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 12 AM
 
Music Through the Night
with Gillian Martin
 
12:01 am John Playford: The Broom of Cowdenknows
Baltimore Consort
Dorian 90238 
 
12:06 am Frederic Chopin: Andante Spianato and Grand Polonaise
Lang Lang, piano
Sony 48960 
 
12:22 am Dmitri Shostakovich: Nocturne
Moscow Chamber Orchestra / Constantine Orbelian
Delos 3244 
 
12:27 am Thomas Lupo: Pavan
Les Boreades / Francis Colpron
Atma 2658 
 
12:31 am Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Divertimento No. 11
New York Philomusica / Robert Johnson
NY Philomusica 92 
 
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 1 AM
 
Music Through the Night
with Ward Jacobson
 
1:01 am Michael Praetorius: Terpsichore: 3 Bransles
Andrew Lawrence-King, harp
Frances Kelly, harp
Oiseau-Lyre 414633 
 
1:06 am Antonin Dvorak: Violin Concerto
NDR Symphony Orchestra / Matthias Foremny
Kristof Barati, violin
European Recording 
 
1:38 am Franz Schubert: Du bist die Ruh
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, baritone
Gerald Moore, piano
EMI 63167 
 
1:44 am Neil McKay: Larghetto
Eastman-Rochester Symphony Orchestra / Howard Hanson
Mercury 434347 
 
1:51 am Gabriel Faure: Nocturne No. 4
Jean-Philippe Collard, piano
Brilliant 94035 
 
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 2 AM
 
2:01 am Giacomo Puccini: 1st Minuet for Strings
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Jacek Kaspszyk
Collins 1165 
 
2:06 am Jeremiah Clarke: The Prince of Denmark's March
Rolf Smedvig, trumpet
Michael Murray, organ
Telarc 80341 
 
2:09 am Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Oboe Sonata
Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra / Ton Koopman
Ku Ebbinge, oboe
Erato 75560 
 
2:18 am Josef Suk: Spring: Awaiting
Lada Valesova, piano
Avie 2142 
 
2:24 am Samuel Wesley: Symphony No. 4
London Mozart Players / Matthias Bamert
Chandos 9823 
 
2:38 am Ottorino Respighi: Fantastic Toy Shop (La boutique fantasque)
Academy of St Martin in the Fields / Neville Marriner
Philips 420485 
 
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 3 AM
 
3:01 am George Gershwin: Liza/Promenade
Tashi
RCA 7901 
 
3:06 am Heino Eller: Twilight
Scottish National Orchestra / Neeme Jarvi
Chandos 8656 
 
3:13 am Johannes Brahms: Violin Sonata No. 2
Stefan Jackiw, violin
Max Levinson, piano
Sony 63769 
 
3:36 am Traditional Swedish: Polonaise
Ensemble Galilei
Dorian 92153 
 
3:39 am Leos Janacek: Lachian Dances
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra / Ondrej Lenard
Naxos 550411 
 
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 4 AM
 
4:01 am Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: The Pretend Gardener: Overture
Concentus Musicus Vienna / Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Teldec 95523 
 
4:06 am Johann Sebastian Bach: Lute Suite No. 1: Bourree and Gigue
Kim Heindel, lautenwerk
Dorian 80126 
 
4:11 am Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 104 "London"
Academy of Ancient Music / Christopher Hogwood
Oiseau-Lyre 411833 
 
4:39 am Carl Friedrich Abel: Sinfonia No. 3
Il Fondamento / Paul Dombrecht
Passacaille 903 
 
4:47 am Bela Bartok: Hungarian Sketches
Chicago Symphony Orchestra / Georg Solti
London/Decca 443444 
 
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 5 AM
 
5:01 am Sergei Rachmaninoff: Prelude No. 5
Vancouver Symphony Orchestra / Sergiu Commissiona
CBC 5143 
 
5:06 am George Frideric Handel: Flute Sonata
Frans Bruggen, flute
Anner Bylsma, cello
Bob van Asperen, organ
Sony 60100 
 
