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Playlist for Saturday, September 5, 2026
12:00 - 7:00 am
12:00 am
Corelli, Arcangelo: Sonata da camera in E, Op 2/10
Purcell Quartet
Corelli: Sonatas for Strings, Vol. 2
12:05 am
Corelli, Arcangelo: Trio Sonata in c, Op 4/11
Accademia Bizantina/Carlo Chiarappa
Opera omnia
12:12 am
Corelli, Arcangelo: Oboe Concerto in F
"Allemanda"
Gheorghe Zamfir, pan pipe; English Chamber Orch/James Judd
Baroque Concertos
12:14 am
Prokofiev, Serge: Symphony No. 6 in e-flat minor, Op. 111
National Sym Orch/Leonard Slatkin
Prokofiev: 6th Symphony; Suite from "The Love For Three Oranges"
12:55 am
Kabalevsky, Dmitri: "Romeo and Juliet" Suite, Op 56
#3, "Preparations for the Ball"
Armenian Phil/Loris Tjeknavorian
Kabalevsky: Suites from Romeo and Juliet, The Comedians & Colas Breugnon
1:00 am
Liszt, Franz: "Années de pèlerinage:" 1st Year, Switzerland (1848-54)
No. 1, "La chapelle de Guillaume Tell"
Alfred Brendel, p
Liszt * Années de pèlerinage (Première Année: Suisse) * Isoldens Liebestod * Alfred Brendel
1:05 am
Morlacchi, Francesco: "The Swiss Shepherd"
James Galway, f; Phillip Moll, p
Music For My Friends
1:14 am
Liszt, Franz: "Années de pèlerinage:" 1st Year, Switzerland (1848-54)
No. 9, "Les cloches de Genève (Nocturne)"
Leslie Howard, p
1:21 am
Swiss Trad: Basel March
Philip Jones Brass Ensemble/Elgar Howarth
In Switzerland
1:25 am
Trad, Swiss: Zurich March
Philip Jones Brass Ensemble
Philip Jones Brass Ensemble in Switzerland
1:27 am
Ravel, Maurice: "Ma mère l'Oye (Mother Goose)"
London Sym Orch/Pierre Monteux
Ravel: Orchestral Favorites
1:55 am
Schumann, Robert: "Kinderszenen," Op. 15
No. 12, "Child Falling Asleep"
Daniel Schlosberg, p
Child's Play
2:00 am
Quilter, Roger: Duet, "It was a lover and his lass"
Felicity Lott, s; Ann Murray, ms; Graham Johnson, p
2:02 am
Rutter, John: Folksong setting, "It was a lover and his lass"
Oriana Singers/William Chin
2:05 am
Sibelius, Jean: "Rakastava (The Lover)," Op. 14
Scottish National Orch/Alexander Gibson
Sibelius: Scenes Historiques
2:17 am
Trad, Yugoslavian: The Unfaithful Lover
Quink
Folksongs Of The World
2:18 am
Dvorák, Antonín: Piano Quintet in A, Op 81
Philippe Entremont, p; Vienna Chamber Orch
2:54 am
Anonymous 17th century, English: Two Lute Pieces
Christopher Parkening, g
The Artistry of Christopher Parkening
3:00 am
Ravel, Maurice: "Pavane pour une infante défunte"
Budapest Clarinet Quintet
Clarinet Evergreens
3:05 am
Crusell, Bernhard Henrik: Clarinet Concerto #1 in E-Flat, Op 1
Emma Johnson, cl; Royal Phil/Gunther Herbig
Crusell, Kozeluch and Krommer: Clarinet Concertos
3:28 am
Sullivan, Arthur: "Thespis" Ballet Suite
Introduction
Dublin RTE Concert Orch/Andrew Penny
Sullivan: Ballet Music
