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Playlist for Friday, August 22, 2025
12:00 - 6:00 am
12:00 am
Peter Tchaikovsky: Suite No. 2 in C, Op. 53, "Caractéristique"
II. Valse
Stuttgart Radio Sym Orch/Neville Marriner
12:05 am
John H. Robinson III: "Variations on a Theme of Valerie Capers"
Ensemble
Where Freedom Rings
12:14 am
Valerie Capers: Portraits in Jazz (1976)
No. 5, "Blues for the Duke"
Maria Thompson Corley, p
Soulscapes
12:18 am
Valerie Capers: Portraits in Jazz (1976)
No. 10, "Bossa Brasilia"
Maria Thompson Corley, p
Soulscapes
12:19 am
Peter Tchaikovsky: Suite No. 1 in d, Op. 43
Detroit Sym Orch/Neeme Järvi
Tchaikovsky: Suite No. 1
12:55 am
Peter Tchaikovsky: Valse-Scherzo, Op. 7
Michael Ponti, p
Tchaikovsky Edition
1:00 am
Jean-Philippe Rameau: "Les Paladins"
Menuet et rondeau I-II
Age of Enlightenment Orch/Gustav Leonhardt
Rameau - Suite "Les Paladins"
1:05 am
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Cello Concerto in a, Wq 170
Anner Bylsma, vc; Age of Enlightenment Orch/Gustav Leonhardt
1:31 am
Johann Sebastian Bach: Clavier Partita No. 2 in c, BWV 826
II. "Courante"
Gustav Leonhardt, hc
6 Partitas BWV 825-830
1:32 am
Florence Price: "Dances in the Canebrakes"
Althea Waites, p
Black Diamonds- African-American Composers
1:42 am
Leonard Bernstein: "On the Town"
Five Dances
Orch/Leonard Bernstein
Leonard Bernstein – The Early Years
1:55 am
Turrin: "Three Summer Dances"
#1, "Frolic"
Borealis Wind Quintet
A LA CARTE- Short Works for Winds
2:00 am
John Williams: Music for the film "Schindler's List"
"Remembrances"
Itzhak Perlman, v; Boston Sym Orch/John Williams
Schindler's List
2:05 am
Cyprien Katsaris: "Mozartiana"
Cyprien Katsaris, p
Mozartiana
2:17 am
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: "Ascanio in Alba," K. 111
Trio, "Che bel piacer io sento"
Soloists; Concerto Armonico/Jacques Grimbert
Ascanio in Alba
2:18 am
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 41 in C, K. 551, "Jupiter"
Berlin Phil/Itzhak Perlman
Mozart: Violin Concerto No 3 Etc * Perlman
2:55 am
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: "Ascanio in Alba," K. 111
Chorus, "Venga, de'sommi eroi"
Concerto Armonico/Jacques Grimbert
3:00 am
Frederick Delius: "Irmelin"
Prelude
Bournemouth Sinfonietta/Norman Del Mar
Delius
3:05 am
Frederick Delius: Caprice and Elegy
Julian Lloyd Webber, vc; Royal Phil/Eric Fenby
3:13 am
Peter Tchaikovsky: Pezzo capriccioso in b, Op. 62
Zuill Bailey, vc; San Francisco Ballet Orch/Martin West
Russian Masterpieces for Cello and Orchestra
3:19 am
Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov: "Capriccio espagnol," Op. 34
London Sym Orch/Antal Dorati
Dorati Conducts Rimsky-Korsakov & Borodin
3:35 am
Joaquín Rodrigo: "Danzas de españa" (1941)
#3, "Serrana"
Artur Pizarro, p
Rodrigo Piano Music Vol 2
3:36 am
Ludwig van Beethoven: Violin Sonata No. 8 in G, Op. 30 No. 3
Jascha Heifetz, v; Emmanuel Bay, p
3:54 am
Johann Helmich Roman: Drottningholm Wedding Music
#21
Uppsala Chamber Orch/Anthony Halstead
Roman: Music for a Royal Wedding
4:00 am
Georges Bizet: "The Pearl Fishers"
Duet, "Au fond du temple saint"
Nicolai Gedda, t; Ernest Blanc, br; Paris Opéra-Comique Orch/Pierre Dervaux
4:05 am
Georges Bizet: "L'Arlésienne" Suite No. 2
French National Radio Orch/Thomas Beecham
4:22 am
Georges Bizet: Variations on a Theme from "Carmen"
Vladimir Horowitz, p
Horowitz Encores
4:26 am
Georges Bizet: "Jeux d'enfants," Op. 22
IX. "Colin-maillard" (Blind Man's Bluff)
Katia, Marielle Labéque, p
Jeux D'enfants / Ma Mère L'Oye / Dolly Suite
4:27 am
Reinhold Gliere: Harp Concerto in E-Flat, Op 74
Rachel Masters, h; City of London Sinfonia/Richard Hickox
Gliere & Ginastera: Harp Works
4:54 am
Alexander Scriabin: Twelve Etudes, Op 8
#4 in E
Marta Denayova, p
Skriabin and Prokofiev Piano Music
5:00 am
Vincenzo Bellini: "I Puritani"
"A te, o cara, amor talora"
Freni, s; Pavarotti, t; Rome Sym & Cho/Muti
Pavarotti: The Early Years Vol 2
5:05 am
Franz Liszt: "Réminiscences des Puritains" (after Bellini)
Leslie Howard, p
5:25 am
Johannes Brahms: Five Songs, Op 49
#4, "Wiegenlied"
Thomas Allen, br; Sharon Isbin, g
5:27 am
Johannes Brahms: "Tragic" Overture, Op.81
Cleveland Orch/Christoph von Dohnànyi
Johannes Brahms 4 Symphonien
5:40 am
Dmitri Kabalevsky: "The Comedians," Op 26
Bavarian State Orch/Wolfgang Sawallisch
5:54 am
PDQ Bach: Six Contrary Dances
#2, Daintissimo
Orch/Peter Schickele
Music For An Awful Lot Of Winds And Percussion
6:00 - 10:00 am
6:00 am
Morning Program
6:00 am
Hosted by Jan Weller.
