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      Playlist for Saturday, June 6, 2026

      Playing this hour

      12:00 - 7:00 am

      12:00 am

      Robert Planquette: "Les Cloches de Corneville"

      Overture

      Opera-Comique National Theater Orch/Jean Doussard
      The Chimes Of Normandy = Les Cloches De Corneville (An Operetta in Three Acts)

      Connoisseur CS2-2107 (2)

      12:05 am

      Paul Dukas: Overture, "Polyeucte"

      BBC Phil Orch/Yan Pascal Tortelier
      Dukas: Symphony in C · Polyeucte Overture

      Chandos CHAN-9225

      12:20 am

      Jean-Baptiste Lully: "Ouverture de la Mascarade"

      Chicago Baroque Ensemble
      The World of Lully

      Cedille CDR-90000043

      12:23 am

      Jean-Baptiste Lully: "Les songes agréables"

      Chicago Baroque Ensemble
      The World of Lully

      Cedille CDR-90000043

      12:25 am

      Darius Milhaud: "Les Songes," Op. 237

      Utah Sym Orch/Maurice Abravanel
      Protee: Les Songes (Suite Symphonique No. 2)

      Angel S-37317

      12:53 am

      Darius Milhaud: "Les Songes," Op. 237

      Valse

      Stephen Coombs & Artur Pizarro, p's
      Milhaud: Music For Two Pianists

      Hyperion CDA-67014

      1:00 am

      Richard Rodgers: "Carousel"

      Waltz

      Stephen Hough, p
      Stephen Hough's New Piano Album

      Hyperion CDA-67043

      1:05 am

      Richard Rodgers: "The King and I"

      "March of the Siamese Children"

      Boston Pops Orch/Arthur Fiedler
      Marches In Hi-Fi

      MHS 514551-F

      1:09 am

      Richard Rodgers: "The Sound of Music"

      "Climb Ev'ry Mountain"

      Plàcido Domingo, t; Milan Sym Orch/Marcello Viotti
      Sacred Songs * Domingo

      DG 471575-2

      1:11 am

      Richard Rodgers: "Victory at Sea"

      New York Phil/Richard Rodgers
      Slaughter On Tenth Avenue

      Odyssey Y-35213

      1:24 am

      Richard Rodgers: "Victory at Sea"

      "Beneath the Southern Cross"

      Orch/Charles Gerhardt
      Victory At Sea Suite - Charles Gerhardt & The Cinema Symphony Orchestra Of London

      Quintessence PMC-7032

      1:25 am

      Roylance/Galvin: "The Grand Parade of Sail"

      Royal Liverpool Phil/William Connor
      The Tall Ships Suite; Ocean Fantasia; The Grand Parade Of Sail

      Conifer 18309-2

      1:34 am

      Ludwig August Lebrun: Oboe Concerto #2 in g

      Bart Schneemann, ob; Radio Chamber Orch/Jan Willem de Vriend
      L A Lebrun * Oboe Concertos * Bart Schneemann

      Channel Classics CCS-16198

      1:54 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Cello Suite No. 1 in G, BWV 1007

      Finale, "Gigue"

      Pieter Wispelwey, vc
      Bach: Suites for Cello Solo

      Channel Classics CCS-1090 (2)

      2:00 am

      Edvard Grieg: "Peer Gynt," Op. 23

      No. 19, "Solvejg's Song"

      Ilse Hollweg, s; Royal Phil/Thomas Beecham

      EMI/Ang CDM7-64751-2

      2:05 am

      Gabriel Fauré: "Pelléas et Mélisande," Op. 80

      Atlanta Sym Orch/Robert Shaw
      Les Nuits D'ete, Pelleas Et Melisande

      Telarc CD-80084

      2:23 am

      Geoffrey Burgon: Three Nocturnes for Harp

      #3

      Sarah Bullen, h
      The Essential Harp

      Egan 00002

      2:25 am

      Franz Berwald: Theme and Variations in g

      Greta Erikson, p

      Caprice RIKSLP-63

      2:32 am

      William Hurlstone: Fantasie-Variations on a Swedish Air (1903)

      London Phil/Nicholas Braithwaite
      Piano Concerto / Variations On A Swedish Air

      Lyrita SRCD-2286 (2)

      2:54 am

      Wilhelm Peterson-Berger: "Marit's Songs," Op 12

      "The sun shines prettily in the evening"

      Anne Sofie von Otter, ms; Bengt Forsberg, p
      Wings in the Night: Swedish Songs

