Schedule & Playlists
Playlist for Saturday, April 19, 2025
12:00 - 7:00 am
12:00 am
Johann Sebastian Bach: "Well-Tempered Clavier," Book 2, BWV 870/91
Prelude & Fugue No. 23 in B
Angela Hewitt, p
Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2
12:05 am
Johann Sebastian Bach: Three-Clavier Concerto No. 2 in C, BWV 1064
B van Asperen, B Klapprott, C Lohff; Melante Amsterdam
Bach: Harpsichord Concertos Etc.
12:22 am
Johann Sebastian Bach: "Well-Tempered Clavier," Book 1, BWV 846/69
Fugue No. 21 in B-flat
Bob van Asperen, hc
Bach: Well Tempered Clavier Book 1 and 2
12:24 am
Heitor Villa-Lobos: "Bachianas brasileiras" No. 3 (1938)
José Feghali, p; Nashville Sym/Kenneth Schermerhorn
VILLA-LOBOS: Bachianas brasileiras (Complete)
12:55 am
Heitor Villa-Lobos: "Cirandas" (1926)
No. 6, "Passa passa Gaviao"
Débora Halasz, p
Piano Music Vol. 2
1:00 am
Jules Massenet: "Hérodiade" (1881)
Aria, "Il est doux, il est bon"
Angela Gheorghiu, s; Turin Teatro Regio Orch/John Mauceri
Arias
1:04 am
Jules Massenet: "Cendrillon"
Suite
Hong Kong Phil/Kenneth Jean
MASSENET: Orchestral Suites
1:15 am
Gabriel Fauré: Cello Sonata #2 in g, Op 117
Ulrich Schmid, vc; Günter Herzfeld, p
1:32 am
George Enescu: "Hommage à Fauré (Pièce sur le nom de Fauré)"
Ishmael Wallace, p
Enesco: Impressions
1:34 am
Alexander Glazunov: Violin Concerto in a, Op 82
Gil Shaham, v; Russian National Orch/Mikhail Pletnev
Meeting In Moscow: Violin Concertos
1:54 am
Dmitri Shostakovich: Fugue No. 2 in a
Muza Rubackyte, p
Dmitri Shostakovich: 24 Preludes and Fugues
2:00 am
Trad: God Defend New Zealand
Rachel Barton, v
God Defend New Zealand
2:05 am
Douglas Lilburn: Symphony #1
New Zealand Sym/James Judd
LILBURN: Symphonies Nos. 1 - 3
2:36 am
John Joseph WOODS: God Defend New Zealand
Coldstream Guards Regimental Band/Roger G Swift
Collections Of National Anthems, Vol. 2
2:37 am
Franz Joseph Haydn: Piano Trio in d, H XV:23
Trio 1790
Complete Piano Trios Vol. 4
2:54 am
Fernando Sor: "Huit pièces pour guitare seule"
#6, Menuet in F
David Starobin, g
Fernando Sor: Les Plus Belles Pages
3:00 am
Anton Arensky: March in c, "To the Memory of Suvorov"
USSR Sym Orch/Yevgeny Svetlanov
A. Glazunov, A. Arensky Conductor Evgeni Svetlanov
3:05 am
Sergei Rachmaninoff: "Prince Rostislav"
St Louis Sym/Leonard Slatkin
Rachmaninoff: Orchestral Music
3:23 am
Sergei Rachmaninoff: "Etudes-Tableaux," Op. 33
No. 6 in E-flat
Sviatoslav Richter, p
3:25 am
Carl Nielsen: Symphony #2, Op 16, "The Four Temperaments"
Royal Scottish Orch/Bryden Thomson
Nielsen: Symphonies Nos 1 & 2
3:55 am
Edward Elgar: Songs, Op 59
"Oh, Soft Was the Song"
Robert Tear, t; City of Birmingham Sym Orch/Vernon Handley
4:00 am
