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      Playlist for Sunday, June 16, 2024

      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: "The Art of Fugue," BWV 1080

      Contrapunctus X

      Kenneth Gilbert, hc
      Bach: The Art of Fugue

      DG Archiv 427673-2

      12:05 am

      Georg Philipp Telemann: Flute, Violin & Cello Concerto in A

      S. Milan, f; J. Potter, vc; Camerata of St Andrew/L. Friedman,v

      Omega OCD-1006

      12:27 am

      Georg Telemann: Overture (Suite) in C, "Hamburger Ebb' und Flut (Wassermusik)"

      "Triton Making Merry"

      Andreas Staier, fp
      Hamburg 1734

      Harmonia Mundi HMC-901898

      12:28 am

      Gabriel Fauré: Violin Sonata #1 in A, Op 13

      James Galway, f; Christopher O'Riley, p
      The French Recital

      RCA 68351-2

      12:55 am

      Nicolle Des celliers de hesdi: Ung vray musicien

      Ensemble Clement Janequin
      Les Plaisirs du Palais: Chansons a boire de la Renaissance

      Harmonia Mundi HMC-901729

      1:00 am

      Horatio Parker: Scherzo

      Gowanus Arts Ensemble/Reuben Blundell
      American Romantics

      New Focus Recordings FCR-166

      1:05 am

      Aaron Copland: "Billy the Kid"

      Suite

      London Sym Orch/Aaron Copland
      Billy the Kid- Ballet Suite, Statements for Orchestra

      Everest EVC-9040

      1:24 am

      Leonard Bernstein: "Seven Anniversaries"

      No. 1, "For Aaron Copland"

      Zuill Bailey, vc; Lara Downes, p
      Some Other Time

      Steinway & Sons 30025

      1:26 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Flute Sonata in b minor, BWV 1030

      Marina Piccinini, f; Brasil Guitar Duo
      Bach Flute Sonatas

      Avie AV-2196 (2)

      1:43 am

      Antonio Vivaldi: Two-Mandolin Concerto in G, R 532

      Pepe Romero, g; Celín Romero, g; San Antonio Sym Orch/Victor Alessandro
      Concierto De Aranjuez And Concierto Andaluz

      Mercury 434369-2

      1:54 am

      Marlos Nobre: "Ciclo Nordestino"

      "Praiana"

      Sergio Assad, Odair Assad, g's
      Alma Brasileira

      Nonesuch 79179-2

      2:00 am

      Darius Milhaud: "Caramel Mou," Op. 68

      Ian Hobson, p
      Milhaud: Creation du Monde and Other Works

      Arabesque Z-6569

      2:02 am

      Darius Milhaud: "Trois Rag-Caprices," Op. 78

      No. 2, Romance

      Ian Hobson, p
      Milhaud: Creation du Monde and Other Works

      Arabesque Z-6569

      2:05 am

      Darius Milhaud: "La Création du monde," Op. 81

      Ulster Orch/Yan-Pascal Tortelier
      Milhaud: Le Boeuf Sur Le Toit, Poulenc, Ibert

      Chandos CHAN-9023

      2:21 am

      William Billings: Fuguing Tune, "Creation"

      His Majestie's Clerkes/Paul Hillier
      'A Land Of Pure Delight' William Billings Anthems And Fuging Tunes

      Harmonia Mundi HMU-907048

      2:22 am

      André Cardinal Destouches: Ballet, "Les Eléments"

      Limoges Baroque Ensemble

      Lyrinx CD-069

      2:42 am

      Antonin Dvorák: Slavonic Rhapsodies, Op 45

      #1 in D

      Slovak Phil/Zdenek Kosler
      Dvorak : Slavonic Dances

      Marco Polo 8.223129

      2:54 am

      Zdenek Fibich: "Moods, Impressions and Reminiscences"

      #10

      Marian Lapshansky, p
      Fibich

      Supraphon SU-32492131

      3:00 am

      Domenico Scarlatti: Clavier Sonata in e, Kk 394 (L 275)

      Scott Ross, hc
      Domenico Scarlatti: Complete Keyboard Works

      Erato 45309-2 (34)

      3:05 am

      Charles Avison: Concerto grosso #2 in G, after Domenico Scarlatti

      St Martin's Academy/Neville Marriner
      12 Concerti Grossi

      Philips 438806-2 (2)

      3:16 am

      Domenico Scarlatti: Clavier Sonata in B-Flat, Kk 70 (L 50)

