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Playlist for Saturday, June 6, 2026
12:00 - 7:00 am
12:00 am
Robert Planquette: "Les Cloches de Corneville"
Overture
Opera-Comique National Theater Orch/Jean Doussard
The Chimes Of Normandy = Les Cloches De Corneville (An Operetta in Three Acts)
12:05 am
Paul Dukas: Overture, "Polyeucte"
BBC Phil Orch/Yan Pascal Tortelier
Dukas: Symphony in C · Polyeucte Overture
12:20 am
Jean-Baptiste Lully: "Ouverture de la Mascarade"
Chicago Baroque Ensemble
The World of Lully
12:23 am
Jean-Baptiste Lully: "Les songes agréables"
Chicago Baroque Ensemble
The World of Lully
12:25 am
Darius Milhaud: "Les Songes," Op. 237
Utah Sym Orch/Maurice Abravanel
Protee: Les Songes (Suite Symphonique No. 2)
12:53 am
Darius Milhaud: "Les Songes," Op. 237
Valse
Stephen Coombs & Artur Pizarro, p's
Milhaud: Music For Two Pianists
1:00 am
Richard Rodgers: "Carousel"
Waltz
Stephen Hough, p
Stephen Hough's New Piano Album
1:05 am
Richard Rodgers: "The King and I"
"March of the Siamese Children"
Boston Pops Orch/Arthur Fiedler
Marches In Hi-Fi
1:09 am
Richard Rodgers: "The Sound of Music"
"Climb Ev'ry Mountain"
Plàcido Domingo, t; Milan Sym Orch/Marcello Viotti
Sacred Songs * Domingo
1:11 am
Richard Rodgers: "Victory at Sea"
New York Phil/Richard Rodgers
Slaughter On Tenth Avenue
1:24 am
Richard Rodgers: "Victory at Sea"
"Beneath the Southern Cross"
Orch/Charles Gerhardt
Victory At Sea Suite - Charles Gerhardt & The Cinema Symphony Orchestra Of London
1:25 am
Roylance/Galvin: "The Grand Parade of Sail"
Royal Liverpool Phil/William Connor
The Tall Ships Suite; Ocean Fantasia; The Grand Parade Of Sail
1:34 am
Ludwig August Lebrun: Oboe Concerto #2 in g
Bart Schneemann, ob; Radio Chamber Orch/Jan Willem de Vriend
L A Lebrun * Oboe Concertos * Bart Schneemann
1:54 am
Johann Sebastian Bach: Cello Suite No. 1 in G, BWV 1007
Finale, "Gigue"
Pieter Wispelwey, vc
Bach: Suites for Cello Solo
2:00 am
Edvard Grieg: "Peer Gynt," Op. 23
No. 19, "Solvejg's Song"
Ilse Hollweg, s; Royal Phil/Thomas Beecham
2:05 am
Gabriel Fauré: "Pelléas et Mélisande," Op. 80
Atlanta Sym Orch/Robert Shaw
Les Nuits D'ete, Pelleas Et Melisande
2:23 am
Geoffrey Burgon: Three Nocturnes for Harp
#3
Sarah Bullen, h
The Essential Harp
2:25 am
Franz Berwald: Theme and Variations in g
Greta Erikson, p
2:32 am
William Hurlstone: Fantasie-Variations on a Swedish Air (1903)
London Phil/Nicholas Braithwaite
Piano Concerto / Variations On A Swedish Air
2:54 am
Wilhelm Peterson-Berger: "Marit's Songs," Op 12
"The sun shines prettily in the evening"
Anne Sofie von Otter, ms; Bengt Forsberg, p
Wings in the Night: Swedish Songs
3:00 am
Domenico Scarlatti: Clavier Sonata in D, Kk 491 (L 164)
Murray Perahia, p
Murray Perahia Plays Handel And Scarlatti
3:05 am
Jean Sibelius: Symphony No. 5 in E-Flat, Op. 82
Finnish Radio Sym Orch/Jukka-Pekka Saraste
SIBELIUS: SYMPHONIES 1 & 5
3:37 am
Jean Sibelius: Four Pieces, Op. 115 (1929)
No. 4, "The Bells"
Ruggiero Ricci, v; Sylvia Rabinoff, p
3:38 am
Carl Maria von Weber: "Konzertstück" in f, Op 79
Melvyn Tan, forte-p; London Classical Players/Roger Norrington
3:55 am
Franz Schubert: Song, "Das Heimweh," D 456
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, br; Gerald Moore, p
4:00 am
John Phillip SOUSA: The Liberty Bell
Dallas Wind Sym/Jerry F Junkin
Strictly Sousa
4:03 am
John Phillip SOUSA: El Capitan
Dallas Wind Sym/Jerry F Junkin
Strictly Sousa
4:05 am
George Gershwin: "Rhapsody in Blue"
Frances Veri, p; Michael Jamanis, p
Gershwin Piano Favorites: 2-Piano Arrangements Rhapsody In Blue, An American In Paris, 'I Got Rhythem' Variations and Select Solo Pieces
