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      Playlist for Saturday, August 1, 2026

      Playing this hour

      12:00 - 7:00 am

      12:00 am

      Malcolm Arnold: "Solitaire" (Ballet, 1956)

      Sarabande and Polka

      Philharmonia Orch/Bryden Thomson
      Arnold: Dances

      Chandos CHAN-8867

      12:05 am

      Malcolm Arnold: Three Shanties, Op 4

      Nash Ensemble
      The Chamber Music Of Malcolm Arnold – 3

      Hyperion CDA-66173

      12:12 am

      Edward MacDowell: "Sea Pieces," Op 55

      "Nautilus"

      Bohuslav Martinu Phil/Charles Anthony Johnson
      MACDOWELL, E.: Suites Nos. 1 and 2 / Sea Pieces

      Albany TROY-224

      12:15 am

      Edward MacDowell: "Sea Pieces," Op 55

      #4, "Starlight"

      James Barbagallo, p
      MacDowell: Piano Music Vol. 1

      Marco Polo 8.223631

      12:17 am

      Edward MacDowell: "Sea Pieces," Op 55

      #8, "In Mid-ocean"

      James Barbagallo, p
      MacDowell: Piano Music Vol. 1

      Marco Polo 8.223631

      12:19 am

      Gosta Nystroem: Symphony #3 (Sea Symphony)

      Söderström, Swedish Radio Sym Orch/Westerberg

      Discofil SCD-1015

      12:54 am

      Dag Wirén: Three Sea Poems, Op 37

      #3, "The Sea"

      Jubilate Cho/Astrid Riska
      Dag Wiren: Chamber Music, Vol. 2

      BIS CD-797

      1:00 am

      Gioachino Rossini: "The Barber of Seville"

      Trio, "Ah, qual colpo"

      Munich Rococo Soloists
      The Munich Rococo Soloists: The Barber of Seville

      Koch CD-310061

      1:05 am

      Gioachino Rossini: "L'Italiana in Algeri (The Italian Girl in Algiers)"

      Overture

      Montreal Sym Orch
      Overtures

      London 433074-2

      1:13 am

      Johannes Brahms: Violin Sonata #2 in A, Op 100

      Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, v; Cecile Licad, p

      EMI/Ang CDC7-49410-2

      1:33 am

      Johannes Brahms: "Deutsche Volkslieder" WoO 33

      No. 19, "Nur ein Gesicht auf Erden lebt (There’s only one face on earth)"

      Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, br; Gerald Moore, p
      Brahms Volkslieder

      EMI/Ang CDC5-85502-2 (2)

      1:34 am

      Richard Strauss: Horn Concerto No. 2 in E-Flat

      Eric Ruske, fh; Iris Chamber Orch/Michael Stern
      The Romantic Horn Concerti

      Albany TROY-782

      1:54 am

      Hermann Goetz: "Genrebilder", Op 13

      #5

      Adrian Ruiz, p
      GOETZ: Lose Blätter, op.7; Sonatina in F, op. 8, No. 1; Sonatina in E Flat, op. 8, No. 2; Genrebilder, op.13

      Genesis GCD-107

      2:00 am

      Daniel-François Auber: "The Bronze Horse"

      Aria, "O tourment du veuvage"

      Huguette Tourangeau, s; Suisse Romande Orch/Richard Bonynge
      Arias From Forgotten Operas

      London OS-26199

      2:05 am

      Daniel-François Auber: "The Bronze Horse"

      Overture

      BBC Phil/Yan Pascal Tortelier
      BBC Philharmonic / Tortelier: French Bonbons

      Chandos CHAN-9765

      2:13 am

      François Boieldieu: "La dame blanche"

      Overture

      Detroit Sym Orch/Paul Paray
      Marches and Overtures a la Fancaise

      Mercury 434332-2

      2:20 am

      Daniel-François Auber: "Manon Lescaut"

      Entr'acte

      Radio France Phil/Jean-Pierre Marty

      EMI/Ang CMS7-63252-2 (2)

      2:22 am

      Serge Prokofiev: Symphony No. 2 in d minor, Op. 40

      Scottish National Orch/Neeme Järvi
      Prokofiev: Symphony No. 2

      Chandos CHAN-8368

      2:55 am

      music continues...

      7:00 - 9:00 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.

      9:00 - 11:00 am

      9:00 am

      Soundtrack

      11:00 am

      11:00 am

      Introductions

      An encore presentation of cellist Jeffrey Tong's performance of the first movement of Beethoven's Cello Sonata No. 3 in A, Op. 69 with pianist Liang-yu Wang. Originally broadcast April 27, 2024.

      12:00 - 4:00 pm

      12:00 pm

      From Gran Teatre del Liceu

      Donizetti's The Elixir of Love

      Pretty Yende (Adina); Michael Spyres (Nemorino); Jan Antem (Belcore); Fabio Capitanucci (Dulcamara); Núria Vilà (Giannetta); Gran Teatre del Liceu Chorus and Orchestra; Diego Matheuz, conductor. Sung in Italian.

      2:30 pm

      Afternoon Music

      4:00 pm

      4:00 pm

      Listening to Singers with Oliver Camacho

      Conductor Christopher Bell joins WFMT to celebrate 25 years as director of the Grant Park Chorus in advance of the 2026 season finale.

      5:00 - 8:00 pm

      5:00 pm

      Weekend Evening Music

      8:00 pm

      8:00 pm

      Folkstage hosted by Marilyn Rea Beyer

      Live from the Levin Performance Studio: Louie Lou Louis is a singer-songwriter from Brooklyn, New York, whose music lifts up his Caribbean heritage while lifting up everyone around him. He sings and plays like an island breeze.

      9:00 pm - 12:00 am

      9:00 pm

      The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer

      Songs about The Dog Days of August, other mythical and earthly creatures. Also, a 95th birthday tribute to the unstoppable Ramblin’ Jack Elliot.