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      Playlist for Saturday, December 6, 2025

      Playing this hour

      12:00 - 7:00 am

      12:00 am

      Reinhold Gliere: Two Pieces, Op 32

      #2, "Scherzo"

      Gary Karr, db; Harmon Lewis, p

      VQR 2031

      12:04 am

      Antonio Vivaldi: Bassoon Concerto in B-flat, R 504

      Sergio Azzolini, bs; L'Aura Soave Cremona
      Vivaldi: Bassoon Concertos Volume 2

      Naive OP-30518

      12:17 am

      Albert Roussel: Duo for Bassoon and Double-Bass (1925)

      Czech Nonet Members
      Roussel: Musique de Chambre

      Praga PR-250089

      12:20 am

      Arthur Honegger: "Hommage à Albert Roussel" (1928)

      Annette Middelbeek, p
      Honegger: Klavierstücke

      Koch 3-1220-2

      12:22 am

      Arthur Honegger: "Trois pièces" (1919)

      #2, "Hommage à Ravel"

      Annette Middelbeek, p
      Honegger: Klavierstücke

      Koch 3-1220-2

      12:24 am

      Maurice Ravel: "Ma mère l'Oye (Mother Goose)"

      City of Birmingham Sym Orch/Simon Rattle

      EMI/Ang CDM5-66228-2

      12:53 am

      David Guion: "Mother Goose Suite" (1937)

      "Hey, Diddle, Diddle"

      Eugene Rowley, p
      Prairie Echoes: Piano Music of David Guion

      Premier PRCD-1024

      1:00 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: "The Marriage of Figaro," K. 492

      "Cinque-Dieci" (Opening Scene)

      Mozzafiato/Charles Neidich
      Harmoniemusik

      Sony SK-53965

      1:02 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: "The Marriage of Figaro," K. 492

      Duet, "Canzonetta sull'aria"

      Mozzafiato/Charles Neidich
      Harmoniemusik

      Sony SK-53965

      1:05 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Trio #1 in E-Flat, Op 1/1

      Jacob Lateiner, p; Jascha Heifetz, v; Gregor Piatigorsky, vc
      The Heifetz Collection, Vol. 30: Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 4 / Beethoven Trio Op. 1, No. 1 / Vivaldi Concerto

      RCA 61761-2

      1:31 am

      Gordon Jacob: Divertimento (1956)

      #8 (Finale), Jig

      Tommy Reilly, harmonica; Hindar String Quartet
      Tommy Reilly - Jacob/ Moody: Harmonica Music

      Chandos CHAN-8802

      1:33 am

      George Gershwin: Second Rhapsody

      Oscar Levant, p; Orch/Morton Gould
      Oscar Levant Plays Gershwin

      CBS MK-42514

      1:46 am

      Oscar Levant: "Caprice" (1940)

      Concordia Orch/Marin Alsop

      EMI/Ang CDC7-54851-2

      1:54 am

      George Frideric Handel: Trumpet Suite in D

      Overture

      Ludwig Güttler, tr; Friedrich Kircheis, o

      Pro Arte SDS-621

      2:00 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Adagio in E-Flat

      Mary Lou Rylands, vc; Marilynn Mair, m; Mark Davis, g
      Vienna Nocturne

      North Star NS-0034

      2:05 am

      Philippe Gaubert: Flute Sonata #3

      Erich Graf, f; Ricklen Nobis, p
      Flute Masterworks: Poulenc, Debussy, Varese, Borne, Nobis, Prokofiev

      Aeolus 02

      2:19 am

      Francis Poulenc: "Pastourelle" for "L'éventail de Jeanne" (1927)

      French National Orch
      Poulenc: Aubade, Les Biches, Etc.

