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Playlist for Saturday, March 22, 2025
12:00 - 7:00 am
12:00 am
Henry Balfour Gardiner: "Shepherd Fennel's Dance"
Indianapolis Sym Orch/Raymond Leppard
Encores
12:05 am
Robert Schumann: "Konzertstück" in F, Op. 86
Solo Quartet, Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique/John Eliot Gardiner
Complete Symphonies
12:23 am
Henry Balfour Gardiner: Five Pieces
#1
Michael Stairs, p
Oh, Dear!
12:24 am
Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quartet no.10 in E-Flat, Op.74, "Harp"
Budapest String Quartet
Beethoven: The Middle Quartets
12:55 am
Johann Sebastian Bach: "Well-Tempered Clavier," Book 1, BWV 846/69
Prelude No. 17 in A-flat
Yolanda Kondonassis, h
A New Baroque
1:00 am
Erik Satie: "Embryons desséchés"
Frank Glazer, p
Satie: Complete Piano Music
1:05 am
Claude Debussy: "Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune"
Santa Cecilia Academy Orch/Leonard Bernstein
The Best of Bernstein
1:17 am
Maurice Ravel: Piano Sonatine
Gwendolyn Mok, p
The Complete Piano Works of Ravel
1:27 am
André Campra: "L'Europe Galante"
"Air en Rondeau"
Andrew Lawrence-King, h
Chorégraphie
1:29 am
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Flute Concerto #1 in G, K 313
Rune Most, f; Odense Sym/Scott Yoo
1:55 am
Lupus Helline: "Nieuwe almanack"
Convivium Musicum Gothenburgense
At the Sign of the Crumhorn
2:00 am
Sainte-Colombe: "Le Réglé"
"(Ouverture) Le Réglé"
Les Voix Humaines Baroque Ensemble
Sainte-Colombe: Concerts a deux violes
2:05 am
Marin Marais: "La sonnerie de Sainte Geneviève du Mont de Paris"
Trio Sonnerie
A Portrait of Love Early 18th Century Music for the French Court
2:13 am
Sainte-Colombe: Suite in a
Jordi Savall, viga
Pièces de viole
2:22 am
Jean-Philippe Rameau: "Naís"
"Pas de deux I and II"
Philharmonia Baroque Orch/Nicholas McGegan
Rameau: Orchestral Suites from Le Temple de la Gloire & Naïs
2:24 am
Henry Kimball Hadley: "Salome," Op 55 (1906)
BBC Concert Orch/Rebecca Miller
2:54 am
George Whitefield Chadwick: "Six Characteristic Pieces," Op. 7
#1, "Congratulation"
Peter Kairoff, p
American Character - Piano Music of George Whitefield Chadwick
3:00 am
Giuseppe Torelli: Trumpet Sonata (G7)
Paul Plunkett, tr; Baroque Instrumental Ensemble
3:05 am
Petronio Franceschini: Two-Trumpet Sonata in D
Edward Carroll, tr; Ad van Zon, tr; Concerto Rotterdam/Heinz Friesen
The Trumpet Resounding
3:12 am
Tomaso Albinoni: Trumpet Sonata in C
Allegro
German Bach Soloists/Helmut Winschermann
3:14 am
Johannes Brahms: Symphony no.1 in c minor, Op.68
Utah Sym Orch/Maurice Abravanel
3:55 am
Johannes Brahms: "Liebeslieder Waltzes" Op. 52
No. 16, "Ein dunkler Schacht ist Liebe (Love is a dark shaft)"
Westminster Cho/Joseph Flummerfelt
BRAHMS, J.: 18 Liebeslieder Waltzes / 14 Deutsche Volkslieder / Quartets - Opp. 64, 92 (Westminster Choir, Flummerfelt)
