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Playlist for Saturday, October 3, 2026
12:00 - 7:00 am
12:00 am
Brahms, Johannes: "F-A-E Scherzo (Sonatensatz)"
Anne Sophie Mutter, v; Lambert Orkis, p
The Berlin Recital
12:05 am
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Violin Sonata in E-Flat, K. 302
Anne Sophie Mutter, v; Lambert Orkis, p
Mozart: The Violin Sonatas
12:17 am
Thomson, Virgil: "The Plow that Broke the Plains" Suite (1936)
New London Orch/Ronald Corp
Thomson: Louisiana Story, The Plow That Broke The Plains
12:33 am
Thomson, Virgil: "Five Ladies"
#4, "Yvonne de Casa Fuerte" (1940)
Sharan Leventhal, v; Anthony Tommasini, p
Portraits and Self Portraits
12:35 am
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Violin Sonata No. 37 in B-Flat, K. 454
Jascha Heifetz, v; Brooks Smith, p
The Heifetz Collection, Volume 24: Bach: Concertos / Mozart / Paganini / Vitali
12:55 am
Tveitt, Geirr: Suite #1, "A Hundred Folk Tunes from Hardanger," Op 151
"Going a-wooing"
Royal Scottish National Orch/Bjarte Engeset
A Hundred Hardanger Tunes - Suites Nos. 1 And 4
1:00 am
Chopin, Frédéric: "Fantaisie-Impromptu" in c-sharp minor, Op. 66
Charles Richard-Hamelin, p
Chopin
1:05 am
Moeran, Ernest John: Sinfonietta (1944)
London Phil/Adrian Boult
Fugal Overture, Sinfonietta, November Woods
1:28 am
Moeran, Ernest John: "Songs of Springtime"
"Spring, the sweet Spring"
King's Singers
1:30 am
Chopin, Frédéric: Ballade No. 2 in F, Op. 38
Charles Richard-Hamelin, p
Chopin
1:38 am
Berlioz, Hector: "Roméo et Juliette," Op. 17
Love Scene (Adagio)
Baltimore Sym/David Zinman
Berlioz: La Marseillase, Love Scene from Romeo and Juliet, Three Excerpts from the Damnation of Faust
1:54 am
Prokofiev, Serge: "Romeo and Juliet," Op. 64
"Scene: The street awakens"
Cincinnati Sym Orch/Paavo Järvi
Romeo And Juliet (Complete Suites From The Ballet)
2:00 am
Strauss, Richard: "Schlagobers," Op. 70
"The Princess"
Tokyo Metropolitan Sym/Hiroshi Wakasugi
2:05 am
Korngold, Erich Wolfgang: "The Prince and the Pauper" film score
Suite
London Sym/André Previn
Previn Conducts Korngold * The Sea Hawk
2:27 am
Rameau, Jean-Philippe: "La Princesse de Navarre"
"Chaconne"
English Baroque Orch/Nicholas McGegan
RAMEAU: La princesse de Navarre
2:29 am
Bon, Anna: Clavier Sonata #5 in b
Barbara Harbach, hc
Anna Bon
2:42 am
Haydn, Franz Joseph: Symphony No. 9 in C
Philharmonia Hungarica/Antal Dorati
Haydn * The Complete Symphonies * Antal Dorati
2:54 am
Haydn, Franz Josef: Song, "The Lady's Looking Glass"
Julianne Baird, s; Lux Musica
Celtic Caravans
3:00 am
Purcell, Henry: Elegy on the Death of Thomas Farmer
Tragicomedia/Stephen Stubbs
Songs Of Welcome And Farewell
3:05 am
Philidor, Andre: Suite in E-Flat
Le Temple du Goût
3:13 am
Schnittke, Alfred: "Suite in the Old Style"
Ilya Kaler, v; Leonid Blok, p
Ilya Kaler: Violin Suites
3:29 am
Martino, Donald: Suite in Old Form
Air
Haesun Paik, p
3:31 am
Reger, Max: "Concerto in the Old Style," Op 123
Karl Suske, v; Heinz Schunk, v; Berlin Staatskapelle/Otmar Suitner
Balletsuite, Concerto, Beethoven-Variationen
3:54 am
Sweelinck, Jan Pieterszoon: Centone #9
Trio, "Le just'Archer"
Eastman Brass Quintet
4:00 am
Godowsky, Leopold: 53 Studies on Chopin Etudes
#13 in e-flat
Geoffrey Douglas Madge, p
4:05 am
Grieg, Edvard: Symphonic Dances, Op. 64
Gothenburg Sym/Neeme Järvi
Symphonic Dances, Norwegian Dances, Lyric Suite
4:36 am
Grieg, Edvard: 25 Norwegian Folksongs and Dances, Op. 17
No. 16, "I Know a Little Maiden"
Eva Knardahl, p
Grieg - Complete Piano Music, Vol.6
4:38 am
Handel, George Frideric: Violin Sonata in g, Op. 1, No. 6 (HWV 364a)
Ryo Terakado, v; Christophe Rousset, hc; Kaori Uemura, viga
4:44 am
Lutoslawski, Witold: "Dance Preludes"
Eduard Brunner, cl; Ursula Holliger, h; Bavarian Radio Sym/Witold Lutoslawski
Lutoslawski: Cello Concerto; Double Concerto; Dance Preludes
4:54 am
Burleigh: "Characteristic Pieces" (1910)
"Indian Snake-Dance"
Zina Schiff, v; Mary Barranger, p
BURLEIGH: Music for Violin and Piano
5:00 am
Schubert, Franz: Chorus, "Mondenschein," D 875
Neil Archer, t; Roger Vignoles, p; King's Singers
Nightsong
5:05 am
Beethoven, Ludwig van: Piano Sonata No. 14 in c-sharp minor, Op. 27, No. 2, "Moonlight"
Alexei Lyubimov, forte-p
Works for the Piano by C. P. E. Bach, Mozart, Beethoven
5:20 am
Strauss, Richard: "Capriccio," Op. 85
Mondschein-Musik "(Moonlight Music)"
Barry Tuckwell, fh; Royal Phil/Vladimir Ashkenazy
Horn Concertos
5:24 am
Nietzsche, Friedrich: "Im Mondschein auf der Puszta" (1862)
John Bell Young, p
Piano Music Of Friedrich Nietzsche
5:53 am
music continues...
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.
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 - 3:00 pm
12:00 pm
From National Centre for the Performing Arts
Wagner's Das Rheingold
Egils Silins (Wotan); Robert Bork (Donner); Wang Chuan (Froh); Christian Franz (Loge); Bettina Ranch (Fricka); Tanja Kuhn (Freia); Niu Shasha (Erda); Tomas Tomasson (Alberich); Arnold Bezuyen (Mime); Andrea Silvestrelli (Fasolt); Guan Zhijing (Fafner); Qin Kanru (Woglinde); Xu Xiaoying (Wellgunde); Zhang Yajie (Flosshilde); NCPA Chorus and Orchestra; Lü Jia, conductor. Sung in German.
4:00 pm
4:00 pm
Listening to Singers with Oliver Camacho
An interview with bass-baritone Christian Van Horn who stars in the title role of "Don Giovanni" at Lyric Opera.
8:00 pm
8:00 pm
Folkstage hosted by Marilyn Rea Beyer
From the archives: In 2024, local treasures, Emmy Bean and Ronnie Kuller performed “Her Only Light” songs and stories about elusive folk singer, Connie Converse. We reprise that concert just as the fully produced album is released.
9:00 pm - 12:00 am
9:00 pm
The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer
Songs about skyscrapers, city skylines, and other things that are very tall.






