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      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      Walton, William: "Hamlet" (1947)

      "Funeral March"

      Royal Liverpool Phil/Charles Groves
      Music For Shakespearean Films: Hamlet, Henry V, Richard III

      Angel DS-38088

      12:04 am

      Beethoven, Ludwig van: Piano Sonata #12 in A-Flat, Op 26, "Funeral March"

      Sviatoslav Richter, p
      Sviatoslav Richter: 100th Anniversary Edition

      Mel/BMG 25178-2

      12:23 am

      Purcell, Henry: Funeral Music for Queen Mary

      March

      Taverner Players/Andrew Parrott

      EMI/Ang CDC7-49635-2

      12:24 am

      Larsson, Lars-Erik: Symphony #1 in D, Op 2

      Helsingborg Sym Orch/Andrew Manze
      Larsson: Symphony No 1, Lyric Fantasy, Music for Orchestra

      CPO 777671-2

      12:54 am

      Larsson, Lars-Erik: "Tre citat för blandad kör," Op 59 (1969)

      #1

      Stockholm High School Chamber Cho/Eric Ericson

      Caprice CAP-1101

      1:00 am

      Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel: Fantasia in c, Wq 254

      Colin Tilney, clavichord

      DG Archiv 2533326

      1:05 am

      Telemann, Georg Philipp: "Tafelmusik," Bk 2

      Trio in e

      American Baroque
      TELEMANN, G.P.: Chamber Music (American Baroque)

      Dorian DOR-93205

      1:19 am

      Bach, Johann Sebastian: "Well-Tempered Clavier," Book 1, BWV 846/69

      Prelude No. 2 in c minor

      Béla Fleck, banjo; Edgar Meyer, db
      Music for Two

      Sony SK-92106

      1:20 am

      Novak, Vitezslav: Serenade in D, Op 36

      Ukrainian Chamber Orch/Andrew Mogrelia
      NOVAK : Serenades

      Marco Polo 8.223649

      1:47 am

      Warlock, Peter: Serenade for Strings

      Ulster Orch/Vernon Handley
      Moeran: Serenade in G · Warlock: Serenade · Capriol Suite

      Chandos CHAN-8808

      1:54 am

      Ginastera, Alberto: "Danza Criolla" Op 15, #1

      Maria Isabel Siewers, g
      Ginastera: Chamber Music Volume 5

      ASV CDDCA-1103

      2:00 am

      Anonymous 17th century, English: "In paradise"

      Michael Chance, ct; Fretwork
      The English Viol

      Virgin 61173-2

      2:05 am

      Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel: Sinfonia in G, Wq 183/4

      Age of Enlightenment Orch/Gustav Leonhardt
      4 Symphonies, Wq. 183 / Symphony No. 5, Wq. 182

      Virgin Classics 61794-2 (2)

      2:17 am

      Bach, Johann Sebastian: "Klavierbüchlein für Wilhelm Friedemann Bach"

      "Fantasia" No. 2

      Joseph Payne, hc
      Klavierbüchlein for Wilhelm Friedemann

      Hänssler Classic CD-92.137 (2)

      2:18 am

      Beethoven, Ludwig van: Symphony No. 5 in c minor, Op. 67

      Ch Orch of Europe/Nikolaus Harnoncourt

      Teldec 28144-2 (10)

      2:55 am

      Kjerulf, Halfdan: Notturno

      Audun Kayser, p
      Grieg Memory Album Vol. 3

      Vnp 0097-0042

      3:00 am

      Sor, Fernando: Variations on a theme from Mozart's "Magic Flute," Op 9

      Narciso Yepes, g
      The World Of The Spanish Guitar

      London STS-15224

      3:05 am

      Spohr, Ludwig (Louis): Variations on a theme from the opera "Alruna"

      Dieter Klöcker, cl; Slovak Radio Sym Orch/G. Schmalfuss
      Clarinet and Orchestra

