The Drive-Time Elixir with Peter Whorf Playlist May 19, 2026

90.9 WRCJ

Song/Show Name/Composer

Start Time

Location/Orchestra/Artist

Label/Spine Number

90.9 FM WRCJ

3:42 am

20260519

“Finlandia”, Op. 26

Sibelius, Jean

2:01 pm

New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

NAXOS

8.572705

Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun

Debussy, Claude

2:12 pm

Boston Symphony Orchestra

B0000549

Symphony No. 3 in c, Op. 78 “Organ”

Saint-Saens, Camille

2:23 pm

Detroit Symphony Orchestra

MERCURY

432719

La Clemenza di Tito, K 621: Overture

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus

3:00 pm

Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields

EMI

585060

“Quintetto” in A Flat (for piano and strings)

Field, John

3:04 pm

London Mozart Players (members)

CHANDOS

9534

Shenandoah

Traditional

3:16 pm

Chanticleer

TELDEC

49702

Pixaim

Pereira, Marco

3:21 pm

20260519

Naxos

8.557295

Symphony No. 7 in d, Op. 70 (4th movement: Allegro)

Dvorak, Antonin

3:25 pm

London Symphony Orchestra

LONDON

430046

“Catfish Row” from “Porgy and Bess” (arranged by Steven Bowen for orchestra)

Gershwin, George

3:36 pm

Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

NAXOS

8.559750

“Fortune is a Woman”: Prelude (arranged by Philip Lane)

Alwyn, William

3:44 pm

BBC Philharmonic

CHANDOS

10930

Symphony No. 2 in C

Haydn, Franz Joseph

3:49 pm

Philharmonia Hungarica

LONDON

448 531

“L’Arlesienne” Suite No. 1: Prelude

Bizet, Georges

4:00 pm

Orchestre de l'Opera Bastille

B0002915

String Symphony No 5 in B Flat

Mendelssohn, Felix

4:07 pm

New Sinfonietta Amsterdam

BIS

798

Waltz in a, Op. 34, No. 2

Chopin, Frederic

4:19 pm

20260519

B0029051

Celtic Medley IV

Traditional

4:25 pm

20260519

Sono Luminus

92225

Partita (for orchestra): Finale

Rutter, John

4:31 pm

Royal Ballet Sinfonia

ASV

2131

“The Planets”: Mercury, the Winged Messenger

Holst, Gustav

4:39 pm

London Philharmonic Orchestra

LONDON

425152

“The English Patient”: “Convento di Sant’Anna”

Yared, Gabriel

4:44 pm

La Pieta

ANALEKTA

28733

Piano Concerto in E, Op. 59 (finale)

Moszkowski, Moritz

4:49 pm

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

HYPERION

66452

Overture to Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” Op..21

Mendelssohn, Felix

5:00 pm

Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

474502

Fairy Dance Reel (for orchestra)

Docker, Robert

5:13 pm

RTE Concert Orchestra

MARCO POLO

8.223837

“The Snow Maiden”: Dance of the Tumblers

Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolai

5:17 pm

Minnesota Orchestra

REFERENCE RECORDINGS

Film Themes (Suite)

Holdridge, Lee

5:21 pm

Nuremberg Symphony Orchestra

COLOSSEUM

34.8048

Grand Canyon Suite: III On the Trail

Grofe, Ferde

5:34 pm

Detroit Symphony Orchestra

LONDON

430712

Still (for voices and harp)

Gjeilo, Ola

5:44 pm

VOCES8

DECCA

485 1626

Berceuse romantique (Caprice)

Kreisler, Fritz

5:47 pm

20260519

LONDON

444409-2

Scherzo, from Symphony No. 1 in e, Op. 39

Sibelius, Jean

5:52 pm

Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

EMI

769028