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      Playlist for Saturday, November 1, 2025

      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      Claude Debussy: Waltz, "La plus que lente"

      I Salonisti
      Serenata • I Salonisti Play Music Of The Grand Salon

      Pro Arte PAD-133

      12:05 am

      Virgil Thomson: "At the Beach," Concert Waltz

      Gerard Schwarz, cornet; William Bolcom, p
      Cornet Favorites & Highlights From Cousins

      Nonesuch 79157-2

      12:10 am

      Johannes Brahms: Waltzes, Op 39

      #12

      Idil Biret, p
      J.: Waltzes / Cadenzas / Die schone Magelon

      Naxos 8.553426

      12:11 am

      Johannes Brahms: Symphony no.2 in D, Op.73

      Scottish Chamber Orch/Sir Charles Mackerras
      The Four Symphonies

      Telarc CD-80450 (3)

      12:54 am

      Johannes Brahms: Waltzes, Op 39

      #14

      Idil Biret, p
      J.: Waltzes / Cadenzas / Die schone Magelon

      Naxos 8.553426

      1:00 am

      Alan Langford: Two Worlds Overture

      Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland
      British Light Music World Premieres

      ASV CDWHL-2116

      1:05 am

      George Macfarren: Concert Overture, "Chevy Chace"

      English Northern Philharmonia/David Lloyd-Jones

      Hyperion CDA-66515

      1:13 am

      York Bowen: Oboe Sonata, Op. 85

      Alex Klein, ob; Phillip Bush, p
      20th Century Oboe Sonatas

      Cedille CDR-90000186

      1:29 am

      James Paisible: Mr Paisible's Airs in the Comedy The Humours of Sir John Falstaff

      Air

      London Oboe Band/Paul Goodwin
      Playhouse Aires: 18th Century English Theatre Music

      Harmonia Mundi HMU-907181

      1:31 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Oboe Concerto in g, BWV 1056

      Avi Avital, m; Potsdam Chamber Academy
      Bach-Avital

      DG 4836590 (2)

      1:41 am

      Wilhelm Friedemann Bach: Fantasia in e

      Joan Benson, clavichord
      The Joan Benson Collection

      Clavier Classics CC-108 (2)

      1:52 am

      Christoph Willibald Gluck: "Don Juan" Ballet

      "Allegro giusto"

      English Baroque Soloists/John Eliot Gardiner
      Don Juan (Il Convitato Di Pietra) Ballet

      Apex 89233-2

      2:00 am

      Jean-Philippe Rameau: "Castor et Pollux"

      "Air gay (pour les Athlétes)"

      Orch of the 18th Century/Frans Brüggen
      Suite «Castor Et Pollux» / 3 Fantasias

      Philips 426714-2

      2:02 am

      Jean-Philippe Rameau: "Castor et Pollux"

      Tambourins I-II

      Orch of the 18th Century/Frans Brüggen
      Suite «Castor Et Pollux» / 3 Fantasias

      Philips 426714-2

      2:05 am

      Claude Debussy: "Suite bergamasque"

      Jerry Wong, p
      Of Motion and Dance

      MSR Classics MS-1678

      2:22 am

      Jean-Philippe Rameau: "Castor et Pollux"

      Passepieds I-II

      Orch of the 18th Century/Frans Brüggen
      Suite «Castor Et Pollux» / 3 Fantasias

      Philips 426714-2

      2:24 am

      Unico Wilhelm van Wassenaer: Concerto Armonico #3 in A

      Amsterdam Combattimento Consort/Ed Spanjaard

      NM Classics 92030

      2:33 am

      Bela Bartók: Violin Concerto No. 1

      Yehudi Menuhin, v; Amsterdam Concertgebouw Orch/Pierre Boulez
      Anthology of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra 1960-1970

      Radio Nederland RCO-05001 (14)

      2:54 am

      Ferenc Farkas: "Ancient Hungarian Dances" for Wind Quintet (1959)

