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      Playlist for Thursday, July 2, 2026

      Playing this hour

      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      Edward Elgar: "Pomp and Circumstance" Marches, Op. 39

      No. 5 in C

      Royal Phil/Yehudi Menuhin
      Elgar: Pomp and Circumstance Marches, Etc.

      Virgin 91175-2

      12:05 am

      William Boyce: Symphony #5 in D

      Menuhin Festival Orch/Sir Yehudi Menuhin

      EMI/Ang CDK5-65730-2

      12:12 am

      Ottokar Novácek: "Perpetuum mobile (Moto perpetuo)"

      Yehudi Menuhin, v; Gerald Moore, p
      Yehudi Menuhin - The Great EMI Recordings

      EMI 64131

      12:15 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Three-Piano Concerto No. 7 in F, K. 242

      Hephzibah, Yaltah & Jeremy Menuhin, p's; London Phil/Yehudi Menuhin
      Mozart: Three Piano Concerto, The Menuhin Family With Fouts'ong

      Seraphim S-60072

      12:37 am

      Amy (Mrs HHA) Beach: "Summer Dreams," Op. 47

      No. 5, "Elfin Tarantella"

      Genova and Dmitrov Duo
      Amy Beach: Complete Works for Piano Duo

      CPO 555453-2

      12:39 am

      Max Reger: Serenade in G, Op 141a

      Robert Willoughby, f; Marilyn McDonald, v; John Tartaglia, vi

      Gallante GG-1003

      12:54 am

      Max Reger: Three Songs, Op. 98

      No. 3, "Aus den Himmelsaugen"

      Frauke May, ms; Bernhard Renzikowski, p
      Max Reger

      Arte Nova 75076-2

      1:00 am

      Erik Satie: "Jack-in-the-Box" (1899)

      Michel Legrand, p
      Erik Satie: Piano Works

      Erato 92857-2

      1:05 am

      Claude Debussy: "La boîte à joujoux"

      Seattle Sym/Ludovic Morlot
      Stravinsky: Petrushka / Debussy: La Boîte à Joujoux

      Seattle Symphony Media SSM-1010

      1:37 am

      Joseph Achron: "Children's Suite," Op. 57

      No. 10, "March of the Toys"

      Itamar Zorman, v; Kwan Yi, p
      Dora Pejacevic

      First Hand Records FHR-119

      1:39 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: French Suite No. 4 in E-flat, BWV 815

      Richard Egarr, hc
      Bach: The French Suites

      Harmonia Mundi HMU-907583.84 (2)

      1:54 am

      Guillaume Dumanoir: Orchestra Suite in F/C

      "Libertas"

      Le Concert des Nations/Jordi Savall
      Suites d'Orchestre, 1650-1660

      Fontalis ES-9908

      2:00 am

      Regondi: Etude #10 in A

      David Starobin, g
      David Starobin: Favorite Tracks, Vol. 1

      Bridge 9272

      2:05 am

      Ferdinando Carulli: Guitar Concerto in A, Op 8a

      Pepe Romero, g; St Martin's Academy/Iona Brown
      Concertos; Mozart, Adagio Kv 261, Rondo Kv 373

      Philips 426263-2

      2:21 am

      Leos Janácek: Three Moravian Dances

      Ewa Kupiec, p
      Janacek: Works for Piano Solo

      Hänssler Classic CD-93.181

      2:28 am

      Jean Françaix: "Huit Danses Exotiques"

      "Samba lenta; Merengue"

      Sándor Rigó, sx; Christina Leeb-Grill, p
      Latin American Dances: Works for Saxophone and Piano

      Naxos 8.579078

      2:30 am

      Errollyn Wallen: "Dances for Orchestra"

      BBC Concert Orch/John Andrews

      Resonus RES-10358

      2:54 am

      Domenico Scarlatti: Clavier Sonata in f-sharp, Kk 67 (L 32)

      Scott Ross, hc
      Domenico Scarlatti: Complete Keyboard Works

      Erato 45309-2 (34)

      3:00 am

      André Grétry: "Le jugement de Midas"

