Playlist for Saturday, September 5, 2026

Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff

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.

9:00 am

Soundtrack

11:00 am

Introductions

Formed at the Music Institute of Chicago, The Hemingway Quartet (Romeo Vashishth, Elle Cho, Sebastian Manning, violins and viola; Lucy Wu, cello) performs the first movement of Haydn's String Quartet in C major, Op. 76, No. 3, "Emperor," and the second movement of Brahms's String Quartet No. 1 in C minor, Op. 51, No. 1. Originally boradcast in September 2025.

12:00 pm

From La Scala

Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor

Boris Pinkhasovich (Enrico Ashton); Rosa Feola (Miss Luca); Piero Pretti (Edgardo di Ravenswood); Leonardo Cortellazzi (Arturo Bucklaw); Michele Pertusi (Raimondo Bidebent); Paolo Antognetti (Normanno); Hyeonsol Park (Alisa); La Scala Chorus and Orchestra; Speranza Scappucci, conductor. Sung in Italian.

3:00 pm

Afternoon Music

4:00 pm

Listening to Singers with Oliver Camacho

An interview with soprano Lucy Crowe recorded at the 2026 Santa Fe Opera festival where she was starring in the title role of Handel's "Rodelinda."

5:00 pm

Weekend Evening Music

8:00 pm

Folkstage hosted by Marilyn Rea Beyer

Live from the Levin Performance Studio: A very special two-hour preview of the 50th annual Fox Valley Folk Music & Storytelling Festival with Chris Vallillo, storyteller Heather Forest, Zoe Mulford, Joy Clark, and Claudia Schmidt.

10:00 pm

The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer

We start an hour later this week and pack in a concentrated playlist of September songs.