Playlist for Saturday, July 18, 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

From The Royal Ballet and Opera in London

Mussorgsky's Boris Godunov

Bryn Terfel (Boris Godunov); Adam Pałka (Pimen); John Daszak (Prince Shuisky); Alexander Roslavets (Varlaam); Mingjie Lei (Holy Fool); Andrei Kymach (Andrei Shchelkalov); Jamez McCorkle (Grigory Otrepiev); Alasdair Elliott (Missail); Hannah Edmunds (Xenia); Carolyn Holt (Xenia’s Nurse); Royal Opera House Chorus and Orchestra; Mark Wigglesworth, conductor. Sung in Russian.

2:30 pm

Afternoon Music

4:00 pm

Listening to Singers with Oliver Camacho

A remembrance of Dame Felicity Lott (1947–2026), a superb interpreter of English song, French mélodie and operetta, and Mozart and Strauss operatic heroines.

5:00 pm

Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival

Giovanni Benedetto Platti Trio Sonata in G minor; Frank Rosenwein, oboe; Felix Fan, cello; Paolo Bordignon, harpsichord; Mendelssohn Andante and Scherzo for String Quartet, Op. 81; Escher String Quartet; Trio in C Minor, Op. 66; Gilles Vonsattel, piano; Yura Lee, violin; Mark Kosower, cello.

6:00 pm

Weekend Evening Music

8:00 pm

Folkstage hosted by Marilyn Rea Beyer

Live from the Levin Performance Studio: A Woodstock Folk Festival preview featuring the queen of Tex-Mex Tish Hinojosa and friends.

9:00 pm

The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer

Have you heard about the heat? The Old Farmer’s Almanac predicts an unusually hot July this year, and we feel it!