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Playlist for Friday, March 27, 2026
12:00 - 6:00 am
12:00 am
Domenico Cimarosa: "I nemici generosi"
Overture
Sinfonia Finlandia Jyväskylä/Patrick Gallois
CIMAROSA: Overtures, Vol. 3
12:05 am
Serge Prokofiev: Symphony No. 1 in D, Op. 25, "Classical"
Moscow Ch Orch/Constantine Orbelian
Prokofiev: Violin Concerto / Visions Fugitives / Symphony No. 1
12:20 am
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Six German Dances, K. 571
No. 5 in B
Vienna Concentus Musicus/Nikolaus Harnoncourt
12:21 am
Labor: Quintet in D, Op 11
Orion Ensemble
Twilight of the Romantics: Chamber Music by Walter Rabi and Josef Labor
12:55 am
Alma Deutscher: "Siren Sounds Waltz" (2019)
Waltz No. 2
Alma Deutscher, p
From My Book of Melodies
1:00 am
Joseph Rheinberger: "Drei geistliche Chöre," Op. 69
No. 1, "Morgenlied"
Vancouver Cantata Singers/James Fankhauser
Rheinberger Geistliche Vokalmusik
1:05 am
Joseph Rheinberger: Horn Sonata in E-Flat, Op. 178
Felix Klieser, hn; Christof Keymer, p
Reveries: Romantic music for horn and piano
1:27 am
Leonard Bernstein: "Candide"
Overture
American Horn Quartet; New York Phil Horns
Take 9
1:31 am
Leonard Bernstein: "Music for the Dance"
No. 1
Leann Osterkamp, p
Bernstein: Complete Solo Works for Piano
1:32 am
Edward Elgar: "In the South (Alassio)" Overture, Op. 50
La Scala Phil/Riccardo Muti
Elgar: In The South/ Brahms: Serenade No 1
1:54 am
Leonard Bernstein: "35"
Leann Osterkamp, p
Bernstein: Complete Solo Works for Piano
2:00 am
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: "Twenty-Four Negro Melodies," Op. 59
IX. "The Angels Changed My Name"
Ashley Jackson, h
24 Negro Melodies
2:05 am
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: "Fantasiestücke," Op. 5
Takács Quartet
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
2:24 am
Peter Warlock: "Capriol" Suite
#1, "Basse-Danse"
Christopher Parkening, g; St Martin's Academy/Iona Brown
2:26 am
Fernando Sor: Variations on a theme from Mozart's "Magic Flute," Op 9
Christopher Parkening, g
A Tribute to Segovia
2:32 am
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: "The Magic Flutes"
Jeanne Galway, f; Sinfonia Varsovia/James Galway, f
My Magic Flute
2:54 am
François Joseph Gossec: "Tambourin"
James Galway, f; National Phil/Charles Gerhardt
James Galway: Dances for Flute
3:00 am
Camille Saint-Saëns: "Trois Rhapsodies sur des cantiques Bretons," Op. 7
Rhapsodie No. 2
Marie-Claire Alain, o
Christmas Organ Music
3:05 am
Claude Debussy: Saxophone "Rapsodie" (1911)
John Harle, sx; St Martin's Academy/Neville Marriner
3:15 am
Charles Loeffler: Two Rhapsodies
Alex Klein, ob; Richard Young, vi; Ricardo Castro, p
Poetic Inspirations: Works for Oboe, Viola & Piano
3:36 am
Charles Loeffler: Song, "Prière"
Deidra Palmour, ms; Noel Lester, p
3:38 am
Mikhail Glinka: "Prince Kholmsky"
Suite
Bamberg Sym Orch/Aldo Ceccato
Glinka: Prince Kholmsky Suite; 3 Dances from A Life for the Tzar; Souvenir of a Summer Night in Madrid
3:54 am
Dmitri Shostakovich: "Hamlet" (Incidental Music, 1932), Op. 32
"Cradle Song"
Boston Sym Orch/Andris Nelsons
Shostakovich: Under Stalin's Shadow
4:00 am
Franz Liszt: Six Grand Etudes after Paganini (1838)
No. 2, "Octave"
Daniil Trifonov, p
Transcendental: Daniil Trifonov Plays Liszt
4:05 am
Nicolo Paganini: "Cantabile" in D
