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      Playlist for Saturday, August 8, 2026

      Playing this hour

      12:00 - 7:00 am

      12:00 am

      Charles Wilfrid Orr: A Cotswold Hill Tune

      Royal Ballet Sinfonia/David Lloyd-Jones
      ENGLISH STRING MINIATURES, Vol. 1

      Naxos 8.554186

      12:05 am

      Gustav Holst: Symphony in F, Op. 8, "The Cotswolds"

      Munich Sym/Douglas Bostock

      Classico CD-284

      12:32 am

      Philip Lane: Suite of Cotswold Folkdances (1978)

      #5, "Ladies of Pleasure"

      Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland
      British Light Music Discoveries

      ASV CDWHL-2126

      12:34 am

      Franz Schubert: "Three Military Marches," Op. 51, D. 733

      No. 1 in D

      Philip Jones Ensemble/Elgar Howarth
      Grand March

      London 417329-2

      12:38 am

      Franz Schubert: Allegro in a, D 947, "Lebensstürme"

      Yaara Tal, Andreas Groethuysen, p
      Complete Piano Music For Four Hands, VOl. 2

      Sony S2K-66256 (2)

      12:53 am

      Dmitri Shostakovich: "Alone" film score, Op. 26

      "Calm after the Storm"

      Royal Concertgebouw Orch/Riccardo Chailly
      The Film Album

      London 460792-2

      1:00 am

      Henry Cowell: "Hymn for String Orchestra"

      City of London Sinfonia/David Amos

      Kleos Classics KL-5128

      1:05 am

      Leo Sowerby: "From the Northland: Suite for Orchestra"

      Czech National Sym/Paul Freeman
      Prairie: Tone Poems by Leo Sowerby

      Cedille CDR-90000033

      1:25 am

      Anthony Philip Heinrich: The Musical Bachelor

      American Music Group/Neely Bruce
      Dawning of Music in Kentucky

      Vanguard SRV-349

      1:27 am

      Ernst von Dohnányi: Variations on a Hungarian Folksong, Op 29

      David Korevaar, p
      David Korevaar: Dohnanyi

      Ivory Classics 71008

      1:38 am

      Jenö Hubay: "Variations sur un Thème Hongrois," Op 72

      Hagai Shaham, v; BBC Scottish Sym Orch/Martyn Brabbins
      Hubay: Violin Concertos 3 & 4

      Hyperion CDA-67367

      1:54 am

      Bela Bartók: "Mikrokosmos"

      "Major Seconds Broken and Together"

      Equale Brass
      Sonata/ Equalisation

      Nimbus 45010

      2:00 am

      Pietro Mascagni: "L'Amico Fritz"

      Intermezzo

      Berlin Phil/Herbert von Karajan
      Opera Intermezzi * Berliner Philharmoniker * Karajan

      DG 4777163

      2:05 am

      Felix Mendelssohn: "A Midsummer Night's Dream" Overture, Op. 21

      Philharmonia Orch/Neville Marriner
      Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream

      Philips 411106-2

      2:17 am

      Felix Mendelssohn: "A Midsummer Night's Dream," Op. 61

      "Nocturne"

      Roberto Prosseda, p
      Mendelssohn Discoveries: Rare Piano Works

      London 4763038

      2:23 am

      Felix Mendelssohn: "A Midsummer Night's Dream," Op. 61

      "Wedding March"

      Vladimir Horowitz, p
      Horowitz Encores

      RCA 7755-2

      2:29 am

      Vladimir Horowitz: Waltz in f

      Vladimir Horowitz, p

      Fon‚ 90F12-CD

      2:30 am

      Heitor Villa-Lobos: Cello Concerto No. 2

      Andrés Díaz, vc; Simon Bolivar Sym Orch/Enrique Arturo Diemecke
      VILLA-LOBOS, H.: Symphony No. 4, "Victoria" / Cello Concerto No. 2 / Amazonas

      Dorian DOR-90228

      2:54 am

      Vincenzo GALILEI: Euterpe

      Jurgen Rost, g, Monika Rost, g
      Songs And Dances For Lute

      Capriccio 10164

      3:00 am

      Jean-Philippe Rameau: "Acante et Céphise" (1751)

      Overture

      Les Talens Lyriques/Christophe Rousset
      Rameau: Ouvertures * Les Talens Lyriques/Rousset

      L'Oiseau Lyre 4759107

      3:05 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 12 in A, K. 414

      Evgeny Kissin, p; Moscow Virtuosi/Vladimir Spivakov
      Evgeny Kissin- A Musical Portrait

      RCA 60567-2-RC (2)

