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 12 AM
 
Music Through the Night
with Bob Christiansen
 
12:01 am Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Abduction from the Seraglio: excerpt
Netherlands Wind Ensemble
Philips 422545 
 
12:06 am Isaac Albeniz: Tango
Pinchas Zukerman, violin
Marc Neikrug, piano
Philips 416158 
 
12:09 am Fela Sowande: African Suite
National Arts Centre Orchestra / Mario Bernardi
CBC 5135 
 
12:36 am Giacomo Puccini: Turandot: Nessun dorma
Vienna Philharmonic / Herbert von Karajan
Placido Domingo, tenor
DG 445777 
 
12:40 am Peter Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra / Kurt Masur
Teldec 44943 
 
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 1 AM
 
Music Through the Night
with Scott Blankenship
 
1:01 am Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Sonatina: 2nd movement
Andrea Lieberknecht, flute
Frank Bungarten, guitar
Dabringhaus 9051540 
 
1:06 am Edward Elgar: In Smyrna
David Golub, piano
Arabesque 6664 
 
1:12 am Claude Debussy: Clair de Lune (Moonlight)
Cincinnati Pops / Erich Kunzel
Telarc 80129 
 
1:19 am Frederick Delius: Late Swallows
Bournemouth Sinfonietta / Norman Del Mar
Chandos 8372 
 
1:29 am Camille Saint-Saens: Violin Concerto No. 3
Philharmonia Orchestra / Antonio Pappano
Maxim Vengerov, violin
EMI 57593 
 
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 2 AM
 
2:01 am Frederic Chopin: Nocturne No. 19
Nelson Freire, piano
London/Decca 4782182 
 
2:06 am John Marsh: Symphony No. 8
London Mozart Players / Matthias Bamert
Chandos 10458 
 
2:16 am Jules Massenet: Thais: Meditation
Chen Yi, violin
Lars Hannibal, guitar
OUR Recordings 220602 
 
2:24 am Traditional Swiss: The Cuckoo
Budapest Brass Quintet
Schwann 367082 
 
2:26 am Ludwig Lebrun: Oboe Concerto No. 1
Radio Chamber Orchestra / Jan Willem de Vriend
Bart Schneemann, oboe
Channel Classics 16198 
 
2:45 am Ludwig van Beethoven: Variations on a Salieri theme
John Ogdon, piano
EMI 85761 
 
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 3 AM
 
3:01 am Antonin Dvorak: Rusalka: Polonaise
Minnesota Orchestra / Eiji Oue
Reference 71 
 
3:06 am Robert Parsons: De la court
Phantasm
Avie 2054 
 
3:11 am Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Cassation
Academy of St Martin in the Fields / Neville Marriner
Philips 420924 
 
3:31 am Elliott Carter: Elegy
Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra / Gerard Schwarz
Nonesuch 79002 
 
3:38 am Johann Sebastian Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 5
Il Giardino Armonico
Teldec 98442 
 
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 4 AM
 
4:01 am Pablo de Sarasate: Introduction and Tarantella
Abbey Road Ensemble / Lawrence Foster
Itzhak Perlman, violin
EMI 55475 
 
4:06 am Louis Moreau Gottschalk: Famous Tarantella
Sakiko Ohashi, piano
Naxos 559036 
 
4:13 am Johann Strauss, Jr.: Die Fledermaus: Overture
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra / Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Erato 94809 
 
4:23 am Hiroki Kikuta: Secret of Mana
La Pieta / Angele Dubeau
Analekta 8734 
 
4:30 am Zoltan Kodaly: Variations on a Hungarian Folksong
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra / Yoel Levi
Telarc 80413 
 
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 5 AM
 
5:01 am Franz Joseph Haydn: String Quartet No. 50: Minuet
Leipzig String Quartet
Dabringhaus 3071723 
 
5:06 am Aaron Copland: Quiet City
Eastman Wind Ensemble / Donald Hunsberger
Wynton Marsalis, trumpet/cornet
Phillip Koch, english horn
Sony 44916 
 
5:17 am Bohuslav Martinu: Film en Miniature: Carillon
Lada Valesova, piano
Avie 2142 
 
5:20 am Carl Stamitz: Symphony Concertante
English Chamber Orchestra / Daniel Barenboim
Isaac Stern, violin
Pinchas Zukerman, viola
Sony 66472 
 
5:44 am George Frideric Handel: Concerto Grosso No. 7
I Musici
Philips 422370 
 
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 6 AM
 
Harmonia
with Angela Mariani
Musical Tour of Japan - Join us for an exploration of early music in Japan. Plus we'll hear from a recently released recording of Bach Cantatas performed by Bach Collegium Japan.
 
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 7 AM - 11 AM
 
Sunday Baroque
Victoria Day is a Canadian holiday that falls on May 20 in 2013. And since Canada is home to a wealth of top early music ensembles, Sunday Baroque feature outstanding performances by some of them to mark the occasion.
 
