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      Playlist for Saturday, October 19, 2024

      12:00 am - 12:00 pm

      12:00 am

      Julie Pinel: "Boccages frais"

      La Donna Musicale
      The Pleasure of Love and Libation

      La Donna Musicale LA-07103

      12:05 am

      Amy (Mrs HHA) Beach: Nocturne, Op 107

      Joanne Polk, p
      Fire - Flies

      Arabesque Z-6721

      12:08 am

      Elizabeth Walton Vercoe: "Four Humors"

      Chester Brezniak, cl; Jeffrey Chappell, p
      Clarinet Now

      Centaur CRC-2663

      12:20 am

      Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre: Prelude in a

      La Donna Musicale

      La Donna Musicale 2005

      12:22 am

      Carl Nielsen: Symphony #2, Op 16, "The Four Temperaments"

      San Francisco Sym Orch/Herbert Blomstedt
      Symphonies 2 & 3

      London 430280-2

      12:54 am

      Niels Gade: Four Fantasy PIeces. Op 41

      #3, "Eventyr"

      Anker Blyme, p
      Gade: Complete Edition, Vol. 3

      Da Capo DCCD-9117

      1:00 am

      Georg Philipp Telemann: Canonic Sonata #3 in D, Op 5/3

      Villaume Duo
      Sonatas For Two

      Orpheum Masters KSP-810

      1:05 am

      Georg Philipp Telemann: Oboe Partita #5 in e

      Bert Lucarelli, ob; Gerald Ranck, hc; Alan Brown, bn

      Well-Tempered Productions WTP-5169

      1:14 am

      George Frideric Handel: Flute Sonata in F, Op. 1, No. 11

      Paula Robison, f; Kenneth Cooper, hc; Timothy Eddy, vc

      Vanguard SVC-102/03 (2)

      1:21 am

      George Frideric Handel: "Messiah"

      Chorus, "Glory to God"

      St Martin's Academy Cho, Orch/Neville Marriner
      Messiah

      Philips 434695-2 (2)

      1:23 am

      Robert Schumann: Piano Concerto in a minor, Op. 54

      Alfred Brendel, p; Vienna Philharmonic/Sir Simon Rattle
      Brendel: Live In Vienna

      Decca 483 3288

      1:54 am

      Robert Schumann: "Minnespiel," Op 101

      Duet, "Die tausend Grüsse"

      Geraldine McGreevy, s; Adrian Thompson, t; Graham Johnson, p

      Hyperion CDJ-33111

      2:00 am

      Bohuslav Martinu: "Trois esquisses" (1927)

      Giorgio Koukl, p
      Eight Preludes • Dance Sketches • Window On The Garden

      Naxos 8.557914

      2:05 am

      Antonin Dvorák: String Serenade in E, Op. 22

      St Paul Chamber Orch/Hugh Wolff
      Serenades for String and Wind Instruments

      Teldec 46315-2

      2:35 am

      Antonin Dvorák: "Ciganske Melodie (Gypsy Melodies)," Op 55

      #6, "Wide Sleeves and Loose Trousers"

      Dagmar Peckova, ms; Irwin Gage, p

      Supraphon SU-34372231

      2:37 am

      Bohuslav Martinu: Flute Sonata #1 (1945)

      Keith Bryan, f; Karen Keys, p

      Premier PRCD-1053

      2:55 am

      Bohuslav Martinu: "Dance Sketches"

      #1

      Giorgio Koukl, p
      Eight Preludes • Dance Sketches • Window On The Garden

      Naxos 8.557914

      3:00 am

      Maurice Ravel: Duo pour violon et violoncello (Tombeau de Claude Debussy)

      Pavlina Dokovska, p

      Labor LAB-7032-2

      3:05 am

      Maurice Ravel: "Le tombeau de Couperin"

      London Sinfonia/Richard Hickox

      Virgin 90765-2

      3:22 am

      Louis Couperin: "Le Tombeau de M de Blancrocher"

      Robert Conant, hc (Taskin instrument)

      FBM 01

      3:25 am

      Francois Couperin: "Les Nations"

      "La Piémontoise": Gigue

      European Baroque Soloists
      Couperin: Les Nations

      Denon 81757-4408-2 (2)

      3:26 am

      Anton Arensky: Piano Concerto in F, Op 2

      Richard Alston, p; Czech National Sym Orch/Paul Freeman
      Anton Arensky: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 2

      Centaur CRC-2307

      3:54 am

      Victor Herbert: "A la Valse"

