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Playlist for Saturday, August 29, 2026
12:00 - 7:00 am
12:00 am
Rutter, John: "Birthday Madrigals"
#2, "Draw on, sweet night"
Polyphony/Stephen Layton
Rutter: Requiem
12:05 am
Wilbye, John: Madrigal, "Draw on, sweet night"
Millar Brass Ensemble/Bruce C Briney
Millar Brass Ensemble
12:08 am
Martinu, Bohuslav: Three Madrigals
#2
Elmar Oliveira, v; Sandra Robbins, vi
The Extraordinary Artistry of Elmar Oliveira
12:15 am
Mangoré, Agustín Barrios: "Madrigal"
Berta Rojas, g
Intimate Barrios
12:19 am
Rodrigo, Joaquín: "Cuatro madrigales amatorios" (1948)
#3, "De dónde venis, amore?"
Victoria de los Angeles, s; Paris Cons Orch/Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos
12:20 am
Rodrigo, Joaquín: "Concierto madrigal" (1968)
Alfonso Moreno, Deborah Mariotti, g's; London Sym Orch/Enrique Bátiz
Concierto De Aranjuez/ A La Busca Del Mas Alla/ Zarabanda Lejana Y Villancico
12:53 am
Anonymous 16th century, Spanish: Madrigal, La tricotea
King's Singers, Consort Of Musicke/Anthony Rooley
N/A
1:00 am
Butterworth, George: "The Banks of Green Willow"
London Phil/Adrian Boult
Howells and Butterworth
1:05 am
Alvars, Elias Parish: Introduction, Cadenza and Rondo for harp
Judy Loman, h
Harp Showpieces
1:13 am
Chipp, Edmund Thomas: Twilight Fancies (1857)
#6 in F, Vintage Song
Ian Hobson, p
The London Piano School, Volume III- Early Victorian Masters
1:14 am
Dvorák, Antonín: Cello Concerto in b minor, Op. 104
Yo-Yo Ma, vc; New York Phil/Kurt Masur
Concertos From The New World
1:55 am
Bach, Johann Sebastian: Two-Part Inventions, BWV 772/786
No. 12 in A
Tatiana Nikolaeva, p
Bach: 15 Inventions and 15 Sinfoniae BWV 772 - 801
2:00 am
Bach, Johann Sebastian: Six Schübler Chorales, BWV 645-650
No. 1, "Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme (Sleepers Awake)"
BBC Phil/Leonard Slatkin
Bach: Transcriptions for Orchestra
2:05 am
Liszt, Franz: "Harmonies poétiques et religieuses" (1845-52)
No. 3, "Bénédiction de Dieu dans la solitude"
Stephen Hough, p
Mephisto Waltz, Rapsodie Espagnole, Bénédiction De Dieu Dans La Solitude
2:23 am
Bach, Johann Sebastian: Orchestra Suite No.2 in b minor, BWV 1067
III. Sarabande
Boston Early Music Soloists/William Malloch
Suites For Dancing
2:24 am
Dumanoir, Guillaume: Orchestra Suite in F/C
Le Concert des Nations/Jordi Savall
Suites d'Orchestre, 1650-1660
2:37 am
Larsson, Lars-Erik: "Barococo" Suite, Op 64
Unga Musiker/Sven Verde
Pastisch och Pastoral
2:54 am
Dumanoir, Guillaume: "Suite du Ballet de Stockholm"
"Marche"
Le Concert des Nations/Jordi Savall
Suites d'Orchestre, 1650-1660
3:00 am
Liszt, Franz: "La lugubre gondola" (1882)
Arnaldo Cohen, p
LISZT: Danse macabre / Totentanz / Nuages gris
3:04 am
Telemann, Georg Philipp: Two-Flute, Violin and Cello Concerto in D
Collegium Musicum 90/Simon Standage
Telemann: Overture Burlesque, Vol. 2
3:26 am
Bach, Johann Sebastian: French Suite No. 2 in c minor, BWV 813
Finale, "Gigue"
