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      Playlist for Sunday, December 14, 2025

      Playing this hour

      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      Randol Alan Bass: "Christmas Ornaments"

      "Lullaby Carols"

      Mormon Tabernacle Cho/Jerold D Ottley

      Intersound CDS-3494

      12:05 am

      Eric Ewazen: "Grand Canyon Suite"

      American Horn Quartet; New York Phil Horns
      Take 9

      MSR Classics MS-1089

      12:19 am

      Jake Heggie: Song, "The Road to Bethlehem"

      Melissa Davis, s; Jerry Wong, p
      Jake Heggie

      MSR Classics MS-1813

      12:21 am

      Ferde Grofé: "Grand Canyon Suite"

      Seattle Sym Orch/Gerard Schwarz
      Out West! - Tone Poems Of The American West

      Delos DE-3104

      12:54 am

      Burleigh: "Four Rocky Mountain Sketches" (1913)

      #4, "Avalanche"

      Rachel Barton Pine, v; Matthew Hagle, p
      American Virtuosa: Tribute to Maud Powell

      Cedille CDR-90000097

      1:00 am

      Julie Giroux: "Christmas with Mozart"

      University of Texas El Paso Symphonic Winds/Ron Hofstader
      Christmas Gone Crazy

      Mark 9417-MCD

      1:05 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Violin Sonata No. 32 in E-Flat, K. 380

      Andrew Manze, v; Richard Egarr, fortepiano
      Mozart: Violin Sonatas

      Harmonia Mundi HMU-907380

      1:24 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Twelve German Dances, K 586

      No. 7 in G

      Slovak Sinfonietta/Taras Krysa
      Mozart: Complete Edition

      Brilliant Classics 92540 (170)

      1:26 am

      Benjamin Britten: "A Boy Was Born," Op. 3

      Corydon Singers/Matthew Best
      Benjamin Britten

      Hyperion CDA-66126

      1:55 am

      Benjamin Britten: Five "Walztes" (sic!)

      #3

      Stephen Hough, p

      Virgin 91203-2

      2:00 am

      John McDonald: "Snowfall in Two Parts" (2016)

      John McDonald, p
      States of Play

      Bridge 9564

      2:05 am

      Angela Morley: "Snowride"

      RTE Concert Orch/Gavin Sutherland
      Another Night before Christmas and Scrooge

      Naxos 8.572744

      2:08 am

      Antonio Vivaldi: The Four Seasons, Concerto No. 4 in F minor, Op. 8, RV 297, “Winter”

      Daniel Hope, v; Zurich Chamber Orch
      For Seasons

      DG 479 6922

      2:16 am

      Antonio Vivaldi: The Four Seasons, Concerto No. 4 in F minor, Op. 8, RV 297, “Winter”, II. Largo

      Yo-Yo Ma, vc; Amsterdam Baroque Orch/Ton Koopman
      Vivaldi's Cello

      Sony SK-90916

      2:18 am

      Antonin Dvorák: Symphony No. 7 in D minor, Op. 70

      Vienna Phil/Rafael Kubelik
      Symphonies 7 & 9

      London 466994-2

      2:54 am

      Antonin Dvorák: "Silhouettes," Op 8

      #2

      Tomas Visek, p
      Piano Music

      Rosa RD-1318

      3:00 am

      Colin Brumby: "Jesu, Son Most Sweet and Dear"

      Mormon Tabernacle Cho/Jerold D Ottley

      Intersound CDS-3494

      3:05 am

      Alfred Hill: Symphony No. 5 in a minor, "The Carnival"

      Queensland Sym/Wilfried Lehmann
      Alfred Hill

      Marco Polo 8.223538

      3:25 am

      John CARMICHAEL: A Country Fair

      Jack Harrison, cl, West Australian Sym Orch/Richard Mills
      50: Celebrating Fifty Years of the Australian Youth Orchestra

      ABC Classics 442374-2 (2)

