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      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata No. 80, "Ein feste Burg is unser Gott"

      Chorus, "Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott"

      Netherlands Bach Collegium/Pieter Jan Leusink
      Bach Edition: Complete Works

      Brilliant Classics 93102 (155)

      12:05 am

      Felix Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 5 in D, Op 107, "Reformation"

      Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Kurt Masur
      Mendelssohn Orchestral Works

      Warner Classics 62769-2 (5)

      12:30 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata No. 80, "Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott (A mighty fortress is our God)"

      Opening chorus, "Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott"

      Mormon Tabernacle Cho, Philadelphia Orch/Eugene Ormandy
      Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring * Mormon Tabernacle Choir

      Sony MDK-48296

      12:32 am

      Frederick the Great: Symphony #1 in G

      Manhattan Chamber Orch/Richard Auldon Clark
      Chamber Music of Frederick the Great

      Helicon HE-1003

      12:44 am

      Anna Amalia: Flute Sonata in F

      Jean Brégnac, f; Jennifer Hardy, vc; Yoann Moulin, hc
      Anna Amalia

      Harmonia Mundi HMM-905378

      12:54 am

      Johann Jakob Froberger: Suite XVIII in g

      "Courante"

      Ludger Rémy, hc
      The Strasbourg Manuscript

      CPO 999750-2

      1:00 am

      Alexander Glazunov: "The Seasons," Op 67

      "Petit Adagio"

      Swedish Radio Sym/Yevgeny Svetlanov
      Russian Adagios

      Ondine ODE-938-2

      1:05 am

      Alexander Glazunov: Suite, "From the Middle Ages" in E, Op 79

      Scottish National Orch/Neeme Järvi
      Glazunov: From The Middle Ages, Scènes de ballet & Lyadov: A Musical Snuffbox

      Chandos CHAN-8804

      1:28 am

      Anon 14th c: "Lamento di Tristano"

      Hesperion XXI/Jordi Savall
      Orient-Occident 1200-1700

      Alia Vox AV-9848

      1:33 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Clavier Partita no. 3 in a, BWV 827

      Sarabande

      Francesco Tristano, p
      Bach: The 6 Partitas

      Naive V-8619

      1:35 am

      Marin Marais: Viola da Gamba Suite in D

      Juan M Quintana, viga; Attilio Cremonesi, hc; Dolores Costoyas,theorbo
      Marais: Suites Pour Viole De Gambe Et Basse Continue

      Harmonia Mundi HMC-905248

      1:55 am

      Marin Marais: "Alcione"

      Duet, "Vous, dont les mystères affreux"

      Musiciens du Louvre/Marc Minkowski
      Marais: Alcyone

      Erato 45522-2 (3)

      2:00 am

      Heitor Villa-Lobos: "Valsa da dor" (1932)

      Silvie Cheng, p
      Villa-Lobos: Piano Music

      Navona NV-6537

      2:05 am

      Heitor Villa-Lobos: "Bachianas brasileiras" No. 9 (1949)

      Nashville Sym Orch/Kenneth Schermerhorn
      VILLA-LOBOS: Bachianas brasileiras (Complete)

      Naxos 8.557460-62 (3)

      2:15 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: English Suite No. 6 in D minor, BWV 811

      Courante

      Francesco Tristano, p
      Bach: The 6 English Suites

      Naive V-8828

      2:17 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quartet No. 13 in B-Flat, Op. 130

      Dover Quartet
      Ludwig van Beethoven

      Cedille CDR-90000215

      2:55 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Three-Part Sinfonias, BWV 787-801

      No. 11 in g minor

      Ton Koopman, hc

      Capriccio 10210

      3:00 am

      Louis Moreau Gottschalk: "Chant de Guerre"

      Philip Martin, p
      Gottschalk Vol 8

      Hyperion CDA-67536

      3:05 am

      William Schuman: "Prayer in Time of War"

      Louisville Orch/Jorge Mester
      When Johnny Comes Marching Home, Epilogue To Profiles In Courage: JFK, Prayer In The Time Of War, Symphony No. 4, Symphonia Brevis

