Thanks to listeners in Manistee, Onekama, Kennesaw (GA), Big Rapids, Harbor Springs, and many other places for your requests this week.
1. Richard Wagner, Ride of the Valkyries; Frederick Hohman
2. Rodgers & Hammerstein, “Some enchanted evening” from South Pacific; Jonathan Tunick/London Symphony Orchestra/Jose Carreras
3. Igor Stravinsky, Les noces (first scene); JoAnn Falletta; Les Noces Percussion Ensemble/Virginia Symphony Chorus
4. Jacques Ibert, Concertino for Saxophone and Chamber Orchestra; Orpheus Chamber Orchestra/Branford Marsalis
5. Steve Martin and the Steep Canyon Rangers, Atheists don’t have no songs
6. Traditional, Nearer my God to Thee; Andre Rieu and his Orchestra
7. Jay Ungar and Molly Mason, Ashokan Farewell
8. Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Scheherazade, fourth movement; Charles Dutoit/Montreal Symphony Orchestra
9. Miller & Jackson-Miller, Let there be peace on earth; Col. Lowell Graham/United States Air Force Concert Band and Singing Sergeants
10. Giuseppe Verdi, “Cortigiani, vil razza dannata” from Rigoletto; Francesco Molinari/Rome Opera Orchestra/Cornell MacNeil
11. Samuel Ward, America the Beautiful; Craig Jessop/Orchestra at Temple Square/Mormon Tabernacle Choir
12. Astor Piazzolla, Libertango; Saint Michael Trio
13. Martin Luther, A Mighty Fortress is our God; Charles Gerhard, National Philharmonic Orchestra; Leontyne Price
14. Andersson & Ulvaeus/Jacobs & Casey; Money, Money, Money/Summer Nights (medley); King’s Singers
15. Martin Rinkart, Now thank we all our God; Choir of King’s College Cambridge
16. Ralph Vaughan Williams, Serenade to Music; Sir Adrian Boult/London Philharmonic Orchestra
17. Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Scheherazade, first movement; Charles Dutoit/Montreal Symphony Orchestra
18. Gustav Holst, Jupiter from The Planets; Sir Alexander Gibson/Royal Scottish National Orchestra
19. Walter Marks, I’ve gotta be me; Ella Fitzgerald
20. Dan Forrest, Sanctus from Requiem for the Living; Ensemble Leszczynski
21. Ottorino Respighi, Pines of Rome (final movement); Eiji Oue/Minnesota Orchestra
22. Felix Draeseke, Violin concerto (piano reduction, adagio movement); Julia Röntz/Wolfgang Müller-Steinbach
23. Howard Hanson, Symphony no. 2 (first movement); Gerard Schwartz/Seattle Symphony Orchestra
24. George Gershwin, Rhapsody in Blue; Erich Kunzel/Cincinnati Pops Orchestra/William Tritt
25. Johannes Brahms, Hungarian Dances; John Eliot Gardiner/North German Radio Symphony Orchestra
26. Irving Berlin, God Bless America; Kate Smith
27. John Rutter, Visions (final movement); composer conducting the Aurora Orchestra & Temple Church Boys’ Choir
28. Charles-Marie Widor, Toccata from Organ Symphony no. 5; Virgil Fox