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      Playlist for Saturday, April 4, 2026

      Playing this hour

      12:00 - 7:00 am

      12:00 am

      Jules Massenet: "Devant la Madone"

      Aldo Ciccolini, p
      Massenet: Piano Music

      EMI/Angel CDM7-64277-2

      12:04 am

      Jules Massenet: "Papillons noirs" (1907)

      Aldo Ciccolini, p
      Massenet: Piano Music

      EMI/Angel CDM7-64277-2

      12:05 am

      Camille Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto No. 4 in c, Op. 44

      Aldo Ciccolini, p; Orch de Paris/Serge Baudo

      EMI/Ang CMS7-69443-2 (2)

      12:32 am

      George Frideric Handel: "Messiah"

      Chorus, "Glory to God"

      St Martin's Academy Cho, Orch/Neville Marriner
      Messiah

      Philips 434695-2 (2)

      12:34 am

      Felix Alexandre Guilmant: "March on a Theme by Handel", Op 15/2

      Carlo Curley, o

      Argo 430200-2

      12:40 am

      George Frideric Handel: "Messiah"

      Chorus, "Lift up your heads"

      St Martin's Academy Cho, Orch/Neville Marriner
      Messiah

      Philips 434695-2 (2)

      12:43 am

      George Frideric Handel: Concerto grosso in a, Op. 6, No. 4

      Orpheus Chamber Orch
      Handel: 12 Concerti Grossi, Op. 6

      DG 471758-2 (3)

      12:54 am

      George Frideric Handel: "Messiah"

      Chorus, "Let us break their bonds asunder"

      St Martin's Academy Cho, Orch/Neville Marriner

      Philips 434695-2 (2)

      1:00 am

      Joan Tower: "Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman" #3

      Colorado Sym/Marin Alsop
      Fanfares for the Uncommon Woman

      Koch 3-7469-2

      1:05 am

      Antonin Dvorák: "Fanfare for the Festive Opening of the Regional Exhibition in Prague"

      London Gabrieli Brass Ensemble
      Music for Brass

      Hyperion CDA-66470

      1:07 am

      Bedrich Smetana: "Má Vlast (My Fatherland)"

      "Sarka"

      Vienna Phil/Nikolaus Harnoncourt
      Má vlast

      RCA 82876-2 (2)

      1:18 am

      Mily Balakirev: Symphonic Poem, "Russia" (Second Overture on Russian Themes)

      Ussr State Academy Orch/Yevgeny Svetlanov
      Symphonic Poems from Russia

      Melodiya 34166 (2)

      1:31 am

      Serge Prokofiev: Twelve Russian Folksongs, Op. 104

      "Behind the Forest"

      Lyubov Sokolova, ms; Yuri Serov, p
      PROKOFIEV, S.: Songs and Romances (Complete)

      Delos DE-3275 (3)

      1:33 am

      Nikolaus Von Krufft: Horn Sonata in E

      Lowell Greer, fh; Steven Lubin, forte-p
      Brahms: Horn Trio, Op. 40/ Beethoven: Horn Sonata Op. 17/ Von Kufft: Horn Sonata

      Harmonia Mundi HMU-907037

      1:54 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: 12 German Dances, WoO 8

      #6

      Capella Istropolitana/Oliver Dohnanyi
      BEETHOVEN, L. van: 11 Dances, "Mödlinger Tänze" / 12 German Dances / 12 Minuets (Capella Istropolitana, Dohnányi)

      Naxos 8.550433

      2:00 am

      Claude Debussy: "Deux arabesques"

      No. 1 in E

      Philadelphia Orch/William Smith
      Quiet Night

      CBS M-31633

      2:05 am

      Francisco Tárrega: "Capricho árabe (Serenata)"

      Sharon Isbin, g
      Alma Española

      Bridge 9491

      2:11 am

      Richard Strauss: Arabischer Tanz (1893)

      Amelia Piano Trio
      STRAUSS, R.: Piano Trios Nos. 1 and 2 / Works for Piano Quartet (Amelia Piano Trio, Mandel)

      Naxos 8.570896

      2:13 am

      Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov: "Scheherazade," Op. 35

      Orch/Erich Leinsdorf; Israel Baker, v
      Scheherezade, Etc

      EMI/Ang CDM5-65424-2

      2:55 am

      Tielman Susato: "The Danserye" (1551)

      "Entrée du Fol"

      Musica Aurea Ensemble/ Jean Woltéche

      Boston Skyline BSD-138

      3:00 am

      Giovanni Gabrieli: "Canzon Duodecimi Toni á 10"

      Hespèrion XX

      EMI/Ang CDM7-63141-2

      3:05 am

      Georg Philipp Telemann: Trumpet Concerto in D

      Albert Calvayrac, tr; Toulouse Chamber Orch/Louis Auriacombe

      EMI/Ang CDK5-65340-2

      3:19 am

      Jacques Offenbach: "Cancan"

      Empire Brass
      Class Brass - On The Edge

      Telarc CD-80305

      3:20 am

      Felix Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3 in a minor, Op. 56, "Scottish"

      Cleveland Orch/Christoph von Dohnányi
      Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3 'Scottish'

      Telarc CD-80184

      3:54 am

      Scottish Anon 17th c: Straloch Lute Book

      A Port

      Jakob Lindberg, l
      Lute Music from Scotland and France

      BIS CD-201

      4:00 am

      Amilcare Ponchielli: "La Gioconda"

      Act I, Prelude

      Accademia di Santa Cecilia Orch/Myung-Whun Chung
      Italian Overtures

      DG 471566-2

      4:05 am

      Amilcare Ponchielli: "La Gioconda"

      "Dance of the Hours"

      Dresden Staatskapelle/Silvio Varviso
      Overtures & Intermezzi

      Philips 412236-2

      4:15 am

      music continues...

      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.

      11:00 am

      11:00 am

      Introductions

      WFMT features talented young classical musicians from around the Chicago area. Please visit wfmt.com for details on today’s program.

      12:00 - 4:00 pm

      12:00 pm

      Metropolitan Opera

      Ponchielli's La gioconda

      Renata Tebaldi (La Gioconda); Carlo Bergonzi (Enzo); Fiorenza Cossotto (Laura); Cornell MacNeil (Barnaba); Bonaldo Giaotti (Alvise); Mignon Dunn (La Cieca); Metropolitan Opera Cho & Orch/Fausto Cleva. Sung in Italian. Celebrating the opera's 150th anniversary from March 2, 1968.

      3:30 pm

      Afternoon Music

      4:00 pm

      4:00 pm

      Listening to Singers with Oliver Camacho

      Countertenor Randall Scotting returns to WFMT to share the story of Nicolò Grimaldi, the castrato who conquered the opera world under the stage name Nicolini (1673–1732).

      5:00 - 8:00 pm

      5:00 pm

      Weekend Evening Music

      8:00 pm

      8:00 pm

      Folkstage hosted by Marilyn Rea Beyer

      From the archives: In 2024, the Maxwell Street Klezmer Band played a rare Passover music concert with special guest vocalist, Cantor Pavel Roytman before a live studio audience at WFMT.

      9:00 pm - 12:00 am

      9:00 pm

      The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer

      We mark the anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King’s 1968 assassination. Also, a birthday salute to Clive Davis whose impact on folk and popular music is immeasurable; and we honor the late poet/activist Maya Angelou born on this day in 1928.