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      Playlist for Wednesday, December 31, 2025

      Playing this hour

      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: "The Abduction from the Seraglio," K. 384

      Overture

      London Phil/Bernard Haitink
      Bernard Haitink- The Philips Years

      Philips 462433-2

      12:05 am

      Luigi Cherubini: "Ali Baba"

      Overture

      La Scala/Nino Sanzogno
      Ali Baba

      Myto MCD-00329 (2)

      12:13 am

      Carl Maria von Weber: "Abu Hassan"

      Overture

      Philharmonia Orch/Wolfgang Sawallisch
      Weber: Overtures

      EMI/Ang CDM7-69572-2

      12:16 am

      Josef Martin Kraus: "Soliman II"

      Arioso, "Du som vår dyrkan vunnit"

      Tord Wallström, br; Swedish Royal Opera Orch/Philip Brunelle
      Kraus: Soliman II * A Gustavian Turkish Opera * Royal Opera of Sweden

      Virgin 91496-2

      12:18 am

      Johannes Brahms: Clarinet Quintet in b minor, Op.115

      Chicago Chamber Musicians
      The Chicago Chamber Musicians * Brahms

      Summit DCD-541

      12:55 am

      Johannes Brahms: "Neue Liebeslieder" Waltzes, Op 65

      #14, "Flammenauge, dunkles Haar"

      Bonney, von Otter, Streit, Bär; Helmut Deutsch, Bengt Forsberg, p
      Bengt Forsberg, piano,
      Helmut Deutsch, piano,

      EMI/Ang CDC5-55430-2

      1:00 am

      David N Baker: "Images of Childhood"

      I. "Maypole"

      Czech National Sym Orch/Paul Freeman
      Paul Freeman Introduces: Petering, Petering, Baker, Gemrot, Gemrot (Vol. 8)

      Albany TROY-499

      1:05 am

      Percy Grainger: "Youthful Suite" (1899)

      BBC Phil/Richard Hickox
      Grainger: Vol. 6 - Orchestral Works 2 'The Warriors'

      Chandos CHAN-9584

      1:31 am

      Germaine Tailleferre: Two Pieces

      No. 2, "Valse lente"

      Quynh Nguyen, p
      Tailleferre

      Music & Arts MA-1306

      1:32 am

      Germaine Tailleferre: "Pastorale" (1942)

      Susan C. Brown, v; Josephine Gandolfi, p

      Helicon HE-1048

      1:36 am

      Emmanuel Chabrier: "Suite pastorale"

      Suisse Romande Orch/Neeme Järvi
      Chabrier: Orchestra Music

      Chandos CHSA-5122

      1:55 am

      Germaine Tailleferre: "Pastorale" in D (1919)

      Quynh Nguyen, p
      Tailleferre

      Music & Arts MA-1306

      2:00 am

      Claude Debussy: "Suite bergamasque"

      III. "Clair de lune"

      Nora Koch, h
      Clair de lune: Virtuoso Music for Harp

      Berlin Classics 0011662-BC

      2:05 am

      Camille Saint-Saëns: "La jeunesse d'Hercule," Op. 50

      Vienna Sym Orch/Georges Prêtre
      Symphonie N° 3 - La Jeunesse D'Hercule

      Erato 45696-2

      2:23 am

      Spanish Trad: The Icy December

      Rachel Van Voorhees, h
      Christmas Favorites

      Centaur CRC-2209

      2:24 am

      Elias Parish-Alvars: Harp Concerto in g, Op 81

      Elizabeth Hainen, h; Bulgarian National Radio Orch/Rossen Milanov
      Elizabeth Hainen * Harp Concertos * Albrechtsberger * Parish-Alvars * Saint-Saens

      Avie AV-2221

      2:55 am

      William Grant Still: Folk Suite #2

      "El Zapatero"

      Sierra Winds
      Get on Board: American Music for Woodwinds by William Grant Still

      Cambria CD-1083

      3:00 am

      Erich Wolfgang Korngold: "Much Ado About Nothing" incidental music, Op. 11

      No. 3, Scene in the garden

      Gil Shaham, v; André Previn, p
      Violin Concertos • Much Ado About Nothing - Suite