4:00 am
Franz Liszt: "Années de pèlerinage:" 1st Year, Switzerland (1848-54)
No. 1, "La chapelle de Guillaume Tell"
Alfred Brendel, p
Liszt * Années de pèlerinage (Première Année: Suisse) * Isoldens Liebestod * Alfred Brendel
4:05 am
Gioachino Rossini: "William Tell"
Overture
Royal Opera House Orch/Carlo Rizzi
Gioachino Rossini: Overtures
4:18 am
Franz Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 2 in A
Nelson Freire, p; Bavarian Radio Sym/Eleazar de Carvalho
Radio Days
4:39 am
Claudio Santoro: "Paulistana #1"
Nelson Freire, p
Brasileira: Villa-Lobos & Friends
4:41 am
Paul Hindemith: Oboe Sonata
Bert Lucarelli, ob; Thomas Hrynkiv, p
4:53 am
Paul Hindemith: "Kleine Kammermusik," Op 24/2
Waltz
Philadelphia Woodwind Quintet
The Original Philadelphia Woodwind Quintet- 20th Century
5:00 am
George Frideric Handel: "Judas Maccabaeus"
Chorus, "Hallelujah, amen"
Mormon Tabernacle Cho, Philadelphia Orch/Eugene Ormandy
Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring * Mormon Tabernacle Choir
5:02 am
George Frideric Handel: "Judas Maccabaeus"
Chorus, "See the conqu'ring hero comes!"
Mormon Tabernacle Cho, Philadelphia Orch/Eugene Ormandy
Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring * Mormon Tabernacle Choir
5:06 am
Ludwig van Beethoven: Variations on "See the Conquering Hero Comes," WoO.45
Anner Bylsma, vc; Stanley Hoogland, fortepiano
The Cello and the King of Prussia
5:16 am
Felix Alexandre Guilmant: Paraphrase on "See the conquering hero comes!", Op 90
Christopher Herrick, o
5:20 am
Leo Délibes: "Le Roi s'amuse"
Ballet Music: "Scène du bouquet"
Bohemia Chamber Phil/Douglas Bostock
5:21 am
Aaron Copland: "Appalachian Spring"
Atlantic Sinfonietta/Andrew Schenk
Music For Martha Graham - The Original Versions
5:55 am
Peter Tchaikovsky: "Swan Lake," Op. 20
"Dance of the Little Swans"
Philadelphia Orch/Eugene Ormandy
6:00 am
Giuseppe Verdi: "La forza del destino"
Aria, "Pace, pace, mio Dio"
Angela Gheorghiu, s; London Phil/Zubin Mehta
6:05 am
Giuseppe Verdi: "La forza del destino"
Overture
Bern Sym Orch/Vincent La Selva
Verdi: Complete Opera Overtures
6:12 am
Saverio Mercadante: Flute Concerto in e
James Galway, f; I Solisti Veneti/Claudio Scimone
Mercadante: Concertos For Flute And Orchestra
6:33 am
Antonio Lauro: Three Venezuelan Waltzes (Valses Venezolanas)
#2
Marcelo Kayath, g
6:35 am
Aaron Copland: Violin Sonata
Gil Shaham, v; André Previn, p
American Scenes
6:54 am
Alberto Ginastera: Doce Preludios Americanos, Op 12
#9, "Tribute to Aaron Copland"
Adrian Ruiz, p
MENDELSSOHN: Variations sérieuses in D Minor, op. 54; & Variations in E Flat, op. 82/ CHAVEZ: Sonata for Piano/ GINASTERA: 12 American Preludes; & Sonata para Piano
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.