Maxim Vengerov, v; Ian Brown, p
Kreisler, Paganini, Sarasate, Wieniawski
4:09 am
Peter Tchaikovsky: Andante Cantabile, Op. 11
BBC Phil/Mathias Bamert
Stokowski Encores
4:16 am
Franz Joseph Haydn: "Andante Cantabile"
Bournemouth Sym/José Serebrier
BACH, J.S. / PALESTRINA, G. / BYRD, W. / CLARKE, J. / BOCCERINI, L. / HAYDN, J. / MATTHESON, J.: Stokowski Transcriptions, Vol. 2
4:19 am
Josef Suk: "Andante"
Tomas Visek, p
Josef Suk's Piano
4:21 am
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 39 in E-Flat, K. 543
English Chamber Orch/Jeffrey Tate
Symphonies No. 32, No. 35 'Haffner', No. 39
4:54 am
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Canon, "Alleluia"
Bavarian Radio Women's Cho
Mozart: Arias, Vocal Ensembles, Canons
5:00 am
Camille Saint-Saëns: "Allegro appassionato," Op. 70
Ian Hobson, p
Saint-Saens: Le Carnaval Des Animaux, Septour, Allegro Appasionato and 6 Bagatelles
5:05 am
Camille Saint-Saëns: "Danse macabre," Op. 40
La Pieta`/Ange´le Dubeau, v
Infernal Violins
5:12 am
Camille Saint-Saëns: Song, "La cigale et la fourmi"
François Le Roux, br; Graham Johnson, p
Songs By Camille Saint-Saëns
5:14 am
Peter Tchaikovsky: Piano Trio in a, Op. 50
Artur Rubinstein, p; Jascha Heifetz, v; Gregor Piatigorsky, vc
Trios
5:55 am
Pierre Phalèse: "Schiarazula Marazzula"
Musica Aurea Ensemble/ Jean Woltéche
6:00 - 10:00 am
6:00 am
Mornings with Jan Weller
Including news and weather on the hour between 6:00 am and 9:00 am; and "Carl’s Almanac" at 7:30 am.
6:04 am
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Horn Concerto No. 2 in E-Flat, K. 417
Barry Tuckwell, hn; St Martin's Academy/Neville Marriner
Mozart: Horn Concertos Nos. 1-4, Rondo
6:18 am
Josef Suk: Four Pieces, Op. 17
No. 2, "Appassionato"
Augustin Hadelich, v; Charles Owen, p
Bohemian Tales
6:23 am
Carl Maria von Weber: Symphony No. 1 in C, Op. 19
IV. Finale, "Presto"
Hanover Band/Roy Goodman
Weber: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2, Horn Concertino
6:31 am
Raffaele Calace: Mandolin Concerto No. 2 in A minor
I. "Maestoso"
Julien Martineau, m; Concerto Italiano/Rinaldo Alessandrini
Come una volta
6:42 am
Luigi Hugues: Concert Fantasy on Verdi's "Un ballo in maschera"
Jean-Pierre Rampal & Claudi Arimany, f's; John Steele Ritter, p
Romantic Music for Two Flutes and Piano
6:53 am
Jean Sibelius: "Cortège"
Turku Phil Orch/Leif Segerstam
Sibelius: Belshazzar's Feast, Overture in E major, Scène de ballet, Cortège, Menuetto
7:04 am
Jean Françaix: "Le gay Paris"
Prague Wind Quintet
Françaix: Le gay Paris; Wind Quintets; L'heure du berger
7:14 am
Eric Coates: "London Suite"
I. "Covent Garden" (Tarantelle)
Royal Liverpool Phil Orch/Charles Groves
Eric Coates - London Suites And The Three Bears - Cinderella Phantasy
7:20 am
Johann Strauss II: Waltz, "Wiener Bonbons," Op. 307
Vienna Phil/Zubin Mehta
New Year's Concert 1998
7:32 am
Vincent d'Indy: Symphony on a French Mountain Air, Op. 25
III. Finale, "Animé"
Catherine Collard, p; Radio France Phil/Marek Janowski
D'Indy: Jour d'été à la montagne, Symphonie "Cévenole"
7:41 am
Franz Schubert: String Quartet No. 12 in C minor, D 703, "Quartettsatz"
Emerson String Quartet
Schubert: String Quintet; Late Quartets
7:53 am
Igor Stravinsky: Suite No. 2 for Small Orchestra
London Sinfonietta/Riccardo Chailly
