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      Playlist for Friday, August 14, 2026

      Playing this hour

      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      Johann Adolph Hasse: "La Contadina"

      Ballet Music

      Ensemble Arcadia/Attilio Cremonesi
      La Contadina

      Harmonia Mundi HMC-905244

      12:05 am

      Johann Adolf Hasse: "Didone Abbandonata"

      Sinfonia

      Munich Hofkapelle/Michael Hofstetter
      Hasse: Reloaded

      Oehms OC-830

      12:11 am

      Johann Friedrich Fasch: Orchestral Suite in d

      "Gavotte"

      Il Fondamento/Paul Dombrecht

      Fuga Libera FUG-502

      12:13 am

      Johan Svendsen: String Octet in A, Op 3

      Tharice Virtuosi
      Bruch & Svendsen: String Octets

      Claves 50-1207

      12:55 am

      Agathe Backer Grondahl: "Fantasy Pieces," Op 55

      #3, "Little Waltz"

      Natalia Strelchenko, p
      Agathe Backer-Grondahl: Complete Piano Music, Vol. IV

      Arena AR-07015

      1:00 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: Twelve Piano Pieces (Etudes), Op. 40

      #9, Waltz

      Kevin MacLeod, p
      Hatoful Boyfriend: A School of Hope and White Wings (Soundtrack)

      incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100019

      1:05 am

      Germaine Tailleferre: Concertino for Harp and Orchestra (1927)

      Gillian Benet, h; Women's Phil/JoAnn Falletta
      The Woman's Philharmonic- Boulanger: D'un Soir Triste, D'un Matin de Printemps/ Schumann: Piano Concerto In A Minor Op. 7/ Tailleferre: Concertino For Harp And Orchestra/ Mendelssohn: Overture

      Koch 3-7169-2

      1:21 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: "Capriccio italien," Op. 45

      Oslo Phil/Mariss Jansons
      The Symphonies

      Chandos CHAN-8672/8 (7)

      1:36 am

      Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Piano Pieces, Op. 72

      No. 16, "Valse à cinq temps"

      Yevgeny Sudbin, p

      BIS 2198

      1:37 am

      Leo Smit: Harp Concertino (1931)

      Godelieve Schrama, h; Netherlands Phil/Ed Spanjaard

      NM Classics 93003 (4)

      1:55 am

      Benjamin Britten: Harp Suite, Op. 83

      2nd mvt, Toccata

      Marion Hofmann, h
      Virtuoso Harp

      Capriccio 10165

      2:00 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Mandolin Sonatina in c, WoO 43a

      Julien Martineau, man; Vanessa Benelli Mosell, p
      Beethoven Complete Works

      Naive V-7083

      2:05 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Violin Sonata no.4 in a minor, Op.23

      Isabelle Faust, v; Alexander Melnikov, p
      Beethoven: Sonatas for Violin and Piano * Isabelle Faust * Alexander Melnikov

      Harmonia Mundi HMC-902025.27 (4)

      2:24 am

      Thomas Tomkins: "The Lady Folliott's Galliard"

      Carole Cerasi, hc
      "Barafostus's Dreame"

      Metronome METCD-1049

      2:26 am

      Ralph Vaughan Williams: Charterhouse Suite (1923)

      English Northern Philharmonia/David Lloyd-Jones
      ENGLISH STRING MINIATURES, Vol. 2

      Naxos 8.555068

      2:41 am

      Gustav Holst: "A Moorside Suite" (1928)

      Dallas Wind Symphony/Howard Dunn
      Holst: Hammersmith, A Moorside Suite, Suite #1 In E Flat, Suite #2 In F

      Reference Recordings RR-39-CD

      2:55 am

      Imogen Holst: Suite for Solo Viola

      "Gigue"

      Violeta Vicci, vi

      Aldila ARCD-010

      3:00 am

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

      "The King of Thule"

      Chicago Sym Cho And Orch/Georg Solti
      Berlioz: The Damnation of Faust * Highlights * CSO/Solti

      London 410181-2

      3:04 am

      Darius Milhaud: Ballade, Op. 61

      Vlastimil Lejsek, p; Brno State Phil/Jiri Waldhans
      Milhaud: L'Esprit du Concerto

      Praga PR-250025

      3:12 am

      Gabriel Fauré: Ballade in F-Sharp, Op 19

      Stéphane Lemelin, p; CBC Vancouver Orch/Mario Bernardi
      Saint-Saëns • Fauré • Roussel

      Radio Canada Int'l SMCD-5178

      3:26 am

      Guillaume de Machaut: Ballade, De petit po

      New York Pro Musica/John White
      Ah Sweet Lady (The Romance Of Medieval France)

