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Playlist for Saturday, May 27, 2023

  • 12:00 am: Classical Music

    Live classical music from American Public Media hosts.

    Program Playlist

    • 12:01 am: They Can't Take That Away from Me

      Composer: George Gershwin
      Performer: Katie Mahan, piano
      Catalog Information: Steinway and So 30132

    • 12:06 am: String Symphony No. 5

      Composer: Felix Mendelssohn
      Ensembles: Amadeus Ensemble
      Conductor: Agnieszka Duczmal
      Catalog Information: Europa 350204

    • 12:21 am: Manhattan Sunrise

      Composer: Ola Gjeilo
      Performer: Ola Gjeilo, piano
      Catalog Information: London/Decca 485295

    • 12:25 am: Cypresses

      Composer: Antonin Dvorak
      Ensembles: Emerson String Quartet
      Catalog Information: DG 14106

    • 1:01 am: Beyond the Fog: Mist

      Composer: Gary Schocker
      Performer: Emily Mitchell, harp
      Catalog Information: Azica 71272

    • 1:06 am: Five Variants of Dives and Lazarus

      Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams
      Ensembles: New Queen's Hall Orchestra
      Conductor: Barry Wordsworth
      Catalog Information: Argo 440116

    • 1:21 am: Fantasie Symphonique

      Composer: Louis Theodore Gouvy
      Ensembles: German Radio Philharmonic
      Conductor: Jacques Mercier
      Catalog Information: CPO 777382

    • 1:43 am: French Suite No. 3

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
      Performer: Murray Perahia, piano
      Catalog Information: DG 479656

    • 2:01 am: Missa L'homme arme: Gloria in excelsis Deo

      Composer: Francisco de Penalosa
      Ensembles: New York Polyphony
      Catalog Information: Bis 2407

    • 2:06 am: Trumpet Concerto

      Composer: Leopold Mozart
      Ensembles: Scottish Chamber Orchestra
      Performer: Rolf Smedvig, trumpet
      Conductor: Jahja Ling
      Catalog Information: Telarc 80227

    • 2:21 am: Fantastic Scherzo

      Composer: Josef Suk
      Ensembles: Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
      Conductor: Jiri Belohlavek
      Catalog Information: Chandos 8897

    • 2:35 am: Gaite Parisienne: Selections

      Composer: Jacques Offenbach
      Ensembles: Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
      Conductor: Erich Kunzel
      Catalog Information: Moss Music 7119

    • 3:01 am: Bassoon Concerto: Adagio

      Composer: Carl Maria von Weber
      Ensembles: BBC Philharmonic
      Performer: Karen Geoghegan, bassoon
      Conductor: Juanjo Mena
      Catalog Information: Chandos 10748

    • 3:06 am: Ascent

      Composer: Ludovico Einaudi
      Performer: Ludovico Einaudi, piano
      Catalog Information: London/Decca 29843

    • 3:12 am: Cello Sonata

      Composer: Luigi Boccherini
      Performer: Anner Bylsma, cello
      Catalog Information: Sony 63190

    • 3:29 am: Symphony No. 2: 4th movement

      Composer: Elfrida Andree
      Ensembles: Stockholm Symphony Orchestra
      Conductor: Gustaf Sjokvist
      Catalog Information: Sterling 615

    • 3:37 am: Symphonic Variations

      Composer: Antonin Dvorak
      Ensembles: Scottish National Orchestra
      Conductor: Neeme Jarvi
      Catalog Information: Chandos 8575

    • 4:01 am: Flute Sonata: 1st movement

      Composer: Francis Poulenc
      Performer: Toshiko Kohno, flute
      Catalog Information: Dorian 90705

    • 4:06 am: String Quartet No. 1 "La Chasse"

      Composer: Franz Joseph Haydn
      Ensembles: Hagen Quartet
      Catalog Information: DG 423622

    • 4:22 am: Frozen: Do You Want to Build a Snowman

      Composer: Christophe Beck
      Performer: Lang Lang, piano
      Catalog Information: DG 480388

    • 4:26 am: Symphony No. 31

      Composer: Alan Hovhaness
      Ensembles: Northwest Sinfonia
      Conductor: Gerard Schwarz
      Catalog Information: Crystal 811

    • 4:49 am: Rhapsodie d'Auvergne

      Composer: Camille Saint-Saens
      Ensembles: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
      Performer: Stephen Hough, piano
      Conductor: Sakari Oramo
      Catalog Information: Hyperion 67331

