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Playlist for Friday, December 12, 2025
12:00 - 6:00 am
12:00 am
Marion Bauer: "Up the Ocklawaha," Op 6
Rachel Barton Pine, v; Matthew Hagle, p
American Virtuosa: Tribute to Maud Powell
12:05 am
Frederick Delius: "Florida" Suite
English Sym Orch/William Boughton
Vaughan Williams and Delius Orchestral Music
12:42 am
Louis Couperin: Suite in b
No. 2, "Courante"
Blandine Verlet, hc
Louis Couperin: Les pièces de clavessin
12:44 am
Jean-Marie Leclair: String Sonata in B-Flat, Op 4/2
Purcell Quartet
Leclair: Sonatas
12:55 am
Louis Couperin: Suite in C
No. 4, "Courante I"
Blandine Verlet, hc
Louis Couperin: Les pièces de clavessin
1:00 am
Johannes Brahms: "F-A-E Scherzo (Sonatensatz)"
Pierre Amoyal, v; Frederic Chiu, p
Brahms: The Sonatas For Violin & Piano
1:05 am
Johannes Brahms: Clarinet Sonata #1 in f, Op 120/1
Jon Manasse, cl; Jon Nakamatsu, p
Brahms * Sonatas Op 120 * Jon Manasse * Jon Nakamatsu
1:27 am
Percy Grainger: "Lincolnshire Posy"
"The Brisk Young Sailor"
Lake Effect Clarinet Quartet
Cooler By the Lake
1:29 am
Ralph Vaughan Williams: Charterhouse Suite (1923)
English Northern Philharmonia/David Lloyd-Jones
ENGLISH STRING MINIATURES, Vol. 2
1:44 am
Douglas Lilburn: "Drysdale" Overture (1937)
New Zealand Sym Orch/James Judd
Lilburn Orchestral Works
1:54 am
Gordon Jacob: Five Pieces
#1, Caprice
Tommy Reilly, harmonica; St Martin's Academy/Neville Marriner
Tommy Reilly - Vaughan Williams/ Moody/Jacob: Classical Music For Harmonica
2:00 am
Louis Moreau Gottschalk: "The Dying Poet", Op 110
Alan Mandel, p
2:05 am
Robert Schumann: Symphony No. 3 in E-Flat, Op. 97, "Rhenish"
Berlin Staatskapelle/Daniel Barenboim
Schumann * The Symphonies
2:39 am
Michael Praetorius: Chorale, "In dulci jubilo (Now sing we, now rejoice)"
Trinity College Cho, Cambridge/Richard Marlow
Praetorius: In Dulci Jubilo
2:40 am
Stacy Garrop: "Jubilation"
Lincoln Trio
2:48 am
Carl Maria von Weber: "Jubel" Overture, Op 59
Philharmonia Orch/Wolfgang Sawallisch
Weber: Overtures
2:55 am
Johann Michael BACH: Chorale Prelude, In dulci jubilo
Baltimore Consort
CHRISTMAS MUSIC (Bright Day Star - Music for the Yuletide Season)
3:00 am
Johann Sebastian Bach: "Well-Tempered Clavier," Book 1, BWV 846/69
Prelude & Fugue No. 12 in f minor
Keith Jarrett, p
Bach: Well-Tempered Clavier Book 1
3:05 am
Jaromir Weinberger: "Schwanda the Bagpiper"
"Polka and Fugue"
Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel
Classics at the Pops
3:14 am
Antonin Dvorák: "Vanda," Op 25
Overture
Slovak Phil/Libor Pesek
3:23 am
Antonin Dvorák: "Silhouettes," Op 8
#11
Tomas Visek, p
Piano Music
3:24 am
Serge Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 2 in g minor, Op. 16
Yundi Li, p; Berlin Phil/Seiji Ozawa
Piano Concertos
3:55 am
Serge Prokofiev: "Visions fugitives," Op. 22
No. 16, "Dolente"
Serge Prokofiev, p
Piano Concerto No. 3 / Vision Fugitives
4:00 am
Giacomo Puccini: "La bohème"
Aria, "Che gelida manina"
Fernando de la Mora, t; Welsh National Opera Orch/Charles Mackerras
The Artistry of Fernando de la Mor
4:05 am
Giacomo Puccini: "Preludio sinfonico" (1876)
Dallas Sym Orch/Andrew Litton
MARC, Alessandra: Arias (Opera Gala) -BELLINI, V. / DONIZETTI, G. / HOFMANNSTHAL, H. / BARBER, S. / PUCCINI, G.
