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**THURSDAY, *FEBRUARY 12***

GMT 0030/EST 7:30PM (Wednesday)				GMT 0030/EST 7:30PM (Wednesday)
	ARS - 3. PROGRAM RADIO SLOVENIA Ljubjana, SLOVENIA		256K MP3			schedule
	BARTOK RADIO Budapest, HUNGARY		320K MP3			schedule
	BBC RADIO 3 UNITED KINGDOM		96K AAC+ [This links to a 320K stream in the U.K. only]			schedule
	NRK KLASSISK Oslo, NORWAY		192K MP3 128K AAC+ [WINAMP] If you hear a white noise while playing this stream we suggest you change (at your own risk) the output driver in WINAMP to the directSound Driver. See instructions for this on our Internet Radio for Techies page	96K MP3	32K MP3 M 22K AAC+ [WINAMP] If you hear a white noise while playing this stream we suggest you change (at your own risk) the output driver in WINAMP to the directSound Driver. See instructions for this on our Internet Radio for Techies page	schedule
	NRK P2 Oslo, NORWAY		192K MP3 128K AAC+ [WINAMP] If you hear a white noise while playing this stream we suggest you change (at your own risk) the output driver in WINAMP to the directSound Driver. See instructions for this on our Internet Radio for Techies page	96K MP3	32K MP3 M 22K AAC+ [WINAMP] If you hear a white noise while playing this stream we suggest you change (at your own risk) the output driver in WINAMP to the directSound Driver. See instructions for this on our Internet Radio for Techies page	schedule
	RADIO DEVIN Bratislava		audio link			schedule
	RADIO ROMÂNIA MUZICAL Bucharest, ROMANIA		256K MP3 128K MP3	128K WMP 9 64K WMP 9	64K+ AAC 48K+ AAC	schedule
	SVERIGES RADIO P2 Stockholm, SWEDEN		192K MP3 192K AAC+ If you hear a white noise while playing this stream we suggest you change (at your own risk) the output driver in WINAMP to the directSound Driver. See instructions for this on our Internet Radio for Techies page	96K AAC+ If you hear a white noise while playing this stream we suggest you change (at your own risk) the output driver in WINAMP to the directSound Driver. See instructions for this on our Internet Radio for Techies page	32K AAC+ If you hear a white noise while playing this stream we suggest you change (at your own risk) the output driver in WINAMP to the directSound Driver. See instructions for this on our Internet Radio for Techies page	schedule
	0030 7:30PM	SPECIAL PROGRAM: Euroclassic Notturno Early Music Day: Earning a Living on the Stage Through the Night This concert in the Making a Living series from the Fundación Juan March in Madrid showcases Baroque composers who, attentive to satisfying public demand, focused on creating works for the stage. Jonathan Swain presents. Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643) E pur io torno qui - 'L’incoronazione di Poppea' Act 1 Xavier Sabata (counter tenor), Dani Espasa (harpsichord) George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) Preludium in F Minor; 'Cor ingrato' - Rinaldo Act 1 Dani Espasa (harpsichord), Xavier Sabata (counter tenor) Johann Adolf Hasse (1699-1783) Harpsichord Sonata in D minor, Op 7 no 5 Dani Espasa (harpsichord) Francesco Cavalli (1602-1676) Erme e solinghe cime - Endimione's aria from 'La Calisto' Xavier Sabata (counter tenor), Dani Espasa (harpsichord) George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) Passacaille from Suite no 7 in G minor, HWV 432 Dani Espasa (harpsichord) George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) Minacciami non ho timor - Amadigi's aria from 'Amadigi di Gaula' HWV 11 Xavier Sabata (counter tenor), Dani Espasa (harpsichord) George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) Excerpts from Admeto, HWV 22 Xavier Sabata (counter tenor), Dani Espasa (harpsichord) Agostino Steffani (1654-1728) Excerpts from Orlando generoso Xavier Sabata (counter tenor), Dani Espasa (harpsichord) Alessandro Scarlatti (1660-1725) Toccata no 2 in A minor, from Primo e Secondo Libro di Toccate per Cembalo Dani Espasa (harpsichord) Francesco Gasparini (1668-1727) Qui ti scrivo o nome amato - Cefalo's aria from L’oracolo del fato Xavier Sabata (counter tenor), Dani Espasa (harpsichord) Francesco Cavalli (1602-1676) Misero Apollo, from Gli amori di Apollo e di Dafne Xavier Sabata (counter tenor), Dani Espasa (harpsichord) Michelangelo Rossi (c.1601-1656) Toccata Settima Dani Espasa (harpsichord) Benedetto Ferrari (1603/4-1681) Amanti, io vi so dire, from Musiche e poesie varie à voce solo, Libro III Xavier Sabata (counter tenor), Dani Espasa (harpsichord) George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) Fammi combattere, from Orlando HWV 31 (encore) Xavier Sabata (counter tenor), Dani Espasa (harpsichord) Francesca Caccini (1587-1640) Maria, dolce Maria - from Il primo libro delle musiche a una, e due voci Suzie Le Blanc (soprano), Tragicomedia, Stephen Stubbs (director) (1 hr., 34 min.)

