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Playlist for Saturday, January 4, 2025
12:00 - 7:00 am
12:00 am
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Duet in G
Gunilla von Bahr, f; Clas Pehrsson, v
12:05 am
Lars-Erik Larsson: Flute Concertino, Op 45/1
Gunilla von Bahr, f; Musicae Sveciae Orch/Verde
Larsson: Twelve Concertinos
12:15 am
William Grant Still: "Pastorela"
Alexa Still, f; Susan DeWitt Smith, p
12:26 am
William Grant Still: "La Guiablesse" (1927)
Entrance of Les Porteuse
San Francisco Sym Orch/William Grant Still
12:27 am
Daniel Gregory Mason: Violin Sonata in g, Op 5
Kevin Lawrence, v; Phillip Bush, p
Daniel Gregory Mason and Frederick Shepherd Converse: Violin Sonatas
12:54 am
Confrey: "Relaxation"
Zez Confrey, p
Piano Rolls And Scores - Realized By Artis Wodehouse
1:00 am
Robert Schumann: "Romances and Ballades," Op. 53
No. 3, "Der arme Peter"
Christopher Maltman, br; Graham Johnson, p
The Songs of Robert Schumann, Volume 5
1:05 am
Robert Schumann: Three Romances, Op. 94
Todd Levy, cl; Elena Abend, p
Brahms Schumann
1:17 am
Robert Schumann: "Myrthen," Op. 25
#16, "Rätsel"
Dorothea Röschmann, s; Graham Johnson, p
Songs of Robert Schumann 7
1:19 am
Claude Debussy: "Images," set 3, for orchestra
Montreal Sym Orch
Images / Nocturnes
1:54 am
Erik Satie: "Le Piccadilly" (Piano Rag, c 1904)
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, p
The Magic of Satie
2:00 am
Gioachino Rossini: "Péchés de vieillesse (Sins of My Old Age)," Vol V
#11, "Un sauté"
Alessandro Mangoni, p
Rossini Complete Piano Music 3
2:05 am
Eric Fenby: Rossini on Ilkla Moor- Overture (1938)
Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland
British Light Music Discoveries
2:11 am
Ernest John Moeran: Overture for a Masque (1944)
Ulster Orch/JoAnn Falletta
MOERAN, E.J.: In the Mountain Country / Rhapsodies / Overture for a Masque (Frith, Ulster Orchestra, Falletta)
2:21 am
Giles Farnaby: "A maske"
Pierre Hantaï, hc
Farnaby's Dreame
2:22 am
Gabriel Fauré: Piano Quintet #1 in d, Op 89
Jean-Philippe Collard, p; Parrenin String Quartet
2:54 am
Erik Satie: "Légende californienne" (1905)
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, p
Satie (The Complete Solo Piano Music)
3:00 am
Antonio Vivaldi: Opera, "Teuzzone"
Overture
Modo Antiquo/Federico Maria Sardelli
Vivaldi: Opera Overtures
3:05 am
Johann Adolph Hasse: "Astarto"
Overture
Ensemble Arcadia/Attilio Cremonesi
La Contadina
3:07 am
Jean-Philippe Rameau: "Daphnis et Aeglé"
Overture
Capella Savaria/Mary Térey-Smith
RAMEAU: Anacreon / Daphnis et Egle
3:13 am
George Frideric Handel: "Alcina"
Overture
Orchestre Baroque de Montréal/Joël Thiffault
Handel: Ouvertures
3:20 am
Marc-Antoine Charpentier: Le Malade Imaginaire
Overture
Les Arts Florissants/William Christie
Opera Baroque: Highlights- Italia, England, France
3:21 am
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 20 in d minor, K. 466
Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie/Mikhail Pletnev, p
Piano Concertos 6, 15 & 27
3:54 am
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: String Divertimento in B-Flat, K. 137
I. "Allegro"
Gerhard Meinl Tuba Sextet
4:00 am
Igor Stravinsky: Suite No. 2 for Small Orchestra
St Luke's Orch/Robert Craft
Stravinsky, The Composer Volume V
4:05 am
Edvard Grieg: "Lyric Suite," Op. 54
Philharmonia Orch/Sir Malcolm Sargent
Grieg: Peer Gynt Suites, Etc.
