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      12:00 am

      Collectors' Corner with Henry Fogel

      Martha Argerich Live – Program 2

      Tchaikovsky Piano Cocerto No. 1; Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 1; Chopin Bacarolle in F-Sharp; Nocturne in c minor; Scherzo No. 3; Schumann "Fantasiestucke;" Op. 12.

      12:00 am

      Continues from 11:00pm Sunday.

      1:00 - 6:00 am

      1:00 am

      Edvard Grieg: Lyric Pieces, Op. 62

      No. 6, "Wedding Day at Troldhaugen"

      Alice Sara Ott, p
      Wonderland

      DG 479 4631

      1:05 am

      Edvard Grieg: Piano Concerto in a minor, Op. 16

      Alice Sara Ott, p; Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra/Esa-Pekka Salonen
      Wonderland

      DG 479 4631

      1:35 am

      Agathe Backer Grondahl: "Etudes de Concert," Op 11

      #1

      Natalia Strelchenko, p
      Agathe Backer-Grondahl: Complete Piano Music Vol II

      Arena AR-08014

      1:37 am

      Henri Josep François Castil-Blaze: Wind Sextet No. 1 in E-Flat

      Mozzafiato
      Harmoniemusik: Music For Winds

      Sony SK-68263

      1:55 am

      Turrin: "Three Summer Dances"

      #1, "Frolic"

      Borealis Wind Quintet
      A LA CARTE- Short Works for Winds

      MSR Classics MS-1128

      2:00 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Canzona in d minor, BWV 588

      Lionel Rogg, o
      Bach: Complete Organ Works

      Harmonia Mundi HMX-290772.833 (12)

      2:05 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: "Brandenburg" Concerto No. 2 in F, BWV 1047

      Michael Laird, tr; English Concert/Trevor Pinnock
      Bach: 6 Brandenburg Concertos/ 4 Orchestral Suites

      DG Archiv 423492-2 (3)

      2:18 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Chorale, "Jesu, du mein liebstes Leben," BWV 356

      Chamber Cho of Europe/Nicol Matt
      Bach Edition: Complete Works

      Brilliant Classics 93102 (155)

      2:19 am

      Edvard Grieg: Two Lyric Pieces from Op. 68

      Malmö Sym Orch/Bjarte Engeset
      GRIEG, E.: Orchestral Music, Vol. 6 - From Holberg's Time / Lyric Suite / Melodies (Malmo Symphony, Engeset)

      Naxos 8.572403

      2:26 am

      George Walker: Lyric for Strings (1946)

      Cleveland Chamber Sym/Edwin London
      Walker: Orchestral Works

      Albany TROY-270

      2:32 am

      Nikolai Miaskovsky: "Concertino lirico," Op 32/3

      USSR Sym/Evgeny Svetlanov
      Miskovsky Complete Symphonies

      Warner 968985 (16)

      2:54 am

      Serge Prokofiev: Ten Pieces from "Romeo and Juliet," Op. 75

      II. "Scene"

      Nikolai Demidenko, p
      Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition/ Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet

      Hyperion CDA-67018

      3:00 am

      Federico Mompou: "Paisajes"

      #2, "El Lago"

      Stephen Hough, p

      Hyperion CDA-66963

      3:05 am

      Ignaz Pleyel: Symphony in C

      Capella Istropolitana/Uwe Grodd
      Pleyel Symphonies

      Naxos 8.554696

      3:27 am

      Federico Mompou: "Impresiones intimas" (1911-14)

      #4, "Agitato"

      Gustavo Romero, p
      Mompou: Piano Works

      Koch 3-7185-2

      3:29 am

      Federico Mompou: "Cants magics" (1917)

      Stephen Hough, p
      Piano Music By Federico Mompou

      Hyperion CDA-66963

      3:38 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 69 in C

      Philharmonia Hungarica/Antal Dorati
      The Complete Symphonies of Haydn Volume One

      London STS-15135/8 (4)

      3:54 am

      Federico Mompou: "Impresiones intimas" (1911-14)

      #6, "La barca"

      Gustavo Romero, p

      Koch 3-7185-2

      4:00 am

      Mily Balakirev: "Tyrolienne"

      Alexander Paley, p
      Balakirev: The Complete Piano Music Vol 5 & 6

      Ess.a.y CD-1032/33 (2)

