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      Playlist for Saturday, December 27, 2025

      Playing this hour

      12:00 - 7:00 am

      12:00 am

      Michelangelo Rossi: Toccata #2 in a

      Ilona Prunyi, p
      BARTOK : Piano Transcriptions

      Marco Polo 8.223663

      12:05 am

      Béla Bartók: Piano Concerto No. 3

      Keith Jarrett, p; New Japan Phil Orch/Kazuyoshi Akiyama
      SAMUEL BARBER: PIANO CONCERTO OP. 38 / BÉLA BARTÓK: PIANO CONCERTO NO. 3 / KEITH JARRETT: TOKYO ENCORE

      ECM 2445

      12:29 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: "Well-Tempered Clavier," Book 1, BWV 846/69

      Prelude No. 16 in g minor

      Keith Jarrett, p
      Bach: Well-Tempered Clavier Book 1

      ECM 1362/3 (2)

      12:31 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: French Suite No. 1 in d minor, BWV 812

      Keith Jarrett, hc
      Bach: The French Suites

      ECM 1513/14 (2)

      12:48 am

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

      Sinfonia

      London Sym Orch/Leopold Stokowski
      Leopold Stokowski: The Stereo Collection, 1954-1975

      RCA 62605-2

      12:54 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata No. 199, "Mein Herze schwimmt im Blut" (My heart swims in blood)

      Chorale, "How Joyful is My Heart"

      Bach Collegium Japan/Masaaki Suzuki
      Cantatas Vol.4

      BIS CD-801

      1:00 am

      Edward Elgar: Romance, Op 62

      Eugene Dowling, tuba; London Sym Orch/Paul Freeman

      Pro Arte TBCDD-595

      1:05 am

      Arnold Bax: Piano Trio in B-Flat (1946)

      Pirasti Trio
      Piano Trios

      ASV CDDCA-925

      1:28 am

      Edward Elgar: "Chanson de Nuit," Op 15/1

      Royal Albert Hall Orch/Edward Elgar

      EMI/Ang CDS7-54564-2 (3)

      1:32 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Serenade No. 13 in G, K. 525, "Eine kleine Nachtmusik" (“A Little Night Music”)

      III. Minuet

      Virtuosi di Praga/Julius Rudel
      Symphony no. 35 in D major, "Haffner" / Symphony no. 40 in G minor / Eine kleine Nachtmusik

      Musicmasters 67141-2

      1:34 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 34 in C, K. 338

      Vienna Phil

      DG 419189-2

      1:54 am

      Paul Hindemith: "Reihe kleiner Stücke," Op 37/2

      Trio III

      Hans Petermandl, p
      HINDEMITH : Piano Works Vol. 2

      Marco Polo 8.223336

      2:00 am

      Domenico Scarlatti: Clavier Sonata in E, Kk 380 (L 23)

      Yuja Wang, p
      Yuja Wang: Transformation

      DG B0014108-02

      2:05 am

      Antonio Vivaldi: Violin and Oboe Concerto in B-Flat, R 579, "Concerto funebre"

      The King's Consort/Robert King
      Vivaldi: Concerti Con Molti Istromenti

      Hyperion CDA-67073

      2:11 am

      Arthur Bliss: Viola Sonata (1933)

      Doris Lederer, vi; Bruce Murray, p
      The Passion Of Bliss, Bowen And Bridge

      Centaur CRC-2692

      2:38 am

      William Walton: "The First Shoot" (1935)

      1st mvt

      London Collegiate Brass/James Stobart
      The First Shoot - Festal Brass With Blues - Russian Funeral - A Downland Suite

      CRD 3444

      2:39 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Cassation in G, Hob II:G1

      Linde Consort/Hans-Martin Linde

      EMI/Ang CDC7-47941-2

      2:54 am

      Charles Villiers Stanford: 24 Preludes, Set II, Op 179

      #35 in F

      Peter Jacobs, p
      Stanford: Piano Music- 24 Preludes and 3 Rhapsodies

      Olympia OCD-638

      3:00 am

      Ferde Grofé: "Grand Canyon Suite"

      "Sunset"

      New York Phil/Leonard Bernstein
      Copland: El Salon Mexico/ Grofé: Grand Canyon Suite

      Sony SMK-47544

      3:05 am

      Prosper van Eechaute: Night Poem (1963)

      Jeffrey Powers, fh, Vincent de Vries, p
      In a Lyrical Way: Music for Horn and Piano by Flemish Masters

      Borèalis en Salon: 19th Century French Music for Winds MS-1266

      3:12 am

      Maurice Ravel: "Miroirs"

