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Classics in the Morning 9am–noon, WGBH 89.7

with Brian McCreath
Today's program will be repeated at 4pm on All-Classical WGBH, available online and on WGBH 89.7-HD-2. The playlist is the same; just add 7 hours to the times listed here.

To learn about the Worcester Music Festival and George Chadwick, visit Classical Connections.

To see video and learn more about Isabel Bayrakdarian's October performance in Boston, visit the Celebrity Series.

To learn more about the Kingston Chamber Music Festival, visit the festival's web site.

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

9:00am Prokofiev: March in B-flat, Op. 99 Chamber Orchestra of Europe/Claudio Abbado (Deutsche Grammophon 477 7645) Buy this CD 9:05am Tchaikovsky: Slavonic March, Op. 31 Berlin Philharmonic/Claudio Abbado (Deutsche Grammophon 477 7645) Buy this CD 9:17am Schubert: Sie mir gegrüßt, D. 741 Ian Bostridge, tenor; Julius Drake, piano (EMI 57141) Buy this CD 9:23am Schubert: Fantasy in C, D. 934 David Kim, violin; Gail Niwa, piano; from the 2006 Kingston Chamber Music Festival Festival Only on 89.7! Buy this CD 9:51am Holst: Egdon Heath, Op. 47 (hommage to Thomas Hardy) Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra/Bramwell Tovey (CBC Records SMCD 5176) Buy this CD 10:08am Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor, Op. 15 Nelson Freire, piano; Gewandhaus Orchestra of Leipzig/Riccardo Chailly (Decca B0006588-02) Buy this CD 10:58am Weill: Youkali Isabel Bayrakdarian, soprano (CBC Records MVCD 1176) Buy this CD 11:08am Chadwick: Symphony No. 2 in B-flat, Op. 21 Albany Symphony Orchestra/Julius Hegyi (New World NW-339-2) Buy this CD 11:48am Messiaen: O sacrum convivium Tafelmusik Chamber Choir (CBC Records MVCD 1155) Buy this CD 11:55am Tavener: "Mandoodles" and "In Memory of Two Cats" Ralph van Raat, piano (Naxos 8.570442) Buy this CD

Classical Performances noon–4pm, WGBH 89.7

12:03pm Andre-Ernest-Modeste Grétry: Le Magnifique - overture; Suite from Céphale et Procris Orchestre de Bretagne/Stefan Sanderling (ASV 1095) Buy this CD 12:27pm Scriabin: Etude in Thirds, Op. 8, No. 10 (trans. by J. Szgeti) Shannon Lee, violin; Pamela Mia Paul, piano (Telarc 80695) Buy this CD 12:30pm Tomasso Vitali, transc. Charlier: Chaconne in G minor Lee & Paul, as above Buy this CD 12:41pm Alexandre Scriabin: Piano Concerto in F-sharp minor, Op. 20 Konstantin Scherbakov, piano; Moscow Symphony Orchestra/Igor Golovshin (Naxos 8.550818) Buy this CD 1:11pm André Jolivet: Chant de Linos Demarre McGill, flute; David Kim, violin; Anna Marie Petersen, viola; Michelle Djokic, cello; Elizabeth Hainen, harp; Kingston Chamber Music Festival Only on 89.7! Buy this CD 1:29pm Schumann, arr. Mahler: Symhony No. 2 in C major, Op. 61 Gewandhaus Orchestra/Riccardo Chailly (Decca 475 8352) Buy this CD 2:07pm Telemann: Trumpet Concerto in D major, TWV 51:D7 Michael Sachs, trumpet; Gabriela Diaz & David Kim, violin; Margo Tatgenhorst Drako, cello; Natalie Zhu, piano; Karen Pandolfi, bass; Kingston Chamber Music Festival Only on 89.7! Buy this CD 2:18pm Mozart: String Quartet in D minor, K. 421 Yellow Barn Festival ensemble Buy this CD 2:51pm Lully: Psyché: Prelude and Chorus Isis: Scène du froid; Duo - Aimez, profitez du temps Les Arts Florissant/Willliam Christie (Erato 44655) Buy this CD 3:02pm Prokofiev: Piano Sonata No. 8 in B flat, op. 84 Andrei Gavrilov; from the Warsaw Piano Festival Buy this CD 3:30pm Chopin: selected Nocturnes Andrei Gavrilov; from the Warsaw Piano Festival Buy this CD

Airtimes are approximate.

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

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