      4:05 am

      Alexander Glazunov: Symphony #1 in E, Op 5

      Moscow Sym/Alexander Anissimov
      Glazunov Symphonies #1 & #4

      Naxos 8.553561

      4:41 am

      Cesar Cui: 25 Preludes, Op 64

      #1

      Jeffrey Biegel, p
      CUI : 25 Preludes , Op. 64

      Naxos 8.555557

      4:42 am

      Étienne-Nicolas Méhul: Le Tresor suppose

      Overture

      Gulbenkian Foundation Orch/Michel Swierczewski
      Mehul: Complete Symphonies

      Nimbus NI-5184/5 (2)

      4:47 am

      Etienne-Nicolas Méhul: Piano Sonata in D

      André Raynaud, f-p
      The Pianoforte in France

      Pierre Verany PV.790032

      4:54 am

      Pierre Phalèse: "Almande d'Amour"

      Camerata Hungarica/Laszlo Czidra
      Choreae & Carmina

      Hungaroton HCD-12662-2

      5:00 am

      Bedrich Smetana: Czech Dances, Series 2

      #9, "Sousedska"

      Czech Nonet
      Le coq du village

      Campion RRCD-1315

      5:05 am

      Antonin Dvorák: "Czech Suite," Op 39

      Czech Phil/Libor Pesek

      Virgin Classics 90769-2

      5:28 am

      Zdenek Fibich: "Moods, Impressions and Reminiscences"

      #8

      Marian Lapshansky, p
      Fibich

      Supraphon SU-32492131

      5:30 am

      Antonio Vivaldi: Two-Horn Concerto in F, R 538

      Anneke Scott, Jocelyn Lightfoot, fh's; La Serenissima/Adrian Chandler
      Vivaldi X 2

      Avie AV-2392

      5:39 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Horn Sonata in F, Op 17

      John Cerminaro, fh; Zita Carno, p
      John Cerinaro: Sonatas By Beethoven, Hindemith and Heiden

      Crystal CD-676

      5:54 am

      Frédéric Chopin: "ɐtudes," Op. 10

      #1 in C

      Daniele Pollini, p
      Daniele Pollini

      DG 4816917

      6:00 - 10:00 am

      6:00 am

      Mornings with John Clare

      Including news and weather on the hour between 6:00 am and 9:00 am; and "Carl’s Almanac" at 7:30 am.

      6:03 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 98 in B-Flat

      Finale, "Presto"

      Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orch/Ádám Fischer
      Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 97, 98 & 27 / Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra/Adam Fischer

      Nimbus NI-5199

      6:12 am

      Johannes Brahms: Rhapsody in G minor, Op. 79, No. 2

      Martha Argerich, p
      Steinway Legends: Martha Argerich

      DG B0007216-02 (2)

      6:20 am

      George Frideric Handel: Concerto grosso in D minor, Op. 3, No. 5

      Academy of Ancient Music/Richard Egarr
      Handel: Concerti grossi Op. 3, Sonata a 5

      Harmonia Mundi HMU-907415

      6:30 am

      Gerónimo Giménez: "La Boda de Luis Alonso"

      Intermezzo

      Pablo Sáinz-Villegas, g
      Soul of Spanish Guitar

      Sony 19439786732

      6:38 am

      Charles Ives: Symphony No. 3, "The Camp Meeting"

      I. "Old Folks Gathering"

      Orpheus Chamber Orch

      DG 439869-2

      6:47 am

      Amilcare Ponchielli: Capriccio, Op. 80

      Quartetto Gelato
      Rustic Chivalry

      Marquis MARD-601

      7:03 am

      Felix Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4 in A, Op. 90, "Italian"

      I. "Allegro vivace"

      Zürich Tonhalle Orch/Paavo Järvi
      Mendelssohn: Symphonies

      Alpha 1004

      7:14 am

      César Franck: Piano Quintet in F minor

      II. "Lento con molto sentimento"

      Trio Wanderer; Catherine Montier, v; Christophe Gaugé, vi
      Franck: Piano Trio & Quintet, Violin Sonata; Vierne: Piano Quintet

      Harmonia Mundi HMM-902318.19

      7:25 am

      Leroy Anderson: "Serenata"

      BBC Concert Orch/Leonard Slatkin
      Anderson: Orchestral Music, Vol. 3 / Leonard Slatkin

      Naxos 8.559357

      7:31 am

      Morton Gould: "American Salute"

      St. Louis Sym Orch/Leonard Slatkin
      The American Album

      RCA 60778-2-RC

      7:35 am

      Traditional Irish: "Johnny, I hardly knew ye"

      Robert Shaw Chorale/Robert Shaw
      Irish Folk Songs

      RCA 63646-2

      7:39 am

      Frédéric Chopin: Nocturne in D-Flat, Op. 27, No. 2

      Jeneba Kanneh-Mason, p
      Fantasie

      Sony 19802889462

      7:46 am

      Georges Bizet: "La jolie fille de Perth"

