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Playlist for Saturday, April 26, 2025
12:00 - 7:00 am
12:00 am
Modest Mussorgsky: "Khovanshchina"
Marfa's Aria
Dolora Zajick, ms; Royal Phil/Charles Rosekrans
The Art Of The Dramatic Mezzo-Soprano
12:05 am
Modest Mussorgsky: "Khovanshchina"
"Dance of the Persian Slaves"
Minnesota Orch/Eiji Oue
Exotic Dances From The Opera
12:12 am
Modest Mussorgsky: "Night on Bald Mountain"
NDR Radio Orch/Alfred Walter
von Einem
12:20 am
Modest Mussorgsky: "Sorotchinsky Fair"
"Gopak"
Vladimir Ashkenazy, p
Rachmaninov- Piano Transcriptions
12:21 am
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: String Quintet No. 3 in g, K. 516
Arthur Grumiaux, Ensemble
Mozart: Complete String Quintets
12:55 am
Alan Hovhaness: Six Dances for Brass
#5
Dallas Brass Quintet
Brass Bonanza - Gabrieli, Speer, Arnold, Hovhaness, Et Al
1:00 am
Franz Schubert: "Gott ist mein Hirt" (Psalm 23)
Voices of Ascension/Dennis Keene
Choral Music - PALESTRINA, G. / BRUCKNER, A. / FAURE, G. / HOLST, G. / DURUFLE, M. / SCHUBERT, F. / VICTORIA, T. (Voices of Ascension Chorus)
1:05 am
Paul Creston: Corinthians:XIII, Op 82
Louisville Orch/Robert Whitney
First Edition Encores
1:19 am
Johann Sebastian Bach: Chorale Prelude, "Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier", BWV 706
Anthony Newman, o
1:20 am
Johann Sebastian Bach: Violin Sonata No. 3 in E, BWV 1016
Janine Jansen, v; Jan Jansen, hc
1:35 am
Johann Sebastian Bach: Solo Violin Sonata No. 3 in C, BWV 1005
Tanya Gabrielian, p
Remix: Bach Transcriptions
1:54 am
Johann Sebastian Bach: "Das Orgelbüchlein," BWV 599/644
"Wer nur den lieben Gott lässt walten," BWV 642
Stephen Ketterer, o
This Time It's Personal
2:00 am
Giovanni Gabrieli: Sonata XIX
Empire Brass and Friends
Music Of Gabrieli
2:05 am
Joseph Horovitz: Music Hall Suite
Metropolitan Brass Quintet
Brass Bonanza - Gabrieli, Speer, Arnold, Hovhaness, Et Al
2:12 am
John Wilbye: Madrigal, "The Lady Oriana"
Canadian Brass
English Renaissance Music
2:14 am
Richard Wagner: Symphony in C
Berlin Radio Sym Orch/Heinz Rögner
Symphonie C-Dur / Siegfried-Idyll
2:54 am
Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco: "24 Caprichos de Goya"
#7, "They are hot"
Kazuhito Yamashita, g
Caprichos de Goya
3:00 am
Ralph Vaughan Williams: "Job: A Masque for Dancing" (1930)
"Galliard of the Sons of the Morning"
London Sym Orch/Adrian Boult
3:05 am
William Alwyn: Overture to a Masque (1940)
London Sym Orch/Richard Hickox
Alwyn: Symphony No. 2 · Magic Island
