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Playlist for Friday, September 11, 2026
12:00 - 6:00 am
12:00 am
MacDowell, Edward: Orchestra Suite #1 in d, Op 42
3rd mvt, "In October"
Eastman-Rochester Orch/Howard Hanson
Hanson Conducts Chadwick, MacDowell & Peter
12:05 am
Foote, Arthur: String Suite in E, Op 63
London Sym Orch Strings/Kenneth Klein
Skyscrapers
12:22 am
Paine, John Knowles: "In the Country", Op 26
#10, "Welcome Home"
Denver Oldham, p
John Knowles Paine: Selected Piano Works
12:24 am
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Clarinet Quintet in A, K. 581
Anthony McGill, cl; Pacifica Quartet
Mozart & Brahms Clarinet Quintets
12:55 am
Blackwood, Easley: Seven Bagatelles, Op 36 (1993)
#7 in F
Easley Blackwood, p
Blackwood Plays Blackwood
1:00 am
Massenet, Jules: "Le Roi de Lahore"
"Divertissement: Mélodie Hindique"
National Phil/Richard Bonynge
Massenet Edition
1:05 am
Thomas, Ambroise: "Hamlet"
Ballet Music
London Phil/Antonio de Almeida
1:22 am
Rossini, Gioachino: "Otello"
Ballet Music
Monte Carlo Opera Cho, Orch/Antonio de Almeida
Rossini: Ballet Music
1:41 am
Beach, Amy: "Take, oh take those lips away"
Lauralyn Kolb, s; Don McMahon, p
Songs by Clara Schumann, Poldowski, and Amy Beach
1:43 am
Pisendel, Johann Georg: Unaccompanied Violin Sonata in a
Rachel Barton Pine, v
Solo Baroque
1:55 am
Bach, Johann Sebastian: Chorale, "Allein zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ," BWV 261
Chamber Cho of Europe/Nicol Matt
Bach Edition: Complete Works
2:00 am
Haydn, Franz Joseph: Scottish Folksong, "Mary's dream," H XXXIa:1
Lorna Anderson, s; Eisenstadt Haydn Trio
Haydn Edition
2:05 am
Vaughan Williams, Ralph: "English Folksong Suite"
London Wind Orchestra/Denis Wick
Military Band Suites 1 and 2
2:15 am
Grainger, Percy: "Green bushes" (Passacaglia on an English Folksong)
English Chamber Orch/Steuart Bedford
Salute To Percy Grainger
2:24 am
Grainger, Percy: Scandinavian Suite (1902)
#2, Song from Vermeland
St Martin's Academy Ensemble
Grainger: Vol. 13 - Works for Chamber Ensemble 1
2:26 am
Mayer, Emilie: String Quartet in g, Op. 14
Erato Quartet
String Quartets
2:55 am
Loewe, Carl: "Der Bergmann," Op. 39
No. 1, "Im Schlacht der Adern"
Christoph Prégardien, t; Cord Garben, p
Loewe: Lieder & Balladen Complete Edition
3:00 am
Brahms, Johannes: "Rakoczy" March
Idil Biret, p
BRAHMS, J.: Theme and Variations / Sarabandes / Gavottes (Biret)
3:05 am
Liszt, Franz: "Hungarian Rhapsody" No. 15 in a minor, "Rakoczy March"
Boston Pops Orch/Arthur Fiedler
The Music Of Franz Liszt
3:11 am
d'Albert, Eugene: Piano Concerto #2 in E, Op 12
M. Ponti, p; Luxembourg Radio Orch/Pierre Cao
3:27 am
d'Albert, Eugene: "Tiefland"
Aria, "Tanz, sag' ich dir"
William Powers, b-br; Slovak Radio Sym/Dennis Burkh
The Worst of William Powers
3:28 am
Hartmann, Johann: Flute Sonata in B-Flat, Op 1
Henrik Wenzel Andreasen, f; Anna Oland, p
Flute Music of the Danish Golden Age
3:54 am
Salieri, Antonio: "Daliso e Delmita"
"Lotta"
Mannheim Mozart Orch/Thomas Fey
Antonio Salieri: Overtures & Stage Music
4:00 am
Strauss II, Johann: "Pizzicato Polka", Op. 449
Vienna Phil/Lorin Maazel
Gala New Year's Concert In Vienna
4:03 am
Strauss II, Johann: Banditen-Galopp, Op. 378
Vienna Phil/Lorin Maazel
Gala New Year's Concert In Vienna
4:05 am
Beethoven, Ludwig van: Piano Sonata No.21 in C, Op 53, "Waldstein"
Rudolf Serkin, p
Serkin - The Unreleased Studio Recordings - Beethoven Piano Sonatas
4:31 am
Bowles, Paul: "The Wind Remains" (after Garcia Lorca)
"Clown Dance"
Eos Ensemble/Jonathan Sheffer
The Music of Paul Bowles
4:33 am
Wagner, Richard: "Der fliegende Höllander (The Flying Dutchman)"
Overture
Philharmonia Orch/Francesco d'Avalos
Wagner: The Overtures
4:43 am
Wagenaar, Johan: "Frithjof's Meerfahrt," Op 5
Netherlands Radio Sym/Jac van Steen
Dutch Overtures
4:54 am
Verhulst, Johannes: "Kinderleven", Op 30
