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Classics in the Morning 9am–noon, WGBH 89.7

Cathy Fuller, host. This program can be heard again at 4:00pm on our new all-classical HD radio channel, online at wgbh.org/classical, or find it though iTunes by clicking on Radio and then All-Classical WGBH. The playlist is the same, just add 7 hours to the times listed here.

Listed by composer: title of the piece, performers (label)

9:00am Handel: Concerto Grosso Op. 3 No. 6 in D Major English Chamber Orchestra/Christopher Hogwood (Avie 2065) Buy this CD 9:15am Elgar, Edward: Serenade in E minor, Op. 20 English String Orchestra/William Boughton (Nimbus 5008) Buy this CD 9:27am Bach, J.S.: Concerto for violin (transcribed from BWV 1056) Pinchas Zukerman, violin; English Chamber Orchestra/Pinchas Zukerman (RCA 60718) Buy this CD 9:44am Bizet/Stoltzman: Carmen Fantasy Shirley Brill, clarinet; Jonathan Aner, piano Only on 89.7! Buy this CD 10:02am Beethoven: Sonata in C-sharp minor, Op. 27 No. 2 ("Moonlight") Garrick Ohlsson, piano (Bridge 9250) Buy this CD 10:25am Wolf, Hugo: Italian Serenade Hugo Wolf Quartet Only on 89.7! Buy this CD 10:41am Respighi: Ancient Airs and Dances: Italiana; Arie di corte; Siciliana English String Orchestra/William Boughton (Nimbus 7020) Buy this CD 11:03am Mozart: Symphony No. 40, K.550 in g minor Mozarteum Orchestra of Salzburg/Ivor Bolton (Oehms 343) Buy this CD 11:34am Liszt: Mephisto Waltz No. 1, S.514 and Hungarian Folks Songs, S.245 No's 1, 2 and 4 Sergio Fiorentino, piano (Appian 5584) Buy this CD 11:50am Weber/Liszt: Polonaise Brillante, S.367 Sergio Fiorentino, piano (Appian 5584) Buy this CD

Classical Performances noon–4pm, WGBH 89.7

12:03pm Francisco Tárrega: Variations on "The Carnival of Venice" Xuefei Yang, guitar (EMI 63222) Buy this CD 12:13pm Huang Zi: Plum Blossoms in the Snow Xuefei Yang, guitar, as above Buy this CD 12:14pm Walton: Suite from "The Quest" UNLV Wind Orchestra (Klavier 11169) Buy this CD 12:38pm Bach: Partita in A minor, BW V 827 Murray Perahia, piano (Sony 22697) Buy this CD 1:00pm Mendelssohn: "A Midsummer Night's Dream" Overture, Op. 21 Philharmonia Orchestra/Neville Marriner (Decca 478 0106) Buy this CD 1:16pm Mendelssohn: Incidental Music to "A Midsummer Night's Dream", Op. 62 Kenneth Branagh, reader; Sylvia McNair, Angelika Kirchschlager; Women of the Ernst Senff Chorus; Berlin Philharmonic/Claudio Abbado (Sony 62826) Buy this CD 1:59pm Beethoven: Piano Sonata No, 31 in Ab major, Op. 110 Garrick Ohlsson; Rockport Chamber Music Festival Only on 89.7! Buy this CD 2:27pm Rossini: String Sonata No. 3 in C major Kremlin Chamber Orchestra/Misha Rachlevsky Only on 89.7! Buy this CD 2:45pm Richard Strauss: Sextet from Capriccio Munich Chamber Orchestra/Philippe Entremont; concert presented by Music Worcester Only on 89.7! Buy this CD 3:05pm Handel: aria "Son pietosa son bonina" Arlene Auger, soprano; Handel & Haydn Society/Christopher Hogwood (Oiseau Lyre 425 496) Buy this CD 3:09pm Handel: Organ Concert No, 14 in A major Richard Marlow, organ; Academy of Ancient Music/Stephen Layton (Hyperion 67678) Buy this CD 3:28pm Bach: Sonata in G Major for flute, oboe d'amore and continuo, BWV 1038 Elizabeth Brown, flute; Peggy Pearson, oboe d'amore; Rafael Popper-Keizer, cello; Peter Sykes, harpsichord; a concert of the Winsor Music ensemble Only on 89.7! Buy this CD 3:36pm Bach: Partita in D major: Gigue Murray Perahia, piano (Sony 22697) Buy this CD 3:48pm Sibelius: Violin Concerto, Op. 47: iii. Allegro, ma non tanto Hillary Hahn, violin; Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra/Esa-Pekka Salonen (Deutsche Grammophon B0010858) Buy this CD

