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Playlist for Friday, January 2, 2026
12:00 - 6:00 am
12:00 am
David N Baker: "Images of Childhood"
II. "Lazy Summer Days"
Czech National Sym Orch/Paul Freeman
Paul Freeman Introduces: Petering, Petering, Baker, Gemrot, Gemrot (Vol. 8)
12:05 am
Claude Debussy: "Images," Set 1
Seong-Jin Cho, p
Images - Children's Corner - Suite Bergamasque - L'isle Joyeuse
12:21 am
Jean-Philippe Rameau: "Les Boréades" (1764)
"Entr'acte: Suite des vents"
Collegium 1704/Vaclav Luks
Rameau: Les Boréades
12:23 am
Florence Price: String Quartet in a
Catalyst Quartet
Florence Price
12:55 am
Florence Price: "Three Negro Spirituals"
No. 1, "I Couldn't Hear Nobody Pray"
Deborah Moriarty; Zhihua Tang, p
Connecting Cultures
1:00 am
Giacomo Puccini: "Manon Lescaut" (1893)
Act 3 Intermezzo
Lyon Opéra Orch/Kent Nagano
Sole & Amore: Puccini Arias
1:05 am
Camille Saint-Saëns: Violin Concerto No. 3 in b, Op. 61
Andrew Wan, v; Montreal Sym Orch/Kent Nagano
Saint-Saens: Complete Violin Concertos
1:35 am
Jacques Ibert: "Cinq pièces en Trio"
#5
Chicago Chamber Musicians
20th Century French Wind Trios
1:36 am
Franz Joseph Haydn: Baryton Trio No. 107 in D
John Hsu, baryton; David Miller, vi; Loretta O'Sullivan, vc
HAYDN, J.: Baryton Trios - Nos. 50, 52, 57, 59, 67, 107
1:50 am
Franz Joseph Haydn: London Trio No. 4 in G, H IV:4
Bernard Goldberg, Jeffrey Khaner, f's; Loren Mallory Hampton, vc
1:54 am
Franz Joseph Haydn: Scottish Folksong, "Here's a health to my true love," H XXXIa:49
Jamie MacDougall, t; Eisenstadt Haydn Trio
Haydn Edition
2:00 am
Franz Waxman: "Taras Bulba" (1962)
"The Ride of the Cossacks"
London Phil Orch/John Mauceri
Genius of Film Music 1960s-80s
2:05 am
Franz Waxman: "Tristan and Isolde" Fantasy
Svetlin Roussev, v; Yeol Eum Son, p
Franz Waxman
2:29 am
music continues...
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 - 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.
7:00 pm
7:00 pm
Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin
Mozart Piano Concertos
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart composed numerous concertos, many of which are lively and pleasing to the ear, even when performed by an eight-year-old. The young Mozart was heavily influenced by the music of Johann Christian Bach. In addition to their mutual love for music, JC Bach and Mozart shared a passion for intricate keyboard games. This week features five episodes of exceptional piano performances, with Murray Perahia conducting while soloing Mozart’s early concertos. It also includes performances by Alfred Brendel, Maria João Pires, Rudolf Serkin, and Mitsuko Uchida.
11:00 pm
11:00 pm
Best of Studs Terkel
Born To Live (7/6/1962)
A long-time New Year's broadcast tradition on WFMT, Studs produced this program of interviews, spoken word, and musical responses to the nuclear age with colleague Jim Unrath in 1961. "Born to Live" won the Prix Italia, an award Studs described as "the equivalent of the Nobel Prize for radio and TV documentaries and features."
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