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Playlist for Friday, February 27, 2026
12:00 - 6:00 am
12:00 am
Ennemond Gaultier: "Courantes"
Hopkinson Smith, l
Piéces De Luth
12:05 am
Antonio Vivaldi: Mandolin Concerto in D, R 93
Avi Avital, m; Venice Baroque Orch
Vivaldi
12:14 am
Augustìn Barrios Mangoré: Waltzes, Op 8
No. 3
Thibaut Garcia, g
El Bohemio
12:19 am
Johannes Brahms: Waltzes, Op 39
#15 in A-Flat
Katia Labéque, p; Marièlle Labéque, p
Encore!
12:20 am
Carl Nielsen: Symphony #5, Op 50
Gothenburg Sym Orch/Neeme Järvi
12:55 am
Niels Gade: "Elegie", Op 19/1
Théotime Langlois de Swarte, v; Fiona Mato, p
An Invitation to the Schumann's
1:00 am
Michael Haydn: Sinfonia in G
Savaria Baroque Orch/Pal Nemeth
Michael Haydn Collection
1:05 am
Michael Haydn: Clarinet Concertino in A
Ernt Schlader, cl; Salzburger Hofmusik/Wolfgang Brunner
Michael Haydn Collection
1:17 am
Franz Joseph Haydn: Piano Trio in D, H XV:24
Vienna Piano Trio
Haydn Piano Trios
1:30 am
Franz Joseph Haydn: Scottish Folksong, "Woo'd and married," H XXXIa:38
Jamie MacDougall, t; Eisenstadt Haydn Trio
Haydn Edition
1:32 am
William Walton: "Façade"
Suite
City of Birmingham Sym/Louis Frémaux
1:55 am
English ANON 16th c: Kemp's Jig
Les Witches
Renaissance Music - DOWLAND, J. / PLAYFORD, J. / PRAETORIUS, M. / WEBSTER, M. (Fortune My Foe - Music of Shakespeare's Time)
2:00 am
Gaetano Donizetti: "Linda di Chamounix"
Aria, "O luce di quest'anima"
Pretty Yende, soprano; Giuseppe Verdi Symphony Orchestra/Giacomo Sagripanti
Dreams
2:05 am
Franz Liszt: "Réminiscences de Lucrezia Borgia" II (after Donizetti)
Leslie Howard, p
Liszt Edition
2:19 am
Luigi Boccherini: Cello Sonata #2 in c
Finale, "Allegretto"
Steven Isserlis, vc; Maggie Cole, hc
Music of the Angels: Cello Concertos, Sonatas & Quintets by Luigi Boccherini
2:20 am
Antonin Dvorák: Cello Concerto in A
Steven Isserlis, vc; Mahler Chamber Orch/Daniel Harding
Dvorak: Cello Concertos
2:54 am
Nora Douglas Holt: Negro Dance, Op 25/1
Helen Walker-Hill, p
Kaleidoscope: Music By African-American Women
3:00 am
John Phillip SOUSA: Riders for the Flag
Eastman Wind Ensemble/Frederick Fennell
Fennell Conducts Sousa Marches
3:02 am
John Phillip SOUSA: Golden Jubilee March
Eastman Wind Ensemble/Frederick Fennell
Fennell Conducts Sousa Marches
3:05 am
Franz Joseph Haydn: "Quartetto" in D, H III:8
Jakob Lindberg, l Nils-Erik Sparf, v; Lars Brolin, vi; Olof Larsson, vc
Haydn: Lute & Strings
3:27 am
Michael Praetorius: "Terpsichore" (1612)
"Volte I"
Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
TCHAIKOVSKY, P.: The Nutcracker Suite / PRAETORIUS, M.: Terpsichore / WARLOCK, P.: Capriol Suite (arr. for guitar quartet) (Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
3:28 am
Michael Praetorius: "Terpsichore" (1612)
"Volte II"
Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
TCHAIKOVSKY, P.: The Nutcracker Suite / PRAETORIUS, M.: Terpsichore / WARLOCK, P.: Capriol Suite (arr. for guitar quartet) (Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
3:29 am
Aaron Copland: "Rodeo"
"Hoe-Down"
Modern Mandolin Quartet
Americana
3:33 am
Aaron Copland: "The City"
Suite
Eos Orch/Jonathan Sheffer
Celluloid Copland * Eos Orchestra
3:55 am
Georges Auric: "La Belle et la Bête" (1948)
"La Belle et Avenant"
Moscow Sym/Adriano
AURIC : La Belle et la Bete
4:00 am
Johann Jakob Froberger: Toccata #2 in d
Empire Brass
Royal Brass: Brass Music From The Renaissance and Baroque
4:05 am
Johann Sebastian Bach: Toccata and Fugue in d, BWV 538, "Dorian"
Walter Kraft, o
4:19 am
George Frideric Handel: Oboe Concerto No. 1 in B-Flat
Finale, Allegro
Empire Brass, William Kuhlman, o
Baroque Music For Brass And Organ
4:21 am
Georges Bizet: Symphony in C
City of London Sinfonia/Richard Hickox
Bizet: Symphony In C/ Faure: Pavane/ Ibert: Divertissement/ Ravel: Le Tombeau de Couperin
4:54 am
Christoph Willibald Gluck: "Iphigenia in Aulis"
"Tambourin"
Daniel Blumenthal, p
Bulow: Piano Transcriptions
5:00 am
Robert Schumann: "Album für die Jugend," Op. 68
No. 39, "Winterzeit"
Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, p
5:05 am
Ludwig van Beethoven: "Grosse Fuge" in B-Flat, Op 133
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Franz Konwitschny
The Final Recording Of the Great Conductor
5:22 am
Alberto Ginastera: Flute and Oboe Duo, Op 13 (1945)
Fugue
John Anderson, ob; Anna Noakes, f
Ginastera: Chamber Music Volume 5
5:24 am
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Variations on "Ah! vous dirai-je, Maman," K. 265
Karl Engel, p
5:38 am
Ochs: Variations on 'S kommt ein Vogel geflogen
Northwest German Phil/Werner Andreas Albert
N/A
5:54 am
Ferruccio Busoni: Variation on "'S kommt ein Vogel geflogen" in the Style of Wagner
Douglas Humphreys, p
'S kommt ein Vogel geflogen
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.