      London 452937-2

      2:21 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Triple Concerto in C, Op 56

      Badura-Skoda, forte-p; F Maier, v; Anner Bylsma, vc; Collegium Aureum

      RCA-DHM 77063-2-RG

      2:55 am

      Jacob van Eyck: Bockxvoetje

      Stefano Bet, f
      J. Van Eyck: Fluyten Lust-Hof, Books 1 and 2

      Centaur CRC-2596

      3:00 am

      English Anon 16th c: "Watkin's Ale"

      Ensemble Phoenix Munich/Joel Frederiksen, b
      The Elfin Knight: Ballads and Dances from Renaissance England

      Harmonia Mundi HMC-901983

      3:09 am

      Barbirolli: "An Elizabethan Suite"

      BBC Sym/Sir John Barbirolli

      HMV ASD-2496

      3:22 am

      Jean Sibelius: "Pohjola's Daughter," Op. 49

      Hallé Orch/Sir John Barbirolli

      EMI/Ang ZDME5-67299-2 (5)

      3:36 am

      John Dowland: "My Lord Willoughby's Welcome Home"

      Ensemble Phoenix Munich
      The Elfin Knight: Ballads and Dances from Renaissance England

      Harmonia Mundi HMC-901983

      3:37 am

      Carl Maria von Weber: Six Waltzes (1812)

      Michael Endres, p

      Oehms Classics OC-357 (2)

      3:46 am

      Maurice Ravel: "La valse"

      Pittsburgh Sym Orch/William Steinberg

      EMI/Ang CDM5-65204-2

      3:57 am

      Maurice Ravel: "Valses nobles et sentimentales"

      No. 4, "Assez animé"

      Vladimir Spivakov, v; Sergei Bezrodny, p
      Various: It Ain't Necessarily So! (Music by Gershwin, Ravel, Debussy, others)

      RCA 60861-2

      4:00 am

      Franz Liszt: "Hungarian Rhapsody" No. 11 in a minor

      Leslie Howard, p
      The complete music for solo piano, Vol. 57 - Hungarian Rhapsodies

      Hyperion CDA-67418/9 (2)

      4:05 am

      Charles Tomlinson Griffes: "Poem" (1918)

      Carol Wincenc, f; Buffalo Phil/JoAnn Falletta
      GRIFFES: Pleasure Dome of Kubla Khan / The White Peacock

      Naxos 8.559164

      4:15 am

      Kent Kennan: "Night Soliloquy" (1936)

      Susan Levitin, f; Gerald Rizzer, p

      Mark MCD-3489

      4:19 am

      Christopher Tye: "In Nomine XII"

      Empire Brass
      The Glory of Gabrieli: Antiphonal Music for Brass Choirs

      Telarc CD-80553

      4:21 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 77 in B-Flat

      Orpheus Chamber Orch
      Symphonies No. 44 "Trauer-Symphonie" • No. 77

      DG 415365-2

      4:41 am

      Georges Bizet: "Carmen" Suite No. 1

      Ljubljana Sym Orch/Marko Munih
      Bizet: Carmen Suites 1 & 2/ Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake Ballet Suite

      Stradivari SCD-6026

      4:54 am

      Joan Ambrosio Dalza: Saltarello

      Toronto Consort
      The DaVinci Collection * Italian Music from the Time of Leonardo

      Marquis 81357

      5:00 am

      Franz Liszt: "Liebestraum" No. 1 in A-flat

      Philadelphia Orch/Eugene Ormandy
      Liszt's Greatest Hits

      CBS MLK-39450

      5:05 am

      Victor Herbert: Suite of Serenades (1924)

      Ensemble/Maurice Peress
      The Birth Of Rhapsody In Blue

      Musicmasters MMD-20113X/14T (2)

      5:13 am

      Victor Herbert: "Medley"

      Boston Pops Orch/Arthur Fiedler
      Concert In The Park

      RCA LSC-2677

      5:23 am

      Victor Herbert: "A la Valse"

      Jascha Heifetz, v; Milton Kaye, p
      The Decca Masters, Vol. 2: Gershwin, Foster, Weill, Berlin

      MCA Classics MCAD-42212

      5:25 am

      Joey Sellers: "Four Seasons Medley"

      St Louis Brass Quintet
      Saint Louis Brass Quintet: Fascinating Rhythms

      Summit DCD-195

      5:33 am

      Antonio Vivaldi: The Four Seasons, Concerto No. 1 in E major, Op. 8, RV 269, “Spring”

