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Playlist for Saturday, April 5, 2025
12:00 - 6:00 am
12:00 am
John Dowland: "Semper Dowland semper dolens"
Hopkinson Smith, l
A Dream
12:05 am
Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 96 in D, "Miracle"
Philharmonia Orch/Leonard Slatkin
The London Symphonies, Vol. 2
12:30 am
Franz Joseph Haydn: Welsh folksong, "The Lambs' Fold Vale or David of the Blue Stone"
Alison Pearce, s; Susan Drake, h
The Rising of the Lark
12:31 am
Amilcare Ponchielli: "Elegia"
La Scala Phil/Riccardo Muti
Puccini, Catalani e Puchinelli
12:43 am
Giacomo Puccini: Three Minuetti (1892)
Stuttgart Arcata Chamber Orch/Patrick Strub
Passione Italiana
12:54 am
Erik Satie: "Premier menuet"
Frank Glazer, p
Satie: Complete Piano Music
1:00 am
Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco: "24 Caprichos de Goya"
#18, "The sleep of reason produces monsters"
Kazuhito Yamashita, g
Caprichos de Goya
1:05 am
Isaac Albéniz: "Cantos de España", Op. 232
Friedemann Wuttke, g; Southwest German Chamber Orch/Tilmann Koster
The Spanish Heritage
1:29 am
Enrique Granados: "El pelele" (1911)
Alicia de Larrocha, p
Granados: Goyescas, Allegro de Concierto, Danzas Lenta\
1:33 am
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: "The Marriage of Figaro," K. 492
Aria, "Se vuol ballare"
Amadeus Ensemble/Julius Rudel
1:35 am
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Trio in E, K. 542
Beaux Arts Trio
Mozart * Complete Piano Trios * The Beaux Arts Trio
1:54 am
John Dowland: "My Lady Riches Galyerd"
Hopkinson Smith, l
A Dream
2:00 am
Mykola Lysenko: "Taras Bulba"
Overture
Anna Shelest, p
Ukrainian Rhapsody
2:04 am
Leos Janácek: "Taras Bulba" (1925)
North German Radio Sym Orch/John Eliot Gardiner
Symphonic Dances Op.45
2:26 am
Henry Balfour Gardiner: Five Pieces
#5, "Gavotte"
Michael Stairs, p
Oh, Dear!
2:28 am
Alexander Glazunov: "Stenka Razin," Op 13
Ussr State Academy Orch/Yevgeny Svetlanov
Symphonic Poems from Russia
2:44 am
Modest Mussorgsky: "Night on Bald Mountain"
Cleveland Orch/Oliver Knussen
Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition
2:53 am
Alexander Scriabin: Preludes, Op 51
#2 in a
Evgeny Zarafiants, p
Scriabin: Preludes for Piano, Vol 2
3:00 am
Hans Leo Hassler: "Ecce enim"
New York Kammermusiker
Chamber Music (Renaissance) - PHILIDOR, P.D. / BUSNOYS, A. / LUZZASCHI, L. / MONTEVERDI, C. (A Renaissance Tour of Europe) (New York Kammermusiker)
3:02 am
Hans Leo Hassler: Kanzone
New York Kammermusiker
Chamber Music (Renaissance) - PHILIDOR, P.D. / BUSNOYS, A. / LUZZASCHI, L. / MONTEVERDI, C. (A Renaissance Tour of Europe) (New York Kammermusiker)
3:05 am
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 35 in D, K. 385, "Haffner"
Amsterdam Concertgebouw Orch/Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Symphonies nos. 35 & 34
3:28 am
Carl Orff: Schulwerk
"Fünf Stücke: #2, Rondo"
Markus Zahnhausen, r
Orff-Schulwerk Volume 1: Musica Poetica
3:29 am
Amy (Mrs HHA) Beach: "Children's Carnival"
Sahan Arzruni, p
Childhood Memories: Music for Younger Pianists
3:37 am
Engelbert Humperdinck: "Hänsel und Gretel"
Overture and Dream Pantomime
