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Playlist for Friday, October 31, 2025
12:00 - 6:00 am
12:00 am
Leo Délibes: "Sylvia"
Procession of Bacchus
Philadelphia Orch/Eugene Ormandy
Greatest Hits * The Ballet * Vol III
12:05 am
Charles Tomlinson Griffes: "Bacchanale"
Seattle Sym Orch/Gerard Schwarz
Made In The USA: American Symphonic Music
12:09 am
Camille Saint-Saëns: "Samson and Delilah"
"Bacchanale"
Orchestre De Paris/Daniel Barenboim
Panorama: À la française
12:16 am
Camille Saint-Saëns: "Les Barbares"
Act II Prelude
Saint-Étienne Loire Sym/Laurent Campellone
Les Barbares
12:17 am
Ludwig van Beethoven: Violin Sonata no.9 in A, Op.47, "Kreutzer"
Viktoria Mullova, v; Kristian Bezuidenhout, fortepiano
Beethoven * Violin Sonatas 3 & 9 * Mullova * Bezuidenhout
12:54 am
William Grant Still: "Quit Dat Fool'nish"
Zina Schiff, v; Royal Scottish National Orch/Avlana Eisenberg
William Grant Still
1:00 am
John Dowland: "A Dream (Lady Leighton's Paven)"
Paul O'Dette, l
Dowland: Complete Lute Works, Vol. 1
1:05 am
Edward Elgar: "Falstaff" (Symphonic Study in c), Op 68
London Phil/Sir Georg Solti
Enigma Variations / Falstaff
1:40 am
John Dowland: "What if a Day"
Paul O'Dette, l
Dowland: Complete Lute Works, Vol. 1
1:41 am
Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre: Violin Sonata No. 2 in a
Sophie de Bardonnèche, v; Lucile Boulanger, viga;
Le Sommeil d'Ulisse
1:54 am
Jean-Philippe Rameau: "Les Surprises de l'Amour"
"Mouvement de Chaconne"
Les Nouveaux Caractères/Sébastien d'Hérin
Les Surprises de l'Amour
2:00 am
Franz Joseph Haydn: Scottish Folksong, "Marg'ret's Ghost," H XXXIa:65
Lorna anderson, s; Jamie MacDougall, t; Eisenstadt Haydn Trio
Haydn Edition
2:05 am
Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 94 in G, "Surprise"
Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orch/Adam Fischer
Symphonies Nos. 93-104- The London Symphonies
2:29 am
Othmar Schoeck: Ten Songs, Op. 24A
No. 8, "Glöckleins Klage"
Jürg Dürmüller, t; Julius Drake, p
Othmar Schoeck Complete Edition, Vol 6
2:30 am
Jean Sibelius: Suite for Violin and Strings, Op. 117
Christian Tetzlaff, v; Danish National Sym Orch/Thomas Dausgaard
Sibelius: The Complete Works For Violin Concerto
2:38 am
William Grant Still: Violin Suite (1943)
Zina Schiff, v; Royal Scottish National Orch/Avlana Eisenberg
William Grant Still
2:55 am
Burleigh: "Boyhood Recollections" (1925)
"In Haunted Shadows"
Zina Schiff, v; Mary Barranger, p
BURLEIGH: Music for Violin and Piano
3:00 am
Johann Sebastian Bach: French Suite No. 5 in G, BWV 816
III. "Sarabande"
Dmitry Paperno, p
Through the Years
3:05 am
Richard Wagner: "Siegfried Idyll"
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Andris Nelsons
Bruckner - Wagner
3:26 am
Johann Sebastian Bach: "Well-Tempered Clavier," Book 2, BWV 870/91
Prelude No. 19 in A
Heidrun Holtmann, p
Well-Tempered Clavier
3:27 am
Johann Sebastian Bach: Solo Violin Partita No. 2 in D, BWV 1004
Johnny Gandelsman, v
BACH, J.S.: Sonatas and Partitas
3:54 am
Jean Sibelius: "The Tempest," Op. 109
"Miranda"
St Martin's Academy/Neville Marriner
The Tempest Suites, Op.109