      3:31 am

      Gabriel Fauré: "Morceau de concours"

      Michel Debost, f; Jean-Philippe Collard, p
      Faure: Chamber Music, Vol. 1

      EMI/Ang CMS7-62545-2 (2)

      3:32 am

      Dmitri Kabalevsky: "Colas Breugnon," Op 24

      Suite

      Armenian Phil/Loris Tjeknavorian
      Kabalevsky: Suites from Romeo and Juliet, The Comedians & Colas Breugnon

      ASV CDDCA-967

      3:54 am

      Maurice Ravel: "Trois Chansons"

      No. 3, "Ronde"

      Cambridge Singers/John Rutter
      Cambridge Singers A Cappella

      Collegium CSCD-509

      4:00 am

      Jan Hugo Vorisek: Six Impromptus, Op 7

      #3 in d

      Artur Pizarro, p
      Vorisek: Piano Works, Vol. 1

      Collins 14582

      4:05 am

      Carl Maria von Weber: Clarinet Quintet in B-Flat, Op. 34

      Charles Neidich, cl; L'Archibudelli
      Weber, Reicha, Hummel: Clarinet Quintets & Quartet

      Sony SK-57968

      4:31 am

      Carlos Chávez: Seven Pieces (1923-30)

      #4, "Blues"

      Hsuan-Ya Chen, p
      Piano Works Of Carlos Chavez

      Elan CD-82406 (2)

      4:33 am

      Carlos Chávez: Symphony #4, "Romántica"

      New York Phil/Carlos Chavez
      Sinfonía india / Sinfonía de Antígona / Sinfonía romántica

      Everest EVC-9041

      4:54 am

      Sylvius Leopold Weiss: Lute Suite in d

      Prelude

      Ronn McFarlane, l
      Lute Recital: McFarlane, Ronn - BACH, J.S. / KELLNER, D. / WEISS, S.L. (A Distant Shore)

      Dorian DOR-90242

      5:00 am

      Antonin Dvorák: "Rusalka," Op. 114

      "Song to the Moon"

      Czech Phil/Vaclav Neumann
      Rusalka Highlights

      Supraphon 110617-2

      5:05 am

      Antonin Dvorák: Bagatelles, Op 47

      Domus Piano Quartet
      Domus

      Virgin 59245-2

      5:22 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Eleven Bagatelles, Op. 119

      No. 8 in C

      Mia Chung, p
      Mia Chung - Beethoven Sonatas & Bagatelles vol. 2

      Channel Classics CCS-10897

      5:23 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: "Leonore" Overture no.2 in C, Op.72a

      Hanover Band/Roy Goodman

      Nimbus NI-5149

      5:37 am

      Mayseder: "Potpourrie on Themes of Beethoven and Rossini"

      Michala Petri, r; Lars Hannibal, g
      Café Vienna: 19th Century Café Music * Michala Petri * Lars Hannibal

      Our Recordings 6.220601

      5:46 am

      Gioachino Rossini: "L'Italiana in Algeri (The Italian Girl in Algiers)"

      Overture

      Chamber Orch of Europe/Claudio Abbado
      Rossini: Overtures

      DG 431653-2

      5:54 am

      Gorzanis: Galliard, "La Barcha del mio amore"

      Hesperion XXI
      La Barcha d'Amore * 1563-1685 * Montserrat Figueras * Jordi Savall

      Alia Vox AV-9811

      6:00 am

      George Frideric Handel: "Tamerlano"

      Overture

      English Baroque Soloists/John Eliot Gardiner
      Handel: Tamerlano

      Erato 45408-2 (3)

      6:05 am

      John Gardner: Flute Concerto, Op 220 (1995)

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

      ASV CDWHL-2125

      6:21 am

      George Frideric Handel: "Il pastor fido"

      Ballet Music: A tempo di Bourrée

      English Baroque Soloists/John Eliot Gardiner
      Handel: Alcina, Il Pastor Fido, Terpsichore

      Erato ECD-88084

      6:22 am

      George Frideric Handel: Harpsichord Suite No. 8 in G

      Alan Cuckston, hc
      HANDEL: Harpsichord Suites Nos. 6 - 8

      Naxos 8.550416

      6:33 am

      George Frideric Handel: Harpsichord Suite No. 5 in E

      Air with variations, "The Harmonious Blacksmith"

      Harry Bicket, hc
      The Handel Collection

      American Gramaphone AGCD-590

      6:37 am

      George Frideric Handel: "Semele"

      Aria, "Where'er you walk"

      Nicholas Daniel, ob; City of London Sinfonia/John Rutter
      The Handel Collection

      American Gramaphone AGCD-590

      6:42 am

      John Rutter: Suite

      Royal Ballet Sinfonia/David Lloyd-Jones
      ENGLISH STRING MINIATURES, Vol. 1

      Naxos 8.554186

      6:54 am

      John Rutter: "God be in my head"

      Polyphony/Stephen Layton
      Rutter: Requiem

      Hyperion CDA-66947

      7:00 - 9:00 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.

