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WNYC's Coverage of the Republican National Convention
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
Variations on "America"
Charles Ives
St. Louis Symphony Orchestra
Leonard Slatkin, conductor
RCA 61282
12:07am
36 Variations on "The People United Will Never Be Defeated!"
Frederic Rzewski
Frederic Rzewski, piano
Nonesuch 79623-2
1:12am
Oboe d'amore Concerto in A, BWV 1055
Johann Sebastian Bach
Moscow Virtuosi
Vladimir Spivakov, conductor
Alexei Utkin, oboe
RCA 61582
1:27am
Piano Trio in E-flat, Op. 100, D. 929
Franz Schubert
Isaac Stern, violin
Leonard Rose, cello
Eugene Istomin, piano
CBS/Sony 64516
2:13am
riverrun
Toru Takemitsu
London Sinfonietta
Oliver Knussen, conductor
Paul Crossley, piano
Virgin 91180
2:28am
Cembal d'Amore (First Book)
Poul Ruders
Stephen Gosling, piano
Steven Beck, harpsichord
Bridge Records Bridge 9237
2:51am
Aspen Tree
Dan Kaufman
Barbez
Tzadik 8119
3:01am
Serenade, Op. 31
Benjamin Britten
English String Orchestra
William Boughton, conductor
Jerry Hadley, tenor
Anthony Halstead, horn
Nimbus 5234
3:25am
Miserere Op. 44
Henryk Gorecki
John Nelson, conductor
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Chicago Lyric Opera Chorus
Nonesuch 79348
3:58am
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
4:26am
Clarinet Quintet, "Falls to with an Appetite"
Gene Pritsker
Lumina String Quartet
Phillip Bashor, clarinet
Asya Meshberg, violin
Lynn Bechtold, violin
Boris Deviatov, viola
Jennifer Devore, cello
PA Recordings 2006 - NY Composers
4:35am
String Compliment (with Ergodos II)
James Tenney
The Barton Workshop
mode 185
4:47am
Homage to Boston (Suite for Piano Solo)
Vernon Duke
Scott Dunn, Piano
Naxos 8.559286
4:59am
The Unanswered Question
Charles Ives
Orchestra of St. Luke's
John Adams, conductor
Elektra/Nonesuch 979249-2
5:00am
Passepied from Suite Bergamasque
Claude Debussy
Sergio and Odair Assad, guitars
nonesuch 278140-2
5:03am
Se quanque amours
Guillaume Machaut
Orlando Consort
Archiv 477 6731
5:09am
"Quiet As The Moon"
Dave Brubeck
John Salmon, piano
Naxos 559301
5:11am
Anisa
Zakir Hussain
Zakir Hussain, tabla, percussion, voice
Hariprasad Chaurasia, flute
John McLaughlin, guitar
Jan Garbarek, saxophone
ECM 1349
5:20am
Just Now, Var. 2
Anat Fort
Anat Fort, piano
Perry Robinson, clarinet / ocarina
Ed Schuller, double-bass
Paul Motian, drums
ECM 1994
5:24am
Cenas Amerisdias I & II
Ney Rosauro
Colin Currie, marimba
Angel/EMI 72267
5:33am
Cello Concerto No. 1 in E-flat, Op. 107
Dmitri Shostakovich
The Philadelphia Orchestra
Eugene Ormandy, conductor
Yo-Yo Ma, cello
CBS/Sony 44903
6:00am
Secluded Orchid
Zhou Long
Zhou Long, conductor
Wang Guowei, erhu
Chen Yihan, pipa
Fred Sherry, cello
Frank Cassara, percussion
Delos DE 3335
6:12am
"Portrait of a Frontier Town"
Don Gillis
Sinfonia Varsovia
Ian Hobson, conductor
Albany 833
6:33am
Miracles
Nils Vigeland
Young People's Chorus of New York
Francisco J. Nunez, conductor
Vital Records VR2017
6:35am
"Three Chinese Love Songs"
Bright Sheng
Lisa Saffer, soprano
Paul Neubauer, viola
Bright Sheng, piano
New World 80407
6:42am
Ave Regina, K. 205
Johann Joseph Fux
Ensemble Caprice
Matthias Maute, director
Monika Mauch, soprano
atma ACD2 2347
6:47am
"Lullaby and Doina"
Osvaldo Golijov
St. Lawrence String Quartet
Tara Helen O'Connor, flute
Todd Palmer, clarinet
Mark Dresser, bass
Angel/EMI 57356
6:53am
"Mood Swings"
Paul Moravec
Trio Solisti
Naxos 559323
7:09am
Wayang No. 5
Anthony Davis
Kansas City Symphony Orchestra
William McGlaughlin, conductor
Anthony Davis, piano
Pheeron akLaff, percussion
Gramavision 8807
7:32am
Three Romantic Waltzes
Emmanuel Chabrier
Georges Rabol, piano
Sylvie Dugas, piano
Naxos 553080
7:47am
Tango