      DG 439886-2

      3:05 am

      Felix Mendelssohn: Piano Trio No. 1 in d, Op 49

      André Previn, p; Anne-Sophie Mutter, v; Lynn Harrell, vc
      Mendelssohn * Anne-Sophie Mutter

      DG B0012533-00

      3:33 am

      Felix Mendelssohn: "Kinderstücke," Op 72

      No. 5, Allegro assai

      Daniel Barenboim, p
      Lieder Ohne Worte

      DG 423931-2 (2)

      3:34 am

      Georg Philipp Telemann: String Concerto in E-Flat

      Berlin Baroque Soloists/Rainer Kussmaul
      Sinfonia Melodica

      DG B0005761-02

      3:42 am

      Igor Stravinsky: String Concerto in D

      Moscow Virtuosi/Vladimir Spivakov
      Various: Modern Portraits: Hartmann: Concerto funebre; Stravinsky: Concerto in D; Penderecki: Capriccio; Schnittke: Suite in the Old Style; Prokofiev: Overture on Hebrew Themes, Op. 34

      RCA 60370-2-RC

      3:54 am

      Paul Hindemith: "In einer Nacht," Op 15

      "Müdigkeiten"

      Werner Bärtschi, p
      HINDEMITH : Piano Works

      Jecklin JD-691-2

      4:00 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Sacred song, "Mein Jesu, was für Seelenweh," BWV 487

      String Orch/Leopold Stokowski
      Music For Strings

      EMI/Ang CDM5-65912-2

      4:05 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Solo Violin Sonata No. 2 in a, BWV 1003

      Johnny Gandelsman, v
      BACH, J.S.: Sonatas and Partitas

      In a Circle Records ICR-010 (2)

      4:25 am

      Jacques Offenbach: "Gaîté Parisienne"

      XVI. "Can-can"

      Boston Sym Orch/Seiji Ozawa
      Gaîté Parisienne / Faust / España / Mignon

      DG 423698-2

      4:27 am

      Jacques Offenbach: "Lieschen et Fritzschen"

      Duet, "Je suis alsacien"

      Anne Sofie von Otter, ms; Laurent Naouri, br; Les Musiciens du Louvre/Marc Minkowski
      Offenbach

      DG 471501-2

      4:31 am

      Jules Massenet: Orchestral Suite No. 7, "Scènes alsaciennes"

      Paris Conservatory Orch/Albert Wolff

      London 433088-2

      4:54 am

      music continues...

      6:00 - 10:00 am

      6:00 am

      Mornings with Jan Weller

      Including news and weather on the hour between 6:00 am and 9:00 am; and "Carl’s Almanac" at 7:30 am.

      10:00 am - 2:00 pm

      10:00 am

      Midday with Lisa Flynn

      Including the "Daily Excursion" at 11:00 am.

      2:00 - 7:00 pm

      2:00 pm

      Afternoon Music with Candice Agree

      Including "The Unrush Hour" at 5:00 pm.

      7:00 pm

      7:00 pm

      Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin

      Mozart Piano Concertos

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart composed numerous concertos, many of which are lively and pleasing to the ear, even when performed by an eight-year-old. The young Mozart was heavily influenced by the music of Johann Christian Bach. In addition to their mutual love for music, JC Bach and Mozart shared a passion for intricate keyboard games. This week features five episodes of exceptional piano performances, with Murray Perahia conducting while soloing Mozart’s early concertos. It also includes performances by Alfred Brendel, Maria João Pires, Rudolf Serkin, and Mitsuko Uchida.

      8:00 - 10:00 pm

      10:00 pm - 12:00 am

      10:00 pm

      New Year’s Eve with WFMT

      Whether you’re out and about or relaxing at home, ring in the new year with the voices you know and love. Lisa, Candice, Oliver, Kristina, and others share some of their favorite music and offer an entertaining soundtrack to keep you in good company for the last two hours of 2025.