7:03 am
Francis Poulenc: Cello Sonata
Jeein You, vc; Martina Consonni, p
Fondation Gautier Capuçon présente Sarah Jégou-Sageman, violin; Jeein You, cello; Martina Consonni, piano
7:25 am
Leslie Adams: Etudes, Part I
No. 1 in g minor
Maria Thompson Corley, p
Maria Corley * Leslie Adams * Twelve Etudes
7:33 am
William Grant Still: "Poem for Orchestra"
Fort Smith Sym/John Jeter
American Classics * William Grant Still * Symphonies Nos 4 and 5
7:44 am
Steve Reich: "Nagoya Marimbas"
Third Coast Percussion
Reich: Mallet Quartet, Sextet, Nagoya Marimbas & Music for Pieces of Wood
7:50 am
Jessie Montgomery: "Starburst"
String Orchestra/Jessie Montgomery
Jessie Montgomery Strum: Music for Strings
7:55 am
Frédéric Chopin: Etudes, Op. 10
No. 8 in F, “Sunshine”
Yunchan Lim, p
Yunchan Lim: Chopin Études
7:57 am
George Harrison: "Here Comes the Sun"
Miloš, g; String Ensemble/Christopher Austin
Blackbird: The Beatles Album
8:00 am
Saturday Morning Listener's Choice
8:02 am
Léo Delibes: "Lakmé"
Flower Duet, "Dôme épais, le jasmin" (with introduction)
Joan Sutherland, s; Jane Berbié, ms; Monte Carlo Opera Orch/Richard Bonynge
The World's Greatest Opera Album
8:09 am
Charles William Glover: Song, "The Rose of Tralee"
John McCormack, t; Orch
My Wild Irish Rose
8:14 am
Robert Schumann: "Konzertstück" in F, Op. 86
I. "Lebhaft"
Soloists; Seattle Sym/Gerard Schwarz
Scott Wilson, horn,
Heroic Horn: Best Loved Classical Music
8:22 am
Jean-Philippe Rameau: "Les Sauvages"
Bruce Liu, p
Waves
8:25 am
Arturo Márquez: "Danzón" No. 2
Simón Bolívar Youth Orch/Gustavo Dudamel
Gustavo Dudamel: Discoveries
8:36 am
David Lang: "poor hymnal"
No. 4, "all who are hungry"
Rebecca Siler, s; The Crossing/Donald Nally
David Lang: poor hymnal
8:40 am
David Lang: "poor hymnal"
No. 7, "if you close your ear"
The Crossing/Donald Nally
David Lang: poor hymnal
8:44 am
David Lang: "poor hymnal"
No. 2, "open your hands"
The Crossing/Donald Nally
David Lang: poor hymnal
8:47 am
Robert Schumann: Symphony No. 1 in B-Flat, Op. 38, "Spring"
I. "Andante poco maestoso -- Allegro molto vivace"
Dresden Staatskapelle/Wolfgang Sawallisch
Schumann: Symphonies 1 & 4; Overture, Scherzo & Finale
9:00 am
Soundtrack
9:00 am
Alfred Newman: 20th Century Fox Fanfare
London Phil Orch/John Mauceri
The Genius of Film Music
9:01 am
Wojciech Kilar: "Bram Stoker's Dracula"
"Love Remembered"
Studio Orch/Anton Coppola
Bram Stoker's Dracula (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
9:07 am
Angelo Badalamenti: "Twin Peaks"
"Laura Palmer's Theme; Twin Peaks Theme"
Danish National Sym Orch/Sarah Hicks
Murder at the Symphony
9:15 am
Angelo Badalamenti: "Mulholland Drive"
Main Title Theme
Brussels Phil/Dirk Brossé
Angelo Badalamenti: Music for Film and Television
9:21 am
Kurt Weill: "Lady in the Dark"
Symphonic Nocturne
Bournemouth Sym/Marin Alsop
Symphonies Nos. 1 and 2 / Lady in the Dark - Symphonic Nocturne
9:40 am
Alan Silvestri: "Back to the Future"
"Back to the Future"
Royal Scottish National Orch/John Debney
The Back To The Future Trilogy
9:43 am
Alan Silvestri: "Forrest Gump"
"I'm Forrest… Forrest Gump"
Studio Orch/William Ross
Forrest Gump (Original Motion Picture Score)
9:46 am
Alan Silvestri: "Forrest Gump"
Suite
Studio Orch/William Ross
Forrest Gump (Original Motion Picture Score)
9:54 am
Alan Silvestri: "Death Becomes Her"
End Credits
Studio Orch/William Ross
Death Becomes Her (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
10:00 am
Josef Suk: "Fantastic Scherzo," Op. 25
Buffalo Phil Orch/JoAnn Falletta
Suk: Fairy Tale * Fantastic Scherzo
10:17 am
Traditional African-American: Spiritual, "Steal Away"
Imani Winds
Imani Winds: The Classical Underground
10:25 am
Florence Price: "Fantasie Nègre" No. 2 in G minor
Lara Downes, p
Some of These Days
10:33 am
Maurice Ravel: "Ma Mère l'Oye (Mother Goose)"
Complete ballet
Lyon National Orch/Leonard Slatkin
Ravel: L'enfant et les sortilèges, Ma mère l'oye
11:00 am
11:00 am
Introductions
Kashyap Prasad, 18, piano. Beethoven: Sonata No. 7 in D, Op. 10, No. 3, 1st & 2nd mvts; Chopin: Etude in B minor, Op. 25, No. 10; Price: Sonata in E minor, 2nd mvt; Scriabin: Sonata No. 4 in F-Sharp, Op. 30.
