Saturday, July 18, 2026

find shows

WFMT Schedule

what’s playing now

      Playlist for Saturday, July 18, 2026

      Playing this hour

      12:00 - 7:00 am

      12:00 am

      Henry Purcell: Trio Sonata #1 in b

      Locke Consort
      Ten Sonata’s in Four Parts

      Channel Classics CCS-7295

      12:05 am

      Arnold Bax: Violin Sonata #3

      Robert Gibbs, v; Mary Mei-Loc Wu, p.
      Arnold Bax: Three Violin Sonatas

      ASV CDDCA-1098

      12:25 am

      Edmund Rubbra: Oboe Sonata in C, Op 100

      Sarah Francis, ob; Peter Dickinson, p; The Rasumovsky Quartet

      Helios CDH-55008

      12:36 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Menuet

      Charles Stier, cl; Molly Newton, p
      Cameos

      Elan CD-82246

      12:38 am

      Franz Schubert: Five Minuets with Six Trios, D 89

      I Musici de Montréal/Yuli Turovsky
      Tchaikovsky: Souvenir De Florence/ Schubert: Five Minuets

      Chandos CHAN-8547

      12:55 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Minuet and Trio in G, K. 1

      Walter Gieseking, p

      EMI/Ang CHS7-63688-2 (8)

      1:00 am

      Gioachino Rossini: "La scala di seta"

      Overture

      Stuttgart Radio Sym Orch/Gianluigi Gelmetti
      Rossini: Favorite Overtures

      Seraphim 73294-2

      1:05 am

      Bohuslav Martinu: Variations on a Slovakian Theme

      Paul Watkins, vc; Huw Watkins, p
      Martinu: Cello Sonatas/Variations -- Watkins / Watkins

      Chandos CHAN-10602

      1:14 am

      Bohuslav Martinu: Variations on a Theme by Rossini

      Janos Starker, vc; György Sebök, p
      Starker Plays Chopin / Bartók / Mendelssohn

      Mercury 434358-2

      1:22 am

      Gioachino Rossini: "William Tell"

      "Danse"

      Royal Phil/Lamberto Gardelli

      EMI/Ang CMS7-69951-2 (4)

      1:23 am

      Hans Huber: Symphony #1 in d, Op 63, "Tellsinfonie"

      Stuttgart Phil/Jörg-Peter Weigle
      Hans Huber: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 7

      Sterling CDS-1042-2

      1:54 am

      Anton Zemlinsky: Song, "Süsse, süsse Sommernacht"

      Angelika Kirchschlager, ms; Helmut Deutsch, p
      When Night Falls

      Sony SK-64498

      2:00 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata No. 140, "Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme (Sleepers Wake)"

      Duet, "Wenn kommst du, mein Heil? (When are you coming, my salvation?)"

      Christine Schäfer, s; Matthias Goerne, br; Hilary Hahn, v; Munich Chamber Orch/Alexander Liebreich
      Bach * Violin & Voice * Hahn * Schäfer * Goerne * Liebreich

      DG B0013832-02

      2:05 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 40 in g minor, K. 550

      Cleveland Orch/George Szell
      Mozart 40th/ 41st 'Jupiter' Symphonies

      CBS MK-42418

      2:32 am

      Heitor Villa-Lobos: "A prole do bebé," Set 1 (1918)

      Rubber Doll "(Mulatinha)"

      Marc-André Hamelin, p
      Villa-Lobos: Piano Music

      Hyperion CDA-67176

      2:33 am

      Camargo Guarnieri: "Homenagen a Villa-Lobos"

      DePaul University Wind Ensemble/Donald DeRoche
      DePaul University Wind Ensemble

      Albany TROY-334

      2:41 am

      Heitor Villa-Lobos: "Bachianas Brasileiras" No. 5

      Arleen Auger, s; Yale Cellos/Aldo Parisot
      VILLA-LOBOS, H.: Bachianas brasileiras Nos. 1 and 5 / BACH, J.S.: Air / Prelude No. 22 in B-Flat Minor, BWV 867 (Yale Cellos)

      Delos D/CD-3041

      2:54 am

      Percy Grainger: "Shepherd's Hey"

      BBC Phil/Richard Hickox
      Grainger: Vol. 6 - Orchestral Works 2 'The Warriors'

      Chandos CHAN-9584

      3:00 am

      Darius Milhaud: "Deux esquisses (Two Sketches)," Op. 227b

      Philadelphia Woodwind Quintet
      The Original Philadelphia Woodwind Quintet- 20th Century

