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      Playlist for Saturday, February 28, 2026

      Playing this hour

      12:00 - 7:00 am

      12:00 am

      Haydn Wood: "Moods Suite"

      No. 6, Waltz, "Joyousness"

      Michael Stairs, p

      DTR DTR-9701

      12:05 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Cello Concerto No. 2 in D, H VIIb:2 (Op. 101)

      Wendy Warner, vc; Camerata Chicago/Drostan Hall
      Haydn & Myslivecek Cello Concertos

      Cedille CDR-90000142

      12:31 am

      John Ireland: "Songs of a Wayfarer"

      #5, "I will walk on the earth"

      Christopher Maltman, br; Graham Johnson, p
      The Songs of John Ireland

      Hyperion CDA-67261/2 (2)

      12:33 am

      Arnold Bax: "Lullaby" (1920)

      Eric Parkin, p
      Bax: Piano Music, Vol. 1

      Chandos CHAN-8496

      12:37 am

      John Ireland: "A Downland Suite" (1932)

      London Brass Virtuosi/David Honeyball
      English Music for Brass

      Helios CDH-88013

      12:54 am

      John Ireland: Song, "The Rat"

      Lisa Milne, s; Graham Johnson, p
      The Songs of John Ireland

      Hyperion CDA-67261/2 (2)

      1:00 am

      William Walton: "Henry V" Suite

      Guildhall String Ensemble/Robert Salter
      English Music For Strings

      RCA 7761-2-RC

      1:05 am

      William Walton: "The Battle of Britain" (1969)

      March and Siegfried Music

      London Phil/Carl Davis

      EMI/Ang CDC7-47944-2

      1:11 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: "The Wise Virgins" Suite

      Finale, "Praise be to God"

      London Phil/Bryden Thomson
      Walton: The Quest And The Wise Virgins Suite

      Chandos CHAN-8871

      1:13 am

      Robert Schumann: Symphony No. 2 in C, Op. 61

      Vienna Phil/Leonard Bernstein
      Symphony No. 2 / Cellokonzert

      DG 4453049-2 (2)

      1:56 am

      Robert Schumann: "Lieder und Gesänge," Op. 77

      No. 4, "Stiller Vorwurf"

      Juliane Banse, s; Graham Johnson, p
      The Songs of Robert Schumann, Volume 3

      Hyperion CDJ-33103

      2:00 am

      Giuseppe Torelli: Sinfonia con Tromba in D

      Byron Pearson, tr; Arthur Vidrich, o
      Voices of Trumpets and Organ

      Crystal CD-661

      2:05 am

      Tommaso Albinoni: "Il Nome Glorioso"

      Overture

      John Wallace, tr; Philharmonia Orch/Simon Wright
      Trumpet Concertos and Fanfares

      Nimbus NI-5079

      2:09 am

      Petronio Franceschini: Two-Trumpet Sonata in D

      Charles Geyer, Barbara Butler, tr's; Music of the Baroque Orch/T Wikman

      D'note DND-1026

      2:15 am

      John Dowland: "The King of Denmark's Galliard"

      Baltimore Consort
      The Food of Love

      Sono Luminus DSL-92234

      2:17 am

      Carl Nielsen: Symphony #3, Op 27, "Sinfonia espansiva"

      Gothenburg Sym Orch/Neeme Järvi

      DG 437507-2 (3)

      2:55 am

      Johannes Brahms: "Neue Liebeslieder" Waltzes, Op 65

      #14, "A Canoa Virou"

      Silke-Thora Matthies, p; Christian Köhn, p
      BRAHMS, J.: Four-Hand Piano Music, Vol. 1 (Matthies, Köhn)

      Naxos 8.553139

      3:00 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: Chorus, "The Nightingale"

      Sveshnikov Cho
      Tchaikovsky: Nine Choruses

      Angel/ Melodiya SR-40039

      3:05 am

      Sergei Rachmaninoff: Two-Piano Suite No. 2, Op. 17

      Madeleine Forte, p; Del Parkinson, p

      Romeo Records 7252-4 (3)

      3:29 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: "Well-Tempered Clavier," Book 1, BWV 846/69

      Prelude No. 5 in D

      Renaud Capuçon, v; Gautier Capuçon, vc
      Inventions * Renaud Capuçon - Gautier Capuçon

      Virgin 332626-2

      3:30 am

      Antonin Dvorák: Wind Serenade in d minor, Op. 44

      Marlboro Festival Wind Ensemble/Louis Moyse

      Sony SBK-62412

      3:54 am

      Johannes Brahms: Eleven Chorale Preludes, Op 122

      #4, "Herzlich tut mich erfreuen"