Gustav Leonhardt, clavichord
Gustav Leonhardt: Clavichord Recital
3:28 am
Chabrier, Emmanuel: "España" Rhapsody
London Sym Orch/Ataulfo Argenta
España
3:34 am
Debussy, Claude: "Images," Set 3, for Orchestra
"Ibéria"
French National Radio Orch/Leopold Stokowski
Great Conductors of the 20th Century: Leopold Stokowski
3:54 am
Mompou, Federico: "Impresiones intimas" (1911-14)
#6, "La barca"
Alicia de Larrocha, p
Spanish Encores
4:00 am
Grieg, Edvard: Lyric Pieces, Op. 62
No. 6, "Wedding Day at Troldhaugen"
Paula Robison, f; Samuel Sanders, p
Grieg & Andersen: Music for Flute and Piano
4:05 am
Ramsoe, Wilhelm: Brass Quartet #5, Op 38
Nothing But Valves
4:21 am
Sibelius, Jean: "Finlandia," Op. 26
Helsinki Phil/Paavo Berglund
Sibelius: Finlandia, Tapiola, Etc.
4:28 am
Grieg, Edvard: "Melodies of Norway"
"Iceland"
Einar Steen-Nokleberg, p
GRIEG: Pictures from Everyday Life / Ballade, Op. 24
4:29 am
Berwald, Franz: Symphony #2 in D, "Sinfonie capricieuse"
Royal Phil/Ulf Björlin
4:53 am
Quilter, Roger: Song, "Weep you no more"
Stephen Hough, p
The Piano Album
5:00 am
Weber, Carl Maria von: Adagio and Rondo in F
Lorne Monroe, vc; Philadelphia Orch/Eugene Ormandy
First Chair (Sold For The Benefit Of The Philadelphia Orchestra Pension Fund)
5:05 am
Weber, Carl Maria von: "Der Freischutz", Overture
Overture
Amsterdam Concertgebouw Orch/Herbert von Karajan
The First Recordings
5:15 am
Weber, Carl Maria von: "Jubel" Overture, Op 59
Leslie Howard, p
The Complete Liszt Piano Music
5:23 am
Liszt, Franz: "Mephisto Waltz" No. 1 "(Dance at the Village Inn)"
International Sym Orch/René Leibowitz
Richard Wagner Orchestral Music
5:33 am
Brahms, Johannes: Waltzes, Op 39
#15 in A-Flat
Güher, Süher Pekinel, p's
Discover Bach
5:35 am
Brahms, Johannes: Variations on A Theme of Schumann, Op 23
Silke-Thora Matthies, p; Christian Köhn, p
BRAHMS, J.: Four-Hand Piano Music, Vol. 1 (Matthies, Köhn)
5:54 am
Schumann, Robert: "Romanzen für Frauenstimmen", Op. 91
No. 2, "Jäger Wohlgemuth"
Stuttgart Radio Cho/Rupert Huber
Robert Schumann * Romanzen und Balladen für Chor
6:00 am
Duport, Jean-Pierre: Etude #8 in D
Antonio Meneses, vc
Capriccioso - Works For Solo Cello
6:05 am
Tournier, Marcel: "Au matin (Etude de concert)"
Maria Graf, h
Maria Graf: Recital
6:09 am
Ernst, Heinrich Wilhelm: Violin Etude #6, "The Last Rose of Summer"
Juliette Kang, v
6:18 am
Villa-Lobos, Heitor: Twelve Etudes for Guitar (1928)
No. 4, Poco Moderato
Wolfgang Lendle, g
Villa-Lobos: 12 Etudes, 5 Preludes
6:22 am
Debussy, Claude: "Études," Bk 1
#6, "Pour les huit doigts"
Peter Frankl, p
Works for Piano
6:23 am
Debussy, Claude: "Danses sacrée et profane"
Vanessa McKeand, h; English Chamber Orch/Edmon Colomer
6:33 am
Strauss, Richard: "Dance Suite After Couperin"
Six movements
Philharmonia/Artur Rodzinski
6:52 am
Couperin, François: Pièces de clavecin, Bk 2 (1716-7): 8e ordre
Gavotte
Constantin Lifschitz, p
7:00 - 9:00 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.