3:14 am
English ANON 16th c: The Goates Masque
Amarillis Ensemble
Amour et Mascarade: Purcell et l'Italie
3:16 am
Frédéric Chopin: Piano Concerto no.1 in e minor, Op.11
Maurizio Pollini, p; Philharmonia Orch/Paul Kletzki
3:55 am
Frédéric Chopin: "Feuille d'album" in E
Cyprien Katsaris, p
Chopin: Preludes
4:00 am
Gerald Tyrwhitt, Lord Berners: Fugue for Orchestra
Royal Liverpool Phil/Barry Wordsworth
Lord Berners: The Triumph of Neptune (Suite)
4:05 am
Igor Stravinsky: "Dumbarton Oaks" Concerto in E-Flat
Orpheus Chamber Orch
Divertimento, Romanian Folk Dances, Dumbarton Oaks, Pulcinella Suite
4:20 am
Paul Hindemith: "Ludus Tonalis" (1943)
Fuga II
Sviatoslav Richter, p
4:21 am
Ernest Bloch: Concerto Grosso no.1
Susan Dewitt Smith, p; San Diego Chamber Orch/Donald Barra
4:44 am
Hans Krása: Passacaglia and Fugue (1944)
Ensemble Epomeo
Hans Gal & Hans Krasa: Complete String Trios
4:54 am
Paul Hindemith: "Ludus Tonalis" (1943)
Fuga X
Sviatoslav Richter, p
5:00 am
Henry Purcell: Fantasia: Three parts on a ground, Z 731
Orch of the 18th Century/Frans Brüggen
Suite «Castor Et Pollux» / 3 Fantasias
5:05 am
William Lawes: Fantasia Suite #2 in G
Purcell Quartet
Lawes: Fantasia Suites
5:14 am
William Byrd: Fantasia in three parts
Fretwork
5:16 am
Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Fantasia on Serbian Themes, Op. 6
Philharmonia Orch/Yondani Butt
Rimsky Korsakov: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2
5:23 am
Amy (Mrs HHA) Beach: Variations on Balkan Themes, Op 60
Joanne Polk, p
By The Still Waters
5:53 am
Jean-Féry Rebel: Ballet, "Les Elémens"
Tambourins II
Musica Antiqua Köln/Reinhard Goebel
Les Élémens - Alessandro
6:00 am
Michel Corrette: Concerto Comique #12, "La Découpure"
Antiqua Musica Chamber Orch/Jacques Roussel
6:05 am
Darius Milhaud: "Suite d'après Corrette," Op. 161b
Chicago Chamber Musicians
20th Century French Wind Trios
6:14 am
Peter Warlock: "Capriol" Suite
Nash Ensemble/Martyn Brabbins
Warlock: The Curlew, Capriol, Serenade, Songs
6:24 am
English ANON: Ah, Silly Poor Joas
Alfred Deller, ct, Wenzinger Viol Consort
William Byrd and His Age: Alfred Deller Edition, Vol. 2
6:26 am
Robert Schumann: "Carnaval," Op. 9
Yevgeny Kissin, p
Schumann: Carnaval, Op. 9; Sonata No. 1, Op. 11
6:54 am
Robert Schumann: "Carnaval" Ballet
"Paganini"
Lyon National Orch/Emmanuel Krivine
6:55 am
Robert Schumann: "Carnaval" Ballet
"Valse allemande"
Lyon National Orch/Emmanuel Krivine
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.
