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Playlist for Saturday, August 30, 2025
12:00 - 7:00 am
12:00 am
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Motet, "Sub tuum praesidium," K. 198
Carolyn Sampson, s; King's Consort/Robert King
Mozart
12:05 am
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: String Quartet No. 21 in D, K. 575
American String Quartet
Mozart; Complete String Quartet Box Set
12:28 am
Alberic Magnard: "Suite dans le style ancien", Op 2
"Gavotte"
Christoph Keller, p; Katharina Weber, p
Magnard: Six Poèmes Op.3, Quatre Poèmes, Op.15, Suite Op.2
12:30 am
Alberic Magnard: "Ouverture," Op 10
Toulouse Capitole Orch/Michel Plasson
12:43 am
Hector Berlioz: "Benvenuto Cellini"
Overture
Royal Concertgebouw Orch/Pierre Monteux
12:54 am
Charles-Valentin Alkan: 25 Preludes, Op 31
#12, "Le temps qui n'est plus"
Laurent Martin, p
Alkan: Preludes Op. 31
1:00 am
Carl Nielsen: Two Fantasy Pieces, Op 2
James Galway, f; Phillip Moll, p
James Galway Plays Nielsen
1:05 am
Johann Sebastian Bach: Flute Sonata in E-Flat, BWV 1031
Susan Rotholz, f; Kenneth Cooper, fortepiano
J S Bach: Music for Flute
1:17 am
Carl Nielsen: "Humoresque-Bagatelles," Op 11
#3, "A Little Slow Waltz"
Martin Roscoe, p
Nielsen: Complete Piano Music
1:19 am
Carl Nielsen: Violin Concerto, Op 33
Arve Tellefsen, v; Royal Phil/Yehudi Menuhin
1:55 am
Carl Nielsen: Five Piano Pieces, Op 3
#2, Humoresque"
Martin Roscoe, p
Nielsen: Complete Piano Music
2:00 am
Giovanni Battista Tibaldi: Trio Sonata in b, Op 2/4
Parnassi musici
Tibaldi
2:05 am
Antonio Lotti: Oboe d'Amore Concerto in A
Heinz Holliger, ob; I Musici
Albinoni, Cimarosa, Marcello, Et Al: Oboe Concertos
2:20 am
Eustachio ROMANO: Cantus cum tenor
Circa 1500 Ensemble
Renaissance Music From The Courts of Mantua an Ferrara
2:21 am
Felix Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4 in A, Op. 90, "Italian"
London Sym/Claudio Abbado
Mendelssohn: Symphonies 3 Scottish & 4 Italian * LSO/Claudio Abbado
2:51 am
Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel: "Il Saltarello Romano"
Irene Barbuceanu, p
Fanny Mendelssohn
2:54 am
Italian ANON 16th c: Saltarello, El marchese di Saluzzo
Circa 1500 Ensemble
Renaissance Music From The Courts of Mantua an Ferrara
3:00 am
George Frideric Handel: Overture in d (Chandos Anthem No. 2)
Black Dyke Mills Band/Peter Parkes
A Tribute to Elgar, Delius and Holst
3:05 am
George Frideric Handel: Violin Sonata in F, Op. 1, No. 12 (HWV 370)
Rachel Barton, v; David Schrader, hc; John Mark Rozendaal, vc
Rachel Barton Pine, violin,
Handel: The Sonatas for Violin and Continuo
3:18 am
George Frideric Handel: "Water Music" Suite No. 3 in G
"Minuet"
Linde Consort/Hans-Martin Linde
3:20 am
Otto Nicolai: Symphony #2 in D, WoO 99 (1835)
Bamberg Sym Orch/Karl Anton Rickenbacher