7:03 am
George Frideric Handel: Concerto grosso in G, Op. 3, No. 3
Handel & Haydn Society/Christopher Hogwood
Handel: Concerti Grossi, Op. 3
7:11 am
Manuel de Falla: "La vida breve"
Two Dances
Katia Labèque & Marielle Labèque, p's
¡España!
7:20 am
Johann Strauss II: Waltz, "Morgenblätter," Op. 279
Chicago Sym Orch/Fritz Reiner
Strauss Waltzes
7:29 am
Traditional Scottish: "Sitting in the Stern of a Boat"
Mindy Rosenfeld, f; Ronn McFarlane, l
Nine Notes that Shook the World
7:37 am
Ottorino Respighi: Ancient Airs and Dances for the Lute, Set 2
Australian Chamber Orch/Christopher Lyndon Gee
Respighi: Ancient Airs and Dances, The Birds
7:57 am
Leonard Cohen: "Hallelujah"
Gautier Capuçon, vc; Paris Chamber Orch/Adrien Perruchon
Emotions
8:00 am
Saturday Morning Listener's Choice
8:01 am
Meredith Willson: "The Music Man"
"Seventy-Six Trombones"
Boston Pops Orch/John Williams
John Williams Conductor
8:05 am
Stacy Garrop: "Romani Songs"
No. 4, "Song of the boundless soul"
Cavatina Duo; Brandon Vamos, vc
River of Fire
8:13 am
Henry Purcell: "The Fairy Queen"
Act 4 Instrumental Suite
Le Concert des Nations/Jordi Savall
Purcell: The Fairy Queen & The Prophetess - Orchestral Suites
8:22 am
Dolly Parton: "I Will Always Love You"
See Siang Wong, p
Piano Movie Lounge, Vol. 3
8:26 am
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Horn Concerto No. 3 in E-Flat, K. 447
I. "Allegro"
Dennis Brain, hn; Philharmonia Orch/Herbert von Karajan
Horn Concertos Nos.1-4 • Quintet In E Flat K.452
8:34 am
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Dance, Op. 5, No. 5
No. 5, Dance
Catalyst Quartet
Uncovered, Volume 1
8:40 am
Giacomo Puccini: "Tosca"
"Te Deum" (Act 1 Finale)
Tito Gobbi, br; La Scala Cho, Orch/Victor de Sabata
Tosca
8:46 am
Antonín Dvořák: "Czech Suite," Op. 39
Romance; Finale, Furiant
The Knights
WFMT: 70 Essential Years
8:56 am
Aram Khachaturian: "Gayaneh"
Sabre Dance
Vienna Phil/Constantin Silvestri
Classical Treasures - Prepared by Henry Fogel for WFMT
9:00 - 11:00 am
9:00 am
Soundtrack
9:00 am
Alfred Newman: 20th Century Fox Fanfare
London Phil Orch/John Mauceri
The Genius of Film Music
9:02 am
Trent Reznor; Atticus Ross: "Mank"
"Once More Unto the Breach"
Studio Orch
Mank (Original Musical Score)
9:04 am
Trent Reznor; Atticus Ross: "Mank"
"All This Time (Happily Ever After)"
Studio Orch
Mank (Original Musical Score)
9:09 am
Trent Reznor; Atticus Ross; Edvard Grieg: "The Social Network"
"In the Hall of the Mountain King"
Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross, prod
The Social Network (Original Film Soundtrack)
9:12 am
Jason Hill: "Mindhunter"
"Welcome to Nowhere"
Jason Hill, prod
Mindhunter (A Netflix Original Series Soundtrack)
9:17 am
Alexandre Desplat: "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"
Suite
Olga Amelchenko, sx; Orchestre de Paris/Alexandre Desplat
Paris - Hollywood
9:27 am
David Shire: "Zodiac"
