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Playlist for Saturday, September 12, 2026
12:00 - 7:00 am
12:00 am
Shostakovich, Dmitri: Two Pieces for String Octet, Op. 11
"Prelude"
New Century Chamber Orch Members
Written With The Heart's Blood
12:05 am
Shostakovich, Dmitri: "The Age of Gold" Suite, Op. 22a
Prague Sym Orch/Maxim Shostakovich
Shostakovich Conducts Shostakovich
12:22 am
Shostakovich, Dmitri: "Dances of the Dolls"
"Lyrical Waltz"
Israela Margalit, p
12:23 am
Saint-Saens, Camille: Piano Quartet in B-Flat, Op. 41
Touchwood Piano Quartet
Chausson and Saint-Saens: Piano Quartets
12:54 am
Lully, Jean-Baptiste: "Gigue"
Chicago Baroque Ensemble
The World of Lully
1:00 am
Kabalevsky, Dmitri: "Romeo and Juliet" Suite, Op 56
#6, "Lyrical Dance"
Armenian Phil/Loris Tjeknavorian
Kabalevsky: Suites from Romeo and Juliet, The Comedians & Colas Breugnon
1:05 am
Walton, William: "As You Like It" (Film score, 1936)
London Phil Cho, Orch/Carl Davis
1:19 am
Paine, John Knowles: "As You Like It" Overture, Op 28
New York Phil/Zubin Mehta
1:29 am
Morley, Thomas: Song, "It Was A Lover and His Lass"
Julianne Baird, s; Ronn McFarlane, l
Vocal and Lute Music (English) - MORLEY, T. / CAMPION, T. / DOWLAND, J. / FERRABOSCO II, A. / HOLBORNE, A. (Greensleeves) (Baird, McFarlane)
1:31 am
Albéniz, Isaac: "Cantos de España," Op. 232
Pierre Huybregts, p
Albeniz: Piano Works
1:54 am
Rodrigo, Joaquín: "Cuatro madrigales amatorios" (1948)
#4, "De los lamos vengo, madre"
Victoria de los Angeles, s; Paris Conservatory Orch/Frühbeck de Burgos
2:00 am
Cherubini, Luigi: "Ifigenia in Aulide"
Overture
Orch della Toscana/Donato Renzetti
2:04 am
Beethoven, Ludwig van: Horn Sonata in F, Op 17
Baumann, Hokanson
Works For Horn And Piano
2:19 am
Beethoven, Ludwig van: "The Ruins of Athens," Op. 113
"Turkish March"
Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel
International Salute
2:21 am
Tchaikovsky, Peter: Album for the Young, Op. 39
I Musici de Montréal/Yuli Turovsky
Tchaikovsky: Children's Album/ L. Mozart: Toy Symphony
2:54 am
Mendelssohn, Felix: "Kinderstücke," Op 72
No. 3, Allegretto
Daniel Barenboim, p
Lieder Ohne Worte
3:00 am
Tchaikovsky, Peter: "The Nutcracker," Op. 71
#1, Miniature Overture
Malinova Sisters
3:02 am
Tchaikovsky, Peter: "The Nutcracker," Op. 71
#3, March
Malinova Sisters
3:05 am
Poulenc, Francis: Two-Piano Concerto in d (1932)
Joshua Pierce, Dorothy Jonas, p's; Polish Radio-TV Sym Orch/David Amos
20TH CENTURY MASTERPIECES- FOR 2 PIANOS & ORCHESTRA
3:24 am
Vivaldi, Antonio: Two-Trumpet Concerto in C, R 537
Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood
Handel: Messiah/ Athalia/ Ester/ La Resurrezione Box Set, Original recording reissued
3:32 am
Bartók, Béla: 44 Duos for Two Violins
No. 40, "Arabian Song"
Peter Lefor, Martin Mumelter, v's
3:34 am
Haydn, Franz Joseph: String Quartet in d, Op. 76, No. 2, "Fifths (Quinten)"
Takacs Quartet
String Quartets, Op. 76 1-3
3:53 am
Quilter, Roger: Song, "June"
John Mark Ainsley, t; Malcolm Martineau, p
4:00 am
Uccellini, Marco: "La Bergamasca"
Sonata Decima Ottava
Arcadian Academy
