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      Playlist for Saturday, March 28, 2026

      Playing this hour

      12:00 - 7:00 am

      12:00 am

      Giacomo Puccini: "Madama Butterfly"

      "Flower Duet"

      de los Angeles, s; Pirazzini, ms; Rome Opera House Orch/Santini
      Famous Duets From The Opera

      Angel AV-34008

      12:05 am

      Moritz Rosenthal: "Papillons"

      Stephen Hough, p
      The Piano Album

      Virgin 61498-2 (2)

      12:07 am

      Gabriel Fauré: "Papillon," Op 77

      Frédéric Lodéon, vc; Jean-Philippe Collard, p
      Faure: Chamber Music, Vol. 1

      EMI/Ang CMS7-62545-2 (2)

      12:10 am

      Jacques Offenbach: "Le Papillon"

      Act II

      National Phil/Richard Bonynge
      Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker / Offenbach: Le Papillon

      London 444827-2 (2)

      12:34 am

      David Popper: "Papillon"

      Antonio Janigro, vc; Antonio Beltrami, p

      Vanguard SVC-80

      12:36 am

      Ernst Köhler: Papillon

      Don Bailey, f, Arcata String Quartet, Grace Paradise, h, Scott Pingel, b,
      Irish H,
      Voyage

      Summit DCD-239

      12:39 am

      Robert Schumann: "Papillons," Op. 2

      Bernard d'Ascoli, p
      Schumann 'Carnaval' and 'Papillons'

      Nimbus NI-5170

      12:53 am

      Boris Assafiev: Papillons

      London Sym Orch/Richard Bonynge
      Homage To Pavlova

      London CSA-2232 (2)

      1:00 am

      Henry Purcell: "Don Quixote"

      Duet, "Since times are so bad"

      Kirkby, s; Thomas, b; Academy of Ancient Music/Hogwood
      Purcell: Theatre Music

      L'Oiseau Lyre DSLO-534

      1:05 am

      Erich Wolfgang Korngold: "Don Quixote" (1909)

      "Don Quixote's Dreams of Heroic Deeds"

      Alexander Frey, p

      Koch 3-7427-2

      1:10 am

      Ludwig Minkus: Don Quixote

      "Entrance of Gamache"

      Orch/John Lanchbery
      Don Quixote

      Angel S-37008

      1:12 am

      Richard Strauss: "Don Quixote," Op. 35

      Minnesota Orch/Edo de Waart; Steven Isserlis, vc; Cynthia Phelps, vi
      Elgar: Cello Concerto / Bloch: Schelomo / Kabalevsky: Cello Concerto no. 2 / Tchaikovsky: Rococo Variations / R. Strauss: Don Quixote

      Virgin 61490-2 (2)

      1:54 am

      Jan Dismas Zelenka: "Reiterfanfare" #1

      Hubert Laws, f; Philharmonia Virtuosi/Richard Kapp
      Baroque Trumpetissimo

      Ess.a.y CD-1035

      2:00 am

      Richard Wagner: "Die Walküre"

      "Ride of the Valkyries"

      London Phil/Adrian Boult

      EMI/Ang CDK7-65148-2

      2:05 am

      Richard Wagner: "Götterdämmerung"

      Siegfried's Rhine Journey & Funeral Music

      Philharmonia Orch/Otto Klemperer

      EMI/Ang CDM7-63618-2

      2:19 am

      Richard Wagner: "Siegfried"

      "Forest Murmurs"

      Vienna Phil/Georg Solti

      London 410137-2

      2:28 am

      Fauré-Messager: Souvenir of Bayreuth, Fantasy on Themes from Wagner's Ring

      Pierre-Alain Volondat & Patrick De Hooge, p
      FAURE: Piano Music for Four Hands

      Naxos 8.553638

      2:32 am

      Franz Waxman: Three Waltzes, "Souvenirs de Paris"

