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      12:00 - 7:00 am

      12:00 am

      Antonin Dvorák: "Slavonic Dances," Op. 46

      No. 2 in e minor

      Berlin Phil/Lorin Maazel

      EMI/Ang CDC7-49547-2

      12:05 am

      George Gershwin: "Porgy and Bess" Suite

      Lorin Maazel, v; Barton Weber, p
      Virtuoso Violin

      RCA 68414-2

      12:23 am

      George Gershwin: "Porgy and Bess"

      The Promis' Lan'

      New York Choral Artists, New York Phil/Zubin Mehta
      Gershwin

      Teldec 46318-2

      12:25 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: "The Voyevode," Op 78

      Overture

      Ukraine National Sym/Theodore Kuchar

      Naxos 8.554845

      12:35 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: "Ouverture solenelle," "1812," Op. 49

      Tchaikovsky: Complete Works for Solo Piano

      Decca 4834417 (10)

      12:51 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: "The Nutcracker," Op. 71

      #1, Miniature Overture

      Tubadours
      The Mighty Tubadours

      Crystal CD-420

      12:54 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: "The Nutcracker," Op. 71

      "Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy"

      Style of Five
      Chamber Music (Russian) - SHALOV, A. / ALESKEROV, Y. / TCHAIKOVSKY, P.I. / TAMARIN, J. / MUNIER, C. / RAMEAU, J.-P. (Style of Five)

      Delos DE-3251

      1:00 am

      English ANON: La Rossignoll

      Jakob Lindberg, Paul O'Dette, l's
      English Lute Duets

      BIS CD-267

      1:03 am

      Thomas Robinson: A Fantasy

      Jakob Lindberg, Paul O'Dette, l's
      English Lute Duets

      BIS CD-267

      1:05 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Cassation in C, H III:6

      Jakob Lindberg, l Nils-Erik Sparf, v; Lars Brolin, vi; Olof Larsson, vc
      Haydn: Lute & Strings

      BIS CD-360

      1:21 am

      Franz Liszt: "In festo transfigurationis Domini nostri Jesu Christi"

      Leslie Howard, p
      The Complete Liszt Piano Music

      Hyperion CDS-44501/98 (98)

      1:23 am

      Franz Liszt: "Tasso, lamento e trionfo," Symphonic Poem No. 2 (1849)

      Hungarian State Orch/Janos Ferencsik
      Liszt

      Hungaroton HCD-12446-2

      1:42 am

      Felix Mendelssohn: "Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage" Overture, Op 27

      Bamberg Sym Orch/Claus Peter Flor
      Mendelssohn: Overtures

      RCA 7905-2-RC

      1:54 am

      Franz Schubert: Song, "Lachen und Weinen," D 777

      Arleen Auger, s; Lambert Orkis, forte-p

      Virgin 91195-2

      2:00 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: "Anna Magdalena Notebook"

      Aria, "Willst du mein Herz mir schenken," BWV. 518

      Lorraine Hunt, s; Nicholas McGegan, hc; David Bowles, vc
      Clavierbüchlein Für Anna Magdalena Bach

      Harmonia Mundi HMU-907042

      2:05 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Violin Sonata No. 2 in A, BWV 1015

      Viktoria Mullova, v; Bruno Canino, p
      Bach: Sonatas For Violin And Piano

      Philips 434084-2

      2:17 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Inventions, BWV 772/86; Sinfonias, BWV 787/801

      No. 14 in B-Flat

      Evgeni Koroliov, p
      Bach: Inventions, Sinfonias

      Hänssler Classics CD-92.106

      2:19 am

      George Whitefield Chadwick: Symphony No. 3 in F

      Detroit Sym/Neeme Järvi
      Chadwick & Barber

      Chandos CHAN-9253

      2:54 am

      Burleigh: "Five Indian Sketches" (1913)

      "Over Laughing Waters"

