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Playlist for Saturday, August 1, 2026
12:00 - 7:00 am
12:00 am
Malcolm Arnold: "Solitaire" (Ballet, 1956)
Sarabande and Polka
Philharmonia Orch/Bryden Thomson
Arnold: Dances
12:05 am
Malcolm Arnold: Three Shanties, Op 4
Nash Ensemble
The Chamber Music Of Malcolm Arnold – 3
12:12 am
Edward MacDowell: "Sea Pieces," Op 55
"Nautilus"
Bohuslav Martinu Phil/Charles Anthony Johnson
MACDOWELL, E.: Suites Nos. 1 and 2 / Sea Pieces
12:15 am
Edward MacDowell: "Sea Pieces," Op 55
#4, "Starlight"
James Barbagallo, p
MacDowell: Piano Music Vol. 1
12:17 am
Edward MacDowell: "Sea Pieces," Op 55
#8, "In Mid-ocean"
James Barbagallo, p
MacDowell: Piano Music Vol. 1
12:19 am
Gosta Nystroem: Symphony #3 (Sea Symphony)
Söderström, Swedish Radio Sym Orch/Westerberg
12:54 am
Dag Wirén: Three Sea Poems, Op 37
#3, "The Sea"
Jubilate Cho/Astrid Riska
Dag Wiren: Chamber Music, Vol. 2
1:00 am
Gioachino Rossini: "The Barber of Seville"
Trio, "Ah, qual colpo"
Munich Rococo Soloists
The Munich Rococo Soloists: The Barber of Seville
1:05 am
Gioachino Rossini: "L'Italiana in Algeri (The Italian Girl in Algiers)"
Overture
Montreal Sym Orch
Overtures
1:13 am
Johannes Brahms: Violin Sonata #2 in A, Op 100
Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, v; Cecile Licad, p
1:33 am
Johannes Brahms: "Deutsche Volkslieder" WoO 33
No. 19, "Nur ein Gesicht auf Erden lebt (There’s only one face on earth)"
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, br; Gerald Moore, p
Brahms Volkslieder
1:34 am
Richard Strauss: Horn Concerto No. 2 in E-Flat
Eric Ruske, fh; Iris Chamber Orch/Michael Stern
The Romantic Horn Concerti
1:54 am
Hermann Goetz: "Genrebilder", Op 13
#5
Adrian Ruiz, p
GOETZ: Lose Blätter, op.7; Sonatina in F, op. 8, No. 1; Sonatina in E Flat, op. 8, No. 2; Genrebilder, op.13
2:00 am
Daniel-François Auber: "The Bronze Horse"
Aria, "O tourment du veuvage"
Huguette Tourangeau, s; Suisse Romande Orch/Richard Bonynge
Arias From Forgotten Operas
2:13 am
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7:00 - 9:00 am
7:00 am
Weekend Mornings with Kristina Lynn
With news at 7:00 am; "Saturday Morning Listener's Choice" at 8:00 am; and "Soundtrack" at 9:00 am.
11:00 am
11:00 am
Introductions
An encore presentation of cellist Jeffrey Tong's performance of the first movement of Beethoven's Cello Sonata No. 3 in A, Op. 69 with pianist Liang-yu Wang. Originally broadcast April 27, 2024.
12:00 - 4:00 pm
12:00 pm
From Gran Teatre del Liceu
Donizetti's The Elixir of Love
Pretty Yende (Adina); Michael Spyres (Nemorino); Jan Antem (Belcore); Fabio Capitanucci (Dulcamara); Núria Vilà (Giannetta); Gran Teatre del Liceu Chorus and Orchestra; Diego Matheuz, conductor. Sung in Italian.
2:30 pm
Afternoon Music
4:00 pm
4:00 pm
Listening to Singers with Oliver Camacho
Conductor Christopher Bell joins WFMT to celebrate 25 years as director of the Grant Park Chorus in advance of the 2026 season finale.
8:00 pm
8:00 pm
Folkstage hosted by Marilyn Rea Beyer
Live from the Levin Performance Studio: Louie Lou Louis is a singer-songwriter from Brooklyn, New York, whose music lifts up his Caribbean heritage while lifting up everyone around him. He sings and plays like an island breeze.
9:00 pm - 12:00 am
9:00 pm
The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer
Songs about The Dog Days of August, other mythical and earthly creatures. Also, a 95th birthday tribute to the unstoppable Ramblin’ Jack Elliot.
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