      #2

      St Clair Trio

      Koch 3-7398-2

      2:34 am

      Vincent D'Indy: "Souvenirs," Op 52

      Monte Carlo Phil/James DePreist

      Koch 3-7280-2

      2:53 am

      French ANON 16th c: Chanson, Le cuer est bon

      Paris Brass Quintet
      Renaissance Music

      Peters Int'l PLE-084

      3:00 am

      Portuguese ANON: Three Sonatas

      Wallace Collection, Wallace
      Venetian Brass Music

      Nimbus NI-5065

      3:05 am

      Isaac Albéniz: "Iberia," Book 3

      Alicia de Larrocha, p
      Iberia, Navarra, Suite Espanola

      London 417887-2 (2)

      3:27 am

      Francisco Guerau: Canarios

      Pepe Romero, g
      Noches de Espana: Romantic Guitar Classics

      Philips 442150-2

      3:28 am

      Mikhail Glinka: "Jota aragonesa" (Spanish Overture #1)

      Dresden Staatskapelle/Neville Marriner
      Bolero, Capriccio Italien, Caprice Brilliant, España

      Philips 410047-2

      3:36 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op. 33

      Reiner Hochmuth, vc; Polish Chamber Orch/Wojciech Rajski

      Thorofon CTH-2027

      3:54 am

      English Anon 17th c: Two Lute Pieces

      Christopher Parkening, g
      The Artistry of Christopher Parkening

      EMI/Ang CDC7-54853-2

      4:00 am

      Albert W Ketèlby: In a Monastery Garden

      Ambrosian Singers, Philharmonia Orch/John Lanchbery
      In A Monastery Garden

      EMI/Ang CDC7-47806-2

      4:05 am

      Haydn Wood: "London Cameos" (1942)

      Czecho-Slovak Radio Sym/Adrian Leaper
      WOOD : Bright Light Music

      Marco Polo 8.223402

      4:21 am

      Clive Richardson: Beachcomber

      New London Orch/Ronald Corp
      British Light Music Classics, Vol. 2

      Hyperion CDA-66968

      4:24 am

      Alan Rawsthorne: "Bagatelles"

      #2

      Stephen Hough, p
      Stephen Hough's English Piano Album

      Hyperion CDA-67267

      4:26 am

      Ernst von Dohnányi: Piano Quintet #1 in c, Op 1

      András Schiff, p; Takacs Quartet
      Piano Quintet No. 1, Sextet

      London 421423-2

      4:55 am

      Derick GERARDE: La Rocha el Fuso

      London Early Music Group/James Tyler
      O Dolce Vita Mia

      Nonesuch D-79029

      5:00 am

      Camille Saint-Saëns: "Berceuse" in B-Flat, Op. 38

      Philippe Graffin, v; Pascal Devoyon, p

      Hyperion CDA-67100

      5:05 am

      Camille Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto No. 1 in D, Op. 17

      Pascal Rogé, p; London Phil
      5 Piano Concertos

      London 417351-2 (2)

      5:34 am

      Max Reger: "Tarantella"

      Ron Chen-Zion, cl; Roglit Ishay, p
      Reger: Complete Works For Clarinet & Piano

      Kontrapunkt 32190

      5:36 am

      Ned Rorem: Three Barcarolles

      Leon Fleisher, p
      Copland, Sessions, Kirchner, Rorem

      Sony 57338

      5:46 am

      Jacques Offenbach: "The Tales of Hoffmann"

      "Barcarolle" (Belle nuit)

      Hollywood Bowl Sym Orch/Carmen Dragon
      Nocturne

      EMI/Ang CDM7-63664-2

      5:50 am

      Gian-Carlo Menotti: "Sebastian"

      Barcarolle

      New Zealand Sym Orch/Andrew Schenck

      Koch 3-7600-2

      5:53 am

      Thomas Morley: Madrigal, "Now Is the Month of Maying"

      Deller Consort
      The English Madrigal School

      Vanguard OVC-2533/34 (2)

      6:00 am

      Maurice Ravel: "Jeux d'eau"

      Philharmonia Orch/Geoffrey Simon
      Ravel: Five O'Clock Foxtrot, Bolero, La Valse

      Cala CACD-1004

      6:05 am

      Franz Liszt: "Années de pèlerinage:" 3rd Year, Rome (1867-77)

