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Playlist for Saturday, March 29, 2025
12:00 - 6:00 am
12:00 am
Henry Cowell: "Saturday Night at the Firehouse" (1948)
Milwaukee Sym Orch/Lukas Foss
American Festival
12:05 am
Lukas Foss: Three American Pieces
Nancy Ruffer, f; Helen Crayford, p
British Fantasies / American Dreams - Music for Flute & Piano
12:17 am
Leonard Bernstein: "Candide"
Overture
Milwaukee Sym Orch/Lukas Foss
American Festival
12:22 am
Lukas Foss: "For Lenny" (Variation on 'New York, New York')
Zuill Bailey, vc; Lara Downes, p
Some Other Time
12:24 am
Leonard Bernstein: "Five Anniversaries"
No. 2, "For Lukas Foss"
Lara Downes, p
Some Other Time
12:26 am
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 15 in B-Flat, K. 450
Orch/Leonard Bernstein, p
Bernstein Century - Mozart: Piano Concertos No. 15 and 17
12:54 am
Leonard Bernstein: "Seven Anniversaries"
For Serge Koussevitzky
James Tocco, p
1:00 am
Alan Hovhaness: Armenian Rhapsody #1
Crystal Chbr Orch/Ernest Gold
Hovhaness: Armenian Rhapsody No. 1, Etc.
1:04 am
Richard Yardumian: Armenian Suite
Utah Sym Orch/Varujan Kojian
Richard Yardumian: Symphony No. 2 'Psalms' & Armenian Suite
1:18 am
Aram Khachaturian: "Armenian Dances" (1943)
Eastman Wind Ensemble/Frederick Fennell
West Point Symphony / Symphony For Band / Fanfare And Allegro / Armenian Dances
1:24 am
Aram Khachaturian: "Gayaneh"
"Sabre Dance"
James Galway, f; Royal Phil/Myung-Whun Chung
James Galway Plays Khachaturian
1:27 am
Aram Khachaturian: "Gayaneh" (1942, rev 1957)
"Lezghinka"
Emanuil Sheynkman, m; Vincenzo Macaluso, g
The Art Of The Mandolin
1:29 am
Johann Pez: Concert Sonata in F
Les Muffatti/Peter van Heyghen
Pez: Overtures, Concerti
1:37 am
Johann Sebastian Bach: Clavier Concerto No. 3 in D, BWV 1054
Vladimir Feltsman, p; St Luke's Orch
Bach: Keyboard Concertos, Vol. 2
1:54 am
Georg Philipp Telemann: Song, "Grossthuer"
Klaus Mertens, br; Ludger Rémy, hc
Singe-, Spiel- Und Generalbaß-Übungen 1733
2:00 am
Armstrong Gibbs: Song, "Neglected Moon"
Geraldine McGreevy, s; Roger Vignoles, p
Songs By Armstrong Gibbs
2:01 am
Armstrong Gibbs: Song, "The Rejected Lover"
Stephen Varcoe, br; Roger Vignoles, p
Songs By Armstrong Gibbs
2:03 am
Armstrong Gibbs: Song, "Arrogant Poppies"
Geraldine McGreevy, s; Roger Vignoles, p
Songs By Armstrong Gibbs
2:04 am
Arnold Bax: "Cathaleen-ni-Hoolihan"
BBC Philharmonic/Martyn Brabbins
Bax: Orchestral Works
2:16 am
Charles Villiers Stanford: "Songs of Erin," Op 76
"Trotting to the Fair"
Stephen Varcoe, br; Clifford Benson, p
2:18 am
Ludwig van Beethoven: Violin Sonata no.9 in A, Op.47, "Kreutzer"
Jorja Fleezanis, v; Cyril Huvé, fortepiano
2:54 am
Gordon Jacob: Divertimento (1956)
#8 (Finale), Jig
Tommy Reilly, harmonica; Hindar String Quartet
Tommy Reilly - Jacob/ Moody: Harmonica Music
3:00 am
Alphons Diepenbrock: "Berceuse"
Elly Ameling, s; Dalton Baldwin, p; Richte van der Meer, vc
3:04 am
Ferruccio Busoni: "Berceuse élégiaque," Op. 42
Berlin Radio Sym Orch/Arturo Tamayo
3:13 am
Frédéric Chopin: Polonaise no.6 in A-flat, Op.53, "Heroic"
Daniell Revenaugh, p
Piano Favorites
3:21 am
Alan Hovhaness: Violin and Harp Sonata, Op 406
"Lullaby"
Aurora Duo
3:23 am
Felix Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4 in A, Op. 90, "Italian"
