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Playlist for Monday, April 20, 2026
12:00 - 6:00 am
12:00 am
Fanny Mendelssohn: Songs Without Words, Op 8
#1 in b
Sylviane Deferne, p
The Last Rose of Summer
12:05 am
Felix Mendelssohn: Piano Trio No. 2 in c, Op 66
Trio Gaspard
Felix & Fanny Mendelssohn: Piano Trios
12:32 am
Felix Mendelssohn: "Songs Without Words," Op 62
No. 2 in B-Flat
Daniel Barenboim, p
Lieder Ohne Worte
12:34 am
Alexander Mackenzie: Overture to "The Cricket on the Hearth," Op 62
BBC Scottish Sym Orch/Martyn Brabbins
12:46 am
Gerald Tyrwhitt, Lord Berners: "Nicholas Nickleby" film music
Royal Liverpool Phil/Barry Wordsworth
Lord Berners: The Triumph of Neptune (Suite)
12:54 am
Malcolm Arnold: "Whistle Down the Wind" (Film, 1961): Small suite
"The Three Kings"
London Sym Orch/Richard Hickox
Arnold: The Film Music of Sir Malcolm Arnold, Vol. 1
1:00 am
Peter Sculthorpe: "Sun Song"
Adelaide Sym Orch/David Porcelijn
Peter Sculthorpe
1:05 am
John Ireland: "The Overlanders" (1936)
Suite
London Sym Orch/Richard Hickox
Ireland: Satyricon/ Tritons/The Overlanders
1:27 am
Johannes Brahms: Eight Songs, Op 57
#2, "Wenn du nur zuweilen lächelst"
Mitsuko Shirai, ms; Hartmut Höll, p
Brahms: 21 Lieder
1:28 am
Johannes Brahms: Four Ballades, Op 10
#2 in D
Jorge Federico Osorio, p
Brahms: Ballades and Variations
1:35 am
Robert Fuchs: Serenade No. 1 in D, Op. 9
Cologne Chamber Orch/Christian Ludwig
Robert Fuchs
1:55 am
Johannes Brahms: "Liebeslieder Waltzes" Op. 52
No. 7, "Wohl schön bewandt"
Bonney, von Otter, Streit, Bär; Helmut Deutsch, Bengt Forsberg,p
Helmut Deutsch, piano,
Liebeslieder Waltzes
2:00 am
Cecile Chaminade: Three Pieces, Op. 31
No. 3, "Bohémienne"
Duo FAE
Dissidents of the Gilded Age
2:05 am
Cecile Chaminade: "Arabesque," Op 61
Peter Jacobs, p
Piano Music By Cécile Chaminade – 3
2:10 am
Cecile Chaminade: "Pièces romantiques," Op 55
#2, "La Chaise à Porteur"
Roberto Prosseda; Alessandra Ammara, p
Compositrices
2:12 am
Johannes Brahms: Symphony no.1 in c minor, Op.68
Cleveland Orch/George Szell
Brahms: Symphony No.1, Variations On A Theme By Haydn, 5 Hungarian Dances
2:55 am
Johannes Brahms: Eight Songs, Op 59
#7, "Mein wundes Herz verlangt"
Mitsuko Shirai, ms; Hartmut Höll, p
Brahms: 21 Lieder
3:00 am
John Blow: Ground in g minor
Consort of Musicke/Anthony Rooley
Welcome Every Guest - Songs From John Blow's Amphion Anglicus
3:05 am
Arthur Bliss: "Meditations on a Theme by John Blow" (1955)
Royal Liverpool Phil/Vernon Handley
3:36 am
John Blow: "Venus and Adonis"
Act Tune
London Baroque/Charles Medlam
Opera Baroque: Highlights- Italia, England, France
3:38 am
Henry Purcell: Trio Sonata #4 in d
London Baroque Ensemble
Purcell: Ten Sonatas In Four Parts
3:45 am
Johann Strauss II: "Vienna Blood" Waltz Op. 354
Vienna Phil/Lorin Maazel
Gala New Year's Concert In Vienna
3:54 am
Johann Strauss II: "Vienna Blood" Waltz Op. 354
Chorus, "Die Wienerstadt, sie hat ein Symbol"
Schwarzkopf, Gedda, Koth, Kunz, Donch, Philharmonia Cho, Orch/Ackermann
Dönch,
Emmy Loose,
Johann Strauss II: Wiener Blut, Eine Nacht in Venedig
4:00 am
Ruth Crawford Seeger: "Jumping the Rope" (Playtime)
Jenny Lin, p
The World Of Ruth Crawford Seeger
4:00 am
Ruth Crawford Seeger: "Whirligig"
Jenny Lin, p
The World Of Ruth Crawford Seeger
4:01 am
Ruth Crawford Seeger: "Rissolty Rossolty" (1939)
Schönberg Ensemble/Oliver Knussen
Portrait
4:04 am
Edward MacDowell: Piano Concerto #1 in a, Op 15
Seta Tanyel, p; BBC Scottish Sym Orch/Martyn Brabbins
MacDowell: Piano Concerto No 1 In A Minor, Piano Concerto No 2 In D Minor, Second Modern Suite Op 14
4:32 am
Lowell Liebermann: "Album for the Young," Op 43
#6, "Ostinato"
Stephen Hough, p
4:33 am
Robert Ward: Violin Concerto
Sarah Johnson, v; Orch/Peter Perret
Ward: Scarlet and Blue
4:54 am
Amy (Mrs HHA) Beach: "Three Shakespeare Songs," Op 37
#2, "Take, O take those lips away"
Paul Barritt, v; James Lisney, p
Chanson D'amour
5:00 am
music continues...
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.
10:00 am - 2:00 pm
10:00 am
Midday with Lisa Flynn
Including the "Daily Excursion" at 11:00 am and "Music in Chicago" at 12:00 pm.
7:00 pm
7:00 pm
Exploring Music
The Russian Five
This group, also known as The Mighty Handful, includes Mily Balakirev, Modest Mussorgsky, César Cui, Alexander Borodin, and Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. Led by Balakirev, they helped create the Russian National School of Composers in Saint Petersburg from 1856 to 1870. Bill introduces each composer and shares important works performed by renowned musicians.
8:00 - 10:00 pm
8:00 pm
Live from WFMT
Cellist Brant Taylor and pianist Kuang-Hao Huang, two Chicago-based virtuosos and long-time collaborators, perform works by Bach, Debussy, Piazzolla, and more. Hosted by Kerry Frumkin.
10:00 pm - 12:00 am
10:00 pm
The WFMT Orchestra Series
San Francisco Symphony
Shostakovich Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Op. 77; Sayaka Soji, violin; Brahms Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98; Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor.
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