      Jascha Heifetz, v; Milton Kaye, p
      The Decca Masters, Vol. 2: Gershwin, Foster, Weill, Berlin

      MCA Classics MCAD-42212

      4:00 am

      Mischa Levitski: "The Enchanted Nymph"

      Stephen Hough, p
      The Piano Album

      Virgin 59304-2

      4:04 am

      Anatol Liadov: "The Enchanted Lake," Op 62

      Long Beach Sym Orch/JoAnn Falletta
      Impressions of the Sea

      Albany TROY-364

      4:12 am

      Anatol Liadov: "Baba-Yaga (Russian Folk Tale)," Op 56

      Leningrad Phil/Evgeny Mravinsky
      Mravinsky Live

      Russian Disc RDCD-10902

      4:15 am

      Anatol Liadov: "Kikimora (Russian Folk Tale)," Op 63

      Russian National Orch/Mikhail Pletnev
      The Enchanted Kingdom

      DG 447084-2

      4:23 am

      Howard Hanson: "For the First Time" (1963)

      #9, "Kikimora"

      Eastman Philharmonia/Howard Hanson
      Howard Hanson - The Composer And His Orchestra

      Mercury 434370-2 (2)

      4:24 am

      Amy (Mrs HHA) Beach: Violin Sonata

      Joseph Silverstein, v; Gilbert Kalish, p
      Music of Amy Beach/ Arthur Foote/ Arthur Farwell/ Preston Ware Orem

      New World 80542-2

      4:53 am

      Anatol Liadov: Fanfare #2

      Mexico City Phil/Enrique Bàtiz
      The Enchanted Lake & Other Orchestral Works

      ASV CDDCA-657

      4:53 am

      Anatol Liadov: Fanfare #3

      Mexico City Phil/Enrique Bàtiz
      The Enchanted Lake & Other Orchestral Works

      ASV CDDCA-657

      5:00 am

      Edouard Lalo: "Namouna" (1882)

      "Prélude"

      Detroit Sym Orch/Paul Paray
      Paray Conducts Chausson, Lalo, And Barraud

      Mercury 434389-2

      5:05 am

      Henri Rabaud: "Mârouf, Cobbler of Cairo"

      Ballet Music

      Rheinland-Pfalz Phil/Leif Segerstam
      RABAUD : Orchestral Works

      Marco Polo 8.223503

      5:19 am

      Georges Bizet: "Djamileh"

      Prelude

      Bavarian Radio Sym Orch/Lamberto Gardelli
      Bizet: Djamileh

      Orfeo C-174881-A

      5:24 am

      Leo Délibes: "Lakmé"

      Prelude

      Opera-Comique National Theater Orch/Alain Lombard

      EMI/Ang CDC7-49430-2 (2)

      5:27 am

      Edouard Lalo: "Namouna" (1882)

      "Sérénade"

      Detroit Sym Orch/Paul Paray
      Paray Conducts Chausson, Lalo, And Barraud

      Mercury 434389-2

      5:29 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No.21 in C, Op 53, "Waldstein"

      Vladimir Horowitz, p
      Horowitz - Beethoven Sonatas 14, 21 & 23

      RCA 60375-2-RG

      5:54 am

      Jean-Philippe Rameau: "Acante et Céphise" (1751)

      "Air vif pour les Esprits Acriens"

      Orch of the 18th Century/Frans Brüggen
      Rameau: Acante Et Céphise, Les Fêtes D'Hébé

      Glossa GCD-921103

      6:00 am

      Frederick Delius: "Hassan" (1920-23)

      Intermezzo and Serenade

      Robert Tear, t; Hallé Orch/Sir John Barbirolli

      EMI/Ang ZDMB5-65119-2 (2)

      6:05 am

      Ernest John Moeran: Serenade in G

      Northern Sinfonia/Richard Hickox

      EMI CDM7-64721-2

      6:19 am

      Ralph Vaughan Williams: "Serenade to Music"

      London Phil/Vernon Handley
      Vaughan Williams & Delius -- London Philharmonic / Handley

      Chandos CHAN-8330

      6:30 am

      WFMT membership drive programming

      Until 12:00pm.

