Schedule & Playlists
Playlist for Saturday, January 17, 2026
12:00 - 7:00 am
12:00 am
Gwyneth Walker: "Full Circle"
II. "The Grace of the World"
Palisades Virtuosi
Strike, Strum and Stride
12:05 am
George Walker: "Folksongs for Orchestra"
Cleveland Chamber Sym/Edwin London
Walker: Orchestral Works
12:17 am
Gwyneth Walker: "Fantasy Etudes"
No. 3, "Rough Rhythms"
Blue Violet Duo
Strike, Strum and Stride
12:18 am
Max Bruch: Serenade, Op. 75
Jack Liebeck, v; BBC Scottish Sym Orch/Martyn Brabbins
The Romantic Violin Concerto, Vol. 19: Bruch
12:55 am
Vivian Fine: "Canzones y Dances"
"Tango: The Frog Prince & the Senorita"
Joel Browning, g; Jan Vinci, f
Five Premieres: Chamber Works With Guitar
1:00 am
Leroy Anderson: "The Waltzing Cat"
St Louis Sym/Leonard Slatkin
Leroy Anderson Favorites * Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra * Leonard Slatkin
1:02 am
Leroy Anderson: "Bugler's Holiday"
St Louis Sym/Leonard Slatkin
Leroy Anderson Favorites * Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra * Leonard Slatkin
1:04 am
Johann Neruda: Trumpet Concerto in E-Flat
Guy Touvron, tr; Prague Chamber Orch
Classic Trumpet
1:21 am
Henry Purcell: "The Fairy Queen"
Suite
Alison Balsom, tpt; English Concert/Trevor Pinnock
Sound The Trumpet (Royal Music Of Purcell & Handel)
1:35 am
Henry Purcell: "Sound the Trumpets"
Hannes, Wolfgang, Bernhard Läubin, tr's; Simon Preston, o
Awake The Trumpet's Lofty Sound
1:37 am
Arthur Foote: String Suite in E, Op 63
London Sym Orch Strings/Kenneth Klein
Skyscrapers
1:54 am
Richard Thompson: Prelude No. 3
Richard Thompson, p
Poetry Prelude
2:00 am
Felix Mendelssohn: "A Midsummer Night's Dream," Op. 61
"Scherzo"
London Brass
2:05 am
Antonin Dvorák: "Scherzo capriccioso," Op. 66
Baltimore Sym/Marin Alsop
Dvorák: Symphony No 6
2:20 am
Giuseppe Martucci: Three Scherzos, Op 53
Francesco Caramiello, p
Giuseppe Martucci: The Piano Music Volume 1
2:33 am
Asako Hirabayashi: "Scherzo"
Gail Olszewski, fp; Asako Hirabayashi, hc
Asako Hirabayashi
2:35 am
William Walton: "The Wise Virgins" Suite (after J.S. Bach)
London Phil/Bryden Thomson
Walton: The Quest And The Wise Virgins Suite
2:54 am
Johann Sebastian Bach: "Klavierbüchlein für Wilhelm Friedemann Bach"
"Praeambulum" No. 11
Joseph Payne, clavichord
Klavierbüchlein for Wilhelm Friedemann
3:00 am
Peter Tchaikovsky: "The Nutcracker" Suite, Op. 71a
"Waltz of the Flowers"
Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
TCHAIKOVSKY, P.: The Nutcracker Suite / PRAETORIUS, M.: Terpsichore / WARLOCK, P.: Capriol Suite (arr. for guitar quartet) (Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
3:05 am
Eduard Tubin: Balalaika Concerto
Emanuil Sheynkman, balalaika; Swedish Radio Sym Orch/Neeme Järvi
Symphony No. 1 • Balaika Concerto • Music For Strings
3:25 am
Antonio Vivaldi: Mandolin Concerto in C, R 425