Dmitri Shostakovich: Preludes and Fugues, Op. 87
No. 4 in e
Roger Woodward, p
The 24 Preludes and Fugues
4:05 am
Dmitri Shostakovich: Chamber Symphony in c, Op. 110a
Musicatreize Chamber Orch/Roland Hayrabedian
Symphony No. 14 Op. 135, Chamber Symphony Op. 110a
4:30 am
Confrey: "Dizzy Fingers"
Eteri Andjaparidze, p
CONFREY: Piano Music
4:31 am
Bach/Gounod: Ave Maria
Roberto Alagna, t, Toulouse Capitole Cho and Orch/Michel Plasson
Bizet: Carmen
4:34 am
Charles Gounod: Funeral March of a Marionette
St Louis Sym/Leonard Slatkin
Classic Marches
4:38 am
Henryk Wieniawski: "Fantaisie brillante" on themes from Gounod's "Faust," Op 20
Joanna Madroszkiewicz, v; Manfred Wagner-Artzt, p
Wieniawski: Violin Music
4:54 am
Charles Gounod: "Faust"
Ballet Music: Helen's Dance
St Louis Sym Orch/Vladimir Golschmann
5:00 am
Emile Waldteufel: "España" Waltz, Op 263
Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel
Dances From The Opera
5:05 am
Emmanuel Chabrier: "España" Rhapsody
Philadelphia Orch/Eugene Ormandy
The Fantastic Philadelphians
5:12 am
Emmanuel Chabrier: "Ronde champêtre"
Georges Rabol, p
CHABRIER: Piano Works, Vol. 2
5:16 am
Francis Poulenc: "Concert champêtre"
Simon Preston, hc; London Sym/André Previn
Messiaen:Turangalila Symphonie/ Poulenc: Concert Champêtre, Organ Concerto
5:40 am
Johann Sebastian Bach: Fughetta in c, BWV 961
Wanda Landowska, hc
5:42 am
Johann Sebastian Bach: Violin Sonata in g minor, BWV 1020
Lara St John, v; Marie-Pierre Langlamet, h
Bach Sonatas
5:54 am
Johann Sebastian Bach: Motet, "Lobet den Herrn alle Heiden," BWV 230
"Alleluia"
The Sixteen Cho, Orch/Harry Christophers
Bach: The Six Motets
6:00 am
Afro-American Traditional: Spiritual, "Deep River"
Tanglewood Festival Cho, Boston Pops Orch/John Williams
The Green Album
6:04 am
Edward Joseph Collins: Four Spirituals
Earl Wild, p
Romantic Music Of Edward Joseph Collins
6:15 am
Enrique Crespo: "Spiritual Waltz"
German Brass
6:23 am
American Trad: Gospel Train (Spiritual)
William Appling Singers/William Appling
Shall We Gather
6:24 am
George Frideric Handel: "Water Music" Suite in D/G
King's Consort/Robert King
Handel/ Telemann: Water Music
6:44 am
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Flute Sonata #4 in a, Wq 128 (H 555)
Robert Aitken, f; Colin Tilney, hc; Margaret Gay, vc
C.P.E. Bach: Flute Concertos & Sonatas
6:53 am
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Five Pieces for Musical Clock, Wq 193
#5
Franz Haselböck, o
Music For Mechanical Organs And Musical Clocks - Volume II
7:00 - 11:00 am
7:00 am
Weekend Mornings with LaRob K. Rafael
With news at 7:00 am; "Saturday Morning Listener's Choice" at 8:00 am; and "Soundtrack" at 9:00 am.
