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Live performances in Soundcheck's studios
Studio 360: How Animals Communicate with Each Other
Selected Shorts featuring "The Trouble of Marcie Flint," by John Cheever
Radio Rookies: Brooklyn Broadcast Workshop
On the Media: Challenging Convention
Street Shots Challenge
A guide for music played on WNYC-2
12:00am
Sonata in A, La pastorella
Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber
Andrew Manze, violin
Nigel North, theorbo/lute
John Toll, keyboard
Harmonia Mundi 907134
12:05am
Four Roses
Annie Gosfield
Annie Gosfield, sampling keyboard
Ted Mook, celo
Tzadik 7040
12:11am
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
12:43am
Histoire du tango
Astor Piazzolla
Odair Assad, guitar
Fernando Suarez Paz, violin
GHA 126027
1:02am
Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14
Hector Berlioz
New York Philharmonic
Leonard Bernstein, conductor
CBS/Sony 38475
1:51am
A Collective Cleansing
Lisa Bielawa
Lisa Bielawa, voice
Tzadik TZ 8039
2:04am
Piano Trio in B-flat, Op 11, Gassenhauer
Ludwig van Beethoven
Martha Argerich, piano
Marek Denemark, clarinet
Mark Drobinsky, cello
Angel/EMI 57506
2:23am
Five Songs
Charles Ives
Orchestra of St. Luke's
John Adams, conductor
Dawn Upshaw, soprano
Elektra/Nonesuch 979249-2
2:33am
Songs of the Shining Wind
Robert Kyr
Ensemble P. A. N.
Laurie Monahan, mezzo soprano
Michael Collver, countertenor
John Fleagle, tenor
Crawford Young, lute
Shira Kammen, vielle
New Albion 075
3:07am
Mass
Igor Stravinsky
English Bach Festival Orchestra
Leonard Bernstein, conductor
English Bach Festival Chorus
Trinity Boys' Choir
Deutsche Grammophon 423251
3:29am
Ambient 4: On Land
Brian Eno
Brian Eno, synthesizer
Michael Beinhorn, synthesizer
Axel Gros, guitar
Bill Laswell, bass
Jon Hassell, trumpet
Michael Brook, guitar
Editions EG 20
4:14am
"Sonatas and Interludes"
John Cage
Margaret Leng Tan, piano and prepared piano
Mode 158
5:15am
Recuerdos de viaje
Isaac Albeniz
Guillermo Gonzalez, piano
Naxos 8.570553
5:45am
Amazon
Joan Tower
Da Capo Chamber Players
CRI 582
5:59am
Partita for Flute, Violin, and Strings
Paul Creston
City of London Sinfonia
David Amos, conductor
Yossi Arnheim, flute
Nicholas Ward, violin
Harmonia Mundi 906011
6:16am
Tout un Monde Lointain
Henri Dutilleux
Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France
Myung-Whun Chung, conductor
Truls Mork, cello
Virgin Classics 7243 5 45502 2 5
6:44am
Les Indes galantes: Overture, Airs, and Dances
Jean-Philippe Rameau
Orchestre de la Chapelle Royale
Philippe Herreweghe, conductor
Harmonia Mundi 2901130
7:00am
Postcards: "From the River Valley"
Bright Sheng
Singapore Symphony Orchestra
Lan Shui, conductor
BIS 1122
7:02am
In the Garden
Edgar Meyer
Edgar Meyer, double bass
Mike Marshall, mandolin
Bela Fleck, banjo
CBS/Sony 62891
7:08am
Night Vigil
Michael Harrison
Michael Harrison, piano
Cantaloupe 21043
7:11am
Organ Symphony (1924)
Aaron Copland
New York Philharmonic
Leonard Bernstein, conductor
E. Power Biggs, organ
CBS/Sony 63155
7:35am
The Plow that Broke the Plains
