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Playlist for Sunday, September 20, 2026
12:00 - 6:00 am
12:00 am
Bach, Johann Sebastian: Cantata No. 140, "Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme (Sleepers Wake)"
Opening chorale, "Wake up, the voice calls us"
Oregon Symphony Horns
Mendelssohn, Bach
12:05 am
Schumann, Robert: Violin Sonata No. 1 in a, Op. 105
Gudrun Schaumann, v; Christoph Hammer, forte-p
The Circle of Robert Schumann
12:23 am
Debussy, Claude: Song, "Pierrot"
Juliane Banse, s; Andràs Schiff, p
SONGS OF DEBUSSY AND MOZART
12:24 am
Respighi, Ottorino: Ballet, "Le astuzie di Colombina (Columbine's Clever Tricks)"
Czech Radio Sym Orch, Bratislava/ Adriano
RESPIGHI: Ballets
12:55 am
Beach, Amy: "Children's Carnival"
#2, "Columbine"
Sahan Arzruni, p
Childhood Memories: Music for Younger Pianists
1:00 am
Rachmaninoff, Sergei: Fourteen Songs, Op. 34
No. 14, "Vocalise"
Nathan Milstein, v; Pittsburgh Sym Orch/William Steinberg
The Art Of Nathan Milstein
1:05 am
Rachmaninoff, Sergei: "Moments musicaux," Op. 16
No. 1 in B-Flat
Ian Hobson, p
Rachmaninoff: Early Piano Works
1:12 am
Schubert, Franz: "Moments musicaux," D 780
No. 6 in A-Flat
John O'Conor, p
Schubert: Moments Musicaux, Sonata in A Major
1:20 am
Cui, Cesar: "Kaleidoscope," Op 50
#1, "Moment musical"
James Stagliano, fh; Paul Ulanowsky, p
French Horn Masterpieces
1:21 am
Lalo, Édouard: "Symphonie espagnole" in d, Op 21
Anne Akiko Meyers, v; Royal Phil/Jesús López-Cobos
Lalo Symphonie Espagnole / Bruch Scottish Fantasy
1:54 am
Moreno Torroba, Federico: Aires de la Mancha
#1, "Jerigonza"
Norman Ruiz, g
Andaluza- Albeniz, Moreno- Torroba, Et Al
2:00 am
Rore, Cipriano de: Motet, "Descendi in hortum meum"
Tallis Scholars/Peter Phillips
Rore: Missa Praeter rerum seriem
2:05 am
Schubert, Franz: Symphony No. 5 in B-flat, D. 485
Cologne Radio Sym Orch/Günter Wand
Sämtliche Sinfonien
2:32 am
Visée, Robert de: Sarabande
Andrew Lawrence-King, h
La Harpe Royale
2:34 am
Rebel, Jean-Féry: Violin Sonata #9 in F
Andrew Manze, v; Richard Egarr, hc; Jaap ter Linden, viga
Rebel: Violin Sonatas
2:42 am
Bach, Johann Sebastian: Violin Sonata No. 1 in b minor, BWV 1014
Viktoria Mullova, v; Bruno Canino, p
Bach: Sonatas For Violin And Piano
2:54 am
Vaughan Williams, Ralph: "Charterhouse Suite" (1923)
No. 1, Prelude
English Northern Philharmonia/David Lloyd-Jones
ENGLISH STRING MINIATURES, Vol. 2
3:00 am
Bach, Johann Sebastian: "Brandenburg" Concerto No. 3 in G, BWV 1048
III. Allegro
Los Romeros
Los Romeros: Telemann, Bach, Scarlatti, Loeilliot, Dowland
3:05 am
Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Mario: Guitar Concerto #1 in D, Op 99
Nicola Hall, g; London Mozart Players/Andrew Litton
Paganini/Sarasate/Castelnuovo-Tedesco
3:26 am
Stravinsky, Igor: "Pastorale (Song Without Words)"
Susan Hoeppner, f; Rachel Gauk, g
Toward The Sea
3:27 am
Onslow, Georges: String Quintet in c, Op 80/33
French National Orch Sextet
Onslow: 2 Quintettes
3:55 am
Alkan, Charles-Valentin: 25 Preludes, Op 31
#2 in f
Olli Mustonen, p
4:00 am
Schubert, Franz: "Die schöne Müllerin," D 795
No. 1, "Das Wandern"
Fritz Wunderlich, t; Hubert Giesen, p
4:03 am
Schubert, Franz: Song, "Der Wanderer an den Mond," D 870
Richard Jackson, br; Graham Johnson, p
The Hyperion Schubert Edition, Volume 26
4:05 am
Schubert, Franz: "Wanderer Fantasy" in C, D 760
Vladimir Ashkenazy, p
Schubert: Sonata in B Flat Major, Wandererfantasie
4:25 am
Schubert, Franz: Song, "Wandrers Nachtlied," D 224
Janet Baker, ms; Graham Johnson, p
The Hyperion Schubert Edition, Volume 1
4:27 am
Wieniawski, Henryk: Violin Concerto #1 in f-sharp, Op 14
Gil Shaham, v; London Sym Orch/Lawrence Foster
Violin Concertos Nos. 1 & 2, Ziegeunerweisen