Symphony Nova Scotia/Georg Tintner
Late Romantics
3:54 am
Carl Orff: Schulwerk
"Fünf Stücke: #5, Con moto"
Markus Zahnhausen, r
Orff-Schulwerk Volume 1: Musica Poetica
4:00 am
George Frideric Handel: "Theodora"
Duet, "Streams of pleasure ever flowing"
Karina Gauvin, s; Marie-Nicole Lemieux, c; Il Complesso Barocco/Alan Curtis
Streams of Pleasure
4:05 am
George Frideric Handel: "Judas Maccabaeus"
Overture
Orchestre Baroque de Montréal/Joël Thiffault
Handel: Ouvertures
4:15 am
George Frideric Handel: "Solomon"
Act 3 Sinfonia, "Arrival of the Queen of Sheba"
St John's, Smith Square, Orch/John Lubbock
N/A
4:18 am
George Frideric Handel: Concerto grosso, "Alexander's Feast"
Berlin Academy for Ancient Music
Handel: Famous Arias
4:30 am
George Frideric Handel: "Jephtha" (1751)
Sinfonia
Vienna Concentus Musicus/Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Jephtha
4:32 am
Franz Schubert: Quintet in A, D 574 (originally violin-piano duo)
Robert Stallman, f; Martinu Quartet
New Schubert: Works for Flute & Strings * Robert Stallman
4:54 am
Franz Schubert: Vocal Quartet, "Trinklied," D 183
Ainsley, MacDougall, t's; Keenlyside, br; George, b; Graham Johnson, p
John Mark Ainsley, tenor,
The Hyperion Schubert Edition, Volume 20
5:00 am
Mikhail Glinka: "L'Alouette"
Isabelle Moretti, h
Cantare: La Voix de la Harpe * Isabelle Moretti * Felicity Lott
5:05 am
Franz Joseph Haydn: String Quartet in D, Op. 64, No. 5, "Lark"
Festetics String Quartet
5:26 am
Maurice Ravel: "Menuet sur le nom d'Haydn"
Andrew Rangell, p
A Recital of Intimate Works, Vol 2
5:28 am
Maurice Ravel: "Miroirs"
"Alborada del gracioso"
Denver Sym Orch/Philippe Entremont
Bolero
5:35 am
Paul de Wally: Aubade
Philadelphia Woodwind Quintet
French Portraits
5:38 am
Jean Françaix: "Flower Clock"
John de Lancie, ob; London Sym/André Previn
Strauss: Oboe Concerto/ Francaix: L'Horloge De Flore/ Satie: Gymnopedie No. 1/ Ibert: Symphonie Concertante
5:54 am
Hugo Wolf: Song, "Blumengruss"
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, s; Wilhelm Furtwängler, p
12:00 - 4:00 pm
12:00 pm
Metropolitan Opera
Golijov's Ainadamar
Angel Blue (Margarita Xirgu); Daniela Mack (Frederico García Lorca); Elena Villalón (Nuria); Alfredo Tejada (Ramón Ruiz Alonso); Metropolitan Opera Cho & Orch/Miguel Harth-Bedoya. Recorded fall 2024. Sung in Spanish.
1:30 pm
Saturday Afternoon Music with Jan Weller
1:31 pm
Sergei Prokofiev: "Cinderella," Op. 87
Act 1: No. 9, "Cinderella Dreams of the Ball"
Cleveland Orch/Vladimir Ashkenazy
Prokofiev: Cinderella
1:34 pm
Sergei Prokofiev: "Cinderella," Op. 87
Act 1: No. 10 Gavotte
Cleveland Orch/Vladimir Ashkenazy
Prokofiev: Cinderella
1:38 pm
Karl Kohaut: Lute Concerto in F
Miguel Rincón, l; Il Pomo d'Oro/Zefira Valova
Concertos for Baroque Lute
1:53 pm
Béla Bartók: "Mélodies populaires hongroises"
Renaud Capuçon, v; Gautier Capuçon, vc
Inventions · Duets for violin and cello
2:02 pm
Franz Joseph Haydn: Piano Concerto in F, H XVIII:3
Marc-André Hamelin, p; Les Violons du Roy/Bernard Labadie
Haydn Piano Concertos Nos 3, 4 & 11
2:24 pm
Ralph Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