4:21 am
George Gershwin: Second Rhapsody
Goodyear, p; Cincinnati Pops/Erich Kunzel
Gershwin: The Complete Orchestral Collection
4:36 am
George Gershwin: "Porgy and Bess"
"Leavin' for the Promise' Lan'"
Lawrence Winters, br; Camilla Williams, s; Cho and Orch/Lehman Engel
Heritage Gershwin
4:38 am
Vincent D'Indy: "Saugefleurie", Op 21
Württemberg Phil/Gilles Nopre
D' INDY : Orchestra Works
4:54 am
Landini: Ballata, La bionda treccia
London Early Music Consort/David Munrow
Early Music Festival
5:00 am
Francis Poulenc: Piano Duet Sonata (1918)
Maryléne Dosse, p; Annie Petit, p
5:05 am
Francis Poulenc: Oboe Sonata
Nash Ensemble
Poulenc: The Complete Chamber Music
5:19 am
Francis Poulenc: Brass Sonata (1922)
Trio Puhallus
5:28 am
Francis Poulenc: Six impromptus (1920)
#3
Equale Brass
Bacchanales
5:29 am
Franz Schubert: Impromptus, D 899 (Op. 90)
No. 1 in C
Andreas Haefliger, p
Impromptus Op. 90 and Op. 142
5:39 am
Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 23 in G
Philharmonia Hungarica/Antal Dorati
Haydn * The Complete Symphonies * Antal Dorati
5:54 am
Charles-Valentin Alkan: Four Impromptus, Op 32
#1, "Vaghezza"
Laurent Martin, p
ALKAN : Piano Music
6:00 am
Josef Strauss: "Theater-Quadrille," Op 213
Vienna Phil/Franz Welser-Möst
New Year's Concert 2013
6:05 am
Johann Strauss II: "Annen-Polka," Op. 117
Berlin Phil/Herbert von Karajan
Herbert Von Karajan: The First Recordings
6:09 am
György Cziffra: Concert Etude #2 after Strauss's "Tritsch-Tratsch" Polka
Konstantin Scherbakov, p
6:12 am
Johann Strauss II: "Lob der Frauen," Polka Mazur, Op. 315
Vienna Phil/Mariss Jansons
New Year's Concert 2006
6:17 am
Fanny Mendelssohn: Five Songs, Op 10
#5, "Bergeslust"
Lauralyn Kolb, s, Arlene Shrut, p
Fanny Mendelssohn: Lieder
6:18 am
Amy (Mrs HHA) Beach: Theme and Variations, Op 80
Carol Wincenc, f; Green Mountain Festival Quartet
American Flute Quintets
6:41 am
César Franck: "Symphonic Variations"
Artur Rubinstein, p; Sym of the Air/Alfred Wallenstein
Saint-Saens: Concerto No. 2/ Falla: Nights In The Garden of Spain/ Franck: Symphonic Variations
6:54 am
George Gershwin: "Strike Up the Band"
"Meadow Serenade"
Richard Glazier, p
Remembrance and Discovery
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.
7:03 am
Richard Rodgers: "The Sound of Music"
"My Favorite Things"
Ian Gindes, p
American Visions
7:06 am
Amy Beach: "Dusk in June," Op. 82
La Caccina
Becoming
7:10 am
Germaine Tailleferre: Flute and Piano Concerto
Leta Miller, f; Josephine Gandolfi, p; UC Santa Cruz Orch/Nicole Paiement
La musique de Germaine Tailleferre Vol. II
7:29 am
Joanna Estelle: "Bobby's Song"
Trio Casals
Moto Finale
7:35 am
Louise Farrenc: Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 32
IV. "Allegro assai"
NDR Radio Phil/Johannes Goritzki
Louise Farrenc: Symphonies 1 & 3
7:45 am
Georg Philipp Telemann: "Tafelmusik," Book 3
Two-Horn Concerto in E-Flat
Andrew Joy & Charles Putnam, hn's; Musica Antiqua Cologne/Goebel
Telemann: Tafelmusik
8:00 am
Saturday Morning Listener's Choice
8:00 am
George Frideric Handel: "Water Music" Suite No. 2 in D
Berlin Academy for Ancient Music
Handel: Water Music Suites Nos. 1-3
8:12 am
Richard Rodgers: "Victory at Sea"
The Song of the High Seas
Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel
Victory at Sea
8:19 am
Edward Elgar: Land of Hope and Glory
Sue Addison, tb, Sally Goodworth, p
Elgar's Trombone
8:24 am
Sergei Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18
I. "Moderato"
Van Cliburn, p; Chicago Sym Orch/Fritz Reiner
Rachmaninoff: Concerto No. 2; Beethoven: Concerto No. 5
8:36 am
Howard Hanson: "Fanfare for the Signal Corps"