4:20 am
Malcolm Arnold: Little Suite #2 for Orchestra, Op 78
City of London Sinfonia/Richard Hickox
Arnold: Orchestral Works
4:29 am
Malcolm Arnold: Little Suite #2 for Brass Band, Op 93
3rd mvt (Finale), "Galop"
Dallas Wind Sym/Jerry F Junkin
Arnold For Band
4:30 am
Zygmunt Stojowski: Suite for Orchestra in E-Flat, Op 9
Bialystok Orch/Marcin Nalecz-Niesiolowski
4:55 am
Tomas Luis de Victoria: "Ave Maria"
Cambridge Singers/John Rutter
Hail! Queen Of Heaven
5:00 am
Antonio de Cabezon: "Prelude in the Dorian Mode (Tiènto del segundo tono)"
City of London Wind Ensemble/Geoffrey Brand
5:04 am
Johann Sebastian Bach: Toccata and Fugue in d, BWV 538, "Dorian"
Läubin Brass Ensemble
5:15 am
Herbert Howells: Mass in the Dorian Mode (1912)
Benedictus
Finzi Singers/Paul Spicer
Howells & Stevens: Choral Music 2
5:17 am
Joseph Jongen: "Symphonie Concertante," Op 81
Olivier Latry, o; Liège Phil/Pascal Rophé
Jongen * Saint-Saens * Symphonies avec Orgue
5:53 am
Henry Purcell: "In Nomine" à 6
Les Voix Humaines Baroque Ensemble
Henry Purcell * The Complete Fantazias * Fretwork
6:00 am
Giacomo Puccini: "La bohème"
Duet, "Addio dolce svegliare"
M Freni, s; N Gedda, t; M Adami, s; M Sereni, br; Rome Opera Orch/Schipp
Nicolai Gedda, tenor,
6:05 am
Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 45 in f-sharp minor, "Farewell"
Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orch/Adam Fischer
2 Flute Concertos, Symphony in F, Symphony No. 22
6:31 am
Giuseppe Verdi: "La traviata"
Aria, "Addio, del passato"
Kiri Te Kanawa, s; London Sym Orch/Myung-Whun Chung
6:35 am
Franz Schubert: "Abschiedswalzer," Op. posth
Paul Badura-Skoda, p
6:36 am
Gabriel Fauré: "Dolly" Suite, Op. 56
St Martin's Academy/Sir Neville Marriner
Ravel: Le Tombeau De Couperin /Debussy: Danse Sacrée Et Danse Profane/ Faure: Dolly Suite/ Ibert: Divertissement
6:54 am
Edward Elgar: "The Wand of Youth" Suite #1, Op 1a
#1, Overture
London Phil/Adrian Boult
7:00 - 11:00 am
7:00 am
Weekend Mornings with LaRob K. Rafael
With news at 7:00 am; "Saturday Morning Listener's Choice" at 8:00 am; and "Soundtrack" at 9:00 am.
7:00 am
Hosted by Kristina Lynn.
