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Classical Weekdays

Monday through Friday, 6 am to 6 pm

Gregg Whiteside, Jack Moore and Jill Pasternak

WRTI brings you the best recordings of works from the vast world of classical music every weekday from 6 am to 6 pm. Chamber music, symphonies, choral works, violin concertos, piano sonatas, and more...engagingly presented with insight and a smile by our knowledgeable hosts.

Playlists are at the bottom of this page.

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January 07, 2013

6:06 AM

NABUCCO Overture (Sinfonia)

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Composer : Giuseppe Verdi

Catalog : 68468 CD

Conductor : Riccardo Muti

Orchestra : Orchestra of La Scala, Milan

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Label : CBS/Sony

6:15 AM

Symphony No. 46 in C, K. 96

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Composer : Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Catalog : 5186113 CD

Conductor : Sir Neville Marriner

Orchestra : Academy of St Martin in Fields

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Label : Pentatone

6:30 AM

Egmont Overture Op 84

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Composer : Ludwig Van Beethoven

Catalog : 105 CD

Conductor : David Parry

Orchestra : London Philharmonic Orchestra

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6:44 AM

Violin Concerto No. 2 in E, BWV 1042

Artist : Pablo Valetti, violin

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Composer : Johann Sebastian Bach

Catalog : 13 CD

Orchestra : Café Zimmermann

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Label : Alpha

7:06 AM

Boccaccio Overture

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Composer : Franz Von Suppe

Catalog : 434309 CD

Conductor : Paul Paray

Orchestra : Detroit Symphony Orchestra

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Label : Mercury

7:15 AM

The Royal Welch Fusiliers

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Composer : John Philip Sousa

Catalog : 3 CD

Conductor : Colonel John R. Bourgeois

Orchestra : United States Marine Band

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Label : USMC

7:19 AM

Pavane Op 50

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Composer : Gabriel Faure

Catalog : 64107 CD

Conductor : Sir Neville Marriner

Orchestra : Academy of St Martin in Fields

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Label : Angel/EMI

7:28 AM

Roumanian Rhapsody No. 1 in A Op 11

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Composer : Georges Enesco

Catalog : 62698 CD

Conductor : Arthur Fiedler

Orchestra : Boston Pops Orchestra

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Label : RCA/BMG

7:41 AM

ITALIAN IN ALGIERS Overture:

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Composer : Gioacchino Rossini

Catalog : 431653 CD

Conductor : Claudio Abbado

Orchestra : Chamber Orchestra of Europe

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Label : D. Gramphn

7:48 AM

Sinfonia Op 3

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Composer : Johann Adolf Hasse

Catalog : 453435 CD

Conductor : Reinhard Goebel

Orchestra : Musica Antiqua Koln

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Label : D. Gramphn

8:06 AM

Solomon: Arrival of the Queen of Sheba

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Composer : George Friederich Handel

Catalog : 4758075 CD

Conductor : Karl Munchinger

Orchestra : Stuttgarter Kammerorchester

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Label : London/Dec

8:11 AM

Airs écossais Op 34

Artist : Rachel Barton Pine, violin

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Composer : Pablo Sarasate

Catalog : 83 CD

Conductor : Alexander Platt

Orchestra : Scottish Chamber Orchestra

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Label : Cedille

8:20 AM

Molly on the Shore

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Composer : Percy Aldridge Grainger

Catalog : 420946 CD

Conductor : John Williams

Orchestra : Boston Pops Orchestra

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Label : Philips

8:28 AM

WILLIAM TELL Overture

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Composer : Gioacchino Rossini

Catalog : 60387 CD

Conductor : Fritz Reiner

Orchestra : Chicago Symphony Orchestra

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Label : RCA/BMG

8:40 AM

Finlandia Op 26

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Composer : Jean Sibelius

Catalog : 80320 CD

Conductor : Yoel Levi

Orchestra : Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

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Label : Telarc

8:50 AM

Harpsichord Concerto No. 5 in G

Artist : Ottavio Dantone, harpsichord

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Composer : Alessandro Scarlatti