3:55 am
Ludwig van Beethoven: "Egmont," Op.84
X. "Victory Symphony"
Berlin Staatskapelle/Heinz Bongartz
Beethoven: Egmont Schauspielmusik
4:00 am
Étienne-Nicolas Méhul: Opera, Le Legende de Joseph en egypte
Aria, "Vainement, PharaonàChamps paternels"
Michael Schade, t, Canadian Opera Company Orch/Richard Bradshaw
Soirée Française
4:05 am
Dmitri Kabalevsky: Piano Concerto #3 in D, Op 50
Michael Korstick, p; North German Radio Phil/Alun Francis
Kabalevsky: Complete Piano Concertos
4:23 am
Dmitri Kabalevsky: Pieces for Children, Op 27
"Fairy Tale"
Judith Stillman, p
Classics Remembered
4:24 am
Ludwig (Louis) Spohr: Variations on "Je suis encore dans mon printemps," Op 36
Marion Hofmann, h
Virtuoso Harp
4:31 am
Étienne-Nicolas Méhul: Symphony #3 in C
Gulbenkian Foundation Orch/Michel Swierczewski
Mehul: Complete Symphonies
4:54 am
Claude de SERMISY: Disons nau a pleine teste
Boston Camerata/Joel Cohen
Boston Camerata Christmas: Worlds of Early Music
5:00 am
Carl Maria von Weber: "Rondo brillante," Op 52
Grigory Ginzburg, p
The Grigory Ginzburg Legacy, Vol. 1
5:05 am
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Sonata No. 11 in A, K. 331
Jean-Pierre Rampal, f; Trio Pasquier
5:23 am
Franz Schubert: Song, "Genügsamkeit", D 143
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, br; Gerald Moore, p
Schubert: Lieder
5:25 am
Franz Lachner: "Ball-Suite" in D, Op 170
Slovak State Phil/Alfred Walter
LACHNER : Symphony No. 8 / Ball - Suite
5:57 am
Jules Massenet: "Lent et Sombre" for Bassoon and Piano
David McGill, bn; Peter Serkin, p
Musique Francaise
6:00 am
Franz Lehár: "Die lustige Witwe" (The Merry Widow)
Waltz
Vienna State Opera Orch/Anton Paulik
The Merry Widow Waltz And Other Music Of Lehár And Strauss
6:05 am
Franz Lehár: "Die lustige Witwe (The Merry Widow)"
"Vilja-Lied"
Nuccia Focile, s; Royal Phil/Maurizio Benini
Pavarotti Forever
6:11 am
Alfred Prinz: "The Merry Black Widow" (Paraphrase after Lehar)
Vienna Wind Quintet
Strauss in Vienna - Famous Waltzes, Marches and Polkas for Wind Quintet
6:17 am
Franz Lehár: The Merry Widow Ballet
"Camille and Valencienne"
Adelaide Sym Orch/John Lanchbery
Highlights From The Merry Widow Ballet, Arranged And Conducted By John Lanchbery, The Adelaide Symphony Orchestra And The Adelaide Singers
6:19 am
Dmitri Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No. 1 in a, Op. 99
Midori, v; Berlin Phil/Claudio Abbado
Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D Major/ Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No. 1
6:55 am
Alexander Scriabin: Twenty-Four Preludes, Op 11
#16 in b-flat
Vladimir Sofronitsky, p
Great Pianists of the 20th Century: Vladimir Sofronitsky
7:00 - 11:00 am
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.
7:00 am
Hosted by Jan Weller.
