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Playlist for Saturday, August 22, 2026
12:00 - 7:00 am
12:00 am
Vine, Carl: "Slow Movement from Cembalo Concerto in F minor, BWV 1056"
Kremerata Baltica/Gidon Kremer
The Art of Instrumentation: Homage to Glenn Gould
12:05 am
Bach, Johann Sebastian: Violin Concerto in g (BWV 1056)
Europa Galante/Fabio Biondi, v
Bach: Concertos
12:15 am
Locatelli, Pietro: Violin Sonata in d, Op 6/12 (1737)
Fabio Biondi, v; Europa Galante
Italian Violin Sonatas
12:28 am
Geminiani, Francesco: "The Enchanted Forest"
Part 1: "Andante"
CBC Vancouver Orch/John Eliot Gardiner
Baroque Masterpieces
12:30 am
Kodály, Zoltán: Variations on a Hungarian Folksong, "The Peacock"
Vienna Phil/Sir Georg Solti
Enigma Variations, The Peacock, Paganini Variations
12:54 am
Anonymous 13th century, German: Glogauer Liederbuch
Pfauenschwanz (Peacock's Tail)
Folger Consort
Carmina Burana and other Spirited songs from the German Middle Ages
1:05 am
music continues...
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.
11:00 am
11:00 am
Introductions
A rebroadcast of a performance of the first movement of Ginastera's String Quartet No. 1 and Puccini's "Crisantemi" by Meraviglia Quartet (Elle Cho & Lauren Kim, violins; Emily Chen, viola; Lucy Wu, cello). The ensemble formed at the Music Institute of Chicago Academy and performed in the Levin Studio in 2024.
12:00 - 3:00 pm
12:00 pm
From Vienna State Opera
Verdi's Luisa Miller
Roberto Tagliavini (Graf von Walter); Freddie De Tommaso (Rodolfo); Daria Sushkova (Federica); Marko Mimica (Wurm); George Petean (Miller); Nadine Sierra (Luisa); Teresa Sales Rebordão (Laura); Vienna State Opera Chorus and Orchestra; Michele Mariotti, conductor. Sung in Italian.
4:00 pm
4:00 pm
Listening to Singers with Oliver Camacho
A preview of Lyric Opera of Chicago's 2026-27 season with music director Enrique Mazzola.
8:00 pm
8:00 pm
Folkstage hosted by Marilyn Rea Beyer
From the archives: Twenty years ago, Terri Hendrix performed on Folkstage. We revisit that concert. The spirited Texas songwriter and multi-instrumentalist recently released her 30-year retrospective, "Pen to Paper."
9:00 pm - 12:00 am
9:00 pm
The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer
Songs featuring “Little Boxes,” big circles, triangles, among other shapes and symbols commemorate Malvina Reynolds’ birth anniversary.