      DG 449189-2

      3:00 am

      Domenico Scarlatti: Clavier Sonata in D, Kk 491 (L 164)

      Murray Perahia, p
      Murray Perahia Plays Handel And Scarlatti

      Sony SK-62785

      3:05 am

      Jean Sibelius: Symphony No. 5 in E-Flat, Op. 82

      Finnish Radio Sym Orch/Jukka-Pekka Saraste
      SIBELIUS: SYMPHONIES 1 & 5

      Finlandia 99960-2

      3:37 am

      Jean Sibelius: Four Pieces, Op. 115 (1929)

      No. 4, "The Bells"

      Ruggiero Ricci, v; Sylvia Rabinoff, p

      Prompt URS-90033 (2)

      3:38 am

      Carl Maria von Weber: "Konzertstück" in f, Op 79

      Melvyn Tan, forte-p; London Classical Players/Roger Norrington

      EMI/Ang CDC5-55348-2

      3:55 am

      Franz Schubert: Song, "Das Heimweh," D 456

      Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, br; Gerald Moore, p

      EMI/Ang CDM7-69503-2

      4:00 am

      John Phillip SOUSA: The Liberty Bell

      Dallas Wind Sym/Jerry F Junkin
      Strictly Sousa

      Reference Recordings RR-94-CD

      4:03 am

      John Phillip SOUSA: El Capitan

      Dallas Wind Sym/Jerry F Junkin
      Strictly Sousa

      Reference Recordings RR-94-CD

      4:05 am

      George Gershwin: "Rhapsody in Blue"

      Frances Veri, p; Michael Jamanis, p
      Gershwin Piano Favorites: 2-Piano Arrangements Rhapsody In Blue, An American In Paris, 'I Got Rhythem' Variations and Select Solo Pieces

      Price-Less D-10710

      4:21 am

      George Gershwin: Second Rhapsody

      Goodyear, p; Cincinnati Pops/Erich Kunzel
      Gershwin: The Complete Orchestral Collection

      Telarc CD-80112

      4:36 am

      George Gershwin: "Porgy and Bess"

      "Leavin' for the Promise' Lan'"

      Lawrence Winters, br; Camilla Williams, s; Cho and Orch/Lehman Engel
      Heritage Gershwin

      Sony MH2K-63322 (2)

      4:38 am

      Vincent D'Indy: "Saugefleurie", Op 21

      Württemberg Phil/Gilles Nopre
      D' INDY : Orchestra Works

      Marco Polo 8.223659

      4:54 am

      Landini: Ballata, La bionda treccia

      London Early Music Consort/David Munrow
      Early Music Festival

      London 452967-2 (2)

      5:00 am

      Francis Poulenc: Piano Duet Sonata (1918)

      Maryléne Dosse, p; Annie Petit, p

      Price-Less D-23677

      5:05 am

      Francis Poulenc: Oboe Sonata

      Nash Ensemble
      Poulenc: The Complete Chamber Music

      Hyperion CDA-67255/6 (2)

      5:19 am

      Francis Poulenc: Brass Sonata (1922)

      Trio Puhallus

      Jase CD-0016

      5:28 am

      Francis Poulenc: Six impromptus (1920)

      #3

      Equale Brass
      Bacchanales

      Nimbus NIM-5004

      5:29 am

      Franz Schubert: Impromptus, D 899 (Op. 90)

      No. 1 in C

      Andreas Haefliger, p
      Impromptus Op. 90 and Op. 142

      Sony SK-53108

      5:39 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 23 in G

      Philharmonia Hungarica/Antal Dorati
      Haydn * The Complete Symphonies * Antal Dorati

      London 4781221 (33)

      5:54 am

      Charles-Valentin Alkan: Four Impromptus, Op 32

      #1, "Vaghezza"

      Laurent Martin, p
      ALKAN : Piano Music

      Marco Polo 8.223657

      6:00 am

      Josef Strauss: "Theater-Quadrille," Op 213

      Vienna Phil/Franz Welser-Möst
      New Year's Concert 2013

      Sony 44071-2 (2)

      6:05 am

      Johann Strauss II: "Annen-Polka," Op. 117

      Berlin Phil/Herbert von Karajan
      Herbert Von Karajan: The First Recordings

      DG 410022-2

      6:09 am

      György Cziffra: Concert Etude #2 after Strauss's "Tritsch-Tratsch" Polka

      Konstantin Scherbakov, p

      EMI/Ang CDZ5-69704-2

      6:12 am

      Johann Strauss II: "Lob der Frauen," Polka Mazur, Op. 315

      Vienna Phil/Mariss Jansons
      New Year's Concert 2006

      DG 4775566 (2)

