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12:00am
Homage to La Monte
Michael Harrison
Michael Harrison, piano
Cantaloupe 21043
12:08am
Symphony No. 7
Hans Werner Henze
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Sir Simon Rattle, conductor
EMI 754762 2
12:46am
"Fra Angelico"
Alan Hovhaness
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Alan Hovhaness, conductor
Crystal 804
1:04am
Das Wohltemperierte Clavier, Book One: BWV 846-861
Johann Sebastian Bach
Glenn Gould, piano
CBS/Sony 42266
2:18am
The Well-Tuned Piano 1
La Monte Young
La Monte Young, piano
Gramavision 8701
3:19am
Trois Morceaux en forme de poire (Three Pieces in the Shape of a Pear)
Erik Satie
Pascal Roge, piano
Jean-Philippe Collard, piano
London/Decca 455401
3:34am
Symphony No. 4 in E Minor, Op. 98
Johannes Brahms
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Carlos Kleiber, conductor
Deutsche Grammophon 457706
4:14am
Passacaglia for Orchestra, Op. 1
Anton Webern
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Pierre Boulez, conductor
Deutsche Grammophon 447099
4:25am
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
4:35am
Bachianas Brasileiras No. 1
Heitor Villa-Lobos
French National Radio Orchestra
Heitor Villa-Lobos, conductor
Angel/EMI 67229
4:56am
The English Dancing Master
John Playford Collection
The Broadside Band
Jeremy Barlow, conductor
Harmonia Mundi 1951152
5:00am
The Salley Gardens
Traditional Irish/Benjamin Britten
Ian Bostridge, tenor
Julius Drake, piano
Angel/EMI 56830
5:02am
Chanson Medieval
Erik Satie
Sabine Meyer, voice
Marco Dalpane, piano
ants AG13
5:04am
"Suenserlen harandah ul"
Mongolian Folk Music
Hungaroton 18013/14
5:06am
Dream Play
Per Norgard
Copenhagen Philharmonic Orchestra
Giordano Bellincampi, conductor
DaCapo 8.226014
5:17am
Seven Tunes: Pastoral Ballade
Bright Sheng
Yo-Yo Ma, cello
CBS/Sony 64114
5:22am
Quattro pezzi sacri (Four Sacred Pieces)
Giuseppe Verdi
Philharmonia Orchestra
Carlo Maria Giulini, conductor
Janet Baker, soprano
Philharmonia Chorus
BBC Legends 4221-2
6:01am
Spektren
Aribert Reimann
Matthew Rubenstein, piano
CPO 777236-2
6:13am
"Sounds From the Chen and Sui Dynasties"
Min Xiao-Fen
Min Xiao-Fen, pipa
Asphodel 0974
6:20am
throne built for the past
itsnotyouitsme
itsnotyouitsme
Caleb Burhans, electric violin, voice
Grey McMurray, electric guitar
New Amsterdam n/a
6:28am
Valse No. 1, Op. 44
Fernando Sor
Jordi Codina, guitar
Josep Mangado, guitar
Ensayo 3430
6:30am
Chickchi
Loop 2.4.3
Loop 2.4.3
Thomas Kozumplik, percussion
Lorne Watson, percussion
Loop 2.4.3 2007 Loop 2.4.3 2007
6:36am
Northern Ballad No. 2
Sir Arnold Bax
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Sir Edward Downes, conductor
BBC 91592
6:52am
Naturale (Su melodie siciliane)
Luciano Berio
Kim Kashkashian, viola
Robyn Schulkowsky, percussion
ECM 1735
7:14am
Fantasia
Frederic Rzewski
Frederic Rzewski, piano
Nonesuch 79623-2
7:28am
Fantasy in B Minor, Op. 28
Alexander Scriabin
Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano
Hyperion 67131
7:37am
A Night in Tunisia
John Gillespie, John Hendricks, Frank Paparelli
The Jazz Chamber Trio
Chesky 293
7:43am
Cathedral Cave
Ronn McFarlane
Ronn McFarlane, lute
James Blanchly, bass
Mindy Rosenfeld, flute
Danny Mallon, percussion
Dorian DSL 90701
7:47am
Plorate
Giacomo Carissimi
Die 12 Cellisten Der Berliner Philharmoniker
Simon Halsey, conductor
Berlin Rundfunkchor
Sylke Schwab, soprano 1
Beate Thiemann, soprano 2
Uta Damm-Kuhner, alto
Rene VoBkuhler, tenor 1
Thomas Kober, tenor 2
