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      Playlist for Saturday, March 28, 2026

      Playing this hour

      12:00 - 7:00 am

      12:00 am

      Giacomo Puccini: "Madama Butterfly"

      "Flower Duet"

      de los Angeles, s; Pirazzini, ms; Rome Opera House Orch/Santini
      Famous Duets From The Opera

      Angel AV-34008

      12:05 am

      Moritz Rosenthal: "Papillons"

      Stephen Hough, p
      The Piano Album

      Virgin 61498-2 (2)

      12:07 am

      Gabriel Fauré: "Papillon," Op 77

      Frédéric Lodéon, vc; Jean-Philippe Collard, p
      Faure: Chamber Music, Vol. 1

      EMI/Ang CMS7-62545-2 (2)

      12:10 am

      Jacques Offenbach: "Le Papillon"

      Act II

      National Phil/Richard Bonynge
      Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker / Offenbach: Le Papillon

      London 444827-2 (2)

      12:34 am

      David Popper: "Papillon"

      Antonio Janigro, vc; Antonio Beltrami, p

      Vanguard SVC-80

      12:36 am

      Ernst Köhler: Papillon

      Don Bailey, f, Arcata String Quartet, Grace Paradise, h, Scott Pingel, b,
      Irish H,
      Voyage

      Summit DCD-239

      12:39 am

      Robert Schumann: "Papillons," Op. 2

      Bernard d'Ascoli, p
      Schumann 'Carnaval' and 'Papillons'

      Nimbus NI-5170

      12:53 am

      Boris Assafiev: Papillons

      London Sym Orch/Richard Bonynge
      Homage To Pavlova

      London CSA-2232 (2)

      1:00 am

      Henry Purcell: "Don Quixote"

      Duet, "Since times are so bad"

      Kirkby, s; Thomas, b; Academy of Ancient Music/Hogwood
      Purcell: Theatre Music

      L'Oiseau Lyre DSLO-534

      1:05 am

      Erich Wolfgang Korngold: "Don Quixote" (1909)

      "Don Quixote's Dreams of Heroic Deeds"

      Alexander Frey, p

      Koch 3-7427-2

      1:10 am

      Ludwig Minkus: Don Quixote

      "Entrance of Gamache"

      Orch/John Lanchbery
      Don Quixote

      Angel S-37008

      1:12 am

      Richard Strauss: "Don Quixote," Op. 35

      Minnesota Orch/Edo de Waart; Steven Isserlis, vc; Cynthia Phelps, vi
      Elgar: Cello Concerto / Bloch: Schelomo / Kabalevsky: Cello Concerto no. 2 / Tchaikovsky: Rococo Variations / R. Strauss: Don Quixote

      Virgin 61490-2 (2)

      1:54 am

      Jan Dismas Zelenka: "Reiterfanfare" #1

      Hubert Laws, f; Philharmonia Virtuosi/Richard Kapp
      Baroque Trumpetissimo

      Ess.a.y CD-1035

      2:00 am

      Richard Wagner: "Die Walküre"

      "Ride of the Valkyries"

      London Phil/Adrian Boult

      EMI/Ang CDK7-65148-2

      2:05 am

      Richard Wagner: "Götterdämmerung"

      Siegfried's Rhine Journey & Funeral Music

      Philharmonia Orch/Otto Klemperer

      EMI/Ang CDM7-63618-2

      2:19 am

      Richard Wagner: "Siegfried"

      "Forest Murmurs"

      Vienna Phil/Georg Solti

      London 410137-2

      2:28 am

      Fauré-Messager: Souvenir of Bayreuth, Fantasy on Themes from Wagner's Ring

      Pierre-Alain Volondat & Patrick De Hooge, p
      FAURE: Piano Music for Four Hands

      Naxos 8.553638

      2:32 am

      Franz Waxman: Three Waltzes, "Souvenirs de Paris"

      #2

      St Clair Trio

      Koch 3-7398-2

      2:34 am

      Vincent D'Indy: "Souvenirs," Op 52

      Monte Carlo Phil/James DePreist

      Koch 3-7280-2

      2:53 am

      French ANON 16th c: Chanson, Le cuer est bon

      Paris Brass Quintet
      Renaissance Music

      Peters Int'l PLE-084

      3:00 am

      Portuguese ANON: Three Sonatas

      Wallace Collection, Wallace
      Venetian Brass Music

      Nimbus NI-5065

      3:05 am

      Isaac Albéniz: "Iberia," Book 3

      Alicia de Larrocha, p
      Iberia, Navarra, Suite Espanola

      London 417887-2 (2)