      No. 4, "Les jeux d'eau à la Villa d'Este"

      Muza Rubackyte, p

      Lyrinx LYR-2216 (3)

      6:13 am

      Ottorino Respighi: "The Fountains of Rome"

      London Sym Orch/Lamberto Gardelli
      Gemini - Respighi: Pines Of Rome

      EMI/Ang CDC5-86549-2 (2)

      6:29 am

      Howard Skempton: "A Roma"

      John Tilbury, p
      Well, Well, Cornelius

      Sony SK-66482

      6:31 am

      Alan Hovhaness: "Mountains and Rivers Without End"

      Manhattan Chamber Orch/Richard Auldon Clark
      Alan Hovhaness: Mountains and Rivers Without End * Manhattan Chamber Orchestra

      Koch 3-7221-2

      6:54 am

      Francis Poulenc: "Valse" (1919)

      Pascal Rogé, p
      Piano Works • Ouvres Pour Piano • Klavierwerke / Les Soirées De Nazelles • 3 Mouvements Perpétuels • 3 Novelettes • 9 Improvisations

      London 417438-2

      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

      Margaret Brouwer: "The Art of Sailing at Dawn"

      Vienna Radio Sym Orch/Marin Alsop
      Margaret Brouwer: Rhapsodies

      Naxos 8.559933

      7:10 am

      William Bolcom: "Dream Shadows"

      Spencer Myer, p
      William Bolcom: Piano Rags

      Steinway & Sons 30041

      7:18 am

      Howard Shore: "The Lord of the Rings"

      "In Dreams"

      Cardinal Vaughan Memorial School Schola Cantorum/Scott Price
      In Paradisum

      Aparté AP-228

      7:23 am

      Claude Debussy: "Suite bergamasque"

      Lyon National Orch/Jun Märkl
      Debussy: Orchestral Works, Vol. 6

      Naxos 8.572583

      7:42 am

      Gioachino Rossini: "La Cenerentola"

      Overture

      European Wind Soloists/Patrick De Ritis
      Italian Opera Transcribed for Wind Ensemble

      Naxos 8.573259

      7:51 am

      Ruth Gipps: "Ambarvalia"

      BBC Phil/Rumon Gamba
      Ruth Gipps: Orchestral Works Vol. 3

      Chandos CHAN-20284

      8:00 am

      Saturday Morning Listener's Choice

      8:01 am

      Georg Philipp Telemann: Trumpet Concerto in D, TWV 51:D7

      Maurice André, tr; Berlin Phil/Herbert von Karajan
      Hummel, Mozart, Telemann, Vivaldi: Trumpet Concertos

      EMI CDC5-56260-2

      8:11 am

      Duke Ellington: Come Sunday

      Lara Downes, p; PUBLIQuartet
      New Day Begun

      Rising Sun Music RS-012

      8:14 am

      Mahalia Jackson: "Beautiful Tomorrow"

      Mahalia Jackson
      Apollo Sessions Vol II (1946-51)

      Apollo Sessions Vol II (1946-51)/Pair PCD-2-1346

      8:18 am

      Antonín Dvořák: "Stabat Mater," Op 58

      III. "Eja mater, fons amoris"

      Prague Philharmonic Cho, Czech Phil/Jiří Bělohlávek
      Dvořák: Stabat Mater, Op. 58

      Decca 4831510 (2)

      8:27 am

      Domenico Scarlatti: Clavier Sonata in D Minor, Kk 141

      Joyce Yang, p
      Collage

      Avie AV-2229

      8:31 am

      Imogen Holst: Allegro assai for strings

      BBC Concert Orch/Alice Farnham
      Discovering Imogen

      NMC NMCD-280

      8:36 am

      Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle: "La Marseillaise"

      Detroit Sym Orch/Paul Paray
      Marches and Overtures à la Française

      Mercury 434332-2

      8:40 am

      Giuseppe Verdi; Glenn Miller: "Anvil Chorus"

      Glen Miller and his Orchestra
      Glenn Miller – The Popular Recordings 1938-1942

