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      Playlist for Monday, June 2, 2025

      12:00 - 6:00 am

      Collectors' Corner with Henry Fogel

      The Art of Thomas Jensen, Conductor – Program 1

      Sibelius Symphony No. 5; Valse lyrique; Valse triste; Hans Christian Lumbye Bouquet Royal Galop; Queen Louise Waltz; Columbine Polka Mazurka; Nielsen Helios Overture; Symphony No. 4, "Inextinguishable;" Flute Concerto.

      12:00 am

      Continues from 11:00pm Sunday.

      6:00 - 10:00 am

      6:00 am

      Morning Program

      6:00 am

      Hosted by Robbie Ellis.

      6:02 am

      Ralph Vaughan Williams: English Folk Song Suite

      Boston Pops Orch/Arthur Fiedler
      Orchestral Favorites

      Decca 430212-2

      6:15 am

      William Grant Still: Folk Suite No. 1

      Alexa Still, f; Susan DeWitt Smith, p; New Zealand String Quartet
      Still: Summerland

      Koch 3-7192-2

      6:23 am

      Fanny Mendelssohn: "Das Jahr"

      June (Serenade)

      David Kadouch, p
      Les musiques de Madame Bovary

      Mirare MIR-532

      6:27 am

      Germaine Tailleferre: Minuet in B-Flat

      Quynh Nguyen, p
      The Flower of France - Piano Works of Germaine Tailleferre

      Music & Arts MA-1306

      6:30 am

      Eduard Tubin: Estonian Dance Suite (1938)

      Gothenburg Sym Orch/Neeme Järvi
      Tubin: String-Concertos

      BIS CD-337

      6:44 am

      Antonín Dvořák: Piano Quintet in A, Op. 81

      I. "Allegro ma non tanto"

      Takács Quartet; Marc-André Hamelin, p
      Dvořák & Price: Piano Quintets

      Hyperion CDA-68433

      6:58 am

      Leoš Janáček: Five Moravian Dances for orchestra

      No. 2, "Kalamajka"

      Slovak Phil Orch/Libor Pešek
      Leoš Janáček: Orchestral works

      Records Int'l 7008-2

      7:02 am

      Friedrich von Flotow: "Martha"

      Overture

      Dresden Staatskapelle/Hans Vonk
      Overtures to Comic Opera

      Ars Vivendi 2100136

      7:12 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: "The Months (The Seasons)," Op. 37b

      "June (Barcarolle)"

      Moscow Chamber Orch/Constantine Orbelian
      Tchaikovsky: Serenade & Seasons

      Delos DE-3255

      7:17 am

      Johannes Brahms: Piano Quartet No. 3 in C minor, Op. 60

      III. "Andante"

      M Niwak, v; K Budnik, vi; Y Okamoto, vc; K Zimmerman, p
      Krystian Zimerman, piano,
      Brahms: Piano Quartets Nos. 2 & 3

      DG 4864650

      7:28 am

      Noel DaCosta: "A Set of Dance Tunes for Solo Violin"

      No. 3, "Little Diamond, Bird on the Wing Jigs"

      Rachel Barton Pine, v
      Blues Dialogues

      Cedille CDR-90000182

      7:32 am

      Edward Elgar: "Pomp and Circumstance" March No. 1 in D, Op. 39, No. 1

      Philharmonia Orch/Andrew Davis
      Elgar: Enigma Variations, Pomp and Circumstance Marches 1-5

      CBS MDK-44788

      7:40 am

      Emil von Reznicek: String Quartet No. 1 in C-sharp minor

      IV. "Pesante - Moderato"

      Vienna Franz Schubert Quartet
      Korngold, Reznicek: Quartets

      Nimbus NI-5506

      7:51 am

      Andrzej Panufnik: "Jagiellonian Triptych"

      Polish Chamber Orch/Mariusz Smolij
      Panufnik: Homage to Polish Music

      Naxos 8.570032

      8:02 am

      Amy Beach: "Dusk in June," Op. 82

      La Caccina
      Becoming

      La Caccina (Becoming)

      8:06 am

      Gustav Holst: Japanese Suite, Op. 33

      Ulster Orch/JoAnn Falletta
      Holst: Cotswolds Symphony, Walt Whitman Overture, Indra, Japanese Suite, A Winter Idyll