      #3

      Adelphi Saxophone Quartet

      EMI/Ang CDZ5-72527-2

      3:00 am

      Johannes Brahms: Three Intermezzi, Op 117

      #2 in B-Flat

      Robert Silverman, p
      Intermezzo: Works for Piano by Brahms

      Stereophile STPH-003-2

      3:05 am

      Antonin Dvorák: Piano Quintet 1 in A, Op 5

      Sviatoslav Richter, p; Borodin Quartet
      Piano Quintets In A, Op.5 & Op.81

      Philips 412429-2

      3:32 am

      Franz Liszt: "Années de pèlerinage:" 1st Year, Switzerland (1848-54)

      No. 3, "Pastorale"

      Muza Rubackyte, p

      Lyrinx LYR-2216 (3)

      3:34 am

      Leonard Bernstein: "On the Town"

      Three Dance Episodes

      Minnesota Orch/Edo de Waart
      Gershwin: Rhapsody In Blue, American In Paris/ Bernstein: West Side Story Symphonic Dances

      Virgin 61194-2

      3:45 am

      Richard Rodgers: "Slaughter on 10th Avenue" Ballet

      Boston Pops/Arthur Fiedler
      An American Salute

      RCA 6806-2-RG

      3:54 am

      George Gershwin: George Gershwin's Song Book (1932)

      "The Man I Love"

      Peter Donohoe, p

      EMI/Ang CDC7-54280-2

      4:00 am

      David Popper: Mazurka

      Janos Starker, vc; Shigeo Neriki, p
      POPPER, D.: Cello Music (Romantic Cello Favorites) (Starker)

      Delos DE-3065

      4:02 am

      David Popper: "Menuetto"

      Janos Starker, vc; Shigeo Neriki, p
      POPPER, D.: Cello Music (Romantic Cello Favorites) (Starker)

      Delos DE-3065

      4:05 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Serenade No. 1 in D, K. 100

      Celia Nicklin, ob; Timothy Brown, fh; St Martin's Academy/Neville Marrin
      Serenades KV100 & KV185, Marches KV62 & KV189

      Philips 426388-2

      4:32 am

      Robert Schumann: Six Songs, Op. 36

      No. 2, "Ständchen (Serenade)"

      Bernarda Fink, s; Roger Vignoles, p
      Schumann: Frauenliebe Und -leben, Etc

      Harmonia Mundi HMC-901753

      4:34 am

      Clara Schumann: Piano Concerto in a minor, Op. 7

      Veronica Jochum, p; Bamberg Sym/Joseph Silverstein
      Shumann: Piano Concerto/ Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 1

      Pro Arte CDD-395

      4:55 am

      Darius Milhaud: "Saudades do Brasil," Op. 67

      No. 1, "Sorocaba"

      Orpheus Ch Orch
      Creation

      Sony SK-89251

      5:00 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: "Well-Tempered Clavier," Book 1, BWV 846/69

      Prelude & Fugue No. 20 in a minor

      Piers Lane, p
      Bach: Piano Transcriptions, Vol. 3

      Hyperion CDA-67344

      5:04 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Orchestra Suite

      Los Angeles Phil/Esa-Pekka Salonen
      Bach Transcriptions

      Sony SK-89012

      5:25 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Two Minuets, BWV Anh 114/5

      Gustav Leonhardt, hc
      Harpsichord Recital

      Philips 426352-2

      5:27 am

      John Ireland: "London Pieces"

      Eric Parkin, p
      Ireland: Piano Works, Vol. 2

      Chandos CHAN-9140

      5:39 am

      Eric Coates: "London Suite"

      London Pops Orch/Frederick Fennell
      Frederick Fennell Conducts The Music Of Leroy Anderson and Eric Coates

      Mercury 434376-2

      5:53 am

      Anonymous: London is a Fine Town

      Paul Hillier, br, Andrew Lawrence-King, h
      Bitter Ballads

      Harmonia Mundi HMU-907204

      6:00 am - 12:00 pm

      6:00 am

      WFMT Membership Drive

      Until 12:00pm.