4:13 am
Christopher Palmer: Fantasy on themes from Puccini's La Bohème
St Martin's Academy/Neville Marriner
4:26 am
Giacomo Puccini: "Madama Butterfly"
Aria, "Addio, fiorito asil"
Salvatore Licitra, t; London Sym Orch/Carlo Rizzi
Salvatore Licitra- The Debut
4:27 am
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Quartet No. 1 in g, K. 478
Evgeny Kissin, p; Emerson String Quartet
The New York Concert
4:54 am
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Twelve German Dances, K. 586
No. 4
Tafelmusik/Bruno Weil
Mozart: Deutsche Tänze
5:00 am
Francis Johnson: "New Cotillions"
Chestnut Brass Company/Tamara Brooks
The Music Of Francis Johnson And His Contemporaries: Early 19th-Century Black Composers
5:05 am
Samuel Livingston: "The Old Man is Dancing"
Arcadian Winds
Samuel Livingston
5:17 am
Francois Couperin: Pièces de clavecin, Bk 2 (1716-7): 8e ordre
"Gavotte"
Kenneth Gilbert, hc
Francois Couperin: Second Livre de Clavecin
5:18 am
Peter Tchaikovsky: "Swan Lake," Op. 20
Act I
Utah Sym Orch/Maurice Abravanel
Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake, Complete
5:51 am
Peter Tchaikovsky: Piano Pieces, Op. 72
#16, "Valse à cinq temps"
Tchaikovsky: Complete Works for Solo Piano
6:00 - 10:00 am
6:00 am
Morning Program
6:00 am
Hosted by Jan Weller.
6:04 am
Pavel Josef Vejvanovský: "Sonata Natalis" in C
English Chamber Orch/Simon Preston
Christmas Concertos
6:10 am
Gerald Finzi: "Dies Natalis," Op. 8
"Intrada"
Aurora Orch/Nicholas Collon
Introit - The Music of Gerald Finzi
6:16 am
Gerald Finzi: "Dies Natalis," Op. 8
"The Salutation"
Amy Dickson, ssx; Aurora Orch/Nicholas Collon
Introit - The Music of Gerald Finzi
6:22 am
Alexander Glazunov: "Finnish Sketches," Op. 89
USSR Sym Orch/Yevgeny Svetlanov
Anthology of Russian Symphony Music, Vol. 26: Alexander Glazunov
6:34 am
Georges Bizet: "L'Arlésienne"
Carillon and Farandole
Berlin Phil/Claudio Abbado
Berlin Gala
6:42 am
Traditional French: Marche des rois (March of the Kings)
Robert Shaw Chamber Singers/Robert Shaw
Songs of Angels - Christmas Hymns & Carols
6:44 am
Traditional French: Carol, "March of the Three Kings"
Arturo Delmoni & N Bodnar, v's; N Lipkina, vi; N Rosen, vc
Nathaniel Rosen, cello,
Rejoice! A String Quartet Christmas Vol. 3
6:45 am
Théodore Dubois: "La Farandole"
"Valse des âmes infidèles"
Les Siècles/François-Xavier Roth
Les Nuits de Paris - Dance Music from Folies Bergère to Opéra
6:50 am
Dmitri Shostakovich: Jazz Suite No. 1
Vadim Gluzman, v; Angela Yoffe, p
Ballet for a Lonely Violinist
6:58 am
Traditional English: "We Wish You a Merry Christmas"
Northside Brass
Christmas Carols for Brass, Vol. 2
7:03 am
Leopold Mozart: "Sinfonia pastorale" in G
New Zealand Chamber Orch/Donald Armstrong
Leopold Mozart: Symphonies
7:17 am
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony in D, K. 32
Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood
Mozart: The Complete Symphonies
7:24 am
Peter Tchaikovsky: Suite No. 4 in G, Op. 61, "Mozartiana"
III. "Preghiera"
Philharmonia Orch/Neeme Järvi
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1, Suite No. 4
7:32 am
Claude Debussy: "La Mer"
I. "From Dawn to Midday on the Sea"
Cleveland Orch/Pierre Boulez
Debussy: La Mer, Nocturnes, Jeux, Rhapsody for Clarinet and Orchestra
7:42 am
Bryan Kelly: Improvisations on Christmas Carols
City of Prague Phil Orch/Gavin Sutherland
Hely-Hutchinson / Standford / Kelly - Carol Symphony
7:56 am
Vladimir Dmitriev: Russian Intermezzo
Odessa Balalaikas
The Art of Balalaika
8:03 am
Craig Courtney: "The 12 Days of Christmas: A Musicological Journey"
Pittsburgh Bach Cho; Pittsburgh Sym Brass/Brady Allred
Cantate Hodie: Sing Forth This Day!