      Overture

      New Philharmonia Orch/Raymond Leppard
      Eighteenth Century Overtures

      Philips PHS-900-235

      3:05 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 7 in D, Op. 10, No. 3

      Ian Hobson, p

      Zephyr Z-102-97

      3:29 am

      GWE Friedrichs: Rainbow Schottische

      Empire Brass
      American Brass Band Journal: A Collection of New and Beautiful Marches, Quick-Steps, and Polkas Arranged in an Easy Mannor for Brass Bands of 12 Instruments

      MHS 5184812

      3:30 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: "Brandenburg" Concerto No. 2 in F, BWV 1047

      Soloists, Berlin Phil/Herbert von Karajan
      The Brandenburg Concertos. Orchestral Suites Nos. 2 & 3

      DG 437461-2 (2)

      3:43 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: "Brandenburg" Concerto No. 8 (reconstructed by Bruce Haynes)

      Montreal Baroque Band/Eric Milnes
      Bach: Nouveaux Brandebourgeois

      Atma ACD2-2565

      3:54 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: "Brandenburg Suite"

      Grand Finale-Medley

      Cambridge Buskers
      The Cambridge Buskers' Compact Classics

      DG 423400-2

      4:00 am

      Charles Gounod: "Faust"

      Waltz

      Detroit Sym Orch/Paul Paray
      French Opera Highlights

      Mercury 432014-2

      4:05 am

      Edouard Lalo: "Namouna" (1882)

      Ballet Suite #1

      Detroit Sym Orch/Paul Paray
      Paray Conducts Chausson, Lalo, And Barraud

      Mercury 434389-2

      4:24 am

      Charles Gounod: "Faust"

      Ballet Music: "Les Nubiennes"

      Detroit Sym Orch/Paul Paray
      French Opera Highlights

      Mercury 432014-2

      4:26 am

      Paul Paray: Symphony #1 in C (1934)

      Royal Scottish National Orch/James Paul
      Paray: Joan of Arc Mass, Symphony No.1

      Reference Recordings RR-78-CD

      4:54 am

      Marc Roger Normand COUPERIN: Dance Angloise

      Davitt Moroney, hc
      Couperin: Livre de Tablature de Clavescin

      Hyperion CDA-67164

      5:00 am

      Serge Prokofiev: "Cinderella," Op. 87

      "Grand Waltz"

      Russian National Orch/Mikhail Pletnev
      Cinderella / Summer Night - Suite

      DG 445830-2 (2)

      5:05 am

      Johann Strauss II: "Cinderella"

      Act 2

      National Phil/Richard Bonynge
      Johann Strauss II: Aschenbrodel (Cinderella)

      London 430852-2 (2)

      5:32 am

      Josef Strauss: Polka schnell, Ohne Sorgen, Op 271

      Johann Strauss Orch/Andre Rieu
      Strauss Gala

      Koch 340962

      5:34 am

      Jean-Féry Rebel: Ballet, "Les Elémens"

      Les Musiciens du Louvre/Marc Minkowski
      Les élémens / Les caractères de la danse / Le tombeau

      Erato 45974-2

      5:58 am

      Czech ANON 15th c: Rotulum et tropus

      Rene Clemencic, f
      Six Centuries Of Flute And Recorder Music

      HNH 4052

      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.

      6:00 am

      Hosted by Dave Schwan.

      6:04 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 104 in D, "London"

      I. "Adagio - Allegro"

      Danish Chamber Orch/Ádám Fischer
      Haydn: Late Symphonies, Vol. 4

      Naxos 8.574519

      6:12 am

      Ferdinando Carulli: Serenade No. 1 in A, Op. 96

      Waller & Maxwell Guitar Duo
      Spain, Italy and the New World

      Senti SP-2810012

      6:23 am

      Ruth Gipps: "Ambarvalia"

      BBC Phil/Rumon Gamba
      Ruth Gipps: Orchestral Works Vol. 3

      Chandos CHAN-20284

      6:31 am

      Florence Price: "Dances in the Canebrakes"

      Chicago Sinfonietta/Mei-Ann Chen
      Project W

      Cedille CDR-90000185

      6:41 am

      Johannes Brahms: Variations on a Hungarian Song, Op. 21, No. 2

      Olga Kern, p
      Johannes Brahms: Variations

      Harmonia Mundi HMU-907392

      6:50 am

      Ferruccio Busoni: "Duettino concertante" after Mozart's K 459

      Anderson & Roe Piano Duo
      An Amadeus Affair

      Steinway & Sons 30022

      7:04 am

      Gustav Holst: Seven Scottish Airs for Piano and Strings

      Michael Freyhan, p; London Festival Orch Strings/Ross Pople
      Gustav Holst: Orchestral Music