      Suite

      Orch de Paris/Daniel Barenboim
      Barenboim in Paris

      EMI CDM7-64869-2

      8:03 am

      Josef Martin Kraus: Overture, "Olympia"

      Örebro Chamber Orch/Göran Nilson
      Mozart & His Contemporaries

      Bluebell ABCD-031

      8:11 am

      Alexander Borodin: String Quartet No. 2 in D

      III. "Nocturne"

      Borodin Quartet
      Russian Miniatures

      Teldec 94572-2

      8:20 am

      Eric Ewazen: Trio for clarinet, viola and piano

      I. "Allegro appasionato"

      Trio Con Brio
      A Musical Celebration - New Works for Clairnet, Viola and Piano

      Albany TROY-1384

      8:29 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 582

      Canadian Brass
      Perfect Landing

      Opening Day ODR-7450

      8:43 am

      Aaron Copland: "A Lincoln Portrait"

      James Earl Jones, n; Seattle Sym/Gerard Schwarz
      Portraits of Freedom

      Delos DE-3140

      8:58 am

      Samuel Barber: "Sure on This Shining Night," Op. 13, No. 3

      Sheku Kanneh-Mason, vc; Isata Kanneh-Mason, p
      Muse

      Decca B0034635-02

      9:03 am

      Arnold Bax: "Festival" Overture

      London Phil Orch/Bryden Thomson
      Bax: Symphony No. 6/ Festival Overture

      Chandos CHAN-8586

      9:20 am

      Florence Price: "Memory Mist"

      Kirsten Johnson, p
      Florence Price: Piano Music

      Guild GM2CD-7828

      9:24 am

      Antonín Dvořák: "Goin' Home" (after Symphony No. 9)

      Yo-Yo Ma, vc; Kathryn Stott, p
      Songs of Comfort & Hope

      Sony 19439822372

      9:30 am

      Ferdinando Carulli: Guitar Concerto in A, Op. 8a

      Pepe Romero, g; St Martin's Academy/Iona Brown
      Carulli & Molino: Guitar Concertos; Mozart, Adagio K 261, Rondo K 373

      Philips 426263-2

      9:48 am

      Samuel Barber: Essay No. 2, Op. 17

      Baltimore Sym Orch/David Zinman
      Barber: Adagio, Symphony No. 1, The School for Scandal, Essays

      Argo 436288-2

      10:00 am - 3:00 pm

      10:00 am

      Midday with Lisa Flynn

      Including the "Daily Excursion" at 11:00 am and "Music in Chicago" at 12:00 pm.

      10:00 am

      Joseph Bologne (Chevalier de Saint-Georges): Violin Concerto in C, Op. 5, No. 1

      Lausanne Chamber Orch/Renaud Capuçon, v
      Vivaldi: The Four Seasons & Saint-Georges: Violin Concertos Op. 5 & 8

      Erato 5419718972

      10:00 am

      Hosted by Jan Weller.

      10:19 am

      Aaron Copland: "Appalachian Spring"

      "Simple Gifts"

      Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
      Labyrinth

      Delos DE-3163

      10:22 am

      Aaron Copland: "Rodeo"

      "Saturday Night Waltz"

      San Francisco Sym/Michael Tilson Thomas
      Copland The Populist

      RCA 63511-2

      10:28 am

      William Grant Still: "American Suite"

      Royal Scottish National Orch/Avlana Eisenberg
      William Grant Still: Summerland

      Naxos 8.559867

      10:37 am

      Maurice Ravel: "Shéhérazade, ouverture de féerie"

      Orch de Paris/Jean Martinon
      Ravel: Orchestral Works

      EMI CDM7-69565-2

      10:52 am

      Ludovico Einaudi: "Divenire"

      La Pietà/Angèle Dubeau, v
      Ludovico Einaudi: Portrait

      Analekta AN2-8738

      11:00 am

      Francis Poulenc: "Suite française"

      London Wind Orch/Denis Wick
      Shepherd's Hey: Wind Music of Grainger, Milhaud and Poulenc

      ASV CDWHL-2067

      11:15 am

      Karl Jenkins: "The Armed Man - A Mass for Peace"

      V. Sanctus

      National Youth Choir of Great Britain; London Phil Orch/Karl Jenkins
      Karl Jenkins - The Armed Man

      Decca 4817826

      11:23 am

      Amy Beach: "Summer Dreams," Op. 47

      Deborah Moriarty & Zhihua Tang, p
      Connecting Cultures

      Blue Griffin BGR-633

      11:39 am

      Richard Wagner: "American Centennial March (Grosser Festmarsch)"

