006 (12)

      2:00 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: "The Months (The Seasons)," Op. 37

      "June (Barcarolle)"

      Moscow Chamber Orch/Constantine Orbelian
      TCHAIKOVSKY, P.: Serenade in C Major / The Seasons (arr. A. Gauk) (Moscow Chamber Orchestra, Orbelian)

      Delos DE-3255

      2:05 am

      Amy (Mrs HHA) Beach: "Trois morceaux caractéristiques", Op 28

      No. 1, "Barcarolle"

      Joanne Polk, p
      By The Still Waters

      Arabesque Z-6693

      2:12 am

      Agathe Backer Grondahl: "Fantasy Pieces," Op 55

      #10, "Barcarole"

      Natalia Strelchenko, p
      Agathe Backer-Grondahl: Complete Piano Music, Vol. IV

      Arena AR-07015

      2:13 am

      Ralph Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 5 in D

      BBC Sym/Sir Andrew Davis

      Teldec 90844-2

      2:54 am

      John Ireland: Song, "I have twelve oxen"

      Lisa Milne, s; Graham Johnson, p
      The Songs of John Ireland

      Hyperion CDA-67261/2 (2)

      3:00 am

      Gioachino Rossini: "The Barber of Seville"

      Cavatina, "Largo al factotum"

      Doc Severinsen, tr; Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel
      Trumpet Spectacular

      Telarc CD-80223

      3:05 am

      Ottorino Respighi: "The Ballad of the Gnomes"

      Philharmonia Orch/Geoffrey Simon
      Respighi

      Cala CACD-1007

      3:20 am

      David Popper: Gnomentanz

      Janos Starker, vc; Shigeo Neriki, p
      POPPER, D.: Cello Music (Romantic Cello Favorites) (Starker)

      Delos DE-3065

      3:23 am

      Harry Farjeon: "Some Goblins and Gnomes and Things"

      Michael Lewin, p
      Piano Phantoms * Michael Lewin

      Sono Luminus DSL-92168

      3:25 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D, Op. 35

      Jascha Heifetz, v; Chicago Sym/Fritz Reiner
      The Supreme

      RCA 67896-2

      3:54 am

      Burleigh: "Pictures," Op 30

      #4, "Giant Hills"

      Jascha Heifetz, v; Emanuel Bay, p
      The Decca Masters, Vol. 1: Prokofiev, Shostakovich, Debussy, Tchaikovsky, Brahms

      MCA Classics MCAD-42211

      4:00 am

      Morton Gould: "American Caprice"

      Lara Downes, p
      America Again

      Sono Luminus DSL-92207

      4:05 am

      Morton Gould: "American Salute"

      Cincinnati Pops Orch/Kunzel
      American Jubilee

      Telarc CD-80144

      4:09 am

      John Alden Carpenter: "Krazy Kat" (1921)

      Los Angeles Phil/Calvin Simmons
      Carpenter/ Gilbert/ Powell/ Weiss

      New World 80228-2

      4:22 am

      Leonard Bernstein: "Fancy Free"

      Three Dances: Galop, Waltz & Danzon

      Boston Pops Orch/Arthur Fiedler
      An American Salute

      RCA 6806-2-RG

      4:28 am

      Leonard Bernstein: "Rondo for Lifey"

      Håkan Hardenberger, tr; Roland Pöntinen, p
      At The Beach

      Philips 422344-2

      4:30 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 94 in G, "Surprise"

      Luxembourg European Soloists/Jack Martin Händler
      Haydn Symphonies

      Legacy 89859-2

      4:53 am

      William Schuman: "Mail-Order Madrigals" (1971)

      #1, Attention, Ladies!

      Gregg Smith Singers/Gregg Smith

      Vox CD3X-3037 (3)

      5:00 am

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

      "Passacaille"

      Yolanda Kondonassis, h
      A New Baroque

      Telarc CD-80403

      5:05 am

      George Frideric Handel: Oboe Concerto No. 3 in g

      Malcolm Messiter, ob; Guildhall String Ensemble
      Baroque Oboe Concertos

      RCA 60224-2-RC

      5:14 am

      Friedrich Nietzsche: "Ermanarich: Symphonische Dichtung"

      John Bell Young, p
      Piano Music Of Friedrich Nietzsche

      Newport Classic NPD-85513

      5:23 am

      Friedrich Nietzsche: Song, "Es winkt und neigt sich"

      Songs

      Point Classics 265042-2

      5:24 am

      Richard Strauss: "Also sprach Zarathustra," Op. 30

      Chicago Sym/Sir Georg Solti
      Also Sprach Zarathustra / Don Juan / Till Eulenspiegel

      London 414043-2

      5:55 am

      Friedrich Nietzsche: "Heldenklage"

      John Bell Young, p
      Piano Music Of Friedrich Nietzsche

      Newport Classic NPD-85513

      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.

