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Playlist for Sunday, November 16, 2025
12:00 - 6:00 am
12:00 am
Charles Gounod: "Funeral March of a Marionette"
Jan Kraybill, o
The Orchestral Organ
12:05 am
Charles Gounod: "Faust"
Waltz
Detroit Sym Orch/Paul Paray
French Opera Highlights
12:10 am
Franz Liszt: "Mephisto Waltz" No. 1 "(Dance at the Village Inn)"
Susan Chan, p
East West Encounter
12:21 am
Richard Wagner: "A Faust Overture"
London Phil/Adrian Boult
12:33 am
Carl Maria von Weber: Ten German Dances, Op 4
#5
Eva Schieferstein, p
Weber: Schieferstein - Valses favorites pour l'impératrice
12:34 am
Franz Danzi: Sinfonia Concertante in B-Flat, Op 41
Demarre McGill, f; Anthony McGill, cl; Chicago Youth Sym/Allen Tinkham
Winged Creatures
12:55 am
Peter Cornelius: Duet, "Am Meer"
#2, "Brennende Liebe"
Edith Mathis, s; Hidemori Komatsu, br; Cord Garben, p
Romantic Duets
1:00 am
Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov: "The Tale of Tsar Saltan" Suite, Op. 57
"The Tsarina in a barrel at sea"
Armenian Phil/Loris Tjeknavorian
Rimsky Korsakov: Suites
1:05 am
Vasili Kalinnikov: "Tsar Boris"
Overture
Budapest Sym/Antal Jancsovics
KALINNIKOV : Tsar Boris
1:17 am
Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov: "The Tsar's Bride," Op. 57
Overture
Philharmonia Orch/Yondani Butt
Rimsky Korsakov: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2
1:24 am
Anatol Liadov: Fanfare #2
Mexico City Phil/Enrique Bàtiz
The Enchanted Lake & Other Orchestral Works
1:24 am
Anatol Liadov: Fanfare #3
Mexico City Phil/Enrique Bàtiz
The Enchanted Lake & Other Orchestral Works
1:25 am
Heitor Villa-Lobos: Concerto for Guitar & Small Orchestra (1951
Alfonso Moreno, g; Mexico City Phil/Enrique Bátiz
Villa-Lobos
1:43 am
Antonio Vivaldi: Two-Violin Concerto in a, R 522 (Op 3/8)
Harp Consort/Andrew Lawrence-King, arpa doppia
1:54 am
Domenico Scarlatti: Clavier Sonata in f, Kk 185/184
Hédi Salànki, hc
2:00 am
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concert Aria, "Io ti lascio, oh cara, addio," K. Anh 245
Vesselina Kasarova, ms; Dresden Staatskapelle/Sir Colin Davis
Mozart: Arias
2:05 am
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata #6 in F, Op 10/2
Dirk Herten, p
Beethoven Piano Sonatas
2:21 am
Franz Joseph Haydn: Secular Canons, H XXVIIb:1-46
No. 13, "Phöbus und sein Sohn"
Györ Girls' Cho/Miklos Szabo
2:23 am
Robert Schumann: Piano Concerto in a minor, Op. 54
Maria-Joao Pires, p; Chamber Orch of Europe/Claudio Abbado
Piano Concerto • Piano Quintet
2:54 am
Henry Balfour Gardiner: Five Pieces
#1
Michael Stairs, p
Oh, Dear!
