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      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      Joseph Achron: "Hebrew Melody"

      Gil Shaham, v; Orli Shaham, p
      Nigunim * Hebrew Melodies * Gil and Orli Shaham

      Canary Classics CC-10

      12:05 am

      Pablo de Sarasate: "Carmen" Fantasy, Op 25

      Gil Shaham, v; Berlin Phil/Claudio Abbado
      The Berlin Gala * A Salute to Carmen

      DG 457583-2

      12:16 am

      Georges Bizet: "Carmen"

      "Seguidilla"

      National Opera Orch/Paul Freeman

      Pro Arte CDS-3670

      12:18 am

      Ernesto Halffter: "Sinfonietta" (1924)

      Gran Canaria Phil/Adrian Leaper
      The 6 Concertos For Flute & Strings Op.6

      ASV CDDCA-1078

      12:55 am

      Sergei Rachmaninoff: Preludes, Op. 32

      No. 6 in f

      Konstantin Lifschitz, p
      Constantin Lifschitz Plays Scriabin and Rachmaninov

      Denon CO-18026

      1:00 am

      Tomaso Albinoni: Adagio in g

      Signum Saxophone Quartet

      DG 00028948600014

      1:05 am

      Jennifer Higdon: Alto Saxophone Sonata

      Scott Turpen, sx; Theresa Bogard, p

      Albany TROY-1395

      1:22 am

      Tomaso Albinoni: Oboe Concerto in B-Flat, Op 7/3

      John Anderson, ob; Philharmonia Orch/Simon Wright
      Vivaldi: Cimarosa's Oboe Concerto and Concerti

      Nimbus NI-5188

      1:31 am

      Claudio Monteverdi: "Vespers of the Blessed Virgin" (1610)

      "Deus in Adjutorium"

      Chicago Brass Quintet
      Brassucopia

      Crystal CD-211

      1:32 am

      Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov: "Caucasian Sketches," Suite #1, Op 10

      Utah Sym Orch/Maurice Abravanel

      Vanguard SVC-8

      1:54 am

      Alexander Scriabin: Twenty-Four Preludes, Op 11

      No. 4

      Vladimir Sofronitski, p
      Scriabin Piano Works

      Profil PH-22006 (12)

      2:00 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: "Die Jahreszeiten (The Seasons)"

      Spring: Chorus, "Ewiger, mächtider, güttoger Gott"

      Southwest German Madrigal Cho; Ludwigsberger Festival Orch/Wolfgang Gönnenwein
      Haydn Edition

      Brilliant Classics 95594 (160)

      2:05 am

      Frederick Delius: "On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring"

      San Francisco Sym/Michael Tilson Thomas

      SFS Media SFS-0060

      2:12 am

      Frederick Delius: Two Pieces for Small Orchestra (1911-12)

      #2, "Summer Night on the River"

      Northern Sinfonia/Richard Hickox

      EMI/Ang CDM5-65067-2

      2:18 am

      Othmar Schoeck: Ten Songs, Op. 44

      No. 8, "Sommernacht"

      Jürg Dürmüller, t; Julius Drake, p
      Othmar Schoeck Complete Edition, Vol 6

      New Classical Adventure 234405 (12)

      2:20 am

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

      Anna Shelest, p; Estonian National Sym/Neeme Järvi
      Rubinstein

      Music & Arts MA-1308

      2:54 am

      Alexander Scriabin: Twenty-Four Preludes, Op 11

      No. 12

      Vladimir Sofronitski, p
      Scriabin Piano Works

      Profil PH-22006 (12)

      3:00 am

      Domenico Gabrielli: "Canzon per sonare" #5

      Anthony Plog, tr; Sharon Davis, hc
      Old And New Music For Trumpet And Keyboard

      Crystal S-364

      3:05 am

      Vincent D'Indy: "Istar," Op 42

      San Francisco Sym Orch/Pierre Monteux
      Symphony in D Minor

      RCA 61967-2

      3:18 am

      Déodat de Séverac: Song, Offrande

      Francois Le Roux, br, Graham Johnson, p
      Severac: Songs

      Hyperion CDA-66983

      3:19 am

      Antonin Dvorák: Piano Quartet #2 in E-Flat, Op 87

      Menahem Pressler, p; members of Emerson String Quartet
      Piano Quintet Op. 81 / Piano Quartet Op. 87