6:04 am
Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 31 in D, "Hornsignal"
I. Allegro
American Horn Quartet; Sinfonia Varsovia/Dariusz Wiśniewski
Heroic Horn: Best Loved Classical Music
6:09 am
Vincenzo Bellini: "Norma"
Aria, "Casta Diva"
James Galway, f; London Sym Orch/Klauspeter Seibel
Wings of Song
6:16 am
Claude Debussy: "Petite Suite"
Lang Lang & Gina Alice, p
Lang Lang - Saint-Saëns
6:32 am
George Frideric Handel: Concerto grosso in e minor, Op. 6, No. 3
Orpheus Chamber Orch
Handel: 12 Concerti Grossi, Op. 6
6:44 am
Franz Schubert: Octet in F, D 803
V. Menuetto, "Allegretto"
Chicago Chamber Musicians
The Chicago Chamber Musicians - Celebrating 15 Years
6:53 am
Edvard Grieg: Lyric Pieces, Op. 65
No. 6, "Wedding Day at Troldhaugen"
St Martin's Academy/Sir Neville Marriner
Grieg, Sibelius: Suites
7:03 am
Edward Elgar: "Pomp and Circumstance" March No. 1 in D, Op. 39, No. 1
London Phil Orch/Sir Georg Solti
Elgar: Enigma Variations, Pomp & Circumstance Marches, Cockaigne Overture
7:11 am
Victor Ewald: Brass Quintet No. 1 in B-flat minor, Op. 5
Brass Ring
Brass Ring - Music For Brass Quintet
7:25 am
Johann Strauss II: "Ägyptischer Marsch (Egyptian March)," Op. 335
Chicago Sym Orch/Daniel Barenboim
Johann Strauss Waltzes & Polkas
7:31 am
Claude Debussy: "Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun"
Philadelphia Orch/Eugene Ormandy
Clair De Lune- Music Of France
7:43 am
Jean-Marie Leclair: Two-Violin Sonata in E minor, Op. 3, No. 5
Itzhak Perlman, Pinchas Zukerman, v's
Duets for Two Violins
7:54 am
Dave Brubeck: "Blue Rondo à la Turk"
Janoska Ensemble
The Big B's
8:03 am
Arno Babajanian: Elegy
Ani Aznavoorian, vc; Marta Aznavoorian, p
Gems from Armenia
8:08 am
Heinrich Biber: Eight-Trumpet Sonata in A
Wynton Marsalis, tr's; English Chamber Orch/Raymond Leppard
Baroque Music For Trumpets
8:16 am
Ottorino Respighi: Ancient Airs and Dances for the Lute, set 1
La Pietà/Angèle Dubeau
Let's Dance
8:46 am
music continues...
10:00 am - 3:00 pm
10:00 am
Midday with Lisa Flynn
Including the "Daily Excursion" at 11:00 am and "Music in Chicago" at 12:00 pm.
3:00 - 7:00 pm
3:00 pm
Afternoon Music with Candice Agree
Including "Friday Afternoon at the Movies" at 4:30pm and "The Unrush Hour" at 5:00 pm.
7:00 pm
7:00 pm
Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin
Top Shelf, Part I
Many of Bill's favorite recordings don’t find their way into a thematic week. These are special recordings that wait and wait for the right theme – colorful, great performances of music that Bill adores.
11:00 pm
11:00 pm
Best of Studs Terkel
André Watts (01/22/1986)
André Watts (1946-2023), the pioneering piano virtuoso and one of the first Black superstars in classical music, was Studs Terkel’s guest on WFMT in 1986.