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Playlist for Saturday, February 21, 2026
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.
7:02 am
Jon Batiste: "Für Elise - Reverie" (after Beethoven)
Jon Batiste, p
Beethoven Blues
7:19 am
Gustav Mahler: "Blumine"
San Francisco Sym/Michael Tilson Thomas
Masterpieces in Miniature
7:28 am
Jóhann Jóhannsson: "The Theory of Everything"
Suite
La Pietà/Angèle Dubeau, v
Pulsations
7:38 am
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: "Petite Suite de Concert," Op. 77
RTÉ Concert Orch/Adrian Leaper
Coleridge-Taylor: Hiawatha Overture - Petite Suite
7:55 am
Traditional: "Ladies, Step Up to Tea"
Daniel Hope, v; Lúnasa
Irish Roots
8:00 am
Saturday Morning Listener's Choice
8:01 am
Dmitri Kabalevsky: Preludes, Op. 38
#1 in C
Vladimir Horowitz, p
Horowitz - The Private Collection, Vol. Two
8:02 am
Dmitri Kabalevsky: Preludes, Op. 38
#3 in G
Vladimir Horowitz, p
Horowitz - The Private Collection, Vol. Two
8:03 am
Dmitri Kabalevsky: Preludes, Op. 38
#8 in f-sharp
Vladimir Horowitz, p
Horowitz - The Private Collection, Vol. Two
8:05 am
Dmitri Kabalevsky: Preludes, Op. 38
#10 in c-sharp
Vladimir Horowitz, p
Horowitz - The Private Collection, Vol. Two
8:08 am
Dmitri Kabalevsky: Preludes, Op. 38
#17 in A-Flat
Vladimir Horowitz, p
Horowitz - The Private Collection, Vol. Two
8:09 am
Dmitri Kabalevsky: Preludes, Op. 38
#22 in g
Vladimir Horowitz, p
Horowitz - The Private Collection, Vol. Two
8:11 am
Dmitri Kabalevsky: Preludes, Op. 38
#24 in d
Vladimir Horowitz, p
Horowitz - The Private Collection, Vol. Two
8:16 am
Kevin Puts: "Emily — No Prisoner Be"
No. 26, "No Prisoner Be"
Joyce DiDonato, ms; Time for Three
Kevin Puts: Emily — No Prisoner Be
8:21 am
Leoš Janáček: "Glagolitic Mass"
VII. Organ solo (Postlude)
Jane Parker-Smith, o
8:24 am
Leoš Janáček: "Glagolitic Mass"
VIII. Finale, "Intrada"
City of Birmingham Sym Orch/Simon Rattle
8:27 am
Maurice Ravel: "Don Quichotte à Dulcinée"
José van Dam, b; Dalton Baldwin, p
Ravel: Mélodies
8:35 am
Maurice Ravel: "Boléro"
Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel
Boléro
8:50 am
Charles Ives: Symphony No. 4
III. Fugue
San Francisco Sym/Michael Tilson Thomas
Charles Ives - An American Journey
8:56 am
Hermann Bellstedt: "Napoli, Variations on a Neapolitan Song"
Doc Severinsen, tr; Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel
Trumpet Spectacular
9:00 am
Soundtrack
9:02 am
Alfred Newman: 20th Century Fox Fanfare
London Phil Orch/John Mauceri
The Genius of Film Music
9:05 am
William Grant Still: "Seven Traceries"
No. 3, "Muted Laughter"
Seta Karakashian, p
Seta Karakashian - Rarely Performed Piano Works (2)
9:06 am
William Grant Still: "Seven Traceries"
No. 1, "Cloud Cradles"
Seta Karakashian, p
Seta Karakashian - Rarely Performed Piano Works (2)
9:09 am
William Grant Still: "Seven Traceries"
No. 5, "Woven Silver"
Seta Karakashian, p
Seta Karakashian - Rarely Performed Piano Works (2)
9:12 am
Duke Ellington: "Anatomy of a Murder"
Main Title; "Anatomy of a Murder"
Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
Anatomy of a Murder [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]
9:16 am
Duke Ellington: "Anatomy of a Murder"
"Sunswept Sunday"
Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
Anatomy of a Murder [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]
9:18 am
Duke Ellington: "Anatomy of a Murder"
"Flirtibird"
Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
Anatomy of a Murder [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]
9:21 am
Terence Blanchard: "BlacKkKlansman"
Main Theme
Charles Altura, elec g; Orch/Terence Blanchard
BlacKkKlansman (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
9:22 am
Terence Blanchard: "BlacKkKlansman"
"No Cross Burning Tonight"
Orch/Terence Blanchard
BlacKkKlansman (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
9:26 am
Kathryn Bostic: "Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am"
Main Theme
Kathryn Bostic, prod
Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
9:28 am
Kathryn Bostic: "Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am"
"Editor Versus Writer"
Kathryn Bostic, prod
Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
9:29 am
Jason Moran: "Selma"
Final Speech
Paramount Pictures Orch/Jason Moran, p
Selma (Music from the Motion Picture)
9:33 am
Jason Moran: "Selma"
"Bloody Sunday" Parts 1-3
Paramount Pictures Orch/Jason Moran, p
Selma (Music from the Motion Picture)
9:38 am
Quincy Jones: "The Color Purple"
Main Title
Orchestra/Joel Rosenbaum
The Color Purple Original Soundtrack
9:40 am
Quincy Jones: "The Color Purple"
Reunion - Finale
Orchestra/Joel Rosenbaum
The Color Purple Original Soundtrack
9:46 am
Michael Abels: "Us"
"Anthem"
Studio Cho & Orch/Pete Anthony
Us: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
9:49 am
Michael Abels: "Get Out"
"Hypnosis"
Choir, Budapest Scoring Orch/Michael Abels
Get Out (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
9:53 am
Michael Abels: "Nope"
"Jupiter's Claim"
Studio Orch/Anthony Parnther
Nope (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
9:55 am
Michael Abels: "Chevalier"
"Sinfonie Liberté Part 1 & 2"
Studio Orch/Alfonso Casado Trigo
Chevalier (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
10:01 am
Leonard Bernstein: "On the Town"
"Lonely Town"
Alison Balsom, tr; Britten Sinfonia/Scott Stroman
Quiet City
10:05 am
Josef Suk: String Serenade in E-Flat, Op. 6
IV. Finale, "Allegro giocoso"
London Chamber Orch/Christopher Warren-Green
Tchaikovsky, Suk, Dvořák: Serenades
10:13 am
Joseph Bologne (Chevalier de Saint-Georges): Violin Concerto in A, Op. 5, No. 2
Rachel Barton Pine, v; Encore Chamber Orch/Daniel Hege
Violin Concertos by Black Composers of the 18th and 19th Centuries
10:38 am
Amy Beach: "From Grandmother's Garden," Op. 97
Joanne Polk, p
Amy Beach: Fire Flies
10:53 am
Damien Geter: String Quartet No. 1, "Neo-Soul"
I. "Bop"
I Voglar Belgique & R Chen, v's; J Arnold, vi; N Ives, vc
Nancy Ives, cello,
Elevate - All Classical Radio's RII Vol. 2
11:00 am
11:00 am
Introductions
Evelyn Zhang, guitar
Evelyn Zhang, a student of Brad Conroy, offers guitar music from Cuba, Venezuela, Austria, Italy, and Brazil.
11:49 am
Yuniet Lombida: "Danzón de la Medianoche"
Sarah Willis, hn; Enrique Lazaga, güiro; Havana Lyceum Orch/José Antonio Méndez Padrón
Mozart y Mambo: Cuban Dances
11:55 am
George Gershwin: "Promenade (Walking the Dog)"
William Bolcom, p
George Gershwin: Piano Music
12:00 - 3:00 pm
12:00 pm
Metropolitan Opera
Puccini's Manon Lescaut
Mirella Freni (Manon); Peter Dvorsky (Des Grieux); Brian Schexnayder (Lescaut); Italo Tajo (Geronte); Metropolitan Opera Cho & Orch/Jeffrey Tate. Sung in Italian. Recorded March 17, 1990. "Artist's Choice" by Asmik Grigorian to spotlight Mirella Freni.
