Playlist for Saturday, September 12, 2026

Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff

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 am

Soundtrack

11:00 am

Introductions

15-year-old pianist Jeremy Liu, winner of the 2025 CSO Young Artists Competition at age 13, performs Margaret Bonds's "Torubled Water" and the third movement of Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 21 in C major, Op. 53 "Waldstein." Recorded in August 2026 in the Levin Performance Studio.

12:00 pm

From La Scala

Bizet's Carmen

Clémentine Margaine (Carmen); Natalia Tanasii (Micaëla); Vittorio Grigolo (Don José); Giorgi Manoshvili (Escamillo); Marine Chagnon (Mercédès); Trebel Voice Chorus from La Scala Academy; Vienna State Opera Chorus and Orchestra; Myung-Whun Chung, conductor. Sung in Italian.

3:00 pm

Afternoon Music

4:00 pm

Listening to Singers with Oliver Camacho

Tenor Nicholas Phan joins WFMT to preview the 2026-27 season of Art Song Chicago.

5:00 pm

Weekend Evening Music

8:00 pm

Folkstage hosted by Marilyn Rea Beyer

Live from St. Tim's Coffeehouse in Northfield: The Mac and Cheese Band (Pete McCauley & Tim Cheesebrow) deliver high-energy, high-carb folk music with an expertly composed sauce of humor and strings in their Folkstage debut.

9:00 pm

The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer

We mark the 25th anniversary of the shared tragedy of 9/11 with music that helps us overcome fear and find a shared purpose.