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 12 AM
 
Music Through the Night
with Gillian Martin
 
12:01 am Georg Philipp Telemann: Pastorale-Polonaise
Heinz Holliger, oboe
Klaus Thunemann, bassoon
Christiane Jaccottet, harpsichord
Denon 7052 
 
12:06 am Alfonso 10th: Songs of Santa Maria
Narciso Yepes, guitar
DG 423699 
 
12:11 am Claude Debussy: Images for Orchestra: Iberia
Radio Luxembourg Orchestra / Louis de Froment
Vox 5003 
 
12:32 am Franz Schubert: The Nightingale
Robert Shaw Chamber Singers / Robert Shaw
Karl Dent, tenor
Telarc 80340 
 
12:37 am Johann Sebastian Bach: English Suite No. 2
Angela Hewitt, piano
Hyperion 67451 
 
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 1 AM
 
Music Through the Night
with Ward Jacobson
 
1:01 am David Matthews: Total Tango
Orchestra Nova / George Vass
Dutton 7189 
 
1:06 am Eric Whitacre: Sleep, my Child
Eric Whitacre Singers / Eric Whitacre
London/Decca 16636 
 
1:13 am Vladimir Martynov: The Beatitudes
Kronos Quartet
Nonesuch 529776 
 
1:19 am Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 93
London Philharmonic Orchestra / Georg Solti
London/Decca 417620 
 
1:45 am Jean-Marie Leclair: Overture No. 2
Musica Antiqua Cologne / Reinhard Goebel
Archiv 415298 
 
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 2 AM
 
2:01 am Niccolo Paganini: Sonata No. 6
Gil Shaham, violin
Goran Sollscher, guitar
DG 437837 
 
2:06 am Richard Danielpour: The Enchanted Garden: Elegy
Xiayin Wang, piano
Naxos 559669 
 
2:10 am Antonio Vivaldi: Recorder Concerto
Camerata Cologne
DHM 77016 
 
2:22 am Gustav Holst: Symphony "The Cotswolds": 3rd movement
Ulster Orchestra / JoAnn Falletta
Naxos 572914 
 
2:28 am Bedrich Smetana: String Quartet No. 1 "From My Life"
London Symphony Orchestra / Geoffrey Simon
Chandos 8412 
 
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 3 AM
 
3:01 am Johan Agrell: Flute Concerto: 3rd movement
Concerto Copenhagen / Andrew Manze
Maria Bania, flute
Chandos 535 
 
3:06 am Leos Janacek: Pohadka (Fairy Tale)
Alisa Weilerstein, cello
Vivian Hornik Weilerstein, piano
EMI 73498 
 
3:18 am Johann Sebastian Bach: Violin Concerto No. 2
Elias String Quartet
Xuefei Yang, guitar
EMI 79018 
 
3:37 am Anonymous/Lodovico Viadana: Beauteous art thou made/Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem
I Fagiolini / Robert Hollingworth
London/Decca 16794 
 
3:43 am Benjamin Britten: Matinees Musicales: Suite
English Chamber Orchestra / Alexander Gibson
EMI 2111 
 
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 4 AM
 
4:01 am Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Tsar Saltan Suite: March
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Andre Previn
Telarc 80107 
 
4:06 am Louis Moreau Gottschalk: Pasquinade (Caprice)
James Adler, piano
Albany 1014 
 
4:10 am Christoph Graupner: Bassoon Concerto
L'Ensemble des Idees heureuses / Genevieve Soly
Mathieu Lussier, bassoon
Analekta 3162 
 
4:24 am Franz Schubert: Symphony No. 2
Staatskapelle Berlin / Otmar Suitner
Denon 7905 
 
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 5 AM
 
5:01 am Emmanuel Chabrier: Pompous Minuet
Minnesota Orchestra / Eiji Oue
Reference 79 
 
5:06 am Gabriel Faure: Masques and Bergamasques
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
DG 449186 
 
5:21 am Robert Schumann: Piano Pieces in Fugue Form: No. 1
Yael Weiss, piano
Koch 7650 
 
5:25 am Carl Maria von Weber: Clarinet Concerto No. 1
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra / Neeme Jarvi
Janet Hilton, clarinet
Chandos 8305 
 
5:47 am Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Two Cellos
Apollo's Fire Baroque Orchestra / Jeannette Sorrell
Rene Schiffer, cello
Susie Napper, cello
Avie 2211 
 
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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 Johann Sebastian Bach: Brandenburg Concerto #5 (Fl., Vn., Hc., Strings, Continuo) (1720-21) Early Version D BWV 1050
Ravinia Festival Ensemble / James Levine
RCA 60378 
 