3:30 am
Vaughan Williams, Ralph: "Suite de ballet" (1913)
Harriet LeJeune, f; Hilda Freund, p
3:36 am
Handel, George Frideric: "Amaryllis" Suite
Royal Phil/Yehudi Menuhin
Handel: Music For The Royal Fireworks/ Amaryllis Suite/ Suite From The Water Music
3:55 am
Britten, Benjamin: "Prince of the Pagodas," Op. 57
King of the North
Bournemouth Sym Orch/Uri Segal
4:00 am
Clementi, Muzio: Piano Sonatina, Op 36/5
Philippe Entremont, p
Philippe Entremont Plays Sonatinas
4:06 am
Ravel, Maurice: "Sonatine"
Orpheus Trio
4:16 am
Françaix, Jean: Trumpet and Piano Sonatina
Gigue
Ole Edvard Antonsen, tr; Einar Sinebye, p
Italian Oboe Concertos
4:18 am
Strauss, Richard: Wind Symphony (Wind Sonatina No. 2), "The Happy Workshop"
Orpheus Chamber Orch
Sonatinen
4:55 am
De meester, Louis: Toccata
Pierre Huybregts, p
Piano Music By Belgian Composers
5:00 am
Berners, Gerald Tyrwhitt, Lord: Fugue for Orchestra
Royal Liverpool Phil/Barry Wordsworth
Lord Berners: The Triumph of Neptune (Suite)
5:05 am
Frederick the Great: Symphony #1 in G
Manhattan Chamber Orch/Richard Auldon Clark
Chamber Music of Frederick the Great
5:17 am
Amalia, Anna: Piano Concerto
Rosario Marciano, p, Luxembourg Radio Orch/Louis de Froment
Ballade For Piano And Orchestra/ Concertstuck For Piano And Orchestra/ Concerto For 12 Instruments And Cembalo Obbligato/ Divertimento For Piano And Strings
5:27 am
Henry VIII: Suite, "Rose Without A Thorn"
Philip Jones Brass Ensemble
Music For The Courts Of Europe
5:39 am
Berners, Gerald Tyrwhitt, Lord: "The Triumph of Neptune" Suite
5th mvt, "Sunday Morning" (Intermezzo)
Royal Liverpool Phil/Barry Wordsworth
Lord Berners: The Triumph of Neptune (Suite)
5:41 am
Hindemith, Paul: "Kleine Kammermusik," Op 24/2
Bergen Wind Quintet
Wind Quintets By Barber, Sæverud, Jolivet & Hindemith
5:54 am
Tchaikovsky, Peter: "Swan Lake," Op. 20
Act II, Dance of the Little Swans
London Sym Orch/Richard Williams
6:00 am
Büsser, Henri: "Prélude et Scherzo"
Susan Milan, f; Ian Brown, p
Flute Fantaisie
6:05 am
Franck, César: "Quatre Pièces Brèves"
Bohemia Chamber Phil/Douglas Bostock
6:19 am
Debussy, Claude: "Petite Suite"
Philharmonia Orch/Geoffrey Simon
Borodin: Suite from Prince Igor, petite Suite, Nocturne from String Quartet No. 2, In the Steppes of Central Asia, Requiem
6:32 am
Debussy, Claude: "Hommage à Haydn"
Werner Haas, p
Complete Piano Music Volume 2
6:34 am
Haydn, Franz Joseph: Symphony No. 47 in G
Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orch/Adam Fischer
Haydn 'The Esterhazy Recordings' Symphonies Volume 3
6:54 am
Poulenc, Francis: "Le Bestiaire" (1918)
#1, "Le Dromadaire"
Felicity Lott, s; Graham Johnson, p
Hommage a Francis Poulenc
7:00 - 9:00 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.
