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      Playlist for Saturday, June 6, 2026

      Playing this hour

      12:00 - 7:00 am

      12:00 am

      Robert Planquette: "Les Cloches de Corneville"

      Overture

      Opera-Comique National Theater Orch/Jean Doussard
      The Chimes Of Normandy = Les Cloches De Corneville (An Operetta in Three Acts)

      Connoisseur CS2-2107 (2)

      12:05 am

      Paul Dukas: Overture, "Polyeucte"

      BBC Phil Orch/Yan Pascal Tortelier
      Dukas: Symphony in C · Polyeucte Overture

      Chandos CHAN-9225

      12:20 am

      Jean-Baptiste Lully: "Ouverture de la Mascarade"

      Chicago Baroque Ensemble
      The World of Lully

      Cedille CDR-90000043

      12:23 am

      Jean-Baptiste Lully: "Les songes agréables"

      Chicago Baroque Ensemble
      The World of Lully

      Cedille CDR-90000043

      12:25 am

      Darius Milhaud: "Les Songes," Op. 237

      Utah Sym Orch/Maurice Abravanel
      Protee: Les Songes (Suite Symphonique No. 2)

      Angel S-37317

      12:53 am

      Darius Milhaud: "Les Songes," Op. 237

      Valse

      Stephen Coombs & Artur Pizarro, p's
      Milhaud: Music For Two Pianists

      Hyperion CDA-67014

      1:00 am

      Richard Rodgers: "Carousel"

      Waltz

      Stephen Hough, p
      Stephen Hough's New Piano Album

      Hyperion CDA-67043

      1:05 am

      Richard Rodgers: "The King and I"

      "March of the Siamese Children"

      Boston Pops Orch/Arthur Fiedler
      Marches In Hi-Fi

      MHS 514551-F

      1:09 am

      Richard Rodgers: "The Sound of Music"

      "Climb Ev'ry Mountain"

      Plàcido Domingo, t; Milan Sym Orch/Marcello Viotti
      Sacred Songs * Domingo

      DG 471575-2

      1:11 am

      Richard Rodgers: "Victory at Sea"

      New York Phil/Richard Rodgers
      Slaughter On Tenth Avenue

      Odyssey Y-35213

      1:24 am

      Richard Rodgers: "Victory at Sea"

      "Beneath the Southern Cross"

      Orch/Charles Gerhardt
      Victory At Sea Suite - Charles Gerhardt & The Cinema Symphony Orchestra Of London

      Quintessence PMC-7032

      1:25 am

      Roylance/Galvin: "The Grand Parade of Sail"

      Royal Liverpool Phil/William Connor
      The Tall Ships Suite; Ocean Fantasia; The Grand Parade Of Sail

      Conifer 18309-2

      1:34 am

      Ludwig August Lebrun: Oboe Concerto #2 in g

      Bart Schneemann, ob; Radio Chamber Orch/Jan Willem de Vriend
      L A Lebrun * Oboe Concertos * Bart Schneemann

      Channel Classics CCS-16198

      1:54 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Cello Suite No. 1 in G, BWV 1007

      Finale, "Gigue"

      Pieter Wispelwey, vc
      Bach: Suites for Cello Solo

      Channel Classics CCS-1090 (2)

      2:00 am

      Edvard Grieg: "Peer Gynt," Op. 23

      No. 19, "Solvejg's Song"

      Ilse Hollweg, s; Royal Phil/Thomas Beecham

      EMI/Ang CDM7-64751-2

      2:05 am

      Gabriel Fauré: "Pelléas et Mélisande," Op. 80

      Atlanta Sym Orch/Robert Shaw
      Les Nuits D'ete, Pelleas Et Melisande

      Telarc CD-80084

      2:23 am

      Geoffrey Burgon: Three Nocturnes for Harp

      #3

      Sarah Bullen, h
      The Essential Harp

      Egan 00002

      2:25 am

      Franz Berwald: Theme and Variations in g

      Greta Erikson, p

      Caprice RIKSLP-63

      2:32 am

      music continues...

      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.

      11:00 am

      11:00 am

      Introductions

      WFMT features talented young classical musicians from around the Chicago area. Please visit wfmt.com for details on today’s program.

      12:00 - 3:00 pm

      12:00 pm

      From Vienna State Opera

      Smetana's The Bartered Bride

      Franz Xaver Schlecht (Krušina); Margaret Plummer (Ludmila); Slávka Zámečníková (Mařenka); Ivo Stanchev (Mícha); Monika Bohinec (Háta); Pavol Breslik (Jeník); Michael Laurenz (Vašek); Vienna State Opera Chorus and Orchestra; Tomáš Hanus, conductor. Sung in German.

      3:00 pm

      3:00 pm

      Afternoon Music

      4:00 pm

      4:00 pm

      Listening to Singers with Oliver Camacho

      A preview of the upcoming Opera Festival of Chicago season with music director Sir Emanuele Andrizzi.

      5:00 pm

      5:00 pm

      Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival

      Carlo Alfredo Piatti Serenade; Mark Kosower, Nicholas Canellakis, cellos; Juho Pohjonen, piano; Julian Anderson String Quartet No. 4 (Festival Co-Commission, US Premiere); Escher String Quartet; Enescu Sonata in A Minor, Op. 24, "Dans le caractere populaire roumain;" Yura Lee, violin; Gilles Vonsattel, piano.

      6:00 - 8:00 pm

      6:00 pm

      Weekend Evening Music

      8:00 pm

      8:00 pm

      Folkstage hosted by Marilyn Rea Beyer

      From the archives: Music wafts like a summer breeze through a 2005 performance by Ariane Lydon.

      9:00 pm - 12:00 am

      9:00 pm

      The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer

      Let’s take a vacation. But where shall we go? Songs about faraway places we’d love to visit. Cities and sights and sounds that transport us in song.