      6:36 am

      Nino Rota: "Romeo and Juliet"

      Love Theme

      City of Prague Phil Orch/Nic Raine
      Franco Zeffirelli's Romeo and Juliet - Nino Rota

      Silva SSD-1140

      6:42 am

      Antonio Vivaldi: "The Four Seasons: Autumn," RV. 293

      I. "Allegro"

      Francisco Fullana, v; Apollo's Fire/Jeannette Sorrell
      Vivaldi: The Four Seasons, La Folia

      Avie AV-2485

      6:51 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 26 in E-flat, Op. 81a, "Les Adieux"

      III. "Das Wiedersehen"

      Matthew Hagle, p
      Live from WFMT: Matthew Hagle plays Beethoven Sonatas

      WFMT (rel. Fall 2019)

      12:00 - 4:00 pm

      12:00 pm

      From Aix-en-Provence Festival

      Rameau's Samson

      Jarrett Ott (Samson); Jacquelyn Stucker (Dalila); Lea Desandre (Timna); Nahuel Di Pierro (Achisch); Laurence Kilsby (Elon); Julie Roset (The Angel); Pygmalion Chorus and Orchestra; Raphaël Pichon, conductor. Sung in French.

      2:30 pm

      Saturday Afternoon Music with Jan Weller

      2:31 pm

      Franz Schubert: String Quartet No. 14 in D minor, D. 810, "Death and the Maiden"

      I. "Allegro"

      LGT Young Soloists/Alexander Gilman
      Schubert: String Quartet No. 14; Ichmouratov: Concerto Grosso No. 3

      Naxos 8.579165

      2:44 pm

      Rinaldo Alessandrini: Partita for traverso in D after Bach

      Laura Pontecorvo, f; Concerto Italiano/Rinaldo Alessandrini
      More Bach, Please!

      Naïve OP-8454

      3:00 pm

      Frédéric Chopin: Variations on "Là ci darem la mano" from Mozart's "Don Giovanni", Op. 2

      Orion Weiss, p; The Orchestra Now/Leon Botstein
      Piano Protagonists

      Bridge 9547

      3:20 pm

      Stanisław Moniuszko: "Halka"

      "Mazurka"

      Berlin Radio Sym Orch/Mieczysław Mierzejewski
      Stanisław Moniuszko: Halka - Grand Opera Highlights

      DG DGM-12024

      3:26 pm

      Cécile Chaminade: Piano Trio No. 1 in G minor, Op. 11

      Sarah Jégou-Sageman, v; Jeein You, vc; Martina Consonni, p
      Fondation Gautier Capuçon présente Sarah Jégou-Sageman, violin; Jeein You, cello; Martina Consonni, piano

      Erato 5419764269

      3:49 pm

      Johannes Brahms: "Academic Festival" Overture, Op. 80

      NFM Wrocław Phil/Giancarlo Guerrero
      Brahms: Symphony No. 1 & Academic Festival Overture

      CD Accord ACD-277

      4:00 pm

      4:00 pm

      Listening to Singers with Oliver Camacho

      A survey of Polish opera singers including Piotr Beczała, Aleksandra Kurzak, Mariusz Kwiecień, Iwona Sobotka, and the late Ewa Podleś.

      5:00 - 7:00 pm

      5:00 pm

      Saturday Evening Music with Jan Weller

      5:02 pm

      Grażyna Bacewicz: "Mazovian Dance"

      Raphaela Gromes, vc; Julian Riem, p
      Femmes

      Sony 19658710712

      5:07 pm

      Georg Philipp Telemann: "Partie polonaise," TWV 39:1

      Holland Baroque
      Telemann: Polonoise

      Pentatone PTC-5186878

      5:21 pm

      Antonín Dvořák: "Rusalka," Op. 114

      "Song to the Moon"

      Joshua Bell, v; Orch of St. Luke's/Michael Stern
      Voice of the Violin

      Sony SK-97779-2

      5:28 pm

      Michael Torke: "An American Abroad"

      Royal Scottish National Orch/Marin Alsop
      Torke: Rapture, An American Abroad, Jasper

      Naxos 8.559167

      5:51 pm

      Meyer/Thile/Duncan: "Less is Moi"

      Stuart Duncan, plectrum banjo; Chris Thile, man; Yo-Yo Ma, vc; Edgar Meyer, db
      Edgar Meyer, double bass,
      The Goat Rodeo Sessions

      Sony 84118-2

      6:00 pm

      Henryk Wieniawski: "Polonaise brillante" No. 2 in A, Op. 21

      Maxim Vengerov, v; Ian Brown, p
      Kreisler, Paganini, Sarasate, Wieniawski

      EMI CDC5-57916-2

      6:11 pm

      George Frideric Handel: "Dixit Dominus"

      Finale, "Gloria Patri et Filio"

