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      Playlist for Saturday, December 13, 2025

      Playing this hour

      12:00 - 7:00 am

      12:00 am

      Czech Trad: Carol, "Good King Wenceslaus"

      Empire Brass; Mark Kroll, hc
      Joy To The World: Music Of Christmas

      EMI/Ang CDC7-49097-2

      12:02 am

      English Trad: Carol, "What Child is this? (Greensleeves)"

      Empire Brass; Nancy Allen, h; Mark Kroll, hc
      Joy To The World: Music Of Christmas

      EMI/Ang CDC7-49097-2

      12:05 am

      François Boieldieu: Harp Concerto in C (in Three Tempi)

      Valérie Milot, h; Les Violons du Roy/Bernard Labadie
      Handel, Boieldieu, Mozart: Concertos for Harp

      Analekta AN 2 9990

      12:27 am

      English Trad: Carol, "The First Nowell"

      Yolanda Kondonassis, h
      Dream Season: The Christmas Harp

      Telarc CD-80446

      12:29 am

      Marcel Dupré: "Variations on a Noël," Op 20

      Jeremy Filsell, o
      Dupre Organ works, Vol 2

      Guild GMCD-7157

      12:40 am

      Georges Bizet: "Variations chromatiques de concert"

      San Francisco Ballet Orch/Martin West
      Bizet: Symphony in C; Jeux d’Enfants, etc.

      Reference Recordings RR-131

      12:54 am

      A Busnois: Cent mille escus

      New York Kammermusiker
      Chamber Music (Renaissance) - PHILIDOR, P.D. / BUSNOYS, A. / LUZZASCHI, L. / MONTEVERDI, C. (A Renaissance Tour of Europe) (New York Kammermusiker)

      Dorian DOR-90133

      1:00 am

      Franz Liszt: "Transcendental Etudes" (1851)

      No. 12, "Chasse-neige"

      Jenö Jandó, p
      Etudes D'Execution Transcendante

      Naxos 8.553119

      1:05 am

      Edward Elgar: "Snow," Op. 26/2

      Royal Liverpool Philharmonia & Cho/Charles Groves
      Elgar

      EMI/Ang CDC7-47511-2

      1:11 am

      Erich Wolfgang Korngold: "Der Schneemann" (1908)

      Prelude and Serenade

      Linz Bruckner Orch/Caspar Richter
      The Piano Concertos

      ASV CDDCA-1074

      1:15 am

      Markus Fricker: Carol, "Liislig fallt de Schnee"

      Swiss Vocal Consort/Marco Amherd
      Dormi Bel Bambin

      Prospero PROSP-0059

      1:17 am

      George Frideric Handel: "Water Music"

      Philharmonia Baroque Orch/Nicholas McGegan
      Water Musick

      Harmonia Mundi HMU-907010

      1:55 am

      George Frideric Handel: "Messiah"

      Chorus, "Let us break their bonds asunder"

      Mendelssohn Cho, Toronto Sym Orch/A Davis
      Messiah

      EMI/Ang CDC7-49407-2

      2:00 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: "Christmas Oratorio," BWV 248

      Sinfonia "(Pastoral Symphony)"

      St Martin's Academy/Philip Ledger

      EMI/Ang CDFB5-69503-2 (2)

      2:05 am

      German Trad: Christmas Medley

      Rita Streich, s; RIAS Sym/Kurt Gaebel
      The Christmas Album

      DG 474573-2 (2)

      2:13 am

      Max Reger: Song, "Uns ist geboren ein Kindlein"

      Peter Schreier, t; Norman Shetler, p
      Weihnachtslieder

      Eurodisc 69013-2-RG

      2:14 am

      Max Reger: "Aus der Jugendzeit," Op. 17

      No. 9, "Weihnachtstraum"

      Jeffrey Biegel, p
      A Steinway Christmas Album * Jeffrey Biegel

      Steinway 30005

      2:16 am

      Max Reger: Piano Concerto in f, Op 114

      Marc-André Hamelin, p; Berlin Radio Sym/Ilan Volkov
      The Romantic Piano Concerto 53 * Reger: Piano Concerto in F Minor * Strauss: Burleske

      Hyperion CDA-67635

      2:53 am

      Peter Cornelius: "Weihnachtslieder," Op 8

      No. 6, "Christkind"

      Irngard Seefried, s; Erik Werba, p
      The Christmas Album

      DG 474573-2 (2)

      3:00 am

      Claude Debussy: "Le roi Lear" incidental music

      "Fanfare; Le sommeil de Lear"

      French National Radio Orch/Jean Martinon

      EMI/Ang CDM7-69587-2

      3:04 am

      Dmitri Shostakovich: "King Lear" (Incidental Music, 1940), Op. 58a

      Jester's Songs

      Korean Broadcasting System Sym Orch/Vakhtang Jordania
      Dmitri Shostakovich ‎– Suites For Film And Stage

