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      Playlist for Monday, August 3, 2026

      Playing this hour

      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      John Dowland: "Farwell"

      Andrew Lawrence-King, h
      His Majesty's Harper - Fancies & Farewells, Airs & Dances

      RCA-DHM 77504-2

      12:05 am

      George Frideric Handel: Harp Concerto in B-Flat, Op. 4, No. 6

      Andrew Lawrence-King, h; Taverner Consort/Andrew Parrott
      Pachelbel: Canon and Other Baroque Favorites

      Virgin 57876-2 (2)

      12:18 am

      Scottish Trad: The Reel of Tullochgorum

      Jordi Savall, viga, Andrew Lawrence-King, h
      The Celtic Viol

      Alia Vox AVSA-9865

      12:20 am

      Peggy Glanville-Hicks: "Tragic Celebration"

      Tasmanian Sym Orch/Richard Mills

      ABC 4763222

      12:36 am

      Ernst Boehe: "Tragic" Overture, Op. 10

      Rheinland-Pfalz Phil/Werner Andreas Albert
      Ernst Boehe: Symphonic Poems, Vol 1

      CPO 999875-2

      12:54 am

      Carl Loewe: Song, "Das Blümlein"

      Ruth Ziesak, s; Cord Garben, p
      Loewe: Lieder & Balladen Complete Edition

      CPO 777355-2 (21)

      1:00 am

      Richard Rodgers: "Carousel"

      Waltz

      Stephen Hough, p
      Stephen Hough's New Piano Album

      Hyperion CDA-67043

      1:05 am

      David Diamond: "Rounds"

      Seattle Sym Strings/Gerard Schwarz
      David Diamond, Vol. Five - Rounds

      Delos DE-3189

      1:19 am

      John Powell: "At the Fair: Sketches of American Fun" (1907)

      "Merry-go-round"

      Nicholas Ross, p
      John Powell: Early Piano Works. In the South, Op. 16

      Centaur CRC-2828

      1:21 am

      Franz Schubert: Symphony No. 2 in B-flat, D. 125

      Hanover Band/Roy Goodman

      Nimbus NI-5252

      1:55 am

      Lili Boulanger: "Cortège" (1914)

      Véronique Mathieu, v; Jasmin Arakawa, p
      Cortege

      Navona NV-6305

      2:00 am

      Ralph Vaughan Williams: Three Preludes on Welsh Hymn Tunes (1920)

      No. 2, "Rhosymedre"

      Douglas Major, o (Washington National Cathedral)

      EMI/Ang CDC7-54134-2

      2:05 am

      Franz Liszt: "Les préludes," Symphonic Poem No. 3

      Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Kurt Masur
      Liszt: Tasso/ Les Preludes/ Orpheus/ Mazeppa/ Mephisto Waltz, No. 2

      EMI/Ang 522171-L (2)

      2:20 am

      Francisco Mignone: Six Preludes

      Justin Badgerow, p
      Reminiscences of Brazil

      Divine Art 25201

      2:31 am

      Lera Auerbach: Twenty-Four Preludes, Op 46

      No. 13

      Avila Duo
      24 Preludes for Violin and Piano

      Hänssler Classic HC-21059

      2:33 am

      Felix Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in d

      Yehudi Menuhin, v; London Sym Orch/Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos
      Violinkonzerte / Violin Concertos

      Angel RL-32102

      2:54 am

      Felix Mendelssohn: "Kinderstücke," Op 72

      No. 5, Allegro assai

      Daniel Barenboim, p
      Lieder Ohne Worte

      DG 423931-2 (2)

      3:00 am

      Pier Francesco Cavalli: Sonata à 6

      Irish Baroque Orch/Monica Huggett
      Flights of Fantasy: Early Italian Chamber Music

      Avie AV-2202

      3:05 am

      Antonio Vivaldi: Trio Sonata in C, R 82

      Eduardo Fernández, g; English Chamber Orch/George Malcolm
      Guitar Concertos

      London 417617-2

      3:15 am

      Arcangelo Corelli: Violin Sonata in F, Op 5/10

      Ryo Terakado, Baroque v; Siebe Henstra, positiv-o; Lucia Swarts, Baroque v

      Denon CO-78820

      3:26 am

      Leonardo Vinci: Sonata in D

      "Pastorella"