7:02 am
Camille Saint-Saëns: Cello Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Op. 33
Sol Gabetta, vc; Munich Radio Orch/Ari Rasilainen
Tchaikovsky, Saint-Saëns, Ginastera
7:23 am
Erik Satie: "Gnossienne" No. 1
Pablo Sáinz-Villegas, g
The Blue Album
7:28 am
Georg Philipp Telemann: Paris Quartet No. 2 in D
Freiburg Baroque Consort
Telemann: Paris Quartets
7:40 am
Jacques Offenbach: "The Tales of Hoffmann"
Doll's Song, "Les oiseaux dans la charmille"
Natalie Dessay, s; Monte Carlo Phil Orch/Patrick Fournillier
French Opera Arias
7:46 am
Charlotte Sohy: Four Romantic Pieces, Op. 30
Marie Vermeulin, p
Charlotte Sohy, Compositrice de la Belle Epoque
7:56 am
Peter Tchaikovsky: "The Nutcracker," Op. 71
"Forest of Fir Trees in Winter"
Dresden Boys' Cho, Dresden Staatskapelle/Hans Vonk
WFMT Winter Mix
8:00 am
Saturday Morning Listener's Choice
8:01 am
Traditional English: "The Twelve Days of Christmas"
Elmer Iseler Singers, Canadian Brass
The Christmas Album
8:09 am
Francis Poulenc: Two-Piano Concerto in D minor
III. Finale, "Allegro molto"
Katia Labèque & Marielle Labèque, p's; Boston Sym Orch/Seiji Ozawa
Poulenc, Milhaud: Concerto Pour 2 Pianos Et Orchestre
8:16 am
Florence Price: "Songs of the Oak"
Württemberg Phil/John Jeter
Florence Beatrice Price: Songs of the Oak, Concert Overtures Nos. 1 & 2, The Oak, Colonial Dance, Suite of Dances
8:34 am
Witold Lutosławski: Variations on a Theme by Paganini
Martha Argerich & Nelson Freire, p's
Duo Piano Extravaganza
8:40 am
F. Melius Christiansen: "Lullaby on Christmas Eve"
Nidaros Cathedral Girls' Cho, St. Olaf Cho/Anton Armstrong
A St. Olaf Christmas in Norway
8:43 am
Traditional Silesian: "Beautiful Savior"
Nidaros Cathedral Girls' Cho, St. Olaf Cho/Anton Armstrong
A St. Olaf Christmas in Norway
8:48 am
Leroy Anderson: Piano Concerto in C
I. "Allegro moderato"
Stewart Goodyear, p; Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel
American Piano Classics
8:57 am
John Williams: "Star Wars: A New Hope"
Force Theme
Alexandre Tharaud, p
Cinema
9:00 am
Soundtrack
9:01 am
Alfred Newman: 20th Century Fox Fanfare
London Phil Orch/John Mauceri
The Genius of Film Music
9:02 am
Howard Shore: "The Lord of the Rings"
Symphony: I. "The Fellowship of the Ring," Part 1
21st Century Sym Orch & Cho/Ludwig Wicki
The Lord of the Rings Symphony
9:14 am
Howard Shore: "The Lord of the Rings"
Symphony: IV. "The Two Towers," Part 2
Manuele Polli, treble; 21st Century Sym Orch & Cho/Ludwig Wicki
The Lord of the Rings Symphony
9:26 am
Howard Shore: "The Lord of the Rings"
Symphony: II. "The Fellowship of the Ring," Part 2
Loris Sikora, treble; 21st Century Sym Orch & Cho/Ludwig Wicki
The Lord of the Rings Symphony
10:01 am
Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson: String Sinfonietta No. 1
Chicago Sinfonietta/Paul Freeman
Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson: A Celebration
10:17 am
Maurice Ravel: "Jeux d'eau"
Philharmonia Orch/Geoffrey Simon
Ravel: Five O'Clock Foxtrot, Bolero, La Valse
10:23 am
Claude Bolling: Suite for Flute and Jazz Piano
II. "Sentimentale"
Jean-Pierre Rampal, f; Claude Bolling, p; Max Hediguer, db; Marcel Sabiani, dr
Marcel Sabiani, drums,
Bolling Suite for Flute and Jazz Piano
10:33 am
Jacques Offenbach: "Gaîté Parisienne"
Suite
Boston Sym Orch/Seiji Ozawa
Offenbach: Gaîté Parisienne; Gounod: Faust Ballet Music; Chabrier: España; Thomas: Mignon
10:53 am
Gabriel Fauré: "Après un rêve," Op. 7, No. 1
Anne Akiko Meyers, v; Emmanuel Ceysson, h
Seasons...Dreams
10:56 am
Alexis Ffrench: "Colours"
Alexis Ffrench, p; Studio Orch
Truth
11:00 am
11:00 am
Introductions
Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestras Fall Concert. Barber "The School for Scandal" Overture; Montgomery "Hymn for Everyone"; Shostakovich: Symphony No. 10, 2nd & 4th mvts. Allen Tinkham, conductor.