      Philip Jones Brass Ensemble/Elgar Howarth
      Brass at Walhalla

      Decca 414149-2

      11:54 am

      David Schiff: "Ducal Suite" (after Duke Ellington)

      "Kinda Dukish/Rockin' in Rhythm"

      David Shifrin, cl; Dover Quartet
      Clarinet Quintets for Our Time

      Delos DE-3576

      12:00 pm

      Percy Grainger: "The Lost Lady Found"

      William Ferris Chorale/William Ferris; Thomas Weisflog & Scott Kumer, p
      A Gift of Love

      WFC Live 90246

      12:04 pm

      Percy Grainger: "Country Gardens"

      William Ferris Chorale/William Ferris
      A Gift of Love

      WFC Live 90246

      12:07 pm

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 104 in D, "London"

      Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orch/Ádám Fischer
      Haydn: Symphony No.99 In E Flat; Symphony No.104 In D 'London'

      Nimbus NI-5230

      12:38 pm

      Anton Arensky: String Quartet No. 2 in A minor, Op. 35

      Variations on a theme of Tchaikovsky, Op. 35a

      Sejong Soloists
      Shostakovich, Tchaikovsky, Arensky, Stravinsky

      Samsung SCC-013

      12:52 pm

      William Alwyn: "Festival March"

      London Sym Orch/Richard Hickox
      Alwyn: Symphony No. 4, Elizabethan Dances, Festival March

      Chandos CHAN-8902

      1:00 pm

      Frédéric Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor, Op. 11

      Seong-Jin Cho, p; London Sym Orch/Gianandrea Noseda
      Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 1 & Ballades

      DG B0026046-02

      1:44 pm

      Marcel Tournier: "Images" Suite No. 1, Op. 29

      I. "Clair de lune sur l’étang du par (Moonlight in a Pool)"

      Emmanuel Ceysson, h; Quatuor Voce
      Images: Hommage à Marcel Tournier

      Alpha 1133

      1:48 pm

      Marcel Tournier: "Images" Suite No. 1, Op. 29

      II. "Au seuil du temple (On the Temple’s Threshold)"

      Emmanuel Ceysson, h
      Images: Hommage à Marcel Tournier

      Alpha 1133

      1:50 pm

      Marcel Tournier: "Images" Suite No. 1, Op. 29

      III. "Lolita la danseuse (Lolita, the Dancer)"

      Emmanuel Ceysson, h; Quatuor Voce
      Images: Hommage à Marcel Tournier

      Alpha 1133

      1:54 pm

      Jean Sibelius: "Valse triste," Op. 44, No. 1

      San Francisco Sym/Michael Tilson Thomas
      Masterpieces in Miniature

      SFS Media SFS-0060

      2:01 pm

      Antonín Dvořák: "In Nature's Realm" Overture, Op 91

      Czech Phil/Libor Pešek
      Dvořák: Symphony No. 6, Overture 'In Nature's Realm'

      Virgin 90791-2

      2:16 pm

      Florence Price: "Clouds"

      Josh Tatsuo Cullen, p
      Scenes in Tin Can Alley

      Blue Griffin BGR-615

      2:22 pm

      Django Reinhardt: "Nuages"

      Borsarello, v; Dutronc, g; Orch National de Bretagne/Perruchon
      Miniatures

      Outhere OMF-706

      2:26 pm

      George Gershwin: "An American in Paris"

      Seattle Sym/Ludovic Morlot
      Ives: Symphony No. 2; Carter: Instances; Gershwin: An American in Paris

      Seattle Symphony Media SSM-1003

      2:46 pm

      John Williams: "Hymn to the Fallen"

      Voces8
      Eventide

      Decca 4785703

      2:52 pm

      Arthur Honegger: "Pastorale d'été"

      Concert Arts Orch/Vladimir Golschmann
      Honegger, Milhaud, Ravel, Satie: Works for Orchestra

      Naxos 9.80261

      3:00 - 7:00 pm

      3:00 pm

      Afternoon Music with Candice Agree

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

      3:00 pm

      William Grant Still: Symphony No. 1, "Afro-American"

      Chicago Sinfonietta/Paul Freeman
      African Heritage Symphonic Series - Vol. I

      Cedille CDR-90000055

      3:23 pm

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Cello Concerto No. 1 in C

      Andreas Brantelid, vc; Concerto Copenhagen/Lars Ulrik Mortensen
      Times of Transition

      Naxos 8.574365

      3:48 pm

      Jules Massenet: "Hérodiade"

