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      Playlist for Friday, September 11, 2026

      Playing this hour

      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      MacDowell, Edward: Orchestra Suite #1 in d, Op 42

      3rd mvt, "In October"

      Eastman-Rochester Orch/Howard Hanson
      Hanson Conducts Chadwick, MacDowell & Peter

      Mercury 434337-2

      12:05 am

      Foote, Arthur: String Suite in E, Op 63

      London Sym Orch Strings/Kenneth Klein
      Skyscrapers

      Albany TROY-235

      12:22 am

      Paine, John Knowles: "In the Country", Op 26

      #10, "Welcome Home"

      Denver Oldham, p
      John Knowles Paine: Selected Piano Works

      New World 80424-2 (2)

      12:24 am

      Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Clarinet Quintet in A, K. 581

      Anthony McGill, cl; Pacifica Quartet
      Mozart & Brahms Clarinet Quintets

      Cedille CDR-90000147

      12:55 am

      Blackwood, Easley: Seven Bagatelles, Op 36 (1993)

      #7 in F

      Easley Blackwood, p
      Blackwood Plays Blackwood

      Cedille CDR-90000038

      1:00 am

      Massenet, Jules: "Le Roi de Lahore"

      "Divertissement: Mélodie Hindique"

      National Phil/Richard Bonynge
      Massenet Edition

      London 4783963 (23)

      1:05 am

      Thomas, Ambroise: "Hamlet"

      Ballet Music

      London Phil/Antonio de Almeida

      EMI/Ang CDC7-54820-2 (3)

      1:22 am

      Rossini, Gioachino: "Otello"

      Ballet Music

      Monte Carlo Opera Cho, Orch/Antonio de Almeida
      Rossini: Ballet Music

      Philips 422843-2

      1:41 am

      Beach, Amy: "Take, oh take those lips away"

      Lauralyn Kolb, s; Don McMahon, p
      Songs by Clara Schumann, Poldowski, and Amy Beach

      Albany TROY-109

      1:43 am

      Pisendel, Johann Georg: Unaccompanied Violin Sonata in a

      Rachel Barton Pine, v
      Solo Baroque

      Cedille CDR-90000078

      1:55 am

      Bach, Johann Sebastian: Chorale, "Allein zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ," BWV 261

      Chamber Cho of Europe/Nicol Matt
      Bach Edition: Complete Works

      Brilliant Classics 93102 (155)

      2:00 am

      Haydn, Franz Joseph: Scottish Folksong, "Mary's dream," H XXXIa:1

      Lorna Anderson, s; Eisenstadt Haydn Trio
      Haydn Edition

      Brilliant Classics 95594 (160)

      2:05 am

      Vaughan Williams, Ralph: "English Folksong Suite"

      London Wind Orchestra/Denis Wick
      Military Band Suites 1 and 2

      ASV CDQS-6021

      2:15 am

      Grainger, Percy: "Green bushes" (Passacaglia on an English Folksong)

      English Chamber Orch/Steuart Bedford
      Salute To Percy Grainger

      London 425159-2

      2:24 am

      Grainger, Percy: Scandinavian Suite (1902)

      #2, Song from Vermeland

      St Martin's Academy Ensemble
      Grainger: Vol. 13 - Works for Chamber Ensemble 1

      Chandos CHAN-9746

      2:26 am

      Mayer, Emilie: String Quartet in g, Op. 14

      Erato Quartet
      String Quartets

      CPO 999679-2

      2:55 am

      Loewe, Carl: "Der Bergmann," Op. 39

      No. 1, "Im Schlacht der Adern"

      Christoph Prégardien, t; Cord Garben, p
      Loewe: Lieder & Balladen Complete Edition

      CPO 777355-2 (21)

      3:00 am

      Brahms, Johannes: "Rakoczy" March

      Idil Biret, p
      BRAHMS, J.: Theme and Variations / Sarabandes / Gavottes (Biret)

      Naxos 8.550958

      3:05 am

      Liszt, Franz: "Hungarian Rhapsody" No. 15 in a minor, "Rakoczy March"

      Boston Pops Orch/Arthur Fiedler
      The Music Of Franz Liszt

      RCA LSC-2442

      3:11 am

      d'Albert, Eugene: Piano Concerto #2 in E, Op 12

      M. Ponti, p; Luxembourg Radio Orch/Pierre Cao

      Vox CDX-5067 (2)

      3:27 am

      d'Albert, Eugene: "Tiefland"

      Aria, "Tanz, sag' ich dir"

      William Powers, b-br; Slovak Radio Sym/Dennis Burkh
      The Worst of William Powers

      Centaur CRC-3001

      3:28 am

      Hartmann, Johann: Flute Sonata in B-Flat, Op 1

      Henrik Wenzel Andreasen, f; Anna Oland, p
      Flute Music of the Danish Golden Age

      Naxos 8.553333

      3:54 am

      Salieri, Antonio: "Daliso e Delmita"

      "Lotta"

      Mannheim Mozart Orch/Thomas Fey
      Antonio Salieri: Overtures & Stage Music

      MHS 5195659

      4:00 am

      Strauss II, Johann: "Pizzicato Polka", Op. 449

      Vienna Phil/Lorin Maazel
      Gala New Year's Concert In Vienna

      DG 400040-2

      4:03 am

      Strauss II, Johann: Banditen-Galopp, Op. 378

      Vienna Phil/Lorin Maazel
      Gala New Year's Concert In Vienna

      DG 400040-2

      4:05 am

      Beethoven, Ludwig van: Piano Sonata No.21 in C, Op 53, "Waldstein"

      Rudolf Serkin, p
      Serkin - The Unreleased Studio Recordings - Beethoven Piano Sonatas

      Sony SM3K-64490 (3)

      4:31 am

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      6:00 - 10:00 am

      6:00 am

      Mornings with Jan Weller

      Including news and weather on the hour between 6:00 am and 9:00 am; and "Carl’s Almanac" at 7:30 am.

      10:00 am - 3:00 pm

      10:00 am

      Midday with Lisa Flynn

      Including "Music in Chicago" at 12:00 pm.

      3:00 - 7:00 pm

      3:00 pm

      Afternoon Music with Candice Agree

      Including "Friday Afternoon at the Movies" at 4:30pm and "The Unrush Hour" at 5:00 pm.

      7:00 pm

      7:00 pm

      Exploring Music

      Bill's Keepers

      Bill McGlaughlin keeps a big box at home filled with albums from friends around the world. This week, he’s sharing some of his favorites, which he calls his 'keepers.' We’ll listen to Mendelssohn performed by Isaac Perlman, as well as pieces from flutist Robert Stallman’s CD, 'The Nightingale in Love.'

      8:00 - 11:00 pm

      11:00 pm

      11:00 pm

      Best of Studs Terkel

      This Train, Part 2 (c. 1963)

      Part two of “This Train,” WFMT’s annual remembrance of the 1963 civil rights March on Washington. Studs joined hundreds of Chicagoans on a train bound for Washington, D.C. He recorded their thoughts and experiences on his portable tape recorder, and wove those historic voices into this award-winning documentary.