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      Playlist for Thursday, January 1, 2026

      Playing this hour

      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      Josef Strauss: Polka schnell, "Plappermäulchen (Little Chatterbox)," Op 245

      Vienna Phil/Franz Welser-Möst
      New Year's Concert 2013

      Sony 44071-2 (2)

      12:03 am

      Josef Strauss: Polka schnell, "Galoppin (Errand Boy)"

      Vienna Phil/Franz Welser-Möst
      New Year's Concert 2013

      Sony 44071-2 (2)

      12:05 am

      Franz Schubert: Twelve German Dances ("Ländler"), D 790

      Peter Serkin, p
      Dances

      Pro Arte PAD-171

      12:18 am

      Josef Strauss: Polka schnell, "Ohne Sorgen," Op 271

      Vienna Phil/Mariss Jansons
      New Year's Concert 2006

      DG 4775566 (2)

      12:20 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 4 in B-Flat, Op. 60

      Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Kurt Masur
      Beethoven Symphonies

      Philips 454032-2 (2)

      12:55 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Canon, "Glück, Glück zum neuen Jahr!", WoO 176

      Cantus Novus Wien
      Beethoven Complete Edition

      Naxos 8.500250 (90)

      1:00 am

      Johann Strauss II: Polka schnell, Unter Donner und Blitz, Op. 324

      Vienna State Opera Orch/Anton Paulik
      The Strauss Dynasty

      Vanguard OVC-8078/80 (3)

      1:03 am

      Johann Strauss II: Polka schnell, Auf der Jagd, Op. 373

      Vienna State Opera Orch/Anton Paulik
      The Strauss Dynasty

      Vanguard OVC-8078/80 (3)

      1:05 am

      Friedrich Ludwig Kunzen: "Musical New Year's Gift for the Fair Sex"

      Thomas Trondhjem, p
      Kunzen

      Da Capo 8.224228

      1:27 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: 12 Scottish Songs, WoO 156 (G 227)

      #11, "Auld Lang Syne"

      Rebekka Stöhr, ms; Martin Haunhorst, v; Bernhard Schwarz, vc; Rainer Maria Klaas, p
      Beethoven Complete Edition

      Naxos 8.500250 (90)

      1:29 am

      Hugo Wolf: "Mörike Lieder"

      "Zum neuen Jahr"

      Olaf Baer, br; Geoffrey Parsons, p

      EMI/Ang CDC7-49054-2

      1:30 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Oboe Concerto in D, K. 314

      Robert Atherholt, ob; Houston Sym Orch/Christoph Eschenbach

      IMP Masters TCD-77 (3)

      1:54 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Twelve German Dances, K. 586

      No. 8

      Tafelmusik/Bruno Weil
      Mozart: Deutsche Tänze

      Sony SK-46696

      2:00 am

      Johann Strauss II: "Die Fledermaus" Quadrille, Op. 363

      Vienna Wind Quintet
      Strauss in Vienna - Famous Waltzes, Marches and Polkas for Wind Quintet

      Nimbus NI-5542

      2:05 am

      Johann Strauss II: "Die Fledermaus"

      Suite

      Luxembourg Radio/TV Sym Orch/Kurt Redel
      Johann Strauss: Concert De Gala

      Forlane UCD-13151/52 (2)

      2:29 am

      Johann Strauss II: Die Fledermaus

      Chorus, "Ein Souper heut' uns winkt"

      Philharmonia Cho, Orch/von Karajan
      J. Strauss: Die Fledermaus

      EMI/Ang CHS7-69531-2 (2)

      2:30 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Serenade No. 6 in D, K. 239, "Serenata notturna"

      English Chamber Orch/Benjamin Britten
      Britten Conducts Mozart

      London CS-6598

      2:43 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 14 in c-sharp minor, Op. 27, No. 2, "Moonlight"

      David Bar-Illan, p
      Bar-Illan: Beethoven, Liszt, Schubert, Rameau, Chopin, Mendelssohn

