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Studio 360: How Animals Communicate with Each Other
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Street Shots Challenge
A guide for music played on WNYC-2
12:02am
"Variations on a Theme by Wagner"
Graham Haynes
Graham Haynes, cornet / flugelhorn
Knitting Factory 270
12:12am
Musique profane
Anonymous
Ensemble Medieval de Toulouse
Pierre Hudrisier, conductor
Ariane 148
12:33am
"Grammar Sounds"
Ornette Coleman
Ornette Coleman, saxophone
Sound Grammar 11593
12:42am
Le sacre du printemps (The Rite of Spring)
Igor Stravinsky
Andre Vieru, piano
Dan Grigore, piano
Harmonia Mundi 39942
1:20am
String Quartet No. 2, "Hunting: Gathering" (second movement)
Kevin Volans
Kronos Quartet
Nonesuch 979255
1:31am
Serenade for Strings in C, Op. 48
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Berlin Philharmonic
Herbert von Karajan, conductor
Deutsche Grammophon 400038
2:01am
Symphony No. 5 in C-sharp Minor: Adagietto. Sehr langsam.
Gustav Mahler / Uri Caine
Uri Caine Ensemble
Uri Caine, piano
Winter & Winter 910004
2:12am
Symphony No. 5 in C-sharp Minor: IV. Adagietto. Sehr langsam.
Gustav Mahler
Philharmonia Orchestra
Giuseppe Sinopoli, conductor
Deutsche Grammophon 457329
2:23am
Rhapsody in Blue
George Gershwin
Paul Whiteman's Orchestra
Paul Whiteman, conductor
George Gershwin, piano
North American Classics 4002
2:33am
Far East Suite: A Tone Parallel to Harlem
Edward K. (Duke) Ellington
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Sir Simon Rattle, conductor
John Barclay, trumpet
Simon Gardner, high trumpet
Mark Goodchild, double bass
Geri Allen, piano
Lewis Nash, drums
Angel/EMI 57014
2:48am
Good By Macedonia
Traditional Macedonian
Kocani Orkestar
Paolo Fresu, trumpet/bugle/effects
Antonello Salis, piano/accordion
2:58am
"Wand'ring Steps and Slow"
Jorge Martin
Jeanne Golan, piano
Albany 671
3:13am
"Wand'ring Steps and Slow"
Jorge Martin
Jeanne Golan, piano
Albany 671
3:28am
"Piano Fantasy on Sredni Vashtar"
Jorge Martin
Jeanne Golan, piano
Albany 671
3:46am
"Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen"
Franz Liszt
Vladimir Horowitz, piano
CBS/Sony 45818
3:52am
Symphony No. 41 in C, K. 551 (Jupiter)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Riccardo Muti, conductor
Angel/EMI 47465
4:33am
Drumming: Part I
Steve Reich
So Percussion
Rebecca Armstrong, vocals
Jay Clayton, vocals
Erin Lesser, piccolo
Cantaloupe 21026
4:54am
Drumming: Part II
Steve Reich
So Percussion
Rebecca Armstrong, vocals
Jay Clayton, vocals
Erin Lesser, piccolo
Cantaloupe 21026
5:16am
Drumming: Part III
Steve Reich
So Percussion
Rebecca Armstrong, vocals
Jay Clayton, vocals
Erin Lesser, piccolo
Cantaloupe 21026
5:32am
Drumming: Part IV
Steve Reich
So Percussion
Rebecca Armstrong, vocals
Jay Clayton, vocals
Erin Lesser, piccolo
Cantaloupe 21026
5:48am
Instrumental and "O presul vere civitatis"
Hildegard von Bingen
Sequentia
Deutsche Harmonia Mundi 77378
6:00am
Fantasia
William Byrd
Andrew Lawrence-King, Baroque harp
Deutsche Harmonia Mundi 77504
6:10am
Violin Concerto
Joan Tower
Louisville Orchestra
Joseph Silverstein, conductor
Elmar Oliveira, violin
D'Note 51016
6:29am
Two Waltzes
George Gershwin
Katia and Marielle Labeque, piano
Angel/EMI 49752
6:33am
Flute Concerto
Ellen Taaffe Zwilich
London Symphony Orchestra
James Sedares, conductor
Doriot Anthony Dwyer, flute
KOCH International 7142
6:51am
Serenade for Strings in C, Op. 48
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Netherlands Chamber Orchestra
David Zinman, conductor
Philips 438748
7:22am
Yellow River Piano Concerto
Xian Xinghai
China Philharmonic Orchestra
Long Yu, conductor
Lang Lang, piano
