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      Playlist for Tuesday, April 8, 2025

      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      Carl Nielsen: "Cupid and the Poet," Op 54

      Overture

      Danish National Sym/Thomas Dausgaard
      Carl Nielsen * Orchestral Music

      Da Capo 6.220518

      12:05 am

      Carl Nielsen: Wind Quintet, Op 43

      Philadelphia Woodwind Quintet
      The Original Philadelphia Woodwind Quintet- 20th Century

      Boston Records BR-1062-CD

      12:27 am

      Edvard Grieg: Six Songs, Op. 48

      No. 3, "The Way of the World"

      Anne Sofie von Otter, ms; Bengt Forsberg, p
      Songs - Lieder

      DG 437521-2

      12:28 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: "Egmont," Op 84

      Overture

      Hanover Band/Roy Goodman
      Symphonies, Missa Solemnis, Overtures

      Nimbus NI-5007

      12:36 am

      Ferdinand Ries: "Introduction et Rondeau brillant," Op 144

      Christopher Hinterhuber, p; New Zealand Sym Orch/Uwe Grodd
      RIES, F.: Piano Concertos, Vol. 5 (Hinterhuber, Grodd) - Nos. 2 and 9 / Rondeau brillant

      Naxos 8.572742

      12:54 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: 12 German Dances, WoO 8

      #6

      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

      Peter Tchaikovsky: "Humoresque"

      Chicago Sym Woodwind Quintet
      Audiophile

      Audiophile AP-17

      1:02 am

      Noel Rawsthorne: Hornpipe Humoresque

      David Hill, o (Trinity Episcopal Church, Vero Beach, FL)
      Treasure Coast Pipes

      Pro Organo CD-7035

      1:05 am

      Jean Sibelius: Four Humoresques, Op. 89

      Ilya Gringolts, v; Gothenburg Sym Orch/Neeme Järvi

      DG B0002249-02

      1:20 am

      Antonin Dvorák: "Humoresques," Op. 101

      No. 7 in G-flat, "Poco lento e grazioso"

      Detroit Sym Orch/Neeme Järvi
      Favourite Encores!

      Chandos CHAN-9227

      1:23 am

      Robert Nathaniel Dett: Characteristic Suite, "In the Bottoms"

      Humoresque, "Honey"

      Natalie Hinderas, p
      Piano Music By African American Composers

      CRI CD-629 (2)

      1:25 am

      Franz Schubert: Symphony No. 5 in B-flat, D. 485

      Dresden Staatskapelle/Sir Colin Davis
      Schubert: Symphonies Nos. 5, 6

      RCA 68546-2

      1:54 am

      Hunter: "Danse Humoresque"

      Chicago Sym Woodwind Quintet
      Audiophile

      Audiophile AP-17

      2:00 am

      Johannes Brahms: "Hungarian Dances"

      No. 1 in g minor

      Andreas Ottensamer, cl; Ensemble
      Brahms: The Hungarian Connection

      DG 481 1409

      2:05 am

      Johannes Brahms: Variations on a Hungarian Song, Op. 21, No. 2

      Constantin Lifschitz, p

      Denon CO-78773

      2:13 am

      Johannes Brahms: "Hungarian Dances"

      No. 10 in F

      Vienna Phil/Claudio Abbado

      DG 2560100

      2:14 am

      Jean Sibelius: Symphony No. 2 in D, Op. 43

      BBC Sym/Sir Thomas Beecham
      Sibelius Symphony No. 2 - Dvorak Symphony No. 8

      EMI 63399-2

      2:54 am

      Douglas Lilburn: "Moths and Candles" (1950)

      Michael Houstoun, p
      Lilburn: Music for Solo Piano

      Rattle RAT-D040

      3:00 am

      Modest Mussorgsky: "Sorotchinsky Fair"

      Parassia's Dumka

      Russian State Sym Orch/Yevgeny Svetlanov
      Without The Sun: Works For Orchestra

      RCA 68406-2

      3:05 am

      Mykola Lysenko: "Suite on Ukrainian Themes," Op 2

      Anna Shelest, p
      Ukrainian Rhapsody

      Sorel Classics SCCD-011

      3:28 am

      Fritz Kreisler: "Fantasy on Russian Themes," after Rimsky-Korsakov

      Itzhak Perlman, v; Abbey Road Ensemble/Lawrence Foster

      EMI CDC5-55475-2

      3:36 am

      Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Songs, Op. 42

      No. 2, "I Have Come to Greet Thee"

      Alexey Martynov, t; Aristote Konstantinidi, p

      Chant du Monde LDC-288038/40 (3)

      3:38 am

      George Frideric Handel: Organ Concerto in g, Op. 4, No. 1

      Peter Hurford, o; Concertgebouw Chamber Orch/Joshua Rifkin
      Handel: Organ Concertos Op. 4

      London 414604-2 (2)

      3:54 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: "Das Orgelbüchlein," BWV 599/644

      "Hilf Gott, dass mir's gelinge," BWV 624

      Lionel Rogg, o (Silbermann instrument, Arlesheim, Switzerland)
      Bach: L'Œuvre D'Orgue

      Harmonia Mundi HMX-290772.83 (12)

      4:00 am

      Sergei Rachmaninoff: Preludes, Op. 32

      No. 4 in e

      Ian Hobson, p
      Rachmaninoff: 24 Preludes

      Arabesque Z-6616

      4:05 am

      Sergei Rachmaninoff: "Aleko" (1893)

      Suite

      USSR Sym Orch/Yevgeny Svetlanov
      Symphonic Dances - Six Choirs, Op. 15 - Excerpts From The Opera "Aleko"

      Melodiya SUCD-1000144

      4:20 am

      Sergei Rachmaninoff: "Aleko" (1893)

      "Romance of a Young Gypsy"

      Vsevolod Grivnov, t; Moscow Chamber Orch/Constantine Orbelian
      RACHMANINOV, S.: Aleko [Opera] / PUSHKIN, A.: The Gypsies

      Delos DE-3269 (2)

      4:22 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: "Voyevoda"

      Orchestra Suite

      New Zealand Sym Orch/Peter Breiner
      TCHAIKOVSKY, P.I.: Queen of Spades Suite (The) / Voyevoda Suite (arr. P. Breiner) (New Zealand Symphony, Breiner)

      Naxos 8.573015

      4:55 am

      Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov: "The Tale of Tsar Saltan" (1899-1900)

      "Flight of the Bumblebee"

      James Galway, f; National Phil/Charles Gerhardt

      RCA 7778-2-RC

      5:00 am

      Edvard Grieg: Lyric Pieces, Op. 65

      No. 1, "From Days of Youth"

      Dmitry Paperno, p
      Through the Years

      Cedille CDR-90000074

      5:05 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 12 in E

      Cappella Coloniensis/Nicholas Kraemer
      Haydn: Cantates Pour Les Esterházy

      Harmonia Mundi HMC-901765

      5:17 am

      Jean Sibelius: Eight Little Pieces, Op. 99

      "Couplet"

      Håvard Gimse, p
      SIBELIUS: Piano Music, Vol. 5

      Naxos 8.555853

      5:19 am

      Jean Sibelius: Symphony No. 1 in e, Op. 39

      Melbourne Sym Orch/José Serebrier
      Sibelius: Symphony No. 1

      ASV CDDCA-612

      5:55 am

      Jean Joseph Mouret: Sinfonies de Fanfare

      Rondeau

      Collegium Aureum

      Pro Arte CDD-215

      6:00 am - 7:00 pm

      6:00 am

      Mornings with John Clare

      Including news and weather on the hour between 6:00 am and 9:00 am; and "Carl’s Almanac" at 7:30 am.

      6:02 am

      Percy Grainger: "The Duke of Marlborough Fanfare"

      English Chamber Orch Brass/Benjamin Britten
      Salute to Percy Grainger

      Decca 425159-2

      6:05 am

      Ricardo Castro: "Atzimba"

      Intermezzo

      Phil Orch of the Americas/Alondra de la Parra
      Mi Alma Mexicana

      Sony 88697755552

      6:12 am

      Richard Strauss: "Don Juan," Op. 20

      San Francisco Sym/Herbert Blomstedt
      Strauss: Eine Alpensinfonie, Op. 64; Don Juan, Op. 20

      Decca 421815-2

      6:30 am

      WFMT Membership Drive

      Until 7:00 pm. Enjoy the best classical music through the day with your favorite WFMT personalities and special guests, and support the music you love by calling (773) 279-2100 or by visiting wfmt.com.

      7:00 pm

      7:00 pm

      Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin

      Symphony, Part I. Starting with a sinfonia by Biaggio Marini from 1618, Bill slowly makes his way through symphonies of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, finishing at the brink of the Romantic era with the second symphony by Beethoven.

      8:00 - 10:00 pm

      8:02 pm

      Jan Ladislav Dussek: Piano Sonata in E-Flat, Op. 44, "The Farewell"

      Ian Hobson, p
      The London Piano School, Volume I: Georgian Classicists

      Arabesque Z-6594

      8:35 pm

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Mass in B minor, BWV 232

      No. 23, "Osanna in excelsis"

      Monteverdi Cho, English Baroque Soloists/John Eliot Gardiner
      Famous Bach Choruses

      Archiv 439885-2

      8:39 pm

      Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Cello Concerto in A, Wq 172

      Janos Starker, vc; Santa Fe Festival Orch
      Concerto Collection - Santa Fe Festival

      Delos DE-3197

      9:02 pm

      Anton Bruckner: String Quartet in C minor

      Quatuor Diotima
      Bruckner & Klose String Quartets

      Pentatone PTC-5187217

      9:28 pm

      Jean Sibelius: Symphony No. 3 in C, Op. 52

      Oslo Phil/Klaus Mäkelä
      Sibelius: Complete Symphonies

      Decca 4852256

      9:58 pm

      Jean Sibelius: "The Tempest," Op. 109

      Humoresque

      Danish National Radio Sym/Leif Segerstam
      Sibelius: Symphony No. 4

      Chandos CHAN-8943

      10:00 pm

      10:00 pm

      Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center

      Henry T. Burleigh "Southland Sketches;" Chad Hoopes, violin; Wu Han, piano; Dvořák Quintet in G major, Op. 77; Calidore String Quartet.

      11:00 pm

      11:00 pm

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

      Le Concert des Nations/Jordi Savall
      Bach, J S: Orchestral Suites Nos. 1-4, BWV1066-1069

      Alia Vox AVSA-9890 (2)

      11:28 pm

      David Diamond: Partita for Oboe, Bassoon, and Piano (1935)

      Michael Henoch, ob; Bruce Grainger, bn; Deborah Sobol, p
      David Diamond Chamber Music

      Cedille CDR-90000023

      11:38 pm

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Bassoon Concerto in B-Flat, K. 191

      Frank Morelli, bn; Orpheus Chamber Orch
      Mozart: Horn Concertos 2 & 3, Oboe Concerto, Bassoon Concerto

      DG 423623-2