Uccellini: La Bergamasca
4:05 am
Bach, Johann Sebastian: Orchestra Suite No.1 in C, BWV 1066
Berlin Academy for Ancient Music
Bach: Orchestral Suites No 1-4
4:31 am
Donizetti, Gaetano: "L'elisir d'amore"
Aria, "Il mio rigor dimentica"
Ruth Ann Swenson, s; London Sym/Julius Rudel
4:32 am
Bottesini, Luigi: Gran Duo Concertante
Thomas Martin, db; José-Luis Garcia, v; English Chamber Orch/Andrew Litt
Vol. 1 (Gran Duo Concertante And Other Works)
4:48 am
Verdi, Giuseppe: "Aida"
Triumphal March
St Louis Sym Orch/Leonard Slatkin
Classic Marches
4:54 am
Verdi, Giuseppe: "Rigoletto"
Chorus, "Zitti, zitti"
La Scala Cho and Orch/Riccardo Muti
5:00 am
Fauré, Gabriel: "Fantaisie," Op 79
Jonathan Snowden, f; Andrew Litton, p
French Music for Flute and Oboe
5:05 am
Mahler, Gustav: Symphony No. 10 in F-Sharp
I. "Adagio"
Czech Phil/Libor Pesek
Symphony No. 9 / Symphony No. 10 Adagio
5:28 am
Walther, Johann Georg: Chorale Prelude, "Herzlich tut mich verlangen"
Klaas Bolt, o
5:30 am
Krommer, Franz: Oboe Concerto #2 in F, Op 52
Jiri Krejci, ob; Prague Chamber Orch/Frantisek Vajnar
Oboe Concertos
5:52 am
Dinicu: "Hora Staccato"
Robert Zimanski, v; Gerard Wyss, p
Passione amorosa
6:00 am
COOKE, Thomas: Part song, "Strike the Lyre"
London Pro Cantione Antiqua/Mark Brown
Sweet & Low - Glees & Partsongs
6:05 am
Alwyn, William: "Lyra Angelica"
Rachel Masters, h; City of London Sinfonia/Richard Hickox
Langgaard: Symphonies 4, 5 & 6
6:35 am
Elgar, Edward: "Five Part-Songs from the Greek Anthology," Op 45
#3, "After many a dusty mile"
Finzi Singers/Paul Spicer
Elgar: Part Songs
6:37 am
Stamitz, Carl: Clarinet Concerto #11 in E-Flat
Sabine Meyer, cl; St Martin's Academy/Iona Brown
6:55 am
ROBERTSON, Arthur: Strathspey Forever
David Russell, g
Message Of The Sea: Music For Guitar David Russell
7:00 - 9:00 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.
7:02 am
Enrique Granados: "Valses poéticos"
Benjamin Grosvenor, p
Dances
7:13 am
Antonio Vivaldi: "La Cetra" Concerto No. 11 in C minor, R. 198
Monica Huggett, v; Raglan Baroque Players/Nicholas Kraemer
Vivaldi: La Cetra Op. 9
7:24 am
Meredith Monk: "Ellis Island"
Lara Downes & Simone Dinnerstein, p's
Holes in the Sky / Downes - Portrait
7:27 am
Aaron Copland: "Old American Songs" Set 1
No. 2, "The Dodger"
Chicago Brass Quintet
American Voices
7:29 am
Duke Ellington: Come Sunday
Lara Downes, p; PUBLIQuartet
New Day Begun
7:32 am
Margaret Bonds: "Fields of Wonder"
No. 1, "Heaven"
Cantus
Fields of Wonder
7:34 am
Dmitri Shostakovich: "The Tale of the Silly Little Mouse" film score, Op. 56
Suite
Royal Concertgebouw Orch/Riccardo Chailly
The Film Album
7:48 am
John Rutter: Suite for Strings
Camerata Chicago/Drostan Hall
The English Connection (April 2023)
8:00 am
Saturday Morning Listener's Choice
8:01 am
Dario Marianelli: "Pride and Prejudice"
"Dawn"
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, p
Pride & Prejudice (Music from the Motion Picture)
8:04 am
Georges Bizet: "Carmen"
Children's Chorus, "Avec la garde montante"
Choeur Les Éléments, Toulouse Capitole Orch/Michel Plasson
The Best Choral Album in the World...Ever!
