Saturday, September 19, 2026

find shows

WFMT Schedule

what’s playing now

      Playlist for Saturday, September 19, 2026

      Playing this hour

      12:00 - 7:00 am

      12:00 am

      Grieg, Edvard: Six Norwegian Mountain Melodies

      Einar Steen-Nokleberg, p
      GRIEG: Holberg Suite, Op. 40 / Slatter, Op. 72

      Naxos 8.550884

      12:05 am

      Grieg, Edvard: Piano Concerto in a minor, Op. 16

      Duchable, p; Strasbourg Phil/Theodor Guschlbauer
      Rachmaninov: Concerto Pour Piano Nº2 Op.18/ Grieg: Concerto Pour Piano Op.16

      Erato ECD-88164

      12:33 am

      Schumann, Robert: "Lieder-Album für die Jugend," Op. 79

      No. 12, "Der Sandmann"

      Edith Mathis, s; Christoph Eschenbach, p
      Lieder / Frauenliebe Und Leben Op. 42 / Lieder / Lieder / Lieder / Lieder

      DG 2740266 (3)

      12:35 am

      Roussel, Albert: "Le marchand de sable qui passe" incidental music, Op 13

      Czech Nonet Members
      Roussel: Musique de Chambre

      Praga PR-250089

      12:52 am

      Humperdinck, Engelbert: "Hänsel und Gretel"

      "The Sandman's Song"

      Barbara Hendricks, s; Bavarian Radio Sym Orch/Jeffrey Tate

      EMI/Ang CDS7-54022-2 (2)

      12:54 am

      Grandjany, Marcel: "The Children's Hour"

      "The Sandman"

      Anne-Margeurite Michaud, h
      The Children's Hour- Harpworks For The Imagination

      Summit DCD-355

      1:00 am

      Ravel, Maurice: "Pavane pour une infante défunte"

      Budapest Clarinet Quintet
      Clarinet Evergreens

      Naxos 8.553427

      1:05 am

      Dowland, John: Pavan

      Paul O'Dette, l
      Dowland: Complete Lute Works, Vol. 1

      Harmonia Mundi HMU-907160

      1:11 am

      Holborne, Antony: Pavan

      Musicians of the Globe
      The Masque Of Oberon

      Philips 446217-2

      1:12 am

      Brahms, Johannes: Symphony no.4 in e minor, Op.98

      Philadelphia Orch/Riccardo Muti
      Brahms: The Symphonies And Overtures

      Philips 470942-2 (3)

      1:54 am

      Bach, Johann Sebastian: Little Preludes, BWV 924/932

      No. 1

      Kathleen McIntosh, hc
      Bach: Inventions, Sinfonia, Preludes

      Gasparo GSCD-304

      2:00 am

      Franck, César: "Cantabile" in B

      Jean Guillou, o (St Eustache, Paris)
      FRANCK, C.: Organ Music

      Dorian DOR-90135 (2)

      2:05 am

      Franck, César: "Symphonic Variations"

      Jean-Philippe Collard, p; Toulouse Capitole Orch/Michel Plasson
      Franck: Symphony in D Minor, Symphonic Variations

      EMI/Ang CDC7-47547-2

      2:22 am

      Hahn, Reynaldo: "Le rossignol éperdu"

      #42, "Le Petit Mail"

      Earl Wild, p
      Earl Wild: Reynaldo Hahn - Le Rossignol Eperdu

      Ivory Classics 72006 (2)

      2:23 am

      Stravinsky, Igor: Wind Octet (1923)

      London Sinfonietta/Riccardo Chailly
      Stravinsky: Divertimento, Fanfare for a New Theatre, Three Pieces for Clarinet Solo, Suites Nos. 1 and 2

      London 417114-2

      2:38 am

      Tartini, Giuseppe: Violin Sonata in g, "Devil's Trill"

      Rachel Barton Pine, v; David Schrader, hc; JM Rozendaal, vc
      Instrument of the Devil

      Cedille CDR-90000041

      2:54 am

      Cordero, Roque: Eight Miniatures for Small Orchestra

      #4, "Danzonete"

