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      Playlist for Saturday, September 26, 2026

      Playing this hour

      12:00 - 7:00 am

      12:00 am

      Prokofiev, Serge: "War and Peace"

      "Waltz"

      Barry Douglas, p
      Prokofiev: Piano Sonatas Nos 2 & 7

      RCA 60779-2-RC

      12:05 am

      Prokofiev, Serge: "Overture on Hebrew Themes," Op. 34

      National Sym/Leonard Slatkin
      Prokofiev: 6th Symphony; Suite from "The Love For Three Oranges"

      RCA 68801-2

      12:13 am

      Prokofiev, Serge: "Ballade" in c, Op. 15

      Gary Hoffman, vc; Philippe Bianconi, p
      IMEB Opus 30 Vol. 1 (1970-1983)

      Chant du Monde LDC-2781112

      12:24 am

      Prokofiev, Serge: "The Love for Three Oranges," Op. 33

      March

      Burning River Brass
      Burning River Brass: Russian Carnival

      Dorian CD-90293

      12:25 am

      Prokofiev, Serge: "Romeo and Juliet," Op. 64

      Suite No. 1

      Oslo Phil/Mariss Jansons

      EMI/Ang CDC7-49289-2

      12:54 am

      Morley, Thomas: Madrigal, "Sweet Nymph"

      Bernhard Böhm, r; Jürgen Hübscher, l
      Greensleeves: Tanze, Lieder, and Fantasien der Renaissance

      Christophorus CD-74596

      1:00 am

      Mussorgsky, Modest: "Khovanshchina"

      Act 1 Prelude, "Dawn on the Moskva River"

      London Sym Orch/Georg Solti
      Romantic Russia- Borodin, Glinka, Mussorgsky, Tchaikovsky

      London 417689-2

      1:04 am

      Strauss, Richard: Violin Sonata in E-Flat, Op. 18

      Sergei Stadler, v; Felix Gottlieb, p
      Recital: Schubert / Schumann / Strauss

      MCA Classics AED-10478

      1:35 am

      Goetz, Hermann: "Genrebilder", Op 13

      #5

      Adrian Ruiz, p
      GOETZ: Lose Blätter, op.7; Sonatina in F, op. 8, No. 1; Sonatina in E Flat, op. 8, No. 2; Genrebilder, op.13

      Genesis GCD-107

      1:36 am

      Liszt, Franz: Piano Concerto No. 1 in E-Flat

      Emanuel Ax, p; Philharmonia/Esa-Pekka Salonen
      Schoenberg: Piano Concerto/ Liszt: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 and 2

      Sony SK-53289

      1:54 am

      Schubert, Franz: "Die schöne Müllerin," D 795

      No. 3, "Halt!"

      Håkan Hagegård, br; Emanuel Ax, p
      Schubert: Die schone Mullerin

      RCA 61705-2

      2:00 am

      Reger, Max: Serenade Movement (1904)

      National Chamber Players/Lowell Graham
      Strauss, Brahms, Reger

      Klavier K-11114

      2:05 am

      Reger, Max: Serenade in G, Op 141a

      Anna Noakes, f; Barry Wilde, v; George Robertson, vi
      Max Reger: Serenades Vol. 1

      ASV CDDCA-875

      2:20 am

      Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Serenade No. 13 in G, K. 525, "Eine kleine Nachtmusik" (“A Little Night Music”)

      Marlboro Festival Orch/Pablo Casals
      Marlboro Fest 40th Anniversary- Mozart: Serenades

      Sony SMK-47295

      2:42 am

      Rózsa, Miklós: "Bagatellen," Op 12

      #4, "Ungarisch"

      Sara Davis Buechner, p

      Koch 3-7435-2

      2:43 am

      Liszt, Franz: "Hungarian Rhapsody" No. 5 in e minor, "Héroïde-élégiaque"

      Vienna State Opera Orch/Anatole Fistoulari
      Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsodies No 1-6

      Vanguard SVC-75

      2:54 am

      Berlioz, Hector: Eight Scenes from "Faust," Op. 1

      "Histoire d'un rat"

      Soloists, Montreal Sym Cho and Orch
      Berlioz: Huit Scènes De Faust, Etc

      London 475097-2

      3:00 am

      Rachmaninoff, Sergei: "Aleko" (1893)

      Dance of the Men

      Cincinnati Sym Orch/Paavo Järvi
      Rachmaninoff * Symphony No 2

      Telarc CD-80670

      3:04 am

      Arensky, Anton: Two-Piano Suite #1 in F, Op 15

      Madeleine Forte, p; Del Parkinson, p

      Romeo Records 7252-4 (3)