      Kevin Bowyer, o
      Brahms The Complete Organ Music

      Nimbus NI-5262

      4:00 am

      Henry Purcell: "The Fairy Queen"

      Song, "If love's a sweet passion"

      Les Arts Florrisant/William Christie
      Purcell: The Fairy Queen

      Harmonia Mundi HMC-901308/9 (2)

      4:05 am

      Jules Massenet: Orchestra Suite No. 6, "Scènes de féerie"

      New Zealand Sym/Jean-Yves Ossonce
      MASSENET: Orchestral Suites Nos. 4 - 7

      Naxos 8.553125

      4:21 am

      Gabriel Fauré: Two Songs, Op 27

      #2, "La Fée aux chansons"

      Barbara Hendricks, s; Michel Dalberto, p
      Faure: Melodies

      EMI/Ang CDC7-49841-2

      4:23 am

      Jean Sibelius: Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47

      Frank Peter Zimmermann, v; Philharmonia Orch/Mariss Jansons

      EMI/Ang CDC7-54454-2

      4:55 am

      Felix Mendelssohn: Duet, "Wasserfahrt"

      Felicity Lott, s; Ann Murray, ms; Graham Johnson, p

      EMI/Ang CDC7-54411-2

      5:00 am

      Felix Mendelssohn: "Elijah," Op 70

      Aria, "It is Enough"

      Thomas Quasthoff, b-br; Dresden Staatskapelle/Sebastian Weigle
      Consider, My Soul * Sacred Arias * Thomas Quasthoff

      DG B0007103-02

      5:05 am

      George Frideric Handel: "Saul"

      Act 1 Sinfonia

      English Concert/Trevor Pinnock, o
      Overtures

      DG Archiv 419219-2

      5:17 am

      Edward Elgar: "The Dream of Gerontius," Op 38

      Prelude

      Orch/Edward Elgar

      EMI/Ang CDS7-54560-2 (3)

      5:27 am

      Felix Mendelssohn: Oratorio, "St Paul," Op 36

      Overture

      Philharmonia Orch/Francesco d'Avalos

      IMP Masters MCD-83

      5:35 am

      George Frideric Handel: "Jephtha" (1751)

      "Menuet"

      St Luke's Chamber Ensemble
      Handel: With Valour Abounding

      Arabesque Z-6720

      5:37 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Horn Concerto No. 4 in E-Flat, K. 495

      James Sommerville, fh; CBC Vancouver Orch/Mario Bernardi
      Mozart: Horn Concertos

      Radio Canada Int'l SMCD-5172

      5:54 am

      Jean-Joseph Mouret: "Rondeau"

      Empire Brass
      Royal Brass: Brass Music From The Renaissance and Baroque

      Telarc CD-80257

      6:00 am

      Ralph Vaughan Williams: March, "Sea Songs "

      Trinity College Cho, Cambridge/Richard Marlow; Christopher Allsop, o
      The Vaughan Williams Hymnal

      Conifer 51249-2

      6:05 am

      Franz Krommer: Oboe Concerto #2 in F, Op 52

      Alex Klein, ob; Czech National Sym/Paul Freeman
      Oboe concertos by Krommer and Hummel

      Cedille CDR-90000045

      6:25 am

      Jerome Moross: "The Big Country"

      "The Terrill Ranch"

      Orch/Jerome Moross

      Sae SC-1R-JM

      6:26 am

      Ernst Bacon: "Tumbleweeds" (1979)

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

      CRI CD-779

      6:47 am

      Ferde Grofé: "Grand Canyon Suite"

      "On the Trail"

      Seattle Sym Orch/Gerard Schwarz
      Out West! - Tone Poems Of The American West

      Delos DE-3104

      6:54 am

      Jerome Moross: "The Big Country"

      "Old Thunder"

      Orch/Jerome Moross

      Sae SC-1R-JM

      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

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

      Queen Mab Scherzo

      London Sym Orch/Sir Colin Davis
      Berlioz: Complete Orchestral Music

      Philips 456143-2 (6)

      7:11 am

      Aaron Copland: Duo for Flute (Violin) and Piano

      Alexa Still, f; Susan DeWitt Smith, p
      Alexa Still - Flute

      Koch 3-7144-2

      7:27 am

      Karl Kohaut: Lute Concerto in F

      I. "Allegro"

      Miguel Rincón, l; Il Pomo d'Oro/Zefira Valova
      Concertos for Baroque Lute

      Aparté AP-376

      7:33 am

      Lerner & Loewe: "My Fair Lady"