2:34 pm
Peter Tchaikovsky: Suite No. 4 in G, Op. 61, "Mozartiana"
Stuttgart Radio Sym Orch/Neville Marriner
'Mozartiana' Suites No. 3 and 4
3:00 pm
3:00 pm
Afternoon Music
3:00 pm
Cécile Chaminade: Flute Concertino, Op. 107
Timothy Hutchins, f; CBC Vancouver Orch/Mario Bernardi
Concierto Pastoral
3:09 pm
Franz Joseph Haydn: String Quartet in D, Op. 64, No. 5, "Lark"
Hagen Quartet
Haydn: Three String Quartets
3:27 pm
Richard Strauss: "Burleske" in D minor
Marc-André Hamelin, p; Berlin Radio Sym Orch/Ilan Volkov
The Romantic Piano Concerto, Vol. 53
3:48 pm
Aaron Copland: "El Salón México"
Boston Pops Orch/Keith Lockhart
The Latin Album
4:00 pm
4:00 pm
Listening to Singers with Oliver Camacho
Introducing countertenor Hugh Cutting, a BBC New Generation Artist and winner of the Rising Star Award at the 2025 International Opera Awards.
5:00 - 8:00 pm
5:00 pm
Weekend Evening Music
5:00 pm
George Gershwin: "Funny Face"
Overture
Buffalo Phil Orch/Michael Tilson Thomas
George Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue, An American in Paris, Broadway Overtures
5:07 pm
Louis Moreau Gottschalk: "Souvenir de Porto Rico," Op. 31
Alan Feinberg, p
The American Virtuoso
5:13 pm
Louis Moreau Gottschalk: "Caprice americaine, Columbia," Op 34
Alan Feinberg, p
Fascinatin' Rhythm
5:20 pm
Kris Bowers: "For a Younger Self"
II. "Larghetto (Gently)"
Charles Yang, v; American Youth Symphony/Carlos Izcaray
For a Younger Self
5:32 pm
John Adams: "The Chairman Dances"
San Francisco Sym/Edo de Waart
The Chairman Dances
5:46 pm
Florence Price: Piano Quintet in A minor
I. "Allegro non troppo"
Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective
American Quintets
6:00 pm
Carter Pann: "Slalom"
Cincinnati Sym Orch/Paavo Järvi
American Portraits
6:10 pm
Duke Ellington: "Night Creature"
Courtney Bryan, p; Cincinnati Sym Orch/Louis Langrée
American Dreams
6:28 pm
Alice Coltrane: "Prema"
Ashley Jackson, h; Harlem Chamber Players
Ennanga
6:39 pm
Claude Debussy: "Petite Suite"
Suisse Romande Orch/Ernest Ansermet
Debussy: La Mer, Nocturnes, Premiere Rapsodie
7:00 pm
Samuel Barber: String Quartet in B minor, Op. 11
II. "Molto adagio (Adagio for strings)"
Miró Quartet
Home
7:11 pm
Dorothy Rudd Moore: "A Little Whimsy"
Maria Thompson Corley, p
Soulscapes
7:13 pm
L. Viola Kinney: "Mother's Sacrifice"
Maria Thompson Corley, p
Soulscapes
7:20 pm
Franz Krommer: Two-Clarinet Concerto No. 2 in E-Flat, Op. 91
Sabine Meyer & Julian Bliss, cl's; St Martin's Academy/Kenneth Sillito
Krommer & Spohr: Clarinet Concertos
7:44 pm
Philip Glass: "Aguas da Amazonia"
"Japurá River"
Third Coast Percussion; Constance Volk, f
Aguas da Amazonia by Philip Glass
7:50 pm
Florence Price: "Cherry Blossoms in Her Hair (Debutante Waltz)"
Kirsten Johnson, p
Florence Price: Piano Music
8:00 pm
8:00 pm
Folkstage hosted by Marilyn Rea Beyer
From the archives: On the eve of George Washington’s birthday, we reprise a John McCutcheon performance from February 2003.
9:00 pm - 12:00 am
9:00 pm
The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer
Happy Birthday, Rhiannon Giddens! A tribute to a woman who has reshaped our understanding of American folk music history.
