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Playlist for Wednesday, December 10, 2025
12:00 - 6:00 am
12:00 am
Ralph Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on "Greensleeves"
New York Phil/Leonard Bernstein
Bernstein Favorites: Twentieth Century
12:04 am
Fernando Sor: Fantasia, Op Posth
Alexander-Sergei Ramírez, g
12:18 am
Dana Suesse: "Swamp-Bird"
Sara Davis Buechner, p
Jazz Nocturne: The Collected Piano Music Of Dana Suesse
12:19 am
Arnold Bax: Violin Concerto
Lydia Mordkovitch, v; London Phil/Bryden Thomson
Bax: Violin Concerto
12:54 am
John Dowland: "Galliard"
Paul O'Dette, l
Dowland: Complete Lute Works, Vol. 1
1:00 am
Frédéric Chopin: Nocturnes, Op. 9
No. 1 in B-Flat
Yundi Li, p
Chopin: Nocturnes * Yundi
1:05 am
Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 97 in C
London Phil/Eugen Jochum
12 "London" Symphonies
1:30 am
Franz Joseph Haydn: Scottish Folksong, "If e'er ye do well it's a wonder," H XXXIa:95
Jamie MacDougall, t; Eisenstadt Haydn Trio
Haydn Edition
1:32 am
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Rhapsodic Dance, "Bamboula"
Detroit Concert Band/Leonard B Smith
Gems of the Concert Band
1:38 am
Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson: String Quartet No. 1, "Based on 'Calvary' (Negro Spiritual)" (1956)
Catalyst Quartet
Uncovered, Vol. 3: Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson, George Walker, William Grant Still
1:55 am
Henry Thacker Burleigh: "Hard Trials"
Alchemy Viols/Philip Spray
Deep River: Spirituals' Cross-Currents
2:00 am
Percy Grainger: "Tribute to Foster"
"Lullaby"
Martin Jones, p
Grainger: Dished Up For Piano Vol 4
2:05 am
Stephen Foster: "Hard Times"
Oregon Guitar Quartet
Something Wondrous Fair * Oregon Guitar Quartet
2:16 am
Stephen Foster: "Camptown Races"
Robert Shaw Chorale
Stephen Foster Songbook * Robert Shaw Chorale
2:18 am
Frank Martin: "Petite Symphonie Concertante"
Guibentif, h; Jaccottet, hc; Ruttimann, p; Suisse Romande Orch/Armin Jor
Martin: Petite Symphonie Concertante, Concerto Pour Sept Instruments À Vent, Six Monologues De Jedermann
2:40 am
Gaspard Fritz: Symphony in g, Op 6/6
La Stagione/Michael Schneider
Gaspard Fritz: 5 Sinfonias
2:54 am
Othmar Schoeck: "Unter Sternen," Op. 55
No. 19, "In der Trauer"
Roman Trekel, br; Christoph Keller, p
Othmar Schoeck Complete Edition, Vol 8
3:00 am
César Franck: Psalm 150
Mormon Tabernacle Cho, Utah Sym Orch/Julius Rudel
Hallelujah! Great Choral Classics
3:05 am
César Franck: Symphonic Poem, "Rédemption"
"Symphonie"
Netherlands Radio Phil/Jean Fournet
Live - The Radio Recordings
3:18 am
Melchior Franck: Intrada
London Brass
3:20 am
César Franck: Symphony in d minor
Detroit Sym Orch/Paul Paray
Rachmaninoff/Symphony No. 2 • Franck/Symphony In D Minor
3:54 am
Francois Couperin: Pièces de clavecin, Bk 2 (1716-7): 8e ordre
"Courante"
Kenneth Gilbert, hc
Francois Couperin: Second Livre de Clavecin
4:00 am
Ludwig van Beethoven: Six German Dances, WoO 42
Tristan Segal, Noa Saris, v; Aleck Belcher, db
Beethoven Complete Edition
4:05 am
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata #21 in C, Op 53, "Waldstein"
Dirk Herten, p
Beethoven Piano Sonatas
4:32 am
Ludwig van Beethoven: Song, "Ich liebe dich," WoO 123
Hermann Prey, br; Leonard Hokanson, p
Beethoven: Complete Edition
4:34 am
Laszlo Rooth: Quiet Monday
Meir Rimon, fh, Israel Phil/David Amos
Dances, Moods, And Romances
4:40 am
Aaron Copland: "Quiet City"
Philip SMith, tr; Thomas Stacy, eh; New York Phil/Leonard Bernstein
The Best of Bernstein
4:50 am
Aaron Copland: "John Henry (A Railroad Ballad)"
Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel
