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      Playlist for Monday, September 21, 2026

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      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      Schubert, Franz: "Drei Klavierstücke" (Impromptus), D 946

      No. 3 in C

      András Schiff, p
      Impromptus, D935; Ländler, D790; Klavierstücke, D946

      London 425638-2

      12:05 am

      Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Piano Concerto No. 14 in E-Flat, K. 449

      András Schiff, p; Salzburg Mozarteum Camerata Academica/Sándor Végh
      Piano Concertos No.20 K.466 & No.27 K.59

      London 417886-2

      12:27 am

      D'Rivera: "Contradanza"

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

      Naxos 8.579078

      12:29 am

      Harberg, Amanda: "Court Dances"

      Julian Velasco, sx; Winston Choi, p
      As We Are

      Cedille CDR-90000213

      12:42 am

      Nelson, Ron: "Courtly Airs and Dances"

      Dallas Wind Sym/Jerry Junkin
      Holidays & Epiphanies (The Music Of Ron Nelson)

      Reference Recordings RR-76-CD

      12:54 am

      Locke, Matthew: "Music for His Majesty's Sackbuts and Cornetts"

      Allemande

      Philip Jones Brass Ensemble
      Music From The Royal Court

      London B0000807-02 (2)

      1:00 am

      Sibelius, Jean: Serenade in D, Op. 69, No. 1

      James Ehnes, v; Bergen Philharmonic Orch/Edward Gardner
      Sibelius: Violin Concerto; Serenades; Humoresques; Earnest Melodies; Suite

      Chandos CHSA-5267

      1:05 am

      Sibelius, Jean: "The Oceanides," Op. 73

      City of Birmingham Sym Orch/Simon Rattle

      EMI/Ang CDM7-64119-2

      1:15 am

      Lortzing, Albert: "Undine"

      Overture

      Berlin Radio Sym/Robert Heger

      EMI/Ang CMS7-63208-2 (2)

      1:25 am

      Lortzing, Albert: "Undine"

      Chorus, "Auf, ihr Zecher"

      RIAS Chamber Cho, Berlin Radio Sym Orch/Robert Heger

      EMI/Ang CMS7-63208-2 (2)

      1:26 am

      Beethoven, Ludwig van: Cello Sonata #3 in A, Op 69

      Yo-Yo Ma, vc; Emanuel Ax, p
      Beethoven Sonatas, Vol. 2

      CBS MK-39024

      1:54 am

      Vivaldi, Antonio: The Four Seasons, Concerto No. 4 in F minor, Op. 8, RV 297, “Winter”, II. Largo

      Yo-Yo Ma, vc; Amsterdam Baroque Orch/Ton Koopman
      Vivaldi's Cello

      Sony SK-90916

      2:00 am

      Rameau, Jean-Philippe: "Platée"

      "Menuets en gout de viele"

      Les Musiciens du Louvre/Marc Minkowski
      Platée

      Erato 45028-2 (2)

      2:04 am

      Rameau, Jean-Philippe: "Platée"

      Overture

      Les Talens Lyriques/Christophe Rousset
      Rameau: Ouvertures * Les Talens Lyriques/Rousset

      L'Oiseau Lyre 4759107

      2:08 am

      Saint-Georges, Chevalier De: "L'amant anonyme"

      Overture

      Haymarket Opera Company/Craig Trompeter
      L'amant anonyme

      Cedille CDR-90000217 (3)

      2:16 am

      Destouches, André Cardinal: "Issé"

      Ouverture (reprise)

      Ensemble Les Surprises/Stephen Collardelle
      Issé

      Ambronay AMY-053 (2)

      2:17 am

      Atterberg, Kurt: Symphony #3 in d, Op 10, "West Coast Pictures"

      Hanover Radio Phil/Ari Rasilainen
      Atterberg Complete Symphonies

      CPO 777118-2 (5)

      2:54 am

      Tomkins, Thomas: "Toy Made at Poole Court"

      Carole Cerasi, hc
      "Barafostus's Dreame"

      Metronome METCD-1049

      3:00 am

      Schumann, Robert: "Fantasiestücke," Op. 12

      No. 1, "Des Abends"

      Carol Rosenberger, p
      Perchance to Dream- A Lullaby Album for Children and Adults

      Delos DE-3079

      3:05 am

      Schumann, Robert: "Fantasiestücke," Op. 73

      Yehuda Hanani, vc; Michelle Levin, p

      Ecoclassics ECO-CD-009

      3:17 am

      Schumann, Robert: "Fantasiestücke," Op. 12

      No. 3, "Warum"

      Yves Nat, p
      Schumann Oeuvres pour piano

      EMI/Ang CZS7-67141-2 (4)

