Saturday, May 23, 2026

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      Playlist for Saturday, May 23, 2026

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      12:00 - 7:00 am

      12:00 am

      Richard Wagner: "Der fliegende Holländer"

      Senta's Ballad

      David Allen Wehr, p
      Liszt: Transcriptions From Wagner

      Connoisseur CD-4199

      12:05 am

      Richard Wagner: "Der fliegende Höllander (The Flying Dutchman)"

      Overture

      London Classical Players/Sir Roger Norrington

      EMI CDC7-49889-2

      12:15 am

      Robert Schumann: "Carnaval," Op. 9

      No. 4, "Valse noble"

      Canadian Brass
      Carnaval

      Opening Day ODR-7438

      12:16 am

      Johannes Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Schumann, Op 9

      Julius Katchen, p
      Brahms: Works for Solo Piano

      London 5666060 (6)

      12:36 am

      Robert Schumann: Andante and Variations in B-Flat, Op. 46

      Argerich, D Schwarzberg, L Hall, Imai, Maisky
      Mischa Maisky, cello,
      Schumann

      EMI/Ang CDC5-57308-2

      12:54 am

      Johannes Brahms: Six Songs, Op. 3

      #3, "Liebe und Frühling II"

      Olaf Bär, br; Geoffrey Parsons, p
      Brahms Lieder

      EMI/Ang CDC7-49723-2

      1:00 am

      Antonio Salieri: "Les Danaïdes"

      Overture

      Slovak Radio Sym/Michael Dittrich
      SALIERI: Overtures

      Naxos 8.554838

      1:05 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Divertimento No. 12 in E-Flat, K. 252

      Chamber Orch of Europe
      Intégrale des divertissements pour instruments à vent

      Teldec 46472-2 (5)

      1:15 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Notturno No. 4 in C, H II:31

      The Music Party/Alan Hacker
      8 Nocturnes

      London 458075-2 (2)

      1:28 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Secular Canons, H XXVIIb:1-46

      No. 2, "Auf einen adeligen Dummkopf"

      Gyor Girls' Cho/Miklós Szabó
      Haydn: Cannons

      Hungaroton HCD-12890-2

      1:30 am

      Gabriel Fauré: Nocturne in B-flat major, Op 37

      Charles Owen, p
      Fauré: The Complete Nocturnes

      Avie AV-2133

      1:38 am

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

      Suisse Romande Orch/Ernest Ansermet
      Symphonie en si bémol / Pelléas et Mélisande ; Pénélope - Prélude ; Masques et bergamasques

      London 433715-2

      1:54 am

      Jean Sibelius: "Pelléas et Mélisande," Op. 46

      "At the Seashore"

      Tapiola Sinfonietta/Tuomas Ollila

      Ondine ODE-952-2

      2:00 am

      Stephen Foster: "Old Folks at Home"

      Itzhak Perlman, v; Samuel Sanders, p

      EMI/Ang CDC7-49604-2

      2:03 am

      George Gershwin: Three Preludes (1926)

      #3, "Allegro ben ritmato"

      Jascha Heifetz, v; Samuel Sanders, p

      EMI/Ang CDC7-49604-2

      2:04 am

      Samuel Barber: Violin Concerto, Op. 14

      Itzhak Perlman, v; Boston Sym Orch/Seiji Ozawa

      EMI/Ang CDC5-55360-2

      2:27 am

      Charles Ives: Song, "Mists"

      Dora Ohrenstein, s; Phillip Bush, p
      The Complete Songs of Charles Ives, Vol. 3

      Albany TROY-079

      2:28 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: String Quartet No. 19 in C, K. 465, "Dissonance"

      Guarneri String Quartet
      Mozart: Six Quartets Dedicated To Haydn

      RCA 60390-2 (3)

      2:54 am

      Jean D'ASTREE: The Buffens

      Baltimore Consort
      Chamber Music (Renaissance) – D'ESTREE, J. / JOHNSON, J. / RAVENSCROFT, T. / ALLISON, R. / MORLEY, T. / BYRD, W. / DOWLAND, J.

      Dorian DOR-90142

      3:00 am

      Domenico Scarlatti: Clavier Sonata in G, Kk 144 (Spurious?)

      Kim Heindel, lautenwerk
      The Art of the Lautenwerk

      Gasparo GSCD-275

      3:04 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Violin Concerto No.2 in E, BWV 1042

      Arve Tellefsen, v; Royal Phil/Paavo Berglund
      N/A

      Grappa GRCD-4050

      3:22 am

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      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 - 4:00 pm

      12:00 pm

      Metropolitan Opera

      Puccini's Turandot

      Anna Pirozzi (Turandot); Brian Jagde (Calaf); Angel Blue (Liu); John Relyea (Timur); Metropolitan Opera Cho & Orch/Oksana Lyniv. Sung in Italian.

      3:30 pm

      Afternoon Music

      4:00 pm

      4:00 pm

      Listening to Singers with Oliver Camacho

      A survey of songs based on A. E. Housman's "A Shropshire Lad," including settings by George Butterworth, Ivor Gurney, Arthur Somervell, Ralph Vaughan Williams, and Ian Venables.

      5:00 pm

      5:00 pm

      Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival

      Grainger Paraphrase on Tchaikovsky's "Waltz of the Flowers;" Kirill Gerstein, piano; Andy Akiho "Spiel;" Colin Currie, glockenspiel; Beethoven Violin Sonata in A Major, Op. 47, "Kreutzer," Chad Hoopes, violin; Katia Skanavi, 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: To celebrate Bob Dylan’s 85th birthday this weekend, we’ll sample artists’ covers of his songs – and other songs – performed over the years on Folkstage.

      9:00 pm - 12:00 am

      9:00 pm

      The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer

      Memorial Day weekend is a time to reflect on what we have lost and to honor those who gave “the last full measure of devotion.”