London Phil/Franz Welser-Möst
Schumann/ Mendelssohn: Symphonies
3:53 am
Samuel Adler: Four Etudes, "Meadowmountetudes"
#2, "Like a Waltz"
William Steck, v
4:00 am
Dario Castello: Sonata prima
Caterina Lichtenberg, m; Mirko Schrader, l
Baroque Music for Mandoline and Lute
4:05 am
Domenico Cimarosa: Two-Flute Concerto in G
Shigenori Kudo, f; Salzburg Mozarteum Orch/Jean-Pierre Rampal, f
Concertos For Two Flutes
4:22 am
Bela Bartók: 44 Duos for Two Violins
No. 44, "Transylvanian Dance"
Peter Lefor, Martin Mumelter, v's
4:23 am
Enrique Granados: "En la aldea (In the Village)"
Douglas Riva, Glen Kirchoff, p's
"The Unknown Granados:" Azulejos; Romanza; Serenata Para Do Violines Y Piano; En La Aldea;
4:38 am
Maurice Ravel: "Boléro"
City of Birmingham Sym/Sir Simon Rattle
Ravel: Daphnis et Chloe, Bolero
4:54 am
Franz Reizenstein: Ballet Suite (1940)
"Bolero"
Joan Yarbrough, p; Robert Cowan, p
5:00 am
Camille Saint-Saëns: "Samson and Delilah"
Aria, "Printemps qui commence"
Marina Domashenko, ms; Philharmonia of Russia/Constantine Orbelian
Opera Arias (Mezzo-soprano): Domashenko, Marina - CILEA, F. / SAINT-SAENS, C. / MUSSORGSKY, M.P. / RIMSKY-KORSAKOV, N.A. / PROKOFIEV, S.
5:05 am
Camille Saint-Saëns: "La princesse jaune," Op. 30
Overture
Boston Sym Orch/Charles Munch
Great Conductors Of The 20th Century: Charles Munch
5:11 am
Camille Saint-Saëns: "Ascanio" (1890)
Airs de ballet
William Bennett, f; English Chamber Orch/Steuart Bedford
Celebration For Flute And Orchestra
5:15 am
Camille Saint-Saëns: "Samson and Delilah"
"Dance of the Priestesses of Dagon"
Bastille Opera Orch Members/Myung-Whun Chung
5:17 am
Camille Saint-Saëns: "Danse macabre," Op. 40
The 5 Browns
The Rite Of Spring
5:28 am
Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 1 in C, Op. 21
Minnesota Orch/Osmo Vänskä
Beethoven: The Symphonies
5:54 am
Dmitri Shostakovich: Twenty-Four Preludes for Piano
No. 19, Andantino
Julian Rachlin, v; Itamar Golan, p
Beethoven & Shostakovich * Sonatas * Rachlin * Golan
12:00 - 4:00 pm
12:00 pm
Metropolitan Opera
Heggie's Moby-Dick
Brandon Jovanovich (Captain Ahab); Stephen Costello (Greenhorn); Petter Mattei (Starbuck); Ryan Speedo Green (Queequeg); Janai Brugger (Pip); Malcolm MacKenzie (Stubb); William Burden (Flask); Metropolitan Opera Cho & Orch/Karen Kamensek. Sung in English.
3:14 pm
Benjamin Britten: "Peter Grimes," Op. 33
Four Sea Interludes, Op. 33a: III. "Moonlight"
Boston Sym Orch/Leonard Bernstein
The History of Classical Music in 24 Hours
3:15 pm
Saturday Afternoon Music with Jan Weller
3:22 pm
Georg Philipp Telemann: Paris Quartet No. 4 in G minor
London Handel Players
Telemann Paris Quartets Vol. 1: 6 Quadri (1730)
3:34 pm
Leonard Bernstein: "Candide"
Overture
London Sym Orch/Marin Alsop
Bernstein: Candide
3:39 pm
Ruth Gipps: Trio, Op. 10
3rd mvt
Juliana Koch, ob; Julian Bliss, cl; Michael McHale, p
Piper of Dreams – Ruth Gipps Chamber Music
3:47 pm
William Alwyn: "Pastoral Fantasia"
Stephen Tees, vi; City of London Sinfonia/Richard Hickox
Alwyn: Lyra Angelica · Autumn Legend
4:00 pm
4:00 pm
Listening to Singers with Oliver Camacho
Meet the women's ensemble Lyyra in advance of their Chicago debut at Northeastern Illinois University's Jewel Box Series.
