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      Playlist for Wednesday, April 29, 2026

      Playing this hour

      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      Johan Wagenaar: "De Cid," Op 27

      Overture

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

      London 425833-2

      12:05 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Seven Variations on the Dutch Song "Willem van Nassau", K. 25

      Francesco Nicolosi, p
      MOZART: Piano Variations, Vol. 1

      Naxos 8.550611

      12:12 am

      Johannes Verhulst: Song, "Stuurmans-lief", Op 27/4

      Annegeer Stumphuis, s; Leo van Doeselaar, p

      NM Classics 92029

      12:13 am

      Nikolai Miaskovsky: Symphony #4 in e, Op. 17

      State Sym Orch/Yevgeny Svetlanov
      Miaskovsky Symphonies

      Alto ALC-3141

      12:54 am

      Alexander Scriabin: Two Pieces, Op 59

      No. 1

      Vladimir Sofronitski, p
      Scriabin Piano Works

      Profil PH-22006 (12)

      1:00 am

      Claude Debussy: "L'isle joyeuse"

      Pascal Rogé, p
      Claude Debussy

      Decca 4785437

      1:41 am

      Pancrace Royer: "Pyrrhus"

      "Deuxième Air"

      Les Enfants d'Apollon/Michael Greenberg
      Pyrrhus

      Alpha 953 (2)

      1:43 am

      Augustìn Barrios Mangoré: Waltzes, Op 8

      #3

      David Russell, g
      David Russell- Music Of Barrios

      Telarc CD-80373

      1:47 am

      Teresa Carreno: Waltz, La corbeille de fleurs, Op 9

      Clara Rodriguez, p
      N/A

      Fundacion Mmg0

      1:55 am

      Antonio Lauro: Four Venezuelan Waltzes (1963)

      #3 in e

      Josep Henriquez, g

      Dk CD-1069

      2:00 am

      Frantisek Janoska: "The Four Seasons in Janoska Style" (after Vivaldi)

      Spring: III. "The Irish Wedding"

      Janoska Ensemble
      Vivaldi: The Four Seasons in Janoska Style

      DG 9487617

      2:05 am

      Antonio Vivaldi: The Four Seasons, Concerto No. 1 in E major, Op. 8, RV 269, “Spring”

      Yolanda Kondonassis, h; Flanders Orch/Rudolf Werthen
      Vivaldi: The Four Seasons for Harp and Orchestra

      Telarc CD-80523

      2:15 am

      Betty Jackson KING: Four Seasonal Sketches

      "Spring Intermezzo"

      Helen Walker-Hill, p
      Kaleidoscope: Music By African-American Women

      Leonarda LE-339

      2:17 am

      Robert Schumann: Song, "Frühlingsgrüsse"

      Lydia Teuscher, s; Graham Johnson, p
      The Songs of Robert Schumann, Volume 10

      Hyperion CDJ-33110

      2:19 am

      Joseph Joachim: Violin Concerto #3 in G

      Takako Nishizaki, v; Stuttgart Radio Sym/Meir Minsky
      JOACHIM, J.: Violin Concerto No. 3 / Overtures, Opp. 4 and 13

      Naxos 8.554733

      2:55 am

      Louis-Claude Daquin: "Tambourin en Rondeau"

      Mie Miki, accordion
      French Baroque Music

      Challenge Classics 72014

      3:00 am

      Franz Waxman: "Taras Bulba" (1962)

      "The Ride of the Cossacks"

      Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel
      Vintage Cinema

      Telarc CD-80708

      3:04 am

      Reinhold Gliere: "Taras Bulba" (ballet, 1952)

      "Whirlwind (Gopak)"

      Odessa Phil/Hobart Earle
      Gliere: Taras Bulba/ Stankovych: Rasputin

      ASV CDDCA-988

      3:08 am

      Leos Janácek: "Taras Bulba" (1925)

      North German Radio Sym Orch/John Eliot Gardiner
      Symphonic Dances Op.45

      DG 445838-2

      3:30 am

      Reinhold Gliere: "Taras Bulba" (ballet, 1952)

