Schedule & Playlists
Playlist for Friday, January 16, 2026
12:00 - 6:00 am
12:00 am
Joaquin Rodrigo: "Soleriana" (1953)
#8 (Finale), "Boleras"
Mexico State Sym Orch/Enrique B tiz
12:05 am
Manuel de Falla: "The Three-Cornered Hat"
Suite
Philharmonia/Carlo Maria Giulini
12:23 am
Domenico Scarlatti: Clavier Sonata in G, Kk 103 (L 233)
Hédi Salànki, hc
12:25 am
Dora Pejacevic: "Phantasie concertante" in D minor, Op. 48
Volker Banfield, p; Rheinland-Pfalz State Phil/Ari Rasilainen
Dora Pejačević: Piano Concerto, Symphony
12:39 am
Franz Liszt: Fantasy on Hungarian Folksongs for Piano and Orchestra
Louis Lortie, p; Residentie Orch/George Pehlivanian
Liszt: Works for Piano & Orchestra, Vol. 2
12:54 am
Franz Liszt: "Responsories and Antiphons"
"Ecce quomodo moritur justus"
Leslie Howard, p
Responsories and Antiphons
1:00 am
Franz Liszt: "Transcendental Etudes"
No. 3, "Paysage"
Daniil Trifonov, p
Transcendental: Daniil Trifonov Plays Liszt
1:05 am
Sergei Liapunov: Twelve Transcendental Etudes, Op 11
#1, "Berceuse"
Konstantin Shcherbakov, p
Sergei Liapunov-Transcendental Etudes
1:09 am
Mily Balakirev: "Islamey," Oriental Fantasy
USSR Sym Orch/Yevgeny Svetlanov
Symphony No.1 / Solemn Overture
1:17 am
Alexander Borodin: "In the Steppes of Central Asia"
Boston Pops Orch/Arthur Fiedler
Pops Caviar (Russian Orchestral Fireworks)
1:25 am
Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov: "Romances", Op. 39
No. 3, "Silence descends over the valleys"
Sergei Baikov, b; Ilya Scheps, p
1:26 am
Ethel Smyth: Violin and Horn Concerto
Sophie Langdon, v; Richard Watkins, fh; BBC Phil/Odaline de la Martinez
Smyth: Orchestral Works
1:54 am
Anthony Holborne: "Lullaby"
Fretwork
English Renaissance Music
2:00 am
Ottorino Respighi: "Trittico botticelliano"
I. "La Primavera"
Orpheus Chamber Orch
Ancient Airs and Dances I & III • Three Botticelli Pictures • The Birds
2:05 am
Ottorino Respighi: "The Pines of Rome"
London Sym Orch/Lamberto Gardelli
Gemini - Respighi: Pines Of Rome
2:26 am
Giuseppe Verdi: "Rigoletto"
Chorus, "Zitti, zitti"
Rome Opera Cho, Orch/Francesco Molinari-Pradelli
2:27 am
François-Joseph Gossec: Symphonie à 17 parties
Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana/Diego Fasolis
Grande Messe des Morts - Symphonie à 17 parties
2:55 am
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: "Missa Brevis" in B-Flat, K. 194
"Benedictus"
Soloists; Chamber Cho of Europe/Nicol Matt
Mozart: Complete Masses
3:00 am
Heitor Villa-Lobos: "Bachianas Brasileiras" No. 5
"Aria (Cantilena)"
Branford Marsalis, sx; English Chamber Orch/Andrew Litton
Romances For Saxophone
3:05 am
Giuseppe Torelli: Trumpet Sonata in D, G 165
Wynton Marsalis, tr; English Chamber Orch/Anthony Newman
In Gabriel's Garden
3:10 am
Alessandro A. Scarlatti: Aria, "Rompe sprezza"