      DG 439868-2

      3:55 am

      German ANON: Hymn, Rise Up, O Men of God

      St Olaf College Cho/Anton Armstrong
      The St. Olaf Choir: Great Hymns Of Faith

      St Olaf E-2294

      4:00 am

      Anatol Liadov: "Marionettes," Op 29

      Stephen Coombs, p
      Liadov: Marionettes, A Musical Snuff Box & Other Piano Music

      Hyperion CDA-66986

      4:05 am

      Igor Stravinsky: "Petrouchka"

      Chicago Sym/Sir Georg Solti
      Petrushka / Jeu de cartes

      London 443775-2

      4:39 am

      Igor Stravinsky: "Apollo (Apollon musagète)"

      Calliope's Variation

      Philharmonia Virtuosi Members
      Stravinsky: Apollon Musagète/ Tchaikovsky: Souvenir De Florence

      Ess.a.y CD-1015

      4:41 am

      Antonio Vivaldi: Violin Concerto in e, R 277 "(Il Favorito)"

      English Concert/Andrew Manze, v
      Vivaldi: Concertos for the Emperor

      Harmonia Mundi HMU-907332

      4:54 am

      Gaetano Donizetti: "La Favorite"

      Ballet Music: Excerpt

      Philharmonia Orch/Antonio de Almeida
      Donizetti: Ballet Music

      Philips 422844-2

      5:00 am

      Johann Strauss II: Waltzes, "Frühlingsstimmen (Voices of Spring)," Op. 410

      Ensemble Wien
      New Year's Concert In Vienna 1999

      Koch 3-6564-2

      5:05 am

      Karl Goldmark: Overture, "Im Frühling (Springtime)," Op 36

      Ireland National Sym/Stephen Gunzenhauser
      GOLDMARK: Rustic Wedding Symphony / In the Spring

      Naxos 8.550745

      5:15 am

      Hermann Goetz: "Spring" Overture, Op 15

      Monte Carlo National Opera Orch/Van Remoortel
      GOETZ: The Complete Orchestral Works

      Genesis GCD-105

      5:27 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Song, "Sehnsucht nach dem Frühlinge," K. 596

      Angelika Kirchschlager, ms; Helmut Deutsch, p
      When Night Falls

      Sony SK-64498

      5:28 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Serenade No. 13 in G, K. 525, "Eine kleine Nachtmusik" (“A Little Night Music”)

      Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood
      Eine Kleine Nachtmusik · Serenata Notturna · Notturno, K.286

      L'Oiseau Lyre 411720-2

      5:55 am

      Déodat de Séverac: Ou l'on entend une vieille boite à musique

      Christopher O'Riley, p
      Christopher O'Riley at the Break

      CPI 3294112

      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

      Anthony Holborne: Five Dances

      London Gabrieli Brass Ensemble
      The Splendour of Baroque Brass

      ASV CDQS-6013

      6:11 am

      Jean-Marie Leclair: "Ouverture" in G, Op. 13, No. 1

      London Baroque/Charles Medlam
      Leclair: Ouvertures & Sonates En Trio Op. 13

      Harmonia Mundi HMC-901646

      6:22 am

      Franz Lachner: Nonet in F for winds & strings

      IV. Finale, "Allegro ma non troppo"

      Ensemble Wien-Berlin; R Kussmaul; W Christ; G Faust; A Posch
      Alois Posch, double bass,
      Rheinberger, Lachner: Nonet in F major, Nonet in E-flat major, Op. 139

      Sony SK-58971

      6:32 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 10 in G, K. 74

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

      L'Oiseau-Lyre 452496-2 (19)

      6:41 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Variations on Mozart's "Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen," Op. 66

      Yo-Yo Ma, vc; Emanuel Ax, p
      Hope Amid Tears

      Sony 886449139354

      6:53 am

      Dmitri Shostakovich: "Festive Overture," Op. 96

      Philadelphia Orch/Riccardo Muti
      Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5 and Festive Overture

      EMI CDC7-54803-2

      7:04 am

      Gregorio Lambranzi: "Danze da Nuova e curiosa scuola de' balli teatrali"

      Le Consort; Marie-Ange Petit, per
      Vivaldi: Le Quattro Stagioni

      Harmonia Mundi HMM-902757-58

      7:14 am

      Morten Lauridsen: "O Magnum Mysterium"