      3:17 am

      Shostakovich, Dmitri: Ballet Suite No. 1 (1949)

      Galop

      Orch/André Kostelanetz

      CBS MLK-45658

      3:19 am

      Délibes, Léo: "Sylvia"

      Suite

      London Sym/Anatole Fistoulari
      Essential Ballet - 37 Of The Greatest Ballet Masterpieces

      London 473171-2 (2)

      3:35 am

      Gillis, Don: Symphony #8, "A Dance Symphony" (1949)

      Sinfonia Varsovia/Ian Hobson
      Gillis: Star-Spangled Symphony

      Albany TROY-618

      3:54 am

      Smith, Julia: American Dance Suite (1968)

      "Chicken Reel"

      Leanne Rees, p; Stephanie Stoyanoff, p
      Duo-Pianists: Music By American Women Composers

      Bravura BR-1001

      4:00 am

      Bossi, Enrico: "Due Scherzi," Op. 49

      No. 2 in g minor

      Gillian Weir, o (Uihlein Hall, Milwaukee)
      Scherzo- Guilmant, Durufle, Bossi, Et Al

      Koss Classics KC-1013

      4:05 am

      Otto, Luigi Valerius: Trumpet Concerto in E-Flat

      Ludwig Güttler, tr; Leipzig New Bach Collegium Musicum/Max Pommer
      Klassische Trompetenkonzerte

      Capriccio 10051

      4:18 am

      Brahms, Johannes: Chorus, "Nächtens", Op 112/2

      Cologne Chamber Cho/Peter Neumann
      Liebeslieder-Walzer

      Carus 83.118

      4:20 am

      Brahms, Johannes: String Quartet #2 in a, Op 51/2

      Colorado String Quartet

      Parnassus PACD-96007

      4:55 am

      Anderson, Leroy: "The Typewriter"

      Capriccio Salon Ens

      Canal Grande CG-9212

      5:00 am

      Chopin, Frédéric: Nocturnes, Op. 27

      No. 1 in c-sharp

      Evgeny Kissin, p
      Chopin, Vol. 1

      RCA 60445-2

      5:05 am

      Smetana, Bedrich: "Má Vlast (My Fatherland)"

      "T bor"

      Milwaukee Sym Orch/Zdenek Macal
      Smetana: Ma Vlast

      Telarc CD-80265

      5:17 am

      Medtner, Nikolai: "Stimmungsbilder (Eight Mood Pictures)," Op 1

      #2 in g-sharp, "Allegro con impeto"

      Geoffrey Tozer, p
      Medtner: Piano Works, Vol. 3

      Chandos CHAN-9498

      5:19 am

      Hérold, Ferdinand: "Zampa"

      Overture

      BBC Phil/Yan Pascal Tortelier
      BBC Philharmonic / Tortelier: French Bonbons

      Chandos CHAN-9765

      5:27 am

      Schubert, Franz: Variations in C on a Theme from Hérold's opera "Marie," D 908

      Yaara Tal, Andreas Groethuysen, p
      Piano Music for Four Hands

      Sony S2K-58955 (2)

      5:39 am

      Neumann, Heinrich: Theme and Variations on a Theme of Schubert "(Sehnsuchtswalzer)"

      Dieter Klöcker, cl; Sonja Prunnbauer, g

      MD+G Recordings L-3319

      5:45 am

      Schubert, Franz: Six German Dances, D 820

      New York Chamber Sym/Gerard Schwarz
      Schubert: Symphonies 5 & 8, Etc

      Delos DE-3067

      5:54 am

      Schulhoff, Erwin: Suite for Chamber Orchestra (1921)

      "Ragtime"

      Amsterdam Ebony Band/Werner Herbers
      Ensemble Works Vol.1

      Channel Classics CCS-6994

      6:00 am

      Massenet, Jules: Orchestral Suite No. 1, Op. 13

      "Nocturne"

      New Zealand Sym Orch/Jean-Yves Ossonce
      MASSENET: Orchestral Suites Nos. 1- 3 / Herodiade

      Naxos 8.553124

      6:05 am

      Ravel, Maurice: "Introduction and Allegro"

      Isabelle Moretti, h; Quatuor Parisii

      Naive V-4919

      6:16 am

      Moran, Robert: Waltz, "In Memoriam Maurice Ravel"

      Yvar Mikhashoff, p
      The Waltz Project (17 Contemporary Waltzes For Piano)

