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      Playlist for Friday, February 27, 2026

      Playing this hour

      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      Ennemond Gaultier: "Courantes"

      Hopkinson Smith, l
      Piéces De Luth

      Astrée E-8703

      12:05 am

      Antonio Vivaldi: Mandolin Concerto in D, R 93

      Avi Avital, m; Venice Baroque Orch
      Vivaldi

      DG 479 4017

      12:14 am

      Augustìn Barrios Mangoré: Waltzes, Op 8

      No. 3

      Thibaut Garcia, g
      El Bohemio

      Warner 5054197726170

      12:19 am

      Johannes Brahms: Waltzes, Op 39

      #15 in A-Flat

      Katia Labéque, p; Marièlle Labéque, p
      Encore!

      Sony SK-48381

      12:20 am

      Carl Nielsen: Symphony #5, Op 50

      Gothenburg Sym Orch/Neeme Järvi

      DG 437507-2 (3)

      12:55 am

      Niels Gade: "Elegie", Op 19/1

      Théotime Langlois de Swarte, v; Fiona Mato, p
      An Invitation to the Schumann's

      Harmonia Mundi HMM-902509

      1:00 am

      Michael Haydn: Sinfonia in G

      Savaria Baroque Orch/Pal Nemeth
      Michael Haydn Collection

      Brilliant Classics 95885 (28)

      1:05 am

      Michael Haydn: Clarinet Concertino in A

      Ernt Schlader, cl; Salzburger Hofmusik/Wolfgang Brunner
      Michael Haydn Collection

      Brilliant Classics 95885 (28)

      1:17 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Piano Trio in D, H XV:24

      Vienna Piano Trio
      Haydn Piano Trios

      Nimbus NI-5535

      1:30 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Scottish Folksong, "Woo'd and married," H XXXIa:38

      Jamie MacDougall, t; Eisenstadt Haydn Trio
      Haydn Edition

      Brilliant Classics 95594 (160)

      1:32 am

      William Walton: "Façade"

      Suite

      City of Birmingham Sym/Louis Frémaux

      EMI/Ang CDC7-47512-2

      1:55 am

      English ANON 16th c: Kemp's Jig

      Les Witches
      Renaissance Music - DOWLAND, J. / PLAYFORD, J. / PRAETORIUS, M. / WEBSTER, M. (Fortune My Foe - Music of Shakespeare's Time)

      Dorian DOR-93182

      2:00 am

      Gaetano Donizetti: "Linda di Chamounix"

      Aria, "O luce di quest'anima"

      Pretty Yende, soprano; Giuseppe Verdi Symphony Orchestra/Giacomo Sagripanti
      Dreams

      Sony 88985430152

      2:05 am

      Franz Liszt: "Réminiscences de Lucrezia Borgia" II (after Donizetti)

      Leslie Howard, p
      Liszt Edition

      Hyperion CDS-44501/98 (98)

      2:19 am

      Luigi Boccherini: Cello Sonata #2 in c

      Finale, "Allegretto"

      Steven Isserlis, vc; Maggie Cole, hc
      Music of the Angels: Cello Concertos, Sonatas & Quintets by Luigi Boccherini

      Hyperion CDA-68444

      2:20 am

      Antonin Dvorák: Cello Concerto in A

      Steven Isserlis, vc; Mahler Chamber Orch/Daniel Harding
      Dvorak: Cello Concertos

      Hyperion CDA-67917

      2:54 am

      Nora Douglas Holt: Negro Dance, Op 25/1

      Helen Walker-Hill, p
      Kaleidoscope: Music By African-American Women

      Leonarda LE-339

      3:00 am

      John Phillip SOUSA: Riders for the Flag

      Eastman Wind Ensemble/Frederick Fennell
      Fennell Conducts Sousa Marches

      Mercury 434300-2

      3:02 am

      John Phillip SOUSA: Golden Jubilee March

      Eastman Wind Ensemble/Frederick Fennell
      Fennell Conducts Sousa Marches

      Mercury 434300-2

      3:05 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: "Quartetto" in D, H III:8

