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      Playlist for Friday, March 27, 2026

      Playing this hour

      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      Domenico Cimarosa: "I nemici generosi"

      Overture

      Sinfonia Finlandia Jyväskylä/Patrick Gallois
      CIMAROSA: Overtures, Vol. 3

      Naxos 8.572734

      12:05 am

      Serge Prokofiev: Symphony No. 1 in D, Op. 25, "Classical"

      Moscow Ch Orch/Constantine Orbelian
      Prokofiev: Violin Concerto / Visions Fugitives / Symphony No. 1

      Chandos CHAN-9615

      12:20 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Six German Dances, K. 571

      No. 5 in B

      Vienna Concentus Musicus/Nikolaus Harnoncourt

      Sony 88697914112

      12:21 am

      Labor: Quintet in D, Op 11

      Orion Ensemble
      Twilight of the Romantics: Chamber Music by Walter Rabi and Josef Labor

      Cedille CDR-90000088

      12:55 am

      Alma Deutscher: "Siren Sounds Waltz" (2019)

      Waltz No. 2

      Alma Deutscher, p
      From My Book of Melodies

      Sony 1907590192

      1:00 am

      Joseph Rheinberger: "Drei geistliche Chöre," Op. 69

      No. 1, "Morgenlied"

      Vancouver Cantata Singers/James Fankhauser
      Rheinberger Geistliche Vokalmusik

      Carus CAR-83336 (10)

      1:05 am

      Joseph Rheinberger: Horn Sonata in E-Flat, Op. 178

      Felix Klieser, hn; Christof Keymer, p
      Reveries: Romantic music for horn and piano

      Berlin Classics 0300530-BC

      1:27 am

      Leonard Bernstein: "Candide"

      Overture

      American Horn Quartet; New York Phil Horns
      Take 9

      MSR Classics MS-1089

      1:31 am

      Leonard Bernstein: "Music for the Dance"

      No. 1

      Leann Osterkamp, p
      Bernstein: Complete Solo Works for Piano

      Steinway & Sons 30076 (2)

      1:32 am

      Edward Elgar: "In the South (Alassio)" Overture, Op. 50

      La Scala Phil/Riccardo Muti
      Elgar: In The South/ Brahms: Serenade No 1

      Sony SK-57973

      1:54 am

      Leonard Bernstein: "35"

      Leann Osterkamp, p
      Bernstein: Complete Solo Works for Piano

      Steinway & Sons 30076 (2)

      2:00 am

      Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: "Twenty-Four Negro Melodies," Op. 59

      IX. "The Angels Changed My Name"

      Ashley Jackson, h
      24 Negro Melodies

      Bright Shiny Things BSTD-0188

      2:05 am

      Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: "Fantasiestücke," Op. 5

      Takács Quartet
      Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

      Hyperion CDA-68413

      2:24 am

      Peter Warlock: "Capriol" Suite

      #1, "Basse-Danse"

      Christopher Parkening, g; St Martin's Academy/Iona Brown

      EMI/Ang CDC5-55052-2

      2:26 am

      Fernando Sor: Variations on a theme from Mozart's "Magic Flute," Op 9

      Christopher Parkening, g
      A Tribute to Segovia

      EMI/Ang CDC5-56730-2

      2:32 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: "The Magic Flutes"

      Jeanne Galway, f; Sinfonia Varsovia/James Galway, f
      My Magic Flute

      DG B0007148-02

      2:54 am

      François Joseph Gossec: "Tambourin"

      James Galway, f; National Phil/Charles Gerhardt
      James Galway: Dances for Flute

      RCA 60917-2

      3:00 am

      Camille Saint-Saëns: "Trois Rhapsodies sur des cantiques Bretons," Op. 7

      Rhapsodie No. 2

      Marie-Claire Alain, o
      Christmas Organ Music

      Erato 10703-2

      3:05 am

      Claude Debussy: Saxophone "Rapsodie" (1911)

      John Harle, sx; St Martin's Academy/Neville Marriner

      EMI/Ang CDC7-54301-2

      3:15 am

      Charles Loeffler: Two Rhapsodies

      Alex Klein, ob; Richard Young, vi; Ricardo Castro, p
      Poetic Inspirations: Works for Oboe, Viola & Piano