11:44 am
Maddalena Sirmen: Violin Duet in E-Flat, Op. 5, No. 1
Shelby Yamin & Sarah Bleile Douglas, v's
Maddalena Lombardi: Violin Duets, Op. 5
11:55 am
Claire Cowan: "Possum Magic"
"Failed Magic"
Claire Cowan, prod
Possum Magic
12:00 - 4:00 pm
12:00 pm
Metropolitan Opera
Offenbach's Les contes D'Hoffmann
Benjamin Bernheim (Hoffmann); Christian Van Horn (Four Villains); Vasilisa Berzhanskaya (Nicklausse/The Muse); Pretty Yende (Antonia/Stella); Erin Morley (Olympia); Clémentine Margaine (Giulietta); Metropolitan Opera Cho & Orch/Marco Armiliato. Recorded October 5, 2024.
3:24 pm
Anonymous Neapolitan: Tarantalla, "La Vallubrella"
Pulcinella/Ophélie Gaillard, vc piccolo
Napoli!
3:30 pm
Saturday Afternoon Music with Jan Weller
3:32 pm
Antonio Vivaldi: String Concerto in G minor, R. 157
Berlin Academy for Ancient Music/Georg Kallweit
Vivaldi: Sacro furore
3:37 pm
Antonio Vivaldi: "Nisi Dominus" in G minor, R. 608
IV. "Cum dederit"
Carlo Vistoli, ct; Berlin Academy for Ancient Music/Georg Kallweit
Vivaldi: Sacro furore
3:45 pm
John Williams: "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone"
Hedwig's Theme
Saito Kinen Orch/John Williams
John Williams in Tokyo
3:50 pm
Sergei Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C, Op. 26
Finale, "Allegro, ma non troppo"
Stewart Goodyear, p; BBC Sym Orch/Andrew Litton
Prokofiev Piano Concertos
4:00 pm
4:00 pm
Listening to Singers with Oliver Camacho
Artists to Watch in 2025 including sopranos Janai Brugger, Nicole Heaston, and Gabriella Reyes, mezzo-soprano Daniela Mack, countertenor Bruno de Sá, bass Kyle Ketelsen, and composer Jasmine Barnes.
5:00 - 7:00 pm
5:00 pm
Saturday Evening Music with Jan Weller
5:01 pm
Luigi Boccherini: Cello Concerto No. 6 in D, G 479
Age of Enlightenment Orch/Steven Isserlis, vc
Music of the Angels: Cello Concertos, Sonatas & Quintets by Luigi Boccherini
5:21 pm
Olivia Belli: "Sibyl"
L Fuller, v; J Metcalfe, vi; C Worsey, vc; O Belli, p
Olivia Belli, piano,
Intermundia
5:28 pm
Ottorino Respighi: "The Pines of Rome"
Buffalo Phil Orch/JoAnn Falletta
Respighi: Roman Trilogy
5:51 pm
Jean Sibelius: Suite for Violin and Strings, Op. 117
James Ehnes, v; Bergen Phil Orch/Edward Gardner
Sibelius: Violin Concerto; Serenades; Humoresques; Earnest Melodies; Suite
6:01 pm
Alexey Shor: "Travel Notebook," Suite for Piano and Orchestra No. 1
VI. "Sorrow (Inspired by Visiting Venice)"
