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      Playlist for Saturday, February 28, 2026

      Playing this hour

      12:00 - 7:00 am

      12:00 am

      Haydn Wood: "Moods Suite"

      No. 6, Waltz, "Joyousness"

      Michael Stairs, p

      DTR DTR-9701

      12:05 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Cello Concerto No. 2 in D, H VIIb:2 (Op. 101)

      Wendy Warner, vc; Camerata Chicago/Drostan Hall
      Haydn & Myslivecek Cello Concertos

      Cedille CDR-90000142

      12:31 am

      John Ireland: "Songs of a Wayfarer"

      #5, "I will walk on the earth"

      Christopher Maltman, br; Graham Johnson, p
      The Songs of John Ireland

      Hyperion CDA-67261/2 (2)

      12:33 am

      Arnold Bax: "Lullaby" (1920)

      Eric Parkin, p
      Bax: Piano Music, Vol. 1

      Chandos CHAN-8496

      12:37 am

      John Ireland: "A Downland Suite" (1932)

      London Brass Virtuosi/David Honeyball
      English Music for Brass

      Helios CDH-88013

      12:54 am

      John Ireland: Song, "The Rat"

      Lisa Milne, s; Graham Johnson, p
      The Songs of John Ireland

      Hyperion CDA-67261/2 (2)

      1:00 am

      William Walton: "Henry V" Suite

      Guildhall String Ensemble/Robert Salter
      English Music For Strings

      RCA 7761-2-RC

      1:05 am

      William Walton: "The Battle of Britain" (1969)

      March and Siegfried Music

      London Phil/Carl Davis

      EMI/Ang CDC7-47944-2

      1:11 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: "The Wise Virgins" Suite

      Finale, "Praise be to God"

      London Phil/Bryden Thomson
      Walton: The Quest And The Wise Virgins Suite

      Chandos CHAN-8871

      1:13 am

      Robert Schumann: Symphony No. 2 in C, Op. 61

      Vienna Phil/Leonard Bernstein
      Symphony No. 2 / Cellokonzert

      DG 4453049-2 (2)

      1:56 am

      Robert Schumann: "Lieder und Gesänge," Op. 77

      No. 4, "Stiller Vorwurf"

      Juliane Banse, s; Graham Johnson, p
      The Songs of Robert Schumann, Volume 3

      Hyperion CDJ-33103

      2:00 am

      Giuseppe Torelli: Sinfonia con Tromba in D

      Byron Pearson, tr; Arthur Vidrich, o
      Voices of Trumpets and Organ

      Crystal CD-661

      2:05 am

      Tommaso Albinoni: "Il Nome Glorioso"

      Overture

      John Wallace, tr; Philharmonia Orch/Simon Wright
      Trumpet Concertos and Fanfares

      Nimbus NI-5079

      2:09 am

      Petronio Franceschini: Two-Trumpet Sonata in D

      Charles Geyer, Barbara Butler, tr's; Music of the Baroque Orch/T Wikman

      D'note DND-1026

      2:15 am

      John Dowland: "The King of Denmark's Galliard"

      Baltimore Consort
      The Food of Love

      Sono Luminus DSL-92234

      2:17 am

      Carl Nielsen: Symphony #3, Op 27, "Sinfonia espansiva"

      Gothenburg Sym Orch/Neeme Järvi

      DG 437507-2 (3)

      2:55 am

      Johannes Brahms: "Neue Liebeslieder" Waltzes, Op 65

      #14, "A Canoa Virou"

      Silke-Thora Matthies, p; Christian Köhn, p
      BRAHMS, J.: Four-Hand Piano Music, Vol. 1 (Matthies, Köhn)

      Naxos 8.553139

      3:00 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: Chorus, "The Nightingale"

      Sveshnikov Cho
      Tchaikovsky: Nine Choruses

      Angel/ Melodiya SR-40039

      3:05 am

      Sergei Rachmaninoff: Two-Piano Suite No. 2, Op. 17

      Madeleine Forte, p; Del Parkinson, p

      Romeo Records 7252-4 (3)

      3:29 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: "Well-Tempered Clavier," Book 1, BWV 846/69

      Prelude No. 5 in D

      Renaud Capuçon, v; Gautier Capuçon, vc
      Inventions * Renaud Capuçon - Gautier Capuçon

      Virgin 332626-2

      3:30 am

      Antonin Dvorák: Wind Serenade in d minor, Op. 44

      Marlboro Festival Wind Ensemble/Louis Moyse

      Sony SBK-62412

      3:54 am

      Johannes Brahms: Eleven Chorale Preludes, Op 122

      #4, "Herzlich tut mich erfreuen"

      Kevin Bowyer, o
      Brahms The Complete Organ Music

      Nimbus NI-5262

      4:00 am

      Henry Purcell: "The Fairy Queen"

      Song, "If love's a sweet passion"

