Playlist for Wednesday, July 16, 2025

Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff

6:00 am

Morning Program

10:00 am

Midday with Lisa Flynn

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

12:15 pm

Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts

Cellist Joan Herget and pianist Joseph Licardo perform music by Janáček, Dvořák, Kodály, and Rodion Shchredin, live from Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago.

1:00 pm

Music for the Afternoon

3:00 pm

Afternoon Music with Candice Agree

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

6:30 pm

Grant Park Music Festival 2025

Elgar Enigma Variations

Live from the Pritzker Pavilion, featuring the Grant Park Orchestra conducted by Courtney Lewis. Elgar "Enigma Variations;" Inbal Segev, cello; Strauss II Overture to "Die Fledermaus;" Anna Clyne "Dance." Hosted by Dave Schwan.

8:00 pm

Evenings with Kerry Frumkin

9:00 pm

Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin

Songs of Parting

Adiós, adieu, sayonara, vale, zàijiàn — no turning back this week as Bill explores musical farewells. He features works ranging from Purcell’s "Sonata for Trumpet" to Bach’s “Capriccio,” a heartfelt goodbye to his eldest brother. Prokofiev’s ballet "Romeo and Juliet" includes a moving farewell from Romeo, where the mandolin cleverly sets the scene in Italy, and the saxophone expresses Romeo’s poignant departure. Kathleen Ferrier sings a Northumbrian folk song, “Blow the Wind Southerly,” and Ray Charles doesn’t mince words in his shout to “Hit the Road Jack!” that includes a snarling vocal by Margie Hendricks of the Raelettes, and yes, more saxophone.

10:00 pm

Baroque&Before with Candice Agree

The Huelgas Codex

The female vocal group Psallentes performs a program of medieval works preserved in the Hueglas Codex. Recorded live in Madrid on March 3, 2024.