      RCA 9785-2-RB

      8:46 am

      Igor Stravinsky: "The Rite of Spring"

      Part 1, "Adoration of the Earth"

      Chicago Sym Orch/Sir Georg Solti
      Stravinsky * Le Sacre du Printemps * Solti

      London JVCXR-0225-2

      9:00 am

      Soundtrack

      9:00 am

      Alfred Newman: 20th Century Fox Fanfare

      London Phil Orch/John Mauceri
      The Genius of Film Music

      LPO 0086

      9:02 am

      John Addison: "Tom Jones"

      Love Theme

      Studio Orch/John Addison
      Tom Jones (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

      Disques Cinémusique [Tom Jones (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)]

      9:04 am

      John Addison: "Tom Jones"

      Overture

      BBC Concert Orch/Rumon Gamba
      The Film Music of John Addison

      Chandos CHAN-10418

      9:10 am

      Alexandre Desplat: "The Phoenician Scheme"

      "Airplane Crash #1"

      Studio Orch/Conrad Pope
      The Phoenician Scheme (Original Soundtrack)

      ABKCO 2253-1

      9:14 am

      Alexandre Desplat: "The Phoenician Scheme"

      "Palazzo Korda"

      Studio Orch/Conrad Pope
      The Phoenician Scheme (Original Soundtrack)

      ABKCO 2253-1

      9:19 am

      Laurie Johnson: "Dr. Strangelove"

      "The Bomb Run"

      City of Prague Phil Cho & Orch/Paul Bateman
      Kubrick

      Silva Screen Records SILED-4543

      9:21 am

      Ross Parker & Hughie Charles: "We'll Meet Again"

      Yo-Yo Ma, vc; Kathryn Stott, p
      Songs of Comfort & Hope

      Sony 19439822372

      9:25 am

      Charlie Chaplin: "Modern Times"

      Song, "Smile"

      Itzhak Perlman, v; Boston Pops Orch/John Williams
      John Williams Conductor

      Sony 41779-2 (20)

      9:28 am

      Charlie Chaplin: "The Circus"

      "Swing Little GIrl"

      Lucienne Renaudin Vary, tr; Paris Chamber Orch/Sascha Goetzel
      Winter Gardens

      Warner 2173241838

      9:33 am

      Max Steiner: "Arsenic and Old Lace"

      Main Title; "Baseball a la Brooklyn"

      Moscow Sym Orch/William Stromberg
      Adventures Of Don Juan & Arsenic And Old Lace

      Tribute Film Classics TFC-1009

      9:36 am

      Max Steiner: "Arsenic and Old Lace"

      "Mortimer’s Ghastly Discovery;" "The Prodigal Son Returns"

      Moscow Sym Orch/William Stromberg
      Adventures Of Don Juan & Arsenic And Old Lace

      Tribute Film Classics TFC-1009

      9:43 am

      Alexandre Desplat: "Fantastic Mr. Fox"

      "Whack-Bat Majorette"

      Studio Orch/Alexandre Desplat
      Fantastic Mr. Fox (Original Soundtrack)

      ABKCO 1877102562

      9:45 am

      Alexandre Desplat: "Fantastic Mr. Fox"

      "Just Another Dead Rat in a Garbage Pail (Behind The Chinese Restaurant)"

      Studio Orch/Alexandre Desplat
      Fantastic Mr. Fox (Original Soundtrack)

      ABKCO 1877102562

      9:48 am

      Alexandre Desplat: "Fantastic Mr. Fox"

      "Great Harrowsford Square"

      London Oratory Cho; Studio Orch/Alexandre Desplat
      Fantastic Mr. Fox (Original Soundtrack)

      ABKCO 1877102562

      9:52 am

      Jung Jae-il: "Parasite"

      "The Belt of Faith"

      Jung Jae-il, prod
      Parasite (Original Soundtrack)

      Milan 19439750782

      10:01 am

      Cecil Burleigh: "Six Fancies," Op. 31

      No. 2, "Fairy Sailing"

      Zina Schiff, v; Mary Barranger, p
      Cecil Burleigh: Music for Violin and Piano