GMT 0100/EST 8:00PM (Wednesday)				GMT 0100/EST 8:00PM (Wednesday)
	VivaLaVoce (a service of WETA) Washington, DC, USA		128K MP3	128KAAC		schedule
	0100 8:00PM	Opera at Eight: Lo frate 'nnamorato Giovanni Battista Pergolesi Alessandro Corbelli [Marcaniello] \| Nuccia Focile [Ascanio] \| Amelia Felle [Nena] \| Bernadette Manca di Nissa [Nina] \| Luciana D'Intino [Luggrezia] \| Ezio di Cesare [Carlo] \| Elizabet Norber-Schulz [Vannella] \| Nicoletta Curiel [Cardella] \| Bruno de Simone [Don Pietro] \| Luca Bonini [Lo schermidore] \| Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala \| Riccardo Muti (conductor) (No duration given)

GMT 0200/EST 9:00PM (Wednesday)				GMT 0200/EST 9:00PM (Wednesday)
	RADIO ÖSTERREICH INTERNATIONAL Vienna, AUSTRIA		192K MP3 [occasionally skips material in transmission]			schedule
	0200 9:00PM	SPECIAL PROGRAM: Early Music Day: Earning a Living on the Stage Through the Night This concert in the Making a Living series from the Fundación Juan March in Madrid showcases Baroque composers who, attentive to satisfying public demand, focused on creating works for the stage. Jonathan Swain presents. Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643) E pur io torno qui - 'L’incoronazione di Poppea' Act 1 Xavier Sabata (counter tenor), Dani Espasa (harpsichord) George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) Preludium in F Minor; 'Cor ingrato' - Rinaldo Act 1 Dani Espasa (harpsichord), Xavier Sabata (counter tenor) Johann Adolf Hasse (1699-1783) Harpsichord Sonata in D minor, Op 7 no 5 Dani Espasa (harpsichord) Francesco Cavalli (1602-1676) Erme e solinghe cime - Endimione's aria from 'La Calisto' Xavier Sabata (counter tenor), Dani Espasa (harpsichord) George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) Passacaille from Suite no 7 in G minor, HWV 432 Dani Espasa (harpsichord) George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) Minacciami non ho timor - Amadigi's aria from 'Amadigi di Gaula' HWV 11 Xavier Sabata (counter tenor), Dani Espasa (harpsichord) George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) Excerpts from Admeto, HWV 22 Xavier Sabata (counter tenor), Dani Espasa (harpsichord) Agostino Steffani (1654-1728) Excerpts from Orlando generoso Xavier Sabata (counter tenor), Dani Espasa (harpsichord) Alessandro Scarlatti (1660-1725) Toccata no 2 in A minor, from Primo e Secondo Libro di Toccate per Cembalo Dani Espasa (harpsichord) Francesco Gasparini (1668-1727) Qui ti scrivo o nome amato - Cefalo's aria from L’oracolo del fato Xavier Sabata (counter tenor), Dani Espasa (harpsichord) Francesco Cavalli (1602-1676) Misero Apollo, from Gli amori di Apollo e di Dafne Xavier Sabata (counter tenor), Dani Espasa (harpsichord) Michelangelo Rossi (c.1601-1656) Toccata Settima Dani Espasa (harpsichord) Benedetto Ferrari (1603/4-1681) Amanti, io vi so dire, from Musiche e poesie varie à voce solo, Libro III Xavier Sabata (counter tenor), Dani Espasa (harpsichord) George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) Fammi combattere, from Orlando HWV 31 (encore) Xavier Sabata (counter tenor), Dani Espasa (harpsichord) (2 hrs.)