      6:04 am

      PDQ Bach: "Eine Kleine Nichtmusik"

      Orch/Peter Schickele
      P.D.Q. Bach - Portrait Of P.D.Q. Bach

      Vanguard VSD-79399

      6:18 am

      Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: "Berlin" Symphony No. 6 in F, Wq 181

      Berlin Academy for Ancient Music
      Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Oboe Concertos

      Harmonia Mundi HMM-902601

      6:32 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: String Quartet in E-Flat, Op. 33, No. 2, "Joke"

      Spektral Quartet
      Serious Business - Spektral Quartet

      Sono Luminus DSL-92198

      6:49 am

      Jean Françaix: Divertissement for Bassoon and Strings (1968)

      Gaudier Ensemble
      Françaix: A Huit, Divertissement, Clarinet Quintet

      Hyperion CDA-67036

      7:04 am

      Malcolm Arnold: "A Grand, Grand Overture," Op. 57

      Royal Phil Orch/Vernon Handley
      Malcolm Arnold: Symphony No. 2, etc.

      Conifer 51240-2

      7:13 am

      Traditional Jewish: "Zoghets and Freilach"

      Alexander Fiterstein, cl; Muir String Quartet
      Celebration Music: Klezmer Music for String Quartet & Clarinet

      Big Round BR-8974

      7:18 am

      Traditional Jewish: "Dem Trisker Rebns Khosid"

      Itzhak Perlman, v; Klezmer Conservatory Band/Russell Ger
      Eternal Echoes: Songs & Dances for the Soul

      Sony 42006-2

      7:22 am

      Gabriel Pierné: "Scherzo-Caprice" in D, Op. 25

      Stephen Coombs, p, BBC Scottish Sym Orch/Ronald Corp
      Pierné: The Complete Works for Piano and Orchestra

      Hyperion CDA-67348

      7:33 am

      Allan Sherman: "The End of a Symphony"

      Allan Sherman, n; Boston Pops Orch/Arthur Fiedler
      Allan Sherman: Peter And The Commissar / Arthur Fiedler

      RCA CCM-488-2

      7:43 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 1 in C, Op. 21

      I. "Adagio molto-Allegro con brio"

      Leonidas Kavakos, v; Yo-Yo Ma, vc; Emanuel Ax, p
      Beethoven for Three: Symphony No. 1; Op. 70, No. 1 "Ghost;" Op. 11 "Gassenhauer"

      Sony G010005464289W

      7:53 am

      Los Angeles Guitar Quartet: "Pachelbel's Loose Cannon"

      Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
      For Thy Pleasure

      Delos DE-3205

      8:04 am

      PDQ Bach: "1712 Overture," S 1712

      Greater Hoople Area Off-Season Phil/Peter Schickele
      P.D.Q. Bach - 1712 Overture & Other Musical Assaults

      Telarc CD-80210

      8:17 am

      Alexander Borodin: Scherzo in E

      Marco Rapetti & Giampaolo Nuti, p's
      Borodin Edition

      Brilliant Classics 94410

      8:22 am

      Emmanuel Chabrier: "Le roi malgré lui"

      "Fête polonaise"

      Vienna Phil/John Eliot Gardiner
      Chabrier: España, Suite pastorale, etc.

      DG 447751-2

      8:31 am

      Lennon-McCartney: "The Fool on the Hill"

      Miloš, g; String Ensemble/Christopher Austin
      Blackbird: The Beatles Album

      Mercury B0024425-02

      8:34 am

      Lennon-McCartney: "The Fool on the Hill"

      Peter Breiner Chamber Orch/Peter Breiner
      Beatles Go Baroque, Vol. 1

      Naxos 8.555010

      8:38 am

      Gustav Holst: "The Perfect Fool," Op. 39

      Ballet music

      London Sym Orch/André Previn
      Britten & Holst: Orchestral Works

      EMI CDC5-62616-2

      8:50 am

      Srul Irving Glick: "The Rabbi's Wedding at the Palmerston Street Shul"

      La Pietà/Angèle Dubeau
      Ovation

      Analekta AN2-8746

      8:58 am

      George Gershwin: "Fascinatin' Rhythm"

      William Bolcom, p
      George Gershwin: Piano Music

      Nonesuch 79151-2

      9:03 am

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

      Chicago Sym Orch/Sir Georg Solti
      Richard Strauss - Sir Georg Solti*, Chicago Symphony Orchestra* - Also Sprach Zarathustra / Don Juan / Till Eulenspiegel