Copland: Lincoln Portrait & Other Works
4:54 am
Eldon Rathburn: Six "Railroad" Preludes
#2, "Tiddles of Paddington"
Stéphane Lemelin, p
Mostly Railroad Music
5:00 am
Augustin Barrios Mangoré: "Confesón"
Carlos Barbosa-Lima, g; Sofia Soloists/Plamen Djurov
From Yesterday To Penny Lane
5:05 am
Alberto Ginastera: Harp Concerto, Op 25 (1968)
Yolanda Kondonassis, h; Oberlin Orch/Raphael Jiménez
Ginastera: One Hundred
5:31 am
Julio SAGRERAS: El Colibri
Carlos Barbosa-Lima, g
From Yesterday To Penny Lane: Contemporary Works For Solo Guitar And Guitar And Orchestra
5:32 am
Jacques Offenbach: Overture to a Grand Orchestra (1843)
Les Musiciens du Louvre/Marc Minkowski
Offenbach
5:45 am
Hector Berlioz: "Roman Carnival" Overture, Op.9
Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel
Classics at the Pops
5:54 am
Francois Couperin: "L'art de toucher le clavecin"
"Allemande" in d
Kenneth Gilbert, hc
Francois Couperin: Second Livre de Clavecin
6:00 - 10:00 am
6:00 am
Morning Program
6:00 am
Hosted by Jan Weller.
6:04 am
Michel-Richard Delalande: "Symphonies des noëls"
Les Violons du Roy/Bernard Labadie
Simphonies des Noëls
6:10 am
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 6 in F, Op. 10, No. 2
Stephen Kovacevich, p
Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Opp. 10 & 28
6:23 am
Emilie Mayer: Symphony No. 5 in F minor
III. Scherzo. Allegro vivace
Berlin Chamber Sym/Jürgen Bruns
Works by 19th Century Women Composers
6:31 am
Leroy Anderson: Suite of Carols for String Orchestra
BBC Concert Orch Strings/Leonard Slatkin
Leroy Anderson: Sleigh Ride & Other Holiday Favorites
6:46 am
Doppler Brothers: Fantasy on Verdi's "Rigoletto," Op. 38
Daniel Ottensamer & Andreas Ottensamer, cl's; Ernst Ottensamer, basset hn; Vienna Virtuosi
The Clarinotts
6:57 am
Hugh Martin: "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas"
Ronn McFarlane, l; Carolyn Surrick, viga
A Star in the East
7:04 am
Traditional Provençal: Suite of Carols for Instruments
Patrick Vaillant Ensemble
La Bela Naissença: Christmas Carols from Provence
7:11 am
Francis Poulenc: "Suite française"
London Wind Orch/Denis Wick
Shepherd's Hey: Wind Music of Grainger, Milhaud and Poulenc
7:25 am
Joaquín Rodrigo: "Concierto madrigal"
IX. "Zapateado"
Pepe, Angel Romero, g's; St Martin's Academy/Neville Marriner
Rodrigo: Concierto Madrigal / Concierto Andaluz
7:32 am
Ottorino Respighi: "Trittico botticelliano"
II. "The Adoration of the Magi"
St. Paul Chamber Orch/Hugh Wolff
Respighi
7:43 am
Max Bruch: "Song of the Three Magi," Op. 21
West German Radio Cho & Orch/Helmuth Froschauer
100 Christmas Classics
7:48 am
John Hopkins: "We Three Kings of Orient Are"
Robin Bullock, g; Amy White, h; Al Petteway, per
A Midnight Clear: A Celtic Christmas
7:55 am
Jean Sibelius: "Karelia" Suite, Op. 11
III. Finale, "Alla marcia"
Helsinki Phil Orch/Susanna Mälkki
Sibelius Suites
8:04 am
Michael Praetorius: "Es ist ein Ros' entsprungen"
Fareed Haque, g; KAIA String Quartet
WFMT: 70 Essential Years
8:09 am
Jan Sandström: "Es ist ein Ros' entsprungen" (after Praetorius)
The Sixteen/Harry Christophers
Carol of the Bells
8:15 am
Johannes Brahms: Eleven Chorale Preludes, Op. 122
"Es ist ein Ros' entsprungen; O Gott, du frommer Gott"
Dallas Wind Sym/Frederick Fennell
Fennell Favorites
8:24 am
Henry Charles Litolff: "Concerto symphonique" No. 3 in E-Flat, Op. 45
IV. Allegro vivace
Peter Donohoe, p; BBC Scottish Sym Orch/Andrew Litton
8:32 am
Michel Corrette: "Symphonie de Noël" No. 1
La Fantasia/Rien Voskuilen
Corrette: Les Six Symphonies de Noël
8:43 am
Oscar Roberto Casares: "Concierto Sefaradi"
Quintetto Italiano
Oscar Roberto Casares: Concierto Sefaradi
