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      Playlist for Thursday, October 15, 2026

      Playing this hour

      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      Morricone: "The Mission"

      "Gabriel's Oboe; The Falls"

      Yo-Yo Ma, vc; Roma Sinfonietta/Ennio Morricone
      Yo-Yo Ma Plays Ennio Morricone

      Sony SK-93456

      12:05 am

      Chopin, Frédéric: Piano Trio in g, Op. 8

      Emanuel Ax, p; Pamela Frank, v; Yo-Yo Ma, vc
      Chopin: Trio, Polonaise Brilliante, Cello Sonata

      Sony SK-53112

      12:33 am

      Chopin, Frédéric: Mazurkas, Op. 56

      No. 2

      Vera Gornostaeva, p

      LP Classics 1002

      12:35 am

      Debussy, Claude: "Danses sacrée et profane"

      Marisa Robles, h; Chamber Orch of Europe/James Galway
      Clair de Lune: Music of Debussy

      RCA RCD1-7173

      12:45 am

      Price, Florence: "Dances in the Canebrakes"

      Kirsten Johnson, p
      Florence Price

      Guild GM2CD-7828

      12:55 am

      Tsintsadze, Sulkhan: Six Quartet Miniatures

      #1, "Shepherd's Dance"

      Lisa Batiashvili, v; Georgian Chamber Orch
      Beethoven: Violin Concerto

      Sony 88697334002

      1:00 am

      Handel, George Frideric: Cantata, "Tra le Fiamme"

      Aria, "Tra le fiamme"

      Stephanie True, s; Contrasto Armonico/Marco Vitale
      Italian Cantatas

      Brilliant 94000

      1:05 am

      Handel, George Frideric: Concerto grosso in D, Op. 6, No. 5

      Boston Baroque Ensemble/Martin Pearlman
      Handel: Concerti Grossi Op. 6, Nos. 1-6

      Telarc CD-80253

      1:21 am

      Handel, George Frideric: Cantata, "Un' alma innamorata"

      Aria, "Ben impari come s'ama"

      Stephanie True, s; Contrasto Armonico/Marco Vitale
      Italian Cantatas

      Brilliant 94000

      1:22 am

      Moreno Torroba: "Castles of Spain"

      Andrés Segovia, g
      The Segovia Collection (Vol. 2)

      MCA Classics 42067

      1:38 am

      Rimsky-Korsakov, Nicolai: "Capriccio espagnol," Op. 34

      London Sym/Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos

      MCA Classics MCAD-25887

      1:54 am

      Scriabin, Alexander: Five Preludes, Op 74

      #2

      Piers Lane, p

      Hyperion CDA-67057/8 (2)

      2:00 am

      Ravel, Maurice: "Deux mélodies hébraïques"

      Duo Sonidos
      Wild Dance

      Naxos 8.574045

      2:05 am

      Bloch, Ernest: "Hebrew Suite"

      Hyman Bress, v; Prague Sym Orch/Jindrich Rohan
      Ernest Bloch: Schelomo, Violin Concerto, Hebrew Suite

      Supraphon 110674-2

      2:16 am

      Liszt, Franz: "Responsories and Antiphons"

      "Caligaverunt oculi mei: reprise"

      Leslie Howard, p
      Responsories and Antiphons

      Hyperion CDA-67161/2 (2)

      2:18 am

      Beethoven, Ludwig van: Song, "Mignon," Op 75/1

      Louis Lortie, p
      Beethoven/ Schumann/Liszt: To the Distant Beloved

      Chandos CHAN-9793

      2:22 am

      Ries, Ferdinand: Symphony #4 in F, Op 110

      Zurich Chamber Orch/Howard Griffiths
      Symphonies 4 & 6

      CPO 999836-2

      2:55 am

      Farrenc, Louise: Etudes, Op. 26

      No. 3

      Maria Stratigou, p
      Louise Farrenc - Complete Piano Works, Vol 1

      Grand Piano GP-912-13 (2)

      3:00 am

      Bach, Johann Sebastian: "The Art of Fugue," BWV 1080

      Contrapunctus I

      Gustav Leonhardt, hc
      Bach: Art of Fugue, BWV 1080

      Vanguard OVC-2011/12

      3:05 am

      Bach, Johann Sebastian: Prelude and Fugue in E-Flat, BWV 552, "St Anne"