      Decca 436623-2

      9:20 am

      Erich Wolfgang Korngold: "Passover Psalm"

      Eva Urbanová, s; Slovak Phil Cho, Vienna Phil/Riccardo Chailly
      Janáček: Glagolitic Mass; Korngold & Zemlinsky: Psalms

      Decca 460213-2

      9:30 am

      Airat Ichmouratov: Concerto grosso No. 3, "Lichtenstein," Op. 68

      LGT Young Soloists/Alexander Gilman
      Schubert: String Quartet No. 14; Ichmouratov: Concerto Grosso No. 3

      Naxos 8.579165

      9:52 am

      Paul Schoenfield: "Four Parables"

      IV. "Dog Heaven"

      Jeffrey Kahane, p; New World Sym/John Nelson
      Paul Schoenfield - Four Parables, Vaudeville, Klezmer Rondos

      Argo 440212-2

      10:00 am - 1:00 pm

      10:00 am

      Midday with Lisa Flynn

      Including the "Daily Excursion" at 11:00 am.

      10:00 am

      Anthony Holborne: "Renaissance Suite"

      Philadelphia Brass Ensemble
      The Glorious Sound of Brass

      Sony SBK-63061

      10:13 am

      Ola Gjeilo: "Second Eve"

      Voces8
      Eventide

      Decca 4785703

      10:20 am

      Frédéric Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor, Op. 11

      I. "Allegro maestoso"

      Ingolf Wunder, p; St. Petersburg Phil Orch/Vladimir Ashkenazy
      Tchaikovsky and Chopin

      DG 4790670

      10:41 am

      Joseph Bologne (Chevalier de Saint-Georges): "Concertante" Quartet No. 6 in B-Flat

      Arabella String Quartet
      Bologne: Six Concertante Quartets

      Naxos 8.574360

      10:52 am

      Thomas Arne: Overture No. 4 in F

      Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood
      Arne: Eight Overtures

      L'Oiseau-Lyre 4759117

      11:00 am

      Ruth Gipps: "Kensington Gardens Suite," Op. 2

      Juliana Koch, ob; Michael McHale, p
      Piper of Dreams – Ruth Gipps Chamber Music

      Chandos CHAN-20290

      11:07 am

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

      London Sym Orch/Paul Freeman
      Black Composers Series 1974-1978, Vol. 2

      Sony 19075862152 (10)

      11:33 am

      Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Rondo in E, Wq 57/1

      Marc-André Hamelin, p
      CPE Bach: Sonatas & Rondos

      Hyperion CDA-68381/2

      11:42 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata No. 208, "Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd"

      Aria, "Schafe können sicher weiden (Sheep May Safely Graze)"

      Anne Akiko Meyers, v; Los Angeles Master Chorale/Grant Gershon; Jaebon Hwang, o
      Mysterium

      Avie AV-2585

      11:47 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Schübler Chorale, "Wachet auf (Sleepers Awake)," BWV 645

      Anne Akiko Meyers, v; Los Angeles Master Chorale/Grant Gershon; Jaebon Hwang, o
      Mysterium

      Avie AV-2585

      11:52 am

      Ernest Bloch: Concerto Grosso No. 1

      III. Pastorale and Rustic Dances

      David Schrader, p; Chicago String Ensemble/Alan Heatherington
      Israeli Melodies

      Centaur CRC-2140

      12:00 pm

      music continues...

      12:15 pm

      Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts

      Violinist Claire Bourg and pianist Kyle Orth perform music by Mozart, Ravel, and Tchaikovsky, live from Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago.

      1:00 pm

      1:00 pm

      Music for the Afternoon

      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

      Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)

      German composer Felix Mendelssohn has been hailed as one of the greatest musical minds of all time. This week, Bill ventures from his precocious youth to his early death surveying his great body of work including the beloved Violin Concerto, String Octet, and "Italian" Symphony.

      8:00 - 10:00 pm

      10:00 pm - 12:00 am

      10:00 pm

      Baroque&Before with Candice Agree

      Music of Lamentation and Hope for Holy Week

      Led by Václav Luks, Collegium 1704 and Collegium Vocale 1704 present a program of sacred music for Holy Week including Jan Dismas Zelenka’s "Miserere in C minor" and selections from "Responsoria pro hebdomada sancta," Francesco Durante’s "Miserere in C minor" and Tommaso Traetta’s expressive "Stabat Mater." Recorded live in concert March 23, 2026 in Prague.