5:14 am Franz Schubert: Die Schone Mullerin: The stream's lullaby
The Knights / Eric Jacobsen
Ancalagon 137 
 
5:20 am Luigi Boccherini: String Quintet No. 4
Smithsonian Chamber Players
DHM 77159 
 
5:42 am Hugo Alfven: Herdsmaiden's Dance
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra / Esa-Pekka Salonen
Sony 46668 
 
5:47 am Aaron Copland: El Salon Mexico
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra / David Zinman
Argo 440639 
 
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 6 AM
 
QED Morning Show
with Jim Cunningham
Live from Oakland with local arts, NPR News, traffic, weather and morning favorites.
 
6:05 am Luigi Boccherini: Quintet, Strings B29/3 (Violins(2), Viola, Cellos(2))(1813; Op 48/2) F
Sigiswald Kuijken, violin (SIHG-iss-wahld KY-ken)
Sony 63190 
 
6:23 am Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony #72 H.I:72 (Before 1781) D
Cappella Coloniensis / Joshua Rifkin
Capriccio 10733 
 
6:48 am Giuseppe Tartini: Concerto, Flute, Strings, Continuo (Dubious Work)
I Musici
Severino Gazzelloni, flute
Philips 420875 
 
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 7 AM
 
7:05 am William Boyce: Concerto Grosso
Cantilena / Adrian Shepherd
Chandos 6541 
 
7:18 am Emmanuel Chabrier: Espana (Rhapsody, Orchestra) (1883)
Black Dyke Mills Band / Geoffrey Brand
Chandos 6539 
 
7:25 am Georg Philipp Telemann: Concerto, Violin, Strings, Continuotwv.51:B3 "Per Signore Pisendel"
Collegium Musicum 90 / Simon Standage
Simon Standage, violin
Chandos 661 
 
7:37 am Bela Bartok: Romanian Folk Dances (6) (Orch'D Ver Sz 68) (1915, Orch'D 1920'S)
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
Deutsche Grammophon 415668 
 
7:45 am Leopold Hofmann: Concerto, Cello, Orchestra B.C3 (C1770-75)
Northern Sinfonia of England / Tim Hugh
Timothy Hugh, cello
Naxos 553853 
 
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 8 AM
 
8:06 am Ottorino Respighi: Trittico Botticelliano: Primavera= Springlah Pree-Mah-Vay-Rah (1927)
Lausanne Chamber Orchestra / Jesus Lopez-Cobos
Telarc 80309 
 
8:11 am Maurice Ravel: Concerto, Piano, Orchestra: Mvt 2 (Adagio Assai)(1929-31)
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra / Vladimir Jurowski
Hélène Grimaud, piano
Pittsburgh Symphony 0618-1 
 
8:22 am Charles Gounod: Faust: Valse De Faust (Act Ii)(1859)
Polish National Radio Orchestr / Richard Hayman
Naxos 554062 
 
8:28 am Franz Joseph Haydn: Concerto, Keyboard, Orchestra H.Xviii:7 (-1766; Doubtful, Orig Attrib Wagenseil) XVIII:7
Camerata Cassovia / Robert Stankovsky
Hae-won Chang, piano
Naxos 550713 
 
8:42 am Michael Praetorius: TERPSICHORE: BRANSLES: SELECTIONS(1612)
Musica Antiqua Toulon / Christian Mendoze
Verany 791041 
 
8:50 am George Frideric Handel: Serse: Largo (Ombra Mai Fu) HWV40
Boston Pops Orchestra / Arthur Fiedler
RCA 62698 
 
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 9 AM
 
9:05 am Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Eine Kleine Nacht Musik = Little Night Music (1787) G K.525
London Chamber Orchestra / Christopher Warren-Green
Virgin 91166 
 
9:23 am Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Concerto, Piano, Orchestra, #1 (1874-5) b-flat 23
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra / Manfred Honeck
Sa Chen, piano
Pittsburgh Symphony 1011-08 
 
