midnight–6am  |  6am–12pm  |  12pm–7pm  |  7pm–midnight

Classics in the Morning 9am–noon, WGBH 89.7

Steven Karidoyanes, guest host

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

9:00am Massenet: Meditation from "Thais" Joshua Bell, violin; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Andrew Litton (London 433 519) Buy this CD 9:07am Telemann: Sonata in F minor "Rebel" [from Boston Early Music Festival 2004] Only on 89.7! Buy this CD 9:16am Massenet: Piano Concerto in E-flat major Aldo Ciccolini, piano; Orchestra Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo/Sylvain Cambreling (EMI 64277) Buy this CD 9:49am Reynaldo Hahn: Selected songs: 1. Le rossignol des Lilas; 2. A Chloris; 3. Si mes vers avaient des ailes; 4. L'Heure exquise; 5. Cantique Vinson Cole, tenor; Patrick Stephens, piano (Delos 3131) Buy this CD 10:05am Wynton Marsalis: String Quartet No. 1, "At the Octoroon Balls" Orion String Quartet (Sony 60979) Buy this CD 10:53am Gershwin: Song Book (18 song hits arranged by the composer) Frank Braley, piano (Harmonia Mundi 901883) Buy this CD 11:18am Johann Baptist Georg Neruda: Concerto in E Flat (performed on trumpet, originally for hunting horn) John Wallace, trumpet; Phiharmonia Orchestra/Christopher Warren-Green (Nimbus 5065) Buy this CD 11:37am Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 2 in C minor, Op. 17, "Little Russian" Phiharmonia Orchestra/Riccardo Muti (EMI 7-67314) Buy this CD

Classical Performances noon–4pm, WGBH 89.7

Steven Karidoyanes, guest host, 12 noon until 1pm. At 1pm Ron Della Chiesa hosts the Boston Symphony Orchestra broadcast, live from Boston's Symphony Hall.

12:11pm Sarasate: Zigeunerweisen, Op. 20 Joshua Bell, violin; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Andrew Litton (London 433 519) Buy this CD 12:23pm Friedrich Ernst Fesca: Symphony No. 1 in E-flat, Op. 6 NDR Radiophilarmonie/Frank Beermann (CPO 999 889) Buy this CD 12:55pm Max Steiner: Jezebel Waltz Hollywood Bowl Orchestra/John Mauceri (Philips 438 685) Buy this CD

Boston Symphony Orchestra 1pm–4pm, WGBH 89.7

James Levine conducts Mozart, Berg and Brahms

1:02pm Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4, Op. 90 Boston Symphony Orchestra/Charles Munch (RCA 60483) Buy this CD 1:36pm Mozart: Symphony No. 29 in A major, K. 201 Boston Symphony Orchestra/James Levine (Live broadcast, not commercially available) Buy this CD 2:10pm Alban Berg: Chamber Concerto for piano and violin with thirteen wind instruments Isabelle Faust, violin; Peter Serkin, piano; Boston Symphony Orchestra/James Levine (Live broadcast, not commercially available) Buy this CD 3:10pm Brahms: Serenade No. 2 in A major, Op. 16 Boston Symphony Orchestra/James Levine (Live broadcast, not commercially available) Buy this CD 4:52pm Puccini: Madama Buttefly: Un po' di vero ce Geraldine Farrar, soprano; Enrico Caruso, tenor; Unidentified orchestra/Walter Rogers (RCA 09026-68921) Buy this CD 4:56pm Ravel: Mother Goose: The Fairy Garden (conclusion) Boston Symphony Orchestra/Charles Munch (RCA 09026-68978) Buy this CD

Jazz from Studio Four 8pm–midnight, WGBH 89.7

CELEBRATING AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY MONTH: THE TENOR SAXOPHONISTS / SPECIAL FEATURE on JIMMY GREENE (b. 2/24/1975)

Listed by artist: selection, album (label)

8:00pm THEME: Horace Parlan Quintet: Wadin', Speakin' My Piece (Blue Note) 8:05pm Jimmy Greene: Forever, Gifts and Givers (Criss Cross) Insight/The Curtis Brothers; featuring Jimmy Greene: Necessity, A Genisis (Curtis Brothers Music) Ben Riley; featuring Jimmy Greene: Bemsha Swing, Memories of T (Concord) 8:32pm Branford Marsalis; Ellis Marsalis: Cochise (Cherokee), Live @ Jordan Hall; Boston, MA 3/10/1996 (ONLY ON 89.7) Donal Fox; John Stubblefield: Here's One, Live @ Scullers Jazz Club, Boston,MA 6/10/1992 (ONLY ON 89.7) Archie Shepp; Horace Parlan: Go Down Moses, Goin' Home (Steeplechase) Johnny Griffin; Martial Solal: Come With Me, In & Out (Dreyfus) 9:00pm Jimmy Greene: My Ideal, True Life Stories (Criss Cross) Ralph Peterson; featuring Jimmy Greene: Respect For Truth, Tests of Time (Criss Cross) Jimmy Greene: No Doubt, Introducing Jimmy Greene (Criss Cross) 9:20pm Leon "Chu" Berry: Body and Soul, Chu Berry 1937-1941 (Classics) Jimmy Forrest: You Go To My Head, All The Gin is Gone (Delmark) Von Freeman: If I Should Lose You, The Improvisor (Premonition) Coleman Hawkins: Body and Soul, Body and Soul (RCA Bluebird) 9:46pm Claudio Roditi; featuring jimmy Greene: Bye Bye Blackbird, Double Standards (Reservoir) John Lamkin; featuring Jimmy Greene: Brother Lamkin, Live for WGBH Studio One, Boston, MA 2/25/1997 (ONLY ON 89.7) 10:06pm David Murray: Sarah's Lament, Ballads (DIW Records) Lucky Thompson: There's No You, Modern Jazz Group (Gitanes Universal) John Coltrane: Angel Eyes, Like Sonny (Roulette) Dexter Gordon: Cry Me A River, Dexter Blows Hot and Cool (Dootone) 10:30pm Horace Silver; featuring Jimmy Greene: Satisfaction Guaranteed, Jazz Has A Sense of Humor (Verve) Jimmy Greene: Mr McLean, Brave New World (RCA Victor) Louis Smith; featuring Jimmy Greene: Room 1426, Soon (Steeplechase) 10:55pm Ron Blake: Of Kindred Souls, Shayari (Shy-ree) (Mack Avenue) Sam Yahel ; featuring Joshua Redman: Truth and Beauty, Truth and Beauty (Origin) Wayne Escoffery: Isfahan, Veneration (Savant) 11:18pm Jimmy Greene: Come Sunday, Forever (Criss Cross) Steve Davis; featuring Jimmy Greene: Choicecs, Meant To Be (Criss Cross) Jimmy Greene: Re-Affirmation, True Life Stories (Criss Cross) 11:41pm Eddie Harris: What's New, Live @ Scullers Jazz Club, Boston, MA. 2/27/1993 (ONLY ON 89.7) Houston Person: Black Coffee, Thinking of You (HighNote) 11:56pm Jimmy Greene: Here's That Rainy Day, Jam Session Volume 9 (Steeplechase)

Airtimes are approximate.

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