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Playlist for Friday, September 5, 2025
12:00 - 6:00 am
12:00 am
Antonio Caldara: Sinfonia #9
Slovak Chamber Orch/Bohdan Warchal
Sinfonie a quattro
12:05 am
Giuseppe Maria Cambini: Sinfonia in F
Academia Montis Regalis/Luigi Mangiocavallo
12:23 am
Guglielmo PESARO: La Spagna
Calliope
Dances (A Renaissance Revel)
12:24 am
Manuel de Falla: "The Three-Cornered Hat"
Three Dances
Boston Pops/Arthur Fiedler
Slaughter On Tenth Avenue
12:36 am
Cecile Chaminade: "Callirhoé"
Suite
Metz Grand Est National Orch/David Reiland
Compositrices
12:54 am
Cecile Chaminade: Song, "Malgré nous"
Anne Sofie von Otter, ms; Bengt Forsberg, p
Chaminade * Mélodies * Anne Sofie von Otter
1:00 am
Julie Cooper: "Continuum"
Oculus Ensemble/Jessica Cottis
Julie Cooper
1:05 am
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 18 in B-Flat, K. 456
Northern Sinfonia/Imogen Cooper, p
Mozart * Piano Concertos 18 & 22 * Northern SInfonia * Imogen Cooper
1:35 am
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Twelve German Dances, K. 586
No. 3
Tafelmusik/Bruno Weil
Mozart: Deutsche Tänze
1:37 am
Jeurissen: Lustige Streiche (1986)
Detmolder Horn Quartet
Hornquartette (Horn Quartets/ Quatuors pour cors)
1:39 am
Richard Strauss: "Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks," Op. 28
London Sym/Claudio Abbado
Strauss: Don Juan; Jusqu'à Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche; Tod und Verklärung
1:54 am
Hugo Wolf: "Mörike Lieder"
"Auftrag"
James Gilchrist, t; Sholto Kynoch, p
Hugo Wolf: The Complete Songs Volume 2
2:00 am
Traditional: "Shenandoah"
Oregon Guitar Quartet
Something Wondrous Fair * Oregon Guitar Quartet
2:05 am
Federico Moreno-Torroba: "Suite castellana"
Pepe Romero, g
Works For Guitar
2:13 am
Augustìn Barrios Mangoré: "Las Abejas"
Thibaut Garcia, g
El Bohemio
2:15 am
Anton Zemlinsky: Symphonic poem, "Die Seejungfrau (The Mermaid)"
Berlin Radio Sym/Riccardo Chailly
Die Seejungfrau . The Mermaid . La Néréide
2:55 am
Anton Zemlinsky: Twelve Songs, Op 27
#12, "Wanderes Nachtlied"
Hans Peter Blochwitz, t; Cord Garben, p
Zemlinsky: Lieder
3:00 am
Georg Benda: "Romeo und Julia"
Act 2: Prelude
La Stagione/Michael Schneider
Benda: Romeo und Julie
3:05 am
Charles Gounod: "Roméo et Juliette"
Interlude, "Le sommeil de Juliette"
Minnesota Orch/Eiji Oue
Reveries
3:08 am
Johan Svendsen: "Romeo and Juliet," Op 18
Latvian National Sym/Terje Mikkelsen
Svendsen Symphonic Works
3:22 am
Georg Benda: "Romeo und Julia"
"Funeral Song"
La Stagione/Michael Schneider
Benda: Romeo und Julie
3:23 am
Franz Benda: Flute Concerto in e
Patrick Gallois, f; CPE Bach Chamber Orch/Peter Schreier
C.P.E. Bach, Benda, Quantz: Flute Concertos
3:44 am
Johann Strauss II: Waltz, “On the Beautiful Blue Danube”, Op. 314
Vienna Phil/Lorin Maazel
J. Strauss: Waltzes
3:54 am
Johann, Sr Strauss: Seufzer-Galopp, Op 9
Boskovsky Ensemble/Willi Boskovsky
The Willi Boskovsky Collection Vol. 2, The Charm of Old Vienna
4:00 am
Giovanni Battista Tibaldi: Trio Sonata in G, Op 2/5
Parnassi musici
Tibaldi
4:05 am
Antonio Vivaldi: Trio Sonata in d, R 63, "La Folia" (Op 1/12)
Rebel
Antonio Vivaldi: Shades of Red
4:15 am
Jacques Ibert: "Cinq pièces en Trio"
#2
Chicago Chamber Musicians
20th Century French Wind Trios
4:17 am
Ludwig van Beethoven: Triple Concerto in C, Op 56
Barcelona Trio; English Chamber Orch/Edmon Colomer
Beethoven
4:55 am
Dufaut: Lute Suite in a
