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Playlist for Monday, April 20, 2026
12:00 - 6:00 am
12:00 am
Fanny Mendelssohn: Songs Without Words, Op 8
#1 in b
Sylviane Deferne, p
The Last Rose of Summer
12:05 am
Felix Mendelssohn: Piano Trio No. 2 in c, Op 66
Trio Gaspard
Felix & Fanny Mendelssohn: Piano Trios
12:32 am
Felix Mendelssohn: "Songs Without Words," Op 62
No. 2 in B-Flat
Daniel Barenboim, p
Lieder Ohne Worte
12:34 am
Alexander Mackenzie: Overture to "The Cricket on the Hearth," Op 62
BBC Scottish Sym Orch/Martyn Brabbins
12:46 am
Gerald Tyrwhitt, Lord Berners: "Nicholas Nickleby" film music
Royal Liverpool Phil/Barry Wordsworth
Lord Berners: The Triumph of Neptune (Suite)
12:54 am
Malcolm Arnold: "Whistle Down the Wind" (Film, 1961): Small suite
"The Three Kings"
London Sym Orch/Richard Hickox
Arnold: The Film Music of Sir Malcolm Arnold, Vol. 1
1:00 am
Peter Sculthorpe: "Sun Song"
Adelaide Sym Orch/David Porcelijn
Peter Sculthorpe
1:05 am
John Ireland: "The Overlanders" (1936)
Suite
London Sym Orch/Richard Hickox
Ireland: Satyricon/ Tritons/The Overlanders
1:27 am
Johannes Brahms: Eight Songs, Op 57
#2, "Wenn du nur zuweilen lächelst"
Mitsuko Shirai, ms; Hartmut Höll, p
Brahms: 21 Lieder
1:28 am
Johannes Brahms: Four Ballades, Op 10
#2 in D
Jorge Federico Osorio, p
Brahms: Ballades and Variations
1:35 am
Robert Fuchs: Serenade No. 1 in D, Op. 9
Cologne Chamber Orch/Christian Ludwig
Robert Fuchs
1:55 am
Johannes Brahms: "Liebeslieder Waltzes" Op. 52
No. 7, "Wohl schön bewandt"
Bonney, von Otter, Streit, Bär; Helmut Deutsch, Bengt Forsberg,p
Helmut Deutsch, piano,
Liebeslieder Waltzes
2:00 am
Cecile Chaminade: Three Pieces, Op. 31
No. 3, "Bohémienne"
Duo FAE
Dissidents of the Gilded Age
2:05 am
Cecile Chaminade: "Arabesque," Op 61
Peter Jacobs, p
Piano Music By Cécile Chaminade – 3
2:10 am
Cecile Chaminade: "Pièces romantiques," Op 55
#2, "La Chaise à Porteur"
Roberto Prosseda; Alessandra Ammara, p
Compositrices
2:12 am
Johannes Brahms: Symphony no.1 in c minor, Op.68
Cleveland Orch/George Szell
Brahms: Symphony No.1, Variations On A Theme By Haydn, 5 Hungarian Dances
2:55 am
Johannes Brahms: Eight Songs, Op 59
#7, "Mein wundes Herz verlangt"
Mitsuko Shirai, ms; Hartmut Höll, p
Brahms: 21 Lieder
3:00 am
John Blow: Ground in g minor
Consort of Musicke/Anthony Rooley
Welcome Every Guest - Songs From John Blow's Amphion Anglicus
3:05 am
Arthur Bliss: "Meditations on a Theme by John Blow" (1955)
Royal Liverpool Phil/Vernon Handley
3:36 am
John Blow: "Venus and Adonis"
Act Tune
London Baroque/Charles Medlam
Opera Baroque: Highlights- Italia, England, France
3:38 am
Henry Purcell: Trio Sonata #4 in d
London Baroque Ensemble
Purcell: Ten Sonatas In Four Parts
3:45 am
Johann Strauss II: "Vienna Blood" Waltz Op. 354
Vienna Phil/Lorin Maazel
Gala New Year's Concert In Vienna
3:54 am
Johann Strauss II: "Vienna Blood" Waltz Op. 354
Chorus, "Die Wienerstadt, sie hat ein Symbol"
Schwarzkopf, Gedda, Koth, Kunz, Donch, Philharmonia Cho, Orch/Ackermann
Dönch,
Emmy Loose,
Johann Strauss II: Wiener Blut, Eine Nacht in Venedig
4:00 am
Ruth Crawford Seeger: "Jumping the Rope" (Playtime)
Jenny Lin, p
The World Of Ruth Crawford Seeger
4:00 am
Ruth Crawford Seeger: "Whirligig"
Jenny Lin, p
