Playlist for Saturday, July 25, 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 Glyndebourne Festival

Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro

Tommaso Barea (Figaro); Johanna Wallroth (Susanna); Huw Montague Rendall (Count); Louise Alder (Countess); Alessandro Corbelli (Bartolo); Madeleine Shaw (Marcellina); Adèle Charvet (Cherubino); Robert Forrest (Don Basilio); Elisabeth Boudreault (Barbarina); Alexander Vassiliev (Antonio); Vincent Ordonneau (Don Curzio); Glyndebourne Fistival Opera Chorus; Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment; Riccardo Minasi, conductor. Sung in Italian.

3:00 pm

Afternoon Music

4:00 pm

Listening to Singers with Oliver Camacho

Highlights of previous interviews with Frederica von Stade and Susan Graham. The legendary mezzo-sopranos give a joint recital with pianist Kevin Murphy next month at Ravinia.

5:00 pm

Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival

Schubert "Ganymed," D. 544; Liv Redpath, soprano; George Fu, piano; Brahms Piano Quartet in A Major, Op. 26; Kirill Gerstein, piano; Joel Link, violin; Toby Appel, viola; Camden Shaw, cello.

6:00 pm

Weekend Evening Music

8:00 pm

Folkstage hosted by Marilyn Rea Beyer

Live from the Levin Performance Studio: A songwriter from England’s South Coast, Ruth Theodore began busking at age 14 and is now a Righteous Babe recording artist. from the UK.

9:00 pm

The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer

This date presents a confluence of historic events and celebrations including Steve Goodman’s birthday, Bob Dylan plugging in at Newport, and the famous photo of a face on Mars snapped by NASA’s Viking 1 spacecraft.