Schedule & Playlists
Playlist for Monday, January 26, 2026
12:00 - 6:00 am
12:00 am
William Grant Still: "Ennanga" (1956)
3rd mvt
Ashley Jackson, h; Harlem Chamber Players
24 Negro Melodies
12:05 am
Leonard Bernstein: "West Side Story Concerto" for string quartet and orchestra
Harlem Quartet; Chicago Sinfonietta/Mei-Ann Chen
Delights & Dances
12:31 am
François Joseph Gossec: "Tambourin"
Nora Shulman, f; Judy Loman, h
Dance of the Blessed Spirits
12:32 am
François-Joseph Gossec: Symphony in D, Op 5/3, "Pastorella"
London Mozart Players/Matthias Bamert
Gossec: Symphonies
12:45 am
Francois Devienne: Bassoon Sonata in F, Op 24/3
Jesse Read, bn; Glen Wilson, forte-p
Devienne: 6 Sonatas for Bassoon and Fortepiano Op. 24
12:54 am
Jean-Baptiste Lully: "Ballet Royal de la Naissance de Vénus"
"Deuxième entrée"
Les Talens Lyriques/C Rousset
"Ballet Royal de la Naissance de Vénus"
1:00 am
Franz Liszt: "Trois études de concert" (1848)
No. 3 in D-Flat, "Un sospiro"
Earl Wild, p
Liszt: Sonata in B Minor, Polonaise No. 2, Etudes de Concert, Transcedental Etudes, Hungarian Rhapsodies Nos. 4, 12, and 2
1:05 am
Edward Elgar: "Sospiri," Op 70
Tomoko Kato, v; Akira Eguchi, p
Tomoko Kato Plays Elgar
1:08 am
Edward Elgar: "Civic Fanfare"
Locke Brass Consort/James Stobart
Locke Brass Consort - Fanfare: British Music for Symphonic Brass Ensemble
1:10 am
Anton Zemlinsky: Symphonic poem, "Die Seejungfrau (The Mermaid)"
Cologne Gurzenich Orch/James Conlon
1:54 am
Anton Zemlinsky: Six Waltz Songs, Op 6, on folk texts from Tuscany
#2, "Klagen ist der Mond gekommen"
Anne Sofie von Otter, ms; Cord Garben, p
Zemlinsky: Lieder
2:00 am
Henryk Wieniawski: "Etudes-Caprices," Op 18
#1 in g
Maria Kliegel, vc; Werner Thomas, vc
Cellicatessen (Violoncello-Duos)
2:05 am
Jean-Pierre Duport: Etude #8 in D
Antonio Meneses, vc
Capriccioso - Works For Solo Cello
2:11 am
Jessie Montgomery: Duo for Violin and Cello
Ari Streisfeld, v; Claire Bryant, vc
Jessie Montgomery
2:21 am
Jessie Montgomery: "In Color"
I. "Red"
Third Coast Percussion
Standard Stoppages
2:22 am
Johannes Brahms: Double Concerto in a minor, Op. 102
Isaac Stern, v; Yo-Yo Ma, vc; Chicago Sym/Claudio Abbado
Brahms: Concerto for Violin, Cello and Orchestra in A Minor Op. 102, Piano Quartet No. 3 in C Minor Op, 60
2:55 am
Johannes Brahms: "Liebeslieder Waltzes" Op. 52
No. 5, "Die grüne Hopfenranke (The green hops vine)"
Bonney, von Otter, Streit, Bär; Helmut Deutsch, Bengt Forsberg, p
Bengt Forsberg, piano,
Helmut Deutsch, piano,
3:00 am
Peter Philips: Motet, "Mulieres sedentes"
The Sarum Consort/Andrew Mackay