London Phil Orch/Jorge Mester
8:37 am
Morton Gould: "Fanfare for Freedom"
London Phil Orch/Jorge Mester
8:38 am
Henry Cowell: "Fanfare for the Latin Allies"
London Phil Orch/Jorge Mester
8:42 am
Antonio José: "Sinfonia castellana"
IV. Finale, "Danza burgalesa: Allegro vivo"
Castilla y León Sym Orch/Alejandro Posada
José: Sinfonía castellana; Suite ingenua; El mozo de mulas
8:48 am
Noel Coward: "London Pride"
John Williams, g; Orch/William Goodchild
Echos of London
8:53 am
Luis Bacalov: "Il Postino"
Main Theme
London Phil Orch/Dirk Brossé
The Genius of Film Music: Hollywood Blockbusters 1980s-2000s
9:00 am
Alfred Newman: 20th Century Fox Fanfare
London Phil Orch/John Mauceri
The Genius of Film Music
9:00 am
Soundtrack
9:02 am
George Gershwin: "Love Is Here to Stay"
Tactus String Quartet
Tactus plays Gershwin
9:05 am
Richard Rodney Bennett: "Nicholas and Alexandra"
Overture
New Philharmonia Orch/Marcus Dods
Nicholas and Alexandra (Original Soundtrack Recording)
9:08 am
Richard Rodney Bennett: "Nicholas and Alexandra"
"Nicholas and Alexandra"
New Philharmonia Orch/Marcus Dods
Nicholas and Alexandra (Original Soundtrack Recording)
9:11 am
Randy Newman: "Ragtime"
Main Title
Studio Orch/Randy Newman
Ragtime (Original Motion Picture Score)
9:12 am
Randy Newman: "Ragtime"
"Atlantic City"
Studio Orch/Randy Newman
Ragtime (Original Motion Picture Score)
9:14 am
Randy Newman: "Ragtime"
"Dénouement"
Studio Cho & Orch/Randy Newman
Ragtime (Original Motion Picture Score)
9:22 am
Hugo Friedhofer: "The Best Years of Our Lives"
Main Title
London Phil Orch/Franco Collura
The Best Years of Our Lives - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
9:23 am
Ennio Morricone: "Cinema Paradiso"
Main Theme
Gilda Buttà, p; Munich Radio Orch/Ennio Morricone
Morricone Conducts Morricone
9:26 am
Antonín Dvořák: String Serenade in E, Op. 22
II. "Tempo di valse"
Berlin Phil/Herbert von Karajan
9:32 am
Emilie Levienaise-Farrouch: "Living"
"County Hall"
Studio Cho & Orch
Living (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
9:35 am
Danny Elfman: "Spider-Man 2"
Main Title
Studio Cho & Orch/Pete Anthony
Spider-Man 2 (Original Motion Picture Score)
9:39 am
Jerry Goldsmith: "Chinatown"
Love Theme
Uan Rasey, tr; Studio Orch/Jerry Goldsmith
Chinatown (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
9:41 am
Jerry Goldsmith: "L.A. Confidential"
"Bloody Christmas"
Hollywood Studio Sym/Jerry Goldsmith
L.A. Confidential (Original Motion Picture Score)
9:44 am
Jerry Goldsmith: "L.A. Confidential"
"The Victor"
Hollywood Studio Sym/Jerry Goldsmith
L.A. Confidential (Original Motion Picture Score)
9:47 am
Elmer Bernstein: "Hawaii"
Overture
City of Prague Phil Orch/James Fitzpatrick
The Essential Elmer Bernstein Film Music Collection
9:51 am
Elmer Bernstein: "The Ten Commandments"
Overture to Act I
Studio Orch/Elmer Bernstein
The Ten Commandments 60th Anniversary Soundtrack Collection
9:56 am
Elmer Bernstein: "The Magnificent Seven"
Main Title
Phoenix Sym/James Sedares
American Dreams - The American Music Sampler, Vol. 2
10:03 am
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: "Berlin" Symphony No. 4 in E-Flat, Wq 179
Les Violons du Roy/Bernard Labadie
Music of Bach's Sons
10:17 am
William Grant Still: "Seven Traceries"
Denver Oldham, p
Africa: Piano Music of William Grant Still
10:36 am
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: "Petite Suite de Concert," Op. 77
Chineke! Orch/Anthony Parnther
Chineke! Orchestra: Coleridge-Taylor
10:53 am
Napoléon Coste: "Rondeau de concert," Op. 12
Jeffrey McFadden, g
Popular Guitar Music
11:00 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.