      Music of the Baroque Cho & Orch/Nicholas Kraemer

      Music of the Baroque CD-2020

      6:20 pm

      Leoš Janáček: String Quartet No. 1, "The Kreutzer Sonata"

      The Knights/Eric Jacobsen
      The Kreutzer Project

      Avie AV-2555

      6:39 pm

      Lukas Foss: Three American Pieces

      Nikki Chooi, v; Buffalo Phil Orch/JoAnn Falletta
      American Classics - Lukas Foss

      Naxos 8.559938

      6:53 pm

      Victor Young: "When I Fall in Love"

      Daniil Trifonov, p
      My American Story: North

      DG 4865756

      6:56 pm

      Johnny Green: "I Cover the Waterfront"

      Daniil Trifonov, p
      My American Story: North

      DG 4865756

      7:00 pm

      7:00 pm

      Sounds Classical

      In this Fall Membership Drive episode, hosts LaRob K. Rafael and Kristina Lynn share some of their favorite recordings while shining a spotlight on WFMT’s mission.

      8:00 pm

      Folkstage hosted by Marilyn Rea Beyer

      From the archives: Highlights of live broadcasts including selections by Jack Hardy and David Massengill, Peggy Seeger, and by Garnet Rogers and Archie Fisher who turns 85 this month.

      8:02 pm

      Connie Kaldor: A Poodle in Paris (live)

      Connie Kaldor w/Paul & Gabriel Campagne
      Folkstage - Connie Kaldor Fox Valley Festival Preview 8.41.2024 (excerpt)

      WFMT 8.31.2024

      8:06 pm

      Burning Bridget Cleary: Oh My Little Darling / Fire on the Mountain / Orange Blossom Special (Rouse)

      Burning Bridget Cleary (Rose & Lou Baldino, Amy Beshara, Pete Trezzi)
      Folkstage - Burning Bridget Cleary 9.20.2014 (excerpt)

      WFMT 9.20.2014

      8:15 pm

      Jack Hardy & David Massengill: Reason to Believe (Hardin)

      Jack Hardy & David Massengill: The Folk Brothers
      Folkstage - The Folk Brothers 9.5.2009 (excerpt)

      WFMT 9.5.2009

      8:18 pm

      Peggy Seeger: Mother's Child

      Peggy Seeger
      Folkstage - Peggy Seeger 11.6.1999 (excerpt)

      WFMT 11.6.1999

      8:27 pm

      Archie Fisher & Garnet Rogers: All That You Ask Me (Goss)

      Archie Fisher & Garnet Rogers
      Folkstage - Archie Fisher & Garnet Rogers 4.12.2014 (excerpt)

      WFMT 4.12.2014

      8:31 pm

      Raye Zaragoza: Joy Revolution (live)

      Raye Zaragoza
      Folkstage - Raye Zaragoza 3.30.2024 (Peter Pan + More excerpt)

      WFMT 3.30.2024

      8:36 pm

      Bill Larkin: Chicago Subway Song

      Bill Larkin
      Folkstage - Comedy Hour 9.21.2024 (excerpt)

      WFMT 9.21.2024

      8:42 pm

      Devo Spice: New Math

      Devo Spice
      The FuMP Desecrates Tom Lehrer

      thefump.com FuMP282

      8:50 pm

      Connie Kaldor: Come All You Women

      Connie Kaldor w/Paul & Gabriel Campagne
      Folkstage - Connie Kaldor Fox Valley Festival Preview 8.31.2024 (excerpt)

      WFMT 8.31.2024

      9:00 pm - 12:00 am

      9:00 pm

      The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer

      Highlights of the Chicago folk and singer/songwriter scene from the early days of The Midnight Special to the present.

      9:00 pm

      Traditional: "Midnight Special"

      Leadbelly
      Midnight Special

      RCA Victor LPV-505

      9:04 pm

      House of Hamill: Into the Golden

      House of Hamill
      Wildfire

      Smokejumper 8012024

      9:08 pm

      Connie Kaldor: Keep Going

      Connie Kaldor
      Keep Going

      Coyote Entertainment GEGCD1080

      9:16 pm

      Bonnie Koloc with Don Stille: Men Are Like Streetcars (Howard)

      Bonnie Koloc with Don Stille
      Folkstage - Bonnie Koloc March 2006

      WFMT 3.18.2006

      9:20 pm

      Susan Werner Band: "Chicago Any Day"

      Susan Werner Band
      Live at the Center for the Arts in Natick

      Sleeve Dog 8 84501 59423 3 Disk 2

      9:30 pm

      Big Bill Broonzy: "The Glory of Love" (Billy Hill)