      Ballet Suite

      New Zealand Sym Orch/Jean-Yves Ossonce
      Massenet: Orchestral Suites Nos. 1- 3; Herodiade

      Naxos 8.553124

      3:57 pm

      George Gershwin: "Porgy and Bess"

      "Summertime"

      Pro Arte Guitar Trio
      America

      ASV CDWHL-2099

      4:00 pm

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Sonata No. 10 in C, K. 330

      Mitsuko Uchida, p
      Mozart: Piano Sonatas KV. 330 & 333, Adagio, Gigue

      Philips 412616-2

      4:18 pm

      Béla Bartók: "Romanian Folk Dances"

      Les Violons du Roy/Jean-Marie Zeitouni
      Bartók: Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta / Les Violons Du Roy

      Atma ACD2-2576

      4:27 pm

      Johannes Brahms: Clarinet Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 120, No. 1

      Jon Manasse, cl; Jon Nakamatsu, p
      Brahms: Sonatas, Op. 120

      Harmonia Mundi HMU-907430

      4:50 pm

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata No. 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben (Heart and mouth and deed and life)"

      Chorale, "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring"

      Celia Nicklin, ob; St Martin's Academy/Sir Neville Marriner
      100 Best Classics

      Warner 094636490120

      4:56 pm

      Giacomo Puccini: "Madama Butterfly"

      Humming Chorus

      Vienna State Opera Cho, Vienna Phil/Herbert von Karajan
      The World's Greatest Opera Album

      Decca 458118-2 (2)

      5:00 pm

      Johann Sebastian Bach: "Brandenburg" Concerto No. 4 in G Major, BWV 1049

      Taverner Players/Andrew Parrott
      Bach: Brandenburg Concertos

      EMI CDS7-49806-2 (2)

      5:15 pm

      Leonardo Cárdenas: "En el Centro del Mundo y el Tiempo"

      I. "Yaraví y tristeza en azul"

      Daniel Velasco, f; Ellen Sommer, p
      Flauta Andina

      Naxos 8.579125

      5:21 pm

      Stanley Myers: "The Deer Hunter"

      Cavatina

      John Williams, g; String Orch
      Portrait Of John Williams

      CBS MK-37791

      5:25 pm

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata No. 208, "Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd"

      Aria, "Schafe können sicher weiden (Sheep May Safely Graze)"

      Anderson & Roe Piano Duo
      The Art of Bach

      Steinway & Sons 30033

      5:31 pm

      Camille Saint-Saëns: Violin Concerto No. 3 in B minor, Op. 61

      Frank Peter Zimmermann, v; Oslo Phil/Mariss Jansons
      Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3, Violin Concerto No. 3

      EMI CDC5-55184-2

      6:00 pm

      Gioachino Rossini: "William Tell"

      Overture

      Santa Cecilia Orch/Antonio Pappano
      Rossini: Overtures, Andante e tema con variazioni

      Warner 24344

      6:12 pm

      Samuel Barber: String Quartet in B minor, Op. 11

      Brodsky Quartet
      New World Quartets

      Chandos CHAN-10801

      6:33 pm

      Richard Strauss: "Capriccio," Op. 85

      Prelude for String Sextet

      Scottish National Orch members/Neeme Järvi
      Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier Suite, Salome's Dance & Capriccio

      Chandos CHAN-8758

      6:44 pm

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 in A, Op. 92

      IV. Finale, "Allegro con brio"

      Vienna Phil/Carlos Kleiber
      Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 5 and 7

      DG 447400-2

      6:52 pm

      Traditional African-American: Spiritual, "Steal Away"

      Imani Winds
      Imani Winds: The Classical Underground

      Koch 3-7599-2

      7:00 pm

      7:00 pm

      Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin

      Treasure Hunt

      Bill shares treasures from a myriad of recent releases including albums from Icelandic pianist Vikingur Olafsson, and violinist Leonidas Kavakos; fresh interpretations of works by Debussy and Brahms; and Lisa Batiashvili’s "City Lights," Susan Palma’s "Best of Brazil," and Howard Wall's "Horn Mononologues."

      8:00 - 10:00 pm

      8:00 pm

      Live from WFMT

      WFMT remembers the great American cellist Lynn Harrell (1944 – 2020), who performed with pianist Victor Santiago Asuncion in the Levin Studio on January 16, 2012. The program includes cello sonatas by Debussy, Beethoven, and Rachmaninoff, and "The Swan" by Saint-Saëns.

      10:00 pm - 12:00 am

      10:00 pm

      The WFMT Orchestra Series

      San Francisco Symphony

      Mahler Symphony No. 5 in C-sharp minor; Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor.