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Playlist for Saturday, March 28, 2026
12:00 - 7:00 am
12:00 am
Giacomo Puccini: "Madama Butterfly"
"Flower Duet"
de los Angeles, s; Pirazzini, ms; Rome Opera House Orch/Santini
Famous Duets From The Opera
12:05 am
Moritz Rosenthal: "Papillons"
Stephen Hough, p
The Piano Album
12:07 am
Gabriel Fauré: "Papillon," Op 77
Frédéric Lodéon, vc; Jean-Philippe Collard, p
Faure: Chamber Music, Vol. 1
12:10 am
Jacques Offenbach: "Le Papillon"
Act II
National Phil/Richard Bonynge
Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker / Offenbach: Le Papillon
12:34 am
David Popper: "Papillon"
Antonio Janigro, vc; Antonio Beltrami, p
12:36 am
Ernst Köhler: Papillon
Don Bailey, f, Arcata String Quartet, Grace Paradise, h, Scott Pingel, b,
Irish H,
Voyage
12:39 am
Robert Schumann: "Papillons," Op. 2
Bernard d'Ascoli, p
Schumann 'Carnaval' and 'Papillons'
12:53 am
Boris Assafiev: Papillons
London Sym Orch/Richard Bonynge
Homage To Pavlova
1:00 am
Henry Purcell: "Don Quixote"
Duet, "Since times are so bad"
Kirkby, s; Thomas, b; Academy of Ancient Music/Hogwood
Purcell: Theatre Music
1:05 am
Erich Wolfgang Korngold: "Don Quixote" (1909)
"Don Quixote's Dreams of Heroic Deeds"
Alexander Frey, p
1:10 am
Ludwig Minkus: Don Quixote
"Entrance of Gamache"
Orch/John Lanchbery
Don Quixote
1:12 am
Richard Strauss: "Don Quixote," Op. 35
Minnesota Orch/Edo de Waart; Steven Isserlis, vc; Cynthia Phelps, vi
Elgar: Cello Concerto / Bloch: Schelomo / Kabalevsky: Cello Concerto no. 2 / Tchaikovsky: Rococo Variations / R. Strauss: Don Quixote
1:54 am
Jan Dismas Zelenka: "Reiterfanfare" #1
Hubert Laws, f; Philharmonia Virtuosi/Richard Kapp
Baroque Trumpetissimo
2:00 am
Richard Wagner: "Die Walküre"
"Ride of the Valkyries"
London Phil/Adrian Boult
2:05 am
Richard Wagner: "Götterdämmerung"
Siegfried's Rhine Journey & Funeral Music
Philharmonia Orch/Otto Klemperer
2:19 am
Richard Wagner: "Siegfried"
"Forest Murmurs"
Vienna Phil/Georg Solti
2:28 am
Fauré-Messager: Souvenir of Bayreuth, Fantasy on Themes from Wagner's Ring
Pierre-Alain Volondat & Patrick De Hooge, p
FAURE: Piano Music for Four Hands
2:32 am
Franz Waxman: Three Waltzes, "Souvenirs de Paris"
#2
St Clair Trio
2:34 am
Vincent D'Indy: "Souvenirs," Op 52
Monte Carlo Phil/James DePreist
2:53 am
French ANON 16th c: Chanson, Le cuer est bon
Paris Brass Quintet
Renaissance Music
3:00 am
Portuguese ANON: Three Sonatas
Wallace Collection, Wallace
Venetian Brass Music
3:05 am
Isaac Albéniz: "Iberia," Book 3
Alicia de Larrocha, p
Iberia, Navarra, Suite Espanola
3:27 am
Francisco Guerau: Canarios
Pepe Romero, g
Noches de Espana: Romantic Guitar Classics
3:28 am
Mikhail Glinka: "Jota aragonesa" (Spanish Overture #1)
Dresden Staatskapelle/Neville Marriner
Bolero, Capriccio Italien, Caprice Brilliant, España
3:36 am
Peter Tchaikovsky: Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op. 33
Reiner Hochmuth, vc; Polish Chamber Orch/Wojciech Rajski
3:54 am
English Anon 17th c: Two Lute Pieces
Christopher Parkening, g
The Artistry of Christopher Parkening
4:00 am
Albert W Ketèlby: In a Monastery Garden
Ambrosian Singers, Philharmonia Orch/John Lanchbery
In A Monastery Garden
4:05 am
Haydn Wood: "London Cameos" (1942)
Czecho-Slovak Radio Sym/Adrian Leaper
WOOD : Bright Light Music
4:21 am
Clive Richardson: Beachcomber
New London Orch/Ronald Corp
British Light Music Classics, Vol. 2
4:24 am
Alan Rawsthorne: "Bagatelles"
#2
Stephen Hough, p
Stephen Hough's English Piano Album
4:26 am
Ernst von Dohnányi: Piano Quintet #1 in c, Op 1
András Schiff, p; Takacs Quartet
Piano Quintet No. 1, Sextet
4:55 am
Derick GERARDE: La Rocha el Fuso
London Early Music Group/James Tyler
O Dolce Vita Mia
5:00 am
Camille Saint-Saëns: "Berceuse" in B-Flat, Op. 38
Philippe Graffin, v; Pascal Devoyon, p
5:05 am