      Boston Records BR-1062-CD

      3:05 am

      Felix Mendelssohn: Overture for Wind Instruments, Op 24

      London Sym members/Claudio Abbado
      Mendelssohn: 5 Symphonies, 7 Overtures

      DG 423104-2

      3:15 am

      August Klughardt: Wind Quintet, Op 79

      Westwood Wind Quintet
      Woodwind Treasures

      Crystal CD-250

      3:36 am

      Jean-Baptiste Lully: Airs des Hautbois

      New York Kammermusiker/Ilona Pederson
      A Baqroque Celebration

      Dorian DOR-90189

      3:37 am

      Jean-Marie Leclair: Violin Concerto in e, Op 10/5

      Simon Standage, v; Collegium Musicum 90
      Leclair: Violin Concertos

      Chandos CHAN-0551

      3:54 am

      Jean-Baptiste Lully: "Le Mariage Forcé"

      "Entrée-Quatre Plaisants ou Goguenards"

      New York Kammermusiker/Ilona Pederson
      A Baqroque Celebration

      Dorian DOR-90189

      4:00 am

      Gian Francesco Malipiero: "Sette Invenzioni"

      #7, "Allegro"

      Veneto Phil Orch/Peter Maag
      MALIPIERO : Il Finto Arlecchino / Vivaldiana / Invenzioni

      Marco Polo 8.223397

      4:04 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Two-Part Inventions, BWV 772/786

      No. 6 in E

      Kennedy, v; Lynn Harrell, vc

      EMI/Ang CDC5-56963-2

      4:08 am

      Boris Blacher: Two Inventions, Op 46

      Berlin German Sym Orch/Vladimir Ashkenazy
      Boris Blacher: Works for Orchestra

      Ondine ODE-912-2

      4:18 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Two-Part Inventions, BWV 772/786

      No. 14 in B-flat

      George Fields, harmonica
      The Pocket Bach

      Angel S-36067

      4:20 am

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

      Milwaukee Sym Orch/Zdenek Macal
      Symphony no. 7 and Wild Dove

      Koss Classics KC-1009

      4:54 am

      Karl Doppler: Csardas

      Flute Ensemble
      Doppler: Chamber Music

      Orfeo C-154971-A

      5:00 am

      Georg Philipp Telemann: Canonic Sonata #5 in A, Op 5/5

      Angèle Dubeau, v
      Telemann: Sonatas for Two Violins

      Analekta FL-23085

      5:05 am

      Ralph Vaughan Williams: "The Lark Ascending" (1914, rev 1920)

      José-Luis Garcia, v; English Chamber Orch/Yehudi Menuhin
      Fantasia On A Theme By Tallis

      Arabesque Z-6568

      5:19 am

      Thomas Lupo: Fantasia No. 12

      English Fantasy
      Thomas Lupo: Consort Music

      ASV CDGAU-149

      5:20 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Quartet No. 2 in E-Flat, K. 493

      Bilson, p; Wilcock, v; Schlapp, vi; Mason, vc
      James Mason, oboe,
      Piano Quartets K. 478 & K. 493

      DG Archiv 423404-2

      5:55 am

      Ivor Gurney: Four Elizabethan Songs

      #1, "Under the Greenwood Tree"

      Christopher Maltman, br; BBC Scottish Sym Orch/Martyn Brabbins

      Hyperion CDA-67065

      6:00 am

      Carl Maria von Weber: "Der Freischütz"

      Hunting Chorus, "Was gleicht wohl auf Erden"

      Berlin Radio Cho, Berlin German Sym Orch/Marek Janowski
      Der Freischütz

      RCA 62538-2 (2)

      6:02 am

      Carl Maria von Weber: "Euryanthe"

      Hunting Chorus

      Vienna State Opera Cho, Horn Ens/R Dunn
      Forest & Hunting Songs of Romantic Era

      MHS 1224

      6:04 am

      César Franck: "Le Chasseur maudit" ("The Accursed Huntsman")

      Boston Sym Orch/Charles Munch
      The French Touch

      RCA 60695-2-RG

      6:18 am

      Étienne-Nicolas Méhul: "La Chasse du Jeune Henri"

      Overture

      Gulbenkian Foundation Orch/Michel Swierczewski
      Mehul: Complete Symphonies

      Nimbus NI-5184/5 (2)

      6:29 am

      French ANON 18th c: Hunting Fanfare

      Vienna Volksoper Chamber Orch/Christoph Campestrini
      La Chasse

      Orfeo C-466971-A

      6:30 am

      Marc Antoine De Dampierre: Hunting Fanfare

      Vienna Volksoper Chamber Orch/Christoph Campestrini
      La Chasse

      Orfeo C-466971-A

      6:30 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Variations and Fugue in E-Flat, Op.35, "Eroica"

      Sviatoslav Richter, p

      Intaglio INCD-7161

      6:53 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: 12 Contredanses, WoO 14

      #7

      Capella Istropolitana/Oliver Dohnanyi
      BEETHOVEN, L. van: 11 Dances, "Mödlinger Tänze" / 12 German Dances / 12 Minuets (Capella Istropolitana, Dohnányi)

      Naxos 8.550433

      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.

