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      Playlist for Sunday, April 5, 2026

      Playing this hour

      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      Maurice Ravel: "Pavane pour une infante défunte"

      48 Violas of Various London Orchestras/Geoffrey Simon
      The London Viola Sound

      Cala CACD-0106

      12:05 am

      Carl Stamitz: Viola Concerto in D, Op. 1

      Michael Strauss, vi; Camerata Chicago/Drostan Hall
      Music by Johann & Carl Stamitz. Johann Stamitz: Mannheim Symphonies: Symphony in A Major

      Centaur CRC-2860

      12:27 am

      Serge Prokofiev: Waltzes, Op. 110

      New Year's Eve Ball, fr "War and Peace"

      48 Violas of Various London Orchestras/Geoffrey Simon
      The London Viola Sound

      Cala CACD-0106

      12:30 am

      Serge Prokofiev: "The Love for Three Oranges," Op. 33

      March

      Michael Rabin, v; Leon Pommers, p

      EMI/Ang CMS7-64123-2 (6)

      12:31 am

      Serge Prokofiev: Three Pieces from "War and Peace", Op. 96

      Frederic Chiu, p
      Prokofiev - Piano Music

      Harmonia Mundi HCX-3957150

      12:43 am

      Carl Stamitz: Wind Quartet in D, Op 8/1

      Rampal, f; Coursier, fh; Jarry, v; Tournus, vc
      Jean-Pierre Rampal, flute,
      4 Quartets For Winds & Strings

      Nonesuch H-71125

      12:55 am

      Franz Liszt: "Responsories and Antiphons"

      "Plange quasi virgo"

      Leslie Howard, p
      Responsories and Antiphons

      Hyperion CDA-67161/2 (2)

      1:00 am

      William Lawes: Consort Set a 6 in g

      "Fantazia"

      London Baroque
      Lawes Fantasia-Suites

      Harmonia Mundi HMA-1901423

      1:05 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Viola da gamba Sonata No. 2 in D, BWV 1028

      Yo-Yo Ma, vc; Kenneth Cooper, hc
      Ma Plays Bach

      Legacy 89861-2

      1:20 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata No. 22, "Jesus nahm zu sich die Zwölfe (Jesus took the twelve to himself)"

      Chorale, "Ertöt' uns durch dein' Güte"

      Yo-Yo Ma, vc (1712 Stradivarius); Amsterdam Baroque Orch/Ton Koopman
      Simply Baroque

      Sony SK-60680

      1:21 am

      Modest Mussorgsky: "Pictures at an Exhibition"

      Chicago Sym/Fritz Reiner
      Pictures At An Exhibition • A Night On Bald Mountain (And Other Russian Showpieces)

      RCA 61394-2

      1:54 am

      Modest Mussorgsky: Song, "Darling Savishna"

      Boris Christoff, b; Alexander Labinsky, p
      The Nursery, Sunless, Songs and Dances of Death

      EMI/Ang CDH5-67997-2

      2:00 am

      Richard Wagner: "Tristan und Isolde"

      "Träume"

      Julius Berger, vc; Norman Shetler, p
      Musik in Schloss Hohenschwangau

      EBS 6015

      2:05 am

      Frédéric Chopin: Ballade No. 1 in g minor, Op. 23

      André Watts, p

      EMI/Ang CDC7-54151-2

      2:14 am

      Frédéric Chopin: "ɐtudes," Op. 10

      No. 5 in G-flat, "Black Key"

      Evelyn Glennie, per; National Phil/Barry Wordsworth
      Her Greatest Hits

      RCA 47629-2 (2)

      2:16 am

      Richard Wagner: "Tristan und Isolde"

      Love Night and Transfiguration

      Hollywood Bowl Sym/John Mauceri
      Songs Of The Earth

      Philips 438867-2

      2:43 am

      Frédéric Chopin: Ballade No. 4 in f minor, Op. 52

      Artur Rubinstein, p
      The Chopin Collection: The Ballades, The Scherzos

      RCA 61396-2

      2:54 am

      Reinhold Gliere: "The Red Poppy"

      "Umbrella Dance"

      St Petersburg State Sym/Andre Anichanov
      GLIERE: Red Poppy (The) (Complete Ballet)

      Naxos 8.553496-7 (2)

      3:00 am

      Alan Hovhaness: "Prayer of St Gregory"

      Benny Wiame, tr; I Fiamminghi/Rudolf Werthen
      Celestial Gate

      Telarc CD-80392

      3:05 am

      Felix Mendelssohn: Piano Concerto No. 1 in g, Op 25

      Murray Perahia, p; St Martin's Academy/Sir Neville Marriner
      Mendelssohn: Piano Sonata Op. 6, Etc.

      CBS MK-42401

      3:25 am

      Fanny Mendelssohn: Song, Sehnsucht

      Julianne Baird, s, Barton Weber, forte-p

      Newport Classic NPD-85652

      3:27 am

      Carl Nielsen: Wind Quintet, Op 43

      Diamant Ensemblet
      Carl Nielsen: Chamber Music Vol 1

      Da Capo 8.226064

      3:55 am

      Ludwig MAURER: Three Pieces

      #1

      Metropolitan Brass Quintet
      Metropolitan Brass Quintet

      Crystal S-208

      4:00 am

      Gioachino Rossini: "Tancredi"

      Overture

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

      Nimbus NI-5078

      4:05 am

      Max Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1 in g minor, Op. 26

      Scottish Chamber Orch/Jaimé Laredo, v
      Bruch and Mendelssohn: Concertos For Violin And Orchestra

      MCA Classics MCAD-5934

      4:30 am

      American Trad: Pop Goes the Weasel

      American Boychoir/John Kuzma

      Pro Arte PAD-129

      4:31 am

      Virgil Thomson: "The Plow that Broke the Plains" Suite (1936)

      Sym of the Air/Leopold Stokowski

      Vanguard SVC-1

      4:46 am

      music continues...

      6:00 am

      6:00 am

      With Heart and Voice

      "An Easter Celebration." Music of exaltation and triumph greets the dawn on Easter, as host Peter DuBois celebrates the Resurrection with glorious choral and organ music!

      7:00 am - 12:00 pm

      5:00 pm

      5:00 pm

      Ryan Opera Center Recital Series

      Sopranos Adia Evans and Emily Richter and pianist Michael Banwarth perform arias and songs in the Fay and Daniel Levin Performance Studio. Hosted by Candice Agree.

      6:00 - 8:00 pm

      6:00 pm

      Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcasts

      Schumann Symphony No. 1 in B-flat Major, Op. 38, "Spring;" Daniel Barnboim, conductor; Goldmark "In Springtime;" Frederick Stock, conductor; Mahler "Das Lied von der Erde;" Maureen Forrester, contralto; Richard Lewis, tenor; Fritz Reiner, conductor.

      8:00 pm

      8:00 pm

      Fiesta! with Elbio Barilari

      Island Hopping

      Host Elbio Barilari takes you on a musical trip to the many islands in Latin America and Spain including the Canary Islands, Puerto Rico, and Cuba.

      9:00 - 11:00 pm

      9:00 pm

      Collectors' Corner with Henry Fogel

      Music by Margaret Brouwer

      Henry Fogel presents msuic by American composer Margaret Brouwer including her Concerto for Violin and Chamber Orchestra featuring Michi Wiancko with the Cleveland Institute of Music Orhcesta conducted by James Gaffigan; "Rhapsody - Concerto for Orchestra" and the Symphony No. 1, "Late Voices" performed by the Vienna Radio Orchestra under the direction of Marin Alsop, and more.