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Playlist for Saturday, October 3, 2026
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
12:05 am
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Violin Sonata in E-Flat, K. 302
Anne Sophie Mutter, v; Lambert Orkis, p
Mozart: The Violin Sonatas
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
12:33 am
Thomson, Virgil: "Five Ladies"
#4, "Yvonne de Casa Fuerte" (1940)
Sharan Leventhal, v; Anthony Tommasini, p
Portraits and Self Portraits
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
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
1:00 am
Chopin, Frédéric: "Fantaisie-Impromptu" in c-sharp minor, Op. 66
Charles Richard-Hamelin, p
Chopin
1:05 am
Moeran, Ernest John: Sinfonietta (1944)
London Phil/Adrian Boult
Fugal Overture, Sinfonietta, November Woods
1:28 am
Moeran, Ernest John: "Songs of Springtime"
"Spring, the sweet Spring"
King's Singers
1:30 am
Chopin, Frédéric: Ballade No. 2 in F, Op. 38
Charles Richard-Hamelin, p
Chopin
1:38 am
Berlioz, Hector: "Roméo et Juliette," Op. 17
Love Scene (Adagio)
Baltimore Sym/David Zinman
Berlioz: La Marseillase, Love Scene from Romeo and Juliet, Three Excerpts from the Damnation of Faust
1:54 am
Prokofiev, Serge: "Romeo and Juliet," Op. 64
"Scene: The street awakens"
Cincinnati Sym Orch/Paavo Järvi
Romeo And Juliet (Complete Suites From The Ballet)
2:00 am
Strauss, Richard: "Schlagobers," Op. 70
"The Princess"
Tokyo Metropolitan Sym/Hiroshi Wakasugi
2:05 am
Korngold, Erich Wolfgang: "The Prince and the Pauper" film score
Suite
London Sym/André Previn
Previn Conducts Korngold * The Sea Hawk
2:27 am
Rameau, Jean-Philippe: "La Princesse de Navarre"
"Chaconne"
English Baroque Orch/Nicholas McGegan
RAMEAU: La princesse de Navarre
2:29 am
Bon, Anna: Clavier Sonata #5 in b
Barbara Harbach, hc
Anna Bon
2:42 am
Haydn, Franz Joseph: Symphony No. 9 in C
Philharmonia Hungarica/Antal Dorati
Haydn * The Complete Symphonies * Antal Dorati
2:54 am
Haydn, Franz Josef: Song, "The Lady's Looking Glass"
Julianne Baird, s; Lux Musica
Celtic Caravans
3:00 am
Purcell, Henry: Elegy on the Death of Thomas Farmer
Tragicomedia/Stephen Stubbs
Songs Of Welcome And Farewell
3:05 am
Philidor, Andre: Suite in E-Flat
Le Temple du Goût
3:13 am
Schnittke, Alfred: "Suite in the Old Style"
Ilya Kaler, v; Leonid Blok, p
Ilya Kaler: Violin Suites
3:29 am
Martino, Donald: Suite in Old Form
Air
Haesun Paik, p
3:31 am
Reger, Max: "Concerto in the Old Style," Op 123
Karl Suske, v; Heinz Schunk, v; Berlin Staatskapelle/Otmar Suitner
Balletsuite, Concerto, Beethoven-Variationen
3:54 am
Sweelinck, Jan Pieterszoon: Centone #9
Trio, "Le just'Archer"
Eastman Brass Quintet
4:00 am
Godowsky, Leopold: 53 Studies on Chopin Etudes
#13 in e-flat
Geoffrey Douglas Madge, p
4:05 am
Grieg, Edvard: Symphonic Dances, Op. 64
Gothenburg Sym/Neeme Järvi
Symphonic Dances, Norwegian Dances, Lyric Suite
4:36 am
Grieg, Edvard: 25 Norwegian Folksongs and Dances, Op. 17
No. 16, "I Know a Little Maiden"
Eva Knardahl, p
Grieg - Complete Piano Music, Vol.6
4:38 am
Handel, George Frideric: Violin Sonata in g, Op. 1, No. 6 (HWV 364a)
Ryo Terakado, v; Christophe Rousset, hc; Kaori Uemura, viga
4:44 am
Lutoslawski, Witold: "Dance Preludes"
Eduard Brunner, cl; Ursula Holliger, h; Bavarian Radio Sym/Witold Lutoslawski
Lutoslawski: Cello Concerto; Double Concerto; Dance Preludes
4:54 am
Burleigh: "Characteristic Pieces" (1910)
"Indian Snake-Dance"
Zina Schiff, v; Mary Barranger, p
BURLEIGH: Music for Violin and Piano
5:00 am
Schubert, Franz: Chorus, "Mondenschein," D 875
Neil Archer, t; Roger Vignoles, p; King's Singers