      Jakob Lindberg, l Nils-Erik Sparf, v; Lars Brolin, vi; Olof Larsson, vc
      Haydn: Lute & Strings

      BIS CD-360

      3:27 am

      Michael Praetorius: "Terpsichore" (1612)

      "Volte I"

      Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
      TCHAIKOVSKY, P.: The Nutcracker Suite / PRAETORIUS, M.: Terpsichore / WARLOCK, P.: Capriol Suite (arr. for guitar quartet) (Los Angeles Guitar Quartet

      Delos DE-3132

      3:28 am

      Michael Praetorius: "Terpsichore" (1612)

      "Volte II"

      Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
      TCHAIKOVSKY, P.: The Nutcracker Suite / PRAETORIUS, M.: Terpsichore / WARLOCK, P.: Capriol Suite (arr. for guitar quartet) (Los Angeles Guitar Quartet

      Delos DE-3132

      3:29 am

      Aaron Copland: "Rodeo"

      "Hoe-Down"

      Modern Mandolin Quartet
      Americana

      Sono Luminus DSL-92157

      3:33 am

      Aaron Copland: "The City"

      Suite

      Eos Orch/Jonathan Sheffer
      Celluloid Copland * Eos Orchestra

      Telarc CD-80583

      3:55 am

      Georges Auric: "La Belle et la Bête" (1948)

      "La Belle et Avenant"

      Moscow Sym/Adriano
      AURIC : La Belle et la Bete

      Marco Polo 8.223765

      4:00 am

      Johann Jakob Froberger: Toccata #2 in d

      Empire Brass
      Royal Brass: Brass Music From The Renaissance and Baroque

      Telarc CD-80257

      4:05 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Toccata and Fugue in d, BWV 538, "Dorian"

      Walter Kraft, o

      Price-Less D-19084

      4:19 am

      George Frideric Handel: Oboe Concerto No. 1 in B-Flat

      Finale, Allegro

      Empire Brass, William Kuhlman, o
      Baroque Music For Brass And Organ

      Telarc CD-80614

      4:21 am

      Georges Bizet: Symphony in C

      City of London Sinfonia/Richard Hickox
      Bizet: Symphony In C/ Faure: Pavane/ Ibert: Divertissement/ Ravel: Le Tombeau de Couperin

      Virgin 90765-2

      4:54 am

      Christoph Willibald Gluck: "Iphigenia in Aulis"

      "Tambourin"

      Daniel Blumenthal, p
      Bulow: Piano Transcriptions

      Marco Polo 8.223421

      5:00 am

      Robert Schumann: "Album für die Jugend," Op. 68

      No. 39, "Winterzeit"

      Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, p

      EMI/Ang CDC7-49325-2

      5:05 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: "Grosse Fuge" in B-Flat, Op 133

      Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Franz Konwitschny
      The Final Recording Of the Great Conductor

      Ars Vivendi 2100123

      5:22 am

      Alberto Ginastera: Flute and Oboe Duo, Op 13 (1945)

      Fugue

      John Anderson, ob; Anna Noakes, f
      Ginastera: Chamber Music Volume 5

      ASV CDDCA-1103

      5:24 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Variations on "Ah! vous dirai-je, Maman," K. 265

      Karl Engel, p

      Discover Int'l DICD-920229

      5:38 am

      Ochs: Variations on 'S kommt ein Vogel geflogen

      Northwest German Phil/Werner Andreas Albert
      N/A

      Odeon C-063-28180

      5:54 am

      Ferruccio Busoni: Variation on "'S kommt ein Vogel geflogen" in the Style of Wagner

      Douglas Humphreys, p
      'S kommt ein Vogel geflogen

      Kbyu 9701/02 (2)

      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.