"Nieuwe klompjes"
Annegeer Stumphuis, s; Leo van Doeselaar, p
5:00 am
Scott, Cyril: "Pastoral and Reel" (1927)
Julian Lloyd Webber, vc; John Lenehan, p
English Idyll
5:04 am
Weiner, Leo: "Pastorale, Fantasia and Fugue" (1934)
Budapest Sym Orch/Andras Korodi
5:25 am
Taffanel, Paul: "Andante Pastoral et Scherzettino"
Paula Robison, f; Samuel Sanders, p
Paula Robison Plays Flute Music Of The Romantic Era
5:32 am
Liszt, Franz: "Années de pèlerinage:" 1st Year, Switzerland (1848-54)
No. 3, "Pastorale"
Joseph Villa, p
5:33 am
Saint-Saens, Camille: Cello Concerto No. 1 in a minor, Op. 33
Ofra Harnoy, vc; Victoria Sym Orch/Paul Freeman
5:54 am
Tsintsadze, Sulkhan: "Chonguri"
Ofra Harnoy, vc
Cello Encores
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.
6:00 am
Hosted by Robbie Ellis.
6:02 am
Peter Tchaikovsky: String Quartet No. 1 in D, Op. 11
II. "Andante cantabile"
Berlin Phil/Mstislav Rostropovich, vc
Great Works for Cello & Orchestra
6:09 am
William Alwyn: Seven Irish Tunes
Royal Liverpool Phil Orch/David Lloyd-Jones
Alwyn: Concerti Grossi Nos 2 and 3
6:19 am
Johann Sebastian Bach: Flute Sonata in C, BWV 1033
Andrea Oliva, f; Angela Hewitt, p
Bach: Flute Sonatas
6:28 am
James Oswald: "The Caledonian Pocket Companion"
"Sleepy Maggy"
Olivier Riehl, f
London Circa 1740
6:31 am
John Abraham Fisher: Symphony No. 5 in D
Czech Chamber Phil Orch/Michael Halász
Fisher: Symphonies Nos. 1-6
6:42 am
Giacomo Meyerbeer: Clarinet Quintet in E-flat
I. Allegro moderato
Dieter Klöcker, cl; Berlin Philharmonia Quartet
Clarinet Quintet - Dieter Klöcker
6:51 am
Zhou Long: "Green"
Yolanda Kondonassis, h
Five Minutes for Earth
7:02 am
Sergei Prokofiev: "Overture on Hebrew Themes," Op. 34
Melos Ensemble
Icon: Melos Ensemble
7:12 am
Hans Christian Lumbye: "Drommebilleder (Dream Pictures)" Fantasy
Danish National Radio Sym/Gennady Rozhdestvensky
Lumbye: Champagne Galop
7:22 am
Maurice Ravel: "Le tombeau de Couperin"
Menuet
London Sym Orch/Claudio Abbado
Ravel: Piano Concertos, Menuet Antique, Le Tombeau de Couperin, Fanfare
7:27 am
Clara Schumann: "Soirées musicales," Op. 6
No. 5, Mazurka in G
Susanne Grützmann, p
Gather
7:32 am
Richard Wagner: "Parsifal"
Act 1 Prelude
Chicago Sym Orch/Daniel Barenboim
Wagner Overtures & Preludes, Vol. 2
7:46 am
Johannes Brahms: "Ein deutsches Requiem," Op. 45
IV. "Wie lieblich sind deine Wohnungen (How lovely are thy dwellings)"
Chicago Sym Cho & Orch/Sir Georg Solti
Famous Choruses
7:53 am
Cecil Forsyth: "Chanson celtique"
Timothy Ridout, vi; James Baillieu, p
A Lionel Tertis Celebration
8:02 am
Tomaso Albinoni: Adagio in G minor
Orpheus Chamber Orch
Albinoni: Adagio/ Pachelbel: Canon
8:11 am
Marc Lavry: "Three Jewish Dances"
Duo Mantar
Music from the Promised Land
8:20 am
Edvard Grieg: "Sigurd Jorsalfar," Op. 22
Homage March
Gothenburg Sym Orch/Neeme Järvi
Grieg: Peer Gynt, Sigurd Jorsalfar (Complete Recordings)
8:29 am
Edvard Grieg: "Heart's Melodies," Op. 5
No. 3, "Jeg elsker Dig (I Love You)"
Paula Robison, f; Samuel Sanders, p
Grieg & Andersen: Music for Flute and Piano
8:31 am
Jean Françaix: Divertissement for Bassoon and Strings (1968)
Gaudier Ensemble
Françaix: A Huit, Divertissement, Clarinet Quintet
8:42 am
Doreen Carwithen: Overture, "Bishop Rock"
London Sym Orch/Richard Hickox
Carwithen: Orchestral Works
8:51 am
Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 5 in C-sharp minor
IV. "Adagietto"
Berlin Phil/Claudio Abbado
Mahler: Symphony No. 5
9:02 am
Antonio Vivaldi: Violin, Two-Oboe, Two-Horn & Bassoon Concerto in F, R. 569
La Serenissima/Adrian Chandler
Rise of the North Italian Violin Concerto, Volume 3
9:16 am
Ralph Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
St. Louis Sym Orch Strings/Leonard Slatkin
Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis; Barber: Adagio for Strings; Grainger: Irish Tune from County Derry; etc.