7:03 am
Charlotte Sohy: Piano Trio, Op. 24
Nikola Nikolov, v; Xavier Phillips, vc; Célia Oneto Bensaid, p
Charlotte Sohy, Compositrice de la Belle Epoque
7:23 am
William Banfield: "Dance Like the Wind"
"She's Making Coffee"
Plymouth Music Series Wind Quintet
Witness, Vol. 3: Toward The Future
7:29 am
Alexander Borodin: String Quartet No. 2 in D
III. "Nocturne"
Brodsky Quartet
Borodin: String Quartet No. 2/ Tchaikovsky: String Quartet No. 3
7:38 am
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: "The Impresario," K. 486
Overture
Columbia Sym Orch/Bruno Walter
Mozart: Eine kleine Nachtmusik; Overtures; Masonic Funeral Music
7:44 am
Franz Liszt: "Réminiscences de Don Juan"
Anderson & Roe Piano Duo
An Amadeus Affair
8:00 am
Saturday Morning Listener's Choice
8:00 am
Johann Sebastian Bach: "St Matthew Passion," BWV 244
Opening chorus, "Kommt, ihr Töchter"
Monteverdi Cho, English Baroque Soloists/John Eliot Gardiner
Famous Bach Choruses
8:07 am
Karl Jenkins: "The Armed Man - A Mass for Peace"
XII. Benedictus
Guy Johnston, vc; National Youth Choir of Great Britain; London Phil Orch/Karl Jenkins
Karl Jenkins - The Armed Man
8:17 am
Astor Piazzolla: "Le grand tango"
Mstislav Rostropovich, vc; Igor Uriash, p
The Sound of Piazzolla
8:28 am
Morten Lauridsen: "O Magnum Mysterium"
Robert Shaw Chamber Singers/Robert Shaw
O Magnum Mysterium
8:35 am
Frédéric Chopin: Nocturne in D-Flat, Op. 27, No. 2
Evgeny Kissin, p
Chopin, Vol. 1 - Recorded at Carnegie Hall
8:41 am
Enrique Granados: "Tonadillas en estilo antiguo"
"La Maja de Goya"
Christopher Parkening, g
A Tribute to Segovia
8:48 am
Aaron Copland: "Quiet City"
W Harrod, eh; P Collins, tr; Cincinnati Pops Orch/E Kunzel
Copland: The Music of America
8:57 am
Felix Mendelssohn: "Songs Without Words," Op. 67
No. 4 in C, "Spinning Song (The Bee's Wedding)"
Daniel Barenboim, p
Mendelssohn: Songs Without Words
9:00 am
Soundtrack
9:01 am
Alfred Newman: 20th Century Fox Fanfare
London Phil Orch/John Mauceri
The Genius of Film Music
9:01 am
Peter Heidrich: Variations on "Happy Birthday"
"After Ludwig van Beethoven"
Kremerata Baltica/Gidon Kremer
Happy Birthday
9:03 am
Sergei Prokofiev: "Ivan the Terrible," Op. 116
"The Banquet," I. Allegro ben rimato, feroce
Philharmonia Orch/Neeme Järvi
Prokofiev - Ivan the Terrible - Concert Scenario
9:05 am
Sergei Prokofiev: "The Queen of Spades," Op. 70
"Idée fixe"
Martha Argerich & Sergei Babayan, p's
Prokofiev for Two
9:11 am
Robert Glasper: "The Photograph"
Opening
Robert Glasper, p; Brandon Owens, db; Justin Tyson, dr
The Photograph (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
9:14 am
Miklos Rózsa: "Quo Vadis"
"Romanza"
City of Prague Phil Orch/Kenneth Alwyn
The Epic Film Music of Miklos Rózsa
9:22 am
Elmer Bernstein: "To Kill a Mockingbird"
Selections
Royal Scottish National Orch/Elmer Bernstein
To Kill a Mockingbird
9:41 am
Henry Mancini: "Moon River"
Romain Leleu, tr; Stuttgart Phil/Marcus Bosch
Move: The Trumpet as Movie Star
9:45 am
Blake Neely: "The Time Traveler's Wife"