Cantiones Sacrae Quinis Vocibus - Antwerp 1612
3:05 am
William Boyce: Symphony #8 in d
Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood
Symphonies, Op. 2
3:16 am
William Boyce: Symphony #1 in B-Flat
De Falla Trio
3:22 am
Daniel: A Fancy
Robin Hill, g, Peter Wiltschinsky, g
3:24 am
Malcolm Arnold: Symphony #5, Op 74
Munich Sym Orch/Douglas Bostock
3:54 am
English ANON 16th c: A Merry Mood
Robin Hill, g, Peter Wiltschinsky, g
4:00 am
Gioachino Rossini: "Semiramide"
Aria, "Bel raggio lusinghier"
Maria Callas, s; Philharmonia Orch/Antonio Tonini
4:05 am
Gioachino Rossini: "The Barber of Seville"
Netherlands Wind Ensemble
Rossini for Wind 'The Barber of Seville'
4:28 am
Gioachino Rossini: "The Barber of Seville"
Aria, "Una voce poco fà"
Regina Music Box
Wound-up Opera (Great Hits From The Opera)
4:30 am
Gioachino Rossini: "The Barber of Seville"
Paraphrase on "Largo al factotum"
Jascha Heifetz, v; Milton Kaye, p
The Heifetz Collection, Volume 19: 51 Miniatures 1944-1946
4:35 am
Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Guitar Concerto #1 in D, Op 99
Alirio Diaz, g; I Solisti di Zagreb/Antonio Janigro
4:54 am
Domenico Scarlatti: Clavier Sonata in C, Kk 515 (L 255)
Wanda Landowska, hc
5:00 am
Henry Purcell: Trio Sonata #1 in g
London Baroque Ensemble
Purcell: Ten Sonatas In Four Parts
5:05 am
William Walton: "Sinfonia Concertante" (1928)
Peter Katin, p; London Sym Orch/William Walton
Scapino / The Quest / Sinfonia Concertante / Capriccio Burlesco
5:25 am
Arthur Bliss: Adam Zero
Fanfare Overture
Royal Liverpool Phil/Vernon Handley
5:27 am
Franz Schubert: Symphony No. 8 in b minor, D. 759, "Unfinished"
Vienna Phil/Lorin Maazel
5:55 am
Olivier Messiaen: "Quatuor pour la fin du temps"
#4, Interlude
Amici Ensemble
Quartet for the End of Time
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
Tomaso Albinoni: Trumpet Concerto in D
Leipzig Bach Collegium/Ludwig Güttler, tr
Leipziger Bach-Collegium - Stradella, J.Ch.Bach, Finger, J.S. Bach, Telemann, Albinoni
6:14 am
John Ireland: "A Downland Suite" (1932)
Minuet
Guildhall String Ensemble/Robert Salter
English Music for Strings
6:20 am
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Quartet No. 2 in E-Flat, K. 493
Finale, "Allegretto"
Melos Quartet members; Georg Solti, p
Mozart Piano Quartets
6:30 am
Peter Tchaikovsky: "Pique Dame"
Ballet Adaptation: "Soirée au ballet" (first half)
Montreal Grands Ballets Canadiens Orch/Jacques Lacombe
Tchaikovsky: La Dame de Pique - The Queen Of Spades
6:38 am
Camille Saint-Saëns: "Fantaisie" in A, Op. 124
Gérard Poulet, v; Isabelle Moretti, h