11:51 am
Francis Poulenc: Intermezzo in A-Flat (1943)
Pascal Rogé, p
Poulenc: Nocturnes, Suites, 6 Improvisations, Intermezzi, Villageoises / Pascal Rogé
11:55 am
Maurice Ravel: "Miroirs"
"Oiseaux tristes"
Seong-Jin Cho, p
Ravel: The Complete Solo Piano Works
12:00 - 4:00 pm
12:00 pm
Metropolitan Opera
Ravel's L'enfant et les sortilèges & Poulenc's Les Mamelles de Tirésias
L'enfant et les sortilège: Hilda Harris (Child); Ruth Welting (Fire); Gail Robinson (Princess); Les Mamelles de Tirésias: Catherin Malfintano (Thérèse); David Holloway (Husband) Metropolitan Opera Cho & Orch/Manuel Rosenthal. Recorded February 28, 1981.
2:19 pm
Darius Milhaud: "Scaramouche," Op. 165b
Katia Labèque & Marielle Labèque, p's
Poulenc, Milhaud: Concerto Pour 2 Pianos Et Orchestre
2:29 pm
Elfrida Andrée: Violin Sonata in B-Flat
Annette-Barbara Vogel, v; Durval Cesetti, p
First Ladies: Three Romantic Violin Sonatas
2:30 pm
Saturday Afternoon Music with Jan Weller
2:45 pm
Eduard Tubin: "Prélude solennel"
Gothenburg Sym Orch/Neeme Järvi
Eduard Tubin: Prélude sollenel, Violin Concerto No. 1, Suite on Estonian Dances
2:55 pm
Johann Sebastian Bach: Clavier Concerto No. 4 in A, BWV 1055
III. Finale, "Allegro ma non tanto"
Tianqi Du, p; St Martin's Academy/Jonathan Bloxham
Bach Keyboard Concertos
3:01 pm
Missy Mazzoli: "Impromptu (Thomas's Piece)"
Joshua Bell, v; Kaprálová Orch
Mozart in the Jungle, Season 3
3:05 pm
Doreen Carwithen: Concerto for Piano and Strings
Howard Shelley, p; London Sym Orch/Richard Hickox
Carwithen: Orchestral Works
3:36 pm
Ryuichi Sakamoto: "Babel" film score
"Bibo no Aozura"
La Pietà/Angèle Dubeau, v
Blanc
3:42 pm
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K. 550
I. "Molto allegro"
German Chamber Phil Bremen/Tarmo Peltokoski
Mozart Symphonies
3:52 pm
Florence Price: "Fantasie Nègre" No. 1 in E minor
Jeneba Kanneh-Mason, p
Fantasie
5:00 - 7:00 pm
5:00 pm
Saturday Evening Music with Jan Weller
5:01 pm
Henriette Renié: Cello Sonata
Victor Julien-Laferrière, vc; Théo Fouchenneret, p
Compositrices: New Light on French Romantic Women Composers
5:24 pm
Jacques Offenbach: "The Tales of Hoffmann"
"Intermezzo"
Boston Pops Orch/Arthur Fiedler
Gaîté Parisienne and More Offenbach
5:32 pm
Maurice Ravel: Piano Concerto in D for the Left Hand
Seong-Jin Cho, p; Boston Sym Orch/Andris Nelsons
Ravel: The Piano Concertos
5:53 pm
Henryk Górecki: Symphony No. 3, Op. 36, "Symphony of Sorrowful Songs"
II. "Lento e largo - Tranquilissimo"
Hera Hyesang Park, s; Teatro Carlo Felice Orch/Jochen Rieder
Breathe
6:03 pm
Molly Herron: Interlude No. 2
Science Ficta; Molly Herron, bass viola da gamba
Through Lines