      Naxos 8.572914

      8:17 am

      Antonín Dvořák: String Quartet No. 10 in E-Flat, Op. 51, "Slavonic"

      I. "Allegro ma non troppo"

      Kontras Quartet
      All Made of Stories

      MSR Classics MS-1859

      8:29 am

      Georges Auric: Overture from "Les Mariés de la Tour Eiffel"

      Philharmonia Orch/Geoffrey Simon
      French Ballet Music of the 1920's

      Chandos CHAN-8356

      8:32 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor, Op. 13, "Pathétique"

      II. "Adagio cantabile"

      Jenő Jandó, p
      Paradise

      Naxos/WFMT (Paradise)

      8:37 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Horn Concerto No. 2 in E-Flat, K. 417

      Anthony Halstead, hn; Academy of Ancient Music/C Hogwood
      Mozart: Horn Concertos 1-4 / Anthony Halstead

      L'Oiseau-Lyre 443216-2

      8:51 am

      Franz von Suppé: "Isabella"

      Overture

      Vienna Phil/Franz Welser-Möst
      New Year's Concert 2023

      Sony 196589022110

      9:02 am

      Richard Rodgers: "Carousel"

      "June is Bustin' Out All Over"

      Joyce DiDonato, ms; Maida Vale Singers, John Wilson Orch/Wilson
      Rodgers & Hammerstein At The Movies

      Warner 3193012

      9:12 am

      Jean Sibelius: Suite for Violin and Strings, Op. 117

      Christian Tetzlaff, v; Danish National Sym Orch/Thomas Dausgaard
      Sibelius: Complete Music for Violin and Orchestra

      Virgin 45534-2

      9:20 am

      Arnold Bax: "Legend" for piano

      Eric Parkin, p
      Bax: Piano Music, Vol. 4

      Chandos CHAN-9561

      9:28 am

      Caleb Vaughn-Jones: Solo Cello Suite

      II. "Low Country"

      Caleb Vaughn-Jones, vc
      Two Worlds Called Home

      Ravello RR-8071

      9:31 am

      Jules Massenet: Orchestral Suite No. 4, "Scènes pittoresques"

      New Zealand Sym Orch/Jean-Yves Ossonce
      Massenet: Orchestral Suites Nos. 4 - 7

      Naxos 8.553125

      9:48 am

      Franz Schubert: String Quartet No. 14 in D minor, D. 810, "Death and the Maiden"

      I. "Allegro"

      Vision String Quartet
      Memento: Schubert & Mendelssohn

      Warner 9029530955

      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

      Edward Elgar: "Dream Children," Op 43

      English Chamber Orch/Paul Goodwin
      Elgar: Nursery Suite, Serenade, Dream Children & Other Works

      Harmonia Mundi HMU-907258

      10:08 am

      Frédéric Chopin: Polonaise No. 6 in A-Flat, Op. 53, "Heroic"

      Evgeny Kissin, p
      Chopin: 24 Preludes Op. 28, Sonata No. 2, Op. 35, Polonaise, Op. 53

      RCA 63535-2

      10:16 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Clavier Concerto No. 2 in E, BWV 1053

      III. Finale, "Allegro"

      Angela Hewitt, p; Australian Chamber Orch/Richard Tognetti
      Bach- The Keyboard Concertos Vol. 2

      Hyperion CDA-67308

      10:24 am

      Sergei Prokofiev: "Romeo and Juliet," Op. 64

      Montagues and Capulets, The Young Juliet, Madrigal, Minuet, Masks, Romeo and Juliet

      Chicago Sym Orch/Riccardo Muti
      Prokofiev: Suite from Romeo and Juliet

      CSO Resound 9011402

      11:01 am

      Tomás Bretón: "En la Alhambra"

      City of Granada Orch/Juan de Udaeta
      En la Alhambra: 19th Century Spanish Symphonic Music

      Almaviva DS-0107

      11:10 am

      Franz Schubert: String Quartet No. 12 in C minor, D 703, "Quartettsatz"

      Kay Stern, Dawn Harms, v's; Patricia Heller, vi; Emil Miland, vc
      Emil Miland, cello,
      Violins of Hope: Live at Kohl Mansion

      Pentatone PTC-5186879

      11:20 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 96 in D, "Miracle"

      Chamber Orch of Europe/Claudio Abbado
      Haydn: 7 "London" Symphonies

      DG 4778117 (4)

