Wednesday, June 24, 2026

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      Playlist for Wednesday, June 24, 2026

      Playing this hour

      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      Ed Bland: "Sunday School" (2001)

      Judith Olson, p
      Urban Counterpoint

      Cambria CD-1256

      12:05 am

      George Gershwin: "An American in Paris"

      Seattle Sym/Ludovic Morlot
      Symphony No. 2 / Instances / An American In Paris

      Seattle Symphony Media SSM-1003

      12:24 am

      Valerie Capers: Portraits in Jazz (1976)

      No. 3, "Sweet Mr. Jelly Roll"

      Maria Thompson Corley, p
      Soulscapes

      Albany TROY-857

      12:25 am

      Richard Strauss: Violin Sonata in E-Flat, Op. 18

      Lisa Schatzman, v; Benjamin Engeli, p
      Reminiscences: Romantic Works for Violin & Piano

      Claves 50-1303

      12:55 am

      Georg Philipp Telemann: "Don Quichotte auf der Hochzeit des Camacho"

      Aria, "Dich, Schäfer"

      Bremen Akademieàfür Alte Musik Cho, La Stagione/Michael Schneider
      Telemann: Don Quichotte Auf Der Hochzeit Des Comacho

      CPO 999210-2

      1:00 am

      Vincent D'Indy: "Sérénade et Valse," Op 28

      Iceland Sym Orch/Rumon Gamba

      Chandos CHSA-5157

      1:05 am

      Johann Strauss II: Waltz, “On the Beautiful Blue Danube”, Op. 314

      Vienna Phil/Zubin Mehta
      New Year's Concert 2007 * Wiener Philharmoniker * Zubin Mehta

      DG B0008289-02

      1:15 am

      François Joseph Gossec: "Tambourin"

      Martin Ruderman, f; Laurindo Almeida, g

      EMI CDM7-63256-2

      1:16 am

      François Joseph Gossec: Symphony in E-Flat, Op 5/2

      Orchestre de Bretagne/Stefan Sanderling
      Gossec: Gavotte, Suite De Danses, 4 Symphonies, Brook 26, 44, 55 & 82

      ASV CDDCA-1124

      1:28 am

      Vincent D'Indy: Symphony on a French Mountain Air, Op 25

      Louis Lortie, p; Iceland Sym/Rumon Gamba
      d'Indy: Orchestral Works, Volume 5

      Chandos CHAN-10760

      1:54 am

      Louise Farrenc: "25 Études Faciles," Op. 50

      No. 25

      Maria Stratigou, p
      Louise Farrenc - Complete Piano Works, Vol 1

      Grand Piano GP-912-13 (2)

      2:00 am

      Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck: Motet, "Tanto tempore vobiscum"

      Netherlands Chamber Choir/Paul van Nevel

      Radio Nederland 15

      2:05 am

      Emmy Wegener: Suite for violin, viola and cello

      Hague String Trio

      Cobra 0083

      2:13 am

      Johannes Verhulst: "Kinderleven", Op 30

      "Ons poesje"

      Annegeer Stumphuis, s; Leo van Doeselaar, p

      NM Classics 92029

      2:15 am

      Johan Wagenaar: "Driekoningenavond (Twelfth Night)" Overture, Op 36

      Royal Concertgebouw Orch/Riccardo Chailly
      Saul En David • Amphitrion • Cyrano De Bergerac • De Getemde Feeks

      London 425833-2

      2:24 am

      Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco: "Twelfth Night," Op 73

      Overture

      West Australian Sym Orch/Andrew Penny
      CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO, M.: Shakespeare Overtures, Vol 1

      Naxos 8.572500

      2:35 am

      Alexander Mackenzie: "Twelfth Night," Op 40

      BBC Scottish Sym/Martyn Brabbins

      Hyperion CDA-66764

      2:54 am

      John JOHNSONE: The galyard to the flatt pavion

      Jakob Lindberg, Paul O'Dette, l's
      English Lute Duets

      BIS CD-267

      3:00 am

      Ferdinand Hérold: "La Fille mal gardée"

      "Tambourine Dance"

      Royal Liverpool Phil/Barry Wordsworth

      EMI/Ang CDC7-49403-2

      3:05 am

      Franz Schubert: Variations in C on a Theme from Hérold's opera "Marie," D 908

      Yaara Tal, Andreas Groethuysen, p
      Piano Music for Four Hands

      Sony S2K-58955 (2)