      Arte Nova 34022-2

      7:11 am

      Felix Mendelssohn: "The Hebrides (Fingal's Cave)" Overture, Op 26

      Scottish National Orch/Alexander Gibson
      Seascapes

      Chandos CHAN-6538

      7:22 am

      Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Guitar Concerto No. 1 in D, Op. 99

      I. Allegretto

      Pepe Romero, g; St Martin's Academy/Neville Marriner
      Villa-Lobos, Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Rodrigo

      Philips 416357-2

      7:32 am

      Christoph Willibald Gluck: "Orpheus and Eurydice"

      "Dance of the Furies"

      Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood
      Pachelbel: Canon - Handel, Vivaldi, Gluck

      L'Oiseau-Lyre 410553-2

      7:36 am

      Christoph Willibald Gluck: "Orpheus and Eurydice"

      "Dance of the Blessed Spirits"

      Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood
      Pachelbel: Canon - Handel, Vivaldi, Gluck

      L'Oiseau-Lyre 410553-2

      7:44 am

      Rayburn Wright: "Shaker Suite"

      Canadian Brass; New York Phil & Boston Sym Brass/Lukas Foss
      Red, White, and Brass

      Philips 434276-2

      8:04 am

      Richard Strauss: "Der Rosenkavalier," Op. 59

      Waltzes

      Chicago Sym Orch/Fritz Reiner
      Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra; Burleske; Der Rosenkavalier Waltzes

      RCA 68638-2

      8:13 am

      John Philip Sousa: "The Liberty Bell"

      Grant Park Orch/David Loebel
      Independence Day Eve at Grant Park

      Grant Park Music Festival CD-1

      8:18 am

      Franz Schubert: Violin Sonatina No. 1 in D, D 384

      Josef Suk, v; Jan Panenka, p
      The Intimate Schubert

      Boston Skyline BSD-146

      8:31 am

      Igor Stravinsky: "Scherzo fantastique," Op. 3

      Royal Concertgebouw Orch/Riccardo Chailly
      Stravinsky: Apollon Musagète, Scherzo Fantastique, The Firebird Suite

      Decca 458142-2

      8:44 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Divertimento in F, K. 439b/3

      Jean-Pierre Rampal, f; Isaac Stern, v; Mstislav Rostropovich, vc
      Mozart • Telemann • JC Bach • Reicha

      Sony SK-44568

      8:53 am

      Modest Mussorgsky: "Khovanshchina"

      Act 1 Prelude, "Dawn on the Moskva River"

      Cincinnati Sym Orch/Paavo Järvi
      Mussorgsky: Night on Bald Mountain, Pictures at an Exhibition, Khovanshchina

      Telarc CD-80705

      9:04 am

      Louis Ballard: "Fantasy Aborigine" No. 3, "Kokopelli"

      Fort Smith Sym/John Jeter
      Louis Wayne Ballard: The Four Moons, Devil's Promenade, Fantasy Aborigine No. 3 "Kokopelli", Scenes from Indian Life

      Naxos 8.559923

      9:17 am

      Zdeněk Fibich: "Impressions from the Countryside," Op 54

      "Fireside Talk"

      Czech National Sym Orch/Marek Štilec
      Fibich: Orchestral Works, Vol. 1 - Symphony No. 1

      Naxos 8.572985

      9:25 am

      Zdeněk Fibich: "Impressions from the Countryside," Op. 54

      "Village Dance"

      Czech National Sym Orch/Marek Štilec
      Fibich: Orchestral Works, Vol. 1 - Symphony No. 1

      Naxos 8.572985

      9:34 am

      Lukas Foss: Three American Pieces

      Duo Sonidos
      Wild Dance

      Naxos 8.574045

      9:46 am

      Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: "Berlin" Symphony No. 6 in F, Wq 181

      Berlin Academy for Ancient Music
      Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Oboe Concertos