      Duo Arparimba
      Duo Arparimba: Music for Harp and Marimba

      Koch 3-1582-2

      3:27 am

      Gerald Finzi: Suite fr "Love's Labours Lost," Op 28

      English String Orch/William Boughton

      Nimbus NI-5101

      3:54 am

      James Primosch: The Tempest

      "A Graceful Dance, a Confused Noise"

      Folger Consort
      The Tempest

      Bard BDCD-2000

      4:00 am

      Irish Trad: Song, Danny Boy (Londonderry Air)

      English Chamber Orch/Steuart Bedford
      Salute To Percy Grainger

      London 425159-2

      4:05 am

      John Gardner: "Irish Suite," Op 231 (1996)

      Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland
      John Gardner: Symphony No. 3; Flute Concerto

      ASV CDWHL-2125

      4:16 am

      Irish Trad: Folksong, The Wearin' of the Green

      Robert Shaw Cho/Mr. Shaw
      Irish Folk Songs

      RCA 63646-2

      4:17 am

      Johannes Brahms: Clarinet Quintet in b minor, Op.115

      Moscow Soloists/Yuri Bashmet, vi
      Brahms/Shostakovich

      Sony SK-60550

      4:54 am

      Ernst Lubeck: 12 Etudes, Op 15

      #11 in a

      Jack de Bie, p

      Koch CD-310077

      5:00 am

      Alessandro A. Scarlatti: Oratorio, "Sedecia, Re di Gerusalemme"

      Aria, "Caldo sangue"

      Cecilia Bartoli, ms; Les Musiciens du Louvre/Marc Minkowski
      Cecilia Bartoli: Opera Proibita

      London B0005151-02

      5:05 am

      Arcangelo Corelli: Trio Sonata in D, Op 3/2

      Smithsonian Chamber Players

      Smithsonian ND-035

      5:12 am

      Antonio Vivaldi: "Allegro"

      St Louis Brass Quintet
      Baroque Brass

      Summit DCD-120

      5:14 am

      Franz Liszt: "Années de pèlerinage:" 2nd Year, Italy (1837-49)

      No. 7, "Après une lecture du Dante"

      Louis Lortie, p
      Liszt: Annees de Pelerinage: Italie -- Louis Lortie

      Chandos CHAN-8900

      5:30 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: "Francesca da Rimini," Op. 32

      Bamberg Sym Orch/José Serebrier
      Tchaikovsky - Symphony No.4

      BIS CD-1273

      5:54 am

      Richard Dering: "Pavan"

      Philip Jones Brass Ensemble
      Music From The Royal Court

      London B-0000807-02 (2)

      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.

      6:03 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: "The Marriage of Figaro," K. 492

      Overture

      St. Paul Chamber Orch/Bobby McFerrin
      Paper Music

      Sony SK-64600

      6:08 am

      Felix Mendelssohn: "The Marriage of Camacho," Op 10

      Overture

      Bamberg Sym/Claus Peter Flor
      Mendelssohn Overtures

      RCA 7905-2-RC

      6:16 am

      Edvard Grieg: Lyric Pieces, Op. 65

      No. 6, "Wedding Day at Troldhaugen"

      Alice Sara Ott, p
      Wonderland

      DG 4794631

      6:22 am

      Karl Goldmark: Symphony No. 1 in E-Flat, Op. 26, "Rustic Wedding"

      V. Finale, "Dance"

      Polish National Radio Sym Orch/Michael Bartos
      Goldmark: Rustic Wedding Symphony, Op. 26, Im Frühling Overture

      Newport Classic NPD-85503

      6:31 am

      Georg Philipp Telemann: "Concerto polonois" in B-Flat

      Rebel/Jörg-Michael Schwarz
      Telemann - Alla Polacca / Rebel Baroque Orchestra/Jorg-Michael Schwarz

      Dorian DOR-90302

      6:41 am

      Andrzej Panufnik: Divertimento after Janiewicz's String Trios

      Polish Chamber Orch/Mariusz Smolij
      Panufnik: Homage to Polish Music

      Naxos 8.570032

      6:53 am

      William Walton: "Crown Imperial"

      Gabrieli Players/Paul McCreesh
      An English Coronation 1902-1953

      Signum SIGCD-569

      7:03 am

      Gerardo Matos Rodríguez: "La Cumparsita"