6:04 am
Arthur Benjamin: "Overture to an Italian Comedy"
Sydney Sym Orch/Joseph Post
Swagman's Promenade - Australian Light Classics for Orchestra
6:10 am
Gioachino Rossini: "The Barber of Seville"
"Largo al factotum"
Canadian Brass
More Greatest Hits
6:17 am
Peter Schickele: "Serenade for Three"
Orion Ensemble
A Celebration of American Chamber Music
6:30 am
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Symphony in E minor, Wq 177
Berlin Academy for Ancient Music
CPE Bach Symphonies From Berlin to Hamburg
6:41 am
Louise Farrenc: Piano Trio No. 1 in E-Flat, Op. 33
IV. Finale. "Vivace"
Neave Trio
Her Voice: Piano Trios by Farrenc, Beach, and Clarke
6:50 am
Malcolm Arnold: English Dances, Set 2, Op. 33
London Phil Orch/Malcolm Arnold
Malcolm Arnold: English, Irish, Scottish & Cornish Dances, Sarabande & Polka
7:04 am
Johann Sebastian Bach: "Brandenburg" Concerto No. 3 in G Major, BWV 1048
Berlin Academy for Ancient Music
Bach: Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 1-6
7:16 am
Traditional Romanian: Dances from Transylvania
Andreas Ottensamer, cl; Oszkár Ökrös, cimb; Ensemble
Antoine Tamestit, viola,
Ödön Rácz, double bass,
Brahms: The Hungarian Connection
7:24 am
Claude Debussy: "Valse romantique"
Claudio Arrau, p
Debussy for Daydreaming
7:32 am
Sergei Prokofiev: Violin Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 80
IV. "Allegrissimo - Andante assai"
Gidon Kremer, v; Martha Argerich, p
Prokofiev: Violin Sonatas, 5 Melodies
7:40 am
Ron Nelson: "Courtly Airs and Dances"
Dallas Wind Sym/Jerry Junkin
Holidays & Epiphanies - The Music of Ron Nelson
7:53 am
Haydn Wood: "An 18th Century Scherzo"
Royal Ballet Sinfonia/David Lloyd-Jones
English String Miniatures, Vol. 3
8:04 am
James P. Johnson: "Charleston"
Frederick Boothe, tap dancer; Concordia Orch/Marin Alsop
Victory Stride: The Symphonic Music of James P. Johnson
8:14 am
Francis Poulenc: Brass Sonata
Nash Ensemble
Poulenc: The Complete Chamber Music
8:23 am
Aldemaro Romero: Suite for Strings No. 1
"Fuga con Pajarillo"
Sphinx Virtuosi
Songs for Our Times
8:32 am
Giovanni Sollima: "Il concerto perduto" (after Vivaldi R 787)
Giovanni Sollima, vc; Il Pomo d'Oro
Al-Bunduqiyya - The Lost Concerto
8:45 am
Augustin Hadelich: "Wild Fiddler's Rag," after Howdy Forrester
Augustin Hadelich, v
American Road Trip
8:47 am
Franz Joseph Haydn: Piano Sonata No. 50 in D, H XVI:37
Anne-Marie McDermott, p
Haydn: Sonatas, Vol. 2
9:04 am
Various: "Les Orientales"
Les Siècles/François-Xavier Roth
Ballets Russes
9:22 am
Sergei Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18
III. Finale, "Allegro scherzando"
Yuja Wang, p; Mahler Chamber Orch/Claudio Abbado
Rachmaninov: Paganini Rhapsody, Piano Concerto No. 2
9:34 am
Ottorino Respighi: Ancient Airs and Dances for the Lute, Set 3
St. Paul Chamber Orch/Hugh Wolff
Respighi
9:52 am
Gilbert & Sullivan: "The Gondoliers"
Overture
St Martin's Academy/Neville Marriner
Gilbert and Sullivan: Overtures
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.