      Nonesuch D-79011

      6:18 am

      Honegger, Arthur: "Trois pièces" (1919)

      #2, "Hommage à Ravel"

      Annette Middelbeek, p
      Honegger: Klavierstücke

      Koch 3-1220-2

      6:20 am

      Honegger, Arthur: Piano Concertino (1925)

      Bournemouth Sinfonietta/Támas Vásáry, p
      Honegger: Symphony No. 4, Pastorale D'ete, Piano Concertino

      Chandos CHAN-8993

      6:32 am

      Beethoven, Ludwig van: Violin Sonata no.1 in D, Op.12/1

      Pinchas Zukerman, v; Marc Neikrug, p
      Beethoven: Sonatas for Piano and Violin

      RCA 60991-2 (4)

      6:54 am

      Bach, Johann Sebastian: Orchestra Suite No.3 in D, BWV 1068

      V. Gigue

      Canadian Brass
      Canadian Brass - Bach

      Opening Day B0010559-02

      7:00 - 9:00 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.

      7:03 am

      Henry Cowell: "Old American Country Set"

      Manhattan Chamber Orch/Richard Auldon Clark
      Henry Cowell: Persian Set

      Koch 3-7220-2

      7:18 am

      Mark O'Connor: "Appalachia Waltz"

      La Pietà/Angèle Dubeau
      Blanc

      Analekta AN2-8737

      7:25 am

      Ferde Grofé: "Mississippi Suite"

      Boston Pops Orch/Keith Lockhart
      American Visions

      RCA 68786-2

      7:40 am

      Dana Suesse: "Blue Moonlight"

      Sara Davis Buechner, p
      Jazz Nocturne: The Piano Works of Dana Suesse

      eOne 7770

      7:47 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Triple Concerto in C, Op. 56

      III. Finale, "Rondo alla Polacca"

      Benedetti; Kanneh-Mason; Grosvenor; Philharmonia Orch/Rouvali
      Beethoven: Triple Concerto

      Decca 4854624

      8:00 am

      Saturday Morning Listener's Choice

      8:00 am

      George Gershwin: "I Got Rhythm"

      Frederick Hemke, sx; Figard String Quintet
      Fascinating Rhythm

      ENF 1206-2

      8:05 am

      Georges Bizet: "L'Arlésienne"

      Carillon and Farandole

      Berlin Phil/Claudio Abbado
      Berlin Gala

      DG 459555-2

      8:13 am

      Duke Ellington: "Night Creature"

      III. "Dazzling Creature"

      Courtney Bryan, p; Cincinnati Sym Orch/Louis Langrée
      American Dreams

      Fanfare Cincinnati FC-023

      8:20 am

      Johann Strauss II: Waltz, "On the Beautiful Blue Danube," Op. 314

      Vienna Phil/Zubin Mehta
      2007 New Year's concert

      DG B0008289-02 (2)

      8:31 am

      Sting (Gordon Sumner): "Englishman in New York"

      Philharmonix
      Vienna Berlin Music Club, Vol. 1

      DG 4816835

      8:37 am

      George Gershwin: Three Preludes (1926)

      Michael Tilson Thomas, p
      Gershwin: Rhapsody In Blue, Second Rhapsody, Preludes, Unpublished Piano Works

      CBS MK-39699

      8:45 am

      John Williams: "Star Wars: A New Hope"

      Force Theme

      Alexandre Tharaud, p
      Cinema

      Erato 5419718461

      8:47 am

      John Williams: "Star Wars: The Force Awakens"

      Rey's Theme

      Boston Pops Orch/Keith Lockhart
      Lights, Camera...Magic!

      BSO Classics 1704

      8:50 am

      John Williams: "Star Wars: The Last Jedi"

      "The Rebellion is Reborn"

      Orch/John Williams
      Star Wars: The Last Jedi

      Walt Disney D002714602

      8:55 am

      Giacomo Puccini: "Gianni Schicchi"

      Aria, "O mio babbino caro"

      Kiri Te Kanawa, s; London Phil Orch/John Pritchard
      Verdi & Puccini

      CBS MK-37298

      8:57 am

      Frank Bridge: Four Short Pieces

      No. 2, "Spring Song"

      Sheku Kanneh-Mason, vc; Heath Quartet
      Sheku Kanneh-Mason: Elgar

      Decca B0031491-02

      9:00 - 11:00 am

      9:00 am

      Soundtrack

      9:00 am

      Alfred Newman: 20th Century Fox Fanfare

      London Phil Orch/John Mauceri
      The Genius of Film Music

      LPO 0086

      9:01 am

      Giacomo Puccini: "La bohème"