Kathleen Battle, s; Wynton Marsalis, tr; Orch of St Luke's/John Nelson
Baroque Duet
3:11 am
Wynton MARSALIS: Violin Concerto in D
Nicola Benedetti, v; Philadelphia Orch/Christian Macelaru
Marsalis
3:55 am
Marc-Antoine Charpentier: "Te Deum"
"Prelude"
Wynton Marsalis, tr; English Chamber Orch/Anthony Newman
In Gabriel's Garden
4:00 am
Leo Délibes: "Coppélia"
"Slav Theme and Variations"
Slovak Radio Sym/Andrej Lenard
DELIBES: Best of French Ballet
4:05 am
Gabriel Pierné: Piano Concerto in c, Op 12
Dag Achatz, p; Lorraine Phil/Jacques Houtmann
Pierne:Piano Concerto/Suites 1 and 2
4:26 am
Maurice Ravel: "Pavane pour une infante défunte"
St Martin's Academy/Neville Marriner
Requiem - Orchestral Works
4:33 am
Italian Anon 16th c: Pavane, El colognese
Musica Reservata/John Beckett
16th Century Italian And French Dance Music
4:34 am
Franz Joseph Haydn: String Quartet in c, Op. 17, No. 4
Tatrai String Quartet
Haydn Quartets, Op. 17
4:55 am
Francois Couperin: Pièces de clavecin, Bk 2 (1716-7): 12e ordre
"La Vauvré"
Kenneth Gilbert, hc
Francois Couperin: Second Livre de Clavecin
5:00 am
Johann Sebastian Bach: "Das Orgelbüchlein," BWV 599/644
"O Mensch, bewein' dein' Sünde gross" BWV 622
Angela Hewitt, p
Bach Arrangements * Angela Hewitt, Piano
5:05 am
Georg Philipp Telemann: Flute (Recorder) Suite in a
Lyon Leifer, f; Music of the Baroque/Thomas Wikman
Music of the Baroque
5:32 am
Heinrich von Herzogenberg: "Drei Gesänge," Op 108
#2, "Schwankt an dem Strauch der Rose Zier"
Hélène Lindqvist, s; Philipp Vogler, p
Brahms & Friends
5:33 am
Heinrich von Herzogenberg: "Legenden," Op 62
Zaslav Duo
Brahms & Friends
5:46 am
Henryk Wieniawski: "Légende," Op 17
Gil Shaham, v; London Sym Orch/Lawrence Foster
Violin Concertos Nos. 1 & 2, Ziegeunerweisen
5:54 am
Erik Satie: "Légende californienne" (1905)
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, p
Satie (The Complete Solo Piano Music)
6:00 - 10:00 am
6:00 am
Mornings with Jan Weller
Including news and weather on the hour between 6:00 am and 9:00 am; and "Carl’s Almanac" at 7:30 am.
6:04 am
Giovanni Battista Sammartini: Sinfonia in G
Ensemble 415/Chiara Banchini
Giovanni Sammartini, Giuseppe Sammartini - Concerti & Sinfonie
6:14 am
Fernando Sor: Variations on a theme from Mozart's "Magic Flute," Op 9
Cavatina Duo
Cavatina at the Opera
6:23 am
Franz Joseph Haydn: "Scherzando" No. 4 in G, H II:36
Berlin Haydn Ensemble
F.J. & J.M. Haydn: Flute Concertos & Scherzandi / Emmanuel Pahud
6:32 am
Zdeněk Fibich: "Impressions from the Countryside," Op 54
"Fireside Talk"
Czech National Sym Orch/Marek Štilec
Fibich: Orchestral Works, Vol. 1 - Symphony No. 1
6:41 am
Edward MacDowell: "Fireside Tales," Op. 61
James Barbagallo, p
MacDowell: Piano Music Vol. 1
6:54 am
Edvard Grieg: "Holberg" Suite, Op. 40
V. Finale, "Rigaudon"
