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Playlist for Saturday, April 4, 2026
12:00 - 7:00 am
12:00 am
Jules Massenet: "Devant la Madone"
Aldo Ciccolini, p
Massenet: Piano Music
12:04 am
Jules Massenet: "Papillons noirs" (1907)
Aldo Ciccolini, p
Massenet: Piano Music
12:05 am
Camille Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto No. 4 in c, Op. 44
Aldo Ciccolini, p; Orch de Paris/Serge Baudo
12:32 am
George Frideric Handel: "Messiah"
Chorus, "Glory to God"
St Martin's Academy Cho, Orch/Neville Marriner
Messiah
12:34 am
Felix Alexandre Guilmant: "March on a Theme by Handel", Op 15/2
Carlo Curley, o
12:40 am
George Frideric Handel: "Messiah"
Chorus, "Lift up your heads"
St Martin's Academy Cho, Orch/Neville Marriner
Messiah
12:43 am
George Frideric Handel: Concerto grosso in a, Op. 6, No. 4
Orpheus Chamber Orch
Handel: 12 Concerti Grossi, Op. 6
12:54 am
George Frideric Handel: "Messiah"
Chorus, "Let us break their bonds asunder"
St Martin's Academy Cho, Orch/Neville Marriner
1:00 am
Joan Tower: "Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman" #3
Colorado Sym/Marin Alsop
Fanfares for the Uncommon Woman
1:05 am
Antonin Dvorák: "Fanfare for the Festive Opening of the Regional Exhibition in Prague"
London Gabrieli Brass Ensemble
Music for Brass
1:07 am
Bedrich Smetana: "Má Vlast (My Fatherland)"
"Sarka"
Vienna Phil/Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Má vlast
1:18 am
Mily Balakirev: Symphonic Poem, "Russia" (Second Overture on Russian Themes)
Ussr State Academy Orch/Yevgeny Svetlanov
Symphonic Poems from Russia
1:31 am
Serge Prokofiev: Twelve Russian Folksongs, Op. 104
"Behind the Forest"
Lyubov Sokolova, ms; Yuri Serov, p
PROKOFIEV, S.: Songs and Romances (Complete)
1:33 am
Nikolaus Von Krufft: Horn Sonata in E
Lowell Greer, fh; Steven Lubin, forte-p
Brahms: Horn Trio, Op. 40/ Beethoven: Horn Sonata Op. 17/ Von Kufft: Horn Sonata
1:54 am
Ludwig van Beethoven: 12 German Dances, WoO 8
#6
Capella Istropolitana/Oliver Dohnanyi
BEETHOVEN, L. van: 11 Dances, "Mödlinger Tänze" / 12 German Dances / 12 Minuets (Capella Istropolitana, Dohnányi)
2:00 am
Claude Debussy: "Deux arabesques"
No. 1 in E
Philadelphia Orch/William Smith
Quiet Night
2:05 am
Francisco Tárrega: "Capricho árabe (Serenata)"
Sharon Isbin, g
Alma Española
2:11 am
Richard Strauss: Arabischer Tanz (1893)
Amelia Piano Trio
STRAUSS, R.: Piano Trios Nos. 1 and 2 / Works for Piano Quartet (Amelia Piano Trio, Mandel)
2:13 am
Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov: "Scheherazade," Op. 35
Orch/Erich Leinsdorf; Israel Baker, v
Scheherezade, Etc
2:55 am
Tielman Susato: "The Danserye" (1551)
"Entrée du Fol"
Musica Aurea Ensemble/ Jean Woltéche
3:00 am
Giovanni Gabrieli: "Canzon Duodecimi Toni á 10"
Hespèrion XX
3:05 am
Georg Philipp Telemann: Trumpet Concerto in D
Albert Calvayrac, tr; Toulouse Chamber Orch/Louis Auriacombe
3:19 am
Jacques Offenbach: "Cancan"
Empire Brass
Class Brass - On The Edge
3:20 am
Felix Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3 in a minor, Op. 56, "Scottish"
Cleveland Orch/Christoph von Dohnányi
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3 'Scottish'
3:54 am
Scottish Anon 17th c: Straloch Lute Book
A Port
Jakob Lindberg, l
Lute Music from Scotland and France
4:00 am
Amilcare Ponchielli: "La Gioconda"
Act I, Prelude
Accademia di Santa Cecilia Orch/Myung-Whun Chung
Italian Overtures
4:05 am
Amilcare Ponchielli: "La Gioconda"
"Dance of the Hours"
Dresden Staatskapelle/Silvio Varviso
Overtures & Intermezzi
4:15 am
Georges Bizet: "Carmen"
Toreador Song
Jose van Dam, b; Paris Opéra Cho, Berlin Phil/Herbert von Karajan
Carmen.Highlights
4:20 am
Georges Bizet: "Carmen"
Suite
Burning River Brass
Burning River Brass: Romanza Espana
4:34 am
Richard Wagner: "Die Walküre"
"Ride of the Valkyries"
Cambridge Buskers
The Cambridge Buskers' Compact Classics
4:36 am
Paul Pabst: Concert Paraphrase on Themes from Tchaikovsky's "Eugene Onegin"
Michael Ponti, p
4:48 am
Peter Tchaikovsky: "Eugene Onegin," Op. 24
Waltz
Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel
Dances From The Opera
4:54 am
J I Quinton: El Coqui (Danza)
Paul Gregory, g
Tango!