Virgil Thomson
Philharmonia Virtuosi
Richard Kapp, conductor
ESS.A.Y 1005
8:00am
Symphony No. 2 in E Minor, Op. 27
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Alfred Wallenstein, conductor
Angel/EMI 69029
8:42am
Lord Fitzwilliam Suite
William Byrd
Boulder Brass
Dorian 93204
8:53am
Spem in alium
Thomas Tallis
Kronos Quartet
Nonesuch 79242
9:02am
Tsmindao Ghmerto
Anonymous
Maya Beiser, cello, vocals
Koch 3-7464-2 HI
9:09am
Tabula rasa
Arvo Part
Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra
Saulius Sondeckis, conductor
Gidon Kremer, violin
Tatiana Grindenko, violin
Alfred Schnittke, prepared piano
ECM 1275
9:35am
Travis
Bela Fleck
Edgar Meyer, double bass
Mike Marshall, mandolin
Bela Fleck, banjo
CBS/Sony 62891
9:38am
These Worlds In Us
Missy Mazzoli
Unknown orchestra
Private collection Private collection
9:47am
I mine kate ungdomsdagar
Traditional Norwegian
Trio Mediaeval
Arr. Andrew Smith
ECM 2003
9:51am
Petite Suite (1947)
Luciano Berio
David Arden, piano
New Albion 089
10:01am
Symphony No. 2
Stephen Hartke
Riverside Symphony
George Rothman, conductor
New World Records 80533-2
10:27am
String Quartet No. 13 in B flat Major, Op. 130 (mvmts. 1-5)
Ludwig van Beethoven
Takacs Quartet
London/Decca 470849
11:01am
Tomorrow
Bernice Johnson Reagon
Sweet Honey in the Rock
Flying Fish 366
11:05am
Piano Sonata No. 5 in F-sharp, Op. 53
Alexander Scriabin
Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano
Hyperion 67131
11:18am
Piccolo Play in Homage to Couperin
Thea Musgrave
Susan Glaser, piccolo
Robert Markham, piano
KOCH International 7396
11:33am
Symphony No. 2, Sinfonia India
Carlos Chavez
New York Philharmonic
Leonard Bernstein, conductor
CBS/Sony 60571
11:45am
Trois danses tcheques
Bohuslav Martinu
Giorgio Koukl, piano
Naxos 8.557919
11:54am
Stop All the Clocks
Ned Rorem
Nancy Ellen Ogle, soprano
Ginger Yang Hwalek, piano
Capstone Records CPS-8702
11:58am
The Silken-fair
Traditional Welsh
William Taylor, harp
Dorian 90260
12:55pm
Le marriage force: Suite
Jean-Baptiste Lully
New York Kammermusiker (Double Reed Ensemble)
Ilonna Pederson, conductor
Dorian 90189
1:04pm
Oboe Serenade
Stephen Perillo
Symphony Orchestra of St. Petersburg
Yuval Waldman, conductor
Centaur 2885
1:13pm
Six Folk Song Arrangements
Samuel Barber
Samuel Barber, baritone and piano
Bridge 9156
1:26pm
Terpsichore: Passameze pour les cornetz
Michael Praetorius
New London Consort
Philip Pickett, conductor
Decca 475 9101
1:27pm
Pra Dizer Adeus
Edu Lobo & Torquato Neto
Glauco Sagebin, piano
Santi Debriano, bass
Paulo Braga, drums
Blue Toucan Music N/A
1:33pm
Danza
Francisco de la Torre
Joseph Iadone, lute
Lyrichord 8020
1:35pm
Workers Union
Louis Andriessen
Bang on a Can All-Stars
Cantaloupe 21012
1:51pm
String Quartet Set
Lou Harrison
Kronos Quartet
CRI 613
2:18pm
Octandre
Edgard Varese
The Contemporary Chamber Ensemble
Arthur Weisberg, conductor
Nonesuch 71269
2:25pm
Ma Mere l'Oye
Maurice Ravel
Berlin Philharmonic
Pierre Boulez, conductor
Deutsche Grammophon 439859
2:53pm
A Voz Que Conta A Nossa Historia
Jorge Fernando, Armando Machado
