Playlist for Saturday, November 15, 2025

Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff

7:00 am

Weekend Mornings

With news at 7:00 am; "Saturday Morning Listener's Choice" at 8:00 am; and "Soundtrack" at 9:00 am.

11:00 am

Introductions

Eddie Zhou, 17, piano. Bach Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue in D minor, BWV 903; Beethoven "Hammerklavier" Sonata, 1st mvt; Scriabin Fantaisie in B minor, Op. 28; Vine Piano Sonata No. 1, 2nd mvt.

12:00 pm

From Bayreuth Festival

Wagner's Lohengrin

Piotr Beczala (Lohengrin); Mika Kares (Heinrich der Vogler); Elza van den Heever (Elsa of Brabant); Ólafur Sigurðarson (Friedrich von Telramund); Miina Liisa Värelä (Ortrud); Michael Kupfer-Radecky (King’s Herald); Bayreuth Festival Chorus and Orchestra; Christian Thielemann, conductor. Sung in German.

4:00 pm

Listening to Singers with Oliver Camacho

Conductor and soprano Christine Brandes joins WFMT to preview Chicago Opera Theater's upcoming production of "Falstaff" by Antonio Salieri.

5:00 pm

Weekend Evening Music

8:00 pm

Folkstage hosted by Marilyn Rea Beyer

Live from St. Tim's Coffeehouse in Skokie: The Oh Boys (Chicagoans Kieran McCabe, Zachary Stevenson & Shaun Whitley) are just here to have a good time, and so is the audience.

9:00 pm

The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer

Hearth and home in folk music featuring songs about houses plus a little homespun, downright silly humor.