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Playlist for Saturday, November 15, 2025
12:00 - 7:00 am
12:00 am
Domenico Scarlatti: Clavier Sonata in d, Kk 434 (L 343)
David Schrader, forte-p
Scarlatti on Fortepiano
12:04 am
Antonio Soler: Harpsichord Quintet #2 in F
David Schrader, hc; Verrette, Shelton, v's; Slowik, vi; Rozendaal, vc
Slowik,
Soler: Harpsichord Quintets Nos. 1-3
12:27 am
Susann McDonald: Toccata (Sabre Dance)
Sarah Bullen, h
The Essential Harp
12:28 am
Walter Piston: Symphony #6 (1955)
Seattle Sym Orch/Gerard Schwarz
PISTON: Symphonies Nos. 2 and 6
12:54 am
Samuel Scheidt: Suite for Brass
Allemande
German Brass,Enrique Crespo
1:00 am
Gustav Mahler: "Des Knaben Wunderhorn"
"Der Tamboursg'sell"
Andreas Schmidt, br; Amsterdam Concertgebouw Orch/Leonard Bernstein
Mahler: Des Knaben Wunderhorn * Popp/Schmidt
1:05 am
Richard Wagner: "Rienzi"
Overture
New York Phil/Leonard Bernstein
Leonard Bernstein: Wagner, The Royal Edition
1:17 am
Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto in C "con molti stromenti," R 558
New York Phil members/Leonard Bernstein
Vivaldi * The Four Seasons * Bernstein
1:27 am
Alan Shulman: "Hatikvah" (arr. 1949)
NBC Sym Orch/Leonard Bernstein
The Music of Alan Shulman
1:29 am
Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 87 in A
New York Phil/Leonard Bernstein
Haydn: The 6 "Paris" Symphonies
1:54 am
Leonard Bernstein: "On the Town"
"The Great Lover"
Israel Phil/Leonard Bernstein
Divertimento, A Musical Toast, Slava!, Facsimile, On The Town
2:00 am
Louis Ganne: "Les Saltimbanques"
Overture
Luxembourg Radio TV Sym Orch/Paul Bonneau
Johann Strauss: Concert De Gala
2:05 am
Maurice Ravel: "Ma mère l'Oye (Mother Goose)"
Suite
Katia, Marielle Labèque, p
Jeux D'enfants / Ma Mère L'Oye / Dolly Suite
2:22 am
Leo Délibes: "Lakmé"
Ballet: "Terana"
Toulouse Capitole Orch/Michel Plasson
2:24 am
Henry Charles Litolff: "Concerto Symphonique" #3 in E-Flat, Op 45
Peter Donohoe, p; BBC Scottish Sym/Andrew Litton
Litolff: Concerto Symphonique No 3 In E Flat Major, Concerto Symphonique No 5 In C Minor (First Recording)
2:55 am
Henry Purcell: "King Arthur"
Symphony
Mark Bennett, tr; Parley of Instruments/Peter Holman
Sound The Trumpet: Music By Henry Purcell And His Followers
3:00 am
Dominick Argento: "Letters from Composers"
"Schubert"
Vern Sutton, t; Jeffrey Van, g
Music Of Mayer & Argento
3:05 am
Thomas Christian David: Schubertiade (1987)
Verdehr Trio
The Making Of A Medium Vol 2
3:19 am
Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov: "An Episode from the Life of Schubert", Op 61
Miroslav Dvorsky, t; Slovak Radio Sym/Donald Johanos
IPPOLITOV - IVANOV : Orchestral Works
3:29 am
Franz Schubert: Song, "Heidenröslein," D 257
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, br; Gerald Moore, p
3:31 am
Franz Schubert: "Rosamunde" Incidental Music, D 797
Suite
Vienna Phil/Rudolf Kempe
Vienna Philarmonic 'On Holiday'
3:53 am
Edward MacDowell: Twelve Virtuoso Studies, Op 46
#8, "Bluette"
Malcolm Frager, p
Edward MacDowell and Company
4:00 am
Hector Berlioz: "The Damnation of Faust," Op. 24
"Rákoczy March"
Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel
Pomp And Pizazz: March Favorites
4:05 am
Franz Liszt: "Hungarian Rhapsody" No. 1 in f minor
Vienna State Opera Orch/Anatole Fistoulari
Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsodies No 1-6
4:15 am
Franz Liszt: "Hungarian Rhapsody" No. 19 in d minor, (after Abrány's "Czárdás noble")