Pepe Romero, g; St Martin's Academy/Iona Brown
Mad About Vivaldi
3:32 am
Claude Debussy: Song, "Mandoline"
Gérard Souzay, br; Dalton Baldwin, p
3:34 am
Georges Bizet: "L'arlésienne" Incidental Music
St Paul Chamber Orch/Christopher Hogwood
Bizet: L'Arlésienne • Gounod: Petite Symphonie / Symphony No.1
3:54 am
François Couperin: Pièces de clavecin, Bk 4 (1730): 21e ordre in e
"La Bondissante"
Carole Cerasi, hc
Couperin: Complete Works for Harpsichord
4:00 am
Peter Tchaikovsky: "The Months (The Seasons)," Op. 37
"June (Barcarolle)"
Moscow Chamber Orch/Constantine Orbelian
TCHAIKOVSKY, P.: Serenade in C Major / The Seasons (arr. A. Gauk) (Moscow Chamber Orchestra, Orbelian)
4:05 am
Jacques Offenbach: "The Tales of Hoffmann"
"Barcarolle" (Belle nuit)
Royal Liverpool Phil Cho, BBC Phil/Yan Pascal Tortelier
BBC Philharmonic / Tortelier: French Bonbons
4:08 am
Jacques Offenbach: Two-Cello Suite No. 1
Ronald Pidoux, vc; Etienne Peclard, vc
Offenbach: Suites for 2 Cellos
4:29 am
Erik Satie: "Le Piccadilly" (Piano Rag, c 1904)
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, p
The Magic of Satie
4:30 am
Chevalier De Saint-Georges: Violin Concerto in G, Op. 12, No. 2
Qian Zhou, violin; Toronto Chamber Orchestra/Kevin Mallon
Monsieur de Saint-Georges
4:54 am
Jean-Philippe Rameau: "Le temple de la gloire"
"Gigue en rondeau"
Philharmonia Baroque Orch/Nicholas McGegan
Temple de la Gloire
5:00 am
Carl Loewe: Song, "Der alte König," Op 116/2
Thomas Mohr, br; Cord Garben, p
Loewe: Lieder & Balladen Complete Edition
5:05 am
Emilie Mayer: String Quartet in g, Op. 14
Erato Quartet
String Quartets
5:34 am
Carl Loewe: Song, "Du Geist der reinsten Güte," Op. 89/5
Robert Wörle, t; Cord Garben, p
Loewe: Lieder & Balladen Complete Edition
5:36 am
Steiner: "The Three Musketeers" (1935)
Suite
Potsdam Brandenburg Phil/Richard Kaufman
Captain Blood
5:55 am
Fréderic Chopin: "Etudes," Op. 10
No. 7 in C, "Toccata"
Yunchan Lim, p
Fréderic Chopin
6:00 am
Elizabeth Maconchy: Overture, "Proud Thames" (1952)
London Phil/Vernon Handley
Proud Thames / Music For Orchestra / Symphony No.1 / Four Elizabethan Dances
6:05 am
Eric Coates: "London Suite"
London Pops Orch/Frederick Fennell
Frederick Fennell Conducts The Music Of Leroy Anderson and Eric Coates
6:20 am
John Rutter: "God be in my head"
Cambridge Singers, City of London Sinfonia/John Rutter
Gloria: The Sacred Music Of John Rutter
6:21 am
Emmanuel Chabrier: "Pièces pittoresques" (1881)
#10, "Scherzo-valse"
Artur Rubinstein, p
The Artistry of Artur Rubinstein
6:26 am
Mlynarski: Violin Concerto #2 in D, Op 6
Nigel Kennedy, v; Polish Chamber Orch/Jacek Kaspszyk
Polish Spirit * Nigel Kennedy
6:55 am
Fréderic Chopin: "Etudes," Op. 10
No. 4 in C-sharp minor, "Torrent"
Yunchan Lim, p
Fréderic Chopin
7:00 - 11:00 am
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.