      Chicago Sinfonietta/Paul Freeman
      African Heritage Symphonic Series, Vol. 2

      Cedille CDR-90000061

      3:00 am

      Bizet, Georges: "L'Arlésienne" Suite No. 2

      I. "Pastorale"

      Toronto Sym Orch/Andrew Davis
      L'Arlésienne Suites Nos. 1 & 2 / Nutcracker (Suite)

      CBS MDK-45649

      3:05 am

      Bizet, Georges: "L'Arlésienne" Suite No. 1

      II. "Minuet"

      Vladimir Ashkenazy, p
      Rachmaninov- Piano Transcriptions

      London 470291-2

      3:08 am

      Rachmaninoff, Sergei: Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini, Op. 43

      Peter Jablonski, p; Royal Phil/Vladimir Ashkenazy

      London 436239-2

      3:31 am

      Mussorgsky, Modest: "Sorotchinsky Fair"

      "Gopak"

      Tchaikovsky Chamber Orch/Lazar Gosman
      Tchaikovsky Chamber Orchestra

      CBS MK-45529

      3:33 am

      Beethoven, Ludwig van: "The Ruins of Athens," Op. 113

      Beecham Cho Society, Royal Phil/Thomas Beecham

      EMI/Ang CDM7-64385-2

      3:54 am

      Vaughan Williams, Ralph: Six Studies in English Folksong (1926)

      No. 2

      Ellen Croxford, vc; David Parkhouse, p

      EMI/Ang CDM5-65100-2

      4:00 am

      Mussorgsky, Modest: "Sorotchinsky Fair"

      Aria, "Why, my sad heart"

      Georgi Vinogradov, t; Bolshoi Theater Orch/Samuel Samosud
      N/A

      EMI/Ang CHS7-69741-2 (7)

      4:05 am

      Ravel, Maurice: "Rapsodie espagnole"

      Cincinnati Sym Orch/Jesus López-Cobos
      Ravel: Bolero, Rapsodie Espagnole, Alborada del Gracioso, La Valse, Valse Nobles et Sentimentales

      Telarc CD-80171

      4:20 am

      Ravel, Maurice: "A la manière de Borodine"

      Georges Pludermacher, p
      Maurice Ravel * Complete Piano Works * Georges Pludermacher

      Transart TR-143 (2)

      4:22 am

      Mussorgsky, Modest: "Pictures at an Exhibition"

      Oslo Phil/Mariss Jansons
      Mariss Jansons Conducts Mussorgsky and Rimsky-Korsakov

      EMI/Ang CDC7-49797-2

      4:55 am

      Schumann, Robert: "Carnaval" Ballet

      "Valse allemande"

      Lyon National Orch/Emmanuel Krivine

      Denon CO-78929

      5:00 am

      Bach, Johann Sebastian: Cantata No. 78, "Jesu, der du meine Seele (Jesus, by whom my soul)"

      Duet, "Wir eilen mit schwachen (We hurry with weak yet eager steps)"

      Maurice André, tr; Béatrice André, ob; Francois-Henri Houbart, o
      Maurice André At The Ebbs Church

      EMI/Ang CDC7-49722-2

      5:05 am

      Bach, Johann Sebastian: Cantata No. 49, "Ich geh und suche mit Verlangen (I go and seek with longing)"

      Sinfonia

      Vienna Concentus Musicus/Nikolaus Harnoncourt
      Complete Cantatas Vol. 13

      Teldec 8.35284 (2)

      5:11 am

      Bach, Johann Sebastian: Cantata No. 29, "Wir danken dir, Gott (We thank you, God)"

      Sinfonia

      Taverner Players/Andrew Parrott
      A Baroque Festival

      Virgin 61304-2

      5:15 am

      Bach, Johann Sebastian: Violin Partita No. 3 in E, BWV 1006

      Praeludium

      James Buswell, v
      J.S. Bach: Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin, BWV 1001-1006

      Centaur CRC-2147/48 (2)

      5:18 am

      Bach, Johann Sebastian: Lute Suite in E, BWV 1006a

      I. "Prelude"

      Konrad Junghänel, l

      RCA-DHM 77097-2-RC (2)