8:16 am
Albertus Groneman: Flute Concerto in G
Jed Wentz, f; Musica Ad Rhenum
Baroque Concerti of the Netherlands
8:25 am
Hans Christian Lumbye: "Queen Louise" Waltz
Danish National Radio Sym Orch/Gennady Rozhdestvensky
Lumbye: Champagne Galop
8:34 am
Massimo Paris: "X'Mas Suite"
I. " Pastorale and Bells"
Los Romeros; Concerto Málaga/Massimo Paris
Christmas with Los Romeros
8:37 am
Massimo Paris: "X'Mas Suite"
II. "Little Comet Minuet"
Los Romeros; Concerto Málaga/Massimo Paris
Christmas with Los Romeros
8:42 am
Massimo Paris: "X'Mas Suite"
III. "Three King's Gavotte"
Los Romeros; Concerto Málaga/Massimo Paris
Christmas with Los Romeros
8:47 am
Sergei Prokofiev: Symphony No. 1 in D, Op. 25, "Classical"
III. Gavotte: "Non troppo allegro"
Brodsky Quartet
Brodsky Unlimited: A Compilation of the Quartet's Favourite Encores
8:49 am
Vasili Kalinnikov: String Serenade in G minor
USSR Sym Orch Strings/Yevgeny Svetlanov
Russian Moods
9:03 am
Michael Praetorius: Christmas motet, "Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern"
Choir of Trinity College Cambridge/Richard Marlow
Michael Praetorius: In Dulci Jubilo
9:16 am
Anthony Holborne: Elizabethan Dance Suite
Empire Brass
Royal Brass
9:23 am
Jean-Philippe Rameau: "Nouvelles suite de pièces de clavecin" (1728)
"Gavotte avec six doubles"
Brasil Guitar Duo
Ghosting
9:31 am
Anonymous 18th-century Bolivian: "Pastoreta Ychepe Flauta"
Ashley Solomon, r; Florilegium
Bolivian Baroque Vol. 1
9:42 am
Giovanni Bottesini: "Passione amorosa"
Rick Stotijn & Olivier Thiery, db's; Camerata RCO
Doppio Espressivo
9:55 am
Leon Jessel: "Parade of the Wooden Soldiers"
Boston Pops Orch/Arthur Fiedler
Pops Christmas Party
10:00 am - 2:00 pm
10:00 am
Midday with Lisa Flynn
Including the "Daily Excursion" at 11:00 am and "Music in Chicago" at 12:00 pm.
10:00 am
Ludwig van Beethoven: "Coriolan" Overture, Op. 62
Bavarian Radio Sym Orch/Colin Davis
Beethoven Overtures
10:11 am
Margaret Bonds: "The Bells"
Rochelle Sennet, p
Bach to Black: Suites for Piano, Vol. 6
10:15 am
Mykola Leontovych: "Carol of the Bells"
King's Singers
Christmas Songbook
10:19 am
Jacques Offenbach: "Die Rheinnixen"
Overture, Ballet and Grande Valse
Les Musiciens du Louvre/Marc Minkowski
Offenbach Romantique
10:35 am
Fanny Mendelssohn: "Allegro grazioso" in B-Flat
Sontraud Speidel, p
Hensel Klaviermusik
10:43 am
Frederick Delius: "Summer Evening"
Northern Sinfonia/Richard Hickox
Frederick Delius: Miniatures
10:50 am
Traditional: "Veni, veni, Emmanuel (O Come, O Come, Emmanuel)"
Voces8 Foundation Cho & Orch/Barnaby Smith
A Choral Christmas
10:55 am
Thomas Hewitt Jones: "A Christmas Cracker"
Voces8 Foundation Orch/Barnaby Smith
A Choral Christmas
11:00 am
Mario Gangi: "Suite Italiana"
Andrea Pace & Cristiano Poli Cappelli, g's
Mario Gangi: Complete Music for 2 Guitars
11:12 am
Francesco Geminiani: "La Follia" (after Corelli's Op. 5, No. 12)
Academy of Ancient Music/Andrew Manze
Geminiani - Concerti Grossi
11:25 am
Giuseppe Verdi: "Don Carlos"
Chorus, "Spuntato ecco il dì d'esultanza"
Chicago Sym Cho & Orch/Sir Georg Solti
Verdi: Choruses
11:33 am
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Trio in G, K. 564
Gryphon Trio
Mozart * Complete Piano Trios * The Gryphon Trio
11:52 am
Emilie Mayer: Symphony No. 6 in E
III. Scherzo
Bremerhaven Phil Orch/Marc Niemann
Emilie Mayer: Symphonies Nos. 6 & 3
12:00 pm
William James: Three Australian Carols
Chicago a cappella
12:07 pm
Ferdinand Hérold: "Zampa"
Overture
Royal Scottish National Orch/Lance Friedel
Great Comedy Overtures
12:17 pm