9:00 pm
Lead Belly: The Midnight Special THEME (excerpt 1)
Lead Belly
Midnight Special
9:01 pm
Sons of the Never Wrong: Sing Sing Sing
Sons of the Never Wrong
Feather and the Starry Crown
9:06 pm
Rhiannon Giddens: "Music and Joy"
Rhiannon Giddens
Songs of Our Native Daughters
9:09 pm
Laura Love & Orville Johnson: We Shall Not Be Moved/Stayed on Freedom (Trad./Wesby)
Laura Love & Orville Johnson
The Sweeter the Juice
9:16 pm
Rhiannon Giddens: "Don't Call Me Names"
Rhiannon Giddens
Single release
9:21 pm
Jesse Jackson: Address to Democratic Convention (excerpt)
Jesse Jackson
Great Speeches of the 20th Century
9:22 pm
Windborne: Ain't No Grave (C. Ely)
Windborne
Lay Around the Shack
9:29 pm
Emmylou Harris and Robert Duvall: I Love to Tell the Story (Hankey/Fischer)
Emmylou Harris and Robert Duvall
The Apostle (Music from/Inspired by the Motion Picture
9:33 pm
Ferlin Husky: "Wings of a Dove" (Bob Ferguson)
Ferlin Husky
Ferlin Husky: Greatest Hits
9:35 pm
The Milk Carton Kids: Blue Water
The Milk Carton Kids
Lost Cause Lover Fool
9:39 pm
Joe Gorka: Siren Song
Joe Gorka
Siren Song (single)
9:42 pm
Sons of Town Hall, ft. The Pairs: Sirens
Sons of Town Hall, ft. The Pairs
Of Ghosts and Gods
9:46 pm
Emily Scott Robinson: Hymn for the Unholy
Emily Scott Robinson
Appalachia
9:50 pm
Karen Feldner, ft. Bruce Molsky: Glory in the Meeting House (Trad., Feldner)
Karen Feldner, ft. Bruce Molsky
Glory in the Meeting House - single
9:53 pm
Bobby McFerrin: I Shall Be Released (Bob Dylan)
Bobby McFerrin
Spirityouall
9:59 pm
Jonas Friddle: "The Midnight Special - fretless banjo"
Jonas Friddle
Midnight Special Collection
10:00 pm
Jillian Matundan: Hold On
Jillian Matundan
Hold On (single)
10:03 pm
John Gorka: Hope Doesn't Fall
John Gorka
Unentitled
10:06 pm
Lucy Kaplansky: Eyes of the Immigrant (E. Andersen)
Lucy Kaplansky
Tribute To A Songpoet, Disc 1
10:13 pm
Cliff Eberhardt: Land of the Free
Cliff Eberhardt w/Louise Coombe
WFMT's Folkstage April 16, 2016
10:18 pm
Patty Larkin: Different World
Patty Larkin
Red = Luck
10:28 pm
Nina Simone: In The Morning (Gibb)
Nina Simone
Just Like a Woman
10:30 pm
Jeremy Facknitz: As of This Morning
Jeremy Facknitz
Smilin' at the Future
10:34 pm
Emmylou Harris: "The Light" (Harris/Kane)
Emmylou Harris
Cowgirl's Prayer
10:37 pm
Sweethearts of the Rodeo: "When the Morning Comes" (Don Schlitz / Janis Oliver)
Sweethearts of the Rodeo
Beautiful Lies
10:41 pm
Kieran Kane, Kevin Welch & Fats Kaplin: Til I'm Too Old To Die Young
Kieran Kane, Kevin Welch & Fats Kaplin
You Can't Save Everybody
10:45 pm
Kieran Kane & Rayna Gellert: What Would You Do?
Kieran Kane & Rayna Gellert
When the Sun Goes Down
10:49 pm
Judy Collins: I Know Where I’m Going (trad.)
Judy Collins
Maids & Golden Apples
10:51 pm
Rhiannon Giddens: "Black is the Color" (Traditional)
Rhiannon Giddens w/Jon Batiste (Melodica), Colin Linden (Guitar) et al.
Tomorrow is My Turn
10:55 pm
Smothers Brothers: "Black is the Color"
Smothers Brothers
(Think Ethnic!)
10:59 pm
Owen Walsh: The Midnight Special (Trad.)
Owen Walsh
The Midnight Special "exclusive"
11:00 pm
Allison Russell & Leyla McCalla: "I Knew I Could Fly"
Allison Russell & Leyla McCalla
Songs of Our Native Daughters
11:04 pm
Bryan Bowers: When I Go (Dave Carter)
Bryan Bowers
Bristlecone Pine
11:11 pm
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