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      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      John Rutter: "Birthday Madrigals"

      #2, "Draw on, sweet night"

      Polyphony/Stephen Layton
      Rutter: Requiem

      Hyperion CDA-66947

      12:05 am

      Franz Schreker: Suite, "The Birthday of the Infanta" (after Wilde)

      Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Lothar Zagrosek
      Tanz Grotesk

      London 444182-2

      12:25 am

      Henry Purcell: Ode on St Cecilia's Day, 1683, "Welcome to All the Pleasures"

      Symphony

      English Concert/Trevor Pinnock
      Odes

      DG Archiv 427663-2

      12:27 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 88 in G

      London Mozart Players/Jane Glover

      MHS 522541-X (2)

      12:47 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata #20 in G, Op 49/2

      Dirk Herten, p
      Beethoven Piano Sonatas

      White 4 (10)

      12:55 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: 12 Contredanses, WoO 14

      #10

      Capella Istropolitana/Oliver Dohnanyi
      BEETHOVEN, L. van: 11 Dances, "Mödlinger Tänze" / 12 German Dances / 12 Minuets (Capella Istropolitana, Dohnányi)

      Naxos 8.550433

      12:56 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: 12 Contredanses, WoO 14

      #11

      Capella Istropolitana/Oliver Dohnanyi
      BEETHOVEN, L. van: 11 Dances, "Mödlinger Tänze" / 12 German Dances / 12 Minuets (Capella Istropolitana, Dohnányi)

      Naxos 8.550433

      1:00 am

      Eduard Strauss: Mit Vergnugen, Op 228

      Vienna Phil/Lorin Maazel
      New Year's Concert 1996

      RCA 68421-2 (2)

      1:02 am

      Johann Sr Strauss: "Radetzky" March, Op 228

      Vienna Phil/Lorin Maazel
      J. Strauss: Waltzes

      RCA 68421-2

      1:05 am

      Johann Strauss II: "Myrtle Blossoms" Waltz, Op. 395

      Vienna Philharmonic/Riccardo Muti
      2018 New Year's Concert

      Sony 88985477002

      1:15 am

      Alexander Glazunov: Concert Waltz #2 in F, Op 51

      Bamberg Sym Orch/Neeme Järvi
      Glazunov: Symphony No. 3, Concert Waltz No. 2

      Orfeo C-157101-A

      1:24 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: Valse-Scherzo, Op. 7

      Mela Tenenbaum, v; Richard Kapp, p
      Songs Without Words

      Ess.a.y CD-1048

      1:26 am

      Anton Arensky: String Quartet #2 in a, Op 35

      Ying String Quartet
      ARENSKY, A.S.: String Quartets Nos. 1 and 2 / Piano Quintet (Ying Quartet, Neiman)

      Sono Luminus DSL-92143

      1:55 am

      Ludwig Minkus: La Bayadere

      #42

      London Sym Orch/Richard Bonynge
      50 ballet classics

      MHS 525121-L (2)

      2:00 am

      Franz Schubert: Song, "Der Erlkönig," D. 328

      Jorge Bolet, p
      Liszt: Favourite Piano Works

      London 444851-2 (2)

      2:05 am

      Jean Sibelius: "Night Ride and Sunrise," Op. 55

      Scottish National Orch/Sir Alexander Gibson
      Sibelius: Complete Tone Poems

      Chandos CHAN-8395/6 (2)

      2:20 am

      Adolf Wiklund: "Summer Night and Sunrise," Op 19 (1918)

      Gothenburg Sym/Jorma Panula
      Wiklund

      Caprice CAP-21363

      2:32 am

      Edvard Grieg: Six Songs, Op. 25

      No. 3, "Stambogsrim"

      Claire Booth, s; Christopher Glynn, p
      Lyric Music

      Avie AV-2403

      2:34 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Orchestra Suite No.1 in C, BWV 1066

      Brazilian Guitar Quartet
      BACH, J.S.: Overture (Suite) Nos. 1-4 (arr. for guitar quartet) (Brazilian Guitar Quartet)

      Delos DE-3254

      2:54 am

      Darius Milhaud: "Saudades do Brasil," Op. 67

      No. 12, "Paysandu"

      Antonio Barbosa, p
      Antonio Barbosa - Debussy, Milhaud

      Connoisseur CD-4190

      3:00 am

      Gerald Finzi: Prelude in f, Op 25

      City of London Sinfonia/Richard Hickox
      Finzi: Violin Concerto

      Chandos CHAN-9888

      3:04 am

      Max Reger: Clarinet Sonata, Op 49/2

      Ron Chen-Zion, cl; Roglit Ishay, p
      Reger: Complete Works For Clarinet & Piano