7:03 am
Giacomo Puccini: "La Bohème"
Suite
National Opera Orch/Paul Freeman
Puccini: Opera for Orchestra
7:19 am
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: "The Bamboula," Op. 75
Isata Kanneh-Mason, p
Summertime
7:23 am
Georges Bizet: "Jeux d'enfants," Op. 22
French National Orch/Seiji Ozawa
Bizet: Symphony in C, Carmen Suite, Jeux d'enfants, Overture "Patrie"
7:36 am
Claude Debussy: "Petite Suite"
I. "En bateau"
Répercussion
Fantaisies Classiques
7:41 am
Lauren McCall: "A Spark and a Glimmer"
Caitlin Edwards, v; Nancy Ives, vc; Monica Ohuchi, p
Amplify: All Classical Portland's RII Vol. 1
7:51 am
Andrew York: "Sunburst"
Jason Vieaux, g
Play
7:56 am
Vladimir Dmitriev: Russian Intermezzo
Odessa Balalaikas
The Art of Balalaika
8:00 am
Saturday Morning Listener's Choice
8:01 am
Alfred Reed: "El Camino Real"
Senzoku Gakuen Symphonic Wind Orch/Alfred Reed
Alfred Reed Live, Vol. 6: The Final Recorded Concert
8:14 am
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Variations on "Ah, vous dirai-je, maman," K. 265
Myung-Whun Chung, p
Myung-Whun Chung - Piano
8:23 am
Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quartet No. 8 in E minor, Op. 59, No. 2, "Razumovsky"
I. "Allegro"
Emerson String Quartet
Essential Beethoven
8:34 am
Carlo Gesualdo: Madrigal, "Moro, lasso, al mio duolo"
La Compagnia del Madrigale
Gesualdo: Madrigali libro sesto, 1611
8:39 am
Gioachino Rossini: "L'Italiana in Algeri (The Italian Girl in Algiers)"
Overture
Orpheus Chamber Orch
Rossini Overtures
8:48 am
Edward Elgar: "Enigma" Variations, Op. 36
No. 9, "Nimrod"
Chicago Sym Orch/Sir Georg Solti
Ultimate Classical Dreams
8:52 am
Iosif Ivanovici: "Waves of the Danube (The Anniversary Song)"
Slovak Radio Sym Orch/Jerome Cohen
French Ballroom Favourites: Les succès de la danse
9:02 am
Alfred Newman: 20th Century Fox Fanfare
London Phil Orch/John Mauceri
The Genius of Film Music
9:02 am
Soundtrack
9:04 am
Elmer Bernstein: "Some Came Running"
"Rejection"
Studio Orch/Elmer Bernstein
Some Came Running (Original Motion Picture Score)
9:07 am
Elmer Bernstein: "Some Came Running"
"Ginny"
Studio Orch/Elmer Bernstein
Some Came Running (Original Motion Picture Score)
9:10 am
Elmer Bernstein: "Some Came Running"
"The Noblest Act"
Studio Orch/Elmer Bernstein
Some Came Running (Original Motion Picture Score)
9:11 am
Elmer Bernstein: "Some Came Running"
"Catharsis"
Studio Orch/Elmer Bernstein
Some Came Running (Original Motion Picture Score)
9:14 am
Elmer Bernstein: "The Black Cauldron"
Suite
Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
The Black Cauldron
9:32 am