      7:00 am

      Hosted by Robbie Ellis.

      7:02 am

      Henriëtte Bosmans: "Poème"

      Dmitri Ferschtman, vc, Netherlands Radio Chamber Orch/Ed Spanjaard
      Henriëtte Bosmans

      NM Classics 92095

      7:18 am

      William Boyce: Symphony No. 1 in B-Flat

      Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood
      Boyce: Symphonies, Op. 2

      L'Oiseau-Lyre 436761-2

      7:25 am

      Richard Rodgers: "Carousel"

      Waltz

      John Wilson Orch/John Wilson
      Maxim Vengerov: 5 Classic Albums

      Warner 3193012

      7:34 am

      Jessie Montgomery: "Strum"

      Catalyst Quartet
      Strum: Music for Strings

      Azica ACD-71302

      7:42 am

      Josef Suk: String Serenade in E-Flat, Op. 6

      IV. Finale, "Allegro giocoso"

      London Chamber Orch/Christopher Warren-Green
      Tchaikovsky, Suk, Dvořák: Serenades

      Virgin 91165-2

      7:49 am

      Antonio Vivaldi: Cello Concerto in D minor, R. 406

      Christophe Coin, vc; Il Giardino Armonico/Giovanni Antonini
      Vivaldi - Cello Concertos Volume 1

      Naïve OP-30426

      8:00 am

      Saturday Morning Listener's Choice

      8:01 am

      Robert Nathaniel Dett: "The Ordering of Moses"

      Finale, "He is King of Kings"

      Soloists; May Festival Cho; Cincinnati Sym Orch/James Conlon
      R. Nathaniel Dett - The Ordering of Moses - Live from Carnegie Hall

      Bridge 9462

      8:07 am

      Dario Marianelli: "Pride and Prejudice"

      "Dawn"

      Jean-Yves Thibaudet, p
      Pride & Prejudice (Music from the Motion Picture)

      Decca B0005620-02

      8:11 am

      George Gershwin: "Porgy and Bess"

      "Summertime"

      Ofra Harnoy, vc; Mike Herriott, tr
      Portrait

      H&H Records HHR-202301

      8:13 am

      George Gershwin: "Porgy and Bess"

      "It Ain't Necessarily So"

      Frederick Ballentine, t; Metropolitan Opera Cho & Orch/David Robertson
      The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess

      Metropolitan Opera 810004201187

      8:17 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: "Don Giovanni," K. 527

      Duet, "Là ci darem la mano"

      Cecilia Bartoli, ms; Bryn Terfel, bbr; Santa Cecilia Orch/Myung-Whun Chung
      The Art of Cecilia Bartoli

      Decca 473380-2

      8:20 am

      Johannes Brahms: Waltzes, Op. 39

      No. 15 in A-Flat

      Claire Aebersold & Ralph Neiweem, p
      Brahms: Four Hands - Aebersold and Neiweem piano duo

      Summit DCD-184

      8:24 am

      Richard Rodgers: "Victory at Sea"

      The Song of the High Seas

      Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel
      Victory at Sea

      Telarc CD-80175

      8:30 am

      Edward Elgar: "From the Bavarian Highlands," Op. 27

      Six Choral Songs: No. 1, "The Dance"

      Bavarian Radio Chorus/Howard Arman; Max Hanft, p
      Edward Elgar: Partsongs - From the Bavarian Highlands

      BR Klassik BRK900522

      8:34 am

      Claude Debussy: "Beau soir"

      Barbra Streisand, voice; Columbia Sym Orch/Claus Ogerman
      Classical Barbra

      CBS M-33452

      8:37 am

      Malcolm Arnold: Four Scottish Dances, Op. 59

      No. 2, "Vivace" (Reel)

      Dallas Wind Sym/Jerry Junkin
      Malcolm Arnold for Band

      Reference RR-66

      8:39 am

      Emmanuel Chabrier: "Joyeuse marche"

      BBC Phil/Yan Pascal Tortelier
      Tortelier's French Bonbons

      Chandos CHAN-9765

      8:44 am

      Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Piano Sonata No. 2 in E, Op. 2