      Koch 3-7274-2

      3:12 am

      James Pierpont: "Jingle Bells"

      Robert Decormier Singers/Robert DeCormier
      A Victorian Christmas

      Arabesque Z-6525

      3:16 am

      James Pierpont: "Jingle Bells"

      Tubadours
      The Mighty Tubadours

      Crystal CD-420

      3:17 am

      Franz Schubert: Piano Trio No. 1 in B-Flat, D 898 (Op. 99)

      Beaux Arts Trio
      The Piano Trios

      Philips 412620-2 (2)

      3:54 am

      Franz Schubert: "Die Winterreise," D 911

      No. 2, "Die Wetterfahne"

      Olaf Bär, br; Geoffrey Parsons, p

      EMI/Ang CDC7-49334-2

      4:00 am

      Michel Corrette: "Messe pour le tems de Noël"

      "Kyrie"

      Daniel Leininger, o
      Chants des Noels

      ADMSon ADMS-1102

      4:05 am

      Michel Corrette: "Symphonie de Noel #6"

      La Fantasia/Rien Voskuilen
      Corrette: Les Six Symphonies De Noel

      Brilliant Classics 93538

      4:12 am

      Jean-Philippe Rameau: "Concert en Sextuor" #5

      Les Talens Lyriques/Christophe Rousset

      London B0001845-02

      4:25 am

      Jean-Philippe Rameau: "Les Indes Galantes"

      "Contredanses"

      Chapelle Royale Orch/Philippe Herreweghe
      Les Indes Galantes - Suites D'Orchestre

      Harmonia Mundi HM-1130

      4:27 am

      Leopold Kozeluch: "Sinfonia Concertante" in E-Flat

      Consortium Classicum/Dieter Klöcker
      Sinfonies Concertantes

      CPO 777009-2 (3)

      4:55 am

      French Trad: Carol, "Angels We Have Heard on High"

      The Pennsylvaians/Fred Waring
      Now is the Caroling Season

      Capitol 27457-2

      5:00 am

      Albert BECKER: Carol, "Joseph lieber, Joseph mein"

      Swiss Vocal Consort/Marco Amherd
      Dormi Bel Bambin

      Prospero PROSP-0059

      5:02 am

      André Sala: Carol, "Que j'aime ce divin enfant"

      Swiss Vocal Consort/Marco Amherd
      Dormi Bel Bambin

      Prospero PROSP-0059

      5:05 am

      Felix Mendelssohn: String Symphony No. 12 in g

      Northern Chamber Orch/Nicholas Ward
      Mendelssohn: The Complete Symphonies and String Symphonies

      Naxos 8.506011 (6)

      5:27 am

      Felix Mendelssohn: "Sechs Sprüche (Six Liturgical Texts)," Op. 79

      No. 1, "Weihnachten"

      Swiss Vocal Consort/Marco Amherd
      Dormi Bel Bambin

      Prospero PROSP-0059

      5:28 am

      Fanny Mendelssohn: "Das Jahr"

      "December"

      Martina Frezzotti, p
      Fanny Mendelssohn PIano Music

      Piano Classics PCL-10238

      5:32 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: "The Months (The Seasons)," Op. 37

      "December (Christmas)"

      Vladimir Ashkenazy, p
      Tchaikovsky - The Seasons

      London 466562-2

      5:36 am

      Michael Torke: "December" (1994)

      Atlanta Sym Orch/Yoel Levi
      Javelin: The Music Of Michael Torke

      Ecstatic Records ER-092203

      5:45 am

      Henri Rabaud: "Merchant of Venice"

      Suite #3

      Rheinland-Pfalz Phil/Leif Segerstam
      RABAUD : Orchestral Works

      Marco Polo 8.223503

      5:54 am

      Johann Halvorsen: "The Merchant of Venice"

      Intermezzo

      Latvian National Sym Orch/Torje Mikkelsen
      Stage Music 1

      Simax PSC-1198

      6:00 am

      Franz Schubert: "Ave Maria"

      Rasa Vitkauskaite, p
      A Concert Piano Christmas

      Last Light LLP-012

      6:05 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 25 in g minor, K. 183

      Philharmonia Orch/Otto Klemperer
      Mozart Symphonies

      EMI/Ang CMS7-63272-2 (4)

      6:24 am

      Daryl Runswick: "A Little Christmas Music" (Medley à la Mozart)

      Kiri Te Kanawa, s; King's Singers; Richard Hickox, hc

      EMI/Ang CDC7-49909-2

      6:28 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: "The Nutcracker," Op. 71