Saint-Saens: Fantasy Op. 124, Suite Op. 16, Quartet, Op. 41
6:51 am
Karl Goldmark: Symphony No. 1 in E-Flat, Op. 26, "Rustic Wedding"
V. Finale, "Dance"
Utah Sym/Maurice Abravanel
Goldmark: Rustic Wedding Symphony; Enescu: Rumanian Rhapsodies 1 & 2
7:03 am
Thomas Arne: Overture No. 6 in B-Flat
Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood
Arne: Eight Overtures
7:11 am
Frederick Delius: "Florida" Suite
I. "Daybreak"
Royal Phil Orch/Thomas Beecham
Beecham Conducts Delius
7:22 am
Frédéric Chopin: Nocturne in D-Flat, Op. 27, No. 2
Arthur Rubinstein, p
Nocturne
7:31 am
Arturo Márquez: "Danzón" No. 2
Simón Bolívar Youth Orch/Gustavo Dudamel
Gustavo Dudamel: Discoveries
7:43 am
Karl Jenkins: "La Folia" (after Corelli)
Evelyn Glennie, mar; Hong Kong Chamber Orch/Jean Thorel
Alrich - Jenkins - Rorem: Concertos for Mallet Instruments
7:55 am
Scott Joplin: "Country Club Rag"
Alexander Peskanov, p
Joplin: Piano Rags, Vol. 1 by Louis Chauvin, Scott Joplin
8:04 am
Jules Massenet: Orchestral Suite No. 5, "Scènes napolitaines"
New Zealand Sym Orch/Jean-Yves Ossonce
Massenet: Orchestral Suites Nos. 4 - 7
8:16 am
Gabriel Fauré: Romance in B-Flat, Op. 28
Dong-Suk Kang, v; Pascal Devoyon, p
Discover Music of the Romantic Era
8:23 am
Franz Krommer: "Sinfonia concertante" in E-Flat, Op. 70
V. Finale, "Allegro"
Jànos Rolla, v; Paul Meyer, cl; Franz Liszt Cha Orch/Jean-Pierre Rampal, f
Krommer: Clarinet Concertos & Sinfonia Concertante
8:31 am
Jean Sibelius: "Cortège"
Turku Phil Orch/Leif Segerstam
Sibelius: Belshazzar's Feast, Overture in E major, Scène de ballet, Cortège, Menuetto
8:38 am
Michael Torke: "Adjustable Wrench"
London Sinfonietta/Kent Nagano
Torke: Color Music
8:51 am
John Philip Sousa: "Sandalphon" Waltzes
Razumovsky Sym Orch/Keith Brion
Sousa: On Wings of Lightning
9:04 am
Bedřich Smetana: "The Bartered Bride"
Overture
Chicago Sym Orch/Fritz Reiner
New World Symphony and Other Orchestral Masterworks
9:11 am
Franz Schubert: String Quartet No. 13 in A minor, D. 804, "Rosamunde"
II. "Andante"
Protean Quartet
Tempus omnia vincit
9:19 am
John Adams: "The Chairman Dances"
Baltimore Sym Orch/David Zinman
Dance Mix
9:34 am
Georg Philipp Telemann: "Tafelmusik," Book 3
Two-Horn Concerto in E-Flat
Teunis van der Zwart & Bart Aerbeydt, hn's; Freiburg Baroque Orch/Gottfried von der Goltz
The Complete Tafelmusik
9:51 am
Mauro Giuliani: "Gran duetto concertante" in A, Op. 52
III. Finale, "Rondo militaire"
Michala Petri, r; Lars Hannibal, g
Café Vienna: 19th Century Café Music
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
Hosted by Dave Schwan.