      IV. Finale, "Allegro vivace"

      Ilona Prunyi, p
      Korngold: Piano Works

      Marco Polo 8.223384

      8:49 am

      Duke Ellington: "Three Black Kings"

      III. Finale, "Martin Luther King"

      Buffalo Phil Orch/JoAnn Falletta
      Ellington: Black, Brown and Beige

      Naxos 8.559737

      8:57 am

      Gabriel Fauré: Requiem, Op. 48

      "In Paradisum"

      Tanglewood Festival Cho, Boston Sym Orch/Seiji Ozawa
      A Century of French Music

      Sony 88875192862

      9:00 - 11:00 am

      9:00 am

      Soundtrack

      9:01 am

      Alfred Newman: 20th Century Fox Fanfare

      London Phil Orch/John Mauceri
      The Genius of Film Music

      LPO 0086

      9:03 am

      George Gershwin: "A Damsel in Distress"

      Suite

      New Princess Theater Orch/John McGlinn
      Overtures & Film Music

      EMI CDFB5-68589-2 (2)

      9:09 am

      Richard Rodney Bennett: "Murder on the Orient Express"

      "Stamboul Ferry"

      Royal Opera House Orch/Marcus Dods
      Agatha Christie's Murder On The Orient Express (Original Soundtrack Recording)

      Capitol Records ST-11361

      9:10 am

      Richard Rodney Bennett: "Murder on the Orient Express"

      Finale

      Royal Opera House Orch/Marcus Dods
      Agatha Christie's Murder On The Orient Express (Original Soundtrack Recording)

      Capitol Records ST-11361

      9:17 am

      Georges Auric: "Roman Holiday"

      Main Title - Prelude

      Royal Phil Orch/Richard Bernas
      The Golden Age of Hollywood, Vol. 3

      Orchid RPO-023

      9:19 am

      Henry Mancini: "Two for the Road"

      Theme

      Orch/Dave Grusin, p
      Two For The Road (The Music Of Henry Mancini)

      GRP 98652

      9:26 am

      Erich Wolfgang Korngold: "The Sea Hawk"

      Main Title, "Reunion"; Finale

      National Phil Orch/Charles Gerhardt
      The Sea Hawk: The Classic Film Scores of Erich Korngold

      RCA 88697779322

      9:33 am

      Bernard Herrmann: "North by Northwest"

      Overture

      Los Angeles Phil/Esa-Pekka Salonen
      Bernard Herrmann: The Film Scores

      Sony 62700

      9:36 am

      Bernard Herrmann: "On Dangerous Ground"

      "The Death Hunt & The Hunt’s End"

      Royal Scottish National Orch/William T. Stromberg
      The Man Who Knew Too Much/On Dangerous Ground (Original Motion Picture Soundtracks)

      Intrada INT-7176

      9:40 am

      Bernard Herrmann: "On Dangerous Ground"

      Finale

      Royal Scottish National Orch/William T. Stromberg
      The Man Who Knew Too Much/On Dangerous Ground (Original Motion Picture Soundtracks)

      Intrada INT-7176

      9:44 am

      Max Steiner: "Treasure of the Sierra Madre" (1948)

      Main Title

      Moscow Sym Orch/William T. Stromberg
      The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (Max Steiner's Classic Film Score)

      Marco Polo 8.225149

      9:45 am

      Max Steiner: "Treasure of the Sierra Madre" (1948)

      "The Journey Commences"

      Moscow Sym Orch/William T. Stromberg
      The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (Max Steiner's Classic Film Score)

      Marco Polo 8.225149

      9:50 am

      Michael Giacchino: "Ratatouille"

      "Welcome to Gusteau's"

      Le Rat Band/Tim Simonec
      Ratatouille (An Original Walt Disney Records Soundtrack)

      Walt Disney Records 09463-98009-2 6

      9:51 am

      Michael Giacchino: "Ratatouille"

      "Colette Shows Him Le Ropes"

      Le Rat Band/Tim Simonec
      Ratatouille (An Original Walt Disney Records Soundtrack)

      Walt Disney Records 09463-98009-2 6

      9:54 am

      Michael Giacchino: "Ratatouille"

      "Anyone Can Cook"

      Le Rat Band/Tim Simonec
      Ratatouille (An Original Walt Disney Records Soundtrack)

      Walt Disney Records 09463-98009-2 6

      9:57 am

      Howard Shore: "The Lord of the Rings"

      "Concerning Hobbits"

      La Pietà/Angèle Dubeau, v
      A Time for Us

      Analekta AN2-8733

      10:01 am

      Jacques Ibert: "Concertino da camera"

