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      Playlist for Friday, October 25, 2024

      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      Giuseppe Torelli: Sonata à cinque #1 in G

      Ludwig Güttler, tr; New Bach Collegium Musicum/Max Pommer
      Italian Trumpet Concertos

      Capriccio 10020

      12:05 am

      Francesco Maria Veracini: "Ouverture" (Suite) #5 in B-Flat

      Accademia I Filarmonici/Alberto Martini
      Veracini Overtures, Vol 1

      Naxos 8.553413

      12:22 am

      Giacomo Meyerbeer: "Der Fischer und das Milchmädchen"

      "Tableau 12"

      Czech Chamber Phil/Dario Salvi
      Meyerbeer: Overtures and Stage Music

      Naxos 8.574316

      12:23 am

      Giacomo Meyerbeer: "Robert le Diable"

      Ballet of the Nuns

      Barcelona Sym Orch/Michal Nesterowicz
      MEYERBEER, G.: Ballet Music from the Operas (Barcelona Symphony and Catalonia National Orchestra, Nesterowicz)

      Naxos 8.573076

      12:42 am

      Georges Bizet: "Carmen" Suite No. 1

      Montreal Sym Orch
      L'Arlésienne & Carmen Suites

      London 417839-2

      12:54 am

      Giacomo Meyerbeer: "Der Fischer und das Milchmädchen"

      "Tableau 15"

      Czech Chamber Phil/Dario Salvi
      Meyerbeer: Overtures and Stage Music

      Naxos 8.574316

      1:00 am

      Josef Martin Kraus: "Amphitryon"

      "Finale: Allegro"

      L'Arte del Mondo/Werner Ehrhardt
      Kraus: Amphitryon

      Phoenix 111

      1:05 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Violin Sonata in A, K. 526

      Andrew Smith, v; Joshua Pierce, p
      Mozart: The Violin Sonatas

      MSR Classics MS-1800 (6)

      1:29 am

      Josef Martin Kraus: "Fiskarena (The Fishermen)"

      #3

      Swedish Chamber Orch/PetterSundkvist
      KRAUS: Ballet Music

      Naxos 8.557498

      1:31 am

      Josef Martin Kraus: Swedish Dance

      Ronald Brautigam, forte-p
      KRAUS: Piano Music

      BIS CD-1319

      1:34 am

      Tor Aulin: "Swedish Dances," Op 32

      Gävle Sym/Niklas Willen
      Tor Aulin

      Sterling CDS-1050-2

      1:54 am

      Albert Nordström: "Polska"

      Svante Petterson, v
      Fiddlers from Five Provinces

      Caprice CAP-21487

      2:00 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: Valse-Scherzo, Op. 7

      Tchaikovsky: Complete Works for Solo Piano

      Decca 4834417 (10)

      2:05 am

      Igor Stravinsky: "Scherzo fantastique," Op. 3

      St Petersburg Phil/Vladimir Ashkenazy
      Stravinsky: The Complete Ballets and Symphonies

      London 448812-2

      2:16 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: "Choral Fantasy" in c, Op 80

      Vladimir Ashkenazy, p; Cleveland Orch & Cho
      Beethoven: The 5 Piano Concertos

      London 421718-2 (3)

      2:36 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: "Well-Tempered Clavier," Book 2, BWV 870/91

      Prelude No. 19 in A

      Vladimir Ashkenazy, p
      The Well-Tempered Clavier

      London 4756832 (3)

      2:38 am

      Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre: Violin and Continuo Sonata #1 in d

      Lina Tur Benet, v; Kenneth Weiss, hc; Paixi Mentero, viga
      Jacquet de la Guerre

      Verso VRS-2114

      2:54 am

      Antony Holborne: Almain, "The Honeysuckle"