"Time Travel Problems"
Studio Orch/Blake Neely
The Time Traveler’s Wife: Season 1 (Soundtrack from the HBO Original Series)
9:48 am
Blake Neely: "The Time Traveler's Wife"
Main Title Theme
Studio Orch/Blake Neely
The Time Traveler’s Wife: Season 1 (Soundtrack from the HBO Original Series)
9:51 am
Blake Neely: "The Time Traveler's Wife"
"When Is My Love"
Studio Orch/Blake Neely
The Time Traveler’s Wife: Season 1 (Soundtrack from the HBO Original Series)
10:00 am
Jacques Ibert: Flute Sonatina, "Jeux"
Emmanuel Pahud, f; Eric Le Sage, p
Paris
10:06 am
Philip Glass: "Tea Time"
La Pietà/Angèle Dubeau
Signature: Philip Glass
10:09 am
Gustav Holst: Wind Quintet in A-Flat, Op. 14
Elysian Wind Quintet
Holst: Quintet in A minor Op. 3, Wind Quintet in A-Flat Op. 14; Jacob: Sextet in B-Flat Op. 6
10:24 am
Mary Howe: Violin Sonata
III. "Allegro non troppo"
Laura Talbott-Clark, v; Pi-Ju Chiang, p
Between Us: Music for Two by Mary Howe
10:31 am
Frédéric Chopin: Variations on Mozart's "Là ci darem la mano," Op. 2
Garrick Ohlsson, p; Warsaw Phil Orch/Kazimierz Kord
The Complete Chopin Piano Works Vol. 9 - The Orchestral Works
10:51 am
Xavier Foley: "Shelter Island"
Randall Goosby, v; Xavier Foley, db
Roots
10:57 am
Anthony Holborne: Coranto, "The Fairy Round"
Christopher Wilson, l; Fretwork
Heart's Ease
11:00 am
11:00 am
Introductions
LIVE | Kevin Hernandez, 17, cello. Bach: Cello Suite No. 3, Prelude; Rachmaninoff: Cello Sonata in G minor, 1st & 3rd mvts; Cassadó: Solo Cello Suite, 1st & 3rd mvts; Belford Hernandez: "Mockingbird". With Summer Baek, piano & Belford Hernandez, piano.
11:58 am
Arthur Bliss: "The Belmont Variations"
Variation V. "Brilliant and rhythmic"
Black Dyke Band/John Wilson
Bliss: Works for Brass Band
12:00 - 4:00 pm
12:00 pm
Metropolitan Opera
Mozart's Le nozze di Figaro
Michael Sumuel (Figaro); Olga Kulchynska (Susanna); Frederica Lombardi (Countess); Joshua Hopkins (Count); Sun-Ly Pierce (Cherubino); Elizabeth Bishop (Marcellina); Maurizio Muraro (Dr. Bartolo); Metropolitan Opera Cho & Orch/Joana Mallwitz. Sung in Italian.
3:42 pm
Maurice Duruflé: "Requiem," Op. 9
VI. "Agnus Dei"
Baylor A Cappella Choir/Alan Raines; Isabelle Demers, o
All the Host of Heaven
3:48 pm
Maurice Ravel: Sonatine
Stewart Goodyear, p
Stewart Goodyear: Ravel
4:00 pm
4:00 pm
Listening to Singers with Oliver Camacho
A preview of the 2025 Opera Festival of Chicago season with Music Director Emanuele Andrizzi.
5:00 - 7:00 pm
5:00 pm
Saturday Evening Music with Jan Weller
5:01 pm
Franz Liszt: Concert paraphrase on Verdi's "Aida"
Duetto finale: Meno mosso
Emanuel Ax, p
Liszt: Sonata in B minor; Concert Paraphrases: Aida; Rigoletto; Vallée d'Obermann
5:09 pm
Johann Sebastian Bach: Three-Violin Concerto in D, BWV 1064
Ehnes, Linnebach & Kawasaki, v's; National Arts Centre Orch
Bach: The Complete Violin Concertos
5:28 pm
Wilhelm Stenhammar: "Excelsior!" Overture, Op 13
Royal Scottish National Orch/Petter Sundkvist
Stenhammar: Symphony No. 2 / Excelsior!