    • 5:01 am: The Wedding Waltz

      Composer: Heikki Aaltoila
      Ensembles: Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra
      Conductor: Leif Segerstam
      Catalog Information: Ondine 824

    • 5:06 am: Concerto Grosso No. 2

      Composer: George Frideric Handel
      Ensembles: I Musici
      Catalog Information: Philips 422370

    • 5:18 am: Mazurka No. 15

      Composer: Frederic Chopin
      Performer: Mirian Conti, piano
      Catalog Information: Steinway & Sons 30003

    • 5:22 am: L'assedio di Corinto (Siege of Corinth): Ballet Music

      Composer: Gioacchino Rossini
      Ensembles: Monte Carlo National Opera Orchestra
      Conductor: Antonio de Almeida
      Catalog Information: Philips 422843

    • 5:38 am: Symphonic Metamorphosis

      Composer: Paul Hindemith
      Ensembles: North German Radio Symphony
      Conductor: Christoph Eschenbach
      Catalog Information: Ondine 1214

    • 6:01 am: Partita No. 6: Courante

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
      Performer: Piotr Anderszewski, piano
      Catalog Information: Virgin 45526

    • 6:06 am: Benvenuto Cellini: Overture

      Composer: Hector Berlioz
      Ensembles: Orchestra of Toulouse
      Conductor: Michel Plasson
      Catalog Information: EMI 54237

    • 6:17 am: From Tale to Tale: The Months

      Composer: Oskar Nedbal
      Ensembles: Dvorak Chamber Orchestra
      Conductor: Miroslav Homolka
      Catalog Information: Supraphon 111413

    • 6:30 am: Euphonium Concerto

      Composer: Amilcare Ponchielli
      Ensembles: Mecklenburg Staatskapelle Schwerin
      Performer: Roland Froscher, euphonium
      Conductor: Matthias Foremny
      Catalog Information: Dabringhaus 901164

    • 6:44 am: Six Etudes in Canonic Form: Andantino

      Composer: Robert Schumann
      Performer: Martha Argerich, piano
      Catalog Information: DG 479556

    • 6:48 am: Sleeping Beauty: Grand Pas de Deux

      Composer: Peter Tchaikovsky
      Ensembles: Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra
      Conductor: Leonard Slatkin
      Catalog Information: RCA 61682

    • 7:01 am: Scottish Rondo

      Composer: John Field
      Performer: Miceal O'Rourke, piano
      Catalog Information: Chandos 9315

    • 7:06 am: Florida Suite: By the River

      Composer: Frederick Delius
      Ensembles: English String Orchestra
      Conductor: William Boughton
      Catalog Information: Nimbus 5208

    • 7:14 am: Symphony No. 45 "Farewell"

      Composer: Franz Joseph Haydn
      Ensembles: Orchestra of St. Luke's
      Conductor: Charles Mackerras
      Catalog Information: Telarc 80156

    • 7:50 am: Variations on "The Last Rose of Summer"

      Composer: Friedrich Kuhlau
      Performer: Abbie de Quant, flute
      Catalog Information: Etcetera 1249

    • 8:01 am: The Seal Lullaby

      Composer: Eric Whitacre
      Ensembles: Voces8
      Performer: Christopher Glynn, piano
      Catalog Information: London/Decca 485397

    • 8:06 am: Three Preludes

      Composer: George Gershwin
      Performer: Sara Davis Buechner, piano
      Catalog Information: Connoisseur Soc 4191

    • 8:13 am: Norwegian Festival Overture

      Composer: Johan Halvorsen
      Ensembles: Bergen Symphony Orchestra
      Conductor: Karsten Andersen
      Catalog Information: NKF 50013

    • 8:24 am: Octet for Winds

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven
      Ensembles: Netherlands Wind Ensemble
      Catalog Information: Philips 472678

    • 8:47 am: Violin Concerto in the Style of Vivaldi

      Composer: Fritz Kreisler
      Ensembles: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
      Performer: Gil Shaham, violin
      Catalog Information: DG 439933

    • 9:01 am: New Classical Tracks

    • 9:06 am: Mandolin Concerto

      Composer: Antonio Vivaldi
      Ensembles: Academy of St Martin in the Fields
      Performer: Pepe Romero, guitar
      Conductor: Iona Brown
      Catalog Information: Philips 412624

    • 9:14 am: Halcyon Days

      Composer: Eric Coates
      Ensembles: East of England Orchestra
      Conductor: Malcolm Nabarro
      Catalog Information: ASV 2053