5:00 am
Heinrich von Biber: Sonata Sancti Polycarpi a 9 in C
New York Trumpet Ensemble/Gerard Schwarz
The Sound of Trumpets
5:05 am
Darius Milhaud: Suite for Violin, Viola, and Piano, Op. 157b (1936)
Catherine Tait, v; Howard Klug, cl
Milhaud: Creation du Monde and Other Works
5:16 am
Germaine Tailleferre: Overture
Paris Conservatory Orch/Georges Tzipine
Le Groupe Des Six
5:20 am
Georges Auric: "Ouverture"
London Sym/Antal Dorati
Dorati Conducts Satie/Milhaud/Auric/Françaix/Fetler
5:28 am
Darius Milhaud: "Saudades do Brasil," Op. 67
No. 2, "Botafogo"
Antonio Barbosa, p
Antonio Barbosa - Debussy, Milhaud
5:30 am
Francis Poulenc: "Trois mouvements perpétuels" (1918)
Bennett, Daniel, Campbell, Gough, Watkins, et al
William Bennett, flute,
French Woodwind Music, Volume 2
5:37 am
Louis Durey: Flute Sonatine
Bonita Boyd, f; Kimberly Schmidt, p
5:47 am
Arthur Honegger: "Farinet ou L'Or dans La Montagne" (1938)
Suite
Slovak Radio Sym/ Adriano
HONEGGER : L' ldee / Crime et Chatiment
5:53 am
Darius Milhaud: "Saudades do Brasil," Op. 67
No. 5, "Ipanema"
Antonio Barbosa, p
Antonio Barbosa - Debussy, Milhaud
6:00 am
Johann Sebastian Bach: Chorale Prelude, "Komm, Heiliger Geist Herre Gott (Come, Holy Ghost, God and Lord)" BWV 651
Christopher Herrick, o (Jesuitenkirche, Lucerne, Switzerland)
Wachet Auf! - Bach: The Schübler Chorales
6:05 am
George Frideric Handel: Organ Concerto No. 10 in d, Op. 7, No. 4
Paul Nicholson, o (St Lawrence, Whitchurch, England); Brandenburg Consort
Handel: Organ Concertos
6:19 am
Sousa: "Peaches and Cream" (Foxtrot)
Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel
Peaches And Cream: Dances and Marches by John Philip Sousa
6:23 am
Louis Moreau Gottschalk: "Le Bananier"
Alan Mandel, p
6:25 am
Igor Stravinsky: "The Firebird"
Scherzo: "The Princesses' Game with the Golden Apples"
London Sym Orch/Antal Dorati
The Firebird (Complete Ballet) • Fireworks • Song Of The Nightingale • Tango • Scherzo Á La Russe
6:28 am
Serge Prokofiev: "The Love for Three Oranges" Suite, Op. 33a
Suite
Pittsburgh Sym Orch/William Steinberg
6:37 am
Morton Gould: Apple Waltzes
"Baldwin"
American Sym Orch/Morton Gould
Morton Gould Conducts His Burchfield Gallery And Apple Waltzes
6:39 am
Henry Purcell: "The Fairy Queen"
Suite
Alison Balsom, tpt; English Concert/Trevor Pinnock
Sound The Trumpet (Royal Music Of Purcell & Handel)
6:53 am
Paul Chihara: "The Tempest"
"Wheat Siciliano"
Performing Arts Orch/Jean-Louis LeRoux
The Tempest
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.