"Gigue"
Hopkinson Smith
François Dufaut
5:00 am
Johann Strauss II: Ritter Pasman, Op. 441
"Eva-Walzer"
Vienna Phil/Christian Thielemann
New Year's concert in Vienna
5:05 am
Isaac Albéniz: Piano Sonata #5
Albert Guinovart, p
Albéniz
5:29 am
Spanish ANON 15th c: Que faray ie mal fortune
The Dufay Collective
Cancionero- Music For The Spanish Court 1470-1520
5:30 am
Johann Strauss II: "Ägyptischer Marsch (Egyptian March)," Op. 335
Vienna Phil/Christian Thielemann
New Year's concert in Vienna
5:35 am
Giuseppe Verdi: "Aida"
Triumphal March
New York Phil/Leonard Bernstein
Leonard Bernstein: The Encore Collection Vol 2
5:41 am
Gioachino Rossini: String Sonata No. 1 in G
Ensemble Explorations/Roel Dieltiens
Rossini: Sonate A Quattro
5:53 am
Nino Rota: "Seven Pieces for Children"
#3
Danielle Laval, p
Nino Rota
6:00 - 10:00 am
6:00 am
Morning Program
6:00 am
Hosted by Jan Weller.
6:04 am
Anton Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 in E-Flat, "Romantic"
III. Scherzo, "Sehr lebhaft"
Royal Concertgebouw Orch/Bernard Haitink
Bruckner: The Symphonies
6:15 am
Friedrich Hartmann Graf: Quintet in E-Flat
Ensemble Schönbrunn
Graf: Out of the Shadow of the Masters
6:25 am
George Frideric Handel: "Partenope"
Overture
Concerto Köln/Luca Quintavalle
Mirrors
6:33 am
Gustavo Campa: "Mélodie pour violon et orchestre," Op 1
Daniel Andai, v; Phil Orch of the Americas/Alondra de la Parra
Mi Alma Mexicana
6:39 am
Antonín Dvořák: String Quartet No. 13 in G, Op. 106
II. "Adagio ma non troppo"
Pavel Haas Quartet
Dvořák: String Quartets Nos. 12 & 13
6:50 am
Peter Tchaikovsky: "Marche slave," Op. 31
Russian National Orch/Mikhail Pletnev
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 'Pathétique', Marche Slave
7:03 am
Aaron Copland: "Rodeo"
"Saturday Night Waltz"
Buffalo Phil Orch/JoAnn Falletta
Aaron Copland: Four Dances from Rodeo; The Red Pony (Suite); Prairie Journal; Letter from Home
7:08 am
Dmitri Kabalevsky: Spring Games and Dances, Op. 81
Kirsten Johnson, p
Kabalevsky: A Recital of Concert Pieces
7:17 am
Johann Baptist Vanhal: Symphony in A
IV. Finale, "Allegro"
Prague Chamber Orch/Oldřich Vlček
Jan Křtitel Vaňhal: Symphonies in A major, G minor, D major
7:22 am
Marin Marais: "L'Arabesque"
Spectre de la Rose
Marin Marais, Sainte-Colombe, Spectre De La Rose - The Greatest Masterworks
7:31 am
Johann Christian Bach: Sinfonia (Overture) in E-Flat for double orchestra, Op. 18/1
English Sym Orch/William Boughton
JC Bach: Six Grand Overtures, Op. 18
7:42 am
Paul Hindemith: "Suite of French Dances"
Philharmonia Orch/José Serebrier
Hindemith: Violin Concerto; Kammermusik No. 4; Suite of French Dances; Concerto for Orchestra
7:52 am
Maurice Ravel: "Menuet antique"
Cleveland Orch/Pierre Boulez
Maurice Ravel, Claude Debussy
8:03 am
Louise Farrenc: Sextet for piano and winds in C minor, Op. 40
III. "Allegro vivace"
Linos Ensemble
Farrenc: Piano Trios and Sextet
8:11 am
Jules Massenet: "Thaïs"
Meditation
Anne-Sophie Mutter, v; Berlin Phil/Herbert von Karajan
The Very Best of Anne-Sophie Mutter
8:19 am
Antonio Vivaldi: Bassoon Concerto in C minor, R. 480
Sergio Azzolini, bn; L'Aura Soave Cremona
Vivaldi: Bassoon Concertos, Volume III
8:31 am
Sergei Bortkiewicz: Three Waltzes, Op 27
Pierre Huybregts, p
Piano Works of Sergei Bortkiewicz
8:43 am
Florence Price: String Quartet in G (unfinished)
II. "Andante moderato"
Catalyst Quartet
Uncovered, Vol. 2: Florence Price