      3:18 am

      Prokofiev, Serge: Piano Concerto No. 2 in g minor, Op. 16

      Alexander Toradze, p; Kirov Orch/Valery Gergiev
      The 5 Piano Concertos

      Philips 462048-2 (2)

      3:54 am

      Ortiz: Recercada primera

      Hesperus

      Koch 3-7451-2

      4:00 am

      Schubert, Franz: "Der Lindenbaum"

      Jorge Bolet, p
      Schubert: Song Transcriptions

      London LDR-71069

      4:05 am

      Bax, Arnold: "The Tale the Pine-Trees Knew"

      Royal Scottish National Orch/David Lloyd-Jones
      BAX: Symphony No. 5

      Naxos 8.554509

      4:21 am

      Ireland, John: "The Almond Tree" (1913)

      Eric Parkin, p
      Ireland: Piano Works, Vol. 1

      Chandos CHAN-9056

      4:25 am

      Arnold, Malcolm: "Larch Trees," Op 3

      London Musici/Mark Stephenson
      Arnold: Larch Trees, Concerto, Etc.

      Conifer 51211-2

      4:36 am

      Quilter, Roger: Song, "The Fuchsia Tree", Op 25/2

      Stephen Hough, p
      The Piano Album 1 * Stephen Hough

      Virgin 59509-2

      4:37 am

      Beethoven, Ludwig van: Violin Sonata no.1 in D, Op.12/1

      Jascha Heifetz, v; Emanuel Bay, p
      The Heifetz Collection, Volume 16: Violin Sonatas

      RCA 61747-2 (3)

      4:54 am

      Britten, Benjamin: "Soirées musicales," Op. 9

      March

      Helsingborg Sym Orch/Okko Kamu
      Benjamin Britten: Piano Concerto

      Ondine ODE-825-2

      5:00 am

      Mendelssohn, Fanny: "Das Jahr"

      March

      Jennifer Eley, p
      Mendelssohn: Piano Concerto In E Minor/ Schumann: Konzertsatz

      Koch 3-7197-2

      5:05 am

      Verdi, Giuseppe: "I Vespri Siciliani"

      Four Seasons Ballet: "Spring"

      Metropolitan Opera Orch
      Verdi: Ballet Music * James Levine

      Sony SK-52489

      5:13 am

      Vivaldi, Antonio: The Four Seasons, Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 8, RV 315, “Summer”

      Giuliano Carmignola, v; Venice Baroque Orch/Andrea Marcon
      Vivaldi: The Four Seasons * Carmignola * Marcon

      Sony SK-51352

      5:22 am

      Ernst, Heinrich Wilhelm: Violin Etude #6, "The Last Rose of Summer"

      Gidon Kremer, v
      A Paganini: Virtuose Musik Für Violine

      DG 415484-2

      5:30 am

      Tchaikovsky, Peter: "The Months (The Seasons)," Op. 37

      "July (Song of the Reaper)"

      Antonin Kubalek, p
      TCHAIKOVSKY, P.I.: Seasons (The) / CHOPIN, F.: Ballade No. 3 / KYMLICKA, M.: 4 Valses (Kubalek)

      Dorian DOR-90102

      5:32 am

      Vitols, Jazeps: "Autumn Song" (1928)

      Valdis Zarins, v; Latvian National Sym Orch/D. Yablonsky
      VITOLS : Orchestral Works

      Marco Polo 8.223756

      5:45 am

      Glazunov, Alexander: "The Seasons," Op 67

      Winter

      Concert Arts Orch/Robert Irving

      EMI/Ang CDM5-65911-2

      5:54 am

      Mitushin, Alexander: Four-Horn Concertino

      3rd mvt, Allegro

      American Horn Quartet
      Im Herbst

      EBS 6046

      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.

      6:04 am

      Jean-Philippe Rameau: "Pièces de clavecin en concerts": Quatrième concert

      Les Accents/Thibault Noally
      Rameau: Concerts en Sextuor

      Aparté AP-254

      6:15 am

      Franz Anton Hoffmeister: Oboe Concerto in C

      III. Rondo (Allegro)

      Albrecht Mayer, ob; Potsdam Chamber Academy
      Albrecht Mayer: Lost and Found

      DG 4792942

      6:21 am

      Johannes Brahms: Viola Sonata No. 2 in E-Flat, Op. 120, No. 2

      I., "Allegro amabile"

      James Ehnes, vi; Andrew Armstrong, p
      Ehnes & Armstrong Play Brahms & Schumann

      Onyx 4256

      6:32 am

      Ernest Bloch: "From Jewish Life"

