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      Playlist for Saturday, October 3, 2026

      Playing this hour

      12:00 - 7:00 am

      12:00 am

      Brahms, Johannes: "F-A-E Scherzo (Sonatensatz)"

      Anne Sophie Mutter, v; Lambert Orkis, p
      The Berlin Recital

      DG 445826-2

      12:05 am

      Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Violin Sonata in E-Flat, K. 302

      Anne Sophie Mutter, v; Lambert Orkis, p
      Mozart: The Violin Sonatas

      DG B0007102-02 (4)

      12:17 am

      Thomson, Virgil: "The Plow that Broke the Plains" Suite (1936)

      New London Orch/Ronald Corp
      Thomson: Louisiana Story, The Plow That Broke The Plains

      Hyperion CDA-66576

      12:33 am

      Thomson, Virgil: "Five Ladies"

      #4, "Yvonne de Casa Fuerte" (1940)

      Sharan Leventhal, v; Anthony Tommasini, p
      Portraits and Self Portraits

      Northeastern NR-240-CD

      12:35 am

      Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Violin Sonata No. 37 in B-Flat, K. 454

      Jascha Heifetz, v; Brooks Smith, p
      The Heifetz Collection, Volume 24: Bach: Concertos / Mozart / Paganini / Vitali

      RCA 88765440152 (9)

      12:55 am

      Tveitt, Geirr: Suite #1, "A Hundred Folk Tunes from Hardanger," Op 151

      "Going a-wooing"

      Royal Scottish National Orch/Bjarte Engeset
      A Hundred Hardanger Tunes - Suites Nos. 1 And 4

      Naxos 8.555078

      1:00 am

      Chopin, Frédéric: "Fantaisie-Impromptu" in c-sharp minor, Op. 66

      Charles Richard-Hamelin, p
      Chopin

      Analekta AN2-9145

      1:05 am

      Moeran, Ernest John: Sinfonietta (1944)

      London Phil/Adrian Boult
      Fugal Overture, Sinfonietta, November Woods

      Lyrita SRCD.247

      1:28 am

      music continues...

      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.

      9:00 - 11:00 am

      9:00 am

      Soundtrack

      11:00 am

      11:00 am

      Introductions

      WFMT features talented young classical musicians from around the Chicago area. Please visit wfmt.com for details on today’s program.

      12:00 - 3:00 pm

      12:00 pm

      From National Centre for the Performing Arts

      Wagner's Das Rheingold

      Egils Silins (Wotan); Robert Bork (Donner); Wang Chuan (Froh); Christian Franz (Loge); Bettina Ranch (Fricka); Tanja Kuhn (Freia); Niu Shasha (Erda); Tomas Tomasson (Alberich); Arnold Bezuyen (Mime); Andrea Silvestrelli (Fasolt); Guan Zhijing (Fafner); Qin Kanru (Woglinde); Xu Xiaoying (Wellgunde); Zhang Yajie (Flosshilde); NCPA Chorus and Orchestra; Lü Jia, conductor. Sung in German.

      3:00 pm

      3:00 pm

      Afternoon Music

      4:00 pm

      4:00 pm

      Listening to Singers with Oliver Camacho

      An interview with bass-baritone Christian Van Horn who stars in the title role of "Don Giovanni" at Lyric Opera.

      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: In 2024, local treasures, Emmy Bean and Ronnie Kuller performed “Her Only Light” songs and stories about elusive folk singer, Connie Converse. We reprise that concert just as the fully produced album is released.

      9:00 pm - 12:00 am

      9:00 pm

      The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer

      Songs about skyscrapers, city skylines, and other things that are very tall.