8:52 am
Alexander Borodin: "In the Steppes of Central Asia"
Armenian Phil Orch/Loris Tjeknavorian
Borodin Edition
9:05 am
George Gershwin: Piano Concerto in F
III. Finale, "Allegro agitato"
Hélène Grimaud, p; Baltimore Sym Orch/David Zinman
Gershwin, Ravel: Piano Concertos
9:14 am
Johann David Heinichen: Dresden Concerto in G, S 217
Musica Antiqua Cologne/Reinhard Goebel
Heinichen: Dresden Concerti
9:29 am
Richard Bissill: Three Dance Sketches
No. 3, "Tango"
Chicago Harp Quartet
Dance Sketches
9:34 am
Ludwig van Beethoven: Cello Sonata No. 4 in C, Op. 102, No. 1
Wendy Warner, vc; Irina Nuzova, p
Live from WFMT: Wendy Warner & Irina Nuzova (November 29, 2010)
9:50 am
Carl Maria von Weber: "Invitation to the Dance," Op. 65
Cleveland Orch/Christoph von Dohnányi
Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique/ Weber: Invitation to the Dance
10:00 am - 3:00 pm
10:00 am
Midday with Lisa Flynn
Including the "Daily Excursion" at 11:00 am and "Music in Chicago" at 12:00 pm.
10:00 am
Hosted by Kristina Lynn.
10:00 am
Joseph Bologne (Chevalier de Saint-Georges): "Concertante" Quartet No. 6 in B-Flat
Arabella String Quartet
Bologne: Six Concertante Quartets
10:10 am
Johann Strauss II: "Emperor Waltz," Op. 437
Vienna Phil/Nikolaus Harnoncourt
New Year's Concert 2003
10:24 am
Frédéric Chopin: Variations on Mozart's "Là ci darem la mano," Op. 2
Daniil Trifonov, p
Chopin Evocations
10:42 am
Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck: Variations on "Mein junges Leben hat ein End"
Washington Saxophone Quartet
Looking Bach: Baroque and Before
10:48 am
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: "Hamburg" Symphony No. 4 in A, Wq 182/4
Gli Incogniti/Amandine Beyer
Beyond the Limits: Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach Complete String Symphonies
11:00 am
Antonín Dvořák: "From the Bohemian Forest," Op. 68
V. "Silent Woods"
Yo-Yo Ma, vc; Boston Sym Orch/Seiji Ozawa
Dvořák in Prague (A Celebration)
11:08 am
Jean-Philippe Rameau: "Nouvelles suite de pièces de clavecin" (1728)
"Gavotte avec six doubles"
Bruce Liu, p
Waves
11:16 am
Johann Sebastian Bach: Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 582
BBC Phil/Sir Andrew Davis
King of Kings: Bach Orchestral Transcriptions
11:30 am
Paul McCartney: "A Leaf"
London Sym Orch/Lawrence Foster
Working Classical
11:43 am
Emilio Pujol: "Trois morceaux espagnols"
Mattias Jacobsson, g
Invocación
11:55 am
Scott Joplin: "Searchlight Rag"
William Albright, p
The Complete Rags of Scott Joplin
12:00 pm
Florence Price: "Dances in the Canebrakes"
Chicago Sinfonietta/Mei-Ann Chen
Project W
12:11 pm
Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 83 in G minor, "The Hen"
London Mozart Players/Jane Glover
Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 83 "The Hen", 84 & 88/Jane Glover
12:35 pm
John Williams: "War Horse"
"Dartmoor, 1912"
Vienna Phil/John Williams
John Williams Live in Vienna - Live Edition
12:43 pm
Heitor Villa-Lobos: "Valsa da dor"
Silvie Cheng, p
Chorinho
12:50 pm
Alice Mary Smith: Symphony in C minor
IV. Allegro maestoso
London Mozart Players/Howard Shelley
Alice Mary Smith: Symphonies
1:00 pm
Johann Sebastian Bach: "Brandenburg" Concerto No. 1 in F Major, BWV 1046
English Concert/Trevor Pinnock
Panorama: Bach
1:21 pm
Tobias Krebs: "Suite panamericana"
III. "Kind of Latin"
Guitarra a Seis
Works for Guitar Sextet
1:27 pm
Inocente Carreño: "Margariteña"