      6:17 am

      Fanny Mendelssohn: Five Songs, Op 10

      #5, "Bergeslust"

      Lauralyn Kolb, s, Arlene Shrut, p
      Fanny Mendelssohn: Lieder

      Centaur CRC-2120

      6:18 am

      Amy (Mrs HHA) Beach: Theme and Variations, Op 80

      Carol Wincenc, f; Green Mountain Festival Quartet
      American Flute Quintets

      Bridge 9373

      6:41 am

      César Franck: "Symphonic Variations"

      Artur Rubinstein, p; Sym of the Air/Alfred Wallenstein
      Saint-Saens: Concerto No. 2/ Falla: Nights In The Garden of Spain/ Franck: Symphonic Variations

      RCA 61863-2

      6:54 am

      George Gershwin: "Strike Up the Band"

      "Meadow Serenade"

      Richard Glazier, p
      Remembrance and Discovery

      Centaur CRC-2271

      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

      Richard Rodgers: "The Sound of Music"

      "My Favorite Things"

      Ian Gindes, p
      American Visions

      Centaur CRC-3475

      7:06 am

      Amy Beach: "Dusk in June," Op. 82

      La Caccina
      Becoming

      La Caccina (Becoming)

      7:10 am

      Germaine Tailleferre: Flute and Piano Concerto

      Leta Miller, f; Josephine Gandolfi, p; UC Santa Cruz Orch/Nicole Paiement
      La musique de Germaine Tailleferre Vol. II

      Helicon HE-1048

      7:29 am

      Joanna Estelle: "Bobby's Song"

      Trio Casals
      Moto Finale

      Navona NV-6388

      7:35 am

      Louise Farrenc: Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 32

      IV. "Allegro assai"

      NDR Radio Phil/Johannes Goritzki
      Louise Farrenc: Symphonies 1 & 3

      CPO 999603-2

      7:45 am

      Georg Philipp Telemann: "Tafelmusik," Book 3

      Two-Horn Concerto in E-Flat

      Andrew Joy & Charles Putnam, hn's; Musica Antiqua Cologne/Goebel
      Telemann: Tafelmusik

      Archiv 427619-2 (4)

      8:00 am

      Saturday Morning Listener's Choice

      8:00 am

      George Frideric Handel: "Water Music" Suite No. 2 in D

      Berlin Academy for Ancient Music
      Handel: Water Music Suites Nos. 1-3

      Harmonia Mundi HMC-902216

      8:12 am

      Richard Rodgers: "Victory at Sea"

      The Song of the High Seas

      Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel
      Victory at Sea

      Telarc CD-80175

      8:19 am

      Edward Elgar: Land of Hope and Glory

      Sue Addison, tb, Sally Goodworth, p
      Elgar's Trombone

      Cala CACD-77016

      8:24 am

      Sergei Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18

      I. "Moderato"

      Van Cliburn, p; Chicago Sym Orch/Fritz Reiner
      Rachmaninoff: Concerto No. 2; Beethoven: Concerto No. 5

      RCA 61961-2

      8:36 am

      Howard Hanson: "Fanfare for the Signal Corps"

      London Phil Orch/Jorge Mester

      Koch 3-7012-2

      8:37 am

      Morton Gould: "Fanfare for Freedom"

      London Phil Orch/Jorge Mester

      Koch 3-7012-2

      8:38 am

      Henry Cowell: "Fanfare for the Latin Allies"

      London Phil Orch/Jorge Mester

      Koch 3-7012-2

      8:42 am

      Antonio José: "Sinfonia castellana"

      IV. Finale, "Danza burgalesa: Allegro vivo"

      Castilla y León Sym Orch/Alejandro Posada
      José: Sinfonía castellana; Suite ingenua; El mozo de mulas

      Naxos 8.557634

      8:48 am

      Noel Coward: "London Pride"

      John Williams, g; Orch/William Goodchild
      Echos of London

      CBS MK-42119

      8:53 am

      Luis Bacalov: "Il Postino"

      Main Theme

      London Phil Orch/Dirk Brossé
      The Genius of Film Music: Hollywood Blockbusters 1980s-2000s

