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      Playlist for Tuesday, August 11, 2026

      Playing this hour

      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      Manuel de Falla: "The Three-Cornered Hat" (1918-9)

      Final Dance "(Jota)"

      Philadelphia Orch/Riccardo Muti

      EMI/Ang CDM7-63572-2

      12:05 am

      Rebecca Clarke: Piano Trio

      Lincoln Trio
      Trios from Our Homelands

      Cedille CDR-90000165

      12:30 am

      James Nares: Harpsichord Suite No. 1 in G

      "Prelude"

      Julian Perkins
      English 18th-Century Keyboard Concertos

      Avie AV-2152

      12:32 am

      Gerald Tyrwhitt, Lord Berners: "Fantaisie espagnole"

      Royal Liverpool Phil/Barry Wordsworth

      EMI/Ang CDC7-47668-2

      12:40 am

      Franz Liszt: "Rhapsodie Espagnole"

      Joshua Pierce, p; Moscow State Phil/Paul Freeman
      Liszt: Rhapsodie Espagnole * Malediction * J Pierce * Moscow State PO

      MSR Classics MS-1210

      12:55 am

      Franz Liszt: "Responsories and Antiphons"

      "Caligaverunt oculi mei"

      Leslie Howard, p
      Responsories and Antiphons

      Hyperion CDA-67161/2 (2)

      1:00 am

      Dmitri Shostakovich: Preludes and Fugues, Op. 87

      Prelude & Fugue No. 17 in A-Flat

      Vladimir Ashkenazy, p
      24 Preludes & Fugues, Op. 87

      London 466066-2 (2)

      1:05 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Orchestra Suite No.3 in D, BWV 1068

      Academy of Ancient Music/Richard Egarr
      Bach Orchestral Suites BWV1066-69

      AAM Records AAM-003 (2)

      1:27 am

      Dmitri Shostakovich: Preludes and Fugues, Op. 87

      Prelude in A

      Vladimir Ashkenazy, p
      24 Preludes & Fugues, Op. 87

      London 466066-2 (2)

      1:29 am

      Dmitri Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 4 in D, Op. 83

      Danel String Quartet
      Shostakovich * The String Quartets

      Fuga Libera FUG-512 (6)

      1:53 am

      John Jenkins: "Six Airs"

      "Almain"

      New York Kammermusiker/Ilona Pederson
      A Baqroque Celebration

      Dorian DOR-90189

      2:00 am

      Mark O'Connor: "Appalachia Waltz"

      Mark O'Connor, v; Yo-Yo Ma, vc; Edgar Meyer, db
      Appalachia Waltz

      Sony SK-68460

      2:05 am

      Camille Saint-Saëns: Violin Concerto No. 3 in b, Op. 61

      Andrew Wan, v; Montreal Sym Orch/Kent Nagano
      Saint-Saens: Complete Violin Concertos

      Analekta AN2-8770

      2:36 am

      Jules Massenet: Song, "Le printemps visite la terre"

      Bernard Kruysen, br; Noel Lee, p
      Jules Massenet

      Arion ARN-08009

      2:37 am

      Mark O'Connor: "The American Seasons"

      Spring

      Mark O'Connor, v; Metamorphosen Chamber Orch/Scott Yoo
      The American Seasons

      Sony SK-89660

      2:45 am

      Emma Lou Diemer: "Before Spring"

      Laura Kobayashi, v; Susan Keith Gray, p
      Feminissimo!

      Albany TROY-1081

      2:55 am

      English ANON 16th c: Allemande

      Hesperion XXI/Jordi Savall
      Elizabethan Consort Music, 1558-1603

      Alia Vox AV-9804

      3:00 am

      Antonio Vivaldi: "L'incoronazione de Dario"

      Overture

      Modo Antiquo/Federico Maria Sardelli
      Vivaldi: Opera Overtures

      Brilliant Classics 94030

      3:05 am

      Antonio Vivaldi: Cello Sonata #4 in B-Flat, R 45

      Chicago Baroque Ensemble Members
      A Vivaldi Concert

      Cedille CDR-90000025

      3:15 am

      Antonio Vivaldi: Oboe Sonata #6 in g, R 58

      Ray Still, ob; Robert Conant, hc; Leonard Sharrow, bn
      Ray Still: A Chicago Legend

      Nimbus NI-5672

      3:23 am

      Domenico Scarlatti: Clavier Sonata, Kk 3

      John Browning, p
      Keyboard Sonatas

      MHS 513732-H

      3:25 am

      Franz Schubert: Symphony No. 5 in B-flat, D. 485

      Moscow Virtuosi/Vladimir Spivakov

      RCA 60452-2

      3:54 am

      Franz Schubert: Choral Song, "Die Einsiedelei", D 337

      Robert Shaw Chamber Singers/Robert Shaw; Mary Akerman, g
      Schubert - Songs for Male Chorus

      Telarc CD-80340

      4:00 am

      Alan Rawsthorne: "Street Corner Overture" (1944)

      London Phil/Sir John Pritchard
      Overtures

      Lyrita SRCS.95

      4:05 am

      music continues...

      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.

      10:00 am - 3:00 pm

      10:00 am

      Midday with Lisa Flynn

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

      3:00 - 7:00 pm

      3:00 pm

      Afternoon Music with Candice Agree

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

      7:00 pm

      7:00 pm

      Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin

      Musical Dynasties

      This week’s topic, “Musical Dynasties,” was suggested by a station in Arizona. Andy Bade, Music Host for Classical 90.5 KUAT-FM in Tucson, wrote in with some program ideas. So, Musical Dynasties: Gabrieli, Bach, Mozart, Mendelssohn, Robert and Clara Schumann, Strauss: the Johanns and Richard, and ending with the Haydns: Joseph and Michael. Thanks so much for taking the time to write!

      8:00 - 10:00 pm

      10:00 pm

      10:00 pm

      Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center

      Ligeti Sonata; Dmitri Atapine, cello; Bridge "Novelletten;" Shanghai Quartet; Mendelssohn Quartet in C Minor, Op. 1; Wu Qian, piano; Chad Hoopes, violin; Paul Neubauer, viola; Gary Hoffman, cello.

      11:00 pm