      Marco Polo 8.223431

      3:14 am

      Bizet, Georges: Variations on a Theme from "Carmen"

      Vladimir Horowitz, p

      CBS M3K-44681 (3)

      3:18 am

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

      Abbey Simon, p; Hamburg Sym/Heribert Beissel
      Complete Works for Piano and Orchestra

      Vox PVT-7167

      3:33 am

      Zemlinsky, Anton: Lieder, Op 2

      Book I, #2, "Der Himmel hat keine Sterne"

      Barbara Bonney, s; Cord Garben, p
      Zemlinsky: Lieder

      DG 427348-2 (2)

      3:35 am

      Zemlinsky, Anton: Sinfonietta, Op 23

      Czech Phil/Antony Beaumont
      Zemlinsky: Symphony in B flat major/ Prelude to 'Es war einmal'/Sinfonietta/'Der König Kandaules'

      Chandos CHAN-10204

      3:53 am

      Brahms, Johannes: Five Songs, Op 49

      #4, "Wiegenlied"

      Thomas Allen, br; Sharon Isbin, g

      Virgin 91750-2

      4:00 am

      Turrin: "Three Summer Dances"

      Borealis Wind Quintet
      A LA CARTE- Short Works for Winds

      MSR Classics MS-1128

      4:05 am

      Mendelssohn, Felix: Fantasy on "The Last Rose of Summer," Op 15

      Martin Jones, p

      Nimbus NI-5072

      4:12 am

      Trad, Irish: 'Tis the Last Rose of Summer

      Wynton Marsalis, cornet, Eastman Wind Ensemble/Donald Hunsberger
      Carnaval

      CBS MK-42137

      4:14 am

      Dvorák, Antonín: Symphony No. 9 in e minor, Op. 95, "From the New World"

      Slovak Radio Sym Orch/Ivan Anguélov
      Symphony No. 9 in E minor op. 95 “From the New World”

      Oehms Classics OC-555

      4:55 am

      Prokofiev, Serge: Five "Sarcasms," Op. 17

      No. 2, "Allegro rubato"

      Easley Blackwood, p
      Radical Piano

      Cedille CDR-90000027

      5:00 am

      Prokofiev, Serge: "Cinderella"

      Adagio

      Mstislav Rostropovich, vc; Alexander Dedyukhin, p
      Saint-Saëns: Cello Concerto No. 1; Schumann: Cello Concerto

      DG 4776505 (2)

      5:05 am

      PARKER, Clifton: The Glass Slipper

      Overture

      Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland
      British Light Music World Premieres

      ASV CDWHL-2116

      5:08 am

      Rossini, Gioachino: "La Cenerentola"

      Overture

      Scottish Chamber Orch/Jaime Laredo
      Rossini: Operatic Overtures Vol. 10

      Nimbus NI-5078

      5:16 am

      Massenet, Jules: "Cendrillon"

      Suite

      Hong Kong Phil/Kenneth Jean
      MASSENET: Orchestral Suites

      Marco Polo 8.223354

      5:26 am

      Massenet, Jules: "Lent et Sombre" for Bassoon and Piano

      David McGill, bn; Peter Serkin, p
      Musique Francaise

      Boston Records BR-1022-CD

      5:28 am

      Massenet, Jules: "Valse très lente" (1901)

      Aldo Ciccolini, p
      Massenet: Piano Music

      EMI/Angel CDM7-64277-2

      5:32 am

      Chopin, Frédéric: Waltz in E-flat, Op.18, "Grande valse brillante"

      Claudio Arrau, p
      Waltzes / Walzer / Valses

      Philips 400025-2

      5:38 am

      Liapunov, Sergei: Symphonic Poem in Memory of Chopin, Op 37 (1910)

      Ussr State Academy Orch/Yevgeny Svetlanov
      Symphonic Poems from Russia

      Melodiya 34166 (2)

      5:53 am

      Chopin, Frédéric: Waltz in E-Flat, Op. Posth

      Abbey Simon, p
      Abbey Simon Plays Chopin- Etudes and Waltzes

      Vox VU-9034

      6:00 am

      6:00 am

      With Heart and Voice

      "Praise the Lord." Host Peter DuBois shares psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs of praise from the vast repertoire of sacred choral and organ music.

