Playlist for Monday, January 26, 2026

Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff

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

Midday with Lisa Flynn

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

2:00 pm

Afternoon Music with Candice Agree

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

7:00 pm

Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin

American Masters, Part VI

This week, we explore 20th-century American music under the Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon administrations. Alongside celebrated figures such as Copland, Gershwin, and Schoenberg, we will weave in beautiful and intriguing music from Peter Menin, Augustus Hailstork, Joan Tower, Charlie Parker, and yes, Fats Domino. We conclude with an elegiac symphonic work by George Walker, the first African American Pulitzer Prize-winning composer.

8:00 pm

Live from WFMT

Pianist Boris Giltburg makes his debut on Live from WFMT performing works by Rachmanioff, Robert Schumann, and Liszt. Hosted by Kerry Frumking.

10:00 pm

The WFMT Orchestra Series

Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra

Shostakovich Cello Concerto No. 2; Alisa Weilerstein, cello; Enescu "Oedipe" Prelude; Rachmaninoff Symphony No. 2; Paavo Järvi, conductor.