      Zina Schiff, v; Mary Barranger, p
      BURLEIGH: Music for Violin and Piano

      Naxos 8.559061

      3:00 am

      Domenico Gallo: Trio Sonata #1 in G

      1st mvt, Moderato

      Tecco, Kornacker, v; Howard, vc; Hogwood, hc
      Peter Howard,
      Dumbarton Oaks, Pulcinella

      London 425614-2

      3:01 am

      Domenico Gallo: Trio Sonata #2 in B-Flat

      1st mvt, Presto

      Tecco, Kornacker, v; Howard, vc; Hogwood, hc
      Peter Howard,
      Dumbarton Oaks, Pulcinella

      London 425614-2

      3:03 am

      Domenico Gallo: Trio Sonata #7 in g

      3rd mvt, Allegro

      Tecco, Kornacker, v; Howard, vc; Hogwood, hc
      Peter Howard,
      Dumbarton Oaks, Pulcinella

      London 425614-2

      3:05 am

      Igor Stravinsky: "Pulcinella"

      Suite

      Bavarian Radio Sym Orch/Otto Klemperer
      Great Conductors Of The 20th Century: Otto Klemperer

      EMI/Ang 75465-2 (2)

      3:29 am

      Giovanni Battista Pergolesi: Clavier Sonata in A

      Igor Kipnis, hc
      A Treasury of Harpsichord Favorites

      Music & Arts CD-243

      3:31 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Flute (Clarinet) and Bassoon Duo in C, WoO 27/1

      Mozzafiato/Charles Neidich
      Beethoven: Octet, Rondino, March, Duo, Sextet

      Sony SK-53367

      3:44 am

      Malcolm Arnold: Flute and Viola Duo, Op 10 (1943)

      Nash Ensemble
      The Chamber Music Of Malcolm Arnold – 3

      Hyperion CDA-66173

      3:53 am

      William McCauley: Five Miniatures

      #5, "Capricious"

      Joseph Mariano, f; Eastman-Rochester Orch/Howard Hanson
      Howard Hanson Conducts Barber, Piston, Griffes & Others

      Mercury 434307-2

      4:00 am

      Domenico Scarlatti: Clavier Sonata in D, Kk 119

      Alexander Djordjevic, p
      Alexander Djordjevic Plays Scarlatti * Beethoven * Chopin * Rachmaninoff * Liebermann

      Djordjevic 2000

      4:05 am

      Francesco Rosetti: Oboe Concerto in C

      Lajos Lencses, ob; Slovak Chamber Orch/Bohdan Warchal
      3 Oboe Concertos

      CPO 999062-2

      4:23 am

      Hugo Wolf: "Spanisches Liederbuch"

      Song, "Köpfchen, Köpfchen, nicht gewimmert"

      Janet Brown, s; Sar-Shalom Strong, p

      Brown 812-JB

      4:25 am

      Isaac Albéniz: "Iberia" Suite

      London Sym/Enrique Bátiz
      From Suite Iberia/ Navarra

      EMI CDC7-49405-2

      4:55 am

      Joaquin Turina: "Danzas gitanas," Set 1, Op 55

      #5, "Sacro-Monte"

      Albert Guinovart, p
      Turina: Obras para Piano

      Harmonia Mundi HMI-987009

      5:00 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: Nine Sacred Choral Works

      Cherubic Hymn #1, "Izhe cheruvim'i"

      Corydon Singers/Matthew Best

      Hyperion CDA-66948

      5:05 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: String Quartet No. 1 in D, Op. 11

      II. "Andante cantabile"

      Sergei Nakariakov, flugelhorn; Philharmonia/Vladimir Ashkenazy
      No Limit

      Teldec 80651-2

      5:12 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: "Zemfira's Song"

      Nadezhdaya Krasnaya, s; Vadim Fedorovtsev, p

      Russian Disc RDCD-11078

      5:13 am

      Anton Rubinstein: Piano Concerto #2 in F, Op 35

      Banowetz, p; Czecho-Slovak State Phil Orch/A Walter
      RUBINSTEIN : Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2