10:00 am
Otto Nicolai: "The Merry Wives of Windsor"
Overture
Vienna Phil/Christian Thielemann
German Overtures
10:10 am
Florence Price: "Scenes in Tin Can Alley"
Josh Tatsuo Cullen, p
Scenes in Tin Can Alley
10:22 am
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 33 in B-Flat, K. 319
Orch Mozart/Claudio Abbado
Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 29, 33, 35, 38, 41
10:44 am
Michael Torke: "Bright Blue Music"
Baltimore Sym Orch/David Zinman
Michael Torke - Color Music / David Zinman
10:54 am
Frédéric Chopin: "Fantaisie-Impromptu" in C-sharp minor, Op. 66
Daniil Trifonov, p
Chopin Evocations
11:01 am
Richard Addinsell: "Warsaw Concerto"
Cristina Ortiz, p; Royal Phil Orch/Moshe Atzmon
Addinsell, Rachmaninov, Litolff
11:11 am
William Grant Still: Lyric Quartet
Catalyst Quartet
Uncovered, Vol. 3: Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson, George Walker, William Grant Still
11:27 am
Johann Christian Bach: Sinfonia (Overture) in D, Op. 18/6
English Sym Orch/William Boughton
JC Bach: Six Grand Overtures, Op. 18
11:41 am
Emil von Reznicek: "Donna Diana"
Overture
Royal Scottish National Orch/Lance Friedel
Great Comedy Overtures
11:48 am
John Rutter: Suite for Strings
Camerata Chicago/Drostan Hall
The English Connection (April 2023)
12:01 pm
Victor Ewald: Brass Quintet No. 2 in E-Flat, Op. 6
I. Allegro risoluto
Axiom Brass
New Standards
12:05 pm
Victor Ewald: Brass Quintet No. 2 in E-Flat, Op. 6
III. Allegro vivace
Axiom Brass
New Standards
12:11 pm
Claude Debussy: "Images," Set 2
"Ibéria"
San Francisco Sym/Michael Tilson Thomas
Debussy
12:33 pm
Anthony Holborne: Five Dances
Paul O'Dette, l
Robin is to the Greenwood Gone / Paul O'Dette
12:44 pm
Dobrinka Tabakova: "Truro Canticles"
"Magnificat"
Truro Cathedral Cho/Christopher Gray; Joseph Wicks, o
Dobrinka Tabakova * Kynance Cove * On the South Downs * and works for choir
12:52 pm
George Frideric Handel: Concerto grosso in B-Flat, Op. 3, No. 1
Handel & Haydn Society/Christopher Hogwood
Handel: Concerti Grossi, Op. 3
1:01 pm
Felix Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4 in A, Op. 90, "Italian"
Chamber Orch of Europe/Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Mendelssohn: Symphonies Nos. 1-5
1:30 pm
Ludovico Einaudi: "To Be Sun"
L Einaudi, p; de Swarte, v; etc.; Royal Phil Orch Strings/Ames
Redi Hasa, cello,
The Summer Portraits
1:38 pm
Franz Strauss: Horn Concerto in C minor, Op. 8
Barry Tuckwell, hn; London Sym Orch/István Kertész
Strauss: The Concertos
1:53 pm
Chick Corea: "The Hilltop"
Guitar4mation
Trans4mation
2:00 - 7:00 pm
2:00 pm
Margaret Bonds: "Montgomery Variations"
Royal Scottish National Orch/Kellen Gray
African American Voices II
2:24 pm
William Schuman: "Newsreel"
Milwaukee Sym Orch/Lukas Foss
American Festival
2:33 pm
Jean Sibelius: Four Legends from the Kalevala, Op. 22
No. 3, "Lemminkäinen in Tuonela"
Pittsburgh Sym/Lorin Maazel
Sibelius: Symphony No. 3, Finlandia, Karelia Suite, Swan of Tuonela
2:47 pm
Ludwig van Beethoven: Variations on "See the Conquering Hero Comes," WoO 45
Colin Carr, vc; Thomas Sauer, p
Beethoven: Complete Works for Cello & Piano
3:00 pm
Johannes Brahms: Clarinet Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 120, No. 1
Richard Stoltzman, cl; Richard Goode, p
Brahms: Sonatas for Clarinet & Piano, Op.120
3:24 pm
Niels Gade: "Capriccio" in A minor
Søren Elbæk, v; Elisabeth Westenholz, p
Gade: Works for Violin and Piano
3:56 pm
music continues...
7:00 pm
7:00 pm
Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin
Johannes Brahms, Part II
This is the second of two weeks exploring the music and life of the great German master. Brahms’s love of Hungarian Roma music and folksongs allowed him to create music that speaks to our inner souls. Scholars believe Brahms discarded more works than he published, so let us treasure the music we have from him.
11:00 pm
11:00 pm
Best of Studs Terkel
Dmitri Hvorostovsky (2/29/1996)
Russian baritone Dmitri Hvorostovsky (1962 – 2017), one of the great operatic voices of the late 20th and early 21st century, was Studs Terkel’s guest on WFMT in 1996.
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