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      Playlist for Wednesday, July 2, 2025

      Playing this hour

      6:00 - 10:00 am

      6:00 am

      Hosted by Jan Weller.

      6:03 am

      Ralph Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on "Greensleeves"

      St. Louis Sym Orch/Leonard Slatkin
      Pachelbel: Kanon; Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings; Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on "Greensleeves"; Borodin: Nocturne

      Telarc CD-80080

      6:09 am

      Rebecca Clarke: Viola Sonata

      Movements I & II

      Matthew Lipman, vi; Shirley Trissell, p
      Facebook Live: Matthew Lipman & Shirley Trissell (May 2, 2019)

      WFMT

      6:22 am

      Maurice Greene: Overture No. 6 in E-flat

      Baroque Band/Garry Clarke
      Greene: Overtures

      Cedille CDR-90000152

      6:31 am

      Aaron Copland: "Prairie Journal (Music for Radio)"

      Buffalo Phil Orch/JoAnn Falletta
      Aaron Copland: Four Dances from Rodeo; The Red Pony (Suite); Prairie Journal; Letter from Home

      Naxos 8.559240

      6:43 am

      Grażyna Bacewicz: Symphony No. 3

      II. "Andante"

      BBC Sym Orch/Sakari Oramo
      Bacewicz: Orchestral Works, Vol. 1

      Chandos CHSA-5316

      6:52 am

      Joaquín Turina: Piano Trio No. 2 in B minor, Op. 76

      III. Finale

      Lincoln Trio
      Turina * Chamber Music for Strings and Piano * Lincoln Trio

      Cedille CDR-90000150 (2)

      7:03 am

      Santiago de Murcia: "La Jota"

      O'Dette, Player, O'Brien, g's; Lawrence-King, h; Estevan, per
      Pat O'Brien, guitar,
      ¡Jácaras! 18th Century Spanish Baroque Guitar Music of Santiago de Murcia

      Harmonia Mundi HMU-907212

      7:10 am

      Paul Dukas: "Villanelle"

      Hermann Baumann, hn; Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Kurt Masur
      Hermann Baumann plays Glière, Saint-Saëns, Dukas, Chabrier

      Philips 416380-2

      7:17 am

      Johannes Brahms: Cello Sonata No. 1 in E minor, Op. 38

      I. "Allegro non troppo"

      Alisa Weilerstein, vc; Inon Barnatan, p
      Brahms Cello Sonatas

      Pentatone PTC-5187215

      7:31 am

      Jean Sibelius: "Finlandia," Op. 26

      Estonian National Male Cho & Sym Orch/Paavo Järvi
      Sibelius: Cantatas

      Virgin 45589-2

      7:40 am

      Johann Kaspar Mertz: "Ständchen," after Schubert

      José Miguel Moreno, g
      La Guitarra Española Vol. 2 (1818-1918)

      Glossa GCD-920105

      7:47 am

      Eric Coates: "The Three Elizabeths"

      I. "Halcyon Days"

      BBC Phil/John Wilson
      Eric Coates: Orchestral Works, Volume 3

      Chandos CHAN-20164

      7:55 am

      Manuel Ponce: "Estrellita"

      Anne Akiko Meyers, v; Fabio Bidini, p
      Shining Night

      Avie AV-2455

      8:03 am

      Daniel-François Auber: "The Bronze Horse"

      Overture

      BBC Phil/Yan Pascal Tortelier
      Tortelier's French Bonbons

      Chandos CHAN-9765

      8:11 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: "The Nutcracker," Op. 71

      "Waltz of the Flowers"

      Modern Mandolin Quartet
      Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker Suite

      Windham Hill 11108-2

      8:20 am

      George Frideric Handel: Concerto grosso in G, Op. 6, No. 1

      Orpheus Chamber Orch
      Handel: 12 Concerti Grossi, Op. 6

      DG 447733-2 (3)

      8:33 am

      Xavier Montsalvatge: "Poema concertante"

      Rachel Barton Pine, v; NDR Radio Phil/Celso Antunes
      Xavier Montsalvatge Canciones & Conciertos

      Hänssler Classic CD-98.642

      8:46 am

      Georg Philipp Telemann: "Burlesque de Don Quichotte"

      "Rocinante's Gallop; Quichotte Retires to Bed"

      Apollo's Fire/Jeannette Sorrell
      Bach's Coffeehouse

      Avie AV-2520

      8:52 am

      William Dawson: "Negro Folk Symphony"

      III. Finale, "O, Le' Me Shine, Shine like a Morning Star!"

      Detroit Sym Orch/Neeme Järvi
      Still, Dawson, Ellington: Orchestral Works

      Chandos CHAN-9226

      9:03 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: String Quartet No. 14 in G, K. 387, "Spring"

