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      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      Robert Schumann: Four Songs for Double Chorus, Op 141

      #1, "An die Sterne"

      London Schubert Chorale/Stephen Layton
      The Songs of Robert Schumann 4

      Hyperion CDJ-33104

      12:05 am

      Robert Schumann: "Märchenbilder," Op. 113

      Matthew Lipman, vi; Henry Kramer, p
      Ascent

      Cedille CDR-90000184

      12:20 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Six German Dances, K. 571

      No. 1 in D

      Vienna Concentus Musicus /Nikolaus
      Nikolaus Harnoncourt: Waltzer Revolution

      Sony 88697914112

      12:21 am

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

      Adam Neiman, p; Wisconsin Chamber Orch/Andrew Sewell

      Wco Records CD-0003 (2)

      12:42 am

      Camargo Guarnieri: Piano Concerto #6

      Max Barros, p; Warsaw Phil/Thomas Conlin
      Latin American Classics * Guarnieri: Piano Concertos Nos 4, 5 and 6

      Naxos 8.557667

      12:54 am

      Felix Mendelssohn: "Songs Without Words," Op 19

      No. 6 in g, "Venetian Gondola Song"

      Daniel Barenboim, p
      Lieder Ohne Worte

      DG 423931-2 (2)

      1:00 am

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

      3rd mvt, "In October"

      Eastman-Rochester Orch/Howard Hanson
      Hanson Conducts Chadwick, MacDowell & Peter

      Mercury 434337-2

      1:05 am

      Edward MacDowell: "Woodland Sketches", Op 51

      Alan Mandel, p
      MacDowell: Piano Sonatas Nos. 2-4, Sea Pieces, Sonata Tragica, & Woodland Sketches

      Phoenix PHCD-148 (2)

      1:25 am

      Germaine Tailleferre: "Chansons populaires françaises" (1952-55)

      "Mon père m'a mariée"

      Patrice Michaels, s; Czech National Sym Orch/Paul Freeman
      La vie est une parade

      Cedille CDR-90000070

      1:26 am

      Vincent D'Indy: "Fantaisie sur des Thèmes populaires français," Op 31

      Albrecht Mayer, ob; St Martin's Academy/Mathias Mönius
      Bonjour Paris * Albrecht Mayer

      London 4782564

      1:41 am

      Guillaume Lekeu: "Fantaisie sur 2 Airs Populaires Angevins"

      Liège Phil/Pierre Bartholomée
      Guillaume Lekeu Complete Works

      Ricercar RIC-351 (8)

      1:54 am

      Guillaume Lekeu: "Three Easy Pieces"

      "Chansonette sans paroles"

      Luc Devos, p
      Guillaume Lekeu Complete Works

      Ricercar RIC-351 (8)

      2:00 am

      Orlando Gibbons: "O clap your hands together"

      Stile Antico
      Sing with the Voice of Melody

      Harmonia Mundi HMU-807650

      2:05 am

      Christopher Gibbons: Fantasy-suite in d

      Academy of Ancient Music/Richard Egarr
      Gibbons: Motets, Anthems, Fantasias & Voluntaries

      Harmonia Mundi HMU-807551

      2:12 am

      John Rutter: "Suite Antique"

      Andrew Nicholson, f; John Birch, hc; Royal Phil Strings/John Rutter

      London B0001821-02

      2:30 am

      John Rutter: "A Gaelic Blessing"

      Wayne Marshall, p
      John Rutter: The Piano Collection

      Decca 4855333

      2:31 am

      Georg Philipp Telemann: Overture (Suite) in e fr "Tafelmusik"

      Pierre Hamon, f; Le Concert des Nations/Jordi Savall
      Corelli * Telemann * Rameau * Le Concerto Spirituel au Temps de Louis XV

      Alia Vox AVSA-9877

      2:54 am

      Johann Jakob Froberger: Suite XIV in g

      "Gigue"

      Ludger Rémy, hc
      The Strasbourg Manuscript

      CPO 999750-2

      3:00 am

      Sousa: "The Black Horse Troop"

      Eastman Wind Ensemble/Frederick Fennell
      Fennell Conducts Sousa Marches

      Mercury 434300-2

      3:03 am

      John Phillip SOUSA: Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company

      Eastman Wind Ensemble/Frederick Fennell
      Fennell Conducts Sousa Marches

      Mercury 434300-2

      3:05 am

      Franz Schubert: "Three Military Marches," Op. 51, D. 733

      Min Kwon; Robert Lehrbaumer, p's
      Schubert for Piano Four-Hands

      MSR Classics MS-1345

      3:20 am

      Igor Stravinsky: "L'histoire du soldat"

      The Soldier's March

      Chicago Pro Musica
      The Medinah Sessions

      Reference Recordings RR-2102 (2)

