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Playlist for Saturday, February 28, 2026
12:00 - 7:00 am
12:00 am
Haydn Wood: "Moods Suite"
No. 6, Waltz, "Joyousness"
Michael Stairs, p
12:05 am
Franz Joseph Haydn: Cello Concerto No. 2 in D, H VIIb:2 (Op. 101)
Wendy Warner, vc; Camerata Chicago/Drostan Hall
Haydn & Myslivecek Cello Concertos
12:31 am
John Ireland: "Songs of a Wayfarer"
#5, "I will walk on the earth"
Christopher Maltman, br; Graham Johnson, p
The Songs of John Ireland
12:33 am
Arnold Bax: "Lullaby" (1920)
Eric Parkin, p
Bax: Piano Music, Vol. 1
12:37 am
John Ireland: "A Downland Suite" (1932)
London Brass Virtuosi/David Honeyball
English Music for Brass
12:54 am
John Ireland: Song, "The Rat"
Lisa Milne, s; Graham Johnson, p
The Songs of John Ireland
1:00 am
William Walton: "Henry V" Suite
Guildhall String Ensemble/Robert Salter
English Music For Strings
1:05 am
William Walton: "The Battle of Britain" (1969)
March and Siegfried Music
London Phil/Carl Davis
1:11 am
Johann Sebastian Bach: "The Wise Virgins" Suite
Finale, "Praise be to God"
London Phil/Bryden Thomson
Walton: The Quest And The Wise Virgins Suite
1:56 am
music continues...
7:00 - 11:00 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.
11:00 am
11:00 am
Introductions
Jeffrey Wang, piano
Jeffrey Wang, a piano student of Soo Young Lee, performs music of Bach, Mozart, Ravel, and Chopin in WFMT’s Fay and Daniel Levin Performance Studio.
12:00 - 2:00 pm
12:00 pm
Metropolitan Opera
Berlioz's Les Troyens, Part 1
Shirley Verett (Cassandre); John Vickers (Énée); Louis Quilco (Chorèbe); Metropolitan Opera Cho & Orch/Rafael Kubelik. Sung in French. Recorded March 16, 1974. "Artist's Choice" chosen by Yannick Nézet-Séguin to spotlight Rafael Kubelik.
4:00 pm
4:00 pm
Listening to Singers with Oliver Camacho
Celebrate the career of a living legend, Leontyne Price (born February 10, 1927) with a special episode curated and co-hosted by Grammy Award-winning baritone Kenneth Overton.
8:00 pm
8:00 pm
Folkstage hosted by Marilyn Rea Beyer
From the archives: Jimmy Burns & The Delmark Records Allstars played a memorable set in 2023 to mark the 70th anniversary of Chicago’s longest-lived jazz and blues label.
9:00 pm - 12:00 am
9:00 pm
The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer
We “march” to a different drummer with songs that celebrate ways we perambulate.