      I. "Prayer"

      Christian-Pierre La Marca, vc; Orchestre de Paris members; Nathanaël Gouin, p
      Wonderful World

      Naïve V-7362

      6:37 am

      Antonín Dvořák: Slavonic Rhapsody in A-Flat, Op. 45, No. 3

      Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Kurt Masur
      Dvořák: Slavonic Dances Op. 46

      Philips 416623-2

      6:50 am

      Frédéric Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor, Op. 21

      III. Finale, "Allegro vivace"

      Daniil Trifonov, p; Mahler Chamber Orch/Mikhail Pletnev
      Chopin Evocations

      DG 4797518 (2)

      7:03 am

      Fritz Kreisler: Fantasy on Russian Themes (after Rimsky-Korsakov)

      Itzhak Perlman, v; Abbey Road Ensemble/Lawrence Foster
      À la carte

      EMI CDC5-55475-2

      7:13 am

      Emanuil Sheynkman: Variations on Two Russian Folksongs

      Odessa Balalaikas
      The Art of Balalaika

      Nonesuch 79034-2

      7:21 am

      Nikolai Kapustin: Piano Sonata No. 1, Op. 39, "Sonata-Fantasy"

      IV. Finale, "Allegro"

      Noah Kim, p
      Introductions: Noah Kim, 17, piano (December 9, 2023)

      WFMT

      7:32 am

      Gustav Holst: "The Planets," Op. 32

      "Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity"

      Royal Phil Orch/André Previn
      The Planets Op. 32

      Telarc CD-80133

      7:42 am

      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

      7:55 am

      Domenico Scarlatti: Clavier Sonata in G, Kk 13 (L 486)

      Angela Hewitt, p
      Angela Hewitt: Domenico Scarlatti Sonatas

      Hyperion CDA-67613

      8:04 am

      Jean Sibelius: Symphony No. 2 in D, Op. 43

      I. "Allegretto"

      Helsinki Phil/Paavo Berglund
      Sibelius: Sibelius Symphony No. 2, The Oceanides, Finlandia

      EMI CDC7-49511-2

      8:14 am

      Henry Charles Litolff: Piano Trio No. 2 in E-Flat, Op. 56

      IV. Finale, Prestissimo

      Leonore Piano Trio
      Henry Charles Litolff: Piano Trios Nos. 1 & 2

      Hyperion CDA-68305

      8:20 am

      Gordon Jacob: Mini-Concerto for Clarinet and Strings

      Charles Russo, cl; Premier Chamber Orch/David Gilbert
      Gordon Jacob: Music for Clarinet and Strings

      Premier PRCD-1052

      8:31 am

      Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Symphony in E minor, Wq 177

      Berlin Academy for Ancient Music
      CPE Bach Symphonies From Berlin to Hamburg

      Harmonia Mundi HMM-902317

      8:42 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Divertimento in E-Flat, K. 563

      I. "Allegro"

      Henning Kraggerud, v; Lars Anders Tomter, vi; Christoph Richter, vc
      Mozart: Divertimento in E-Flat Major

      Naxos 8.572258

      8:55 am

      Percy Grainger: "Spoon River"

      Dallas Wind Sym/Jerry Junkin
      Lincolnshire Posy: Music for Band by Percy Grainger

      Reference RR-117

      9:04 am

      Franz Schubert: "Wanderer Fantasy" in C, D 760

      Seong-Jin Cho, p
      Seong-Jin Cho: The Wanderer

      DG 4837909

      9:27 am

      Max Bruch: "Kol Nidrei," Op. 47

      Janos Starker, vc; London Sym Orch/Antal Dorati
      Perspectives * Janos Starker

      Philips B0007482-02

      9:38 am

      Georges Bizet: "La jolie fille de Perth"

      Suite

      Orch de Paris/Daniel Barenboim
      Barenboim in Paris

      EMI CDM7-64869-2

      9:51 am

      Manuel de Falla: "El amor brujo"

      Ritual Fire Dance; Pantomime

      La Pietà/Angèle Dubeau
      Infernal Violins

      Analekta AN2-8723

      10:00 am - 3:00 pm

      10:00 am

      Midday with Lisa Flynn

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

      10:00 am

      Hosted by Robbie Ellis.