      LPO 0110

      9:00 am

      Soundtrack

      9:00 am

      Alfred Newman: 20th Century Fox Fanfare

      London Phil Orch/John Mauceri
      The Genius of Film Music

      LPO 0086

      9:02 am

      George Gershwin: "Love Is Here to Stay"

      Tactus String Quartet
      Tactus plays Gershwin

      Pavane ADW-7273

      9:05 am

      Richard Rodney Bennett: "Nicholas and Alexandra"

      Overture

      New Philharmonia Orch/Marcus Dods
      Nicholas and Alexandra (Original Soundtrack Recording)

      Bell BELL-1103

      9:08 am

      Richard Rodney Bennett: "Nicholas and Alexandra"

      "Nicholas and Alexandra"

      New Philharmonia Orch/Marcus Dods
      Nicholas and Alexandra (Original Soundtrack Recording)

      Bell BELL-1103

      9:11 am

      Randy Newman: "Ragtime"

      Main Title

      Studio Orch/Randy Newman
      Ragtime (Original Motion Picture Score)

      Elektra 5E-565

      9:12 am

      Randy Newman: "Ragtime"

      "Atlantic City"

      Studio Orch/Randy Newman
      Ragtime (Original Motion Picture Score)

      Elektra 5E-565

      9:14 am

      Randy Newman: "Ragtime"

      "Dénouement"

      Studio Cho & Orch/Randy Newman
      Ragtime (Original Motion Picture Score)

      Elektra 5E-565

      9:22 am

      Hugo Friedhofer: "The Best Years of Our Lives"

      Main Title

      London Phil Orch/Franco Collura
      The Best Years of Our Lives - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

      Screen Classics [The Best Years of Our Lives]

      9:23 am

      Ennio Morricone: "Cinema Paradiso"

      Main Theme

      Gilda Buttà, p; Munich Radio Orch/Ennio Morricone
      Morricone Conducts Morricone

      EuroArts 8024211027

      9:26 am

      Antonín Dvořák: String Serenade in E, Op. 22

      II. "Tempo di valse"

      Berlin Phil/Herbert von Karajan

      DG 400038-2

      9:32 am

      Emilie Levienaise-Farrouch: "Living"

      "County Hall"

      Studio Cho & Orch
      Living (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

      Rambling Records RBCP-3478

      9:35 am

      Danny Elfman: "Spider-Man 2"

      Main Title

      Studio Cho & Orch/Pete Anthony
      Spider-Man 2 (Original Motion Picture Score)

      Columbia G-0100009351538

      9:39 am

      Jerry Goldsmith: "Chinatown"

      Love Theme

      Uan Rasey, tr; Studio Orch/Jerry Goldsmith
      Chinatown (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

      ABC Records ABDP-848

      9:41 am

      Jerry Goldsmith: "L.A. Confidential"

      "Bloody Christmas"

      Hollywood Studio Sym/Jerry Goldsmith
      L.A. Confidential (Original Motion Picture Score)

      Varèse Sarabande VSD-5885

      9:44 am

      Jerry Goldsmith: "L.A. Confidential"

      "The Victor"

      Hollywood Studio Sym/Jerry Goldsmith
      L.A. Confidential (Original Motion Picture Score)

      Varèse Sarabande VSD-5885

      9:47 am

      Elmer Bernstein: "Hawaii"

      Overture

      City of Prague Phil Orch/James Fitzpatrick
      The Essential Elmer Bernstein Film Music Collection

      Silva Screen Records SILCD-1178

      9:51 am

      Elmer Bernstein: "The Ten Commandments"

      Overture to Act I

      Studio Orch/Elmer Bernstein
      The Ten Commandments 60th Anniversary Soundtrack Collection

      Intrada INT-7147

      9:56 am

      Elmer Bernstein: "The Magnificent Seven"

      Main Title

      Phoenix Sym/James Sedares
      American Dreams - The American Music Sampler, Vol. 2

      Koch 3-7346-2

      10:03 am

      Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: "Berlin" Symphony No. 4 in E-Flat, Wq 179

      Les Violons du Roy/Bernard Labadie
      Music of Bach's Sons

      Dorian DOR-90239

      10:17 am

      William Grant Still: "Seven Traceries"

      Denver Oldham, p
      Africa: Piano Music of William Grant Still

      Koch 3-7084-2

      10:36 am

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

      Chineke! Orch/Anthony Parnther
      Chineke! Orchestra: Coleridge-Taylor

      Decca 4853322

      10:53 am

      Napoléon Coste: "Rondeau de concert," Op. 12

      Jeffrey McFadden, g
      Popular Guitar Music

      Naxos 8.571085

      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.

