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Playlist for Monday, May 18, 2026
12:00 - 6:00 am
12:00 am
Vincenzo Bellini: "Norma"
Aria, "Casta Diva"
James Galway, f; London Sym Orch/Klauspeter Seibel
Wings of Song: Popular Classical Melodies for Flute and Orchestra * James Galway
12:05 am
Antonio Pasculli: "Omaggio a Bellini" (Duo on themes from Bellini operas)
Heinz Holliger, eh; Ursula Holliger, h
Heinz Holliger at the Opera
12:13 am
Louise Farrenc: "Rondeau brillant" on Bellini's Pirate Chorus, Op. 9
Maria Stratigou, p
Louise Farrenc: Complete Piano Works, Vol. 3: Rondeaux
12:19 am
Bohuslav Martinu: "Borova" (Seven Czech Dances) (1929-30)
#6
Radoslav Kvapil, p
Anthology of Czech Piano Works, Vol. 3: Bohuslav Martinu
12:21 am
Bohuslav Martinu: Symphony #4 (1945)
Czech Phil/Vaclav Neumann
Martinu: Symphonies Nos. 3 and 4
12:54 am
Johannes Brahms: Waltzes, Op 39
#15 in A-Flat
Claire Aebersold, p; Ralph Neiweem, p
Brahms: Four Hands
1:00 am
Nicolo Paganini: 24 Caprices for Solo Violin, Op 1
#24 in a
Yo-Yo Ma, vc
Yo-Yo Ma Plays Paganini, Kreisler, Dvorak
1:05 am
Johannes Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Paganini, Op.35
Olga Kern, p
Johannes Brahms * Variations * Olga Kern
1:31 am
Johannes Brahms: "Hungarian Dances"
No. 19 in b
Vienna Phil/Claudio Abbado
Classic Abbado
1:33 am
Georg Philipp Telemann: Divertimento in B-Flat
Musica Antiqua Cologne/Reinhard Goebel
String Concertos
1:42 am
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Wind Divertimento No. 16 in B-Flat, K. 289
London Wind Soloists/Jack Brymer
Mozart Complete Wind Music
1:54 am
William Grant Still: Folk Suite #2
"El Zapatero"
Sierra Winds
Get on Board: American Music for Woodwinds by William Grant Still
2:00 am
Ludwig (Louis) Spohr: "Festmarsch" in D
Swiss Italian Orch/Howard Shelley
2:05 am
Ludwig (Louis) Spohr: Flute and Harp Sonata in E-flat, Op 114
Maxence Larrieu, fl; Susanna Mildonian, h
N/A
2:24 am
John Cage: Sonata II for Prepared Piano
Joshua Pierce, p
Between The Keys: Microtonal Masterpieces Of The 20th Century
2:26 am
Charlotte Sohy: Symphony in c-sharp (1917)
French National Orch/Deborah Waldman
Compositrices
2:55 am
Louis Durey: "Le Bestiaire" (1919; text by Apollinaire)
#21, "Les sirènes"
Lionel Peintre, br; Ensemble Erwartung
3:00 am
Gioachino Rossini: "L'inganno felice"
Overture
St Martin's Academy/Neville Marriner
Rossini: Overtures
3:05 am
Franz Schubert: Piano Sonata in f, D 625
András Schiff, p
Schubert: Piano Sonatas
3:23 am
Joseph Boudin de Boismortier: "Fragments melodiques"
"Courante"
Le Concert Spirituel/Hervé Niquet
BOISMORTIER: Serenades Francaises / Fragments Melodiques
3:25 am
Arthur Bliss: "Checkmate" (1937)
Five Dances
West Australian Sym Orch/Hans-Hubert Schönzeler
Rubbra/ Bliss/Tippett: Orchestral Works
3:54 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.
7:00 pm
7:00 pm
Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin
What Else Ya Got?
Have you ever wondered about those composers who succeeded in writing one smashing piece but were otherwise forgotten? This week, we’ll get to know some of these immortals and their other compositions, including Pachelbel’s Suite in G Major and Dukas’ Symphony in C Major. The program also presents Hermann Baumann in a rare performance of Glière's Horn Concerto in B-flat Major, Op. 91.
8:00 - 10:00 pm
8:00 pm
Live from WFMT
The Chicago-based Kontras Quartet (violinists Eleanor Bartsch and Sherri Zhang, violist Ben Weber, and cellist Jean Hatmaker) returns to the Levin Studio. Hosted by Kerry Frumkin.
10:00 pm - 12:00 am
10:00 pm
The WFMT Orchestra Series
San Francisco Symphony
Schubert Symphony No. 5 in B-Flat Major, D. 485; Brahms Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68; Herbert Blomstedt, conductor.
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