      10:00 am

      Robert Nathaniel Dett: "Cinnamon Grove"

      Clipper Erickson, p
      My Cup Runneth Over - The Complete Piano Works of R. Nathaniel Dett

      Navona NV-6013

      10:18 am

      Antonio Vivaldi: String Concerto in G minor, R. 155

      Accademia Bizantina/Ottavio Dantone
      Vivaldi: Concertos for Strings and for Viola d'Amore

      Naïve OP-30570

      10:30 am

      Charles Ives: Piano Sonata No. 2, "Concord, Mass. 1840-60"

      "The Alcotts"

      San Francisco Sym/Michael Tilson Thomas
      Masterpieces in Miniature

      SFS Media SFS-0060

      10:37 am

      Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Ballade in D minor, Op. 4

      Michael Ludwig, v; Virginia Eskin, p
      Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Clarinet Quintet, Petite Suite, Ballade, Spirituals

      Koch 3-7056-2

      10:51 am

      Jonathan Dove: "Vadam et circuibo civitatem"

      ORA Singers/Suzi Digby
      Desires: A Song of Songs Collection

      Harmonia Mundi HMM-905316

      11:01 am

      Robert Schumann: Symphony No. 4 in D minor, Op. 120

      Vienna Radio Sym Orch/Marin Alsop
      Schumann: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 4 (re-orchestrated by Mahler)

      Naxos 8.574430

      11:28 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Piano Sonata No. 54 in G, H XVI:40

      Marc-André Hamelin, p
      Haydn: Piano Sonatas

      Hyperion CDA-67554 (2)

      11:39 am

      Benjamin Britten: "Soirées musicales," Op. 9 (after Rossini)

      London Phil Orch/Adrian Boult
      Benjamin Britten:‎ The Young Person's Guide To The Orchestra, Four Sea Interludes

      EMI CDM7-63777-2

      11:49 am

      Gioachino Rossini: "Andante con variazioni"

      Sandra Lunte, f; Elizabeth Richter, h
      Montage: Four Centuries of Music for Flute and Harp

      Centaur CRC-2876

      11:56 am

      Fats Waller: "Viper's Drag"

      Lise de la Salle, p
      When Do We Dance?

      Naïve V-5468

      12:01 pm

      George Gershwin: Three Preludes (1926)

      Lake Effect Clarinet Quartet
      Cooler By The Lake

      Lake Effect Clarinet Quartet (Cooler By The Lake)

      12:09 pm

      Antônio Carlos Gomes: "Il Guarany"

      Overture

      Minas Gerais Phil Orch/Fabio Mechetti
      Gomes: Opera Overtures & Preludes

      Naxos 8.574409

      12:19 pm

      Giuseppe Verdi: "Il Trovatore"

      Ballet Music

      Monte Carlo Opera Orch/Antonio de Almeida
      Verdi: Ballet Music

      Philips 422846-2 (2)

      12:42 pm

      Armand Amar: "Planet Ocean Suite"

      La Pietà/Angèle Dubeau
      Immersion

      Analekta AN2-8749

      12:51 pm

      Edvard Grieg: Two Elegiac Melodies, Op. 34

      St Martin's Academy/Neville Marriner
      The Academy in Concert II

      EMI CDD7-64107-2

      1:01 pm

      Johannes Brahms: Clarinet Trio in A minor, Op. 114

      David Shifrin, cl; David Finckel, vc; Wu Han, p
      Clarinet Trios by Beethoven, Brahms & Bruch

      ArtistLed 11101-2

      1:26 pm

      Gustav Holst: Suite No. 1 in E-Flat, Op. 28, No. 1

      Cleveland Symphonic Winds/Frederick Fennell
      Music for Wind Band

      Telarc CD-80038

      1:37 pm

      Gustav Holst: Choral Hymns from the Rig Veda, Op. 26

      No. 10, "Hymn of the Travellers"

      Holst Singers/Hilary Davan Wetton; Thelma Owen, h
      Britten: Choral dances from Gloriana; Bliss: Pastoral 'Lie strewn the white flocks'; Holst: Choral Hymns from the Rig Veda

      Hyperion CDA-66175

      1:41 pm

      Jean Françaix: Piano Concertino (1932)

      Ian Hobson, p; Sinfonia da Camera
      Jean Françaix and Camille Saint-Saëns

      Arabesque Z-6541

      1:50 pm

      Alice Coltrane: "Prema"

      Ashley Jackson, h; Harlem Chamber Players
      Ennanga

      Bright Shiny Things BSTD-0188

      2:00 pm

      Florence Price: Symphony No. 3 in C minor

      I. "Andante-Allegro"

      Vienna Radio Sym Orch/John Jeter
      Price: Symphony No. 3; The Mississippi River; Ethiopia's Shadow in America

      Naxos 8.559897

      2:11 pm

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Horn Quintet in E-Flat, K. 407

      Felix Klieser, hn; Zemlinsky Quartet
      Mozart & Haydn For Horn & String Quartet