    • 9:24 am: Symphony No. 9: 2nd movement

      Composer: Gustav Mahler
      Ensembles: Minnesota Orchestra
      Conductor: Osmo Vanska
      Catalog Information: Bis 2476

    • 9:42 am: Horn Concerto No. 4

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
      Ensembles: London Sinfonietta
      Performer: Richard Watkins, horn
      Conductor: Richard Hickox
      Catalog Information: MCA 25229

    • 10:02 am: The Longest Day: March

      Composer: Paul Anka
      Ensembles: Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
      Conductor: Erich Kunzel
      Catalog Information: Telarc 80175

    • 10:06 am: Friendly Persuasion: Main theme

      Composer: Dimitri Tiomkin
      Ensembles: Boston Pops Orchestra
      Conductor: John Williams
      Catalog Information: Philips 411037

    • 10:10 am: Gettysburg: Main Theme

      Composer: Randy Edelman
      Ensembles: Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
      Performer: Timothy Berens, guitar
      Conductor: Erich Kunzel
      Catalog Information: Telarc 80437

    • 10:15 am: Gettysburg: Reunion and Finale

      Composer: Randy Edelman
      Ensembles: Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
      Conductor: Erich Kunzel
      Catalog Information: Telarc 80440

    • 10:22 am: Lincoln: The American Process

      Composer: John Williams
      Ensembles: Chicago Symphony Orchestra
      Conductor: John Williams
      Catalog Information: Sony 44685

    • 10:26 am: Lincoln: With Malice Toward None

      Composer: John Williams
      Ensembles: Dallas Wind Symphony
      Conductor: Jerry Junkin
      Catalog Information: Reference 142

    • 10:31 am: The Best Years of Our Lives: Theme

      Composer: Hugo Friedhofer
      Ensembles: London Symphony Orchestra
      Conductor: John Williams
      Catalog Information: Sony 62788

    • 10:35 am: War Horse: Learning the Call

      Composer: John Williams
      Ensembles: Studio Orchestra
      Conductor: John Williams
      Catalog Information: Sony 97528

    • 10:39 am: War Horse: Dartmoor, 1912

      Composer: John Williams
      Ensembles: Studio Orchestra
      Conductor: John Williams
      Catalog Information: Sony 97528

    • 10:43 am: Platoon: Theme

      Composer: Georges Delerue
      Ensembles: Royal Scottish Orchestra
      Conductor: Georges Delerue
      Catalog Information: Varese Saraband 66225

    • 10:51 am: Saving Private Ryan: Omaha Beach

      Composer: John Williams
      Ensembles: Boston Symphony Orchestra
      Conductor: John Williams
      Catalog Information: Dreamworks 50046

    • 11:01 am: The Generals' March

      Composer: Jerry Goldsmith
      Ensembles: Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
      Conductor: Erich Kunzel
      Catalog Information: Telarc 80175

    • 11:06 am: The Deer Hunter: Cavatina

      Composer: Stanley Myers
      Ensembles: London Symphony Orchestra
      Conductor: Stanley Black
      Catalog Information: MCA 25192

    • 11:11 am: Born on the Fourth of July Suite

      Composer: John Williams
      Ensembles: Boston Pops Orchestra
      Conductor: John Williams
      Catalog Information: Sony 64147

    • 11:26 am: The Valkyrie: Ride of the Valkyries

      Composer: Richard Wagner
      Ensembles: Chicago Symphony Orchestra
      Conductor: Daniel Barenboim
      Catalog Information: Erato 45786

    • 11:32 am: The Bridge on the River Kwai: Prelude

      Composer: Malcolm Arnold
      Ensembles: London Symphony Orchestra
      Conductor: Richard Hickox
      Catalog Information: Chandos 9100

    • 11:39 am: The Bridge on the River Kwai: Colonel Bogey

      Composer: Malcolm Arnold
      Ensembles: London Symphony Orchestra
      Conductor: Richard Hickox
      Catalog Information: Chandos 9100

    • 11:45 am: Forrest Gump: Suite

      Composer: Alan Silvestri
      Ensembles: Studio Orchestra
      Conductor: Alan Silvestri
      Catalog Information: Sony 66430

    • 11:52 am: Saving Private Ryan: Hymn to the Fallen

      Composer: John Williams
      Ensembles: Boston Symphony Orchestra
      Conductor: John Williams
      Catalog Information: Dreamworks 50046

    • 12:01 pm: Sextet: Rondo

      Composer: Luigi Gatti
      Ensembles: Calamus Ensemble
      Catalog Information: Dabringhaus 603158