      "Alborada del gracioso"

      City of Birmingham Sym Orch/Sir Simon Rattle
      Ravel: Sheherazade/ Ma Mere L'Oye/ La Valse/ Alborada del Gracioso/ La Vallee des Cloches

      EMI/Ang CDC7-54204-2

      3:20 am

      Thomas Arne: "The Morning"

      "The glittering sun"

      Emma Kirkby, s; Hanover Band/Roy Goodman
      The Essential Hyperion

      Hyperion HYP-12

      3:22 am

      Antonin Dvorák: "The Noon Witch," Op 108

      Bavarian Radio Sym/Rafael Kubelik
      Slavonic Dances Opp. 46 & 72

      DG 435074-2 (2)

      3:35 am

      Ned Rorem: "A Quiet Afternoon" (1948)

      Sahan Arzruni, p
      Childhood Memories: Music for Younger Pianists

      New World 80590-2

      3:45 am

      Antonio Vivaldi: Flute Concerto in G, Op. 10, No. 2, R. 439, "La Notte"

      Jean-Pierre Rampal, f; I Solisti Veneti/Claudio Scimone
      Vivaldi: Concerti

      Erato 45401-2

      3:54 am

      Franz Schubert: Song, "Wandrers Nachtlied," D 224

      Janet Baker, ms; Graham Johnson, p
      The Hyperion Schubert Edition, Volume 1

      Hyperion CDJ-33001

      4:00 am

      Richard Wagner: "Der fliegende Holländer"

      Senta's Ballad

      David Allen Wehr, p
      Liszt: Transcriptions From Wagner

      Connoisseur CD-4199

      4:05 am

      Richard Wagner: "Rienzi"

      Overture

      London Sym Orch/Barry Tuckwell
      Wagner Overtures

      MCA Classics MCAD-25968

      4:17 am

      Zdenek Fibich: "Moods, Impressions and Reminiscences"

      #281 in d

      Radoslav Kvapil, p
      Anthology of Czech Piano Works, Vol. 5: Zdenek Fibich

      Unicorn-Kanchana DKPCD-9149

      4:18 am

      Zdenek Fibich: Quintet in D, Op 42

      Ensemble Villa Musica
      Fibich: Piano Quartet

      MD+G Recordings 3040775-2

      4:56 am

      music continues...

      7:00 - 11:00 am

      7:00 am

      Weekend Mornings

      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

      Chamber music for strings by Haydn, Mendelssohn, Debussy, Beethoven, Casarrubios, Dohnányi, Brahms & Shostakovich. Performed by the Spizella Quartet (Merit School of Music); and the Luscinia Trio and Vermilion String Quartet (Music Institute of Chicago Academy).

      12:00 - 2:00 pm

      12:00 pm

      Metropolitan Opera

      Handel at the Met

      A celebration of Handel at the holidays, with excerpts from Met performances, in honor of the 300th anniversary of Rodelinda.

      2:00 - 4:00 pm

      2:00 pm

      The New York Philharmonic This Week

      A "Winter Holiday" of music by Strauss II, Mozart, Grieg, Vivaldi, Vaughan-Williams, Poulenc, Prokofiev, Tchaikovsky, Mahler, Offenbach, Humperdinck, and more.

      4:00 pm

      4:00 pm

      Listening to Singers with Oliver Camacho

      2025 In Memoriam

      Remembering the artists we lost in 2025 including Roberta Alexander, Stuart Burrows, Edith Mathis, John Nelson, Roger Norrington, Paul Plishka, David Rendall, and Benita Valente.

      5:00 - 7:00 pm

      5:00 pm

      The WFMT Orchestra Series

      Los Angeles Philharmonic

      Brahms Violin Concerto; Leonidas Kavakos, violin; Symphony No. 2; Zubin Mehta, conductor.

      7:00 pm

      7:00 pm

      The Film Score with Michael Phillips

      Music for the Winter Holidays

      Chicago Tribune film critic Michael Phillips presents music from holiday favorites and other wintry classics.

      8:00 pm

      8:00 pm

      Folkstage hosted by Marilyn Rea Beyer

      Live from the Levin Performance Studio: It’s New Year’s Steve – III with another first for Folkstage. Sons of the Never Wrong and friends present Bruce Roper’s musical based on Steve Goodman songs, "Words We Can Dance To," as a radio play. Romance ensues in a typical Chicago corner bar.

      9:00 pm - 12:00 am

      9:00 pm

      The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer

      Celebrate responsibly with folk music for the end of the year. Toast the coming year a couple of new versions of “Auld Lang Syne.”