Gothenburg Sym Orch Strings/Neeme Järvi
Grieg: Holberg Suite, 2 Elegiac Melodies, 2 Nordic Melodies, 2 Melodies, 2 Lyric Pieces
7:04 am
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Clarinet Trio in E-Flat, K. 498, "Kegelstatt"
III. Finale, Rondo, "Allegretto"
Patrick Messina, cl; Lise Berthaud, vi; Fabrizio Chiovetta, p
Mozart, Bruch
7:12 am
Jean-Philippe Rameau: "Platée"
Dances
Philharmonia Baroque Orch/Nicholas McGegan
Suites from Platée and Dardanus
7:21 am
Frédéric Chopin: Piano Trio in G minor, Op. 8
II. Scherzo
Daniel Hope, v; Camille Thomas, vc; Julien Brocal, p
The Chopin Project: Trilogy
7:31 am
Maurice Ravel: "La valse"
Orch de Paris/Klaus Mäkelä
Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique; Ravel: La valse
7:45 am
Francisco Tárrega: "Gran Jota"
Pablo Sáinz-Villegas, g
Soul of Spanish Guitar
7:54 am
Sergei Rachmaninoff: "Moments musicaux," Op. 16
No. 5 in D-Flat
Inon Barnatan, p
Rachmaninoff Reflections
8:04 am
Camille Saint-Saëns: "Phaéton," Op. 39
Les Siècles/François-Xavier Roth
Saint-Saëns: Symphonic Poems, Le Carnaval des animaux, L'Assassinat du duc de Guise
8:13 am
Traditional African-American: Spiritual, "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot"
Chicago Brass Quintet
American Voices
8:20 am
Vangelis: "Chariots of Fire" Theme
Boston Pops Orch/John Williams
John Williams Conductor
8:24 am
Madeleine Dring: Trio for oboe, bassoon & keyboard
III. Finale, "Allegro con brio"
Nicholas Daniel, ob; Amy Harman, bn; Antonio Oyarzábal, p
Complete Works for Oboe by Madeleine Dring
8:30 am
Max Bruch: Swedish Dances, Op. 63
Book 1 (Nos. 1-7)
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Kurt Masur
Bruch: Symphonies and Swedish Dances
8:41 am
Bernhard Henrik Crusell: Introduction, Theme and Variations on a Swedish Air, Op. 12
Martin Fröst, cl; Ostgöta Symphonic Wind Ensemble/Arie van Beek
Hekas!
8:54 am
William Grant Still: "Three Visions"
No. 3, "Radiant Pinnacle"
Natalie Hinderas, p
Piano Music by African-American Composers
9:04 am
Emmanuel Chabrier: "Gwendoline"
Overture
Vienna Phil/John Eliot Gardiner
Chabrier: España, Suite pastorale, etc.
9:13 am
Johann Sebastian Bach: French Suite No. 4 in E-Flat, BWV 815
András Schiff, p
Bach: French Suites BWV 812-817, Italian Concerto
9:26 am
Jean Sibelius: String Quartet in E-Flat (1885)
Sibelius Academy Quartet
Sibelius: Early Chamber Works / Sibelius Academy String Quartet
9:46 am
Alexander Glazunov: "Poème lyrique" in D-Flat, Op. 12
Bamberg Sym/Neeme Järvi
Glazunov: Symphony No. 6 & Poème lyrique
9:57 am
Florence Price: "Rowing: Little Concert Waltz"
Michael Clark, p
Waltzes & Character Pieces of Florence Price
10:00 am - 2:00 pm
10:00 am
Midday with Lisa Flynn
Including the "Daily Excursion" at 11:00 am and "Music in Chicago" at 12:00 pm.