Elmer Bernstein: "Rambling Rose"
"Rose and Buddy"
Orch/Elmer Bernstein
Rambling Rose (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack To The Film)
9:39 am
Elmer Bernstein: "Staccato"
Suite
Original TV soundtrack
Elmer Bernstein: Staccato
9:48 am
Sergei Prokofiev: "The Queen of Spades," Op. 70
Suite, I. Introduction and Allegro
Royal Scottish National Orch/Neeme Järvi
On Guard for Peace & The Queen of Spades
9:57 am
Sergei Prokofiev: "The Queen of Spades," Op. 70
Suite, III. Scherzo
Royal Scottish National Orch/Neeme Järvi
On Guard for Peace & The Queen of Spades
10:02 am
Giacomo Puccini: Three Minuets (1892)
Ensō Quartet
Strauss: String Quartet in A; Puccini: Crisantemi, Three Minuets; Verdi: String Quartet
10:12 am
Dave Brubeck: "Joy in the Morning"
Orchestral Suite
Cincinnati Sym Orch/Jesús López-Cobos
Into The Light: Symphonic Expressions Of Spirit
10:29 am
Francis Poulenc: "Les chemins de l'amour"
Yo-Yo Ma, vc; Kathryn Stott, p
Songs of Comfort & Hope
10:33 am
Camille Saint-Saëns: Romance in F, Op. 36
Yo-Yo Ma, vc; Kathryn Stott, p
Merci
10:36 am
Michael Praetorius: "Terpsichore"
5 Dances
Brass Ring
Brass Ring - Music For Brass Quintet
10:46 am
Gioachino Rossini: "Zelmira"
Aria and rondo finale, "Riedi al soglio"
Joyce DiDonato, ms; Lyon Opera Orch & Cho/Riccardo Minasi
Stella di Napoli
10:55 am
Peter Tchaikovsky: "Mazeppa"
Cossack Dance
Indianapolis Sym Orch/Raymond Leppard
Tchaikovsky: Manfred Symphony, Elegie, Cossack Dance
11:00 am
11:00 am
Introductions
Anna Huelke, 18, flute. Martinů: Flute Sonata, 1st mvt; Bach: Flute Sonata in E, BWV 1035, 1st mvt; Schocker: "The Further Adventures of Two Flutes"; Eben: Sonatina semplice. With Kay Kim, piano and Destina Sarussi, second flute.
11:51 am
Percy Grainger: Children's March, "Over the Hills and Far Away"
US Marine Band/Michael J Colburn
Monumental Works for Winds
12:00 - 4:00 pm
12:00 pm
Metropolitan Opera
Bizet's Carmen
Aigul Akhmetshina (Carmen); Michael Fabiano (Don José); Janai Brugger (Micaëla); Christian Van Horn (Escamillo); Metropolitan Opera Cho & Orch/Pier Giorgio Morandi. Sung in French.
3:27 pm
Frederick Delius: "Idylle printemps"
English Northern Phil/David Lloyd-Jones
Delius: Florida Suite, Over the Hills and Far Away, Idylle printemps
3:36 pm
Leopold Mozart: Horn Concerto in D
Stewart Rose, hn; St. Luke's Chamber Ensemble
From the Forest
3:54 pm
John Dowland: Pavan, P. 18
Paul O'Dette, l
Dowland: Complete Lute Works, Vol. 1
4:00 pm
4:00 pm
Listening to Singers with Oliver Camacho
An interview with mezzo-soprano Joyce Di Donato, Chicago Symphony Orchestra's 2025/26 Artist-in-Residence.
