Tuesday, September 1, 2026

find shows

<< August 2026

SuMoTuWeThFrSa
      1
2345678
9101112131415
16171819202122
23242526272829
3031

September 2026 >>

SuMoTuWeThFrSa
  12345
6789101112
13141516171819
20212223242526
27282930
WFMT Schedule

what’s playing now

      Playlist for Tuesday, September 1, 2026

      Playing this hour

      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      Trad, Irish: The Wild Rose of the Mountain

      Carol Thompson, h
      Celtic Carol Thompson: The Blossom And The Rain

      Dorian DOR-90273

      12:05 am

      Haydn, Michael: String Quintet in G

      Salzburg Haydn Quintet
      Michael Haydn Collection

      Brilliant Classics 95885 (28)

      12:32 am

      Haydn, Franz Joseph: Scottish Folksong, "Fife and a' the lands about it", H XXXIa:29

      Jamie MacDougall, t; Eisenstadt Haydn Trio
      The Haydn Edition

      Brilliant Classics 93782 (150)

      12:34 am

      Clarke, Rebecca: "Lullaby (Ancient Irish Tune)"

      Helen Callus, vi; Robert McDonald, p
      A Portrait Of The Viola

      ASV CDDCA-1130

      12:37 am

      Collins, Edward Joseph: Variations on an Irish Tune (1930)

      Royal Scottish National Orch/Marin Alsop
      Music Of Edward Collins: Vol. 6

      Albany TROY-650

      12:55 am

      Trad, Irish: Tobin's Favorite

      Carol Thompson, h
      Celtic Carol Thompson: The Blossom And The Rain

      Dorian DOR-90273

      1:00 am

      Frescobaldi, Girolamo: "Toccata per l'elevazione"

      Pierre Cochereau, o; Ensemble/Armand Birbaum
      Musique pour notre Dame

      Philips 442473-2 (2)

      1:05 am

      Chávez, Carlos: Toccata for Orchestra (1947)

      State of Mexico Sym Orch/Enrique Bátiz
      Musica Mexicana, Vol. 7

      ASV CDDCA-927

      1:12 am

      Haines, Edmund: Toccata

      Chicago Brass Quintet
      Brassucopia

      Crystal CD-211

      1:13 am

      Beethoven, Ludwig van: Piano Sonata #29 in B-Flat, Op 106, "Hammerklavier"

      Rudolf Buchbinder, p
      Beethoven: The Sonata Legacy

      RCA 787510 (9)

      1:54 am

      Rameau, Jean-Philippe: "Les Paladins"

      "Première gavotte gai et Deuxième Gavottes"

      La Chapelle Harmonique/Valentin Tournet
      Rameau - "Les Paladins"

      Chateau de Versailles CVS-054 (3)

      2:00 am

      McLeod, Jenny: "Tone Clock Piece XVI"

      Diedre Irons, p
      Landscape Preludes

      Rattle RAT-D046

      2:05 am

      Haydn, Franz Joseph: Symphony No. 101 in D, "Clock"

      Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orch/Adam Fischer
      Haydn: Symphonies 93-104

      Nimbus NI-5200/04 (5)

      2:35 am

      McLeod, Jenny: "Tone Clock Piece XX"

      Michael Houstoun, p
      Landscape Preludes

      Rattle RAT-D046

      2:36 am

      Lilburn, Douglas: Canzonetta #1 (1942)

      Martin Riseley, v; Donald Maurice, vi
      Douglas Lilburn: Master Works for Strings

      Atoll ACD 142

      2:39 am

      Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Violin and Viola Duo No. 1 in G, K. 423

      Vera Beths, v; Jürgen Kussmaul, vi
      Mozart: Grande Sestetto Concertante After K.364, Duos K.423 & 424

      Sony SK-46631

      2:55 am

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

      "Fin ch'han dal vino"

      Ildebrando D'Arcangelo, b-br; Turin Teatro Regio Orch/Gianandrea Noseda
      Mozart * Ildebrando D'Arcangelo

      DG B0015741-02

      3:00 am

      Balakirev, Mily: Mazurka #6 in A-Flat

      Nicholas Walker, p
      Piano Music Vol. 1

      ASV CDDCA-940

      3:05 am

      Weber, Carl Maria von: "Grand Duo Concertant" in E-Flat, Op 48

      Richard Stoltzman, cl; Emanuel Ax, p
      Weber: Grand Duo Concertant/ Schubert: "Arpeggione" Sonata

      RCA RCD1-4825

      3:28 am

      Beethoven, Ludwig van: Grenadier's March in B-Flat, WoO 29

      Netherlands Wind Ensemble
      Netherlands Wind Ensemble Greatest Hits

      Philips 472678-2 (2)

