Playlist for Saturday, April 4, 2026

Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff

7:00 am

Weekend Mornings with Kristina Lynn

With news at 7:00 am; "Saturday Morning Listener's Choice" at 8:00 am; and "Soundtrack" at 9:00 am.

11:00 am

Introductions

WFMT features talented young classical musicians from around the Chicago area. Please visit wfmt.com for details on today’s program.

12:00 pm

Metropolitan Opera

Ponchielli's La gioconda

Renata Tebaldi (La Gioconda); Carlo Bergonzi (Enzo); Fiorenza Cossotto (Laura); Cornell MacNeil (Barnaba); Bonaldo Giaotti (Alvise); Mignon Dunn (La Cieca); Metropolitan Opera Cho & Orch/Fausto Cleva. Sung in Italian. Celebrating the opera's 150th anniversary from March 2, 1968.

3:30 pm

Afternoon Music

4:00 pm

Listening to Singers with Oliver Camacho

Countertenor Randall Scotting returns to WFMT to share the story of Nicolò Grimaldi, the castrato who conquered the opera world under the stage name Nicolini (1673–1732).

5:00 pm

Weekend Evening Music

8:00 pm

Folkstage hosted by Marilyn Rea Beyer

From the archives: In 2024, the Maxwell Street Klezmer Band played a rare Passover music concert with special guest vocalist, Cantor Pavel Roytman before a live studio audience at WFMT.

9:00 pm

The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer

We mark the anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King’s 1968 assassination. Also, a birthday salute to Clive Davis whose impact on folk and popular music is immeasurable; and we honor the late poet/activist Maya Angelou born on this day in 1928.