      5:23 am

      Schubert, Franz: "Hymne IV," D 662

      Marjana Lipovsek, ms; Graham Johnson, p
      The Hyperion Schubert Edition, Volume 29

      Hyperion CDJ-33029

      5:24 am

      Schubert, Franz: Symphony No. 4 in c minor, D. 417, "Tragic"

      Cologne Radio Sym Orch/Günter Wand
      Sämtliche Sinfonien

      RCA 60096-2-RG (5)

      5:53 am

      Buonamente, Giovanni Battista: "Gagliarda seconda"

      Palladian Ensemble
      The Winged Lion

      Honest Entertainment CKDO-15

      6:00 am

      Smetana, Bedrich: "The Bartered Bride"

      Dance of the Comedians

      St Martin's Academy/Neville Marriner
      With Love From Vienna

      Philips 422050-2

      6:05 am

      Nedbal, Oskar: "Die Winzerbraut" (1913)

      Overture

      Carlsbad Sym Orch/Douglas Bostock
      Scherzo Capriccioso

      Classico CD-192

      6:13 am

      Schumann, Robert: "The Bride of Messina" Overture

      Philharmonia Orch/Riccardo Muti
      Symphony No. 3 In E Flat "Rhenish" / Overture To Schiller's "The Bride Of Messina"

      Angel SZ-37603

      6:21 am

      Schumann, Robert: "Myrthen," Op. 25

      No. 12, "Lied der Braut II"

      Lynne Dawson, s; Julius Drake, p
      Schumann: Myrten · Lieder und Gesänge · Die Löwenbraut

      Chandos CHAN-9307

      6:22 am

      Milhaud, Darius: "Scaramouche," Op. 165b

      Wolfgang Meyer, cl; Werner Genuit, p

      Bayer BR-100059-CD

      6:31 am

      Stravinsky, Igor: "Pulcinella"

      Suite

      Academy Of St. Martin In The Fields/Neville Marriner
      Panorama: Igor Stravinsky

      DG 469205-2 (2)

      6:54 am

      Beach, Amy: "Children's Carnival"

      #4, "Pierrot and Pierrette"

      Sahan Arzruni, p
      Childhood Memories: Music for Younger Pianists

      New World 80590-2

      7:00 - 9:00 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.

      7:02 am

      Robert Schumann: Symphony No. 1 in B-Flat, Op. 38, "Spring"

      IV. Finale, "Allegro animato e grazioso"

      Royal Concertgebouw Orch/Riccardo Chailly
      Schumann: Symphonies 1 & 4 / Riccardo Chailly

      Decca 425608-2

      7:11 am

      Jennifer Higdon: Harp Concerto

      II. "Joy Ride"

      Yolanda Kondonassis, h; Rochester Phil Orch/Ward Stare
      American Rapture

      Azica AXA-71327

      7:18 am

      Maddalena Sirmen: String Quartet No. 4 in B-Flat

      Allegri String Quartet
      Sirmen: The Six String Quartets

      Cala CACD-1019

      7:28 am

      Ernest Chausson: Piano Quartet in A, Op. 30

      I. "Animé"

      Philippe Graffin, v; Toby Hoffman, vi; Gary Hoffman, vc; Pascal Devoyon, p
      Pascal Devoyon, piano,
      Chausson: Concert; Piano Quartet

      Hyperion CDA-66907

      7:41 am

      Benjamin Britten: "Simple Symphony," Op. 4

      Orpheus Chamber Orch
      Prokofiev: Classical Symphony, Bizet: Symphony in C, Britten: Simple Symphony

      DG 423624-2

      8:00 am

      Aaron Copland: "Fanfare for the Common Man"

      Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel
      Copland: The Music of America

      Telarc CD-80339

      8:00 am

      Saturday Morning Listener's Choice

      8:04 am

      Francisco Tárrega: "Recuerdos de la Alhambra"

      Jason Vieaux, g
      Jason Vieaux - Play

      Azica ACD-71287

      8:10 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: "The Magic Flute," K. 620

      Aria, "O zittre nicht, mein lieber Sohn"