GMT 0800/EST 3:00AM				GMT 0800/EST 3:00AM
	VivaLaVoce (a service of WETA) Washington, DC, USA		128K MP3	128KAAC		schedule
	0800 3:00AM	Opera Encore: Ercole sul Termodonte Antonio Vivaldi Vivica Genaux [Antiope] \| Joyce DiDonato [Ippolita] \| Patrizia Ciofi [Orizia] \| Diana Damrau [Martesia] \| Rolando Villazón [Ercole] \| Romina Basso [Teseo] \| Philippe Jaroussky [Alceste] \| Topi Lehtipuu [Telamone] \| Coro da Camera "Santa Cecilia" di Borgo San Lorenzo \| Europa Galante \| Fabio Biondi (conductor) (No duration given)

GMT 0900/EST 4:00AM				GMT 0900/EST 4:00AM
	LRT KLASIKA Vilnius, LITHUANIA		192K AAC			schedule
	0900 4:00AM	SPECIAL PROGRAM: Euroradijo koncertas. Ved. Gabija Narušytė „Meilės muzikos savaitė: Jaukus ilgesys ir Meilės laiškai“. Claros Schumann, Johanneso Brahmso, kt. kompozitorių kūrinius atlieka Sophie Klussmann (sopranas), Irene Abrigo (smuikas) ir kt. atlikėjai. (2 hrs.)

GMT 1000/EST 5:00AM				GMT 1000/EST 5:00AM
	CATMÚSICA Barcelona, SPAIN		128K AAC	128K MP3		schedule
	1000 5:00AM	SPECIAL PROGRAM: 14è CICLE DE CONCERTS "ELS TEUS CLÀSSICS" "De Catalunya al món" Juli Garreta: Concert per a violí i orquestra en sol m. Johann Sebastian Bach: "Andante" de la Sonata per a violí n. 2 en la m, BWV 1003. Joan Lamote de Grignon: "Prec de Madona Elisenda", cançó. "Ros ton cabell, blau ton vestit", cançó. "Uns llavis molls de la fresca rosada", cançó. Ricard Lamote de Grignon: "Un prat", ballet (selecció). Joan Manén: "El pardal", cançó per a cor. Marc Migó: "La força de voluntat" per a soprano, cor i orquestra. Joan Manén: "Muntanyes del Canigó", cançó per soprano, cor i orquestra (orquestració de Xavier Puig). Jaime Naya, violí. Montserrat Seró, soprano. Cor Madrigal. Orquestra Camerata XXI. Dir.: Xavier Puig. Enregistrat per Catalunya Música el dilluns 12 de maig del 2025. Palau de la Música Catalana. Barcelona. (2 hrs.)