Camille Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto No. 1 in D, Op. 17
Pascal Rogé, p; London Phil
5 Piano Concertos
5:34 am
Max Reger: "Tarantella"
Ron Chen-Zion, cl; Roglit Ishay, p
Reger: Complete Works For Clarinet & Piano
5:36 am
Ned Rorem: Three Barcarolles
Leon Fleisher, p
Copland, Sessions, Kirchner, Rorem
5:46 am
Jacques Offenbach: "The Tales of Hoffmann"
"Barcarolle" (Belle nuit)
Hollywood Bowl Sym Orch/Carmen Dragon
Nocturne
5:50 am
Gian-Carlo Menotti: "Sebastian"
Barcarolle
New Zealand Sym Orch/Andrew Schenck
5:53 am
Thomas Morley: Madrigal, "Now Is the Month of Maying"
Deller Consort
The English Madrigal School
6:00 am
Maurice Ravel: "Jeux d'eau"
Philharmonia Orch/Geoffrey Simon
Ravel: Five O'Clock Foxtrot, Bolero, La Valse
6:05 am
Franz Liszt: "Années de pèlerinage:" 3rd Year, Rome (1867-77)
No. 4, "Les jeux d'eau à la Villa d'Este"
Muza Rubackyte, p
6:13 am
Ottorino Respighi: "The Fountains of Rome"
London Sym Orch/Lamberto Gardelli
Gemini - Respighi: Pines Of Rome
6:29 am
Howard Skempton: "A Roma"
John Tilbury, p
Well, Well, Cornelius
6:31 am
Alan Hovhaness: "Mountains and Rivers Without End"
Manhattan Chamber Orch/Richard Auldon Clark
Alan Hovhaness: Mountains and Rivers Without End * Manhattan Chamber Orchestra
6:54 am
Francis Poulenc: "Valse" (1919)
Pascal Rogé, p
Piano Works • Ouvres Pour Piano • Klavierwerke / Les Soirées De Nazelles • 3 Mouvements Perpétuels • 3 Novelettes • 9 Improvisations
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.
7:03 am
Margaret Brouwer: "The Art of Sailing at Dawn"
Vienna Radio Sym Orch/Marin Alsop
Margaret Brouwer: Rhapsodies
7:10 am
William Bolcom: "Dream Shadows"
Spencer Myer, p
William Bolcom: Piano Rags
7:18 am
Howard Shore: "The Lord of the Rings"
"In Dreams"
Cardinal Vaughan Memorial School Schola Cantorum/Scott Price
In Paradisum
7:23 am
Claude Debussy: "Suite bergamasque"
Lyon National Orch/Jun Märkl
Debussy: Orchestral Works, Vol. 6
7:42 am
Gioachino Rossini: "La Cenerentola"
Overture
European Wind Soloists/Patrick De Ritis
Italian Opera Transcribed for Wind Ensemble
7:51 am
Ruth Gipps: "Ambarvalia"
BBC Phil/Rumon Gamba
Ruth Gipps: Orchestral Works Vol. 3
8:00 am
Saturday Morning Listener's Choice
8:01 am
Georg Philipp Telemann: Trumpet Concerto in D, TWV 51:D7
Maurice André, tr; Berlin Phil/Herbert von Karajan
Hummel, Mozart, Telemann, Vivaldi: Trumpet Concertos
8:11 am
Duke Ellington: Come Sunday
Lara Downes, p; PUBLIQuartet
New Day Begun
8:14 am
Mahalia Jackson: "Beautiful Tomorrow"
Mahalia Jackson
Apollo Sessions Vol II (1946-51)
8:18 am
Antonín Dvořák: "Stabat Mater," Op 58
III. "Eja mater, fons amoris"
Prague Philharmonic Cho, Czech Phil/Jiří Bělohlávek
Dvořák: Stabat Mater, Op. 58
8:27 am
Domenico Scarlatti: Clavier Sonata in D Minor, Kk 141
Joyce Yang, p
Collage
8:31 am
Imogen Holst: Allegro assai for strings
BBC Concert Orch/Alice Farnham
Discovering Imogen
8:36 am
Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle: "La Marseillaise"
Detroit Sym Orch/Paul Paray
Marches and Overtures à la Française
8:40 am
Giuseppe Verdi; Glenn Miller: "Anvil Chorus"
Glen Miller and his Orchestra
Glenn Miller – The Popular Recordings 1938-1942
8:46 am
Igor Stravinsky: "The Rite of Spring"
Part 1, "Adoration of the Earth"
Chicago Sym Orch/Sir Georg Solti
Stravinsky * Le Sacre du Printemps * Solti
9:00 am
Soundtrack
9:00 am
Alfred Newman: 20th Century Fox Fanfare
London Phil Orch/John Mauceri
The Genius of Film Music
9:02 am
John Addison: "Tom Jones"
Love Theme
Studio Orch/John Addison
Tom Jones (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
9:04 am
John Addison: "Tom Jones"
Overture
BBC Concert Orch/Rumon Gamba
The Film Music of John Addison
9:10 am
Alexandre Desplat: "The Phoenician Scheme"
"Airplane Crash #1"
Studio Orch/Conrad Pope
The Phoenician Scheme (Original Soundtrack)
9:14 am
Alexandre Desplat: "The Phoenician Scheme"
