Saturday, July 18, 2026

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      Playlist for Saturday, July 18, 2026

      Playing this hour

      12:00 - 7:00 am

      12:00 am

      Henry Purcell: Trio Sonata #1 in b

      Locke Consort
      Ten Sonata’s in Four Parts

      Channel Classics CCS-7295

      12:05 am

      Arnold Bax: Violin Sonata #3

      Robert Gibbs, v; Mary Mei-Loc Wu, p.
      Arnold Bax: Three Violin Sonatas

      ASV CDDCA-1098

      12:25 am

      Edmund Rubbra: Oboe Sonata in C, Op 100

      Sarah Francis, ob; Peter Dickinson, p; The Rasumovsky Quartet

      Helios CDH-55008

      12:36 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Menuet

      Charles Stier, cl; Molly Newton, p
      Cameos

      Elan CD-82246

      12:38 am

      Franz Schubert: Five Minuets with Six Trios, D 89

      I Musici de Montréal/Yuli Turovsky
      Tchaikovsky: Souvenir De Florence/ Schubert: Five Minuets

      Chandos CHAN-8547

      12:55 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Minuet and Trio in G, K. 1

      Walter Gieseking, p

      EMI/Ang CHS7-63688-2 (8)

      1:00 am

      Gioachino Rossini: "La scala di seta"

      Overture

      Stuttgart Radio Sym Orch/Gianluigi Gelmetti
      Rossini: Favorite Overtures

      Seraphim 73294-2

      1:05 am

      Bohuslav Martinu: Variations on a Slovakian Theme

      Paul Watkins, vc; Huw Watkins, p
      Martinu: Cello Sonatas/Variations -- Watkins / Watkins

      Chandos CHAN-10602

      1:14 am

      Bohuslav Martinu: Variations on a Theme by Rossini

      Janos Starker, vc; György Sebök, p
      Starker Plays Chopin / Bartók / Mendelssohn

      Mercury 434358-2

      1:22 am

      Gioachino Rossini: "William Tell"

      "Danse"

      Royal Phil/Lamberto Gardelli

      EMI/Ang CMS7-69951-2 (4)

      1:23 am

      Hans Huber: Symphony #1 in d, Op 63, "Tellsinfonie"

      Stuttgart Phil/Jörg-Peter Weigle
      Hans Huber: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 7

      Sterling CDS-1042-2

      1:54 am

      Anton Zemlinsky: Song, "Süsse, süsse Sommernacht"

      Angelika Kirchschlager, ms; Helmut Deutsch, p
      When Night Falls

      Sony SK-64498

      2:00 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata No. 140, "Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme (Sleepers Wake)"

      Duet, "Wenn kommst du, mein Heil? (When are you coming, my salvation?)"

      Christine Schäfer, s; Matthias Goerne, br; Hilary Hahn, v; Munich Chamber Orch/Alexander Liebreich
      Bach * Violin & Voice * Hahn * Schäfer * Goerne * Liebreich

      DG B0013832-02

      2:05 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 40 in g minor, K. 550

      Cleveland Orch/George Szell
      Mozart 40th/ 41st 'Jupiter' Symphonies

      CBS MK-42418

      2:32 am

      Heitor Villa-Lobos: "A prole do bebé," Set 1 (1918)

      Rubber Doll "(Mulatinha)"

      Marc-André Hamelin, p
      Villa-Lobos: Piano Music

      Hyperion CDA-67176

      2:33 am

      Camargo Guarnieri: "Homenagen a Villa-Lobos"

      DePaul University Wind Ensemble/Donald DeRoche
      DePaul University Wind Ensemble

      Albany TROY-334

      2:41 am

      Heitor Villa-Lobos: "Bachianas Brasileiras" No. 5

      Arleen Auger, s; Yale Cellos/Aldo Parisot
      VILLA-LOBOS, H.: Bachianas brasileiras Nos. 1 and 5 / BACH, J.S.: Air / Prelude No. 22 in B-Flat Minor, BWV 867 (Yale Cellos)

      Delos D/CD-3041

      2:54 am

      Percy Grainger: "Shepherd's Hey"

      BBC Phil/Richard Hickox
      Grainger: Vol. 6 - Orchestral Works 2 'The Warriors'

      Chandos CHAN-9584

      3:00 am

      Darius Milhaud: "Deux esquisses (Two Sketches)," Op. 227b

      Philadelphia Woodwind Quintet
      The Original Philadelphia Woodwind Quintet- 20th Century

      Boston Records BR-1062-CD

      3:05 am

      Felix Mendelssohn: Overture for Wind Instruments, Op 24

      London Sym members/Claudio Abbado
      Mendelssohn: 5 Symphonies, 7 Overtures

      DG 423104-2

      3:15 am

      August Klughardt: Wind Quintet, Op 79

      Westwood Wind Quintet
      Woodwind Treasures

      Crystal CD-250

      3:36 am

      music continues...

      7:00 - 11:00 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.

      11:00 am

      11:00 am

      Introductions

      Guitarist Evelyn Zhang performs "Murmures" and "Soledad" by British composer Maria Linnemann (b. 1947) and the Rondo from Mauro Giuliani's Guitar Sonatina in C major. Originally broadcast September 27. 2025.

      12:00 - 4:00 pm

      12:00 pm

      From The Royal Ballet and Opera in London

      Mussorgsky's Boris Godunov

      Bryn Terfel (Boris Godunov); Adam Pałka (Pimen); John Daszak (Prince Shuisky); Alexander Roslavets (Varlaam); Mingjie Lei (Holy Fool); Andrei Kymach (Andrei Shchelkalov); Jamez McCorkle (Grigory Otrepiev); Alasdair Elliott (Missail); Hannah Edmunds (Xenia); Carolyn Holt (Xenia’s Nurse); Royal Opera House Chorus and Orchestra; Mark Wigglesworth, conductor. Sung in Russian.

      2:30 pm

      Afternoon Music

      4:00 pm

      4:00 pm

      Listening to Singers with Oliver Camacho

      A remembrance of Dame Felicity Lott (1947–2026), a superb interpreter of English song, French mélodie and operetta, and Mozart and Strauss operatic heroines.

      5:00 pm

      5:00 pm

      Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival

      Giovanni Benedetto Platti Trio Sonata in G minor; Frank Rosenwein, oboe; Felix Fan, cello; Paolo Bordignon, harpsichord; Mendelssohn Andante and Scherzo for String Quartet, Op. 81; Escher String Quartet; Trio in C Minor, Op. 66; Gilles Vonsattel, piano; Yura Lee, violin; Mark Kosower, cello.

      6:00 - 8:00 pm

      6:00 pm

      Weekend Evening Music

      8:00 pm

      8:00 pm

      Folkstage hosted by Marilyn Rea Beyer

      Live from the Levin Performance Studio: A Woodstock Folk Festival preview featuring the queen of Tex-Mex Tish Hinojosa.

      9:00 pm - 12:00 am

      9:00 pm

      The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer

      Have you heard about the heat? The Old Farmer’s Almanac predicts an unusually hot July this year, and we feel it!