7:03 am
William Grant Still: "American Suite"
Royal Scottish National Orch/Avlana Eisenberg
William Grant Still: Summerland
7:12 am
Johann Sebastian Bach: Trio Sonata in G, BWV 1039
Nadia Labrie, f; Luc Beauséjour, p; Camille Paquette-Roy, vc
Flute Passion: Bach
7:25 am
Hector Berlioz: "Symphonie fantastique," Op. 14
II. "A Ball"
Chicago Sym Orch/Riccardo Muti
Berlioz: Symphony Fantastique, Lelio
7:33 am
Francesco Tristano: "A Soft Shell Groove"
Alice Sara Ott & Francesco Tristano, p's
Scandale
7:41 am
Hubert Parry: "Lady Radnor's Suite"
English String Orch/William Boughton
The Spirit of England
7:58 am
Lili Boulanger: "Cortège"
Olivier Charlier, v; Emile Naoumoff, p
Boulanger, Lili and Nadia: In memoriam Lili Boulanger
8:00 am
Saturday Morning Listener's Choice
8:00 am
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: "The Tale of Tsar Saltan"
"The Three Wonders; Flight of the Bumblebee"
Philharmonia Orch/Vladimir Ashkenazy
Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade, Tsar Saltan Suite
8:10 am
Kurt Weill: "September Song"
Daniel Hope, v; Joscho Stephan, g; Zürich Chamber Orch
America
8:13 am
Kurt Weill: "Kleine Dreigroschenmusik (Little Threepenny Music)"
"Die Moritat von Mackie Messer" (Mack the Knife)
Ebony Band/Werner Herbers
Ebony Band: Weill - Toch - Schulhoff
8:16 am
Florence Price: Symphony No. 1 in E minor
III. "Juba"
Philadelphia Orch/Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Florence Price - Symphonies 1 & 3
8:21 am
Friedrich von Flotow: "Martha"
"The Last Rose of Summer"
Renée Fleming, s; English Chamber Orch/Jeffrey Tate
Renee Fleming: The Beautiful Voice
8:27 am
Claude Debussy: "Estampes"
"Jardins sous la pluie"
Ivan Moravec, p
Ivan Moravec Plays Debussy
8:31 am
Peter Tchaikovsky: "Souvenir d'un lieu cher," Op. 42
III. "Mélodie" in E-Flat
Béla Fleck, banjo; Edgar Meyer, p
Perpetual Motion
8:35 am
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 21 in C, K. 467
II. "Andante"
Mahler Chamber Orchestra/Leif Ove Andsnes, p
Mozart Momentum 1785
8:42 am
Franz Liszt: "Mephisto Waltz" No. 1 ("Dance in the Village Inn")
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Kurt Masur
Liszt: Tone Poems, A Faust Symphony
8:54 am
Francisco Tárrega: "Pavana"
David Russell, g
8:56 am
Moritz Moszkowski: "From Foreign Lands," Op. 23
IV. Spanish, "Molto vivace"
Polish National Radio Sym Orch/Antoni Wit
Moszkowski: Piano Concerto in E major; From Foreign Lands
9:00 - 11:00 am
9:00 am
Soundtrack
9:00 am
Alfred Newman: 20th Century Fox Fanfare
London Phil Orch/John Mauceri
The Genius of Film Music
9:02 am
Stephen Flaherty: "My Favorite Year"
"If the World Were Like the Movies"
Tim Curry, singer; Original Broadway Cast Orch/Jan Rosenberg
My Favorite Year (Original Broadway Cast Recording)
9:07 am
Jerry Goldsmith: "The Shadow"
Main Theme
City of Prague Phil Orch/Nic Raine
Jerry Goldsmith: 40 Years of Film Music
9:10 am
Lebo M; Jerry Goldsmith: "Congo"
"Spirit of Africa"
Studio Cho & Orch/Jerry Goldsmith
Congo (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
9:12 am
Jerry Goldsmith: "Congo"
"Bail Out"
Studio Orch/Jerry Goldsmith
Congo (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
9:16 am
Hans Zimmer: "Muppets Treasure Island"
Suite
Phil Wind Orch/Marc Reift
Cinemagic 69
9:25 am
Basil Poledouris: "The Hunt for Red October"
"Hymn to Red October"
Studio Cho & Orch/Basil Poledouris
The Hunt For Red October (Music From The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
9:31 am
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 29 in A, K. 201
Excerpt from I. "Allegro moderato"
St Martin's Academy/Neville Marriner
Amadeus (The Complete Soundtrack Recording)