Leslie Howard, p
The complete music for solo piano, Vol. 57 - Hungarian Rhapsodies
4:24 am
Daniell BATCHELAR: Almaine
Paul O'Dette, l
Dowland: Complete Lute Works, Vol. 2
4:26 am
Maurice Ravel: "Ma mère l'Oye (Mother Goose)"
London Sym Orch/Pierre Monteux
Ravel: Orchestral Favorites
4:54 am
Erik Satie: "Le Piccadilly" (Piano Rag, c 1904)
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, p
The Magic of Satie
5:00 am
Franz Joseph Haydn: String Quartet in F, Op. 3, No. 5
"Serenade" (Andante cantabile)
Indianapolis Sym Orch Strings/Raymond Leppard
Encores
5:04 am
Isaac Albéniz: "Rapsodia española," Op. 70
Madeleine Forte, p, Del Parkinson, p
A Celebration Of Duo-Piano Music
5:15 am
Ludwig van Beethoven: March in B-Flat, WoO 29
London Wind Soloists/Brymer
Complete Music For Wind Band
5:16 am
Ludwig van Beethoven: Septet in E-flat, Op. 20
Sabine Meyer Wind Ensemble
5:54 am
Fanny Mendelssohn: Six Songs, Op 7
#3, "Frühling (Spring)"
Susan Gritton, s, Eugene Asti, p
Fanny Mendelssohn: Lieder
6:00 am
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: "The Marriage of Figaro," K. 492
Overture
Amadeus Ensemble/Julius Rudel
6:03 am
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: "The Marriage of Figaro," K. 492
Aria, "Se vuol ballare"
Amadeus Ensemble/Julius Rudel
6:05 am
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Sonata No. 16 in B-Flat, K. 570
Elyso Bolkvadze, p
From Bach to Prokofiev
6:17 am
Benedikt Schack: Der Stein der Weisen
Finale, "Herr Astromonte, wir danken euch"
Boston Baroque Cho and Orch/Martin Pearlman
Der Stein Der Weisen by Mozart, Hennebert, Schack, Gerl, Schikaneder
6:18 am
Jean Sibelius: Symphony No. 4 in a, Op. 63
Hallé Orch/Sir John Barbirolli
6:55 am
Dinicu: "Hora Staccato"
Hohner Accordion Sym/Rudolf Würthner
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.
7:00 am
Hosted by Jan Weller.
7:04 am
Heitor Villa-Lobos: Five Preludes for Guitar
No. 5 in D
Göran Söllscher, g
The History of Classical Music in 24 Hours
7:08 am
Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 6 in D, "Le matin"
Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orch/Ádám Fischer
Symphonies Nos. 6, 7 and 8 - Le Matin, Le Midi, Le Soir
7:33 am
Robert Schumann: Adagio and Allegro, Op. 70
Louis-Philippe Marsolais, hn; David Jalbert, p
Robert & Clara Schumann: Chamber Music for Horn
7:44 am
Fanny Mendelssohn: String Quartet in E-Flat
IV. "Allegro molto vivace"
Merel Quartet
String Quartets by Felix & Fanny Mendelssohn
7:52 am
Richard Wagner: "Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg"
Act 3 Prelude
Canadian Brass, Berlin Phil, Bayreuth Festival Brass/Edo de Waart
Wagner for Brass
8:00 am
Saturday Morning Listener's Choice
8:01 am
Gustav Holst: "St Paul's Suite," Op. 29, No. 2
Guildhall String Ensemble/Robert Salter
English Music for Strings
8:15 am
Agustín Lara: "Granada"
Fritz Wunderlich, t, Graunke Sym Orch/Hans Carste
Fritz Wunderlich singt Arien und Lieder
8:21 am
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Trio in D, Op. 70, No. 1, "Ghost"
III. Finale, "Presto"
Leonidas Kavakos, v; Yo-Yo Ma, vc; Emanuel Ax, p
Beethoven for Three: Symphony No. 1; Op. 70, No. 1 "Ghost;" Op. 11 "Gassenhauer"
8:30 am
Hans Gál: Trio for violin, clarinet and piano, Op. 97
III. Finale, Theme and Variations
Ensemble Burletta
Hans Gál: Chamber Music for Clarinet
8:38 am
Christoph Willibald Gluck: "Orpheus and Eurydice"
"Dance of the Furies"
Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood
Pachelbel: Canon - Handel, Vivaldi, Gluck
8:42 am
George Gershwin: "Lullaby"
St. Louis Sym Orch/Leonard Slatkin
Gershwin: Catfish Row, An American in Paris, Cuban Overture, Lullaby
8:51 am
John Alden Carpenter: "Adventures in a Perambulator"
No. 4, "The Lake"
Ukraine National Sym Orch/John McLaughlin Williams
Carpenter: Adventures in a Perambulator; Symphonies Nos. 1 and 2
8:56 am
John Alden Carpenter: "Adventures in a Perambulator"
No. 3, "The Hurdy Gurdy"
Ukraine National Sym Orch/John McLaughlin Williams
Explore America
9:01 am
Soundtrack
9:01 am
Alfred Newman: 20th Century Fox Fanfare
London Phil Orch/John Mauceri
The Genius of Film Music
9:03 am
Leonard Bernstein: "On the Town"
"Lonely Town"
Curtain Going Up Orch/Leonard Bernstein
The First Full-Length Recording: "On The Town"
9:06 am
Cy Coleman: "On the Twentieth Century"
Overture
On the Twentieth Century Orch/Paul Gemignani
On the Twentieth Century: Original Broadway Cast Recording
9:12 am
Meredith Willson: "The Music Man"
"Till There Was You"
Renée Fleming, s; BBC Concert Orch/Rob Fisher
Broadway
9:15 am
Meredith Willson: "The Music Man"
"Seventy-Six Trombones"
Boston Pops Orch/John Williams
John Williams Conductor
9:19 am
Lerner & Loewe: "My Fair Lady"
"The Rain in Spain/I Could have Danced All Night"
Julie Andrews; original London cast
My Fair Lady
9:27 am
Richard Rodgers: "The Sound of Music"
Main Title and Preludium
Maida Vale Singers, John Wilson Orch/John Wilson
Rodgers & Hammerstein At The Movies
9:31 am
Richard Rodgers: "The Sound of Music"
Processional
Original Broadway cast
The Sound of Music
9:41 am
music continues...
11:00 am
11:00 am
Introductions
Eddie Zhou, 17, piano. Bach Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue in D minor, BWV 903; Beethoven "Hammerklavier" Sonata, 1st mvt; Scriabin Fantaisie in B minor, Op. 28; Vine Piano Sonata No. 1, 2nd mvt.
12:00 - 4:00 pm
12:00 pm
From Bayreuth Festival
Wagner's Lohengrin
Piotr Beczala (Lohengrin); Mika Kares (Heinrich der Vogler); Elza van den Heever (Elsa of Brabant); Ólafur Sigurðarson (Friedrich von Telramund); Miina Liisa Värelä (Ortrud); Michael Kupfer-Radecky (King's Herald); Bayreuth Festival Chorus and Orchestra; Christian Thielemann, conductor. Sung in German.
4:00 pm
4:00 pm
Listening to Singers with Oliver Camacho
Conductor and soprano Christine Brandes joins WFMT to preview Chicago Opera Theater's upcoming production of "Falstaff" by Antonio Salieri.
6:00 - 8:00 pm
6:00 pm
The Music of The American Revolution
A Preview of the PBS Documentary Film
Directors Ken Burns and Sarah Botstein join WFMT to discuss the impoortance of music in their new film, and to the give a taste of the broad range of sounds and colors that help bring the film to life. The American Revolution, A Film By Ken Burns, Sarah Botstein, and David Schmidt premieres November 16 on WTTW. Visit wfmt.com for an extended version of this compelling conversation.
6:06 pm
Weekend Evening Music
8:00 pm
8:00 pm
Folkstage hosted by Marilyn Rea Beyer
Live from St. Tim's Coffeehouse in Skokie: The Oh Boys (Chicagoans Kieran McCabe, Zachary Stevenson & Shaun Whitley) are just here to have a good time, and so is the audience.
9:00 pm - 12:00 am
9:00 pm
The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer
Hearth and home in folk music featuring songs about houses plus a little homespun, downright silly humor.
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