      Berlin Classics 0302346-BC

      2:29 pm

      Anton Webern: "Im Sommerwind"

      Royal Concertgebouw Orch/Riccardo Chailly
      Brahms: Symphony No. 2, Webern: Im Sommerwind

      Decca 430324-2

      2:43 pm

      Percy Grainger: "Scandinavian Suite"

      Stephen Orton, vc; Hamish Milne, p
      Grainger: Vol. 13 - Works for Chamber Ensemble 1

      Chandos CHAN-9746

      3:00 - 7:00 pm

      3:00 pm

      Afternoon Music with Candice Agree

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

      3:00 pm

      Johann Sebastian Bach: "Brandenburg" Concerto No. 5 in D Major, BWV 1050

      Berlin Academy for Ancient Music
      Bach: Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 1-6

      Harmonia Mundi HMC-901634/5 (2)

      3:20 pm

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

      Joel Fan, p; Northwest Sinfonietta/Christophe Chagnard
      Dances for Piano and Orchestra

      Reference RR-134

      3:35 pm

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 87 in A

      St Martin's Academy/Sir Neville Marriner
      Haydn: Symphonies No. 86 & No. 87

      Philips 412888-2

      3:56 pm

      Christoph Willibald Gluck: "Orpheus and Eurydice"

      "Mélodie"

      Franz Liszt Chamber Orch/Isaac Stern, v
      Caprice Viennois - Music of Fritz Kreisler

      Sony SK-62692

      4:00 pm

      Josef Suk: "Summer Impressions," Op. 22b

      Margaret Fingerhut, p
      Suk: Piano Works

      Chandos CHAN-9026/7 (2)

      4:15 pm

      Gioachino Rossini: "La gazza ladra"

      Overture

      London Classical Players/Roger Norrington
      Rossini: Overtures

      EMI CDC7-54091-2

      4:26 pm

      Johann Joachim Quantz: Horn Concerto No. 3 in E-Flat

      Steven Gross, hn; Capella Istropolitana/Dale Clevenger
      Baroque.horn

      Summit DCD-511

      4:37 pm

      Arnold Bax: Three Pieces for Small Orchestra

      English Chamber Orch/Jeffrey Tate
      The Banks of Green Willow

      EMI CDC7-47945-2

      5:00 pm

      Edward Elgar: "Froissart" Overture, Op. 19

      BBC Sym/Sir Andrew Davis
      Elgar: Falstaff, Bassoon Romance, Froissart, Grania and Diarmid

      Teldec 98436-2

      5:15 pm

      Edvard Grieg: "Peer Gynt," Op. 23

      Suite No. 2: "Arabian Dance"

      Slovak State Phil Orch/Stephen Gunzenhauser
      The Best of Grieg

      Naxos 8.556658

      5:20 pm

      Frederick Tillis: "Spiritual Fantasy" No. 12

      II. "Wade in the Water"

      Castle of our Skins
      Homage: Chamber Music from the African Continent & Diaspora

      Lorent LNT-147

      5:25 pm

      Jean Sibelius: Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47

      Janine Jansen, v; Oslo Phil Orch/Klaus Mäkelä
      Sibelius & Prokofiev Violin Concertos

      Decca 4854748

      6:00 pm

      Peter Tchaikovsky: "The Nutcracker," Op. 71

      "Russian Dance (Trepak)"

      Martha Argerich & Mirabela Dina, p's
      Music for Two Pianos

      EMI 07623-2

      6:01 pm

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Trio in B-Flat, Op. 11

      Orion Ensemble
      The Orion Collection: Beethoven und Schumann

      Orion Ensemble (Beethoven and Schumann)

      6:23 pm

      Maurice Ravel: Piano Concerto in G

      II. "Adagio assai"

      Philippe Entremont, p; Philadelphia Orch/Eugene Ormandy
      A Century of French Music

      Sony 88875192862

      6:34 pm

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      7:00 pm

      7:00 pm

      Exploring Music

      Darius Milhaud (1892-1974)

      Host Peter van de Graaff invites you into the vibrant musical world of Darius Milhaud, who stands among history’s most prolific composers and whose music is alive with inspiration and imagination. Born in Southern France, he traveled to Brazil and later to California, where he taught young musicians including Burt Bacharach, Dave Brubeck, and William Bolcom.

      8:00 - 10:00 pm

      10:00 pm - 12:00 am

      10:00 pm

      The WFMT Orchestra Series

      National Centre for the Performing Arts Orchestra

      Yao Chen "Sentiments: Autumn;" Shen Yang, bass-baritone; Bruckner Symphony No. 4 in E-flat major, "Romantic," WAB 104; Lü Jia, conductor.