I've always been curious about the programming on XM Radio's classical channel. However, I could never get any details on it since they didn't have any Internet audio streaming nor would they send me lists of the music they played in the past. About four weeks ago I was loaned an XM Radio home unit for a free trial. I've been logging the music that's played on the XM Classical 110 station and I wanted to share the results so far with you. (See below.) Please note that the log is quite haphazard. Nevertheless, I was tremendously disappointed with XM's offerings. Firstly, their programming is almost as narrow as that of the terrestrial radio stations. Their playlist is firmly in the 19th century, and overall stays with the "safe" and "comfortable" composers. The Paul Schoenfield (1947*) was a nice surprise on my first evening, but after that, very few pleasant surprises except for the J.E. Gardiner commentary. Secondly, and most surprisingly, they often repeat play for compositions, and several times at that. You'll see in my list several hits of Prokofiev Concerto #3 and Sym #5, Strauss Alpensymphonie, and of all things, the Oboe Trio of Anton Wranitsky (1761-1820). I also noticed that the Berlioz Requiem and the BBC Proms had been repeated, but I didn't log them the repeat times. Keep in mind that this is their flagship Classical station, as opposed to their Classical Pops station. Anyway, for those of you considering an XM Radio subscription because of their classical station, I hope this information is useful to you. Log follows: --------------- Thursday, August 26, 2004 Morning Spohr string quintet; Mozart A major piano sonata K331; John Knowles Payne Sym #1 Afternoon ravel daphnis and chloe; chopin mazurkas op. 59; Rachmaninov symphonic dances; byrd will you walk; mozart allegro assai (?) Evening Paul Schoenfield viola concerto; Mendelssohn sym #1; Louise Farrenc Sym #2; Brahms piano quintet; Barber violin concerto; Copland Sym #3; Sweelinck echo fantasia; Mozart clarinet concerto; Reicha wind quintet Friday Aug 27th morning Buxtehude; Bach Brandenburg #1; Tchaikovsky violin concerto; Bach Prelude & Fugue #18 Afternoon Mozart piano concerto K. 488; Mendelssohn cello sonata #1 Evening Bartok Dance Suite; Mozart violin and viola duo; Dvorak Symphony #8; Beethoven Triple Concerto; Bach Brandenburg #3; Berlioz Requiem; Prokofiev Sym #5 Sunday Aug 29th Afternoon Stravinsky Sym in E-flat Monday Aug 30th Morning Haydn Sym #54 Afternoon St Saens quartet #1; Chopin piano concerto #1; Schubert Impromptus; Telemann Paris quartet #3 Evening Nielsen Aladdin Suite; Sibelius Sym. #2; Strauss Alpensinfonie Tuesday Morning Kalinnikov Sym #2; Brahms Clarinet Trio; Haydn Sym. #102 Afternoon Schubert Sym. #2 Sat Sep 18 Morning Schubert Piano Trio in E-flat; J.E. Gardiner commentary on Beethoven's 9th; Beethoven Sym #9 Monday Morning Prokofiev Piano Concerto #3; Strauss Alpensinfonie Afternoon Weber Piano Sonata #4; Brahms String quintet #1 Evening Stamitz Clarinet Concerto #10; Sullivan Pineapple Poll Tuesday Morning Mendelssohn String quartet op. 44 #2 Afternoon Beethoven piano concerto #4; Spohr Sym #1 Evening Copland Sym #3; Hoffmeister Sinfonia Concertante; Beethoven Sym #5; Goldmark Rustic Wedding Symphony Wed Sep 22 Morning Wranitsky Oboe Trio Afternoon Bach Kybd Concerto #1; Mendelssohn Piano Trio #1; Bruckner Sym. #7 Thursday Morning Coleridge-Taylor Violin Concerto; Prokofiev Sym #5; Brahms Violin Sonata #1 Afternoon Grieg Peer Gynt; Chopin Etudes op. 10; Raff Sym #9 Evening Britten Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra Friday Morning Schumann Sym #1; Bach Kybd Concerto #1; BBC Proms 1995; Cherubini String Quartet Evening Brahms 2 piano sonata; Tchaikovsky Swan Lake; Delius Florida Suite Sat Morning Parry English Suite Evening Beethoven Choral Fantasy; Prokofiev piano concerto #3; Hovaness Mysterious Mountain, Strauss Alpensymphonie, Mozart piano sonata #6; Wranitsky Oboe Trio. David