Anna Ulaieva, p; Kyiv Virtuosi/Dmitry Yablonsky
Alexey Shor Composer’s Notebook, Vol. 1
6:05 pm
Alexey Shor: "Travel Notebook," Suite for Piano and Orchestra No. 1
VII. "Horseman (Inspired by Visiting Ascot)"
Anna Ulaieva, p; Kyiv Virtuosi/Dmitry Yablonsky
Alexey Shor Composer’s Notebook, Vol. 1
6:10 pm
Richard Strauss: Divertimento after Couperin, Op. 86
V: "Le Trophée"
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
Strauss: Le bourgeois gentilhomme, Divertimento after Couperin
6:20 pm
Amanda Maier: Piano Trio in E-Flat
I. "Allegro"
Frank Almond, v; Alexander Hersh, vc; Victor Santiago Asuncion, p
A Violin's Life, Volume 3
6:31 pm
Richard Rodgers: "The Sound of Music"
"Edelweiss"
Lucienne Renaudin Vary, tr; Paris Chamber Orch/Sascha Goetzel
Winter Gardens
6:34 pm
Fritz Kreisler: "Miniature Viennese March"
Lucienne Renaudin Vary, tr; Paris Chamber Orch/Sascha Goetzel
Winter Gardens
6:39 pm
James P. Johnson: "Yamekraw"
Marcus Roberts, p; Lincoln Center Jazz Orch, Orch of St. Luke's/Robert Sadin
Portraits in Blue
7:00 pm
7:00 pm
Sounds Classical
Who Got Next? Vol. 4
Hosts LaRob K. Rafael and Kristina Lynn share their latest playlist of talented composers and performers who are making waves in the classical music world.
8:00 pm
8:00 pm
Folkstage hosted by Marilyn Rea Beyer
Live from St. Tim's Coffeehouse in Skokie: The incomparable piano and harmonica virtuoso Howard Levy plays a rare solo show. The audience will be part of the live broadcast!
9:00 pm - 12:00 am
9:00 pm
The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer
If I knew then what I know now. Songs about choices, hindsight, and the occasional prediction.
9:00 pm
Traditional: "Midnight Special"
Leadbelly
Midnight Special
9:03 pm
Jimmie Dale Gilmore: Peace in the Valley (Dorsey)
Jimmie Dale Gilmore
Come on Back
9:05 pm
Jake Blount: Beyond This Wall (Hyman)
Jake Blount (banjo) and Tatiana Hargreaves (fiddle)
Spider Tales
9:09 pm
Geyer Street Sheiks: "Great Dream from Heaven" (Joseph Spence)
Geyer Street Sheiks
Great Dream
9:13 pm
Sons of the Never Wrong: If I Knew Then
Sons of the Never Wrong
The Nuthatch Suite
9:18 pm
Michael Smith: Last Days of Pompeii
Michael Smith
Love Stories
9:23 pm
Michael Smith: Why I'm Enjoying This (spoken)
Michael Smith
Live at Dark-Thirty
9:24 pm
Michael Smith: Coffeehouse Days
Michael Smith
Michael, Margaret, Pat & Kate
9:29 pm
The Lovin' Spoonful: Did You Ever Have to Make Up Your Mind?