      "Andriy"

      Odessa Phil/Hobart Earle
      Gliere: Taras Bulba/ Stankovych: Rasputin

      ASV CDDCA-988

      3:31 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 4 in D, K. 218

      Gidon Kremer, v; Vienna Phil/Nikolaus Harnoncourt
      The 5 Violin Concertos – Sinfonia Concertante

      DG 453043-2 (2)

      3:54 am

      Italian Anon 16th c: Bassadanza

      Karl-Ernst Schroder, l, Crawford Young, l
      Amours Amours Amours (Lautenduos Um 1500/ Duos De Luths Autour 1500/ Lute Duos Around 1500)

      Harmonia Mundi HMC-905253

      4:00 am

      Antonio Vivaldi: Sinfonia in G, R 146

      Taverner Players/Andrew Parrott

      EMI/Ang CDC7-54208-2

      4:05 am

      Antonio Vivaldi: Violin Sonata in A, R 29

      Purcell Quartet
      Corelli: Sonatas for Strings Vol. 1

      Chandos CHAN-0502

      4:13 am

      Antonin Dvorák: Violin Sonata in F, Op 57

      Scott St John, v; Thomas Bagwell, p

      Marquis ERAD-159

      4:35 am

      Bedrich Smetana: Chorus, "Our Song"

      Czech Phil Cho Men's Voices/Jan Veselka
      Smetana: Choruses, Czech Classic Cantatas

      Supraphon 1-SUPD-015 (2)

      4:37 am

      Johann Neruda: Horn Concerto in E-flat

      Steven Gross, fh; Capella Istropolitana/Dale Clevenger
      Baroque.horn

      Summit DCD-511

      4:54 am

      Bedrich Smetana: "Andante cantabile"

      Slovak Radio Sym Orch/Robert Stankovsky
      SMETANA : Short Orchestral Pieces

      Marco Polo 8.223705

      5:00 am

      English Anon 17th c: "Cockleshells"

      David Douglass, v; Paul O'Dette, l; Andrew Lawrence-King, h
      Apollo's Banquet- 17th Century Music From The Publications Of John Playford

      Harmonia Mundi HMU-907186

      5:05 am

      John Ireland: "Epic March"

      Cincinnati Pops/Erich Kunzel
      Pomp And Pizazz: March Favorites

      Telarc CD-80122

      5:14 am

      Ralph Vaughan Williams: "The Wasps" (1909)

      "March past of the kitchen utensils"

      Bournemouth Sinfonietta/Norman Del Mar

      EMI/Ang CDC7-47812-2

      5:18 am

      Ethel Smyth: "The March of the Women"

      Plymouth Music Series/Philip Brunelle

      Virgin 91188-2

      5:21 am

      John Dowland: "Lord Strangs March"

      Paul O'Dette, l
      Dowland: Complete Lute Works, Vol.3

      Harmonia Mundi HMU-907162

      5:23 am

      Amy (Mrs HHA) Beach: Five Improvisations, Op 148

      Ramon Salvatore, p
      American Piano, Volume Two: Blue Voyage, Music In The Grand Tradition

      Premier PRCD-1019

      5:32 am

      Edward MacDowell: Orchestra Suite #1 in d, Op 42

      Bohuslav Martinu Phil/Charles Anthony Johnson
      MACDOWELL, E.: Suites Nos. 1 and 2 / Sea Pieces

      Albany TROY-224

      5:53 am

      Giovanni Kapsberger: "Gagliarda"

      Paul O'Dette, l
      Kapsberger: Il Tedesco Della Tiorba, Pieces For Lute

      Harmonia Mundi HMU-907020

      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

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 32 in G, K. 318

      Scottish Chamber Orch/Jukka-Pekka Saraste
      Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 32, 35 "Haffner", 36 "Linz", 39 & 41 "Jupiter"

      Virgin 61451-2 (2)

      6:14 am

      Gioachino Rossini: "La gazza ladra"