8:07 am
Georges Bizet: "Carmen"
Habanera
Sarahbanda/Sarah Willis, hn
Sarahbanda
8:12 am
Meyer/Thile/Duncan: "Attaboy"
Stuart Duncan, v; Chris Thile, man; Yo-Yo Ma, vc; Edgar Meyer, db
Edgar Meyer, double bass,
The Goat Rodeo Sessions
8:19 am
Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata No. 208, "Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd"
Aria, "Schafe können sicher weiden (Sheep May Safely Graze)"
Christopher Parkening, g; Los Angeles Chamber Orch
Christopher Parkening - A Bach Celebration
8:25 am
Jean-Baptiste Arban: Variations on "The Carnival of Venice"
Wynton Marsalis, cornet; Eastman Wind Ensemble/Donald Hunsberger
Carnaval
8:34 am
Henry Purcell: "Dido and Aeneas"
Dido's Lament, "When I am laid in earth"
United Strings of Europe/Julian Azkoul
Through the Night
8:39 am
Stephen Sondheim: "A Little Night Music"
"Send in the Clowns"
London Brass
Clowning Around: London Brass Entertains
8:42 am
Stephen Sondheim: "A Little Night Music"
"Every Day a Little Death"
Beth Vanderborgh, vc; Opus Two
Sondheim: New Chamber Music Arrangements
8:46 am
Julie Cooper: "Galilean Moons"
Nicholas McCarthy, p
Julie Cooper: Continuum
8:53 am
Domenico Cimarosa: "Il Mercato di Malmantile"
Overture
Sinfonia Finlandia Jyväskylä/Patrick Gallois
Cimarosa: Overtures, Vol. 3
9:00 - 11:00 am
9:00 am
Soundtrack
9:00 am
Alfred Newman: 20th Century Fox Fanfare
London Phil Orch/John Mauceri
The Genius of Film Music
9:02 am
Per Nørgård: "Babette's Feast"
Suite, V. Pastorale
Ensemble MidtVest
Whirl's World
9:09 am
Jules Massenet: "Thaïs"
Meditation
Andrew von Oeyen, p
Saint-Saëns, Ravel, Gershwin: Piano Concertos
9:15 am
Jay McCarrol: McCarrol: "Tony"
"A Day in the Life of a Writer"
Studio Ens
Tony (Original Soundtrack)
9:17 am
Jay McCarrol: McCarrol: "Tony"
"Provincetown"
Studio Ens (solo accordion)
Tony (Original Soundtrack)
9:19 am
Jay McCarrol: McCarrol: "Tony"
"Striper Run"
Studio Ens
Tony (Original Soundtrack)
9:22 am
John Adams: "Lollapalooza"
Hallé Orch/Kent Nagano
John Adams: Century Rolls, Lollapalooza, Slonimsky's Earbox
9:29 am
Alexandre Desplat: "Julie and Julia"
"Julia's Theme"
Studio Orch/Alexandre Desplat
Julie & Julia (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
9:31 am
Thomas Newman: "Fried Green Tomatoes"
"Ghost Train" (Main Title)
Studio Orch/Thomas Newman
Fried Green Tomatoes (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
9:35 am
Colin Stetson: "The Menu"
"Welcome to Hawthorne"
Studio Orch/Colin Stetson, prod
The Menu (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
9:38 am
Colin Stetson: "The Menu"
"The Purifying Flame"
Studio Cho & Orch/Colin Stetson, prod
The Menu (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
9:44 am
Dario Marianelli: "The Boxtrolls"
"Allergic"
Studio Orch/Dario Marianelli
The Boxtrolls (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
9:49 am
Dario Marianelli: "The Boxtrolls"
"Say Cheese"
Studio Orch/Dario Marianelli
The Boxtrolls (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
9:52 am
Rachel Portman: "Chocolat"
Main Title
Studio Orch/David Snell
Chocolat (Music From The Miramax Motion Picture)
9:55 am
Rachel Portman: "Chocolat"
"Vianne Sets Up Shop"
Studio Orch/David Snell
Chocolat (Music From The Miramax Motion Picture)
9:57 am
Leslie Bricusse & Anthony Newley: "Pure Imagination," from "Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory"
Richard Glazier, p
