On Demand
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
"The End"
The Doors
The Zippo Band
Cantaloupe 21019
12:03am
"Lost Waltz"
Dave Brubeck
John Salmon, piano
Naxos 559301
12:06am
Six Chansons
Josquin des Prez
Taverner Choir
Andrew Parrott, conductor
Andrew Lawrence-King, Baroque harp
Angel/EMI 54659
12:30am
Tercero tono
Luys de Narvaez
Pablo Marquez, guitar
ECM 1958
12:33am
"Hymnodic Delays"
Ingram Marshall
Theatre of Voices
Paul Hillier, conductor
Nonesuch 79613
12:54am
String Quartet in F, Op. 3/5, Serenade
Franz Joseph Haydn
Kodaly Quartet
Naxos 555704
1:09am
Chants d'Auvergne
Joseph Canteloube
Lyon Opera Orchestra
Kent Nagano, conductor
Dawn Upshaw, soprano
Erato 17577
1:51am
Breathing Songs from a Turning Sky
Janice Giteck
The New Performance Group
Jane Lenoir, flute
William McColl, clarinet
Bruce Grainger, bassoon
Roger Nelson, piano
Walter Gray, cello
Matthew Kocmieroski, percussion
Mode 014
2:21am
Forsaken Sea
Sekou Sundiata and Douglas Booth
Sekou Sundiata
Mercury 314 534 397-2
2:26am
The Devil that Tempted St. Anthony
Arnold Bax
Ashley Wass, piano
Martin Roscoe, piano
Naxos 8.570413
2:32am
"Koto Song"
Dave Brubeck
John Salmon, piano
Naxos 559301
2:39am
Six Pianos
Steve Reich
Piano Circus
Argo 430380
3:02am
"Recalling"
Ned Rorem
James Giles, piano
Albany 860
3:14am
(nice dream)
Radiohead
Christopher O'Riley, piano
World Village 468034
3:18am
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
3:22am
Cantata, "Ich habe genug," BWV 82
Johann Sebastian Bach
Members of the RIAS Chamber Choir
Rainer Kussmaul, violin and director
Thomas Quasthoff, bass-baritone
Albrecht Mayer, oboe
Berlin Baroque Soloists
Deutsche Grammophon 2458
3:44am
Symphony No. 5 in C-sharp Minor: Adagietto. Sehr langsam.
Gustav Mahler / Uri Caine
Uri Caine Ensemble
Uri Caine, piano
Winter & Winter 910004
3:54am
The Housewife's Lament
Frederic Rzewski
Frederic Rzewski, piano
Nonesuch 79623-2
4:07am
"Early Birds"
Michael Gordon, David Lang and Julia Wolfe
Cantaloupe 21038
4:12am
Duetto
Dino Saluzzi
Dino Saluzzi, bandoneon
Anja Lechner, cello
ECM 1991
4:19am
On the Waterfront: Symphonic Suite
Leonard Bernstein
New York Philharmonic
Leonard Bernstein, conductor
CBS/Sony 47154
4:38am
New York Counterpoint
Steve Reich
Evan Ziporyn, clarinets
Nonesuch 79481
4:51am
Exsultate, jubilate, K. 165
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Bavarian Radio Symphony and Chorus
Leonard Bernstein, conductor
Arlene Auger, soprano
Deutsche Grammophon 431791
5:00am
A Recollection
Leos Janacek
Andras Schiff, piano
ECM 1736
5:01am
In nomine a5 (V) [instrumental]
William Byrd
Choir of Magdalen College, Oxford
Bill Ives, director
Fretwork
harmonia mundi 907440
5:03am
Laura Reborn
Osvaldo Golijov
Bucharest Metropolitan Orchestra
Radu Popa, conductor
Deutsche Grammaphon B0010309
5:08am
Alaric I or II
Gavin Bryars
Evan Parker, soprano saxophone
Stan Sulzmann, soprano saxophone
Ray Warleigh, alto saxophone
Julian Arguelles, baritone saxophone
ECM 1424
5:23am
Chaconne (1963)
Sofia Gubaidulina
Beatrice Rauchs, piano
BIS 853
5:31am
Symphony No. 1 in D Minor
Alexander von Zemlinsky
Gurzenich Orchestra
James Conlon, conductor