Catalog : 470650 CD

Conductor : Ottavio Dantone

Orchestra : Accademia Bizantina

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Label : London/Dec

9:06 AM

Festive Overture Op 96

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Composer : Dmitri Shostakovich

Catalog : 68025 CD

Conductor : Jose Serebrier

Orchestra : Russian National Orchestra

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Label : Warner Bro

9:14 AM

Flute & Harp Concerto in C, K. 299

Artist : Wolfgang Schulz, flute; Nicanor Zabaleta, harp

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Composer : Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Catalog : 5741 CD

Conductor : Karl Bohm

Orchestra : Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

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Label : D. Gramphn

9:46 AM

Piano Trio No. 23 HOB XV:10 in E-Flat

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Composer : Franz Joseph Haydn

Catalog : 161 CD

Orchestra : Haydn Trio Eisenstadt

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Label : PhoenixEd

10:00 AM

Symphony in G Op 131, No. 4

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Composer : Carl Stamitz

Catalog : 10628 CD

Conductor : Matthias Bamert

Orchestra : London Mozart Players

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Label : Chandos

10:15 AM

Sinfonia Concertante in E-Flat Op 70

Artist : Jean-Pierre Rampal, flute; Paul Meyer, clarinet; Janos Rolla, violin

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Composer : Franz Krommer

Catalog : 75635 CD

Orchestra : Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra

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Label : Denon

10:49 AM

Toccata in C Op 7

Artist : Sviatoslav Richter, piano

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Composer : Robert Schumann

Catalog : 436456 CD

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Label : London/Dec

10:58 AM

Violin Concerto in E-Flat, RV 251

Artist : Giuliano Carmignola, violin

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Composer : Antonio Vivaldi

Catalog : 87733 CD

Conductor : Andrea Marcon

Orchestra : Venice Baroque Orchestra

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Label : CBS/Sony

11:11 AM

Serenade No. 1 in D Op 11

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Composer : Johannes Brahms

Catalog : 5041 CD

Conductor : Gunter Wand

Orchestra : Cologne Radio Symphony Orch.

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Label : Profil

12:06 PM

Divertimento No. 3 in F, K. 138

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Composer : Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Catalog : 412740 CD

Orchestra : Academy Chamber Ensemble

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Label : Philips

12:19 PM

Piano Concerto No. 2 in A

Artist : Byron Janis, piano

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Composer : Franz Liszt

Catalog : 432002 CD

Conductor : Gennady Rozhdestvensky

Orchestra : Moscow Radio Symphony Orches.

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Label : Mercury

12:41 PM

On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring

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Composer : Frederick Delius

Catalog : 623 CD

Conductor : Jeremy Barlow

Orchestra : Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

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Label : ASV

12:50 PM

Concerto Grosso No. 12 in b Op 6

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Composer : George Friederich Handel

Catalog : 6165 CD

Conductor : George Malcolm

Orchestra : Northern Sinfonia of England

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Label : ASV

1:06 PM

Symphony No. 6 in b Op 74 Pathetique

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Composer : Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Catalog : 37768 CD

Conductor : Eugene Ormandy

Orchestra : The Philadelphia Orchestra

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Label : CBS/Sony

2:00 PM

Trumpet Concerto in E-Flat

Artist : John Wilbraham, trumpet

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Composer : Johann Nepomuk Hummel

Catalog : 5042 CD

Conductor : Sir Neville Marriner

Orchestra : Academy of St Martin in Fields

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Label : D. Gramphn

2:18 PM

Raymonda: Suite Op.57a

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Composer : Alexander Glazunov

Catalog : 61939 CD

Conductor : Jose Serebrier

Orchestra : Royal Scottish National Orch

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Label : Warner Classics

3:00 PM

Les Francs-Juges Op 3

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Composer : Hector Berlioz

Catalog : 80271 CD

Conductor : David Zinman

Orchestra : Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

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Label : Telarc

3:14 PM

Organ Concerto in g

Artist : Olivier Latry, organ

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Composer : Francis Poulenc

Catalog : 1094 CD

Conductor : Christoph Eschenbach

Orchestra : The Philadelphia Orchestra

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Label : Ondine

3:41 PM

Guitar Concerto in e Op 140

Artist : Pepe Romero, guitar

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Composer : Ferdinando Carulli

