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Playlist for Friday, July 31, 2026
12:00 - 6:00 am
12:00 am
Carl Heinrich Graun: "Cleopatre e Cesare"
Aria, "Sopportar non devo in pace"
Robert Gambill, t; Concerto Köln/René Jacobs
12:05 am
Johann Gottlieb Graun: "Concerto per il Viola da Gamba Concertata" in a
Jan Freiheit, vi da gamba; Berlin Academy for Ancient Music
Friedrich der Grosse: Music for the Berlin Court
12:29 am
Marin Marais: Allemande l'Asmatique
Marku Luolajan-Mikkola, viga; Annamari Pölhö, hc
Marais 'Suite d'un Gout Etranger'
12:31 am
Erik Satie: "Trois gymnopédies"
No. 1
Ronn McFarlane, l; Carolyn Surreck, viga
12:34 am
Erik Satie: "Trois gymnopédies"
No. 2
Ronn McFarlane, l; Carolyn Surreck, viga
12:36 am
Erik Satie: "Trois gymnopédies"
No. 3
Ronn McFarlane, l; Carolyn Surreck, viga
12:38 am
Gabriel Pierné: Cydalise et le chevre-pied
Suite #2
Lille National Orchestra/Darrell Ang
Pierne
12:54 am
Louis Couperin: Suite in a minor
No. 6, "Menuet de Poitou - Double du menuet"
Blandine Verlet, hc
Louis Couperin: Les pièces de clavessin
1:00 am
Shulamit Ran: Sonatina for Two Flutes (1961)
Mary Stolper, Mary Hickey, f's
Shulamit Ran * Mirage * Chamber Music for Flute
1:05 am
Louis Ballard: "Fantasy Aborigine" No. 3, "Kokopelli"
Fort Smith Sym/John Jeter
Louis Ballard
1:18 am
François Joseph Gossec: "Tambourin"
Nora Shulman, f; Judy Loman, h
Dance of the Blessed Spirits
1:19 am
Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quartet #12 in E-Flat, Op 127
Takács Quartet
Beethoven: String Quartets Opp 95, 130-133 & 135 * Takács Quartet
1:55 am
Ludwig van Beethoven: 12 Contredanses, WoO 14
#3
Capella Istropolitana/Oliver Dohnanyi
BEETHOVEN, L. van: 11 Dances, "Mödlinger Tänze" / 12 German Dances / 12 Minuets (Capella Istropolitana, Dohnányi)
2:00 am
Karl Ditters von Dittersdorf: "Lauretanische Litanei"
"Salus informorum"
Heiner Hopfer, t; Munich Consortium/Georg Ratzinger
Dittersdorf: Sacred Music
2:05 am
Karl Ditters von Dittersdorf: String Quartet #5 in E-Flat
Franz Schubert Quartet
Carl Ditters Von Ditterdorf: String Quartets
2:21 am
Karl Ditters von Dittersdorf: "Requiem" in c
"Kyrie"
Regensburger Domspatzen Cho/Georg Ratzinger
Dittersdorf: Sacred Music
2:23 am
Louise Farrenc: Overture No. 2 in E-Flat, Op. 24
Luxembourg European Soloists/Christoph König
Farrenc
2:30 am
Camille Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto No. 4 in c, Op. 44
Alexander Brailowsky, p; Boston Sym/Charles Munch
Brailowsky Plays Virtuoso Showpieces
2:54 am
Camille Saint-Saëns: "Ascanio" (1890)
"Apothéose"
Geneva Grand Theatre Orch/Guillaume Tourniaire
Saint-Saens: Ascanio
3:00 am
Jean Sibelius: "King Christian II" Suite, Op. 27
No. 5 (Finale), "Ballade"
Lahti Sym Orch/Osmo Vänskä
Karelia Suite / King Christian II / Pelléas Et Mélisande (Original Versions)
3:05 am
Sergei Rachmaninoff: Two-Piano Suite No. 2, Op. 17
Cynthia Raim & David Allen Wehr, p's
Rachmaninoff: Suites For 2 Pianos
3:29 am
Jean Sibelius: "King Christian II" Suite, Op. 27
"Menuetto"
Lahti Sym Orch/Osmo Vänskä
Karelia Suite / King Christian II / Pelléas Et Mélisande (Original Versions)
3:31 am
Georg Philipp Telemann: Overture (Suite) in C, "Hamburger Ebb' und Flut (Wassermusik)"
Musica Antiqua Köln/Reinhard Goebel
Wassermusik • Water Music • Musique Sur L'Eau / 3 Konzerte • Concertos
3:55 am
George Frideric Handel: "Water Music"
