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      Playlist for Friday, June 5, 2026

      Playing this hour

      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      Giuseppe Verdi: "Macbeth"

      Chorus of Scottish refugees, "Patria oppressa"

      Chicago Sym Cho, Orch/Sir Georg Solti
      Verdi: Choruses * CSO * Solti

      London 430226-2

      12:04 am

      Richard Strauss: "Macbeth," Op. 23

      Bavarian Radio Sym/Lorin Maazel
      Eine Alpensinfonie · Macbeth

      RCA 57128-2

      12:24 am

      Richard Strauss: Five Songs, Op. 15

      #2, "Winternacht"

      Markus Eiche, t; Wolfram Rieger, p
      Strauss: Complete Songs

      Two Pianists TP-1039312 (9)

      12:26 am

      Antonio Vivaldi: Flute Concerto in G, Op. 10, No. 2, R. 439, "La Notte"

      Bruno Cavallo, f; La Scala Phil Soloists' Orch/Riccardo Muti

      EMI CDR5-69873-2

      12:35 am

      Astor Piazzolla: "Histoire du Tango"

      Britta Jacobs, f; Irene Kalisvaart, g

      Naxos 8.551453

      12:54 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: "The Magic Flute," K. 620

      Aria, "Der Vogelfänger bin ich ja"

      Nachtmusique/Eric Hoeprich
      Eine Abendserenade

      Glossa GCD-920601

      1:00 am

      Hamilton Harty: "A John Field Suite"

      4th mvt (Finale), Rondo: "Midi"

      Ulster Orch/Bryden Thomson
      Harty: John Field Suite, Etc.

      Chandos CHAN-6583

      1:05 am

      Franz Schubert: Adagio and Rondo Concertante in F, D 487

      Ralf Gothoni, p; Munich String Trio
      Schumann: Adventlied & Ballade vom Pagen und der Königstochter/ JS Bach: Cantata BWV 105

      Ondine ODE-763-2

      1:18 am

      Franz Schubert: Song, "Der Traum", D 213

      Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, br; Gerald Moore, p
      Schubert: Lieder

      DG 437215-2 (9)

      1:19 am

      Arnold Bax: Violin Concerto

      Lydia Mordkovitch, v; London Phil/Bryden Thomson
      Bax: Violin Concerto

      Chandos CHAN-9003

      1:54 am

      Thomas Weelkes: "A Gay Tune"

      Chicago Sym Brass
      Audiophile

      Audiophile AP-21

      2:00 am

      Johann Ludwig Krebs: Chorale Prelude, "Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme"

      Michael Laird, tr; Peter Hurford, o
      Chorales & Fantasias (Organ & Obbligati)

      Argo 430208-2

      2:05 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quartet No. 1 in F, Op. 18

      Fine Arts Quartet

      Everest EVC-9051/52 (2)

      2:34 am

      Alexander Scriabin: Preludes, Op 15

      #5 in c#

      Piers Lane, p

      Hyperion CDA-67057/8 (2)

      2:35 am

      Dag Wirén: Concert Overture, Op. 2

      Norrköping Sym/Thomas Dausgaard
      Dag Wirén

      CPO 999677-2

      2:43 am

      Florence Price: Concert Overture No. 1

      Württemberg Phil/John Jeter
      Florence Price: Concerto & Symphony in E Minor

      Naxos 8.559920

      2:54 am

      Afro-American Trad: Spiritual, De gospel train

      The Aeolians/Jason Max Ferdinand

      EMI/Ang GIACD-1087

      3:00 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: "Christmas Oratorio," BWV 248

      Echo aria, "Flösst, mein Heiland"

      Sibylla Rubens, s; Stuttgart Bach Collegium/Helmuth Rilling
      Bach Christmas Oratorio

      Hänssler Classic CD-92.076 (3)

      3:05 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

      Strangers in a Strange Land

      We will hear the musical evolution of five mature composers as they started their new lives in America: Russian Igor Stravinsky, Hungarian Bela Bartok, German Kurt Weill, Italian Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, and Austrian Ernst Toch. These five composers arrived in America early in the Twentieth Century and quickly became vital members of our American musical community. Bill leads us through their development of new sounds and relationships, all the while telling the fantastic stories that link us to their teachers, Rimsky-Korsakov and Richard Strauss.

      8:00 - 11:00 pm

      11:00 pm

      11:00 pm

      Best of Studs Terkel

      Dizzy Gillespie (6/2/1982)

      John Birks “Dizzy” Gillespie was born in Cheraw, South Carolina in 1917. The ground-breaking Jazz trumpet player was Studs Terkel’s guest in June 1982.