The World Of Ruth Crawford Seeger
4:01 am
Ruth Crawford Seeger: "Rissolty Rossolty" (1939)
Schönberg Ensemble/Oliver Knussen
Portrait
4:04 am
Edward MacDowell: Piano Concerto #1 in a, Op 15
Seta Tanyel, p; BBC Scottish Sym Orch/Martyn Brabbins
MacDowell: Piano Concerto No 1 In A Minor, Piano Concerto No 2 In D Minor, Second Modern Suite Op 14
4:32 am
Lowell Liebermann: "Album for the Young," Op 43
#6, "Ostinato"
Stephen Hough, p
4:33 am
Robert Ward: Violin Concerto
Sarah Johnson, v; Orch/Peter Perret
Ward: Scarlet and Blue
4:54 am
Amy (Mrs HHA) Beach: "Three Shakespeare Songs," Op 37
#2, "Take, O take those lips away"
Paul Barritt, v; James Lisney, p
Chanson D'amour
5:00 am
Max Bruch: Eight Pieces, Op. 83
No. 5 in f minor, "Rumanische Melodie"
Paul Meyer, cl; Gérard Caussé, vi; François René Duchable, p
Concerto for Clarinet, Viola and Orchestra/ 8 Pieces for Clarinet, Viola and Piano/ Romance for Viola and Orchestra
5:05 am
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Sinfonia in e, Wq 178 (Berlin Symphony #5)
CPE Bach Chamber Orch/Hartmut Haenchen
5:16 am
Domenico Scarlatti: Clavier Sonata in d, Kk 64 (L 58)
Inger Södergren, p
5:18 am
Max Bruch: Clarinet and Viola Concerto in e minor, Op. 88
Thea King, cl; Nobuko Imai, vi; London Sym Orch/Alun Francis
The Clarinet In Concert (Concerto For Clarinet And Viola,Op.88 / Two Concert Pieces For Clarinet And Basset Horn,Op.113/114 / Introduction And Variations On A Swedish Air,Op.12)
5:38 am
Johann Wilhelm Hertel: Trumpet and Oboe Concerto in E-Flat
Eric Barr, ob; Richard Giangiulio, tr; Dallas Chamber Orch/Ronald Neal
Treasures For Horn and Trumpet
5:54 am
Johann Sebastian Bach: Little Preludes, BWV 924/932
No. 4 in F
Archguitar Duo
Archguitar Baroque
6:00 - 10:00 am
6:00 am
Mornings with Jan Weller
Including news and weather on the hour between 6:00 am and 9:00 am; and "Carl’s Almanac" at 7:30 am.
6:03 am
Alessandro Scarlatti: Concerto grosso No. 3 in F
Europa Galante/Fabio Biondi
A Scarlatti & D Scarlatti: Concerti & Sinfonie
6:11 am
Domenico Scarlatti: Mandolin & Continuo Sonata in D minor
Duilio M. Galfetti, m; Il Giardino Armonico
Musica da camera a Napoli
6:23 am
Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Guitar Concerto No. 1 in D, Op. 99
Finale, "Ritmico e cavalleresco"
Eduardo Fernández, g; English Chamber Orch/Miguel Gómez Martínez
Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez, Fantasia para un gentilhombre; Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Guitar Concerto No. 1
6:30 am
Johann Stamitz: Symphony in G
Camerata Chicago/Drostan Hall
Music by Johann & Carl Stamitz
6:38 am
Franz Schubert: Piano Quintet in A, D. 667, "Trout"
V. Finale, "Allegro giusto"
Zehetmair; Zimmermann; Duven; Riegelbauer; Brendel
Peter Riegelbauer, double bass,
Mozart: Piano Quartet in G minor; Schubert: Trout Quintet
6:49 am
Felix Mendelssohn: "The Hebrides (Fingal's Cave)" Overture, Op 26
Scottish National Orch/Alexander Gibson
Seascapes
7:04 am
Daniel-François Auber: "Le premier jour de bonheur"
Overture
Gothenburg Opera Orch/B Tommy Andersson
Auber: Overtures
7:11 am
Bernhard Henrik Crusell: Introduction, Theme and Variations on a Swedish Air, Op. 12
Martin Fröst, cl; Ostgöta Symphonic Wind Ensemble/Arie van Beek
Hekas!