Ana Moura, voice
Jorge Fernando, guitar
Harmonia mundi 468072
2:56pm
Mecanique No. 1
George Antheil
player piano
Musikproduktion Dabringhaus und Grimm 645 1404-2
2:58pm
"Scherzo"
Paul Moravec
Trio Solisti
Naxos 559323
3:01pm
Down by the Riverside
Frederic Rzewski
Frederic Rzewski, piano
Nonesuch 79623-2
3:12pm
Morning: Good
Anat Fort
Anat Fort, piano
Perry Robinson, clarinet / ocarina
Ed Schuller, double-bass
Paul Motian, drums
ECM 1994
3:19pm
Trio and Double Quartet from Elijah
Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
Die 12 Cellisten Der Berliner Philharmoniker
EMI 57030
3:24pm
Canzona d'espana No. 1
Bartolome de Selma y Salaverde
Julia Bishop, violin
Angela East, bass violin
Julian Rhodes, keyboard
Dorian 93208
3:30pm
Aquarela do Brasil
Barroso/Assad
Clarice Assad, piano and vocals
Ethan Startzman, bass
Assad 01
3:34pm
Das Kathchen von Heilbronn, op. 17: Overture
Hans Pfitzner
Berlin German Opera Orchestra
Christian Thielemann, conductor
Deutsche Grammophon 449571
3:51pm
Keyboard Study #11
Terry Riley
Luca Miti, pianoforte
ants ag10
4:11pm
"The Passing Measures"
David Lang
Birmingham Contemporary Music Group
Paul Herbert, conductor
Cantaloupe 21003
4:54pm
Piano Sonata No. 6, Op. 62
Alexander Scriabin
Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano
Hyperion 67131
5:05pm
BE JUST!
Martin Bresnick
Bang on a Can All-Stars
Cantaloupe 21041
5:09pm
D&C
Heiner Goebbels
Junge Deutsche Philharmonie
Peter Rundel, conductor
ECM 1688
5:21pm
Dust
Belinda Reynolds
Claricello
Jason Gresl, clarinet
Lara Turner, cello
Innova 653
5:27pm
Broomriding 2
Alexander von Schlippenbach
Alexander von Schlippenbach, piano
Rudi Mahall, bass clarinet
Tristan Honsinger, cello
Paul Lovens, percussion
psi records psi 03.05
5:36pm
Moment Musical
Raymond Scott
The Beau Hunks Sextette
basta 30-90362
5:38pm
Suite pastorale
Emmanuel Chabrier
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
Deutsche Grammophon 447751
5:57pm
Quatre mouvements parodiques
Shiro Fukai
Russian Philharmonic Orchestra
Dmitry Yablonsky, conductor
Naxos 8.557688
6:13pm
Raising the Gaze
Peter Lieberson
Boston Musica Viva
Richard Pittman, conductor
Neuma 450-79
6:20pm
Second Rhapsody for Piano and Orchestra
George Gershwin
Philharmonia Orchestra
Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor
Howard Shelley, piano
Chandos 9092
6:35pm
The smart set
Mischa Spoliansky
Matrix Ensemble
Robert Ziegler, conductor
Ute Lemper, vocalist
Jeff Cohen, piano
London/Decca 452 849-2
6:39pm
Cello Sonata
Daniel Schnyder
Daniel Pezotti, cello
Simon Nabatov, piano
Koch-Schwann 310170
6:46pm
La Desirade
Carlos Salzedo
Yolanda Kondonassis, harp
Telarc 80691
6:48pm
Red Arc/Blue Veil
John Luther Adams
Stephen Drury, piano
Yukiko Takagi, piano
Scott Deal, percussion
Stuart Gerber, percussion
Cold Blue CB0026
7:00pm
Three Songs from "Gomorra"
HK Gruber
London Mob Ensemble
H. K. Gruber, conductor
HK Gruber, chansonnier
EMI Classics 7243 5 56441 2 1
7:08pm
My Language
P. Q. Phan
Tanosaki-Richards Duo
New World
7:21pm
Toccata
Alessandro Piccinini
