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FRIDAY, JUNE 26

   
GMT 0000/EDT 8:00PM (Thursday)
GMT 0000/EDT 8:00PM (Thursday)
  VivaLaVoce
(a service of WETA)
Washington, DC, USA

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0000
8:00PM
Opera at Eight: Rusalka
Antonín Dvořák
Renée Fleming [Rusalka] | Ben Heppner [The Prince] | Franz Hawlata [The Water goblin (Vodník)] | Dolora Zajick [Ježibaba] | Eva Urbanová [The foreign princess (Cizí knezna)] | Ivan Kusnher [The Gamekeeper (Hajný) | A Huntsman (Lovec] | Zdena Kloubová [The Turnspit (Kuchtík)] | Lívia Aghová [Wood Nymph (Lesní žínky)] | Dana Buresová [Wood Nymph (Lesní žínky)] | Hana Minutillo [Wood Nymph (Lesní žínky)] | The Kühn Mixed Choir [The Prince's entourage, Guests, Water nymphs] | Czech Philharmonic Orchestra | Sir Charles Mackerras (conductor)
(No duration given)
   
GMT 0200/EDT 10:00PM (Thursday)
GMT 0200/EDT 10:00PM (Thursday)
  CONCERTZENDER
Utrecht, Netherlands
   
  0200
10:00PM
SPECIAL PROGRAM: Joachim Raff – Opera Dame Kobold op. 154 (de spookdame) (1869)
Ouverture en eerste akte
Symfonisch orkest van West Bohemen O.L.V. Dario Salvi, het theaterkoor van de stad Ústí nad Labem O.L.V. Jan Jan Snítil met
Matthias Lika (bariton) als Don Juan
Lara Rieken (sopraan) als Donna Angela, de zus van Juan
Julia Surushkina (sopraan), de meid van Angela
Gustav Wenzel Most (tenor) als Don Manuel (vriend van Juan) en
Lukas Krimmel (bas) als Rodrigo (de bode van Manuel)
CD: Raff: Dame Kobold, op. 154 (2026)
Naxos 8.660619-20 (Duration unclear
)
   
GMT 0300/EDT 11:00PM (Thursday)
GMT 0300/EDT 11:00PM (Thursday)
  WFMT
Chicago, Illinois, USA

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0300
11:00PM

SPECIAL PROGRAM: The New York Philharmonic This Week

Verdi "Missa da Requiem;"
Angela Meade, soprano; Lilli Paasikivi, mezzo-soprano; Russell Thomas, tenor; Eric Owens, bass-baritone;
New York Choral Artists; Alan Gilbert, conductor. (2 hrs.)

   
GMT 0700/EDT 3:00AM
GMT 0700/EDT 3:00AM
  VivaLaVoce
(a service of WETA)
Washington, DC, USA

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0700
3:00AM
Opera Encore: Alcina
George Frideric Handel
Renée Fleming (soprano) [Alcina] | Susan Graham [Ruggiero] | Natalie Dessay (soprano) [Morgana] | Kathleen Kuhlmann [Bradamante] | Timothy Robsinson [Oronte] | Laurent Naouri [Melisso] | Juanita Lascarro [Oberto] | Les Arts Florissants | William Christie (conductor)
(No duration given)
   
GMT 1100/EDT 7:00AM
GMT 1100/EDT 7:00AM
  MUSIQ'3
Brussels, BELGIUM
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1100
7:00AM
SPECIAL PROGRAM: Concert de 13h
Concert d'été à Schönbrunn - Orchestre philharmonique de Vienne - Lorenzo Viotti, direction - Bryn Terfel, baryton-basse - von Suppé, Boïto, Puccunu, Tchaïkovsky, Price, Korngold, Wagner, Massenet, Ravel, Bock

Présentation : Laurent GRAULUS
Enregistré le 19 juin 2026 dans les jardins du Palais de Schönbrunn

