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 12 AM
 
Music Through the Night
with Bob Christiansen
 
12:01 am Francois Couperin: La Mezangere
Angela Hewitt, piano
Hyperion 67520 
 
12:06 am Niccolo Paganini: Trio
Mozart String Trio
Anthea Gifford, guitar
Denon 9069 
 
12:28 am Antonin Dvorak: Slavonic Dance No. 6
Cleveland Orchestra / Christoph von Dohnanyi
London/Decca 430171 
 
12:33 am Traditional Russian: Oh, how full is my basket
Chanticleer
Teldec 16676 
 
12:38 am Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 22 "The Philosopher"
Academy of Ancient Music / Christopher Hogwood
Oiseau-Lyre 430082 
 
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 1 AM
 
Music Through the Night
with Ward Jacobson
 
1:01 am Gabriel Faure: Berceuse
Vienna Philharmonic / James Levine
Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin
DG 437544 
 
1:06 am Frederic Chopin: Prelude No. 25
Vanessa Perez, piano
Telarc 33388 
 
1:11 am Percy Grainger: After-word
City of London Sinfonia / Richard Hickox
Chandos 9499 
 
1:17 am Johannes Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Haydn
Halle Orchestra / Stanislaw Skrowaczewski
MCA 25857 
 
1:37 am Johann Sebastian Bach: Cello Suite No. 3
Lynn Harrell, cello
London/Decca 414163 
 
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 2 AM
 
2:01 am Franz Schmidt: Notre Dame: Intermezzo
Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra / Lawrence Foster
Erato 88103 
 
2:06 am Charlie Chaplin: Modern Times: Smile
Eckart Runge, cello
Jacques Ammon, piano
Genuin 12220 
 
2:10 am Isaac Albeniz: Mallorca
Stephen Marchionda, guitar
Dabringhaus 9031739 
 
2:19 am Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Horn Concerto No. 2
Academy of St Martin in the Fields / Iona Brown
Timothy Brown, horn
Hanssler 98316 
 
2:34 am Ignaz Pleyel: Symphony
London Mozart Players / Matthias Bamert
Chandos 9525 
 
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 3 AM
 
3:01 am Vinzens Stelzmueller: Dance
Ensemble Bella Musica Vienna
Harmonia Mundi 901013 
 
3:06 am Wang Jianmin: At Night on the Lake Beneath the Maple Bridge
Lang Lang, piano
Ji Wei, guzheng
DG 8233 
 
3:15 am Samuel Wesley: Symphony No. 5
Milton Keynes Chamber Orchestra / Hilary Davan Wetton
Unicorn 9098 
 
3:32 am Olivier Messiaen: O sacrum convivium
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chamber Chorus / Norman Mackenzie
Telarc 80654 
 
3:36 am Igor Stravinsky: A Card Game (Jeu de cartes)
Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra / James Conlon
Erato 88249 
 
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 4 AM
 
4:01 am William Grant Still: Lyric Quartet: The Quiet One
Oregon String Quartet
Koch 7546 
 
4:06 am Kenji Bunch: Magic Hour
Ahn Trio
RCA 27208 
 
4:09 am Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 4
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra / Scott Yoo
SPCO Live Recording 071012 
 
4:46 am Robert Schumann: Ritornelle: Die Rose stand im Tau
Cantus
Cantus 1212 
 
4:50 am Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Sinfonia No. 6
Camerata Bern / Thomas Furi
Denon 73326 
 
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 5 AM
 
5:01 am Robert Moran: Desert of Roses: 3rd movement
Piano Circus Band / Craig Smith
Argo 436128 
 
5:06 am Hector Berlioz: Beatrice and Benedict: Overture
Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra / Vladimir Ashkenazy
Ondine 1188 
 
5:15 am Anonymous: Romance of Love
Goran Sollscher, guitar
DG 439149 
 
5:19 am Tomaso Albinoni: Oboe Concerto No. 2
English Concert / Trevor Pinnock
David Reichenberg, oboe
Archiv 415518 
 
5:32 am Edward MacDowell: Piano Concerto No. 1
London Philharmonic Orchestra / Paul Freeman
Donna Amato, piano
Archduke 1 
 
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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 Giuseppe Demachi: Sinfonia "Le Campane Di Roma" F
Europa Galante / Fabio Biondi
Virgin 63430 
 