"Palazzo Korda"
Studio Orch/Conrad Pope
The Phoenician Scheme (Original Soundtrack)
9:19 am
Laurie Johnson: "Dr. Strangelove"
"The Bomb Run"
City of Prague Phil Cho & Orch/Paul Bateman
Kubrick
9:21 am
Ross Parker & Hughie Charles: "We'll Meet Again"
Yo-Yo Ma, vc; Kathryn Stott, p
Songs of Comfort & Hope
9:25 am
Charlie Chaplin: "Modern Times"
Song, "Smile"
Itzhak Perlman, v; Boston Pops Orch/John Williams
John Williams Conductor
9:28 am
Charlie Chaplin: "The Circus"
"Swing Little GIrl"
Lucienne Renaudin Vary, tr; Paris Chamber Orch/Sascha Goetzel
Winter Gardens
9:33 am
Max Steiner: "Arsenic and Old Lace"
Main Title; "Baseball a la Brooklyn"
Moscow Sym Orch/William Stromberg
Adventures Of Don Juan & Arsenic And Old Lace
9:36 am
Max Steiner: "Arsenic and Old Lace"
"Mortimer’s Ghastly Discovery;" "The Prodigal Son Returns"
Moscow Sym Orch/William Stromberg
Adventures Of Don Juan & Arsenic And Old Lace
9:43 am
Alexandre Desplat: "Fantastic Mr. Fox"
"Whack-Bat Majorette"
Studio Orch/Alexandre Desplat
Fantastic Mr. Fox (Original Soundtrack)
9:45 am
Alexandre Desplat: "Fantastic Mr. Fox"
"Just Another Dead Rat in a Garbage Pail (Behind The Chinese Restaurant)"
Studio Orch/Alexandre Desplat
Fantastic Mr. Fox (Original Soundtrack)
9:48 am
Alexandre Desplat: "Fantastic Mr. Fox"
"Great Harrowsford Square"
London Oratory Cho; Studio Orch/Alexandre Desplat
Fantastic Mr. Fox (Original Soundtrack)
9:52 am
Jung Jae-il: "Parasite"
"The Belt of Faith"
Jung Jae-il, prod
Parasite (Original Soundtrack)
10:01 am
Cecil Burleigh: "Six Fancies," Op. 31
No. 2, "Fairy Sailing"
Zina Schiff, v; Mary Barranger, p
Cecil Burleigh: Music for Violin and Piano
10:02 am
Henry Purcell: "The Fairy Queen"
Act 4 Symphony
Music of the Baroque Orch/Thomas Wikman
With Clarion Voice
10:08 am
Peter Tchaikovsky: "The Nutcracker," Op. 71
"Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy"
Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
Dances from Renaissance to Nutcracker
10:11 am
Ruth Gipps: Horn Concerto, Op. 58
Martin Owen, hn; BBC Phil/Rumon Gamba
Ruth Gipps: Orchestral Works Vol. 3
10:30 am
Earl Wild: Reminiscences of Churchill's music for the film "Snow White"
Earl Wild, p
Earl Wild: The Romantic Master
10:39 am
Josef Suk: "Pohadka (Fairy Tale)," Op. 16
"Love Story"
Josef Suk, v; Prague Sym/Jiří Bělohlávek
Jewels of Czech Music in lyrical Style
10:51 am
Peter Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64
III. Valse, "Allegro moderato"
Polish National Radio Sym Orch/Antoni Wit
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5; The Storm
11:00 am
11:00 am
Introductions
WFMT features talented young classical musicians from around the Chicago area. Please visit wfmt.com for details on today’s program.
12:00 - 3:00 pm
12:00 pm
Metropolitan Opera
Verdi's La traviata
Lisette Oropesa (Violetta Valéry); Piotr Buszewski (Alfrdo Germoont); Luca Salsi (Giorgio Germont); Metropolitan Opera Cho & Orch/Antonello Manacorda. Sung in Italian.
4:00 pm
4:00 pm
Listening to Singers with Oliver Camacho
On Pauline Viardot, the renowned mezzo-soprano, composer, and 19th-century cultural influencer who inspired significant works from Hector Berlioz, Camille Saint-Saëns (who wrote "Samson and Delilah" for her), Frédéric Chopin, Giacomo Meyerbeer, and Johannes Brahms, in addition to composing five chamber operas and over 100 songs herself.
8:00 pm
8:00 pm
Folkstage hosted by Marilyn Rea Beyer
From the archives: Renowned traditionalists Tracy Schwarz and Ginny Hawker with Deborah Clifford play music that spans many generations.
9:00 pm - 12:00 am
9:00 pm
The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer
We believe in women. On the final weekend of National Women’s Month, we honor the accomplishments and the music of women in history and in folk music.
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