      IV. Finale, "Molto allegro"

      Emerson String Quartet
      Mozart: String Quartets K. 387 & 421

      DG 439861-2

      9:10 am

      Gioachino Rossini: "William Tell"

      Overture

      Santa Cecilia Orch/Antonio Pappano
      Rossini: Overtures, Andante e tema con variazioni

      Warner 24344

      9:23 am

      Alberto Nepomuceno: "Suíte antiga," Op. 11

      English Chamber Orch/Neil Thomson
      Serenata: Brazilian Music for Chamber Orchestra

      Naxos 8.574405

      9:37 am

      Luigi Boccherini: Flute Quintet in G minor, Op. 19, No. 2 (G426)

      Sally Walker, f; Layton & Rayner, v's; King, vi; Marlin, vc
      Stephen King, viola,
      Boccherini: Chamber Works for Flute

      Avie AV-2698

      9:51 am

      Louise Farrenc: "Rondeau brillant" on Bellini's Pirate Chorus, Op. 9

      Maria Stratigou, p
      Louise Farrenc: Complete Piano Works, Vol. 3: Rondeaux

      Grand Piano GP-942

      10:00 am - 1:00 pm

      10:00 am

      Midday with Lisa Flynn

      Including the "Daily Excursion" at 11:00 am.

      10:00 am

      Gabriel Fauré: "Masques et Bergamasques", Op. 112

      Seattle Sym/Ludovic Morlot
      Fauré: Masques et bergamasques & Pelléas et Mélisande

      Seattle Symphony Media SSM-1004

      10:15 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: English Suite No. 4 in F, BWV 809

      Francesco Tristano, p
      Bach: The 6 English Suites

      Naïve V-8828

      10:32 am

      Franz Strauss: Horn Concerto in C minor, Op. 8

      Barry Tuckwell, hn; London Sym Orch/István Kertész
      Strauss: The Concertos

      Decca 460296-2 (2)

      10:47 am

      Richard Strauss: "Die Tageszeiten (Times of the Day)," Op. 76

      "Der Morgen (Morning)"

      Turtle Creek Cho, Fort Worth Chamber Orch/Timothy Seelig
      The Times of Day

      Reference RR-67

      11:01 am

      Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov: "Caucasian Sketches" Suite No. 1, Op. 10

      Baltimore Sym Orch/David Zinman
      Russian Sketches

      Telarc CD-80378

      11:22 am

      Claude Debussy: Two Arabesques

      Richard Stoltzman, cl; Nancy Allen, h
      Romance

      RCA 60198-2

      11:32 am

      Jules Massenet: "Thaïs"

      Meditation

      Zuill Bailey, vc; Roanoke Sym/David Wiley
      Zuill Bailey in Concert * Live 10-17-05

      Delos DE-3378

      11:39 am

      Adolphus Hailstork: Symphony No. 3

      IV. Finale: Moderato

      Grand Rapids Sym/David Lockington
      Hailstork: Symphonies Nos. 2 and 3

      Naxos 8.559295

      12:01 pm

      Hector Berlioz: "Béatrice et Bénédict"

      Overture

      Boston Sym Orch/Charles Munch
      Munch conducts Berlioz

      RCA 68444-2 (8)

      12:15 pm

      Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts

      Cellist Danielle Atka and pianist Lindsay Garritson perform music by Max Bruch, Joachim Stutschewsky, and Paul Ben-Haim, live from Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago.

      1:00 - 3:00 pm

      1:00 pm

      Music for the Afternoon

      1:00 pm

      Johannes Brahms: "Tragic" Overture, Op. 81

      London Phil Orch/Marin Alsop
      Brahms: Symphony No. 1, Overtures

      Naxos 8.557428

      1:15 pm

      Tomaso Albinoni: Oboe Concerto in D, Op. 7, No. 6

      Anthony Robson, ob; Collegium Musicum 90/Simon Standage
      Albinoni: Oboe Concertos

      Chandos CHAN-0579

      1:24 pm

      Nikolai Tcherepnin: "La princesse lointaine," Op. 4

      Buffalo Phil Orch/JoAnn Falletta
      Forgotten Treasures

      Beau Fleuve 605996-998531

      1:34 pm

      Mark O'Connor: "Strings and Threads Suite"

      Mark O'Connor, v; Metamorphosen/Scott Yoo
      Mark O'Connor: The American Seasons

      Sony SK-89660

      2:01 pm

      Franz Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 1 in E-Flat

      Alice Sara Ott, p; Munich Phil/Thomas Hengelbrock
      Liszt & Tchaikovsky: First Piano Concertos