      Vienna Phil/Georg Solti
      Mozart: Die Zauberfloete / Vienna Phil/Georg Solti

      Decca 433210-2 (2)

      8:15 am

      Victor Young: "Around the World in 80 Days"

      Suite

      London Festival Orch/Stanley Black
      Film Spectacular ! (Music From Great Motion Pictures)

      Decca SKL-4525

      8:25 am

      Alberto Ginastera: String Quartet No. 1, Op. 20

      IV. Finale, "Allegramente rustico"

      Miró Quartet
      Ginastera: String Quartets

      Pentatone PTC-5187412

      8:30 am

      Mingxin Du: Ten Xinjiang Dances

      "My Flower"

      Takako Nishizaki, v; Singapore Sym Orch/Choo Hoey
      DU, Mingxin: 10 Xinjiang Dances

      Naxos 8.225814

      8:36 am

      John Williams: "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone"

      Hedwig's Theme

      Berlin Phil/John Williams
      John Williams: The Berlin Concert

      DG B0034852-02

      8:41 am

      John Williams: "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone"

      "Christmas at Hogwarts"

      City of Prague Phil Orch/James Fitzpatrick
      The Essential Harry Potter Film Music Collection

      Silva SILCD-1251

      8:44 am

      Bob Telson: "Calling You"

      Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, ms; Peter Serkin, p
      Lorraine Hunt Lieberson at Ravinia

      Harmonia Mundi HMU-907500

      8:47 am

      Claude Debussy: Two Arabesques

      No. 1 in E

      Tamás Vásáry, p
      Debussy: Peaceful Piano

      DG 4798501

      8:51 am

      Camille Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3 in C minor, Op. 78, "Organ"

      Finale, "Maestoso - Allegro"

      Pierre Cochereau, o; Berlin Phil/Herbert von Karajan
      Karajan Gold - Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3

      DG 439014-2

      9:00 - 11:00 am

      9:00 am

      Soundtrack

      9:00 am

      Alfred Newman: 20th Century Fox Fanfare

      London Phil Orch/John Mauceri
      The Genius of Film Music

      LPO 0086

      9:01 am

      John Powell: "How to Train Your Dragon"

      "This is Berk"

      Studio Cho & Orch/Gavin Greenaway
      How To Train Your Dragon (Music From The Motion Picture)

      Varèse Sarabande 3020670122

      9:05 am

      John Powell: "How to Train Your Dragon"

      "Forbidden Friendship"

      Studio Cho & Orch/Gavin Greenaway
      How To Train Your Dragon (Music From The Motion Picture)

      Varèse Sarabande 3020670122

      9:09 am

      John Powell: "How to Train Your Dragon"

      "Romantic Flight"

      Studio Cho & Orch/Gavin Greenaway
      How To Train Your Dragon (Music From The Motion Picture)

      Varèse Sarabande 3020670122

      9:13 am

      Jóhann Jóhannsson: "The Theory of Everything"

      Suite

      La Pietà/Angèle Dubeau, v
      Pulsations

      Analekta AN2-8748

      9:22 am

      John Powell: "The Bourne Identity"

      Main Title

      Studio Orch/Pete Anthony
      The Bourne Identity (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

      Varèse Sarabande VSD-6367

      9:26 am

      John Powell: "Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who!"

      "We Are Here;" "Symphonophone;" "JoJo Saves The Day"

      Studio Cho & Orch/Gavin Greenaway
      Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who! (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

      Varèse Sarabande 3020670122

      9:32 am

      Jóhann Jóhannsson: "Sicario"

      "Desert Music"

      Iceland Sym Orch/Daníel Bjarnason
      A Prayer To The Dynamo

      DG 4864870

      9:36 am

      Jóhann Jóhannsson: "Arrival"

      "Kangaru"

      Jóhannsson, prod; Prague Phil Orch; Theatre of Voices/A Weeden
      Arrival (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

      DG 4796782-GH

      9:40 am

      John Powell; Stephen Schwartz: "Wicked: For Good"

      "Bubbles and Rainbows"

      Studio Cho & Orch/Gavin Greenaway
      Wicked: For Good – The Original Motion Picture Score