      3:34 am

      John CARMICHAEL: Sleighride to Thredbo

      James Galway, f, Sydney Sym Orch/Louis Fremaux
      Phoenix: Concerto For Flute And Orchestra, Thredbo Suite, Sleigh Ride To Thredbo, Thredbo Suite, Air From The High Mountain

      RCA AGL1-5450

      3:35 am

      Adam Saunders: "Fairytale Sleighride" (2008)

      Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland
      Another Night before Christmas and Scrooge

      Naxos 8.572744

      3:40 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Trumpet Concerto in E-Flat, H VIIe:1

      Helmut Wobisch, tr; I Solisti di Zagreb/Antonio Janigro
      Historical Anthology: The Virtuoso Trumpet, Vol. II

      Vanguard OVC-2535

      3:54 am

      English Trad: "Greensleeves"

      Tennessee Tech Tuba Choir
      Christmas Tubas

      Mark 7878-MCD

      4:00 am

      Franz Liszt: "Weihnachtsbaum"

      #4, "Adeste Fidelis"

      Leslie Howard, p
      Liszt Complete Piano Music

      Hyperion CDA-44501-98 (98)

      4:02 am

      Franz Liszt: "Weihnachtsbaum"

      "The Shepherds at the Manger (In Dulci Jubilo)"

      Jeffrey Biegel, p
      A Steinway Christmas Album * Jeffrey Biegel

      Steinway 30005

      4:05 am

      Franz Liszt: "Christus"

      "Shepherds at the Cradle"

      Rotterdam Phil/James Conlon
      Liszt: Christus

      Erato ECD-88231 (3)

      4:21 am

      Franz Liszt: "Weihnachtsbaum"

      Suite

      BBC Concert Orch/Barry Wordsworth
      The Night Before Christmas

      Naxos 8.570331

      4:31 am

      Franz Liszt: "Weihnachtsbaum"

      #11, "Ungarisch"

      Leslie Howard, p
      Liszt Complete Piano Music

      Hyperion CDA-44501-98 (98)

      4:33 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Wind Octet in E-Flat, Op 103

      Leipzig Radio Sym Orch Wind Players

      Naxos 8.500250 (90)

      4:55 am

      Markus Fricker: "Advent"

      Swiss Vocal Consort/Marco Amherd
      Dormi Bel Bambin

      Prospero PROSP-0059

      5:00 am

      Engelbert Humperdinck: "Hänsel und Gretel"

      "Dream Pantomime"

      Royal Phil/Rudolf Kempe

      EMI/Ang CDZB5-68736-2 (2)

      5:05 am

      Engelbert Humperdinck: Incidental music for Maeterlinck's "L'oiseau bleu"

      Suite

      Berlin Radio Sym/Steffen Tast
      Der blaue Vogel

      Capriccio C-5506 (2)

      5:30 am

      Hikari Oe: Bluebird March

      Akiko Ebi, p
      Music Of Hikari Oe, Vol. 1

      Denon CO-78952

      5:32 am

      Jean Sibelius: "Pelléas et Mélisande," Op. 46

      Tapiola Sinfonietta/Tuomas Ollila
      Sibelius: Presto in D major for string orchestra, etc.

      Ondine ODE-952-2

      5:55 am

      Jean Sibelius: "The Tempest," Op. 109

      "Canon"

      St Martin's Academy/Neville Marriner
      The Tempest Suites, Op.109

      Hänssler Classic CD-98.353

      6:00 am

      6:00 am

      With Heart and Voice

      "Advent 3, 'My Soul Proclaims the Greatness of the Lord.'" Mary’s Song forms the center of a musical exploration on this edition of With Heart and Voice. The Magnificat is a powerful text, which has found equally powerful settings over the centuries. Host Peter DuBois offers gorgeous expressions of this text, as we honor Mary, as well as marking the beginning of Chanukah.

