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Playlist for Friday, November 6, 2026
12:00 - 6:00 am
12:00 am
Berlioz, Hector: "The Damnation of Faust," Op. 24
Aria, "Nature immense"
K Lewis, t; Philharmonia Orch/M-W Chung
La Damnation De Faust
12:05 am
Berlioz, Hector: "Roméo et Juliette," Op. 17
"Queen Mab Scherzo"
New York Phil/Leonard Bernstein
12:13 am
Berlioz, Hector: "The Damnation of Faust," Op. 24
"Mephistopheles' Song" ("Song of the Flea")
Bryn Terfel, br; Philharmonia Cho and Orch/Myung-Whun Chung
La Damnation De Faust
12:14 am
Franck, César: "Les Djinns" ("The Demons") (1884)
Sviatoslav Richter, p; Moscow Youth Orch/Kiril Kondrashin
Sviatoslav Richter Edition, Vol. 6
12:26 am
Smyth, Ethel: String Trio
Hague String Trio
Ethel Smyth
12:55 am
Purcell, Henry: "The Fairy Queen"
"Air"
English Baroque Soloists/Sir John Eliot Gardiner
The Fairy Queen
1:00 am
Bach, Johann Sebastian: "Brandenburg" Concerto No. 3 in G, BWV 1048
III. Finale, "Allegro"
Chicago Harp Quartet
Chicago Harp Quartet * Soirées d'été
1:05 am
Montero: Improvisation on Bach's "Brandenburg" Concerto No. 3
Gabriela Montero, p
Bach And Beyond
1:11 am
Bach, Johann Sebastian: "Anna Magdalena Notebook"
"Menuet"
Pieter-Jan Belder, hc
Bach Edition: Complete Works
1:13 am
Miaskovsky, Nikolai: Symphony #2 in c-sharp, Op. 11
Vienna Radio Sym/Gottfried Rabl
Miaskovsky Symphonies
1:55 am
Prokofiev, Serge: "Cinderella," Op. 87
"Cavalier's Dance"
Cleveland Orch/Vladimir Ashkenazy
Sergei Prokofiev: Cinderella / Mazurka
2:00 am
Delius, Frederick: Two Aquarelles "to be sung of a summer night on the water"
English Chamber Orch/Benjamin Britten
Britten Conducts English Music For Strings
2:05 am
Assad, Sergio: "Aquarelle"
"Valseana"
Plínio Fernandes, guitar
2:08 am
Assad, Clarice: "Sin Fronteras"
Chicago Sinfonietta/Mei-Ann Chen
Project W
2:21 am
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Klavierstück, K. 15v
Lera Auerbach, p
2:23 am
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Piano Concerto No. 26 in D, K. 537, "Coronation"
Alicia de Larrocha, p; English Chamber Orch/Colin Davis
Piano Concertos No. 22 & No. 26 "Coronation" "Krönungskonzert"
2:55 am
Couperin, François: Pièces de clavecin, Bk 2 (1716-17): 9e ordre in A/a
"Le petit deuil ou Les trois Veuves"
Carole Cerasi, hc
Couperin: Complete Works for Harpsichord
3:00 am
Grieg, Edvard: Lyric Pieces, Op. 43
No. 2, "Solitary Traveller"
Emil Gilels, p
Grieg: Lyric Pieces
3:02 am
Grieg, Edvard: Lyric Pieces, Op. 68
No. 5, "Cradle Song"
Emil Gilels, p
Grieg: Lyric Pieces
3:05 am
Grieg, Edvard: "Funeral March in Memory of Rikard Nordraak"
Dallas Wind Symphony/Frederick Fennell
Trittico
3:13 am
NORDRAAK, Rikard: "Maria Stuart"
Iceland Sym/Bjarte Engeset
Norwegian Classical Favourites
3:19 am
Grieg, Edvard: Lyric Pieces, Op. 62
No. 4, "The Brook" ("Baekken")
Emil Gilels, p
Grieg: Lyric Pieces
3:21 am
Bull, Ole: "Los recuerdos de la Habana"
Henning Kraggerud, v; Dalasinfoniettan/Bjarte Engeset
Nordic Violin Favorites
3:28 am
Strauss, Richard: Piano Trio No. 2 in D (1878)
Amelia Piano Trio
STRAUSS, R.: Piano Trios Nos. 1 and 2 / Works for Piano Quartet (Amelia Piano Trio, Mandel)
3:54 am
Strauss, Richard: "Gesänge des Orients," Op. 77
#2, "Schwung"
Jeongkon Choi, t; Malcolm Martineau, p
Strauss: Complete Songs
4:00 am
Liszt, Franz: Six Grand Etudes after Paganini (1838)
No. 3, "La campanella"
Frederick Moyer, p
Reger: Studies for the Left Hand/ Walker: Piano Sonata No. 4/ Ravel: Valses Nobles et Sentimentales/ Liszt and Busoni: Three Paganini Etudes
4:04 am
Paganini, Nicolo: Violin Concerto #1 in D, Op 6