      #14b, Variation II, Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy

      New York Phil/Leonard Bernstein

      CBS MLK-44723

      6:30 am

      Leo Délibes: "Coppélia"

      "Féte de la cloche" (Divertissement)

      National Phil/Richard Bonynge
      Delibes: The 3 Ballets

      London 425472-2 (2)

      6:54 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: "The Nutcracker," Op. 71

      #14b, Variation II, Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy

      Rasa Vitkauskaite, p
      A Concert Piano Christmas

      Last Light LLP-012

      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

      Leroy Anderson: "Sleigh Ride"

      Giovanni De Chiaro, g
      The Sounds of Christmas on Guitar

      Centaur CRC-2262

      7:09 am

      Leroy Anderson: Piano Concerto in C

      Stewart Goodyear, p; Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel
      American Piano Classics

      Telarc CD-80112

      7:29 am

      Leonard Bernstein: "Dance Suite"

      V. " M T V, For Jerry [Jerome Robbins]"

      Onyx Brass
      Transatlantic

      Chandos CHAN-20399

      7:31 am

      Leonard Bernstein: "Peter Pan"

      "Dream With Me"

      Zuill Bailey, vc; Lara Downes, p
      Some Other Time

      Steinway & Sons 30025

      7:35 am

      Louise Héritte-Viardot: Piano Quartet No. 1 in A, Op. 9, "Im Sommer"

      I. "Des Morgens, im Walde (Morning, in the Woods)"

      Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective
      Brahms & Contemporaries, Vol. 2

      Chandos CHAN-20329

      7:44 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: String Divertimento in B-Flat, K. 137

      Amsterdam Baroque Orch/Ton Koopman
      Mozart: Divertimenti K. 136, 137, 138 & 251

      Erato 45471-2

      7:57 am

      Umberto Giordano: "Fedora"

      Intermezzo

      Gothenburg Sym Orch/Neeme Järvi
      Intermezzo

      DG 429494-2

      8:00 am

      Saturday Morning Listener's Choice

      8:01 am

      Carolyne M. Taylor: Medley, "What Child is This?"-Beethoven's Sonata Op. 27/2

      Jeffrey Biegel, p
      Classical Carols

      Koch KICCD-7737

      8:06 am

      Carolyne M. Taylor: Medley, "Silent Night"-Debussy's "Clair de lune"

      Jeffrey Biegel, p
      Classical Carols

      Koch KICCD-7737

      8:12 am

      Alexander Borodin: String Quartet No. 2 in D

      III. "Nocturne"

      Borodin Quartet
      Ultimate Classical Dreams

      Decca 4781484

      8:22 am

      Amy Carol Webb: "Ma'oz Tsur" (Trad.)

      Amy Carol Webb
      Breaking Light: Songs for the Season

      Breaking Light | Zebra Z2010

      8:25 am

      César Franck: "Panis angelicus"

      Hallé Cho & Orch/Maurice Handford
      The Best Choral Album in the World...Ever!

      EMI CDC5-67014-2 (2)

      8:31 am

      Alfred Reed: Russian Christmas Music

      Dallas Wind Sym/Jerry Junkin
      Horns for the Holidays

      Reference RR-126

      8:46 am

      Christopher Larkin: "Hollow Knight"

      "Dirthmouth"

      Christopher Larkin, prod
      Hollow Knight (Original Soundtrack)

      Christopher Larkin (Hollow Knight)

      8:48 am

      Christopher Larkin: "Hollow Knight"

      "Queen's Gardens"

      Christopher Larkin, prod
      Hollow Knight (Original Soundtrack)

      Christopher Larkin (Hollow Knight)

      8:51 am

      André Grétry: "La fausse magie"

      Aria, "Comme un éclair"

      Christiane Karg, s; Arcangelo/Jonathan Cohen
      Amoretti - Arias by Mozart, Gluck and Gretry / Christiane Karg

      Berlin Classics 0300389-BC

      9:00 am

      Alfred Newman: 20th Century Fox Fanfare

      London Phil Orch/John Mauceri
      The Genius of Film Music

      LPO 0086

      9:00 am

      Soundtrack

      9:01 am

      Bernard Herrmann: "The Magnificent Ambersons"

      "Snow Ride"

      Australian Phil Orch/Tony Bremner
      The Magnificent Ambersons (Original 1942 Motion Picture Score)

      Preamble PRCD-1783

      9:05 am

      Bernard Herrmann: "The Snows of Kilamanjaro"

      "The Memory Waltz"

      Hollywood Bowl Sym Orch/John Mauceri
      The Great Waltz

      Decca 4845259

      9:11 am

      Kristen Anderson-Lopez; Robert Lopez: "Frozen"

      "Frozen Heart"

      Frozen Cast Cho; Studio Orch/Jasper Randall
      Frozen (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