6:29 am Georg Philipp Telemann: Overture Twv.55:B11 "Bourse" = "Stock Exchange"(Ob(2), Vn(2), Va, Bc) B-flat TWV 55:B11
Collegium Instrumentale Brugense / Patrick Peire
Brilliant 93416 
 
6:52 am Giuseppi Verdi: Nabucco: Sinfonia (1842)
BBC Philharmonic / Edward Downes
Chandos 9510 
 
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 7 AM
 
7:05 am Jacques Offenbach: FILLE DU TAMBOUR-MAJOR: OVERTURE= DAUGHTER OF THE DRUM-MAJOR: OV
Philharmonia Orchestra / Sir Neville Marriner
Philips 411476 
 
7:13 am Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Quartet, Flute, Strings(1786-7) A K.298
James Galway, flute
RCA 60442 
 
7:27 am Edvard Grieg: Peer Gynt Suite, #1(Incidental Music)(1874-75; Rev 1888) 46
Ulster Orchestra / Vernon Handley
Chandos 8524 
 
7:43 am Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto, Cello, Strings, Continuo P282; M212; Also Rv481; P282; M67 d RV406
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra / Hugh Wolff
Mstislav Rostropovich, cello
Teldec 77311 
 
7:54 am Anonymous: FANTASIA A 7
Musica Antiqua Köln / Reinhardt Goebel
Deutsche Grammophon 459619 
 
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 8 AM
 
8:06 am Rayburn Wright: Shaker Suite
Canadian Brass
Philips 434276 
 
8:15 am Ludwig van Beethoven: Leonore Overture, #2(1804-5;Performed W/Fidelio 1St Version) 72
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra / Leonard Slatkin
Pittsburgh Symphony 9208-1 
 
8:30 am Claude Debussy: Danse Sacree & Danse Profane = Sacred Danse & Profane Dance (1904)
Oberlin 21 / Bridget-Michaele Reischl
Yolanda Kondonassis, harp
Telarc 80694 
 
8:40 am Franz Liszt: Consolations (6), Piano: #3 (Lento Placido) R12 (1849-50) D-flat S172/3
National Philharmonic Orchestra / David Measham
James Galway, flute
RCA 4810 
 
8:47 am Paul Dukas: Apprenti Sorcier = Sorcerer's Apprentice (Sym. Scherzo) [Lah-Prawn-Tee Sore-See-Ay] (1897) After Goeth
Dallas Symphony Orchestra / Eduardo Mata
RCA 4439 
 
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 9 AM
 
9:05 am Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto, Violin, Strings, Continuo"Primavera = Spring" Op 8/1, P241; M76(C1725) E 8/1, RV269
Orchestra of St. Luke's / Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg
Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, vn.
EMI/Angel 49767 
 
9:17 am Sir Edward Elgar: Variations, Orchestra On An Original Theme "Enigma" (1898-99) 36
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra / Yan Pascal Tortelier
Pittsburgh Symphony 0905-1 
 
9:47 am Johann Melchior Molter: Concerto, Clarinet, Strings, Continuo, #1 (1740'S) A
Amadeus Ensemble Rotterdam / Marien van Staalen
Henk de Graaf, clarinet
Brilliant 93337 
 
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 10 AM
 
10:00 am Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Quartet, Strings"Spring" "Haydn Quartet #1" Op 10/1(1782) G K.387
Salomon String Quartet
Hyperion 66188 
 
10:30 am Julius Rontgen: SERENADE, WINDS(FL, OB, CL, HNS(2), BN(2))(1876)
Viotta Ensemble
Radio Netherlands 92096 
 
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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 Joaquin Rodrigo: Fantasia Para Un Gentilhombre= Fantasy For A Gentleman, Guitar, Orch.Written For Segovia (1954)
Orquesta Sinf. RTV Española / Odon Alonso
Narciso Yepes, guitar (nar-THEE-so YEH-pays)
Deutsche Grammophon 1742 
 
11:24 am Johan Wilhelm Wilms: Symphonie No.6
Concerto Koln / Werner Ehrhardt
Deutsche Grammophon 2998 
 
11:56 am Michael East: Quick, Quick, Away, Dispatch!
Cambridge Singers / John Rutter
Collegium 105 
 
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 12 PM
 
12:05 pm Sir Donald Francis Tovey: AIR AND VARIATIONS, STRING QUARTET (1900) B-flat 11
Tippett Quartet
Guild 7346 
 