6:23 am Franz Schubert: Symphony #8 "Unfinished" (1822) b D.759
Staatskapelle Dresden / Sir Colin Davis
RCA 68544 
 
6:51 am Cesar Franck: Sonata, Violin, Piano: Mvt 2(Allegro)(1886)
Anne Akiko Meyers, violin
RCA 61283 
 
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 7 AM
 
7:05 am Camille Saint-Saens: Introduction & Rondo Capriccioso (Violin, Orchestra) (1863) a 28
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Andrew Litton
Joshua Bell, violin
Decca 13372 
 
7:16 am William Grant Still: LITTLE RED SCHOOLHOUSE (1956)
Northern Arizona Univ Wind Symphony / Patricia J. Hoy
Cambria 1156 
 
7:29 am Felix Mendelssohn: Ruy Blas: Overture (1839; After Victor Hugo) [Roo-Ee Blahss] 95
Bamberg Symphony / Claus Peter Flor
RCA 7905 
 
7:39 am Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata, Piano #14 "Moonlight": Mvt 1 (Adagio Sostenuto) (1802; Ded. Countess Giulietta Cuicciardi) c-sharp 27/2
Garrick Ohlsson, piano
Arabesque 6677 
 
7:47 am William Boyce: Symphonic Suite
Canadian Brass
RCA 4574 
 
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 8 AM
 
8:05 am Johann Sebastian Bach: Suite, Orchestra, #4: Mvt 1 (Overture) (C1717-23) BWV 1069
Moscow Virtuosi / Vladimir Spivakov
RCA 60360 
 
8:20 am Robert Schumann: Kinderszenen: Selections = Scenes From Childhood (1838) 15
Ruth Laredo, piano
ESS.A.Y 1006 
 
8:28 am Georges Bizet: Arlesienne: Farandole (Incidental Music) (1872)
New Philharmonia Orchestra / Charles Munch
Decca 421632 
 
8:33 am Archduke of Austria Rudolph: Septet: Mvt 5 (Finale: Vivace Assai) (1830)
Consortium Classicum
Orfeo 182891 
 
8:39 am Maurice Ravel: Rapsodie Espagnole= Spanish Rhapsody (Orchestra)Rahp-Soh-Dee Eh-Spah-Nyohl (1907-08)
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra / Mariss Jansons
Pittsburgh Symphony 0113-2 
 
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 9 AM
 
9:05 am Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Snow Maiden: Selections (1880-81)
Seattle Symphony / Gerald Schwarz
Naxos 572787 
 
9:19 am Antonin Dvorak: Concerto, Piano, Orchestra (1878) g 33; B63
Polish National Radio Orchestr / Antoni Wit
Jenö Jandó, piano (YEH nuh YAHN doh or YAH-ner)
Naxos 550896 
 
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 10 AM
 
10:00 am Franz Danzi: Concerto, Cello, Orchestra
RIAS-Sinfonietta Berlin / Jorge Velazco, conductor
Wolfgang Boettcher, cello
Koch 311101 
 
10:24 am Jean-Philippe Rameau: Fetes D' Hebe: Selections(1739)
Orchestra of the 18th Century / Frans Bruggen
Glossa 921103 
 
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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 Gabriel Faure: Cantique De Jean Racine (1865; Rev. 1866; Orchd 1906)
London Festival Orchestra / Ross Pople
English Voices
Arte Nova 30467 
 
11:07 am Felix Mendelssohn: Octet, Strings(1825) E-Flat 20
Maastricht Symphony Orchestra / Salvadore Mas Conde
Koch 6706 
 
11:42 am Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky: 1812 Festival Overture 49
Philharmonia Orchestra / Herbert von Karajan
EMI/Angel 69466 
 
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 12 PM
 
12:05 pm Frederick Delius: Brigg Fair (English Rhapsody, Orchestra) (1907)
Philadelphia Orchestra / Eugene Ormandy
Sony 62645 
 
12:21 pm Johann Sebastian Bach: Suite, Lute(C.1708-17 Or Earlier) e BWV 996
Yolanda Kondonassis, harp
Telarc 80523 
 
12:38 pm Edvard Grieg: From Holberg's Time (Suite) (1884; Str Orch 1884; Orchd 1885) 40
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra / Mariss Jansons
Norsk Kulturrads Forlag 50002 
 
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 1 PM
 
1:01 pm Antonin Dvorak: Concerto, Violin, Orchestra S68 (B96) (1879-80) a 53; B108
Philharmonia Orchestra / Leonard Slatkin
Uto Ughi, violin (OO toh OO gee (hard g))
RCA 60431 
 