9:33 am
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Divertimento in F, K. 439b/2
Chicago Sym Orch Winds
Mozart: Music for Basset Horns
9:51 am
William Dawson: "Negro Folk Symphony"
III. Finale, "O, Le' Me Shine, Shine like a Morning Star!"
Detroit Sym Orch/Neeme Järvi
Still, Dawson, Ellington: Orchestral Works
10:00 am - 3:00 pm
10:00 am
Camille Saint-Saëns: "Henry VIII"
"Ballet et divertissement"
Royal Air Force College Band/Jun Märkl
Saint-Saëns: Music for Wind Ensemble
10:15 am
Johann Sebastian Bach: French Suite No. 4 in E-Flat, BWV 815
Murray Perahia, p
Bach: French Suites
10:33 am
Luigi Boccherini: Symphony in D, Op. 35, No. 1 (G 509)
Orchestra of the 18th Century
Boccherini: The Six Symphonies, Op. 35
10:50 am
Robert Moran: "Trinity Requiem" in memory of 9/11/2001
Pie Jesu; In Paradisum
Trinity Wall Street Church Choirs, instrumental ensemble/Robert Ridgell
Trinity Requiem * Robert Moran
10:57 am
Johann Christoph Pezel: Brass Suite
Sarabande
Philadelphia Brass Ensemble
The Glorious Sound of Brass
11:01 am
Agathe Backer Grøndahl: "In the Blue Mountains (A Fairy Tale Suite)," Op. 44
Natalia Strelchenko, p
Agathe Backer Grøndahl: Complete Piano Music, Vol. 4
11:17 am
Franz Joseph Haydn: Cello Concerto No. 2 in D
Truls Mørk, vc; Norwegian Chamber Orch/Iona Brown
Haydn Cello Concertos
11:43 am
Jean Sibelius: "Finlandia," Op. 26
YL Male Voice Choir, Minnesota Orch/Osmo Vänskä
Sibelius: Kullervo; Kortekangas: MIgrations
11:52 am
Jean-Philippe Rameau: "Nouvelles suite de pièces de clavecin" (1728)
"Gavotte avec six doubles"
Brasil Guitar Duo
Ghosting
12:00 pm
Stacy Garrop: "Lo Yisa Goy" (Prayer for Peace)
Chicago a cappella
Christmas a cappella
12:06 pm
Aaron Copland: "Letter from Home"
Buffalo Phil Orch/JoAnn Falletta
Aaron Copland: Four Dances from Rodeo; The Red Pony (Suite); Prairie Journal; Letter from Home
12:14 pm
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Trio in D, Op. 70, No. 1, "Ghost"
Leonidas Kavakos, v; Yo-Yo Ma, vc; Emanuel Ax, p
Beethoven for Three: Symphony No. 1; Op. 70, No. 1 "Ghost;" Op. 11 "Gassenhauer"
12:45 pm
Alberto Ginastera: Overture to the Creole "Faust"
Simón Bolívar Sym Orch/Maximiano Valdés
Caramelos Latinos
12:55 pm
Eric Coates: "Under the Stars"
BBC Phil/John Wilson
Eric Coates: Orchestral Works, Vol. 4
1:00 pm
Federico Moreno Torroba: "Aires de la Mancha"
David Russell, g
Music of Federico Moreno Torroba
1:09 pm
George Frideric Handel: "Water Music" Suite No. 1 in F
Berlin Academy for Ancient Music
Handel: Water Music Suites Nos. 1-3
1:37 pm
Eric Ewazen: Oboe Concerto, "Down a River of Time"
III. "...and memories of tomorrow"
Linda Strommen, ob; Sejong Soloists
Sejong Plays Ewazen
1:46 pm
Frédéric Chopin: Polonaise No. 7 in A-Flat, Op. 61, "Polonaise-fantaisie"
Maurizio Pollini, p
Chopin: Polonaises - Maurizio Pollini
2:00 pm
Hector Berlioz: "Béatrice et Bénédict"
Overture
London Phil Orch/Zubin Mehta
Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique, Roman Carnival Overture, Overture to Beatrice et Benedict
2:09 pm
Heitor Villa-Lobos: "Bachianas Brasileiras" No. 5