      Medley

      Richard Glazier, p
      Broadway to Hollywood

      Centaur CRC-3347

      7:41 am

      Cécile Chaminade: "Callirhoé," Op. 37

      Ballet Suite

      Metz Grand Est National Orch/David Reiland
      Compositrices: New Light on French Romantic Women Composers

      Bru Zane BZ-2006

      8:00 am

      Saturday Morning Listener's Choice

      8:01 am

      Jon Batiste: "Ode to Joyful" (after Beethoven)

      Jon Batiste, p
      Beethoven Blues

      Verve 7529002

      8:03 am

      Jon Batiste: "5th Symphony in Congo Square" (after Beethoven)

      Jon Batiste, p
      Beethoven Blues

      Verve 7529002

      8:08 am

      Aaron Copland: "A Lincoln Portrait"

      James Earl Jones, n; Seattle Sym/Gerard Schwarz
      Portraits of Freedom

      Delos DE-3140

      8:25 am

      Mark Olivieri: "Spectacular Vernaculars"

      III. "Stakes is Higher: hommage à Ahmad Jamal and De La Soul"

      Nicholas Phillips, p
      American Vernacular: New Music for Solo Piano

      New Focus FCR-144

      8:30 am

      Max Steiner: "Mildred Pierce"

      Fanfare & Main Title

      City of Prague Phil Orch/Kenneth Alwyn
      The Essential Max Steiner Film Music Collection

      Silva SSD-1132

      8:32 am

      Alfred Newman: "How The West Was Won"

      "No Goodbye"

      Sebastian Knauer, p; Berlin German Sym Orch/David Newman
      Hollywood

      Warner Classics 2173242640

      8:35 am

      Franz Waxman: "A Place in the Sun"

      Suite

      Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel
      Vintage Cinema

      Telarc CD-80708

      8:41 am

      Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Clarinet Quintet, Op. 10

      IV. Finale, "Allegro agitato"

      Anthony McGill, cl; Catalyst Quartet
      Uncovered, Volume 1

      Azica ACD-71336

      8:48 am

      Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: "Othello," Op. 79

      "Dance"

      RTÉ Concert Orch/Adrian Leaper
      Coleridge-Taylor: Hiawatha Overture - Petite Suite

      Naxos 8.555191

      8:52 am

      Leslie Adams: Etudes, Part II

      No. 13 in A-Flat

      Thomas Otten, p
      Thomas Otten * H. Leslie Adams * Piano Etudes, Part II

      Albany TROY-1519

      9:00 am

      Alfred Newman: 20th Century Fox Fanfare

      London Phil Orch/John Mauceri
      The Genius of Film Music

      LPO 0086

      9:00 am

      Soundtrack

      9:01 am

      Alex North: "Spartacus"

      Main Title

      Studio Orch/Alex North
      Alex North - Spartacus

      Varèse Sarabande VCL-06011109

      9:06 am

      John Williams: "1941"

      March

      Boston Pops Orch/John Williams
      The Music of America

      Sony 70636-2

      9:10 am

      John Williams: "Midway"

      Men of the Yorktown March

      Boston Pops Orch/Keith Lockhart
      Lights, Camera...Magic!

      BSO Classics 1704

      9:16 am

      Howard Shore: "The Lord of the Rings"

      "The Last March of the Ents"

      Ben Del Maestro, tr; London Voices; London Phil Orch/H Shore
      The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (The Complete Recordings)

      Warner Classics 0349785922

      9:18 am

      Howard Shore: "The Lord of the Rings"

      "Théoden Rides Forth"

      Ben Del Maestro, tr; London Voices; London Phil Orch/H Shore
      The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (The Complete Recordings)

      Warner Classics 0349785922

      9:26 am

      Malcolm Arnold: "The Bridge on the River Kwai"

      The River Kwai March

      Columbia Pictures Orch/Malcolm Arnold
      The Bridge on the River Kwai

      Jube NML-8017

      9:28 am

      Kenneth Alford: "Colonel Bogey" March

      London Sym Orch/Richard Hickox
      The Film Music of Sir Malcolm Arnold, Vol. 1

      Chandos CHAN-9100

      9:33 am

      John Williams: "Superman"

      March

      Boston Pops Orchestra/John Williams
      By Request... The Best of John Williams and the Boston Pops Orchestra

      Philips 420178-2

      9:37 am

      John Williams: "Indiana Jones"

