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Playlist for Saturday, May 23, 2026
12:00 - 7:00 am
12:00 am
Richard Wagner: "Der fliegende Holländer"
Senta's Ballad
David Allen Wehr, p
Liszt: Transcriptions From Wagner
12:05 am
Richard Wagner: "Der fliegende Höllander (The Flying Dutchman)"
Overture
London Classical Players/Sir Roger Norrington
12:15 am
Robert Schumann: "Carnaval," Op. 9
No. 4, "Valse noble"
Canadian Brass
Carnaval
12:16 am
Johannes Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Schumann, Op 9
Julius Katchen, p
Brahms: Works for Solo Piano
12:36 am
Robert Schumann: Andante and Variations in B-Flat, Op. 46
Argerich, D Schwarzberg, L Hall, Imai, Maisky
Mischa Maisky, cello,
Schumann
12:54 am
Johannes Brahms: Six Songs, Op. 3
#3, "Liebe und Frühling II"
Olaf Bär, br; Geoffrey Parsons, p
Brahms Lieder
1:00 am
Antonio Salieri: "Les Danaïdes"
Overture
Slovak Radio Sym/Michael Dittrich
SALIERI: Overtures
1:05 am
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Divertimento No. 12 in E-Flat, K. 252
Chamber Orch of Europe
Intégrale des divertissements pour instruments à vent
1:15 am
Franz Joseph Haydn: Notturno No. 4 in C, H II:31
The Music Party/Alan Hacker
8 Nocturnes
1:28 am
Franz Joseph Haydn: Secular Canons, H XXVIIb:1-46
No. 2, "Auf einen adeligen Dummkopf"
Gyor Girls' Cho/Miklós Szabó
Haydn: Cannons
1:30 am
Gabriel Fauré: Nocturne in B-flat major, Op 37
Charles Owen, p
Fauré: The Complete Nocturnes
1:38 am
Gabriel Fauré: "Pelléas et Mélisande," Op. 80
Suisse Romande Orch/Ernest Ansermet
Symphonie en si bémol / Pelléas et Mélisande ; Pénélope - Prélude ; Masques et bergamasques
1:54 am
Jean Sibelius: "Pelléas et Mélisande," Op. 46
"At the Seashore"
Tapiola Sinfonietta/Tuomas Ollila
2:00 am
Stephen Foster: "Old Folks at Home"
Itzhak Perlman, v; Samuel Sanders, p
2:03 am
George Gershwin: Three Preludes (1926)
#3, "Allegro ben ritmato"
Jascha Heifetz, v; Samuel Sanders, p
2:04 am
Samuel Barber: Violin Concerto, Op. 14
Itzhak Perlman, v; Boston Sym Orch/Seiji Ozawa
2:27 am
Charles Ives: Song, "Mists"
Dora Ohrenstein, s; Phillip Bush, p
The Complete Songs of Charles Ives, Vol. 3
2:54 am
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7:00 - 11:00 am
7:00 am
Weekend Mornings with Kristina Lynn
With news at 7:00 am; "Saturday Morning Listener's Choice" at 8:00 am; and "Soundtrack" at 9:00 am.
11:00 am
11:00 am
Introductions
WFMT features talented young classical musicians from around the Chicago area. Please visit wfmt.com for details on today’s program.
12:00 - 4:00 pm
12:00 pm
Metropolitan Opera
Puccini's Turandot
Anna Pirozzi (Turandot); Brian Jagde (Calaf); Angel Blue (Liu); John Relyea (Timur); Metropolitan Opera Cho & Orch/Oksana Lyniv. Sung in Italian.
3:30 pm
Afternoon Music
4:00 pm
4:00 pm
Listening to Singers with Oliver Camacho
A survey of songs based on A. E. Housman's "A Shropshire Lad," including settings by George Butterworth, Ivor Gurney, Arthur Somervell, Ralph Vaughan Williams, and Ian Venables.
5:00 pm
5:00 pm
Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival
Grainger Paraphrase on Tchaikovsky's "Waltz of the Flowers;" Kirill Gerstein, piano; Andy Akiho "Spiel;" Colin Currie, glockenspiel; Beethoven Violin Sonata in A Major, Op. 47, "Kreutzer," Chad Hoopes, violin; Katia Skanavi, piano.
8:00 pm
8:00 pm
Folkstage hosted by Marilyn Rea Beyer
From the archives: To celebrate Bob Dylan’s 85th birthday this weekend, we’ll sample artists’ covers of his songs – and other songs – performed over the years on Folkstage.
9:00 pm - 12:00 am
9:00 pm
The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer
Memorial Day weekend is a time to reflect on what we have lost and to honor those who gave “the last full measure of devotion.”
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