GMT 1300/EST 8:00AM				GMT 1300/EST 8:00AM
	RADIO ÖSTERREICH INTERNATIONAL Vienna, AUSTRIA		192K MP3 [occasionally skips material in transmission]			schedule
	1300 8:00AM	SPECIAL PROGRAM: US-Diven mit Talent für Opernbühne und Jazzkeller "With a Song in my Heart" An einem Tag Wagner oder Puccini-Heroine der Metropolitan Opera, am nächsten Tag "swingend" in Musicals und Musikfilmen: das "Bedienen" auch des unterhaltenden Genres gehörte seit je zur "job description" US-amerikanischer Diven, aber Helen Traubel und Dorothy Kirsten trieben die Zweigeleisigkeit auf die Spitze. Vorbilder für die viel später ebenso auf extreme Wandlungsfähigkeit pochende Renée Fleming? Geradezu vergöttert wurde in allen Genres die in jeder Hinsicht ausladende, mit dem Primadonnen-Image spielende Jessye Norman, was die Erinnerung an die kleinkalibrigeren Stimmen von Teresa Stratas und Julia Migenes hat verblassen lassen (Migenes mit wesentlicher Karriere-Frühphase an der Wiener Volksoper). Beide: mit enormer Präsenz in Oper, Musical und TV. Zwei große, prunkvolle, in vielen Farben schimmernde Stimmen mit etlichen Gemeinsamkeiten ragen heraus und stehen auch im zeitlichen Ablauf im Zentrum: die noch in der Callas-Ära groß gewordene Anna Moffo, mit samtig-sonoren Tönen und bewusst ausgespieltem Sex-Appeal antretend, und natürlich die überragende Leontyne Price, die ihre Position als erste "italienische" Sängerin der MET über ein Vierteljahrhundert verteidigte, aber auch mit André Previn "jazzte", als hätte sie nie etwas anderes getan. Stimmen hören Gestaltung Chris Tina Tengel Playlist Komponist/Komponistin: Richard Rodgers /1902-1979 Titel: The Boys from Syracuse: "Falling in Love with Love" Solist/Solistin: Jessye Norman Orchester: Boston Pops Orchestra Leitung: John Williams Länge: 02:08 min Label: Philips-DECCA Komponist/Komponistin: Christoph Willibald Gluck /1714-1787 Titel: Alceste: "Divinités du Styx" der Alceste Solist/Solistin: Jessye Norman Orchester: Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks Leitung: Serge Baudo Länge: 04:56 min Label: ORFEO Komponist/Komponistin: Georges Bizet /1838-1875 Titel: Carmen: "Habanera" der Carmen Solist/Solistin: Jessye Norman (mit Instrumentalbegleitung) Länge: 04:23 min Label: Sony-DEAG Music Komponist/Komponistin: Richard Strauss /1864-1949 Titel: Cäcilie Solist/Solistin: Helen Traubel (mit Orchesterbegleitung) Länge: 02:13 min Label: Columbia Komponist/Komponistin: Hughie Cannon /1877-1912 Titel: Bill Bailey, Won't You Please Come Home Solist/Solistin: Helen Traubel Orchester: RCA Victor Orchestra Leitung: Arthur Fiedler Länge: 02:15 min Label: RCA Komponist/Komponistin: Richard Wagner /1813-1883 Titel: Tristan und Isolde: Monolog der Isolde /I (Ausschnitt) Solist/Solistin: Helen Traubel Orchester: New York Philharmonic Orchestra Leitung: Artur Rodzinski Länge: 09:18 min Label: Sony Komponist/Komponistin: Richard Rodgers /1902-1979 Titel: South Pacific: "A Wonderful Guy" Solist/Solistin: Renée Fleming Orchester: The BBC Concert Orchestra Leitung: Rob Fisher Länge: 02:49 min Label: DECCA Komponist/Komponistin: Gioachino Rossini /1792-1868 Titel: Armida: Szene und Arie der Armida Solist/Solistin: Renée Fleming Orchester: MET Orchestra Leitung: Riccardo Frizza Länge: 07:09 min Label: DECCA Komponist/Komponistin: Gustav Mahler /1860-1911 Titel: Liebst du um Schönheit (aus den "Rückert-Liedern") Solist/Solistin: Renée Fleming /Sopran Solist/Solistin: Bill Frisell /Gitarre Länge: 02:35 min Label: DECCA Komponist/Komponistin: Antonin Dvorak /1841-1904 Titel: Rusalka: Lied an den Mond der Rusalka Solist/Solistin: Teresa Stratas Orchester: Orchester des Württembergischen Staatstheaters Wiesbaden Leitung: Josef Dünnwald Länge: 05:16 min Label: Intercord Komponist/Komponistin: Kurt Weill /1900-1950 Titel: One Touch of Venus: "Foolish Heart" Solist/Solistin: Teresa Stratas Orchester: V Chamber Symphony Leitung: Gerard Schwarz Länge: 02:49 min Label: Nonesuch Komponist/Komponistin: Vincent Youmans /1898-1946 Titel: Orchids in the Moonlight Solist/Solistin: Dorothy Kirsten Orchester: Orchester Solist/Solistin: Russell Case Länge: 02:49 min Label: Vintage Music Komponist/Komponistin: Jules Massenet /1841-1912 Titel: Manon: Duett Manon-Des Grieux /III Solist/Solistin: Dorothy Kirsten Solist/Solistin: Richard Tucker Orchester: MET Orchestra Leitung: Fausto Cleva Länge: 06:54 min Label: Preiser Komponist/Komponistin: Jules Massenet /1841-1912 Titel: Le portrait de Manon: "On se serait assis sur le gazon" der Manon Solist/Solistin: Anna Moffo Orchester: Orchester der RCA Italiana Leitung: René Leibowitz Länge: 02:14 min Label: RCA Komponist/Komponistin: Joseph Canteloube /1879-1957 Titel: Chants d'Auvergne: "Leitung: Antouènou" Solist/Solistin: Anna Moffo Orchester: The American Symphony Orchestra Leitung: Leopold Stokowski Länge: 03:14 min Label: Sony Komponist/Komponistin: Friedrich Hollaender /1896-1976 Titel: Ich bin von Kopf bis Fuß auf Liebe eingestellt / Falling in Love Again Solist/Solistin: Leontyne Price Orchester: Orchester Leitung: André Previn Länge: 02:46 min Label: RCA Komponist/Komponistin: Richard Strauss /1864-1949 Titel: Guntram: Monolog der Freihild Solist/Solistin: Leontyne Price Orchester: New Philharmonia Orchestra Leitung: Erich Leinsdorf Länge: 05:23 min Label: RCA Komponist/Komponistin: George Gershwin /1898-1937 Titel: Love Walked In Solist/Solistin: Leontyne Price Orchester: Orchester Leitung: André Previn Länge: 03:14 min Label: RCA (1 hr., 30 min.)