6:05 pm
Henri Casadesus: "Ronde de saisons"
Winter, "Allegro molto marcato"
Science Ficta
Ronde de Saisons: Musique pour quatuor de violes
6:13 pm
Carl Philipp Emmanuel Bach: Flute Concerto in A, Wq 168
Emmanuel Pahud, f; Potsdam Chamber Academy/Trevor Pinnock
The Flute King: Music from the Court of Frederick The Great
6:34 pm
Luisa Elena Paesano: "Gaván con Revuelta"
Rumbarroco
Latin-Baroque Fusion
6:38 pm
Diego Ortiz: "Recercada primera"
Rumbarroco
Latin-Baroque Fusion
6:43 pm
Matthew Aucoin: "Eurydice Suite"
"The Walk"
BBC Scottish Sym Orch/Timothy Redmond
Beyond
6:52 pm
Malcolm Arnold: Three Shanties, Op. 4
James Galway Wind Quintet
James Galway Plays the Music of Sir Malcolm Arnold
7:00 pm
7:00 pm
Sounds Classical
Hosts Kristina Lynn and LaRob K. Rafael welcome La Caccina. The Chicago-based, treble vocal ensemble performs works from their album "BECOMING" and discusses their mission to diversify choral repertoire to be more inclusive of stories of women.
8:00 pm
8:00 pm
Folkstage hosted by Marilyn Rea Beyer
Live from the Levin Performance Studio: The Anne Harris Trio. Among Chicago’s most-sought after players, singer-songwriter and violin phenom Anne Harris specializes in show stopping numbers. Her musical prowess merges folk, blues, jazz and classic American song styles.
9:00 pm - 12:00 am
9:00 pm
The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer
This week’s playlist is a surprise package because sometimes it’s fun to be unpredictable. Just like a jack-in-the-box, songs will “spring” up!
9:00 pm
Lead Belly: Midnight Special (Trad.)
Leadbelly
Midnight Special
9:02 pm
Nick Drake: Cello Song
Nick Drake
Five Leaves Left
9:07 pm
Ollella: Optimist
Ollella
Antifragile
9:10 pm
The Rhythmettes & The Debutantes: Optimistic Voices
The Rhythmettes & The Debutantes
The Wizard of Oz: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
9:11 pm
Julie Gold: SpringSprang
Julie Gold
Love is Love is Love
9:14 pm
Jim Bizer: My Best Friend
Jim Bizer
About Time
9:15 pm
Sam Bergquist: Here and Gone
Sam Bergquist
Racing Down the Valley
9:18 pm
Charlie Parr: Remember Me if I Forget
Charlie Parr
Stumpjumper
9:23 pm
Janis Ian: “At Seventeen”
Janis Ian
The Essential Janis Ian - disc 1
9:28 pm
Kiely Connell: Beautiful
Kiely Connell
My Own Company
9:34 pm
Michigan Rattlers: Pure Resistance
Michigan Rattlers
Waving From A Sea
9:38 pm
Mark Erelli: Look Up
Mark Erelli & His String Quartet
Live in Rockport
9:44 pm
Alice Howe: Twilight
Alice Howe
Alice Howe & Freebo "Live"
9:50 pm
Laura Love: Five Hundred Miles (West)
Laura Love, ft. Barbara Lamb
Helvetica Bold
9:54 pm
Jake Blount: Didn't It Rain (Trad.)
