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      12:00 - 7:00 am

      12:00 am

      Francisco Tárrega: Five "Preludios"

      Eduardo Fernàndez, g
      Eduardo Fernández

      London 417618-2

      12:05 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 29 in A, K. 201

      Vienna Phil/Leonard Bernstein
      Mozart Symphonien No. 25 No. 29 Klarinettenkonzert

      DG 429221-2

      12:28 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: "The Magic Flute," K. 620

      Aria, "Der Hölle Rache"

      Pilafian, tuba; Arizona State University Chamber Orch/Russell
      Brassy Night at the Opera

      Summit DCD-190

      12:31 am

      Gordon Jacob: "Tuba Suite" (1972)

      "Hornpipe"

      Eugene Dowling, tuba; Edward Norman, p
      The English Tuba

      Pro Arte CDD-595

      12:33 am

      Gordon Jacob: Piano and Winds Sextet in B-Flat, Op 6

      Anthony Goldstone, p; Elysian Wind Quintet
      Holst: Quintet in A Minor Op. 3, Wind Quintet in A Flat Op. 14/ Jacob: Sextet in B Flat Op. 6

      MHS 5171979

      12:54 am

      Gordon Jacob: "Tuba Suite" (1972)

      "Mazurka"

      Eugene Dowling, tuba; Edward Norman, p
      The English Tuba

      Pro Arte CDD-595

      1:00 am

      Jean Sibelius: "King Christian II" Suite, Op. 27

      No. 5 (Finale), "Ballade"

      Gothenburg Sym Orch/Neeme Järvi
      Sibelius - Symphony No.3 and Suite from King Christian II

      BIS LP-228

      1:05 am

      Bernhard Henrik Crusell: Clarinet Concerto #2 in f, Op 5, "Grand Concerto"

      Karl Leister, cl; Lahti Sym/Osmo Vänskä
      Crusell: Clarinet Concertos

      BIS CD-345

      1:28 am

      Jean Sibelius: "The Tempest," Op. 109

      Suite No. 2, "Dance of the Nymphs"

      Gothenburg Sym Orch/Neeme Järvi
      The Tempest Suites, Op.109

      BIS CD-448

      1:30 am

      Johannes Brahms: Cello Sonata #1 in e, Op 38

      Anner Bylsma, vc; Lambert Orkis, p
      Brahms: Sonatas for Piano and Cello/ Schumann: 5 Stücke im Volkston

      Sony SK-68249

      1:55 am

      Johannes Brahms: "Deutsche Volkslieder" WoO 33

      No. 37, "Du mein einzig Licht (You my only light)"

      Margaret Price, s; Graham Johnson, p
      Brahms: Lieder

      RCA 60901-2

      2:00 am

      Johann Florian Gassmann: "La casa di campagna

      Overture

      Eclipse Chamber Orch/Sylvia Alimena
      Gassmann Overtures

      Naxos 8.570421

      2:05 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Baryton Trio No. 96 in b

      John Hsu, baryton; David Miller, vi; Fortunato Arico, vc
      HAYDN, J.: Baryton Trios - Vol. 2

      ASV CDGAU-109

      2:20 am

      Francesco Durante: Song, "Danza, danza, fanciulla"

      Dmitri Hvorostovsky, br; St Martin's Academy/Sir Neville Marriner
      Arie Antiche

      Philips 456543-2

      2:21 am

      Confrey: "Wise Cracker" Suite (1936)

      Eteri Andjaparidze, p
      CONFREY: Piano Music

      Naxos 8.559016

      2:28 am

      George Gershwin: "Porgy and Bess: A Symphonic Picture"

      New Zealand Sym/James Judd
      Gershwin

      Naxos 8.559107

      2:54 am

      George Gershwin: "Porgy and Bess"

      "A Woman Is A Sometime Thing"

      New York Choral Artists, New York Phil/Zubin Mehta
      Gershwin

      Teldec 46318-2

      3:00 am

      Richard Wagner: "Tannhäuser"

      "Festmarsch"

      Fernando Espi, g

      Verso VRS-2022

      3:05 am

      Richard Wagner: "Siegfried Idyll"

      NBC Sym/Arturo Toscanini
      Wagner: Orchestral Excerpts

      RCA 59482-2

      3:23 am

      Paul Hindemith: "Ludus Tonalis" (1943)

      Fuga II

      Sviatoslav Richter, p

      Pyramid 13497

      3:25 am

      Josef Myslivecek: Violin Concerto in G, "Pastoral"

      Shizuka Ishikawa, v; Dvorak Chamber Orch/Libor Pesek
      Myslivecek: Violin Concertos

      Supraphon SU-32592031

      3:42 am

      Leos Janácek: Violin Concerto

      Christian Tetzlaff, v; Philharmonia/Libor Pesek

      Virgin 91506-2

      3:54 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: Album for the Young, Op. 39

      #21, "Sweet Reverie"

      Leigh Howard Stevens, marimba
      Marimba When...