      Marco Polo 8.223456

      5:54 am

      Eduard Strauss: Polka schnell, Ohne Bremse, Op 238

      Vienna Phil/Willi Boskovsky
      New Year's In Vienna! (The Blue Danube And Other Favorites)

      London LDR-10001/2 (2)

      6:00 am

      Alexander Scriabin: "Valse" in A-Flat, Op 38

      Nikita Magaloff, p
      La Valse

      Denon 81757-9346-2

      6:05 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 4 in G, K. 41

      Malcolm Bilson, forte-p; Old Fairfield Academy Orch/Thomas Crawford
      Mozart: Piano Concerti Nos. 1-4

      Musicmasters 67095-2

      6:17 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Lute Prelude in c, BWV 999

      Eduardo Fernàndez, g
      Lute Suites / Partita No. 1 / Chaconne

      London 421434-2 (2)

      6:19 am

      Harl McDonald: "San Juan Capistrano (Two Evening Pictures: Mission; Fiesta)"

      "Fiesta"

      Boston Sym Orch/Serge Koussevitzky

      Pearl GEMM-CD-9492

      6:23 am

      Meredith Willson: Symphony No. 2 in e, (1936) The Missions of California

      Moscow Sym Orch/William T Stromberg
      WILLSON, M.: Symphonies Nos. 1 and 2

      Naxos 8.559006

      6:54 am

      Frédéric Chopin: Waltz No. 17 in a, Op. posth

      Zoltàn Kocsis, p
      The 19 Waltzes / Die 19 Walzer

      Philips 412890-2

      7:00 - 11:00 am

      7:00 am

      Weekend Mornings with Kristina Lynn

      With news at 7:00 am; "Saturday Morning Listener's Choice" at 8:00 am; and "Soundtrack" at 9:00 am.

      7:03 am

      Ennio Morricone: "Cinema Paradiso"

      Love Theme

      Santa Cecilia Orch/Ennio Morricone
      Ennio Morricone conducts Morricone

      Sony 88985354872

      7:07 am

      Felix Mendelssohn: "A Midsummer Night's Dream," Op. 61

      Scherzo

      Seraph Brass
      Asteria

      Summit DCD-709

      7:11 am

      Felix Mendelssohn: "A Midsummer Night's Dream," Op. 61

      Finale

      K Branagh, n; Soloists; Ernst Senff Cho, Berlin Phil/C Abbado
      Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night’s Dream (excerpts); Symphony No. 4 in A (Italian)

      Sony SK-62826

      7:18 am

      Michael Haydn: Symphony No. 25 in G, P 16

      with Mozart's introduction, K. 444

      Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood
      Mozart: The Complete Symphonies

      L'Oiseau-Lyre 452496-2 (19)

      7:33 am

      kd lang: "Constant Craving"

      Cordeone, acc; Canadian Brass
      Canadiana

      Linus 270596

      7:36 am

      Coldplay: "Viva la Vida"

      Anderson & Roe Piano Duo
      When Words Fade

      Steinway & Sons 30006

      7:42 am

      Bedřich Smetana: "Vltava (The Moldau)"

      Boston Pops Orch/Arthur Fiedler
      Orchestral Favorites

      Decca 430212-2

      7:58 am

      Bert Kaempfert: "L-O-V-E"

      Capuçon; Renaudin Vary; Ducros; Orch National de Bretagne/Malangré
      Sensations

      Erato 190296157073

      8:00 am

      Saturday Morning Listener's Choice

      8:01 am

      Joseph Canteloube: Songs of the Auvergne, Set 1

      "Baïlèro (Shepherd's Song)"

      Kiri Te Kanawa, s; English Chamber Orch/Jeffrey Tate
      Kiri Te Kanawa, Canteloube - Chants D'Auvergne, Vol. 1

      Decca 410004-2

      8:08 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Solo Violin Sonata No. 2 in A minor, BWV 1003

      Finale, "Allegro"

