Saturday, October 17, 2026

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      12:00 - 7:00 am

      12:00 am

      Shostakovich, Dmitri: Preludes and Fugues, Op. 87

      No. 23 in F

      Keith Jarrett, p
      Shostakovich: 24 Preludes and Fugues Op. 87

      ECM 437189-2 (2)

      12:05 am

      Debussy, Claude: "Première rapsodie" (Clarinet Rhapsody)

      Benny Goodman, cl; New York Phil/John Barbirolli
      Clarinet Classics

      Pearl GEM-0057

      12:12 am

      Stravinsky, Igor: "Ebony Concerto"

      Woody Herman and His Orchestra
      Ebony Concerto, Symphony in Three Movements

      Everest EVC-9049

      12:21 am

      Stravinsky, Igor: Double Canon for String Quartet (1959)

      Guildhall String Ensemble
      Stravinsky: Apollon Musagète

      RCA 60156-2-RC

      12:23 am

      Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: String Quartet No. 19 in C, K. 465, "Dissonant"

      Juilliard String Quartet
      Juilliard String Quartet: 50 Years Vol.3

      Sony SMK-62707

      12:54 am

      Wilbye, John: Madrigal, "So Light Is Love"

      New York Trumpet Ensemble
      Art of the Trumpet

      MMG MCD-10001

      1:00 am

      Harty, Hamilton: Three Pieces (1911)

      #2, "Orientale"

      Sarah Francis, ob; Peter Dickinson, p

      Helios CDH-55008

      1:05 am

      Glazunov, Alexander: Oriental Rhapsody, Op 29

      USSR Sym Orch/Yevgeny Svetlanov
      Forest, Sea, Oriental Rhapsody

      Melodiya SUCD-1000156

      1:30 am

      Cui, Cesar: "Kaleidoscope," Op 50

      #9, "Orientale"

      Midori, v; Robert McDonald, p
      Encore!

      Sony SK-52568

      1:32 am

      Mendelssohn, Felix: Violin Concerto in d (1822)

      Kyoko Takezawa, v; Bamberg Sym Orch/Claus Peter Flor
      Violin Concertos

      RCA 62512-2

      1:55 am

      Grasse, Edwin: Wellenspiel

      Corey Cerovsek, v, Katja Cerovsek, p
      Cerovsek

      Radio Canada Int'l RCI-648

      2:00 am

      Chopin, Frédéric: Waltzes, Op.34

      no.2 in a minor

      Adam Harasiewicz, p
      Survival and Beauty: The Heroic Music of Chopin

      DG 472883-2

      2:05 am

      Dvorák, Antonín: "The Hero's Song," Op 111

      Scottish National Orch/Neeme Järvi
      Dvorak: Symphony No. 1 · The Hero's Song

      Chandos CHAN-241-3 (2)

      2:26 am

      Telemann, Georg Philipp: "Heldenmusik"

      "La Majeste"

      Hakan Hardenberger, tr; Simon Preston, o
      Trumpet & Organ Spectacular At Sorø Church

      Philips 434074-2

      2:28 am

      Bach, Johann Sebastian: Orchestra Suite No.1 in C, BWV 1066

      La Stravaganza Köln/Andrew Manze
      Four Ouvertures

      Denon CO-78965/66 (2)

      2:55 am

      Thomson, Virgil: "The Plow that Broke the Plains" Suite (1936)

      "Pastorale"

      St Louis Sym Orch/Leonard Slatkin
      The American Album

      RCA 60778-2-RC

      3:00 am

      Bach, Johann Sebastian: Solo Violin Sonata No. 1 in g minor, BWV 1001

      "Fugue"

      Christopher Parkening, g
      The Artistry of Christopher Parkening

      EMI/Ang CDC7-54853-2

      3:05 am

      Bax, Arnold: "Spring Fire" (1913)

      Royal Phil/Vernon Handley
      Spring Fire / Symphonic Scherzo / Northern Ballad No. 2

      Chandos ABRD-1180

      3:35 am

      Gilbert & Sullivan: "The Mikado"

      "The flowers that bloom in the spring, tra la"

      Soloists, D'Oyly Carte Opera Company Cho, Orch/Jones
      Gilbert And Sullivan: The Mikado

      Sony S2K-58889 (2)

      3:37 am

      Webber, Wm Lloyd: "Three Spring Miniatures"

      Ian Brown, p
      William Lloyd Webber: Piano Music, Chamber Music And Songs

      Hyperion CDA-67008

      3:43 am

      Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel: Symphony in B-Flat, Wq 179

      Berlin Academy for Ancient Music
      Bach: Symphonies, Concertos

      Harmonia Mundi HMC-901711

      3:54 am

      Schumann, Robert: "Liederkreis (Song Cycle)," Op. 39

      No. 4, "Die Stille (The Silence)"

      Marjana Lipovsek, ms; Graham Johnson, p
      Schumann: Lieder

      Sony SK-57972

      4:00 am

      Heuberger, Richard: "Der Opernball"

      "Midnight Bells"

      Robert McDuffie, v; Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel
      Viennese Violin

      Telarc CD-80402

      4:03 am

      Lehár, Franz: "Frasquita"

      "Serenade"

      Robert McDuffie, v; Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel
      Viennese Violin

