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      Playlist for Wednesday, July 29, 2026

      Playing this hour

      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      Hajime Komatsu: "Four Japanese Folk Songs" Suite No. 2

      II. "Nanbu Ushioi Uta"

      Apollo Chamber Players
      Blurred Boundaries

      Navona Records NV-6038

      12:05 am

      Erik Satie: "Le Fils des Étoiles" (1891)

      Gidon Kremer, v; Naoko Yoshino, h
      Insomnia * Gidon Kremer * Naoko Yoshino

      Philips 456016-2

      12:10 am

      Toru Takemitsu: "For Lenny's Birthday" (after Bernstein's "New York, New York")

      São Paulo Sym Orch/Marin Alsop

      Naxos 8.508018 (8)

      12:12 am

      Ralph Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 2, "A London Symphony" (1912-13)

      Rochester Phil Orch/Christopher Seaman
      Vaughan Williams: Symphony No 2

      Harmonia Mundi HMU-807567

      12:54 am

      Gordon Jacob: Five Pieces

      #3, "Country Dance"

      Tommy Reilly, harmonica; St Martin's Academy/Neville Marriner
      Tommy Reilly - Vaughan Williams/ Moody/Jacob: Classical Music For Harmonica

      Chandos CHAN-8617

      1:00 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata No. 208, "Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd! (Hunt)"

      Aria, "Schafe können sicher weiden (Sheep May Safely Graze)"

      John Ogdon, p; Brenda Lucas, p

      MCA Classics MCAD-25891

      1:05 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata No. 49, "Ich geh und suche mit Verlangen (I go and seek with longing)"

      Sinfonia

      E Power Biggs, o; Orch/Zoltan Rosznyai
      Bach: Music of Jubilee

      CBS MK-42646

      1:13 am

      Wilhelm Friedemann WF Bach: Two-Clavier Concerto in E-Flat

      Andreas Staier, hc; Robert Hill, hc; Musica Antiqua Köln/Reinhard Goebel
      Konzerte Für 2 Cembali / Concertos For 2 Harpsichords / Concertos Pour 2 Clavecins

      DG Archiv 419256-2

      1:34 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: "Klavierbüchlein für Wilhelm Friedemann Bach"

      "Fantasia" No. 6

      Joseph Payne, hc
      Klavierbüchlein for Wilhelm Friedemann

      Hänssler Classic CD-92.137 (2)

      1:36 am

      Ferde Grofé: "Hudson River Suite"

      Bournemouth Sym/William Stromberg
      GROFE: Death Valley Suite / Hudson River Suite / Hollywood Suite

      Naxos 8.559017

      1:54 am

      Burleigh: "Six Fancies" (1917)

      "Woodbine"

      Zina Schiff, v; Mary Barranger, p
      BURLEIGH: Music for Violin and Piano

      Naxos 8.559061

      2:00 am

      Charles Villiers Stanford: "Festal Communion Service," Op. 128

      "Gloria in excelsis"

      Westminster Abbey Choir/James O'Donnell
      STANFORD: Anthems and Services

      Hyperion CDA-68259

      2:05 am

      Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Four African Dances, Op. 58

      Samuel Nebyu, v; Bethany Brooks, p
      Music by Composers of African Descent

      BCM+D Records

      2:24 am

      Gordon Jacob: "Music for a Festival"

      Interludes

      Locke Brass Consort/James Stobart
      Locke Brass Consort - Fanfare: British Music for Symphonic Brass Ensemble

      Chandos CHAN-6573

      2:32 am

      Gordon Jacob: "William Byrd" Suite

      #3, "Jhon come kisse me now"

      Eastman Wind Ensemble/Frederick Fennell
      British And American Band Classics

      Mercury 432009-2

      2:34 am

      Camille Saint-Saëns: "Le carnaval des animaux (Carnival of the Animals)"

      Pittsburgh Sym Orch/André Previn
      Carnaval Des Animaux / Ma Mère L'Oye

      Philips 400016-2

      2:55 am

      Camille Saint-Saëns: Song, "Le vent dans la plaine"

      François Le Roux, br; Graham Johnson, p
      Songs By Camille Saint-Saëns

      Hyperion CDA-66856

      3:00 am

      Johannes Brahms: Two Rhapsodies, Op 79

      #2 in g

      Radu Lupu, p
      Two Rhapsodies, Op. 79; Piano Pieces, Opp. 117-119

      London 417599-2

      3:05 am

      Luigi Boccherini: Cello Concerto in C, G 477

      Anner Bylsma, vc; Concerto Amsterdam/Jaap Schröder

      Teldec 77624-2

      3:19 am

      William Walton: "Facade" (1922)

      "Fanfare and Scotch Rhapsody"

      Chicago Pro Musica
      Façade - An Instrumental Suite In The Original Scoring

      Reference Recordings RR-16-CD

      3:21 am

      Charles Loeffler: Two Rhapsodies

      Alex Klein, ob; Richard Young, vi; Ricardo Castro, p
      Poetic Inspirations: Works for Oboe, Viola & Piano

      Cedille CDR-90000102

      3:42 am

      Herbert Howells: "Pastoral Rhapsody"

      London Sym/Richard Hickox
      Howells: Orchestral Works, Vol. 1

      Chandos CHAN-9410

      3:55 am

      English ANON: Ah, Silly Poor Joas

      Alfred Deller, ct, Wenzinger Viol Consort
      William Byrd and His Age: Alfred Deller Edition, Vol. 2

      Vanguard OVC-8101

      4:00 am

      Edward Little White: "Yankee Doodle with Variations"

      Marian Metson, o
      Yankee: Come Home- Historic Organs Of Newburyport, Mass

      Raven OAR-190

      4:05 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

      Pianist Yi-Chen Feng performs music by Robert Schumann and Isaac Albéniz, live from Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago.

      1:00 - 3:00 pm

      1:00 pm

      Music for the Afternoon

      3:00 - 7:00 pm

      3:00 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

      Nadia Boulanger (1887-1979)

      Nadia Boulanger taught and influenced an entire generation of musicians, from Aaron Copland and Ástor Piazzolla to Philip Glass and Quincy Jones. This week, Bill shares some of her compositions and performances alongside those of her prolific students.

      8:00 - 10:00 pm

      10:00 pm - 12:00 am

      10:00 pm

      Baroque&Before with Candice Agree

      Apollo’s Fire & Monteverdi’s Vespers of 1610

      Jeannette Sorrell leads Apollo's Fire in Claudio Monteverdi’s masterful "Vespers for the Blessed Virgin." Recorded in concert at Trinity Cathedral Cleveland in November 2014.