      3:29 am

      Fauré, Gabriel: "Pavane," Op 50

      Orpheus Chamber Orch
      Pavane: Ravel, Satie and Faure

      DG 453909-2

      3:36 am

      Hahn, Reynaldo: String Quartet in a

      Quatuor Parisii

      Valois V-4848

      3:54 am

      Le Roy, Adrian: La Milannoise

      New York Renaissance Band/Sally Logemann
      Praetorius: Excerpts From Terpischore

      Arabesque Z-6514

      4:00 am

      Mertz, Johann Kaspar: "Trauermarsch"

      Waller and Maxwell Guitar Duo

      Music From Northwestern 10

      4:05 am

      Beethoven, Ludwig van: "The Creatures of Prometheus," Op 43

      Overture

      Ch Orch of Europe/Nikolaus Harnoncourt

      Teldec 28144-2 (10)

      4:10 am

      Rudolph, Archduke: Violin Sonata in f

      Josef Suk, v; Susan Kagan, p

      Koch 3-7082-2

      4:39 am

      Brahms, Johannes: "Hungarian Dances"

      No. 14 in d minor

      Budapest Sym Orch/Istvan Bogar
      BRAHMS, J.: Hungarian Dances Nos. 1-21 (Budapest Symphony, Bogar)

      Naxos 8.550110

      4:41 am

      Bizet, Georges: "Jeux d'enfants," Op. 22

      French National Orch/Seiji Ozawa

      EMI/Ang CDD7-63898-2

      4:52 am

      Satie, Erik: "Cinq nocturnes" (1919)

      #5

      Pascal Rogé, p
      Satie: Piano Works

      London 421713-2

      5:00 am

      Howells, Herbert: "Howells' Clavichord" (1941)

      "Malcolm's Vision"

      John Paul, clavichord
      Howells: Lambert's Clavichord, Howell's Clavichord

      Centaur CRC-2536

      5:05 am

      Bach, Johann Sebastian: Clavier Concerto No. 5 in f minor, BWV 1056

      George Malcolm, hc; Menuhin Festival Orch/Yehudi Menuhin
      Orchestral Suites, Concertos

      EMI/Ang CDK5-65332-2

      5:15 am

      Parry, Hubert: "From Death to Life (Mors et vitae)" (1914)

      English Sym Orch/William Boughton
      Parry Symphony 1 and 'From Death to Life'

      Nimbus NI-5296

      5:33 am

      Stanley, John: "The Choice of Hercules"

      "March"

      Wallace Collection/John Wallace, tr
      Rule Britannia

      Nimbus NI-7067/8 (2)

      5:35 am

      Shostakovich, Dmitri: Piano Concerto No. 2 in F, Op. 102

      Martin Jones, p; English Sym Orch/William Boughton
      Shostakovich The Piano Concertos

      Nimbus NI-5308

      5:54 am

      Trad, American: Washington's March

      Liberty Tree Wind Players
      Music Of The American Revolution: The BIrth Of Liberty

      New World 80276-2

      6:00 - 10:00 am

      6:00 am

      Mornings with Jan Weller

      Including news and weather on the hour between 6:00 am and 9:00 am; and "Carl’s Almanac" at 7:30 am.

      6:04 am

      Alessandro Scarlatti: Concerto grosso No. 3 in F

      Europa Galante/Fabio Biondi
      A Scarlatti & D Scarlatti: Concerti & Sinfonie

      Virgin 45495-2

      6:12 am

      Domenico Scarlatti: Clavier Sonata in D, Kk 491 (L 164)

      Murray Perahia, p
      Murray Perahia plays Handel & Scarlatti

      Sony SK-62785

      6:18 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Six German Dances, K. 567

      Orpheus Chamber Orch
      Mozart: A Little Light Music

      DG 429783-2

      6:31 am

      Pablo Casals: "Sant Martí del Canigó"

      Barcelona Cellists/Lluis Claret
      Music at the Time of Picasso

      Valois V-4780

      6:39 am

      Felix Mendelssohn: Overture, "The Fair Melusina," Op. 32

      London Sym Orch/Claudio Abbado
      Mendelssohn: 5 Symphonies, 7 Overtures / Abbado

      DG 471467-2 (4)

      6:51 am

      Richard Strauss: "Till Eulenspiegel einmal anders"

      Chicago Pro Musica
      The Medinah Sessions

      Reference RR-2102 (2)