Rolf Lislevand, archlute, baroque guitar, theorboe
Arianna Savall, triple harp, voice
Pedro Estevan, percussion
Bjorn Kjellemyr, colascione, double-bass
Guido Morini, organ, clavichord
Marco Ambrosini, nyckelharpa (viola d'amore a chiavi)
ECM 1922
7:23pm
Three Jamaican Dances
Oswald Russell
William Chapman Nyaho, piano
MSR Classics MS 1091
7:29pm
Armenian Rhapsody No. 3
Alan Hovhaness
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Alan Hovhaness, conductor
Crystal 804
7:34pm
"A Dance Poem"
Alexander von Zemlinsky
Gurzenich Orchestra
James Conlon, conductor
Angel/EMI 56474
8:10pm
Passacaglia in d minor, BuxWV 161
Dietrich Buxtehude
Nicholas Danby, organ
Virgin 91139
8:16pm
Tzigane - Rhapsodie de concert for violin and lutheal
Maurice Ravel
Daniel Hope, violin
Gaurav Mazumdar, sitar
Asok Chakroborty, tabla
Gilda Sebastian, tanpura
Sebastian Knauer, piano, lutheal
Warner Classics 2564 61329-2
8:26pm
"Strange Meadowlark"
Dave Brubeck
John Salmon, piano
Naxos 559301
8:29pm
Aguadate-Te Ao Chegar/Waits for You When You Arrive
Cristina Viana/Carlos Viana
Ana Moura, voice
Harmonia mundi 468072
8:32pm
Etude No. 6
Philip Glass
Philip Glass, piano
Orange Mountain Music 0009
8:37pm
Quintet for clarinet and strings
Ellen Taaffe Zwilich
David Shifrin, clarinet
Ida Kavafian, violin
Ani Kavafian, violin
Paul Neubauer, viola
Fred Sherry, cello
Delos 3183
8:55pm
Images for Orchestra
Claude Debussy
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
James Levine, conductor
CBS/Sony 53284
9:30pm
Suiet for Five Wind Instruments and Piano
Ruth Crawford Seeger
Continuum
Joel Sachs, conductor
Jayn Rosenfeld, flute
Marsha Heller, oboe
John Craig Barker, clarinet
Daniel Grabois, French horn
Cynde Iverson, bassoon
Cheryl Seltzer, piano
Naxos 8.559197
9:40pm
Night Thoughts for solo flute
Nicholas Maw
Laura Gilbert, flute
KOCH International 7355
9:52pm
O God, that guides the cheerful sun
William Byrd
Choir of Magdalen College, Oxford
Bill Ives, director
Stefan Roberts, treble
Rogers Covey-Crump, tenor
harmonia mundi 907440
9:58pm
"Cantiga de Santa Maria" No. 333: 'Connoscudamente mostre miragres'
Anonymous
Ensemble Alcatraz
Nonesuch 79180
10:02pm
Pezzo Fantasioso
Isang Yun
Angela Chun, violin
Jennifer Chun, violin
Harmonia Mundi 907444
10:12pm
"Sounds From the Chen and Sui Dynasties"
Min Xiao-Fen
Min Xiao-Fen, pipa
Asphodel 0974
10:19pm
Hanging There
Mark Dancigers
NOW Ensemble
New Amsterdam n/a
10:26pm
A Recollection
Leos Janacek
Andras Schiff, piano
ECM 1736
10:27pm
Aria
John Cage
Sabine Meyer, voice
ants AG13
10:37pm
Sextet
Aaron Copland
Boston Symphony Chamber Players
Gilbert Kalish, piano
Nonesuch 79168
10:53pm
"Trio tropical"
Roberto Sierra
Mark Steinberg, violin
Maria Kitsopoulos, cello
Joel Sachs, piano
Naxos 559263
11:10pm
Highlands Farewell
David del Tredici
Young People's Chorus of New York
Francisco J. Nunez, conductor
Emilia Hakes, soprano
Vital Records VR2017
11:19pm
Septet in E-flat, Op. 20
Ludwig van Beethoven
Nash Ensemble
Virgin 61409
11:58pm
Sweet Chinoiserie
Guy Klucevsek
Margaret Leng Tan, toy pianos
Point 456 345-2