      Kontrapunkt 32190

      3:24 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: "Anna Magdalena Notebook"

      Minuet in G, BWV. Anh 114

      Alexandre LaGoya, g
      Alexandre Lagoya Plays Bach

      Erato 45692-2

      3:25 am

      Camille Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto No. 5 in F, Op. 103, "Egyptian"

      Jean-Philippe Collard, p; Royal Phil/André Previn
      Saint-Saens: Piano Concertos 1-5, "Wedding Cake" - Caprice-Valse, "Africa" Fantaisie

      EMI/Ang CDFB5-73356-2 (2)

      3:54 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: "Thamos, King of Egypt," K. 345

      Entr'acte No. 7

      Sinfonia Varsovia/Emmanuel Krivine

      Denon CO-75372

      4:00 am

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

      I. Adagio

      Philadelphia Orch/Wolfgang Sawallisch

      EMI/Ang CDC5-55592-2

      4:05 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quartet in F after Piano Sonata in E, Op 14/1

      Lindsay String Quartet
      Beethoven: The String Quartets Vol 2

      ASV CDDCA-1112

      4:18 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Sonata No. 9 in D, K. 311

      Jean-Pierre Rampal, f; Trio Pasquier

      Querstand VKJK-0216

      4:34 am

      Gilbert/Sullivan: "The Mikado"

      "The flowers that bloom in the spring, tra la"

      Bonaventura Bottone, t, English National Opera Orch/Peter Robinson
      Gilbert And Sullivan: The Mikado

      MCA Classics MCAD-6215

      4:36 am

      Edward Elgar: "Severn Suite", Op 87

      Royal Liverpool Phil/Charles Groves
      Elgar: Nursery Suite, Severn Suite, The Crown of India Suite, Grandia and Diarmid - Funeral March, The Light of Life...

      EMI/Ang CDM7-63280-2

      4:54 am

      Ralph Vaughan Williams: Six Studies in English Folksong (1926)

      No. 2

      Denise Djokic, vc; David Jalbert, p
      Denise Djokic * Folklore

      Endeavour Classics END-1013

      5:00 am

      Thomas Arne: "Cuckoo Song"

      Yvonne Howard, ms; English Serenata
      Sweet Swan of Avon: Music For Shakespeare

      Meridian CDE-84301

      5:03 am

      Lennox Berkeley: "A Winter's Tale"

      "Daffodils"

      English Serenata
      Sweet Swan of Avon: Music For Shakespeare

      Meridian CDE-84301

      5:05 am

      Lars-Erik Larsson: "A Winter's Tale" Incidental Music

      New York Scandia Sym/Dorrit Matson
      Orchestral Works Of Lars-erik Larsson

      Centaur CRC-2607

      5:15 am

      Anton Zemlinsky: "Cymbeline" Incidental Music

      Suite

      David Kuebler, t; Gürzenich Orch/James Conlon

      EMI/Ang CDC5-56474-2

      5:33 am

      Robert Johnson: "Hark, hark, the lark"

      James Bowman, ct; James Tyler, l
      Songs In Shakespeare's Plays

      DG Archiv 2533407

      5:34 am

      Emmanuel Chabrier: "Suite pastorale"

      Ulster Orch/Yan-Pascal Tortelier
      La Péri / L'Apprenti Sorcier / Suite Pastorale / España

      Chandos CHAN-8852

      5:54 am

      Edward MacDowell: Twelve Virtuoso Studies, Op 46

      #11, Impromptu

      Malcolm Frager, p
      Edward MacDowell and Company

      New World 80206-2

      6:00 am

      6:00 am

      With Heart and Voice

      "Pentecost." The Day of Pentecost is a vivid narrative in the New Testament depicting the coming of the Holy Spirit. Host Peter DuBois shares dramatic choral and organ music to mark this “birthday” of the Church.