Nightsong
5:05 am
Beethoven, Ludwig van: Piano Sonata No. 14 in c-sharp minor, Op. 27, No. 2, "Moonlight"
Alexei Lyubimov, forte-p
Works for the Piano by C. P. E. Bach, Mozart, Beethoven
5:20 am
Strauss, Richard: "Capriccio," Op. 85
Mondschein-Musik "(Moonlight Music)"
Barry Tuckwell, fh; Royal Phil/Vladimir Ashkenazy
Horn Concertos
5:24 am
Nietzsche, Friedrich: "Im Mondschein auf der Puszta" (1862)
John Bell Young, p
Piano Music Of Friedrich Nietzsche
5:25 am
Stanford, Charles Villiers: Suite for Violin and Orchestra, Op 32
Anthony Marwood, v; BBC Scottish Sym Orch/Martyn Brabbins
Stanford: Violin Concerto In D, Op. 74, Suite For Violin And Orchestra, Op. 32
5:53 am
Brahms, Johannes: Waltzes, Op 39
#15 in A-Flat
Alexander Brailowsky, p
Brailowsky Plays Virtuoso Showpieces
6:00 am
Persichetti, Vincent: "Pastoral," Op 21 (1943)
Borealis Wind Quintet
A LA CARTE- Short Works for Winds
6:05 am
Carulli, Ferdinando: Guitar Concerto in A, Op 8a
Pepe Romero, g; St Martin's Academy/Iona Brown
Concertos; Mozart, Adagio Kv 261, Rondo Kv 373
6:22 am
Grieg, Edvard: 19 Norwegian Folksongs for Piano, Op. 66
No. 13, "There Stood Two Girls"
Paul Galbraith, g
Guitar Music - NIN-CULMELL, J.M. / FRASER, M.K. / CONSTANTINIDIS, Y. / MORENO, T.F. / BARTOK , B. / GRIEG, E. (Galbraith)
6:23 am
Grofé, Ferde: "Grand Canyon Suite"
Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel
Grofé: Grand Canyon Suite/ Gershwin: Porgy & Bess Symphonic Suite "Catfish Row"
6:54 am
Bacon, Ernst: "Tumbleweeds" (1979)
"The Oregon Trail"
Dorothy Bales, v; Allan Sly, p
Bacon: Remembering Ansel Adams, Etc
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.
7:03 am
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: "Don Giovanni," K. 527
Overture
La Petite Bande/Sigiswald Kuijken
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Complete Edition
7:10 am
Traditional American: "Amazing Grace"
Randall Goosby, v; Carlos Simon, p
Together
7:13 am
Carlos Simon: "Memory of Summer"
Carlos Simon, p
Together
7:19 am
Antonín Dvořák: "In Nature's Realm" Overture, Op. 91
Bournemouth Sym Orch/José Serebrier
Dvořák: Symphony No. 7, In Nature's Realm, Scherzo capriccioso, Slavonic Dances
7:35 am
Carl Maria von Weber: Clarinet Quintet in B-Flat, Op. 34
Eddie Daniels, cl; Composers String Quartet
Weber & Brahms
8:00 am
Saturday Morning Listener's Choice
8:01 am
Peter Tchaikovsky: "Swan Lake," Op. 20
Pas de deux
Zürich Chamber Orch/Daniel Hope, v
Dance!
8:06 am
Giacomo Puccini: "Tosca"
Aria, "Vissi d'arte"
Kiri Te Kanawa, s; Lyon Opera Orch/Kent Nagano
40 Most Beautiful Arias
8:10 am
William Bolcom: "Graceful Ghost" Rag
Euclid Quartet
Breve
8:15 am
Joe Hisaishi: "Spirited Away"
"One Summer's Day"
Joe Hisaishi, p; London Symphony Orch/Roman Simovic
Melodyphony
8:21 am
Gustav Holst: "The Planets," Op. 32
"Saturn, the Bringer of Old Age"
New York Phil/Leonard Bernstein
The Planets
8:30 am
Samuel Barber: "Knoxville: Summer of 1915," Op. 24
First section
Renée Fleming, s; Royal Stockholm Phil Orch/Sakari Oramo
Distant Light
8:34 am
John Scott: "Gathering Crowds"
KPM Orch
Gathering Crowds
8:39 am
Gabriel Dupont: "La Maison dans les Dunes"
I. "Dans les dunes par un clair matin"
Ruti Abramovitch, p
8:44 am
George Frideric Handel: "Giulio Cesare"
"Piangerò la sorte mia"
Barbara Schlick, s; Concerto Köln/René Jacobs
8:52 am
John Williams: "Indiana Jones"
"The Basket Chase"
Boston Pops Orch/John Williams
John Williams Conductor
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.
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.
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.