    • 12:06 pm: Molly on the Shore

      Composer: Percy Grainger
      Ensembles: Michigan State University Band
      Conductor: Keith Brion
      Catalog Information: Delos 3101

    • 12:11 pm: Old Polish Suite

      Composer: Andrei Panufnik
      Ensembles: Polish Chamber Orchestra
      Conductor: Mariusz Smolij
      Catalog Information: Naxos 570032

    • 12:22 pm: Violin Sonata No. 5 "Spring"

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven
      Performer: Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin
      Catalog Information: DG 457619

    • 12:49 pm: Javelin

      Composer: Michael Torke
      Ensembles: Boston Pops Orchestra
      Conductor: John Williams
      Catalog Information: Sony 62592

    • 1:01 pm: Graceful Ghost Rag

      Composer: William Bolcom
      Performer: Richard Dowling, piano
      Catalog Information: Klavier 77035

    • 1:06 pm: Samson and Delilah: Bacchanale

      Composer: Camille Saint-Saens
      Ensembles: Minnesota Orchestra
      Conductor: Eiji Oue
      Catalog Information: Reference 71

    • 1:14 pm: Melodie No. 5

      Composer: Charles Gounod
      Performer: Barry Tuckwell, horn
      Catalog Information: Etcetera 1135

    • 1:20 pm: Symphony No. 35 "Haffner"

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
      Ensembles: London Mozart Players
      Conductor: Jane Glover
      Catalog Information: ASV 615

    • 1:41 pm: Symphonic Variations

      Composer: Cesar Franck
      Ensembles: London Philharmonic Orchestra
      Performer: Alicia de Larrocha, piano
      Conductor: Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos
      Catalog Information: London/Decca 417583

    • 2:01 pm: Symphony No. 2: Scherzo

      Composer: Alexander Borodin
      Ensembles: Toronto Symphony Orchestra
      Conductor: Andrew Davis
      Catalog Information: Sony 62406

    • 2:06 pm: Festmarsch (Festive March)

      Composer: Richard Strauss
      Ensembles: Oculi Ensemble
      Catalog Information: Champs Hill 155

    • 2:12 pm: Four Popular Catalan Songs

      Composer: Miguel Llobet
      Performer: David Russell, guitar
      Catalog Information: Telarc 80633

    • 2:18 pm: Cello Concerto No. 1

      Composer: Franz Joseph Haydn
      Ensembles: Trondheim Soloists
      Performer: Alisa Weilerstein, cello
      Catalog Information: Pentatone 717

    • 2:42 pm: Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra

      Composer: Benjamin Britten
      Ensembles: English Symphony Orchestra
      Conductor: William Boughton
      Catalog Information: Nimbus 7017

    • 3:01 pm: Downton Abbey: A Royal Command

      Composer: John Lunn
      Ensembles: Chamber Orchestra of London
      Conductor: Alastair King
      Catalog Information: London/Decca 31059

    • 3:06 pm: Fantasy on Mozart's "La ci darem la mano"

      Composer: Franz Danzi
      Ensembles: Wurttemberg Chamber Orchestra
      Performer: Sabine Meyer, clarinet
      Conductor: Jorg Faerber
      Catalog Information: RCA 61976

    • 3:17 pm: Melodie

      Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff
      Performer: Alessio Bax, piano
      Catalog Information: Signum 264

    • 3:22 pm: Violin Concerto

      Composer: Antonin Dvorak
      Ensembles: New York Philharmonic
      Performer: Midori, violin
      Conductor: Zubin Mehta
      Catalog Information: Sony 44923

    • 3:55 pm: Solomon: Arrival of the Queen of Sheba

      Composer: George Frideric Handel
      Ensembles: Academy of Ancient Music
      Conductor: Christopher Hogwood
      Catalog Information: Oiseau-Lyre 410553

    • 4:01 pm: Dance of the Shepherd Girl

      Composer: Hugo Alfven
      Ensembles: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra
      Performer: Goran Marcusson, flute
      Conductor: Thord Svedlund
      Catalog Information: Intim Music 18

    • 4:06 pm: Donna Diana Overture

      Composer: Emil von Reznicek
      Ensembles: Royal Scottish National Orchestra
      Conductor: Lance Friedel
      Catalog Information: Naxos 573418

    • 4:14 pm: The Enchanted Lake

      Composer: Anatol Liadov
      Ensembles: Mexico City Philharmonic Orchestra
      Conductor: Enrique Batiz
      Catalog Information: ASV 657