7:03 am
Joseph Bologne (Chevalier de Saint-Georges): Violin Concerto in D, Op. 2, No. 2
Fumika Mohri, v; Czech Chamber Phil Orch/Michael Halász
Bologne: Violin Concertos, Opp. 2 & 7
7:23 am
Federico Mompou: "Charmes"
Stephen Hough, p
Mompou: Piano Music
7:33 am
Traditional: "The Butterfly"
Ronn McFarlane, l
The Celtic Lute
7:36 am
Giacomo Puccini: "Madama Butterfly"
Humming Chorus
Royal Opera House Cho & Orch/Lamberto Gardelli
Italian Opera Choruses
7:39 am
Edvard Grieg: Lyric Pieces, Op. 43
No. 1, "Butterfly"
Andrey Gugnin, p
Edvard Grieg: Holberg Suite, Ballade & Lyric Pieces
7:42 am
Richard Strauss: "Capriccio," Op. 85
Prelude for String Sextet
Vienna String Sextet
Wiener Streichsextett
7:55 am
Andrew York: "Sunburst"
Jason Vieaux, g
Play
8:00 am
Saturday Morning Listener's Choice
8:01 am
Johan Halvorsen: "Norway's Greeting to Theodore Roosevelt," Op. 31
Latvian National Sym Orch/Terje Mikkelsen
Halvorsen: Fossegrimen; Greeting to Roosevelt
8:11 am
Sammy Fain: "I'll Be Seeing You"
Lara Downes, p
Love at Last
8:15 am
Joaquín Rodrigo: "Concierto de Aranjuez"
III. Finale, "Allegro gentile"
Pepe Romero, g; St Martin's Academy/Neville Marriner
Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez and other works
8:21 am
Franz Liszt: "Les Préludes," Symphonic Poem No. 3
Chicago Sym Orch/Daniel Barenboim
The Moldau; Slavonic Dances; Hungarian Dances; Polovtsian Dances; Les Préludes
8:38 am
Thomas Tallis: Motet, "Salvator mundi, salva nos" I
St Paul's Cathedral Cho/Andrew Carwood
Jubilate - 500 Years of Cathedral Music
8:43 am
Henry Purcell: "An Evening Hymn"
Drew Minter, ct; Mitzi Meyerson, o; Mary Springfels, viol
Sweeter then Roses
8:49 am
Johann Sebastian Bach: "Brandenburg" Concerto No. 5 in D Major, BWV 1050
I. "Allegro"
Berlin Academy for Ancient Music
Bach: Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 1-6
8:58 am
Dmitri Shostakovich: Preludes, Op. 34
No. 13 in F-Sharp, "Moderato"
Vera Gornostaeva, p
Discovering a Legend - Vera Gornostaeva Vol. 5 - Shostakovich & Prokofiev
9:00 am
Soundtrack
9:00 am
Alfred Newman: 20th Century Fox Fanfare
London Phil Orch/John Mauceri
The Genius of Film Music
9:01 am
Alex North: "A Streetcar Named Desire"
Main Title
National Phil Orch/Jerry Goldsmith
A Streetcar Named Desire (Original Score)
9:03 am
Alex North: "A Streetcar Named Desire"
"Blanche"
National Phil Orch/Jerry Goldsmith
A Streetcar Named Desire (Original Score)
9:06 am
Alex North: "2001: A Space Odyssey"
Main Title
National Phil Orch/Jerry Goldsmith
Alex North's 2001
9:08 am
Alex North: "2001: A Space Odyssey"
"Space Station Docking; Trip to the Moon"
National Phil Orch/Jerry Goldsmith
Alex North's 2001
9:15 am
Alex North: "Dragonslayer"
Main Title
Studio Orch/Alex North
Dragonslayer - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
9:18 am
Alex North: "Dragonslayer"
End Credits
Studio Orch/Alex North
Dragonslayer - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
9:24 am
Alex North: "The Agony and the Ecstasy"
Prologue, "The Artist Who Did Not Want to Paint"
Studio Orch/Alex North
The Agony and the Ecstacy - The Deluxe Edition
9:37 am
Alex North: "The Agony and the Ecstasy"
Prelude, "The Mountains of Carrara"
Studio Orch/Alex North
The Agony and the Ecstacy - The Deluxe Edition
9:42 am
Alex North: "Spartacus"
"Oysters and Snails/Festival"
Studio Orch/Alex North
Spartacus - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
9:45 am
Alex North: "Spartacus"
Love Theme
Cincinnati Sym Orch/Erich Kunzel
Epics
9:49 am
Alex North: "Viva Zapata!"