      Albany TROY-027-2

      3:20 am

      Robert Schumann: "Arabeske" in C, Op. 18

      Byron Janis, p
      Piano Concerto In A Minor, Op. 54 / Arabeske In C, Op. 18 / Piano Concerto No. 1 In B-flat Minor, Op. 23

      Mercury 432011-2

      3:27 am

      Robert Schumann: "Liederkreis," Op. 24 (texts by Heine)

      #1, "Morgens steh' ich auf und frage"

      Kyle Stegall, t; Eric Zivian, p
      Myrtle & Rose

      Avie AV-2407

      3:28 am

      Johannes Brahms: Violin Sonata #1 in G, Op 78

      Anne Sophie Mutter, v; Alexis Weissenberg, p

      EMI/Ang CDC5-74725-2

      3:53 am

      Robert Schumann: "Liederkreis (Song Cycle)," Op. 39 (texts by Eichendorff)

      #7, "In der Fremde"

      Kyle Stegall, t; Eric Zivian, p
      Myrtle & Rose

      Avie AV-2407

      4:00 am

      Christoph Willibald Gluck: "Il Parnasso confuso"

      "Di questa cetra in seno"

      Cecilia Bartoli, ms; Berlin Academy for Ancient Music/Bernhard Forck
      Italian Arias

      London 470611-2

      4:05 am

      Christoph Willibald Gluck: Ballet Suite No. 1

      Hartford Sym/Fritz Mahler

      Vanguard SVC-108

      4:20 am

      Christoph Willibald Gluck: "Iphigénie en Aulide"

      Final Chorus

      Boston Baroque/Martin Pearlman
      Iphigénie En Tauride

      Telarc CD-80546 (2)

      4:22 am

      Fikret Dzhamil Amirov: Six Pieces

      Beth Chandler, f; Paolo Steinberg, p
      Time Place Spirit

      MSR Classics MS-1641

      4:37 am

      Aram Khachaturian: "Masquerade" Suite (1944)

      Russia Philharmonia/Constantine Orbelian
      Vodka & Caviar

      Delos DE-3288

      4:54 am

      Mily Balakirev: Song, "When I but hear your voice"

      Olga Borodina, ms; Larissa Gergieva, p
      Olga Borodina- Songs of Desire

      Philips 442780-2

      5:00 am

      Lyndol Mitchell: "Kentucky Mountain Portraits"

      #1, "Cindy"

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

      Mercury 434324-2

      5:04 am

      Franz Liszt: "Ce qu'on entend sur la montagne," Symphonic Poem No. 1 (1848-9)

      New Zealand Sym/Michael Halász
      Symphonic Poems

      Naxos 8.557846

      5:34 am

      Carl Orff: Schulwerk

      "Wessobrunner Gebet"

      Munich High School Madrigal Cho/Max Frey
      Orff-Schulwerk Volume 1: Musica Poetica

      Celestial Harmonies 13105-2

      5:35 am

      George Frideric Handel: Chaconne in g

      Julian Gray, Ronald Pearl, g's
      Baroque Inventions

      Dorian DOR-90209

      5:47 am

      George Frederic Handel: Passacaglia in g, HWV 432

      Antoine Bareil, v; Stéphane Tétreault, vc
      Trio for Violin, Cello and Harp

      Analekta AN2-9888

      5:54 am

      George Frideric Handel: "Berenice"

      "Ghigg"

      Collegium Musicum 90/Simon Standage
      Handel at the Opera

      Chandos CHAN-0650

      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

      Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco: "Sonatina canonica," Op. 196

      Amadeus Guitar Duo
      Images from the South

      Naxos 8.573442

      6:15 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: "A Musical Offering," BWV 1079

      Fuga Ricercar a 6

      Berlin Phil/Pierre Boulez
      Boulez Conducts Webern II

      DG 447099-2

      6:24 am

      Johann Strauss II: "Treasure Waltz," Op. 418 (from "Der Zigeunerbaron")

      Alban Berg Quartet; A Mitterhofer, harmonium; H Medjimoreč, p
      J. Strauss II, J. Strauss I, Lanner arr. Berg, Schoenberg, Webern: Walzer