Deutsche Grammophon 008233
7:43am
A Shropshire Lad
George Butterworth
English Symphony Orchestra
William Boughton, conductor
Nimbus 5210
7:53am
Know What Is Above You
Steve Reich
Anonymous 4
Thad Wheeler, percussion
Jim Preiss, percussion
WNYC Commission 01
7:57am
The Wound-Dresser
John Adams
Orchestra of St. Luke's
John Adams, conductor
Sanford Sylvan, baritone
Nonesuch 79218
8:16am
Simulacrum
Ralph Towner
Christopher O'Riley, piano
WNYC Commission 01
8:34am
Concierto del sur
Manuel Ponce
New York Philharmonic
Jose Serebrier, conductor
Sharon Isbin, guitar
Warner Classics 60296
9:00am
The Auden Songs
Ned Rorem
Chamber Domaine
Christopher Lemmings, tenor
Black Box 1104
9:34am
Eighteen Courtly Masquing Ayres
John Adson
Musica Aurea
David Munrow, recorder and various Renaissance instruments
Don Smithers, recorder and various Renaissance instruments
Michael Morrow, crumhorn
Boston Skyline 138
10:02am
Strange Meadow Lark
Dave Brubeck
Brodsky Quartet
Teldec 46015
10:05am
Music for Cello and Orchestra
Joan Tower
St. Louis Symphony Orchestra
Leonard Slatkin, conductor
Lynn Harrell, cello
Nonesuch 79245
10:23am
Oasis
Improvisation
Silk Road Ensemble
CBS/Sony 93962
10:26am
Violin Sonata No. 3
Charles Ives
Gregory Fulkerson, violin
Robert Shannon, piano
Bridge 9024
10:56am
The English Dancing Master
John Playford Collection
The Broadside Band
Jeremy Barlow, conductor
Harmonia Mundi 1951152
11:11am
Trumpet Concerto in C Minor
Benedetto Marcello
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor
Maurice Andre, trumpet
Angel/EMI 69152
11:24am
Histoire du tango
Astor Piazzolla
Odair Assad, guitar
Fernando Suarez Paz, violin
GHA 126027
11:43am
Nosturnos
Arthur Kampela
Jenny Lin, piano
KOCH International 7670
12:56pm
Pineapple Rag
Scott Joplin
Joshua Rifkin, piano
Angel/EMI 47199
12:59pm
Symphony No. 13, Op. 113, "Babi Yar"
Dmitri Shostakovich
Bavarian Radio Symphony
Mariss Jansons, conductor
Sergei Aleksashkin, bass
Bavarian Radio Symphony Chorus
Angel/EMI 57902
1:00pm
Lullaby
George Gershwin
Amherst Saxophone Quartet
MCA 10055
1:08pm
String Quartet No. 9 in C, Op. 59/3, "Rasumovsky No. 3"
Ludwig van Beethoven
Emerson String Quartet
Deutsche Grammophon 453764
1:37pm
By the River
Edgar Meyer
Edgar Meyer, double bass
Mike Marshall, mandolin
Bela Fleck, banjo
CBS/Sony 62891
1:41pm
Symbolon
Ellen Taaffe Zwilich
New York Philharmonic
Zubin Mehta, conductor
New World 372
1:56pm
Music for Mallet Instruments, Voices, and Organ
Steve Reich
Members of the Steve Reich Ensemble
Steve Reich, conductor
Nonesuch 79220
2:13pm
Voyage
John Corigliano
I Fiamminghi
Rudolf Werthen, conductor
Paul Edmund-Davies, flute
Telarc 80503
2:21pm
Por nos de dulta tirar, CSM 18
Alfonso X "El Sabio"
Ensemble Unicorn, Vienna
Naxos 553133
2:29pm
Variations on "America"
Charles Ives
St. Louis Symphony Orchestra
Leonard Slatkin, conductor
RCA 61282
2:35pm
Violin Concerto
John Adams
Houston Symphony Orchestra
Christoph Eschenbach, conductor
Robert McDuffie, violin
Telarc 80494
3:10pm
Six Lieder
Samuel Barber
Samuel Barber, baritone and piano
Bridge 9156
3:23pm
Prelude, Fugue, and Riffs
Leonard Bernstein
Columbia Jazz Combo
Leonard Bernstein, conductor
Benny Goodman, clarinet
CBS/Sony 60559
3:31pm
Feuerklavier (Fire-piano) (1989)
Luciano Berio
David Arden, piano
New Albion 089
3:34pm
Viola Concerto in C minor, Op. 25
York Bowen
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra
Marc Taddei, conductor
Helen Callus, viola
ASV 1181
4:06pm
Three Songs for Pipa and Cello
Bright Sheng
Wu Man, pipa
Nicholas Tzavaris, cello
BIS 1138
4:15pm
The Red Pony Suite
Aaron Copland
New Philharmonia Orchestra
Aaron Copland, conductor
CBS/Sony 47236
4:40pm
Seesaw
Bela Fleck
Edgar Meyer, double bass