11:12 am
Jean Sibelius: "Spring Song," Op. 16
Scottish National Orch/Sir Alexander Gibson
Nielsen: Symphony No. 5, Etc; Sibelius / Alexander Gibson
11:20 am
Robert Schumann: Piano Quintet in E-Flat, Op. 44
M Argerich, p; D Schwarzberg, v; L Hall, v; N Imai, vi; M Maisky, vc
Mischa Maisky, cello,
Schumann: Klavierquartett
11:51 am
Alexandre Desplat: "Girl with the Pearl Earring"
Emmanuel Pahud, f; French National Orch/Alexandre Desplat
Airlines
12:00 - 3:00 pm
12:00 pm
From Vienna State Opera
Smetana's The Bartered Bride
Franz Xaver Schlecht (Kruina); Margaret Plummer (Ludmila); Slávka Zámečníková (Mařenka); Ivo Stanchev (Mícha); Monika Bohinec (Háta); Pavol Breslik (Jeník); Michael Laurenz (Vaek); Vienna State Opera Chorus and Orchestra; Tomá Hanus, conductor. Sung in German.
2:42 pm
Ilse Weber: Song, "Wiegala"
Esther Abrami, v; string quintet
Karoline Hindelang, viola,
Okhee Lee, double bass,
Women
2:46 pm
Vítězslava Kaprálová: Piano Concerto in D minor, Op. 7
I. "Allegro entusiastico"
Amy I-Lin Cheng, p; University of Michigan Sym Orch/Kenneth Kiesler
Kaprálová: Waving Farewell / Suite en Miniature / Piano Concerto
2:57 pm
Jean-Baptiste Lully: "Alceste"
"Loure pour les Pécheurs"
Lodestar Trio
Bach to Folk
3:00 pm
3:00 pm
Afternoon Music
3:01 pm
Giacomo Puccini: "Capriccio sinfonico"
Welsh National Opera Orch/Carlo Rizzi
Puccini Symphonic Suites Imagined by Carlo Rizzi
3:14 pm
Antonio Caldara: Sinfonia in C
La Serenissima/Adrian Chandler
The Italian Job
3:30 pm
Franz Schubert: "Ave Maria (Ellens Gesang III)," D 839
Danbi Um, v; Juho Pohjonen, p
Poème Mystique
3:35 pm
Erich Wolfgang Korngold: "Baby Serenade," Op. 24
Northwest German Phil/Werner Andreas Albert
Korngold: Orchestral Works, Vol. 3
3:58 pm
Alexander von Zemlinsky: Song, "Herbsten"
Ian Koziara, t; Bradley Moore, p
Silenced: Unsung Voices of the 20th Century
4:00 pm
4:00 pm
Listening to Singers with Oliver Camacho
A preview of the upcoming Opera Festival of Chicago season with music director Sir Emanuele Andrizzi.
5:00 pm
5:00 pm
Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival
Carlo Alfredo Piatti Serenade; Mark Kosower, Nicholas Canellakis, cellos; Juho Pohjonen, piano; Julian Anderson String Quartet No. 4 (Festival Co-Commission, US Premiere); Escher String Quartet; Enescu Sonata in A Minor, Op. 24, "Dans le caractere populaire roumain;" Yura Lee, violin; Gilles Vonsattel, piano.
6:00 - 8:00 pm
6:00 pm
Weekend Evening Music
6:01 pm
George Frideric Handel: "Amaryllis" Suite
"Gavotte"; "Minuet"; "Scherzo & Trio"
Royal Phil Orch/Yehudi Menuhin
Handel: Music for the Royal Fireworks, Amaryllis Suite, Suite from the Water Music
6:09 pm
Samuel Barber: Symphony No. 1, Op. 9
St. Louis Sym Orch/Leonard Slatkin
Samuel Barber: Symphony No. 1, Piano Concerto, Souvenirs
6:32 pm
Leonard Bernstein: "West Side Story"
"One Hand, One Heart; Tonight; Somewhere"
Katia Labèque & Marielle Labèque, p's; G Grau & R Séguinier, per
Raphaël Séguinier, percussion,
Rhapsody in Blue, West Side Story
6:40 pm
Elisabeth Kuyper: Ballad for Cello & Orchestra, Op. 11
Raphaela Gromes, vc; Deutsches Sym-Orch Berlin/Anna Rakitina
Fortissima
7:00 pm
music continues...
8:00 pm
8:00 pm
Folkstage hosted by Marilyn Rea Beyer
From the archives: Music wafts like a summer breeze through a 2005 performance by Ariane Lydon.
9:00 pm - 12:00 am
9:00 pm
The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer
Let’s take a vacation. But where shall we go? Songs about faraway places we’d love to visit. Cities and sights and sounds that transport us in song.
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