      Decca DL-79431

      3:28 am

      Felix Mendelssohn: String Quartet No. 6 in f, Op 80

      Ysaÿe String Quartet
      String quartets, opp. 12, 13, 80 = Streichquartette = Quatuors a ̀ cordes

      London 436325-2

      3:54 am

      Fanny Mendelssohn: Melodie in c-sharp, Op 4/2

      Betty Ann Miller, p
      Music By Maria Hester Park, Marie Bigot And Fanny Mendelsshon Hensel

      Centaur CRC-2320

      4:00 am

      German ANON 19th c: Lob der edlen Musika

      Kunz, br, Vienna State Opera Men's Cho, Orch/Litschauer
      Erich Kunz Sings German University Songs

      Vanguard OVC-6009

      4:03 am

      German ANON 19th c: Gaudeamus igitur

      Vienna State Opera Cho Male Voices, Orch/Franz Litschauer
      Erich Kunz Sings German University Songs

      Vanguard OVC-6009

      4:05 am

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

      Berlin Phil/Claudio Abbado
      The Berlin Album

      DG 471627-2 (2)

      4:15 am

      Karl Goldmark: Romance in A, Op 51

      Aaron Rosand, v; Hugh Sung, p

      Vox VOX-7505

      4:19 am

      Julius Röntgen: Cello Concerto No. 3 (1928)

      Arturo Muruzabal, vc, Netherlands Radio Chamber Orch/Paul Watkins
      Complete Cello Concertos

      Etcetera KTC-1329

      4:35 am

      Robert Fuchs: Fantasiestücke, Op 78

      #7

      Mark Drobinsky, vc; Daniel Blumenthal, p
      FUCHS : Cello Sonatas Nos. 1 and 2

      Marco Polo 8.223423

      4:37 am

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

      Gerd Seifert, fh; Brandis String Quartet
      Mozart The Chamber Music for Oboe, Horn and Clarinet

      Nimbus NI-5487

      4:54 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Minuet in G, BWV Anh 116

      Aaron Brask, fh; Kayo Ishimaru-Fleisher, h

      Last Horn LH-1002

      5:00 am

      Stephen Kemp: Six Bagatelles (1992)

      Jeffrey Jacob, p
      Contemporary American Eclectic Music for the Piano, Vol. 2

      New Ariel AE-002

      5:04 am

      Norman Dello Joio: "Bagatelles" (1945)

      Elizabeth Richter, h
      Looking Glass River: Music For Solo Harp

      Beneficence 102

      5:12 am

      Alan Hovhaness: Four Bagatelles, Op 30

      Shanghai String Quartet
      HOVHANESS, A.: 4 Bagatelles / String Quartet Nos. 1-4 / ZHOU, L.: Song of the Ch'in ( Spirit Murmur) (Shanghai Quartet)

      Delos DE-3162

      5:20 am

      William Bolcom: Nine Bagatelles

      "...la belle rouquine"

      Joel Fan, p
      Joel Fan * World Keys * Virtuoso Piano Music

      Reference Recordings RR-106

      5:22 am

      William Bolcom: Three "Ghost" Rags

      John Murphy, p
      Bolcom: Complete Rags

      Albany TROY-325/26 (2)

      5:36 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 35 in D, K. 385, "Haffner"

      Berlin Phil/Herbert von Karajan

      EMI/Ang CDM5-66098-2

      5:53 am

      Jean Joseph Mouret: Sinfonies de Fanfare

      Rondeau

      Tubadours
      The Mighty Tubadours

      Crystal CD-420

      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.

      6:05 am

      Giuseppe Sammartini: Concerto "a più stromenti" in E-Flat

      La Serenissima/Adrian Chandler
      Rise of the North Italian Violin Concerto, Volume 3

      Avie AV-2154

      6:19 am

      Joseph Kreutzer: "Grand Trio," Op. 16

      III. Finale, "Alla pollaca"

      Alexa Still, f; Robert Alemany, cl; JoAnn Falletta, g
      The Viennese Guitar

      Koch 3-7404-2H1

      6:25 am

      Johannes Brahms: Symphony No. 2 in D, Op. 73

      III. "Allegretto grazioso"

      Chamber Orch of Europe/Yannick Nézet-Séguin
      Brahms: The Symphonies

      DG 4866000

      6:32 am

      Victor Davies: Piano Concerto No. 1 (The "Mennonite" Concerto)

      III. "Rondo/Scherzo"

      Irmgard Baerg, p; London Symphony Orchestra/Boris Brott

      Golden Toad Music WRC1-3090

      6:41 am

      Amilcare Ponchielli: Capriccio, Op. 80

      Quartetto Gelato
      Rustic Chivalry

      Marquis MARD-601

      6:54 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: Suite No. 2 in C, Op. 53, "Caractéristique"

