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Playlist for Saturday, December 27, 2025
12:00 - 7:00 am
12:00 am
Michelangelo Rossi: Toccata #2 in a
Ilona Prunyi, p
BARTOK : Piano Transcriptions
12:05 am
Béla Bartók: Piano Concerto No. 3
Keith Jarrett, p; New Japan Phil Orch/Kazuyoshi Akiyama
SAMUEL BARBER: PIANO CONCERTO OP. 38 / BÉLA BARTÓK: PIANO CONCERTO NO. 3 / KEITH JARRETT: TOKYO ENCORE
12:29 am
Johann Sebastian Bach: "Well-Tempered Clavier," Book 1, BWV 846/69
Prelude No. 16 in g minor
Keith Jarrett, p
Bach: Well-Tempered Clavier Book 1
12:31 am
Johann Sebastian Bach: French Suite No. 1 in d minor, BWV 812
Keith Jarrett, hc
Bach: The French Suites
12:48 am
Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata No. 156, "Ich steh mit einem Fuss im Grabe (I stand with one foot in the grave)"
Sinfonia
London Sym Orch/Leopold Stokowski
Leopold Stokowski: The Stereo Collection, 1954-1975
12:54 am
Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata No. 199, "Mein Herze schwimmt im Blut" (My heart swims in blood)
Chorale, "How Joyful is My Heart"
Bach Collegium Japan/Masaaki Suzuki
Cantatas Vol.4
1:00 am
Edward Elgar: Romance, Op 62
Eugene Dowling, tuba; London Sym Orch/Paul Freeman
1:05 am
Arnold Bax: Piano Trio in B-Flat (1946)
Pirasti Trio
Piano Trios
1:28 am
Edward Elgar: "Chanson de Nuit," Op 15/1
Royal Albert Hall Orch/Edward Elgar
1:32 am
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Serenade No. 13 in G, K. 525, "Eine kleine Nachtmusik" (“A Little Night Music”)
III. Minuet
Virtuosi di Praga/Julius Rudel
Symphony no. 35 in D major, "Haffner" / Symphony no. 40 in G minor / Eine kleine Nachtmusik
1:34 am
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 34 in C, K. 338
Vienna Phil
1:54 am
Paul Hindemith: "Reihe kleiner Stücke," Op 37/2
Trio III
Hans Petermandl, p
HINDEMITH : Piano Works Vol. 2
2:00 am
Domenico Scarlatti: Clavier Sonata in E, Kk 380 (L 23)
Yuja Wang, p
Yuja Wang: Transformation
2:05 am
Antonio Vivaldi: Violin and Oboe Concerto in B-Flat, R 579, "Concerto funebre"
The King's Consort/Robert King
Vivaldi: Concerti Con Molti Istromenti
2:11 am
Arthur Bliss: Viola Sonata (1933)
Doris Lederer, vi; Bruce Murray, p
The Passion Of Bliss, Bowen And Bridge
2:38 am
William Walton: "The First Shoot" (1935)
1st mvt
London Collegiate Brass/James Stobart
The First Shoot - Festal Brass With Blues - Russian Funeral - A Downland Suite
2:39 am
Franz Joseph Haydn: Cassation in G, Hob II:G1
Linde Consort/Hans-Martin Linde
2:54 am
Charles Villiers Stanford: 24 Preludes, Set II, Op 179
#35 in F
Peter Jacobs, p
Stanford: Piano Music- 24 Preludes and 3 Rhapsodies
3:00 am
Ferde Grofé: "Grand Canyon Suite"
"Sunset"
New York Phil/Leonard Bernstein
Copland: El Salon Mexico/ Grofé: Grand Canyon Suite
3:05 am
Prosper van Eechaute: Night Poem (1963)
Jeffrey Powers, fh, Vincent de Vries, p
In a Lyrical Way: Music for Horn and Piano by Flemish Masters
3:12 am
Maurice Ravel: "Miroirs"
"Alborada del gracioso"
City of Birmingham Sym Orch/Sir Simon Rattle
Ravel: Sheherazade/ Ma Mere L'Oye/ La Valse/ Alborada del Gracioso/ La Vallee des Cloches
3:20 am
Thomas Arne: "The Morning"