      Béla Bartók, p

      Hungaroton LPX-12326-33 (7)

      3:18 am

      Béla Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra

      Melbourne Sym Orch/Hiroyuki Iwaki

      Virgin 59690-2

      3:55 am

      Bela Bartók: Ten Easy Pieces

      "Bear Dance"

      Béla Bartók, p
      Bartok Plays Bartok

      Price-Less D-22719

      4:00 am

      Heinrich von Biber: Sonata No. 7 a 5 in C, for 2 trumpets and strings

      Freiburg Baroque Orch Consort

      RCA-DHM 77348-2

      4:05 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quartet #16 in F, Op 135

      Medici String Quartet

      Nimbus NI-5285

      4:28 am

      John Hatton: When Evening's Twilight

      London Pro Cantione Antiqua/Mark Brown
      Sweet & Low - Glees & Partsongs

      Conifer CDCF-145

      4:30 am

      John Ireland: Piano Concerto in E-Flat

      John Lenehan, p; Royal Liverpool Phil/John Wilson
      Ireland: Piano Concerto

      Naxos 8.572598

      4:55 am

      Heitor Villa-Lobos: Twelve Etudes for Guitar (1928)

      No. 1 in e

      Pepe Romero, g
      Villa-Lobos 5 Preludes, Etude No. 1, Suite Populaire Bresillienne

      Philips 420245-2

      5:00 am

      Max Reger: Six Pieces, Op 24

      #5, "Chant de la nuit"

      Jean Martin, p
      REGER: Six Piano Pieces / Silhouetten / Blatter und Bluten

      Naxos 8.550932

      5:05 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Violin Sonata No. 6 in G, BWV 1019

      Andrew Manze, v; Richard Egarr, hc
      Bach: Violin Sonatas

      Harmonia Mundi HMU-907250.51 (2)

      5:22 am

      Max Reger: "Blätter und Blüten", Op 58

      "Moment Musical" #2

      Jean Martin, p
      REGER: Six Piano Pieces / Silhouetten / Blatter und Bluten

      Naxos 8.550932

      5:23 am

      Vincent D'Indy: "Suite in Olden Style", Op 24

      Harry Glantz, tr; Guilet String Quartet

      Heliodor H/HS-25012

      5:39 am

      Alfred Schnittke: "Suite in the Old Style"

      Moscow Virtuosi/Vladimir Spivakov
      Various: Modern Portraits: Hartmann: Concerto funebre; Stravinsky: Concerto in D; Penderecki: Capriccio; Schnittke: Suite in the Old Style; Prokofiev: Overture on Hebrew Themes, Op. 34

      RCA 60370-2

      5:54 am

      Donald Martino: Suite in Old Form

      Air

      Haesun Paik, p

      Tonmeister 89

      6:00 am

      6:00 am

      With Heart and Voice

      "Juneteenth & Summer." Host Peter DuBois shares sacred choral and organ music to help us celebrate Juneteenth, as well as the transition to the more laid-back season of summer.

      7:00 am - 12:00 pm

      7:02 am

      Max Richter: "On the Nature of Daylight"

      Jess Gillam, sx; Jess Gillam Ensemble
      Jess Gillam: Time

      Decca 4851062

      7:09 am

      Felix Mendelssohn: "Songs Without Words," Op. 102

      Howard Shelley, p
      Mendelssohn: Complete Piano Music, Vol. 6

      Hyperion CDA-68368

      7:22 am

      Mark Hayes: "Forever Music"

      The Aeolians/Jason Max Ferdinand; instrumentalists
      The Aeolians

      GIA ChoralWorks GIACD-1087

      7:28 am

      Leo Sowerby: Serenade in G

      Avalon String Quartet
      Sowerby: The Paul Whiteman Commissions & Other Early Works

      Cedille CDR-90000205

      7:38 am

      Joseph Brackett: "Simple Gifts"

      Cantus
      That Eternal Day

      Cantus Recordings CTS-1210

      7:44 am

      Jean Françaix: "L'Horloge de Flore (The Flower Clock)"

      John de Lancie, ob; London Sym Orch/André Previn
      Strauss: Oboe Concerto/ Francaix: L'Horloge De Flore/ Satie: Gymnopedie No. 1/ Ibert: Symphonie Concertante

      RCA GL-42303

      8:01 am

      Margaret Bonds: "When The Dove Enters In"

      Davóne Tines, b-br; Lara Downes, p
      New Day Begun

      Rising Sun Music RS-012

      8:06 am

      Niels Gade: Fantasy Pieces, Op 43 (1864)