Catalog : 426263 CD

Conductor : Iona Brown

Orchestra : Academy of St Martin in Fields

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Label : Philips

4:06 PM

Cello Concerto in A, Wq. 172

Artist : Timothy Hugh, cello

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Composer : Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

Catalog : 553298 CD

Conductor : Richard Studt

Orchestra : Bournemouth Sinfonietta

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Label : Naxos

4:29 PM

Serenade to a Beauteous Lady: March

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Composer : Louis Gruenberg

Catalog : 467 CD

Conductor : Paul Freeman

Orchestra : Czech National Symphony

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Label : Albany

4:36 PM

EMPORER JONES: Standin’ in the Need of Prayer

Artist : Lawrence Tibbett, baritone

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Composer : Louis Gruenberg

Catalog : 7808 CD

Conductor : Wilfrid Pelletier

Orchestra : Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

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Label : RCA/BMG

4:42 PM

Concertstucke for harp & orchin G-Sharp Op 39

Artist : Lily Laskine, harp

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Composer : Gabriel Pierne

Catalog : 88069 CD

Conductor : Jean Martinon

Orchestra : Orchestre National de O.R.T.F.

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Label : Erato

5:06 PM

MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR Overture

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Composer : Otto Nicolai

Catalog : 5479 CD

Conductor : Arthur Fiedler

Orchestra : Boston Pops Orchestra

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Label : RCA/BMG

5:15 PM

Matinees Musicales (after Rossini) Op 24

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Composer : Benjamin Britten

Catalog : 87062 CD

Conductor : Patrick Peire

Orchestra : New Flemish Symphony Orchestra

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Label : R. Gailly

5:32 PM

Aurora

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Composer : William S. Lloyd Webber

Catalog : 420342 CD

Conductor : Lorin Maazel

Orchestra : London Philharmonic Orchestra

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Label : Philips

5:44 PM

Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis

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Composer : Ralph Vaughan Williams

Catalog : 8502 CD

Conductor : Bryden Thomson

Orchestra : London Philharmonic Orchestra

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Label : Chandos

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Maestro Jaap van Zweden, Tchaikovsky & Prokofiev

5:10 pm

Fri May 10, 2013

The Philadelphia Orchestra In Concert On WRTI: Two Popular Russian Works!

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Maestro Jaap van Zweden

Credit Amanda Hall Studios

Violinist Juliette Kang

By Gregg Whiteside

This Sunday from 2 to 4 pm, Guest Conductor Jaap van Zweden takes the podium to conduct The Philadelphia Orchestra in an all-Russian program from mid-April, which offers two major works. Tchaikovsky's Souvenir de Florence, inspired by the sights and sounds of Italy, was originally scored for string sextet. We’ll hear it performed in an expanded version for the full strings of The Philadelphia Orchestra.

WRTI Picks from NPR Music

12:56 am

Tue April 16, 2013

Remembering Colin Davis, A Conductor Beloved Late In Life

Credit George Freston / Getty Images

The late Colin Davis conducting the last night of Proms at London's Royal Albert Hall in September 1968.

By editor

Originally published on Tue April 16, 2013 2:59 am

WRTI Picks from NPR Music

7:57 am

Tue April 9, 2013

Chopin's 'Mad Men' Cameo

Credit Michael Yarish/AMC

Dr. Arnold Rosen (Brian Markinson) and Sylvia Rosen (Linda Cardellini) celebrate New Year's Eve with Megan Draper (Jessica Pare) and Don Draper (Jon Hamm) as the sixth season of Mad Men opens.

By Mark Mobley

Originally published on Mon April 8, 2013 6:02 pm

Mad Men's music is as important as its plot and costumes. While attention has been lavished on its pop songs, the show's occasional use of classical music has gone largely unrecognized.

Happy Easter!

4:35 pm

Thu March 28, 2013

Good Friday on WRTI: Bach's St. Matthew Passion

By Jack Moore

Listen to our annual broadcast of Johann Sebastian Bach's St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244 on Good Friday, March 29th, a few minutes after 12 noon.