      Big Bill Broonzy
      Big Bill Broonzy Sings Folk Songs

      Folkways FA 2328

      9:33 pm

      Ernie Hendrickson: Do It For Love

      Ernie Hendrickson
      Roll On

      Lo-Hi Records 8 77319 00811 5

      9:42 pm

      House of Hamill: Wildfire

      House of Hamill
      Wildfire

      Smokejumper Records 8012024

      9:46 pm

      Connie Kaldor: Solo Clarinet

      Connie Kaldor
      Keep Going

      Coyote Entertainment GEGCD1080

      9:54 pm

      Jim Post: Uncle John's Farm

      Jim Post
      Mark Twain and the Laughing River

      Woodside Ave.WA 006-2CD WA 006-2CD

      9:57 pm

      Mark Dvorak: It'll Be Better When It's Better

      Mark Dvorak
      Time Ain't Got Nothin' on Me

      Waterbug WB0098

      10:00 pm

      Memphis Minnie: In My Girlish Days

      Memphis Minnie
      Blues Guitar Women, Disk 2

      Ruf Records 1110 Disk 2

      10:02 pm

      Naomi Ashley: God Bless the Naive

      Naomi Ashley
      single

      naomiashley.com 7.22.2021

      10:10 pm

      Jim Post: Lily White

      Jim Post
      Jim Post & Friends

      Flying Fish FF70419Cd

      10:14 pm

      The Sweet Maries: Black is the Color (Trad.)

      The Sweet Maries
      The Sweet Maries

      Wild Fuchsia Music WFSM01

      10:22 pm

      Connie Kaldor: Wild One

      Connie Kaldor
      Keep Going

      Coyote Entertainment GEGCD1080

      10:26 pm

      House of Hamill: Shine

      House of Hamill
      Wildfire

      Smokejumper Records 8012024

      10:35 pm

      Mahalia Jackson: "Beautiful Tomorrow"

      Mahalia Jackson
      Apollo Sessions Vol II (1946-51)

      Apollo Sessions Vol II (1946-51)/Pair PCD-2-1346

      10:38 pm

      Wendy & DB, ft. Anne Harris: Peace in the Valley

      Wendy & DB, ft. Anne Harris
      Back Home

      Tigerlily 7.5.2024

      10:47 pm

      John Prine: "Paradise"

      John Prine
      John Prine

      John Prine | Atlantic 19156-2

      10:50 pm

      Steve Dawson: I Am Glad To Be Alive

      Steve Dawson
      GHOSTS

      Pravda PR6437

      11:00 pm

      Steve Goodman: Death of a Salesman

      Steve Goodman
      Words We Can Dance To

      Elektra 0.00E+00

      11:02 pm

      Robin Bienemann: "TMI"

      Robin Bienemann
      Animal Communicator

      robinb.org [2021]

      11:06 pm

      Aaron Kelly: Talking USPS Blues

      Aaron Kelly
      Letting the Animals Out

      mynameisaaronkelly.com 1.3.2024

      11:14 pm

      Odetta: "The Midnight Special"

      Odetta
      The Tradition Masters, disc 2

      Ryko TCD 1085 2 of 2

      11:16 pm

      Emily White: Radio

      Emily White
      Songs You Didn't Know I Wrote About You

      Squeezed Fresh 1 94171163890

      11:24 pm

      Michael Smith: "Dead Egyptian Blues"

      Michael Smith
      Love Stories

      Love Stories/Flying Fish FFCD 70404

      11:29 pm

      Sons of the Never Wrong: Rings on Your Fingers

      Sons of the Never Wrong
      Church of the Never Wrong

      Waterbug WBG103

      11:37 pm

      Bob Gibson: Joy, Joy, Joy

      Bob Gibson
      Joy Joy! The Young and Wonderful Bob Gibson

      Riverside RVCD-9909-2

      11:39 pm

      Fox Crossing Stringband: Good News (Pafralides)

      Fox Crossing Stringband
      Bluegrass on my Mind

      foxcrossingstringband.com 1 95269 19071 2

      11:48 pm

      Fleming Brown: Rake and a Rambling Blade

      Fleming Brown
      Midnight Special: New Year's Eve 1972, Live Stuff, Disc 2

      WFMT

      11:52 pm

      Jonas Friddle: Let The Mermaids Flirt With Me (Hurt)

      Jonas Friddle
      When the Water Was the Sky

      jonasfriddle1.bandcamp.com 6.13.2024