8:56 am
Edvard Grieg: "Scenes from Folk Life," Op. 19
No. 2, "The Bridal Procession Passes"
Slovak State Phil Orch/Stephen Gunzenhauser
The Best of Grieg
9:03 am
Giuseppe Valentini: Christmas Symphony
New York Harp Ensemble, Pro Arte Chamber Orch/Aristid von Wurtzler
A Christmas Celebration: A Collection of Classical Brass, String and Choral Favorites
9:10 am
György Ligeti: "Old Hungarian Ballroom Dances"
Asko Ensemble, Schoenberg Ensemble/Reinbert de Leeuw
The Ligeti Project, Vol. 5
9:23 am
Ferdinand Kauer: Twelve New Hungarian Dances
Budapest Strings/Károly Botvay
Hungarian Orchestral Music
9:33 am
Giuseppe Tartini: "Sinfonia pastorale" in D (Christmas Sinfonia)
Collegium Aureum
Christmas Concertos
9:47 am
Clémence de Grandval: "Trio de salon," Op. 8
Lajos Lencsés, ob; Libor Šíma, bn; François Killian, p
Clémence de Grandval: Works For Oboe
9:56 am
Leroy Anderson: "Sleigh Ride"
Imani Winds
This Christmas
10:00 am - 1:00 pm
10:00 am
Léo Delibes: "Sylvia"
Suite
London Sym Orch/Anatole Fistoulari
Essential Ballet
10:16 am
Amy Beach: "Pastorale," Op. 151
Borealis Wind Quintet
A La Carte: Short Works for Wind Quintet
10:19 am
Vincent Persichetti: "Pastoral," Op. 21
Borealis Wind Quintet
A La Carte: Short Works for Wind Quintet
10:26 am
Camille Saint-Saëns: "Rapsodie d'Auvergne," Op. 73
Jean-Philippe Collard, p; Royal Phil Orch/André Previn
Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto No. 1, Wedding Cake Caprice-Valse, Rhapsodie d'Auvergne, Allegro appassionato, "Africa" Fantaisie
10:38 am
Will Todd: "My Lord Has Come"
Music of the Baroque Chorus/William Jon Gray
On This Night
10:42 am
Michael Praetorius: "Terpsichore"
"Passameze and Gaillarde"
Music of the Baroque Brass/William Jon Gray
On This Night
10:45 am
Traditional: "Ding Dong Merrily on High"
Music of the Baroque Chorus/William Jon Gray
On This Night
10:47 am
Antonio Vivaldi: Violin Concerto in E, R. 270, "Il Riposo, per il Natale"
Rachel Podger, v; Brecon Baroque
Vivaldi - Le Quattro Stagioni
10:55 am
Peter Tchaikovsky: "The Nutcracker," Op. 71
#12b, Coffee (Arabian Dance)
Milwaukee Sym Orch/Andreas Delfs
Sergei Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet; Peter Ilyitch Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker
11:00 am
Bedřich Smetana: "Vltava (The Moldau)"
Royal Concertgebouw Orch/Bernard Haitink
The Art of Bernard Haitink
11:15 am
Manuel Ponce: Four Mexican Dances
Argentina Durán, p
Rapsodia Mexicana
11:23 am
George Frideric Handel: Organ Concerto in F, "The Cuckoo and the Nightingale"
Academy of Ancient Music/Richard Egarr, o
Handel * Organ Concertos Op 7 * Academy of Ancient Music * Egarr
11:40 am
Anthony Holborne: Five Dances
Paul O'Dette, l
Robin is to the Greenwood Gone / Paul O'Dette
11:50 am
Traditional English: "I Saw Three Ships"
Christ Church Cathedral Cho/Steven Grahl; Benjamin Sheen, o
A Lullaby Carol - Christmas at Christ Church
11:53 am
Cheryl Frances-Hoad: "Good Day, Sir Christemas"
Christ Church Cathedral Cho/Steven Grahl
A Lullaby Carol - Christmas at Christ Church
11:55 am
Traditional: "Away in a Manger"
Christ Church Cathedral Cho/Steven Grahl; Benjamin Sheen, o
A Lullaby Carol - Christmas at Christ Church
12:00 pm
George F. Bristow: "A Winter's Tale" Overture
Royal Northern Sinfonia/Rebecca Miller
George Frederick Bristow: Orchestral Works
12:11 pm
Astor Piazzolla: "Milonga" in D
Axiom Brass
Astor
12:15 pm
Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts
Pianist Hyejin Cho performs works by Felix Mendelssohn and Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel, live from the Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago.