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 10 AM
 
10:01 am Antonin Dvorak: Symphony #9"From The New World=Z Noveho Sveta" S117(1893) e 95; B178
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra / Sir Colin Davis
Philips 420349 
 
10:44 am Johann Stamitz: Concerto, Trumpet, Orchestra
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields / Sir Neville Marriner
Hakan Hardenberger, trumpet
Philips 420203 
 
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 11 AM
 
Mid-day Classics
with Anna Singer
Live from the Carolyn M. Byham Cultural District Studio in downtown Pittsburgh with essential classics, NPR News and weather.
 
11:01 am Franz Krommer: PARTITA, WINDS (FVK 2)
Michael Thompson Wind Ensemble
Naxos 553868 
 
11:21 am Hugo Alfven: Uppsala-Rhapsodi = Uppsala Rhapsody (Swedish Rhapsody #2)(1907)
Royal Scottish National Orchestra / Niklas Willen
Naxos 553962 
 
11:33 am Antonin Dvorak: Serenade, Winds, Cello, Double Bass S53 (1878) d 44; B77
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra / Pinchas Zukerman
Pittsburgh Symphony 0814-1 
 
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 12 PM
 
12:05 pm John Rutter: Suite For Strings(Published 1973)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / John Rutter
Rolf Wilson, violin
Decca 1821 
 
12:19 pm Cecile Chaminade: Etudes De Concert, Piano: Tarentelle (Pub. 1886)
Enid Katahn, piano
Gasparo 247 
 
12:25 pm Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Quintet, Piano, Winds (1784) E-flat K.452
Vienna Wind Soloists
André Previn, piano (AHN-dray PREH-vinn)
Telarc 80114 
 
12:54 pm William Boyce: Symphony #2 (When Caesar's Natal Day: Overture)(Written For King's Birthday, 1756) A 2/2
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields / Sir Neville Marriner
Argo 417824 
 
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 1 PM
 
1:01 pm Alexander Glazunov: The Seasons (Ballet) (1899) 67
Philharmonia Orchestra / Evgeni Svetlanov
EMI/Angel 69361 
 
1:43 pm Federico Mompou: Impresiones Intimas, Piano = Intimate Impressions (1911-14)
Martin Jones, piano
Nimbus 5619 
 
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 2 PM
 
2:01 pm Felix Mendelssohn: Quartet, Strings, #6(1847) f 80
Ysaye Quartet
Decca 436325 
 
2:28 pm Camille Saint-Saens: Concerto, Violin, Orchestra, #2 (1858) C 58
BBC Scottish Symphony Orch. / Martyn Brabbins
Philippe Graffin, violin
Hyperion 67074 
 
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 3 PM
 
3:01 pm Franz Liszt: Preludes R414 (Sym. Poem) (After Lamartine; 1848) S97
Minnesota Orchestra / Eiji Oue
Reference 92 
 
3:19 pm Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony #7(1811-12; Ded. Moritz Von Fries) A 92
Orchestra of the 18th Century / Frans Bruggen
Philips 426846 
 
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 4 PM
 
Afternoon Classics
with Ted Sohier
Live from the Carolyn M. Byham Cultural District Studio in downtown Pittsburgh with relaxing classics to soothe your commute and keep you company through dinner.
 
4:05 pm Sir Edward Elgar: Introduction & Allegro (String Quartet, String Orchestra)(1904-05; Sketches From 1901) 47
London Chamber Orchestra / Christopher Warren-Green
Christopher Warren-Green,violi
Virgin 90819 
 
4:19 pm Ludwig van Beethoven: Concerto, Piano, Orchestra, #1: Mvt 3 (Rondo (Allegro Scherzando) (1795) 15
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra / Manfred Honeck
Lief Ove Andsnes, piano
Pittsburgh Symphony 1213-09a 
 
