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      Playlist for Saturday, April 11, 2026

      Playing this hour

      12:00 - 7:00 am

      12:00 am

      George Frideric Handel: "Samson"

      "Let the Bright Seraphim"

      Kathleen Battle, s; Wynton Marsalis, tr; St Luke's Orch/John Nelson
      Baroque Duet

      Sony SK-46672

      12:05 am

      George Frideric Handel: "Samson"

      Minuet

      Christopher Parkening, g
      Parkening Plays Bach

      EMI CDC7-47191-2

      12:09 am

      George Frideric Handel: "Samson"

      Chorus, "Awake the Trumpet's lofty sound"

      Hannes, Wolfgang, Bernhard Läubin, tr's; Simon Preston, o
      Awake The Trumpet's Lofty Sound

      DG 419245-2

      12:11 am

      Antonio Vivaldi: Two-Trumpet Concerto in C, R 537

      Charles Geyer & Barbara Butler, tr's; MOB Orch/Thomas Wikman

      D'Note DND-1026

      12:18 am

      Anthony Plog: Fanfare

      Byron Pearson, tr; Arthur Vidrich, o
      Voices of Trumpets and Organ

      Crystal CD-661

      12:20 am

      Richard Strauss: Wind Sonatina No. 1 in F, "Aus der Werkstatt eines Invaliden"

      Orpheus Chamber Orch
      Sonatinen

      DG 445849-2

      12:54 am

      Richard Strauss: "Krämerspiegel", Op. 66

      #3

      Brenden Gunnell, t; Malcolm Martineau, p
      Strauss: Complete Songs

      Two Pianists TP-1039312 (9)

      1:00 am

      Niccolo Paganini: Introduction and Variations on "God Save the King", Op 9

      Ingolf Turban, v; Jean-Jacques Dünki, p
      Ingolf Turban - Nostalgien

      Claves CD-50-8917

      1:05 am

      Johann Nepomuk Hummel: Fantasy, "Recollections of Paganini"

      Madoka Inui, p
      HUMMEL, J.N.: Hummel Fantasies

      Naxos 8.557836

      1:15 am

      George Rochberg: Caprice Variations

      #42

      Eliot Fisk, g
      The Best of Eliot Fisk

      MHS 513842-T

      1:17 am

      Nicolo Paganini: Violin Concerto #3 in E

      Accardo, London Phil
      Concerto Per Violino (N.3) / Sonata Per La Gran Viola

      DG 2530629

      1:54 am

      Fritz Kreisler: "Syncopation"

      Robert Zimanski, v; Gerard Wyss, p
      Passione amorosa

      Harmonia Mundi HMC-905209

      2:00 am

      Edward Elgar: "Spanish Serenade," Op 23

      Royal Liverpool Philharmonia/Charles Groves

      EMI/Ang CDC7-47511-2

      2:05 am

      Edward Elgar: "The Spanish Lady," Op 89

      Suite

      English String Orch/William Boughton
      The Spirit of England

      Nimbus NI-5008

      2:11 am

      Edward Elgar: String Serenade in e, Op 20

      Camerata Chicago/Drostan Hall

      DMD Classics 2013 (3)

      2:22 am

      Edward Elgar: Six Promenades

      #1

      Athena Ensemble
      Elgar: Music For Wind Quintet, Vol. 2

      Chandos CHAN-6554

      2:24 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata #4 in E-Flat, Op 7

      Dirk Herten, p
      Beethoven Piano Sonatas

      White 4 (10)

      2:54 am

      Adolphe Adam: "La jolie fille de Gand"

      Act ii, Scene 2

      Queensland Sym/Andrew Mogrelia
      ADAM: Jolie Fille de Gand (La) (Complete Ballet)

      Marco Polo 8.223772-73 (2)

      3:00 am

      Ernst von Dohnányi: "Pierette's Veil"

      Wedding Waltz

      Philharmonia Hungarica/Antal Dorati
      Wienerwalzer Paprika

      Mercury 434338-2

      3:05 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: String Quartet in B-Flat, Op. 33, No. 4

      Salomon String Quartet
      Haydn: String Quartets Op 33 Nos 4, 5, 6 & Op 42

      Hyperion CDA-66682

      3:24 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: "The Seven Last Words of Christ on the Cross"

      Finale, "Il Terremoto (The Earthquake)"

      St Luke's Orch/Julius Rudel

      Musicmasters MMD-60238-X

      3:25 am

      Robert Schumann: Violin Concerto in d

      Juliette Kang, v; Vancouver Sym Orch/Sergiu Comissiona

      Radio Canada Int'l SMCD-5197

      3:55 am

      Hildegard von Bingen: "Laus Trinitati"

      Oxford Camerata/Jeremy Summerly
      VON BINGEN: Heavenly Revelations

      Naxos 8.550998

      4:00 am

      George Frideric Handel: Sonata in g, HWV 364a

      Trio Settecento
      An Italian Sojourn

      Cedille CDR-90000099

      4:05 am

      music continues...

      7:00 - 11:00 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

      Noah Kim, piano. Bach: Prelude and Fugue in C-Sharp, BWV 848; Mozart: Sonata No. 18 in D, K. 576; Schumann: Symphonic Etudes, Op. 13; Kapustin: Sonata No. 1, Op. 39, Finale. Originally broadcast December 9. 20223.

      12:00 - 4:00 pm

      12:00 pm

      Metropolitan Opera

      Mozart's Don Giovanni

      Ryan Speedo Green (Don Giovanni); Frederica Lombardi (Donna Anna); Adam Plachetka (Leporello); Janai Brugger (Donna Elvira); Ben Bliss (Don Ottavio); Hera Hyesang Park (Zerlina); William Guanbo Su (Masetto); Adam Palka (Commendatore); Metropolitan Opera Cho & Orch/Yannick Nézet-Séguin. Sung in Italian. Recorded Fall 2025.

      3:30 pm

      Afternoon Music

      4:00 pm

      4:00 pm

      Listening to Singers with Oliver Camacho

      Soprano Rosa Feola joins WFMT to share selections from her acclaimed discography of rare Italian art song and arias, including the latest volume of Opera Rara's Donizetti Song Project.

      5:00 - 8:00 pm

      5:00 pm

      Weekend Evening Music

      8:00 pm

      8:00 pm

      Folkstage hosted by Marilyn Rea Beyer

      Live from St. Tim's Coffeehouse: James Lee Stanley honed his reputation in Chicago in the 1970s with close musical ties to Corky Siegel and Michael Smith and lifelong collaborations with the crème de la crème of singers, writers, and players. He comes in from California to perform at St. Tim's at the Lutheran Church of Ascension in Northfield.

      9:00 pm - 12:00 am

      9:00 pm

      The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer

      Poems and poets populate this playlist celebrating the 30th Annual National Poetry Month. And just for fun, a few songs about Superman.