      Charles Stier, cl; William Bloomquist, p
      The Art of the Romantic Clarinet

      Elan CD-2238

      8:18 am

      Léo Delibes: "Lakmé"

      Flower Duet, "Dôme épais, le jasmin" (with introduction)

      Joan Sutherland, s; Jane Berbié, ms; Monte Carlo Opera Orch/Richard Bonynge
      The World's Greatest Opera Album

      Decca 458118-2 (2)

      8:26 am

      Ralph Vaughan Williams: "Serenade to Music"

      Atlanta Sym Orch & Cho/Robert Spano
      Vaughan Williams: Tallis Fantasia/Symphony No 5

      Telarc CD-80676

      8:40 am

      Edvard Grieg: Ballade in G minor, Op. 24

      Leif Ove Andsnes, p
      Leif Ove Andsnes, Edvard Grieg - Ballad For Edvard Grieg

      EMI 94399-2

      9:01 am

      Henry VIII: Suite, "Rose without a Thorn"

      Philip Jones Brass Ensemble
      Music for the Courts of Europe

      Decca 417524-2

      9:14 am

      Antonio Vivaldi: "Ercole sul Termodonte"

      Aria, "Zeffiretti, che sussurrate"

      Cecilia Bartoli, ms; Il Giardino Armonico/Giovanni Antonini
      The Vivaldi Album

      Decca 466569-2

      9:23 am

      Leopold Mozart: "Sinfonia da caccia"

      I. Vivace

      Capella Istropolitana/František Vajnar
      Heroic Horn: Best Loved Classical Music

      Naxos 8.578177

      9:29 am

      Henry Purcell: "Music for a While"

      Dawn Upshaw, s; Myron Lutzke, vc; Arthur Haas, hc
      Angels Hide Their Faces: Dawn Upshaw Sings Bach and Purcell

      Nonesuch 79605-2

      9:34 am

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

      Freiburg Baroque Orch/Gottfried von der Goltz
      J S Bach: Ouvertüren (Complete Orchestral Suites)

      Harmonia Mundi HMC-902113.14 (2)

      10:01 am

      Camille Saint-Saëns: Oboe Sonata, Op. 166

      Nicholas Daniel, ob; Julius Drake, p
      French Chamber Music for Woodwinds Vol. 1

      Cala CACD-1017 (2)

      10:13 am

      Roger Quilter: "Music, when soft voices die," Op. 25, No. 5

      Arleen Auger, s; Dalton Baldwin, p
      Love Songs

      Delos D/CD-3029

      10:16 am

      Sergei Prokofiev: "The Tale of the Stone Flower," Op. 118

      Suite

      Philharmonia Orch/Neeme Järvi
      Prokofiev: October Cantata / Neeme Järvi

      Chandos CHAN-9095

      10:43 am

      Eric Whitacre: "Three Flower Songs"

      No. 2, "With A Lily In Your Hand"

      Polyphony/Stephen Layton
      Eric Whitacre * Cloudburst and Other Choral Works

      Hyperion CDA-67543

      10:47 am

      George Gershwin: "Dayful of Song" (arrangement of 7 songs)

      Dallas Sym Orch/Andrew Litton, p
      Dayful of Song - Music of Gershwin

      Delos DE-3216

      11:01 am

      Jessie Montgomery: "Rounds"

      Awadagin Pratt, p; A Far Cry
      Still Point

      New Amsterdam NWAM-177

      11:16 am

      Henry Thacker Burleigh: "Five Songs of Laurence Hope"

      No. 2, "The Jungle Flower"

      Will Liverman, br; Paul Sánchez, p
      Dreams of a New Day — Songs by Black Composers

      Cedille CDR-90000200

      11:21 am

      Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Clarinet Quintet, Op. 10

      Harold Wright, cl; Hawthorne String Quartet
      Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Clarinet Quintet, Petite Suite, Ballade, Spirituals

      Koch 3-7056-2

      11:57 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Pieces for Musical Clock

      No. 12 in C

      Jean Guillou, o
      Organ Encores

      Dorian DOR-90112

      12:00 - 5:00 pm

      12:00 pm

      Hosted by Kristina Lynn.