      7:00 am - 12:00 pm

      7:01 am

      Samuel A. Ward: "America the Beautiful"

      Canadian Brass
      Stars & Stripes

      Opening Day ODR-7382

      7:07 am

      Healey Willan: "I beheld her, beautiful as a dove"

      Choir of Trinity College Cambridge/Stephen Layton
      Beyond All Mortal Dreams: American A Cappella * The Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge

      Hyperion CDA-67832

      7:10 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 in E-Flat, Op. 55, "Eroica"

      Vienna Phil/Simon Rattle
      Beethoven: Symphonies

      EMI 57445-2 (5)

      8:01 am

      Louise Farrenc: Piano Trio No. 1 in E-Flat, Op. 33

      IV. Finale, "Vivace"

      Linos Ensemble
      Farrenc: Piano Trios and Sextet

      CPO 777256

      8:08 am

      Gabriel Fauré: Ballade in F-Sharp, Op. 19

      Louis Lortie, p
      In Paradisum: A Fauré Recital

      Chandos CHAN-20149

      8:23 am

      Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: "African Suite," Op. 35

      Chineke! Orch/Kevin John Edusei
      Chineke! Orchestra: Coleridge-Taylor

      Decca 4853322

      8:44 am

      Lawren Brianna Ware: "Ascension"

      Amernet String Quartet
      Alabama String Quartet

      MSR Classics MS-1685

      8:52 am

      Charles Ives: Symphony No. 1 in D minor

      III. Scherzo, "Vivace"

      Los Angeles Phil/Gustavo Dudamel
      Charles Ives: Complete Symphonies

      DG 4839506

      8:57 am

      William Grant Still: Scherzo

      Meisha Adderley & Stacey Holliday, p's
      Adderley & Holliday: Piano Duo Project

      Albany TROY-1383

      9:00 am

      Marc-Antoine Charpentier: "Te Deum"

      Prelude

      Roger Delmotte, tr; Pierre Cochereau, o
      Musique à Notre-Dame de Paris

      Philips 442473-2 (2)

      9:03 am

      Pietro Locatelli: Violin Concerto in A, Op. 3, No. 11

      Ilya Gringolts, v; Finnish Baroque Orch
      Locatelli: Three Violin Concertos

      BIS 2445

      9:23 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: String Quartet No. 3 in G, K. 156

      American String Quartet
      Mozart: The Complete String Quartets

      Musicmasters 67194-2 (6)

      9:34 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Lute Suite No. 4 in E, BWV 1006a

      Ronn McFarlane, l
      A Distant Shore - Music of Bach, Weiss and Kellner

      Dorian DOR-90242

      9:55 am

      Samuel Dushkin: "Sicilienne" (attributed to Maria Theresia von Paradis)

      Pinchas Zukerman, v; Marc Neikrug, p
      Salut d'amour

      Philips 416158-2

      9:58 am

      François Couperin: "Les petits moulins à vent"

      Mie Miki, acc
      French Baroque Music

      Challenge Classics 72014

      10:01 am

      Traditional African-American: Spiritual, "Steal Away"

      Imani Winds
      Imani Winds: The Classical Underground

      Koch 3-7599-2

      10:08 am

      Maurice Ravel: "Le tombeau de Couperin"

      Royal Stockholm Phil Orch/Sakari Oramo
      Orchestral Music of Ravel

      BIS 2438

      10:35 am

      Max Richter: "On the Nature of Daylight"

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

      Decca 4851062

      10:43 am

      Edvard Grieg: Lyric Pieces, Op. 54

      No. 6, "Bell-Ringing"

      Leif Ove Andsnes, p
      Grieg: Piano Concerto, Sonata Op. 7, Lyric Pieces Op. 43, 54, and 65

      Virgin 59300-2

      10:49 am

      Lukas Foss: Three American Pieces

      Duo Sonidos
      Wild Dance

      Naxos 8.574045

      11:00 am

      Germaine Tailleferre: Harp Concertino

      Gillian Benet, h; Women's Phil/JoAnn Falletta
      The Women's Philharmonic: Mendelssohn, Schumann, Tailleferre, Boulanger

      Koch 3-7169-2

      11:17 am

      Josef Suk: "Summer Impressions," Op. 22b

      Margaret Fingerhut, p
      Suk: Piano Works

      Chandos CHAN-9026/7 (2)

      11:32 am

      Benjamin Britten: "Peter Grimes," Op. 33

      Four Sea Interludes, Op. 33a & Passacaglia, Op. 33b

      London Phil Orch/Adrian Boult
      Benjamin Britten:‎ The Young Person's Guide To The Orchestra, Four Sea Interludes

      EMI CDM7-63777-2

      11:57 am

      Aaron Copland: "Old American Songs" Set 1

      No. 2, "The Dodger"

      Chicago Brass Quintet
      American Voices

      Centaur CRC-3159

      12:00 - 6:00 pm

      12:00 pm

      Elliott Carter: "Holiday Overture"

      American Composers Orch/Paul Dunkel
      Music of Elliott Carter

      CRI CD-610

      12:10 pm

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Organ Trio Sonata No. 5 in C, BWV 529