4:54 am
Chopin, Frédéric: Preludes, Op.28
no.21 in B-flat
Vladimir Ashkenazy, p
The Preludes & Impromptus
5:00 am
Bach, Johann Sebastian: Orchestra Suite No.3 in D, BWV 1068
II. Air
English Chamber Orch/Raymond Leppard
Baroque Greatest Hits
5:05 am
Handel, George Frideric: "Music for the Royal Fireworks"
Boston Baroque Orch/Martin Pearlman
Handel: Music For The Fireworks, Water Music
5:22 am
Grainger, Percy: "Handel in the Strand" (Clog Dance)(1912)
Philip Martin, p; Bournemouth Sinfonietta/Kenneth Montgomery
Grainger: Famous Folk Settings
5:27 am
Grainger, Percy: "Australian Up-Country Song"
St Martin's Academy Cho/Richard Hickox
The Grainger Edition Vol 18: Works for Unaccompanied Chorus
5:29 am
Reicha, Antonin: Flute Quartet in g, Op 98/1
Auréle Nicolet, f; German String Trio
5:54 am
Ellmenreich: Spinnerlied
Lars Roos, p
21 Piano Miniatures- The Magic of the Piano
6:00 am
6:00 am
With Heart and Voice
"High Holy Days." The Jewish High Holy Days conclude with Yom Kippur (September 20), having begun with Rosh Hashanah on September 11. Join host Peter DuBois for sacred music from the Jewish tradition.
6:58 am
Traditional African-American: Spiritual, "Hard Trials"
Alchymy Viols/Philip Spray
Deep River: Spirituals' Cross-Currents
7:00 am - 12:00 pm
7:01 am
Franz von Suppé: "Poet and Peasant"
Overture
Hollywood Bowl Sym Orch/Felix Slatkin
Overture!
7:08 am
Brandee Younger: "Essence of Ruby"
Ashley Jackson, h
Ennanga
7:15 am
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Serenade No. 9 in D, K. 320, "Posthorn"
Berlin Phil/Claudio Abbado
Mozart / Claudio Abbado, Berliner Philharmoniker - "Posthorn" Serenade
7:58 am
John Dowland: "The King of Denmark's Galliard"
Julian Bream, l
Two Loves A Sequence of Poetry and Music by Shakespeare and Dowland
8:01 am
Rebecca Clarke: Piano Trio
III. Allegro vigoroso
Neave Trio
Her Voice: Piano Trios by Farrenc, Beach, and Clarke
8:09 am
Joseph Bologne (Chevalier de Saint-Georges): "L'amant anonyme"
Act II, Scene 5: Ballet 1, "Choeur", Ballet 2, March
Haymarket Opera Orch/Craig Trompeter
L'Amant Anonyme
8:18 am
Arthur Foote: "Three Character Pieces," Op. 9
No. 1, "Morning Song"
Kevin Lawrence, v; Eric Larsen, p
The Violin Music of Arthur Foote
8:23 am
Edward Elgar: "Chanson de matin," Op. 15, No. 2
London Promenade Orch/Charles Gerhardt
50 Classics for Relaxation
8:27 am
Bedřich Smetana: "From Bohemia's Meadows and Forests"
Czech Phil/Charles Mackerras
Smetana: Má Vlast
8:41 am
Florence Price: "Five Folksongs in Counterpoint"
Apollo Chamber Players
Blurred Boundaries
9:01 am
Johann Sebastian Bach: "St Matthew Passion," BWV 244
Opening chorus, "Kommt, ihr Töchter"
Monteverdi Cho, English Baroque Soloists/John Eliot Gardiner
Famous Bach Choruses
9:09 am
Germaine Tailleferre: Violin Sonata No. 2 (1951)
Rachel Barton Pine, v; Orion Weiss, p
French Impressions: Chamber Music by Chausson & Tailleferre
9:23 am
Gaetano Donizetti: English Horn Concertino in G
Günther Passin, eh; RIAS Sinfonietta/Jiří Stárek
Lindpaintner, Donizetti: Sinfonie Concertante, Concertini
9:35 am
Franz Joseph Haydn: String Quartet in B-Flat, Op. 76, No. 4, "Sunrise"
Orlando Quartet
Haydn: String Quartets Op. 76 Nos 4 & 6 / Orlando Quartet
10:00 am
Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 7 in E minor, "Song of the Night"
III. Scherzo: "Schattenhaft"
Berlin Phil/Claudio Abbado
Symphony No. 7
10:09 am
Frédéric Chopin: Nocturne in D-Flat, Op. 27, No. 2
Maria João Pires, p
Chopin: The Nocturnes
10:18 am
Igor Stravinsky: "Dumbarton Oaks"
St. Paul Chamber Orch/Christopher Hogwood
Dumbarton Oaks, Pulcinella
10:33 am
Felix Mendelssohn: "A Midsummer Night's Dream," Op. 61
Scherzo
Seraph Brass
Asteria
10:38 am