      7:02 am

      Karl Goldmark: Symphony No. 1 in E-Flat, Op. 26, "Rustic Wedding"

      IV. "In the Garden": Andante

      Utah Sym/Maurice Abravanel
      Goldmark: Rustic Wedding Symphony; Enescu: Rumanian Rhapsodies 1 & 2

      Vanguard OVC-5002

      7:12 am

      Edward Elgar: Minuet, Op. 21

      Peter Pettinger, p
      Elgar: Piano Music

      Chandos CHAN-8438

      7:17 am

      Josef Strauss: Waltz, "Viennese Frescoes," Op. 249

      Vienna Phil/Riccardo Muti
      2018 New Year's Concert

      Sony 88985477002

      7:28 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Violin Sonata No. 21 in E minor, K. 304

      Isabelle Faust, v; Alexander Melnikov, fp
      Mozart: Violin Sonatas, Vol. 1

      Harmonia Mundi HMM-902360

      7:46 am

      Heitor Villa-Lobos: "Bachianas Brasileiras" No. 5

      Arleen Auger, s; Yale Cellos/Aldo Parisot
      Bach Bachianas

      Delos D/CD-3041

      8:00 am

      Saturday Morning Listener's Choice

      8:01 am

      Moritz Moszkowski: "Caprice espagnol," Op 37

      Ksenija Sidorova, acc
      Fairy Tales

      Champs Hill Records CHRCD-055

      8:09 am

      Victor Davies: Piano Concerto No. 1 (The "Mennonite" Concerto)

      III. "Rondo/Scherzo"

      Irmgard Baerg, p; London Symphony Orchestra/Boris Brott

      Golden Toad Music WRC1-3090

      8:18 am

      Scott Joplin: "Peacherine Rag"

      Lara Downes, p
      Reflections: Scott Joplin Reconsidered

      Rising Sun Music RS-016

      8:20 am

      Giacomo Puccini: "Turandot"

      Aria, "Nessun dorma"

      P Pati, t; Bordeaux Opera Cho; Bordeaux Aquitaine Orch/Villaume
      Nessun Dorma

      Warner 5419789770

      8:25 am

      Claude Debussy: "Suite bergamasque"

      III. "Clair de lune"

      Isao Tomita, electronics
      Snowflakes Are Dancing

      RCA 63588-2

      8:32 am

      Hans Zimmer: "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest"

      Jack Sparrow; Hornpipe

      Eric Kim, vc; Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel
      Masters and Commanders: Music from Seafaring Film Classics

      Telarc CD-80682

      8:39 am

      Mia Makaroff: "Butterfly"

      La Caccina
      Becoming

      La Caccina (Becoming)

      8:44 am

      Richard Strauss: Four Last Songs

      No. 3, "Beim Schlafengehen"

      Felicity Lott, s; Royal Scottish National Orch/Neeme Järvi
      Strauss, R: Orchestral Songs, Vol. 1

      Chandos CHAN-9054

      8:51 am

      Claude Debussy: "Chansons de Bilitis"

      No. 1, "La flûte de Pan"

      Régine Crespin, s; John Wustman, p
      Berlioz: Les nuits d'été; Ravel: Shéhérazade; Debussy; Poulenc

      Decca 417813-2

      8:54 am

      Jules Mouquet: "La Flûte de Pan"

      II. "Pan et les oiseaux"

      Robert Langevin, f; Margaret Kampmeier, p
      Paris, La Belle Époque

      Bridge 9555

      9:00 am

      Alfred Newman: 20th Century Fox Fanfare

      London Phil Orch/John Mauceri
      The Genius of Film Music

      LPO 0086

      9:01 am

      Randy Newman: "Toy Story 5"

      "Bonnie and Blaze"

      Studio Orch/Joey Newman
      Toy Story 5 (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

      Walt Disney Records [Toy Story 5 (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)]

      9:02 am

      Randy Newman: "Toy Story 5"

      "Tire Swing Hill"

      Studio Orch/Joey Newman
      Toy Story 5 (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

      Walt Disney Records [Toy Story 5 (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)]

      9:04 am

      Randy Newman: "Toy Story 5"

      "Back Home"

      Studio Orch/Joey Newman
      Toy Story 5 (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

      Walt Disney Records [Toy Story 5 (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)]

      9:06 am

      Randy Newman: "Pleasantville"

      "Real Rain"

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

      Varèse Sarabande VSD-5988

      9:12 am

      Jerry Herman: "Hello, Dolly!"

