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Playlist for Saturday, April 25, 2026
12:00 - 7:00 am
12:00 am
Josef Martin Kraus: "Soliman II"
"La Strombettata"
Swedish Royal Opera Orch/Philip Brunelle
Kraus: Soliman II * A Gustavian Turkish Opera * Royal Opera of Sweden
12:05 am
Ludvig Norman: Concert Overture in E-Flat, Op 21
Helsingborg Sym/Hans-Peter Frank
Ludvig Norman
12:14 am
Richard Strauss: Eight Songs, Op. 10
No. 1, "Zueignung"
Jessye Norman, s; Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Kurt Masur
Strauss: Four Last Songs, 6 Orchestral Songs
12:16 am
Antonin Dvorák: Piano Trio No. 3 in f minor, Op. 65
Beaux Arts Trio
Complete Piano Trios
12:55 am
Antonin Dvorák: "Silhouettes," Op 8
#1
Tomas Visek, p
Piano Music
1:00 am
Giuseppe Verdi: "Nabucco"
Aria, "Tu sul labbro"
Ildar Abdrazakov, b; Montreal Metropolitan Orch/Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Verdi
1:05 am
Nicolo Paganini: Introduction and Variations on "Dal tuo stellato," from "Mosé"
Yo-Yo Ma, vc; Patricia Zander, p
Yo-Yo Ma Plays Paganini, Kreisler, Dvorak
1:11 am
Henryk Wieniawski: Variations on an Original Theme, Op 15
Maxim Vengerov, v; Ian Brown, p
Kreisler, Paganini, Sarasate, Wieniawski
1:24 am
Frédéric Chopin: Mazurkas, Op. 6
No. 3
Russell Sherman, p
Chopin: Mazurkas Nos. 1-51
1:26 am
Josef Haydn: Symphony No. 44 in e, "Trauer"
Music of the Baroque/Thomas Wikman
Music of the Baroque
1:55 am
John Dowland: "If floods of tears"
Golden Age Singers/Margaret Field-Hyde
Julian Bream Plays Dowland and Bach
2:00 am
Frederick Delius: Suite for Violin and Orchestra
"Pastorale"
Ralph Holmes, v; Royal Phil/Vernon Handley
Delius: Violin Concerto, Suite, Legende
2:05 am
Frederick Delius: Caprice and Elegy (1930)
Janos Starker, vc; Philharmonia Orch Members/Leonard Slatkin
Elgar, Walton: Cello Concertos; Delius
2:13 am
Peter Warlock: "Serenade for Frederick Delius"
Bournemouth Sym/Norman Del Mar
2:22 am
Peter Warlock: "Yarmouth Fair"
Owen Brannigan, b; Ernest Lush, p
2:23 am
Felix Mendelssohn: String Octet in E-Flat, Op 20
St Martin's Academy Chamber Ensemble
Mendelssohn: Octet, Op. 20/ Raff: Octet, Op 176
2:54 am
Bohuslav Martinu: "Dance Sketches"
#1
Giorgio Koukl, p
Eight Preludes • Dance Sketches • Window On The Garden
3:00 am
Edward Elgar: Imperial March, Op 32
Royal Liverpool Phil/Charles Groves
3:05 am
Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 53 in D, "L'Impériale"
La Petite Bande/Sigiswald Kuijken
3:27 am
Girolamo FANTINI: Prima Imperiale
John Wallace, tr, Philharmonia Orch/Simon Wright
Trumpet Concertos and Fanfares
3:29 am
Edvard Grieg: Lyric Pieces, Op. 54
No. 3, "March of the Trolls"
Arthur de Greef, p
Grieg - The Piano Music In Historic Interpretations
3:32 am
Arthur De greef: Fabiniana
Artur Pizarro, p, Flemish Radio Orch/Yannick Nezet-Seguin
Flemish Connection V
3:54 am
Edvard Grieg: Lyric Pieces, Op. 43
No. 1, "Butterfly"