10:00 am
Henryk Wieniawski: "Polonaise brillante" No. 2 in A, Op. 21
Itzhak Perlman, v; Samuel Sanders, p
Itzhak Perlman - Encores
10:10 am
Jacques Ibert: "Escales (Ports of Call)"
Sinfonia of London/John Wilson
Escales - French Orchestral Works
10:26 am
François Couperin: "Concert royal" No. 2 in D
Vienna Concentus Musicus/Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Music at the Court of Louis XIV
10:41 am
Fanny Mendelssohn: "Songs Without Words," Op. 8
Nos. 1, 3, 4
Sylviane Deferne, p
Fanny & Felix Mendelssohn: The Last Rose of Summer
10:54 am
Gabriel Fauré: "Masques et Bergamasques", Op. 112
II, "Pastorale"
Orpheus Chamber Orch
Pavane
11:00 am
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: "Capriccio espagnol," Op. 34
Gothenburg Sym Orch/Neeme Järvi
Rimsky-Korsakov: 3 Symphonies - Orchestral Works
11:17 am
Gaspar Sanz: "Suite española"
Christopher Parkening, g
A Tribute to Segovia
11:26 am
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Two-Piano Concerto No. 10 in E-Flat, K. 365
I. "Allegro"
Murray Perahia, p; Chicago Sym Orch/Sir Georg Solti, p
Solti: The Legacy 1937-1997
11:38 am
Franz Joseph Haydn: Baryton Trio No. 107 in D
John Hsu, baryton; David Miller, vi; Loretta O'Sullivan, vc
Haydn: Divertimenti / Haydn Baryton Trio
11:52 am
Gioachino Rossini: "Bianca e Falliero"
Overture
Prague Sinfonia/Christian Benda
Rossini: Complete Overtures, Vol. 4
12:00 pm
Otto Nicolai: Ecclesiastical Festival Overture on "A Mighty Fortress"
Chicago Gargoyle Brass & Organ Ensemble/Stephen Squires
Ein' feste Burg: Music of the Reformation
12:09 pm
Alexandre Desplat: "Girl with the Pearl Earring"
Emmanuel Pahud, f; French National Orch/Alexandre Desplat
Airlines
12:18 pm
Franz Liszt: "Les préludes," Symphonic Poem No. 3
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Kurt Masur
Liszt: Tasso, Les Préludes, Orpheus, Mazeppa
12:34 pm
Frédéric Chopin: "Barcarolle" in F-Sharp, Op. 60
Nelson Freire, p
Chopin - Nelson Freire
12:43 pm
Franz Ignaz Beck: Symphony in E-Flat, Op. 4, No. 6
Czech Chamber Phil Orch/Marek Štilec
Beck: Symphonies, Op. 4, Nos. 4-6 & Op. 3, No. 5
1:01 pm
Clara Schumann: Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 7
Isata Kanneh-Mason, p; Royal Liverpool Phil Orch/Holly Mathieson
Romance: The Piano Music of Clara Schumann
1:23 pm
Anonymous English: "Greensleeves to A Ground"
Chamber Orch of Europe members/Daniel Hope, v
Air: A Baroque Journey
1:28 pm
Andrea Falconieri: "Passacalio à 3 & à 4"
Chamber Orch of Europe members/Daniel Hope, v
Air: A Baroque Journey
1:32 pm
Paul Dukas: "La Péri"
New York Phil/Pierre Boulez
Pierre Boulez Conducts The New York Philharmonic Orchestra
1:52 pm
Richard Strauss: Wind Suite in B-Flat, Op. 4
I. "Praeludium"
Minnesota Orch Winds/Edo de Waart
Richard Strauss, Minnesota Orchestra • Edo De Waart - Sinfonia Domestica • Suite For Winds
2:00 - 7:00 pm
2:00 pm
Ludwig van Beethoven: Cello Sonata No. 5 in D, Op. 102, No. 2
Yo-Yo Ma, vc; Emanuel Ax, p
Hope Amid Tears
2:22 pm
Ralph Vaughan Williams: Three Shakespeare Songs
Cambridge Singers/John Rutter
There Is Sweet Music (English Choral Songs, 1890-1950)
2:30 pm
Antonio Vivaldi: Violin Concerto in C, R. 179a, "Per Anna Maria"
Europa Galante/Fabio Biondi, v
Vivaldi: Violin Concertos 'per Anna Maria'
2:44 pm
Hector Berlioz: "Roméo et Juliette," Op. 17
Romeo Alone; Melancholy; Concert and Ball
New York Phil/Leonard Bernstein
Berlioz: Requiem, Mort de Cléopâtre, Roméo et Juliette (Excerpts)
2:57 pm
Girolamo Conversi: "Sola Soletta"
Baltimore Consort
The Ladyes Delight
3:00 pm
Johann Sebastian Bach: Lute Suite in G minor, BWV 995
José Fernández Bardesio, g
Bach & Barrios
3:24 pm
Ina Boyle: String Quartet in E minor
Piatti Quartet
Boyle, Vaughan Williams, Moeran & Ireland
3:45 pm
Eduard Tubin: Estonian Dance Suite (1938)
Gothenburg Sym Orch/Neeme Järvi
Tubin: String-Concertos
3:58 pm
Grażyna Bacewicz: "Oberek" No. 2 (1951)
Midori, v; Robert McDonald, p
Encore!