      3:27 am

      Francisco Guerau: Canarios

      Pepe Romero, g
      Noches de Espana: Romantic Guitar Classics

      Philips 442150-2

      3:28 am

      Mikhail Glinka: "Jota aragonesa" (Spanish Overture #1)

      Dresden Staatskapelle/Neville Marriner
      Bolero, Capriccio Italien, Caprice Brilliant, España

      Philips 410047-2

      3:36 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op. 33

      Reiner Hochmuth, vc; Polish Chamber Orch/Wojciech Rajski

      Thorofon CTH-2027

      3:54 am

      English Anon 17th c: Two Lute Pieces

      Christopher Parkening, g
      The Artistry of Christopher Parkening

      EMI/Ang CDC7-54853-2

      4:00 am

      Albert W Ketèlby: In a Monastery Garden

      Ambrosian Singers, Philharmonia Orch/John Lanchbery
      In A Monastery Garden

      EMI/Ang CDC7-47806-2

      4:05 am

      Haydn Wood: "London Cameos" (1942)

      Czecho-Slovak Radio Sym/Adrian Leaper
      WOOD : Bright Light Music

      Marco Polo 8.223402

      4:21 am

      Clive Richardson: Beachcomber

      New London Orch/Ronald Corp
      British Light Music Classics, Vol. 2

      Hyperion CDA-66968

      4:24 am

      Alan Rawsthorne: "Bagatelles"

      #2

      Stephen Hough, p
      Stephen Hough's English Piano Album

      Hyperion CDA-67267

      4:26 am

      Ernst von Dohnányi: Piano Quintet #1 in c, Op 1

      András Schiff, p; Takacs Quartet
      Piano Quintet No. 1, Sextet

      London 421423-2

      4:55 am

      Derick GERARDE: La Rocha el Fuso

      London Early Music Group/James Tyler
      O Dolce Vita Mia

      Nonesuch D-79029

      5:00 am

      Camille Saint-Saëns: "Berceuse" in B-Flat, Op. 38

      Philippe Graffin, v; Pascal Devoyon, p

      Hyperion CDA-67100

      5:05 am

      Camille Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto No. 1 in D, Op. 17

      Pascal Rogé, p; London Phil
      5 Piano Concertos

      London 417351-2 (2)

      5:34 am

      Max Reger: "Tarantella"

      Ron Chen-Zion, cl; Roglit Ishay, p
      Reger: Complete Works For Clarinet & Piano

      Kontrapunkt 32190

      5:36 am

      Ned Rorem: Three Barcarolles

      Leon Fleisher, p
      Copland, Sessions, Kirchner, Rorem

      Sony 57338

      5:46 am

      Jacques Offenbach: "The Tales of Hoffmann"

      "Barcarolle" (Belle nuit)

      Hollywood Bowl Sym Orch/Carmen Dragon
      Nocturne

      EMI/Ang CDM7-63664-2

      5:50 am

      Gian-Carlo Menotti: "Sebastian"

      Barcarolle

      New Zealand Sym Orch/Andrew Schenck

      Koch 3-7600-2

      5:53 am

      Thomas Morley: Madrigal, "Now Is the Month of Maying"

      Deller Consort
      The English Madrigal School

      Vanguard OVC-2533/34 (2)

      6:00 am

      music continues...

      7:00 - 11:00 am

      7:00 am

      Weekend Mornings with Kristina Lynn

      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

      WFMT features talented young classical musicians from around the Chicago area. Please visit wfmt.com for details on today’s program.

      12:00 - 3:00 pm

      12:00 pm

      Metropolitan Opera

      Verdi's La traviata

      Lisette Oropesa (Violetta Valéry); Piotr Buszewski (Alfrdo Germoont); Luca Salsi (Giorgio Germont); Metropolitan Opera Cho & Orch/Antonello Manacorda. Sung in Italian.

      3:00 pm

      3:00 pm

      Afternoon Music

      4:00 pm

      4:00 pm

      Listening to Singers with Oliver Camacho

      On Pauline Viardot, the renowned mezzo-soprano, composer, and 19th-century cultural influencer who inspired significant works from Hector Berlioz, Camille Saint-Saëns (who wrote "Samson and Delilah" for her), Frédéric Chopin, Giacomo Meyerbeer, and Johannes Brahms, in addition to composing five chamber operas and over 100 songs herself.

      5:00 - 8:00 pm

      5:00 pm

      Weekend Evening Music

      8:00 pm

      8:00 pm

      Folkstage hosted by Marilyn Rea Beyer

      From the archives: Renowned traditionalists Tracy Schwarz and Ginny Hawker with Deborah Clifford play music that spans many generations.

      9:00 pm - 12:00 am

      9:00 pm

      The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer

      We believe in women. On the final weekend of National Women’s Month, we honor the accomplishments and the music of women in history and in folk music.