      7:00 am - 12:00 pm

      7:01 am

      Arvo Pärt: "Spiegel im Spiegel"

      Renaud Capuçon, v; Guillaume Bellom, p
      Arvo Pärt: Tabula Rasa

      Warner 0190295029579

      7:11 am

      Thomas Tallis: "Dum transisset sabbatum"

      Matilda Lloyd, tr; The Gesualdo Six/Owain Park
      Radiant Dawn

      Hyperion CDA-68465

      7:19 am

      Ralph Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis

      London Phil Orch/Bernard Haitink
      Vaughan Williams: A London Symphony, Fantasia On A Theme By Thomas Tallis

      EMI CDC7-49394-2

      7:37 am

      Traditional: "Veni, veni, Emmanuel (O Come, O Come, Emmanuel)"

      Ayako Shinozaki, h
      Silent Night - Beautiful Melodies of Christmas

      Sony SFK-62677

      7:42 am

      Celso Machado: "Musiques populaires brésiliennes"

      Michelle LaPorte, f; Gerry Saulter, g; James Carroll, per
      Siempre Vivo! South American Songs, Preludes & Dances

      Centaur CRC-3549

      8:01 am

      Harold Darke: "In the Bleak Midwinter"

      Elora Festival Singers/Noel Edison; Michael Bloss, o
      Holidays with WFMT

      Naxos/WFMT (Xmas 2021)

      8:06 am

      Gustav Mahler: "Blumine"

      San Francisco Sym/Michael Tilson Thomas
      Masterpieces in Miniature

      SFS Media SFS-0060

      8:16 am

      Franz Schubert: "Hungarian Melody" in B minor, D 817

      Julia Hamos, p
      Ellis Island

      Naïve V-8674

      8:20 am

      Meredith Monk: "Ellis Island"

      Julia Hamos, p
      Ellis Island

      Naïve V-8674

      8:25 am

      Franz Liszt: "Hungarian Rhapsody" No. 9 in E-flat, "Carnival in Pest"

      Israel Phil Orch/Zubin Mehta
      Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsodies / Zubin Mehta

      CBS MK-44926

      8:39 am

      Various: Medley, "Santa Claus is Comin' to Town; Here Comes Santa Claus"

      Ayako Shinozaki & Kazuko Shinozaki, h's
      Silent Night - Beautiful Melodies of Christmas

      Sony SFK-62677

      8:44 am

      Traditional Irish: "The Wexford Carol"

      Ronn McFarlane, l; Carolyn Surrick, viga; Jackie Moran, bodhrán
      A Star in the East

      Flowerpot Productions A Star in the East

      9:01 am

      Giovanni Gabrieli: Motet, "Hodie Christus natus est"

      Vasari Singers/Jeremy Backhouse
      A Winter's Light

      Naxos 8.573030

      9:05 am

      Michael Praetorius: "Es ist ein Ros' entsprungen"

      Chris Norman, f
      Bright Day Star

      Dorian DOR-90198

      9:08 am

      Anonymous 15th-century English: Carol, Green Groweth the Holly

      New York Ensemble for Early Music
      A Renaissance Christmas

      Ex Cathedra EC-9003

      9:12 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: String Quartet in C, Op. 33, No. 3, "The Bird"

      Alban Berg Quartet
      Haydn: String Quartets, Op. 33 No. 3 "The Bird", Op. 77 Nos. 1 & 2

      EMI CDC5-57541-2

      9:31 am

      Anonymous 16th-century Spanish: Villancico, "Ríu, ríu, chíu"

      New York Ensemble for Early Music
      A Renaissance Christmas

      Ex Cathedra EC-9003

      9:35 am

      Pietro Locatelli: Concerto grosso in F minor, Op. 1, No. 8, "Christmas Concerto"

      Tafelmusik/Jeanne Lamon
      A Baroque Feast

      Analekta AN2-9811

      9:53 am

      Anna Bon: Violin Sonata No. 5

      Laura Gulley, v; Ruth McKay, fp; Laury Gutiérrez, viga
      Anna Bon: La virtuosa de Venezia

      La Donna Musicale LA-10104

      10:01 am

      Anonymous Catalan; Traditional Canadian: Carol medley, "The Angel Gabriel; Huron Carol"

      Windsbacher Knabenchor; Lautten Compagney/Ludwig Böhme
      In Dulci Jubilo

      Deutsche Harmonia Mundi 19658710702

      10:09 am

      Jessie Montgomery: "Starburst"

