Saturday

Yakov Kreizberg. Pentatone PTC-5186453 (2). [22:29] 11:00 George Gershwin Cuban Overture – Dallas Sym/Eduardo Mata. RCA RCD1-4551. [9:45]

12:00 Music in Chicago 12:15 Dame Myra Hess Memorial

Concerts: Violinist Minami Yoshida, with piano, live from the Cultural Center

1:00 Afternoons with Kerry Frumkin • Francisco Tárrega

Recuerdos de la Alhambra; Capricho árabe – Milos Karadaglic, g. DG B0015579- 02. [9:27] Maurice Ravel Rapsodie espagnole – Seattle Sym/Ludovic Morlot. Seattle Symphony Media SSM-1002. [15:28]

2:00 Afternoon Masterwork:

Frédéric Chopin Piano Sonata No. 3 in B minor, Op. 58 – Maurizio Pollini, p. DG 4836475. [27:50] 3:00 Fine Arts Calendar • Dmitri Shostakovich Ballet Suite No. 2 – Royal Scottish National Orch/Neeme Järvi. Chandos CHAN-7000/1 (2). [19:40]

Georg Philipp Telemann

Overture (Suite) in g – English Concert/Trevor Pinnock. Archive 439893-2. [17:00]

4:00 Late Afternoon Music with

Candice Agree, including a newscast at 4:00 pm and The Unrush Hour between 5:00 pm and 6:00 pm

6:30 Best of the Grant Park Music Festival 8:00 Exploring Music with Bill

McGlaughlin: Music by composers from the Baltic nations.

9:00 Evening Music on WFMT 10:00 Baroque&Before with Candice Agree 11:00 Evening Music on WFMT

Thursday 9

12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore 9:00 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Piano Concerto No. 21 in C, K. 467: II. Andante – Catrin Finch, h; Sinfonia Varsovia/James Galway, f. DG B0007148-02. [6:13] John Williams Schindler’s List film music: Three Pieces – Gil Shaham, v; Orli Shaham, p. Canary Classics CC-10. [12:29] Aaron Copland The Red Pony Suite: Morning on the Ranch; Happy Ending – Dallas Sym/Andrew Litton. Delos DE-3221. [14:14] 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including today’s new release, plus: Franz Schubert Rosamunde incidental music, D. 797: Overture (Die Zauberharfe) – Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Kurt Masur. Philips 412432-2. [9:57] 11:00 Darius Milhaud Saudades do Brasil, Op. 67: Set 1 – William Bolcom, p. Nonesuch 71316-2. [12:41] 12:00 Music in Chicago, plus: George Frideric Handel Oboe Concerto No. 3 in g – Malcolm Messiter, ob; Guildhall String Ensemble. RCA 60224-2. [9:25]

1:00 Afternoons with Kerry Frumkin • Camille Saint

Saëns La Muse et le Poète, Op. 132 – Renaud Capuçon, v; Gautier Capuçon, vc; Radio France Phil/Lionel Bringuier. Erato 934134-2. [16:36] François Borne Fantaisie Brillante on themes from Bizet’s Carmen – Mathieu Dufour, f; Kuang-Hao Huang, p. Cedille 90000121. [11:23]

2:00 Afternoon Masterwork:

Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-Flat, Op. 19 – Mahler Chamber Orch/Leif Ove Andsnes, p. Sony 70548. [29:30] 3:00 Fine Arts Calendar • Richard Strauss Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30 – Melbourne Sym/Sir Andrew Davis in concert. ABC Classics 4811122. [33:52]

4:00 Late Afternoon Music with

Candice Agree, including a newscast at 4:00 pm and The Unrush Hour between 5:00 pm and 6:00 pm

7:00 Exploring Music with Bill

McGlaughlin: Music by composers from the Baltic nations.

8:00 Evening Music on WFMT 9:00 Carnegie Hall Live: The Munich Philharmonic

conducted by Valery Gergiev; Leonidas Kavakos, violin; from October 2019 – Jorg Widmann: Con Brio. Brahms: Violin Concerto. Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5.

11:00 Evening Music on WFMT

Friday 10

12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore

9:00 George Frideric Handel Water Music Suite No. 1 in F – English Concert/Trevor Pinnock. DG B0005828-02 (2). [14:48] Maurice Ravel Jeux d’eau; Pavane for A Dead Princess – Stewart Goodyear, p. Orchid Classics ORC-100061. [10:37]

10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn,

including today’s new release, plus: Giuseppe Verdi Aida: Triumphal Scene – La Scala Cho & Orch/Claudio Abbado. DG 4777645. [11:52] 11:00 Edward Elgar In the South (Alassio) Overture, Op. 50 – London Phil/Sir Georg Solti. London 443856-2 (2). [20:00] 12:00 Impromptu Encore: Violinist Philippe Quint and pianist Marta Aznavoorian performing in Levin Studio in 2019.

