Playlist for Saturday, December 13, 2025

Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff

7:00 am

Weekend Mornings

With news at 7:00 am; "Saturday Morning Listener's Choice" at 8:00 am; and "Soundtrack" at 9:00 am.

11:00 am

Introductions

Tristan Zhu, 18, violin. Bach: Chaconne in D minor; Chaminade: Capriccio, Op. 18; Sibelius: Violin Concerto, 1st mvt; Roumain: "FILTER". With Milana Pavchinskaya, piano.

12:00 pm

Metropolitan Opera

Giordano's Andrea Chénier

Piotr Beczała (Andrea Chénier); Sonya Yoncheva (Maddalena di Coigny); Igor Golovatenko (Carlo Gérard); Metropolitan Opera Cho & Orch/Daniele Rustioni. Sung in Italian.

3:30 pm

Afternoon Music

4:00 pm

Listening to Singers with Oliver Camacho

An interview with the artistic director of Opera Rara and world-renowned conductor Carlo Rizzi, who joins WFMT to share bel canto rarities and Opera Rara's Donizetti Song Project.

5:00 pm

Weekend Evening Music

8:00 pm

Folkstage hosted by Marilyn Rea Beyer

From the archives: This broadcast of excerpts from Archie Fisher’s Folkstage performances honors the memory of Scotland’s quintessential folksinger, songwriter, and folk radio host who died on November 1, 2025.

9:00 pm

The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer

Dick Van Dyke turns 100 today. We celebrate his incredible music career and broadcast a few tunes about TV.