      Telarc CD-80402

      4:05 am

      Griffes, Charles Tomlinson: "Fantasy Pieces," Op 6

      James Tocco, p
      MacDowell: 4 Sonatas/ Griffes: Solo Works

      Gasparo GSCD-232

      4:21 am

      Griffes, Charles Tomlinson: Song, "Könnt ich mit dir dort oben gehen"

      Lucy Shelton, s; Margo Garrett, p
      The Songs Of Charles T. Griffes

      MHS 824678 (2)

      4:23 am

      Zemlinsky, Anton: Symphony #1 in d minor

      Gürzenich Orch/James Conlon

      EMI CDC5-56473-2

      4:55 am

      Goldschmidt, Berthold: "Scherzo"

      Kalja Lessing, p
      Retrospectrum

      Largo 56622-2

      5:00 am

      Bach, Johann Sebastian: Canzona in d minor, BWV 588

      Ton Koopman, o (Grote Kerk, Maassluis, Holland)
      Organ Works Vol. 1

      Teldec 94458-2

      5:05 am

      Telemann, Georg Philipp: Flute Concerto in D

      Emmanuel Pahud, f; Berlin Baroque Soloists/Rainer Kussmaul, v

      EMI/Ang CDC5-57397-2

      5:17 am

      Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: "The Magic Flute," K. 620

      Overture

      Royal Phil/Colin Davis

      EMI/Ang CDZ7-62858-2

      5:24 am

      Alyabiev, Alexander: "The Magic Drum"

      Overture

      Moscow Phil Society Chamber Ensemble/Andrei Korsakov
      Concertino: Fomin / Bortnyansky / Aliabiev

      MCA Classics AED-10370

      5:29 am

      Schubert, Franz: "Die Zauberharfe," D 644

      Overture

      Vienna Phil/Riccardo Muti
      Schubert: Symphony No. 9, Rosamunde Overture

      EMI CDC7-54873-2

      5:39 am

      Aliabiev, Alexander: The Magic Drum

      Act 1, Scene 3

      Moscow Phil Chamber Ensemble
      Concertino: Fomin / Bortnyansky / Aliabiev

      MCA Classics AED-10370

      5:41 am

      Blasius, Matthieu-frédéric: "Suite d'harmonie" #2 in E-Flat

      Mozzafiato
      Harmoniemusik: Music For Winds

      Sony SK-68263

      5:54 am

      Poulenc, Francis: Brass Sonata (1922)

      Finale, Rondeau

      Alan Civil, fh; John Wilbraham, tr; John Iveson, tb

      EMI/Ang CZS7-62736-2 (2)

      6:00 am

      Waxman, Franz: "Hollywood Suite"

      "The Young in Heart"

      St Clair Trio and Friends

      Koch 3-7398-2

      6:05 am

      Waxman, Franz: "Carmen Fantasy"

      Maxim Vengerov, v; Israel Phil/Zubin Mehta
      The Road I Travel

      Teldec 17045-2

      6:15 am

      Busoni, Ferruccio: "Sonatina super Carmen" (Chamber Fantasy after Bizet)

      Valerie Tryon, p
      Ferruccio Busoni: Visionary

      Radio Canada Int'l MVCD-1126

      6:23 am

      Busoni, Ferruccio: Clarinet Concertino in B-flat, Op. 48

      Paul Meyer, cl; English Chamber Orch/David Zinman

      Denon CO-75289

      6:33 am

      Bach/Busoni: Chorale Prelude, Herr Gott, nun schleuss' den Himmel auf

      Paul Jacobs, p
      Legendary Busoni Recordings

      Arbiter 124 (2)

      6:35 am

      Bach, Johann Sebastian: Orchestra Suite No.3 in D, BWV 1068

      German Bach Soloists/Helmut Winschermann
      Bach: Ouvertüren Nos. 3 & 4; Concertos BWV 1060 & 1063

      Laserlight 14133

      6:54 am

      Bach, Johann Sebastian: "Klavierbüchlein für Wilhelm Friedemann Bach"

      "Praeambulum" No. 7

      Joseph Payne, clavichord
      Klavierbüchlein for Wilhelm Friedemann

      Hänssler Classic CD-92.137 (2)

      7:00 am - 12:00 pm

      7:00 am

      WFMT Membership Drive

      Until 12:00pm.

      12:00 - 4:00 pm

      12:00 pm

      From National Centre for the Performing Arts

      Puccini's Tosca

      Monica Zanettin (Tosca); Han Peng (Cavaradossi); Ambrogio Maestri (Scarpia); NCPA Chorus and Orchestra; Xu Zhong, conductor. Sung in Italian.

      2:10 pm

      Afternoon Music

      4:00 pm

      4:00 pm

      Listening to Singers with Oliver Camacho

      On the "Twenty-Four Italian Songs and Arias of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries," an anthology which has introduced millions of beginning singers to Italian vocal literature.

      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 Acoustic Renaissance Concerts in Hinsdale: American songwriter Richard Shindell has made his home in Buenos Aires for more than 25 years. Solas, Joan Baez, Dar Williams and others have covered his cinematic songs.

      9:00 pm - 12:00 am

      9:00 pm

      The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer

      A celebration of music and other art forms “made in Chicago” during WFMT’s membership drive.