      Republic Records [Wicked: For Good – The Original Motion Picture Score]

      9:45 am

      John Powell; Stephen Schwartz: "Wicked: For Good"

      "Backstage Confrontation"

      Studio Cho & Orch/Gavin Greenaway
      Wicked: For Good – The Original Motion Picture Score

      Republic Records [Wicked: For Good – The Original Motion Picture Score]

      9:48 am

      John Powell; Stephen Schwartz: "Wicked: For Good"

      "Wicked: For Good" Suite

      Studio Cho & Orch/Gavin Greenaway
      Wicked: For Good – The Original Motion Picture Score

      Republic Records [Wicked: For Good – The Original Motion Picture Score]

      9:51 am

      Jóhann Jóhannsson; Yair Elazar Glotman: "Last and First Men"

      "A Minor Astronomical Event"

      Budapest Art Orch; Studio Cho/Yair Elazar Glotman, prod
      Last and First Men (Original Soundtrack)

      DG [Last and First Men]

      9:54 am

      Jóhann Jóhannsson; Yair Elazar Glotman: "Last and First Men"

      "Childhood/Land of the Young"

      Budapest Art Orch; Studio Cho/Yair Elazar Glotman, prod
      Last and First Men (Original Soundtrack)

      DG [Last and First Men]

      10:02 am

      Franz Lachner: Nonet in F for winds & strings

      IV. Finale, "Allegro ma non troppo"

      Ensemble Wien-Berlin; R Kussmaul; W Christ; G Faust; A Posch
      Alois Posch, double bass,
      Rheinberger, Lachner: Nonet in F major, Nonet in E-flat major, Op. 139

      Sony SK-58971

      10:11 am

      Leslie Adams: Etudes, Part I

      No. 8 in G-Flat

      Maria Thompson Corley, p
      Maria Corley * Leslie Adams * Twelve Etudes

      Albany TROY-639

      10:19 am

      Giuseppe Verdi: "La forza del destino"

      Overture

      La Scala Phil/Riccardo Muti
      Verdi: Preludes and Overtures

      Sony SK-68468

      10:28 am

      Celso Machado: "Musiques populaires brésiliennes"

      Michelle LaPorte, f; Gerry Saulter, g; James Carroll, per
      Siempre Vivo! South American Songs, Preludes & Dances

      Centaur CRC-3549

      10:46 am

      Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: "Hamburg" Symphony No. 2 in B-Flat, Wq 182/2

      Capella Istropolitana/Christian Benda
      CPE Bach - Hamburg Sinfonias Nos. 1 - 6

      Naxos 8.553285

      11:00 am

      11:00 am

      Introductions

      An encore presentation of the Levin Studio recital by the then 17-year-old cellist Kevin Hernandez. He presents a piece called "Mockingbird," composed by and accompanied by his father, Belford Hernandez; as well as the first movement of Rachmaninoff's Cello Sonata in G minor, Op. 19 with pianist Summer Baek. Originally broadcast April 26, 2025.

      11:17 am

      music continues...

      12:00 - 3:00 pm

      12:00 pm

      From LA Opera

      Verdi's Falstaff

      Nathan Bowles (Dr. Caius); Craig Colclough (Sir John Falstaff); Yuntong Han (Bardolph); Vincius Costa (Pistol); Sarah Saturnino (Meg Page); Nicole Heaston (Alice Ford); Hyona Kim (Mistress Quickly); Deanna Breiwick (Nannetta); Anthony León (Fenton); Ernesto Petti (Ford); LA Opera Chorus and Orchestra; James Conlon, conductor. Sung in Italian.

      3:00 pm

      3:00 pm

      Afternoon Music

      4:00 pm

      4:00 pm

      Listening to Singers with Oliver Camacho

      Music and conversation with tenor Zachary Wilder in advance of his debut with Haymarket Opera later this month.

      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: Highlights from Cheryl Wheeler’s performances. She was among the first artists to grace the Folkstage airwaves.

      9:00 pm - 12:00 am

      9:00 pm

      The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer

      Can it be fall already? Autumn colors, warm feelings, and songs about the race against the clock.