      Overture

      London Classical Players/Roger Norrington
      Rossini: Overtures

      EMI CDC7-54091-2

      6:24 am

      Carl Stamitz: "Sinfonia Concertante" in D

      III. Rondeau

      Desirée Ruhstrat, v; Michael Strauss, vi; Camerata Chicago/Drostan Hall
      Music by Johann & Carl Stamitz

      Centaur CRC-2860

      6:31 am

      Luigi Boccherini: Guitar Quintet No. 4 in D, "Fandango," Op. 50, G 448

      II. "Allegro maestoso"

      Sharon Isbin, g; Pacifica Quartet
      Souvenirs of Spain & Italy

      Cedille CDR-90000190

      6:39 am

      Antonio Soler: "Fandango"

      L'Arpeggiata/Christina Pluhar
      Los Pájaros Perdidos * The South American Project

      Virgin 0709502-3

      6:49 am

      Roberto Sierra: "Fandangos"

      Royal Liverpool Phil Orch/Domingo Hindoyan
      Roberto Sierra: Symphony No. 6, Sinfonietta for String Orchestra, Two Pieces For Orchestra, Fandangos, Alegria

      Onyx 4232

      7:04 am

      Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: "Mlada"

      Procession of the Nobles

      Empire Brass
      Class Brass

      Telarc CD-80220

      7:10 am

      Sergei Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18

      III. Finale, "Allegro scherzando"

      Yuja Wang, p; Mahler Chamber Orch/Claudio Abbado
      Rachmaninov: Paganini Rhapsody, Piano Concerto No. 2

      DG B0015338-02

      7:22 am

      Vladimir Dmitriev: Russian Intermezzo

      Odessa Balalaikas
      The Art of Balalaika

      Nonesuch 79034-2

      7:25 am

      Duke Ellington: "Caravan"

      Russian Renaissance
      Russian Renaissance

      Azica ACD-71333

      7:33 am

      Franz von Suppé: "Morning, Noon and Night in Vienna"

      Vienna Phil/Zubin Mehta
      Suppé: Overtures

      CBS MK-44932

      7:42 am

      Joaquín Turina: "Círculo," Op. 91

      Lincoln Trio
      Turina * Chamber Music for Strings and Piano * Lincoln Trio

      Cedille CDR-90000150 (2)

      7:54 am

      William Walton: Partita for Orchestra

      III. Giga Burlesca, "Allegro gioviale"

      BBC Symphony Orchestra/Edward Gardner
      Walton: Viola Concerto, Sonata for String Orchestra & Partita for Orchestra

      Chandos CHSA-5210

      8:04 am

      Franz Schubert: Piano Quintet in A, D. 667, "Trout"

      I. "Allegro vivace"

      The Kanneh-Masons
      River of Music

      Decca 4871265

      8:17 am

      music continues...

      10:00 am - 1:00 pm

      10:00 am

      Midday with Lisa Flynn

      Including the "Daily Excursion" at 11:00 am.

      12:15 pm

      Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts

      Pianist Angie Zhang performs music by Margaret Bonds, Clara Schumann, and Chopin, live from Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago.

      1:00 pm

      1:00 pm

      Music for the Afternoon

      2:00 - 7:00 pm

      2:00 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

      A Visit with Richard Stoltzman

      Bill shares an interview with the legendary clarinetist whose career spans over 50 years as a concerto soloist, chamber musician, recitalist, jazz performer, arranger, and recording artist. Stoltzman’s welcoming spirit has introduced us to new musicians and fresh takes on music by Messiaen, Takemitsu, and Copland, and he has commissioned works from many, many composers. As you listen to his stories about his parents, Benny Goodman, Rudolf Serkin, and his teachers and friends, you quickly understand his dedication to a lifetime spent getting it right.

      8:00 - 10:00 pm

      10:00 pm - 12:00 am

      10:00 pm

      Baroque&Before with Candice Agree

      The Baroque Dulcimer

      Salterio player Franziska Fleischanderl, soprano Chelsea Zurflüh, and La Cetra Baroque Orchestra perform works by by Corelli, Porpora, Vivaldi, Vinci, Locatelli, and more. Recorded live in concert March 20, 2025 in Basel.