Playlist for Monday, February 16, 2026

Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff

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.

10:00 am

Midday with Lisa Flynn

Including the "Daily Excursion" at 11:00 am and "Music in Chicago" at 12:00 pm.

2:00 pm

Afternoon Music with Candice Agree

Including "The Unrush Hour" at 5:00 pm.

7:00 pm

Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin

Johannes Brahms, Part I

The first of a two-week biography exploring the music and life of a defining voice of the German Romantic Era. In his formative years as a pianist, Brahms befriends Robert and Clara Schumann, and with their support and later with the violinist Joseph Joachim, develops his musical voice. Topics includes Brahms’s struggles to publish symphonies on the heels of Beethoven and writing the German Requiem.

8:00 pm

Live from WFMT

Soprano Josefien Stoppelenburg, keyboardist Stephen Alltop and guest Dan Swenberg, theorbo, present a vocal program with music by Monteverdi, Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre, Rameau, Lully, Handel, and Willem Stoppelenburg. Hosted by Kerry Frumkin from the Fay and Daniel Levin Performance Studio.

10:00 pm

The WFMT Orchestra Series

Vienna Philharmonic

Bruckner Mass No. 3 in F minor; Ying Fang, soprano; Wiebke Lehmkuhl, alto; Pavol Breslik, tenor; William Thomas, bass; Vienna State Opera Chorus; Schubert Symphony No. 4 in C minor, D. 417; Riccardo Muti, conductor.