GMT 1600/EST 11:00AM				GMT 1600/EST 11:00AM
	RADIO CLASICA DE ESPANA Madrid, SPAIN		196K AAC			schedule
	1600 11:00AM	SPECIAL PROGRAM: Programa de mano Concierto celebrado el 23 de agosto de 2025 en la Colegiata de Santa Juliana en Santillana del Mar. Festival Internacional de Santander. MOZART: Don Giovanni K. 527 (‘Deh, vieni alla finestra’, ‘Vedrai, carino, se sei buonino’, ‘Batti, batti, o bel Masetto’. GIULIANI: Alle mie tante lagrime. GIULIANI: Fra tutte le pene. GIULIANI: Amor perché m’accendi. MARTÍN Y SOLER: 12 canzonette italiane (‘La costanza’, ‘La mercede’, ‘La natura’). CÁNOVAS: Escolta. AGUADO: Fandango variado, op. 16. SOR: Seguidillas boleras (‘Acuérdate, bien mío’, ‘Cesa de atormentarme’, ‘De amor en las prisiones’). VIARDOT: Havanaise. MALIBRAN: La tarantelle. ROSSINI: Canzonetta spagnuola. S. Gárdez (sop.) B. Rambeaud. (2 hrs.)

GMT 1700/EST 12:00NOON				GMT 1700/EST 12:00NOON
	LATVIA RADIO KLASIKA Riga, LATVIA		96K AAC+ If you hear a white noise while playing this stream we suggest you change (at your own risk) the output driver in WINAMP to the directSound Driver. See instructions for this on our Internet Radio for Techies page	128K WMP 9 128K MP3	32K WMP 9 M	schedule
	1700 12:00 NOON	SPECIAL PROGRAM: Latvijas koncertzālēs. Dziedātāja Benžamēna Bernheima solokoncerts Latvijas Nacionālajā operā 22. janvārī Latvijas Nacionālās operas orķestris un diriģents Jānis Liepiņš Džakomo Pučīni Kavaradosi ārija no operas "Toska", Gaetāno Doniceti Uvertīra operai "Dons Paskvāle" un Nemorīno romance no operas "Mīlas dzēriens", Džuzepe Verdi Uvertīra operai "Likteņa vara" un Gabriela Adorno ārija no operas "Simons Bokanegra", Pjetro Maskanji Intermeco no operas "Zemnieka gods", Džakomo Pučīni Kavaradosi ārija no operas "Toska", Žoržs Bizē Nadira romance no operas "Pērļu zvejnieks", Žils Masnē Interlūdija operas "Dons Kihots" 5. cēlienam un priekšspēle un Vertera ārija no operas "Verters", Šarls Guno uvertīra, starpspēle 2. cēlienam un Romeo kavatīne no operas "Romeo un Džuljeta" Vada: Ilga Auguste (1 hr., 30 min.)

GMT 1900/EST 2:00PM				GMT 1900/EST 2:00PM
	RADIO KLASSIK STEPHANSDOM Vienna, AUSTRIA		128K MP3			schedule
	1900 2:00PM	Opernabend: Heuberger, Richard (1850-1914) Opernball Theofil Beaubuisson: Gerhard Ernst Palmira Beaubuisson: Lotte Marquardt Henri: Alexander Kaimbacher Paul Aubier: Ivan Oreščanin Angèle Aubier: Nadja Mchantaf Georges Duménil: Martin Fournier Marguérite Duménil: Margareta Klobučar Hortense: Sieglinde Feldhofer Philippe: János Mischuretz Chor der Oper Graz, Grazer Philharmonisches Orchester Leitung: Marius Burkert Diese Aufnahme entstand im Jahr 2016 CD: cpo, 555 070-2 (1 hr., 32 min.)

GMT 1930/EST 2:30PM				GMT 1930/EST 2:30PM
	BBC RADIO 3 UNITED KINGDOM		96K AAC+ [This links to a 320K stream in the U.K. only]			schedule
	1930 2:30PM	SPECIAL PROGRAM: Julia Wolfe's unEarth Radio 3 in Concert The BBC Symphony Orchestra, soprano Else Torp and choirs conducted by Martyn Brabbins in Julia Wolfe's powerful climate crisis oratorio unEarth. Plus Copland's Appalachian Spring. Recorded at the Barbican on Friday 23rd January. Presented by Ian Skelly. Aaron Copland: Appalachian Spring Julia Wolfe: unEarth (UK premiere) Else Torp (soprano) Finchley Children’s Music Group BBC Singers National Youth Voices BBC Symphony Orchestra Martyn Brabbins (conductor) unEarth is a large-scale oratorio about the climate crisis. Written in three movements, it combines ancient stories, languages from around the world, the poetry of Emily Dickinson, climate science and words of protest to create a moving, and urgent plea to engage the listener in the climate emergency. American composer Julia Wolfe was awarded the 2015 Pulitzer Prize in Music, and was a 2016 MacArthur Fellow. She received the 2015 Herb Alpert Award in Music, and was named Musical America’s 2019 Composer of the Year. She is co-founder and co-artistic director of New York’s legendary music collective Bang on a Can. And to begin, music by another American: Aaron Copland's Appalachian Spring - the orchestral suite created by the composer in 1945 from the ballet he wrote for choreographer Martha Graham. (2 hrs., 15 min.)

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