      7:00 am - 12:00 pm

      7:01 am

      Antonio Estévez: "Mediodía en el Llano"

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

      DG B0011340-02

      7:09 am

      Cécile Chaminade: "Valse-Caprice"

      Enid Katahn, p
      Cécile Chaminade: Music for Piano

      Gasparo GSCD-247

      7:16 am

      Astor Piazzolla: "María de Buenos Aires"

      Suite

      Lucienne Renaudin Vary, tr; Monte Carlo Phil Orch/Sascha Goetzel
      Piazzolla Stories

      Warner 0190295155636

      7:29 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-Flat, Op. 19

      Martha Argerich, p; Mito Chamber Orch/Seiji Ozawa
      Beethoven: Piano Concerto 2; Grieg: Holberg Suite

      Decca 4850592

      8:00 am

      Gioachino Rossini: String Sonata No. 5 in E-Flat

      Age of Enlightenment Orch members
      Gioachino Rossini - The String Sonatas

      Hyperion CDA-66595

      8:15 am

      Justin Holland: "Carnival of Venice" Fantasy

      Christopher Mallett, g
      Justin Holland: Guitar Works & Arrangements

      Naxos 8.559924

      8:23 am

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

      New York Phil/Leonard Bernstein
      Brahms: Symphony No. 4/ Academic Festival Overture/ Tragic Overture

      Sony SMK-47538

      8:34 am

      Benny Goodman; Carl Maria von Weber: "Let's Dance"

      Benny Goodman & His Orchestra

      CBS 463335-1

      8:37 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Piano Trio in G, H XV:25

      Beaux Arts Trio
      Haydn: Complete Piano Trios

      Philips 454098-2 (9)

      8:55 am

      Florence Price: Violin Concerto No. 1 in D

      III. Finale, "Allegro"

      Randall Goosby, v; Philadelphia Orch/Yannick Nézet-Séguin
      Max Bruch & Florence Price: Violin Concertos

      Decca 4854234

      9:00 am

      Harold Arlen: "Get Happy"

      Jenny Lin, p
      Get Happy

      Steinway & Sons 30011

      9:04 am

      George Frideric Handel: "Acis and Galatea"

      Duet, "Happy We"

      Atlanta Sym Cho & Orch/Robert Shaw
      Grand and Glorious - Great Operatic Choruses

      Telarc CD-80333

      9:08 am

      Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: "African Suite," Op. 35

      Chineke! Orch/Kevin John Edusei
      Chineke! Orchestra: Coleridge-Taylor

      Decca 4853322

      9:28 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata No. 146, "Wir müssen durch viel Trübsal"

      Duet, "Wie will ich mich (My Spirit be Joyful)"

      Empire Brass; Douglas Major, o
      A Bach Festival

      EMI CDC7-47395-2

      9:35 am

      Joseph Bologne (Chevalier de Saint-Georges): Violin Concerto in G, Op. 2, No. 1

      Fumika Mohri, v; Czech Chamber Phil Orch/Michael Halász
      Bologne: Violin Concertos, Opp. 2 & 7

      Naxos 8.574452

      9:56 am

      Ola Gjeilo: "The Lake Isle"

      Tenebrae/Nigel Short; Ola Gjeilo, p; Kristian Kvalvaag, g; str quartet
      Ciaran McCabe, violin,
      Matthew Sharp, cello,
      Voices, Piano, Strings

      Decca B0024646-02

      10:04 am

      Gustav Holst: "The Planets," Op. 32

      "Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity"