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 11 AM
 
Classical Music
with Lynn Warfel
 
11:01 am Anonymous Viennese: Linz Dances
Ensemble Bella Musica Vienna
Harmonia Mundi 901013 
 
11:06 am Maurice Ravel: Noble and Sentimental Waltzes
Detroit Symphony Orchestra / Paul Paray
Mercury 434306 
 
11:20 am Giovanni Palestrina: Regina caeli
The Sixteen / Harry Christophers
Coro 16106 
 
11:26 am Jacques Offenbach: Beautiful Helene: Overture
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra / Yan Pascal Tortelier
Chandos 9765 
 
11:36 am Mauro Giuliani: Guitar Concerto No. 1
English Chamber Orchestra / John Williams
John Williams, guitar
Sony 45610 
 
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 12 PM
 
12:01 pm Henri Duparc: Chanson Triste
Mischa Maisky, cello
Daria Hovora, piano
DG 457657 
 
12:06 pm Hector Berlioz: Roman Carnival Overture
Boston Symphony Orchestra / Charles Munch
RCA 61400 
 
12:15 pm U2: MLK
Cantus
Cantus 1212 
 
12:19 pm Frederick the Great: Flute Concerto
CPE Bach Chamber Orchestra / Hartmut Haenchen
Manfred Friedrich, flute
Capriccio 10064 
 
12:36 pm Johann Strauss, Sr.: Radetzky March
Vienna Volksopera Orchestra / Franz Bauer Theussl
Philips 416819 
 
12:39 pm Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 24
Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra / Adam Fischer
Nimbus 5179 
 
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 1 PM
 
1:01 pm Ludwig van Beethoven: 2 Bagatelles
John O'Conor, piano
Telarc 80423 
 
1:06 pm Peter Tchaikovsky: Capriccio Italien
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra / Lorin Maazel
RCA 68471 
 
1:21 pm Franz Schubert: Die Schone Mullerin: The stream's lullaby
The Knights / Eric Jacobsen
Ancalagon 137 
 
1:27 pm Johann Pezel: Sonata-Chaconne
Musica Antiqua Cologne / Reinhard Goebel
Archiv 453418 
 
1:45 pm Carl Stamitz: Symphony
London Mozart Players / Matthias Bamert
Chandos 9358 
 
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 2 PM
 
Classical Music
with Mindy Ratner
 
2:01 pm Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Oboe Quartet: 3rd Movement
John Ferrillo, oboe
Mela Tenenbaum, violin
Richard Brice, viola
Jerry Grossman, cello
ESS.A.Y 1056 
 
2:06 pm Igor Stravinsky: Suite Italienne
Itzhak Perlman, violin
Bruno Canino, piano
EMI 83194 
 
2:24 pm Johann Sebastian Bach: Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra / Jose Serebrier
Naxos 572050 
 
2:29 pm Richard Strauss: Couperin Suite
Dresden State Orchestra / Rudolf Kempe
EMI 64350 
 
2:51 pm Arcangelo Corelli: Trio Sonata No. 3
Purcell Quartet
Hyperion 66226 
 
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 3 PM
 
3:01 pm Jacques Offenbach: Rhine Nymphs Overture
Philharmonia Orchestra / Antonio de Almeida
Philips 422057 
 
3:06 pm Camille Saint-Saens: The Swan
Joel Krosnick, cello
Gilbert Kalish, piano
Arabesque 6695 
 
3:10 pm Ludwig van Beethoven: Duet for Viola and Cello "Eyeglasses obbligato"
L'Archibudelli
Sony 48076 
 
3:25 pm Charles Gounod: Romeo and Juliet: The Sleep of Juliet
Minnesota Orchestra / Eiji Oue
Reference 99 
 
3:29 pm Baldassare Galuppi: Concerto
I Solisti Veneti / Claudio Scimone
James Galway, flute
RCA 61164 
 
3:42 pm Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio Espagnol
Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra / David Zinman
Philips 442605 
 
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 4 PM
 
4:01 pm Johan Svendsen: Symphony No. 1: 3rd movement
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra / Mariss Jansons
EMI 49769 
 
4:06 pm Antonin Dvorak: Slavonic Dance No. 11
Katia & Marielle Labeque, piano
Philips 426264 
 
4:10 pm Felix Mendelssohn: Ave Maria
The Sixteen / Harry Christophers
Mark Dobell, tenor
London/Decca 10836 
 
4:18 pm Franz Berwald: Symphony No. 3 "Sinfonie singuliere"
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra / Roy Goodman
Hyperion 67081 
 
4:48 pm Pablo de Sarasate: Muiniera
Navarra Symphony Orchestra / Ernest Martinez Izquierdo
Tianwa Yang, violin
Naxos 572275 
 
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 5 PM
 
5:01 pm Niccolo Paganini: 24th Caprice
Nicola Hall, guitar
London/Decca 430839 
 
5:06 pm John Jenkins: Fantasia Suite No. 8
Locke Consort
Channel Classics 17698 
 
5:11 pm Paul Schoenfield: Four Parables: Dog Heaven
New World Symphony / John Nelson
Jeffrey Kahane, piano
Argo 440212 
 
5:20 pm Antonio Vivaldi: Chamber Concerto
Musica Pacifica
Dorian 90704 
 
5:29 pm Franz Schubert: Symphony No. 5
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment / Charles Mackerras
Virgin 59273 
 
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 6 PM - 8 PM
 
Sunday at the Symphony
with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Pittsburgh Symphony Music Director Manfred Honeck conducts the Overture to Die Fledermaus by Strauss. Till Fellner performs the Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 1. Plus, hear Haydn’s Sinfonia Concertante in B-flat Major and Beethoven’s Overture to Fidelio.
 
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 8 PM - 10 PM
 
Pittsburgh Symphony Radio
with Jim Cunningham
Juraj Valcuha conducts the Suite from Mother Goose by Ravel and Rachmaninoff’s Symphonic Dances. Evelyn Glennie performs Spirit Voices by Steven Stucky.
 
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 10 PM
 
Music Through the Night
with Valerie Kahler
 
10:01 pm Traditional: Shenandoah
Chanticleer
Teldec 96515 
 
10:06 pm Gerald Finzi: Five Bagatelles
Thea King, clarinet
Clifford Benson, piano
Hyperion 66014 
 
10:20 pm John Playford: The Mulberry Garden
Baltimore Consort
Dorian 90238 
 
10:25 pm music continues...
 
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 11 PM
 
Music Through the Night
with Valerie Kahler
 
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