Jake Blount
The New Faith
9:57 pm
Jake Blount: Blackbird Says to the Crow
Jake Blount
Spider Tales
10:01 pm
The Youngbloods: Get Together (Powers)
The Youngbloods
Get Together: The Essential Youngbloods
10:05 pm
Jesse Colin Young: Darkness, Darkness (Young)
Elliott Murphy & Iain Matthews
La Terre Commune
10:11 pm
Kora Feder: In a Young Person's Body
Kora Feder
Some Kind of Truth
10:15 pm
Kris Kristofferson: Jesus Was a Capricorn (Owed to John Prine)
Kris Kristofferson
The Essential Kris Kristofferson, Disc 2
10:17 pm
John Prine: Grandpa Was a Carpenter
John Prine
Souvenirs
10:21 pm
Steve Goodman: Red Red Robin
Steve Goodman
Artistic Hair
10:23 pm
Steve Goodman: Between the Lines
Steve Goodman
Words We Can Dance To
10:27 pm
Steve Goodman: "Old Fashioned"
Steve Goodman
Words We Can Dance To
10:34 pm
Allison Russell: Springtime
Allison Russell
The Returner
10:39 pm
Allison Russell & Leyla McCalla: "I Knew I Could Fly"
Allison Russell & Leyla McCalla
Songs of Our Native Daughters
10:43 pm
Bob Dylan: Like a Rolling Stone
Bob Dylan
The Best of Bob Dylan
10:49 pm
Studs Terkel & Joan Baez: Baez 3 "Dylan - 1967"
Joan Baez
WFMT Studs Terkel Archives
10:50 pm
Joan Baez & Bob Dylan: "It Ain’t Me Babe" (Dylan)
Joan Baez & Bob Dylan
Live at Newport 1963-65
10:54 pm
Loudon Wainwright III: "Talkin’ New Bob Dylan"
Loudon Wainwright III
History
10:59 pm
Bill Giardini: "The Midnight Special – Accordion" (Traditional)
Bill Giardini
Midnight Special Collection
11:00 pm
Jason Isbell: Bury Me
Jason Isbell
Foxes in the Snow
11:03 pm
Odetta: "Chilly Winds" (Traditional)
Odetta
Best of Odetta
11:06 pm
Alisa Amador ft. Madison Cunningham: Heartless Author
Alisa Amador ft. Madison Cunningham
Multitudes
11:09 pm
Mean Mary: Mr. What A Catch I Am
Mean Mary
Woman Creature
11:12 pm
Bella White: Marilyn
Bella White
Among Other Things
11:18 pm
Pierce Crask: Anybody Out There
Pierce Crask
Rising River
11:22 pm
Deb Talan: Just Another Unicorn
Deb Talan
I Thought I Saw You
11:26 pm
Chris Smither: Digging The Hole
Chris Smither
All About the Bones
11:29 pm
Cliff Eberhardt: "The High Above and the Down Below"
Cliff Eberhardt
High Above and the Down Below
11:32 pm
SONiA: Shake It
SONiA
Me, Too
11:35 pm
Bruce Cockburn: On a Roll
Bruce Cockburn
O Sun O Moon
11:39 pm
Traditional Scottish: The Lass of Killiecrankie (Trad.)
Jim & Susie Malcolm
Spring Will Follow On
11:42 pm
(Laura Cortese, Annie Lynch & Kris Delmhorst): "Talk To Me"
Laura Cortese & The Dance Cards
Bitter Better
11:46 pm
Annie Capps: How Can I Say This
Annie Capps
How Can I Say This?
11:49 pm
Paul Kelly & Charlie Owen: Let It Be (Lennon/McCartney)
Paul Kelly & Charlie Owen
Death's Dateless Night
11:54 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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