      Delos DE-3142

      4:00 am

      Rafaello Fontana: Trumpet Sonata #10 in e

      Gerard Schwarz, tr; Albert Fuller, hc; Leonard Sharrow, bn
      A Baroque Trumpet Recital

      Nonesuch H-71274

      4:05 am

      Aaron Copland: "An Outdoor Overture"

      Seattle Sym/Gerard Schwarz
      Portraits Of Freedom

      Delos DE-3140

      4:14 am

      Paul Creston: Toccata, Op 68

      Seattle Sym/Gerard Schwarz
      CRESTON: Symphony No. 5 / Toccata / Partita

      Naxos 8.559153

      4:28 am

      Edmund Haines: Toccata

      Chicago Brass Quintet
      Chicago Brass Quintet

      Crystal S-211

      4:29 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 99 in E-Flat

      Cleveland Orch/George Szell
      Haydn: Symphonies 97, 98 & 99

      Sony MHK-62979

      4:54 am

      George Frideric Handel: "Water Music" Suite

      "Bourrée" and "Hornpipe"

      London Sym Orch/George Szell
      The Water Music / Royal Fireworks Music (Excerpts) ‎

      London 417694-2

      5:00 am

      Jules Massenet: "Thaïs"

      "Méditation"

      Nicola Benedetti, v; London Sym Orch/Daniel Harding
      Szymanowski - Chausson - Saint-Saëns

      DG B0006154-02

      5:05 am

      Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Concertino, Op 93

      Ann Mason Stockton, h; string-clarinet ensemble.
      Nostalgique

      Crystal CD-171

      5:21 am

      Jacques MURGIER: Capriccio

      John Mack, ob; Eunice Podis, p
      Schumann, Saint-saëns, Hindemith, Poulenc

      Crystal CD-324

      5:23 am

      Hermann Bellstedt: Caprricio brillante

      Sandy Smith, fh; John Foster Black Dyke Mills Band/Peter Parkes
      150 Years Of The Black Dyke Mills Band

      Chandos CHAN-8558

      5:27 am

      Felix Mendelssohn: "Capriccio brillant" in b, Op 22

      Christina Ortiz, p; Stuttgart Radio Sym Orch/Moshe Atzmon

      Pantheon D-07094

      5:38 am

      Antonin Dvorák: "Scherzo capriccioso," Op. 66

      Czech Phil/Vaclav Neumann
      Dvorak: Symphonic Variations Op. 78, Scherzo Capriccioso Op. 66, Notturno Op. 40

      Nonesuch H-71271

      5:53 am

      Erik Satie: "Caresse"

      Aldo Ciccolini, p

      EMI/Ang CDC7-49713-2

      6:00 am

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

      Finale, "Through the house give glimmering light"

      Soloists; Cologne Radio Cho, Orch/Klemperer

      Price-Less D-14252

      6:05 am

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

      London Sym Orch/Peter Maag
      A Midsummer Night's Dream • Symphony No. 3 "Scottish"

      London 466990-2

      6:17 am

      Carl Reinecke: "Ten Little Pieces," Op 213

      #1

      Brett Deubner, vi; Caroline Fauchet, p
      Music Of Reinecke, Sitt, Kalliowoda

      Centaur CRC-3326

      6:18 am

      Carl Reinecke: "Ten Little Pieces," Op 213

      #8, Variations on "God Save the Queen"

      Brett Deubner, vi; Caroline Fauchet, p
      Music Of Reinecke, Sitt, Kalliowoda

      Centaur CRC-3326

      6:21 am

      Adrien François Servais: Variations brillante sur "God Save the King," Op 38

      Renaud Capuçon, v; Gautier Capuçon, vc
      Face a face: Duos For Violin And Cello

      Virgin 45576-2

      6:31 am

      W Eugene Thayer: Variations, Op 12, on the Russian National Hymn

      Richard Morris, o (St Joseph's Old Cathedral, Buffalo, NY)
      Fugues, Fantasia, And Variations (19th Century American Concert Organ Music)

      New World 80280-2

      6:39 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: "Ouverture solenelle," "1812," Op. 49

      Chicago Sym Orch/Daniel Barenboim
      Symphony No. 5/ Overture 1812

      Teldec 10904-2

      6:54 am

      Carl Reinecke: "Ten Little Pieces," Op 213

      #9, "On the Waves"

      Brett Deubner, vi; Caroline Fauchet, p
      Music Of Reinecke, Sitt, Kalliowoda

      Centaur CRC-3326

      7:00 - 11:00 am

      7:00 am

      Weekend Mornings

      With news at 7:00 am; "Saturday Morning Listener's Choice" at 8:00 am; and "Soundtrack" at 9:00 am.