5:00 - 8:00 pm
5:00 pm
Weekend Evening Music
5:00 pm
Kevin Puts: "Home"
I. "Warm, with rubato"
Miró Quartet
Home
5:07 pm
Carter Pann: "Slalom"
Cincinnati Sym Orch/Paavo Järvi
American Portraits
5:17 pm
Alexandre Desplat: "Wes Anderson's Suite"
F Calvo, man; G Caserotto, banjo; L Morar, dulcimer; Orchestre de Paris/Alexandre Desplat
Paris - Hollywood
5:31 pm
Florent Schmitt: "La Tragédie de Salomé," Op. 50
Orch Métropolitain/Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Schmitt, Franck
6:01 pm
Gabriel Fauré: "Fantaisie," Op. 79
Demarre McGill, f; Seattle Sym/Ludovic Morlot
Fauré: Masques et bergamasques & Pelléas et Mélisande
6:08 pm
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K. 550
German Chamber Phil Bremen/Tarmo Peltokoski
Mozart Symphonies
6:35 pm
Eric Ewazen: "Frost Fire"
II. "Gentle and Mysterious"
Axiom Brass
New Standards
6:42 pm
Henriëtte Bosmans: "Poème"
Raphael Wallfisch, vc; BBC Scottish Sym Orch/Ed Spanjaard
Henriëtte Bosmans: Cello Concertos 1 & 2; Poème
6:57 pm
Florence Price: "Song for Snow"
Chloe Flower, p; Academy of St Martin in the Fields/Jessica Cottis
She Composed: The Holidays
7:00 pm
Martin Luther King: Speech, "I Have a Dream"
On the "beautiful symphony of brotherhood"
Martin Luther King, speaker
I Have a Dream: The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., 1929-1968
7:01 pm
Roberta Slavitt: "Freedom is a Constant Struggle"
Nicholas Phan, t; Palaver Strings
A Change is Gonna Come
7:05 pm
Erich Wolfgang Korngold: "Overture to a Play," Op. 4
Minería Sym Orch/Carlos Miguel Prieto
Korngold: Violin Concerto * Philippe Quint
7:21 pm
John Adams: "Century Rolls"
Emanuel Ax, p; Cleveland Orchestra/Christoph von Dohnányi
John Adams: Century Rolls, Lollapalooza, Slonimsky's Earbox
7:51 pm
Cécile Chaminade: Piano Trio No. 1 in G minor, Op. 11
IV. Finale, "Allegro molto"
Rembrandt Trio
Chaminade, Ravel, Saint-Saëns: Piano Trios
8:00 pm
8:00 pm
Folkstage hosted by Marilyn Rea Beyer
From the archives: Rev. Robert Jones and Matt Watroba traveled from Detroit to Hinsdale, Illinois, to perform on Folkstage live from Acoustic Renaissance Concerts on a wintry night in 2021.
9:00 pm - 12:00 am
9:00 pm
The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer
Chicago has long been the epicenter of contemporary Gospel music. We’ll explore the impact of that music and celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.
9:00 pm
Lead Belly: The Midnight Special THEME (excerpt 1)
Lead Belly
Midnight Special
9:01 pm
Bett Padgett: Don't Take My Child
Bett Padgett
If I Catch My Dream
9:05 pm
Soweto Gospel Choir, feat. Robert Plant: Valley of Tears (Domino/Bartholomew)
Soweto Gospel Choir, feat. Robert Plant
Divine Decade
9:08 pm
Kate MacLeod: Gospel Songs
Kate MacLeod
Trying to Get it Right
9:10 pm
Henhouse Prowlers: Gospel In Review (Wright)
Henhouse Prowlers
The Departure
9:13 pm
Sweet Honey in the Rock: I Got to Know (Guthrie)
Sweet Honey in the Rock
Woody at 100 Live at the Kennedy Center
9:18 pm
Mandolin Orange: Gospel Shoes
Mandolin Orange
Blindfaller
9:22 pm
Nora Guthrie, Ensemble: This Train
Nora Guthrie, Ensemble
Woody at 100 Live at the Kennedy Center
9:27 pm
Blind Willie Johnson: Soul of a Man
Blind Willie Johnson
Martin Scorcese Presents The Blues: Soul of a Man
9:30 pm
Marian Anderson w/Franz Rupp: "Hard Trials"
Marian Anderson, c; Franz Rupp, p
He's Got The Whole World In His Hands
9:32 pm
Mavis Staples: Hard Times Come Again No More (Foster)
Mavis Staples
Beautiful Dreamer: The Songs of Stephen Foster
9:36 pm
Walter Parks & the Unlawful Assembly feat. Ada Dyer: "Amazing Grace" (trad./Newton)
Walter Parks & the Unlawful Assembly feat. Ada Dyer
Walter Parks & The Unlawful Assembly
9:41 pm
Sara Thomsen: Tough Like that
Sara Thomsen
Here and Gone
9:45 pm
Crowes Pasture: Raise Your Hand
Crowes Pasture
Raise Your Hand (single)
9:49 pm
Steve Eriksson: Hands Off
Steve Eriksson
Hands Off (single)
9:53 pm
Mahalia Jackson: A Rusty Old Halo
Mahalia Jackson and the Falls-Jones Ensemble
Gospels, Spirituals and Hymns
9:55 pm
Wes Weddell: Stems
Wes Weddell
The Work, The Hope, The Promise
9:58 pm
Owen Walsh: The Midnight Special (Trad.)