      Philadelphia Orch/Eugene Ormandy
      Bach's Greatest Fugues

      RCA ARD1-0026

      3:11 am

      Bach, Johann Sebastian: Fugue in G, BWV 577, "Jig"

      David Schrader, o
      J S Bach: Fantasies & Fugues

      Cedille CDR-90000012

      3:15 am

      Bach, Johann Sebastian: Fugue in g minor, BWV 578, "Little"

      Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
      For Thy Pleasure: J S Bach and Other Baroque Masters

      Delos DE-3205

      3:19 am

      Bach, Johann Sebastian: Prelude and Fugue in e, BWV 548, "Wedge"

      George Ritchie, o
      Organ Works of J. S. Bach

      Titanic TI-158

      3:32 am

      Bach, Johann Sebastian: Fugue in D

      New Mexico Brass Quintet
      New Mexico Brass Quintet

      Crystal CD-563

      3:34 am

      Glazunov, Alexander: Violin Concerto in a, Op 82

      Maxim Vengerov, v; Berlin Phil/Claudio Abbado

      Teldec 90881-2

      3:53 am

      Farmer, John: Madrigal, A little pretty bonny lass

      Cambridge Singers/John Rutter
      Flora Gave Me Fairest Flowers: English Madrigals

      Collegium COLCD-105

      4:00 am

      Szymanowski, Karol: Four Etudes, Op 4

      #3 in b-flat

      Amadeus Chamber Orch/Agnieszka Duczmal
      Górecki: Piano Concerto, Etc/ Shostakovich, Et Al

      Conifer 51246-2

      4:05 am

      Schumann, Robert: Symphonic Etudes, Op. 13

      Shura Cherkassky, p

      Nimbus NI-7705

      4:31 am

      Klami, Uuno: "Introduction and Staccato Etude"

      Finnish Radio Sym Orch/Jussi Jalas

      Finland Transcriptions FT-9602

      4:35 am

      Sibelius, Jean: Ten Bagatelles, Op. 34

      No. 1, "Valse"

      Erik T Tawaststjerna, p
      Sibelius - Complete Original Piano Music, Vol.2

      BIS LP-169

      4:37 am

      Sibelius, Jean: "Karelia" Suite, Op. 11

      Philharmonia Orch/Vladimir Ashkenazy
      Symphony No.1, Karelia Suite

      London 452576-2 (2)

      4:54 am

      Schumann, Robert: "Liederkreis (Song Cycle)," Op. 39

      No. 2, "Intermezzo"

      Margaret Price, s; Graham Johnson, p

      Helios CDH-55011

      5:00 am

      Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: "Idomeneo, rè di Creta," K. 366

      Overture

      Zürich Opera House Mozart Orch/Nikolaus Harnoncourt
      Overtures

      Teldec 95523-2

      5:05 am

      Bühler, Franz: Grand Sonata in E-Flat

      Consortium Classicum

      BASF KBF-21195 (2)

      5:29 am

      Hazzard, Isaac: Davis' Quickstep

      Chestnut Brass Company/Tamara Brooks
      The Music Of Francis Johnson And His Contemporaries: Early 19th-Century Black Composers

      Musicmasters 7029-2-C

      5:30 am

      Hazzard, Isaac: Lucy Neale Quadrille

      Chestnut Brass Company/Tamara Brooks
      The Music Of Francis Johnson And His Contemporaries: Early 19th-Century Black Composers

      Musicmasters 7029-2-C

      5:31 am

      Strauss, Richard: "Festmarsch," Op. 1

      Bavarian Sym Orch/Kurt Graunke

      Urania 602 (2)

      5:37 am

      Strauss, Richard: Duet Concertino

      Weise, cl; Liebscher, bn; Dresden Staatskapelle/Kempe

      EMI/Ang CMS7-64342-2 (3)

      5:55 am

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      WFMT Membership Drive

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      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.

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      10:00 pm

      The New York Philharmonic This Week

      Schoenberg "Song of the Wood Dove" from "Gurrelieder;" Florence Quivar, mezzo-soprano; Zubin Mehta, conductor; "Verklärte Nacht;" Pierre Boulez, conductor; Brahms Symphony No. 4; Kurt Masur, conductor; "Saint Antoni Variations;" Lorin Maazel, conductor.