      12:00 - 5:00 pm

      12:00 pm

      From Bayreuth Festival

      Wagner's Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg

      Georg Zeepenfeld (Sachs); Jongmin Park (Veit Pogner); Martin Koch (Kunz Vogelgesang); Werner Van Mechelen (Konrad Nachtigall); Michael Nagy (Beckmesser); Jordan Shanahan (Fritz Kothner); Daniel Jenz (Balthasar Zorn); Matthew Newlin (Ulrich Eisslinger); Gideon Poppe (Augustin Moser); Alexander Grassauer (Hermann Ortel); Tijl Faveyts (Hans Shwatz); Patrick Zielke (Hans Foltz); Michael Spyres (Walther); Matthias Stier (David); Christina Nilsson (Eva); Christa Mayer (Magdalena); Bayreuth Festival Chorus and Orchestra; Daniele Gatti, conductor. Sung in German.

      4:49 pm

      Niccolò Paganini: Introduction & Variations on Rossini's "Di tanti palpiti"

      Vilde Frang, v; Michail Lifits, p
      Paganini, Schubert

      Warner 0190295419363

      5:00 - 8:00 pm

      5:00 pm

      Weekend Evening Music

      5:00 pm

      Johann Strauss II: "Myrtle Blossoms" Waltz, Op. 395

      Vienna Phil/Riccardo Muti
      2018 New Year's Concert

      Sony 88985477002

      5:11 pm

      Zygmunt Noskowski: Symphony No. 3 in F, "From Spring to Spring"

      Rheinland-Pfalz State Phil/Antoni Wit
      Zygmunt Noskowski: Symphony No. 3

      Capriccio C-5547

      5:50 pm

      Henryk Górecki: Three Dances, Op. 34

      No. 3, "Presto"

      Warsaw Phil Orch/Antoni Wit
      Górecki: Concerto-Cantata, Little Requiem for a Certain Polka, 3 Dances

      Naxos 8.572872

      5:58 pm

      Frédéric Chopin: Mazurka in F-sharp minor, Op. 59, No. 3

      Martha Argerich, p
      Argerich Plays Chopin

      DG B0013960-02

      6:01 pm

      Henriëtte Bosmans: Cello Concerto No. 1

      I. "Allegro moderato"

      Raphael Wallfisch, vc; BBC Scottish Sym Orch/Ed Spanjaard
      Henriëtte Bosmans: Cello Concertos 1 & 2; Poème

      CPO 555694-2

      6:18 pm

      Georg Philipp Telemann: "Quadro" in G minor

      Florilegium
      Telemann: Chamber Music / Florilegium

      Channel Classics CCS-5093

      6:27 pm

      Caleb Vaughn-Jones: Cello Sonata in C

      Caleb Vaughn-Jones, vc; Hsin-I Huang, p
      Two Worlds Called Home

      Ravello RR-8071

      6:50 pm

      Adrian Sutton: "A Short Story"

      BBC Phil/Michael Seal
      Adrian Sutton: Violin Concerto, Five Theatre Miniatures, A Fist Full of Fives, War Horse Suite, Short Story

      Chandos CHAN-20349

      7:00 pm

      Franz Schubert: "Litanei auf das Fest Allerseelen," D 343

      Samuel Hasselhorn, br; Joseph Middleton, p
      Glaube, Hoffnung, Liebe

      Harmonia Mundi HMM-902689

      7:05 pm

      Richard Strauss: "Allerseelen," Op. 10, No. 8

      Kiri Te Kanawa, s; Georg Solti, p
      Strauss: Vier letzte Lieder, 13 Lieder

      Decca 430511-2

      7:09 pm

      Robert Kajanus: Finnish Rhapsody No. 2, Op. 8

      Oulu Sinfonia/Rumon Gamba
      Pictures from Finland

      Chandos CHAN-20401

      7:20 pm

      Mikhail Glinka: "Valse-Fantaisie"

      Radio France Phil/Paavo Järvi
      Ballets Russes

      Virgin 45609-2

      7:30 pm

      Alexey Shor: "Farewell Nocturne - Homage to Mikhail Glinka"

      Behzod Abduraimov, p; Kyiv Virtuosi/Massimiliano Caldi
      Shor: Composer's Notebook, Vol. 2

      Naxos 8.579140

      7:35 pm

      Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quartet No. 16 in F, Op. 135

      Dover Quartet
      Beethoven: Complete String Quartets, Vol 3

      Cedille CDR-90000215

      8:00 pm

      8:00 pm

      Folkstage hosted by Marilyn Rea Beyer

      Live from Acoustic Renaissance Concerts in Hinsdale: Hear C. Daniel Boling and Ben Bedford in a live double bill. The two masterful songwriters come at folk from different yet synchronous angles.

