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      Playlist for Saturday, December 6, 2025

      Playing this hour

      12:00 - 7:00 am

      12:00 am

      Reinhold Gliere: Two Pieces, Op 32

      #2, "Scherzo"

      Gary Karr, db; Harmon Lewis, p

      VQR 2031

      12:04 am

      Antonio Vivaldi: Bassoon Concerto in B-flat, R 504

      Sergio Azzolini, bs; L'Aura Soave Cremona
      Vivaldi: Bassoon Concertos Volume 2

      Naive OP-30518

      12:17 am

      Albert Roussel: Duo for Bassoon and Double-Bass (1925)

      Czech Nonet Members
      Roussel: Musique de Chambre

      Praga PR-250089

      12:20 am

      Arthur Honegger: "Hommage à Albert Roussel" (1928)

      Annette Middelbeek, p
      Honegger: Klavierstücke

      Koch 3-1220-2

      12:22 am

      Arthur Honegger: "Trois pièces" (1919)

      #2, "Hommage à Ravel"

      Annette Middelbeek, p
      Honegger: Klavierstücke

      Koch 3-1220-2

      12:24 am

      Maurice Ravel: "Ma mère l'Oye (Mother Goose)"

      City of Birmingham Sym Orch/Simon Rattle

      EMI/Ang CDM5-66228-2

      12:53 am

      David Guion: "Mother Goose Suite" (1937)

      "Hey, Diddle, Diddle"

      Eugene Rowley, p
      Prairie Echoes: Piano Music of David Guion

      Premier PRCD-1024

      1:00 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: "The Marriage of Figaro," K. 492

      "Cinque-Dieci" (Opening Scene)

      Mozzafiato/Charles Neidich
      Harmoniemusik

      Sony SK-53965

      1:02 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: "The Marriage of Figaro," K. 492

      Duet, "Canzonetta sull'aria"

      Mozzafiato/Charles Neidich
      Harmoniemusik

      Sony SK-53965

      1:05 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Trio #1 in E-Flat, Op 1/1

      Jacob Lateiner, p; Jascha Heifetz, v; Gregor Piatigorsky, vc
      The Heifetz Collection, Vol. 30: Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 4 / Beethoven Trio Op. 1, No. 1 / Vivaldi Concerto

      RCA 61761-2

      1:31 am

      Gordon Jacob: Divertimento (1956)

      #8 (Finale), Jig

      Tommy Reilly, harmonica; Hindar String Quartet
      Tommy Reilly - Jacob/ Moody: Harmonica Music

      Chandos CHAN-8802

      1:33 am

      George Gershwin: Second Rhapsody

      Oscar Levant, p; Orch/Morton Gould
      Oscar Levant Plays Gershwin

      CBS MK-42514

      1:46 am

      Oscar Levant: "Caprice" (1940)

      Concordia Orch/Marin Alsop

      EMI/Ang CDC7-54851-2

      1:54 am

      George Frideric Handel: Trumpet Suite in D

      Overture

      Ludwig Güttler, tr; Friedrich Kircheis, o

      Pro Arte SDS-621

      2:00 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Adagio in E-Flat

      Mary Lou Rylands, vc; Marilynn Mair, m; Mark Davis, g
      Vienna Nocturne

      North Star NS-0034

      2:05 am

      Philippe Gaubert: Flute Sonata #3

      Erich Graf, f; Ricklen Nobis, p
      Flute Masterworks: Poulenc, Debussy, Varese, Borne, Nobis, Prokofiev

      Aeolus 02

      2:19 am

      Francis Poulenc: "Pastourelle" for "L'éventail de Jeanne" (1927)

      French National Orch
      Poulenc: Aubade, Les Biches, Etc.

      London 452937-2

      2:21 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Triple Concerto in C, Op 56

      Badura-Skoda, forte-p; F Maier, v; Anner Bylsma, vc; Collegium Aureum

      RCA-DHM 77063-2-RG

      2:55 am

      Jacob van Eyck: Bockxvoetje

      Stefano Bet, f
      J. Van Eyck: Fluyten Lust-Hof, Books 1 and 2

      Centaur CRC-2596

      3:00 am

      music continues...

      7:00 - 11:00 am

      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

      11:00 am

      Introductions

      The Caspian Quartet, The Minela Trio and Quartetto Speranza. Music by Haydn, Mendelssohn, Bartók, Beethoven, Shostakovich, Piazzolla, Debussy and Garrop.

      12:00 - 4:00 pm

      12:00 pm

      Metropolitan Opera

      Puccini's La bohème

      Juliana Grigoryan (Mimi); Stephen Costello (Rodolfo); Mané Galoyan (Musetta); David Bizic (Marcello); Alexander Köpeczi (Colline); Iurii Samoilov (Schaunard); Donald Maxwell (Benoit/Alcindoro); Metropolitan Opera Cho & Orch/Daniele Rustioni. Sung in Italian.

      3:30 pm

      Afternoon Music

      4:00 pm

      4:00 pm

      Listening to Singers with Oliver Camacho

      Steppenwolf Ensemble member Ian Barford, currently starring as Antonio Salieri in Steppenwolf's production of Amadeus, joins WFMT to discuss the use of Mozart's vocal music in Peter Shaffer's award-winning play.

      5:00 - 8:00 pm

      5:00 pm

      Weekend Evening Music

      8:00 pm

      8:00 pm

      Folkstage hosted by Marilyn Rea Beyer

      Live from Acoustic Renaissance Concerts in Hinsdale: Chicago native now based in Wisconsin, Anne Heaton has developed a truly unique, piano-based brand of folk. Sean Kiely, a rising star from New Jersey, weaves luminous songs from his vivid imagination. Both sing with uncommon beauty and will meet for the first time on Folkstage.

      9:00 pm - 12:00 am

      9:00 pm

      The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer

      No more procrastinating! It’s time to break out your cozy sweaters and warm footwear this week. Bundle up with folk songs to keep warm.