      Audiofon CD-72009

      2:54 am

      Johann, Sr STRAUSS: Chinese Galop, Op 20

      Boston Pops Orch/Arthur Fiedler
      The Arhur Fielre Legacy- Evening at Pops

      DG 2548008

      3:00 am

      Johann Strauss, Sr: Waltz, "Fort nacheinander!," Op 16

      Slovak Sinfonietta/Christian Pollack
      Johann Strauss, Sr. Vol 2

      Marco Polo 8.225252

      3:05 am

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

      Overture

      St Martin's Academy/Neville Marriner
      Famous Overtures

      Philips 411450-2

      3:13 am

      Franz Schubert: Adagio and Rondo in A, D 438

      Chamber Orch of Europe/Gidon Kremer, v
      Schubert-Soirée

      DG 437535-2

      3:27 am

      Franz Schubert: "Soirées de Vienne"

      Valse-Caprice No. 6

      Vladimir Horowitz, p
      Horowitz in Hamburg: The Last Concert

      DG B0011458-02

      3:35 am

      Johann Strauss, Sr: "Ungarische Galoppe oder Frischka," Op 36

      #2

      Slovak Sinfonietta/Ernst Märzendorfer
      Johann Strauss, Sr. Vol 3

      Marco Polo 8.225253

      3:36 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 38 in C

      English Concert/Trevor Pinnock
      Haydn: 'Sturm and Drang' Symphonies Vol. 1

      Archive 427661-2

      3:54 am

      Johann Strauss, Sr: "Ungarische Galoppe oder Frischka," Op 36

      #3

      Slovak Sinfonietta/Ernst Märzendorfer
      Johann Strauss, Sr. Vol 3

      Marco Polo 8.225253

      4:00 am

      Johann Sr Strauss: "Kettenbrücken" Waltzes, Op 4

      Vienna Wind Quintet
      Strauss in Vienna - Famous Waltzes, Marches and Polkas for Wind Quintet

      Nimbus NI-5542

      4:05 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: "Brandenburg" Concerto No. 1 in F, BWV 1046

      Linde Consort/Hans-Martin Linde
      Die Brandenburgischen Konzerte Nr.1,2 and 6

      EMI/Ang CDC7-47045-2

      4:24 am

      Henry Purcell: "Chacony" in g

      Societas Musica Chamber Orch/Jorgen Ernst Hansen
      Invitation to the Baroque Music

      Denon 38C37-7037

      4:31 am

      Jean-Philippe Rameau: "Dardanus"(1739)

      "Les Songes"

      Orch of the 18th Century/Frans Brüggen
      Les Boréades • Dardanus (Suites)

      Philips 420240-2

      4:32 am

      Jean-Philippe Rameau: "Pièces de clavecin en concerts" : Troisième concert

      Lars Frydén, v; Gustav Leonhardt, hc; Nikolaus Harnoncourt, viga
      Historical Anthology: Rameau - Pièces De Clavecin En Concert

      Vanguard OVC-2520

      4:44 am

      Antonio Vivaldi: Flute Concerto in D, Op. 10, No. 3, R. 428, "The Goldfinch"

      Hesperus/Scott Reiss, r
      Baroque Recorder Concerti

      Koch 3-7454-2

      4:54 am

      George Frideric Handel: "L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato"

      "Or Let the Merry Bells Ring Round"

      Edward Carroll, Lee Soper, tr's; Philharmonia Virtuosi/Richard Kapp
      Mr. George F. Handel's Top Tunes

      CBS RM-38910

      5:00 am

      Britten: "A New Year Carol"

      Anonymous 4; Andrew Lawrence-King, h
      Wolcum Yule: Celtic and British Songs and Carols

      Harmonia Mundi HMU-907325

      5:02 am

      Trad: "Auld Lang Syne"