Franz von Suppè (1819-1895) - Ouverture de "La Cavalerie Légère"

Arrigo Boito (1842-1918) - Son lo spirito che nega, extrait de 'Mefistofele'
Sir Bryn Terfel, baryton-basse

Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924) - Intermezzo, de l'acte 3 de 'Manon Lescaut'

Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) - Ehi! paggio!, extrait de 'Falstaff'
Sir Bryn Terfel, baryton-basse

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) - Trepak, extrait de 'Casse-Noisette'

Florence Price (1887-1953) - Adoration

Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897-1957) - Straussiana

Richard Wagner (1813-1883) - Abendlich strahlt der Sonne Auge, extrait de 'L'Or du Rhin'
Sir Bryn Terfel, baryton-basse

Jules Massenet (1842-1912) - Méditation, extrait de 'Thaïs'
Albena Danailova, violon

Maurice Ravel (1875-1937) - Fragments Symphoniques, extraits de la 2è suite de 'Daphnis et Chloé'

Jerry Bock (1928-2010) - If I were a rich man, extrait de 'Un violon sur le toit'
Sir Bryn Terfel, baryton-basse

Orchestre philharmonique de Vienne - Lorenzo Viotti, direction (2 hrs.)

   
GMT 1200/EDT 8:00AM
GMT 1200/EDT 8:00AM
  DWOJKA POLSKIE RADIO
Warsaw, POLAND

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1200
8:00AM
SPECIAL PROGRAM: A jak archiwum, prowadzi Agata Kwiecińska
100 lat Króla Rogera Karola Szymanowskiego (2 hrs.)
 

RTHK RADIO 4 HONG KONG

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1200
8:00AM

SPECIAL PROGRAM: Gu Wenmeng, Tan Cheng, Lu Lei, Zhang Hairuo, Zhang Tianyang, soprano, Meng Jiaqi, mezzo-soprano, Chen Lin, Li Ting, Li Xincheng, Zhao Zidong, tenor, Chen Jiongran, Feng Haoran, Wang Jiazhou, Xie Xinyu, baritone, Liu Jia, bass-baritone, and the New Classical Chamber Orchestra conducted by Jin Yukuang perform:

ROSSINI: ‘Largo al factotum della città’ from Il barbiere di Siviglia.

BIZET: ‘Parle-moi de ma mère’ from Carmen.

ROSSINI: ‘Dunque io son’ from Il barbiere di Siviglia.

MASCAGNI: ‘Tu qui, Santuzza?’ from Cavalleria rusticana.

DONIZETTI: ‘Pronta io son’ from Don Pasquale.

BIZET: ‘Au fond du temple saint’ from Les pêcheurs de perles.

LEONCAVALLO: ‘Nedda! Silvio! a quest’ora’ from Pagliacci.

ROSSINI: ‘All’idea di quel metallo’ from Il barbiere di Siviglia.

BIZET: ‘C’est toi? C’est moi!’ from Carmen.

VERDI: ‘Alice, Meg, Nannetta’ from Falstaff.

Recorded 21 April 2024. (Duration unknown)

   
GMT 1400/EDT 10:00AM
GMT 1400/EDT 10:00AM
  CATMÚSICA
Barcelona, SPAIN

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1400
10:00AM
SPECIAL PROGRAM: TEMPORADA DE L'ORQUESTRA FILHARMÒNICA DE BRNO, 2024-2025
"La llegenda folklòrica de Mahler amb la Filharmònica de Brno"
Josef Bohuslav Foerster: Obertura festiva, op. 70. Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Fragments de les "Sis cançons senzilles", op. 9. "La tempesta" per a cor i orquestra. Gustav Mahler: "Cançó del lament", cantata.
Chen Reiss, soprano. Stefanie Iranyi, contralt. Attilio Glaser, tenor. Dominik Wagner, baríton.
Cor Filharmònic Txec.
Orquestra Filharmònica de Brno.
Dir.: Dennis Russell.
Enregistrat per la Ràdio Txeca el divendres 29 de novembre del 2024.
Teatre Janácek. Brno.
Concert d'intercanvi. (2 hrs.)
  ESPACE 2
Lausanne, SWITZERLAND
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1400
10:00AM
SPECIAL PROGRAM: L'Oreille d'abord
Catherine Buser