      Harmonia Mundi HMM-902601

      10:00 am - 3:00 pm

      10:00 am

      Midday with Lisa Flynn

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

      10:00 am

      Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: "Othello," Op. 79

      Suite

      Chineke! Orch/Fawzi Haimor
      Chineke! Orchestra: Coleridge-Taylor

      Decca 4853322

      10:16 am

      Alexander Borodin: String Quartet No. 2 in D

      III. "Nocturne"

      Brodsky Quartet
      Borodin, Tchaikovsky

      Teldec 46319-2

      10:26 am

      Aldemaro Romero: Suite for Strings No. 1

      "Fuga con Pajarillo"

      Simón Bolívar Youth Orch/Gustavo Dudamel
      Fiesta * Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela * Gustavo Dudamel

      DG B0011340-02

      10:34 am

      Frédéric Chopin: Variations on Mozart's "Là ci darem la mano," Op. 2

      Jan Lisiecki, p; North German Radio Sym Orch/Krzysztof Urbański
      Chopin: Works for Piano & Orchestra

      DG 4796824

      10:52 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

      11:00 am

      Henryk Wieniawski: "Légende," Op. 17

      Gil Shaham, v; London Sym Orch/Lawrence Foster
      Wieniawski: Violin Concertos Nos. 1 & 2, Légende; Sarasate: Ziegeunerweisen

      DG 431815-2

      11:09 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano and Wind Quintet in E-Flat, Op. 16

      Schellenberger, ob; Combs, cl; Clevenger, hn; Damiano, bn; Barenboim, p
      Daniele Damiano, bassoon,
      Beethoven, Mozart: Quintets

      Erato 96359-2

      11:36 am

      Anton Bruckner: Symphonic Prelude

      Bamberg Sym/Jakub Hrůša
      Hans Rott: Symphony No. 1; Mahler: Blumine; Bruckner: Symphonisches Präludium

      DG 4862932

      11:43 am

      Marin Marais: "Alcyone"

      Suite

      Tafelmusik/Jeanne Lamon
      House of Dreams

      Tafelmusik Media TMK-1020 (DVD & CD)

      12:01 pm

      Ethel Smyth: Violin Sonata in A minor, Op. 7

      I. "Allegro moderato"

      Duo FAE
      Dissidents of the Gilded Age

      Albany TROY-2006

      12:10 pm

      Gioachino Rossini: "Il turco in Italia"

      Overture

      Prague Sinfonia/Christian Benda
      Rossini: Complete Overtures, Vol. 4

      Naxos 8.572735

      12:20 pm

      Niccolò Paganini: Guitar Sonata in C, Op 25

      Siegfried Behrend, g
      Chitarra Italiana

      DG 2530561

      12:27 pm

      Erich Wolfgang Korngold: "Märchenbilder (Fairytale Pictures)," Op. 3

      Linz Bruckner Orch/Caspar Richter
      Korngold: Fairytale Pictures and other orchestral music

      ASV CDDCA-1108

      12:47 pm

      Manuel Ponce: "Suite Cubana"

      Jorge Federico Osorio, p
      Mexican Piano Music by Manuel M. Ponce

      Cedille CDR-90000086

      1:01 pm

      William Byrd: "The Fitzwilliam Suite"

      Canadian Brass
      English Renaissance Music

      CBS MK-45792

      1:14 pm

      Ruth Gipps: Symphony No. 2 in B, Op. 30

      BBC National Orch of Wales/Rumon Gamba
      Ruth Gipps: Symphonies Nos. 2 and 4; Song for Orchestra; Knight in Armour

      Chandos CHAN-20078

      1:35 pm

      Kim André Arnesen: "Even when he is silent"

      Voces8
      Nightfall

      Decca 4870458

      1:41 pm

      Edvard Grieg: Old Norwegian Romance With Variations, Op. 51

      Royal Phil Orch/Thomas Beecham
      Grieg: Peer Gynt; Symphonic Dance, Op. 64 No. 2; Concert Overture "In Autumn"

      EMI CDM7-64751-2

      2:01 pm

      Henry Purcell: Suite of Theater Music

      Taverner Players/Andrew Parrott
      A Baroque Festival

      Virgin Classics 61304-2

      2:10 pm

      George Gershwin: Piano Concerto in F

      Xiayin Wang, p; Royal Scottish National Orch/Peter Oundjian
      American Piano Concertos