"Aria (Cantilena)"
Avi Avital, m; Richard Galliano, acc; Klaus Stoll, db
Between Worlds
2:16 pm
Enrique Granados: "Danzas españolas," Op. 37 (Op. 5)
"Minueto, Oriental, Andaluza, Jota"
Jorge Federico Osorio, p
Piano Español
2:32 pm
George Gershwin: "I Got Rhythm" Variations
Michael Boriskin, p; Eos Orch/Jonathan Sheffer
Gershwin: Concerto For Piano and Orchestra in F, Rhapsody in Blue, etc.
2:42 pm
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 6 in F, K. 43
Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood
Mozart: The Complete Symphonies
3:00 - 7:00 pm
3:00 pm
Afternoon Music with Candice Agree
Including "Friday Afternoon at the Movies" at 4:30pm and "The Unrush Hour" at 5:00 pm.
3:00 pm
Fanny Mendelssohn: String Quartet in E-Flat
Takács Quartet
Felix & Fanny Mendelssohn: String Quartets
3:21 pm
Giuseppe Verdi: "Les Vêpres siciliennes"
Four Seasons Ballet: Spring & Summer
Bournemouth Sym Orch/José Serebrier
Verdi: Complete Ballet Music from the Operas
3:34 pm
Adolphus Hailstork: Piano Concerto No. 1
Stewart Goodyear, p; Buffalo Phil Orch/JoAnn Falletta
Danny Elfman: Violin Concerto "Eleven Eleven;" Adolphu Hailstork: Piano Concerto No. 1
3:58 pm
Clarice Assad: "A Tide of Living Water"
Lara Downes, p
Holes in the Sky
4:01 pm
Claude Debussy: "La Mer"
Los Angeles Phil/Esa-Pekka Salonen
Debussy: Images, Prelude, La Mer
4:27 pm
Sergei Prokofiev: "The Love for Three Oranges," Op. 33
March
London Phil Orch/Walter Weller
Pomp & Circumstance - Magnificent Marches
4:30 pm
Leonard Bernstein: "On the Waterfront"
Symphonic Suite
New York Phil/Leonard Bernstein
Bernstein Conducts Bernstein: West Side Story, On the Town, On the Waterfront, Candide
4:51 pm
Pablo de Sarasate: "Airs écossais," Op. 34
Rachel Barton Pine, v; Scottish Chamber Orch/Alexander Platt
Scottish Rhapsodies
5:00 pm
Jean Françaix: "L'Horloge de Flore (The Flower Clock)"
Albrecht Mayer, ob; St Martin's Academy/Mathias Mönius
Bonjour Paris * Albrecht Mayer
5:18 pm
Franz Schubert: "Winterreise," D 911
No. 1, "Gute Nacht"
Yoonie Han, p
Love and Longing
5:23 pm
Johann Sebastian Bach: "Well-Tempered Clavier," Book 2, BWV 870/91
Fugue No. 20 in A minor
Kremerata Baltica/Gidon Kremer
The Art of Instrumentation: Homage to Glenn Gould
5:33 pm
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7:00 pm
7:00 pm
Exploring Music
Bill's Keepers
Bill McGlaughlin keeps a big box at home filled with albums from friends around the world. This week, he’s sharing some of his favorites, which he calls his 'keepers.' We’ll listen to Mendelssohn performed by Isaac Perlman, as well as pieces from flutist Robert Stallman’s CD, 'The Nightingale in Love.'
11:00 pm
11:00 pm
Best of Studs Terkel
This Train, Part 2 (c. 1963)
Part two of “This Train,” WFMT’s annual remembrance of the 1963 civil rights March on Washington. Studs joined hundreds of Chicagoans on a train bound for Washington, D.C. He recorded their thoughts and experiences on his portable tape recorder, and wove those historic voices into this award-winning documentary.
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