The Lovin' Spoonful
The Best of the Lovin' Spoonful
9:31 pm
Emmy Bean & Ronnie Kuller: Johnny's Brother (Converse)
Emmy Bean & Ronnie Kuller
Folkstage - "Her Only Light" 11.16.2024 (excerpt)
9:34 pm
John Gorka: Can't Make Up My Mind
John Gorka
Between Five and Seven
9:39 pm
The Nudes: "Norwegian Wood"
The Nudes
Velvet Sofa
9:43 pm
Mouths of Babes: If I Had Known
Mouths of Babes
Brighter in the Dark
9:47 pm
Kate McDonnell: Trapeze
Kate McDonnell
TRAPEZE
9:51 pm
Solas (Peggy Seeger): "Song of Choice"
Solas, feat. Karan Casey & Iris DeMent
Words That Remain
9:55 pm
Rees Shad, ft. Kemp Harris, Wanda Houston, Natalia Zukerman: Ain't That the Way
Rees Shad, ft. Kemp Harris, Wanda Houston, Natalia Zukerman
Porcelain Angel
9:58 pm
Jonas Friddle: "The Midnight Special - fretless banjo"
Jonas Friddle
Midnight Special Collection
10:01 pm
Iris DeMent: "Our Town"
Iris DeMent
Infamous Angel
10:06 pm
10,000 Maniacs: "Let the Mystery Be"
10,000 Maniacs (Natalie Merchant w/David Byrne)
Campfire Songs
10:09 pm
(Jamie O'Reilly): "I Wish Someone Would Take Me Dancing"
Jamie O'Reilly
In Old Chicago
10:13 pm
Mark Dvorak: If I Only Had a Match (Morris, Johnston, Meyer)
Mark Dvorak
Let Love Go On
10:17 pm
Naomi Ashley: Keep My Secrets
Naomi Ashley and Jon Williams
Love Bug
10:20 pm
Steve Dawson: When I Finally Let You Down
Steve Dawson
Ghosts
10:26 pm
Gerald Dowd: Look Back and Laugh
Gerald Dowd
Father's Day
10:33 pm
Jenny Bienemann: The Monster
Jenny Bienemann
Every Soul Grows to the Light
10:40 pm
Warren Zevon: Life'll Kill Ya'
Warren Zevon
Life’ll Kill Ya'
10:43 pm
Diane Coll: No Wasting Time
Diane Coll
Up From the Mud
10:46 pm
Allison Russell: Little Rebirth
Allison Russell
Outside Child
10:50 pm
Son House: "Grinnin' in Your Face"
Eddie James "Son" House, Jr.
Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues: Son House
10:52 pm
Rachel Drew: Life Goes On
Rachel Drew
Old Sky New
10:58 pm
Travis, Merle: "Midnight Special" Travis picked guitar
Merle Travis
In Boston 1959
11:00 pm
Jacob Samuel: Words (edited)
Jacob Samuel
Horse Power
11:03 pm
Bob Dylan: "Talkin' New York"
Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan
11:08 pm
Tom Paxton: Ramblin' Boy
Tom Paxton
I Can't Help But Wonder Where I'm Bound: The Best of Tom Paxton
11:12 pm
Carolyn Hester: Swing and Turn Jubilee (Trad.)
Carolyn Hester
Carolyn Hester
11:14 pm
Reverend Gary Davis: Samson & Delilah/If I Had My Way
Reverend Gary Davis
The Reverend Gary Davis at Newport
11:18 pm
Fred Neil: Candy Man
Fred Neil
Bleecker & MacDougal
11:23 pm
Phil Ochs: There But For Fortune
Phil Ochs
The Early Years
11:25 pm
Jean Ritchie & Doc Watson: Where Are You Going?
Jean Ritchie & Doc Watson
Jean Ritchie and Doc Watson at Folk City
11:27 pm
Ramblin' Jack Elliott: Rock Island Line (trad.)
Ramblin' Jack Elliott
The Lost Topic Tapes: Isle of Wight 1957
11:32 pm
Mississippi John Hurt: Avalon Blues
Mississippi John Hurt
Avalon Blues - Complete 1928 Okeh Recordings
11:37 pm
Judy Collins w/Jim (Roger) McGuinn: Bullgine Run (Trad.)
Judy Collins w/Jim (Roger) McGuinn
Judy Collins 3 + 4, Disc 1
11:39 pm
Ian & Sylvia: Rocks and Gravel
Ian & Sylvia
Ian & Sylvia: The Vanguard Years, Disc 1
11:44 pm
Elijah Wald: Intro to All My Trials
Elijah Wald
The Mayor of MacDougal Street - Side Tracks
11:45 pm
Dave Van Ronk: All My Trials (Trad., arr. Van Ronk)
Dave Van Ronk
The Mayor of MacDougal Street - Rarities
11:49 pm
Todd Snider: Can't Complain (long version)
Todd Snider
Best of All My Songs
11:53 pm
Laura Love: I Still Believe (Unplugged)
Laura Love
She Loved Red
11:58 pm
Andrew Beyer: "The Midnight Special - cigar box slide"
Andrew Beyer
Midnight Special Collection
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