"The glittering sun"
Emma Kirkby, s; Hanover Band/Roy Goodman
The Essential Hyperion
3:22 am
Antonin Dvorák: "The Noon Witch," Op 108
Bavarian Radio Sym/Rafael Kubelik
Slavonic Dances Opp. 46 & 72
3:35 am
Ned Rorem: "A Quiet Afternoon" (1948)
Sahan Arzruni, p
Childhood Memories: Music for Younger Pianists
3:45 am
Antonio Vivaldi: Flute Concerto in G, Op. 10, No. 2, R. 439, "La Notte"
Jean-Pierre Rampal, f; I Solisti Veneti/Claudio Scimone
Vivaldi: Concerti
3:54 am
Franz Schubert: Song, "Wandrers Nachtlied," D 224
Janet Baker, ms; Graham Johnson, p
The Hyperion Schubert Edition, Volume 1
4:00 am
Richard Wagner: "Der fliegende Holländer"
Senta's Ballad
David Allen Wehr, p
Liszt: Transcriptions From Wagner
4:05 am
Richard Wagner: "Rienzi"
Overture
London Sym Orch/Barry Tuckwell
Wagner Overtures
4:17 am
Zdenek Fibich: "Moods, Impressions and Reminiscences"
#281 in d
Radoslav Kvapil, p
Anthology of Czech Piano Works, Vol. 5: Zdenek Fibich
4:18 am
Zdenek Fibich: Quintet in D, Op 42
Ensemble Villa Musica
Fibich: Piano Quartet
4:56 am
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Contredanse, "La bataille," K. 535
Orpheus Chamber Orch
A Little Light Music
5:00 am
Peter Cornelius: Fünf Trauerchöre, Op 9
"Ach, wie nichtig"
Hilliard Ensemble/Paul Hillier
5:04 am
Peter Cornelius: "The Barber of Baghdad"
Overture
Royal Scottish National Orch/Lance Friedel
GREAT COMEDY OVERTURES (Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Friedel)
5:13 am
Gioachino Rossini: "The Barber of Seville"
Overture
Santa Cecilia National Academy Orch/Antonio Pappano
5:20 am
Gioachino Rossini: "The Barber of Seville"
"Zitti, zitti, piano, piano"
Swenson, Domingo, Hampson; Philharmonia Orch/E Kohn
5:22 am
Isaac Albéniz: "Iberia," Book 1
"Fête-Dieu à Seville"
Cincinnati Pops/Erich Kunzel
The Stokowski Sound
5:31 am
Isaac Albéniz: "Iberia," Book 3
"El Albaicín"
John Williams, g, London Sym Orch/Paul Daniel
Iberia: Albéniz, Grandos, Rodrigo, and Llobet
5:40 am
Manuel de Falla: "Suite populaire espagnole"
Yehuda Hanani, vc; Michelle Levin, p
5:53 am
English ANON 16th c: Sarabande
Jacob Heringman, l
Jane Pickeringe's Lute Book
6:00 am
Giacomo Puccini: "Madama Butterfly"
Butterfly's Entrance
St Martin's Academy/Neville Marriner
6:05 am
Giacomo Puccini: "La bohème"
Suite
National Opera Orch/Paul Freeman
6:19 am
Giacomo Puccini: "Tosca" Fantasy
Eugene Rousseau, sx; Winds of Indiana/Frederick Fennell
WINDS OF INDIANA: Saxophone Vocalise
6:27 am
Giacomo Puccini: "Madama Butterfly"
Aria, "Addio, fiorito asil"
Barry Morell, t; Vienna Volksoper Orch/Argeo Quadri
6:29 am
Gian Francesco Malipiero: "Vivaldiana"
Veneto Phil Orch/Peter Maag
MALIPIERO : Il Finto Arlecchino / Vivaldiana / Invenzioni
6:43 am
Antonio Vivaldi: Guitar Concerto in A, R 82
Sharon Isbin, g; Zurich Chamber Orch/Howard Griffiths
Sharon Isbin Plays Baroque Favorites for Guitar
6:53 am
French Trad: Four Bergerettes (18th-century folksongs) arr Behrend-Isbin
#4, "Maman, dites-moi"
Susanne Mentzer, ms, Sharon Isbin, g
Wayfaring Stranger
7:00 - 11:00 am
7:00 am
Weekend Mornings
With news at 7:00 am; "Saturday Morning Listener's Choice" at 8:00 am; and "Soundtrack" at 9:00 am.