      DG 4778779

      2:22 pm

      Igor Stravinsky: "Suite italienne"

      Matt Haimovitz, vc; Christopher O'Riley, p
      Shuffle, Play, Listen

      Oxingale OX-2019

      2:41 pm

      Edmond Dédé: "Chicago, grande valse à l'Américaine"

      Hot Springs Music Festival/Richard Rosenberg
      Dédé: Mon pauvre coeur- Françoise et Tirtillard- Méphisto masqué

      Naxos 8.559038

      3:00 - 8:00 pm

      3:00 pm

      Afternoon Music with Candice Agree

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

      3:00 pm

      Aaron Copland: "Rodeo"

      Suite

      Morton Gould and His Orchestra
      Copland: Billy The Kid, Rodeo

      RCA 61667-2

      3:24 pm

      William Dawson: "Negro Folk Symphony"

      I. "The Bond of Africa"

      Vienna Radio Sym/Arthur Fagen
      Dawson: Negro Folk Symphony; Kay: Fantasy Variations - Umbrian Scene

      Naxos 8.559870

      3:39 pm

      Ralph Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis

      London Phil Orch/Bernard Haitink
      Vaughan Williams: A London Symphony, Fantasia On A Theme By Thomas Tallis

      EMI CDC7-49394-2

      4:00 pm

      Georges Bizet: "Jeux d'enfants," Op. 22

      Michel Béroff & Jean-Philippe Collard, p
      Debussy, Ravel: Complete Works For Piano Duet And Two Pianos

      EMI CDC5-55347-2

      4:21 pm

      José Evangelista: "Spanish Garland"

      Del Sol Quartet
      Zia

      Sono Luminus DSL-92164

      4:34 pm

      Felix Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4 in A, Op. 90, "Italian"

      I. "Allegro vivace"

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

      DG 415353-2 (4)

      4:46 pm

      Hector Berlioz: "Symphonie fantastique," Op. 14

      V. Finale, "Dream of a Witches' Sabbath"

      Rachel Barton Pine, v; Patrick Sinozich, p
      Instrument of the Devil

      Cedille CDR-90000041

      5:00 pm

      Peter Tchaikovsky: "Romeo and Juliet" Overture-Fantasy

      Cincinnati Sym/Paavo Järvi
      Tchaikovsky: Romeo & Juliet, Symphony No 6

      Telarc CD-80681

      5:21 pm

      Claude Debussy: "Suite bergamasque"

      Rudolf Firkušný, p
      Debussy: Suite Bergamasque

      EMI CDM5-66067-2

      5:37 pm

      Felix Mendelssohn: Four Pieces for String Quartet, Op. 81

      Pacifica Quartet
      Mendelssohn: The Complete String Quartets * Pacifica Quartet

      Cedille CDR-90000082 (3)

      6:00 pm

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 6 in B-Flat, K. 238

      Chamber Orch of Europe/Pierre-Laurent Aimard, p
      Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos 6, 15 & 27 / Aimard, Et Al

      Warner Classics 62259-2

      6:30 pm

      Grant Park Music Festival 2025

      Beethoven Symphony No. 6

      Live from the Pritzker Pavilion, featuring the Grant Park Orchestra conducted by Osmo Vänskä. Henry Dorn "Transitions;" Bruch "Scottish Fantasy;" Paul Huang, violin; Beethoven Symphony No. 6, "Pastoral." Hosted by Dave Schwan.

      8:00 pm

      8:01 pm

      Billy Strayhorn: "Lotus Blosssom"

      Duke Ellington, p
      Duke Ellington: Live at the Whitney

      Impulse IMPD-173

      8:03 pm

      Duke Ellington: "It Don't Mean a Thing"

      String Fever/Marin Alsop
      It Don't Mean a Thing

      Naxos 8.572834

      8:08 pm

      Antonín Dvořák: "Legends," Op 59

      Bournemouth Sym Orch/José Serebrier
      Dvořák: Symphony No. 8, Complete Ten Legends

      Warner 0825646287871

      9:00 pm

      9:00 pm

      Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin

      Sounds of the City of Light

      Music in Paris from Hector Berlioz to Claude Debussy, spanning from 1830 to the early 1900s. Discover what made luminaries such as Georges Bizet, Charles Gounod, and Charles-Valentin Alkan shine.

      10:00 pm - 12:00 am

      10:00 pm

      Baroque&Before with Candice Agree

      Julian Bream

      English lutenist and guitarist Julian Bream’s contributions to music are innumerable. Although his repertoire spanned the centuries, this program focuses on his interpretations of works of the Renaissance and Baroque.