      II. "Valse"

      Stuttgart Radio Sym Orch/Neville Marriner
      Tchaikovsky: Suites Nos. 1 & 2

      Capriccio 10227

      7:05 am

      Joaquín Rodrigo: "Soleriana"

      No. 8 (Finale), "Boleras"

      Mexico State Sym Orch/Enrique Bátiz
      Rodrigo: Orchestral Works, Vol. 2

      EMI CDM5-65901-2

      7:12 am

      Joaquín Rodrigo: "Tres piezas españolas"

      Manuel Barrueco, g
      Manuel Barrueco Plays De Falla, Ponce, Rodrigo

      EMI CDM5-66577-2

      7:24 am

      Jean Sibelius: "Cortège"

      Turku Phil Orch/Leif Segerstam
      Sibelius: Belshazzar's Feast, Overture in E major, Scène de ballet, Cortège, Menuetto

      Naxos 8.573300

      7:34 am

      James Horner: "Field of Dreams"

      "The Place Where Dreams Come True"

      Studio Orch/James Horner

      RCA 3060-2

      7:45 am

      William Albright: "The Dream Rags"

      No. 1, "Sleepwalker's Shuffle"

      Gloria Cheng, p
      Piano Dance- A 20th Century Portrait

      Telarc CD-80549

      7:49 am

      Edward Elgar: "Dream Children," Op 43

      English Chamber Orch/Paul Goodwin
      Elgar: Nursery Suite, Serenade, Dream Children & Other Works

      Harmonia Mundi HMU-907258

      7:57 am

      Stephen Foster: "Beautiful Dreamer"

      Paula Robison, f; Samuel Sanders, p
      By the Old Pine Tree

      Arabesque Z-6679

      8:04 am

      George Frideric Handel: Oboe Concerto No. 4 in B-Flat, HWV 302a

      Lajos Lencsés, ob; La Follia
      Oboe Concertos by Handel and Förster

      Hänssler Classic CD-98.217

      8:13 am

      Giacomo Puccini: "Manon Lescaut"

      Intermezzo

      Chicago Sym Orch/Riccardo Muti
      Italian Masterworks

      CSO Resound 9011801

      8:20 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Violin Sonata No. 27 in G, K. 379

      II. Finale, Theme and Variations, "Andantino cantabile"

      Emmanuel Pahud, f; Eric Le Sage, p
      Mozart Stories

      Erato 5054197893520

      8:32 am

      Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 1 in D, "Titan"

      II. "Kräftig bewegt"

      Chicago Sym Orch/Claudio Abbado
      Symphonie No. 1

      DG 400033-2

      8:40 am

      Antonín Dvořák: String Quintet No. 2 in G, Op. 77

      I. "Allegro con fuoco"

      Calidore String Quartet; Xavier Foley, db
      2023 Winter Chamber Music Festival: Calidore String Quartet with Xavier Foley (January 6, 2023)

      Northwestern University

      8:52 am

      Howard Hanson: Symphony No. 2, Op. 30, "Romantic"

      III. Finale, "Allegro con brio"

      Seattle Sym/Gerard Schwarz
      Schwarz: Hanson Symphonies 1 "Nordic" & 2 "Romantic"

      Delos D/CD-3073

      9:04 am

      Richard Strauss: Divertimento after Couperin, Op. 86

      III: "Le tic-toc-choc - La lutine"

      Orpheus Chamber Orch
      Strauss: Le bourgeois gentilhomme, Divertimento after Couperin

      DG 435871-2

      9:08 am

      Richard Strauss: Divertimento after Couperin, Op. 86

      VI: "Les Tours de passe-passe"; VII: "Les Ombres errantes"; VIII (Finale): "Les Brimborions - La Badine"

      Orpheus Chamber Orch
      Strauss: Le bourgeois gentilhomme, Divertimento after Couperin

      DG 435871-2

      9:19 am

      Maurice Ravel: "Le tombeau de Couperin"

      Ulster Orch/Yan-Pascal Tortelier
      Debussy & Ravel: Orchestral Works

      Chandos CHAN-8756

      9:38 am

      Dmitri Shostakovich: Four Waltzes

      Philippa Davies, f; Michael Collins, cl; Ian Brown, p
      Shostakovich: Piano Quintet; Piano Trio No. 2; 4 Waltzes

      Virgin 59312-2

      9:48 am

      Buxton Orr: "Celtic Suite"

      Royal Ballet Sinfonia/John Wilson
      The Land of the Mountain and the Flood

      ASV CDWHL-2123

      10:00 am - 3:00 pm

      10:00 am

      Midday with Lisa Flynn

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

      10:00 am

      Jean Sibelius: "Karelia" Suite, Op. 11

      Bergen Phil Orch/Sir Andrew Davis
      Sibelius: Violin Concerto etc.