7:02 am
Cécile Chaminade: "Sérénade aux étoiles," Op. 142
Juliette Hurel, f; Hélène Couvert, p
Compositrices: À l'aube du XXe siècle
7:08 am
Glenn Buhr: "Winter Poems"
I. Tranquillo
Winnipeg Sym Orch/Bramwell Tovey
Winter Poems: Music of Glenn Buhr
7:19 am
Vince Guaraldi: "Christmas Time is Here"
Caleb Nei, piano
Imagine Christmas
7:23 am
Traditional German: Carol, "O Tannenbaum (O Christmas Tree)"
Canadian Brass
Christmas Time is Here
7:26 am
Jennifer Higdon: "Dance Card"
II. "Breeze Serenade"
Chicago Sinfonietta/Mei-Ann Chen
Project W
7:34 am
George Frideric Handel: "Samson"
Aria, "Let the Bright Seraphim"
Kathleen Battle, s; Wynton Marsalis, tr; Orch of St. Luke's/John Nelson
Kathleen Battle: The Complete Sony Recordings
7:40 am
John Playford: "The English Dancing Master"
"Drive the Cold Winter Away/The Beggar Boy; A Division on A Ground"
Les Witches
Nobody's Jig: Mr Playford's English Dancing Master
7:54 am
Maurice Ravel: "Miroirs"
"Une barque sur l'océan"
Stewart Goodyear, p
Stewart Goodyear: Ravel
8:00 am
Saturday Morning Listener's Choice
8:01 am
Franz Gruber: "Silent Night"
Cantus
Into the Light
8:06 am
Jan Sandström: "Es ist ein Ros' entsprungen" (after Praetorius)
The Sixteen/Harry Christophers
Carol of the Bells
8:11 am
Sergei Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini, Op. 43
Variation No. 18 to end
Yuja Wang, p; Mahler Chamber Orch/Claudio Abbado
Rachmaninov: Paganini Rhapsody, Piano Concerto No. 2
8:21 am
Gustav Holst: "In the Bleak Midwinter"
London Festival Orch/Ross Pople
Gustav Holst: Orchestral Music
8:25 am
Franz Biebl: "Ave Maria"
Turtle Creek Chorale/Timothy Seelig
The Times of Day
8:31 am
Johann Sebastian Bach: Fugue in G minor, BWV 578, "Little"
Canadian Brass
The Pachelbel Canon: The Canadian Brass Plays Great Baroque Music
8:37 am
Traditional Spanish: Carol, "La virgen lava pañales"
Chanticleer
Chanticleer Sings Christmas
8:39 am
Traditional Spanish: Carol, "Hacia Belén va un borrico"
Magos Herrera, voice; The Knights/Eric Jacobsen
The Knights Before Christmas
8:43 am
Cristophe Beck: "Frozen"
"Winter's Waltz"
Studio Orch/Tim Davies
Frozen (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
8:44 am
Robert Lopez & Kristen Anderson-Lopez: "Frozen"
"Let It Go"
Lang Lang, p; Royal Phil Orch/Robert Ziegler
The Disney Book
8:49 am
Traditional English: "The Twelve Days of Christmas"
Tanglewood Festival Cho, Boston Pops Orch/John Williams
We Wish You a Merry Christmas
8:54 am
Ludwig van Beethoven: "Fidelio," Op. 72
Overture
Vienna Phil/Claudio Abbado
Beethoven: The Overtures
9:00 am
Alfred Newman: 20th Century Fox Fanfare
London Phil Orch/John Mauceri
The Genius of Film Music
9:00 am
Soundtrack
9:01 am
Jonny Greenwood: "One Battle After Another"
"Battle After Battle"
Eloisa-Fleur Thom, v
One Battle After Another (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
9:04 am
Jonny Greenwood: "One Battle After Another"
"Baby Charlene"
London Contemporary Orch/Hugh Brunt
One Battle After Another (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
9:08 am
Max Richter: "Hamnet"
"Of the undiscovered country"
Studio Cho & Orch/Hugh Brunt
Hamnet (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
9:15 am
Jerskin Fendrix: "Bugonia"
"Bees"
London Contemporary Orch/Jerskin Fendrix
Bugonia (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
9:20 am
Jerskin Fendrix: "Bugonia"
"Grand Cycle"
London Contemporary Orch/Jerskin Fendrix
Bugonia (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
9:21 am
