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Playlist for Saturday, February 7, 2026
12:00 - 7:00 am
12:00 am
Leonard Bernstein: "Wonderful Town"
Overture
Birmingham Contemporary Music Group/Simon Rattle
12:05 am
Leonard Bernstein: Clarinet Sonata
Richard Stoltzman, cl; London Sym Orch/Michael Tilson Thomas
Copland: Clarinet Concerto/ Bernstein, Gershwin
12:17 am
Leonard Bernstein: "On the Town"
The Great Lover Displays Himself
St Louis Sym Orch/Leonard Slatkin
12:18 am
Ernest Chausson: Symphony in B-Flat, Op 20
Basel Sym Orch/Armin Jordan
Ernest Chausson: Symphony Op. 20, Viviane Op. 5
12:55 am
Maurice Ravel: "Cinq mélodies populaires grecques"
No. 2, "Là-bas, vers l'église"
Mischa Maisky, vc; Daria Hovora, p
Après Un Rêve
1:00 am
Paul Peuerl: Three Pieces
Heritage of America Band Brass Quintet
1:05 am
George Gershwin: Three Preludes (1926)
Güher Pekinel, p; Süher Pekinel, p
Bernstein: Symphonic Dances/ Bartok: THree Preludes/ Gershwin: Sonata
1:11 am
George Gershwin: "Porgy and Bess: A Symphonic Picture"
Montreal Sym Orch
1:35 am
Robert Russell Bennett: Five Studies in "Jitteroptera"
#3, "Betty and Harold Close Their Eyes"
Jascha Heifetz, v; Milton Kaye, p
The Decca Masters, Vol. 2: Gershwin, Foster, Weill, Berlin
1:37 am
Kurt Weill: "Lady in the Dark-Symphonic Nocturne"
Bournemouth Sym Orch/Marin Alsop
Symphonies Nos. 1 and 2 / Lady in the Dark - Symphonic Nocturne
1:54 am
Kurt Weill: "Lady in the Dark"
"Tchaikovsky"
Danny Kaye, vocals, w/cho & orch
2:00 am
Antonin Dvorák: "From the Bohemian Forest," Op 68
#5, "Silent Woods (Klid)"
Peter Bruns, vc; Dresden Staatskapelle/Michael Helmrath
Bach: Transcriptions And Variations
2:05 am
Johann Sebastian Bach: Violin Sonata in e minor, BWV 1023
Arthur Grumiaux, v; Christiane Jaccottet, hc; Philippe Mermoud,vc
Bach: Complete Violin Sonatas
2:18 am
Max Reger: Chorale Preludes, Op 67
#28, Nun freut euch, lieben Christen
Graham Barber, o
2:19 am
Ferde Grofé: "Grand Canyon Suite"
Pittsburgh Sym Orch/Lorin Maazel
Ferde Grofe: Grand Canyon Suite / Victor Herbert: Hero and Leander
2:55 am
Ernst Bacon: "Tumbleweeds" (1979)
"The Oregon Trail"
Dorothy Bales, v; Allan Sly, p
Bacon: Remembering Ansel Adams, Etc
3:00 am
Giacomo Puccini: "La bohème"
Aria, "Che gelida manina"
Fernando de la Mora, t; Welsh National Opera Orch/Charles Mackerras
The Artistry of Fernando de la Mor
3:05 am
Giacomo Puccini: "La Bohème"
"Potpourri"
Maud Powell, v; Orch/Josef Pasternack
The Complete Recordings 1904-17, Vol. 1
3:09 am
Giacomo Puccini: "La bohème"
Orchestral fantasy
Salon Orch
3:21 am
Giacomo Puccini: "La Bohème"
Aria, "Vecchia zimarra, senti"
José van Dam, br; Paris Orch Ensemble/Jean-Pierre Wallez
Le Chant d'un Maître: Donizetti, Mahler, Mozart, Etc.
3:23 am
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: "Sinfonia Concertante" in E-Flat, K. 364
Rafael Druian, v; Abraham Skernick, vi; Cleveland Orch/George Szell
Clarinet Concerto - Sinfonia Concertante
3:54 am
Thomas Lupo: Shewes and Nightly Revels
Dowland Consort/Jakob Lindberg
Heavenly Noyse
4:00 am
Claude Debussy: "Sarabande"
Amsterdam Concertgebouw Orch/Riccardo Chailly
Boléro / Pictures At An Exhibition
4:05 am
Erik Satie: "Trois Sarabandes" (1887)
Klara Koermendi, p
SATIE, E.: Piano Works, Vol. 1 (Kormendi)
4:17 am
Leroy Anderson: "Saraband"
BBC Concert Orch/Leonard Slatkin
ANDERSON, L.: Orchestral Music, Vol. 3 - Sleigh Ride / The Typewriter / Plink, Plank, Plunk! / The Syncopated Clock
4:21 am
Camille Saint-Saëns: "Sarabande et rigaudon," Op. 93
London Phil/Geoffrey Simon
4:30 am
Igor Stravinsky: "Agon" (1957)
"Saraband Step"
Zürich Tonhalle Orch/Michael Stern
4:31 am
Serge Prokofiev: Cello Sonata in C, Op. 119
Raphael Wallfisch, vc; John York, p
4:54 am
Richard Nicholson: The Jew's Dance
Dowland Consort/Jakob Lindberg
Heavenly Noyse
5:00 am
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: "The Abduction from the Seraglio," K. 384
Overture
Royal Phil/Colin Davis
5:05 am
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Sonata No. 8 in a, K. 310
Alexei Lubimov, forte-p
Mozart: Sonatas, Vol. 3 - KV 309, 310, 311
5:26 am
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Three German Dances, K. 605
No. 1 in D
Philharmonia Orch/Colin Davis
5:28 am
Alberto Ginastera: "Estancía" (Ballet Suite, 1943)
Victoria Sym Orch/Paul Freeman
N/A
5:41 am
Alberto Ginastera: "Panambi" (Ballet Suite, 1937)