Simón Bolívar Sym Orch/Maximiano Valdés
Caramelos Latinos
1:42 pm
Peter Tchaikovsky: String Quartet No. 1 in D, Op. 11
II. "Andante cantabile"
Pieter Wispelwey, vc; German Chamber Phil Bremen/Daniel Sepec
Tchaikovsky, Saint-Saens, Bruch
1:50 pm
Jean Sibelius: Symphony No. 5 in E-Flat, Op. 82
Finale, "Allegro molto"
Gothenburg Sym Orch/Neeme Järvi
Sibelius: The Seven Symphonies, etc
2:00 pm
Johannes Brahms: Rhapsody in G minor, Op. 79, No. 2
Hélène Grimaud, p
Reflection
2:07 pm
Alexander Glazunov: Concert Waltz No. 1 in D, Op. 47
Philharmonia Orch/Yevgeny Svetlanov
Rimsky-Korsakov, Arensky, Glazunov
2:18 pm
Georg Philipp Telemann: Overture (Suite) in B-Flat, "Völker"
La Stravaganza Cologne
Telemann: Orchestral Suites
2:44 pm
Ēriks Ešenvalds: "Stars"
Cantus
The COVID-19 Sessions
2:51 pm
James Stephenson: "The Storyteller"
Bowden & Dash, tr's; Lam, v; Chicago Youth Sym Orch/Tinkham
Storyteller: Contemporary Concertos for Trumpet
3:00 - 7:00 pm
3:00 pm
Afternoon Music with Candice Agree
Including "Friday Afternoon at the Movies" at 4:30pm and "The Unrush Hour" at 5:00 pm.
3:00 pm
Marianna Martines: Sinfonia in C
Women's Phil/JoAnn Falletta
Baroquen Treasures
3:17 pm
Darius Milhaud: "Le boeuf sur le toit," Op. 58
"Cinéma-Fantaisie," Op. 58b
Manon Galy, v; Jorge González Buajasán, p
Nuits Parisiennes
3:38 pm
Sergei Rachmaninoff: "The Isle of the Dead," Op. 29
Philadelphia Orch/Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Rachmaninov: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 3; The Isle of the Dead
4:00 pm
Maurice Ravel: "Ma mère l'Oye (Mother Goose)"
Suite
Philharmonia Orch/Geoffrey Simon
Ravel: Five O'Clock Foxtrot, Bolero, La Valse
4:18 pm
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: "Le coq d'or"
I. King Dodon in his Palace
Boston Pops Orch/Arthur Fiedler
Hi-Fi Fiedler
4:30 pm
Hugo Friedhofer: "The Best Years of Our Lives"
Main Title
London Phil Orch/Franco Collura
The Best Years of Our Lives - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
4:31 pm
Hugo Friedhofer: "The Best Years of Our Lives"
"The Elevator; Boone City; Peggy"
London Phil Orch/Franco Collura
The Best Years of Our Lives - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
4:35 pm
Hugo Friedhofer: "The Best Years of Our Lives"
"The Nightmare"
London Phil Orch/Franco Collura
The Best Years of Our Lives - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
4:42 pm
Hugo Friedhofer: "The Best Years of Our Lives"
Theme
London Sym Orch/John Williams
The Hollywood Sound
4:46 pm
Antonio Pasculli: "Homage to Bellini"
Hansjörg Schellenberger, eh; Margit-Anna Süss, h
Duo Recital
5:00 pm
George Enescu: Romanian Rhapsody in A, Op. 11, No. 1
Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel
Symphonic Spectacular
5:12 pm
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Andante in C, K. 315
Lisa Beznosiuk, f; Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood
Mozart: Flute and Harp, Flute, Bassoon Concerti
5:18 pm
John Dowland: "Fine knacks for ladies"
Alex Liedtke, ob; Jordan Thomas, h
A New Renaissance
5:20 pm
Alexander Kastalsky: "Blessed are they"
Clarion Choir/Steven Fox
Kastalsky: Memory Eternal
5:26 pm
Jean Sibelius: Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47
Augustin Hadelich, v; Royal Liverpool Phil Orch/Hannu Lintu
Sibelius & Adès: Violin Concertos
6:00 pm
Manuel Ponce: Guitar Sonata No. 3
Christopher Laughlin, g
Danza!