      I. Allegro

      Alison Balsom, tr; Alina Ibragimova, v; Mark Caudle, viga; Alistair Ross, hc
      Alistair Ross, harpsichord,
      Magic Trumpet

      Warner 515744

      12:15 pm

      Alexander Goedicke: Concert Etude, Op. 49

      Alison Balsom, tr; Tom Poster, p
      Magic Trumpet

      Warner 515744

      12:19 pm

      Georges Delerue: "La Révolution française"

      Suite

      Orch/Georges Delerue
      La Révolution Française * Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

      Music Box 531563

      12:28 pm

      Reinhold Glière: "The Red Poppy"

      Suite: "Valse"

      New Jersey Sym Orch/Zdenek Macal
      Gliere: Symphony No. 2, The Red Poppy Suite

      Delos DE-3178

      12:32 pm

      Henry Eccles: Violin Sonata No. 5 in E minor

      Théotime Langlois de Swarte, v; Thomas Dunford, l
      The Mad Lover

      Harmonia Mundi HMM-902305

      12:46 pm

      Emilie Mayer: Symphony No. 6 in E

      I. "Adagio - Allegro con spirito"

      NDR Radio Phil/Jan Willem de Vriend
      Emilie Mayer: Symphonies Nos. 4 & 6

      CPO 555615-2

      1:01 pm

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Fantasia in C minor, K. 475

      Angela Hewitt, p
      Mozart: Piano Sonatas K457, K533, K545, K570, K576

      Hyperion CDA-68431/2

      1:15 pm

      Jean Sibelius: Serenade in G minor, Op. 69, No. 2

      Anne-Sophie Mutter, v; Dresden Staatskapelle/André Previn
      Sibelius: Violin Concerto in D Minor, Op. 47, Serenades Nos. 1 and 2, Humoresque

      DG 447895-2

      1:23 pm

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

      IV. Theme with Variations, "Andantino"

      Arnaud Sussmann, v; Matthew Lipman, vi; David Finckel, vc; Scott Pingel, db; Wu Han, p
      Scott Pingel, double bass,
      Music@Menlo 2021: Gather

      Music@Menlo 2021

      1:31 pm

      Rami Levin: "Linguas Fraternas"

      Anthony Devroye, vi; Kuang-Hao Huang, p
      Wings: Chamber Music by Rami Levin

      Acis APL-53875

      1:43 pm

      Johann Strauss II: "Emperor Waltz," Op. 437

      Chicago Sym Orch/Fritz Reiner
      Fritz Reiner: The Complete RCA Album Collection

      RCA 888837019828

      1:51 pm

      Antonio Vivaldi: Cello Sonata No. 6 in B-Flat, R. 46

      Pieter Wispelwey, vc; Florilegium
      Vivaldi: Six Cello Sonatas

      Channel Classics CCS-6294

      2:02 pm

      Dmitri Shostakovich: Symphony No. 9 in E-Flat, Op. 70

      Vienna Phil/Leonard Bernstein
      Shostakovich Symphonies Nos. 6 & 9

      DG 419771-2

      2:31 pm

      Anna Bon: Keyboard Sonata in B minor, Op. 2, No. 5

      Sarah Cahill, p
      The Future is Female, Vol. 1

      First Hand Records FHR-131

      2:45 pm

      Modest Mussorgsky: "Khovanshchina"

      Act 1 Prelude, "Dawn on the Moskva River"

      London Sym Orch/Claudio Abbado
      Claudio Abbado Conducts Mussorgsky

      RCA 61354-2

      2:52 pm

      Ludwig van Beethoven: "Leonore" Overture No. 1 in C, Op. 138

      Atlanta Sym Orch/Yoel Levi
      Beethoven: Overtures

      Telarc CD-80358

      3:01 pm

      Florence Price: String Quartet in G (unfinished)

      Pacifica Quartet
      American Voices

      Cedille CDR-90000228

      3:20 pm

      Max Steiner: "The Informer"

      Suite

      Studio Orch/Max Steiner
      Music by Max Steiner

      Capitol 4806077

      3:28 pm

      Felix Mendelssohn: "Rondo capriccioso" in E, Op. 14

      Dmitry Paperno, p
      Uncommon Encores

      Cedille CDR-90000007

      3:35 pm

      Karl Ditters von Dittersdorf: Double Bass Concerto No. 1 in E-Flat

      Edicson Ruiz, db; Simón Bolívar Sym Orch/Christian Vásquez
      Edicson Ruiz

      PhilHarmonie 06008

      3:52 pm

      Traditional American: "Shenandoah"

      Choir of Clare College Cambridge/Graham Ross
      Rolling River

      Harmonia Mundi HMM-905362

      3:57 pm

      Bedřich Smetana: String Quartet No. 1 in E minor, "From My Life"

      II. "Allegro moderato a la polka"

      Emerson String Quartet
      Dvořák: Quartet No. 12 in F, Op. 96 "American"; Smetana: Quartet No. 1 in E minor, "From My Life."