5:00 - 7:00 pm
5:00 pm
Saturday Evening Music with Jan Weller
5:00 pm
Laura Karpman: "Brass Ceiling: The Journey of General Ann Dunwoody"
US Army Field Band/Col. Jim R. Keene
Soundtrack of the American Soldier
5:08 pm
John Williams: "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone"
Hedwig's Theme
Saito Kinen Orch/John Williams
John Williams in Tokyo
5:13 pm
John Williams: "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone"
Harry's Wondrous World
Saito Kinen Orch/John Williams
John Williams in Tokyo
5:20 pm
Lowell Liebermann: "Gargoyles," Op 29
No. 3, "Allegro moderato"
Dmytro Choni, p
Pilgrimage
5:22 pm
Lowell Liebermann: "Gargoyles," Op 29
No. 4, "Presto feroce"
Dmytro Choni, p
Pilgrimage
5:27 pm
Jessie Montgomery: "Hymn for Everyone"
Chicago Sym Orch/Riccardo Muti
Contemporary American Composers
5:40 pm
Jennifer Higdon: Oboe Concerto
James Button, ob; Nashville Sym/Giancarlo Guerrero
Jennifer Higdon: All Things Majestic
6:01 pm
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Variations on "Ah! vous dirai-je, Maman," K. 265
Jan Lisiecki, p
Night Music
6:14 pm
Pablo de Sarasate: "Serenata andaluza," Op 28
Julia Fischer, v; Milana Chernyavska, p
Julia Fischer: Sarasate
6:22 pm
Mel Bonis: "Le Rêve de Cléopâtre," Op. 180
Lyon National Orch/Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider
Aux étoiles - French Symphonic Poems
6:32 pm
Amy Beach: Romance, Op. 23
Augustin Hadelich, v; Orion Weiss, p
American Road Trip
6:40 pm
Franz Schreker: "Romantic Suite," Op. 14
Cologne Gürzenich Orch/James Conlon
Schreker: Orchestral Music
7:00 pm
7:00 pm
Sounds Classical
Classical Sounds Electric
Hosts LaRob K. Rafael and Kristina Lynn continue their exploration of where new and innovative sounds are found in the classical sphere, shining a light on music with some electrifying elements.
8:00 pm
8:00 pm
Folkstage hosted by Marilyn Rea Beyer
From the archives: To celebrate WFMT members who make Folkstage possible, we present an array of performances down through the years.
8:03 pm
Archie Fisher & Garnet Rogers: All That You Ask Me (Goss)
Archie Fisher & Garnet Rogers
Folkstage: Archie Fisher & Garnet Rogers
8:06 pm
Garnet Rogers: Seeds of Hope
Garnet Rogers
Folkstage: Garnet Rogers 1999
8:14 pm
Allison Russell: The Returner
Allison Russell
The Returner
8:18 pm
Timothée Chalamet: Maggie's Farm
Timothée Chalamet
A Complete Unknown (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
8:21 pm
Aaron Nathans & Michael G. Ronstadt: If I Had an Axe
Aaron Nathans & Michael G. Ronstadt
Folkstage: Nathan & Ronstadt Live at St. Tim's 2025 [Disc One]
8:30 pm
Lee Hays/Pete Seeger: If I Had A Hammer (Hays/Seeger)
Michael Smith w/Weavermania
Folkstage: Weavermania
8:33 pm
Anne Harris: Torches & Pitchforks (Lowery)
Anne Harris Trio
Folkstage: The Anne Harris Trio 2025
8:44 pm
Peggy Seeger: Song of Choice
Peggy Seeger
Folkstage - Peggy Seeger 11.6.1999
8:47 pm
Allison Russell: All Without Within
Allison Russell
The Returner
8:53 pm
Small Potatoes: Talk a Little Texan (Muller) + Intro
Small Potatoes
Folkstage: Small Potatoes 2015, disk 1
8:58 pm
Patrick Street: Music for a Found Harmonium (Jeffes)
Patrick Street
Irish Times
9:00 pm - 12:00 am
9:00 pm
The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer
A virtual festival with tunes about music, musical instruments, musicians and the way we build community through folk songs. Listener suggestions encouraged, please and thank you.