      Instrumental excerpts

      Santa Cecilia Orch/Dick Hyman
      Moonstruck (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

      Capitol C1-90231

      9:05 am

      Dick Hyman: "Moonstruck"

      "Conzone per Loretta"

      Studio Ens/Dick Hyman
      Moonstruck (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

      Capitol C1-90231

      9:09 am

      Maurice Jarre: "Dead Poets Society"

      "Keating's Triumph"

      Studio Orch/Maurice Jarre
      Dead Poets Society (Peter Weir's Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

      Varèse Sarabande VSD-5270

      9:16 am

      Elmer Bernstein: "Far from Heaven"

      "Autumn in Connecticut"

      Hollywood Studio Sym/Elmer Bernstein
      Far From Heaven (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

      Varèse Sarabande 302 066 421 2

      9:19 am

      Mark Isham: "October Sky"

      "Coalwood"

      String Ensemble/Ken Kugler
      October Sky (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

      Sony SK-61696

      9:22 am

      Danny Elfman: "Good Will Hunting"

      "Whose Fault"

      Studio Cho & Orch/Danny Elfman
      Good Will Hunting (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

      Miramax (Good Will Hunting)

      9:24 am

      Danny Elfman: "Good Will Hunting"

      End Titles

      Studio Orch/Danny Elfman
      Good Will Hunting (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

      Miramax (Good Will Hunting)

      9:30 am

      Alexandre Desplat: "Fantastic Mr. Fox"

      "Mr. Fox in the Fields"

      Studio Orch/Alexandre Desplat
      Fantastic Mr. Fox (Original Soundtrack)

      ABKCO 1877102562

      9:31 am

      Alexandre Desplat: "Fantastic Mr. Fox"

      "High-Speed French Train"

      Studio Orch/Alexandre Desplat
      Fantastic Mr. Fox (Original Soundtrack)

      ABKCO 1877102562

      9:32 am

      Alexandre Desplat: "Fantastic Mr. Fox"

      "Whack-Bat Majorette"

      Studio Orch/Alexandre Desplat
      Fantastic Mr. Fox (Original Soundtrack)

      ABKCO 1877102562

      9:35 am

      Alexandre Desplat: "Fantastic Mr. Fox"

      "Great Harrowsford Square"

      London Oratory Cho; Studio Orch/Alexandre Desplat
      Fantastic Mr. Fox (Original Soundtrack)

      ABKCO 1877102562

      9:39 am

      Bruno Coulais: "Coraline"

      "Fantastic Garden"

      Hungarian National Radio Cho, Studio Orch/Laurent Petitgirard
      Coraline (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

      Koch KOCCD-4741

      9:41 am

      Bruno Coulais: "Coraline"

      "Bobinsky"

      Studio Orch/Laurent Petitgirard
      Coraline (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

      Koch KOCCD-4741

      9:44 am

      music continues...

      11:00 am

      11:00 am

      Introductions

      WFMT welcomes violinist Cecilia O’Malley, the 17-year-old winner of the 2026 Crain-Maling Foundation CSO Young Artists Competition. Accompanied by pianist Liang-Yu Wang, she performs Debussy's Violin Sonata and Witold Lutosławski's "Subito." Recorded in September 2026.

      12:00 - 2:00 pm

      12:00 pm

      From LA Opera

      James Conlon Farewell Concert

      James Conlon performs excerpts from La forza del destino; The Marriage of Figaro; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; LA Opera Chorus and Orchestra; James Conlon, conductor. Sung in Italian and German.

      2:00 - 4:00 pm

      2:00 pm

      Afternoon Music

      4:00 pm

      4:00 pm

      Listening to Singers with Oliver Camacho

      An interview with legendary American baritone Thomas Hampson who is the soloist in Walton's "Belshazzar's Feast" with Chicago Symphony Chorus and Orchestra next month.

      5:00 - 8:00 pm

      5:00 pm

      Weekend Evening Music

      8:00 pm

      8:00 pm

      Folkstage hosted by Marilyn Rea Beyer

      Live from the Levin Performance Studio: Abbie Gardner of Red Molly makes her long-awaited return to WFMT for a solo show, Dobro in hand.

      9:00 pm - 12:00 am

      9:00 pm

      The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer

      The anniversary of the 1960 Nixon/Kennedy debate in Chicago prompts a show centered on unusual pairings and compatible duos.