      9:00 pm - 12:00 am

      9:00 pm

      The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer

      Mysterious tales may still haunt us the night after Halloween. We also note the first night of Native American Heritage Month.

      9:00 pm

      Lead Belly: The Midnight Special THEME (excerpt 1)

      Lead Belly
      Midnight Special

      RCA Victor LPV-505

      9:01 pm

      Peter Mayer: "The Dark"

      Peter Mayer
      Million Year Mind

      Million Year Mind/Blue Boat BB1204

      9:04 pm

      Shemekia Copeland: In The Dark (Robey/Parker)

      Shemekia Copeland
      Uncivil War

      Alligator 5001

      9:09 pm

      Richard Schindell: "Darkness, Darkness" (Young)

      Richard Shindell
      Reunion Hill

      Reunion Hill/Shanachie 8027

      9:14 pm

      Bruce Cockburn: Orders

      Bruce Cockburn
      O Sun O Moon

      True North Records TND811

      9:18 pm

      John Gorka: Richard III

      John Gorka
      Unentitled

      Red House/Compass Records 10.3.2025

      9:22 pm

      John Prine: The Lonesome Friends of Science

      John Prine
      Tree of Forgiveness

      Oh Boy Records OBR-046CD

      9:26 pm

      Adela's: Swindle

      Adela's
      single

      adelas.bandcamp.com 11.15.2024

      9:32 pm

      David Roth: Home of the Brave (Roth, Martin, Drucker)

      David Roth
      Last Day on This Earth

      davidrothmusic.com DR2018

      9:36 pm

      Aaron Smith & The Coal Biters: Dead Man's Hollow

      Aaron Smith & The Coal Biters
      The Legend of Sam Davis

      aaronsmithsongs.com 9 780989 736282

      9:39 pm

      Tim Eriksen: Wayfaring Stranger (trad.)

      Tim Eriksen
      Banjo, Fiddle and Voice

      timeriksen CD 2 #183

      9:44 pm

      Diane Taraz: "Lookin' for Trouble" (Steve Goodman)

      Diane Taraz
      Gathered Safely In

      Gathered Safely In | Beacon BCN 10143-2

      9:49 pm

      Ernie Hendrickson: To Find the Bogeyman

      Ernie Hendrickson
      Live at Cafe Carpe

      erniehendrickson.com 12.22.23

      9:54 pm

      Paul Kelly: Tell Us a Story: Part One

      Paul Kelly
      Seventy

      Cooking Vinyl GAWD042CD

      9:59 pm

      Travis, Merle: "Midnight Special" Travis picked guitar

      Merle Travis
      In Boston 1959

      Travis Pickin' | CMH 6255

      10:00 pm

      Aaron Kelly (poem), Joel Mabus (tune): The Gilded Age (poem) and Memories of El Dorado (instrumental)

      Aaron Kelly (poem), Joel Mabus (tune)
      exclusive recording (poem)/Western Passages (tune)

      WFMT/Fossil Records 11.7.2024/Fossil996CD

      10:05 pm

      Peter Mayer: Elijah Jones

      Peter Mayer
      Earth Town Square

      Blue Boat BB1206

      10:09 pm

      Rosanne Cash: "Long Black Veil"

      Rosanne Cash
      The List

      Manhattan Records 509996 96576 2 7

      10:13 pm

      Bobby Scharping: Mirror Maze (trad. Czech/Scharping)

      Bobby Scharping
      Wind

      bobbyscharping.bandcamp.com 4.17.2025

      10:18 pm

      Elexa Dawson: Stay Put

      Elexa Dawson
      Stay Put

      Turns Out pre-release

      10:26 pm

      House of Hamill: Unquiet Grave

      House of Hamill
      Wildfire

      Smokejumper Records 8012024

      10:30 pm

      Joan Baez: "Barbara Allen"