      Walt Disney Records D-001942202

      9:13 am

      Cristophe Beck: "Frozen"

      "Winter's Waltz"

      Studio Orch/Tim Davies
      Frozen (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

      Walt Disney Records D-001942202

      9:14 am

      Cristophe Beck: "Frozen"

      "Whiteout"

      Studio Orch/Tim Davies
      Frozen (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

      Walt Disney Records D-001942202

      9:19 am

      Wendy Carlos & Rachel Elkind: "The Shining"

      Main Title (The Shining)

      Wendy Carlos & Rachel Elkind, prod's
      The Shining (Original Soundtrack)

      WaterTower Music (The Shining)

      9:23 am

      Harry Gregson-Williams: "The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe"

      "The White Witch"

      Abbey Road Cho; Hollywood Studio Sym/Harry Gregson-Williams
      The Chronicles Of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe (Original Soundtrack)

      Walt Disney 613747

      9:30 am

      Alfred Schnittke: "The Ascent"

      Suite, II. "On the Sleigh"

      Berlin Radio Sym Orch/Frank Strobel
      Alfred Schnittke Film Music Vol. II

      Capriccio C-71061

      9:34 am

      Alfred Schnittke: "The Ascent"

      Suite, III, "Remorse"

      Berlin Radio Sym Orch/Frank Strobel
      Alfred Schnittke Film Music Vol. II

      Capriccio C-71061

      9:37 am

      Marco Beltramic: "Snowpiercer"

      "This is the Beginning"

      Studio Orch
      Snowpiercer (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

      Varèse Sarabande 3020672960

      9:41 am

      Alex Wurman: "March of the Penguins"

      "The March"

      Studio Orch/Jeffrey Schindler
      March of the Penguins (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

      Milan G-0100042032608

      9:47 am

      Ennio Morricone: "The Hateful Eight"

      "Neve (Snow)" complete

      Czech National Sym Orch/Ennio Morricone
      Morricone - Quentin Tarantino's The H8ful Eight

      Decca 4770600

      10:01 am

      Edgar Meyer: "Winter's Chill"

      Modern Mandolin Quartet; Edgar Meyer, db
      Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker Suite

      Windham Hill 11108-2

      10:07 am

      Traditional Scottish: "Loch Lomond"

      Nicola Benedetti, v; BBC Scottish Sym Orch/Rory Macdonald
      Homecoming - A Scottish Fantasy

      Decca B0021290-02

      10:14 am

      Robert Nathaniel Dett: "In the Bottoms"

      V. Dance, "Juba"

      Clipper Erickson, p
      My Cup Runneth Over - The Complete Piano Works of R. Nathaniel Dett

      Navona NV-6013

      10:16 am

      Florence Price: Symphony No. 3 in C minor

      III. "Juba"

      Philadelphia Orch/Yannick Nézet-Séguin
      Florence Price - Symphonies 1 & 3

      DG 4861900

      10:22 am

      Camille Saint-Saëns: "Carnival of the Animals"

      Pittsburgh Sym Orch/André Previn
      Saint-Saëns, Ravel: Carnaval Des Animaux, Ma Mère L'Oye / André Previn

      Philips 400016-2

      10:45 am

      music continues...

      11:00 am

      11:00 am

      Introductions

      Tristan Zhu, 18, violin. Bach: Chaconne in D minor; Chaminade: Capriccio, Op. 18; Sibelius: Violin Concerto, 1st mvt; Roumain: "FILTER". With Milana Pavchinskaya, piano.

      12:00 - 4:00 pm

      12:00 pm

      Metropolitan Opera

      Giordano's Andrea Chénier

      Piotr Beczała (Andrea Chénier); Sonya Yoncheva (Maddalena di Coigny); Igor Golovatenko (Carlo Gérard); Metropolitan Opera Cho & Orch/Daniele Rustioni. Sung in Italian.

      3:30 pm

      Afternoon Music

      4:00 pm

      4:00 pm

      Listening to Singers with Oliver Camacho

      An interview with the artistic director of Opera Rara and world-renowned conductor Carlo Rizzi, who joins WFMT to share bel canto rarities and Opera Rara's Donizetti Song Project.

      5:00 - 8:00 pm

      5:00 pm

      Weekend Evening Music

      8:00 pm

      8:00 pm

      Folkstage hosted by Marilyn Rea Beyer

      From the archives: This broadcast of excerpts from Archie Fisher’s Folkstage performances honors the memory of Scotland’s quintessential folksinger, songwriter, and folk radio host who died on November 1, 2025.

      9:00 pm - 12:00 am

      9:00 pm

      The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer

      Dick Van Dyke turns 100 today. We celebrate his incredible music career and broadcast a few tunes about TV.