      12:01 pm

      Aaron Copland: "Fanfare for the Common Man"

      St. Louis Sym Orch/Leonard Slatkin
      The American Album

      RCA 60778-2-RC

      12:05 pm

      Shawn E. Okpebholo: "city beautiful"

      Lincoln Trio
      Trios from Contemporary Chicago

      Cedille CDR-90000211

      12:17 pm

      Florence Price: "Thumbnail Sketches in the Day of a Washerwoman"

      Josh Tatsuo Cullen, p
      Scenes in Tin Can Alley

      Blue Griffin BGR-615

      12:24 pm

      William Dawson: "Negro Folk Symphony"

      Detroit Sym Orch/Neeme Järvi
      Still, Dawson, Ellington: Orchestral Works

      Chandos CHAN-9226

      12:54 pm

      Traditional Welsh: March, "Men of Harlech"

      Bryn Terfel, b-br; Cho's, Welsh National Opera Orch/Gareth Jones
      Bryn Terfel: We'll Keep A Welcome

      DG 463593-2

      12:57 pm

      Traditional Scottish: Folksong, "Donald Willie and His Dog"

      Ofra Harnoy, vc's; Mike Herriott, brass & per
      On the Rock

      Analekta AN2-8909

      1:00 pm

      Johann Sebastian Bach: "Well-Tempered Clavier," Book 1, BWV 846/69

      Prelude & Fugue No. 24 in B minor

      Tatiana Nikolayeva, p
      JS Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1

      Olympia MKM-2732-CD

      1:14 pm

      Dmitri Shostakovich: 24 Preludes & Fugues, Op. 87

      Prelude & Fugue No. 6 in B minor

      Tatiana Nikolayeva, p
      24 Preludes and Fugues, Op. 87

      Melodiya 19849-2 (3)

      1:25 pm

      John Williams: "The Fabelmans"

      "The Journey Begins" (after Haydn's Piano Sonata No. 48 in C, Hob. XVI:35)

      Studio Orch/John Williams
      The Fabelmans (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

      Sony G010004911337T

      1:32 pm

      Johann Sebastian Bach: "Goldberg Variations," BWV 988

      Variations 27-30; Aria

      Fretwork
      Goldberg Variations

      Harmonia Mundi HMU-907560

      1:48 pm

      William Grant Still: "Poem for Orchestra"

      Fort Smith Sym/John Jeter
      American Classics * William Grant Still * Symphonies Nos 4 and 5

      Naxos 8.559603

      2:00 pm

      Leopold Mozart: "Sinfonia pastorale" in G

      New Zealand Chamber Orch/Donald Armstrong
      Sinfonia Di Caccia, Sinfonia Pastorale, Sinfonias In G, B Flat, And F

      Naxos 8.553347

      2:14 pm

      Meyer/Thile/Duncan: "Attaboy"

      Stuart Duncan, v; Chris Thile, man; Yo-Yo Ma, vc; Edgar Meyer, db
      Edgar Meyer, double bass,
      The Goat Rodeo Sessions

      Sony 84118-2

      2:21 pm

      Jean Sibelius: "Tapiola," Op. 112

      London Sym Orch/Sir Colin Davis
      Sibelius: Karelia Suite, Tapiola, Etc

      RCA 68770-2

      2:40 pm

      Leo Sowerby: "From the Northland (Impressions of Lake Superior Country)"

      Steven Graff, p
      Music from America's First and Second Cities * Steven Graff, Piano

      Centaur CRC-2997

      3:00 pm

      Carrie Jacobs-Bond: "A Perfect Day"

      Thomas Allen, br; Malcolm Martineau, p
      More Songs my Father Taught Me

      Hyperion CDA-67374

      3:04 pm

      Adolphus Hailstork: Symphony No. 1

      Virginia Sym Orch/JoAnn Falletta
      Adolphus Hailstork: An American Port of Call

      Naxos 8.559722

      3:26 pm

      Leo Brouwer: "Tríptico"

      Brasil Guitar Duo
      Leo Brouwer: Music for Two Guitars

      Naxos 8.573336

      3:41 pm

      Ferde Grofé: "Mississippi Suite"

      Boston Pops Orch/Keith Lockhart
      American Visions

      RCA 68786-2

      3:55 pm

      Francis Poulenc: "Trois mouvements perpétuels"

      Pascal Rogé, p
      Poulenc: Les Soirées De Nazelles, 3 Mouvements Perpétuels, 3 Novelettes, 9 Improvisations

      Decca 417438-2

      4:00 pm

      Leonard Bernstein: "Candide"

      IV. "Oh, Happy We"

      June Anderson, s; Jerry Hadley, t; London Sym Orch/Leonard Bernstein
      Bernstein: Candide

      DG 449656-2 (2)