Owen Walsh
The Midnight Special "exclusive"
10:00 pm
Sonia Sanchez, arr. Sweet Honey in the Rock: Letter to Martin Luther King, Jr. (Sanchez)
Sweet Honey in the Rock
Live at Carnegie Hall
10:08 pm
Grace Griffith: Beautiful Fool (Don Henry)
Grace Griffith
Grace
10:13 pm
Sam Robbins: Just One Cronkite
Sam Robbins
Bigger Than In Between
10:17 pm
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.: I Have a Dream 1963 - excerpt
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Great Speeches of the 20th Century, Disc 3
10:22 pm
Company: If We Only Have Love (Brel)
Original Broadway Cast
Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living in Paris
10:33 pm
Crys Matthews: Call Them In
Crys Matthews
Single Honoring John Lewis
10:37 pm
Mouths of Babes: Gospel Truth
Mouths of Babes
Faith & Fumes
10:40 pm
Kray Van Kirk: Turtle Joe
Kray Van Kirk
Empire
10:43 pm
Bill Camplin: January Guitar
Bill Camplin
January Guitar (single)
10:47 pm
Claudia Schmidt: Come to Me
Claudia Schmidt
Come to Me (single)
10:51 pm
Dar Williams: Sacred Mountain
Dar Williams
Hummingbird Highway
10:57 pm
Joel Mabus: "Illinois/Indiana"
Joel Mabus
Parlor Guitar
11:00 pm
Mavis Staples: Sow Good Seeds (Trad./Tweedy)
Mavis Staples
One True Vine
11:00 pm
Stephen Schuch: Midnight Special (Piano Only)
Stephen Schuch
single
11:02 pm
Brooks Williams & Aaron Catlow: If You Want the Rainbow (Levant/Rose/Dixon)
Brooks Williams & Aaron Catlow
Ready for the Times
11:06 pm
Tim O'Brien: When This World Comes to an End (trad., arr. O'Brien)
Tim O'Brien
Cornbread Nation
11:11 pm
Phil Ochs: Knock on the Door
Phil Ochs
All The News That Fit to Sing
11:14 pm
Billy Bragg: "I Dreamed I Saw Phil Ochs Last Night"
Billy Bragg
The Internationale
11:15 pm
John Gorka: Good Noise
John Gorka
Out of the Valley
11:19 pm
Patty Larkin: Good Thing
Patty Larkin
Angels Running
11:24 pm
Cliff Eberhardt: Good Example
Cliff Eberhardt
12 Songs of Good and Evil
11:29 pm
Jan Krist and her "Hope Choir": Hope
Jan Krist and her "Hope Choir"
Since You Asked Me
11:34 pm
Diane Coll: Dream Away
Diane Coll
Strangely in Tune
11:37 pm
Anne Harris: Time Has Made a Change (Frye)
Anne Harris
I Feel It Once Again
11:41 pm
Odetta: Deep River
Odetta
Best of Odetta: Ballads and Blues
11:44 pm
Sam Cooke: A Change is Gonna Come
Sam Cooke
A Change is Gonna Come (single)
11:47 pm
The Gospel Hummingbirds: Blowin' in the Wind (Dylan)
The Gospel Hummingbirds
Taking Flight
11:53 pm
Laura Love: I Still Believe (Unplugged)
Laura Love
She Loved Red
11:58 pm
Andrew Beyer: "The Midnight Special - cigar box slide"
Andrew Beyer
Midnight Special Collection