Michael Rabin, v; Philharmonia Orch/Lovro von Matacic
4:32 am
Hummel, Johann Nepomuk: Fantasy, "Recollections of Paganini"
"Rondo"
Madoka Inui, p
HUMMEL, J.N.: Hummel Fantasies
4:34 am
Hummel, Johann Nepomuk: "Grand Rondeau Brillant," Op 126
Eugenia Zukerman, f; Anthony Newman, p
Time Pieces
4:48 am
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Rondo in C, K. 373
Chamber Orch of Europe/James Galway, f
James Galway Plays Mozart
4:54 am
Rameau, Jean-Philippe: "Les Indes Galantes"
"Rondeau gracieux"
Christophe Rousset, hc
5:00 am
Debussy, Claude: Waltz, "La plus que lente"
Mischa Elman, v; Joseph Seiger, p
5:05 am
Chopin, Frédéric: Waltz in E-flat, Op.18, "Grande valse brillante"
Pieter Wispelwey, vc; Dejan Lazic, p
Chopin: Cello Waltzes, Vol 1
5:10 am
Nielsen, Carl: "Humoresque-Bagatelles," Op 11
#3, "A Little Slow Waltz"
Christian Eggen, p
5:12 am
Tchaikovsky, Peter: Symphony No. 5 in e minor, Op. 64
Oslo Phil/Mariss Jansons
The Symphonies
5:55 am
Fischer, Johann Caspar: "Polymnia"
"Combattement"
Luc Beauséjour, hc
JOHANN CASPAR FERDINAND FISCHER - Musical Parnassus: Suites 7-9; Musicalisches Blumen-Büschlein: Suites Nos. 2 & 8
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.
6:00 am
Hosted by Robbie Ellis.
6:03 am
Ludwig van Beethoven: Rondo in B-Flat, WoO 6
Sviatoslav Richter, p; Vienna Phil/Kurt Sanderling
Essential Beethoven
6:13 am
Alexander Glazunov: Five Novelettes, Op. 15
No. 4, "Valse"
Utrecht String Quartet
Glazunov: String Quartets Vol 4
6:19 am
Mily Balakirev: "Islamey"
Lang Lang, p
Live at Seiji Ozawa Hall
6:29 am
Meredith Monk: "Early Morning Melody"
Jess Gillam, sx
Jess Gillam: Time
6:31 am
Georg Philipp Telemann: "Concerto polonois" in B-Flat
Rebel/Jörg-Michael Schwarz
Telemann - Alla Polacca / Rebel Baroque Orchestra/Jorg-Michael Schwarz
6:42 am
Andrzej Panufnik: Old Polish Suite
Polish Chamber Orch/Mariusz Smolij
Panufnik: Homage to Polish Music
6:52 am
Franz Schubert: Impromptu in A-Flat, D 899, No. 4
Vera Gornostaeva, p
Discovering a Legend - Vera Gornostaeva Vol. 11 - Brahms & Schubert
7:02 am
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Nonet in F minor, Op. 2, "Gradus ad Parnassum"
I. "Allegro energico"
Barret; Burke; Beck; Burns; Fadial; Orenstein; Rawls; Whitehouse; Harley
Michael Burns, bassoon,
Janet Orenstein, violin,
Coleridge-Taylor: Chamber Music
7:10 am
Franz Schubert: Symphony No. 2 in B-Flat, D. 125
IV. Finale, "Presto vivace"
Berlin Phil/Daniel Barenboim
Franz Schubert: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 8
7:19 am
Felix Mendelssohn: "Variations concertantes," Op. 17
Haruma Sato, vc; Wataru Hisasue, p
Mendelssohn: On Wings of Song
7:28 am
Fanny Mendelssohn: "Westöstlicher Redaktionswalzer," H-U 184
Sontraud Speidel, p
Hensel Klaviermusik
7:32 am
John Philip Sousa: "The Black Horse Troop"
Eastman Wind Ensemble/Frederick Fennell
Fennell Conducts Sousa
7:37 am
Aaron Copland: "The Red Pony" Suite
VI. "Happy Ending"
Dallas Sym Orch/Andrew Litton
A Copland Profile
7:48 am
Franz Joseph Haydn: Baryton Trio No. 63 in D
Esterházy Baryton Trio
Haydn: Baryton Trios Nos. 63, 64, 82, 87, 88, 107, 110
7:57 am
Johannes Brahms: Hungarian Dance No. 5
Nick White, xyl; Natalie Nedvetsky, p
Brahms: Hungarian Dance No. 5
8:02 am
Johann Adolph Scheibe: Sinfonia a 4 in A, SchW A2:005
Concerto Copenhagen/Andrew Manze
Scheibe: Sinfonias
8:11 am
Federico Moreno Torroba: "Castles of Spain"
"Alcázar de Segovia, Alba de Tormes, Montemayor, Zafra"
David Russell, g
Music of Federico Moreno Torroba
8:18 am
Zdeněk Fibich: "A Night at Karlštejn Castle"
Overture
Czech National Sym Orch/Marek Štilec
Fibich: Orchestral Works, Vol. 4 - Overtures
8:28 am
Zdeněk Fibich: Poem, Op. 41, Book 4, No. 14
Antonín Kubálek, p
Czech Miniature Masterpieces
8:31 am
Antonio Casimir Cartellieri: Two-Clarinet Concerto in B-Flat
III. Rondo. Allegro
Dieter Klocker & Sandra Arnold, cl's, Czech Phil Chamber Orch
Cartellieri: Clarinet Concerto's, Vol. 2
8:41 am
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Violin Sonata No. 19 in E-Flat, K. 302
Isaac Stern, v; Yefim Bronfman, p
Mozart: Violin Sonatas K 302, 303, 305, 376, 380
8:52 am
Hugo Wolf: "Italian Serenade" in G
I Solisti Italiani
Respighi - Wolf - Malipiero / I Solisti Italiani
9:02 am
Felix Mendelssohn: "The Hebrides (Fingal's Cave)" Overture, Op. 26
Scottish National Orch/Alexander Gibson
Seascapes
9:13 am
Antonín Dvořák: Piano Trio No. 3 in F minor, Op. 65
I. "Allegro ma non troppo"
Philip Setzer, v; David Finckel, vc; Wu Han, p
Dvořák: Piano Trios Nos. 3 & 4
9:28 am
Jean Sibelius: Four Humoresques, Op. 89
Ilya Gringolts, v; Gothenburg Sym/Neeme Järvi
Prokofiev, Sibelius Violin Concertos
9:43 am
Amy Beach: Variations on Balkan Themes, Op. 60
Virginia Eskin, p
Amy Beach, Arthur Foote
10:00 am - 3:00 pm
10:00 am
George Gershwin: "Cuban Overture"
Dallas Sym Orch/Andrew Litton
Dayful of Song - Music of Gershwin
10:11 am
Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quartet No. 1 in F, Op. 18, No. 1
I. "Allegro con brio"
Stephanie Ho & Saar Ahuvia, p
Beethoven Dialogues
10:22 am
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 38 in D, K. 504, "Prague"
London Mozart Players/Jane Glover
Mozart: Symphonies Nos 31, 36 and 38
10:52 am
Giovanni Gabrieli: Sonata XVIII
La Cetra/Andrea Marcon
Monteverdi: Christmas Vespers
11:00 am
Johann Sebastian Bach: English Suite No. 4 in F, BWV 809
Francesco Tristano, p
Bach: The 6 English Suites
11:17 am
Antonio Vivaldi: "L'incoronazione de Dario"
Overture
La Serenissima/Adrian Chandler
A Tale of Two Seasons
11:24 am
Joaquín Rodrigo: "Concierto andaluz"
Los Romeros; Academy of St Martin in the Fields/Sir Neville Marriner
Los Romeros Golden Jubilee Celebration
11:50 am
Hector Berlioz: "L'Enfance du Christ," Op. 25
The Shepherds' Farewell
Monteverdi Cho, Lyon Opera Orch/John Eliot Gardiner
Christmas with the Stars
11:55 am
Gian Carlo Menotti: "Sebastian"
Barcarolle
Philadelphia Orch/Eugene Ormandy
Greatest Hits: The Ballet, Vol. 3
12:00 pm
Astor Piazzolla: "Ave Maria"
Axiom Brass
Astor
12:08 pm
Maddalena Sirmen: Violin Concerto in B-Flat, Op. 3, No. 1
Zefira Valova, v; Il Pomo d'Oro
Violin Concertos: Benda, Graun, Saint-Georges, Sirmen
12:39 pm
music continues...
3:00 - 7:00 pm
3:00 pm
Afternoon Music with Candice Agree
Including "Friday Afternoon at the Movies" at 4:30pm and "The Unrush Hour" at 5:00 pm.
7:00 pm
7:00 pm
Exploring Music
A Little Traveling Music, Please
Rivers, boatmen, wanderers, and travelers are always on the go. This week, Bill shares stories about journeys and the music they inspired, featuring works by George Handel, Bedřich Smetana, and Duke Ellington. We’ll also hear pieces like Beethoven’s "Les Adieux," Schubert’s "Die schöne Müllerin," and Haydn’s "Farewell" Symphony.
11:00 pm
11:00 pm
Best of Studs Terkel
Ladysmith Black Mambazo (5/12/1992)
Joseph Shabalala (1940–2020) founded the now-legendary South African a cappella vocal ensemble, Ladysmith Black Mambazo. The group visited WFMT in 1992 with Steppenwolf Theater Company's Eric Simonson, who directed Tug Yourgrau's Tony-nominated play "Song of Jacob Zulu."
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