      Alan Loveday, v; St Martin's Academy/Neville Marriner
      Vivaldi: The Four Seasons

      London B0006627-02

      5:44 am

      Antonio Vivaldi: The Four Seasons, Concerto No. 3 in F major, Op. 8, RV 293, “Autumn”

      Marion Verbruggen, r; Flanders Recorder Quartet
      Vivaldi: Le Quattro Stagioni

      Harmonia Mundi HMU-907153-B

      5:53 am

      Asger Lund AL Christiansen: Recorder Sonatina #1, Op 15

      4th mvt, "Presto scherzando"

      Michala Petri, r; Hanne Petri, hc
      The Modern Recorder

      RCA 7946-2-RC

      6:00 am

      Carl Maria von Weber: "Der Freischütz"

      Aria, "Und ob die Wolke"

      Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, s; Philharmonia/Julius Rudel

      EMI/Ang CDC5-56417-2

      6:04 am

      Carl Maria von Weber: "Der Freischutz", Overture

      Overture

      Hanover Band/Roy Goodman
      Weber: Horn Concertino, Overtures, Symphonies Nos. 1 and 2

      Nimbus NI-5154

      6:15 am

      Pablo de Sarasate: "Der Freischütz" Fantasy after Weber, Op 14

      Tianwa Yang, v; Navarra Sym Orch/Ernest Martínez Izquierdo
      SARASATE, P. de: Violin and Orchestra Music, Vol. 4 (Tianwa Yang, Navarre Symphony, Martinez-Izquierdo)

      Naxos 8.572276

      6:27 am

      Carl Maria von Weber: "Der Freischütz"

      March

      Berlin German Sym Orch/Marek Janowski
      Der Freischütz

      RCA 62538-2 (2)

      6:28 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: "The Magic Flute," K. 620

      Overture

      Berlin Staatskapelle/Herbert von Karajan

      DG 457689-2

      6:35 am

      Pablo de Sarasate: "Magic Flute Fantasy"

      Gil Shaham, v; Akira Eguchi, p
      The Fiddler of the Opera

      DG 447640-2

      6:46 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Duos on themes fr "The Magic Flute"

      Heinz Holliger, ob's
      Heinz Holliger at the Opera

      Philips 426288-2

      6:53 am

      music continues...

      7:00 - 11:00 am

      7:00 am

      Weekend Mornings

      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

      The Caspian Quartet, The Minela Trio and Quartetto Speranza. Music by Haydn, Mendelssohn, Bartók, Beethoven, Shostakovich, Piazzolla, Debussy and Garrop.

      12:00 - 4:00 pm

      12:00 pm

      Metropolitan Opera

      Puccini's La bohème

      Juliana Grigoryan (Mimi); Stephen Costello (Rodolfo); Mané Galoyan (Musetta); David Bizic (Marcello); Alexander Köpeczi (Colline); Iurii Samoilov (Schaunard); Donald Maxwell (Benoit/Alcindoro); Metropolitan Opera Cho & Orch/Daniele Rustioni. Sung in Italian.

      3:30 pm

      Afternoon Music

      4:00 pm

      4:00 pm

      Listening to Singers with Oliver Camacho

      Steppenwolf Ensemble member Ian Barford, currently starring as Antonio Salieri in Steppenwolf's production of Amadeus, joins WFMT to discuss the use of Mozart's vocal music in Peter Shaffer's award-winning play.

      5:00 - 8:00 pm

      5:00 pm

      Weekend Evening Music

      8:00 pm

      8:00 pm

      Folkstage hosted by Marilyn Rea Beyer

      Live from Acoustic Renaissance Concerts in Hinsdale: Chicago native now based in Wisconsin, Anne Heaton has developed a truly unique, piano-based brand of folk. Sean Kiely, a rising star from New Jersey, weaves luminous songs from his vivid imagination. Both sing with uncommon beauty and will meet for the first time on Folkstage.

      9:00 pm - 12:00 am

      9:00 pm

      The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer

      No more procrastinating! It’s time to break out your cozy sweaters and warm footwear this week. Bundle up with folk songs to keep warm.