      11:44 am

      Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: "Twenty-Four Negro Melodies," Op. 59

      No. 23, "Steal Away"

      David Shaffer-Gottschalk, p
      Samuel Coleridge-Taylor * 24 Negro Melodies Opus 59

      Albany TROY-930/31

      11:48 am

      Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: "Twenty-Four Negro Melodies," Op. 59

      No. 8, "The Bamboula"

      David Shaffer-Gottschalk, p
      Samuel Coleridge-Taylor * 24 Negro Melodies Opus 59

      Albany TROY-930/31

      12:01 pm

      Doug Lofstrom: Harp Concertino

      Kelsey Molinari, h; New Philharmonic Orch/Kirk Muspratt
      Concertino

      Origin OC-33014

      12:13 pm

      Henry Purcell: Suite of Theater Music

      Taverner Players/Andrew Parrott
      A Baroque Festival

      Virgin Classics 61304-2

      12:22 pm

      Giuseppe Verdi: "Il Trovatore"

      Ballet suite

      Bournemouth Sym Orch/José Serebrier
      Verdi: Complete Ballet Music from the Operas

      Naxos 8.572818-19 (2)

      12:47 pm

      Gwyneth Walker: Fantasy Etudes

      No. 2, "Lyric"

      Blue Violet Duo
      Strike, Strum and Stride

      Centaur CRC-3978

      12:50 pm

      Gwyneth Walker: Fantasy Etudes

      No. 5, "Strolling on Frederick Street"

      Blue Violet Duo
      Strike, Strum and Stride

      Centaur CRC-3978

      1:01 pm

      Sergei Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini, Op. 43

      Daniil Trifonov, p; Philadelphia Orch/Yannick Nézet-Séguin
      Rachmaninov: Variations

      DG 4794970

      1:27 pm

      Tomaso Albinoni: Suite in G

      Empire Brass
      Royal Brass

      Telarc CD-80257

      1:34 pm

      Camille Saint-Saëns: Violin Concerto No. 1 in A, Op. 20

      Andrew Wan, v; Montreal Sym Orch/Kent Nagano
      Saint-Saëns: Complete Violin Concertos

      Analekta AN2-8770

      1:48 pm

      Morten Lauridsen: "Prayer"

      Chamber Choir of Europe/Nicol Matt; Morten Lauridsen, p
      Light Eternal: The Choral Music of Morten Lauridsen

      DG 4835058

      2:01 pm

      Claude Debussy: "Jeux (Poème dansé)"

      City of Birmingham Sym Orch/Simon Rattle
      Debussy: Jeux; Images; Musiques pour "Le Roi Lear"

      EMI CDC7-49947-2

      2:21 pm

      Teresa Carreño: "Un rêve en mer," Op. 28

      Sarah Cahill, p
      The Future is Female, Vol. 1

      First Hand Records FHR-131

      2:29 pm

      Antonín Dvořák: Symphony No. 7 in D minor, Op. 70

      III. Scherzo: "Vivace"

      Los Angeles Phil/Gustavo Dudamel
      Dvořák: Symphonies Nos. 7-9

      DG 4863413

      2:38 pm

      Arcangelo Corelli: Concerto grosso in C, Op. 6, No. 10

      Modo Antiquo/Federico Maria Sardelli
      Corelli: Opera VI - Concerti Grossi Op. 6 Nos. 7-12

      Tactus TC-650308

      3:00 - 7:00 pm

      3:00 pm

      Afternoon Music with Candice Agree

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

      3:00 pm

      Charlotte Sohy: Piano Trio, Op. 24

      Nikola Nikolov, v; Xavier Phillips, vc; Célia Oneto Bensaid, p
      Charlotte Sohy, Compositrice de la Belle Epoque

      La Boîte à Pépites BAP01.03

      3:22 pm

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 8 in D, K. 48

      Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood
      Mozart: The Complete Symphonies

      L'Oiseau-Lyre 452496-2 (19)

      3:40 pm

      Peter Tchaikovsky: "Romeo and Juliet" Overture-Fantasy

      Strasbourg Phil Orch/Aziz Shokhakimov
      Tchaikovsky: Symphony 5; Romeo & Juliet

      Warner 5419753851

      4:00 pm

      Francis Poulenc: Flute Sonata

      Jonathan Snowden, f; Andrew Litton, p
      French Music For Flute & Oboe

      Virgin 61495-2 (2)