Luigi Boccherini: Guitar Quintet No. 4 in D, "Fandango," Op. 50, G 448
Jason Vieaux, g; Escher Quartet
Dance
12:37 pm
Various: Medley, "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing; Angels We Have Heard on High"
Empire Brass; Nancy Allen, h; Mark Kroll, hc; Arthur Press, per
Joy to the World - Music of Christmas
12:45 pm
Antonín Dvořák: "In Nature's Realm" Overture, Op. 91
Czech Phil/Libor Pešek
Dvořák: Symphony No. 6, Overture 'In Nature's Realm'
1:00 pm
Carl Nielsen: "Little Suite," Op. 1
St Martin's Academy/Neville Marriner
Grieg, Sibelius, Nielsen, Wirén
1:15 pm
John Dowland: "The King of Denmark's Galliard"
Brian Kay, l
Play, Music! Songs from Shakespeare's Plays
1:18 pm
Traditional English: "The Cherry Tree Carol"
Anonymous 4, Andrew Lawrence-King, h
Wolcum Yule: Celtic and British Songs and Carols
1:21 pm
Benjamin Britten: "A New Year Carol," Op. 7, No. 5
Anonymous 4; Andrew Lawrence-King, h
Wolcum Yule: Celtic and British Songs and Carols
1:25 pm
Richard Strauss: "Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks," Op. 28
Berlin Phil/Gustavo Dudamel
Richard Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra
1:42 pm
Franz Joseph Haydn: Piano Sonata No. 54 in G, H XVI:40
Marc-André Hamelin, p
Haydn: Piano Sonatas
1:53 pm
Jean Mouton: "Nesciens Mater"
London Oratory Schola Cantorum/Charles Cole
Sacred Treasues of Christmas * London Oratory Schola Cantorum
2:00 - 7:00 pm
2:00 pm
Gustav Holst: Suite No. 2 in F, Op. 28, No. 2
Cleveland Symphonic Winds/Frederick Fennell
Music for Wind Band
2:13 pm
Alfred Schnittke: "Suite in the Old Style"
Dmitri Berlinsky, v; Svetlana Gorakhovich, p
Souvenir d'un lieu cher
2:28 pm
Traditional Sephardic: "Ir me kero, Madre, a Yerushalayim"
Apollo's Fire/Jeannette Sorrell
Sephardic Journey
2:36 pm
Karol Szymanowski: "Nocturne and Tarantella," Op. 28
Polish State Phil/Karol Stryja
Violin Concertos Nos. 1 And 2 / Nocturne • Tarantelle
2:47 pm
Maurice Ravel: "Introduction and Allegro"
Yolanda Kondonassis, h; Jupiter Quartet
Ravel Intimate Masterpieces
3:00 pm
Giuseppe Verdi: String Quartet in E minor
Vienna Phil Strings/André Previn
Beethoven/Verdi: String Quartets
3:25 pm
Johann Strauss II: Waltz, "Wiener Blut," Op. 354
Vienna Phil/Zubin Mehta
New Year's Concert 1990 Vienna Philharmonic Zubin Mehta
3:36 pm
Mauro Giuliani: Guitar Concerto No. 1 in A, Op 30
Julian Bream, g; Melos Ensemble
Julian Bream Edition, Vol. 16: Julian Bream & Friends
4:00 pm
Josif Marinković: "The Pre-Eternal God is Born"
St. Stephen of Dečani Choir/Tamara Adamov Petijević
Serbian Christmas
4:20 pm
music continues...
7:00 pm
7:00 pm
Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin
Peter Tchaikovsky, part I (1840-1893)
Bill launches into the first part of a two-part series on the Russian Romantic composer Peter Tchaikovsky. Though shunned by some other Russian composers as sounding too Western, Tchaikovsky was loved throughout the world as a great Russian composer. Caught between East and West, he created his own sound that to this day is still treasured and that Russians are proud to call their own. Bill starts with Mikhail Glinka, who broke from the Italian school to create the Russian school of music, and ends with excerpts of Tchaikovsky’s "Swan Lake."
11:00 pm
11:00 pm
Best of Studs Terkel
Celebrating Beethoven (12/16/1968)
Beethoven's birthday has always been something of a holiday at WFMT. Tonight, the Best of Studs Terkel marks the composer’s birth anniversary with this radiophonic tribute from December 16, 1968.
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