Playlist for Saturday, December 27, 2025

Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff

7:00 am

Weekend Mornings

With news at 7:00 am; "Saturday Morning Listener's Choice" at 8:00 am; and "Soundtrack" at 9:00 am.

11:00 am

Introductions

Chamber music for strings by Haydn, Mendelssohn, Debussy, Beethoven, Casarrubios, Dohnányi, Brahms & Shostakovich. Performed by the Spizella Quartet (Merit School of Music); and the Luscinia Trio and Vermilion String Quartet (Music Institute of Chicago Academy).

12:00 pm

Metropolitan Opera

Handel at the Met

A celebration of Handel at the holidays, with excerpts from Met performances, in honor of the 300th anniversary of Rodelinda.

2:00 pm

The New York Philharmonic This Week

A "Winter Holiday" of music by Strauss II, Mozart, Grieg, Vivaldi, Vaughan-Williams, Poulenc, Prokofiev, Tchaikovsky, Mahler, Offenbach, Humperdinck, and more.

4:00 pm

Listening to Singers with Oliver Camacho

2025 In Memoriam

Remembering the artists we lost in 2025 including Roberta Alexander, Stuart Burrows, Edith Mathis, John Nelson, Roger Norrington, Paul Plishka, David Rendall, and Benita Valente.

5:00 pm

The WFMT Orchestra Series

Los Angeles Philharmonic

Brahms Violin Concerto; Leonidas Kavakos, violin; Symphony No. 2; Zubin Mehta, conductor.

7:00 pm

The Film Score with Michael Phillips

Music for the Winter Holidays

Chicago Tribune film critic Michael Phillips presents music from holiday favorites and other wintry classics.

8:00 pm

Folkstage hosted by Marilyn Rea Beyer

Live from the Levin Performance Studio: It’s New Year’s Steve – III with another first for Folkstage. Sons of the Never Wrong and friends present Bruce Roper’s musical based on Steve Goodman songs, "Words We Can Dance To," as a radio play. Romance ensues in a typical Chicago corner bar.

9:00 pm

The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer

Celebrate responsibly with folk music for the end of the year. Toast the coming year a couple of new versions of “Auld Lang Syne.”