      6:04 am

      Arthur Benjamin: "Overture to an Italian Comedy"

      Sydney Sym Orch/Joseph Post
      Swagman's Promenade - Australian Light Classics for Orchestra

      ABC Classics 442374-2 (2)

      6:10 am

      Gioachino Rossini: "The Barber of Seville"

      "Largo al factotum"

      Canadian Brass
      More Greatest Hits

      RCA 5628-2-RC

      6:17 am

      Peter Schickele: "Serenade for Three"

      Orion Ensemble
      A Celebration of American Chamber Music

      Orion Ensemble 707541717021

      6:30 am

      Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Symphony in E minor, Wq 177

      Berlin Academy for Ancient Music
      CPE Bach Symphonies From Berlin to Hamburg

      Harmonia Mundi HMM-902317

      6:41 am

      Louise Farrenc: Piano Trio No. 1 in E-Flat, Op. 33

      IV. Finale. "Vivace"

      Neave Trio
      Her Voice: Piano Trios by Farrenc, Beach, and Clarke

      Chandos CHAN-20139

      6:50 am

      Malcolm Arnold: English Dances, Set 2, Op. 33

      London Phil Orch/Malcolm Arnold
      Malcolm Arnold: English, Irish, Scottish & Cornish Dances, Sarabande & Polka

      Lyrita SRCD.201

      7:04 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: "Brandenburg" Concerto No. 3 in G Major, BWV 1048

      Berlin Academy for Ancient Music
      Bach: Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 1-6

      Harmonia Mundi HMC-901634/5 (2)

      7:16 am

      Traditional Romanian: Dances from Transylvania

      Andreas Ottensamer, cl; Oszkár Ökrös, cimb; Ensemble
      Antoine Tamestit, viola,
      Ödön Rácz, double bass,
      Brahms: The Hungarian Connection

      DG 4811409

      7:24 am

      Claude Debussy: "Valse romantique"

      Claudio Arrau, p
      Debussy for Daydreaming

      Philips 446484

      7:32 am

      Sergei Prokofiev: Violin Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 80

      IV. "Allegrissimo - Andante assai"

      Gidon Kremer, v; Martha Argerich, p
      Prokofiev: Violin Sonatas, 5 Melodies

      DG 431803-2

      7:40 am

      Ron Nelson: "Courtly Airs and Dances"

      Dallas Wind Sym/Jerry Junkin
      Holidays & Epiphanies - The Music of Ron Nelson

      Reference RR-76

      7:53 am

      Haydn Wood: "An 18th Century Scherzo"

      Royal Ballet Sinfonia/David Lloyd-Jones
      English String Miniatures, Vol. 3

      Naxos 8.555069

      8:04 am

      James P. Johnson: "Charleston"

      Frederick Boothe, tap dancer; Concordia Orch/Marin Alsop
      Victory Stride: The Symphonic Music of James P. Johnson

      Nimbus NI-2745

      8:14 am

      Francis Poulenc: Brass Sonata

      Nash Ensemble
      Poulenc: The Complete Chamber Music

      Hyperion CDA-67255/6 (2)

      8:23 am

      Aldemaro Romero: Suite for Strings No. 1

      "Fuga con Pajarillo"

      Sphinx Virtuosi
      Songs for Our Times

      DG 4865014

      8:32 am

      Giovanni Sollima: "Il concerto perduto" (after Vivaldi R 787)

      Giovanni Sollima, vc; Il Pomo d'Oro
      Al-Bunduqiyya - The Lost Concerto

      Erato 5419791752

      8:45 am

      Augustin Hadelich: "Wild Fiddler's Rag," after Howdy Forrester

      Augustin Hadelich, v
      American Road Trip

      Warner 5021732287908

      8:47 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Piano Sonata No. 50 in D, H XVI:37

      Anne-Marie McDermott, p
      Haydn: Sonatas, Vol. 2

      Bridge 9497

      9:04 am

      Various: "Les Orientales"

      Les Siècles/François-Xavier Roth
      Ballets Russes

      Harmonia Mundi HMX-2905342.43 (2)

      9:22 am

      Sergei Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18

      III. Finale, "Allegro scherzando"

      Yuja Wang, p; Mahler Chamber Orch/Claudio Abbado
      Rachmaninov: Paganini Rhapsody, Piano Concerto No. 2

      DG B0015338-02

      9:34 am

      Ottorino Respighi: Ancient Airs and Dances for the Lute, Set 3

      St. Paul Chamber Orch/Hugh Wolff
      Respighi

      Teldec 18970-2 (2)

      9:52 am

      Gilbert & Sullivan: "The Gondoliers"

      Overture

      St Martin's Academy/Neville Marriner
      Gilbert and Sullivan: Overtures

      Philips 434916-2

      10:00 am - 2:00 pm

      10:00 am

      Midday with Lisa Flynn

      Including the "Daily Excursion" at 11:00 am and "Music in Chicago" at 12:00 pm.