10:00 am
Henry Purcell: "Purcell Suite"
Canadian Brass
High, Light, Bright, and Clear: The Glory of Baroque Brass
10:11 am
Frederick Delius: "Brigg Fair"
Welsh National Opera Orch/Charles Mackerras
Delius: Brigg Fair, In a Summer Garden, The Walk to the Paradise Garden, North Country Sketches / Sir Charles Mackerras
10:29 am
Igor Stravinsky: "Dumbarton Oaks"
Orpheus Chamber Orch
Divertimento, Romanian Folk Dances, Dumbarton Oaks, Pulcinella Suite
10:46 am
Johannes Brahms: Scherzo for "F-A-E" Sonata
Vadim Gluzman, v; Angela Yoffe, p
Impromptu: Vadim Gluzman & Angela Yoffe (September 30, 2009)
10:51 am
George Frideric Handel: "Water Music" Suite No. 2 in D
"Air and Hornpipe"
Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood
Editions de L'Oiseau-Lyre - The Original Sound
11:01 am
Carl Nielsen: "Helios" Overture, Op. 17
Royal Scottish National Orch/Sir Alexander Gibson
Nielsen: Symphony No. 5 and Helios Overture/ Sibelius: Spring Song and Night Ride and Sunrise
11:14 am
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: "Württemberg" Sonata No. 5 in E-Flat, Wq 49/5
Keith Jarrett, p
C.P.E. Bach: Wurttemberg Sonatas
11:30 am
Arthur Foote: "Air and Gavotte," Op. 25
Seattle Sym/Gerard Schwarz
Arthur Foote: Francesca da Rimini, 4 Character Pieces after the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, Suite, Serenade (excerpts)
11:44 am
Traditional Chinese: "Moon Reflection at Second Stream"
Pacific Harmony String Quartet
Melodies of the Far East
11:51 am
Daniel-François Auber: "The Bronze Horse"
Overture
BBC Phil/Yan Pascal Tortelier
Tortelier's French Bonbons
12:01 pm
Regina Harris Baiocchi: "Piano Poems"
No. 1, "common things surprise us"
Sarah Cahill, p
The Future is Female, Vol. 3 At Play
12:03 pm
Regina Harris Baiocchi: "Piano Poems"
No. 4, "a candle burns time"
Sarah Cahill, p
The Future is Female, Vol. 3 At Play
12:09 pm
Edvard Grieg: Two Elegiac Melodies, Op. 34
Gothenburg Sym Orch Strings/Neeme Järvi
Grieg: Holberg Suite, 2 Elegiac Melodies, 2 Nordic Melodies, 2 Melodies, 2 Lyric Pieces
12:19 pm
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: String Quartet No. 4 in C, K. 157
Jerusalem Quartet
Mozart: String Quartets
12:37 pm
George Gershwin: Second Rhapsody
Los Angeles Phil/Michael Tilson Thomas, p
Gershwin: Rhapsody In Blue, Second Rhapsody, Preludes, Unpublished Piano Works
1:01 pm
Édouard Lalo: "Symphonie espagnole" in D minor, Op. 21
Anne-Sophie Mutter, v; French National Orch/Seiji Ozawa
Lalo: Symphonie espagnole; Sarasate: Zigeunerwiesen
1:35 pm
Florence Price: "Village Scenes"
Josh Tatsuo Cullen, p
Scenes in Tin Can Alley
1:46 pm
Johann David Heinichen: Dresden Concerto in F, S 231
Musica Antiqua Cologne/Reinhard Goebel
Heinichen: Dresden Concerti
1:54 pm
Claude Debussy: "Valse romantique"
Claudio Arrau, p
Debussy for Daydreaming
2:00 - 7:00 pm
2:00 pm
Edward Elgar: "The Spanish Lady," Op. 89
Suite
Guildhall String Ensemble/Robert Salter
English Music for Strings
2:12 pm
Enrique Fernández Arbós: "Pequeña suite española," Op. 7
Madrid Sym Orch/Jesús López-Cobos
Arbós: Complete Orchestral Works
2:33 pm
Hector Berlioz: "Benvenuto Cellini," Op. 23
Overture
Lyon National Orch/Leonard Slatkin
Berlioz: Harold en Italie, Le carnaval romain, Benvenuto Cellini: Overture
2:44 pm
Bedřich Smetana: "From Bohemia's Meadows and Forests"
Czech Phil/Charles Mackerras
Smetana: Má Vlast
2:57 pm
Zhou Long: Eight Chinese Folksongs
No. 6, "When Will the Acacia Bloom?"