Angel/EMI 56473
6:04am
Four Seasons: L'Estate (Summer) in G Minor, Op. 8/2
Antonio Vivaldi
Red Priest
Dorian 90317
6:14am
Symphony No. 3: A Symphony for Free Men
Don Gillis
Sinfonia Varsovia
Ian Hobson, conductor
Albany Records TROY933
6:52am
Three Dances for Harpsichord
Dina Smorgonsky
Marina Minkin, harpsichord
Albany Records Troy 977
6:58am
Waiting
David Smith
David Smith Quintet
David Smith, trumpet
Seamus Blake, saxophone
Nate Radley, guitar
David Ephross, bass
Mark Ferber, drums
Fresh Sound FSNT 267
7:06am
Orpheus Over and Under
David Lang
Double Edge
Edmund Niemann, piano
Nurit Tilles, piano
CRI 625
7:24am
Suite No. 2 for 2 pianos, Op. 17
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Martha Argerich, piano
Nelson Freire, piano
Philips 475 8520
7:45am
Ma tu, cagion (Seconda parte)
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
7:47am
Gush
Maria Schneider
Maria Schneider Jazz Orchestra
Maria Schneider, conductor
Tim Ries, alto saxophone
enja ENJ 8048 2
7:55am
Ergodos II
James Tenney
computer music
Jos Zwaanenburg, flute
mode 185
7:59am
"In the Bottoms" Suite
Robert Nathaniel Dett
William Chapman Nyaho, piano
MSR Classics MS 1091
8:15am
Symphony No. 9 in D: Part 2
Gustav Mahler
Philharmonia Orchestra
Benjamin Zander, conductor
Telarc 80527
9:11am
Drumming: Part IV
Steve Reich
So Percussion
Rebecca Armstrong, vocals
Jay Clayton, vocals
Erin Lesser, piccolo
Cantaloupe 21026
9:26am
Symphony No. 4 in D Minor, Op. 120
Robert Schumann
Cleveland Orchestra
George Szell, conductor
CBS/Sony 62349
9:52am
Two In One Upon A Ground
Henry Purcell
Piers Adams, recorder
Julia Bishop, violin
Julian Rhodes, keyboard
Dorian 93208
9:55am
Ave Maria
Giovanni Palestrina
Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge
Richard Marlow, director
Chandos 0732
9:59am
Terpsichore: Pavane de Spaigne/Spagnoletta
Michael Praetorius
New London Consort
Philip Pickett, conductor
Decca 475 9101
10:05am
Yu Taha
Slamet A. Sjukur
Steffen Schleirmacher, piano
MDG 613 1322-2
10:19am
Shakespeare Suite No. 1
Englebert Humperdinck
Bamberg Symphony
Karl Anton Rickenbacher, conductor
KOCH/Schwann 1197
10:42am
Venite a laudare
Anonymous Italian
Trio Mediaeval
ECM 1753
10:45am
Let us praise him
Volker Schlott
Die 12 Cellisten Der Berliner Philharmoniker
Jocelyn B. Smith, vocals
Hans-Dieter Lorenz, double bass
EMI 57030
10:48am
The Gallop of Jonon Khar
Mongolian Traditional
Baterdene, morin khuur
Smithsonian Folkways Recordings 40438
10:51am
"Recalling"
Ned Rorem
James Giles, piano
Albany 860
11:03am
Cantata, "Accession of Emperor Leopold II," WOO 88
Ludwig van Beethoven
The Orchestra of St. Luke's
Robert Bass, conductor
Elizabeth Futral, soprano
Gregory Cross, tenor
Jan Opalach, bass-baritone
Elizabeth Mann, flute
Daire Fitzgerald, cello
The Collegiate Chorale
Koch International 7377
11:27am
L'Homme Arme
Anonymous
The Tallis Scholars
Peter Phillips, conductor
Gimell 19
11:28am
"Eight Chinese Folk Songs"
Zhou Long, arranger
Shanghai String Quartet
Delos 3233
11:44am
Shattered Steps
Huang Ruo
The Sioux City Symphony
Xian Zhang, conductor
Private Recording
11:55am
"Drei Originalstucke fur das elektrische Welte Mignon-Klavier"
Ernst Toch