5:42 pm
Agathe Backer Grøndahl: "Fantasy Pieces," Op. 36
No. 5, "Ballade"
Natalia Strelchenko, p
Agathe Backer Grøndahl: Complete Piano Music, Vol. 3
5:49 pm
Dmitri Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5 in D minor, Op. 47
IV. Finale, "Allegro non troppo"
Oslo Phil/Klaus Mäkelä
Shostakovich Symphonies 4, 5 & 6
6:04 pm
Rami Levin: "Silk Apples"
Cavatina Duo
Silk Apples: Chamber Music by Rami Levin
6:08 pm
Rami Levin: "Dois Irmãos"
Winston Choi & Kuang-Hao Huang, p
Silk Apples: Chamber Music by Rami Levin
6:14 pm
Heitor Villa-Lobos: "Bachianas Brasileiras" No. 5
Anna Moffo, s; American Sym Orch/Leopold Stokowski
Canteloube: Songs of the Auvergne
6:28 pm
Antonio Vivaldi: String Concerto in G minor, R. 155
Orchestre Le Consort/Théotime Langlois de Swarte, v
Vivaldi: Le Quattro Stagioni
6:38 pm
Michael Torke: Green
Baltimore Sym Orch/David Zinman
Torke: Color Music
6:51 pm
Erik Satie: Three "Gymnopédies"
No. 2
Alain Planès, p
Satie
6:54 pm
Erik Satie: Three "Gymnopédies"
No. 3
Alain Planès, p
Satie
6:56 pm
Erik Satie: "Valse-Ballet", Op 62
Alain Planès, p
Satie
7:00 pm
7:00 pm
Sounds Classical
Sounds Classical Playlist Vol. 4
Kristina Lynn and LaRob K. Rafael showcase the diverse influences woven into contemporary classical music. The playlist includes works by Mason Bates, Jennifer Thomas, and Xavier Foley.
8:00 pm
8:00 pm
Folkstage hosted by Marilyn Rea Beyer
Live from the Levin Performance Studio: Elite Chicago singer-songwriter Ernie Hendrickson and masterful guitarist Brian Wilkie join forces for a live duo performance.
9:00 pm - 12:00 am
9:00 pm
The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer
For the last week of National Poetry Month, songs about words, about poets, and the reasons for rhyme.
9:00 pm
Lead Belly: The Midnight Special THEME (excerpt 1)
Lead Belly
Midnight Special
9:01 pm
Jason Wilber: Poet's Life
Jason Wilber
Time Traveler
9:05 pm
Peter Mulvey: The Trouble With Poets (Mulvey & Goodrich)
Peter Mulvey
Notes from Elsewhere
9:08 pm
The Princes of Serendip: There is Nothing Like a Book
The Princes of Serendip
Yumpatiddly Bee: Silly Songs
9:12 pm
Henhouse Prowlers: Look Up to the Sky
Henhouse Prowlers
Unravel
9:15 pm
Phil Ochs: The Bells (E.A. Poe/Ochs)
Phil Ochs
All the News That's Fit to Sing
9:19 pm
Phil Ochs: Knock on the Door
Phil Ochs
All The News That Fit to Sing
9:22 pm
Annie & Rod Capps: Rhyme or Reason
Annie & Rod Capps
One Big Show
9:26 pm
Liz Queler & Seth Farber: If Still Your Orchards Bear (Millay/Queler/Farber)
Liz Queler & Seth Farber
The Edna Project
9:29 pm
Windborne: Preacher and the Slave/Pie in the Sky (trad., Joe Hill)
Windborne
WFMT's Folkstage
9:34 pm
Utah Phillips: You Cannot Even Passively Participate (Savio)
Utah Phillips
Making Speech Free
9:34 pm
Erin Inglish: I Will Not Obey (Phillips/Inglish)
Erin Inglish
single
9:40 pm
Ferron: Stand Up
Ferron
Phantom Center
9:46 pm
Steve Goodman: Talk Backwards
Steve Goodman
Affordable Art
9:48 pm
Riders in the Sky: The Ballad of Palindrome/The Scene
Riders in the Sky
A Great Big Western Howdy
9:52 pm
Dave Munsick: The Crow
Dave Munsick
Backtracks
9:55 pm
Kristin Chenoweth: I'm A Stranger Here Myself (Nash/Weil)
Kristin Chenoweth
Let Yourself Go
9:59 pm