7:23 am
Claude Debussy: "Rêverie"
Philadelphia Orch/Eugene Ormandy
Debussy's Greatest Hits
7:32 am
Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 in A, Op. 92
IV. Finale, "Allegro con brio"
Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique/John Eliot Gardiner
Beethoven: 9 Symphonies
7:43 am
Jean-Marie Leclair: Two-Violin Sonata in E minor, Op. 3, No. 5
Itzhak Perlman, Pinchas Zukerman, v's
Duets for Two Violins
7:54 am
Antonín Dvořák: "Festival March," Op 54
Czech Phil/Václav Neumann
Prague Gala Concert
8:03 am
Ruth Gipps: Symphony No. 1 in F minor, Op. 22
III. "Allegro"
BBC Phil/Rumon Gamba
Ruth Gipps: Orchestral Works Vol. 3
8:10 am
Jules Massenet: "Hérodiade"
Ballet Suite
New Zealand Sym Orch/Jean-Yves Ossonce
Massenet: Orchestral Suites Nos. 1- 3; Herodiade
8:20 am
Darius Milhaud: "Suite d'après Corrette," Op. 161b
Chicago Chamber Musicians
French Wind Trios
8:31 am
Enrique Granados: "Danzas españolas," Op. 37 (Op. 5)
No. 9, "Mazurka Romántica"
Azulejos Guitar Duo
Grandos - 12 Danzas Espanolas - Azulejos Guitar Duo
8:37 am
Alexander Glazunov: "Mazurka-Obéreque"
Itzhak Perlman, v; Abbey Road Ensemble/Lawrence Foster
À la carte
8:48 am
Johan Svendsen: Norwegian Rhapsody No. 3, Op. 21
Trondheim Sym Orch/Ole Kristian Ruud
Svendsen & Halvorsen: Norwegian Rhapsodies
9:04 am
Paul Schoenfield: "Cafe Music"
James Ehnes, v; Edward Arron, vc; Andrew Russo, p
Schoenfield * Four Parables * Russo
9:21 am
Richard Strauss: "Le bourgeois gentilhomme," Op. 60
"Das Diner (The Dinner)"
Orpheus Chamber Orch
Strauss: Le bourgeois gentilhomme, Divertimento after Couperin
9:32 am
Páll Ísólfsson: "The Feast at Solhaug"
Suite
Iceland Sym Orch/Rumon Gamba
Icelandic Works for the Stage
9:46 am
Georg Philipp Telemann: "Tafelmusik," Book 2
Three-Violin Concerto in F
Soloists; Freiburg Baroque Orch/Gottfried von der Goltz
The Complete Tafelmusik
10:00 am - 2:00 pm
10:00 am
Midday with Lisa Flynn
Including the "Daily Excursion" at 11:00 am and "Music in Chicago" at 12:00 pm.
10:00 am
Hosted by Dave Schwan.
10:00 am
Carl Maria von Weber: "Oberon"
Overture
Vienna Phil/Christian Thielemann
German Overtures
10:12 am
Mark O'Connor: "Appalachia Waltz"
La Pietà/Angèle Dubeau
Blanc
10:19 am
Claude Debussy: "Pour le piano"
Ivan Moravec, p
Ivan Moravec Plays French Keyboard Masterpieces
11:01 am
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7:00 pm
7:00 pm
Exploring Music
The Russian Five
This group, also known as The Mighty Handful, includes Mily Balakirev, Modest Mussorgsky, César Cui, Alexander Borodin, and Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. Led by Balakirev, they helped create the Russian National School of Composers in Saint Petersburg from 1856 to 1870. Bill introduces each composer and shares important works performed by renowned musicians.
8:00 - 10:00 pm
8:00 pm
Live from WFMT
Cellist Brant Taylor and pianist Kuang-Hao Huang, two Chicago-based virtuosos and long-time collaborators, perform works by Bach, Debussy, Piazzolla, and more. Hosted by Kerry Frumkin.
10:00 pm - 12:00 am
10:00 pm
The WFMT Orchestra Series
San Francisco Symphony
Shostakovich Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Op. 77; Sayaka Soji, violin; Brahms Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98; Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor.
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