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A guide for music played on WNYC FM
12:00am
Suiren
Improvisation
Deep Listening
Pauline Oliveros, voice
Stuart Dempster, garden hose, voice
Panaiotis, vocals, whistling
New Albion 022
12:11am
Duo
Aaron Copland
Paula Robison, flute
Timothy Hester, piano
Music Masters 60195
12:25am
Sinfonia Concertante
Sir Peter Maxwell Davies
Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, conductor
Unicorn 2026
1:02am
Schwanengesang, Opus ultimum SWV 482-488
Heinrich Schutz
Concerto Palatino
Philippe Herreweghe, conductor
Collegium Vocale Gent
Harmonia Mundi 901895
1:47am
Schwanengesang, Opus ultimum SWV 489-494
Heinrich Schutz
Concerto Palatino
Philippe Herreweghe, conductor
Collegium Vocale Gent
Harmonia Mundi 901895
2:31am
Oiseaux Exotiques
Olivier Messiaen
London Sinfonietta
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Paul Crossley, piano
CBS/Sony 44762
2:46am
Ione
Improvisation
Deep Listening
Pauline Oliveros, accordion
Stuart Dempster, trombone, didjeridu
New Albion 022
3:04am
Symphony No. 3 in E-flat, Op. 97, "Rhenish"
Robert Schumann
Cleveland Orchestra
George Szell, conductor
CBS/Sony 62349
3:37am
"Drill"
Evan Ziporyn
Boston Modern Orchestra Project
Gil Rose, conductor
Evan Ziporyn, bass clarinet
Cantaloupe 21040
3:48am
Palimsest
Iannis Xenakis
The Society for New Music
Charles Peltz, conductor
Mode 80
4:01am
"Volcano Songs"
Meredith Monk
Katie Geissinger, vocals
Meredith Monk, vocals
ECM 1589
4:12am
Allegro Penseroso
Milton Babbitt
Marilyn Nonken, piano
CRI 877
4:24am
Concert No. 2, "La Laborde"
Jean-Philippe Rameau
The Queen's Chamber Band
Elaine Comparone, harpsichord
Lyrichord 8040
4:43am
Lute Suite in A minor BWV 995
Johann Sebastian Bach
Paul O'Dette, baroque lute
harmonia mundi 907438
7:00pm
"China Gates"
John Adams
Gloria Cheng-Cochran, piano
Telarc 80513
7:06pm
"Lollapalooza"
John Adams
New World Symphony
Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
RCA 68798
7:14pm
"Mountain Songs": 'Barbara Allen'; 'The House Carpenter'; 'He's Gone Away'; 'Hush You Bye'
Robert Beaser
Susan Glaser,flute
Franco Platino, guitar
KOCH International 7533
7:31pm
"Quando l'Alba in Oriente" (When the Dawn in the East)
Claudio Monteverdi
Concerto delle Dame di Ferrara
Sergio Vartolo, conductor
Naxos 553317
7:37pm
"The Wall of China" Concert Suite
Sven Einar Englund
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Petri Sakari, conductor
YLE 9706
8:09pm
Largo for Glass Harmonica in C Minor
Johann Abraham Peter Schulz
Bruno Hoffmann, glass armonica
Vox Classics 9008
8:15pm
"Classical Rap" (S. 1-2-3)
Peter Schickele
Grandmaster Flab and the Hoople Funkharmonic
Newton Wayland, conductor
Telarc 80520
8:25pm
Aria in Classic Style, Op. 19
Marcel Grandjany
Anne-Marguerite Michaud, harp
Summit 216
8:32pm
Concerto for Classic Guitar and Jazz Piano Trio: "Africaine"
Claude Bolling
Alexandre Lagoya, guitar
Claude Bolling, piano
Marcel Sabiana, drums
Michel Gaudry, string bass
CBS/Sony 46357
8:38pm
"African Suite": 'High Hattin''
Zez Confrey
Noel Lester, piano
Elan 82296
8:40pm
Sinfonietta, Op. 1
Benjamin Britten
Vienna Octet
London 425715
8:56pm
"Phidyle"
Henri Duparc
Gerald Finley, bass baritone
Stephen Ralls, piano
CBC (RCI) 1148
9:03pm
Serenade for Double Bass, Harp, and String Quartet
Charlie Barnett
Robert Oppelt, double bass
Dotian Levalier, harp
Elisabeth Adkins, violin
Paula Akbar, violin
Ruth Wicker Schaaf, viola
James Lee, cello
MSR 1221
9:20pm
"Seven Pastorales"
Lou Harrison
Brooklyn Philharmonic Orchestra
Dennis Russell Davies, conductor
Music Masters 67089
9:40pm
"Dona Nobis Pacem"
Peteris Vasks
Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir
Paul Hillier, conductor
Tallinn Chamber Orchestra
Harmonia Mundi 907311
9:57pm
"Homage to Tarrega," Op. 69
Joaquin Turina
Julian Bream, guitar
Westminster 471236
10:03pm
"Autumn Music"
Sir Andrzej Panufnik
London Symphony Orchestra
Jascha Horenstein, conductor
Anthony Peebles, piano
Unicorn 2016
10:22pm
"Alto Rhapsody," Op. 53
Johannes Brahms
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Sir Adrian Boult, conductor
Dame Janet Baker, mezzo-soprano
Angel/EMI 68655
10:35pm
"Six Gnossiennes"
Erik Satie
Pascal Roge, piano
London 6393