Tuesday, June 23, 2026

find shows

WFMT Schedule

what’s playing now

      Playlist for Tuesday, June 23, 2026

      Playing this hour

      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      Raymond Warren: "Wexford Bells: Suite on Old Irish Tunes"

      "Christmas Jig"; "Wexford Bells"

      Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland
      British Light Music Discoveries

      ASV CDWHL-2126

      12:05 am

      Edward Joseph Collins: Variations on an Irish Tune (1930)

      Royal Scottish National Orch/Marin Alsop
      Music Of Edward Collins: Vol. 6

      Albany TROY-650

      12:23 am

      Hamilton Harty: "In Ireland"

      Colin Fleming, f; Denise Kelly, h; Ulster Orch/Bryden Thomson
      Harty: John Field Suite, Etc.

      Chandos CHAN-6583

      12:32 am

      Robert Schumann: "Myrthen," Op. 25

      No. 13, "Hochländers Abschied"

      Ian Partridge, t; Julius Drake, p
      Schumann: Myrten · Lieder und Gesänge · Die Löwenbraut

      Chandos CHAN-9307

      12:33 am

      Robert Schumann: String Quartet No. 2 in F, Op. 41, No. 2

      Doric String Quartet
      Schumann: Three String Quartets, Op. 41

      Chandos CHAN-10692

      12:54 am

      Clara Schumann: Three Romances, Op. 21

      No. 2 in F

      Jean-Pierre Armengaud, p
      Clara Schumann: Piano Works, Vol 1

      Grand Piano GP-930

      1:00 am

      Heitor Villa-Lobos: "Chôros" No. 5, "Alma brasileira"

      Toomai String Quintet

      Passos Brasileiros

      1:04 am

      Heitor Villa-Lobos: "Chôros" No. 1 (1920)

      Julian Bream, g
      Julian Bream: The Ultimate Guitar Collection

      RCA 33705-2 (2)

      1:09 am

      Valerie Capers: Portraits in Jazz (1976)

      No. 10, "Bossa Brasilia"

      Maria Thompson Corley, p
      Soulscapes

      Albany TROY-857

      1:11 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Violin Concerto in D, Op.61

      Gidon Kremer, v; Ch Orch of Europe/Nikolaus Harnoncourt

      Teldec 28144-2 (10)

      1:54 am

      Dmitri Shostakovich: Five Pieces for two violins and piano

      No. 4, "Waltz"

      Gidon Kremer & Madara Petersone, v's; Georgijs Osokins, p
      Shostakovich Discoveries: World Premiere Recordings and Rarities

      DG 4867190

      2:00 am

      Hector Berlioz: "The Damnation of Faust," Op. 24

      "Rákoczy March"

      St Louis Sym Orch/Leonard Slatkin
      Classic Marches

      RCA 7716-2-RC

      2:04 am

      Franz Liszt: "Rákóczy March"

      Boston Pops/Arthur Fiedler
      Hi-Fi Fiedler And The Boston Pops

      RCA 67895-2

      2:11 am

      Anton Rubinstein: Cello Sonata #1 in D, Op 18

      Michal Kanka, vc; Jaromir Klepac, p

      Praga PRD-350015 (4)

      2:39 am

      Cesar Cui: Suite, Op 43, "In Modo Populari"

      :Allegretto"

      Hong Kong Phil/Kenneth Schermerhorn
      Cesar Cui

      Marco Polo 8.220308

      2:41 am

      Alexander Borodin: "Prince Igor"

      Polovtsian Dances

      Toronto Sym/Sir Andrew Davis
      Borodin: Symphonies 1, 2 & 3, Overture & Polovtsian Dances from "Prince Igor", In the Steppes of Central Asia

      Sony SB2K-62406 (2)

      2:54 am

      Cesar Cui: "Suite Miniature," Op 20

      "Scherzo rustique"

      Hong Kong Phil/Kenneth Schermerhorn
      Cesar Cui

      Marco Polo 8.220308

      3:00 am

      Fanny Mendelssohn: "Songs Without Words," Op 8

      #1 in B

      Tzimon Barto, p
      Best Piano Classics 100

      EMI/Ang CDC7-54900-2

      3:05 am

      Felix Mendelssohn: "Songs Without Words," Op 30

      Vassily Primakov, p
      Primakov in Concert, Vol. 1

      Bridge 9350

      3:23 am

      Igor Stravinsky: "Pastorale (Song Without Words)"

      Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
      Barber of Seville Overture

      GHA 126016

      3:25 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 24 in C minor, K. 491

      Benjamin Hochman, p; English Chamber Orch
      Mozart

      Avie AV-2404

      3:55 am

      John Johnsone: Sellenger's Rounde

      Jakob Lindberg, Paul O'Dette, l's
      English Lute Duets

      BIS CD-267

      4:00 am

      Edward German: "Romeo and Juliet" Incidental Music

      Nocturne

      Czecho-Slovak Radio Sym/Adrian Leaper
      GERMAN : British Light Music

      Marco Polo 8.223419

      4:04 am

      Frank Bridge: "There is a willow grows aslant a brook" (1928)

      BBC Welsh National Orch/Richard Hickox
      Bridge: Orchestral Works, Vol. 3

      Chandos CHAN-10112

      4:16 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: "Hamlet," Op. 67

      Overture

      USSR Radio Sym/Alexander Gauk

      Mobile Fidelity MFCD-870

      4:25 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: "Hamlet," Op. 67

      Waltz

      New York Phil/Kurt Masur
      Tchaikovsky: Famous Waltzes * New York Philharmonic * Masur

      Teldec 94571-2

      4:29 am

      Dmitri Shostakovich: "Hamlet" (Incidental Music, 1932), Op. 32

      "Funeral March"

      Gothenburg Sym Orch/Neeme Järvi
      Symphony No. 12 "The Year 1917" • Hamlet • The Age Of Gold

      DG 431688-2

      4:31 am

      Jan Ladislav Dussek: Clavier Sonata in c, Op 35/3

      Andreas Staier, forte-p

      RCA-DHM 77286-2

      4:54 am

      Malcolm Arnold: English Dances, Op 27

      #4

      Dallas Wind Sym/Jerry F Junkin
      Arnold For Band

      Reference Recordings RR-66-CD

      5:00 am

      Fabrizio Dentice: "Fantasia"

      Jacob Heringman, l
      The Siena Lute Book

      Avie AV-0036

      5:05 am

      Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Oboe Concerto in E-Flat, Wq 165

      Ku Ebbinge, ob; Amsterdam Baroque Orch/Ton Koopman

      Erato ECD-75560

      5:26 am

      Edward Elgar: "The Spanish Lady," Op 89

      Bourrée

      Guildhall String Ensemble/Robert Salter
      English Music For Strings

      RCA 7761-2-RC

      5:27 am

      William Walton: "Siesta" for Small Orchestra

      Northern Sinfonia of England/Richard Hickox
      English Miniatures

      EMI/Ang CDM5-66542-2

      5:33 am

      Joaquín Rodrigo: "Concierto de Aranjuez" (1939)

      Christopher Parkening, g; Royal Phil/Andrew Litton
      Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez/ Walton: 5 Bagatelles

      EMI/Ang CDC7-54665-2

      5:55 am

      Joaquin Rodrigo: "Cuatro madrigales amatorios" (1948)

      #3, "De dónde venis, amore?"

      Victoria de los Angeles, s; Paris Cons Orch/Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos

      EMI/Ang ZDMD5-65061-2 (4)

      6:00 - 10:00 am

      6:00 am

      Mornings with Jan Weller

      Including news and weather on the hour between 6:00 am and 9:00 am; and "Carl’s Almanac" at 7:30 am.

      6:10 am

      Franz Danzi: Sinfonia Concertante in B-flat, Op. 41

      I. "Allegro moderato"

      Demarre McGill, f; Anthony McGill, cl; Chicago Youth Sym Orch/Allen Tinkham
      Winged Creatures

      Cedille CDR-90000187

      6:21 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Organ Trio Sonata No. 5 in C, BWV 529

      I. "Allegro"

      Julian Bream, l; George Malcolm, hc
      Julian Bream Edition Vol 20 - Bach: Lute Suites