      Grant Park Cho/Christopher Bell
      Songs of the Season

      Lexicon LC-2511

      7:22 am

      Antonín Dvořák: Piano Quintet in A, Op. 81

      IV. Finale, "Allegro"

      Takács Quartet; Marc-André Hamelin, p
      Dvořák & Price: Piano Quintets

      Hyperion CDA-68433

      7:40 am

      Lyndol Mitchell: "Kentucky Mountain Portraits"

      Eastman-Rochester Orch/Howard Hanson
      Howard Hanson conducts Fiesta In Hi-fi

      Mercury 434324-2

      7:55 am

      Aaron Copland: "The City"

      VII. "The New City"

      Eos Orch/Jonathan Sheffer
      Celluloid Copland

      Telarc CD-80583

      8:04 am

      Emmanuel Chabrier: "Joyeuse marche"

      Vienna Phil/John Eliot Gardiner
      Chabrier: España, Suite pastorale, etc.

      DG 447751-2

      8:08 am

      Pierre Sancan: "Ouverture joyeuse"

      BBC Phil/Yan Pascal Tortelier
      Pierre Sancan: A Musical Tribute

      Chandos CHAN-20154

      8:14 am

      Camille Saint-Saëns: "Caprice andalous," Op. 122

      María Dueñas, v; Berlin German Sym Orch/Mihhail Gerts
      Paganini: 24 Caprices

      DG 4865708

      8:26 am

      Clémence de Grandval: "Grand Trio"

      IV. "Rondo"

      Andrew Parker, ob; Kristin Jensen, bn; Colette Valentine, p
      Clémence de Grandval: Works For Oboe

      Navona NV-6702

      8:34 am

      Leopoldo Miguez: "Suíte à antiga," Op. 25

      V. "Giga (Allegro vivace)"

      English Chamber Orch/Neil Thomson
      Serenata: Brazilian Music for Chamber Orchestra

      Naxos 8.574405

      8:40 am

      Heitor Villa-Lobos: Concerto for Guitar & Small Orchestra

      Manuel Barrueco, g; São Paulo Sym Orch/Giancarlo Guerrero
      Villa-Lobos: Guitar Concerto / Harmonica Concerto / Sexteto místico

      Naxos 8.574018

      8:57 am

      Paulo Gondim: "Gingado de Bibi"

      Justin Badgerow, p
      Reminiscences of Brazil

      Divine Art 25201

      9:03 am

      Ralph Vaughan Williams: English Folk Song Suite

      London Wind Orch/Denis Wick
      Wind Music of Holst and Vaughan Williams

      ASV CDQS-6021

      9:15 am

      Benjamin Britten: "Simple Symphony," Op. 4

      Guildhall String Ensemble/Robert Salter
      Britten, Tippett, Walton

      RCA 7846-2-RC

      9:33 am

      Johannes Brahms: Scherzo in E-flat minor, Op. 4

      Garrick Ohlsson, p
      Brahms: Late Piano Music

      Hyperion CDA-68226

      9:43 am

      Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco: "Love's Labour's Lost," Op. 167

      Four Dances

      Malmö Sym/Andrew Mogrelia
      Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 and 2 / 4 Dances for Love's Labour's Lost

      Naxos 8.572823

      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 Dave Schwan.

      10:00 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: "Capriccio italien," Op. 45

      Cincinnati Sym Orch/Erich Kunzel
      1812, Capriccio Italien, Cossack Dance

      Telarc CD-80041

      10:17 am

      George Frideric Handel: Harpsichord Suite No. 5 in E

      Murray Perahia, p
      Murray Perahia plays Handel & Scarlatti

      Sony SK-62785

      10:27 am

      Gerald Finzi: "Eclogue," Op. 10

      Tom Poster, p; Aurora Orch/Nicholas Collon
      Introit - The Music of Gerald Finzi

      Decca 4789357

      10:38 am

      Georg Philipp Telemann: Trumpet & Two-Oboe Concerto in D, TWV 43:D7

      Cohen, tr; Owens & Burgess, ob's; Ensemble Sprezzatura/Abraham
      Altissima

      Chandos CHAN-0828

      10:52 am

      Frédéric Chopin: Polonaise No. 9 in B-Flat, Op. 71, No. 2

      Garrick Ohlsson, p
      Chopin: The Complete Piano Works Vol. 5 - Polonaises and Impromptus

      Arabesque Z-6642 (2)