La poésie de Rilke en musique ( 2/2)

Programme musical
Alma Mahler, Rainer Maria Rilke5 Lieder pour voix et piano
Maria Riccarda Wesseling, Nathalie Dang Claves Records
Alma Mahler, Anonyme, Rainer Maria RilkeKennst du meine Nächte? Lied pour voix et piano: Kennst du meine Nächte?
Maria Riccarda Wesseling, Nathalie Dang Claves Records
Alban Berg, Rainer Maria RilkeSieben frühe Lieder = 7 Lieder de jeunesse, pour voix et piano: Traumgekrönt
Barbara Hannigan, Reinbert de Leeuw Alpha Classics
Paul Hindemith, Rainer Maria RilkeDas Marienleben. Cycle de Lieder, pour soprano et piano : 13. Vom Tode Mariä 1 (Derselbe grosse Engel, welcher einst) op. 27
Juliane Banse, Martin Helmchen Alpha Classics
Kurt WeillSymphonie, no 2: 1. Sostenuto - Allegro molto
Leipzig Gewandhausorchester, Edo de Waart Philips
Rainer Maria Rilke, Viktor UllmannDie Weise von Liebe und Tod des Cornets Christoph Rilke = La Chanson de l'amour et de la mort du cornette Christoph Rilke, pour récitant et piano
Burkhard Kehring, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau DG
Viktor Ullmann, Rainer Maria RilkeDie Weise von Liebe und Tod des Cornets Christoph Rilke = La Chanson de l'amour et de la mort du cornette Christoph Rilke, pour récitant et piano: 5. Der von Langenau schreibt einen Brief... (Allegretto cantabile)
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Burkhard Kehring DG
Frank Martin, Rainer Maria RilkeDie Weise von Liebe und Tod des Cornets Christoph Rilke (Der Cornet) = Chant de l'amour et de la mort du cornette Christoph Rilke, pour voix et orchestre
Fabio Luisi, Philharmonia Zürich, Okka von der Damerau Philharmonia Records
Frank Martin, Rainer Maria RilkeDie Weise von Liebe und Tod des Cornets Christoph Rilke (Der Cornet) = Chant de l'amour et de la mort du cornette Christoph Rilke, pour voix et orchestre
Fabio Luisi, Philharmonia Zürich, Okka von der Damerau Philharmonia Records
Frank Martin, Rainer Maria RilkeDie Weise von Liebe und Tod des Cornets Christoph Rilke (Der Cornet) = Chant de l'amour et de la mort du cornette Christoph Rilke, pour voix et orchestre
Fabio Luisi, Philharmonia Zürich, Okka von der Damerau Philharmonia Records
Frank Martin, Rainer Maria RilkeDie Weise von Liebe und Tod des Cornets Christoph Rilke (Der Cornet) = Chant de l'amour et de la mort du cornette Christoph Rilke, pour voix et orchestre: Wachtfeuer
Fabio Luisi, Philharmonia Zürich, Okka von der Damerau Philharmonia Records
Dmitry Shostakovich, Rainer Maria Rilke, Tamara Isaakovna SilmanSymphonie pour soprano, basse, cordes et percussion, no 14, en sol majeur op. 135
Mikko Franck, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Asmik Grigorian, Matthias Goerne Alpha Classics
Rainer Maria Rilke, Dmitry Shostakovich, Tamara Isaakovna SilmanSymphonie pour soprano, basse, cordes et percussion, no 14, en sol majeur: 11. Zakljucen'e (Vsevlastna smert') = Schlusstück (Der Tod ist gross) (Moderato) op. 135
Mikko Franck, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Asmik Grigorian, Matthias Goerne Alpha Classics
Rainer Maria Rilke, Henri DutilleuxCorrespondances, pour soprano et orchestre: 1. Gong no 1
Esa-Pekka Salonen, Barbara Hannigan, Radio France / Orchestre Philharmonique DG (1 hr., 30 min
.)