4:29 pm Giovanni Paisiello: DIVERTIMENTO, FLUTE, VIOLIN, VIOLA,CELLO (ALLEGRO SPIRITOSO - MI
Accademia Farnese
MondoMusic 96021 
 
4:40 pm Maurice Ravel: Pavane Pour Une Infante Defunte = Pavane For A Dead Princess (1899; Orch. By Ravel 1910)
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra / Carlo Maria Giulini
Sony 66832 
 
4:49 pm Johann Sebastian Bach: Brandenburg Concerto #2 (Rec., Ob., Trp., Vn., Str., Bc.) (1717-18) F BWV 1047
Cologne Chamber Orchestra / Helmut Muller-Bruhl
Naxos 554607 
 
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 5 PM
 
5:05 pm Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Zauberflote = Magic Flute: Overture (1791) K.620
Staatskapelle Dresden / Hans Vonk
LaserLight 15885 
 
5:14 pm Adrien Boieldieu: Concerto, Harp, Orchestra (1801)
Paillard Chamber Orchestra
Lily Laskine, harp (LIH lee Las KEEN)
Erato 88069 
 
5:36 pm Moritz Moszkowski: Spanish Dances: Selections
I Salonisti
Deut Harmonia Mundi 77377 
 
5:44 pm George Gershwin: Rhapsody, Piano, Orchestra, #2(1931)
Cincinnati Pops Orchestra / Erich Kunzel
Stewart Goodyear, piano
Telarc 80445 
 
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 6 PM
 
6:05 pm Franz Ignaz Beck: Sinfonia
Northern Chamber Orchestra / Nicholas Ward
Naxos 553790 
 
6:22 pm Franz Schubert: Quintet, Strings, Piano "Forelle = Trout" (1819) A D667
Cleveland Quartet
John O'Conor, piano
Telarc 80225 
 
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 7 PM
 
7:02 pm Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Symphony #1"Winter Daydreams"(Vers. 1:1866;Vers. 2:1866;Vers. 3:1877) g 13
London Philharmonic Orchestra / Mstislav Rostropovich
EMI/Angel 65709 
 
7:49 pm Ernesto Cordero: Concertino Tropical, Violin, Strings (1998)
I Solisti di Zagreb
Guillermo Figueroa, violin
Naxos 572707 
 
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 8 PM
 
Evening Classics
with Ted Sohier
 
8:02 pm Jean-Baptiste Lully: Proserpine: Selections (1680)
La Bande des Hautbois du Roi / Paolo Tognon
Nuovo Era 7331 
 
8:33 pm Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto, Flute, Harp, Orchestra K297C (1778) C K.299
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
Susan Palma, flute
Deutsche Grammophon 427677 
 
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 10 PM
 
Exploring Music
with Bill McGlaughlin
Haydn & Mozart Quartets - String quartet music by Haydn and Mozart, who launched the form from obscurity to celestial heights. The first in a multiple-week series on the string quartet.
 
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 11 PM
 
Music Through the Night
with Bob Christiansen
 
11:01 pm Saverio Mercadante: Flute Concerto No. 6: Sicilienne
I Solisti Veneti / Claudio Scimone
James Galway, flute
RCA 7703 
 
11:06 pm Johann Sebastian Bach: Triple Concerto
Arion / Jaap ter Linden
Claire Guimond, flute
Chantal Remillard, violin
Hank Knox, harpsichord
Early-Music.com 7753 
 
11:29 pm Joseph-Hector Fiocco: Allegro
Itzhak Perlman, violin
Samuel Sanders, piano
EMI 54882 
 
11:32 pm Engelbert Humperdinck: Hansel and Gretel: Evening Prayer
London Horn Sound / Geoffrey Simon
Cala 112 
 
11:36 pm Richard Strauss: The Bourgeois Gentleman (Le bourgeois gentilhomme): Courante
Winterthur Music Collegium / Douglas Boyd
Dabringhaus 9011738 
 
11:40 pm John Tavener: Mahashakti
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra / Vasily Petrenko
Ruth Palmer, violin
EMI 35134 
 
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