4:00 am
Albert Lortzing: "Undine"
Duet, "Oh, kehr zurück"
Gedda, t; Pütz, s; RIAS Chamber Cho, Berlin Radio Sym/Heger
4:05 am
Otto Nicolai: "The Merry Wives of Windsor"
Overture
Bamberg Sym Orch/Karl Anton Rickenbacher
4:13 am
Cornelius Gurlitt: Toy Symphony, Op 169
Raymond Lewenthal, p; Ensemble
Toy Symphonies & Other Fun
4:25 am
Nino Rota: "Seven Pieces for Children"
#6
Danielle Laval, p
Nino Rota
4:27 am
Ottorino Respighi: "La boutique fantasque"
Boston Pops Orch/Arthur Fiedler
Offenbach: Gaite Parisienne / Rossini-Respighi: La Boutique Fantasque
4:54 am
Nino Rota: "Seven Pieces for Children"
#7
Danielle Laval, p
Nino Rota
5:00 am
Carl Maria von Weber: "Der Freischütz"
"Aria"
Horreaux-Trehard Duo
Two Guitars at the Opera
5:05 am
Carl Maria von Weber: "Grand Duo Concertant" in E-Flat, Op 48
Andreas Ottensamer, cl; Yuja Wang, p
Blue Hour
5:21 am
Anton von Webern: Five Pieces for Orchestra, Op 10
#3
Ensemble InterContemporain/Pierre Boulez
Boulez Conducts Webern: Songs & Choruses · 5 Pieces Op. 10 · Concerto · Quartet · Piano Quintet
5:23 am
Franz Schubert: Six German Dances, D 820
American Sym Orch/Leon Botstein
5:30 am
Johann Strauss II: "Schatz-Walzer," Op. 418
Alban Berg String Quartet & Friends
5:37 am
Luigi Boccherini: Cello Concerto in D, G 476
Yo-Yo Ma, Baroque-vc; Amsterdam Baroque Orch/Ton Koopman
Simply Baroque II
5:54 am
Domenico Scarlatti: Clavier Sonata in D, Kk 443 (L 418)
Philip Jones Brass Ensemble
Baroque Brass
6:00 am
6:00 am
Morning Program
6:00 am
Hosted by Kristina Lynn.
6:04 am
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: "The Magic Flute," K. 620
Overture
Berlin Academy for Ancient Music/René Jacobs
Mozart: Die Zauberflöte / René Jacobs
6:11 am
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 21 in C, Op. 53, "Waldstein"
I. "Allegro con brio"
Maurizio Pollini, p
Beethoven: Sonaten Opp. 31/2, 53, 79, 81a
6:21 am
Franz Liszt: "Hungarian Rhapsody" No. 3 in D
London Phil Orch/Willi Boskovsky
Essential Liszt
6:30 am
Antonio Vivaldi: Bassoon Concerto in A minor, R. 500
Peter Whelan, bn; La Serenissima/Adrian Chandler
Vivaldi: Gods, Emperors & Angels
6:41 am
Joseph Bologne (Chevalier de Saint-Georges): "Concertante" Quartet No. 6 in B-Flat
Arabella String Quartet
Bologne: Six Concertante Quartets
6:52 am
Edvard Grieg: Symphonic Dances, Op. 64
No. 1, "Allegro moderato e marcato"
Royal Phil Orch/Yondani Butt
Grieg: Sigurd Jorsalfar, Symphonic Dances, Lyric Suite
7:00 am - 7:00 pm
7:00 am
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7:00 pm
7:00 pm
Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin
Schubertiade, Part II
The title refers to home music-making among Franz Schubert’s wide circle of friends, who sang his songs and played his piano pieces and chamber music during house parties. These were evenings among semi-Bohemians, rich with music and conversations. This week we explore the chamber-music compositions of Schubert. Some of these works are very familiar, like the "Trout Quintet," and other works that are less known but equally as wonderful.
8:00 - 11:00 pm
8:00 pm
Evening Music
8:00 pm
Hosted by Robbie Ellis.