EMI 57030
7:52am
Harmonium
John Adams
San Francisco Symphony
John Adams, conductor
San Francisco Chorus
Nonesuch 79549
8:24am
Vingt Regards sur l'Enfant Jesus, nos. 1-10
Olivier Messiaen
Steven Osborne, piano
Hyperion 67351
9:19am
Insane Asylum
Willie Dixon
Diamanda Galas, piano and vocals
asphodel 984
9:26am
"Jackdaws Playing in the Water"
Min Xiao-Fen
Min Xiao-Fen, pipa
Asphodel 0974
9:33am
Hypno-germ
Patrick Burke
NOW Ensemble
New Amsterdam n/a
9:40am
Driving the Mule Team Chinese Folk Song (Shaanxi)
Zhou Long
Shanghai String Quartet
Delos 3233
9:42am
Promise
Ken Schaphorst
Ken Schaphorst Big Band
Ken Schaphorst, conductor
Donny McCaslin, tenor saxophone
JCA Recordings ACCU-4201
9:47am
First Sonata
William Bolcom
Philip Ficsor, violin
Constantine Finehouse, piano
Albany Records TROY 959/60
10:07am
Yellow River Piano Concerto
Xian Xinghai
China Philharmonic Orchestra
Long Yu, conductor
Lang Lang, piano
Deutsche Grammophon 008233
10:28am
The Poisoned Fountain
Arnold Bax
Ashley Wass, piano
Martin Roscoe, piano
Naxos 8.570413
10:32am
Terpsichore: 4 Voltes
Michael Praetorius
New London Consort
Philip Pickett, conductor
Decca 475 9101
10:37am
Jota; El pajaro cu
(anon.; Son Jarocho)
Constantinople
Kiya Tabassian, requinto, vocals
Teresita de Jesus Islas, jarana, vocals, dance
atma ACD2 2567
10:44am
Falling
Joby Talbot
Maya Beiser, Cello
Alexandra Montano, vocals
Koch 7686
10:53am
Breakfast Rhythms I
Joan Tower
Da Capo Chamber Players
CRI 582
11:00am
The River
Virgil Thomson
Philharmonia Virtuosi
Richard Kapp, conductor
ESS.A.Y 1005
11:24am
Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat major, Op. 34
John Gardner
Royal Scottish National Orchestra
David Lloyd-Jones, conductor
Peter Donohoe, piano
Naxos 8.570406
11:50am
Laetatus sum
Claudio Monteverdi
Gabrieli Consort of Venice
Paul McCreesh, conductor
Archiv 437552
11:56am
Highlands Farewell
David del Tredici
Young People's Chorus of New York
Francisco J. Nunez, conductor
Emilia Hakes, soprano
Vital Records VR2017
12:58pm
Piano Sonata No. 7, Op. 64, "Messe Blanche"
Alexander Scriabin
Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano
Hyperion 67131
1:00pm
Sonata "Par un beau soir"
Donald Hagar
Kathryn Lukas, flute
Shigeo Neriki, piano
private collection SCI 98
1:17pm
Four Wedding Dances
Gyorgy Ligeti
Rosemary Hardy, soprano
Eva Wedin, soprano
Malena Ernman, mezzo-soprano
Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano
Sony Classical SK 62311
1:23pm
Serenade, Op. 31
Benjamin Britten
English String Orchestra
William Boughton, conductor
Jerry Hadley, tenor
Anthony Halstead, horn
Nimbus 5234
1:47pm
Verge
Sebastian Currier
Derek Bermel, clarinet
Curtis Macomber, violin
Michael Boriskin, piano
Koch 77691
2:05pm
Lauda
Peteris Vasks
Riga Philharmonic Orchestra
Kriss Rusmanis, conductor
Conifer 51236
2:26pm
The Girl in the Magnesium Dress
Frank Zappa
Ensemble Modern
Peter Rundel, conductor
Barking Pumpkin R2 71600
2:31pm
Violin Concerto
Joan Tower
Louisville Orchestra
Joseph Silverstein, conductor
Elmar Oliveira, violin
D'Note 51016
2:51pm
Mahagonny Songspiel
Kurt Weill
London Sinfonietta
David Atherton, conductor
Benjamin Luxon, baritone
Mary Thomas, mezzo-soprano
Philip Langridge, tenor
Ian Partridge, tenor
Meriel Dickinson, mezzo-soprano
Michael Rippon, baritone
Deutsche Grammophon 423255
3:15pm
"Travelling"
Meredith Monk
Meredith Monk, vocals and piano
Collinn Walcott, percussion and violin
ECM 1197
3:22pm
String Quartet No. 2 (1991)
Daniel Schnyder
Alechandro Rutkauskas, violin
Adam Taubitz, violin