      3:22 am

      Carl Nielsen: Symphony #4, Op 29, "The Inextinguishable"

      Royal Danish Orch/Paavo Berglund
      Nielsen: Symphonies Nos 1 & 4

      RCA 7701-2-RC

      3:55 am

      Bohuslav Martinu: "Les Ritournelles"

      #6, Allegro vivo

      Rudolf Firkusny, p
      Martinu: Piano Sonata No.1, Les Ritournelles, Fantaisie Et Toccata

      RCA 7987-2-RC

      4:00 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Piano Concertino in C, H XIV:3

      Ilse von Alpenheim, forte-p; Bamberg Sym Orch/Antal Dorati

      Pantheon D-19157 (3)

      4:05 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: London Trio No. 2 in G, H IV:2

      Laurel Zucker, f; Renée Siebert, f; Samuel Magill, vc
      Haydn London Trios & Divertimentos with Laurel Zucker, Renee Siebert, Shirien Taylor, and Samuel Magill

      Cantilena Records 66013-2

      4:12 am

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

      Bavarian Radio Sym Orch/Colin Davis
      Brahms: Symphony No. 1

      RCA 60382-2-RC

      4:31 am

      Johannes Brahms: "Hungarian Dances"

      No. 18 in D

      Marat Bisengaliev, v; John Lenehan, p
      BRAHMS / JOACHIM: Hungarian Dances

      Naxos 8.553026

      4:33 am

      Joseph Joachim: Variations, Op 10

      Zaslav Duo
      Brahms & Friends

      Music & Arts CD-1087 (2)

      4:54 am

      Johannes Brahms: "Neue Liebeslieder" Waltzes, Op 65

      #9, "Nagen im Herzen"

      Rost, Kozená, Polenzani, Quasthoff, Bronfman
      Thomas Quasthoff, bass-baritone,
      Yefim Bronfman, piano,
      Lieder & Liebeslieder Waltzes

      DG 479 6044

      5:00 am

      Jean-Philippe Rameau: "Dardanus" (1739)

      "Premier air (Grave)"

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

      Philips 420240-2

      5:03 am

      Jean-Philippe Rameau: "Dardanus" (1739)

      "Tambourins" I, II

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

      Philips 420240-2

      5:05 am

      George Gershwin: "An American in Paris"

      New Zealand Sym/James Judd
      Gershwin

      Naxos 8.559107

      5:24 am

      Erik Satie: "Le Piccadilly" (Piano Rag, c 1904)

      Alexandre Tharaud, p
      Erik Satie * Avant-Dernière Pensées * Alexandre Tharaud

      Harmonia Mundi HMC-902017.18 (2)

      5:25 am

      David Popper: "Serenade," Op 54/2

      Janos Starker, vc; Shigeo Neriki, p
      POPPER, D.: Cello Music (Romantic Cello Favorites) (Starker)

      Delos DE-3065

      5:29 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Serenade No. 11 in E-Flat, K. 375

      Wind Ensemble
      Mozart: Wind Serenades K.375 & K.388

      Philips 420183-2

      5:54 am

      Erik Satie: "Descriptions automatiques" (1913)

      "Sur un vaisseau"

      Alexandre Tharaud, p
      Erik Satie * Avant-Dernière Pensées * Alexandre Tharaud

      Harmonia Mundi HMC-902017.18 (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

      Ottorino Respighi: "Trittico botticelliano"

      I. "La Primavera"

      Orpheus Chamber Orch
      Respighi: Ancient Airs and Dances I & III, Three Botticelli Pictures, The Birds

      DG 437533-2

      6:10 am

      Gustav Holst: "St Paul's Suite," Op. 29, No. 2

      London Festival Orch Strings/Ross Pople
      Gustav Holst: Orchestral Music

      Arte Nova 34022-2

      6:23 am

      Patrick Hadley: "One Morning in Spring"

      Philharmonia Orch/Matthias Bamert
      Hadley & Sainton: Choral and Orchestral Works Vol. 2

      Chandos CHAN-9539

      6:29 am

      Amy Beach: "Summer Dreams," Op. 47

      EStrella Piano Duo
      In Her Own Voice

      Sheridan Music Studio (In Her Own Voice)

      6:43 am

      Frederick Delius: "Spring Morning"

      Slovak Phil Orch/John Hopkins
      Delius: American Rhapsody etc.