      Miloš, g
      Pasión

      DG B0017000-02

      7:08 am

      Carlos Guastavino: "Diez cantilenas argentinas"

      No. 10, "La Casa"

      Camerata Bariloche
      Impresiones

      Dorian DOR-90202

      7:13 am

      Carlos Guastavino: "Diez cantilenas argentinas"

      No. 6, "Juanita"

      Camerata Bariloche
      Impresiones

      Dorian DOR-90202

      7:17 am

      Frédéric Chopin: "Allegro de Concert," Op. 46

      Garrick Ohlsson, p
      The Complete Chopin Piano Works, Vol. 8

      Arabesque Z-6686

      7:32 am

      Gioachino Rossini: "William Tell"

      Ballet music: "Pas de six"

      Monte Carlo Opera Orch/Antonio de Almeida
      Rossini: Ballet Music

      Philips 422843-2

      7:37 am

      Gioachino Rossini: "William Tell"

      Ballet music: "Pas de soldats"

      Monte Carlo Opera Orch/Antonio de Almeida
      Rossini: Ballet Music

      Philips 422843-2

      7:43 am

      Richard Strauss: Piano Quartet in C minor, Op. 13

      IV. Finale: Vivace

      R Capuçon, v; P Zientara, vi; J Hagen, vc; G Bellom, p
      Guillaume Bellom, piano,
      Richard Strauss - Renaud Capuçon - Seiji Ozawa

      DG 4867082

      7:54 am

      Erik Satie: "Jack-in-the-Box"

      Utah Sym/Maurice Abravanel
      The Complete Ballets of Erik Satie

      Vanguard OVC-4030

      8:04 am

      Antonio Vivaldi: String Concerto in E minor, R. 134

      La Serenissima/Adrian Chandler
      Rise of the North Italian Violin Concerto, Volume 2

      Avie AV-2128

      8:11 am

      Maurice Ravel: "Introduction and Allegro"

      Yolanda Kondonassis, h; Chamber Ensemble
      Scintillation

      Telarc CD-80361

      8:23 am

      Moritz Moszkowski: Piano Concerto in E, Op. 59

      III. Scherzo, "Vivace"

      Markus Pawlik, p; Polish National Radio Sym Orch/Antoni Wit
      Moszkowski: Piano Concerto in E major; From Foreign Lands

      Naxos 8.553989

      8:31 am

      Johan Wagenaar: Waltz cycle, "Wiener Dreivierteltakt," Op. 38

      Royal Concertgebouw Orch/Riccardo Chailly
      Johan Wagenaar: Saul en David, Amphitrion, Cyrano de Bergerac, De Getemde Feeks

      Decca 425833-2

      8:42 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Violin Sonata No. 18 in G, K. 301

      Hilary Hahn, v; Natalie Zhu, p
      Mozart: Violin Sonatas

      DG 4775572

      8:57 am

      Jean Sibelius: "Suite mignonne," Op. 98a

      II. Polka

      English String Orch/William Boughton
      Sibelius: Pelléas et Mélisande, Rakastava, Valse Triste

      Nimbus NI-5169

      9:03 am

      Edvard Grieg: "Peer Gynt," Op. 23

      Suite No. 1, Op. 46

      New York Phil/Leonard Bernstein
      Grieg: Peer Gynt Suites 1 & 2; Sibelius: Finlandia, Valse Triste, Swan of Tuonela

      CBS MYK-36718

      9:19 am

      Luigi Boccherini: Cello Sonata in B-Flat, G 565

      Bruno Cocset, vc; Les Basses Réunies
      Luigi Boccherini: Sonates & Concertos pour violoncelle

      Alpha 084

      9:36 am

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

      III. Finale, Rondo, "Vivace"

      Garrick Ohlsson, p; Warsaw Phil Orch/Kazimierz Kord
      The Complete Chopin Piano Works Vol. 9 - The Orchestral Works

      Arabesque Z-6702 (2)

      9:46 am

      Eduard Tubin: Estonian Dance Suite (1938)