      Chandos CHSA-5134

      10:16 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Piano Trio in C minor, H XV:13

      Guarneri Trio Prague
      Haydn: Piano Trios

      Praga PRD-250423

      10:32 am

      Antonio Rosetti: Symphony in F, M.A33

      London Mozart Players/Matthias Bamert
      Rosetti: Symphonies

      Chandos CHAN-9567

      10:51 am

      Ferenc Farkas: "Ancient Hungarian Dances"

      Borealis Wind Quintet
      A La Carte: Short Works for Wind Quintet

      MSR Classics MS-1128

      11:01 am

      William Grant Still: Festive Overture

      Royal Phil Orch/Arthur Bennett Lipkin
      A Festive Sunday with William Grant Still

      Cambria CD-1060

      11:10 am

      Randall Thompson: "Alleluia"

      Kansas City Chorale/Charles Bruffy
      Alleluia: An American Hymnal

      Nimbus NI-5568

      11:18 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Triple Concerto in C, Op. 56

      I. "Allegro"

      Anne-Sophie Mutter, v; Yo-Yo Ma, vc; West-Eastern Divan Orch/Daniel Barenboim, p
      Beethoven: Symphony No. 7, Triple Concerto

      DG 4838242

      11:37 am

      Max Richter: "On the Nature of Daylight"

      Voces8
      Nightfall

      Decca 4870458

      11:45 am

      Edward Elgar: Introduction and Allegro, Op. 47

      London Sym Orch Strings/Sir Colin Davis
      Elgar: Enigma Variations, Introduction and Allegro

      LSO Live LSO-0109

      12:01 pm

      Joseph Bologne (Chevalier de Saint-Georges): "L'amant anonyme"

      Act II, Scene 5: Ballet 1, "Choeur", Ballet 2, March

      Haymarket Opera Orch/Craig Trompeter
      L'Amant Anonyme

      Cedille CDR-90000217

      12:08 pm

      Joseph Bologne (Chevalier de Saint-Georges): "L'amant anonyme"

      Quartet, "Aimons-nous sans cesse"

      Soloists; Haymarket Opera Orch/Craig Trompeter
      Michael St. Peter, tenor,
      L'Amant Anonyme

      Cedille CDR-90000217

      12:12 pm

      Agathe Backer Grøndahl: Three Pieces, Op. 25

      Natalia Strelchenko, p
      Agathe Backer Grøndahl: Complete Piano Music, Vol. 3

      Arena AR-07008

      12:25 pm

      Maurice Ravel: "Valses nobles et sentimentales"

      Lyon National Orch/Leonard Slatkin
      Ravel: Orchestral Works, Vol. 2

      Naxos 8.572888

      12:42 pm

      Antonio Vivaldi: Sinfonia in G, R. 146

      Venice Baroque Orch/Andrea Marcon
      Concerti e Sinfonie per Archi

      Archiv B0006728-02

      12:50 pm

      Friedrich von Flotow: "Martha"

      Overture

      Dresden Staatskapelle/Hans Vonk
      Overtures to Comic Opera

      Ars Vivendi 2100136

      1:00 pm

      Franz Schubert: Arpeggione Sonata in A minor, D. 821

      Steven Isserlis, vc; Dénes Várjon, p
      Chopin: Cello Sonata; Schubert: Arpeggione Sonata

      Hyperion CDA-68227

      1:28 pm

      music continues...

      3:00 - 9:00 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

      Beethoven Symphony No. 9

      Live from the Pritzker Pavilion, featuring the Grant Park Chorus and Orchestra conducted by Giancarlo Guerrero. Julia Wolfe "Liberty Bell;" Michael Daugherty "Mount Rushmore;" Beethoven Symphony No. 9; Karen Slack, soprano; Imara Miles, mezzo-soprano; John Matthew Myers, tenor; Jongwon Han, bass-baritone; Christopher Bell, chorus director. Hosted by Dave Schwan.

      9:00 pm

      9:00 pm

      Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin

      Musical Dynasties

      This week’s topic, “Musical Dynasties,” was suggested by a station in Arizona. Andy Bade, Music Host for Classical 90.5 KUAT-FM in Tucson, wrote in with some program ideas. So, Musical Dynasties: Gabrieli, Bach, Mozart, Mendelssohn, Robert and Clara Schumann, Strauss: the Johanns and Richard, and ending with the Haydns: Joseph and Michael. Thanks so much for taking the time to write!

      10:00 pm

      11:00 pm

      11:00 pm

      Best of Studs Terkel

      Kurt Elling (8/11/1997)

      The magnificent American jazz singer Kurt Elling (b. 1967) was Studs Terkel’s guest in 1997. With his rich baritone voice and four-octave range, Elling had just released The Messenger, the album which cemented his reputation as a producer, arranger, poetic lyricist, composer, and captivating vocalist.