Shanghai Quartet
The Flowing Stream: Chinese Folk Songs and Tone Poems by Zhou Long
3:00 pm
Johann Sebastian Bach: "Italian Concerto" in F, BWV 971
Alexandre Tharaud, p
Concertos Italiens
3:14 pm
Édouard Lalo: Piano Trio No. 1 in C minor, Op. 7
Eroica Trio
Eroica Trio - Strings in the Mountains
3:36 pm
Isaac Albéniz: Albéniz: "L'Automne-Valse," T 96
Miguel Baselga, p
Albéniz, Piano Music Volume 7
3:49 pm
Arcangelo Corelli: Violin Sonata in D minor, Op. 5, No. 7
Ryo Terakado, v; Siebe Henstra, hc; Lucia Swarts, vc
Corelli: Sonatas for Violin & Basso Continuo
3:58 pm
Ernesto Nazareth: "Brejeiro"
Arthur Moreira Lima, p
Moreira Lima, Nazareth: Tangos, Waltzes & Polkas
4:00 pm
Antonio Vivaldi: Bassoon Concerto in C, R. 477
John Miller, bn; St Mary's Chamber Players/Neville Marriner
Vivaldi Bassoon Concertos
4:12 pm
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 21 in C, K. 467
III. Finale, "Allegro vivace assai"
Alon Goldstein, p; Fine Arts Quartet
Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 20 & 21
4:20 pm
Johannes Brahms: Eleven Chorale Preludes, Op 122
Canadian Brass
Brahms on Brass
4:48 pm
Johann Strauss II: "Emperor Waltz," Op. 437
Vienna Johann Strauss Orch/Willi Boskovsky
Famous Strauss Waltzes
5:00 pm
Zez Confrey: "Kitten on the Keys"
Eteri Andjaparidze, p
Zez Confrey Piano Music
5:00 pm
Maurice Ravel: "Ma mère l'Oye (Mother Goose)"
Suite
Rotterdam Phil Orch/Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Ravel: Ballet and Dance Music
5:17 pm
David Popper: Three Pieces, Op. 11
No. 1, "Widmung"
Wendy Warner, vc; Eileen Buck, p
Wendy Warner plays Popper and Piatigorsky
5:23 pm
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: "Twenty-Four Negro Melodies," Op. 59
No. 19, "Oh, He Raise a Poor Lazarus"
David Shaffer-Gottschalk, p
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor * 24 Negro Melodies Opus 59
5:30 pm
Louise Farrenc: Piano Quintet No. 1 in A minor, Op. 30
Ensemble Louise Farrenc
Farrenc - Firsova - Bonis: Chamber Music
6:00 pm
Georges Bizet: "Carmen"
Suite
Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
Latin
6:16 pm
Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 in A, Op. 92
IV. Finale, "Allegro con brio"
Philadelphia Orch/Riccardo Muti
Beethoven: The Complete Symphonies
6:26 pm
Christoph Willibald Gluck: "Orpheus and Eurydice"
"Dance of the Blessed Spirits"
James Galway, f; National Phil Orch/Charles Gerhardt
The Very Best of James Galway
6:35 pm
Joaquín Rodrigo: "Per la flor del lliri blau"
London Sym Orch/Enrique Bátiz
The Rodrigo Edition
6:56 pm
Heitor Villa-Lobos: "Distribuição de flores"
Tacy Edwards, f; Marc Regnier, g
Tempo do Brasil
7:00 pm
7:00 pm
Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin
American Masters, Part VI
This week, we explore 20th-century American music under the Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon administrations. Alongside celebrated figures such as Copland, Gershwin, and Schoenberg, we will weave in beautiful and intriguing music from Peter Menin, Augustus Hailstork, Joan Tower, Charlie Parker, and yes, Fats Domino. We conclude with an elegiac symphonic work by George Walker, the first African American Pulitzer Prize-winning composer.
8:00 - 10:00 pm
8:00 pm
Live from WFMT
Pianist Jorge Federico Osorio hosted by Kerry Frumkin live from the Fay and Daniel Levin Performance Studio.
9:51 pm
Paul Pierné: "Suite pittoresque"
Aulos Wind Quintet
Aulos Bläserquintett - Jolivet, Pierné, Nielsen, Holst, Zemlinsky
10:00 pm - 12:00 am
10:00 pm
The WFMT Orchestra Series
Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra
Shostakovich Cello Concerto No. 2; Alisa Weilerstein, cello; Enescu "Oedipe" Prelude; Rachmaninoff Symphony No. 2; Paavo Järvi, conductor.