The recording features Karl Richter conducting the Munich Bach Orchestra, Munich Bach Choir, and Regensburg Cathedral Choir. Edith Mathis (Soprano), Dame Janet Baker (Mezzo Soprano), Peter Schreier (Tenor), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Baritone), and Matti Salminen (Bass).

Happy Easter from WRTI!

WRTI Picks from NPR Music

6:36 pm

Thu March 21, 2013

Remembering Risë Stevens, A Star Of Opera And Pop Culture

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Credit Courtesy of the Metropolitan Opera

The late American mezzo-soprano Risë Stevens in her signature role as Carmen.

Credit Courtesy of the National Endowment for the Arts

The late mezzo-soprano Risë Stevens: opera doyenne and, at her peak, pop-culture star.

By Tom Huizenga and Anastasia Tsioulcas

Originally published on Fri March 22, 2013 10:59 am

Videos We Love!

2:07 pm

Thu March 21, 2013

Watch and Listen: J. S. Bach's St Matthew Passion

By WRTI Staff

So beautiful! Bach's St Matthew Passion BWV 244 is performed here under the baton of Enoch Zu Guttenberg, founder of the prestigious Neabeuern Choral Society. Vocalists include: Jard Van Nes, Hermann Prey, Claes-Hakan Ahnsjo, Margaret Marshall, and Aldo Baldin. Listen to the entire St. Matthew Passion on WRTI on Good Friday, March 29th at 12 noon, and in a Philadelphia Orchestra live, concert recording on Sunday, April 28th.

WRTI Picks from NPR Music

3:22 pm

Fri March 1, 2013

Marches Madness: John Philip Sousa's 'Washington Post'

Credit Hulton Archive / Getty Images

Circa 1910: A program advertising John Philip Sousa and his band.

By editor

Originally published on Fri March 1, 2013 3:25 pm

Gregg's Classical Thoughts

6:15 am

Tue January 15, 2013

What's So Great About Franz Schubert? Gregg Whiteside Knows...

By Gregg Whiteside

Listen

Gregg describes his awe-filled experience visiting the house where Schubert was born in Vienna.

It's so easy to find oneself attracted to the music of Franz Schubert. His unmatched gift for lyricism makes him so approachable, so comprehensible; and we feel ourselves being pulled into his musical world – in my case, at a very early age. But now, with the wisdom of my years, my appreciation for Schubert has deepened. For lying within this musical world of color and melodic beauty is a powerful undertow of mystery, of light and dark, of profundity beyond the years of a young genius who lived only until the age of 31. January 31st, 2013 marks the 215th anniversary of Schubert's birth - so I thought it was an opportune time to share my thoughts on one of my all-time favorite composers.

From Le Poisson Rouge in NYC!

8:37 am

Mon January 14, 2013

Live Webcast on WRTI.org: Daniel Barenboim & The West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, Jan. 29 at 8 pm

Don't miss what promises to be a fabulous concert brought to you live from the intimate Le Poisson Rouge in New York City. Founded by Daniel Barenboim and Edward W. Said in 1999, the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra brings together young musicians from Israel, Palestine, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, and Egypt – joined by a number of musicians from Iran, Turkey and Spain – to perform music and promote mutual understanding, non-violence and reconciliation.

This will be a live webcast, right here on WRTI.org, on Tuesday, January 29th at 8 pm. Join us!

In Memoriam

12:17 pm

Wed October 17, 2012

Remembering Three Composers Who All Died At Auschwitz On This Date in 1944

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Composer Viktor Ullmann perished on October 17, 1944

Composer Pavel Haas

Composer Hans Krasa

By Jack Moore

Three of the 20th century's greatest musicians all died on October 17, 1944 - and all at the hands of the Nazis. Czech composers Viktor Ullmann, Pavel Haas, and Hans Krasa all perished at Auschwitz (see videos of their music below); they were all taken there just three days after their final concert together on October 14, 1944 at the Theresienstadt concentration camp.

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