   
GMT 1430/EDT 10:30AM
GMT 1430/EDT 10:30AM
  FRANCE MUSIQUE
Paris, FRANCE

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1430
10:30AM
SPECIAL PROGRAM: Une heure et plus, un compositeur : Hector Berlioz
Vendredi 26 juin 2026

Stars du classique
Par Aurélie Moreau

Avec
Aurélie Moreau
Productrice

L'équipe
Aurélie Moreau
Productrice
Cécile Bonnet des Claustres
Attaché(e) de production
Etienne Rouch
Mise en onde (1 hr., 30 min
.)

   
GMT 1500/EDT 11:00AM
GMT 1500/EDT 11:00AM
  BBC RADIO 3
UNITED KINGDOM
96K AAC+
[This links to a 320K stream in the U.K. only]
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1500
11:00AM
SPECIAL PROGRAM: Tributes
Composer of the Week
Henry Purcell (1659-1695) Episode 5 of 5

Donald explores the theories around Purcell’s death at the age of just 36, and examines the various tributes made to the composer after his passing.

Henry Purcell was the most important English composer of the era, described as the "Orpheus Britannicus" for his ability to combine Baroque counterpoint with dramatic settings of English words. He composed music for the church, the royal court, the theatre and for England’s newly emerging concert scene, with an intelligence and creativity that marked him out as one of the most original composers in all of Europe. More than anything, though, he composed music for London – the city where he lived all of his short life. Over the course of this week, Donald Macleod explores the city during Purcell’s lifetime and London’s effect on a man who lays claim to being England’s greatest composer. During Purcell’s childhood, it was a city reeling from civil war, the disastrous spread of disease, and the destruction wreaked by the Great Fire. We’ll explore London’s churches, and music Purcell wrote for them, especially Westminster Abbey, where Purcell was organist, the state of London’s theatre scene in Purcell’s day, and the changing demands for music from the various monarchs of the composer’s lifetime. Finally, Donald explores London’s response to the shock of Purcell’s death in his mid-30s, and the tributes paid to the composer from his own Fairest Isle.

In Friday’s programme, Donald explores the theories around Purcell’s early death at the age of just 36, shortly after he had survived a deadly bout of smallpox that had ravaged London. He also examines the various tributes made to the composer from the city where he had lived all his life after his passing, and the influence that Purcell’s music has had since his death more than 325 years ago.

When I am laid in earth from Dido and Aeneas
Joyce DiDonato, mezzo (Dido)
Il Pomo d'Oro
Maxim Emelyanychev, conductor

Trumpet Sonata in D Major, Z 850
Alison Balsom, trumpet
Balsom Ensemble

Burial Service, Z 58c
Laurence Cummings, organ
Oxford Camerata
Jeremy Summerly, dircetor

‘From Rosy Bow’rs’ from Don Quixote
Emma Kirkby, soprano
Academy of Ancient Music
Christopher Hogwood, conductor

Oedipus: incidental music, Z 583 (No 2, Music for a While (Arr B. Britten)
Iestyn Davies, countertenor
Joseph Middleton, piano

Produced by Sam Phillips for BBC Audio Wales & West (1 hr.)