      RCA 61603-2

      6:27 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 4 in B-Flat, Op. 60

      III. "Allegro vivace"

      Philadelphia Orch/Riccardo Muti
      Beethoven: The Complete Symphonies

      Warner 0825646278299

      6:33 am

      Bedřich Smetana: "Vyšehrad (The High Castle)"

      Czech Phil/Charles Mackerras
      Smetana: Má Vlast

      Supraphon SU-34652031

      6:49 am

      Joaquín Rodrigo: "Fandango"

      John Williams, g
      Spanish Guitar Favourites

      CBS MK-44794

      7:03 am

      Erich Wolfgang Korngold: "Tänzchen im alten Stil"

      Helsinki Phil Orch/John Storgårds
      Korngold: Symphony in F-Sharp, etc

      Ondine ODE-1182-2

      7:11 am

      Antonín Dvořák: "In Nature's Realm" Overture, Op. 91

      Bournemouth Sym Orch/José Serebrier
      Dvořák: Symphony No. 7, In Nature's Realm, Scherzo capriccioso, Slavonic Dances

      Warner 66656

      7:29 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Fantasia in D minor, K. 397

      Mieczysław Horszowski, p
      Mozart, Chopin, Debussy, Beethoven - Mieczyslaw Horszowski

      Nonesuch 79160-2

      7:36 am

      Johannes Brahms: String Sextet No. 2 in G, Op. 36

      I. "Allegro non troppo"

      West German Radio Symphony Orchestra Chamber Players
      Brahms: String Sextets

      Pentatone PTC-5186807

      7:52 am

      Edvard Grieg: Lyric Pieces, Op. 65

      No. 6, "Wedding Day at Troldhaugen"

      St Martin's Academy/Sir Neville Marriner
      Grieg, Sibelius: Suites

      Philips 412727-2

      8:03 am

      Arthur Bliss: "Adam Zero" Suite

      Black Dyke Band/John Wilson
      Bliss: Works for Brass Band

      Chandos CHSA-5344

      8:14 am

      Benjamin Godard: "Suite de trois morceaux," Op. 116

      Susan Milan, f; City of London Sinfonia/Richard Hickox
      La Flûte Enchantée

      Chandos CHAN-8840

      8:26 am

      Scott Joplin: "The Chrysanthemum"

      Lara Downes, p
      Reflections: Scott Joplin Reconsidered

      Rising Sun Music RS-016

      8:30 am

      Amy Beach: Romance, Op. 23

      Augustin Hadelich, v; Orion Weiss, p
      American Road Trip

      Warner 5021732287908

      8:38 am

      Gioachino Rossini: "Il turco in Italia"

      Overture

      Prague Sinfonia/Christian Benda
      Rossini: Complete Overtures, Vol. 4

      Naxos 8.572735

      8:48 am

      Ferruccio Busoni: Nine Variations on a Prelude of Chopin in c minor

      Marc-André Hamelin, p
      Busoni: Late Piano Music

      Hyperion CDA-67951/3

      9:03 am

      music continues...

      10:00 am - 3:00 pm

      10:00 am

      Midday with Lisa Flynn

      Including "Music in Chicago" at 12:00 pm.

      3:00 - 7:00 pm

      3:00 pm

      Afternoon Music with Candice Agree

      Including "The Unrush Hour" at 5:00 pm.

      7:00 pm

      7:00 pm

      Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin

      Sir William Walton (1902-1983)

      This is a week steeped in 20th-century British music. Composer Benjamin Britten wrote that hearing William Walton's music was a 'great turning point in my musical life.' Bill features Walton’s love of different musical genres: film music from Henry V, the poem Façade set to music performed by the London Mozart Players narrated by Prunella Scales, the orchestral march Crown Imperial, and the cantata Belshazzar’s Feast.

      8:00 - 10:00 pm

      10:00 pm

      10:00 pm

      Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center

      Messiaen "Quartet for the End of Time;" Jörg Widmann, clarinet; Nicolas Dautricourt, violin; Nicolas Altstaedt, cello; Gilles Vonstattel, piano.

      11:00 pm

      11:00 pm

      Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival

      Ligeti Trio, "Hommage à Brahms;" Brahms Horn Trio in E-Flat Major, Op. 40; Stefan Dohr, french horn; William Hagen, violin; Kirill Gerstein, piano.