7:03 am
Dario Castello: "Sonata decimaterza"
Quicksilver
Stile Moderno: New Music from the Seventeenth Century
7:11 am
Joseíto Fernández: "Guantanamera"
Sarah Willis, hn; Havana Lyceum Orch/José Antonio Méndez Padrón
Mozart y Mambo: La Bella Cubana
7:22 am
Robert Nathaniel Dett: "In the Bottoms"
Rochelle Sennet, p
Bach to Black: Suites for Piano, Vol. 1
7:39 am
Michael Daugherty: Reflections on the Mississippi, I. Mist
I. Mist
Carol Jantsch, tba; Albany Sym/David Alan Miller
Michael Daugherty Concertos
7:46 am
Traditional Venezuelan: Medley, "Caballo viejo; Alma llanera"
L'Arpeggiata/Christina Pluhar
Los Pájaros Perdidos * The South American Project
7:52 am
Duke Ellington: Reflections in D
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, p
Conversations with Bill Evans
8:00 am
Saturday Morning Listener's Choice
8:00 am
William Stepp: "Bonaparte's Retreat Hoedown" (after Copland's "Rodeo")
Jay Ungar, v; Molly Mason, g; Nashville Chamber Orch/Paul Gambill
Harvest Home: Music for All Seasons
8:06 am
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Horn Concerto No. 3 in E-Flat, K. 447
I. "Allegro"
Dennis Brain, hn; Philharmonia Orch/Herbert von Karajan
Horn Concertos Nos.1-4 • Quintet In E Flat K.452
8:14 am
Ola Gjeilo: "The Ground (Pleni sunt caeli)"
Phoenix Chorale/Charles Bruffy; Harrington Quartet; Ola Gjeilo, p
Northern Lights - Choral Works by Ola Gjeilo
8:19 am
Pietro Mascagni: "Cavalleria rusticana"
Intermezzo sinfonico
Chicago Sym Orch/Riccardo Muti
Italian Masterworks
8:25 am
Franz Lehár: "The Merry Widow"
"Vilja-Lied"
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, s; Philharmonia Cho & Orch/Lovro von Matacic
50 Best Romantic Classics
8:31 am
Josef Suk: String Serenade in E-Flat, Op. 6
I. "Andante con moto"
Polish Radio Chamber Orch/Agnieszka Duczmal
Tchaikovsky & Suk: Serenades for Strings; Grieg: Holberg Suite and Two Elegiac Melodies
8:37 am
Jean Sibelius: "Finlandia," Op. 26
Hymn Tune
Cantus
The COVID-19 Sessions
8:39 am
Simon & Garfunkel: April Come She Will (Simon)
Simon & Garfunkel
Old Friends, Vol. 1
8:42 am
Miklos Rózsa: "Ben-Hur"
Love Theme
Daniel Hope, v; Royal Stockholm Phil Orch/Alexander Shelley
Escape to Paradise
8:46 am
Scott Joplin: "Solace" (A Mexican Serenade)
Joe Brent, man; Lara Downes, p
Reflections: Scott Joplin Reconsidered
8:53 am
Edward Elgar: "Enigma Variations," Op. 36
No. 9, "Nimrod"
Sheku Kanneh-Mason, vc; Cello Ensemble
Sheku Kanneh-Mason: Elgar
8:57 am
Antonio Vivaldi: "The Four Seasons: Spring," RV. 269
I. Allegro
Lausanne Chamber Orch/Renaud Capuçon, v
Vivaldi: The Four Seasons & Saint-Georges: Violin Concertos Op. 5 & 8
9:00 am
Soundtrack
9:01 am
Alfred Newman: 20th Century Fox Fanfare
London Phil Orch/John Mauceri
The Genius of Film Music
9:03 am
Elmer Bernstein: "The Magnificent Seven"
Suite
Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel
Round-Up
9:10 am
Elmer Bernstein: "The Shootist"
"In the Fire"
Utah Sym/Elmer Bernstein
True Grit - Elmer Bernstein Conducts His Classic Scores for the Films of John Wayne
9:13 am
Elmer Bernstein: "True Grit"
"Rooster and Runaway"
Utah Sym/Elmer Bernstein
True Grit - Elmer Bernstein Conducts His Classic Scores for the Films of John Wayne
9:17 am
Elmer Bernstein: "Cat-Women of the Moon"
Main Title
Studio Orch/Elmer Bernstein
The Golden Age of Science Fiction, Vol. 3
9:18 am
Elmer Bernstein: "Robot Monster"
Introduction and Main Title
Studio Orch/Elmer Bernstein
The Golden Age of Science Fiction, Vol. 3
9:21 am