      7:03 am

      Johannes Brahms: "Festive and Commemorative Music," Op. 109

      Millar Brass Ensemble/Bruce C Briney

      Crystal CD-433

      7:14 am

      Antonio Vivaldi: String Concerto in E minor, R. 134

      La Serenissima/Adrian Chandler
      Rise of the North Italian Violin Concerto, Volume 2

      Avie AV-2128

      7:21 am

      Franz Schubert: Octet in F, D 803

      V. Menuetto, "Allegretto"

      Chicago Chamber Musicians
      The Chicago Chamber Musicians - Celebrating 15 Years

      Chicago Chamber Musicians 001

      7:32 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: "The Months (The Seasons)," Op. 37b

      No. 9, "September (The Hunt)"

      Dmitry Paperno, p
      Introducing Dmitry Paperno

      Cedille CDR-90000001

      7:35 am

      Richard Strauss: Four Last Songs

      No. 2, "September"

      Arleen Auger, s; Vienna Phil/André Previn
      Richard Strauss: Ein Heldenleben, Four Last Songs

      Telarc CD-80180

      7:41 am

      Georg Philipp Telemann: Three-Trumpet Concerto in D

      Soloists; Music of the Baroque Orch/Thomas Wikman
      With Clarion Voice

      D'Note DND-1026

      7:52 am

      Camille Saint-Saëns: "Marche héroïque," Op. 34

      Detroit Sym Orch/Paul Paray
      Marches and Overtures à la Française

      Mercury 434332-2

      8:03 am

      Emile Waldteufel: "Estudiantina" Waltzes, Op. 191

      Gulbenkian Orch/Michel Swierczewski
      Waldteufel: The Skaters' Waltz

      Nimbus NI-5264

      8:12 am

      Sergei Prokofiev: Ten Pieces from "Romeo and Juliet," Op. 75

      Folk Dance; The Street Awakens; Arrival of the Guests; The Young Juliet

      Frederic Chiu, p
      Prokofiev * Piano Music * Frederic Chiu

      Harmonia Mundi HCX-3957150

      8:25 am

      Frédéric Chopin: "Les Sylphides"

      "Grande valse brillante" in E-Flat, Op. 18

      National Phil/Richard Bonynge
      Essential Ballet

      Decca 436658-2

      8:33 am

      Johann Adolph Scheibe: Sinfonia a 4 in A, SchW A2:005

      Concerto Copenhagen/Andrew Manze
      Scheibe: Sinfonias

      Chandos CHAN-0550

      8:42 am

      Henry Charles Litolff: Piano Trio No. 2 in E-Flat, Op. 56

      I. Allegro

      Leonore Piano Trio
      Henry Charles Litolff: Piano Trios Nos. 1 & 2

      Hyperion CDA-68305

      8:55 am

      Haydn Wood: "London Cameos" (1942)

      I. "The City" (Miniature Overture)

      Slovak Radio Sym Orch/Adrian Leaper
      Wood: Sketch of A Dandy, London Cameos, The Seafarer, A Brown Bird Singing

      Marco Polo 8.223402

      9:04 am

      James Moody: Little Suite

      Tommy Reilly, harmonica; St Martin's Academy/Neville Marriner
      Vaughan Williams, Moody, Jacob: Classical Music for Harmonica

      Chandos CHAN-8617

      9:17 am

      Ralph Vaughan Williams: Tuba Concerto

      Arnold Jacobs, tuba; Chicago Sym Orch/Daniel Barenboim
      The Chicago Principal

      DG B0000025-02

      9:30 am

      Antonín Dvořák: Piano Quintet in A, Op. 81

      I. "Allegro, ma non tanto"

      Arnaud Sussmann & Yeri Roh, v's; Tien-Hsin Cindy Wu, vi; Sterling Elliott, vc; Wu Han, p
      Sterling Elliott, cello,
      Music@Menlo 2021: Gather

      Music@Menlo 2021

      9:45 am

      Sergei Rachmaninoff: Symphonic Dances, Op. 45

      III. Finale, "Lento assai - Allegro vivace"

      London Sym Orch/André Previn
      Sergei Rachmaninov: Symphonic Dances, The Isle of the Dead, Vocalise

      EMI CDM7-69025-2

      10:00 am - 3:00 pm

      10:00 am

      Midday with Lisa Flynn

      Including "Music in Chicago" at 12:00 pm.