"Gathering of Forces"
London Sym Orch/Eric Stern
The Film Music of Alex North
9:53 am
Alex North: "The Bad Seed"
"Confession; Details"
London Sym Orch/Eric Stern
The Film Music of Alex North
9:58 am
Alex North: "The Bad Seed"
"At It Again"
London Sym Orch/Eric Stern
The Film Music of Alex North
10:02 am
Richard Strauss: "Morgen," Op. 27, No. 4
Thomas Quasthoff, br; Justus Zeyen, p
A Romantic Songbook
10:07 am
Eric Ewazen: Oboe Concerto, "Down a River of Time"
Linda Strommen, ob; Sejong Soloists
Sejong Plays Ewazen
10:31 am
Cécile Chaminade: "Valse carnavalesque," Op. 73
Bengt Forsberg & Peter Jablonski, p's
Mots d'amour
10:40 am
Trollstilt: "Ricercar"
Owls
Rare Birds
10:45 am
Johann Sebastian Bach: "A Musical Offering," BWV 1079
Fuga Ricercar a 6
Berlin Phil/Pierre Boulez
Boulez Conducts Webern II
10:53 am
Scott Hiltzik: "Spirals"
Bay Brass
Sound the Bells!
12:00 - 4:00 pm
12:00 pm
From Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, Paris
Strauss's Der Rosenkavalier
Véronique Gens (The Marschallin); Niamh O'Sullivan (Octavian); Regula Mühlemann (Sophie); Peter Rose (Baron Ochs); Jean-Sébastien Bou (Faninal); Francesco Demuro (An Italian singer) Éléonore Pancrazi (Annina); Kresimir Spicer (Valzacchi); Laurène Paternò (Marianne); Maîtrise des Hauts-de-Seine; Gaël Darchen, chorus master; Orchestre National de France; Henrik Nánási, conductor. Sung in German.
3:22 pm
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony in C, K. 208/K 213c
Freiburg Baroque Orch/Gottfried von der Goltz
Mozart's Mannheim
3:30 pm
Afternoon Music
3:30 pm
Hosted by Oliver Camacho.
3:30 pm
Eugene Goossens: "Kaleidoscope," Op 18
Melbourne Sym Orch/Sir Andrew Davis
Sir Eugene Goossens: Orchestral Works Vol. 2
3:41 pm
Nabil Benabdeljalil: "Romance sans paroles"
Rebecca Omordia, p
African Pianism, Vol. 2
3:44 pm
Traditional Xhosa: "Senzeni Na?"
Rebecca Omordia, p
African Pianism, Vol. 2
3:48 pm
Johann Sebastian Bach: Prelude and Fugue in G minor, BWV 542, "Great"
BBC Phil/Martyn Brabbins
King of Kings: Bach Orchestral Transcriptions
4:00 pm
4:00 pm
Listening to Singers with Oliver Camacho
Drew Minter joins WFMT to pay tribute to the iconic English mezzo-soprano Dame Janet Baker.
5:00 - 7:00 pm
5:00 pm
Weekend Evening Music
5:00 pm
Hosted by Oliver Camacho.
5:01 pm
George Frideric Handel: Harpsichord Suite No. 5 in E
IV. Finale, Air & Variations, "The Harmonious Blacksmith"
Alicia de Larrocha, p
Mozart, Handel, Bach-Busoni
5:07 pm
Kevin Puts: Symphony No. 2
Peabody Sym Orch/Marin Alsop
Kevin Puts: Symphony No. 2, Flute Concerto
5:30 pm
Stephen Foster: "Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair"
Lisa Friend, f; Rohan De Silva, p
An American Affair
5:33 pm
Aaron Copland: Duo for Flute (Violin) and Piano
Finale, "Lively, with bounce"
Lisa Friend, f; Rohan De Silva, p
An American Affair
5:36 pm
Jay Ungar: "Ashokan Farewell"
Lisa Friend, f; Rohan De Silva, p
An American Affair
5:42 pm
Michael Torke: "Bright Blue Music"
Baltimore Sym Orch/David Zinman
Michael Torke - Color Music / David Zinman
5:53 pm
Libby Larsen: "Deep Summer Music"
Colorado Sym/Marin Alsop
Libby Larsen: Deep Summer Music, Solo Symphony / Marin Alsop
6:01 pm
Virgil Thomson: "The Plow That Broke the Plains"
Suite