1:32 pm Albert William Ketèlbey: IN A MONASTERY GARDEN(CHARACTERISTIC INTERMEZZO)(1915)
New London Orchestra / Ronald Corp
Hyperion 67400 
 
1:40 pm Richard Strauss: Burleske, Piano, Orchestra (1885-6) AV85
Philharmonia Orchestra / Norman Del Mar
Ian Hobson, piano (EE ihn Hobson)
Arabesque 6567 
 
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 2 PM
 
2:01 pm Ralph Vaughan Williams: Quintet, Piano, Strings (1903) c
Nash Ensemble
Hyperion 67381 
 
2:33 pm Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony #92"Oxford" H.I:92(1789) G H1/92
English Sinfonia / Sir Charles Groves
MCA 25880 
 
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 3 PM
 
3:01 pm Dmitri Shostakovich: Suite, Jazz Orchestra, #2(1938)
Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra / Valery Gergiev
Radio Netherlands 2005 
 
3:24 pm Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Quintet, Clarinet, Strings(1895)World Premiere Recording
Hawthorne String Quartet
Harold Wright, clarinet
Koch 7056 
 
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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 Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Symphony, Flutes(2), Horns(2), Viola,Bassoons(2), Violins(2), Bass(1755) F
CPE Bach Chamber Orchestra / Hartmut Haenchen
Capriccio 10103 
 
4:17 pm Thomas Morley: My Bonny Lass She Smileth
Cambridge Singers / John Rutter
Collegium 105 
 
4:20 pm Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony #8 (1812) C 21
Pittsburgh Symphony Chamber Orchestra / Manfred Honeck
Pittsburgh Symphony 1213-11a 
 
4:43 pm Ludwig van Beethoven: Serenade, String Trio (1796-97) D 8
James Galway, flute
RCA 7756 
 
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 5 PM
 
5:05 pm Joseph Willcox Jenkins: Gateway West
River City Brass Band / Denis Colwell
RiverCity 198 
 
5:17 pm Joaquin Rodrigo: Concierto De Aranjuez (Guitar, Orchestra) (1939)
Lausanne Chamber Orchestra / Lawrence Foster
Sharon Isbin, guitar
Virgin 62075 
 
5:42 pm Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Tsar's Bride: Overture (1899)
Philharmonia Orchestra / Yondani Butt
ASV 1024 
 
5:49 pm George Frideric Handel: Water Music: Suite, #2(1717) D HWV349
Linde-Consort / Hans-Martin Linde
Virgin 61240 
 
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 6 PM
 
6:05 pm Claude Debussy: Isle Joyeuse, Piano = Joyous Island (1904)
Jean-Bernard Pommier, piano
Virgin 90847 
 
6:13 pm Johan Wilhelm Wilms: Symphonie No. 7
Concerto Koln / Werner Ehrhardt
Deutsche Grammophon 2998 
 
6:44 pm Giovanni Battista Martini: Concerto, Flute, Strings, Continuo (1752)
Symphonia Perusina / Mario Ancillotti
Mario Ancillotti, flute
Nuovo Era 7026 
 
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 7 PM - 10 PM
 
Pittsburgh Foundation Performance in Pittsburgh
with Stephen Baum
Bach Birthday celebration including performances by Chatham Baroque, CMU Baroque, Richard Egarr and the Bach Choir of Pittsburgh.
 
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 10 PM
 
Exploring Music
with Bill McGlaughlin
Distant Neighbors - Wonderfully rich and historic music from Mexico and South America!
 
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 11 PM
 
Music Through the Night
with Bob Christiansen
 
11:01 pm Jean Sibelius: Piano Quintet: Intermezzo
Sibelius Academy Quartet
Erik Tawaststjerna, piano
Finlandia 375 
 
11:06 pm Ola Gjeilo: Phoenix (Agnus Dei)
Phoenix Chorale / Charles Bruffy
Chandos 5100 
 
11:11 pm Claude Debussy: Sacred and Profane Dances
Cleveland Orchestra / Pierre Boulez
Alice Chalifoux, harp
Sony 68327 
 
11:23 pm Maurice Ravel: String Quartet
Emerson String Quartet
DG 427320 
 
11:52 pm John Field: Nocturne No. 7
John O'Conor, piano
Telarc 80290 
 
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