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Playlist for Saturday, October 17, 2026
12:00 - 7:00 am
12:00 am
Shostakovich, Dmitri: Preludes and Fugues, Op. 87
No. 23 in F
Keith Jarrett, p
Shostakovich: 24 Preludes and Fugues Op. 87
12:05 am
Debussy, Claude: "Première rapsodie" (Clarinet Rhapsody)
Benny Goodman, cl; New York Phil/John Barbirolli
Clarinet Classics
12:12 am
Stravinsky, Igor: "Ebony Concerto"
Woody Herman and His Orchestra
Ebony Concerto, Symphony in Three Movements
12:21 am
Stravinsky, Igor: Double Canon for String Quartet (1959)
Guildhall String Ensemble
Stravinsky: Apollon Musagète
12:23 am
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: String Quartet No. 19 in C, K. 465, "Dissonant"
Juilliard String Quartet
Juilliard String Quartet: 50 Years Vol.3
12:54 am
Wilbye, John: Madrigal, "So Light Is Love"
New York Trumpet Ensemble
Art of the Trumpet
1:00 am
Harty, Hamilton: Three Pieces (1911)
#2, "Orientale"
Sarah Francis, ob; Peter Dickinson, p
1:05 am
Glazunov, Alexander: Oriental Rhapsody, Op 29
USSR Sym Orch/Yevgeny Svetlanov
Forest, Sea, Oriental Rhapsody
1:30 am
Cui, Cesar: "Kaleidoscope," Op 50
#9, "Orientale"
Midori, v; Robert McDonald, p
Encore!
1:32 am
Mendelssohn, Felix: Violin Concerto in d (1822)
Kyoko Takezawa, v; Bamberg Sym Orch/Claus Peter Flor
Violin Concertos
1:55 am
Grasse, Edwin: Wellenspiel
Corey Cerovsek, v, Katja Cerovsek, p
Cerovsek
2:00 am
Chopin, Frédéric: Waltzes, Op.34
no.2 in a minor
Adam Harasiewicz, p
Survival and Beauty: The Heroic Music of Chopin
2:05 am
Dvorák, Antonín: "The Hero's Song," Op 111
Scottish National Orch/Neeme Järvi
Dvorak: Symphony No. 1 · The Hero's Song
2:26 am
Telemann, Georg Philipp: "Heldenmusik"
"La Majeste"
Hakan Hardenberger, tr; Simon Preston, o
Trumpet & Organ Spectacular At Sorø Church
2:28 am
Bach, Johann Sebastian: Orchestra Suite No.1 in C, BWV 1066
La Stravaganza Köln/Andrew Manze
Four Ouvertures
2:55 am
Thomson, Virgil: "The Plow that Broke the Plains" Suite (1936)
"Pastorale"
St Louis Sym Orch/Leonard Slatkin
The American Album
3:00 am
Bach, Johann Sebastian: Solo Violin Sonata No. 1 in g minor, BWV 1001
"Fugue"
Christopher Parkening, g
The Artistry of Christopher Parkening
3:05 am
Bax, Arnold: "Spring Fire" (1913)
Royal Phil/Vernon Handley
Spring Fire / Symphonic Scherzo / Northern Ballad No. 2
3:35 am
Gilbert & Sullivan: "The Mikado"
"The flowers that bloom in the spring, tra la"
Soloists, D'Oyly Carte Opera Company Cho, Orch/Jones
Gilbert And Sullivan: The Mikado
3:37 am
Webber, Wm Lloyd: "Three Spring Miniatures"
Ian Brown, p
William Lloyd Webber: Piano Music, Chamber Music And Songs
3:43 am
Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel: Symphony in B-Flat, Wq 179
Berlin Academy for Ancient Music
Bach: Symphonies, Concertos
3:54 am
Schumann, Robert: "Liederkreis (Song Cycle)," Op. 39
No. 4, "Die Stille (The Silence)"
Marjana Lipovsek, ms; Graham Johnson, p
Schumann: Lieder
4:00 am
Heuberger, Richard: "Der Opernball"
"Midnight Bells"
Robert McDuffie, v; Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel
Viennese Violin
4:03 am
Lehár, Franz: "Frasquita"
"Serenade"
Robert McDuffie, v; Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel
Viennese Violin
4:05 am
Griffes, Charles Tomlinson: "Fantasy Pieces," Op 6
James Tocco, p
MacDowell: 4 Sonatas/ Griffes: Solo Works
4:21 am
Griffes, Charles Tomlinson: Song, "Könnt ich mit dir dort oben gehen"
Lucy Shelton, s; Margo Garrett, p
The Songs Of Charles T. Griffes
4:23 am
Zemlinsky, Anton: Symphony #1 in d minor
Gürzenich Orch/James Conlon
4:55 am
Goldschmidt, Berthold: "Scherzo"
Kalja Lessing, p
Retrospectrum
5:00 am
Bach, Johann Sebastian: Canzona in d minor, BWV 588
Ton Koopman, o (Grote Kerk, Maassluis, Holland)
Organ Works Vol. 1
5:05 am
Telemann, Georg Philipp: Flute Concerto in D
Emmanuel Pahud, f; Berlin Baroque Soloists/Rainer Kussmaul, v
5:17 am
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: "The Magic Flute," K. 620
Overture
Royal Phil/Colin Davis
5:24 am
Alyabiev, Alexander: "The Magic Drum"
Overture
Moscow Phil Society Chamber Ensemble/Andrei Korsakov
Concertino: Fomin / Bortnyansky / Aliabiev
5:29 am
Schubert, Franz: "Die Zauberharfe," D 644
Overture
Vienna Phil/Riccardo Muti
Schubert: Symphony No. 9, Rosamunde Overture
5:39 am
Aliabiev, Alexander: The Magic Drum
Act 1, Scene 3
Moscow Phil Chamber Ensemble
Concertino: Fomin / Bortnyansky / Aliabiev
5:41 am
Blasius, Matthieu-frédéric: "Suite d'harmonie" #2 in E-Flat
Mozzafiato
Harmoniemusik: Music For Winds
5:54 am
Poulenc, Francis: Brass Sonata (1922)
Finale, Rondeau
Alan Civil, fh; John Wilbraham, tr; John Iveson, tb
6:00 am
Waxman, Franz: "Hollywood Suite"
"The Young in Heart"
St Clair Trio and Friends
6:05 am
Waxman, Franz: "Carmen Fantasy"
Maxim Vengerov, v; Israel Phil/Zubin Mehta
The Road I Travel
6:23 am
music continues...
12:00 - 4:00 pm
12:00 pm
From National Centre for the Performing Arts
Puccini's Tosca
Monica Zanettin (Tosca); Han Peng (Cavaradossi); Ambrogio Maestri (Scarpia); NCPA Chorus and Orchestra; Xu Zhong, conductor. Sung in Italian.
2:10 pm
Afternoon Music
4:00 pm
4:00 pm
Listening to Singers with Oliver Camacho
On the "Twenty-Four Italian Songs and Arias of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries," an anthology which has introduced millions of beginning singers to Italian vocal literature.
8:00 pm
8:00 pm
Folkstage hosted by Marilyn Rea Beyer
Live from Acoustic Renaissance Concerts in Hinsdale: American songwriter Richard Shindell has made his home in Buenos Aires for more than 25 years. Solas, Joan Baez, Dar Williams and others have covered his cinematic songs.
9:00 pm - 12:00 am
9:00 pm
The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer
A celebration of music and other art forms “made in Chicago” during WFMT’s membership drive.
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