3:00 am
Gustav Holst: "The Planets," Op. 32
"Neptune, the Mystic"
London Sym Cho and Orch/Gustav Holst
Enigma Variations / The Planets
3:05 am
Aaron Copland: "Fanfare for the Common Man"
London Symphony Orchestra/Aaron Copland
Copland Conducts Copland: Fanfare for the Common Man, Appalachian Spring, Rodeo, Old American Songs
3:08 am
Igor Stravinsky: "L'histoire du soldat"
Suite for violin, clarinet and piano (1919)
Jazz Ensemble/Igor Stravinsky
Stravinsky Conducts Stravinsky - The Mono Years 1952- 1955
3:33 am
Darius Milhaud: "Saudades do Brasil," Op. 67
No. 1, "Sorocaba"
Orch/Darius Milhaud
3:35 am
Johann Sebastian Bach: Violin Concerto No.2 in E, BWV 1042
Alberto Lysy, v; Camerata Lysy Gstaad/Yehudi Menuhin
Bach: Violin Concertos, Violin Sonatas
3:54 am
Johann Sebastian Bach: Two-Part Inventions, BWV 772/786
No. 12 in A
Dave Camwell, sx; Stephen Page, sx
Dave Camwell * Bach-Centric
4:00 am
Claude Debussy: "Préludes," Book 2
VII. "La terrasse des audiences du clair de lune"
Pascal Rogé, p
Preludes
4:05 am
Claude Debussy: "Préludes," Book 2
V. "Bruyères"
Philharmonia Orch/Geoffrey Simon
4:08 am
Johann Sebastian Bach: "Das Orgelbüchlein," BWV 599/644
"O Mensch, bewein' dein' Sünde gross" BWV 622
Michigan State Sym Band/Keith Brion
MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY SYMPHONIC BAND: To the Fore! - Percy Grainger's Great Symphonic Band Music
4:12 am
George Gershwin: Song, "The Man I Love"
Richard Glazier, p
Remembrance and Discovery
4:15 am
George Gershwin: George Gershwin's Song Book (1932)
"I'll Build a Stairway to Paradise"
Royal Phil/Andrew Litton
Gershwin: The Songbook, Rhapsody in Blue, Who Cares?
4:17 am
George Gershwin: "Catfish Row" (Suite from "Porgy and Bess)
Chicago Sym
Gershwin: Rhapsody In Blue, An American in Paris, Porgy and Bess Suite, Cuban Overture
4:40 am
Antonio Vivaldi: Violin Concerto in e, R 273
Giuliano Carmignola, v; Venice Baroque Orch/Andrea Marcon
Vivaldi: Late Violin Concertos
4:53 am
Antonio Vivaldi: Violin Concerto in D, R 226
2nd mvt, "Largo"
Pieter Wispelwey, vc; Florilegium Baroque Ensemble
Vivaldi Concerti
5:00 am
Samuel Barber: "Ballade," Op. 46
Steven De Groote, p
Van Cliburn Competition Vol. 2
5:05 am
Samuel Barber: Symphony No. 1, Op. 9
Atlanta Sym Orch/Robert Spano
Rainbow Body - Barber, Copland, Higdon, Theofanidis
5:25 am
Samuel Barber: "Mélodies passagères," Op. 27
No. 1, "Puisque tout passe"
Thomas Hampson, br; John Browning, p
Complete Songs Of Samuel Barber (Secrets Of The Old)
5:26 am
Ludwig van Beethoven: Horn Sonata in F, Op 17
Pieter Wispelwey, vc; Lois Shapiro, forte-p
Variations for Violoncello and Pianoforte
5:40 am
Giovanni Punto: Horn Concerto #6 in E-Flat
Barry Tuckwell, fh; St Martin's Academy/Sir Neville Marriner
5:54 am
Malcolm Arnold: Three Shanties, Op 4
#2
Barry Tuckwell Wind Quintet
The Barry Tuckwell Wind Quintet: Barber, Milhaud, Arnold, Ligeti, Ibert
6:00 am
6:00 am
With Heart and Voice
"Birthdays." Host Peter DeBois explores music of several composers of sacred choral and organ music celebrating birthdays in November, including William Mathias, Aaron Copland, Benjamin Britten, Emma Lou Diemer, and several others.
6:58 am
Sergei Rachmaninoff: Song, "Zdes' khorosho (It's Peaceful Here)," Op. 21, No. 7
John-Henry Crawford, vc; Victor Santiago Asuncion, p
Voice of Rachmaninoff
7:00 am - 12:00 pm
7:00 am
Weekend Mornings
7:00 am
Hosted by Jan Weller.
