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      Playlist for Saturday, November 15, 2025

      Playing this hour

      12:00 - 7:00 am

      12:00 am

      Domenico Scarlatti: Clavier Sonata in d, Kk 434 (L 343)

      David Schrader, forte-p
      Scarlatti on Fortepiano

      Cedille CDR-90000042

      12:04 am

      Antonio Soler: Harpsichord Quintet #2 in F

      David Schrader, hc; Verrette, Shelton, v's; Slowik, vi; Rozendaal, vc
      Slowik,
      Soler: Harpsichord Quintets Nos. 1-3

      Cedille CDR-90000013

      12:27 am

      Susann McDonald: Toccata (Sabre Dance)

      Sarah Bullen, h
      The Essential Harp

      Egan 00002

      12:28 am

      Walter Piston: Symphony #6 (1955)

      Seattle Sym Orch/Gerard Schwarz
      PISTON: Symphonies Nos. 2 and 6

      Naxos 8.559161

      12:54 am

      Samuel Scheidt: Suite for Brass

      Allemande

      German Brass,Enrique Crespo

      EMI/Ang CDC7-47692-2

      1:00 am

      Gustav Mahler: "Des Knaben Wunderhorn"

      "Der Tamboursg'sell"

      Andreas Schmidt, br; Amsterdam Concertgebouw Orch/Leonard Bernstein
      Mahler: Des Knaben Wunderhorn * Popp/Schmidt

      DG 427302-2

      1:05 am

      Richard Wagner: "Rienzi"

      Overture

      New York Phil/Leonard Bernstein
      Leonard Bernstein: Wagner, The Royal Edition

      Sony SMK-47643

      1:17 am

      Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto in C "con molti stromenti," R 558

      New York Phil members/Leonard Bernstein
      Vivaldi * The Four Seasons * Bernstein

      Sony SMK-47642

      1:27 am

      Alan Shulman: "Hatikvah" (arr. 1949)

      NBC Sym Orch/Leonard Bernstein
      The Music of Alan Shulman

      Bridge 9119

      1:29 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 87 in A

      New York Phil/Leonard Bernstein
      Haydn: The 6 "Paris" Symphonies

      Sony SM2K-47550 (2)

      1:54 am

      Leonard Bernstein: "On the Town"

      "The Great Lover"

      Israel Phil/Leonard Bernstein
      Divertimento, A Musical Toast, Slava!, Facsimile, On The Town

      DG 427042-2

      2:00 am

      Louis Ganne: "Les Saltimbanques"

      Overture

      Luxembourg Radio TV Sym Orch/Paul Bonneau
      Johann Strauss: Concert De Gala

      Forlane UCD-13151/52 (2)

      2:05 am

      Maurice Ravel: "Ma mère l'Oye (Mother Goose)"

      Suite

      Katia, Marielle Labèque, p
      Jeux D'enfants / Ma Mère L'Oye / Dolly Suite

      Philips 420159-2

      2:22 am

      Leo Délibes: "Lakmé"

      Ballet: "Terana"

      Toulouse Capitole Orch/Michel Plasson

      EMI/Ang CDCB5-56569-2 (2)

      2:24 am

      Henry Charles Litolff: "Concerto Symphonique" #3 in E-Flat, Op 45

      Peter Donohoe, p; BBC Scottish Sym/Andrew Litton
      Litolff: Concerto Symphonique No 3 In E Flat Major, Concerto Symphonique No 5 In C Minor (First Recording)

      Hyperion CDA-67210

      2:55 am

      Henry Purcell: "King Arthur"

      Symphony

      Mark Bennett, tr; Parley of Instruments/Peter Holman
      Sound The Trumpet: Music By Henry Purcell And His Followers

      Hyperion CDA-66817

      3:00 am

      Dominick Argento: "Letters from Composers"

      "Schubert"

      Vern Sutton, t; Jeffrey Van, g
      Music Of Mayer & Argento

      CRI SD-291

      3:05 am

      Thomas Christian David: Schubertiade (1987)

      Verdehr Trio
      The Making Of A Medium Vol 2

      Crystal CD-742

      3:19 am

      Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov: "An Episode from the Life of Schubert", Op 61

      Miroslav Dvorsky, t; Slovak Radio Sym/Donald Johanos
      IPPOLITOV - IVANOV : Orchestral Works

      Marco Polo 8.223629

      3:29 am

      Franz Schubert: Song, "Heidenröslein," D 257

      Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, br; Gerald Moore, p

      EMI/Ang CDM7-69503-2

      3:31 am

      Franz Schubert: "Rosamunde" Incidental Music, D 797

      Suite

      Vienna Phil/Rudolf Kempe
      Vienna Philarmonic 'On Holiday'

      Testament SBT-1127

      3:53 am

      Edward MacDowell: Twelve Virtuoso Studies, Op 46

      #8, "Bluette"

      Malcolm Frager, p
      Edward MacDowell and Company

      New World 80206-2

      4:00 am

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

      "Rákoczy March"

      Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel
      Pomp And Pizazz: March Favorites