      "Just Leave Everything to Me"

      Barbara Streisand, singer; Studio Orch/Lionel Newman
      Hello, Dolly! (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

      Philips 8103682

      9:16 am

      Lionel Newman: "The Best Things in Life Are Free"

      Main Title

      Studio Orch/Lionel Newman
      The Best Things in Life Are Free (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

      Master Classics Records [The Best Things in Life Are Free]

      9:17 am

      Lionel Newman: "The Best Things in Life Are Free"

      "It All Depends on You"

      Studio Orch/Lionel Newman
      The Best Things in Life Are Free (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

      Master Classics Records [The Best Things in Life Are Free]

      9:21 am

      David Newman: "Matilda"

      "Newborn"

      Studio Orch/David Newman
      Matilda (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

      Varèse Sarabande VCL-0208-1075

      9:22 am

      David Newman: "Matilda"

      "Matilda Writes her Name"

      Studio Orch/David Newman
      Matilda (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

      Varèse Sarabande VCL-0208-1075

      9:23 am

      David Newman: "Matilda"

      "To the Library and Beyond"

      Studio Orch/David Newman
      Matilda (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

      Varèse Sarabande VCL-0208-1075

      9:26 am

      David Newman: "Matilda"

      "Teardrop"

      Studio Orch/David Newman
      Matilda (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

      Varèse Sarabande VCL-0208-1075

      9:26 am

      David Newman: "Some Time Ago"

      Knauer, p; rhythm section; Berlin German Sym Orch/David Newman
      Hollywood

      Warner Classics 2173242640

      9:33 am

      Maria Newman: "Rhapsody for a Golden Age"

      Robert Thies, p; LA Film Orch/Leonard Slatkin
      Rhapsody for a Golden Age

      Warner Classics 2173261952

      9:40 am

      Randy Newman: "Family Album"

      2. "Emil Teaches Sonja Henie How to Skate"

      Gloria Cheng, p
      Montage

      Harmonia Mundi HMU-907635

      9:42 am

      Randy Newman: "Seabiscuit"

      Main Title

      Studio Orch/Randy Newman
      Seabiscuit (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

      Decca 6783465

      9:44 am

      Randy Newman: "Seabiscuit"

      "A Nice Ride"

      Studio Orch/Randy Newman
      Seabiscuit (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

      Decca 6783465

      9:48 am

      Thomas Newman: "Shoulder Length"

      Sebastian Knauer, p; Berlin German Sym Orch/David Newman
      Hollywood

      Warner Classics 2173242640

      9:52 am

      Thomas Newman: "American Beauty"

      Theme

      David Gordon, p; Orch of the Swan/David Le Page
      Light and Shadow

      Signum SIGCD-915

      9:56 am

      Alfred Newman: "How The West Was Won"

      "No Goodbye"

      Sebastian Knauer, p; Berlin German Sym Orch/David Newman
      Hollywood

      Warner Classics 2173242640

      10:01 am

      Francesco Geminiani: Concerto grosso in A, Op. 2, No. 6

      Tafelmusik/Jeanne Lamon
      Geminiani: Concerti grossi

      Sony SK-48043

      10:08 am

      Leo Brouwer: "Cuban Landscape with Rain"

      Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
      El Amor Brujo

      GHA 126001

      10:16 am

      Roberto Sierra: "Tropicalia"

      Milwaukee Sym Orch/Zdenek Macal
      Sierra: Orchestral Works

      Koss KC-1021

      10:40 am

      Léo Delibes: "Lakmé"

      Flower Duet, "Dôme épais, le jasmin"

      Eugenia Zukerman, f; Allan Vogel, ob; Dennis Helmrich, p
      Aria - Eugenia Zukerman

      Delos DE-3209

      10:46 am

      Johann Strauss II: Waltz, "Tales from the Vienna Woods", Op. 325

      Philadelphia Orch/Eugene Ormandy
      Viennese Waltzes and Polkas

      Sony SBK-48164

      10:58 am

      Ernesto Lecuona: "19th-Century Cuban Dances"

      No. 3, Impromptu

      Gabriela Montero, p
      SoLatino

      EMI 41144-2

      11:00 am

      11:00 am

      Introductions

      Guitarist Evelyn Zhang performs "Murmures" and "Soledad" by British composer Maria Linnemann (b. 1947) and the Rondo from Mauro Giuliani's Guitar Sonatina in C major. Originally broadcast September 27. 2025.