Jurg Dahler, viola
Daniel Pezotti, cello
Koch-Schwann 310170
3:38pm
Concerto No. 1 in A minor for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 99
Dmitri Shostakovich
London Symphony Orchestra
Maxim Shostakovich, conductor
Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, violin
EMI CDC 54314
4:18pm
"Music for Marcel Duchamp"
John Cage
Philipp Vandre, piano
Mode 180
4:25pm
Chansons madecasses
Maurice Ravel
Jan DeGaetani, mezzo-soprano
Paul Dunkel, flute
Donald Anderson, cello
Gilbert Kalish, piano
Nonesuch 71355
4:39pm
A City Called Heaven
Olly Wilson
Boston Musica Viva
Richard Pittman, conductor
Neuma 450-79
5:00pm
A Quiet Afternoon
Ned Rorem
Sahan Arzruni, piano
New World 80590
5:09pm
Burleske, Op. 11
Richard Strauss
The Philadelphia Orchestra
Wolfgang Sawallisch, conductor
Emanuel Ax, piano
Angel/EMI 56364
5:29pm
Echo
Lee Gannon
Downtown Chamber & Opera Players
Mimi Stern-Wolfe, conductor
Mimi Stern-Wolfe, piano
Sarah Young, mezzo soprano, psaltery
Downtown Music Productions 01
5:34pm
The Salley Gardens
Traditional Irish/Benjamin Britten
Ian Bostridge, tenor
Julius Drake, piano
Angel/EMI 56830
5:36pm
Sechs polyphone Etuden fur elektrisches Klavier
Gerhart Munch
player piano
Musikproduktion Dabringhaus und Grimm 645 1404-2
5:44pm
Spensonia
Sylvie Courvoisier
Sylvie Courvoisier, piano
Eric Friedlander, cello
Mark Feldman, violin
ECM 1839
5:48pm
"Song of the Northern Frontier"
Min Xiao-Fen
Min Xiao-Fen, pipa
Asphodel 0974
5:56pm
"Spirit Musings"
Augusta Read Thomas
Cleveland Chamber Symphony
Edwin London, conductor
Laura Russell, violin
Albany 347
6:07pm
Self-Referential Songs and Realistic Virelais (1990)
Benedict Mason
Ensemble Modern
Ingo Metzmacher, conductor
Christine Whittlesey, soprano
Bridge 9045
6:25pm
Sonata in A, La pastorella
Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber
Andrew Manze, violin
Nigel North, theorbo/lute
John Toll, keyboard
Harmonia Mundi 907134
6:30pm
Silent Temple II
Bright Sheng
Ying Quartet
Telarc 80690
6:33pm
This House of Blues
Laurie Anderson
Laurie Anderson, vocals and keyboards
Cyro Baptista, percussion
Joey Baron, percussion
Greg Cohen, bass
Brian Eno, drum treatments
WNYC Commission 01
6:37pm
Oh, how we wish that we were kids again
Friedrich Hollaender
Matrix Ensemble
Robert Ziegler, conductor
Ute Lemper, vocalist
Jeff Cohen, piano
London/Decca 452 849-2
6:41pm
Piano Variations
Aaron Copland
Alan Marks, piano
Nimbus 5267
6:53pm
"Inner Voices"
Chinary Ung
American Composers Orchestra
Dennis Russell Davies, conductor
Argo 444560
7:13pm
Variations for Harpsichord
Sergiu Natra
Marina Minkin, harpsichord
Albany Records Troy 977
7:28pm
Piano Concerto
Vernon Duke
Russian Philharmonic Orchestra
Dmitry Yablonsky, conductor
Scott Dunn, Piano
Naxos 8.559286
7:46pm
Now is a Ship
Judith Weir
Young People's Chorus of New York
Francisco J. Nunez, conductor
Perspectives Ensemble
Vital Records VR2017
7:48pm
Remind Me Of You
Wayne Horvitz
Wayne Horvitz, piano and drum machine
Butch Morris, cornet, marimba and drum machine
Robert Previte, drums, marimba and piano
Sound Aspects 014
7:52pm
Blessed is he that fears the Lord
William Byrd
Choir of Magdalen College, Oxford
Bill Ives, director
Stefan Roberts, treble
Rogers Covey-Crump, tenor
harmonia mundi 907440
7:58pm
Just Now, Var. 3
Anat Fort
Anat Fort, piano
Perry Robinson, clarinet / ocarina
Ed Schuller, double-bass
Paul Motian, drums
ECM 1994
8:00pm
Cuatro Piezas Espanolas
Manuel De Falla
Uta Weyand, piano
Profil 5032
8:16pm
Narnia
Sylvie Courvoisier
