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      Playlist for Monday, January 12, 2026

      Playing this hour

      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      Afro-American Trad: Spiritual, I'm a Pilgrim

      Chanticleer
      Our American Journey

      Teldec 48556-2

      12:05 am

      William Schuman: "New England Triptych"

      Seattle Sym/Gerard Schwarz
      Out West!- Tone Poems of the American West

      Delos DE-3115

      12:21 am

      William Billings: "A Virgin Unspotted"

      Chanticleer
      Sing We Christmas

      Teldec 94563-2

      12:23 am

      Robert Schumann: "Abegg" Variations, Op. 1

      Lise de la Salle, p
      Schumann

      Naive V-5364

      12:31 am

      Mauro Giuliani: Guitar Concerto #1 in A, Op 30

      Julian Bream, g; Melos Ensemble
      Julian Bream Edition (disc 16: Julian Bream & Friends)

      RCA 61599-2

      12:54 am

      Mauro Giuliani: "Pièces faciles et agréables," Op 74

      #7, "Allegretto"

      Mikael Helasvuo, f; Jukka Savijoki, g
      Mauro Giuliani - The Complete Works for Flute and Guitar, Vol.3

      BIS CD-413

      1:00 am

      Gustav Holst: Six Choral Folk Songs, Op. 36b

      #3, "I love my love"

      Holst Singers/Stephen Layton

      Hyperion CDA-66705

      1:05 am

      Philip Lane: Suite of Cotswold Folkdances (1978)

      Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland
      British Light Music Discoveries

      ASV CDWHL-2126

      1:16 am

      Irish Trad: Folksong, "The Lark in the Clear Air"

      Cambridge Singers/John Rutter; Duke Dobing, f
      The Lark In The Clear Air

      Collegium COLCD-120

      1:20 am

      Doreen Carwithen: "Suffolk Suite"

      London Sym Orch/Richard Hickox
      Carwithen: Orchestral Works

      Chandos CHAN-9524

      1:32 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Scottish Folksong, "Galla water", H XXXIa:15

      Eisenstadt Haydn Trio
      Haydn Edition

      Brilliant Classics 95594 (160)

      1:33 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 52 in c

      Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orch/Adam Fischer
      Haydn 'The Esterhazy Recordings' Symphonies Volume 3

      Nimbus NI-5530/4 (5)

      1:54 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: "Well-Tempered Clavier," Bk 2, BWV 870/91

      Fugue No. 7 in E-Flat

      Léon Berben, hc
      Bach Edition: Complete Works

      Brilliant Classics 93102 (155)

      2:00 am

      Frédéric Chopin: Nocturnes, Op. 27

      No. 1 in c-sharp

      Vladimir Horowitz, p
      Horowitz - Beethoven, Chopin, Scarlatti

      RCA 60986-2

      2:05 am

      Pieter Hellendaal: Concerto grosso in d, Op 3/5

      Andrew Manze, v; European Community Baroque Orch/Roy Goodman, v
      Hellendaal: 6 Concerti Grossi

      Channel Classics CCS-3492

      2:21 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: "Well-Tempered Clavier," Bk 2, BWV 870/91

      Prelude No. 6 in d

      Léon Berben, hc
      Bach Edition: Complete Works

      Brilliant Classics 93102 (155)

      2:23 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 in b-flat, Op. 23

      Vladimir Horowitz, p; NBC Sym Orch/Arturo Toscanini
      Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 / Mussorgsky: Pictures At An Exhibition

      RCA 60321-2-RG

      2:55 am

      Moritz Moszkowski: Etudes, Op 72

      #6 in F

      Vladimir Horowitz, p
      Horowitz Encores

      RCA 7755-2-RG

      3:00 am

      John Phillip SOUSA: Sound Off

      Eastman Wind Ensemble/Frederick Fennell
      Fennell Conducts Sousa Marches

      Mercury 434300-2

      3:02 am

      John Phillip SOUSA: The High School Cadets March

      Eastman Wind Ensemble/Frederick Fennell
      Fennell Conducts Sousa Marches

      Mercury 434300-2

      3:05 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: March in D, K. 290

      Amsterdam Baroque Orch/Ton Koopman
      Mozart: Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, Serenata Notturna, Symphonie No. 43, Divertimento, Marche

