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      Playlist for Saturday, October 3, 2026

      Playing this hour

      12:00 - 7:00 am

      12:00 am

      Brahms, Johannes: "F-A-E Scherzo (Sonatensatz)"

      Anne Sophie Mutter, v; Lambert Orkis, p
      The Berlin Recital

      DG 445826-2

      12:05 am

      Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Violin Sonata in E-Flat, K. 302

      Anne Sophie Mutter, v; Lambert Orkis, p
      Mozart: The Violin Sonatas

      DG B0007102-02 (4)

      12:17 am

      Thomson, Virgil: "The Plow that Broke the Plains" Suite (1936)

      New London Orch/Ronald Corp
      Thomson: Louisiana Story, The Plow That Broke The Plains

      Hyperion CDA-66576

      12:33 am

      Thomson, Virgil: "Five Ladies"

      #4, "Yvonne de Casa Fuerte" (1940)

      Sharan Leventhal, v; Anthony Tommasini, p
      Portraits and Self Portraits

      Northeastern NR-240-CD

      12:35 am

      Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Violin Sonata No. 37 in B-Flat, K. 454

      Jascha Heifetz, v; Brooks Smith, p
      The Heifetz Collection, Volume 24: Bach: Concertos / Mozart / Paganini / Vitali

      RCA 88765440152 (9)

      12:55 am

      Tveitt, Geirr: Suite #1, "A Hundred Folk Tunes from Hardanger," Op 151

      "Going a-wooing"

      Royal Scottish National Orch/Bjarte Engeset
      A Hundred Hardanger Tunes - Suites Nos. 1 And 4

      Naxos 8.555078

      1:00 am

      Chopin, Frédéric: "Fantaisie-Impromptu" in c-sharp minor, Op. 66

      Charles Richard-Hamelin, p
      Chopin

      Analekta AN2-9145

      1:05 am

      Moeran, Ernest John: Sinfonietta (1944)

      London Phil/Adrian Boult
      Fugal Overture, Sinfonietta, November Woods

      Lyrita SRCD.247

      1:28 am

      Moeran, Ernest John: "Songs of Springtime"

      "Spring, the sweet Spring"

      King's Singers

      EMI/Ang CDC7-49765-2

      1:30 am

      Chopin, Frédéric: Ballade No. 2 in F, Op. 38

      Charles Richard-Hamelin, p
      Chopin

      Analekta AN2-9145

      1:38 am

      Berlioz, Hector: "Roméo et Juliette," Op. 17

      Love Scene (Adagio)

      Baltimore Sym/David Zinman
      Berlioz: La Marseillase, Love Scene from Romeo and Juliet, Three Excerpts from the Damnation of Faust

      Telarc CD-80164

      1:54 am

      Prokofiev, Serge: "Romeo and Juliet," Op. 64

      "Scene: The street awakens"

      Cincinnati Sym Orch/Paavo Järvi
      Romeo And Juliet (Complete Suites From The Ballet)

      Telarc CD-80597

      2:00 am

      Strauss, Richard: "Schlagobers," Op. 70

      "The Princess"

      Tokyo Metropolitan Sym/Hiroshi Wakasugi

      MHS 514507-L

      2:05 am

      Korngold, Erich Wolfgang: "The Prince and the Pauper" film score

      Suite

      London Sym/André Previn
      Previn Conducts Korngold * The Sea Hawk

      DG 471347-2

      2:27 am

      Rameau, Jean-Philippe: "La Princesse de Navarre"

      "Chaconne"

      English Baroque Orch/Nicholas McGegan
      RAMEAU: La princesse de Navarre

      Erato 12986-2

      2:29 am

      Bon, Anna: Clavier Sonata #5 in b

      Barbara Harbach, hc
      Anna Bon

      MSR Classics MS-1241

      2:42 am

      Haydn, Franz Joseph: Symphony No. 9 in C

      Philharmonia Hungarica/Antal Dorati
      Haydn * The Complete Symphonies * Antal Dorati

      London 4781221 (33)

      2:54 am

      Haydn, Franz Josef: Song, "The Lady's Looking Glass"