      3:16 am

      Ferdinand Hérold: "Zampa"

      Overture

      Royal Scottish National Orch/Lance Friedel
      GREAT COMEDY OVERTURES (Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Friedel)

      Naxos 8.573418

      3:25 am

      Johann Strauss II: Zampa Galopp, Op. 62a

      Johann Strauss Orch/Christopher Warren-Green
      The Strauss Album

      Black Box BBM-1059

      3:27 am

      Johann, Sr Strauss: Gitana Galop, Op 108

      Boskovsky Ensemble/Willi Boskovsky
      The Willi Boskovsky Collection Vol. 2, The Charm of Old Vienna

      Vanguard OVC-8016

      3:29 am

      Pablo de Sarasate: "Zigeunerweisen," Op 20

      Kyung-Wha Chung, v; Itamar Golan, p

      EMI/Ang CDC5-56827-2

      3:37 am

      Pietro Locatelli: "L'Arte del Violino," Op 3

      Violin Concerto #5 in C

      Rodolfo Bonucci, v; Santa Cecilia Chamber Orch
      L'Arte del Violino

      Koch 350203 (4)

      3:54 am

      Girolamo Frescobaldi: "Balletto Secondo-Corrente"

      Trevor Stephenson, hc

      Light & Shadow LS-1206

      4:00 am

      Herbert Clarke: The Debutante (Caprice brillant)

      Gerard Schwarz, cornet; Kenneth Cooper, p
      Cornet Favorites & Highlights From Cousins

      Nonesuch 79157-2

      4:05 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Trumpet Concerto in E-Flat, H VIIe:1

      Y Chamber Sym of New York/Gerard Schwarz, tr
      The Classic Trumpet Concerti Of Haydn/ Hummelet Concerto In E Flat Major

      Delos DCD-3001

      4:20 am

      Howard Hanson: "Merry Mount" Suite (1938)

      Children's Dance

      Seattle Sym Orch/Gerard Schwarz
      Symphony No. 4 'Requiem', Suite from 'Merry Mount', Lament for Beowulf

      Delos DE-3105

      4:21 am

      Aaron Copland: Ballet, "Grohg"

      "Dance of the Adolescent"

      Christian Ivaldi & Noël Lee, p's
      Musique Americaine pour deux Pianos

      Arion ARN-68375

      4:27 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 - 1:00 pm

      10:00 am

      Midday with Lisa Flynn

      Including the Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts at 12:15 pm.

      12:15 pm

      Dame Myra Hess Concerts

      Cellist Andres Sanchez and pianist Victor Santiago Asunción perform music by Felix Mendelssohn, Schubert, and Paganini, live from Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago.

      1:00 - 3:00 pm

      1:00 pm

      Music for the Afternoon

      3:00 - 8:00 pm

      3:00 pm

      Afternoon Music with Candice Agree

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

      6:30 pm

      Grant Park Music Festival 2026

      Barber Violin Concerto

      Live from the Pritzker Pavilion, featuring the Grant Park Orchestra conducted by Kalena Bovell. Jessie Montgomery "Starburst;" Barber Violin Concerto; William Hagen, violin; Peter Boyer "Ellis Island: The Dream of America." Hosted by Dave Schwan.

      8:00 pm

      9:00 pm

      9:00 pm

      Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin

      Sir William Walton (1902-1983)

      This is a week steeped in 20th-century British music. Composer Benjamin Britten wrote that hearing William Walton's music was a 'great turning point in my musical life.' Bill features Walton’s love of different musical genres: film music from Henry V, the poem Façade set to music performed by the London Mozart Players narrated by Prunella Scales, the orchestral march Crown Imperial, and the cantata Belshazzar’s Feast.

      10:00 pm - 12:00 am

      10:00 pm

      Baroque&Before with Candice Agree

      Tallis Scholars in Tokyo

      As part of its fiftieth anniversary world tour, The Tallis Scholars under the direction of Peter Phillips perform sacred works by Renaissance masters Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, Cristóbal de Morales, Gregorio Allegri, Costanzo Festa, Elzéar Genet Carpentras, and Josquin des Prez. Recorded live in concert July 5, 2024 in Tokyo’s Opera City Concert Hall.