      Jeffrey Biegel, p
      A Steinway Christmas Album * Jeffrey Biegel

      Steinway 30005

      5:04 am

      Franz Waxman: "Auld Lang Syne" Variations

      Kremerata Baltica
      Happy Birthday

      Nonesuch 79657-2

      5:17 am

      Johann Strauss, Sr: "Hirten-Galoppe," Op 28

      Slovak Sinfonietta/Ernst Märzendorfer
      Johann Strauss, Sr. Vol 3

      Marco Polo 8.225253

      5:19 am

      Franz Schubert: Symphony No. 2 in B-flat, D. 125

      Berlin Phil/Daniel Barenboim
      Symphonies Nos. 2 & 8

      CBS MK-39676

      5:54 am

      Franz Schubert: 12 "Valses nobles," D 969

      No. 4

      Gil Shaham, v; Göran Söllscher, g
      Schubert for Two

      DG 471568-2

      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

      Prudence Houston: To all the good children, a happy New Year

      Indiana U Children's Chamber Cho, Pro Arte Singers/Paul Hillier
      Traditional And Modern Carols

      Harmonia Mundi HMU-907233

      6:06 am

      Gabriel Fauré: "Dolly" Suite, Op. 56

      Julian Bream & John Williams, g's
      Together

      RCA 61450-2

      6:25 am

      Arthur Bird: "Valse Menuett and Gavotte"

      Gowanus Arts Ensemble/Reuben Blundell
      American Romantics

      New Focus FCR-166B

      6:31 am

      Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari: "Idillio" Concertino, Op. 15

      Andrea Tenaglia, ob; Rome Sym Orch/Francesco La Vecchia
      Wolf-Ferrari: Wind Concertinos

      Naxos 8.572921

      6:55 am

      Björk: "Venus as a Boy"

      Jess Gillam, sx; Jess Gillam Ensemble
      Jess Gillam: Time

      Decca 4851062

      7:04 am

      Benjamin Britten: "A New Year Carol," Op. 7, No. 5

      Anonymous 4; Andrew Lawrence-King, h
      Wolcum Yule: Celtic and British Songs and Carols

      Harmonia Mundi HMU-907325

      7:06 am

      Gerald Finzi: "New Year Music" (Nocturne), Op. 7

      Northern Sinfonia/Richard Hickox
      Moeran, Finzi: Serenade in G, Sinfonietta, The Fall of the Leaf, Nocturne / Richard Hickox

      EMI CDC7-49912-2

      7:20 am

      John Alden Carpenter: "Adventures in a Perambulator"

      "The Lake; Dogs"

      Eastman-Rochester Orch/Howard Hanson
      Pageant of P.T. Barnum, Adventures in a Perambulator, Once Upon a Time, Selections from McGuffey's Readers

      Mercury 434319-2

      7:32 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 1 in C, Op. 21

      I. "Adagio molto-Allegro con brio"

      Cleveland Orch/George Szell
      Beethoven: George Szell - Symphony No. 1, Symphony No. 6 "Pastoral", "Egmont" Overture

      Sony SBK-46532

      7:41 am

      Morley Calvert: "Monteregian Hills" Suite

      Chicago Brass Quintet
      Virtuoso Brass

      Facet 8006

      7:51 am

      Gustav Holst: "A Fugal Concerto," Op. 40, No. 2

      A Still, f; S Popperwell, ob; New Zealand Chamber Orch/N Braithwaite
      Holst: Works For Chamber Orchestra

      Koch 3-7058-2

      8:03 am

      Traditional English: "The old year now away has fled (A New Year's Gift) (Greensleeves)"

      Apollo's Fire
      Noel Ancien

      Eclectra ECCD-2041

      8:07 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: "Brandenburg" Concerto No. 5 in D Major, BWV 1050

      Berlin Academy for Ancient Music
      Bach: Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 1-6

      Harmonia Mundi HMC-901634/5 (2)