      Les Arts Florrisant/William Christie
      Purcell: The Fairy Queen

      Harmonia Mundi HMC-901308/9 (2)

      4:05 am

      Jules Massenet: Orchestra Suite No. 6, "Scènes de féerie"

      New Zealand Sym/Jean-Yves Ossonce
      MASSENET: Orchestral Suites Nos. 4 - 7

      Naxos 8.553125

      4:21 am

      Gabriel Fauré: Two Songs, Op 27

      #2, "La Fée aux chansons"

      Barbara Hendricks, s; Michel Dalberto, p
      Faure: Melodies

      EMI/Ang CDC7-49841-2

      4:23 am

      Jean Sibelius: Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47

      Frank Peter Zimmermann, v; Philharmonia Orch/Mariss Jansons

      EMI/Ang CDC7-54454-2

      4:55 am

      Felix Mendelssohn: Duet, "Wasserfahrt"

      Felicity Lott, s; Ann Murray, ms; Graham Johnson, p

      EMI/Ang CDC7-54411-2

      5:00 am

      Felix Mendelssohn: "Elijah," Op 70

      Aria, "It is Enough"

      Thomas Quasthoff, b-br; Dresden Staatskapelle/Sebastian Weigle
      Consider, My Soul * Sacred Arias * Thomas Quasthoff

      DG B0007103-02

      5:05 am

      George Frideric Handel: "Saul"

      Act 1 Sinfonia

      English Concert/Trevor Pinnock, o
      Overtures

      DG Archiv 419219-2

      5:17 am

      Edward Elgar: "The Dream of Gerontius," Op 38

      Prelude

      Orch/Edward Elgar

      EMI/Ang CDS7-54560-2 (3)

      5:27 am

      Felix Mendelssohn: Oratorio, "St Paul," Op 36

      Overture

      Philharmonia Orch/Francesco d'Avalos

      IMP Masters MCD-83

      5:35 am

      George Frideric Handel: "Jephtha" (1751)

      "Menuet"

      St Luke's Chamber Ensemble
      Handel: With Valour Abounding

      Arabesque Z-6720

      5:37 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Horn Concerto No. 4 in E-Flat, K. 495

      James Sommerville, fh; CBC Vancouver Orch/Mario Bernardi
      Mozart: Horn Concertos

      Radio Canada Int'l SMCD-5172

      5:54 am

      Jean-Joseph Mouret: "Rondeau"

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

      Telarc CD-80257

      6:00 am

      Ralph Vaughan Williams: March, "Sea Songs "

      Trinity College Cho, Cambridge/Richard Marlow; Christopher Allsop, o
      The Vaughan Williams Hymnal

      Conifer 51249-2

      6:05 am

      Franz Krommer: Oboe Concerto #2 in F, Op 52

      Alex Klein, ob; Czech National Sym/Paul Freeman
      Oboe concertos by Krommer and Hummel

      Cedille CDR-90000045

      6:25 am

      Jerome Moross: "The Big Country"

      "The Terrill Ranch"

      Orch/Jerome Moross

      Sae SC-1R-JM

      6:26 am

      Ernst Bacon: "Tumbleweeds" (1979)

      Dorothy Bales, v; Allan Sly, p
      Bacon: Remembering Ansel Adams, Etc

      CRI CD-779

      6:47 am

      Ferde Grofé: "Grand Canyon Suite"

      "On the Trail"

      Seattle Sym Orch/Gerard Schwarz
      Out West! - Tone Poems Of The American West

      Delos DE-3104

      6:54 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

      Jeffrey Wang, piano

      Jeffrey Wang, a piano student of Soo Young Lee, performs music of Bach, Mozart, Ravel, and Chopin in WFMT’s Fay and Daniel Levin Performance Studio.

      12:00 - 2:00 pm

      12:00 pm

      Metropolitan Opera

      Berlioz's Les Troyens, Part 1

      Shirley Verett (Cassandre); John Vickers (Énée); Louis Quilco (Chorèbe); Metropolitan Opera Cho & Orch/Rafael Kubelik. Sung in French. Recorded March 16, 1974. "Artist's Choice" chosen by Yannick Nézet-Séguin to spotlight Rafael Kubelik.

      2:00 - 4:00 pm

      2:00 pm

      Afternoon Music

      4:00 pm

      4:00 pm

      Listening to Singers with Oliver Camacho

      Celebrate the career of a living legend, Leontyne Price (born February 10, 1927) with a special episode curated and co-hosted by Grammy Award-winning baritone Kenneth Overton.

      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: Jimmy Burns & The Delmark Records Allstars played a memorable set in 2023 to mark the 70th anniversary of Chicago’s longest-lived jazz and blues label.

      9:00 pm - 12:00 am

      9:00 pm

      The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer

      We “march” to a different drummer with songs that celebrate ways we perambulate.