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Playlist for Friday, April 4, 2025
12:00 - 6:00 am
12:00 am
Charles Marie Widor: Organ Symphony #5 in F, Op 42/1
Finale, "Toccata"
Marie-Claire Alain, o
Grandes Toccatas
12:05 am
Charles-Marie Widor: Cello Sonata in A, Op. 80
Mats Lidström, vc; Bengt Forsberg, p
French Music for Cello
12:34 am
Jean-Philippe Rameau: "Zoroastre"
"Entr'acte"
La Petite Bande/Sigiswald Kuijken
Zoroastre
12:36 am
Louis Vierne: "Fantasy Pieces," Op 54
#6, "Carillon de Westminster"
Simon Preston, o (Westminster Abbey)
Symphony No. 5 / Carillon De Westminster
12:43 am
Robert Farnon: The Westminster Waltz
Czecho-Slovak Radio Sym/Adrian Leaper
Elizabethan Serenade: The Best of British Light Music
12:46 am
William Walton: "Johannesburg Festival" Overture (1956)
London Phil/Bryden Thomson
Walton: Orchestral Works
12:53 am
Grazyna Bacewicz: "Oberek" #2 (1951)
Midori, v; Robert McDonald, p
Encore!
1:00 am
Franz Schubert: "Ave Maria"
Nicola Benedetti, v; Skaila Kanga, h
Nicola Benedetti * Mendelssohn * MacMillan * Mozart
1:05 am
Franz Schubert: "Wanderer Fantasy" in C, D 760
Maurizio Pollini, p
Schubert Wanderer-Fantasie / Schumann Fantasie Op.17
1:26 am
Franz Schubert: Song, "Lachen und Weinen," D 777
Geraldine McGreevy, s; Graham Johnson, p
The Hyperion Schubert Edition, Volume 35
1:28 am
Wilhelm Stenhammar: Piano Concerto #2 in d, Op 23
Niklas Sivelöv, p; Malmö Sym Orch/Mario Venzago
STENHAMMAR, W.: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 and 2 (Sivelov, Malmo Symphony, Venzago)
1:54 am
D'Rivera: "Aires Tropicales"
"Contradanza"
Imani Winds
The Classical Underground
2:00 am
George Frideric Handel: "Alcina"
"Tornami a vagheggiar"
Amanda Forsythe, s; Apollo's Fire/Jeannette Sorrell
The Power of Love: Arias from Handel Operas
2:05 am
Franz Joseph Haydn: Arietta with 12 Variations in E-Flat, H XVII:3
Zoltán Kocsis, p
2:21 am
Franz Joseph Haydn: Scottish Folksong, "The wee, wee man"
Jamie MacDougall, t; Eisenstadt Haydn Trio
Haydn Edition
2:23 am
Peter Tchaikovsky: "Sleeping Beauty," Op. 66
"Panorama; Waltz"
Vienna Phil/Mariss Jansons
New Year's Concert 2012
2:30 am
Eduard Tubin: "Kratt" (Ballet, 1961)
Ballet Suite
Bamberg Sym Orch/Neeme Järvi
Symphony No.5 – Suite From The Ballet "Kratt"
2:54 am
Francoeur: "Zélindor, Roi des Sylphes"
"Air pour les Nymphes"
Opera Lafayette/Ryan Brown
Zelindor, Roi des Sylphes
3:00 am
William Bolcom: "Graceful Ghost Rag"
Renata Artman Knific, v; Lori Sims, p
William Bolcom * Works for Violin and Piano
3:05 am
Carl Tausig: "The Ghost Ship," Op 1b
Michael Lewin, p
Piano Phantoms * Michael Lewin
3:14 am
Franz Liszt: "La Lugubre Gondola"
London Sinfonietta/John Adams
El Dorado
3:24 am
Richard Wagner: "Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg"
Prelude to Act 1
Chicago Sym Orch/Sir Georg Solti
Wagner Overtures
3:34 am
Frédéric Chopin: "Études," Op. 10
#2 in a
Daniele Pollini, p
Daniele Pollini
3:35 am
Johann Sebastian Bach: "Brandenburg" Concerto No. 5 in D, BWV 1050
Amsterdam Guitar Trio; Tini Mathot, hc
Brandenburgische Konzerte No. 2, 3, 5, 6
3:54 am
Astrid von Würtzler: "Variations on Yankee Doodle"
In the Style of Bach
New York Harp Ensemble
An Evening with the New York Harp Ensemble
4:00 am
Bedrich Smetana: Czech Dances, Series 2
#5, "Cibulicka"
Czech Nonet
Le coq du village
4:05 am
Bohuslav Martinu: Three Czech Dances
Joshua Pierce, Dorothy Jonas, p's
Britten: Scottish Ballad/ Martinů: Concerto for 2 Pianos and Orchestra, Fantasie for 2 Pianos & 3 Czech Dances
4:18 am
John Cage: "TV Koeln" (1958)
Joshua Pierce, p
Cage, Vol !!