4:00 pm
Luigi Boccherini: "Night Music in the Streets of Madrid," Op. 30, No. 6
Orquestra Barroca Casa da Música/Andreas Staier
À Portuguesa - Iberian Concertos & Sonatas
4:18 pm
Arvo Pärt: "Magnificat"
Tallis Scholars/Peter Phillips
Tintinnabuli
4:27 pm
Frédéric Chopin: Preludes, Op. 28
No. 4 in E minor
Sviatoslav Richter, p
Sviatoslav Richter, pianist - Prepared by Henry Fogel for WFMT
4:30 pm
Elmer Bernstein: "To Kill a Mockingbird"
Selections
Royal Scottish National Orch/Elmer Bernstein
To Kill a Mockingbird
4:49 pm
Johann Nepomuk Hummel: Mandolin Sonata in C
I. "Allegro con spirito
Maria Scivittaro, m; Robert Veyron-Lacroix, piano
Beethoven & Hummel: Mandolin Music
5:00 pm
Leopold Mozart: Two-Horn Concerto in E-Flat
Bedřich & Zdeněk Tylšar, hn's; Dvorak Chamber Orch/P Altrichter
Concertos for Two French Horns and Orchestra
5:00 pm
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Six German Dances, K. 567
No. 4 in D
Tafelmusik/Bruno Weil
Mozart: German Dances
5:13 pm
Camille Saint-Saëns: "Wedding Cake (Caprice-Valse)," Op. 76
Stephen Hough, p; City of Birmingham Sym Orch/Sakari Oramo
Saint-Saëns: The Complete Works for Piano and Orchestra
5:19 pm
Francesco Cavalli: Canzon a 3 from "Musiche Sacre" (1656)
Il Pomo d'Oro/Francesco Corti
Voglio Cantar
5:26 pm
Sergei Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18
Yuja Wang, p; Los Angeles Phil/Gustavo Dudamel
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concertos, Paganini Rhapsody
6:00 pm
Friedrich Hartmann Graf: Quintet in E-Flat
Ensemble Schönbrunn
Graf: Out of the Shadow of the Masters
6:10 pm
Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quartet No. 11 in F minor, Op. 95, "Serioso"
Calidore String Quartet
Beethoven: The Middle Quartets
6:33 pm
Antonín Dvořák: "The Noon Witch," Op. 108
Berlin Phil/Simon Rattle
Dvořák: Tone Poems
6:47 pm
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor, K. 478
Finale, "Rondo (Allegro)"
Peter Serkin, p; Alexander Schneider, v; Michael Tree, vi; David Soyer, vc
David Soyer, cello,
Mozart: Piano Quartets / Peter Serkin/Alexander Schneider
6:56 pm
Paquito D'Rivera: "Wapango"
Yo-Yo Ma, vc; Paquito D'Rivera, cl; Kathryn Stott, p; Cyro Baptista, per
Cyro Baptista, percussion,
The Essential Yo-Yo Ma
7:00 pm
7:00 pm
Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin
Mozart at His Zenith
Beginning in 1786 at the first hearing of "The Marriage of Figaro," we’ll explore the stream of masterpieces, including operas, symphonies, piano concertos, and chamber works that Mozart wrote in the last five years of his life. He was in his early thirties, navigating the political life of a court composer in Vienna, while partying with the passion of a young man. On December 5, 1791, Mozart died, leaving his Requiem Mass unfinished. From these years alone, Mozart left a body of work that expresses a universe of imagination and emotions.
