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Playlist for Friday, December 5, 2025
12:00 - 6:00 am
12:00 am
Fritz Kreisler: "Zigeuner Capriccio (Gypsy Caprice)"
Caroline Goulding, v; Christopher O'Riley, p
Caroline Goulding
12:05 am
Johann Strauss II: Der Zigeunerbaron (The Gypsy Baron)
"Treasure Waltz"
Chicago Sym Orch/Fritz Reiner
Strauss Waltzes
12:13 am
Richard Strauss: "Festliches Präludium," Op. 61
Philadelphia Orch/Wolfgang Sawallisch
12:24 am
Richard Strauss: Five Songs, Op. 15
#4, "Aus den Liedern der Trauer"
Markus Eiche, t; Wolfram Rieger, p
Strauss: Complete Songs
12:26 am
Amy (Mrs HHA) Beach: Violin Sonata
Joseph Silverstein, v; Gilbert Kalish, p
Music of Amy Beach/ Arthur Foote/ Arthur Farwell/ Preston Ware Orem
12:55 am
Frédéric Chopin: Mazurkas, Op. 63
No. 2 in f
Vassily Primakov, p
Chopin: 21 Mazurkas
1:00 am
Franz Schubert: Impromptus, D 899 (Op. 90)
No. 3 in G-flat
Barry Douglas, p
Schubert: Works for Solo Piano, Volume 2
1:05 am
Missy Mazzoli: "Impromptu (Thomas's Piece)"
Joshua Bell, v; Kaprálová Orch
1:07 am
George Gershwin: "Porgy and Bess" Fantasy for Violin and Orchestra
Joshua Bell, v; London Sym Orch/John Williams
Gershwin Fantasy
1:28 am
George Gershwin: "Porgy and Bess"
"Summertime"
Jascha Heifetz, v; Brooks Smith, p
Selections From The Heifetz Collection
1:29 am
Antonin Dvorák: "Czech Suite," Op 39
Padova Chamber Orch/David Golub
Dvořák: Czech Suite, Nocturne, Serenade for Strings
1:55 am
Bohuslav Martinu: "Borova" (Seven Czech Dances) (1929-30)
#2
Radoslav Kvapil, p
Anthology of Czech Piano Works, Vol. 3: Bohuslav Martinu
2:00 am
Aaron Jay Kernis: "Too Hot Toccata"
Grant Park Orch/Carlos Kalmar
Symphony in Waves: Music of Aaron Jay Kernis /Grant Park Orchestra
2:05 am
Gerald Finzi: Grand Fantasia and Toccata, Op 38
Philip Fowke, p; Royal Liverpool Phil/Richard Hickox
2:21 am
Charles Widor: Organ Symphony #5 in F
Toccata
Pierre Cochereau, o
2:26 am
Lili Boulanger: "Cortège" (1914)
Joseph Roche, v; Paul Freed, p
Chamber Works by Women Composers
2:55 am
music continues...
10:00 am - 2:00 pm
10:00 am
Midday with Lisa Flynn
Including the "Daily Excursion" at 11:00 am and "Music in Chicago" at 12:00 pm.
7:00 pm
7:00 pm
Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin
The Sweet Spot
As Bill explains: 'I’ve spent my life as a classical musician devoted to the great body of standard repertoire, which began about 1685 with the birth of Bach and Handel and continued through Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven on to the present. I loved that music as a youngster and I still do, but there are occasions, especially when I’m least expecting it, when music composed roughly between 1550 and 1650 will take my breath away.' Madrigalists and other Italian composers, giants like Palestrina (born 500 years ago), the Gabrielis, and Orlando di Lasso. We will be listening to Renaissance composers from France, Spain, Germany, and England.
11:00 pm
11:00 pm
Best of Studs Terkel
Rosemary Clooney and Michael Feinstein (10/26/1992)
Two celebrated champions of the Great American Songbook – jazz singer Rosemary Clooney and singer and pianist Michael Feinstein – were in Chicago in late 1992 to perform at the former Shubert Theater. While in town, they stopped by WFMT for an hour of music and conversation with Studs Terkel.
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