      Telarc CD-80122

      4:05 am

      Franz Liszt: "Hungarian Rhapsody" No. 1 in f minor

      Vienna State Opera Orch/Anatole Fistoulari
      Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsodies No 1-6

      Vanguard SVC-75

      4:15 am

      Franz Liszt: "Hungarian Rhapsody" No. 19 in d minor, (after Abrány's "Czárdás noble")

      Leslie Howard, p
      The complete music for solo piano, Vol. 57 - Hungarian Rhapsodies

      Hyperion CDA-67418/9 (2)

      4:24 am

      Daniell BATCHELAR: Almaine

      Paul O'Dette, l
      Dowland: Complete Lute Works, Vol. 2

      Harmonia Mundi HMU-907389

      4:26 am

      Maurice Ravel: "Ma mère l'Oye (Mother Goose)"

      London Sym Orch/Pierre Monteux
      Ravel: Orchestral Favorites

      Philips 442542-2

      4:54 am

      Erik Satie: "Le Piccadilly" (Piano Rag, c 1904)

      Jean-Yves Thibaudet, p
      The Magic of Satie

      London 470290-2

      5:00 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: String Quartet in F, Op. 3, No. 5

      "Serenade" (Andante cantabile)

      Indianapolis Sym Orch Strings/Raymond Leppard
      Encores

      Koss Classics KC-3303

      5:04 am

      Isaac Albéniz: "Rapsodia española," Op. 70

      Madeleine Forte, p, Del Parkinson, p
      A Celebration Of Duo-Piano Music

      Romeo Records 7252-4 (3)

      5:15 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: March in B-Flat, WoO 29

      London Wind Soloists/Brymer
      Complete Music For Wind Band

      London STS-15387

      5:16 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Septet in E-flat, Op. 20

      Sabine Meyer Wind Ensemble

      EMI/Ang CDC5-56817-2

      5:54 am

      Fanny Mendelssohn: Six Songs, Op 7

      #3, "Frühling (Spring)"

      Susan Gritton, s, Eugene Asti, p
      Fanny Mendelssohn: Lieder

      Hyperion CDA-67110

      6:00 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: "The Marriage of Figaro," K. 492

      Overture

      Amadeus Ensemble/Julius Rudel

      Musicmasters MMD-60117-Y

      6:03 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: "The Marriage of Figaro," K. 492

      Aria, "Se vuol ballare"

      Amadeus Ensemble/Julius Rudel

      Musicmasters MMD-60117-Y

      6:05 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Sonata No. 16 in B-Flat, K. 570

      Elyso Bolkvadze, p
      From Bach to Prokofiev

      MCA Classics AED-68013

      6:17 am

      Benedikt Schack: Der Stein der Weisen

      Finale, "Herr Astromonte, wir danken euch"

      Boston Baroque Cho and Orch/Martin Pearlman
      Der Stein Der Weisen by Mozart, Hennebert, Schack, Gerl, Schikaneder

      Telarc CD-80508 (2)

      6:18 am

      Jean Sibelius: Symphony No. 4 in a, Op. 63

      Hallé Orch/Sir John Barbirolli

      EMI/Ang ZDME5-67299-2 (5)

      6:55 am

      Dinicu: "Hora Staccato"

      Hohner Accordion Sym/Rudolf Würthner

      Vanguard SVC-81

      7:00 - 11:00 am

      7:00 am

      Weekend Mornings

      With news at 7:00 am; "Saturday Morning Listener's Choice" at 8:00 am; and "Soundtrack" at 9:00 am.

      7:00 am

      Hosted by Jan Weller.

      7:04 am

      Heitor Villa-Lobos: Five Preludes for Guitar

      No. 5 in D

      Göran Söllscher, g
      The History of Classical Music in 24 Hours

      DG 4794648

      7:08 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 6 in D, "Le matin"

      Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orch/Ádám Fischer
      Symphonies Nos. 6, 7 and 8 - Le Matin, Le Midi, Le Soir

      Nimbus NI-5240

      7:33 am

      Robert Schumann: Adagio and Allegro, Op. 70

      Louis-Philippe Marsolais, hn; David Jalbert, p
      Robert & Clara Schumann: Chamber Music for Horn

      Atma ACD2-2874

      7:44 am

      Fanny Mendelssohn: String Quartet in E-Flat

      IV. "Allegro molto vivace"

      Merel Quartet
      String Quartets by Felix & Fanny Mendelssohn

      Genuin GEN-11204

      7:52 am

      Richard Wagner: "Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg"

      Act 3 Prelude

      Canadian Brass, Berlin Phil, Bayreuth Festival Brass/Edo de Waart
      Wagner for Brass

      Philips 434109-2

      8:00 am

      Saturday Morning Listener's Choice

      8:01 am

      Gustav Holst: "St Paul's Suite," Op. 29, No. 2

      Guildhall String Ensemble/Robert Salter
      English Music for Strings

      RCA 7761-2-RC

      8:15 am

      Agustín Lara: "Granada"

      Fritz Wunderlich, t, Graunke Sym Orch/Hans Carste
      Fritz Wunderlich singt Arien und Lieder