      7:04 am

      Kris Bowers: "For a Younger Self"

      Charles Yang, v; American Youth Symphony/Carlos Izcaray
      For a Younger Self

      Orchid Classics ORC-100322

      7:33 am

      Ney Rosauro: Marimba Concerto

      III. "Dança"

      Evelyn Glennie, mar; Scottish Chamber Orch/Paul Daniel
      Rebounds - Concertos for Percussion

      RCA 61277

      7:37 am

      Heitor Villa-Lobos: "Bachianas Brasileiras" No. 1

      I. Introduction ("Embolada")

      Yale Cellos/Aldo Parisot
      Bach Bachianas

      Delos D/CD-3041

      7:45 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Divertimento No. 14 in B-Flat, K. 270

      Amadeus Winds
      Mozart: Wind Divertimenti

      L'Oiseau-Lyre 425819-2

      7:58 am

      George Gershwin: "Short Story"

      Leila Josefowicz, v; John Novacek, p
      Americana

      Philips 462948-2

      8:00 am

      Saturday Morning Listener's Choice

      8:03 am

      Richard Rodgers: "Victory at Sea"

      "Mare Nostrum"

      RCA Victor Sym Orch/Robert Russell Bennett
      Victory at Sea

      RCA G010000245083T

      8:09 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565

      Hannes Kästner, o (Thomaskirche, Leipzig)
      J.S. Bach: Orgelwerke aus der Thomaskirche - Hannes Kästner

      Capriccio 10035

      8:19 am

      Gabriel Fauré: Requiem, Op. 48

      "Sanctus"

      Atlanta Sym Cho & Orch/Robert Shaw
      The Power & The Majesty - Essential Choral Classics

      Telarc CD-80397

      8:24 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 59 in A, "Fire"

      IV. Finale, "Allegro assai"

      L'Estro Armonico/Derek Solomons
      Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 35 · 38 · 39 · 49 · 58 · 59, Vol. 7 / L'Estro Armonico/Derek Solomons

      CBS M2K-37861 (2)

      8:29 am

      Antonín Dvořák: String Quartet No. 13 in G, Op. 106

      III. "Molto vivace"

      Takács Quartet
      Dvořák & Coleridge-Taylor: Quartets

      Hyperion CDA-68413

      8:37 am

      Page/Plant: Medley, "Stairway to Heaven; Kashmir"

      Altius Quartet
      Dress Code

      Navona NV-6078

      8:44 am

      Andrew Lloyd Webber: "The Phantom of the Opera"

      "The Music of the Night"

      Boston Pops Orch/John Williams
      John Williams Conductor

      Sony 41779-2 (20)

      8:50 am

      Randall Thompson: "Choose Something Like a Star"

      Mormon Tabernacle Choir; Orchestra at Temple Square/Craig Jessop
      Choose Something Like a Star

      Mormon Tabernacle Choir MTC-0005

      8:57 am

      John Philip Sousa: "The Stars and Stripes Forever"

      Boston Pops Orch/John Williams
      John Williams Conductor

      Sony 41779-2 (20)

      9:02 am

      Soundtrack

      9:02 am

      Alfred Newman: 20th Century Fox Fanfare

      London Phil Orch/John Mauceri
      The Genius of Film Music

      LPO 0086

      9:03 am

      Javier Navarrete: "Hemingway & Gellhorn"

      "El Cuervo"

      R Stagnaro, g; M Vrskova, p; Macedonian Radio Sym Orch/Ivan Ilić
      Hemingway & Gellhorn (Music from the HBO Film)

      Varèse Sarabande 3020671512

      9:05 am

      Javier Navarrete: "Hemingway & Gellhorn"

      "This is What I Need"

      R Stagnaro, g; M Vrskova, p; Macedonian Radio Sym Orch/Ivan Ilić
      Hemingway & Gellhorn (Music from the HBO Film)

      Varèse Sarabande 3020671512

      9:07 am

      Javier Navarrete: "Hemingway & Gellhorn"

      "One Thing You Must Know"

      R Stagnaro, g; M Vrskova, p; Macedonian Radio Sym Orch/Ivan Ilić
      Hemingway & Gellhorn (Music from the HBO Film)

      Varèse Sarabande 3020671512

      9:09 am

      Javier Navarrete: "Hemingway & Gellhorn"

      "Normandy"

      R Stagnaro, g; M Vrskova, p; Macedonian Radio Sym Orch/Ivan Ilić
      Hemingway & Gellhorn (Music from the HBO Film)

      Varèse Sarabande 3020671512

      9:13 am

      Dimitri Tiomkin: "The Old Man and the Sea"

      Theme, Cubana & Finale

      London Sym Orch/Richard Kaufman
      The Greatest Film Scores of Dimitri Tiomkin

