Playlist for Wednesday, April 22, 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 Mackenzie Melemed performs music by Copland, Price, Ned Rorem, Arthur Foote, and Louis-Moreau Gottschalk, 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

The Russian Five

This group, also known as The Mighty Handful, includes Mily Balakirev, Modest Mussorgsky, César Cui, Alexander Borodin, and Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. Led by Balakirev, they helped create the Russian National School of Composers in Saint Petersburg from 1856 to 1870. Bill introduces each composer and shares important works performed by renowned musicians.

8:00 pm

Evening Music

10:00 pm

Baroque&Before with Candice Agree

Quartets & Motets

Two young ensembles based in Basel, Cafebaum Banda Barocca and Voces Suaves present Johann Gottlieb Janitsch's Quartet in G minor, "O Haupt voll Blut und Wunden;" Johann Bach's motet, "Unser Leben ist ein Schatten;" and J.S. Bach's motet, "Komm, Jesu, Komm" and Cantata 42, "Am Abend aber desselbigen Sabbats." Recorded at the 2018 Bach Festival in Switzerland.