      10:00 am

      Otto Nicolai: "The Merry Wives of Windsor"

      Overture

      Vienna Phil/Christian Thielemann
      German Overtures

      DG 4745022

      10:10 am

      Florence Price: "Scenes in Tin Can Alley"

      Josh Tatsuo Cullen, p
      Scenes in Tin Can Alley

      Blue Griffin BGR-615

      10:22 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 33 in B-Flat, K. 319

      Orch Mozart/Claudio Abbado
      Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 29, 33, 35, 38, 41

      Archiv 4777598 (2)

      10:44 am

      Michael Torke: "Bright Blue Music"

      Baltimore Sym Orch/David Zinman
      Michael Torke - Color Music / David Zinman

      Argo 433071-2

      10:54 am

      Frédéric Chopin: "Fantaisie-Impromptu" in C-sharp minor, Op. 66

      Daniil Trifonov, p
      Chopin Evocations

      DG 4797518 (2)

      11:01 am

      Richard Addinsell: "Warsaw Concerto"

      Cristina Ortiz, p; Royal Phil Orch/Moshe Atzmon
      Addinsell, Rachmaninov, Litolff

      Decca 414348-2

      11:11 am

      William Grant Still: Lyric Quartet

      Catalyst Quartet
      Uncovered, Vol. 3: Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson, George Walker, William Grant Still

      Azica ACD-71357

      11:27 am

      Johann Christian Bach: Sinfonia (Overture) in D, Op. 18/6

      English Sym Orch/William Boughton
      JC Bach: Six Grand Overtures, Op. 18

      Nimbus NI-5403

      11:41 am

      Emil von Reznicek: "Donna Diana"

      Overture

      Royal Scottish National Orch/Lance Friedel
      Great Comedy Overtures

      Naxos 8.573418

      11:48 am

      John Rutter: Suite for Strings

      Camerata Chicago/Drostan Hall
      The English Connection (April 2023)

      Camerata Chicago

      12:01 pm

      Victor Ewald: Brass Quintet No. 2 in E-Flat, Op. 6

      I. Allegro risoluto

      Axiom Brass
      New Standards

      Axiom Brass [New Standards]

      12:05 pm

      Victor Ewald: Brass Quintet No. 2 in E-Flat, Op. 6

      III. Allegro vivace

      Axiom Brass
      New Standards

      Axiom Brass [New Standards]

      12:11 pm

      Claude Debussy: "Images," Set 2

      "Ibéria"

      San Francisco Sym/Michael Tilson Thomas
      Debussy

      SFS Media 0069

      12:33 pm

      Anthony Holborne: Five Dances

      Paul O'Dette, l
      Robin is to the Greenwood Gone / Paul O'Dette

      Nonesuch 79123-2

      12:44 pm

      Dobrinka Tabakova: "Truro Canticles"

      "Magnificat"

      Truro Cathedral Cho/Christopher Gray; Joseph Wicks, o
      Dobrinka Tabakova * Kynance Cove * On the South Downs * and works for choir

      Regent REGCD-530

      12:52 pm

      George Frideric Handel: Concerto grosso in B-Flat, Op. 3, No. 1

      Handel & Haydn Society/Christopher Hogwood
      Handel: Concerti Grossi, Op. 3

      L'Oiseau-Lyre 421729-2

      1:01 pm

      Felix Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4 in A, Op. 90, "Italian"

      Chamber Orch of Europe/Yannick Nézet-Séguin
      Mendelssohn: Symphonies Nos. 1-5