      Records Int'l 7012-2

      6:52 am

      Johann Strauss II: Waltz, "Frühlingsstimmen (Voices of Spring)," Op. 410

      Vienna Phil/Mariss Jansons
      New Year's Concert 2006

      DG 4775566 (2)

      7:04 am

      Arthur Sullivan: "Overture di Ballo"

      St Martin's Academy/Sir Neville Marriner
      Gilbert and Sullivan: Overtures

      Philips 434916-2

      7:17 am

      Jay Ungar: "Prairie Spring"

      Jay Ungar, v; Molly Mason, g; John Kirk, harmony fiddle; Steve Rust, b
      Harvest Home: Music for All Seasons

      EMI CDC5-56720-2

      7:21 am

      Leroy Anderson: "The First Day of Spring"

      St. Louis Sym Orch/Leonard Slatkin
      Leroy Anderson Favorites

      RCA 68048-2

      7:25 am

      Edvard Grieg: Lyric Pieces, Op. 43

      No. 6, "To Spring"

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

      Virgin 59300-2

      7:28 am

      Christian Sinding: "Rustles of Spring," Op. 32, No. 3

      Norwegian Radio Orch/Ari Rasilainen
      40 Most Beautiful Spring Classics

      Warner 256469667-7

      7:33 am

      Robert Schumann: Symphony No. 1 in B-Flat, Op. 38, "Spring"

      I. "Andante poco maestoso -- Allegro molto vivace"

      Dresden Staatskapelle/Wolfgang Sawallisch
      Schumann: Symphonies 1 & 4; Overture, Scherzo & Finale

      EMI CDM7-69471-2

      7:47 am

      Maria Grenfell: "Di Primavera (Of Spring)"

      Claire Edwardes, mar; Karin Schaupp, g
      Women of Note: A Century of Australian Composers

      ABC Classics 4817995 (2)

      7:56 am

      Anonymous: "This Merry Pleasant Spring"

      Meredith Hall, s; Alison Melville, r; Terry McKenna, l
      O Lusty May - Renaissance Songs of Spring

      Dorian DOR-93172

      8:04 am

      Felix Mendelssohn: "Songs Without Words," Op. 62

      No. 6 in A, "Spring Song"

      András Schiff, p
      Mendelssohn: Songs Without Words

      Decca 421119-2

      8:07 am

      Guillaume Dumanoir: Orchestra Suite in F/C

      Le Concert des Nations/Jordi Savall
      Dumanoir: Suites d'orchestre

      Fontalis ES-9908

      8:21 am

      John Knowles Paine: Symphony No. 2 in A, Op. 34, "In the Spring"

      IV. Finale, "The Glory of Nature"

      Ulster Orch/JoAnn Falletta
      Paine: Orchestral Works, Vol. 2

      Naxos 8.559748

      8:33 am

      Antonio Vivaldi: "The Four Seasons: Spring," RV. 269

      La Serenissima/Adrian Chandler, v
      Vivaldi: The Four Seasons etc.

      Avie AV-2344

      8:44 am

      Mark O'Connor: "The American Seasons"

      Spring

      Mark O'Connor, v; Metamorphosen/Scott Yoo
      Mark O'Connor: The American Seasons

      Sony SK-89660

      8:53 am

      Astor Piazzolla: "Four Seasons of Buenos Aires"

      "Primavera Porteña (Spring)"

      Jason Vieaux, g; Julien Labro, bandoneon; A Far Cry
      The Music of Astor Piazzolla

      Azica ACD-71270

      9:04 am

      Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov: "Spring" Overture, Op. 1

      Slovak Radio Sym Orch/Donald Johanos
      Ippolitov-Ivanov: Orchestral Works

      Marco Polo 8.223629

      9:16 am

      Ottorino Respighi: "The Birds"

      Orpheus Chamber Orch
      Respighi: Ancient Airs and Dances I & III, Three Botticelli Pictures, The Birds

      DG 437533-2

      9:35 am

      music continues...

      10:00 am - 2:00 pm

      10:00 am

      Midday with Lisa Flynn

      Including the "Daily Excursion" at 11:00 am and "Music in Chicago" at 12:00 pm.

      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

      Pacific Overtures I

      Join Bill for a trip around the Pacific Rim! From Australia, we'll hear Aboriginal music alongside pieces by Percy Grainger and Peter Sculthorpe. In New Zealand, we'll hear Māori music, featuring Dame Gillian Whitehead and Kiri Te Kanawa. Then, we'll continue sailing west to South America, where we'll encounter music from Argentina and Chile. It's a two-part show, so tune in next week to see where else we go!

      8:00 - 11:00 pm

      11:00 pm

      11:00 pm

      Best of Studs Terkel

      Celebrating J.S. Bach (3/21/1978)

      Studs Terkel was an ardent fan of J.S. Bach. The German composer and virtuoso of the Baroque period was born on March 21, 1685. In 1980, Studs crafted a tribute featuring Andrés Segovia, Dame Myra Hess, Pete Seeger, Bidu Sayão, Pablo Casals, Jean-Pierre Rampal, and others.