      Gothenburg Sym Orch/Neeme Järvi
      Tubin: String-Concertos

      BIS CD-337

      10:00 am - 3:00 pm

      10:00 am

      Midday with Lisa Flynn

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

      10:00 am

      Johannes Brahms: "Academic Festival" Overture, Op. 80

      Houston Sym/Christoph Eschenbach
      Brahms: Symphonies 1-4

      Virgin 61360-2 (4)

      10:12 am

      Pablo de Sarasate: "Caprice basque," Op. 24

      María Dueñas, v; Itamar Golan, p
      Paganini: 24 Caprices

      DG 4865708

      10:21 am

      Joaquín Rodrigo: "Concierto andaluz"

      Los Romeros; Academy of St Martin in the Fields/Sir Neville Marriner
      Los Romeros Golden Jubilee Celebration

      Decca 4780192 (2)

      10:46 am

      Giuseppe Verdi: "La Traviata"

      "Noi siamo zingarelle...Di Madride noi siamo matadori"

      Chicago Sym Cho & Orch/Sir Georg Solti
      Verdi: Choruses

      Decca 430226-2

      10:52 am

      Giuseppe Verdi: "La forza del destino"

      Overture

      New Philharmonia Orch/Riccardo Muti
      Verdi: Preludes, Ballet Music and Opera Choruses

      EMI CDC7-47274-2

      11:00 am

      Antonio Vivaldi: Two-Trumpet Concerto in C, R. 537

      Benjamin Raymond & Marianne Boies, tr's; Les Violons du Roy/Mathieu Lussier
      Vivaldi: Concertos

      Atma ACD2-2602

      11:08 am

      Bedřich Smetana: "From Bohemia's Meadows and Forests"

      Milwaukee Sym Orch/Zdenek Macal
      Bedřich Smetana: Má vlast

      Telarc CD-80265

      11:21 am

      Joseph Bologne (Chevalier de Saint-Georges): "Concertante" Quartet No. 1 in B-Flat

      Arabella String Quartet
      Bologne: Six Concertante Quartets

      Naxos 8.574360

      11:29 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 25 in G minor, K. 183

      English Concert/Trevor Pinnock
      Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 25, 26 & 29

      Archiv 431679-2

      11:51 am

      Max Reger: Romantic Suite, Op. 125

      II. Scherzo. "Vivace"

      Gävle Sym Orch/Jaime Martin
      Max Reger: Four Tone Poems after Böcklin; Romantic Suite

      Ondine ODE-1462

      12:00 pm

      Vincenzo Bellini: (Oboe) Concerto in E flat

      John Hagstrom, tr; Chicago Brass Choir/Michael Stewart
      Chicago Brass Choir Pictures In Brass

      Chicago Brass Choir CD

      12:10 pm

      Moisés Moleiro: "Children's Suite"

      Clara Rodríguez, p
      Piano Music of Moleiro

      ASV CDDCA-890

      12:17 pm

      Cécile Chaminade: "Callirhoé," Op. 37

      Ballet Suite

      Metz Grand Est National Orch/David Reiland
      Compositrices: New Light on French Romantic Women Composers

      Bru Zane BZ-2006

      12:37 pm

      Robert Schumann: Cello Concerto in A minor, Op. 129

      Christian-Pierre La Marca, vc; Philharmonia Orch/Raphaël Merlin
      Love Letters

      Naïve V-7364

      1:01 pm

      Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari: "Suite Veneziana," Op. 18

      Oviedo Phil/Friedrich Haider
      Orchestral Music of Wolf-Ferrari

      Naxos 8.573583

      1:20 pm

      Jean-Philippe Rameau: Dances from "Les Indes Galantes"

      Le Concert des Nations/Jordi Savall
      Le Concert Spirituel - At the time of Louis XV

      Alia Vox AVSA-9877

      1:30 pm

      Claude Debussy: "Images," Set 1

      No. 2. "Hommage à Rameau"

      Víkingur Ólafsson, p
      Rameau & Debussy

      DG 4837701

      1:38 pm

      Georges Bizet: "Carmen"

      Suite

      Burning River Brass
      Romanza España

      Dorian DOR-90316

      1:53 pm

      Mikhail Glinka: "A Life for the Tsar"

      Introduction

      Bolshoi Cho & Orch/Alexander Lazarev
      Choeurs de l'opéra russe

      Erato 91723-2

      2:00 pm

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Piano Trio in E, H XV:28

      Guarneri Trio Prague
      Haydn: Piano Trios

      Praga PRD-250423

      2:18 pm

      John Rutter: "Reflections"

