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Playlist for Sunday, November 16, 2025
12:00 - 6:00 am
12:00 am
Charles Gounod: "Funeral March of a Marionette"
Jan Kraybill, o
The Orchestral Organ
12:05 am
Charles Gounod: "Faust"
Waltz
Detroit Sym Orch/Paul Paray
French Opera Highlights
12:10 am
Franz Liszt: "Mephisto Waltz" No. 1 "(Dance at the Village Inn)"
Susan Chan, p
East West Encounter
12:21 am
Richard Wagner: "A Faust Overture"
London Phil/Adrian Boult
12:33 am
Carl Maria von Weber: Ten German Dances, Op 4
#5
Eva Schieferstein, p
Weber: Schieferstein - Valses favorites pour l'impératrice
12:34 am
Franz Danzi: Sinfonia Concertante in B-Flat, Op 41
Demarre McGill, f; Anthony McGill, cl; Chicago Youth Sym/Allen Tinkham
Winged Creatures
12:55 am
Peter Cornelius: Duet, "Am Meer"
#2, "Brennende Liebe"
Edith Mathis, s; Hidemori Komatsu, br; Cord Garben, p
Romantic Duets
1:00 am
Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov: "The Tale of Tsar Saltan" Suite, Op. 57
"The Tsarina in a barrel at sea"
Armenian Phil/Loris Tjeknavorian
Rimsky Korsakov: Suites
1:05 am
Vasili Kalinnikov: "Tsar Boris"
Overture
Budapest Sym/Antal Jancsovics
KALINNIKOV : Tsar Boris
1:17 am
Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov: "The Tsar's Bride," Op. 57
Overture
Philharmonia Orch/Yondani Butt
Rimsky Korsakov: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2
1:24 am
Anatol Liadov: Fanfare #2
Mexico City Phil/Enrique Bàtiz
The Enchanted Lake & Other Orchestral Works
1:24 am
Anatol Liadov: Fanfare #3
Mexico City Phil/Enrique Bàtiz
The Enchanted Lake & Other Orchestral Works
1:25 am
Heitor Villa-Lobos: Concerto for Guitar & Small Orchestra (1951
Alfonso Moreno, g; Mexico City Phil/Enrique Bátiz
Villa-Lobos
1:43 am
Antonio Vivaldi: Two-Violin Concerto in a, R 522 (Op 3/8)
Harp Consort/Andrew Lawrence-King, arpa doppia
1:54 am
Domenico Scarlatti: Clavier Sonata in f, Kk 185/184
Hédi Salànki, hc
2:00 am
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concert Aria, "Io ti lascio, oh cara, addio," K. Anh 245
Vesselina Kasarova, ms; Dresden Staatskapelle/Sir Colin Davis
Mozart: Arias
2:21 am
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6:00 am
6:00 am
With Heart and Voice
"Birthdays." Host Peter DeBois explores music of several composers of sacred choral and organ music celebrating birthdays in November, including William Mathias, Aaron Copland, Benjamin Britten, Emma Lou Diemer, and several others.
1:00 - 6:00 pm
1:00 pm
The Music of The American Revolution
A Preview of the PBS Documentary Film
Directors Ken Burns and Sarah Botstein join WFMT to discuss the impoortance of music in their new film, and to the give a taste of the broad range of sounds and colors that help bring the film to life. The American Revolution, A Film By Ken Burns, Sarah Botstein, and David Schmidt premieres November 16 on WTTW. Visit wfmt.com for an extended version of this compelling conversation.
1:05 pm
Music for the Afternoon
6:00 - 8:00 pm
6:00 pm
Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcasts
Wagner "Lohengrin" Prelude; Strauss "Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks," Op. 28; Bruckner Symphony No. 8 in C Minor; Daniel Barenboim, conductor.
8:00 pm
8:00 pm
Fiesta! with Elbio Barilari
A Lost Baroque Opera Domenico Zipoli was one of the most remarkable Italian baroque composers. In 1717, he migrated to South America, where he contributed some of the most important music written on this side of the Atlantic. Elbio presents his 'lost' opera "San Ignacio de Loyola," rediscovered in the 1990s.
9:00 - 11:00 pm
9:00 pm
Collectors' Corner with Henry Fogel
The Art of Constantin Silvestri
Great performances of Respighi "Pines of Rome;" Enescu Concert Overture; Rimsky-Korsakov "Scheherazade;" and Shostakovich Symphony No. 8, conducted by Romanian conductor and composer Constantin Silvestri.
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