      11:12 am

      Jean Sibelius: "Spring Song," Op. 16

      Scottish National Orch/Sir Alexander Gibson
      Nielsen: Symphony No. 5, Etc; Sibelius / Alexander Gibson

      Chandos CHAN-6533

      11:20 am

      Robert Schumann: Piano Quintet in E-Flat, Op. 44

      M Argerich, p; D Schwarzberg, v; L Hall, v; N Imai, vi; M Maisky, vc
      Mischa Maisky, cello,
      Schumann: Klavierquartett

      EMI ZDCB5-55484-2 (2)

      11:51 am

      Alexandre Desplat: "Girl with the Pearl Earring"

      Emmanuel Pahud, f; French National Orch/Alexandre Desplat
      Airlines

      Warner 0190295306878

      12:00 - 3:00 pm

      12:00 pm

      From Vienna State Opera

      Smetana's The Bartered Bride

      Franz Xaver Schlecht (Krušina); Margaret Plummer (Ludmila); Slávka Zámečníková (Mařenka); Ivo Stanchev (Mícha); Monika Bohinec (Háta); Pavol Breslik (Jeník); Michael Laurenz (Vašek); Vienna State Opera Chorus and Orchestra; TomᚠHanus, conductor. Sung in German.

      2:42 pm

      Ilse Weber: Song, "Wiegala"

      Esther Abrami, v; string quintet
      Karoline Hindelang, viola,
      Okhee Lee, double bass,
      Women

      Sony 19802900182

      2:46 pm

      Vítězslava Kaprálová: Piano Concerto in D minor, Op. 7

      I. "Allegro entusiastico"

      Amy I-Lin Cheng, p; University of Michigan Sym Orch/Kenneth Kiesler
      Kaprálová: Waving Farewell / Suite en Miniature / Piano Concerto

      Naxos 8.574144

      2:57 pm

      Jean-Baptiste Lully: "Alceste"

      "Loure pour les Pécheurs"

      Lodestar Trio
      Bach to Folk

      Naxos NXW76158-2

      3:00 pm

      3:00 pm

      Afternoon Music

      3:01 pm

      Giacomo Puccini: "Capriccio sinfonico"

      Welsh National Opera Orch/Carlo Rizzi
      Puccini Symphonic Suites Imagined by Carlo Rizzi

      Signum SIGCD-778

      3:14 pm

      Antonio Caldara: Sinfonia in C

      La Serenissima/Adrian Chandler
      The Italian Job

      Avie AV-2371

      3:30 pm

      Franz Schubert: "Ave Maria (Ellens Gesang III)," D 839

      Danbi Um, v; Juho Pohjonen, p
      Poème Mystique

      Avie AV-2743

      3:35 pm

      Erich Wolfgang Korngold: "Baby Serenade," Op. 24

      Northwest German Phil/Werner Andreas Albert
      Korngold: Orchestral Works, Vol. 3

      CPO 999077-2

      3:58 pm

      Alexander von Zemlinsky: Song, "Herbsten"

      Ian Koziara, t; Bradley Moore, p
      Silenced: Unsung Voices of the 20th Century

      Cedille CDR-90000231

      4:00 pm

      4:00 pm

      Listening to Singers with Oliver Camacho

      A preview of the upcoming Opera Festival of Chicago season with music director Sir Emanuele Andrizzi.

      5:00 pm

      5:00 pm

      Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival

      Carlo Alfredo Piatti Serenade; Mark Kosower, Nicholas Canellakis, cellos; Juho Pohjonen, piano; Julian Anderson String Quartet No. 4 (Festival Co-Commission, US Premiere); Escher String Quartet; Enescu Sonata in A Minor, Op. 24, "Dans le caractere populaire roumain;" Yura Lee, violin; Gilles Vonsattel, piano.

      6:00 - 8:00 pm

      6:00 pm

      Weekend Evening Music

      8:00 pm

      8:00 pm

      Folkstage hosted by Marilyn Rea Beyer

      From the archives: Music wafts like a summer breeze through a 2005 performance by Ariane Lydon.

      9:00 pm - 12:00 am

      9:00 pm

      The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer

      Let’s take a vacation. But where shall we go? Songs about faraway places we’d love to visit. Cities and sights and sounds that transport us in song.