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Playlist for Saturday, December 27, 2025
12:00 - 7:00 am
12:00 am
Michelangelo Rossi: Toccata #2 in a
Ilona Prunyi, p
BARTOK : Piano Transcriptions
12:05 am
Béla Bartók: Piano Concerto No. 3
Keith Jarrett, p; New Japan Phil Orch/Kazuyoshi Akiyama
SAMUEL BARBER: PIANO CONCERTO OP. 38 / BÉLA BARTÓK: PIANO CONCERTO NO. 3 / KEITH JARRETT: TOKYO ENCORE
12:29 am
Johann Sebastian Bach: "Well-Tempered Clavier," Book 1, BWV 846/69
Prelude No. 16 in g minor
Keith Jarrett, p
Bach: Well-Tempered Clavier Book 1
12:31 am
Johann Sebastian Bach: French Suite No. 1 in d minor, BWV 812
Keith Jarrett, hc
Bach: The French Suites
12:48 am
Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata No. 156, "Ich steh mit einem Fuss im Grabe (I stand with one foot in the grave)"
Sinfonia
London Sym Orch/Leopold Stokowski
Leopold Stokowski: The Stereo Collection, 1954-1975
12:54 am
Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata No. 199, "Mein Herze schwimmt im Blut" (My heart swims in blood)
Chorale, "How Joyful is My Heart"
Bach Collegium Japan/Masaaki Suzuki
Cantatas Vol.4
1:00 am
Edward Elgar: Romance, Op 62
Eugene Dowling, tuba; London Sym Orch/Paul Freeman
1:05 am
Arnold Bax: Piano Trio in B-Flat (1946)
Pirasti Trio
Piano Trios
1:28 am
Edward Elgar: "Chanson de Nuit," Op 15/1
Royal Albert Hall Orch/Edward Elgar
1:32 am
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Serenade No. 13 in G, K. 525, "Eine kleine Nachtmusik" (“A Little Night Music”)
III. Minuet
Virtuosi di Praga/Julius Rudel
Symphony no. 35 in D major, "Haffner" / Symphony no. 40 in G minor / Eine kleine Nachtmusik
1:54 am
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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.
11:00 am
11:00 am
Introductions
Chamber music for strings by Haydn, Mendelssohn, Debussy, Beethoven, Casarrubios, Dohnányi, Brahms & Shostakovich. Performed by the Spizella Quartet (Merit School of Music); and the Luscinia Trio and Vermilion String Quartet (Music Institute of Chicago Academy).
12:00 - 2:00 pm
12:00 pm
Metropolitan Opera
Handel at the Met
A celebration of Handel at the holidays, with excerpts from Met performances, in honor of the 300th anniversary of Rodelinda.
2:00 - 4:00 pm
2:00 pm
The New York Philharmonic This Week
A "Winter Holiday" of music by Strauss II, Mozart, Grieg, Vivaldi, Vaughan-Williams, Poulenc, Prokofiev, Tchaikovsky, Mahler, Offenbach, Humperdinck, and more.
4:00 pm
4:00 pm
Listening to Singers with Oliver Camacho
2025 In Memoriam
Remembering the artists we lost in 2025 including Roberta Alexander, Stuart Burrows, Edith Mathis, John Nelson, Roger Norrington, Paul Plishka, David Rendall, and Benita Valente.
5:00 - 7:00 pm
5:00 pm
The WFMT Orchestra Series
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Brahms Violin Concerto; Leonidas Kavakos, violin; Symphony No. 2; Zubin Mehta, conductor.
7:00 pm
7:00 pm
The Film Score with Michael Phillips
Music for the Winter Holidays
Chicago Tribune film critic Michael Phillips presents music from holiday favorites and other wintry classics.
8:00 pm
8:00 pm
Folkstage hosted by Marilyn Rea Beyer
Live from the Levin Performance Studio: It’s New Year’s Steve – III with another first for Folkstage. Sons of the Never Wrong and friends present Bruce Roper’s musical based on Steve Goodman songs, "Words We Can Dance To," as a radio play. Romance ensues in a typical Chicago corner bar.
9:00 pm - 12:00 am
9:00 pm
The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer
Celebrate responsibly with folk music for the end of the year. Toast the coming year a couple of new versions of “Auld Lang Syne.”
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