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Throughout the week Midnight-5 a.m. Jazz With Bob Parlocha (Mon.-Thu.) (WGBH: 89.7, wgbh.org) . . . Midnight-5 a.m. Classical music (daily; Sat. to 6 a.m.; Sun. to 8 a.m.) (WFCR: 88.5, wfcr.org) . . . 7 a.m. Composer of the Week: the court of Elizabeth I (Mon.-Fri.) (BBC Radio 3: bbc.co.uk/radio3) . . . NOTE: All BBC Radio 3 programs are available as audio on demand up to 7 days after broadcast. . . . 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Classical music (Mon.-Fri.) (WGBH) . . . NOTE: HD2, WGBH's new 24-hour all-classical channel, is also available via audio streaming at wgbh.org. . . . 10 a.m.-noon Performance Today (daily) (WGBH 89.7-HD 2) . . . 3:45 p.m. Composer of the Week: as above (Mon.-Fri.) (BBC Radio 3) . . . 8 p.m.-midnight Eric in the Evening (Mon.-Thu.) (WGBH) . . . 10 p.m.-3 a.m. Classical Music With Jim Svejda (Mon.-Fri.) (KUSC: kusc.org) . . . 11 p.m. New Sounds/John Schaefer (daily) (WNYC: wnyc.org) . . . NOTE: Schedules and dial-ups for audio-streaming sites worldwide are available at publicradiofan.com and classicalwebcast.com.

Today Noon-4 p.m. Sibelius Violin Concerto, Stravinsky "Jeu de Cartes," Mozart String Quartet K. 421, etc. (WGBH) . . . 6 p.m. Renaissance and Reformation (WHRB: 95.3, whrb.org) . . . 7 p.m. Bach and the violin: BWV 1004 performances compared (WHRB) . . . 8 p.m. New releases (WHRB) . . . 8 p.m. Osmo Vanska/Minnesota Orchestra: Martinu "Memorial to Lidice," Sibelius Violin Concerto (Viktoria Mullova), Beethoven Symphony No. 3 (WUOT: sunsite.utk.edu/wuot) . . . 10 p.m. Live at the Concertgebouw (WRTU: wrtu.org) . . . 10 p.m. Detroit Symphony (KUMR: www.kumr.org).

Tomorrow 2 p.m. Coffeetime (WMBR: 88.1, wmbr.org) . . . 3 p.m. Kazunori Seo (flute), Laurent Wagschal (piano), live (WGBH) . . . 6 p.m. Early sacred classics (WHRB) . . . 7 p.m. Czech chamber music (WHRB) . . . 8 p.m. Michael Tilson Thomas/San Francisco Symphony: Derio Duets for Two Violins, Thomas "Island Music," Janacek Glagolitic Mass (WHRB) . . . 11 p.m. Neeme Jarvi/New Jersey Symphony: Coleman, Mendelssohn, Shostakovich (KWAX: kwaxradio.com).

Friday Noon Klami "Whirls" Act 1, etc. (WGBH) . . . 1:30 p.m. Jukka-Pekka Saraste/BSO, live from Symphony Hall: Debussy "Printemps," Kaija Saariaho "Notes on Light" for cello and orchestra (Anssi Karttunen), Sibelius "Lemminkainen" Suite (WGBH) . . . 5:30 p.m. Jazz Library/Alyn Shipton: Louis Armstrong (BBC Radio 3) . . . 8 p.m.-midnight Jazz from Studio Four/Steve Schwartz: Tadd Dameron (WGBH) . . . 1-6 a.m. Jazz Gallery/Al Davis (WGBH).

Saturday 4-7:15 a.m. CD Review (also available as audio on request): includes "Building a Library": Beethoven "Archduke" Trio (BBC Radio 3) . . . 6-10 a.m. Classical Weekend (WGBH) . . . 7:15 a.m. Fritz Wunderlich (BBC Radio 3) . . . 1:30 p.m. Valery Gergiev/Metropolitan Opera, live from New York City: Tchaikovsky "Eugene Onegin" (Renee Fleming, Elena Zaremba, Ramon Vargas, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Sergei Aleksashkin) (WHRB, WFCR, etc.) . . . 1:30-4:15 p.m. Monteverdi's "Orfeo" at 400 (BBC Radio 3) . . . 4:45-7 p.m. Pre-Hear/Hear and Now: new music (BBC Radio 3) . . . 8 p.m. Jukka-Pekka Saraste/BSO, live from Symphony Hall: see Friday (WCRB: 99.5, wcrb.com) . . . 8 p.m. Pittsburgh Symphony (WGBH 89.7-HD2) . . . 1-6 a.m. Jazz Gallery/Kevin Ball (WGBH).

Sunday 6-10 a.m. Classical Weekend (WGBH) . . . 6 a.m.-noon Jazz Brunch/Jeff Turton (WFNX: 101.7, fnxradio.com) . . . 7 a.m. American Guild of Organists (WCRB) . . . Noon-1:30 p.m. Catherine Bott/Discovering Music: Puccini's "La Boheme" (BBC Radio 3) . . . 2 p.m. Jazz at Lincoln Center (WICN: wicn.org) . . . 2-5 p.m. Peter Oundjian/Philadelphia Orchestra: Schubert Symphony No. 5, Weber Bassoon Concerto (Daniel Matsukawa), Rachmaninoff Symphonic Dances; Vanska/Philadelphia: Rachmaninoff Rhapsody on Paganini (Stephen Hough) (WGBH) . . . 3-6 p.m. NPR World of Opera (WGBH: 89.7-HD2) . . . 6 p.m. From the Top/Christopher O'Riley (WGBH) . . . 6 p.m. Historic performances: Sergei Rachmaninoff (WHRB) . . . 7:30 p.m. Cincinnati Symphony (WGUC: wguc.org) . . . 8 p.m. Handel "Semele," Nelson recording (WHRB) . . . 8 p.m. Live From the Concertgebouw (WGBH 89.7-HD2) . . . 1-5 a.m. Jazz Gallery/Ron Gill (WGBH).

Monday 1-4 p.m. Gerard Barry "La Plus Forte" (premiere), works by Thomas Ades (France Musiques: radiofrance.fr/francemusique . . . 3 p.m. Amy Briggs Dissanayaka (piano), live (WGBH) . . . 6 p.m. The organ through the ages (WHRB) . . . 7-10 p.m. Special Concert/David Elliott: cellist Daniel Shafran (WHRB) . . . 8 p.m. Deutsche Welle Festival Concerts (WFIU: wfiu.org) . . . 10 p.m. Minnesota Orchestra (KUMR).

RICHARD BUELL

Richard Buell can be reached at rbuell@verizon.net.

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