      Chandos CHSA-5128

      2:43 pm

      Gabriel Fauré: "Après un rêve," Op. 7, No. 1

      Yo-Yo Ma, vc; Kathryn Stott, p
      Songs from the Arc of Life

      Sony 10316-2

      2:46 pm

      Gabriel Fauré: Romance in A, Op. 69

      Yo-Yo Ma, vc; Kathryn Stott, p
      Merci

      Sony 19802822812

      2:50 pm

      Alessandro Stradella: Trumpet Sonata (Concerto) in D

      Crispian Steele-Perkins, tr; Tafelmusik/Jeanne Lamon
      Music for Trumpet & Orchestra

      Sony SK-53365

      3:00 - 7:00 pm

      3:00 pm

      Afternoon Music with Candice Agree

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

      3:00 pm

      Maurice Ravel: "Le tombeau de Couperin"

      Seattle Sym/Gerard Schwarz
      Diamond Settings: Hommage à Satie

      Koch 3-7358-2

      3:21 pm

      Luigi Boccherini: String Quintet in C, Op. 42, No. 2 (G 349)

      K Nikkanen & S Kim, v's; K Johnson, vi; J Starker & Z Bailey, vc's
      Janos Starker, cello,
      Janos Starker Celebration: Live from El Paso Pro Musica, February 28, 2004

      Delos DE-3344

      3:39 pm

      Frédéric Chopin: "Rondo à la Krakowiak," Op. 14

      İdil Biret, p; Slovak State Phil/Robert Stankovsky
      Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 2, Krakowiak

      Naxos 8.550369

      3:55 pm

      Giacomo Puccini: Three Minuets (1892)

      No. 1

      Berlin Radio Sym Orch/Riccardo Chailly
      Puccini: Orchestral Music

      Decca 410007-2

      4:00 pm

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 96 in D, "Miracle"

      Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orch/Ádám Fischer
      Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 96 and 102 (The Miracle)

      Nimbus NI-5135

      4:24 pm

      Richard Wagner: "Tristan und Isolde"

      Prelude and "Liebestod"

      Frankfurt Radio Sym/Eliahu Inbal
      Tchaikovsky, Wagner

      Denon 81757-9715-2

      4:44 pm

      Florence Price: Piano Sonata in E minor

      II. "Andante"

      Michelle Cann, p
      Revival

      Platoon PLAT-18088

      4:52 pm

      Jean Sibelius: "Scènes historiques" Suite No. 1, Op. 25

      Finale, "Festivo"

      Scottish National Orch/Alexander Gibson
      Sibelius: Scènes historiques I & II

      Chandos CHAN-6591

      5:00 pm

      Camille Saint-Saëns: Cello Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Op. 33

      Janos Starker, vc; London Sym Orch/Antal Dorati
      Janos Starker: The Mercury Living Presence Recordings

      Mercury 4786754

      5:19 pm

      Gwyneth Walker: "Full Circle"

      II. "The Grace of the World"

      Palisades Virtuosi
      Palisades Virtuosi * New American Masters, Volume 4

      Albany TROY-1339

      5:25 pm

      Frederick Delius: "On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring"

      BBC Sym Orch/Sir Andrew Davis
      The British Line: A Celebration of British Music

      Warner 9029545395

      5:32 pm

      Franz Anton Hoffmeister: Two-Horn Concerto No. 3 in E-Flat

      Jacek Muzyk & Daniel Kerdelewicz, hn's; Buffalo Phil Orch/Falletta
      The Golden Age of the Horn - Concertos for Two Horns

      Naxos 8.574646

      6:00 pm

      music continues...

      7:00 pm

      7:00 pm

      Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin

      George Gershwin (1898-1937)

      Gershwin was a true American original who broke musical boundaries, writing everything from Broadway musicals and popular songs to symphonic works and jazz. In just 38 years, he fearlessly explored new ideas and created a wide range of music. Bill shares how Gershwin’s life and work 'flashed across the world like a comet,' and gives fresh insights into the people and experiences that shaped him. We invite you to join us as we celebrate George Gershwin’s life and soulful music.

      8:00 - 10:00 pm

      10:00 pm - 12:00 am

      10:00 pm

      The New York Philharmonic This Week

      Blitzstein "Airborne" Symphony; Orson Welles, narrator; Andrea Velis; David Watson; Choral Arts Society; Copland "Lincoln Portrait;" William Warfield, narrator; Ives "Holidays Symphony;" Leonard Bernstein, conductor.