Playlist for Wednesday, February 18, 2026

Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff

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

Midday with Lisa Flynn

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

12:15 pm

Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts

Pianist Yeontaek Oh performs music by Robert and Clara Schumann, live from Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago.

1:00 pm

Music for the Afternoon

2:00 pm

Afternoon Music with Candice Agree

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

7:00 pm

Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin

Johannes Brahms, Part I

The first of a two-week biography exploring the music and life of a defining voice of the German Romantic Era. In his formative years as a pianist, Brahms befriends Robert and Clara Schumann, and with their support and later with the violinist Joseph Joachim, develops his musical voice. Topics includes Brahms’s struggles to publish symphonies on the heels of Beethoven and writing the German Requiem.

8:00 pm

Evening Music

10:00 pm

Baroque&Before with Candice Agree

Bach’s Mass in B minor

Nicholas Kraemer leads the Czech Philharmonic, Collegium Vocale 1704, and vocal soloists in Bach's monumental masterpiece. Recorded live in concert January 24, 2025, in Dvořák Hall, Rudolfinum, Prague.