Andrew Beyer: "The Midnight Special - organ"
Andrew Beyer
Midnight Special Collection
10:01 pm
John McCutcheon: Cultivo Una Rosa Blanca (Marti)
John McCutcheon
Mightier Than the Sword
10:03 pm
Dorothy Parker: The Lady's Reward
Dorothy Parker
Poetry on Record: 98 Poets Read Their Work, Disc 1
10:04 pm
Val Leventhal: Get On With It
Val Leventhal
Sibling Revelry
10:09 pm
Peggy Seeger: Slow (MacColl/Seeger)
Peggy Seeger
Teleology
10:12 pm
Gerome Ragni, James Rado, Galt McDermot: Easy To Be Hard (Ragni/Rado/McDermot)
Lynn Kellogg & Orig. Broadway Cast
Hair: Orig. Broadway Cast Recording, Disc 1
10:15 pm
Adela's: Swindle
Adela's
single
10:20 pm
Owen Walsh: Kings & Pharaohs
Owen Walsh
On My Way
10:25 pm
Bob Dylan: Don't Think Twice It's Alright
Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan Revisited: The Remasters
10:29 pm
Susan Cattaneo: Broken Things
Susan Cattaneo
All is Quiet
10:33 pm
Jenny Reynolds: Dance For Me
Jenny Reynolds
Any Kind of Angel
10:37 pm
Jess Klein: Soda Water
Jess Klein
Quarter for the Jukebox
10:47 pm
Mark Dvorak: Trying to Get the Balance Right (Duhan) w/intro.
Mark Dvorak
Live & Alone
10:51 pm
Beautiful William: There Will Come Soft Rains (Teasdale/Harrington/Wilder)
Beautiful William
There Will Come Soft Rains
10:54 pm
Jennifer Armstrong: Lake Isle of Innisfree (Yeats/Sobol)
Jennifer Armstrong
Open the Door
10:59 pm
Owen Walsh: The Midnight Special (Trad.)
Owen Walsh
The Midnight Special "exclusive"
11:00 pm
Jake Blount: Didn't It Rain (Trad.)
Jake Blount
The New Faith
11:03 pm
The New Students: No More Water
The New Students
single
11:06 pm
Robert Frost: Fire and Ice
Robert Frost
Reading His Own Poems
11:07 pm
Dead Artist Collective: Fire and Ice (Frost/Knox)
Dead Artist Collective
Dead Artist Collective
11:10 pm
Po’ Girl: "Malaise Days" (Trish Klein/Allison Russell)
Po’ Girl
Po’ Girl
11:14 pm
Allison Russell: Springtime
Allison Russell
The Returner
11:19 pm
Tom Russell: The Man From God Knows Where
Tom Russell
The Man From God Knows Where
11:22 pm
Iris DeMent: Wayfaring Stranger (trad.)
Iris DeMent
The Man From God Knows Where
11:23 pm
Tom Russell, Walt Whitman (1889): The Man From God Knows Where/America
Tom Russell, Walt Whitman (1889)
The Man From God Knows Where
11:25 pm
Tom Russell: The Man From God Know Where (revisited)
Tom Russell
The Man From God Knows Where
11:26 pm
Dave Van Ronk: The Outcast (Russell)
Dave Van Ronk
The Man From God Knows Where
11:29 pm
Bob Gibson: I Hear America Singing (Silverstein)
Bob Gibson
Makin' A Mess: Bob Gibson Sings Silverstein
11:35 pm
Cheryl Wheeler: Intro to Pop Tarts & Spam
Cheryl Wheeler
Greetings from Cheryl Wheeler Live
11:36 pm
Cheryl Wheeler: Pop Tarts & Spam
Cheryl Wheeler
Greetings from Cheryl Wheeler Live
11:38 pm
Cheryl Wheeler: Outro to Pop Tarts & Spam
Cheryl Wheeler
Greetings from Cheryl Wheeler Live
11:39 pm
Cheryl Wheeler: Kenny's Song w/intro.
Cheryl Wheeler
Greetings from Cheryl Wheeler - Live
11:43 pm
Val Leventhal: Everything Sings
Val Leventhal
Sibling Revelry
11:47 pm
Eric Andersen: Mingle With the Universe (Lord Byron)
Eric Andersen
Mingle With the Universe: The World of Lord Byron
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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