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Throughout the week Midnight-5 a.m. Jazz with Bob Parlocha (Mon.-Thurs.) (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) . . . 5 a.m.- 1 p.m. Jazz (daily) (WHRB: 95.3, whrb.org) . . . 7 a.m. Composer of the Week: Ives (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) . . . NOTE: HD2, WGBH's new 24-hour all-classical channel, is available via audio streaming at wgbh.org . . . 9 a.m.-noon Classics in the Morning (Mon.-Fri.) (WGBH) . . . 10 a.m.-noon Performance Today (daily) (WGBH 89.7-HD 2) . . . Noon-4 p.m. Classical Performances (Mon.-Fri.) (WGBH) . . . 1-10 p.m. Classical music (daily) (WHRB) . . . 8 p.m.-midnight Jazz with Eric in the Evening (Mon.-Thurs.) (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) . . . Round the clock New-music programming is broadcast 24 hours daily by the American Music Center at counterstreamradio.org . . . NOTE: Schedules and dial-ups for audio-streaming sites worldwide are available at publicra diofan.com and classicalwebcast.com.

Today 9 a.m.-noon Prokofiev Piano Concerto No. 3, Rebecca Clarke Viola Sonata, Mozart Violin Sonata K. 526, etc. (WGBH) . . . Noon-4 p.m. Elgar "Falstaff," Mozart Piano Concerto K. 453, Britten String Quartet No. 2, etc. (WGBH) . . . 2 p.m. Jazz Profiles/Nancy Wilson (WICN: wicn.org) . . . 2 p.m. Susanna Malkki/BBC Scottish SO: Stravinsky "Orpheus" and "Oedipus Rex" (BBC Radio 3) . . . 6 p.m. New York Philharmonic (Vermont Public Radio) . . . 8 p.m. Chicago Symphony (WMCE wmce.mercyhurst.edu) . . . 11 p.m. Milwaukee Symphony (KUAT: kuatfm.org/classical.cfm).

Tomorrow 9 a.m.-noon Schumann Symphony No. 4, Brahms Piano Concerto No. 2, Bach Trio Sonata BWV 1028, etc. (WGBH) . . . 9 a.m. Valery Gergiev/Mariinsky Theater: Shostakovich "The Nose" (BBC Radio 3) . . . 11 a.m. New Jersey Symphony (WABE: pba.org) . . . 2 p.m. Coffeetime (WMBR: 88.1, wmbr.org) . . . 6 p.m. Detroit Symphony (Vermont Public Radio).

Friday Noon-4 p.m. Mendelssohn String Quartet Op. 18, Franck Symphony in D, Bach Orchestral Suite No. 4, etc. (WGBH) . . . 5:30 p.m. Jazz Library/Alyn Shipton: Lee Konitz(BBC Radio 3) . . . 8 p.m.-midnight Steve Schwartz/Jazz from Studio Four: trumpeter Brian Lynch (WGBH) . . . 11 p.m. San Francisco Symphony (KWAX: kwaxradio.com) . . . 11 p.m. Mitsuko Uchida (piano) and Hagen String Quartet: Schubert, Beethoven, Brahms (KUAT) . . . 1-6 a.m. Jazz Gallery/Al Davis (WGBH).

Saturday 4-7 a.m. CD Review (also available as audio on request) (BBC Radio 3) . . . 6-10 a.m. Classical Weekend (WGBH) . . . 8 a.m. The Early Music Show: Frescobaldi (BBC Radio 3) . . . 1:30 p.m. Rene Jacobs/Akademie fur Alte Musik, Berlin: Telemann "Der geduldige Sokrates" (Austrian Radio) . . . 1:30 p.m. Robert Spano/BBC Scottish SO at Edinburgh Festival: Bernstein "Candide" (BBC Radio 3) . . . 2 p.m. Simon Rattle/Berlin Philharmonic, live: Debussy, Stravinsky, Sibelius (Deutschlandradio Kultur) . . . 2-5 p.m. NPR World of Opera (WGBH 89.7-HD2) . . . 5:30-7 p.m. Hear and Now: Terry Riley (BBC Radio 3) . . . 8 p.m. Jerusalem Symphony (WGBH 89.7-HD2) . . . 1-6 a.m. Jazz Gallery/Kevin Ball (WGBH).

Sunday 6-10 a.m. Classical Weekend: J.S. Bach Cantata 25, J.B. Bach Suite in G for violin, strings, and orchestra, etc. (WGBH) . . . 6 a.m.-noon Jazz Brunch/Jeff Turton (WFNX: 101.7, fnxradio.com) . . . Noon-1:30 p.m. Discovering Music: Brahms Symphony No. 3 (BBC Radio 3) . . . 2 p.m. Riccardo Chailly/Leipzig Gewandhaus: Bruckner Symphony No. 2 (Austrian Radio) . . . 4:30 p.m. James Agee (BBC Radio 3) . . . 8 p.m. Sunday opera (WHRB) . . . 8 p.m. Chicago Symphony (WGBH 89.7-HD2) . . . 8 p.m. Orgelwerke (WCNY: wcny.org) . . . 1-5 a.m. Jazz Gallery/Ron Gill (WGBH).

Monday Noon-4 p.m. Rachmaninov Six Moments Musicaux Op. 16, Schumann String Quartet Op. 41/2, etc. (WGBH) . . . 2 p.m. Sakari Orama/Finnish Radio Symphony: Sibelius Symphony No. 6 and "Kullervo" (MDR Figaro) . . . 6:15-8 p.m. Lucy Duran: world music (BBC Radio 3) . . . 9 p.m. New Jersey Symphony (WQXR: wqxr.com/cgi-bin/iowa/index.html).

Tuesday 9 a.m.-noon Ned Rorem Piano Sonata No. 1, Reynaldo Hahn songs, Saint-Saens Symphony No. 3, etc. (WGBH).

RICHARD BUELL

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

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