      Royal Phil Orch/André Previn
      The Planets Op. 32

      Telarc CD-80133

      10:14 am

      Traditional African-American: Spiritual, "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot"

      Chicago Brass Quintet
      American Voices

      Centaur CRC-3159

      10:22 am

      John Rutter: "Cityscapes"

      Royal Phil Orch/John Rutter
      John Rutter - Reflections

      Decca 4871478

      10:46 am

      Ellis Marsalis: "Fourth Autumn"

      Karen Walwyn, p
      Dark Fires, Vol. 2

      Albany TROY-384

      10:52 am

      Billy Joel: "And So it Goes"

      Harry Watters, tb; Salt River Brass/Patrick Sheridan
      The Great American Songbook

      Soundset 1070

      11:01 am

      Ellen Taaffe Zwilich: "Upbeat!"

      Boston Modern Orchestra Project/Gil Rose
      Ellen Taaffe Zwilich: Symphony No. 5, Upbeat!, Concerto Elegia, Commedia dell'Arte

      BMOP Sound 1098

      11:06 am

      Alfred Schnittke: "Suite in the Old Style"

      Daniel Hope, v; Alexey Botvinov, p
      Schnittke: Works for Violin and Piano

      DG 4839235

      11:22 am

      Camille Saint-Saëns: "Samson and Delilah," Op. 47

      "Bacchanale"

      Grant Park Orch/Thomas Wilkins
      Mendelssohn's Italian Symphony (July 30, 2016)

      Grant Park Music Festival

      11:31 am

      William Grant Still: Symphony No. 3, "Sunday"

      North Arkansas Sym Orch/Carlton Woods
      A Festive Sunday with William Grant Still

      Cambria CD-1060

      11:53 am

      Louis Moreau Gottschalk: "Home Sweet Home," Op. 51

      Alan Feinberg, p
      The American Virtuoso

      Argo 436121-2

      12:00 - 3:00 pm

      12:00 pm

      Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson: String Sinfonietta No. 1

      Chicago Sinfonietta/Paul Freeman
      Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson: A Celebration

      Cedille CDR-90000087

      12:16 pm

      music continues...

      1:31 pm

      Ravinia Festival 2026

      Steans Institute Piano & Strings Program

      Stravinsky Suite Italienne; Noah Lee, cello, Joseph Liccardo, piano; Haydn String Quartet in C major, Op. 54 No. 2; Aoi Saito, violin; Sameer Agrawal, violin; Yizilin Liang, viola; Joan Herget, cello; Suk Piano Trio in C minor, Op. 2; Yuki Yoshimi, piano; Hayoung Choi, violin; Jiaxun Yao, cello. Recoded July 2026 in Bennett Gordon Hall.

      6:00 - 8:00 pm

      6:00 pm

      Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcasts

      Weber Clarinet Concertos No. 1 & 2; Benny Goodman, clarinet; Jean Martinon, conductor; Overture to "Oberon;" Georg Solti, conductor; Nielsen Clarinet Concerto, Op. 57; Benny Goodman, clarinet; Morton Gould, conductor; "Helios" Overture, Op. 17; Jean Martinon, conductor; Fisher "Chicago;" Benny Goodman, clarinet; Morton Gould, conductor.

      8:00 pm

      8:00 pm

      Fiesta! with Elbio Barilari

      Travels to Sepharad Sepharad is the name the Spanish Jews gave to the Iberian Peninsula, making themselves the Sephardic people. Expelled from Spain, their culture and their language, Ladino, has been preserved in Northern Africa, Greece, Turkey and the Netherlands. Jewish Sephardic music is one of the most fascinating music styles to come out of Spain. Fiesta shares recordings of this lesser-known style of music.

      9:00 - 11:00 pm

      9:00 pm

      Collectors' Corner with Henry Fogel

      The art of Elmira Darvarova

      Bulgarian violinist who was first female concertmaster of Met Opera Orchestra. Music by Liszt, Ligeti, Ysaÿe, and Kodály.