      Julianne Baird, s; Lux Musica
      Celtic Caravans

      MSR Classics MS-1105

      3:00 am

      Purcell, Henry: Elegy on the Death of Thomas Farmer

      Tragicomedia/Stephen Stubbs
      Songs Of Welcome And Farewell

      Teldec 95068-2

      3:05 am

      Philidor, Andre: Suite in E-Flat

      Le Temple du Goût

      Ma Recordings M-075-A

      3:13 am

      Schnittke, Alfred: "Suite in the Old Style"

      Ilya Kaler, v; Leonid Blok, p
      Ilya Kaler: Violin Suites

      MCA Classics AED-10527

      3:29 am

      Martino, Donald: Suite in Old Form

      Air

      Haesun Paik, p

      Tonmeister 89

      3:31 am

      Reger, Max: "Concerto in the Old Style," Op 123

      Karl Suske, v; Heinz Schunk, v; Berlin Staatskapelle/Otmar Suitner
      Balletsuite, Concerto, Beethoven-Variationen

      Berlin Classics 0091232-BC

      3:54 am

      Sweelinck, Jan Pieterszoon: Centone #9

      Trio, "Le just'Archer"

      Eastman Brass Quintet

      Pantheon D-07159

      4:00 am

      Godowsky, Leopold: 53 Studies on Chopin Etudes

      #13 in e-flat

      Geoffrey Douglas Madge, p

      Dante PSG-8903/4 (2)

      4:05 am

      Grieg, Edvard: Symphonic Dances, Op. 64

      Gothenburg Sym/Neeme Järvi
      Symphonic Dances, Norwegian Dances, Lyric Suite

      DG 419431-2

      4:36 am

      Grieg, Edvard: 25 Norwegian Folksongs and Dances, Op. 17

      No. 16, "I Know a Little Maiden"

      Eva Knardahl, p
      Grieg - Complete Piano Music, Vol.6

      BIS LP-109

      4:38 am

      Handel, George Frideric: Violin Sonata in g, Op. 1, No. 6 (HWV 364a)

      Ryo Terakado, v; Christophe Rousset, hc; Kaori Uemura, viga

      Denon CO-75858

      4:44 am

      Lutoslawski, Witold: "Dance Preludes"

      Eduard Brunner, cl; Ursula Holliger, h; Bavarian Radio Sym/Witold Lutoslawski
      Lutoslawski: Cello Concerto; Double Concerto; Dance Preludes

      Philips 416817-2

      4:54 am

      Burleigh: "Characteristic Pieces" (1910)

      "Indian Snake-Dance"

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

      Naxos 8.559061

      5:00 am

      Schubert, Franz: Chorus, "Mondenschein," D 875

      Neil Archer, t; Roger Vignoles, p; King's Singers
      Nightsong

      RCA 68646-2

      5:05 am

      Beethoven, Ludwig van: Piano Sonata No. 14 in c-sharp minor, Op. 27, No. 2, "Moonlight"

      Alexei Lyubimov, forte-p
      Works for the Piano by C. P. E. Bach, Mozart, Beethoven

      MCA Classics AED-68006

      5:20 am

      Strauss, Richard: "Capriccio," Op. 85

      Mondschein-Musik "(Moonlight Music)"

      Barry Tuckwell, fh; Royal Phil/Vladimir Ashkenazy
      Horn Concertos

      London 430370-2

      5:24 am

      Nietzsche, Friedrich: "Im Mondschein auf der Puszta" (1862)

      John Bell Young, p
      Piano Music Of Friedrich Nietzsche

      Newport Classic NPD-85513

      5:25 am

      Stanford, Charles Villiers: Suite for Violin and Orchestra, Op 32

      Anthony Marwood, v; BBC Scottish Sym Orch/Martyn Brabbins
      Stanford: Violin Concerto In D, Op. 74, Suite For Violin And Orchestra, Op. 32

      Hyperion CDA-67208

      5:53 am

      Brahms, Johannes: Waltzes, Op 39

      #15 in A-Flat

      Alexander Brailowsky, p
      Brailowsky Plays Virtuoso Showpieces

      RCA 68165-2 (2)

      6:00 am

      Persichetti, Vincent: "Pastoral," Op 21 (1943)