      DG 429723-2

      4:03 pm

      Jacques Ibert: Flute Concerto

      Susan Milan, f; City of London Sinfonia/Richard Hickox
      La Flûte Enchantée

      Chandos CHAN-8840

      4:23 pm

      Richard Wagner: "Parsifal"

      Act 3 Symphonic Synthesis

      Bournemouth Sym Orch/José Serebrier
      Stokowski: Wagner Symphonic Syntheses

      Naxos 8.570293

      4:40 pm

      Enrique Granados: "Danzas españolas," Op. 37 (Op. 5)

      No. 6, "Jota (Rondalla Aragonesa)"

      John Williams & Timothy Kain, g's
      The Mantis and Moon - Guitar Duets from Around the World

      Sony SK-62007

      4:46 pm

      Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel: "Bist du bei mir" (attributed to Bach BWV 508)

      Angela Hewitt, p
      Love Songs

      Hyperion CDA-68341

      4:49 pm

      Tania León: "Pasajes"

      London Phil Orch/Edward Gardner
      Tania León: Horizons, Raíces (Origins), Stride, Pasajes

      LPO 0135

      5:03 pm

      Pauline Viardot: Song, "Seize ans" (after Chopin's Mazurka, Op 50/2)

      Karin Ott, s; Christoph Keller, p
      Pauline Viardot-Garcia: Songs

      CPO 999044-2

      5:06 pm

      Pauline Viardot: Song, "La Danse" (after Chopin's Mazurka, Op 50/1)

      Karin Ott, s; Christoph Keller, p
      Pauline Viardot-Garcia: Songs

      CPO 999044-2

      5:09 pm

      Pauline Viardot: Song, "Aime-moi" (after Chopin's Mazurka, Op 33/2)

      Karin Ott, s; Christoph Keller, p
      Pauline Viardot-Garcia: Songs

      CPO 999044-2

      5:12 pm

      Pauline Viardot: Song, "L'Oiselet" (after Chopin's Mazurka Op 68/2)

      Karin Ott, s; Christoph Keller, p
      Pauline Viardot-Garcia: Songs

      CPO 999044-2

      5:16 pm

      Robert Schumann: "Kinderszenen," Op. 15

      Annie Fischer, p
      Annie Fischer - Artist Profile

      EMI CDZB5-68733-2 (2)

      5:35 pm

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: "Missa Longa" in C, K. 262

      Credo

      Soloists, West German Radio Cho, Cologne Chamber Orch/Christoph Poppen
      Konstantin Krimmel, bass,
      Mozart: Complete Masses, Vol. 1

      Naxos 8.574270

      5:47 pm

      Erik Satie: Three "Gymnopédies"

      No. 1

      Ellen Sejersted Bødtker, h
      A Musical Year

      WFMT (A Musical Year)

      5:50 pm

      Gabriel Fauré: "Clair de lune," Op. 46, No. 2

      Alex Klein, ob; Rita Costanzi, h
      Amoroso

      Navona NV-6477

      5:56 pm

      Felix Mendelssohn: "Songs Without Words," Op. 19

      No. 1 in E, "Andante con moto"

      Glenn Gould, p
      The Glenn Gould Edition: Chopin, Mendelssohn, Scriabin, Prokofiev

      Sony SM2K-52622 (2)

      6:00 - 8:00 pm

      6:00 pm

      Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcasts

      Mahler Symphony No. 3 in D Minor; Weibke Lehmkuhl, contralto; Chicago Symphony Chorus; Uniting Voices Chicago; Klaus Mäkelä, conductor.

      8:00 pm

      8:00 pm

      Fiesta! with Elbio Barilari

      Symphonic Music of Carlos Chávez Symphonic works of the great master Carlos Chávez are shared in this program. Host Elbio Barilari will present some of his best-known works as well as some hidden treasures. Join us for music from one of the greatest composers of the 20th century.

      9:00 - 11:00 pm

      9:00 pm

      Collectors' Corner with Henry Fogel

      Music by Ukrainian composer Thomas de Hartmann

      Hartmann Violin Concerto; Fantasie-Concerto for Double Bass and Orchestra; "Une fete en Ukraine;" "Concierto Andaluz;" Symphonie-Poeme No. 4; Carlos "Noels ukrainiens."