Jazz from Studio Four 8pm–midnight, WGBH 89.7

8-10pm:PLEDGE MODE / 10p-midnight:WHAT'S NEW AND REISSUED ON COMPACT DISC

Listed by artist: selection, album (label)

8:00pm THEME: Horace Parlan Quintet: Wadin', Speakin' My Piece (Blue Note) 8:05pm Donald Harrison: Summertime (Summer solstice began tonight at 7:59pm), The Survivor (Nagel Heyer) 8:21pm George Cables: Up Jumped Spring, Morning Song (HighNote) Alvin Queen: Jammin' Uptown, Jammin' Uptown (Just A Memory Records) Sonny Rollins: I Feel A Song Coming On, The Best of Sonny Rollins (Prestige) 8:49pm Houston Person; Ron Carter: How Deep is The Ocean, Just Between Friends (HighNote) Saxophone Summit: Our Daily Bread, Seraphic Light (Telarc) 9:07pm Esperanza Spalding: I Know You Know, Esperanza (Heads Up Records) Trio Da Paz & Joe Locke: Copacabana, Live at Jazzbaltica (Maxjazz) David Sanchez: The Forgotten Ones, Cultural Survival (Concord Picante) 9:28pm Herbie Hancock: Embraceable You, Gershwin's World (Verve) Chris Potter: You and the night And the Music, Concentric Circles (Concord) 9:48pm Jessica Williams: Song for A Baby, Songs for a New Century (Origin) Karrin Allyson: Imagina, Imagina Songs of Brazil (Concord) 10:01pm Martin Wind: Bright Mississippi, Salt 'N Pepper (Challange) Ed Reed: Ask Me Now, Love Stories (Blue Shorts Music) Ellis Marsalis: Ruby My Dear, An Open Letter to Thelonious (ELM Records) 10:27pm Spike Wilner: Black Forest (Hampton Hawes), 3 To Go (Positone) Hampton Hawes: Hamp's Blues, Hamp's Piano (Saba/MPS) Planet Jazz: Sonora (Hampton Hawes), In Orbit (Sharp 9) 10:51pm Roswell Rudd: Going Sane (one day at a time), Keep Your Heart Right (Sunnyside) Roswell Rudd; Sheila Jordan: Waltzing In The Sagebrush, Flexible Flyer (Black Lion) Sheila Jordan: You Must Believe in Spring, Believe in Jazz (Ella Productions) 11:13pm Wycliffe Gordon: Nica's Dream, Boss Bones (Criss Cross) J.J. Johnson; Kai Winding: Bernie's Tune, Savoy 60th Anniversary: Timeless (Savoy) Conrad Herwig: Jay Dot, A Jones for Bones Tones (Criss Cross) 11:34pm Rob Schneiderman: Yardbird Suite, Glass Enclosure (Reservoir) Steve Turre: Segment, Rainbow People (HighNote) Larry Vuckovich: Ow!, High Wall (Tetrachord Music) 11:53pm Ahmad Jamal: Arabesque, It's Magic (Dreyfus)

Airtimes are approximate.

Only on 89.7! performances and recordings are exclusive WGBH Radio productions and are not commercially available.

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