   
GMT 1600/EDT 12:00NOON
GMT 1600/EDT 12:00NOON
  BARTOK RADIO
Budapest, HUNGARY

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1600
12:00
NOON

Opera: No opera today
  BR KLASSIK
Munich, GERMANY
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schedule
 
1600
12:00
NOON
SPECIAL PROGRAM: FESTSPIELZEIT
Tage Alter Musik Regensburg
Il Gardellino
Begegnungen, Glamour, Entdeckungen: Auf Festivals wird Musik anders erlebt als sonst, dem Alltag enthoben, entspannt und konzentriert zugleich. Dabei sein ist alles. Das Festspiel-Hopping bleibt allerdings ein sehr exklusives Vergnügen. Vom 25. Juni bis zum 18. September 2026 präsentiert BR Klassik jedoch mit der Festspielzeit und dem ARD Radiofestival herausragende Konzerte und Opernaufführungen für alle, die nicht überall vor Ort sein können – ab 18.05 und 20.03 Uhr im Radio, viele Liveübertragungen und ausgewählte Videostreams sind dabei.

Leitung und Cembalo: Alexander Grychtolik
Solisten: Miriam Feuersinger, Sopran; Martina Baroni, Mezzosopran; Daniel Johannsen, Tenor; Tiemo Wang, Bass; Micha Matthäus, Bass
Johann Sebastian Bach/Alexander Grychtolik: "Passionsoratorium", BWV Anh. 169
Aufnahme vom 23. Mai 2026 in der Dreieinigkeitskirche Regensburg

Anschließend:
Wilhelm Friedemann Bach: Konzert F-Dur (Aleksandra und Alexander Grychtolik, Cembalo); Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Sonate C-Dur, Wq 73 (Matthias Höfs, Trompete; Christian M. Kunert, Fagott; Wolfgang Zerer, Cembalo; Berliner Barock-Compagney) (2 hrs
.)

   
GMT 1730/EDT 1:30PM
GMT 1730/EDT 1:30PM
  RADIO CLASICA DE ESPANA
Madrid, SPAIN

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1730
1:30PM
SPECIAL PROGRAM: Fila 0
Transmisión en directo desde el Teatro de la Zarzuela de Madrid.
PENELLA: El gato montés. D. Oller (Juanillo), M. Galoyan (Soleá), R. Garull (Rafael), M. Rodríguez (Frasquita), C. García (Gitana), M. Esteve (Padre Antón), G. Bullón (Hormigón), C. Ferrández (Loliya), P. Gálvez (Caireles), Pequeños Cantores de la ORCAM, Coro del Teatro de la Zarzuela, Orquesta de la Comunidad de Madrid. Dir.: José Miguel Pérez-Sierra. (2 hrs., 30 min.)
   
GMT 1800/EDT 2:00PM
GMT 1800/EDT 2:00PM
  RAI RADIO 3
Rome, ITALY

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1800
2:00PM
Il Cartellone: Teatro alla Scala

Gaetano Donizetti, Lucia di Lammermoor

Orchestra e Coro del Teatro alla Scala
direttore, Speranza Scappucci
regia, scene e costumi, Yannis Kokkos

con Boris Pinkhasovich, Rosa Feola, Piero Pretti, Leonardo Cortellazzi, Michele Pertusi, Hyeonsol Park, Paolo Antognetti

in diretta Euroradio dal Teatro alla Scala di Milano (3 hrs., 15 min.)

   
GMT 1830/EDT 2:30PM
GMT 1830/EDT 2:30PM
  RAI RADIO 3 CLASSICA
Rome, ITALY

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1830
2:30PM
In Sala: No details available (2 hrs.)
   
GMT 2040/EDT 4:40PM
GMT 2040/EDT 4:40PM
  YLE KLASSINEN
Finnish Radio

256K AAC

 
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2040
4:40PM
Yöklassinen (Opera): Bizet: Carmen, ooppera
(Marilyn Horne, mezzosopraano, James McCracken, tenori, Tom Krause, baritoni, Adriana Maliponte, sopraano, ja Colette Boky, sopraano, sekä Manhattanin oopperakuoro, Metropolitan-oopperan lapsikuoro ja Metropolitan-oopperan ork./Leonard Bernstein). (2 hrs., 41 min.)
   
     
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