player piano
Musikproduktion Dabringhaus und Grimm 645 1404-2
12:59pm
La valse
Maurice Ravel
London Symphony Orchestra
Claudio Abbado, conductor
Deutsche Grammophon 427314
1:00pm
Missa Lumen de Lumine
Sungji Hong
Trio Mediaeval
ECM 1929
1:27pm
Clarinet Sonata
Aaron Copland
Victoria Soames, clarinet
Julius Drake, piano
ClarClassi 01
1:49pm
Five Elements (Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, Earth)
Zhou Long
Zhou Long, conductor
Shuni Zou, dizi
Alan Kay, clarinet
Chen Yihan, pipa
Wang Guowei, erhu
Fred Sherry, cello
Frank Cassara, percussion
Delos DE 3335
2:12pm
First Light
Richard Danielpour
Seattle Symphony
Gerard Schwarz, conductor
Delos DE 3118
2:26pm
Piano Sonata No. 2 in G-sharp Minor, Op. 19, "Sonata-Fantasy"
Alexander Scriabin
Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano
Hyperion 67131
2:39pm
Clarinet Quintet (2006)
Michael DiGiacinto
Lumina String Quartet
Phillip Bashor, clarinet
Asya Meshberg, violin
Lynn Bechtold, violin
Boris Deviatov, viola
Jennifer Devore, cello
PA Recordings 2006 - NY Composers
3:01pm
String Quartet No. 5
Bela Bartok
Takacs Quartet
London/Decca 455297
3:32pm
Tehillim
Steve Reich
New York Philharmonic
Zubin Mehta, conductor
Julianne Baird, soprano
Cheryl Bensman, soprano
Jane Bryden, soprano
Kimball Wheeler, mezzo
NY Philharmonic 9913
4:05pm
Suite for Cello and Harp
Lou Harrison
Nina Flyer, cello
Dan Levitan, harp
KOCH International 7465
4:17pm
Trio for Horn, Violin and Piano in E Flat Major, Op. 40
Johannes Brahms
Daniel Phillips, violin
William Purvis, horn
Richard Goode, piano
Bridge 9012
4:50pm
Horn Trio (1982) Hommage a Brahms
Gyorgy Ligeti
Rolf Schulte, violin
William Purvis, horn
Alan Feinberg, piano
Bridge 9012
5:14pm
Metamorphosis
Daniel Bernard Roumain
DBR
Philip Glass
Thirsty Ear 71792
5:22pm
Piano Concerto in E-flat, Op. 31
Hans Pfitzner
Czechoslovak RSO, Bratislava
Heribert Beissel, conductor
Wolf Harden, piano
Marco Polo 223162
6:02pm
Lullaby
George Gershwin
Amherst Saxophone Quartet
MCA 10055
6:10pm
Messages
Peteris Vasks
Riga Philharmonic Orchestra
Kriss Rusmanis, conductor
Nora Novik, piano
Raffi Kharajanyan, piano
Conifer 51236
6:25pm
Here Are My Black Clothes
Deolus Husband
Downtown Chamber & Opera Players
Mimi Stern-Wolfe, conductor
Mimi Stern-Wolfe, piano
Veronica Burke, soprano
Downtown Music Productions 01
6:28pm
Ave Maria... Virgo serena
Jean Mouton
Chanticleer
Chanticleer CR 8803
6:34pm
"(I Still Am in Love With) A Girl Named Oli"
Dave Brubeck
John Salmon, piano
Naxos 559301
6:35pm
"Grand Alap"
Chinary Ung
Walter Gray, cello
Rob Tucker, percussion
New World Records 80619
6:51pm
More Than Anything
Anat Fort
Anat Fort, piano
Andreas Henze, bass
Heinrich Koebberling, drums
Aaron Stewart, tenor saxophone
Dan Nadel, guitar
Anat Fort ANAf001
6:57pm
Salve Regina
Giovanni Battista Pergolesi
Europa Galante
Fabio Biondi, conductor
Barbara Schlick, soprano
Opus 111 30-88
7:12pm
Sonata a tre for Mandolin, Guitar and Harpsichord
Paul Ben-Haim
Marina Minkin, harpsichord
Alon Sariel, mandolin
Hana Feinstein, guitar
Albany Records Troy 977
7:24pm
Saints and Devils
Chris Becker
Chris Becker, background vocals, drum loops, etc.
