Saturday, October 24, 2026

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      Playlist for Saturday, October 24, 2026

      Playing this hour

      12:00 - 7:00 am

      12:00 am

      Delius, Frederick: "A Song Before Sunrise"

      St Martin's Academy/Sir Neville Marriner
      The Walk To The Paradise Garden / On Hearing The First Cuckoo In Spring / Summer Night On The River

      Lon 421390-2

      12:04 am

      Strauss, Richard: "Also sprach Zarathustra," Op. 30

      Dallas Sym Orch/Andrew Litton
      STRAUSS, R.: Also sprach Zarathustra / HOLST, G.: The Planets (Litton)

      Delos DE-3225 (2)

      12:39 am

      Strauss, Richard: Five Songs, Op. 48

      #5, "Winterliebe"

      Anja-Nina Bahrmann, s; Nina Schumann, p
      Strauss: Complete Songs

      Two Pianists TP-1039312 (9)

      12:40 am

      Telemann, Georg Philipp: Trumpet Concerto in D

      Paul Merkelo, tr; Oxford Phil/Marios Papadapoulos
      The Enlightened Trumpet

      Sony 80463

      12:47 am

      Bach, Johann Sebastian: Cantata No. 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben (Heart and mouth and deed and life)"

      Chorale, "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring"

      Orpheus Chamber Orch
      Albinoni: Adagio/ Pachelbel: Canon

      DG 429390-2

      12:51 am

      Bach, Johann Sebastian: Cantata No. 156, "Ich steh mit einem Fuss im Grabe (I stand with one foot in the grave)"

      Sinfonia

      Ray Still, ob; Academy of London/Richard Stamp

      Virgin 90813-2

      12:54 am

      Bach, Johann Sebastian: Cantata No. 140, "Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme (Sleepers Wake)"

      Final Chorale, "Gloria sei dir gesungen (May gloria be sung to you)"

      Gächinger Kanrtorei & Stuttgart Bach Ensemble/Helmut Rilling
      Edition Bachakademie Vol 44 - Cantatas

      Hänssler Classic Vol 44

      1:00 am

      Marais, Marin: "Alcyone"

      Overture

      Tempesta di Mare
      Comedie et Tragedie

      Chandos CHAN-0805

      1:03 am

      Marais, Marin: "Alcyone"

      "Premier Air pour les Éoliens"

      Tempesta di Mare
      Comedie et Tragedie

      Chandos CHAN-0805

      1:05 am

      Marais, Marin: Variations on "La Folia"

      Laura Metcalf, vc; Matei Varga, p
      First Day

      Sono Luminus DSL-92201

      1:14 am

      Franck, César: "Symphonic Variations"

      Alexis Weissenberg, p; Berlin Phil/Herbert von Karajan
      Franck: Symphony in D Minor, Le Chasseur Maudit

      MHS 514417-M

      1:30 am

      Gurlitt, Cornelius: "Humorous Variations on Ach, du lieber Augustin"

      "Variation in the Style of Mozart"

      Douglas Humphreys, p

      Kbyu 9701/02 (2)

      1:31 am

      Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: String Quartet No. 22 in B-Flat, K. 589

      Shanghai String Quartet
      MOZART, W.A.: String Quartets Nos. 22 and 23 (Shanghai Quartet)

      Delos DE-3192

      1:54 am

      Huang, Hu-Wei: "The Merry Shepherd Boy"

      Lang Lang, p
      Piano Book

      DG 4797528 (2)

      2:00 am

      Sainte-Colombe: Le Resolu

      Les Voix Humaines Baroque Ensemble
      Sainte-Colombe: Concerts a deux violes

      Atma ACD2-2278 (2)

      2:05 am

      D'Erlanger: Violin Concerto in d

      Philippe Graffin, v; BBC Welsh National Orch/David Lloyd-Jones
      The Romantic Violin Concerto -- 10

      Hyperion CDA-67838

      2:35 am

      Poulenc, Francis: "Presto" in B-Flat (1934)

      Itzhak Perlman, v; Samuel Sanders, p

      EMI/Ang CDC7-49604-2

      2:37 am

      Poulenc, Francis: Piano and Wind Sextet

      The Iowa Ensemble
      Poulenc: Wind and Piano Music

      MSR Classics MS-1540

      2:55 am

      Barthe: Passacaille

      Westwood Wind Quintet
      Sextour à Vent

      Crystal CD-353

      3:00 am

      Grainger, Percy: "My Robin is to the Greenwood Gone" (1912)

      English Chamber Orch/Benjamin Britten
      Salute To Percy Grainger

      London 425159-2

      3:05 am

      Grainger, Percy: "Molly on the Shore" (Irish Reel)

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

      Chandos CHAN-9584

      3:09 am

      Grainger, Percy: "Handel in the Strand" (Clog Dance)(1912)

      Collage
      The Christmas Connection

      Northeastern NR-228-CD

      3:13 am

      Grainger, Percy: "Mock Morris"

      Bournemouth Sinfonietta/Kenneth Montgomery
      Grainger: Famous Folk Settings

      Chandos CHAN-6542

      3:17 am

      Grainger, Percy: "Shepherd's Hey"

      London Wind Orch/Denis Wick
      Shepherd's Hey: Wind Music of Grainger, Milhaud and Poulenc

      ASV CDWHL-2067

      3:19 am

      Grainger, Percy: "Country Gardens"

      Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orchestra/Timothy Reynish
      Grainger: Vol. 4 - Works for Wind Orchestra 1

      Chandos CHAN-9549

      3:21 am

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      7:00 am - 12:00 pm

      7:00 am

      WFMT Membership Drive

      Until 12:00pm.

      12:00 - 4:00 pm

      12:00 pm

      From National Centre for the Performing Arts

      Wagner's Die Walküre

      Daniel Brenna (Siegmund); Manuela Uhl (Sieglinde); Liang Li (Hunding); Ewa Vesin (Brünnhilde); Egils Silins (Wotan); Okka von der Damerau (Fricka); Xu Xiaoying (Gerhilde); Zhou Fan (Ortlinde); Zhang Yuan (Waltraute); NCPA Orchestra; Pietari Inkinen, conductor. Sung in German.

      4:00 pm

      4:00 pm

      Listening to Singers with Oliver Camacho

      An interview with Trinidadian soprano Jeanine De Bique in advance of her performances with Apollo's Fire next month.

      5:00 - 8:00 pm

      5:00 pm

      Weekend Evening Music

      8:00 pm

      8:00 pm

      Folkstage hosted by Marilyn Rea Beyer

      A showcase of recent never-before-aired Folkstage performances bring the element of surprise to WFMT’s annual on-air membership drive.

      9:00 pm - 12:00 am

      9:00 pm

      The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer

      All aboard The Midnight Special during the live and lively WFMT membership drive.