Elmer Bernstein: "The Ten Commandments"
Overture to Act I
Studio Orch/Elmer Bernstein
The Ten Commandments 60th Anniversary Soundtrack Collection
9:26 am
Elmer Bernstein: "Far from Heaven"
"Walking Through the Town"
Hollywood Studio Sym/Elmer Bernstein
Far From Heaven (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
9:28 am
Elmer Bernstein: "Far from Heaven"
"Mother Love; Evening Rest"
Hollywood Studio Sym/Elmer Bernstein
Far From Heaven (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
9:30 am
Elmer Bernstein: "Far from Heaven"
"Revelation and Decision"
Hollywood Studio Sym/Elmer Bernstein
Far From Heaven (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
9:36 am
Elmer Bernstein: "Rambling Rose"
"Rose and Buddy"
Orch/Elmer Bernstein
Rambling Rose (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack To The Film)
9:40 am
Elmer Bernstein: "The Age of Innocence"
Suite
London Phil Orch/Dirk Brossé
The Genius of Film Music: Hollywood Blockbusters 1980s-2000s
9:48 am
Elmer Bernstein: "The Buccaneer" film music
Prelude; "Out to Sea"
Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel
Masters and Commanders: Music from Seafaring Film Classics
9:56 am
Elmer Bernstein: "To Kill a Mockingbird"
Main Title
Drnek, acc; Knauer, p; Berlin German Sym Orch/David Newman
Hollywood
10:01 am
Traditional American: "Bully for You"
Rhiannon Giddens, minstrel banjo
The American Revolution, a Film by Ken Burns, Sarah Botstein & David Schmidt
10:04 am
Mark O'Connor: "Strings and Threads Suite"
Mark O'Connor, v; Metamorphosen/Scott Yoo
Mark O'Connor: The American Seasons
10:21 am
Johann Sebastian Bach: "St Matthew Passion," BWV 244
Chorale, "O Haupt voll Blut und Wunden"
Anderson & Roe Piano Duo
The Art of Bach
10:22 am
Paul Simon: "American Tune"
Paul Simon
There Goes Rhymin' Simon (Paul Simon: The Studio Recordings #2)
10:27 am
Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quartet No. 8 in E minor, Op. 59, No. 2, "Razumovsky"
III. "Allegretto"
Calidore String Quartet
Beethoven: The Middle Quartets
10:36 am
Margaret Bonds: "Montgomery Variations"
Royal Scottish National Orch/Kellen Gray
African American Voices II
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.
11:40 am
music continues...
12:00 - 4:00 pm
12:00 pm
Metropolitan Opera
Ponchielli's La gioconda
Renata Tebaldi (La Gioconda); Carlo Bergonzi (Enzo); Fiorenza Cossotto (Laura); Cornell MacNeil (Barnaba); Bonaldo Giaotti (Alvise); Mignon Dunn (La Cieca); Metropolitan Opera Cho & Orch/Fausto Cleva. Sung in Italian. Celebrating the opera's 150th anniversary from March 2, 1968.
3:30 pm
Afternoon Music
4:00 pm
4:00 pm
Listening to Singers with Oliver Camacho
Countertenor Randall Scotting returns to WFMT to share the story of Nicolò Grimaldi, the castrato who conquered the opera world under the stage name Nicolini (1673–1732).
8:00 pm
8:00 pm
Folkstage hosted by Marilyn Rea Beyer
From the archives: In 2024, the Maxwell Street Klezmer Band played a rare Passover music concert with special guest vocalist, Cantor Pavel Roytman before a live studio audience at WFMT.
9:00 pm - 12:00 am
9:00 pm
The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer
We mark the anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King’s 1968 assassination. Also, a birthday salute to Clive Davis whose impact on folk and popular music is immeasurable; and we honor the late poet/activist Maya Angelou born on this day in 1928.
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