Carlos Salzedo
Yolanda Kondonassis, harp
Telarc 80691
7:49am
Pizzicato for String Quartet
Vivian Fung
Ying Quartet
Telarc 80690
7:53am
Two Variations on Scottish Folksongs
Franz Joseph Haydn
Gamerith Consort
KOCH/Schwann 321760
7:59am
Huqin Concerto, "Fire Ritual"
Tan Dun
China Youth Chinese Music Orchestra
Wang Fujian, conductor
Yan Jiemin, huqin
Private Recording Not Commercially Available
8:25am
Symphony No. 6 in B Minor, Op. 74, "Pathetique"
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Seiji Ozawa, conductor
Erato 88242
9:11am
Mayn Yingele
Frederic Rzewski
Frederic Rzewski, piano
Nonesuch 79623-2
9:38am
Suite No. 2 for 2 pianos, Op. 17
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Martha Argerich, piano
Nelson Freire, piano
Philips 475 8520
9:59am
Terpsichore: Bransle de la Torche
Michael Praetorius
New London Consort
Philip Pickett, conductor
Decca 475 9101
10:01am
NYC Playground
Kevin James
Young People's Chorus of New York
Francisco J. Nunez, conductor
Extension Ensemble
Eli Bunzel, soprano
Mitchell Schor, soprano
Vital Records VR2017
10:10am
Seven Tunes: Diu Diu Dong
Bright Sheng
Yo-Yo Ma, cello
CBS/Sony 64114
10:13am
Circles
Bent Lorentzen
Kasper Thaarup, trombone
Da Capo 8.226517
10:21am
Theme with Six Variations
Rick Sowash
Barbara Harbach, harpsichord
Gasparo 251
10:27am
Tone Cloud III
Michael Harrison
Michael Harrison, piano
Cantaloupe 21043
10:32am
...Like Water
Bun-Ching Lam
David Abel, violin
Julie Steinberg, piano
William Winant, percussion
Tzadik 7021
11:00am
Wind Quintet (2006)
Michael Eckert
Iowa Wind Quintet
Gro Sandvik, flute
Mark Weiger, oboe
Albany 956
11:13am
"November Woods"
Sir Arnold Bax
BBC Philharmonic
Vernon Handley, conductor
Chandos 10362
11:34am
The Red Violin Concerto
John Corigliano
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Marin Alsop, conductor
Joshua Bell, violin
CBS/Sony 88060
12:58pm
Passacaglia for Solo Violin
Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber
Michelle Makarski, violin
ECM 1587
1:00pm
Tragedy at the Opera (from "Memoirs of a Lost Soul")
P. Q. Phan
Kronos Quartet
Nonesuch 79504
1:07pm
Peter Grimes: Four Sea Interludes, Op. 33
Benjamin Britten
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Leonard Bernstein, conductor
Deutsche Grammophon 431768
1:25pm
Hoketus
Louis Andriessen
Bang on a Can All-Stars
Cantaloupe 21012
1:50pm
Tara
Yungchen Lhamo
Yungchen Lhamo, vocals
Joy Askew, vocals
Marc Shulman, nylon string guitar
Benjamin Wittman, percussion
Eyvind Kang, viola
Mamadou Diabate, kora
Real World 333300
1:57pm
Concerto grosso No. 2
Alfred Schnittke
Russian State Symphony Orchestra
Valeri Polyansky, conductor
Alexander Ivashkin, cello
Tatiana Grindenko, violin
Chandos 241-39
2:29pm
Fusion Tune
Steven Mackey
Fred Sherry, cello
Steven Mackey, electric guitar
Albany 735
2:36pm
The Road: Part III - Tramps
Frederic Rzewski
Frederic Rzewski, piano
Nonesuch 79623-2
3:10pm
Quartet for Oboe and String Trio
Isang Yun
Heinz Holliger, oboe
Thomas Zehetmair, violin
Ruth Killius, viola
Thomas Demenga, cello
ECM 1848
3:29pm
Clarinet Concerto
Joan Tower
Robert Spring, clarinet
Eckart Sellheim, piano
Summit 124
3:49pm
Fancy Free
Leonard Bernstein
New York Philharmonic
Leonard Bernstein, conductor
CBS/Sony 47154
4:14pm
Naturale (Su melodie siciliane)
Luciano Berio
Kim Kashkashian, viola
Robyn Schulkowsky, percussion
ECM 1735
4:36pm
Symphony No. 2
Stephen Hartke
Riverside Symphony
George Rothman, conductor
New World Records 80533-2
5:03pm
Les Moutons de Panurge
Frederick Rzewski
Eighth Blackbird
Cedille 084
5:15pm
Vom Himmel Hoch - Chorale and Variations
Igor Stravinsky
North German Radio Symphony
Igor Stravinsky, conductor
Arkadia 766
5:26pm
Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen
Sholom Secunda
Quartet San Francisco
ViolinJazz Recordings JCCD105
5:29pm
B'rachah (Benediction)
Michael Alec Rose
Barbara Harbach, harpsichord
Gasparo 290
5:35pm
Ear Training
Sekou Sundiata and Douglas Booth
Sekou Sundiata
Mercury 314 534 397-2
5:40pm
A Shropshire Lad
George Butterworth
English Symphony Orchestra
William Boughton, conductor
Nimbus 5210
5:51pm
The Bridge
Anat Fort
Anat Fort, piano
Andreas Henze, bass
Heinrich Koebberling, drums
Aaron Stewart, tenor saxophone
Dan Nadel, guitar
Anat Fort ANAf001
5:57pm
Two Songs to Poems of Ann Jaderlund
Esa-Pekka Salonen
Los Angeles Master Chorale
Grant Gershon, conductor
RCM 12004
6:09pm
"Amours"
Gautier de Coincy
The Harp Consort
Andrew Lawrence-King, conductor
Harmonia Mundi 907317
6:20pm
Romeo and Juliet Suite Nr. 2, Op. 64b
Sergei Prokofiev
Berlin Philharmonic
Sergiu Celibidache, conductor
Music and Arts 1079
6:58pm
It Don't Mean a Thing
Edward K. (Duke) Ellington
Canadian Brass
RCA 63455
7:02pm
Symphony of Seasons (Symphony No. 1)
Dan Locklair
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
Kirk Trevor, conductor
Naxos 8.559337
7:33pm
The Plow that Broke the Plains
Virgil Thomson
Philharmonia Virtuosi
Richard Kapp, conductor
ESS.A.Y 1005
7:58pm
I'll Build a Stairway to Paradise
George Gershwin
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Andrew Litton, conductor
MCA 6216
8:00pm
Prophetiae Sibyllarum
Orlando di Lasso
The Hilliard Ensemble
David James, countertenor
Rogers Covey-Crump, tenor
John Potter, tenor
Gordon Jones, baritone
ECM 1658
8:29pm
Quattro pezzi sacri (Four Sacred Pieces)
Giuseppe Verdi
Philharmonia Orchestra
Carlo Maria Giulini, conductor
Janet Baker, soprano
Philharmonia Chorus
BBC Legends 4221-2
9:08pm
Hamburg Concerto
Gyorgy Ligeti
Asko Ensemble
Reinbert de Leeuw, conductor
Marie Luise Neunecker, horn
Teldec 88263
9:23pm
Der Bote
Valentin Silvestrov
Munich Chamber Orchestra
Christoph Poppen
Alexei Lubimov, piano
ECM 1988
9:32pm
A Recollection
Leos Janacek
Andras Schiff, piano
ECM 1736
9:33pm
The Russian?
Burnt Sugar
Burnt Sugar
Lawrence Butch Morris, conductor
Avantgroid 0301
9:39pm
waltz with a view
Adam Unsworth
Adam Unsworth, horn
Diane Monroe, violin
Les Thimmig, bass clarinet, flute, alto flute
Tony Miceli, vibraphone
Ranaan Meyer, bass
Cornell Rochester, drums
Unsworth n/a
9:47pm
Partita for Violin and Orchestra (with obbligato solo piano)
Witold Lutoslawski
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Witold Lutoslawski, conductor
Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin
Phillip Moll, piano
Deutsche Grammophon 423 696-2
10:04pm
Symphony No. 8 for Strings
Irwin Bazelon
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Harold Farberman, conductor
Leonarda 331
10:30pm
Icaria 1
Sylvie Courvoisier
Sylvie Courvoisier, piano
Eric Friedlander, cello
Mark Feldman, violin
ECM 1839
10:34pm
Laura Reborn
Osvaldo Golijov
Bucharest Metropolitan Orchestra
Radu Popa, conductor
Deutsche Grammaphon B0010309
10:38pm
"The Tale"
Meredith Monk
Meredith Monk, vocals and piano
Collinn Walcott, percussion and violin
Steve Lockwood, piano
ECM 1197
10:41pm
"The End"
The Doors
The Zippo Band
Cantaloupe 21019
10:44pm
Espagne (Souvenirs)
Isaac Albeniz
Guillermo Gonzalez, piano
Naxos 8.570553
10:55pm
Trombone Concerto
Henri Tomasi
Tapiola Sinfonietta
Osmo Vanska, conductor
Christian Lindberg, trombone
BIS 568
11:12pm
Symbolon
Ellen Taaffe Zwilich
New York Philharmonic
Zubin Mehta, conductor
New World 372
11:26pm
Divertimento in A
George Phillip Telemann
Musica Antiqua Koln
Reinhardt Goebel, conductor
Archiv 463074
11:37pm
Yi Feng
Ge Gan-ru
Frank Su Huang, cello
New World/CRI 805
11:51pm
In the Mists
Leos Janacek
Andras Schiff, piano
ECM 1736