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 12 AM
 
Music Through the Night
with Gillian Martin
 
12:01 am Ignaz Paderewski: Minuet
Stephen Hough, piano
MusicMasters 60135 
 
12:06 am Thomas Lupo: Fantasia No. 9
Fretwork
Harmonia Mundi 907478 
 
12:10 am Richard Wagner: Rienzi: Rienzi's Prayer (Allmacht'ger Vater, blick herab)
German Opera Orchestra Berlin / Donald Runnicles
Jonas Kaufmann, tenor
London/Decca 18028 
 
12:21 am Antonio Vivaldi: Il Cimento: Concerto No. 10 for Violin "The Hunt"
I Solisti Italiani
Denon 1520 
 
12:31 am Richard Wagner: Lohengrin: Prelude to Act I
Philadelphia Orchestra / Christian Thielemann
DG 453485 
 
12:41 am Rodolphe Kreutzer: Violin Concerto No. 17
San Francisco Conservatory Orchestra / Andrew Mogrelia
Axel Strauss, violin
Naxos 570380 
 
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 1 AM
 
Music Through the Night
with Ward Jacobson
 
1:01 am Ramon Montoya: Solea
"Solea" = so-lay-AH
Paco Pena, guitar
Nimbus 5093 
 
1:06 am Frederic Chopin: Cello Sonata
Steven Isserlis, cello
Denes Varjon, piano
European Broadcasting Union Recording 
 
1:33 am Antonin Dvorak: Slavonic Dance No. 14
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra / Rafael Kubelik
DG 419056 
 
1:38 am Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Horn Concerto No. 2
English Chamber Orchestra / Barry Tuckwell
Barry Tuckwell, horn
London/Decca 410284 
 
1:52 am Jules Massenet: Suite No. 1: Nocturne
Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra / Kenneth Jean
Marco Polo 223354 
 
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 2 AM
 
2:01 am Vinzens Stelzmueller: Dance
Ensemble Bella Musica Vienna
Harmonia Mundi 901013 
 
2:06 am Sergei Rachmaninoff: Prelude No. 12
Vassily Primakov, piano
Bridge 9348 
 
2:10 am Paul Dukas: Sorcerer's Apprentice
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra / Mariss Jansons
EMI 64291 
 
2:22 am Wilhelm Stenhammar: Romanza
Per Flemstrom, flute
Mats Bergstrom, guitar
Swedish Society 1067 
 
2:28 am Georg Philipp Telemann: Suite
La Stravaganza
Denon 9398 
 
2:48 am Georg Anton Benda: Symphony No. 7
Prague Chamber Orchestra / Christian Benda
Naxos 553409 
 
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 3 AM
 
3:01 am Ned Rorem: Barcarolle No. 3
Ruskin Cooper, piano
Centaur 2584 
 
3:06 am Claude Debussy: Epigraphs Antiques
Lyon National Orchestra / Jun Markl
Naxos 572568 
 
3:24 am Jean-Fery Rebel: Les caracteres de la danse
Palladian Ensemble
Linn 100 
 
3:35 am Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 7: 1st movement
Academy of St Martin in the Fields / Joshua Bell
Sony 49176 
 
3:50 am Antonio Vivaldi: Flute Concerto No. 2 "La Notte" ("The Night")
Europa Galante / Fabio Biondi
Lorenzo Cavasanti, recorder
Virgin 45424 
 
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 4 AM
 
4:01 am Astor Piazzolla: Spring in Buenos Aires (Primavera Porteno)
Philip Hansen, cello
Mika Sunago, piano
Erin Furbee, violin
North Pacific 28 
 
4:06 am Emil Reesen: Agnethe and the Merman
Aalborg Symphony Orchestra / Bo Holten
Dacapo 226031 
 
4:10 am Bela Bartok: Sonata for Solo Violin: Tempo di ciaconna
Timothy Kantor, violin
Young Artists
 
4:22 am Richard Strauss: Duet Concertino
Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra / Vladimir Ashkenazy
Dmitri Ashkenazy, clarinet
Kim Walker, bassoon
London/Decca 436415 
 
