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      Playlist for Sunday, August 17, 2025

      6:00 am

      6:00 am

      With Heart and Voice

      "Peace & Unity." For troubled times in a troubled world, host Peter DuBois explores sacred choral and organ music from several traditions seeking and offering hope for peace among people and nations.

      7:00 am - 12:00 pm

      6:00 - 8:00 pm

      6:00 pm

      Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcasts

      Britten "The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra," Op. 34; Seiji Ozawa, conductor; Vaughan Williams Tuba Concerto in F Minor; Arnold Jacobs, tuba; Schumann "Konzertstück" in F Major, Op. 86; Dale Clevenger, Richard Oldberg, Thomas Howell, Norman Schweikert, horns; Strauss "Don Quixote," Op. 35; Samuel Magad, violin; Charles Pikler, viola; John Sharp, cello; Daniel Barenboim, conductor; Massenet Meditation from "Thaïs;" Steven Staryk, violin; Jean Martinon, conductor; Debussy "Prelude to The Afternoon of a Faun;" Donald Peck, flute; Georg Solti, conductor.

      8:00 pm

      8:00 pm

      Fiesta! with Elbio Barilari

      In the Family: Joaquín Nin and his Children Cuban composer Joaquín Nin was the father of two great 20th century artists. The writer and iconoclast Anaïs Nin and her brother, composer Joaquín Nin-Culmell. Fiesta delves into this family’s great music and lives.

      9:00 - 11:00 pm

      9:00 pm

      Collectors' Corner with Henry Fogel

      The Léner String Quartet

      Dvořák String Quartet No. 12 in F, "American;" Piano Quintet No. 2 in A; Brahms Piano Quintet in F Minor, Op. 34; Smetana Quartet No. 1 in E Minor, Third Movement.