Los Angeles Chamber Orch/Neville Marriner
American Miniatures
6:15 pm
Nadia Boulanger: Song, "La mer"
Yo-Yo Ma, vc; Kathryn Stott, p
Merci
6:20 pm
Nadia Boulanger: "Cantique (Lux aeterna)"
Jess Gillam, ssx; Jess Gillam Ensemble
PRISM, Vol. 2
6:24 pm
Grażyna Bacewicz: Piano Concerto
III. "Molto allegro"
Peter Donohoe, p; BBC Sym Orch/Sakari Oramo
Bacewicz: Orchestral Works, Vol. 2
6:31 pm
Moritz Moszkowski: "Spanish Dances," Op. 12
London Sym Orch/Ataúlfo Argenta
España
6:46 pm
Henryk Górecki: Symphony No. 3, Op. 36, "Symphony of Sorrowful Songs"
II. "Lento e largo - Tranquilissimo"
Dawn Upshaw, s; London Sinfonietta/David Zinman
Henryk Górecki: Symphony No. 3
6:57 pm
Antonio Soler: Clavier Sonata No.104 in D minor
Jaeden Izik-Dzurko, p
Soler: Keyboard Sonatas Nos 99-111
7:00 pm
7:00 pm
Sounds Classical
Hosts Kristina Lynn and LaRob K. Rafael are joined by Chicago Tribune film critic, Michael Phillips for a trip to the movies! They discuss some of the most iconic and important composers of the genre and what makes a great film score.
8:00 pm
8:00 pm
Folkstage hosted by Marilyn Rea Beyer
Live from the Levin Performance Studio: Newcomers Bobcat Opossum from Fort Wayne and veteran Michigander Joel Mabus dig deep into traditional music, mining for gems to polish into new treasures. They are headed to Geneva, IL, for the Fox Valley Folk Music and Storytelling Festival over Labor Day Weekend.
9:00 pm - 12:00 am
9:00 pm
The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer
Labor Day Weekend signals the end of summer with songs for late August. Meanwhile, folk music carries the history and struggles of working people, past and present.
9:00 pm
Lead Belly: The Midnight Special THEME
Lead Belly
Lead Belly: The Smithsonian Folkways Collection disc 2
9:02 pm
Cheryl Wheeler: "Summer's Almost Over"
Cheryl Wheeler
Defying Gravity
9:05 pm
Christine Lavin: The Best Summer
Christine Lavin
single
9:09 pm
Claudia Schmidt: "Every Time We Say Goodbye" (Cole Porter)
Claudia Schmidt
Concinnity
9:13 pm
Socks in the Frying Pan: Suffer in Silence
Socks in the Frying Pan
Waiting for Inspiration
9:17 pm
Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer with Chao Tian: August Flower (trad.)
Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer with Chao Tian
From China to Appalachia
9:20 pm
Sting: August Winds
Sting
The Last Ship
9:23 pm
Eva Cassidy: "Fields of Gold" (Sting)
Eva Cassidy
Songbird
9:28 pm
House of Hamill: Into the Golden
House of Hamill
Wildfire
9:33 pm
Bonnie Koloc & Don Stille: Sabu Visits the Twin Cities Alone (Prine) edit
Bonnie Koloc & Don Stille
Folkstage: Bonnie Koloc & Don Stille, Disc 2 (2006)
9:37 pm
Jason Wilber: You Don't Know What You're Getting Into
Jason Wilber
Lazy Afternoon
9:42 pm
John Prine: Living in the Future
John Prine
John Prine Live
9:47 pm
Anne Harris: Time Has Made a Change (Frye)
Anne Harris
I Feel It Once Again
9:51 pm
Joe Jencks: Ripple in the Water
Joe Jencks
What Kind of Brother
9:58 pm
Owen Walsh: The Midnight Special (Trad.)
Owen Walsh
The Midnight Special "exclusive"
10:00 pm
Joy Harjo: "New Orleans"
Joy Harjo
She Had Some Horses (spoken word)
10:03 pm
Martin Simpson: "Louisiana, 1927" (R. Newman)
Martin Simpson
Prodigal Son
10:08 pm
The Duhks: Mighty Storm (trad.)