      Borealis Wind Quintet
      A LA CARTE- Short Works for Winds

      MSR Classics MS-1128

      6:05 am

      Carulli, Ferdinando: Guitar Concerto in A, Op 8a

      Pepe Romero, g; St Martin's Academy/Iona Brown
      Concertos; Mozart, Adagio Kv 261, Rondo Kv 373

      Philips 426263-2

      6:22 am

      Grieg, Edvard: 19 Norwegian Folksongs for Piano, Op. 66

      No. 13, "There Stood Two Girls"

      Paul Galbraith, g
      Guitar Music - NIN-CULMELL, J.M. / FRASER, M.K. / CONSTANTINIDIS, Y. / MORENO, T.F. / BARTOK , B. / GRIEG, E. (Galbraith)

      Delos DE-3236

      6:23 am

      Grofé, Ferde: "Grand Canyon Suite"

      Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel
      Grofé: Grand Canyon Suite/ Gershwin: Porgy & Bess Symphonic Suite "Catfish Row"

      Telarc CD-80086

      6:54 am

      Bacon, Ernst: "Tumbleweeds" (1979)

      "The Oregon Trail"

      Dorothy Bales, v; Allan Sly, p
      Bacon: Remembering Ansel Adams, Etc

      CRI CD-779

      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.

      7:03 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: "Don Giovanni," K. 527

      Overture

      La Petite Bande/Sigiswald Kuijken
      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Complete Edition

      Brilliant Classics 94051/161

      7:10 am

      Traditional American: "Amazing Grace"

      Randall Goosby, v; Carlos Simon, p
      Together

      Decca 4854768

      7:13 am

      Carlos Simon: "Memory of Summer"

      Carlos Simon, p
      Together

      Decca 4854768

      7:19 am

      Antonín Dvořák: "In Nature's Realm" Overture, Op. 91

      Bournemouth Sym Orch/José Serebrier
      Dvořák: Symphony No. 7, In Nature's Realm, Scherzo capriccioso, Slavonic Dances

      Warner 66656

      7:35 am

      Carl Maria von Weber: Clarinet Quintet in B-Flat, Op. 34

      Eddie Daniels, cl; Composers String Quartet
      Weber & Brahms

      Reference RR-40

      8:00 am

      Saturday Morning Listener's Choice

      8:01 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: "Swan Lake," Op. 20

      Pas de deux

      Zürich Chamber Orch/Daniel Hope, v
      Dance!

      DG 4864994

      8:06 am

      Giacomo Puccini: "Tosca"

      Aria, "Vissi d'arte"

      Kiri Te Kanawa, s; Lyon Opera Orch/Kent Nagano
      40 Most Beautiful Arias

      Warner 2564 69689-6

      8:10 am

      music continues...

      9:00 - 11:00 am

      9:00 am

      Soundtrack

      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.

      12:00 - 3:00 pm

      12:00 pm

      From National Centre for the Performing Arts

      Wagner's Das Rheingold

      Egils Silins (Wotan); Robert Bork (Donner); Wang Chuan (Froh); Christian Franz (Loge); Bettina Ranch (Fricka); Tanja Kuhn (Freia); Niu Shasha (Erda); Tomas Tomasson (Alberich); Arnold Bezuyen (Mime); Andrea Silvestrelli (Fasolt); Guan Zhijing (Fafner); Qin Kanru (Woglinde); Xu Xiaoying (Wellgunde); Zhang Yajie (Flosshilde); NCPA Chorus and Orchestra; Lü Jia, conductor. Sung in German.

      3:00 pm

      3:00 pm

      Afternoon Music

      4:00 pm

      4:00 pm

      Listening to Singers with Oliver Camacho

      An interview with bass-baritone Christian Van Horn who stars in the title role of "Don Giovanni" at Lyric Opera.

      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: In 2024, local treasures, Emmy Bean and Ronnie Kuller performed “Her Only Light” songs and stories about elusive folk singer, Connie Converse. We reprise that concert just as the fully produced album is released.

      9:00 pm - 12:00 am

      9:00 pm

      The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer

      Songs about skyscrapers, city skylines, and other things that are very tall.