Sinfonia of London/John Wilson
Vaughan Williams, Howells, Delius & Elgar - Music for Strings
2:40 pm
Gordon Langford: Rhapsody for Trombone (1975)
Peter Moore, tb; Tredegar Town Band/Ian Porthouse
Shift
2:55 pm
Charles Gounod: "Roméo et Juliette"
Juliet's waltz song, "Ah, je veux vivre"
Nicole Cabell, s; London Phil Orch/Sir Andrew Davis
Nicole Cabell - Soprano
3:01 pm
Grace Williams: "Castell Caernarfon"
BBC Phil/John Andrews
Grace Williams: Orchestral Works
3:12 pm
Antonio Vivaldi: String Concerto in D minor, R. 129, "Madrigalesco"
Berlin Academy of Ancient Music/Georg Kallweit
Vivaldi: Sacro furore
3:19 pm
Florence Price: "Dances in the Canebrakes"
Chicago Sinfonietta/Mei-Ann Chen
Project W
3:30 pm
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 31 in D, K. 297, "Paris"
London Mozart Players/Jane Glover
Mozart: Symphonies Nos 31, 36 and 38
3:49 pm
Benjamin Britten: "Gloriana," Op. 53
Courtly Dances
Royal Phil Orch/André Previn
Prokofiev: Peter And The Wolf; Britten: The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, Gloriana Courtly Dances
4:00 pm
4:00 pm
Listening to Singers with Oliver Camacho
Chicago's Musicians Club of Women celebrates its 150th anniversary. Soprano Patrice Michaels shares the history of the philanthropic organization as well as performances by past winners including Nicole Cabell, Susanna Phillips, and Elizabeth DeShong.
5:00 - 7:00 pm
5:00 pm
Saturday Evening Music with Jan Weller
5:00 pm
Alexander Goedicke: Concert Etude, Op. 49
Matilda Lloyd, tr; London Sym Orch/Lee Reynolds
Resonance
5:05 pm
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 1 in C, Op. 15
I. "Allegro con brio"
Alice Sara Ott, p; Netherlands Radio Phil Orch/Karina Canellakis
Beethoven
5:21 pm
Georges Bizet: "Carmen" Suite No. 1
Les Musiciens du Louvre/Marc Minkowski
Bizet: Carmen Suite, L'Arlésienne Suites
5:35 pm
François Couperin: "Concert royal" No. 1 in G
Debra Nagy, ob; Mark Edwards, hc
The Poet and Prodigy
5:49 pm
Aaron Copland: "El Salón México"
Dallas Sym/Eduardo Mata
Great American Showpieces
6:01 pm
Agustín Lara: "Granada"
Pablo Sáinz-Villegas, g
Americano
6:08 pm
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 23 in A, K. 488
Northern Sinfonia/Imogen Cooper, p
Mozart * Piano Concertos 9 & 23 * Northern Sinfonia * Imogen Cooper
6:37 pm
William Walton: Violin Concerto
III. Finale, "Vivace"
Charlie Lovell-Jones, v; Sinfonia of London/John Wilson
Walton: Violin Concerto, Symphonic Suite from "Troilus and Cressida," Portsmouth Point
6:51 pm
Richard Strauss: "Till Eulenspiegel einmal anders"
Chicago Pro Musica
The Medinah Sessions
7:00 pm
7:00 pm
Sounds Classical
Comedy in Classical Music with Robbie Ellis
Hosts LaRob K. Rafael and Kristina Lynn welcome comedy songwriter and fellow WFMT host Robbie Ellis to explore the intersections of comedy and classical music.
8:00 pm
Folkstage hosted by Marilyn Rea Beyer
From the archives: Selections from the Folkstage tradition of hosting summer festival previews through the years.
9:00 pm - 12:00 am
9:00 pm
The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer
Music in the air, in our hearts and on the streets of Chicago.