      String Orchestra/Jessie Montgomery
      Jessie Montgomery Strum: Music for Strings

      Azica ACD-71302

      10:12 am

      John Williams: "Star Wars: The Force Awakens"

      Rey's Theme

      Anne-Sophie Mutter, v; Recording Arts Orch of Los Angeles/John Williams
      Across the Stars

      DG B0030629

      10:17 am

      Eve de Castro-Robinson: "Star of Wonder" (after "We Three Kings")

      Voices New Zealand Chamber Choir/Karen Grylls
      Follow That Star

      Voices New Zealand Follow That Star

      10:24 am

      Carlos Simon: "Tales: A Folklore Symphony"

      National Sym Orch/Gianandrea Noseda
      Carlos Simon—Tales: A Folklore Symphony

      National Symphony Orchestra NSO-0014-D

      10:47 am

      Michio Miyagi: "Haru No Umi (The Sea in Springtime)"

      Emmanuel Pahud, f; Mariko Anraku, h
      Beau Soir: French and Japanese Melodies for Flute & Harp

      EMI CDC5-57740-2

      10:55 am

      Henry Mancini: "Moon River"

      Romain Leleu, tr; Stuttgart Phil/Marcus Bosch
      Move: The Trumpet as Movie Star

      Harmonia Mundi HMM-902600

      11:01 am

      John Ireland: "A Downland Suite" (1932)

      Minuet

      Guildhall String Ensemble/Robert Salter
      English Music for Strings

      RCA 7761-2-RC

      11:06 am

      Hugh Martin: "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas"

      Imani Winds
      This Christmas

      Koch KICCD-7748

      11:10 am

      Eoghan Desmond: "Be All Merry"

      Choral Scholars of University College Dublin, Irish Chamber Orchestra/Desmond Earley
      Be All Merry

      Signum SIGCD-643

      11:14 am

      Sergei Prokofiev: Symphony No. 1 in D, Op. 25, "Classical"

      London Phil Orch/Leonard Slatkin
      Elgar: Symphony No. 1/ In The South

      RCA 61350-2

      11:29 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Variations on a Minuet by Duport, K. 573

      Alfred Brendel, p
      The Art of Alfred Brendel

      Philips 426272-2

      11:45 am

      Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: "Petite Suite de Concert," Op. 77

      Chicago Sinfonietta/Paul Freeman
      African Heritage Symphonic Series - Vol. I

      Cedille CDR-90000055

      12:00 - 5:00 pm

      12:00 pm

      Franz Gruber: "Silent Night"

      Christ Church Cathedral Cho/Steven Grahl
      A Lullaby Carol - Christmas at Christ Church

      Avie AV-2721

      12:03 pm

      Franz Gruber: "Silent Night"

      Imani Winds; Jason Moran, p; James Genus, db; Nate Smith, dr
      This Christmas

      Koch KICCD-7748

      12:09 pm

      Hans Pfitzner: "Die Rose vom Liebesgarten"

      "Blütenwunder"

      Bavarian Radio Sym Orch/Wolfgang Sawallisch
      Hans Pfitzner: Orchestral Works

      Orfeo C-168881-A

      12:16 pm

      Manuel de Falla: "The Three-Cornered Hat"

      Neighbors' Dance, "Seguidillas"

      Chicago Sym Orch/Fritz Reiner
      Fritz Reiner: The Complete RCA Album Collection

      RCA 888837019828

      12:19 pm

      Aaron Copland: "Rodeo"

      "Hoe-Down"

      London Sym Orch/Aaron Copland
      Greatest Hits of the Ballet, Vol. 2

      CBS MLK-45659

      12:23 pm

      Mark O'Connor: "Old Country Fairytale"

      Mark O'Connor, v; Yo-Yo Ma, vc; Edgar Meyer, db
      Appalachia Waltz - Yo-Yo Ma, Edgar Meyer, Mark O'Connor