7:02 am
Tõnu Kõrvits: "You Are Light and Morning"
"In the Morning You Always Come Back"
Estonian Phil Chamber Cho, Tallinn Chamber Orch/Risto Joost
Korvits: You Are Light and Morning
7:12 am
Johannes Brahms: Violin Sonata No. 2 in A, Op. 100
Anne-Sophie Mutter, v; Lambert Orkis, p
Brahms: Violin Sonatas
7:33 am
Vincent d'Indy: Symphony on a French Mountain Air, Op. 25
III. Finale, "Animé"
Catherine Collard, p; Radio France Phil/Marek Janowski
D'Indy: Jour d'été à la montagne, Symphonie "Cévenole"
7:42 am
Benjamin Britten: "Matinées musicales," Op. 24 (after Rossini)
Helsingborg Sym Orch/Okko Kamu
Britten: Piano Concerto, Soirées musicales, Matinées musicales
7:57 am
Gioachino Rossini: "The Barber of Seville"
Overture (excerpt)
The King's Singers
Close Harmony
8:00 am
Saturday Morning Listener's Choice
8:01 am
Fanny Mendelssohn: "Easter Sonata"
I. "Allegro assai moderato"
Isata Kanneh-Mason, p
Mendelssohn
8:07 am
Giacomo Puccini: "Gianni Schicchi"
Aria, "O mio babbino caro"
Nicole Cabell, s; London Phil Orch/Sir Andrew Davis
Nicole Cabell - Soprano
8:10 am
Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 2 in C minor, "Resurrection"
II. "Andante moderato"
Chicago Sym Orch/Sir Georg Solti
Mahler: Symphony No 2
8:23 am
Dmitri Shostakovich: Jazz Suite No. 2
No. 6, Waltz 2
Philadelphia Orch/Mariss Jansons
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 11 '1905', Jazz Suite No. 1, Waltz, Tahiti Trot
8:28 am
Adolphus Hailstork: "Shout for Joy"
The Aeolians Cho & Orch/Jason Max Ferdinand
The Aeolians
8:43 am
Franz Schubert: Impromptu in B-Flat, D 935, No. 3
Maria João Pires, p
Schubert: Impromptus - Le Voyage Magnifique
8:57 am
Siegfried Mai: "Erfüllte Sehnsucht"
Berolina Sound Orch
French Riviera
9:00 am
Soundtrack
9:01 am
Alfred Newman: 20th Century Fox Fanfare
London Phil Orch/John Mauceri
The Genius of Film Music
9:02 am
Zbigniew Preisner: "The Secret Garden"
"Mary Downstairs"
Sinfonia Varsovia/Wojciech Michniewski
The Secret Garden (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
9:04 am
Zbigniew Preisner: "The Secret Garden"
"First Time Outside"
Sinfonia Varsovia/Wojciech Michniewski
The Secret Garden (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
9:06 am
Zbigniew Preisner: "The Secret Garden"
"Happily Ever After"
Sinfonia Varsovia/Wojciech Michniewski
The Secret Garden (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
9:10 am
Claude-Michel Schönberg: "Les Misérables"
"I Dreamed a Dream"
Boston Pops Orch/John Williams
John Williams Conductor
9:15 am
Andrew Lloyd Webber: "The Phantom of the Opera"
"The Music of the Night"
Boston Pops Orch/John Williams
John Williams Conductor
9:19 am
Andrew Lloyd Webber: "The Phantom of the Opera"
"Think of Me"
Sarah Brightman, s; Phantom of the Opera Orch/Michael Reed
Highlights from The Phantom of the Opera (Original Cast Recording)
9:23 am
Quincy Jones: "The Color Purple"
Main Title
Orchestra/Joel Rosenbaum
The Color Purple Original Soundtrack
9:25 am
Quincy Jones: "The Color Purple"
Reunion - Finale
Orchestra/Joel Rosenbaum
The Color Purple Original Soundtrack
9:31 am
Rachel Portman: "Beloved"
"That's Ohio"
Suzana Peric & Rachel Portman, prods
Beloved (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
9:42 am
Alexandre Desplat: "Little Women"
Title Theme
Studio Orch/Alexandre Desplat
Little Women: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
9:45 am
Alexandre Desplat: "Little Women"
"It's Romance"
Studio Orch/Alexandre Desplat
Little Women: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
9:47 am