1:00 Afternoons with Kerry Frumkin • Manuel de Falla

Cuatro piezas españolas – Garrick Ohlsson, p. Hyperion CDA-68177. [16:37] Joaquín Rodrigo Fantasía para un gentilhombre – Sharon Isbin, g; Lausanne Chamber Orch/ Lawrence Foster. Virgin Classics 91192-2. [22:26]

2:00 Afternoon Masterwork:

Johannes Brahms String Quartet No. 3 in B-flat, Op. 67 – Shanghai Quartet. Delos DE-3198. [36:54] 3:00 Fine Arts Calendar •

Johann Sebastian Bach

Orchestra Suite in G minor, BWV 1070 – Musica Antiqua Cologne/Reinhard Goebel. Archive 415671-2 (2). [17:32] Jules Massenet Hérodiade: Ballet Suite – New Zealand Sym/Jean-Yves Ossonce. Naxos 8.553124. [9:26]

4:00 Late Afternoon Music with

Candice Agree, including a newscast at 4:00 pm and The Unrush Hour between 5:00 pm and 6:00 pm

7:00 Exploring Music with Bill

McGlaughlin: Music by composers from the Baltic nations.

8:00 Evening Music on WFMT 9:00 The New York Philharmonic This Week – Massenet:

Angelus fr Scenes pittoresques (/Josef Stransky). Debussy: Saxophone Rhapsody (Kenneth Radnofsky/Kurt Masur); Images, set 3 (/Leonard Bernstein); The Martyrdom of St. Sebastian (/ Masur). Massenet: Pourquoi me reveiller fr Werther (Luciano Pavarotti/Masur). A look-ahead to Bastille Day next Tuesday.

11:00 Best of Studs Terkel:

Actor-author Anna Deveare Smith (1995)

Saturday 11

12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 7:00 Weekend Mornings with Maggie Clennon Reberg,

including Saturday Morning Listeners’ Choice at 8:00 am and Soundtrack at 9:00 am am

10:00 Fine Arts Calendar • Today’s New Release 11:00 Introductions: Spotlighting the Chicago area’s young musicians 12:00 From Lyric Opera of Chicago:

Gounod’s “Faust” – Benjamin Bernheim (Faust); Ailyn Perez (Marguerite); Christian Van Horn (Mephistopheles); Edward Parks (Valentin); Lyric Opera Cho & Orch/Emmanuel Villaume.

4:00 Weekend Music on WFMT • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Piano Concerto No. 19 in F, K. 459 – Alfred Brendel, p; St. Martin’s AcademySir Neville Marriner. Philips 446921-2 (5). [27:51]

4:30 Arias and Songs Encore 5:00 Evening Music on WFMT •

Edvard Grieg Violin Sonata No. 2 in G, Op. 13 – Eldbjørg Hemsing, v; Simon Trpceski,

6:00

p. Bis . [20:33] Hugo Alfvén Swedish Rhapsody No. 1, Op. 19, Midsommarvaka – Minnesota Orch/Eiji Oue. Reference RR-80. [12:54] Alexander Glazunov The Seasons: Spring and Summer – Royal Phil/Vladimir Ashkenazy. London 433000-2. [17:52]

Johann Sebastian Bach

Lute Suite in e minor, BWV 996 – Yolanda Kondonassis, h. Telarc CD-80523. [15:33] Ralph Vaughan Williams Fantasia on Greensleeves – New York Phil Strings/Leonard Bernstein. Sony MLK-62617. [5:01] Various Iberia, Book 1: Evocación; Serenade in A, Op. 96 – Julian Bream & John Williams, g’s.

In the Spotlight

Ailyn Perez

From Lyric Opera of Chicago: Charles Gounod’s Faust Lyric’s 2017-18 production of Faust featured the American debut of French tenor Benjamin Bernheim, who was widely lauded for his portrayal of the aged philosopher (in this production, though, a sculptor) who sells his soul to the devil in return for renewed youth. This devil, named Mephistopheles, was portrayed by Christian Van Horn. Mephistopheles shows Faust a vision of the innocent young Marguerite, with whom Faust immediately falls in love; Lyric’s Marguerite is soprano Ailyn Perez. They meet; they become lovers; Faust abandons her. Has Mephistopheles triumphed? Imprisoned for having killed her illegitimate child, Marguerite rejects Mephistopheles in a powerful final trio that is one of the many dramatic climaxes of the opera, like the brilliant Jewel Song and the rousing Soldiers’ Chorus. Saturday, July 11 12:00 pm