Saturday, March 21, 2026

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      Playlist for Saturday, March 21, 2026

      Playing this hour

      12:00 - 7:00 am

      12:00 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata No. 78, "Jesu, der du meine Seele (Jesus, by whom my soul)"

      Duet, "Wir eilen mit schwachen (We hurry with weak yet eager steps)"

      Ruth Holton, s; Sytse Buwalda, ms; Netherlands Bach Collegium/Pieter Jan Leusink
      Bach Edition: Complete Works

      Brilliant Classics 93102 (155)

      12:05 am

      Johannes Brahms: "Tragic" Overture, Op.81

      Berlin Phil/Claudio Abbado
      Symphonie No. 3 - Tragische Ouvertüre - Schicksalslied

      DG 429765-2

      12:18 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Chaconne in d minor

      Leon Fleisher, p
      George Perle: Eight Pieces (1938-1997)

      Bridge 9429

      12:35 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Chorale, "Wo Gott der Herr nicht bei uns hällt," BWV 178

      Chamber Cho of Europe/Nicol Matt
      Bach Edition: Complete Works

      Brilliant Classics 93102 (155)

      12:37 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Schübler Chorale, "Ach, bleib bei uns, Herr Jesu Christ"

      Anna Christiane Neumann, p
      Bach Without Words

      Genuin GEN-15375

      12:41 am

      Ralph Vaughan Williams: Five Variants of "Dives and Lazarus" (1939)

      Utah Sym/Maurice Abravanel
      Fantasia On A Theme By Thomas Tallis, Variants of Dives and Lazarus, Flos Campi, Fantasia on Greensleeves

      Vanguard SVC-43

      12:54 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Little Preludes, BWV 933/38

      No. 1 in C; No. 2 in c

      Glenn Gould, p

      CBS M2K-42402 (2)

      1:00 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: "Well-Tempered Clavier," Book 2, BWV 870/91

      Prelude & Fugue No. 12 in f minor

      Gustav Leonhardt, hc
      Bach: Das Wohltemperierte Klavier

      RCA-DHM 77012-2-RG (2)

      1:05 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: "Well-Tempered Clavier," Book 2, BWV 870/91

      Prelude no. 4 in d-sharp

      Jiri Barta, vc; Hamish Milne, p
      Moscheles / Bach: Hummel

      Hyperion CDA-67521

      1:08 am

      Bach/Gounod: Ave Maria

      Eaken Piano Trio
      CHRISTMAS and HANUKAH: I'll Be Home for the Holidays

      Naxos 8.554714

      1:16 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Fantasia and Fugue in c, BWV 537

      Seattle Sym/Gerard Schwarz
      Orchestral Transcriptions by Respighi and Elgar

      Naxos 8.572741

      1:26 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: "Well-Tempered Clavier," Book 2, BWV 870/91

      Fugue No. 7 in E-flat

      George Fields, harmonica
      The Pocket Bach

      Angel S-36067

      1:28 am

      Johann Christian Bach: Sinfonia Concertante in E-Flat

      Alan Hacker, , Antony Pike, cl's; Geoffrey Gambold, bn; London Festival Orch/Ross Pople
      Concertante

      ASV CDDCA-651

      1:44 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Violin Concerto in g, after BWV 1056

      Malcolm Messiter, ob; Guildhall String Ensemble
      Baroque Oboe Concertos

      RCA 60224-2-RC

      1:54 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Clavier Partita No. 5 in G, BWV 829

      Finale, "Gigue"

      Glenn Gould, p

      CBS M2K-42402 (2)

      2:00 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata No. 208, "Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd! (Hunt)

      "Sheep May Safely Graze"

      Bournemouth Sym/José Serebrier
      BACH, J.S: Stokowski Transcriptions, Vol. 1

      Naxos 8.557883

      2:05 am

      Ferruccio Busoni: "Fantasia after Bach"

      Igor Levit, p
      Igor Levit, Life

      Sony 88985424452

      2:20 am

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      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.

      11:00 am - 8:00 pm

      11:00 am

      Metropolitan Opera

      Wagner's Tristan und Isolde

      Lise Davidsen (Isolde); Michael Spyres (Tristan); Ekaterina Gubanova (Brangäne); Ryan Speedo Green (King Marke); Tomas Konieczny (Kurnewal); Metropolitan Opera Orch/Yannick Nézet-Séguin. Sung in German.

      4:30 pm

      Weekend Evening Music

      8:00 pm

      8:00 pm

      Folkstage hosted by Marilyn Rea Beyer

      From the archives: An adventurous evening of music with banjo phenom Abigail Washburn accompanied by famed fiddler Rayna Gellert and their ensemble recorded in 2011.

      9:00 pm - 12:00 am

      9:00 pm

      The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer

      Hello, Neighbor! Sampling music from Canada and Mexico, our neighbors to the north and south.