4:20 am
Felix Mendelssohn: Piano Concerto in a
Joshua Pierce, p; Slovak National Sym/Kirk Trevor
4:54 am
John Dowland: "Almain"
Julian Bream, l
Julian Bream Plays Dowland and Bach
5:00 am
Albert Zabel: "Am Springbrunnen,"Op 23
Susan Drake, h
Arabesque
5:05 am
Francesco Lecce: Mandolin Concerto in G
Ugo Orlandi, m; I Solisti Veneti/Claudio Scimone
ARIE DI RINALDO
5:16 am
Elias Parish-Alvars: "La Mandoline," Op 84
Susan Drake, h
Arabesque
5:23 am
Alphons Diepenbrock: Song, "Mandoline"
Roberta Alexander, s; Rudolf Jansen, p
Songs 2
5:25 am
Leonard Bernstein: "Serenade After Plato's Symposium"
Anne Akiko Meyers, v; London Sym Orch/Keith Lockhart
Serenade: The Love Album
5:54 am
Leonard Bernstein: "Four Anniversaries"
No. 3, "For David Diamond"
Alexander Frey, p
6:00 am - 7:00 pm
6:00 am
Mornings with John Clare
Including news and weather on the hour between 6:00 am and 9:00 am; and "Carl’s Almanac" at 7:30 am.
6:02 am
Robert Schumann: Piano Quintet in E-Flat, Op. 44
I. "Allegro brillante"
Arthur Rubinstein, p; Guarneri Quartet
Guarneri Quartet, Arthur Rubinstein - Brahms And Schumann Piano Quintets
6:13 am
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Six German Dances, K. 567
Orpheus Chamber Orch
Mozart: A Little Light Music
6:26 am
Francisco Tárrega: "Recuerdos de la Alhambra"
Augustin Hadelich, v; West German Radio Sym Orch/Cristian Măcelaru
Recuerdos
6:55 am
WFMT Membership Drive
Until 7:00 pm. Enjoy the best classical music through the day with your favorite WFMT personalities and special guests, and support the music you love by calling (773) 279-2100 or by visiting wfmt.com.
7:00 pm
7:00 pm
Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin
Leopold Stokowski (1882-1977)
The renowned conductor was known for creating over 200 orchestral transcriptions. His works are colorful and varied, spanning a wide range from the organ pieces of JS Bach to the operas of Wagner. Stokowski played a pivotal role in the early development of orchestral recordings, and in 1940, he partnered with Walt Disney to produce the groundbreaking film "Fantasia."
8:00 - 11:00 pm
8:00 pm
Friday Evening with Kristina Lynn
8:01 pm
Mark O'Connor: "Strings and Threads Suite"
Mark O'Connor, v; Metamorphosen/Scott Yoo
Mark O'Connor: The American Seasons
8:17 pm
Bok, Muir & Trickett: "John O' Dreams" (Bill Caddick)
Bok, Muir & Trickett
Fashioned in the Clay
8:24 pm
Franz Schubert: "Wanderer Fantasy" in C, D 760
Murray Perahia, p
Schumann; Schubert - Fantasie, Op. 17 ; "Wanderer" Fantasie / Murray Perahia
8:47 pm
Dani Howard: "Coalescence"
Royal Liverpool Phil Orch/Paul Urbina
Dani Howard Orchestral Works
9:00 pm
Robert Nathaniel Dett: "In the Bottoms"
IV. Barcarolle, "Morning"
Clipper Erickson, p
My Cup Runneth Over - The Complete Piano Works of R. Nathaniel Dett
9:05 pm
Omar Thomas: "Of Our New Day Begun"
Western Kentucky U Wind Ensemble/Gary Schallert
Of Our New Day Begun
9:18 pm
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 22 in E-Flat, K. 482
Rudolf Serkin, p; London Sym Orch/Claudio Abbado
Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos.15 & 22 / Rudolf Serkin/Claudio Abbado
10:00 pm
Jenni Brandon: "The Sequoia Trio"
IV. "The Noble Trees"
Lindabeth Binkley, ob; Kennen White, cl; MaryBeth Minnis, bn
From Earth & Sky: Music of Jenni Brandon
10:06 pm
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
10:24 pm
Christopher Tin: "The Drop That Contained the Sea"
"We Overcome the Wind (Waloyo Yamoni)"
Soloists; Choirs; Royal Phil Orch/Christopher Tin
Shoji Kameda, percussion,
The Drop That Contained the Sea
10:37 pm
Justin Holland: "Sweet Memories of Thee"
Christopher Mallett, g
Justin Holland: Guitar Works & Arrangements
10:43 pm
Ralph Vaughan Williams: "The Lark Ascending"
Michael Davis, v; London Sym Orch/Bryden Thomson
Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 5, The Lark Ascending
11:00 pm
11:00 pm
Best of Studs Terkel
The interview with William Warfield (1920-2002) was originally broadcast July 11, 1963, when the distinguished American bass-baritone was in Chicago to perform in Pablo Casals's oratorio "El Pessebre."
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