Arthur de Greef, p
Grieg - The Piano Music In Historic Interpretations
4:00 am
Franz Schubert: Impromptus, D 899 (Op. 90)
No. 2 in E-Flat
Idil Biret, p
BRAHMS, J.: Theme and Variations / Sarabandes / Gavottes (Biret)
4:05 am
Johannes Brahms: Clarinet Sonata #1 in f, Op 120/1
Fausto Ghiazza, cl; Milan Giuseppe Verdi Sym Orch/Riccardo Chailly
Orchestral Transcriptions (From Bach, Boccherini, Brahms, Mozart, Purcell And Schubert)
4:28 am
Henry Purcell: "The modification and intrumentation of a famous hornpipe"
Fausto Ghiazza, cl; Milan Giuseppe Verdi Sym Orch/Riccardo Chailly
Orchestral Transcriptions (From Bach, Boccherini, Brahms, Mozart, Purcell And Schubert)
4:29 am
Aaron Copland: "Letter from Home"
St Louis Sym Orch/Leonard Slatkin
Aaron Copland: Fanfare For The Common Man/ El Salon Mexico/ Quiet City/ Four Dance Episodes from Rodeo/ Dance Symphony
4:35 am
Johannes Brahms: Viola Sonata #2 in E-Flat, Op 120/2
William Primrose, vi; Rudolf Firkusny, p
4:53 am
Jacques Offenbach: "La Vie parisienne"
Can-Can
Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel
5:00 am
George Frideric Handel: "Rinaldo"
Aria, "Lascia ch'io pianga"
Magdalena Kozen , ms; Venice Baroque Orch/Andrea Marcon
Magdalena Kozena * Ah! Mio Cor * Handel Arias
5:04 am
Johann Sebastian Bach: Orchestra Suite No.4 in D, BWV 1069
La Stravaganza Cologne/Andrew Manze
Four Ouvertures
5:28 am
Felix Mendelssohn: Study in f
Martin Jones, p
5:30 am
Alexander Glazunov: "Ouverture solennelle," Op 73
Russian National Orch/Mikhail Pletnev
Russian Overtures
5:39 am
Miriam HYDE: "Happy Occasion" Overture (1957)
West Australian Sym Orch/Richard Mills
50: Celebrating Fifty Years of the Australian Youth Orchestra
5:44 am
Franz Schreker: "Fantastic Overture," Op 15
BBC Phil/Vasili Sinaisky
Schreker: Orchestral Works, Vol. 1
5:53 am
Fernando Sor: "Menuets," Op 11
#2
Patrick Gaudi, g
Fernando Sor: Pieces Pour Guitare Par Patrick Gaudi
6:00 am
Arthur Bliss: Pastorale
Einar Johannesson, cl; Philip Jenkins, p
British Clarinet & Piano Music
6:05 am
Wilhelm Bernhard Molique: Flute Concerto in d
Mathieu Dufour, f; Czech National Sym/Paul Freeman
Wind Concertos
6:27 am
Thibaut de Champagne: Dance: J'aloie l'autrier
The Dufay Collective
Music Of The Trouveres
6:28 am
Giuseppe Tartini: "Sonata Pastorale" in A
Trio Settecento
An Italian Sojourn
6:38 am
Leopold MOZART: Sinfonia pastorale in G
New Zealand Chamber Orch/Donald Armstrong
MOZART: Sinfonia di Caccia / Sinfonia Pastorale
6:50 am
Amy (Mrs HHA) Beach: "Pastorale," Op 151
Ambache
Beach: Quartet for Strings/ Sonata for Violin and Piano/Pastorale/Dreaming
6:53 am
Germaine Tailleferre: "Pastorale" in D (1919)
Andrew West, p
L'Album des Six: The Complete Works of Les Six for Flute and Piano
7:00 - 11:00 am
7:00 am
Weekend Mornings with Kristina Lynn
With news at 7:00 am; "Saturday Morning Listener's Choice" at 8:00 am; and "Soundtrack" at 9:00 am.