      4:14 pm

      Felix Mendelssohn: "The Hebrides (Fingal's Cave)" Overture, Op 26

      Bamberg Sym/Claus Peter Flor
      Mendelssohn Overtures

      RCA 7905-2-RC

      4:26 pm

      Jan Dismas Zelenka: Trio Sonata No. 2 in G minor

      Heinz Holliger & Maurice Bourgue, ob's; continuo ensemble
      Klaus Stoll, double bass,
      Christianne Jaccottet, harpsichord,
      Zelenka: Trio Sonatas

      ECM 1671/72 (2)

      4:46 pm

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-Flat, Op. 73, "Emperor"

      III. Finale, Rondo, "Allegro ma non troppo"

      Vladimir Ashkenazy, p; Chicago Sym Orch/Sir Georg Solti
      Beethoven: The Five Piano Concertos

      Decca 443723-2 (3)

      4:57 pm

      Francisco Tárrega: "Lágrima"

      Pablo Sáinz-Villegas, g
      Soul of Spanish Guitar

      Sony 19439786732

      5:00 pm

      Niccolò Paganini: "Sonata concertata"

      Gil Shaham, v; Göran Söllscher, g
      Paganini for Two

      DG 437837-2

      5:15 pm

      Antonio Vivaldi: "L'incoronazione de Dario"

      Overture

      La Serenissima/Adrian Chandler
      A Tale of Two Seasons

      Avie AV-2287

      5:20 pm

      Ludovico Einaudi: "I giorni"

      La Pietà/Angèle Dubeau, v
      Ludovico Einaudi: Portrait

      Analekta AN2-8738

      5:27 pm

      Karl Goldmark: Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Op 28

      Nathan Milstein, v; Philharmonia Orch/Harry Blech
      Dvořák & Goldmark: Violin Concertos

      EMI CDC7-47421-2

      6:00 pm

      George Frideric Handel: Concerto grosso in g minor, Op. 6, No. 6

      Academy of Ancient Music/Andrew Manze
      Handel: Concerti Grossi, Op. 6

      Harmonia Mundi HMU-907228.29 (2)

      6:16 pm

      Frank Martin: Piano Trio on Irish Folk Tunes

      Lincoln Trio
      Trios from Our Homelands

      Cedille CDR-90000165

      6:33 pm

      Edward Elgar: String Serenade in E minor, Op. 20

      Orpheus Chamber Orch
      Elgar: Introduction and Allegro, Serenade, Elegy/ Williams: Tallis Fantasia, Greensleeves Fantasia

      DG 419191-2

      6:46 pm

      Johannes Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Paganini, Op. 35

      Book II

      Jean-Yves Thibaudet, p
      Brahms: Paganini Variations; Schumann: Etudes Symphony

      Decca 444338-2

      6:56 pm

      Arthur Bliss: "Adam Zero" Suite

      IV. "Dance of Summer"

      Black Dyke Band/John Wilson
      Bliss: Works for Brass Band

      Chandos CHSA-5344

      7:00 pm

      7:00 pm

      Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin

      It Takes Two to Tango

      This week features remarkable performances of musicians working in tandem playing Bach, Beethoven, and Mozart; plus, duets of Verdi, Puccini, and Wagner.

      8:00 - 10:00 pm

      8:00 pm

      Live from WFMT

      Soprano Josefien Stoppelenburg, keyboardist Stephen Alltop and guest Dan Swenberg, theorbo, present a vocal program with music by Monteverdi, Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre, Rameau, Lully, Handel, and Willem Stoppelenburg. Hosted by Kerry Frumkin from the Fay and Daniel Levin Performance Studio.

      9:33 pm

      Camille Saint-Saëns: Septet in E-Flat, Op. 65

      Nash Ensemble
      Dvořák, Saint-Saëns: Chamber Music, The Carnival of the Animals

      Virgin 61516-2 (2)

      9:51 pm

      Andrew List: "Klezmer Fantazye"

      Zodiac Trio
      Dreamtime

      Blue Griffin BGR-391

      10:00 pm - 12:00 am

      10:00 pm

      The WFMT Orchestra Series

      San Francisco Symphony

      Stravinsky "Pulcinella;" Sasha Cooke, mezzo-soprano; Nicholas Phan, tenor; Luca Pisaroni, bass-baritone; Brahms Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 77; Julia Fischer, violin; Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor.