Playlist for Wednesday, May 6, 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

Violinist Diomedes Saraza Jr. and pianist Victor Santiago Asunción perform music by Richard Strauss, Nicanor Abelardo, and Manuel Velez, 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

Claude Debussy (1809-1847)

Claude Debussy, who once said he learned more from poets and painters than from the music conservatory, is considered the figurehead of Impressionist music (though he would vehemently argue against it). This week, Bill reflects on Debussy's peculiar upbringing, his studies at the Paris Conservatory, and his Prix de Rome win.

8:00 pm

Evening Music

10:00 pm

Baroque&Before with Candice Agree

Hildegard of Bingen’s "Ordo Virtutum"

Twelfth-century mystic, writer, philosopher, and composer Hildegard von Bingen used all her gifts in the service of her unfaltering Christian faith which she channeled through her music in the morality play "Ordo Virtutum (Order of the Virtues)." We’ll hear this 12th-century masterpiece performed by Seraphic Fire under the direction of Patrick Dupré Quigley.