      4:03 pm

      Francesco Geminiani: Concerto grosso in D, Op. 3, No. 1

      Capella Istropolitana/Jaroslav Krček
      Geminiani: Concerti Grossi, Vol. 1

      Naxos 8.553019

      4:14 pm

      Richard Strauss: "Le bourgeois gentilhomme," Op. 60

      Suite

      Chicago Sym Orch/Fritz Reiner
      Strauss: Symphonia Domestica / Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme Suite

      RCA 68637-2

      4:45 pm

      Leonard Cohen: "Hallelujah"

      Anderson & Roe Piano Duo

      WFMT recording

      4:57 pm

      Anonymous 16th-century Spanish: Saltarello

      Hespèrion XX
      Folias And Canarios

      Astrée E-8516

      5:00 - 8:00 pm

      5:00 pm

      Hosted by Jan Weller.

      5:01 pm

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Orchestra Suite No. 2 in B minor, BWV 1067

      Academy of Ancient Music/Richard Egarr
      Bach Orchestral Suites BWV1066-69

      AAM Records AAM-003 (2)

      5:25 pm

      Heitor Villa-Lobos: "Bachianas Brasileiras" No. 1

      Brazilian Guitar Quartet
      Essência do Brasil

      Delos DE-3245

      5:44 pm

      Frederick Delius: "Brigg Fair"

      Welsh National Opera Orch/Charles Mackerras
      Delius: Brigg Fair, In a Summer Garden, The Walk to the Paradise Garden, North Country Sketches / Sir Charles Mackerras

      Argo 430202-2

      6:01 pm

      Béla Bartók: Piano Concerto No. 3

      Hélène Grimaud, p; London Sym Orch/Pierre Boulez
      Bartok: The Piano Concertos * Zimerman * Andsnes * Grimaud * Boulez

      DG B0003885-02

      6:29 pm

      Johannes Brahms: Clarinet Sonata No. 2 in E-Flat, Op. 120, No. 2

      Hideaki Aomori, cl; Joshua Pierce, p
      Johannes Brahms: Clarinet Sonatas 1 & 2 * Clarinet Trio * Pierce-Aomori Duo

      MSR Classics MS-1322

      6:48 pm

      Amilcare Ponchielli: "La Gioconda"

      "Dance of the Hours"

      Gothenburg Sym/Neeme Jarvi
      Intermezzo / Neeme Järvi

      DG 429494-2

      7:00 pm

      Alec Wilder: Concerto for Oboe, Orchestra and Percussion

      Bert Lucarelli, ob; Brooklyn Phil Orch/Michael Barrett
      John Corigliano, Alec Wilder: Aria, Concerto for Oboe

      Koch 3-7187-2

      7:22 pm

      William Bolcom: "Seattle Slew" Suite

      Louisville Orch/Lawrence Leighton Smith
      William Bolcom * The Louisville Orchestra

      Louisville FECD-0033

      7:44 pm

      Dmitri Kabalevsky: "The Comedians," Op 26

      National Phil/Leonard Slatkin
      Leonard Slatkin - Conducts Russian Showpieces

      RCA 5661-2-RC

      8:00 - 10:00 pm

      8:00 pm

      Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcasts

      Britten "The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra," Op. 34; Seiji Ozawa, conductor Orff "Carmina burana;" Joélle Harvey, soprano; Reginald Mobley, countertenor; Hugh Russell, baritone; Chicago Symphony Chorus; Uniting Voices Chicago; Jessie Montgomery "Banner;" Einojuhani Rautavaara "Cantus Arcticus;" Osmo Vänskä, conductor.

      8:00 pm

      John Cage: Sonata V for Prepared Piano

      Joshua Pierce, prepared piano
      Between the Keys: Microtonal Masterpieces of the 20th Century

      Newport Classic NPD-85526

      10:00 pm

      10:00 pm

      Fiesta! with Elbio Barilari

      Fresh Ink: Recent Works from Latin America Classical music in the 20th and 21st centuries has had a strong presence throughout Latin America and the world. On this program, Elbio Barilari shares interesting and beautiful music from composers Leonardo Coral, Manly Romero, and Roberto Sierra.

      11:00 pm

      11:00 pm

      Collectors' Corner with Henry Fogel

      The complete RCA and Columbia Dimitri Mitropoulos Collection, Program 2 of 3

      Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 5, "Emperor;" Bloch "Schelomo;" Shostakovich Symphony No. 10.

      11:00 pm

      Continues to 1:00am Monday.