Tuesday, June 23, 2026

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      Playlist for Tuesday, June 23, 2026

      Playing this hour

      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      Raymond Warren: "Wexford Bells: Suite on Old Irish Tunes"

      "Christmas Jig"; "Wexford Bells"

      Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland
      British Light Music Discoveries

      ASV CDWHL-2126

      12:05 am

      Edward Joseph Collins: Variations on an Irish Tune (1930)

      Royal Scottish National Orch/Marin Alsop
      Music Of Edward Collins: Vol. 6

      Albany TROY-650

      12:23 am

      Hamilton Harty: "In Ireland"

      Colin Fleming, f; Denise Kelly, h; Ulster Orch/Bryden Thomson
      Harty: John Field Suite, Etc.

      Chandos CHAN-6583

      12:32 am

      Robert Schumann: "Myrthen," Op. 25

      No. 13, "Hochländers Abschied"

      Ian Partridge, t; Julius Drake, p
      Schumann: Myrten · Lieder und Gesänge · Die Löwenbraut

      Chandos CHAN-9307

      12:33 am

      Robert Schumann: String Quartet No. 2 in F, Op. 41, No. 2

      Doric String Quartet
      Schumann: Three String Quartets, Op. 41

      Chandos CHAN-10692

      12:54 am

      Clara Schumann: Three Romances, Op. 21

      No. 2 in F

      Jean-Pierre Armengaud, p
      Clara Schumann: Piano Works, Vol 1

      Grand Piano GP-930

      1:00 am

      Heitor Villa-Lobos: "Chôros" No. 5, "Alma brasileira"

      Toomai String Quintet

      Passos Brasileiros

      1:04 am

      Heitor Villa-Lobos: "Chôros" No. 1 (1920)

      Julian Bream, g
      Julian Bream: The Ultimate Guitar Collection

      RCA 33705-2 (2)

      1:09 am

      Valerie Capers: Portraits in Jazz (1976)

      No. 10, "Bossa Brasilia"

      Maria Thompson Corley, p
      Soulscapes

      Albany TROY-857

      1:11 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Violin Concerto in D, Op.61

      Gidon Kremer, v; Ch Orch of Europe/Nikolaus Harnoncourt

      Teldec 28144-2 (10)

      1:54 am

      Dmitri Shostakovich: Five Pieces for two violins and piano

      No. 4, "Waltz"

      Gidon Kremer & Madara Petersone, v's; Georgijs Osokins, p
      Shostakovich Discoveries: World Premiere Recordings and Rarities

      DG 4867190

      2:00 am

      Hector Berlioz: "The Damnation of Faust," Op. 24

      "Rákoczy March"

      St Louis Sym Orch/Leonard Slatkin
      Classic Marches

      RCA 7716-2-RC

      2:04 am

      Franz Liszt: "Rákóczy March"

      Boston Pops/Arthur Fiedler
      Hi-Fi Fiedler And The Boston Pops

      RCA 67895-2

      2:11 am

      Anton Rubinstein: Cello Sonata #1 in D, Op 18

      Michal Kanka, vc; Jaromir Klepac, p

      Praga PRD-350015 (4)

      2:39 am

      Cesar Cui: Suite, Op 43, "In Modo Populari"

      :Allegretto"

      Hong Kong Phil/Kenneth Schermerhorn
      Cesar Cui

      Marco Polo 8.220308

      2:41 am

      Alexander Borodin: "Prince Igor"

      Polovtsian Dances

      Toronto Sym/Sir Andrew Davis
      Borodin: Symphonies 1, 2 & 3, Overture & Polovtsian Dances from "Prince Igor", In the Steppes of Central Asia

      Sony SB2K-62406 (2)

      2:54 am

      Cesar Cui: "Suite Miniature," Op 20

      "Scherzo rustique"

      Hong Kong Phil/Kenneth Schermerhorn
      Cesar Cui

      Marco Polo 8.220308

      3:00 am

      Fanny Mendelssohn: "Songs Without Words," Op 8

      #1 in B

      Tzimon Barto, p
      Best Piano Classics 100

      EMI/Ang CDC7-54900-2

      3:05 am

      Felix Mendelssohn: "Songs Without Words," Op 30

      Vassily Primakov, p
      Primakov in Concert, Vol. 1

      Bridge 9350

      3:23 am

      Igor Stravinsky: "Pastorale (Song Without Words)"

      Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
      Barber of Seville Overture

      GHA 126016

      3:25 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 24 in C minor, K. 491

      Benjamin Hochman, p; English Chamber Orch
      Mozart

      Avie AV-2404

      3:55 am

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      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 "The Unrush Hour" at 5:00 pm.

      7:00 pm

      7:00 pm

      Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin

      Sir William Walton (1902-1983)

      This is a week steeped in 20th-century British music. Composer Benjamin Britten wrote that hearing William Walton's music was a 'great turning point in my musical life.' Bill features Walton’s love of different musical genres: film music from Henry V, the poem Façade set to music performed by the London Mozart Players narrated by Prunella Scales, the orchestral march Crown Imperial, and the cantata Belshazzar’s Feast.

      8:00 - 10:00 pm

      10:00 pm

      10:00 pm

      Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center

      Messiaen "Quartet for the End of Time;" Jörg Widmann, clarinet; Nicolas Dautricourt, violin; Nicolas Altstaedt, cello; Gilles Vonstattel, piano.

      11:00 pm

      11:00 pm

      Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival

      Ligeti Trio, "Hommage à Brahms;" Brahms Horn Trio in E-Flat Major, Op. 40; Stefan Dohr, french horn; William Hagen, violin; Kirill Gerstein, piano.