12:39 pm Max Bruch: Concerto, Violin, Orchestra, #1: Mvt 3 (Finale: Allegro Con Energico) 26
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra / Lorin Maazel
Hilary Hahn, violin
Pittsburgh Symphony 9512-1 
 
12:48 pm Johannes Brahms: Academic Festival Overture c 80
Cleveland Orchestra / George Szell
Sony 37778 
 
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 1 PM
 
1:01 pm Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto, Harpsichord, Strings, Bc (1735-40; Reconstr Fr Lost Vn Concerto) Reconst. By Ottavio Dant d BWV 1052
Chamber Orchestra of Europe / James Judd
Jean Louis Steuerman, piano
Philips 420200 
 
1:24 pm Georges Bizet: Symphony (1855) C
French National Orchestra / Seiji Ozawa
EMI/Angel 63898 
 
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 2 PM
 
2:01 pm Ludwig van Beethoven: Quartet, Strings, #15 (1825; Ded. Prince Galitzin) a 132
Cypress String Quartet
Cypress 1 
 
2:46 pm Alexander Porfiryevich Borodin: Prince Igor: Polovetsian Dances = Knyaz' Igor': Polovetsian Dances (1869-70) [Pohl-Off-Tsee-En]
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic / Sir Charles Mackerras
Liverpool Philharmonic Choir
Virgin 91174 
 
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 3 PM
 
3:01 pm Robert Schumann: Symphony #1"Spring"(1841) B-flat 38
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra / David Zinman
Telarc 80230 
 
3:34 pm Andreas Romberg: Quintet, Flute, Strings
Vladislav Brunner, flute
Naxos 554765 
 
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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 Ludwig van Beethoven: Egmont: Overture (1809-10) 84
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra / Bernard Haitink
Philips 420229 
 
4:15 pm Maurice Ravel: Daphnis Et Chloe: Suite #2 (Ballet Music) (1909-12)
London Symphony Orchestra / Grzegorz Nowak
ASV 536 
 
4:34 pm Gioacchino Rossini: Sonata A Quattro, Strings, #1Sonata Ah Kwaht-Troh (C1804) F
Vienna-Berlin Ensemble
Sony 52524 
 
4:46 pm Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin: Dances= Evgeny Oneginev-Ghen-Yi Oh-Nyeg-Hin 24
Berlin Philharmonic / Semyon Bychkov
Philips 420237 
 
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 5 PM
 
5:05 pm Gustav Holst: Planets: Jupiter (Bringer Of Jollity) (1914-16) 32
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Andre Previn
Telarc 80133 
 
5:14 pm Franz Joseph Haydn: Concerto, Cello, Orchestra, #1 C VIIb:1 H.VII:1
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra / Pinchas Zukerman
Anne Martindale Williams, cello
Pittsburgh Symphony 0506-1 
 
5:41 pm George Gershwin: Waltzes(2), Piano(1933)
Katia & Marielle Labeque (Lah-BECK), piano
EMI/Angel 49752 
 
5:47 pm Franz Liszt: Concerto, Piano, Orchestra #3 (1836-39; Op. Posth) E-flat S125a
Residentie Orkest Den Haag / George Pehlivanian
Louis Lortie, piano
Chandos 10371 
 
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 6 PM
 
6:05 pm Felix Mendelssohn: Quartet, Piano, Strings, #3 (1825) b 3
Schubert Ensemble of London
ASV 6198 
 
6:40 pm Claude Debussy: Printemps= Spring (Symphonic Suite)Pra(N)-Taw(N) (A As In Cat) (1912)Orch. Busser
San Francisco Ballet Orchestra / Emil de Cou
San Francisco Ballet Chorus
Arabesque 6734 
 
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 7 PM
 
7:02 pm Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony #84H.I:84(1786) E-flat
Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia / Bela Drahos
Naxos 550770 
 
7:29 pm Robert Schumann: Concerto, Piano, Orchestra (1841-1845; Mvt 1 Orig. Fantasie, P., Or.) a 54
Philharmonia / Neeme Jarvi
Louis Lortie, piano
Chandos 10603 
 
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 8 PM - 11 PM
 
Carnegie Hall Live
w/ The Berlin Philharmonic
Mahler himself chose the Berlin Philharmonic to premiere his Symphony No. 2, and no ensemble 'owns' this heavenly and heaven-storming music quite like they do!
 
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 11 PM
 
Exploring Music
with Bill McGlaughlin
Distant Neighbors - Wonderfully rich and historic music from Mexico and South America!
 
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