      8:27 am

      Gabriel Fauré: "Pavane," Op. 50

      Renaissance Singers, Ulster Orch/Yan-Pascal Tortelier
      Chausson & Fauré: Orchestral Works

      Chandos CHAN-8952

      8:34 am

      Florence Price: "Waltz of the Spring Maid"

      Michael Clark, p
      Waltzes & Character Pieces of Florence Price

      Navona NV-6591

      8:38 am

      Igor Stravinsky: "Mavra"

      "Chanson russe (Russian Maiden's Song)"

      Isabelle van Keulen, v; Olli Mustonen, p
      Stravinsky: The Works For Violin & Piano / Keulen/Mustonen

      Philips 420953-2 (2)

      8:42 am

      Traditional Irish: "The Maid of Culmore"

      Choral Scholars of University College Dublin/Desmond Earley
      Perpetual Twilight

      Signum SIGCD-558

      8:46 am

      Hugo Alfvén: Herdsmaiden's Dance

      Don Bailey, f; Arcata String Quartet, Grace Paradise, h; Scott Pingel, db
      Voyage - Don Bailey

      Summit DCD-239

      8:53 am

      Josef Lanner: "Die Schmetterlinge" Ländler, Op. 65

      Ensemble Wien
      Souvenirs de Vienne

      Sony SK-47187

      9:03 am

      John Rutter: "New Year"

      Black Dyke Band/Nicholas Childs
      John Rutter: Brass at Christmas

      Naxos 8.574564

      9:09 am

      Igor Stravinsky: "Le Baiser de la fée"

      Divertimento

      London Sinfonietta/Riccardo Chailly
      Stravinsky: Divertimento, Fanfare for a New Theatre, Three Pieces for Clarinet Solo, Suites Nos. 1 and 2

      Decca 417114-2

      9:34 am

      Traditional Malian: "Ichichila"

      Toumani Diabaté, kora; Balla Kouyaté, balafon; Silk Road Ensemble
      Sing Me Home

      Sony 88875181012

      9:43 am

      Valerie Coleman: Afro-Cuban Concerto for Wind Quintet

      "Danza"

      Imani Winds
      The Classical Underground

      Koch KICCD-7599

      9:50 am

      Jennifer Higdon: "Concerto 4-3"

      I. "The Shallows"

      Time for Three; Philadelphia Orch/Xian Zhang
      Letters for the Future

      DG 4863066

      10:00 am - 12:00 pm

      10:00 am

      The 2026 Vienna Philharmonic New Year's Concert

      The famed Vienna Philharmonic offers "a greeting of hope, friendship, and peace" in its annual New Year’s Day concert, broadcast live around the world from the lavish Golden Hall of the Musikverein in Vienna. For the first time Yannick Nézet-Séguin leads the orchestra in favorites including "Roses from the South" and the "Egyptian March" along with lesser known but equally sparkling music by the Strauss family, Josephine Weinlich, Florence Price, and others.

      12:00 - 2:00 pm

      12:00 pm

      Music for the Afternoon

      12:01 pm

      Clara Schumann: March in E-Flat (1879)

      EStrella Piano Duo
      In Her Own Voice

      Sheridan Music Studio (In Her Own Voice)

      12:08 pm

      Johannes Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Haydn, Op. 56

      Scottish Chamber Orch/Charles Mackerras
      Symphony No. 2, Variations on a Theme by Haydn

      Telarc CD-80450 (3)

      12:26 pm

      Doppler Brothers: Fantasy on Verdi's "Rigoletto," Op. 38

      Daniel Ottensamer & Andreas Ottensamer, cl's; Ernst Ottensamer, basset hn; Vienna Virtuosi
      The Clarinotts

      DG 4811917

      12:37 pm

      Giuseppe Tartini: "Pastorale" in A

      National Arts Centre Orch/Pinchas Zukerman, v
      Baroque Treasury

      Analekta AN2-8783

      12:50 pm

      Dani Howard: "Arches"