      EMI CDC7-54881-2

      6:32 am

      Florence Price: "Snapshots"

      Samantha Ege, p
      Fantasie Nègre: The Piano Music of Florence Price

      Lorelt LNT-144

      6:43 am

      Claude Debussy: "Images," Set 3

      "Rondes de printemps"

      City of Birmingham Sym Orch/Simon Rattle
      Debussy: Images, Jeux, Musique pour Le Roi Lear

      EMI CDR5-72095-2

      6:52 am

      William Schuman: "Newsreel"

      Milwaukee Sym Orch/Lukas Foss
      American Festival

      Pro Arte CDD-102

      7:04 am

      Richard Strauss: Wind Sonatina No. 2 in E-flat, Op. 143, "Happy Workshop"

      I. "Allegro con brio"

      Carnegie Mellon Wind Ensemble/George Vosburgh
      Strauss: The Happy Workshop, Serenade

      Reference FR-745

      7:21 am

      Arnold Bax: "The Happy Forest"

      BBC Phil/Vernon Handley
      Bax Tone Poems, Vol. 2

      Chandos CHAN-10446

      7:33 am

      Gioachino Rossini: "The Barber of Seville"

      Overture

      La Scala Orch/Riccardo Chailly
      Il barbiere di Siviglia

      CBS 37862

      7:41 am

      Joaquín Rodrigo: "Sones en la Giralda (Fantasía sevillana)"

      Isabelle Moretti, h; Royal Seville Sym Orch/Edmon Colomer
      Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez

      Valois V-4815

      7:50 am

      Richard Strauss: Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 8

      III. Finale, "Rondo, Presto"

      Renaud Capuçon, v; Vienna Phil/Petr Popelka
      Richard Strauss - Renaud Capuçon - Seiji Ozawa

      DG 4867082

      8:04 am

      Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto in C "con molti strumenti," R. 558

      English Concert/Trevor Pinnock
      Vivaldi: Concerti "Alla Rustica" / Pinnock, English Concert

      Archiv 415674-2

      8:16 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

      8:25 am

      Antonín Dvořák: "Czech Suite," Op 39

      II. Polka

      Milwaukee Sym Orch/Zdenek Macal
      Dvořák: Symphony No. 8, Czech Suite

      Koss KC-1002

      8:32 am

      Mario Pilati: Four Popular Italian Songs

      Vadim Davydov, picc; Aleksandr Kosolov, ob; Moscow Sym Orch/Adriano
      Pilati: Preludio, aria e tarantella, 4 canzoni popolari italiane, Divertimento, Bagatelles

      Naxos 8.574168

      8:42 am

      Margaret Bonds: "Fields of Wonder"

      Cantus
      Fields of Wonder

      Signum SIGCD-867

      8:55 am

      William Bolcom: "Graceful Ghost" Rag

      Euclid Quartet
      Breve

      Afinat AF-2401

      9:04 am

      Charles Gounod: "Faust"

      Aria, "Le veau d'or"

      José van Dam, bbr; Toulouse Capitole Cho & Orch/Michel Plasson
      Voices of French Opera

      EMI 28046

      9:07 am

      Heitor Villa-Lobos: Fantasia for soprano saxophone & chamber orchestra

      John Harle, ssx; St. Martin's Academy/Sir Neville Marriner
      Saxophone Concertos

      EMI CDC7-54301-2

      9:19 am

      Darius Milhaud: "Saudades do Brasil," Op. 67

      Set 2

      William Bolcom, p
      Darius Milhaud: Piano Music

      Nonesuch 71316-2

      9:33 am

      Sergei Prokofiev: "Summer Day Suite," Op. 65

      San Diego Chamber Orch/Donald Barra
      Kabalevsky, Prokofiev, Glinka, Tchaikovsky

      Koch 3-7042-2

      9:46 am

      Alexander Glazunov: "The Seasons," Op. 67

      Summer

      Royal Phil Orch/Vladimir Ashkenazy
      Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker; Glazunov: The Seasons / Ashkenazy

      Decca 433000-2

      10:00 am - 2:00 pm

      10:00 am

      Midday with Lisa Flynn

      Including the "Daily Excursion" at 11:00 am and "Music in Chicago" at 12:00 pm.