"Bourrée"
Graziano Mandozzi, synthesizer
Bach / Handel 300
4:00 am
Marion Bauer: Prelude and Fugue for Flute and Piano, Op 43
Deborah Boldin, f; Virginia Eskin,
Bauer: Prelude and Fugue, Op. 43 - Six Preludes
4:05 am
Leopold Godowsky: Prelude & Fugue on B-A-C-H, for left hand
Marc-André Hamelin, p
Godowsky: Original Works And Transcriptions
4:10 am
Johann Sebastian Bach: Clavier Concerto No. 3 in D, BWV 1054
Robert Woolley, hc; Purcell Quartet and Friends
Bach: Concertos for Harpsichord & Strings, Vol. 1
4:27 am
Henry Purcell: "Abdelazer, or The Moor's Revenge" Suite
"Rondeau"
Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
For Thy Pleasure: J S Bach and Other Baroque Masters
4:28 am
Henry Purcell: "The Gordian Knot Untied"
Suite
Accademia Bizantina/Stefano Montanari
O Solitude: Songs and Arias by Henry Purcell * Andreas Scholl
4:39 am
Georges Bizet: "L'Arlésienne" Suite No. 2
Ljubljana Sym Orch/Marko Munih
French Favorites
4:53 am
Georges Bizet: "L'Arlésienne" incidental music
Act 3: Melodrama-Finale
Louvre Musicians/Marc Minkowski
5:00 am
Gaetano Donizetti: Flute and Harp Sonata in g
Jean-Pierre Rampal, f; Marielle Nordmann, h
Music For Flute & Harp
5:05 am
Gioachino Rossini: "La gazza ladra"
Overture
Atlanta Sym Orch/Yoel Levi
Classical Zoo With Itzhak Perlman, Narrator
5:15 am
Eric Fenby: Rossini on Ilkla Moor- Overture (1938)
Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland
British Light Music Discoveries
5:21 am
Frederick Delius: Violin Sonata #2 (1923)
Ralph Holmes, v; Eric Fenby, p
The Delius Collection, Vol. 4
5:33 am
Frederick Delius: Part song, "Frühlingsanbruch"
City of Birmingham Sym Cho/Simon Halsey
Delius: Partsongs / Grainger: Folksongs For Chorus, Songs From 'The Jungle Book'
5:35 am
Ludwig van Beethoven: Violin Sonata no.1 in D, Op.12/1
Jorja Fleezanis, v; Cyril Huvé, fortepiano
5:54 am
Ludwig van Beethoven: Eleven Bagatelles, Op. 119
No. 4 in A
Melvyn Tan, forte-p
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
Johan Agrell: Violin Concerto in G
Elfa Rún Kristinsdóttir, v; Barokkbandið Brák
Tvær Hliðar | Two Sides
6:14 am
Joaquín Rodrigo: "Sonata a la española"
Celil Refik Kaya, g
Rodrigo: Guitar Music, Volume 3
6:22 am
Maurice Ravel: "Rapsodie espagnole"
IV. Finale, "Feria"
Vienna Phil/Lorin Maazel
Lorin Maazel Conducts Ravel: Bolero, Daphnis & Chloe Suites 1 and 2, La Valse, Rapsodie espagnole
6:31 am
Alexander Glazunov: "Les ruses d'amour (Lady Soubrette)," Op. 61
Waltz
Russian State Sym Orch/Yevgeny Svetlanov
Waltzes And Polonaises By Russian Composers
6:38 am
Frédéric Chopin: Fantasy in F minor, Op. 49
Olga Kern, p
Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 1
6:52 am
Frank Bridge: Two Entr'actes
English String Orch/William Boughton
Finzi, Bridge, Parry: An English Suite
7:04 am
Peter Tchaikovsky: "The Maid of Orléans"
"Danse des bohemiéns"
Royal Opera House Orch/Colin Davis
Tchaikovsky: Ballet Music
7:12 am
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Serenade No. 10 in B-Flat, K. 361, "Gran Partita"
VI. "Tema con variazioni (Andante)"
London Sym Orch Wind Ensemble
Mozart: Wind Concertos
7:22 am
Franz Schubert: "Rosamunde," D 797
Ballet Music No. 2 in G
Orpheus Chamber Orch
Classical Hits
7:31 am
John Williams: "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone"
Hedwig's Theme
Berlin Phil/John Williams
John Williams: The Berlin Concert