      Royal Liverpool Phil Orch/Paul Urbina
      Dani Howard Orchestral Works

      Rubicon RCD-1125

      1:01 pm

      Hugo Alfvén: Swedish Rhapsody No. 1, Op. 19, "Midsommarvaka"

      Royal Stockholm Phil/Neeme Järvi
      Alfvén: Three Swedish Rhapsodies

      BIS CD-725

      1:16 pm

      Germaine Tailleferre: "Fleurs de France"

      Quynh Nguyen, p
      The Flower of France - Piano Works of Germaine Tailleferre

      Music & Arts MA-1306

      1:25 pm

      Maurice Ravel: "Le tombeau de Couperin"

      Boston Sym Orch/Seiji Ozawa
      Ravel: Orchestral Works

      Pentatone PTC-5186204

      1:44 pm

      Jóhann Jóhannsson: "The Theory of Everything"

      Suite

      La Pietà/Angèle Dubeau, v
      Pulsations

      Analekta AN2-8748

      1:53 pm

      Juventino Rosas: "Sobre las olas (Over the Waves)"

      Vienna Volksoper Orch/Franz Bauer-Theussl
      50x Waltz

      Decca 4787305

      2:00 - 7:00 pm

      2:00 pm

      Afternoon Music with Candice Agree

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

      2:00 pm

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 6 in B-Flat, K. 238

      Suedama Ensemble/David Greilsammer, p
      Mozart: Early Piano Concertos

      Naïve V-5149

      2:21 pm

      Pablo de Sarasate: Fantasy on Mozart's "The Magic Flute," Op. 54

      Gil Shaham, v; Akira Eguchi, p
      The Fiddler of the Opera

      DG 447640-2

      2:34 pm

      Florence Price: "Dances in the Canebrakes"

      Chicago Sinfonietta/Mei-Ann Chen
      Project W

      Cedille CDR-90000185

      2:44 pm

      Franz Schubert: "Rosamunde," D 797

      Overture, "The Magic Harp," D 644

      Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Kurt Masur
      Rosamunde

      Philips 412432-2

      2:55 pm

      Morten Lauridsen: "Les chansons des roses"

      "Dirait-on"

      St. Charles Singers/Jeffrey Hunt; Valerie Heinkel-Bollero, p
      American Reflections

      MSR Classics MS-1660

      3:00 pm

      Anonymous 18th-century German: Hunting Horn Concerto in E-Flat

      Ludwig Güttler, hunting hn; Virtuosi Saxoniae
      Trompetenglanz: Music for Trumpet and Corno Da Caccia

      Berlin Classics 0092412-BC

      3:14 pm

      Peter Tchaikovsky: Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op. 33

      Sol Gabetta, vc; Munich Radio Orch/Ari Rasilainen
      Tchaikovsky, Saint-Saëns, Ginastera

      RCA 82876759512

      3:33 pm

      Ernesto Lecuona: "Andalucía, Suite española"

      Louise Bessette, p
      Reflections on Spain

      Analekta AN2-9963

      3:56 pm

      music continues...

      7:00 pm

      7:00 pm

      Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin

      Mozart Piano Concertos

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart composed numerous concertos, many of which are lively and pleasing to the ear, even when performed by an eight-year-old. The young Mozart was heavily influenced by the music of Johann Christian Bach. In addition to their mutual love for music, JC Bach and Mozart shared a passion for intricate keyboard games. This week features five episodes of exceptional piano performances, with Murray Perahia conducting while soloing Mozart’s early concertos. It also includes performances by Alfred Brendel, Maria João Pires, Rudolf Serkin, and Mitsuko Uchida.

      8:00 - 10:00 pm

      10:00 pm - 12:00 am

      10:00 pm

      The New York Philharmonic This Week

      Mozart Symphony Nos. 39, 40, and 41; Alan Gilbert, conductor.