      Steven Osborne, p; Royal Phil Orch/John Rutter
      John Rutter - Reflections

      Decca 4871478

      2:45 pm

      Edward Elgar: Four Choral Songs, Op. 53

      No. 1, "There Is Sweet Music"

      Cambridge Singers/John Rutter
      There is Sweet Music: English Choral Songs, 1890-1950

      Collegium CSCD-505

      2:51 pm

      Pietro Locatelli: Concerto grosso in G, Op. 4, No. 9, "Da Chiesa"

      Raglan Baroque Players/Elizabeth Wallfisch
      Locatelli's Opus 4

      Hyperion CDA-67041/42 (2)

      3:00 - 7:00 pm

      3:00 pm

      Afternoon Music with Candice Agree

      Including "The Unrush Hour" at 5:00 pm.

      3:00 pm

      Edvard Grieg: "Sigurd Jorsalfar," Op. 22

      Suite, Op. 56

      Swedish Radio Sym Orch/Esa-Pekka Salonen
      A Nordic Festival

      Sony SK-46668

      3:17 pm

      Aaron Copland: "Our Town"

      London Sym Orch/Aaron Copland
      Copland Conducts Copland

      CBS MK-42429

      3:30 pm

      Josef Suk: "Prague," Op. 26

      Czech Phil/Libor Pešek
      Suk: Praga, A Fairy Tale

      Supraphon 33C37-7509

      3:53 pm

      Ralph Vaughan Williams: Three Shakespeare Songs

      Finzi Singers/Paul Spicer
      Holst & Vaughan Williams: Choral Music

      Chandos CHAN-9425

      4:00 pm

      Alexander Glazunov: "Carnival," Op 45

      Moscow Sym Orch/Igor Golovschin
      Glazunov: Orchestral Works, Vol. 6

      Naxos 8.553838

      4:11 pm

      Charlotte Sohy: Four Romantic Pieces, Op. 30

      Marie Vermeulin, p
      Charlotte Sohy, Compositrice de la Belle Epoque

      La Boîte à Pépites BAP01.03

      4:20 pm

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 in A, Op. 92

      I. "Poco sostenuto-Vivace"

      Chicago Sym Orch/Sir Georg Solti
      Beethoven: The Symphonies

      Decca 4759090 (6)

      4:36 pm

      Antonio Soler: Keyboard Quintet No. 1 in C

      Cuarteto Bretón; Rosa Torres-Pardo, p
      Padre Soler: 6 Quintetos

      Columna Música 1CM-0319

      4:56 pm

      Claude Debussy: Prelude No. 17, "Bruyères"

      Sylvia Wang, p
      Debussy: Preludes, Book 2; Six épigraphes antiques

      Cadenza Classics MR-348

      5:00 pm

      Jean Sibelius: Four Legends from the Kalevala, Op. 22

      No. 3, "Lemminkäinen in Tuonela"

      Helsinki Phil Orch/Susanna Mälkki
      Sibelius Suites

      BIS 2638

      5:16 pm

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Three German Dances, K. 605

      Orpheus Chamber Orch
      Mozart: A Little Light Music

      DG 429783-2

      5:22 pm

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      7:00 pm

      7:00 pm

      Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin

      String Quartet Composers from Fibich to Sibelius

      This week, Bill broadens his look at the string quartet, focusing on lesser-known late-19th-century composers. He begins with Poème for violin and piano by Czech composer Zdeněk Fibich. Bill says, 'The music is familiar, but the composer may not be.' 'Poème' was the score for one of George Balanchine's first ballets. Fibich was among the European composers born in the mid-19th century featured here, such as Hugo Wolf, Vincent d’Indy, and Ernest Chausson. Bill also adds New England composer Amy Beach to this group.

      8:00 - 10:00 pm

      8:00 pm

      Evening Music

      10:00 pm - 12:00 am

      10:00 pm

      The WFMT Orchestra Series

      Danish National Symphony Orchestra

      Chopin Tarantella in A-flat major, Op. 43; Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37; Leif Ove Andsnes, piano; "Coriolan" Overture; Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67; Antonello Manacorda, conductor.