      10:00 am

      Gabriel Fauré: "Masques et Bergamasques", Op. 112

      Seattle Sym/Ludovic Morlot
      Fauré: Masques et bergamasques & Pelléas et Mélisande

      Seattle Symphony Media SSM-1004

      10:15 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 18 in E-Flat, Op. 31, No. 3, "The Hunt"

      Yuja Wang, p
      Yuja Wang: The Vienna Recital

      DG 4864567

      10:32 am

      Alexis Alrich: Marimba Concerto (2004)

      I. "Con moto"

      Evelyn Glennie, mar; Hong Kong Chamber Orch/Jean Thorel
      Alrich - Jenkins - Rorem: Concertos for Mallet Instruments

      Naxos 8.574218

      10:44 am

      Arcangelo Corelli: Concerto grosso in D, Op. 6, No. 7

      Modo Antiquo/Federico Maria Sardelli
      Corelli: Opera VI - Concerti Grossi Op. 6 Nos. 7-12

      Tactus TC-650308

      10:54 am

      George Frideric Handel: "Israel in Egypt"

      Final chorus, "The Lord shall reign for ever and ever"

      Soloists; Monteverdi Cho, English Baroque Soloists/John Eliot Gardiner
      Handel: Israel in Egypt, Zadok the Priest, The King Shall Rejoice

      Philips 432110-2 (2)

      11:00 am

      Felix Mendelssohn: "Songs Without Words," Op. 85

      Christoph Eschenbach, p
      Romantic Piano Music

      DG 4794624 (6)

      11:15 am

      Fanny Mendelssohn: Overture (1830)

      Women's Phil/JoAnn Falletta
      The Women's Philharmonic: Mendelssohn, Schumann, Tailleferre, Boulanger

      Koch 3-7169-2

      11:27 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Flute Concerto No. 2 in D, K. 314

      Emmanuel Pahud, f; Berlin Phil/Claudio Abbado
      Mozart: Flute Concertos

      EMI CDC5-56365-2

      11:47 am

      Eric Coates: "From Meadow to Mayfair"

      BBC Phil/John Wilson
      Eric Coates: Orchestral Works, Vol. 4

      Chandos CHAN-20292

      12:01 pm

      Gabriel Fauré: Nocturne No. 7 in C-sharp minor, Op. 74

      Matthew Hagle, p
      Live from WFMT: Matthew Hagle (June 28, 2010)

      WFMT

      12:09 pm

      Giuseppe Verdi: "Stiffelio"

      Overture

      La Scala Phil/Riccardo Muti
      Giuseppe Verdi: Preludes & Overtures II / Riccardo Muti

      Sony SK-62373

      12:20 pm

      César Franck: "Psyché"

      Berlin Radio Sym Orch/Vladimir Ashkenazy
      Franck: Symphony in D minor, Psyché, Les Djinns

      Decca 425432-2

      12:44 pm

      Robert Schumann: Adagio and Allegro, Op. 70

      Louis-Philippe Marsolais, hn; David Jalbert, p
      Robert & Clara Schumann: Chamber Music for Horn

      Atma ACD2-2874

      12:54 pm

      Quincy Jones: "The Color Purple"

      Reunion - Finale

      Orchestra/Joel Rosenbaum
      The Color Purple Original Soundtrack

      Dreamworks B004BDJC0G

      1:00 pm

      Sérgio Assad: "Preludio Fuga e Vivace"

      Plínio Fernandes, g
      Bacheando

      Decca 4859359

      1:08 pm

      Isaac Albéniz: "Iberia," Book 2

      "Almería"

      Cincinnati Sym Orch/Jesús López-Cobos
      Albéniz: Iberia - Complete

      Telarc CD-80470 (2)

      1:18 pm

      Franz Schubert: Symphony No. 1 in D, D. 82

      Royal Concertgebouw Orch/Nikolaus Harnoncourt
      Schubert: Symphonies 1 & 4

      Teldec 97509-2

      1:47 pm

      John Field: Piano Sonata No. 1 in E-Flat, Op. 1, No. 1

      John O'Conor, p
      John Field: Sonatas And Nocturnes

      Telarc CD-80290

      2:00 pm

      Antonín Dvořák: "My Home" Overture, Op. 62

      Los Angeles Phil/André Previn
      Dvorak: Symphony No. 7, Overture "My Home"

      Telarc CD-80173

      2:12 pm

      Gerald Finzi: Five Bagatelles, Op. 23

      Todd Levy, cl; Jeannie Yu, p
      Rhapsodie: 20th-Century Clarinet Classics

      Avie AV-2367

      2:28 pm

      George Frideric Handel: Concerto grosso in D minor, Op. 6, No. 10

      Boston Baroque/Martin Pearlman
      Handel: Concerti Grossi Op. 6 Nos. 7-12

      Telarc CD-80688

      2:43 pm

      Giacomo Puccini: "Capriccio sinfonico"

      La Scala Phil/Riccardo Muti
      Puccini, Catalani e Ponchielli per Orchestra

      Sony SK-63025

      2:56 pm

      Giacomo Puccini: "La bohème"

      Musetta's Waltz Song, "Quando m'en vo'"

      Nicole Cabell, s; London Phil Orch/Sir Andrew Davis
      Nicole Cabell - Soprano

      Decca B0006590-02

      3:00 - 7:00 pm

      3:00 pm

      Afternoon Music with Candice Agree

      Including "The Unrush Hour" at 5:00 pm.