9:00 pm
Lead Belly: The Midnight Special THEME (excerpt 1)
Lead Belly
Midnight Special
9:01 pm
Steve Goodman: Mama Don't Allow It (Davenport)
Steve Goodman
Jessie's Jig & Other Favorites
9:06 pm
Jason Wilber: You Don't Know What You're Getting Into
Jason Wilber
Lazy Afternoon
9:10 pm
Barbara Lamb: If People Find You Can Fiddle (Lamb/Esbeck)
Barbara Lamb
Blue on Dakota
9:16 pm
The Princes of Serendip: The Fiddler and the Crocodile
The Princes of Serendip
Yumpatiddly Bee: Silly Songs
9:21 pm
Jonas Friddle: Cuckoo
Jonas Friddle
Jug Band Happy Hour
9:25 pm
Tim Grimm: Hadley's Banjo
Tim Grimm
Bones of Trees
9:30 pm
Jefferson Ross: Arvin
Jefferson Ross
Dogwood Cats
9:36 pm
Aaron Kelly Band: Look at What They've Done to Us
Aaron Kelly Band
Look at What They've Done to Us - single
9:41 pm
Eva Cassidy: American Tune (Simon)
Eva Cassidy
American Tune
9:45 pm
Allison Russell & Annie Lenox: Superlover (Nero/Russell)
Allison Russell & Annie Lenox
Superlover - single
9:51 pm
Ed Holstein: Jazzman
Ed Holstein
Eddie Holstein
9:54 pm
Debra Cowan: Alcohol
Debra Cowan
Fond Desire Farewell
9:59 pm
Travis, Merle: "Midnight Special" Travis picked guitar
Merle Travis
In Boston 1959
10:01 pm
Greg Greenway: Intro to “In The Name of Love”
Greg Greenway
Live
10:02 pm
Greg Greenway: “In the Name of Love/Pride” (Greg Greenway/Bono)
Greg Greenway
Live
10:07 pm
Joe Jencks: "I’m a Stranger in This Land" (Si Kahn)
Joe Jencks
The Forgotten - Recovered Treasures From the Pen of Si Kahn
10:15 pm
Ray Nordstrand, et al.: The Midnight Special - Chicago Songwriters 11.13.1976 (excerpt)
Nordstrand, Jon Calhoun, Terry Callier, Tom Dundee
Midnight Special Archives
10:32 pm
Jim Post: Back on the Street Again (Tom Dundee)
Jim Post
Reach Out Together
10:35 pm
Barbara Barrow: "Real Good One: Every Town Needs a Folksinger "(Michael Smith)
Various: Barbara Barrow w/Jimmy Tomasello, Chris Walz
Folkstage: Remembering Fred - Tribute to Fred Holstein
10:40 pm
Al Rose: The Sign on the Doorpost
Al Rose
Again the Beginner
10:44 pm
Eric Bibb: "Paintin' Signs"
Eric Bibb
Paintin' Signs
10:48 pm
Michael Hurley: I Paint a Design
Michael Hurley
Wolfways
10:54 pm
Michael Hurley: “Letter in Neon”
Michael Hurley
WolfWays
10:59 pm
Andrew Beyer: "The Midnight Special - Melodica"
Andrew Beyer
Midnight Special Collection
11:00 pm
Michael Hurley: Moon Song
Michael Hurley
Wolf Ways
11:04 pm
Michael Hurley: "Mr. Man in the Moon"
Michael Hurley
Weatherhole
11:07 pm
The Henhouse Prowlers: Space Man
The Henhouse Prowlers
Unravel
11:11 pm
Judy Collins: I See The Moon (Trad.)
Judy Collins
Maids & Golden Apples
11:12 pm
Cheryl Wheeler: "Quarter Moon"
Cheryl Wheeler
Different Stripe
11:17 pm
Lou & Peter Berryman: "April May"
Lou & Peter Berryman
What, Again?
11:20 pm
Pokey LaFarge: So Long, Chicago
Pokey LaFarge
Rhumba Country
11:23 pm
Andrew Bird: Pulaski at Night
Andrew Bird
I Want to See Pulaski at Night
11:29 pm
Susan Werner Band: "Chicago Any Day"
Susan Werner Band
Live at the Center for the Arts in Natick
11:33 pm
Bonnie Koloc w/Chuck Suchy: You Played Me Just Like a Piano
Bonnie Koloc w/Chuck Suchy
Folkstage: Bonnie Koloc, Dave Moore, Chuck Suchy Disc 2
11:38 pm
James Lee Stanley: Three Monkeys (M. Smith)
James Lee Stanley
Freelance Human Being
11:43 pm
Tim Grimm: "Dreaming of King Lear"
Tim Grimm
Gone
11:47 pm
Ernie Hendrickson: Peace and Love (whatever happened)
Ernie Hendrickson
One for the Dreamers
11:50 pm
Emma’s Revolution: "Peace, Salaam, Shalom"
Emma’s Revolution
One
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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