      11:01 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 18 in F, K. 130

      Prague Chamber Orch/Charles Mackerras
      Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 14, 15, 16, 17 & 18

      Telarc CD-80242

      11:20 am

      Augusta Holmès: "Trois petites pièces"

      Juliette Hurel, f; Hélène Couvert, p
      Compositrices: À l'aube du XXe siècle

      Alpha 573

      11:29 am

      Claude Debussy: "Printemps"

      Lyon National Orch/Jun Märkl
      Debussy: Orchestral Works, Vol. 6

      Naxos 8.572583

      11:45 am

      Ludovico Einaudi: "Experience"

      Voces8; L Somogyi, h; T Gould, v; E Denton, vc; E Bradley, mar
      Elsa Bradley, marimba,
      Nightfall

      Decca 4870458

      11:51 am

      Ferruccio Busoni: "Duettino concertante" after Mozart's K 459

      Anderson & Roe Piano Duo
      An Amadeus Affair

      Steinway & Sons 30022

      12:01 pm

      Franz Schubert: Rondo in A, D 951

      Claire Aebersold & Ralph Neiweem, p
      Fortieth Anniversary Recital

      Berto 22-001

      12:15 pm

      Edward Elgar: "Froissart" Overture, Op. 19

      Scottish National Orch/Alexander Gibson
      Elgar: Overtures

      Chandos CHAN-8309

      12:29 pm

      Clóvis Pereira: Cello Concertino

      Northern Sinfonia Strings/Antonio Meneses, vc
      Haydn: Cello Concertos, Pereira: Concertino

      Avie AV-2176

      12:49 pm

      Ottorino Respighi: "Fantasia Slava"

      Konstantin Scherbakov, p; Slovak Radio Sym Orch/Howard Griffiths
      Respighi: Piano Concerto in A Minor, Toccata, Fantasia Slava

      Naxos 8.553207

      1:01 pm

      Frédéric Chopin: Waltz in A-Flat, Op. 34, No. 1, "Valse brillante"

      Stephen Hough, p
      Stephen Hough in Recital

      Hyperion CDA-67686

      1:08 pm

      Georges Bizet: Symphony in C

      Chicago Sym Orch/Jean Martinon
      Jean Martinon - The Complete CSO Recordings

      Sony Classical 88843062752

      1:36 pm

      Tielman Susato: "The Danserye" (1551)

      Six Dances

      Millar Brass Ensemble/Vincent Cichowicz
      Brass Surround

      Delos DE-3171

      1:50 pm

      Johann Christian Bach: Symphony in D, Op. 18, No. 1

      Hanover Band/Anthony Halstead
      JC Bach: Opera Overtures, Vol. 2

      CPO 999488-2

      2:01 pm

      Carl Nielsen: "Maskarade"

      Suite

      Swedish Radio Sym/Esa-Pekka Salonen
      Nielsen: Symphony No. 5, Masquerade

      CBS MK-44547

      2:17 pm

      Amy Beach: "Summer Dreams," Op. 47

      Deborah Moriarty & Zhihua Tang, p
      Connecting Cultures

      Blue Griffin BGR-633

      2:32 pm

      Gaetano Donizetti: "Dom Sébastien"

      Ballet Music: Ballabile di Schiavi

      Philharmonia Orch/Antonio de Almeida
      Donizetti: Complete Ballet Music From The Operas

      Philips 422844-2

      2:41 pm

      music continues...

      3:00 - 7:00 pm

      3:00 pm

      Afternoon Music with Candice Agree

      Including "Friday Afternoon at the Movies" at 4:30pm and "The Unrush Hour" at 5:00 pm.

      7:00 pm

      7:00 pm

      Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin

      Symphony, Part IV

      We start this week featuring the symphonic form at its Romantic apex, with Austrian composers Anton Bruckner and Gustav Mahler. Then we’ll head over to Britain to enjoy the music of Edward Elgar. Together, these three composers wrote 22 symphonies, which is impressive considering Bruckner didn’t compose his first until his forties, and Elgar was turning fifty! Get ready for a week filled with vivid, colorful orchestral symphonies.

      8:00 - 11:00 pm

      11:00 pm

      11:00 pm

      Best of Studs Terkel

      James Baldwin (11/22/1985)

      In 1985, Studs spoke with the distinguished American author, playwright, and civil rights activist, James Baldwin (1924-1987), whose book, "The Evidence of Things Not Seen," had recently been published.