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Playlist for Friday, October 16, 2026
12:00 - 6:00 am
12:00 am
Paganini, Niccolo: 24 Caprices for Solo Violin, Op 1
#24 in a
Marina Piccinini, f
Paganini: Caprices for solo violin, Op. 1 Nos. 1-24
12:05 am
Paganini, Niccolo: "Andantino variato"
Andrés Segovia, g
The Segovia Collection Vol. 9: The Romantic Guitar
12:13 am
Ponce, Manuel: "Chapultepec" (1929)
Mexico State Sym Orch/Enrique Bátiz
Musica Mexicana, Vol. 6
12:27 am
Handel, George Frideric: Cantata, "Aure soavi e liete"
Aria, "Un'aura flebile"
Stephanie True, s; Contrasto Armonico/Marco Vitale
Italian Cantatas
12:29 am
Brahms, Johannes: Variations & Fugue on a Theme by Handel, Op.24
Murray Perahia, p
Murray Perahia * Brahms * Handel Variations * Rhapsodies * Piano Pieces
12:55 am
Reinecke, Carl: "Die wilde Schwäne," Op. 164
Chorus, "Hierher Brüder"
Schwanen- Ensemble/Peter Kreutz
Die wilde Schwäne
1:00 am
Mussorgsky, Modest: "Khovanshchina"
Act 1 Prelude, "Dawn on the Moskva River"
New York Phil/Leonard Bernstein
Polovetsian Dances, Favorite Russian Spectaculars
1:05 am
Glazunov, Alexander: Symphony #4 in E-Flat, Op 48
Royal Scottish National Orch/José Serebrier
Glazunov * Symphonies 4 & 7
1:39 am
Rimsky-Korsakov, Nicolai: "The Tale of Tsar Saltan" (1899-1900)
"Flight of the Bumblebee"
James Galway, f; National Phil/Charles Gerhardt
1:40 am
Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel: "24 Variation on the Song: 'Ich schlief, da träumte mir'," Wq 118
Ana-Marija Markovina, p
CPE Bach Edition
1:54 am
Bach, Johann Sebastian: Cantata No. 117, "Sei Lob und Ehr dem höchsten Gut"
Chorale: "Es ist das Heil uns kommen her"
Chamber Cho of Europe/Nicol Matt
Bach Edition: Complete Works
2:00 am
Tchaikovsky, Peter: "Sleeping Beauty", Op. 66
"Bluebird" pas de deux
Scottish National Orch/Neeme Järvi
Le Baiser De La Fee (The Fairy's Kiss)
2:05 am
Stravinsky, Igor: "Le Baiser de la fée"
Divertimento
Orch de Paris/Semyon Bychkov
Petrouchka / Divertimento "La Baiser De La Fée"
2:30 am
Tchaikovsky, Peter: "Swan Lake," Op. 20
Act II, Dance of the Little Swans
National Phil/Richard Bonynge
Weekend Classics: Ballet Weekend
2:31 am
Stojanovska, Natasha: "Phantasy No. 2"
Natasha Stojanovska, p
2:39 am
Bridge, Frank: Phantasie Trio in c (1907)
Bernard Roberts Piano Trio
2:55 am
Vaughan Williams, Ralph: "Suite de ballet" (1913)
"Passepied"
Nash Ensemble
Ralph Vaughan Williams * The Early Chamber Music * The Nash Ensemble
3:00 am
Ravel, Maurice: "Miroirs"
"Alborada del gracioso"
Leon Fleisher, p
Debussy & Ravel * Leon Fleisher
3:05 am
Poulenc, Francis: "Aubade" (1929)
City of London Sinfonia/Richard Hickox
Poulenc Concertos
3:26 am
Massenet, Jules: "Le Cid"
"Aubade"
St Martin's Academy/Neville Marriner
Massenet: Ballet Suites
3:28 am
Suppé, Franz von: "Morning, Noon and Night in Vienna"
Overture
Vienna Phil/Sir John Eliot Gardiner
Vienna Soiree
3:36 am
Beethoven, Ludwig van: 12 German Dances, WoO 8
Capella Istropolitana/Oliver Dohnanyi
BEETHOVEN, L. van: 11 Dances, "Mödlinger Tänze" / 12 German Dances / 12 Minuets (Capella Istropolitana, Dohnányi)
3:54 am
Schumann, Robert: "Album für die Jugend," Op. 68
"Melodie"
Pepe Romero, g
4:00 am
Translateur, Siegfried: Only the One Who Knows the Longing
Salon Orch
Classic Cafehaus Music
4:05 am
Tchaikovsky, Peter: Six Songs, Op. 6
#6, "None But the Lonely Heart"
Daniel Lozakovich, v; Stanislav Soloviev, p
Tchaikovsky