Bela Fleck, banjo
Mike Marshall, mandolin
CBS/Sony 62891
4:44pm
Amazon
Joan Tower
Da Capo Chamber Players
CRI 582
4:57pm
Carnival of Miracles
Richard Einhorn
Anonymous 4
Christine Gummere, cello
Julie Green, cello
WNYC Commission 01
5:29pm
Symphony No. 1, La nuit des tropiques
Louis Moreau Gottschalk
Utah Symphony Orchestra
Maurice Abravanel, conductor
Vanguard 09
5:48pm
Dichterliebe, Op. 48
Robert Schumann
Ian Bostridge, tenor
Julius Drake, piano
Angel/EMI 56575
6:17pm
Little Dance Overture
Erik Satie
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano
London/Decca 473620
6:19pm
Symphony No. 2 in B-flat, Op. 21
George W. Chadwick
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Neeme Jarvi, conductor
Chandos 9334
6:54pm
Cantiga/Ballad of Little Sadie
Traditional Spanish
Hesperus
Golden Apple Records 7553
6:57pm
Gypsy Songs
Sergio Assad
Sergio and Odair Assad, guitars
Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, violin
Nonesuch 79505
7:06pm
Dances for Two Couples
John Playford Collection
New York Renaissance Band
Arabesque 6520
7:11pm
Prelude No. 1
George Gershwin
The Eroica Trio
Angel/EMI 56482
7:16pm
Chaconne, Op. 32
Carl Nielsen
Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
Virgin 45129
7:25pm
Concerto for Pipa with String Orchestra
Lou Harrison
The New Professionals Orchestra
Rebecca Miller, conductor
Wu Man, pipa
Mode 140
7:52pm
Symphony No. 1
Kurt Weill
Die Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen
Antony Beaumont, conductor
Chandos 5046
8:15pm
Symphony No. 2, Op. 19
Samuel Barber
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Neeme Jarvi, conductor
Chandos 9169
8:44pm
Trio Sonata in D Minor
George Phillip Telemann
Bart Schneemann, oboe
Pieter Wispelwey, cello
Frans Rob't Berkhout, bassoon
Menno van Delft, keyboard
Siebe Henstra, organ
Channel Classics 14098
8:54pm
They Are There!
Charles Ives
Charles Ives, piano
CRI 810
8:56pm
Tokyo/Vermont Counterpoint
Steve Reich
Mika Yoshida, MIDI marimba
Nonesuch 79546
9:06pm
Tango Suite
Astor Piazzolla
Yo-Yo Ma, cello
Sergio and Odair Assad, guitars
CBS/Sony 63122
9:16pm
Dix-huitieme ordre
Francois Couperin
Angela Hewitt, piano
Hyperion 67440
9:38pm
Aires Tropicales: Habanera
Paquito D'Rivera
Imani Winds
KOCH International 7599
9:41pm
Gnarly Buttons
John Adams
London Sinfonietta
John Adams, conductor
Michael Collins, clarinet
Nonesuch 79465
10:06pm
Symphonies of Wind Instruments (1920)
Igor Stravinsky
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Pierre Boulez, conductor
Deutsche Grammophon 457616
10:16pm
Concerto for Violin and Cello in A Minor, Op. 102
Johannes Brahms
Barcelona GTL Symphony Orch
Alfred Cortot, conductor
Pablo Casals, cello
Jacques Thibaud, violin
Angel/EMI 64057
10:46pm
Prelude in A Minor
Johann Pachelbel
Joseph Payne, harpsichord
Centaur 2419
10:47pm
Mary
Beata Moon
Joan La Barbara, soprano
Tom Chiu, violin
Danny Mallon, percussion
Beata Moon, piano
Albany 426
10:56pm
Six Variations for Two Pianos
Ned Rorem
Clinton-Narboni Duo, pianos
Vanguard 106
11:09pm
Sequoia
Joan Tower
St. Louis Symphony Orchestra
Leonard Slatkin, conductor
St.LouisSO 51205
11:25pm
Another Division on a Ground by Mr. John Banister
John Playford Collection
David Douglass, violin
Paul O'Dette, Baroque guitar
Andrew Lawrence-King, harp
Harmonia Mundi 3957186
11:35pm
Three Equali for Four Trombones, WoO 30
Ludwig van Beethoven
Philip Jones Brass Ensemble
Deutsche Grammophon 453779
11:39pm
Eucaristica
Pablo Casals
Dennis Keene, conductor
Ascenion Music Chorus
Mark Kruczek, organ
Delos 3138
11:44pm
New Morning for the World (1982)
Joseph Schwantner
Oregon Symphony
James DePreist, conductor
Raymond Bazemore, narrator
Kleos 7293