9:38 am
Steve Jablonsky: "Transformers" (2007 film)
"Optimus"
Studio Cho & Orch/Nick Glennie-Smith
Transformers (The Score)
9:41 am
Alan Silvestri: "Predator"
Suite
City of Prague Phil Orch/Nic Raine
Film Music by Alan Silvestri
9:46 am
Georges Delerue: "Steel Magnolias"
Main Title Introduction
Studio Orch/Georges Delerue
Steel Magnolias (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
9:50 am
Georges Delerue: "Steel Magnolias"
"Easter Picnic; Departure"
Studio Orch/Georges Delerue
Steel Magnolias (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
9:55 am
Dolly Parton: "I Will Always Love You"
Ensemble Reflektor/Thomas Klug
Liebeslied
10:02 am
Peter Boyer: "Celebration Overture"
London Phil Orch/Peter Boyer
Boyer: Symphony No. 1, Silver Fanfare, Festivities, Three Olympians, Celebration Overture
10:09 am
Traditional South African: "Ke Nali Moona"
Chicago Children's Cho/Josephine Lee
The Chicago Children's Choir Recorded at Preston Bradley Hall
10:13 am
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Divertimento No. 14 in B-Flat, K. 270
Amadeus Winds
Mozart: Wind Divertimenti
10:26 am
Jon Batiste: "Für Elise - Reverie" (after Beethoven)
Jon Batiste, p
Beethoven Blues
10:43 am
Richard Strauss: "Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks," Op. 28
Berlin Phil/Sir Georg Solti
Also Sprach Zarathustra / Till Eulenspiegels Lustige Streiche / Salome - Tanz der sieben Schleier
10:58 am
Frédéric Chopin: Etudes, Op. 25
No. 9 in G-flat, "Butterfly"
Yunchan Lim, p
Yunchan Lim: Chopin Études
11:00 am
11:00 am
Introductions
Formed at the Music Institute of Chicago, The Hemingway Quartet (Romeo Vashishth, Elle Cho, Sebastian Manning, violins and viola; Lucy Wu, cello) performs the first movement of Haydn's String Quartet in C major, Op. 76, No. 3, "Emperor," and the second movement of Brahms's String Quartet No. 1 in C minor, Op. 51, No. 1. Originally boradcast in September 2025.
11:13 am
Florence Price: "Colonial Dance"
Württemberg Phil/John Jeter
Florence Beatrice Price: Songs of the Oak, Concert Overtures Nos. 1 & 2, The Oak, Colonial Dance, Suite of Dances
11:19 am
Arturo Márquez: "Danzón" No. 2
Oliver Talukder, ob, eh, f & pic; Moriah Trenk, p
Briefly Gorgeous
11:29 am
Johann Sebastian Bach: Orchestra Suite No. 3 in D, BWV 1068
Vienna Concentus Musicus/Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 3, 5 & 6, Overture No. 3
11:54 am
Dani Howard: Trombone Concerto
III. "Illumination"
Peter Moore, tb; Royal Liverpool Phil Orch/Michael Seal
Dani Howard Orchestral Works
12:00 - 3:00 pm
12:00 pm
From La Scala
Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor
Boris Pinkhasovich (Enrico Ashton); Rosa Feola (Miss Luca); Piero Pretti (Edgardo di Ravenswood); Leonardo Cortellazzi (Arturo Bucklaw); Michele Pertusi (Raimondo Bidebent); Paolo Antognetti (Normanno); Hyeonsol Park (Alisa); La Scala Chorus and Orchestra; Speranza Scappucci, conductor. Sung in Italian.
4:00 pm
4:00 pm
Listening to Singers with Oliver Camacho
An interview with soprano Lucy Crowe recorded at the 2026 Santa Fe Opera festival where she was starring in the title role of Handel's "Rodelinda."
8:00 - 10:00 pm
8:00 pm
Folkstage hosted by Marilyn Rea Beyer
Live from the Levin Performance Studio: A very special two-hour preview of the 50th annual Fox Valley Folk Music & Storytelling Festival with Chris Vallillo, storyteller Heather Forest, Zoe Mulford, Joy Clark, and Claudia Schmidt.
10:00 pm - 12:00 am
10:00 pm
The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer
We start an hour later this week and pack in a concentrated playlist of September songs.
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