      3:00 pm

      Richard Strauss: Duet Concertino

      Larry Combs, cl; David McGill, bn; Chicago Sym Orch/Daniel Barenboim
      Richard Strauss: Wind Concertos

      Teldec 23913-2

      3:21 pm

      William Dawson: "Negro Folk Symphony"

      I. "The Bond of Africa"

      Vienna Radio Sym/Arthur Fagen
      Dawson: Negro Folk Symphony; Kay: Fantasy Variations - Umbrian Scene

      Naxos 8.559870

      3:34 pm

      Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Cello Concerto in B-Flat, Wq 171

      Guy Fishman, vc; Handel & Haydn Society
      C.P.E. Bach: Cello Concerti

      New Focus FCR-915

      3:56 pm

      Antonín Dvořák: "Humoresque" in G-Flat, Op. 101, No. 7

      Daniel Hope, v; Royal Stockholm Phil Orch/Sakari Oramo
      The Romantic Violinist - A Celebration of Joseph Joachim

      DG B0015312-02

      4:00 pm

      Alexander Glazunov: "The Seasons," Op. 67

      Spring and Summer

      Royal Scottish National Orch/José Serebrier
      Glazunov: Symphony No. 5, The Seasons

      Warner 61434-2

      4:17 pm

      Wilhelm Friedemann Bach: Sinfonia in D, F 64

      Berlin Academy for Ancient Music
      WF Bach: Symphonies, Harpsichord Concerto

      Harmonia Mundi HMC-901772

      4:27 pm

      Frédéric Chopin: Scherzo No. 2 in B-flat minor, Op. 31

      Emanuel Ax, p
      Chopin: Scherzos and Mazurkas

      CBS MK-44544

      4:38 pm

      Anton Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 in E-Flat, "Romantic"

      I. "Bewegt, nicht zu schnell"

      London Sym Orch/Simon Rattle
      Bruckner - Symphony No. 4

      LSO Live LSO-0875

      4:56 pm

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

      Duet, "Là ci darem la mano"

      Cyprien Katsaris, p
      Mozartiana

      Sony SK-52551

      5:00 pm

      Ottorino Respighi: "The Birds"

      St Martin's Academy/Sir Neville Marriner
      Respighi: La Boutique Fantasque, The Birds, Ancient Airs & Dances Suite III

      Philips 420485-2

      5:21 pm

      Henryk Wieniawski: "Polonaise brillante" No. 1 in D, Op. 4

      Itzhak Perlman, v; Samuel Sanders, p
      Itzhak Perlman - Greatest Hits Vol 2

      EMI CDC5-56957-2

      5:25 pm

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: "The Marriage of Figaro," K. 492

      Overture

      St. Paul Chamber Orch/Bobby McFerrin
      Paper Music

      Sony SK-64600

      5:30 pm

      Emmanuel Chabrier: "Pièces pittoresques"

      No. 10, "Scherzo-Valse"

      Arthur Rubinstein, p
      The Artistry of Artur Rubinstein

      RCA 5665-2-RC

      5:35 pm

      Josef Suk: String Serenade in E-Flat, Op. 6

      Polish Radio Chamber Orch/Agnieszka Duczmal
      Tchaikovsky & Suk: Serenades for Strings; Grieg: Holberg Suite and Two Elegiac Melodies

      ASV CDQS-6094

      6:00 pm

      music continues...

      7:00 pm

      7:00 pm

      Exploring Music

      Fit for A King

      For centuries, the relationship between a King and his musical subjects has been intimate and deep. From Bach to Bridge, we will listen to this rich and intriguing world of the European court composer. This means listening to some glorious music and, in most cases, giving credit where credit is due to the people who commissioned these works. Bill McGlaughlin will connect Haydn, Scarlatti, and Walton to their savvy patrons, confirming that if you want to command the finest musicians, it helps to be the king.

      8:00 - 10:00 pm

      10:00 pm

      10:00 pm

      Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center

      Balakirev Octet, Op. 3; Ransom Wilson, flute; James Austin Smith, oboe; David Jolley, horn; Sean Lee, violin; Mark Holloway, viola; Inbal Segev, cello; Xavier Foley, double bass; Michael Brown, piano; Beethoven Schumann Quartet.

      11:00 pm