Jerskin Fendrix: "Bugonia"
"Grand Tango"
London Contemporary Orch/Jerskin Fendrix
Bugonia (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
9:24 am
John Powell; Stephen Schwartz: "Wicked: For Good"
"Bubbles and Rainbows"
Studio Cho & Orch/Gavin Greenaway
Wicked: For Good – The Original Motion Picture Score
9:30 am
John Powell; Stephen Schwartz: "Wicked: For Good"
"Wicked: For Good" Suite
Studio Cho & Orch/Gavin Greenaway
Wicked: For Good – The Original Motion Picture Score
9:33 am
Bryce Dessner: "Train Dreams"
"A Faint Understanding"
Studio Orch; Bryce Dessner, prod
Train Dreams (Soundtrack from the Netflix Film)
9:35 am
Bryce Dessner: "Train Dreams"
"Passageways IV: Still Waiting"
Studio Orch; Bryce Dessner, prod
Train Dreams (Soundtrack from the Netflix Film)
9:39 am
Bryce Dessner: "Train Dreams"
"The Great Mystery"
Studio Orch; Bryce Dessner, prod
Train Dreams (Soundtrack from the Netflix Film)
9:42 am
Thomas Newman: "The Thursday Murder Club"
"The Thursday Murder Club"
Studio Orch/Ben Parry
The Thursday Murder Club (Soundtrack from the Netflix Film)
9:43 am
Thomas Newman: "The Thursday Murder Club"
"The Arm in the Mirror"
Studio Orch/Ben Parry
The Thursday Murder Club (Soundtrack from the Netflix Film)
9:45 am
Thomas Newman: "The Thursday Murder Club"
"The Famous Coopers Chase"
Studio Orch/Ben Parry
The Thursday Murder Club (Soundtrack from the Netflix Film)
9:48 am
Thomas Newman: "The Thursday Murder Club"
"Blood Roses"
Studio Orch/Ben Parry
The Thursday Murder Club (Soundtrack from the Netflix Film)
10:01 am
music continues...
11:00 am
11:00 am
Introductions
Chamber music for strings by Haydn, Mendelssohn, Debussy, Beethoven, Casarrubios, Dohnányi, Brahms & Shostakovich. Performed by the Spizella Quartet (Merit School of Music); and the Luscinia Trio and Vermilion String Quartet (Music Institute of Chicago Academy).
12:00 - 2:00 pm
12:00 pm
Metropolitan Opera
Handel at the Met
A celebration of Handel at the holidays, with excerpts from Met performances, in honor of the 300th anniversary of Rodelinda.
2:00 - 4:00 pm
2:00 pm
The New York Philharmonic This Week
A "Winter Holiday" of music by Strauss II, Mozart, Grieg, Vivaldi, Vaughan-Williams, Poulenc, Prokofiev, Tchaikovsky, Mahler, Offenbach, Humperdinck, and more.
4:00 pm
4:00 pm
Listening to Singers with Oliver Camacho
2025 In Memoriam
Remembering the artists we lost in 2025 including Roberta Alexander, Stuart Burrows, Edith Mathis, John Nelson, Roger Norrington, Paul Plishka, David Rendall, and Benita Valente.
5:00 - 7:00 pm
5:00 pm
The WFMT Orchestra Series
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Brahms Violin Concerto; Leonidas Kavakos, violin; Symphony No. 2; Zubin Mehta, conductor.
7:00 pm
7:00 pm
The Film Score with Michael Phillips
Music for the Winter Holidays
Chicago Tribune film critic Michael Phillips presents music from holiday favorites and other wintry classics.
8:00 pm
8:00 pm
Folkstage hosted by Marilyn Rea Beyer
Live from the Levin Performance Studio: It’s New Year’s Steve – III with another first for Folkstage. Sons of the Never Wrong and friends present Bruce Roper’s musical based on Steve Goodman songs, "Words We Can Dance To," as a radio play. Romance ensues in a typical Chicago corner bar.
9:00 pm - 12:00 am
9:00 pm
The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer
Celebrate responsibly with folk music for the end of the year. Toast the coming year a couple of new versions of “Auld Lang Syne.”
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