8:00 am
Saturday Morning Listener's Choice
8:01 am
Erik Satie: Three "Gymnopédies"
Pascal Rogé, p
Satie: 3 Gymnopédies & Other Piano Works
8:10 am
Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 5 in C-sharp minor
IV. "Adagietto"
New York Phil/Leonard Bernstein
Classical Fan Favorites
8:22 am
Robert Schumann: "Nachtstücke," Op. 23
No. 4 in F, "Roundelay with Solo Voices"
Jan Lisiecki, p
Night Music
8:27 am
Camille Saint-Saëns: "Carnival of the Animals"
Les Siècles/François-Xavier Roth
Saint-Saëns: Symphonic Poems, Le Carnaval des animaux, L'Assassinat du duc de Guise
8:51 am
Heitor Villa-Lobos: "Chôros" No. 1
Andrea Bissoli, g
WFMT Autumn Mix
9:00 am
Soundtrack
9:00 am
Alfred Newman: 20th Century Fox Fanfare
London Phil Orch/John Mauceri
The Genius of Film Music
9:02 am
Stéphane Grappelli: "Milou en Mai (May Fools)"
"Riviere"
Studio Ens
Bande Originale de Milou en Mai
9:04 am
Stéphane Grappelli: "Milou en Mai (May Fools)"
"Milou"
Studio Ens
Bande Originale de Milou en Mai
9:09 am
Frank Churchill: "Bambi"
"The Meadow;" "Bambi Sees Faline;" "Bambi Gets Annoyed"
Studio Cho & Orch/Frank Churchill
Walt Disney's Bambi (Original Soundtrack)
9:14 am
Frank Churchill: "Bambi"
"Little April Shower"
Studio Cho & Orch/Frank Churchill
Walt Disney's Bambi (Original Soundtrack)
9:19 am
Bobby Krlic: "Midsommar"
"Prophesy"
Orchestrate/Bobby Krlic, prod
Midsommar (Original Score By Bobby Krlic)
9:19 am
Bobby Krlic: "Midsommar"
"Fire Temple"
Orchestrate/Bobby Krlic, prod
Midsommar (Original Score By Bobby Krlic)
9:30 am
Zbigniew Preisner: "The Secret Garden"
"Mary Downstairs"
Sinfonia Varsovia/Wojciech Michniewski
The Secret Garden (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
9:32 am
Zbigniew Preisner: "The Secret Garden"
"First Time Outside"
Sinfonia Varsovia/Wojciech Michniewski
The Secret Garden (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
9:34 am
Zbigniew Preisner: "The Secret Garden"
"Happily Ever After"
Sinfonia Varsovia/Wojciech Michniewski
The Secret Garden (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
9:40 am
music continues...
11:00 am
11:00 am
Introductions
Kashyap Prasad, 18, piano. Beethoven: Sonata No. 7 in D, Op. 10, No. 3, 1st & 2nd mvts; Chopin: Etude in B minor, Op. 25, No. 10; Price: Sonata in E minor, 2nd mvt; Scriabin: Sonata No. 4 in F-Sharp, Op. 30. Originally broadcast March 3, 2025.
12:00 - 3:00 pm
12:00 pm
Metropolitan Opera
Bellini's La sonnambula
Nadine Sierra (Amina); Xabier Anduaga (Elvino); Alexander Vinogradov (Rodolfo); Sydney Mancasola (Lisa); Metropolitan Opera Cho & Orch/Riccardo Frizza. Sung in Italian. Recorded October 18, 2025.
4:00 pm
4:00 pm
Listening to Singers with Oliver Camacho
A tribute to the late bass-baritone José van Dam (August 25, 1940–February 17, 2026), who was revered for his artistry, intelligence, and humility.
8:00 pm
8:00 pm
Folkstage hosted by Marilyn Rea Beyer
From the archives: One night in 2015 at Old Town School of Folk Music, Tom Paxton and Janis Ian performed as a trio with guitarist Robin Bullock. All the hilarity and tenderness was captured for WFMT’s Folkstage.
9:00 pm - 12:00 am
9:00 pm
The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer
Stop and smell the roses and listen to songs about flowers, perfume, and other lovely scents for “National Sense of Smell Day.” Really. It’s a thing!
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