The Duhks
Fast Paced World
10:12 pm
Garnet Rogers: Hallelujah/The Great Storm is Over (Franke)
Garnet Rogers
Speaking Softly in the Dark
10:15 pm
Gina Forsyth: Talking Hurricane Refugee Blues
Gina Forsyth
Waterbug Anthology, Vol. 8 Born into the Whisper
10:24 pm
John & Joe Gorka: Branching Out (John) + Shiver (Joe) - live
John Gorka & Joe Gorka
Folkstage: John Gorka w/Joe Gorka at Acoustic Renaissance (excerpt)
10:33 pm
Traditional African-American: Spiritual, "He's Got the Whole World in His Hands"
Marian Anderson, c; Franz Rupp, p
He's Got The Whole World In His Hands
10:35 pm
Joan Baez: Oh, Freedom
Joan Baez
The Newport Folk Festival 1963, The Evening Concerts, Vol. 1
10:38 pm
Bob Dylan: When the Ship Comes In
Bob Dylan
The Times They Are a-Changin'
10:42 pm
Peter, Paul and Mary: "Blowin’ in the Wind" (Bob Dylan)
Peter, Paul and Mary
In The Wind
10:45 pm
William Herbert Brewster: "How I Got Over"
Mahalia Jackson
Apollo Sessions Vol I
10:49 pm
Rhiannon Giddens & Francesco Turrisi: I'm On My Way (Henry/Giddens)
Rhiannon Giddens & Francesco Turrisi
There Is No Other
10:52 pm
Sean Jenness & Hands Across New Jersey: Unsung Heroes (Briskin)
Sean Jenness & Hands Across New Jersey
Hands Across New Jersey single
10:57 pm
Dennis Stroughmatt & Creole Spirit: Kaskaskia Reel
Dennis Stroughmatt & Creole Spirit
French Creole & Folk Blues From the Mississippi Valley
11:00 pm
Matti Valentine Huhta AKA T-Bone Slim: The Popular Wobbly (T-Bone Slim)
Magpie
When We Stand Together
11:00 pm
Colby Maddox: "The Midnight Special - fiddle"
Colby Maddox
Midnight Special Collection
11:04 pm
Barbara Dane & the Chambers Brothers: Working Class Woman
Barbara Dane
Barbara Dane: Hot Jazz, Cool Blues & Hard-Hitting Songs
11:10 pm
Deidre McCalla: Everyday Heroes & Heroines
Deidre McCalla
Everyday Heroes & Heroines
11:14 pm
David Patrick Kelly / Lynne Thigpen: If I Coulda' Been (Grant)
David Patrick Kelly / Lynne Thigpen
Working: Original Broadway Cast
11:17 pm
Loudon Wainwright III: Fun & Free
Loudon Wainwright III
Lifetime Achievement
11:21 pm
Connie Kaldor: Cowboys Still Live in Saskatchewan
Connie Kaldor
Wide Open Spaces
11:27 pm
Chris Walz: I've Been All Around This World (trad.)
Chris Walz
All I Got and Gone
11:32 pm
Jane Fallon: Cotton Jenny (Lightfoot)
Jane Fallon
Sweet Resilience
11:35 pm
Molly Tuttle and Ketch Secor: I've Always Been a Rambler (trad.)
Molly Tuttle and Ketch Secor
Long Journey Home: A Century after the 1925 Mountain City Fiddlers Convention
11:39 pm
Chris Sherburn & Denny Bartley: Moving On Song, Lafferty' Favourite, Lads of Laoise (MacColl, Trad.)
Chris Sherburn & Denny Bartley
Last Night’s Fun
11:43 pm
Tekla Waterfield: Something My Own
Tekla Waterfield
Mother Mind
11:46 pm
Katie Dahl: Will I Fly
Katie Dahl
Leaky Boats and Paper Birds
11:50 pm
Tim Grimm: "Over Hill and Dale"
Tim Grimm
A Stranger in this Time
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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