Nick Beaudoing, cajun accordion, washboard
The Reverend Vince Anderson, preaching
Keith Bonner, flutes, penny whistle
Jon Petrow, violin, electric bass
Charlie Miller, trumpet, flutes
and others
Beckeresque Music n/a
8:02pm
Retablo De Navidad
Joaquin Rodrigo
BBC Symphony Orchestra
David Zinman, conductor
Anna Stephany, mezzo-soprano
RCA 88687-11561-2
8:09pm
Piano Sonata No. 1, "Classical"
Avner Dorman
Eliran Avini, piano
Naxos 579001
8:24pm
Orizzonte
Missy Mazzoli
Unknown pianist
Private collection Private collection
8:29pm
Open Heart
Sekou Sundiata and Douglas Booth
Sekou Sundiata
Mercury 314 534 397-2
8:34pm
March
Phil Kline
Ethel
Cantaloupe 21017
8:39pm
Music for the Theatre
Aaron Copland
New York Philharmonic
Leonard Bernstein, conductor
CBS/Sony 60177
9:01pm
Hangoverture
Stephen Perillo
Symphony Orchestra of St. Petersburg
Yuval Waldman, conductor
Centaur 2885
9:13pm
Me
Anat Fort
Anat Fort, piano
Andreas Henze, bass
Heinrich Koebberling, drums
Aaron Stewart, tenor saxophone
Dan Nadel, guitar
Anat Fort ANAf001
9:19pm
Tootle
Gigi Masin
Luca Miti, pianoforte
ants ag10
9:21pm
Underneath the Abject Willow
Benjamin Britten
Nancy Ellen Ogle, soprano
Ginger Yang Hwalek, piano
Francis John Vogt, tenor
Capstone Records CPS-8702
9:23pm
Gitanita--buleria
Pedro Bacan
Pedro Bacan
Ines Bacan
Pepa de Benito
Joselito de Lebrija
Concha Vargas
Carmen Ledesma
PeeWee 011
9:33pm
String Quartet No. 13 in B flat Major, Op. 130 (mvmts. 1-5)
Ludwig van Beethoven
Takacs Quartet
London/Decca 470849
10:07pm
"Child": 'My Very Empty Mouth'
David Lang
Sentieri Selvaggi
Cantaloupe 21013
10:20pm
"Gambit"
Esa-Pekka Salonen
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
CBS/Sony 89158
10:29pm
Septet No. 1
Daniel Schnyder
Modern Art Septet
Enja ENJ 5055
10:35pm
For Away (1973)
Toru Takemitsu
Kotaro Fukuma, piano
Naxos 570261
10:41pm
Tuesday Morning
Okkyung Lee
Okkyung Lee, cello
Doug Wieselman, clarinet
Shelley Burgon, harp
Tzadik 7715
10:46pm
Piano Sonata No. 6, Op. 62
Alexander Scriabin
Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano
Hyperion 67131
10:57pm
Ma Viele (suite)
Gautier de Coincy
The Harp Consort
Andrew Lawrence-King, conductor
Harmonia Mundi 907317
11:05pm
Symphonies of Wind Instruments
Igor Stravinsky
Twentieth Century Classics Ensemble
Robert Craft, conductor
Naxos 8.557508
11:13pm
Le marriage force: Suite
Jean-Baptiste Lully
New York Kammermusiker (Double Reed Ensemble)
Ilonna Pederson, conductor
Dorian 90189
11:22pm
Sonata 1955 for Violin and Piano
Alfred Schnittke
Daniel Hope, violin
Gaurav Mazumdar, sitar
Asok Chakroborty, tabla
Gilda Sebastian, tanpura
Sebastian Knauer, piano, lutheal
Warner Classics 2564 61329-2
11:38pm
"In a Landscape"
John Cage
Herbert Henck, piano
ECM 1844
11:51pm
Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen
Franz Liszt
Vladimir Horowitz, piano
CBS/Sony 45818
11:56pm
Flute Sonata in e
Frederick the Great
Barthold Kuijken, flute
Bob van Asperen, harpsichord
CBS/Sony 66267