      Canadian Brass
      English Renaissance Music

      CBS MK-45792

      3:00 am

      Gustav Lange: Edelweiss-Idylle, Op 31

      Lars Roos, p
      Poem

      Philips 412998-2

      3:03 am

      F E Vanderbeck: Edelweiss

      Lars Roos, p
      Poem

      Philips 412998-2

      3:05 am

      Franz Anton Hoffmeister: Flute Concerto in C

      Ingrid Dingfelder, f; English Chamber Orch/Laurence Leonard
      Flute Concertos

      ASV CDQS-6012

      3:27 am

      Geoffrey Bush: "Consort Music"

      "Song without words"

      English Northern Philharmonia/David Lloyd-Jones
      ENGLISH STRING MINIATURES, Vol. 2

      Naxos 8.555068

      3:28 am

      Henryk Wieniawski: "Romance sans paroles" in d, Op 9

      Joanna Madroszkiewicz, v; Manfred Wagner-Artzt, p
      Wieniawski: Violin Music

      MD+G Recordings 6030863-2

      3:36 am

      Felix Mendelssohn: "Songs Without Words," Op 53

      Luba Edlina, p
      Mendelssohn: Songs Without Words

      Chandos CHAN-8948/9 (2)

      3:54 am

      Thomas Simpson: Almanda

      Güttler Brass Ensemble/Ludwig Güttler, tr
      English Brass Music of the 17th Century

      Capriccio 10146

      4:00 am

      Edouard Lalo: "Namouna" (1882)

      "La Sieste"

      Suisse Romande Orch/Ernest Ansermet

      London STS-15293

      4:05 am

      Jean-Michel Damase: Flute and Harp Sonata (1964)

      Anna Noakes, f; Gillian Tingay, h
      Damase

      ASV CDDCA-898

      4:25 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: "The Magic Flute," K. 620

      Aria, "Der Vogelfänger bin ich ja"

      Simion Stanciu, pan pipe; Marielle Nordmann, h
      Harpe & Flûte de Pan

      Erato 94824-2

      4:26 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Flute and Harp Concerto in C, K. 299

      R Krimsier, f; Y Kondonassis, h; English Chamber Orch/M Stefanelli
      Mozart: Flute Concertos

      Channel Classics CCS-10297

      4:55 am

      Eduard Strauss: Polka schnell, Bahn frei, Op 45

      Salon Orch
      N/A

      EMI/Ang CDC7-47535-2

      5:00 am

      Sylvius Leopold Weiss: Tombeau sur la mort de M Comte d'Logy

      Andrés Segovia, g
      The Segovia Collection, Vol. 4: The Baroque Guitar

      MCA Classics MCAD-42070

      5:05 am

      Sylvius Leopold Weiss: Lute Concerto in F, SC 9

      Tempesta di Mare/Richard Stone, l
      Weiss: Lute Concerti

      Chandos CHAN-0707

      5:16 am

      Johann Adolph Hasse: Mandolin Concerto in G

      Takashi Ochi, m; Paul Kuentz Chamber Orch/Paul Kuentz
      Hummel, Hasse, Hoffmann: Mandolin Concertos

      Philips 6527098

      5:23 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Minuet I

      Marilynn Mair, m; Mark Davis, g; Susan Thomas, f
      Vienna Nocturne

      North Star NS-0034

      5:24 am

      Jean Sibelius: Symphony No. 5 in E-Flat, Op. 82

      London Sinfonia/Tauno Hannikainen
      Tone Poems. Karelia Suite. Symphonies Nos. 2 & 5

      Seraphim 69134-2 (2)

      5:54 am

      Giovanni Battista Vitali: Passa Galli per la lettera E

      Tragicomedia
      Capritio- Instrumental Music From 17th Century Italy

      Harmonia Mundi HMU-907294

      6:00 am - 7:00 pm

      6:00 am

      Mornings with Lisa Flynn

      Including news and weather on the hour between 6:00 am and 9:00 am; and "Carl’s Almanac" at 7:30 am.