      Erato 45713-2

      3:09 am

      Juan Crisostomo Arriaga: String Quartet #3 in E-Flat

      Voces String Quartet
      Arriaga: Cuartetos

      MD+G Recordings MDG-6030236-2

      3:32 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Canon, "Cantate Domino"

      Bavarian Radio Cho
      Mozart: Arias, Vocal Ensembles, Canons

      Philips 422523-2 (8)

      3:34 am

      Franz Schreker: "Prelude to A Drama"

      BBC Phil/Vasili Sinaisky
      Schreker: Orchestral Works, Vol. 1

      Chandos CHAN-9797

      3:54 am

      Frédéric Chopin: Preludes, Op.28

      no.21 in B-flat

      Rafal Blechacz, p

      DG B0010870-02

      4:00 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Rondo in D, K. 485

      Aleck Karis, p
      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Bridge BCD-9011

      4:05 am

      Camille Saint-Saëns: Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso, Op. 28

      Jascha Heifetz, v; Orch/William Steinberg

      RCA 7709-2-RG

      4:13 am

      Dmitri Shostakovich: Two-Piano Concertino, Op 94

      Natalia Zusman; Inna Heifetz, p's
      The Revisionist's Tale

      Sonora 5022566-CD

      4:23 am

      Dmitri Shostakovich: "King Lear" (Incidental Music, 1940), Op. 58a

      Scene on the moor

      Korean Broadcasting System Sym Orch/Vakhtang Jordania
      Dmitri Shostakovich ‎– Suites For Film And Stage

      Koch 3-7274-2

      4:25 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: "The Magic Flute," K. 620

      Amadeus Ensemble/Julius Rudel
      Mozart: The Magic Flute and The Abduction from the Seraglio

      Musicmasters MMD-60141-F

      4:54 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: "The Magic Flute," K. 620

      Aria, "Alles fühlt der Liebe freuden"

      Helmut Wildhaber, t; Scottish Chamber Orch/Charles Mackerras
      Die Zauberflöte Highligts

      Telarc CD-80345

      5:00 am

      Jan Koetsier: "Dance Impressions"

      "Arioso"

      Duo Arparimba
      Duo Arparimba: Music for Harp and Marimba

      Koch 3-1582-2

      5:05 am

      Willem de Fesch: Concerto #1 in D

      Musica Ad Rhenum
      VI Concerti Opera Quinta

      NM Classics 92054

      5:12 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

      Mozart at His Zenith

      Beginning in 1786 at the first hearing of "The Marriage of Figaro," we’ll explore the stream of masterpieces, including operas, symphonies, piano concertos, and chamber works that Mozart wrote in the last five years of his life. He was in his early thirties, navigating the political life of a court composer in Vienna, while partying with the passion of a young man. On December 5, 1791, Mozart died, leaving his Requiem Mass unfinished. From these years alone, Mozart left a body of work that expresses a universe of imagination and emotions.

      8:00 - 10:00 pm

      8:00 pm

      Live from WFMT

      Cellist Russell Rolen joins pianists Winston Choi and Yebin Kor for an evening inspired by the legendary collaboration of Mstislav Rostropovich and Benjamin Britten. The program features Britten’s Sonata in C with works by Roberrt Schumann, Debussy, and Shostakovich. Hosted by Kerry Frumkin.

      10:00 pm - 12:00 am

      10:00 pm

      The WFMT Orchestra Series

      Berlin Philharmonic

      Copland "Old American Songs," Set 1; Ryan Speedo Green, bass-baritone; Gabriela Ortiz "Kauyumari;" Arturo Márquez Danzón No. 8; Evencio Castellanos "Santa Cruz de Pacairigua;" Roberto Sierra "Alegría;" Duke Ellington "Martin Luther King" from "Three Black Kings;" Bernstein "West Side Story" Symphonic Dances; Gustavo Dudamel, conductor.