Playlist for Saturday, June 7, 2025

Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff

7:00 am

Weekend Mornings

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

Chicago Musical Pathways Initiative Class of 2025. Mozart: Flute Concerto in G, 1st mvt; Bozza: "Image"; Montgomery: Rhapsody No. 1; Glazunov: "Chant du ménestrel"; Tchaikovsky: Lensky's Aria; Mozart: Clarinet Concerto, Finale. Jesse Perez, flute; David Roche, viola; Diego Dahle, cello; Sarah Morris, clarinet; Katherine Petersen, piano.

12:00 pm

Metropolitan Opera

Tchaikovsky's The Queen of Spades

Brandon Jovanovich (Hermann); Sonya Yoncheva (Lisa) Violeta Urmana (Countess) Igor Golovatenko (Prince Yeletsky); Maria Barakova (Pauline); Alexey Markov (Tomsky); Metropolitan Opera Cho & Orch/Keri-Lynn Wilson

4:00 pm

Listening to Singers with Oliver Camacho

A Pride Month program exploring gay and lesbian identity in the art songs of Samuel Barber, Benjamin Britten, Ben Moore, Ethel Smyth, and Jennifer Higdon.

5:00 pm

Music with Jan Weller

6:00 pm

Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival

Rameau Concert No. 1 in C Minor from "Pièces de clavecin en concerts;" Yura Lee, violin; Peter Stumpf, cello; Paolo Bordignon, harpsichord; Brahms Piano Quintet in F Minor, Op. 34; Kirill Gerstein, piano; William Hagen, L.P. How, violins; Milena Pajaro Van de Stadt, viola; Paul Watkins, cello.

7:00 pm

Sounds Classical

Sounds Like Heavy Metal with Rachel Barton Pine

Hosts LaRob K. Rafael and Kristina Lynn chat with a hard-core enthusiast of rock bands like Megadeath and Metallica who also happens to be a world renowned violinist.

8:00 pm

Folkstage hosted by Marilyn Rea Beyer

From the archives: Virginia native Bryan Bowers is an autoharp virtuoso, humorist, and story weaver. He spans generations of music and every human emotion in this performance from 2012.

9:00 pm

The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer

Smile and sing! We take pride in celebrating Pride Month. Also, songs about pictures and photographs.