      Raiders March

      Boston Pops Orch/John Williams
      The Music of America

      Sony 70636-2

      9:43 am

      Erich Wolfgang Korngold: "The Adventures of Robin Hood"

      "March of the Merry Men"

      National Phil Orch/Charles Gerhardt
      The Sea Hawk: The Classic Film Scores of Erich Korngold

      RCA 88697779322

      9:48 am

      Elmer Bernstein: "The Great Escape"

      Main Theme

      Royal Phil Orch/Nic Raine
      Filmharmonic

      RPO RPO-SP021

      9:51 am

      Jerry Goldsmith: "Patton"

      Main Title

      Studio Orch/Jerry Goldsmith
      Patton (Complete Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

      Intrada MAF-7110

      9:54 am

      David Arnold: "Stargate SG-1"

      Main Title

      Studio Orch/Joel Goldsmith
      The Best of Stargate SG-1 Season 1 (Original Television Soundtrack)

      GNP Crescendo GNPD-8074

      9:55 am

      Joel Goldsmith: "Stargate SG-1"

      End Credits

      Studio Orch/Joel Goldsmith
      The Best of Stargate SG-1 Season 1 (Original Television Soundtrack)

      GNP Crescendo GNPD-8074

      9:56 am

      John Williams: "Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back"

      Imperial March

      Boston Pops Orch/John Williams
      By Request... The Best of John Williams and the Boston Pops Orchestra

      Philips 420178-2

      10:01 am

      George Bassman: "I'm Gettin' Sentimental over You" (1932)

      Peter Moore, tb; Tredegar Town Band/Ian Porthouse
      Shift

      Chandos CHSA-5366

      10:06 am

      Claire Cowan: "Hansel and Gretel"

      "Entry of the Dew Fairies" to Act I Finale

      New Zealand Sym Orch/Hamish McKeich
      Royal New Zealand Ballet * Hansel and Gretel * Music by Claire Cowan

      (Claire Cowan) (2020)

      10:23 am

      Darius Milhaud: "Duo concertante," Op. 351

      Paul Meyer, cl; Eric Le Sage, p
      French Clarinet Art

      Denon 81757-9282-2

      10:31 am

      William Grant Still: "A Deserted Plantation"

      I. "Spiritual"

      James Oesi, db; Djuwa Mroivili, p
      Adoration

      James Oesi (Adoration)

      10:34 am

      William Grant Still: "Danzas de Panama"

      Berlin Sym Orch/Isaiah Jackson
      William Grant Still: La Guiablesse, Danzas de Panama, Quit Dat Fool'nish, Summerland

      Koch 3-7154-2

      10:49 am

      Philip Glass: "Metamorphosis" No. 1

      Third Coast Percussion
      Perspectives

      Cedille CDR-90000210

      11:00 am

      11:00 am

      Introductions

      Jeffrey Wang, piano

      Jeffrey Wang, a piano student of Soo Young Lee, performs music of Bach, Mozart, Ravel, and Chopin in WFMT’s Fay and Daniel Levin Performance Studio.

      11:47 am

      Luke Howard: "Dappled Light"

      Jess Gillam, sx; Jess Gillam Ensemble
      Jess Gillam: Time

      Decca 4851062

      11:51 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74, "Pathétique"

      III. "Allegro molto vivace"

      Philharmonia Orch/Riccardo Muti
      Tchaikovsky: Complete Symphonies

      Warner 82564627825

      12:00 - 2:00 pm

      12:00 pm

      Metropolitan Opera

      Berlioz's Les Troyens, Part 1

      Shirley Verett (Cassandre); John Vickers (Énée); Louis Quilco (Chorèbe); Metropolitan Opera Cho & Orch/Rafael Kubelik. Sung in French. Recorded March 16, 1974. "Artist's Choice" chosen by Yannick Nézet-Séguin to spotlight Rafael Kubelik.

      2:00 - 4:00 pm

      2:00 pm

      Afternoon Music

      4:00 pm

      4:00 pm

      Listening to Singers with Oliver Camacho

      Celebrate the career of a living legend, Leontyne Price (born February 10, 1927) with a special episode curated and co-hosted by Grammy Award-winning baritone Kenneth Overton.

      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: Jimmy Burns & The Delmark Records Allstars played a memorable set in 2023 to mark the 70th anniversary of Chicago’s longest-lived jazz and blues label.

      9:00 pm - 12:00 am

      9:00 pm

      The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer

      We “march” to a different drummer with songs that celebrate ways we perambulate.