Alexandre Desplat: "Little Women"
"Snow in the Garden"
Studio Orch/Alexandre Desplat
Little Women: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
9:49 am
Alexandre Desplat: "Little Women"
"Christmas Morning"
Studio Orch/Alexandre Desplat
Little Women: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
9:52 am
Alexandre Desplat: "Little Women"
"Ice Skating"
Studio Orch/Alexandre Desplat
Little Women: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
9:54 am
Alexandre Desplat: "Little Women"
"Christmas Breakfast"
Studio Orch/Alexandre Desplat
Little Women: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
9:57 am
Mark Adamo: "Little Women"
Aria, "Things change, Jo"
Joyce DiDonato, ms; Houston Grand Opera Orch/Patrick Summers
Adamo * Little Women * Houston Grand Opera
10:02 am
Frederick Tillis: "Spiritual Fantasy" No. 12
III. "Crucifixion (He Never Said a Mumbelin' Word)"
Lark Quartet
Freedom
10:08 am
Alexander Gretchaninov: All-Night Vigil, Op. 59
"Blessed Art Thou, O Lord"
Latvian Radio Cho/Sigvards Kļava
Alexander Grechaninov: All-Night Vigil
10:16 am
Gustav Holst: St Paul's Suite, Op. 29, No. 2
Lake Effect Clarinet Quartet
Cooler By The Lake
10:30 am
Ottorino Respighi: "La boutique fantasque" (after Rossini)
Suite
Boston Pops Orch/Arthur Fiedler
Offenbach: Gaîté parisienne; Rossini/Respighi - La Boutique Fantasque
10:58 am
Gioachino Rossini: "Soirées musicales"
No. 8, "La danza"
Luciano Pavarotti, t; Bologna Teatro Comunale Orch/Richard Bonynge
Pavarotti's Greatest Hits
11:00 am
11:00 am
Introductions
Jeffrey Wang, 17, piano. Bach Siciliano from BWV 1031 (arr. Hughes); Mozart Piano Sonata No. 12 in F, K. 332; Ravel "Oiseaux tristes;" Chopin Nocturne in B-flat minor, Op. 9, No. 1; Niedermaier "Bluebird, Bluebird."
11:50 am
Gioachino Rossini: "La gazza ladra"
Overture
Chamber Orch of Europe/Claudio Abbado
Rossini: Overtures
12:00 - 4:00 pm
12:00 pm
Metropolitan Opera
Rossini's L'assedio di Corinto
Beverly Sills (Pamira); Shirley Verrett (Neocle); Harry Theyard (Cleomene); Justino Díaz (Maometto); Metropolitan Opera Cho & Orch/Thomas Schippers. Recorded April 19, 1975.
3:03 pm
Arthur Benjamin: "Cotillon"
Sydney Sym Orch/Patrick Thomas
Swagman's Promenade - Australian Light Classics for Orchestra
3:14 pm
Saturday Afternoon Music with Jan Weller
3:16 pm
Henry Purcell: "Chacony" in G minor, Z 730
Protean Quartet
Tempus omnia vincit
3:22 pm
Richard Strauss: "Don Juan," Op. 20
Berlin Phil/Riccardo Muti
Strauss: Don Juan, Aus Italien
3:51 pm
music continues...
4:00 pm
4:00 pm
Listening to Singers with Oliver Camacho
On Purcell's Dido and Aeneas with soprano Hannah De Priest who sings the title role with Bella Voce next month.
7:00 pm
7:00 pm
Sounds Classical
Hosts LaRob K. Rafael and Kristina Lynn welcome two special guests to explore the crossover between classical music and climate change activism. Singer and conductor Kirsten Hedegaard discusses co-founding the EcoVoice Project, and composer Sarah Kirkland Snider shares the impetus for creating the "Mass for the Endangered."
8:00 pm
8:00 pm
Folkstage hosted by Marilyn Rea Beyer
From the archives: Just in time for National Poetry Month, we present “Scarlet Confessions” with Michael Smith, Anne Hills, Jamie O’Reilly, and Paul Amandes, a poetic expression of deep emotion, beautifully performed by some of Chicago’s finest artists live at WFMT in 2000.
9:00 pm - 12:00 am
9:00 pm
The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer
Celebrating Mother Earth and the spirit of rebirth, awakenings, and new beginnings on Easter weekend.