      Naxos 8.559061

      10:02 am

      Henry Purcell: "The Fairy Queen"

      Act 4 Symphony

      Music of the Baroque Orch/Thomas Wikman
      With Clarion Voice

      D'Note DND-1026

      10:08 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: "The Nutcracker," Op. 71

      "Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy"

      Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
      Dances from Renaissance to Nutcracker

      Delos DE-3132

      10:11 am

      Ruth Gipps: Horn Concerto, Op. 58

      Martin Owen, hn; BBC Phil/Rumon Gamba
      Ruth Gipps: Orchestral Works Vol. 3

      Chandos CHAN-20284

      10:30 am

      Earl Wild: Reminiscences of Churchill's music for the film "Snow White"

      Earl Wild, p
      Earl Wild: The Romantic Master

      Sony SK-62036

      10:39 am

      Josef Suk: "Pohadka (Fairy Tale)," Op. 16

      "Love Story"

      Josef Suk, v; Prague Sym/Jiří Bělohlávek
      Jewels of Czech Music in lyrical Style

      Supraphon 110298-2

      10:51 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64

      III. Valse, "Allegro moderato"

      Polish National Radio Sym Orch/Antoni Wit
      Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5; The Storm

      Naxos 8.550716

      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.

      11:35 am

      Ignacio Cervantes: "Danzas cubanas"

      Jorge Luis Prats, p
      Live in Zaragoza

      Decca 4782732

      11:44 am

      Augusta Holmès: "Ouverture pour une comédie"

      Rheinland-Pfalz State Phil/Samuel Friedmann
      Augusta Holmès: Orchestral Works

      Marco Polo 8.223449

      11:55 am

      Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Guitar Quintet, Op. 143

      I. Allegro, vivo e schietto

      Jason Vieaux, g; Escher Quartet
      Dance

      Azica ACD-71328

      12:00 - 3:00 pm

      12:00 pm

      Metropolitan Opera

      Verdi's La traviata

      Lisette Oropesa (Violetta Valéry); Piotr Buszewski (Alfrdo Germoont); Luca Salsi (Giorgio Germont); Metropolitan Opera Cho & Orch/Antonello Manacorda. Sung in Italian.

      3:00 pm

      3:00 pm

      Afternoon Music

      3:00 pm

      Georg Philipp Telemann: Overture (Suite) in A, TWV 55:A1

      V. "Réjouissance"

      L'Orfeo Barockorchester/Carin van Heerden
      Telemann: VI Ouvertures à 4 ou 6 TWV 55 (1736)

      CPO 555519-2

      3:03 pm

      Pauline Viardot: "Six Morceaux"

      No. 6, "Tarantelle"

      Raphaela Gromes, vc; Festival Strings Lucerne/Daniel Dodds
      Femmes

      Sony 19658710712

      3:07 pm

      Florence Price: Concert Overture No. 2

      Württemberg Phil/John Jeter
      Florence Beatrice Price: Songs of the Oak, Concert Overtures Nos. 1 & 2, The Oak, Colonial Dance, Suite of Dances

      Naxos 8.559920

      3:22 pm

      music continues...

      4:00 pm

      4:00 pm

      Listening to Singers with Oliver Camacho

      On Pauline Viardot, the renowned mezzo-soprano, composer, and 19th-century cultural influencer who inspired significant works from Hector Berlioz, Camille Saint-Saëns (who wrote "Samson and Delilah" for her), Frédéric Chopin, Giacomo Meyerbeer, and Johannes Brahms, in addition to composing five chamber operas and over 100 songs herself.

      5:00 - 8:00 pm

      5:00 pm

      Weekend Evening Music

      8:00 pm

      8:00 pm

      Folkstage hosted by Marilyn Rea Beyer

      From the archives: Renowned traditionalists Tracy Schwarz and Ginny Hawker with Deborah Clifford play music that spans many generations.

      9:00 pm - 12:00 am

      9:00 pm

      The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer

      We believe in women. On the final weekend of National Women’s Month, we honor the accomplishments and the music of women in history and in folk music.