7:01 am
Peter Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D, Op. 35
II. Canzonetta, "Andante"
Jennifer Koh, v; Odense Sym Orch/Alexander Vedernikov
Tchaikovsky: Complete Works for Violin & Orchestra
7:10 am
Ren Guang: "Colourful Clouds Chasing the Moon"
Yundi Li, p
Yundi: The Red Piano
7:13 am
Marjan Mozetich: "Postcards from the Sky" (1997)
"Unfolding Sky"
La Pietà/Angèle Dubeau
Blanc
7:19 am
George Whitefield Chadwick: "Suite symphonique"
Czech State Phil/José Serebrier
Chadwick / Aphrodite / Serebrier
7:57 am
Fats Waller: "Alligator Crawl"
Canadian Brass
More Greatest Hits
8:00 am
Antonín Dvořák: "Humoresque" in G-Flat, Op. 101, No. 7
James Oesi, db; Djuwa Mroivili, p
Adoration
8:03 am
Ewan MacColl: "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face"
James Oesi, db; Djuwa Mroivili, p
Adoration
8:07 am
Jacques Ibert: "Concertino da camera"
Branford Marsalis, sx; Orpheus Chamber Orch
Creation
8:23 am
Ludwig van Beethoven: Bagatelle in A minor, "Für Elise," WoO 59
Vladimir Ashkenazy, p
Vladimir Ashkenazy / various - The art of Ashkenazy
8:27 am
Jennifer Higdon: "Blue Cathedral"
Atlanta Sym Orch/Robert Spano
Rainbow Body
8:41 am
Leonard Bernstein: "Peter Pan"
"Dream With Me"
Zuill Bailey, vc; Lara Downes, p
Some Other Time
8:45 am
Joe Hisaishi: "Howl's Moving Castle"
Symphonic variation on "Merry-Go-Round Of Life;" "Cave of Mind"
Phil Cobb, tr; Royal Phil Orch/Joe Hisaishi
Joe Hisaishi: A Symphonic Celebration
8:57 am
Jaco Pastorius: "Portrait of Tracy"
Evan Ziporyn, cl's
Pop Channel
9:01 am
Orlando Gibbons: "The Silver Swan"
La Caccina
Becoming
9:02 am
Orlando Gibbons: "This Is the Record of John"
Aurora Orch/Nicholas Collon
Seeing Is Believing
9:09 am
Antonio Giuliani: Two-Mandolin Concerto in E
Ugo Orlandi & Dorina Frati, m's; I Solisti Veneti/Claudio Scimone
Concerti per mandolini
9:26 am
Francesco Tristano: "On Bull Galliard in D"
Francesco Tristano, p
On Early Music
9:31 am
George Frideric Handel: "Water Music" Suite No. 1 in F
BBC Phil/Matthias Bamert
Stokowski's Symphonic Baroque
9:52 am
Martin Berteau: "Sonata a tre" in E minor, Op. 1, No. 6
UnderStories Ensemble
A French Odyssey
10:01 am
Leo Ornstein: "A Morning in the Woods"
Janice Weber, p
Explore America
10:08 am
Traditional Irish: "She Moved Through the Fair"
The King's Singers
Close Harmony
10:13 am
Joseph Bologne (Chevalier de Saint-Georges): "Symphonie concertante" in G, Op. 13
Miriam Fried & Jaime Laredo, v's; London Sym/Paul Freeman
Black Composers Series 1974-1978, Vol. 1
10:31 am
Jay Ungar: "The Harvest Home Suite"
Overture (Fertility Theme)
Jay Ungar, v; Molly Mason, g; Nashville Chamber Orch/Paul Gambill
Harvest Home: Music for All Seasons
10:35 am
Jay Ungar: "The Harvest Home Suite"
"Autumn (Thanksgiving Hymn)"
Jay Ungar, v; Molly Mason, g; Nashville Chamber Orch/Paul Gambill
Harvest Home: Music for All Seasons
10:40 am
Johann Sebastian Bach: "The Art of Fugue," BWV 1080
Rectus & Inversus
Yo-Yo Ma, vc; Chris Thile, man; Edgar Meyer, db
Bach Trios
10:50 am
Johannes Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-Flat, Op. 83
IV. Finale, "Allegretto grazioso"
Van Cliburn, p; Chicago Sym Orch/Fritz Reiner
Cliburn - Brahms Concerto No. 2, Intermezzi
11:00 am
Dmitri Shostakovich: Jazz Suite No. 1
Royal Concertgebouw Orch/Riccardo Chailly
Shostakovich: The Jazz Album
11:09 am
Igor Stravinsky: "Tango"
Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