9:00 pm
Lead Belly: The Midnight Special THEME (excerpt 1)
Lead Belly
Midnight Special
9:03 pm
Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer: Well May the World Go/Letter from Pete's Banjo (Seeger/Fink)
Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer
Get Up and Do Right
9:08 pm
Tom Lehrer: "The Folk Song Army"
Tom Lehrer
The Remains of Tom Lehrer, Disc 3
9:11 pm
Edward Norton: Wimoweh (Mbube)
Edward Norton
A Complete Unknown (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
9:18 pm
Allison Russell: Springtime
Allison Russell
The Returner
9:22 pm
Joni Mitchell: Free Man in Paris
Joni Mitchell
Court and Spark
9:30 pm
Joel Mabus: Ukulele Crimes
Joel Mabus
Ukulele Crimes
9:33 pm
Monica Barbaro: Silver Dagger (Trad.)
Monica Barbaro
A Complete Unknown (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
9:40 pm
Louise Coombe: The Girl Upstairs (Coombe/Paxton)
Louise Coombe
Paris
9:43 pm
Timothée Chalamet: Mr. Tambourine Man
Timothée Chalamet
A Complete Unknown (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
9:50 pm
Timothée Chalamet: A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall
Timothée Chalamet
A Complete Unknown (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
9:53 pm
Monica Barbaro: House of the Rising Sun (trad.)
Monica Barbaro
A Complete Unknown (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
10:00 pm
Michael Smith: Famous in France
Michael Smith
Folkstage: Michael Smith 1-25-03
10:04 pm
Allison Russell: Stay Right Here
Allison Russell
The Returner
10:08 pm
Timothée Chalamet & Monica Barbaro: Don't Think Twice, It's All Right
Timothée Chalamet & Monica Barbaro
A Complete Unknown (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
10:15 pm
Allison Russell: Demons
Allison Russell
The Returner
10:20 pm
Jonas Friddle & The Majority: Use Your Voice
Jonas Friddle & The Majority
Use Your Voice
10:30 pm
Peter Case: Still Playin'
Peter Case
Full Service, No Waiting
10:35 pm
Boyd Holbrook: Folsom Prison Blues (Cash)
Boyd Holbrook
A Complete Unknown (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
10:42 pm
Liv Taylor: "Songs that Should Never be Played on the Banjo"
Liv Taylor
Unsolicited Material
10:45 pm
Donohue, Pat: "Would You Like to Play the Guitar?"
Pat Donohue
Nobody’s Fault
10:52 pm
Jonathan Byrd: Fiddle and Bow/Whole World Round (M. Jayne)
Jonathan Byrd
Waitress
11:00 pm
Peter, Paul and Mary: "500 Miles"
Peter, Paul and Mary
Peter, Paul and Mary
11:02 pm
Timothée Chalamet: I Was Young When I Left Home
Timothée Chalamet
A Complete Unknown (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
11:08 pm
Those Darn Accordions!: "We're An Accordion Band"
Those Darn Accordions!
Squeeze This
11:11 pm
James McCandless: Red Bandanna (McCandless)
James McCandless
Sea of Freedom
11:18 pm
Allison Russell: Snakelife
Allison Russell
The Returner
11:22 pm
Monica Barbaro: There But For Fortune (Ochs)
Monica Barbaro
A Complete Unknown (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
11:27 pm
Tom Paxton, Anne Hills, Bob Gibson: Sing for the Song (Silverstein)
Tom Paxton, Anne Hills, Bob Gibson
Best of Friends
11:29 pm
Amythyst Kiah w/Allison Russell: "Polly Ann's Hammer"
Amythyst Kiah w/Allison Russell
Songs of Our Native Daughters
11:35 pm
Steve Goodman: "When My Rowboat Comes In"
Steve Goodman
Affordable Art
11:39 pm
Timothée Chalamet & Edward Norton: When the Ship Comes In
Timothée Chalamet & Edward Norton
A Complete Unknown (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
11:44 pm
Timothée Chalamet & Monica Barbaro: It Ain't Me, Babe
Timothée Chalamet & Monica Barbaro
A Complete Unknown (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
11:48 pm
Jimmy LaFave: "If Not For You" (Bob Dylan)
Jimmy LaFave
Trail, Disc 2
11:52 pm
Joan Baez: "Ring Them Bells" (Bob Dylan)
Joan Baez with Mary Black
Ring Them Bells (Live)
11:58 pm
Andrew Beyer: "The Midnight Special - cigar box slide"
Andrew Beyer
Midnight Special Collection
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