Lyon National Orch/David Robertson
GINASTERA: Estancia, Op. 8a; Panambi, Op. 1a; Concerto for Harp. Glosses sobre temes de Pau Casals
5:54 am
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Three German Dances, K. 605
No. 2
Philharmonia Orch/Colin Davis
6:00 am
Edward MacDowell: Four Songs, Op 56
Stephen Tharp, t; James Barbagallo, p
MACDOWELL: Songs (Complete)
6:05 am
Edward MacDowell: Piano Concerto #2 in d, Op 23
Van Cliburn, p; Chicago Sym/Walter Hendl
Brahms: Concerto No. 2/ MacDowell: Piano Concerto No. 2
6:32 am
Michael Praetorius: "Terpsichore" (1612)
Two Courantes
St Louis Brass Quintet
Baroque Brass
6:34 am
Gioachino Rossini: "The Siege of Corinth"
Overture
London Sym Orch/Thomas Schippers
Rossini: L'Assedio Di Corinto
6:43 am
Henri Brod: Nocturne on themes from Rossini's "Siege of Corinth", Op 16
Hansjörg Schellenberger, ob; Margit-Anna Süss, h
Duo Recital
6:54 am
Leo Délibes: "Passepied"
Mela Tenenbaum, v; Richard Kapp, p
Songs Without Words
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
Joseph Bologne (Chevalier de Saint-Georges): "L'amant anonyme"
Overture
Haymarket Opera Orch/Craig Trompeter
L'Amant Anonyme
7:12 am
Pierre-Max Dubois: Saxophone Quartet
Prism Quartet
The Prism Quartet: Dubois, Levy, Singelée, Peck, Woods
7:23 am
Jules Massenet: "Le Cid"
"Castillane" and "Aragonaise"
Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel
The Dance
7:29 am
Alan Thomas: "Out of Africa"
I. "Call at Sunrise"
Denis Azabagić, g
Out of Africa & Around the World
7:33 am
Alexis Ffrench: "Broken Sunsets"
Alexis Ffrench, p; Studio Orch
Truth
7:38 am
Jean Sibelius: "Rakastava (The Lover)," Op. 14
Bergen Phil Orch/Edward Gardner
Sibelius: Luonnotar; Tapiola & Spring Song
7:51 am
Billy Joel: "And So it Goes"
Harry Watters, tb; Salt River Brass/Patrick Sheridan
The Great American Songbook
8:00 am
Saturday Morning Listener's Choice
8:01 am
Frédéric Chopin: Preludes, Op. 28
No. 15 in D-flat, "Raindrop"
Hayato Sumino, p
Chopin Orbit
8:06 am
Hayato Sumino: "Raindrop Postlude"
Hayato Sumino, p
Chopin Orbit
8:12 am
Karl Jenkins: "The Armed Man - A Mass for Peace"
XII. Benedictus
Guy Johnston, vc; National Youth Choir of Great Britain; London Phil Orch/Karl Jenkins
Karl Jenkins - The Armed Man
8:21 am
Alex Shapiro: "Perpetual Spark"
Fifth House Ensemble
Fifth House Ensemble - Excelsior
8:28 am
Leonard Bernstein: "West Side Story"
"Maria"
José Carreras, t; Orch/Leonard Bernstein
Leonard Bernstein Conducts West Side Story
8:31 am
Leonard Bernstein: "West Side Story"
"Tonight"
Soloists; Orch/Leonard Bersntein
Kurt Ollmann, baritone,
Leonard Bernstein Conducts West Side Story
8:36 am
Felix Mendelssohn: "Songs Without Words," Op. 19
No. 1 in E, "Andante con moto"
Daniel Barenboim, p
100 Piano Masterworks
8:41 am
John Williams: "Star Wars: A New Hope"
Force Theme
Alexandre Tharaud, p
Cinema
8:43 am
John Williams: "Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back"
"Han Solo and the Princess"
Anne-Sophie Mutter, v; Boston Sym Orch/John Williams
Williams: Violin Concerto No. 2 & Selected Film Themes
9:00 am
music continues...
11:00 am
11:00 am
Introductions
The Hemingway Quartet
Robbie Ellis welcomes The Hemingway Quartet from the Music Institute of Chicago Academy. They perform music by Haydn, Brahms, and Prokofiev.
12:00 - 3:00 pm
12:00 pm
Metropolitan Opera
Massenet's Werther
Alfredo Kraus (Werther); Régine Crespin (Charlotte); Kathleen Battle (Sophie); Lenus Carlson (Albert); Metropolitan Opera Cho & Orch/Richard Bonynge. Sung in French. Recorded February 3, 1979. "Artist's Choice" by Lawrence Brownlee to spotlight Alfredo Kraus.
4:00 pm
4:00 pm
Listening to Singers with Oliver Camacho
Tenor Zachary Wilder returns to WFMT to share his new album "Brooklyn Suite," which weaves together Yiddish song, Romantic lied, opera arias, jazz, and Broadway musicals. Wilder makes his debut with Haymarket Opera Company in their upcoming season.
8:00 pm
8:00 pm
Folkstage hosted by Marilyn Rea Beyer
Live from the Levin Performance Studio: St. Louis-based songwriter Walter Parks serves up songs with grit. His famed guitar playing is the main course with a side of swamp cabbage.
9:00 pm - 12:00 am
9:00 pm
The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer
Music honoring authors on the anniversary of the 1812 birth of Charles Dickens.
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