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      Playlist for Monday, January 26, 2026

      Playing this hour

      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      William Grant Still: "Ennanga" (1956)

      3rd mvt

      Ashley Jackson, h; Harlem Chamber Players
      24 Negro Melodies

      Bright Shiny Things BSTD-0188

      12:05 am

      Leonard Bernstein: "West Side Story Concerto" for string quartet and orchestra

      Harlem Quartet; Chicago Sinfonietta/Mei-Ann Chen
      Delights & Dances

      Cedille CDR-90000141

      12:31 am

      François Joseph Gossec: "Tambourin"

      Nora Shulman, f; Judy Loman, h
      Dance of the Blessed Spirits

      Naxos 8.554166

      12:32 am

      François-Joseph Gossec: Symphony in D, Op 5/3, "Pastorella"

      London Mozart Players/Matthias Bamert
      Gossec: Symphonies

      Chandos CHAN-9661

      12:45 am

      Francois Devienne: Bassoon Sonata in F, Op 24/3

      Jesse Read, bn; Glen Wilson, forte-p
      Devienne: 6 Sonatas for Bassoon and Fortepiano Op. 24

      Etcetera KTC-1024

      12:54 am

      Jean-Baptiste Lully: "Ballet Royal de la Naissance de Vénus"

      "Deuxième entrée"

      Les Talens Lyriques/C Rousset
      "Ballet Royal de la Naissance de Vénus"

      Astrée AP-255

      1:00 am

      Franz Liszt: "Trois études de concert" (1848)

      No. 3 in D-Flat, "Un sospiro"

      Earl Wild, p
      Liszt: Sonata in B Minor, Polonaise No. 2, Etudes de Concert, Transcedental Etudes, Hungarian Rhapsodies Nos. 4, 12, and 2

      Etcetera KTC-2010 (2)

      1:05 am

      Edward Elgar: "Sospiri," Op 70

      Tomoko Kato, v; Akira Eguchi, p
      Tomoko Kato Plays Elgar

      Denon CO-18078

      1:08 am

      Edward Elgar: "Civic Fanfare"

      Locke Brass Consort/James Stobart
      Locke Brass Consort - Fanfare: British Music for Symphonic Brass Ensemble

      Chandos CHAN-6573

      1:10 am

      Anton Zemlinsky: Symphonic poem, "Die Seejungfrau (The Mermaid)"

      Cologne Gurzenich Orch/James Conlon

      EMI/Ang CDC5-55515-2

      1:54 am

      Anton Zemlinsky: Six Waltz Songs, Op 6, on folk texts from Tuscany

      #2, "Klagen ist der Mond gekommen"

      Anne Sofie von Otter, ms; Cord Garben, p
      Zemlinsky: Lieder

      DG 427348-2 (2)

      2:00 am

      Henryk Wieniawski: "Etudes-Caprices," Op 18

      #1 in g

      Maria Kliegel, vc; Werner Thomas, vc
      Cellicatessen (Violoncello-Duos)

      Signum SIGX-12-00

      2:05 am

      Jean-Pierre Duport: Etude #8 in D

      Antonio Meneses, vc
      Capriccioso - Works For Solo Cello

      Avie AV-2328

      2:11 am

      music continues...

      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.

      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.

      2:00 - 7:00 pm

      2:00 pm

      Afternoon Music with Candice Agree

      Including "The Unrush Hour" at 5:00 pm.

      7:00 pm

      7:00 pm

      Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin

      American Masters, Part VI

      This week, we explore 20th-century American music under the Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon administrations. Alongside celebrated figures such as Copland, Gershwin, and Schoenberg, we will weave in beautiful and intriguing music from Peter Menin, Augustus Hailstork, Joan Tower, Charlie Parker, and yes, Fats Domino. We conclude with an elegiac symphonic work by George Walker, the first African American Pulitzer Prize-winning composer.

      8:00 - 10:00 pm

      8:00 pm

      Live from WFMT

      Pianist Boris Giltburg makes his debut on Live from WFMT performing works by Rachmanioff, Robert Schumann, and Liszt. Hosted by Kerry Frumking.

      10:00 pm - 12:00 am

      10:00 pm

      The WFMT Orchestra Series

      Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra

      Shostakovich Cello Concerto No. 2; Alisa Weilerstein, cello; Enescu "Oedipe" Prelude; Rachmaninoff Symphony No. 2; Paavo Järvi, conductor.