      Chris Thile, m
      Bach: Sonatas & Partitas Vol. 1

      Nonesuch 535360-2

      8:14 am

      Richard Rodgers: "Slaughter on 10th Avenue" Ballet

      Boston Pops Orch/Arthur Fiedler
      Slaughter on Tenth Avenue

      RCA 68550-2

      8:24 am

      Alexandre Desplat: "The Twilight Saga"

      New Moon

      Renaud Capuçon, v; Brussels Phil/Stéphane Denève
      Cinema

      Erato 0190295633936

      8:28 am

      Richard Rodgers: "My Funny Valentine"

      Lucienne Renaudin Vary, tr; Lille National Orch/Roberto Rizzi Brignoli
      The Voice of the Trumpet

      Warner Classics 0190295888329

      8:34 am

      Richard Rodgers: "My Romance"

      Bill Evans, p
      New Jazz Conceptions

      Riverside RLP-12-223

      8:37 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: Coronation March (for Alexander III)

      Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel
      Pomp & Pizazz

      Telarc CD-80122

      8:43 am

      Frédéric Chopin: "Berceuse"

      Jenny Lin, p
      Melody's Mostly Musical Day

      Steinway & Sons 30043

      8:48 am

      Luigi Boccherini: "Night Music in the Streets of Madrid," Op. 30, No. 6

      V. "Passa calle (Los Manolos)"

      Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel
      Masters and Commanders: Music from Seafaring Film Classics

      Telarc CD-80682

      8:53 am

      Morten Lauridsen: "Les chansons des roses"

      "Dirait-on"

      Los Angeles Master Chorale/Paul Salamunovich; M Lauridsen, p
      Lauridsen: Lux Aeterna

      RCM 19705

      8:57 am

      R.S. Louiguy: "La vie en rose"

      Philharmonix
      Vienna Berlin Music Club Vol. 3

      DG 3565344

      9:00 am

      Alfred Newman: 20th Century Fox Fanfare

      London Phil Orch/John Mauceri
      The Genius of Film Music

      LPO 0086

      9:00 am

      Soundtrack

      9:02 am

      Alex North: "Spartacus"

      Love Theme

      Studio Orch/Alex North
      Alex North - Spartacus

      Varèse Sarabande VCL-06011109

      9:05 am

      Aaron Zigman: "The Notebook"

      Overture

      Hollywood Studio Sym/Jerry Hey
      The Notebook (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

      New Line NLR-39031

      9:12 am

      music continues...

      11:00 am

      11:00 am

      Introductions

      Gallwas Twins

      Joseph and Kenneth Gallwas of Elmhurst work together as a piano duet, studying at New Music School. They perform music of Mozart, Piazzolla, Guastavino and Bach on WFMT's Steinway.

      12:00 - 4:00 pm

      12:00 pm

      Metropolitan Opera

      Mozart's Idomeneo

      David Rendall (Idomeneo); Benita Valente (Ilia); Frederica von Stade (Idamante); Hildegard Behrens (Elettra); John Alexander (Arbace); Metropolitan Opera Cho & Orch/Nello Santi. Sung in italian. Recorded February 15, 1986. "Artist's Choice" by Joyce DiDonato to spotlight Frederica von Stade.

      3:30 pm

      Saturday Afternoon Music

      4:00 pm

      4:00 pm

      Listening to Singers with Oliver Camacho

      An interview with the legendary mezzo-soprano Denyce Graves, who recently retired from the stage to focus on the next chapter of her pioneering career.

      5:00 - 8:00 pm

      5:00 pm

      Weekend Evening Music

      8:00 pm

      8:00 pm

      Folkstage hosted by Marilyn Rea Beyer

      Live from St. Tim's Coffeehouse in Skokie: Two “Love Bugs,” Naomi Ashley and Jon Williams, play a Valentine’s Day concert.

      9:00 pm - 12:00 am

      9:00 pm

      The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer

      Love songs about romance gone wrong, gone right, gone up, down, and sideways for Valentine’s Day.