8:00 - 11:00 pm
8:00 pm
Evening Music
8:00 pm
Hosted by Robbie Ellis.
8:02 pm
Geminiano Giacomelli: "Merope"
Aria, "Sposa, son disprezzata"
Joyce DiDonato, ms; Il Complesso Barocco/Alan Curtis
Drama Queens
8:12 pm
Ottorino Respighi: "La boutique fantasque" (after Rossini)
St Martin's Academy/Sir Neville Marriner
Respighi: La Boutique Fantasque, The Birds, Ancient Airs & Dances Suite III
8:33 pm
Astor Piazzolla: "María de Buenos Aires"
"Fuga y misterio"
Axiom Brass
Astor
8:38 pm
Walter Rabl: Quartet in E-Flat, Op. 1
D Ottensamer, cl; N Bendix-Balgley, v; S Koncz, vc; C Traxler, p
Christoph Traxler, piano,
Brahms/Koncz: Sonatas for Clarinet and Orchestra
9:02 pm
Camille Saint-Saëns: "Tarentelle" in A minor, Op. 6
Demarre McGill, f; Anthony McGill, cl; Chicago Youth Sym Orch/Allen Tinkham
Winged Creatures
9:09 pm
Franz Schubert: Fantasia in C, D 605a, "Graz"
Mathieu Gaudet, p
Schubert: Explorations
9:23 pm
Johanna Müller-Hermann: String Quartet in E-flat major, Op. 6
Ostrobothnian Chamber Orch/Malin Broman
Breaking Waves
9:46 pm
Samuel Dushkin: "Sicilienne" (attributed to Maria Theresia von Paradis)
Anne Akiko Meyers, v; Sandra Rivers, p
Salut d'amour
9:50 pm
Anton Bruckner: Overture in G minor
Southwest German Radio Sym Orch/Leopold Hager
Bruckner, Schumann, Spohr – Ouvertüre G-Moll, Konzert Für Violine & Orchester A-Moll, Sinfonie Nr. 3 C-Moll Op. 78
10:01 pm
Traditional African: "We Shall Overcome"
Dashon Burton, bbr; Nathaniel Gumbs, p
Songs of Struggle & Redemption
10:06 pm
George Whitefield Chadwick: Symphony No. 2 in B-flat, Op. 21
Detroit Symphony Orchestra/Neeme Järvi
Symphony No. 2 / A Northern Ballad
10:42 pm
Amy Beach: Violin Sonata in A minor, Op. 34
IV. Finale, "Allegro con fuoco"
Duo FAE
Dissidents of the Gilded Age
10:52 pm
Sergei Prokofiev: "Romeo and Juliet," Op. 64
Romeo and Juliet Before Parting
Royal Phil Orch/Daniele Gatti
Prokofiev & Tchaikovsky: Romeo & Juliet
11:00 pm
11:00 pm
Best of Studs Terkel
It's Like A Dream To Me (1/15/1970)
Studs Terkel's 1970 birthday tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929-1968). Containing music, voices of citizens, and Studs Terkel’s own interview with the civil rights leader, this mosaic hour portrays a snapshot of an important historical moment in our nation’s story. Please be advised this historical program includes some strong language of an offensive nature which conveys the harsh reality of the time and place.