"Aftermaths"
David Shire, p; Studio Orch/David Shire
Zodiac (Original Motion Picture Score)
9:31 am
David Shire: "Zodiac"
"Closer & Closer"
David Shire, p; Studio Orch/David Shire
Zodiac (Original Motion Picture Score)
9:35 am
Howard Shore: "Seven"
"The Last Seven Days"
Studio Orch/Lucas Richman
Seven: Complete Original Score (Collector's Edition)
9:38 am
Howard Shore: "Seven"
"Wrath"
Studio Orch/Lucas Richman
Seven: Complete Original Score (Collector's Edition)
9:44 am
Elliot Goldenthal: "Alien 3"
Lento
Matthew Munro, treble; Royal Scottish Nat'l Orch/Cliff Eidelman
The Alien Trilogy (Original Scores)
9:50 am
Elliot Goldenthal: "Alien 3"
Adagio
Royal Scottish National Orch/Cliff Eidelman
The Alien Trilogy (Original Scores)
9:55 am
Sting (Gordon Sumner): "Englishman in New York"
Philharmonix
Vienna Berlin Music Club, Vol. 1
10:01 am
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 12 in A, K. 414
III. Finale, "Allegretto"
Mitsuko Uchida, p; English Chamber Orch/Jeffrey Tate
Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos 11 & 12
10:08 am
Maurice Greene: Overture No. 6 in E-flat
Baroque Band/Garry Clarke
Greene: Overtures
10:17 am
Sofiane Pamart: "Chicago"
Sofiane Pamart, p
Planet Gold
10:22 am
Shawn E. Okpebholo: "city beautiful"
Lincoln Trio
Trios from Contemporary Chicago
10:35 am
Ottorino Respighi: "The Pines of Rome"
London Phil Orch/Carlo Rizzi
Respighi: Pini Di Roma, Fontane Di Roma, Feste Romane / Carlo Rizzi
11:00 am
11:00 am
Introductions
17-year-old flutist Evangeline Selking and pianist Dr. Katherine Petersen perform the third movement (Allegro scherzando) of Jacques Ibert's Flute Concerto and the Introduction and Fifth Variation of Franz Schubert's Introduction and Variations on "Trockne Blumen," D. 802. Recorded in August 2026 in the Levin Performance Studio.
11:15 am
music continues...
12:00 - 3:00 pm
12:00 pm
From Vienna State Opera
Strauss II's Die Fledermaus
Jonas Kaufmann (Gabriel von Eisenstein); Diana Damrau (Rosalinde); Jochen Schmeckenbecher (Frank); Daria Sushkova (Prinz Orlofsky); Jörg Schneider (Alfred); Adrian Eröd (Dr. Falke); Lukas Schmidt (Dr. Blind); Ilia Staple (Adele); Hannah-Theres Weigl (Ida); Michael Niavarani (Frosch); Vienna State Opera Chorus and Orchestra; Markus Poschner, conductor. Sung in German.
4:00 pm
4:00 pm
Listening to Singers with Oliver Camacho
A Fall Choral Preview highlighting a wealth of upcoming performances across Chicagoland.
8:00 pm
8:00 pm
Folkstage hosted by Marilyn Rea Beyer
From the archives: Highlights from the 35th annual Fox Valley Festival preview show with David Massengill, Tracy Grammer, the Sanctified Grumblers and others.
9:00 pm - 12:00 am
9:00 pm
The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer
The end of summer approaches in a wave of nostalgia and music that looks forward to change.
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