Pure Imagination: Great Songs from the Stage and Screen
10:01 am
Michael Haydn: Symphony No. 25 in G, P 16
with Mozart's introduction, K. 444
Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood
Mozart: The Complete Symphonies
10:15 am
Anderson & Roe: "Ragtime alla Turca" (after Mozart)
Anderson & Roe Piano Duo
An Amadeus Affair
10:20 am
Joaquín Turina: "Sinfonía sevillana," Op. 23
London Phil Orch/Enrique Bátiz
Falla: Nights in the Gardens of Spain; Rodrigo: A la busca del más allá, Zarabanda; Turina: Sinfonía sevillana
10:45 am
Eugenio Toussaint: "Concierto para piano improvisa"
2nd movement
Alex Brown, p; Phil Orch of the Americas/Alondra de la Parra
Mi Alma Mexicana
10:54 am
Mikhail Glinka: "Ruslan and Lyudmila"
Overture
Chicago Sym Orch/Fritz Reiner
Pictures at an Exhibition, A Night on Bald Mountain and Other Russian Showpieces
11:00 am
11:00 am
Introductions
15-year-old pianist Jeremy Liu, winner of the 2025 CSO Young Artists Competition at age 13, performs Margaret Bonds's "Torubled Water" and the third movement of Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 21 in C major, Op. 53 "Waldstein." Recorded in August 2026 in the Levin Performance Studio.
11:19 am
Augusta Holmès: "Ouverture pour une comédie"
Rheinland-Pfalz State Phil/Samuel Friedmann
Augusta Holmès: Orchestral Works
11:30 am
Joseph Bologne (Chevalier de Saint-Georges): Violin Concerto in A, Op. 5, No. 2
Rachel Barton Pine, v; Encore Chamber Orch/Daniel Hege
Violin Concertos by Black Composers of the 18th and 19th Centuries
11:55 am
Carlo Curti: "La Típica"
Nashville Mandolin Ensemble/Paul Martin Zonn
All The Rage
12:00 - 3:00 pm
12:00 pm
From La Scala
Bizet's Carmen
Clémentine Margaine (Carmen); Natalia Tanasii (Micaëla); Vittorio Grigolo (Don José); Giorgi Manoshvili (Escamillo); Marine Chagnon (Mercédès); Trebel Voice Chorus from La Scala Academy; Vienna State Opera Chorus and Orchestra; Myung-Whun Chung, conductor. Sung in Italian.
2:36 pm
Nadia Boulanger: "Cantique (Lux aeterna)"
Nicholas Phan, t; Myra Huang, p
Clairières * Songs by Lili & Nadia Boulanger
2:39 pm
Philip Glass: "Candyman"
Suite
La Pietà/Angèle Dubeau
Signature: Philip Glass
2:46 pm
Darius Milhaud: Viola Sonata No. 1, Op. 240
Dana Zemtsov, vi; Anna Fedorova, p
Silhouettes
3:00 pm
3:00 pm
Afternoon Music
3:00 pm
Aaron Copland: Symphony No. 3
II. "Allegro molto"
London Sym Orch/Aaron Copland
Copland Conducts Copland
3:09 pm
Billy Joel: "And So it Goes"
Harry Watters, tb; Salt River Brass/Patrick Sheridan
The Great American Songbook
3:16 pm
Joel Puckett: "Bill-ytude"
Nicholas Phillips, p
American Vernacular: New Music for Solo Piano
3:21 pm
Carter Pann: "The Piano's 12 Sides"
"She Steals Me"
Nicholas Phillips, p
Impressions
3:47 pm
music continues...
4:00 pm
4:00 pm
Listening to Singers with Oliver Camacho
Tenor Nicholas Phan joins WFMT to preview the 2026-27 season of Art Song Chicago.
8:00 pm
8:00 pm
Folkstage hosted by Marilyn Rea Beyer
Live from St. Tim's Coffeehouse in Northfield: The Mac and Cheese Band (Pete McCauley & Tim Cheesebrow) deliver high-energy, high-carb folk music with an expertly composed sauce of humor and strings in their Folkstage debut.
9:00 pm - 12:00 am
9:00 pm
The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer
We mark the 25th anniversary of the shared tragedy of 9/11 with music that helps us overcome fear and find a shared purpose.
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