Sylvie Courvoisier, piano
Eric Friedlander, cello
Mark Feldman, violin
ECM 1839
8:18pm
The King's Fancy
Traditional Welsh
William Taylor, harp
Dorian 90260
8:20pm
The Unicorn
Rick Sowash
Barbara Harbach, harpsichord
Gasparo 251
8:28pm
Jardim Abandonado
Antonio Carlos Jobim
Sergio and Odair Assad, guitars
nonesuch 278140-2
8:31pm
Here with You / Statue of Liberty / Let X =X / Sweaters
Laurie Anderson
Laurie Anderson, vocals, violin and keyboards
Skuli Sverrisson, bass
Jim Black, drums
Peter Scherer, keyboards
Nonesuch 79681
8:48pm
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
9:14pm
London
Michael Gordon
Alarm will Sound
Alan Pierson, conductor
Cantaloupe CA21044
9:26pm
Prelude No. 1
Avner Dorman
Eliran Avini, piano
Naxos 579001
9:31pm
great day
itsnotyouitsme
itsnotyouitsme
Caleb Burhans, electric violin, voice
Grey McMurray, electric guitar
New Amsterdam n/a
9:37pm
The Lavender Song
Mischa Spoliansky
Matrix Ensemble
Robert Ziegler, conductor
Ute Lemper, vocalist
Jeff Cohen, piano
London/Decca 452 849-2
9:40pm
Languisce al fin
Carlo Gesualdo
The Consort of Musicke
Anthony Rooley, conductor
Emma Kirkby, soprano
Evelyn Tubb, soprano
Mary Nichols, alto
Joseph Cornwell, tenor
Andrew King, tenor
Richard Wistreich, bass
Decca 475 9110
9:43pm
Das Kathchen von Heilbronn, op. 17: Overture
Hans Pfitzner
Berlin German Opera Orchestra
Christian Thielemann, conductor
Deutsche Grammophon 449571
10:00pm
"The Enormous Room"
David Diamond
Seattle Symphony Orchestra
Gerard Schwarz, conductor
Naxos 559157
10:15pm
Tone Pictures from "Sleeping Beauty"
Englebert Humperdinck
Vienna State Opera Orchestra
Hans Swarowsky, conductor
Tuxedo 1054
10:36pm
"Five for Ten Small Fingers"
Dave Brubeck
John Salmon, piano
Naxos 559301
10:38pm
Se la face ay pale
Anonymous
Ciaramella Instrumental and Vocal Ensemble
Adam and Rotem Gilbert, conductor
Naxos 8.557627
10:40pm
Starscape (1964)
Robert Helps
Naomi Niskala, piano
Albany 958
10:42pm
Dumbarton Oaks Concerto in E-flat
Igor Stravinsky
Orchestra of St. Luke's
Robert Craft, conductor
Music Masters 67113
10:55pm
Oracle
Chinary Ung
Ad hoc ensemble
Jeff von der Schmidt, conductor
Cambria 8854
11:10pm
Blackberry Vines and Winter Fruit
Marga Richter
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Harold Farberman, conductor
Leonarda 331
11:23pm
Metamorphosen
Richard Strauss
Les Dissonances
David Grimal, violin
ambroisie am110
11:51pm
A Village Romeo and Juliet: The Walk to the Paradise Garden
Frederick Delius
London Symphony Orchestra
Sir John Barbirolli, conductor
Angel/EMI 65119
Wordless Music
Devoted to the desegregation of musical boundaries, Wordless Music pairs rock and electronic musicians with more traditional chamber and new music performers, to create an entirely new concert experience.
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Music from the 92nd Street Y
Sara Fishko digs into the audio archives of the 92nd Street Y to bring us the greatest live performances from the stage of the Y's Kaufmann Concert Hall.
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Concerts from the Frick Collection
For over sixty years, the series Concerts from The Frick Collection has delighted WNYC listeners with the finest in keyboard recitals, chamber groups, and early music ensembles.
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The New Americans
WNYC announces The New Americans, an ongoing station-wide celebration of foreign-born artists now residing in the United States.
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