Playlist for Saturday, May 23, 2026

Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff

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.

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.

12:00 pm

Metropolitan Opera

Puccini's Turandot

Anna Pirozzi (Turandot); Brian Jagde (Calaf); Angel Blue (Liu); John Relyea (Timur); Metropolitan Opera Cho & Orch/Oksana Lyniv. Sung in Italian.

3:30 pm

Afternoon Music

4:00 pm

Listening to Singers with Oliver Camacho

A survey of songs based on A. E. Housman's "A Shropshire Lad," including settings by George Butterworth, Ivor Gurney, Arthur Somervell, Ralph Vaughan Williams, and Ian Venables.

5:00 pm

Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival

Grainger Paraphrase on Tchaikovsky's "Waltz of the Flowers;" Kirill Gerstein, piano; Andy Akiho "Spiel;" Colin Currie, glockenspiel; Beethoven Violin Sonata in A Major, Op. 47, "Kreutzer," Chad Hoopes, violin; Katia Skanavi, piano.

6:00 pm

Weekend Evening Music

8:00 pm

Folkstage hosted by Marilyn Rea Beyer

From the archives: To celebrate Bob Dylan’s 85th birthday this weekend, we’ll sample artists’ covers of his songs – and other songs – performed over the years on Folkstage.

9:00 pm

The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer

Memorial Day weekend is a time to reflect on what we have lost and to honor those who gave “the last full measure of devotion.”