      DG 435145-2

      8:21 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Trio in D, Op. 70, No. 1, "Ghost"

      III. Finale, "Presto"

      Leonidas Kavakos, v; Yo-Yo Ma, vc; Emanuel Ax, p
      Beethoven for Three: Symphony No. 1; Op. 70, No. 1 "Ghost;" Op. 11 "Gassenhauer"

      Sony G010005464289W

      8:30 am

      Hans Gál: Trio for violin, clarinet and piano, Op. 97

      III. Finale, Theme and Variations

      Ensemble Burletta
      Hans Gál: Chamber Music for Clarinet

      Toccata TOCC-0377

      8:38 am

      Christoph Willibald Gluck: "Orpheus and Eurydice"

      "Dance of the Furies"

      Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood
      Pachelbel: Canon - Handel, Vivaldi, Gluck

      L'Oiseau-Lyre 410553-2

      8:42 am

      George Gershwin: "Lullaby"

      St. Louis Sym Orch/Leonard Slatkin
      Gershwin: Catfish Row, An American in Paris, Cuban Overture, Lullaby

      EMI CDD7-64084-2

      8:51 am

      John Alden Carpenter: "Adventures in a Perambulator"

      No. 4, "The Lake"

      Ukraine National Sym Orch/John McLaughlin Williams
      Carpenter: Adventures in a Perambulator; Symphonies Nos. 1 and 2

      Naxos 8.559065

      8:56 am

      John Alden Carpenter: "Adventures in a Perambulator"

      No. 3, "The Hurdy Gurdy"

      Ukraine National Sym Orch/John McLaughlin Williams
      Explore America

      Naxos 8.559187

      9:01 am

      Soundtrack

      9:01 am

      Alfred Newman: 20th Century Fox Fanfare

      London Phil Orch/John Mauceri
      The Genius of Film Music

      LPO 0086

      9:03 am

      Leonard Bernstein: "On the Town"

      "Lonely Town"

      Curtain Going Up Orch/Leonard Bernstein
      The First Full-Length Recording: "On The Town"

      Sony SK-60538

      9:06 am

      Cy Coleman: "On the Twentieth Century"

      Overture

      On the Twentieth Century Orch/Paul Gemignani
      On the Twentieth Century: Original Broadway Cast Recording

      Sony SK-35330

      9:12 am

      Meredith Willson: "The Music Man"

      "Till There Was You"

      Renée Fleming, s; BBC Concert Orch/Rob Fisher
      Broadway

      Decca B0028739-02

      9:15 am

      Meredith Willson: "The Music Man"

      "Seventy-Six Trombones"

      Boston Pops Orch/John Williams
      John Williams Conductor

      Sony 41779-2 (20)

      9:19 am

      Lerner & Loewe: "My Fair Lady"

      "The Rain in Spain/I Could have Danced All Night"

      Julie Andrews; original London cast
      My Fair Lady

      Sony 60539

      9:27 am

      music continues...

      11:00 am

      11:00 am

      Introductions

      Eddie Zhou, 17, piano. Bach Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue in D minor, BWV 903; Beethoven "Hammerklavier" Sonata, 1st mvt; Scriabin Fantaisie in B minor, Op. 28; Vine Piano Sonata No. 1, 2nd mvt.

      12:00 - 4:00 pm

      12:00 pm

      From Bayreuth Festival

      Wagner's Lohengrin

      Piotr Beczala (Lohengrin); Mika Kares (Heinrich der Vogler); Elza van den Heever (Elsa of Brabant); Ólafur Sigurðarson (Friedrich von Telramund); Miina Liisa Värelä (Ortrud); Michael Kupfer-Radecky (King's Herald); Bayreuth Festival Chorus and Orchestra; Christian Thielemann, conductor. Sung in German.

      4:00 pm

      4:00 pm

      Listening to Singers with Oliver Camacho

      Conductor and soprano Christine Brandes joins WFMT to preview Chicago Opera Theater's upcoming production of "Falstaff" by Antonio Salieri.

      5:00 pm

      5:00 pm

      Weekend Evening Music

      6:00 - 8:00 pm

      6:00 pm

      The Music of The American Revolution

      A Preview of the PBS Documentary Film

      Directors Ken Burns and Sarah Botstein join WFMT to discuss the impoortance of music in their new film, and to the give a taste of the broad range of sounds and colors that help bring the film to life. The American Revolution, A Film By Ken Burns, Sarah Botstein, and David Schmidt premieres November 16 on WTTW. Visit wfmt.com for an extended version of this compelling conversation.

      6:06 pm

      Weekend Evening Music

      8:00 pm

      8:00 pm

      Folkstage hosted by Marilyn Rea Beyer

      Live from St. Tim's Coffeehouse in Skokie: The Oh Boys (Chicagoans Kieran McCabe, Zachary Stevenson & Shaun Whitley) are just here to have a good time, and so is the audience.

      9:00 pm - 12:00 am

      9:00 pm

      The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer

      Hearth and home in folk music featuring songs about houses plus a little homespun, downright silly humor.