      10:00 am

      Josef Mysliveček: Overture in A

      Concerto Köln
      Il Divino Boemo: Josef Mysliveček Symphonies

      Archiv 4776418

      10:11 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Piano Trio No. 34 in B-Flat, H XV:20

      Trio Gaspard
      Haydn: The Complete Piano Trios, Vol. 4

      Chandos CHAN-20330

      10:25 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 in F, Op. 68, "Pastoral"

      II. "Scene by the Brook"

      Montreal Sym Orch/Kent Nagano
      Beethoven: 9 Symphonies

      Analekta AN2-9150-5 (11)

      10:39 am

      Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Cello Concerto in C, Op. 37

      Edgar Moreau, vc; Lucerne Sym Orch/Michael Sanderling
      Transmission

      Erato 0190295105105

      10:53 am

      Camille Saint-Saëns: "Tarentelle" in A minor, Op. 6

      Demarre McGill, f; Anthony McGill, cl; Chicago Youth Sym Orch/Allen Tinkham
      Winged Creatures

      Cedille CDR-90000187

      11:01 am

      Augusta Holmès: "Irlande"

      Rheinland-Pfalz State Phil/Samuel Friedmann
      Augusta Holmès: Orchestral Works

      Marco Polo 8.223449

      11:16 am

      Gabriel Fauré: Barcarolle No. 3 in G-Flat, Op. 42

      Carol Rosenberger, p
      Singing on the Water - Piano Barcarolles

      Delos DE-3172

      11:25 am

      George Frideric Handel: Trio Sonata in F, HWV 392

      Brook Street Band
      Handel: Trio Sonatas for Two Violins and Basso Continuo

      Avie AV-2357

      11:38 am

      Aaron Copland: "Our Town"

      Suite

      St. Louis Sym Orch/Leonard Slatkin
      Music For Films

      RCA 61699-2

      11:48 am

      Radamés Gnattali: Sonata for cello and guitar

      Edmond Carlier, vc; Odair Assad, g
      Fuga y misterio

      GHA 126027

      12:00 pm

      Johannes Brahms: "Festive and Commemorative Music," Op. 109

      Millar Brass Ensemble/Bruce C Briney

      Crystal CD-433

      12:11 pm

      Claude Debussy: "Pour le piano"

      Jean-Yves Thibaudet, p
      Debussy: Preludes (Livres I Et II): The Complete Works For Solo Piano Vol. I / Jean-Yves Thibaudet

      Decca 452022-2 (2)

      12:27 pm

      Carl Nielsen: "Little Suite," Op. 1

      St Martin's Academy/Neville Marriner
      Grieg, Sibelius, Nielsen, Wirén

      Argo 417132-2

      12:42 pm

      George Gershwin: "Cuban Overture"

      Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel
      The Best of Gershwin

      Telarc CD-80542

      12:52 pm

      Ola Gjeilo: "The Lake Isle"

      Tenebrae/Nigel Short; Ola Gjeilo, p; Kristian Kvalvaag, g; str quartet
      Ciaran McCabe, violin,
      Matthew Sharp, cello,
      Voices, Piano, Strings

      Decca B0024646-02

      1:00 pm

      Carl Maria von Weber: Symphony No. 2 in C

      Hanover Band/Roy Goodman
      Weber: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2, Horn Concertino

      Nimbus NI-5180

      1:20 pm

      Edvard Grieg: Lyric Pieces, Op. 65

      No. 6, "Wedding Day at Troldhaugen"

      Leif Ove Andsnes, p
      Grieg: Lyric Pieces

      EMI CDC5-57296-2

      1:27 pm

      John Field: Divertissement No. 2 in A

      Míceál O'Rourke, p; London Mozart Players/Matthias Bamert
      Field: Piano Concertos