      Joan Baez
      Vol. 2

      Vol. 2 Vanguard/79595-2

      10:34 pm

      Elexa Dawson: Man Mountain

      Elexa Dawson
      Stay Put

      Turns Out pre-release

      10:39 pm

      Bob Franke: Day of the Dead

      Bob Franke
      The Other Evening in Chicago

      Waterbug WBG66

      10:43 pm

      Small Potatoes: Paco is Dying Tonight

      Small Potatoes
      Waltz of the Wallflowers

      Wind River WR4010 CD

      10:47 pm

      Warren Zevon: Life'll Kill Ya'

      Warren Zevon
      Life’ll Kill Ya'

      Artemis Records 751003-2

      10:51 pm

      Maria Muldaur: "The Ghost of the St. Louis Blues"

      Maria Muldaur
      & Her Garden of Joy

      Stony Plain SPCD 1332

      10:55 pm

      Dana Cooper: The Ghost of Tucumcari

      Dana Cooper ft. Lyle Lovett
      The Ghost of Tucumcari

      Dana Cooper Music DC2024

      10:58 pm

      Steve "Q" Quinn: "The Midnight Special – Harmonica Greasy" (Traditional)

      Steve “Q” Quinn
      Midnight Special Collection

      Midnight Special Collection | Midnight Special Collection SQuinn/MS013

      11:00 pm

      Paul Kelly: Tell Us a Story: Part Two

      Paul Kelly
      Seventy

      Cooking Vinyl GAWD042CD

      11:02 pm

      Joe Crookston: "Darkling and the Bluebird (Fear & Transcend)"

      Joe Crookston
      Darkling & The BlueBird Jubilee

      Darkling & The BlueBird Jubilee/milagrito rae62011

      11:06 pm

      Hungrytown: Circus for Sale

      Hungrytown
      Circus for Sale

      Big Stir Records BSR-0105

      11:10 pm

      Loreena McKennitt: Bonny Swans

      Loreena McKennitt
      Mask and Mirror

      Mask and Mirror Warner/9 45420-2

      11:17 pm

      Gillian Welch & David Rawlings: "Wind and Rain" (Traditional)

      Gillian Welch & David Rawlings
      Songcatcher (Music From And Inspired By The Motion Picture)

      Songcatcher (Music From And Inspired By The Motion Picture) | Vanguard Records 79586-2

      11:20 pm

      Megan Bee: Now I Know

      Megan Bee
      Fiction

      meganbee.com 10.10.2025

      11:24 pm

      Original Broadway Musical Cast: "Monks Chant/He Is Not Dead Yet"

      Original Broadway Musical Cast
      Monty Python's Spamalot

      Decca Broadway B0004265-02

      11:27 pm

      Jeb Brown, Erik Della Penna, and the Dead Outlaw band: Dead

      Jeb Brown, Erik Della Penna, and the Dead Outlaw band
      Dead Outlaw - Audible.com Soundtrack

      Audible.com 7.17.2025

      11:31 pm

      John Roberts & Tony Barrand: The Flying Dutchman (Trad.)

      John Roberts & Tony Barrand
      Across the Western Ocean

      Swallowtail ST-0004

      11:34 pm

      Art Garfunkel: Feuilles-Oh / Do Space Men Pass Dead Souls On Their Way to the Moon?

      Art Garfunkel
      Angel Clare

      Columbia CK 31474

      11:37 pm

      Ralph Stanley: "O Death"

      Ralph Stanley
      O Brother Where Art Thou?

      O Brother Where Art Thou? | Mercury 088 170-069-2

      11:40 pm

      Ruthie Foster: "Death Came A-Knockin'"

      Ruthie Foster
      Runaway Soul

      Blue Corn BCM0202

      11:45 pm

      South For Winter: Souls Lost in the Dark

      Sky Side

      South For Winter
      Of Sea and Sky

      southforwintermusic.com 05162024

      11:48 pm

      Anne Hills w/John Sebastian: Crazy Mary (Smith)

      Anne Hills w/John Sebastian
      Every Town - More Songs of Michael Smith

      Hand and Heart Music #2025

      11:53 pm

      Laura Love: I Still Believe (Unplugged)

      Laura Love
      She Loved Red

      Laura Love 88295 68276

      11:58 pm

      Andrew Beyer: "The Midnight Special - cigar box slide"

      Andrew Beyer
      Midnight Special Collection

      Midnight Special Collection AABeyer/MS 004