      11:12 am

      José Siqueira: Three Etudes

      Alex Klein, ob; Phillip Bush, p
      When There Are No Words...

      Cedille CDR-90000208

      11:23 am

      Bryce Dessner: "Haven"

      Katia Labèque & Marielle Labèque, p's; David Chalmin & Bryce Dessner, g's
      Bryce Dessner, guitar,
      El Chan

      DG 4818074

      11:32 am

      Franz Schubert: Symphony No. 8 in B minor, D. 759, "Unfinished"

      Cincinnati Sym Orch/Thomas Schippers
      Das Lieder von der Erde/ Symphony No. 8, D. 759

      Vox CDX-5138 (2)

      12:00 - 4:00 pm

      12:00 pm

      From The Royal Ballet and Opera in London

      Mussorgsky's Boris Godunov

      Bryn Terfel (Boris Godunov); Adam Pałka (Pimen); John Daszak (Prince Shuisky); Alexander Roslavets (Varlaam); Mingjie Lei (Holy Fool); Andrei Kymach (Andrei Shchelkalov); Jamez McCorkle (Grigory Otrepiev); Alasdair Elliott (Missail); Hannah Edmunds (Xenia); Carolyn Holt (Xenia’s Nurse); Royal Opera House Chorus and Orchestra; Mark Wigglesworth, conductor. Sung in Russian.

      2:17 pm

      Edward Elgar: "Enigma" Variations, Op. 36

      No. 9, "Nimrod"

      Chicago Sym Orch/Sir Georg Solti
      Ultimate Classical Dreams

      Decca 4781484

      2:21 pm

      Mykola Lysenko: Ukrainian Rhapsody No. 2, Op. 18, "Dumka-Shumka"

      Margaret Fingerhut, p
      Ukraine: A Piano Portrait

      Somm SOMMCD-0701

      2:30 pm

      Afternoon Music

      2:30 pm

      Johann Strauss II: Waltz, "On the Beautiful Blue Danube," Op. 314

      Royal Concertgebouw Orch/Nikolaus Harnoncourt
      An der schönen blauen Donau

      Teldec 25669-2

      2:41 pm

      Georg Philipp Telemann: Paris Quartet No. 5 in E minor

      London Handel Players
      Telemann Paris Quartets Vol. 1: 6 Quadri (1730)

      Somm Recordings SOMMCD-0698

      3:00 pm

      Abbie Betinis: "Songs of Smaller Creatures"

      No. 3, "envoi"

      Grant Park Cho/Christopher Bell
      Songs of Smaller Creatures and Other American Choral Works

      Cedille CDR-90000131

      3:05 pm

      Gabriel Fauré: "Fantaisie" in G, Op. 111

      Alicia de Larrocha, p; London Phil Orch/Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos
      Ravel, Fauré, Franck - Piano Concertos, Fantaisie / Symphonic Variations

      Decca 417583-2

      3:20 pm

      Henry Purcell: "King Arthur"

      Instrumental Suite

      Tafelmusik/Jeanne Lamon
      Purcell: Ayres for the Theatre

      Sony SK-66169

      3:40 pm

      music continues...

      4:00 pm

      4:00 pm

      Listening to Singers with Oliver Camacho

      A remembrance of Dame Felicity Lott (1947–2026), a superb interpreter of English song, French mélodie and operetta, and Mozart and Strauss operatic heroines.

      5:00 pm

      5:00 pm

      Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival

      Giovanni Benedetto Platti Trio Sonata in G minor; Frank Rosenwein, oboe; Felix Fan, cello; Paolo Bordignon, harpsichord; Mendelssohn Andante and Scherzo for String Quartet, Op. 81; Escher String Quartet; Trio in C Minor, Op. 66; Gilles Vonsattel, piano; Yura Lee, violin; Mark Kosower, cello.

      6:00 - 8:00 pm

      6:00 pm

      Weekend Evening Music

      8:00 pm

      8:00 pm

      Folkstage hosted by Marilyn Rea Beyer

      Live from the Levin Performance Studio: A Woodstock Folk Festival preview featuring the queen of Tex-Mex Tish Hinojosa.

      9:00 pm - 12:00 am

      9:00 pm

      The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer

      Have you heard about the heat? The Old Farmer’s Almanac predicts an unusually hot July this year, and we feel it!