      LSO Live LSO-0720

      9:20 am

      Bernard Herrmann: "The Snows of Kilamanjaro"

      "The Memory Waltz"

      Hollywood Bowl Sym Orch/John Mauceri
      The Great Waltz

      Decca 4845259

      9:26 am

      Franz Waxman: "To Have and Have Not"

      Main Title, "Martinique"

      National Phil Orch/Charles Gerhardt
      Casablanca - Classic Film Scores for Humphrey Bogart

      RCA G-010002007192O

      9:28 am

      Victor Young: "For Whom the Bell Tolls"

      Suite

      Richard Hayman Sym Orch/Richard Hayman
      Classic Film Scores

      Naxos 8990034

      9:34 am

      Alfred Schnittke: "The Glass Harmonica"

      Suite

      Berlin Radio Sym Orch/Frank Strobel
      Alfred Schnittke Film Music Vol. II

      Capriccio C-71061

      9:56 am

      Jung Jae-il: "Parasite"

      "The Belt of Faith"

      Jung Jae-il, prod
      Parasite (Original Soundtrack)

      Milan 19439750782

      10:05 am

      George Gershwin: "Porgy and Bess"

      "It Ain't Necessarily So"

      Jazz Combo/Miles Davis
      Miles Davis * Porgy and Bess

      CBS CK-40647

      10:10 am

      Ferde Grofé: "Grand Canyon Suite"

      III. "On the Trail"

      Seattle Sym/Gerard Schwarz
      Out West! - Tone Poems Of The American West

      Delos DE-3104

      10:19 am

      Cécile Chaminade: "Callirhoé," Op. 37

      "Scarf Dance"

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

      Bru Zane BZ-2006

      10:25 am

      Felix Mendelssohn: "Songs Without Words," Op. 19

      Daniel Barenboim, p
      Mendelssohn: Songs Without Words

      DG 423931-2 (2)

      10:41 am

      Geoffrey Bush: "Consort Music"

      English Northern Phil/David Lloyd-Jones
      English String Miniatures, Vol. 2

      Naxos 8.555068

      10:53 am

      Steve Reich: Duet for Two Violins & Strings

      Mari Samuelsen & Soyoung Yoon, v's; Scoring Berlin/J Stockhammer
      Life

      DG 4865773

      11:00 am

      11:00 am

      Introductions

      Clark Snavely, 18, violin. Chopin arr. Milstein Nocturne in C-sharp minor, Op. posth.; Chausson "Poème," Op. 25; Corigliano "The Red Violin Caprices." With Milana Pavchinskaya, piano.

      11:50 am

      Michael Abels: "Global Warming"

      Sphinx Virtuosi
      Songs for Our Times

      DG 4865014

      12:00 - 4:00 pm

      12:00 pm

      Metropolitan Opera

      Gershwin's Porgy and Bess

      Alfred Walker (Porgy); Brittany Renee (Bess); Ryan Speedo Green (Crown); Frederick Ballentine (Sportin' Life); Leah Hawkins (Serena); Vuvu Mpofu (Clara); Denyce Graves (Maria); Benjamin Taylor (Jake); Metropolitan Opera Cho & Orch/Kwamé Ryan. Sung in English.

      4:00 pm

      4:00 pm

      Listening to Singers with Oliver Camacho

      On Mozart tenors with Anthony Léon who sings Ferrando in Lyric Opera's upcoming production of "Così fan tutte."

      5:00 - 8:00 pm

      5:00 pm

      Weekend Evening Music

      5:00 pm

      Robert Schumann: "Dichterliebe," Op. 48

      No. 1, "Im wunderschönen Monat Mai"

      Timothy Ridout, vi; Frank Dupree, p
      A Poet's Love

      Harmonia Mundi HMN-916118

      5:02 pm

      Robert Schumann: "Dichterliebe," Op. 48

      No. 7, "Ich grolle nicht"

      Timothy Ridout, vi; Frank Dupree, p
      A Poet's Love

      Harmonia Mundi HMN-916118

      5:05 pm

      Charles Avison: Concerto grosso No. 6 in D, after Domenico Scarlatti

      Café Zimmermann
      Charles Avison: Concertos in Seven Parts Done from the Lessons of Domenico Scarlatti

      Alpha 031

      5:18 pm

      music continues...

      8:00 pm

      8:00 pm

      Folkstage hosted by Marilyn Rea Beyer

      From the archives: In 2023, award-winning Chicago acoustic blues artist Donna Herula brought her trio to perform live in the Fay and Daniel Levin Performance Studio. Tony Wittrock and Marc Edelstein added to the joy of the blues.

      9:00 pm - 12:00 am

      9:00 pm

      The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer

      What do you do to keep warm in the dead of winter? Dance? Light a fire? Cuddle up? We’ll find songs to keep you cozy this week.