Ulysses Kay: Concerto for orchestra
Royal Scottish National Orch/Kellen Gray
African American Voices II
10:56 am
Traditional African-American: Spiritual, "Deep River"
Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, ms; Peter Serkin, p
Lorraine Hunt Lieberson at Ravinia
11:01 am
Paul Taffanel: Wind Quintet in G minor
Aulos Wind Quintet
Aulos-Bläserquintett - Vol. VI - Virtuoso Romantic Music
11:24 am
Peter Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D, Op. 35
III. Finale, "Allegro vivacissimo"
Midori, v; Berlin Phil/Claudio Abbado
Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D Major; Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No. 1
11:35 am
Louise Farrenc: "Air russe varié," Op. 17
David Kadouch, p
Les musiques de Madame Bovary
11:47 am
Franz Liszt: "Hungarian Rhapsody" No. 2 in C-sharp minor
Boston Pops Orch/Arthur Fiedler
Hi-Fi Fiedler
11:57 am
Astor Piazzolla: "Libertango"
Cavatina Duo
Cavatina Duo Plays Astor Piazzolla
12:00 - 6:00 pm
12:00 pm
Emil von Reznicek: "Donna Diana"
Overture
Royal Scottish National Orch/Lance Friedel
Great Comedy Overtures
12:07 pm
Johann Pachelbel: Chaconne in F minor
Extempore
De la Vida, el Amor y la Locura
12:13 pm
Marco Uccellini: "Aria sopra la Bergamasca"
Extempore
De la Vida, el Amor y la Locura
12:17 pm
Sergei Rachmaninoff: Prelude in B minor, Op. 32, No. 10
Sviatoslav Richter, p
Sviatoslav Richter, pianist - Prepared by Henry Fogel for WFMT
12:22 pm
Frédéric Chopin: Preludes, Op. 28
No. 15 in D-flat, "Raindrop"
Arthur Rubinstein, p
Great Moments at Carnegie Hall
12:28 pm
Darius Milhaud: Two Sketches, Op. 227b
Philadelphia Woodwind Quintet
The Original Philadelphia Woodwind Quintet
12:33 pm
Igor Stravinsky: "Pastorale"
Veda Reynolds, v; Philadelphia Woodwind Quintet
The Original Philadelphia Woodwind Quintet
12:37 pm
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: "Toussaint L'Ouverture," Op. 46
National Phil/Michael Repper
Coleridge-Taylor: Toussaint L'Ouverture, Ballade Op. 4, Suites from "24 Negro Melodies"
12:56 pm
Ludovic Lamothe: "La dangereuse (meringue haïtienne)"
Clara Rodríguez, p; Carlos Rodríguez, db; Carlos "Nené" Quintero, per
Americas Without Frontiers
1:01 pm
George Gershwin: "Someone to Watch Over Me"
Lake Effect Clarinet Quartet
2026 Singles
1:05 pm
Sergei Prokofiev: "The Prodigal Son," Op. 46
"The Despoiling"
Lake Effect Clarinet Quartet
2026 Singles
1:09 pm
Emilie Mayer: Piano Concerto in B-Flat
Alexander Melnikov, p; Berlin Academy for Ancient Music
Emilie Mayer: Piano Concerto, Symphony No. 1, Overtures
1:38 pm
Steve Reich: "Cello Counterpoint"
Michael Nicolas, vc's
Transitions
1:50 pm
Amilcare Ponchielli: Capriccio, Op. 80
Heinz Holliger, ob; Gabriel Bürgin, p
Heinz Holliger at the Opera
2:44 pm
music continues...
6:00 - 8:00 pm
6:00 pm
Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcasts
Mascagni "Cavalleria rusticana;" Anita Rachvelishvili, mezzo-soprano; Piero Pretti, tenor; Luca Salsi, baritone; Ronnita Miller, Sasha Cooke, mezzo-sopranos; Verdi Libera me from "Messa da Requiem;" Barbara Frittoli, soprano; Choruses from "Otello, Nabucco," and "Macbeth;" Chicago Symphony Chorus; Riccardo Muti, conductor.
8:00 pm
8:00 pm
Fiesta! with Elbio Barilari
The Great Alberto Ginastera One of the greatest 20th century composers, Alberto Ginastera was able to weave Latin American musical idioms seamlessly into his own works. Elbio Barilari shares some of his favorite recordings of the Argentinian composer.
9:00 - 11:00 pm
9:00 pm
Collectors' Corner with Henry Fogel
The Cavatina Duo
A program featuring performances by the Cavatina Duo (Denis Azabagic, guitar; Eugenia Molinar, flute).
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