      Sony SK-68460

      12:33 pm

      Antonio Salieri: Flute and Oboe Concerto in C

      S Milan, f; D Theodore, ob; City of London Sinfonia/R Hickox
      Mozart: Flute & Harp Concerto, Oboe Concerto; Salieri: Flute & Oboe Concerto

      Chandos CHAN-9051

      12:55 pm

      Teresa Carreño: "Vals gayo," Op. 38

      Clara Rodríguez, p
      Teresa Carreño * Obras para piano * Piano Works

      Fundación MMG FD-2522002237

      1:01 pm

      Johann Sebastian Bach: French Suite No. 3 in B minor, BWV 814

      Vladimir Ashkenazy, p
      Bach: French Suites

      Decca 4832150

      1:15 pm

      Richard Strauss: Four Last Songs

      Renée Fleming, s; Munich Phil/Christian Thielemann
      Four Last Songs, Songs and Arias

      Decca B0011851-02 (2)

      1:38 pm

      Richard Strauss: "Das Rosenband," Op. 36, No. 1

      David Bremner, tb; Sarah Watkins, p
      Gung-Ho: Virtuosic Works for Trombone

      Atoll ACD-109

      1:43 pm

      Germaine Tailleferre: Piano Trio (1916-17, rev. 1978)

      Neave Trio
      A Room of Her Own

      Chandos CHAN-20238

      1:58 pm

      Julius Fučík: "Entry of the Gladiators," Op. 68

      Royal Liverpool Phil Orch/Libor Pešek
      The Moldau

      Virgin 59285-2

      2:01 pm

      William Grant Still: Symphony No. 2 in G, "Song of a New Race"

      Detroit Sym Orch/Neeme Järvi
      Still, Dawson, Ellington: Orchestral Works

      Chandos CHAN-9226

      2:32 pm

      Orlandus (Roland de) Lassus: "Quem vidistis pastores"

      Vocalconsort Berlin/Daniel Reuss
      Lassus: Prophetiæ Sibyllarum

      Accent ACC-24307

      2:35 pm

      Antonín Dvořák: "American Suite" in A, Op. 98

      Atlanta Sym Orch/Nathalie Stutzmann
      Dvořák: Symphony No. 9 From The New World, American Suite

      Erato 2173226379

      2:56 pm

      Claude Debussy: "Suite bergamasque"

      III. "Clair de lune"

      Noah Kim, p
      Introductions Turns 15

      WFMT (Introductions Turns 15)

      3:01 pm

      Bohuslav Martinů: String Sextet

      St Martin's Academy Chamber Ensemble
      Dvořák & Martinů: Sextets

      Chandos CHAN-8771

      3:17 pm

      Gioachino Rossini: "Il turco in Italia"

      Overture

      National Phil/Riccardo Chailly
      Rossini: Overtures

      Sony SBK-62653

      3:26 pm

      Richard Rodney Bennett: Five Carols

      New York Polyphony
      Sing Thee Nowell

      BIS 2099

      3:37 pm

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      5:00 pm

      5:00 pm

      Miracle of Miracles

      Music for Hanukkah

      The vocal ensemble Chicago a cappella highlights the creativity and vitality of American Jewish musical traditions. Hosted by Louise Frank.

      6:00 - 8:00 pm

      6:00 pm

      Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcasts

      Mahler "Rückert Lieder;" Hanna Schwarz, mezzo-soprano; Claudio Abbado, conductor; Symphony No. 7; Jaap van Zweden, conductor.

      8:00 pm

      8:00 pm

      Fiesta! with Elbio Barilari

      The Super Guitar Show Some of the greatest performers and composers of the guitar have come from Latin America and Spain. In this program host, Elbio Barilari share some of his favorite pieces for this versatile instrument and some of the most important works for classical guitar. Included are guitarists Abel Carlevaro, Eduardo Fernandez and Manuel Barrueco with master composers José Ardévol, Federico Moreno Torroba and Heitor Villa-Lobos.

      9:00 - 11:00 pm

      9:00 pm

      Collectors' Corner with Henry Fogel

      Rachmaninoff Choral/Vocal Music

      Rachmaninoff "All-Night Vigil; The Bells; Vocalise."