Playlist for Friday, October 24, 2025

Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff

6:00 am

Morning Program

7:00 am

WFMT Membership Drive

Until 7:00 pm. Enjoy the best classical music through the day with your favorite WFMT personalities and special guests, and support the music you love by calling (773) 279-2100 or by visiting wfmt.com.

2:00 pm

Afternoon Music with Candice Agree

Including "The Unrush Hour" at 5:00 pm.

7:00 pm

Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin

Symphonies Numbered Nine

Bill takes a cross-section of the art form with symphonies numbered “nine.” These are varied works by seasoned composers, ranging from the young Mozart to the older Beethoven and into the nineteenth century, with compositions by Roger Sessions and Roy Harris. And for fun, we’ll hear Papa Haydn’s Symphonies Nos. 9 and 99.

8:00 pm

Evening Music

11:00 pm

Best of Studs Terkel

Music of the Great Depression (2/27/1992)

October 29, 1929 – Black Tuesday – the day of the colossal crash of the stock market which preceded the worldwide, decade-long, economic financial crisis known as the Great Depression. Studs first presented this hour of music from the era in 1992.