4:42 am Franz Joseph Haydn: String Quartet No. 30 "The Joke"
Emerson String Quartet
DG 471327 
 
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 5 AM
 
5:01 am John Blow: Chaconne
Musica Antiqua Cologne / Reinhard Goebel
Archiv 453418 
 
5:06 am Johann Sebastian Bach: Partita No. 2: Corrente
Tomo Iwakura, guitar
MP3.com 94496 
 
5:10 am Raoul Koczalski: Valse fantastique
Ingolf Wunder, piano
DG 4790084 
 
5:14 am Emil Waldteufel: Estudiantina
Salon Orchestra of Cologne
RCA 69295 
 
5:22 am Johan Roman: Sinfonia
Orpheus Chamber Ensemble
Nils-Erik Sparf, violin
Bis 284 
 
5:32 am Paul Creston: Symphony No. 3 "Three Mysteries"
Seattle Symphony / Gerard Schwarz
Delos 3114 
 
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 6 AM - 11 AM
 
QED Morning Show
with Jim Cunningham
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 11 AM - 4 PM
 
Mid-day Classics
with Anna Singer
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 4 PM - 6 PM
 
Afternoon Classics
with Ted Sohier
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 6 PM - 9 PM
 
Evening Classics
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6:01 pm Heikki Aaltoila: The Wedding Waltz
Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra / Leif Segerstam
Ondine 824 
 
6:06 pm Benjamin Godard: Suite of 3 Pieces: Waltz
David Shostac, flute
Antoinette Perry, piano
Harmonie 3001 
 
6:11 pm Giuseppe Verdi: String Quartet
Cremona Quartet
Klanglogo 1400 
 
6:35 pm Johann Stamitz: Trumpet Concerto
Academy of St Martin in the Fields / Neville Marriner
Hakan Hardenberger, trumpet
Philips 420203 
 
6:53 pm Andrew York & Bill Kanengiser: African Suite
Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
Sony 60274 
 
7:01 pm Emile Sauret: Souvenirs of the Orient: Gondolier's Song
Michi Wiancko, violin
Dina Vainshtein, piano
Naxos 572366 
 
7:06 pm Hector Berlioz: Hungarian March
Boston Pops Orchestra / Arthur Fiedler
RCA 60700 
 
7:11 pm Gavin Bryars: Benedicamus Domino
Trio Mediaeval
ECM 2166 
 
7:14 pm Franz Schubert: Symphony No. 3
Chamber Orchestra of Europe / Claudio Abbado
DG 423653 
 
7:38 pm Medley: Shakespearean Suite
Ensemble Galilei
Telarc 80556 
 
7:44 pm Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Sonata No. 18
Aldo Ciccolini, piano
Discover 920198 
 
8:01 pm Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Tarantella
Stein-Erik Olsen, guitar
Simax 1084 
 
8:06 pm Eric Whitacre: Equus
London Symphony Orchestra / Eric Whitacre
London/Decca 16636 
 
8:17 pm Horatio Parker: Suite
Toledo Trio
Musical Heritage Society 512283 
 
8:27 pm Vaino Raitio: The Maids at the Headlands
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra / Pertti Pekkanen
YLE 9804 
 
8:34 pm Jean Sibelius: Mazurka
Timothy Kantor, violin
Clare Longendyke, piano
Young Artists
 
8:39 pm Giuseppe Valentini: String Concerto
Musica Antiqua Cologne / Reinhard Goebel
Archiv 435393 
 
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 9 PM
 
Exploring Music
with Bill McGlaughlin
Wagner's Ring Cycle - From leitmotifs to lighter fare, this week's programs are a five-hour exploration of Richard Wagner’s crowning operatic achievement.
 
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 10 PM - 12 AM
 
Music Through the Night
with Bob Christiansen
 
10:01 pm Felix Mendelssohn: Octet: Scherzo
Seattle Chamber Music Society
James Ehnes, violin
Onyx 4060 
 
10:06 pm music continues...
 
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