      Cedille CDR-90000102

      3:36 am

      Charles Loeffler: Song, "Prière"

      Deidra Palmour, ms; Noel Lester, p

      Koch 3-7460-2

      3:38 am

      Mikhail Glinka: "Prince Kholmsky"

      Suite

      Bamberg Sym Orch/Aldo Ceccato
      Glinka: Prince Kholmsky Suite; 3 Dances from A Life for the Tzar; Souvenir of a Summer Night in Madrid

      Arabesque 8072

      3:54 am

      Dmitri Shostakovich: "Hamlet" (Incidental Music, 1932), Op. 32

      "Cradle Song"

      Boston Sym Orch/Andris Nelsons
      Shostakovich: Under Stalin's Shadow

      DG 479 5201 (2)

      4:00 am

      Franz Liszt: Six Grand Etudes after Paganini (1838)

      No. 2, "Octave"

      Daniil Trifonov, p
      Transcendental: Daniil Trifonov Plays Liszt

      DG 479 5529 (2)

      4:05 am

      Nicolo Paganini: "Cantabile" in D

      Maxim Vengerov, v; Ian Brown, p
      Kreisler, Paganini, Sarasate, Wieniawski

      EMI/Ang CDC5-57916-2

      4:09 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: Andante Cantabile, Op. 11

      BBC Phil/Mathias Bamert
      Stokowski Encores

      Chandos CHAN-9349

      4:16 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: "Andante Cantabile"

      Bournemouth Sym/José Serebrier
      BACH, J.S. / PALESTRINA, G. / BYRD, W. / CLARKE, J. / BOCCERINI, L. / HAYDN, J. / MATTHESON, J.: Stokowski Transcriptions, Vol. 2

      Naxos 8.572050

      4:19 am

      Josef Suk: "Andante"

      Tomas Visek, p
      Josef Suk's Piano

      Arcodiva UP-0025-2131

      4:21 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 39 in E-Flat, K. 543

      English Chamber Orch/Jeffrey Tate
      Symphonies No. 32, No. 35 'Haffner', No. 39

      EMI CDC7-47327-2

      4:54 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Canon, "Alleluia"

      Bavarian Radio Women's Cho
      Mozart: Arias, Vocal Ensembles, Canons

      Philips 422523-2 (8)

      5:00 am

      Camille Saint-Saëns: "Allegro appassionato," Op. 70

      Ian Hobson, p
      Saint-Saens: Le Carnaval Des Animaux, Septour, Allegro Appasionato and 6 Bagatelles

      Arabesque Z-6570

      5:05 am

      Camille Saint-Saëns: "Danse macabre," Op. 40

      La Pieta`/Ange´le Dubeau, v
      Infernal Violins

      Analekta AN2-8723

      5:12 am

      Camille Saint-Saëns: Song, "La cigale et la fourmi"

      François Le Roux, br; Graham Johnson, p
      Songs By Camille Saint-Saëns

      Hyperion CDA-66856

      5:14 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: Piano Trio in a, Op. 50

      Artur Rubinstein, p; Jascha Heifetz, v; Gregor Piatigorsky, vc
      Trios

      RCA 7768-2-RG

      5:55 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

      Pacific Overtures II

      In the second week cruising the Pacific Rim, you’ll hear selections from Chile and Colombia. Then the tour heads up into Mexico, where we’ll hear Silvestre Revueltas and Carlos Chávez, before motoring to the Pacific Northwest and Canada. Then, we'll sail all the way down to the Philippines, to Java, to China, Korea, and Japan, and finally, the Hawaiian Islands.

      8:00 - 11:00 pm

      11:00 pm

      11:00 pm

      Best of Studs Terkel

      This is Our Story – River Songs (c. 1959)

      Throughout 1959, Studs Terkel presented a series on WFMT he called "This is Our Story." In this archival program, Studs weaves together a wide range of songs about rivers, where they go, how they roll along, and the lives lived upon their waters and shores.