7:37 am
John Williams: "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone"
"Harry's Wondrous World"
Berlin Phil/John Williams
John Williams: The Berlin Concert
7:43 am
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Nonet in F minor, Op. 2, "Gradus ad Parnassum"
I. "Allegro energico"
Chineke! Orch members
Chineke! Orchestra: Coleridge-Taylor
7:52 am
Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson: "Worship, A Concert Overture"
Royal Scottish National Orch/Kellen Gray
African American Voices II
8:04 am
Thomas Arne: Overture No. 7 in D
Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood
Arne: Eight Overtures
8:11 am
Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quartet No. 5 in A, Op. 18, No. 5
I. "Allegro"
Jerusalem Quartet
Beethoven: String Quartets Op. 18
8:21 am
Morley Calvert: "Monteregian Hills" Suite
Chicago Brass Quintet
Virtuoso Brass
8:31 am
Felix Mendelssohn: "Athalie," Op. 74
Overture
Bamberg Sym/Claus Peter Flor
Mendelssohn Overtures
8:40 am
Carlos Simon: "The Block"
National Sym Orch/Gianandrea Noseda
Carlos Simon—The Block
8:47 am
George Gershwin: "Cuban Overture"
Dallas Sym Orch/Andrew Litton
Dayful of Song - Music of Gershwin
9:04 am
Antonín Dvořák: "Scherzo capriccioso," Op. 66
Baltimore Sym Orch/Marin Alsop
Dvorák: Symphony No 6
9:20 am
Franz Joseph Haydn: Piano Trio in E-Flat, H XV:30
Beaux Arts Trio
Haydn: Complete Piano Trios
9:38 am
Stanisław Moniuszko: "Bajka (Fairy Tale)"
Overture
Warsaw Phil Orch/Antoni Wit
Stanisław Moniuszko: Overtures
9:53 am
Dmitri Shostakovich: "Festive Overture," Op. 96
Philharmonic Brass/Tugan Sokhiev
Overture!
10:00 am - 3:00 pm
10:00 am
Manuel Ponce: "Balada Mexicana"
Eva Suk, p; Mexico State Sym Orch/Enrique Bátiz
Música Mexicana Vol. 6
10:12 am
Max Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 2 in D minor, Op. 44
Jack Liebeck, v; BBC Scottish Sym Orch/Martyn Brabbins
The Romantic Violin Concerto -- 21
10:39 am
Fanny Mendelssohn: Andante con moto in E
Sontraud Speidel, p
Hensel Klaviermusik
10:46 am
Mario Gangi: "Suite Barocca"
Andrea Pace & Cristiano Poli Cappelli, g's
Mario Gangi: Complete Music for 2 Guitars
11:16 am
music continues...
3:00 - 8:00 pm
3:00 pm
Afternoon Music with Candice Agree
Including "Friday Afternoon at the Movies" at 4:30pm and "The Unrush Hour" at 5:00 pm.
6:30 pm
Grant Park Music Festival 2026
Gershwin An American in Paris
Live from the Pritzker Pavilion, featuring the Grant Park Orchestra conducted by Kendrick Armstrong. Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson Sinfonietta No. 1; Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Violin Concerto in G minor, Op. 80; Gabriela Lara, violin; Ellington "The Three Black Kings," arr. Luther Henderson; Gershwin "An American in Paris." Hosted by Dave Schwan.
9:00 pm
9:00 pm
Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin
Nadia Boulanger (1887-1979)
Nadia Boulanger taught and influenced an entire generation of musicians, from Aaron Copland and Ástor Piazzolla to Philip Glass and Quincy Jones. This week, Bill shares some of her compositions and performances alongside those of her prolific students.
11:00 pm
11:00 pm
Best of Studs Terkel
Agnes de Mille (5/11/1960)
The American dance visionary Agnes de Mille (1905–1993) discusses her career as a dancer and choreographer.
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