Playlist for Saturday, December 6, 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

The Caspian Quartet, The Minela Trio and Quartetto Speranza. Music by Haydn, Mendelssohn, Bartók, Beethoven, Shostakovich, Piazzolla, Debussy and Garrop.

12:00 pm

Metropolitan Opera

Puccini's La bohème

Juliana Grigoryan (Mimi); Stephen Costello (Rodolfo); Mané Galoyan (Musetta); David Bizic (Marcello); Alexander Köpeczi (Colline); Iurii Samoilov (Schaunard); Donald Maxwell (Benoit/Alcindoro); Metropolitan Opera Cho & Orch/Daniele Rustioni. Sung in Italian.

3:15 pm

Afternoon Music

4:00 pm

Listening to Singers with Oliver Camacho

On the vocal music of Salieri and Mozart featuring a conversation with Steppenwolf Ensemble member Ian Barford, who stars in the current prodcution of Peter Shaffer's "Amadeus."

5:00 pm

Weekend Evening Music

8:00 pm

Folkstage hosted by Marilyn Rea Beyer

Live from Acoustic Renaissance Concerts in Hinsdale: Chicago native now based in Wisconsin, Anne Heaton has developed a truly unique, piano-based brand of folk. Sean Kiely, a rising star from New Jersey, weaves luminous songs from his vivid imagination. Both sing with uncommon beauty and will meet for the first time on Folkstage.

9:00 pm

The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer

No more procrastinating! It’s time to break out your cozy sweaters and warm footwear this week. Bundle up with folk songs to keep warm.