Los Angeles Guitar Quartet Recital
11:15 am
Dani Howard: Trombone Concerto
III. "Illumination"
Peter Moore, tb; Royal Liverpool Phil Orch/Michael Seal
Dani Howard Orchestral Works
11:20 am
Stephen Sondheim: "Sunday in the Park with George"
"Color and Light"
Anthony de Mare, p
Liaisons: Re-imagining Sondheim from the Piano
11:28 am
Leonard Bernstein: "West Side Story"
Prologue, "Jet Song, Something, Dance at the Gym, Maria, America"
Katia Labèque & Marielle Labèque, p's; G Grau & R Séguinier, per
Raphaël Séguinier, percussion,
Rhapsody in Blue, West Side Story
11:50 am
Carter Pann: "Slalom"
Cincinnati Sym Orch/Paavo Järvi
American Portraits
12:00 pm
12:00 pm
Anthony Ritchie: "Underwater Music," Op. 57
New Zealand Sym Orch/Hamish McKeich
Anthony Ritchie: Symphony No. 6, Underwater Music
12:14 pm
Robert Schumann: Violin Sonata No. 1 in A minor, Op. 105
Joshua Brown, v; Paolo Giacometti, p
Robert Schumann: Violin Sonatas No. 1 & 2; Fantasy, Op. 131
12:32 pm
Pablo de Sarasate: "Carmen" Fantasy, Op. 25 (after Bizet)
Augustin Hadelich, v; West German Radio Sym Orch/Cristian Măcelaru
Recuerdos
12:47 pm
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Minuet in D, K. 355/576b
Dejan Lazić, p
Retrospection
12:49 pm
Dora Pejačević: Minuet, Op. 18
Vienna Bohème Quartet
Bravourissimo
12:53 pm
Antonio Vivaldi: Two-Oboe Concerto in A minor, R. 536
Rachel Chaplin & Mark Baigent, ob's; La Serenissima/Adrian Chandler
Vivaldi x2
1:00 - 6:00 pm
1:00 pm
The Music of The American Revolution
A Preview of the PBS Documentary Film
Directors Ken Burns and Sarah Botstein join WFMT to discuss the impoortance of music in their new film, and to the give a taste of the broad range of sounds and colors that help bring the film to life. The American Revolution, A Film By Ken Burns, Sarah Botstein, and David Schmidt premieres November 16 on WTTW. Visit wfmt.com for an extended version of this compelling conversation.
1:03 pm
Hosted by Robbie Ellis.
1:04 pm
Paul Hindemith: Flute Sonata
Wolfgang Schulz, f; Ferenc Bognár, p
Hindemith: Kleine Kammermusik, Op. 24, No. 2; Sonaten für Bläser
1:05 pm
Music for the Afternoon
1:20 pm
Sergei Bortkiewicz: Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat major, Op. 16
Anna Shelest, p; Estonian National Sym Orch/Neeme Järvi
A Romantic from Kharkiv: Music of Sergei Bortkiewicz
1:52 pm
Oscar Roberto Casares: "Concierto Sefaradi"
Quintetto Italiano
Oscar Roberto Casares: Concierto Sefaradi
2:32 pm
music continues...
6:00 - 8:00 pm
6:00 pm
Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcasts
Wagner "Lohengrin" Prelude; Strauss "Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks," Op. 28; Bruckner Symphony No. 8 in C Minor; Daniel Barenboim, conductor.
8:00 pm
8:00 pm
Fiesta! with Elbio Barilari
A Lost Baroque Opera Domenico Zipoli was one of the most remarkable Italian baroque composers. In 1717, he migrated to South America, where he contributed some of the most important music written on this side of the Atlantic. Elbio presents his 'lost' opera "San Ignacio de Loyola," rediscovered in the 1990s.
9:00 - 11:00 pm
9:00 pm
Collectors' Corner with Henry Fogel
The Art of Constantin Silvestri
Great performances of Respighi "Pines of Rome;" Enescu Concert Overture; Rimsky-Korsakov "Scheherazade;" and Shostakovich Symphony No. 8, conducted by Romanian conductor and composer Constantin Silvestri.
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