4:08 am
Schubert, Franz: "Mignon und der Harfner (Nur wer die Sehnsucht kennt)," D 877/1
"Nur wer die Sehnsucht kennt"
Mischa Maisky, vc; Daria Hovora, p
Songs Without Words
4:11 am
Beethoven, Ludwig van: Song, "Nur wer die Sehnsucht kennt," WoO 13
Elisabeth Breuer, s; Bernadette Bartos, p
Beethoven: Complete Edition
4:13 am
Thomas, Ambroise: "Mignon" (1866)
Overture
Boston Sym Orch/Seiji Ozawa
Gaîté Parisienne / Faust / España / Mignon
4:21 am
Gliere, Reinhold: "The Red Poppy"
Act III
St Petersburg State Sym/Andre Anichanov
GLIERE: Red Poppy (The) (Complete Ballet)
4:54 am
Prokofiev, Serge: "Cinderella," Op. 87
"Off to the Ball"
West German Radio Orch/Mikhail Jurowski
Cinderella
5:00 am
Schubert, Franz: "Ellens Gesang" III: "Ave Maria," D 839
Jascha Heifetz, v; Emanuel Bay, p
Schubert: Quintet, Trio; Bach
5:05 am
Bloch, Ernest: Violin Sonata No. 2, "Poème mystique"
Jascha Heifetz, v; Brooks Smith, p
The Heifetz Collection, Volume 8: 1950-1955
5:24 am
Bloch, Ernest: "Four Circus Pieces"
"The Homliest Woman"
Istvan Kassai, p
BLOCH Complete Piano Works Vol. 1
5:25 am
Clarke, Herbert: "Cousins"
Hickman, cornet; Lawrence, tb; American Serenade Band/Smith
Golden Age Of Brass Vol. 1
5:30 am
Haydn, Franz Joseph: Horn Concerto No. 4 in D, H VIId:4
Dale Clevenger, fh; Franz Liszt Chamber Orch/Janos Rolla
Horn Concertos
5:46 am
Telemann, Georg Philipp: Trumpet Concerto in c
Maurice André, tr; Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields/Neville Marriner
5:54 am
Telemann, Georg: "Heldenmusik"
"L'armement"
David Hickman, tr; William Neil, o
Trumpets in the Baroque
6:00 am
6:04 am
Henry Purcell: "The Fairy Queen"
Overture
Tafelmusik/Jeanne Lamon
Purcell: Ayres for the Theatre
6:07 am
Henry Purcell: "The Fairy Queen"
Aire; "Thus Happy and Free;" Chaconne; Aire
Tafelmusik/Jeanne Lamon
Purcell: Ayres for the Theatre
6:16 am
Felix Mendelssohn: "A Midsummer Night's Dream," Op. 61
Scherzo
Ksenija Sidorova, acc
Fairy Tales
6:22 am
Shawn E. Okpebholo: "city beautiful"
Lincoln Trio
Trios from Contemporary Chicago
6:35 am
Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125, "Choral"
II. Scherzo, "Molto vivace"
New York Phil/Kurt Masur
Kurt Masur at the New York Philharmonic
6:48 am
Carter Pann: "Slalom"
Cincinnati Sym Orch/Paavo Järvi
American Portraits
6:58 am
Florence Price: Suite of Dances
I. Allegretto
Württemberg Phil/John Jeter
Florence Beatrice Price: Songs of the Oak, Concert Overtures Nos. 1 & 2, The Oak, Colonial Dance, Suite of Dances
7:00 am - 7:00 pm
7:00 am
WFMT Membership Drive
Until 7:00 pm. Enjoy the best classical music through the day with your favorite WFMT personalities and special guests, and support the music you love by calling (773) 279-2100 or by visiting wfmt.com.
7:00 pm
7:00 pm
Exploring Music
Gustav Mahler, Part 1 (1860-1911)
'A symphony should be like the world: it must embrace everything.' With his ten-plus symphonies, Mahler’s world extended horizons beyond anything known to concert audiences. His vision stretched the boundaries of the orchestra, of the symphonic form, and even this radio show! Join us for two full weeks on the symphonies of Gustav Mahler.
11:00 pm
11:00 pm
Best of Studs Terkel
Tito Gobbi (11/10/1971). A conversation with Italian baritone Tito Gobbi (1913–1984) which took place when Mr. Gobbi was in Chicago to direct Rossini's "Barber of Seville" at Lyric Opera.
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