      Chandos CHAN-9534

      1:37 pm

      Sergei Rachmaninoff: Symphonic Dances, Op. 45

      I. "Non allegro"

      Berlin Phil/Simon Rattle
      Rachmaninov: Symphonic Dances, The Bells

      Warner 84519-2

      1:49 pm

      Joaquín Gutiérrez Heras: "Sonata simple"

      Merrie Siegel, f; Jay Mauchley, p
      Flute Music Of The Americas

      Albany TROY-716

      2:00 - 7:00 pm

      2:00 pm

      Afternoon Music with Candice Agree

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

      2:00 pm

      Anton Rubinstein: "Don Quixote," Op. 87

      Slovak Phil Orch/Michael Halász
      RUBINSTEIN, A.: Violin Concerto, Op. 46 / Don Quixote, Op. 87

      Marco Polo 8.220359

      2:22 pm

      Louise Farrenc: Symphony No. 3 in G minor, Op. 36

      IV. Finale, "Allegro"

      NDR Radio Phil/Johannes Goritzki
      Louise Farrenc: Symphonies 1 & 3

      CPO 999603-2

      2:29 pm

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Violin Sonata in C minor, BWV 1024 (attrib Pisendel)

      Gottfried von der Goltz, v; Annekatrin Beller, vc; Torsten Johann, hc
      Johann Sebastian Bach: Sonatas for Violin and Continuo

      Aparté AP-276

      2:42 pm

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 2 in D, Op. 36

      I. "Adagio molto-Allegro con brio"

      Leonidas Kavakos, v; Yo-Yo Ma, vc; Emanuel Ax, p
      Beethoven for Three

      Sony 19439940142

      2:56 pm

      Anonymous 16th-century English: "Nutmeg and Ginger"

      Baltimore Consort
      Watkins Ale: Music of the English Renaissance

      Dorian DOR-90142

      3:00 pm

      Georg Anton Benda: Clavier Concerto in F minor

      London Mozart Players/Howard Shelley, p
      The Classical Piano Concerto: Georg Benda

      Hyperion CDA-68361

      3:21 pm

      Florence Price: Violin Concerto No. 1 in D

      Er-Gene Kahng, violin; Janacek Phil/Ryan Cockerham
      Florence Price: Violin Concerto No. 1 | Violin Concerto No. 2

      Albany TROY-1706

      3:47 pm

      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

      3:58 pm

      Paul Hindemith: "Ludus Tonalis"

      Interludium IX, "Molto tranquillo"

      Edward Aldwell, p
      Hindemith: Ludus Tonalis; Fauré: Nocturnes

      Pro Piano PPR-224508

      4:00 pm

      Gioachino Rossini: "The Siege of Corinth"

      Ballet Music

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

      Philips 422843-2

      4:16 pm

      Frédéric Chopin: Nocturne in C-sharp minor, Op. 27, No. 1

      Kun-Woo Paik, p
      Chopin: The Complete Nocturnes

      DG 4818173

      4:23 pm

      Alexander Glazunov: Five Novelettes, Op. 15

      No. 4, "Valse"

      Utrecht String Quartet
      Glazunov: String Quartets Vol 4

      MD+G 6031239-2

      4:30 pm

      Dmitri Shostakovich: "Hamlet" (film score), Op. 116

      Suite

      Chicago Sinfonietta/Paul Freeman
      Shostakovich Film Festival

      Pro Arte CDD-551

      4:50 pm

      music continues...

      7:00 pm

      7:00 pm

      Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin

      Johannes Brahms, Part I

      The first of a two-week biography exploring the music and life of a defining voice of the German Romantic Era. In his formative years as a pianist, Brahms befriends Robert and Clara Schumann, and with their support and later with the violinist Joseph Joachim, develops his musical voice. Topics includes Brahms’s struggles to publish symphonies on the heels of Beethoven and writing the German Requiem.

      8:00 - 11:00 pm

      11:00 pm

      11:00 pm

      Best of Studs Terkel

      Barbara Hendricks (4/3/1978)

      In the spring of 1978, soprano Barbara Hendricks spoke of her meteorically rising career, played some of her recordings including works by Schubert and Gershwin, and reminisced about her teacher and mentor, Jennie Tourel.