      6:03 am

      Carl Stamitz: Wind Octet No. 1 in B-Flat

      Consortium Classicum
      Carl Stamitz: Wind Symphonies / Consortium Classicum

      CPO 999081-2

      6:14 am

      Girolamo Frescobaldi: "Aria la folia"

      Francesco Tristano, p
      On Early Music

      Sony 19439917392

      6:21 am

      Ambroise Thomas: "Mignon"

      Overture

      Boston Sym Orch/Seiji Ozawa
      Offenbach: Gaîté Parisienne; Gounod: Faust Ballet Music; Chabrier: España; Thomas: Mignon

      DG 423698-2

      6:30 am

      WFMT membership drive programming

      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.

      7:00 pm

      7:00 pm

      Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin

      Shakespeare, William (1564-1616). This week, Bill has programmed musical adaptations of Shakespeare's works for the stage and screen. The queue includes a suite from Mendelssohn’s "A Midsummer Night’s Dream," excerpts from Walton’s "Henry V," song settings by Vaughan Williams and Purcell, and musical versions of "Romeo and Juliet" by Bernstein, Tchaikovsky, and Prokofiev.

      8:00 - 11:00 pm

      8:00 pm

      Friday Evening with Kristina Lynn

      8:01 pm

      Hector Berlioz: "Symphonie fantastique," Op. 14

      Cleveland Orch/Pierre Boulez
      Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique, Tristia

      DG 453432-2

      8:55 pm

      Franz Schubert: "Moments musicaux," D 780

      No. 1 in C

      Shai Wosner, p
      Schubert & Mazzoli

      Onyx 4136

      9:01 pm

      Danny Elfman: "The Nightmare Before Christmas"

      Suite

      London Phil Orch/Dirk Brossé
      The Genius of Film Music: Hollywood Blockbusters 1980s-2000s

      LPO 0110

      9:10 pm

      Charlotte Sohy: "Octobre," Op. 23, No. 1

      Héloïse Luzzati, vc; Célia Oneto Bensaid, p
      Charlotte Sohy, Compositrice de la Belle Epoque

      La Boîte à Pépites BAP01.03

      9:16 pm

      Engelbert Humperdinck: "Hansel and Gretel"

      "Dream Pantomime"

      Royal Phil Orch/Rudolf Kempe
      Rudolf Kempe - Artist Profile

      EMI CDZB5-68736-2 (2)

      9:22 pm

      Engelbert Humperdinck: "Hansel and Gretel"

      "Witch's Waltz"

      Royal Phil Orch/Rudolf Kempe
      Rudolf Kempe - Artist Profile

      EMI CDZB5-68736-2 (2)

      9:26 pm

      Florence Price: Piano Quintet in A minor

      Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective
      American Quintets

      Chandos CHAN-20224

      9:54 pm

      Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst: Grand Caprice on Schubert's "Erlkönig," Op. 26

      Rachel Barton Pine, v
      Instrument of the Devil

      Cedille CDR-90000041

      10:01 pm

      Igor Stravinsky: "Petrushka"

      IV. "The Shrovetide Fair (Evening)"

      Les Siècles/François-Xavier Roth
      Ballets Russes

      Harmonia Mundi HMX-2905342.43 (2)

      10:15 pm

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Fugue in G minor, BWV 578, "Little"

      Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
      For Thy Pleasure

      Delos DE-3205

      10:19 pm

      William Bolcom: "Graceful Ghost" Rag

      Leon Fleisher & Katherine Jacobson, p
      Four Hands

      Sony Classical 88875064162

      10:24 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

      DG 4864775

      10:45 pm

      Gioachino Rossini: "Semiramide"

      Overture

      Vienna Phil/Riccardo Muti
      Schumann: Piano Concerto; Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante; Rossini

      Orfeo C-867121-B

      11:00 pm

      11:00 pm

      Best of Studs Terkel

      James Baldwin (7/15/1961)

      American novelist, playwright, and civil rights activist James Baldwin tells Studs about his recent collection of essays, "Nobody Knows My Name." They also discuss the state of race relations in the United States during the mid 20th Century, the inspiration of blues singer Bessie Smith on Baldwin’s writing, and his impressions on meeting the Swedish movie director Ingmar Bergman.