    • 4:20 pm: Piano Concerto No. 1

      Composer: Peter Tchaikovsky
      Ensembles: Minnesota Orchestra
      Performer: Stephen Hough, piano
      Conductor: Osmo Vanska
      Catalog Information: Hyperion 67711

    • 4:55 pm: Lohengrin: Prelude to Act III

      Composer: Richard Wagner
      Ensembles: Seattle Symphony
      Conductor: Gerard Schwarz
      Catalog Information: Delos 3053

  • 5:00 pm: Performance Today

    Performance Today features timely recordings that can't be heard anywhere else, recent performances by the great artists of our time and by the next generation of classical artists, from concert halls around the globe. Plus interviews and performances from the APM studios, and from concert stages around the country, along with classical music news and features. Every week composer Bruce Adolphe joins host Fred Child for a classical music game, the PT Piano Puzzler.

  • 7:00 pm: Classical Music

    Live classical music from American Public Media hosts.

    Program Playlist

    • 7:00 pm: Pavane

      Composer: Gabriel Faure
      Performer: Humbert Lucarelli, oboe
      Catalog Information: Vox 7504

    • 7:01 pm: Spring in Buenos Aires (Primavera Portena)

      Composer: Astor Piazzolla
      Performer: Philip Hansen, cello
      Catalog Information: North Pacific 28

    • 7:06 pm: Guitar Concerto

      Composer: Heitor Villa-Lobos
      Ensembles: New York Philharmonic
      Performer: Sharon Isbin, guitar
      Conductor: Jose Serebrier
      Catalog Information: Warner 60296

    • 7:25 pm: Three Little Pigs: Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf

      Composer: Frank Churchill/Ann Ronell
      Performer: Lang Lang, piano
      Catalog Information: DG 480388

    • 7:29 pm: The Firebird (L'oiseau de feu) Ballet

      Composer: Igor Stravinsky
      Ensembles: Minnesota Orchestra
      Conductor: Eiji Oue
      Catalog Information: Reference 70

    • 7:51 pm: String Quartet No. 5: 4th movement

      Composer: Alexander Glazunov
      Ensembles: Saint Petersburg String Quartet
      Catalog Information: Delos 3262

    • 8:01 pm: Postludium No. 4

      Composer: Valentin Silvestrov
      Ensembles: Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra
      Performer: Elisaveta Blumina, piano
      Conductor: Thomas Sanderling
      Catalog Information: Grand Piano 678

    • 8:06 pm: 'Shrink' for violin and orchestra

      Composer: Nico Muhly
      Ensembles: Scottish Chamber Orchestra
      Performer: Pekka Kuusisto, violin and conductor
      Catalog Information: European Broadc Record

    • 8:28 pm: Fugue "Little"

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
      Ensembles: Canadian Brass
      Catalog Information: Steinway & Sons 30008

    • 8:33 pm: Variations on "I Got Rhythm"

      Composer: George Gershwin
      Ensembles: Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra
      Performer: Orion Weiss, piano
      Conductor: JoAnn Falletta
      Catalog Information: Naxos 559705

    • 8:44 pm: Rounds for String Orchestra

      Composer: David Diamond
      Ensembles: Seattle Symphony
      Conductor: Gerard Schwarz
      Catalog Information: Delos 3189

    • 9:01 pm: Mosaics: Scenes from Summer

      Composer: Aminollah Hossein
      Performer: Tara Kamangar, piano
      Catalog Information: Delos 3471

    • 9:06 pm: Concerto for 2 Orchestras No. 1

      Composer: George Frideric Handel
      Ensembles: Tafelmusik
      Conductor: Jeanne Lamon
      Catalog Information: Sony 63073

    • 9:21 pm: Violin Concerto No. 2 "La Campanella"

      Composer: Niccolo Paganini
      Ensembles: Moscow Chamber Orchestra
      Performer: Ilya Grubert, violin
      Conductor: Constantine Orbelian
      Catalog Information: Chandos 9492

    • 9:53 pm: Paganini Etude No. 3 "La Campanella"

      Composer: Franz Liszt
      Performer: Lang Lang, piano
      Catalog Information: Sony (7) 89

  • 10:00 pm: Encore Houston

    Encore Houston is a weekly show featuring a concert recording from a local ensemble or performance organization in Houston. Each episode features the concert and brief commentary from host Joshua Zinn, with a preview of an upcoming performance by the featured organization at the end of the program.

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