      DG 4797337 (3)

      1:30 pm

      Ludovico Einaudi: "To Be Sun"

      L Einaudi, p; de Swarte, v; etc.; Royal Phil Orch Strings/Ames
      Redi Hasa, cello,
      The Summer Portraits

      Decca 6806162

      1:38 pm

      Franz Strauss: Horn Concerto in C minor, Op. 8

      Barry Tuckwell, hn; London Sym Orch/István Kertész
      Strauss: The Concertos

      Decca 460296-2 (2)

      1:53 pm

      Chick Corea: "The Hilltop"

      Guitar4mation
      Trans4mation

      Gramola 99048

      2:00 - 7:00 pm

      2:00 pm

      Afternoon Music with Candice Agree

      Including "The Unrush Hour" at 5:00 pm.

      2:00 pm

      Margaret Bonds: "Montgomery Variations"

      Royal Scottish National Orch/Kellen Gray
      African American Voices II

      Linn CKD-731

      2:24 pm

      William Schuman: "Newsreel"

      Milwaukee Sym Orch/Lukas Foss
      American Festival

      Pro Arte CDD-102

      2:33 pm

      Jean Sibelius: Four Legends from the Kalevala, Op. 22

      No. 3, "Lemminkäinen in Tuonela"

      Pittsburgh Sym/Lorin Maazel
      Sibelius: Symphony No. 3, Finlandia, Karelia Suite, Swan of Tuonela

      Sony SK-61963

      2:47 pm

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Variations on "See the Conquering Hero Comes," WoO 45

      Colin Carr, vc; Thomas Sauer, p
      Beethoven: Complete Works for Cello & Piano

      MSR Classics MS-1486 (2)

      3:00 pm

      Johannes Brahms: Clarinet Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 120, No. 1

      Richard Stoltzman, cl; Richard Goode, p
      Brahms: Sonatas for Clarinet & Piano, Op.120

      RCA 60036-2

      3:24 pm

      Niels Gade: "Capriccio" in A minor

      Søren Elbæk, v; Elisabeth Westenholz, p
      Gade: Works for Violin and Piano

      Kontrapunkt 32164

      3:35 pm

      Antonín Dvořák: "The Water Goblin," Op. 107

      Berlin Phil/Simon Rattle
      Dvořák: Tone Poems

      EMI CDC5-58019-2 (2)

      3:56 pm

      Manuel de Falla: "La vida breve"

      Spanish Dance No. 1

      Janine Jansen, v; Antonio Pappano, p
      12 Stradivari

      Decca 48518173

      4:00 pm

      Edward MacDowell: "Sea Pieces," Op. 55

      Bohuslav Martinů Phil/Charles Anthony Johnson
      Orchestral music. Selections

      Albany TROY-224

      4:18 pm

      Franz von Suppé: "Pique Dame"

      Overture

      Vienna Phil/Sir Georg Solti
      Famous Overtures

      Decca 460982-2 (2)

      4:27 pm

      Daniel Gilliam: "Body at Rest"

      Lara Downes, p
      The Bedtime Sessions

      Flipside FL-0011

      4:30 pm

      Jerome Moross: "The Proud Rebel"

      Suite

      Prague Phil Orch/Paul Bateman
      The Cardinal - The Classic Film Music of Jerome Moross

      Silva SILKD-6030 (2)

      4:50 pm

      music continues...

      7:00 pm

      7:00 pm

      Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin

      Johannes Brahms, Part II

      This is the second of two weeks exploring the music and life of the great German master. Brahms’s love of Hungarian Roma music and folksongs allowed him to create music that speaks to our inner souls. Scholars believe Brahms discarded more works than he published, so let us treasure the music we have from him.

      8:00 - 11:00 pm

      11:00 pm

      11:00 pm

      Best of Studs Terkel

      Dmitri Hvorostovsky (2/29/1996)

      Russian baritone Dmitri Hvorostovsky (1962 – 2017), one of the great operatic voices of the late 20th and early 21st century, was Studs Terkel’s guest on WFMT in 1996.