Stravinsky: Divertimento, Fanfare for a New Theatre, Three Pieces for Clarinet Solo, Suites Nos. 1 and 2
8:04 am
Lita Grier: Flute Concertino, "Renascence"
Mary Stolper, f; Czech National Sym Orch/Paul Freeman
American Flute Concertos
8:17 am
David Schiff: "Ducal Suite" (after Duke Ellington)
"Kinda Dukish/Rockin' in Rhythm"
David Shifrin, cl; Dover Quartet
Clarinet Quintets for Our Time
8:23 am
José Pablo Moncayo: "Huapango"
Simón Bolívar Sym Orch/Maximiano Valdés
Caramelos Latinos
8:32 am
Franz Joseph Haydn: "Scherzando" No. 4 in G, H II:36
Berlin Haydn Ensemble
F.J. & J.M. Haydn: Flute Concertos & Scherzandi / Emmanuel Pahud
8:42 am
Alexander Arutiunian: "Armenian Scenes"
Meridian Arts Ensemble Brass Quintet
Winning Artist Series: Meridian Arts Ensemble
8:51 am
Moritz Moszkowski: "From Foreign Lands," Op. 23
Italy & Hungary
San Francisco Ballet Orch/Martin West
Moszkowski: From Foreign Lands
9:04 am
François Couperin: "Concert royal" No. 1 in G
Les Talens Lyriques/Christophe Rousset
François Couperin: Concerts Royaux
9:18 am
Maurice Ravel: "Le tombeau de Couperin"
Lyon Opera Orch/Kent Nagano
Ravel: Le tombeau de Couperin, Pavane pour une infante défunte, Ma mère l'oye, Une barque sur l'océan, Alborada del gracioso
9:37 am
Joaquín Rodrigo: "Fantasía para un gentilhombre"
Eduardo Fernández, g; English Chamber Orch/Miguel Gómez Martínez
Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez, Fantasia para un gentilhombre; Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Guitar Concerto No. 1
10:00 am - 2:00 pm
10:00 am
Midday with Lisa Flynn
Including the "Daily Excursion" at 11:00 am and "Music in Chicago" at 12:00 pm.
10:00 am
Antonín Dvořák: "In Nature's Realm" Overture, Op. 91
Vienna Phil/Seiji Ozawa
Dvorak: Symphony No. 9, In Der Natur
10:16 am
Frédéric Chopin: Polonaise No. 6 in A-Flat, Op. 53, "Heroic"
Arthur Rubinstein, p
7 Polonaises
10:24 am
Georg Philipp Telemann: "Burlesque de Don Quichotte"
Apollo's Fire/Jeannette Sorrell
Bach's Coffeehouse
10:43 am
George Gershwin: Three Preludes (1926)
Yo-Yo Ma, vc; Jeffrey Kahane, p
Made In America
10:51 am
Daniel-François Auber: "Fra Diavolo"
Overture
Royal Scottish National Orch/Lance Friedel
Great Comedy Overtures
11:01 am
Michael Daugherty: Reflections on the Mississippi
III. Prayer
Carol Jantsch, tba; Albany Sym/David Alan Miller
Michael Daugherty Concertos
11:09 am
Paul Bowles: Six Latin-American Pieces
Ramon Salvatore, p
Music in the American Grain
11:49 am
music continues...
7:00 pm
7:00 pm
Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin
Pacific Overtures II
In the second week cruising the Pacific Rim, you’ll hear selections from Chile and Colombia. Then the tour heads up into Mexico, where we’ll hear Silvestre Revueltas and Carlos Chávez, before motoring to the Pacific Northwest and Canada. Then, we'll sail all the way down to the Philippines, to Java, to China, Korea, and Japan, and finally, the Hawaiian Islands.
11:00 pm
11:00 pm
Best of Studs Terkel
This is Our Story – River Songs (c. 1959)
Throughout 1959, Studs Terkel presented a series on WFMT he called "This is Our Story." In this archival program, Studs weaves together a wide range of songs about rivers, where they go, how they roll along, and the lives lived upon their waters and shores.
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