Friday, July 24, 2026

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      Playlist for Friday, July 24, 2026

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      12:00 - 6:00 am

      Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff

      12:00 am

      Antonio Vivaldi: "La Verita in Cimento"

      Sinfonia

      American Bach Soloists/Jeffrey Thomas
      Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen Sings Gluck, Handel, Vivaldi

      American Bach Soloists

      12:05 am

      Antonio Vivaldi: Bassoon Concerto in D, R 472

      Sergio Azzolini, bs; L'Aura Soave Cremona
      Vivaldi: Bassoon Concertos Volume 2

      Naive OP-30518

      12:16 am

      Adolphus Hailstork: "Bassoon Set"

      No. 1

      Lecolion Washington, bn
      Karen Walwyn: Dark Fires, Vol. 2

      Albany TROY-1038

      12:18 am

      Hugo Alfvén: Ballet, "The Prodigal Son"

      Stockholm Royal Opera Orch/Hugo Alfvén

      Discofil SCD-1003

      12:35 am

      William Walton: "The Wise Virgins" Suite (after J.S. Bach)

      London Phil/Bryden Thomson
      Walton: The Quest And The Wise Virgins Suite

      Chandos CHAN-8871

      12:55 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata No. 43, "Gott fähret auf mit Jauchzen"

      Chorale, "Ermuntre dich, mein schwacher Geist"

      Chamber Cho of Europe/Nicol Matt
      Bach Edition: Complete Works

      Brilliant Classics 93102 (155)

      1:00 am

      Johannes Brahms: Piano Pieces, Op 118

      No. 2, "Intermezzo" in A

      Jorge Federico Osorio, p

      Cedille CDR-90000171 (2)

      1:05 am

      Manuel Ponce: Piano Concerto (1912)

      Jorge Federico Osorio, p; Mexico State Sym Orch/Enrique B tiz
      Musica Mexicana, Vol. 6

      ASV CDDCA-926

      1:26 am

      Manuel Ponce: "Four Mexican Dances"

      No. 2

      Argentina Duràn, p
      Rapsodia Mexicana

      Bravo Music0

      1:27 am

      Niccolo Paganini: "Andantino variato"

      Andrés Segovia, g
      The Segovia Collection Vol. 9: The Romantic Guitar

      MCA Classics MCAD-10281

      1:35 am

      Ludwig (Louis) Spohr: Violin Concerto #4 in b, Op 10

      Hoelscher, v; Berlin Radio Sym Orch/Christian Fröhlich
      Violin Concertos 10, 7 & 9

      CPO 777818-2 (8)

      1:55 am

      Valerie Capers: "Ruby"

      "Postlude: Change"

      Victoria Ehrlich, vc
      Where Freedom Rings

      Cambria CD-1238

      2:00 am

      Arthur Sullivan: "The Tempest" Incidental Music

      "Dance of Nymphs and Reapers"

      Kansas City Sym Orch/Michael Stern
      Shakespeare's Tempest

      Reference Recordings RR-115

      2:05 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata #17 in d, Op 31/2, "Tempest"

      Maurizio Pollini, p
      Sonatas Op. 31 & 49

      DG 479 4325

      2:26 am

      Afro-American Traditional: "Early One Morning"

      St Charles Singers/Jeffrey Hunt
      St Charles Singers: I Know Where I'm Going

      Proteus 4027

      2:27 am

      Jean-Michel Damase: Variations on "Early one morning" (1980)

      Anna Noakes, f; Gillian Tingay, h
      Damase

      ASV CDDCA-898

      2:37 am

      Edward German: Incidental Music for "Nell Gwynn"

      Czecho-Slovak Radio Sym/Adrian Leaper
      GERMAN : British Light Music

      Marco Polo 8.223419

      2:54 am

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      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.

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      10:00 am - 3:00 pm

      10:00 am

      Midday with Lisa Flynn

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

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      3:00 - 7:00 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.

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      7:00 pm

      7:00 pm

      Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin

      Get the Picture?

      Listen to the works of composers inspired by well-known paintings and poems. Pianist Alicia de Larrocha will perform Goyescas, by Enrique Granados, a musical impression of Francisco Goya’s paintings. This week also includes Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition, Hindemith’s Matthias der Maler, and Rachmaninoff’s Isle of the Dead. Many of these musical works have gone on to further inspire new artistic creations. This week, visual art and music become one!

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      8:00 - 11:00 pm

      8:00 pm

      Evening Music

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      11:00 pm

      11:00 pm

      Best of Studs Terkel

      Musical Americana (7/2/1981)

      Studs Terkel conjures a musical reminiscence of days gone by. The hour includes the mighty Wurlitzer organ heard in so many movie palaces of the past; Scott Joplin’s "Treemonisha;" a tribute to Lucky Lindbergh, Eagle of the USA; jazz by Louis Armstrong and Earl Hines; and so much more. jazz by Louis Armstrong and Earl Hines; and so much more.

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