6:16 pm
Florence Price: String Quartet in G (unfinished)
Catalyst Quartet
Uncovered, Vol. 2: Florence Price
6:35 pm
Ottorino Respighi: "The Birds"
Atlanta Sym Orch/Louis Lane
Classical Zoo
7:00 pm
7:00 pm
Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin
Les Six
The members of the anti-Wagner and anti-Impressionist group of 1920’s Montparnasse called "Les Six" were Georges Auric (1899–1983), Louis Durey (1888–1979), Arthur Honegger (1892–1955), Darius Milhaud (1892–1974), Francis Poulenc (1899–1963), and Germaine Tailleferre (1892–1983).
8:00 - 11:00 pm
8:00 pm
Evening Music
8:01 pm
Peter Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D, Op. 35
Jascha Heifetz, v; Chicago Sym Orch/Fritz Reiner
Brahms & Tchaikovsky: Violin Concertos
8:32 pm
Richard Strauss: Wind Sonatina No. 2 in E-flat, Op. 143, "Happy Workshop"
IV. Finale, Andante und Allegro
Haffner Wind Ensemble/Richard Hickox
Strauss: Oboe Concerto, Sonatina No. 2
8:48 pm
Heinrich von Biber: Violin Sonata No. 6 in C minor
Brecon Baroque/Rachel Podger, v
Just Biber
9:01 pm
Lili Boulanger: "Vieille prière bouddhique"
Michel Sénéchal, t; Elisabeth Brasseur Cho, Lamoureux Orch/Igor Markevitch
Boulanger: Du Fond de L'Abime / Igor Markevitch
9:10 pm
Franciszek Lessel: Wind Sextet No. 4 in E-Flat
Consortium Classicum
Franciszek Lessel: Wind Sextets
9:34 pm
Leoš Janáček: "Idyll" (1878)
Rotterdam Phil Orch/James Conlon
Leoš Janáček: Lachian Dances, Idyll
10:03 pm
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: "The Marriage of Figaro," K. 492
Overture
English Baroque Soloists/John Eliot Gardiner
Discover Mozart
10:08 pm
Bedřich Smetana: String Quartet No. 1 in E minor, "From My Life"
Guarneri Quartet
Smetana, Dvořák: String Quartets
10:35 pm
Johann Sebastian Bach: Orchestra Suite No. 3 in D, BWV 1068
Boston Baroque/Martin Pearlman
The Complete Orchestral Suites
10:53 pm
Alfred Schnittke: "Gratulationsrondo"
Daniel Hope, v; Alexey Botvinov, p
Schnittke: Works for Violin and Piano
11:00 pm
11:00 pm
Best of Studs Terkel
This Train, Part 2 (c. 1963)
Part two of “This Train,” WFMT’s annual remembrance of the 1963 civil rights March on Washington. Studs joined hundreds of Chicagoans on a train bound for Washington, D.C. He recorded their thoughts and experiences on his portable tape recorder, and wove those historic voices into this award-winning documentary.
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