8:01 pm
Edvard Grieg: "Peer Gynt," Op. 23
Suite No. 1: "In the Hall of the Mountain King"
Boston Pops Orch/Arthur Fiedler
Phase 4 Stereo Concert Series
8:04 pm
Giuseppe Tartini: Violin Sonata in G minor, "Devil's Trill"
Trondheim Soloists/Anne-Sophie Mutter, v
Vivaldi: The Four Seasons; Tartini: Devil's Trill
8:22 pm
Modest Mussorgsky: "Night on Bald Mountain"
Chicago Sym Orch/Fritz Reiner
Pictures at an Exhibition, A Night on Bald Mountain and Other Russian Showpieces
8:33 pm
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Requiem in D minor, K. 626
"Lacrimosa"
Cleveland Orch & Cho/Robert Shaw
Hallelujah! and Other Great Sacred Choruses * Robert Shaw
8:37 pm
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: "Don Giovanni," K. 527
Overture
Scottish Chamber Orch/Charles Mackerras
Mozart: Don Giovanni
8:44 pm
Bernard Herrmann: "Psycho"
"A Narrative for String Orchestra"
London Phil Orch Strings/Bernard Herrmann
Music from the Great Hitchcock Movie Thrillers
8:58 pm
Camille Saint-Saëns: "Carnival of the Animals"
"Aquarium"
Radio France Orch/Marek Janowski
The Carnival Of The Animals
9:01 pm
Camille Saint-Saëns: "Danse macabre," Op. 40
Behzod Abduraimov, p
Prokofiev, Liszt, Saint-Saëns
9:11 pm
John Williams: "The Witches of Eastwick"
Devil's Dance
Boston Pops Orch/Keith Lockhart
Lights, Camera...Magic!
9:16 pm
John Williams: "Jaws"
Main Theme
London Sym Orch/John Williams
The Music of America
9:19 pm
Giuseppe Verdi: Requiem
"Libera me"
Christine Brewer, s; London Symphony Orch & Chorus/Sir Colin Davis
Verdi * Requiem
9:33 pm
Frédéric Chopin: Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-flat minor, Op. 35, "Funeral March"
III. "Marche funèbre"
Jeneba Kanneh-Mason, p
Fantasie
9:43 pm
Dmitri Shostakovich: Symphony No. 10 in E minor, Op. 93
II. "Allegro"
Chicago Sym Orch/Sir Georg Solti
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 10
9:48 pm
Paul Dukas: "The Sorcerer's Apprentice"
French National Orch/Georges Prêtre
French Orchestral Favorites
9:59 pm
William Bolcom: "Graceful Ghost" Rag
William Bolcom, p
Let's Do It: Bolcom & Morris at Aspen
10:03 pm
Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 7 in E minor, "Song of the Night"
III. Scherzo: "Schattenhaft"
Berlin Phil/Claudio Abbado
Symphony No. 7
10:13 pm
Sergei Rachmaninoff: "The Isle of the Dead," Op. 29
Philadelphia Orch/Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Rachmaninov: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 3; The Isle of the Dead
10:36 pm
Béla Bartók: Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta
II. "Allegro"
Chicago Sym Orch/Fritz Reiner
Classical Fan Favorites
10:44 pm
Franz Schubert: Song, "Der Zwerg," D 771
Ian Bostridge, t; Julius Drake, p
Songs by Schubert Vol. 4
10:49 pm
Franz Schubert: Song, "Der Tod und das Mädchen," D 531
Matthias Goerne, br; German Chamber Phil Bremen/Florian Donderer
Schubert Revisited
10:51 pm
Franz Schubert: "Der Erlkönig," D. 328
Kirill Gerstein, piano
Impromptu: Kirill Gerstein (July 17, 2008)
10:56 pm
William Bolcom: "Poltergeist" Rag
Altius Quartet
Dress Code
11:00 pm
11:00 pm
Best of Studs Terkel
Tom Paxton (1/30/1976)
Born in Chicago on October 31, 1937, Tom paxton has been praised for his perceptive and clever musical voice for more than six decades. In this program from 1976, the American folk legend and topical songwriter shared some conversation and tunes with Studs Terkel.
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