      Branford Marsalis, sx; Orpheus Chamber Orch
      Creation

      Sony SK-89251

      10:17 am

      Joe Hisaishi: "Howl's Moving Castle"

      "Merry-Go-Round Of Life"

      Plínio Fernandes, g
      Cinema

      Decca 6572187

      10:20 am

      Coldplay: "Viva la Vida"

      Anderson & Roe Piano Duo
      When Words Fade

      Steinway & Sons 30006

      10:25 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: "Fidelio," Op. 72

      Overture

      German Chamber Phil Bremen/Daniel Harding
      Beethoven: Overtures

      Virgin 45364-2

      10:34 am

      Luke Howard: "Dappled Light"

      Jess Gillam, sx; Jess Gillam Ensemble
      Jess Gillam: Time

      Decca 4851062

      10:38 am

      Felix Mendelssohn: "Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage" Overture, Op. 27

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

      DG 471467-2 (4)

      10:53 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Horn Quintet in E-Flat, K. 407

      I. "Allegro"

      Felix Klieser, hn; Zemlinsky Quartet
      Mozart & Haydn For Horn & String Quartet

      Berlin Classics 0302346-BC

      11:00 am

      11:00 am

      Introductions

      An encore presentation of pianist Noah Kim's performance of Mozart's Piano Sonata No. 18 in D, K.576. Originally broadcast December 9, 2023.

      11:16 am

      Claude Debussy: Piano Trio in G

      IV. (Finale), "Appassionato"

      Borodin Trio
      Debussy, Turina, Martin Trios

      Chandos CHAN-9016

      11:23 am

      Florence Price: "Five Folksongs in Counterpoint"

      No. 5, "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot"

      Catalyst Quartet
      Uncovered, Vol. 2: Florence Price

      Azica ACD-71346

      11:30 am

      Antonín Dvořák: Wind Serenade in D minor, Op. 44

      Vienna Phil Winds/Myung-Whun Chung
      Dvořák: Serenades

      DG 471613-2

      11:54 am

      Dana Suesse: "Syncopated Love Song"

      Sara Davis Buechner, p
      Jazz Nocturne: The Piano Works of Dana Suesse

      eOne 7770

      12:00 - 3:00 pm

      12:00 pm

      From La Scala

      Debussy's Pelléas et Mélisande

      Bernard Richter (Pelléas); Sara Blanch (Mélisande); Simon Keenlyside (Golaud); Marie-Nicole Lemieux (Geneviève); John Relyea (Arkel); La Scala Chorus and Orchestra; Maxime Pascal, conductor. Sung in French.

      2:52 pm

      Mel Bonis: "Le Rêve de Cléopâtre," Op. 180

      WDR Orch Cologne/Joseph Bastian
      Mel Bonis Orchestral Works

      CPO 555752-2

      3:00 pm

      3:00 pm

      Afternoon Music

      3:01 pm

      George Frideric Handel: Sarabande (on "La Follia")

      Jupiter/Thomas Dunford, l
      Handel: Eternal Heaven

      Erato 5419719677

      3:07 pm

      Camille Saint-Saëns: "Carnival of the Animals"

      Lang Lang & Gina Alice, p's; Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Andris Nelsons
      Lang Lang - Saint-Saëns

      DG 4859224

      3:31 pm

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Serenade No. 10 in B-Flat, K. 361, "Gran Partita"

      III. "Adagio"

      Music of the Baroque Winds/Jane Glover
      Celebrating our 50th Season, 2020-21

      Music of the Baroque CD-2020

      3:37 pm

      Richard Strauss: Horn Concerto No. 1 in E-Flat, Op. 11

      Martin Owen, hn; BBC Phil/John Wilson
      Martin Owen Plays Strauss, Schumann, Weber

      Chandos CHAN-20168

      3:53 pm

      music continues...

      4:00 pm

      4:00 pm

      Listening to Singers with Oliver Camacho

      Introducing British tenor Laurence Kilsby including highlights from his 2026 BBC Proms program with Thomas Dunford's Jupiter Ensemble.

      5:00 - 8:00 pm

      5:00 pm

      Weekend Evening Music

      8:00 pm

      8:00 pm

      Folkstage hosted by Marilyn Rea Beyer

      From the archives: One guitar, one accordion, two people whose songs are either funny or not so funny but with a twist. We re-broadcast Lou & Peter Berryman performing on Folkstage during the peak of their touring years.

      9:00 pm - 12:00 am

      9:00 pm

      The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer

      Chicago baseball teams come out on top this weekend wherever they may be in the standings. And we look to the heavens for The Perseids and The New Moon.