1:00 pm
1:00 pm
Music for the Afternoon
1:01 pm
Alexandre Desplat: "Birth"
Emmanuel Pahud, f; French National Orchestra/Alexandre Desplat
Airlines
1:10 pm
Georges Bizet: Symphony in C
Chicago Sym Orch/Jean Martinon
Jean Martinon - The Complete CSO Recordings
1:37 pm
Leslie Adams: Etudes, Part I
No. 2 in G
Maria Thompson Corley, p
Maria Corley * Leslie Adams * Twelve Etudes
1:46 pm
Anonymous: "Puer natus in Bethlehem"
Utopia Chamber Cho/Andrew Lawrence-King
Piae Cantiones
1:53 pm
Francesco Cavalli: Canzon a 3 from "Musiche Sacre" (1656)
Il Pomo d'Oro/Francesco Corti
Voglio Cantar
2:00 - 7:00 pm
2:00 pm
Felix Mendelssohn: Piano Concerto No. 2 in D minor, Op. 40
Lars Vogt, p; Paris Chamber Orchestra
Mendelssohn: Piano Concertos, Capriccio brillant
2:23 pm
Malcolm Arnold: Four Cornish Dances, Op. 91
London Phil Orch/Malcolm Arnold
Malcolm Arnold: English, Irish, Scottish & Cornish Dances, Sarabande & Polka
2:36 pm
Bedřich Smetana: "Memories of Bohemia in the Form of Polkas," Op. 12
András Schiff, p
Bedřich Smetana: Polkas
2:47 pm
Ferdinando Carulli: Flute and Guitar Fantasy, Op. 337
Jean-Pierre Rampal, f; Alexandre Lagoya, g
Carulli: Music for Flute and Guitar
2:58 pm
Carolyne M. Taylor: "O Little Town of Bethlehem" (after Piano Sonatina in C, Op 36/1)
Jeffrey Biegel, p
Classical Carols
3:00 pm
Ottorino Respighi: Ancient Airs and Dances for the Lute, Set 3
Accademia Bizantina/Carlo Chiarappa
Respighi: Ancient Airs & Dances, Suite 3; Trittico Botticelliano; Rota: Concerto for Strings; Ghedini: Concerto for Violin and Strings
3:20 pm
Frédéric Chopin: Scherzo No. 4 in E, Op. 54
Beatrice Rana, p
Chopin: Etudes & Scherzi
3:35 pm
Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Violin Concerto in D, Op. 35
Glenn Dicterow, v; New York Phil/David Robertson
The Glenn Dicterow Collection
4:00 pm
Jean Sibelius: Four Legends from the Kalevala, Op. 22
No. 1, "Lemminkäinen and the Maidens of Saari"
Los Angeles Phil/Esa-Pekka Salonen
Sibelius: Lemminkäinen Legends & En Saga
4:18 pm
John Alden Carpenter: "Adventures in a Perambulator"
"The Lake; Dogs"
Eastman-Rochester Orch/Howard Hanson
Pageant of P.T. Barnum, Adventures in a Perambulator, Once Upon a Time, Selections from McGuffey's Readers
4:29 pm
Frédéric Chopin: Ballade No. 1 in G minor, Op. 23
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, p
The Chopin I Love
5:00 pm
music continues...
7:00 pm
7:00 pm
Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin
Peter Tchaikovsky, part I (1840-1893)
Bill launches into the first part of a two-part series on the Russian Romantic composer Peter Tchaikovsky. Though shunned by some other Russian composers as sounding too Western, Tchaikovsky was loved throughout the world as a great Russian composer. Caught between East and West, he created his own sound that to this day is still treasured and that Russians are proud to call their own. Bill starts with Mikhail Glinka, who broke from the Italian school to create the Russian school of music, and ends with excerpts of Tchaikovsky’s "Swan Lake."
10:00 pm - 12:00 am
10:00 pm
Baroque&Before with Candice Agree
Handel’s Judas Maccabeus
Handel's gripping oratorio commemorates the story of Judas Maccabeus, who led the Maccabean Jews against the invasion by the Seleucids, thus preserving Jewish culture and religion by regaining control of Jerusalem and rededicating the Temple. Nicholas McGegan leads the Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra and the U.C. Berkely Chamber Chorus, with tenor Guy de May, soprano Lisa Saffer, and countertenor Brian Asawa.
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