Schedule & Playlists
Playlist for Wednesday, March 18, 2026
12:00 - 6:00 am
12:00 am
Maurice Ravel: "Menuet antique"
Robert Casadesus, p
Robert Casadesus: The Complete Piano Music of Maurice Ravel
12:05 am
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 15 in B-Flat, K. 450
Robert Casadesus, p; Cleveland Orch/George Szell
Robert Casadesus Plays Mozart
12:27 am
Franz Joseph Haydn: String Quartet in D, Op. 1, No. 3
Finale, "Presto"
Buchberger String Quartet
Haydn Edition
12:28 am
Claude Debussy: "Petite Suite"
Lyon National Orch/Jun Märkl
DEBUSSY, C.: Orchestral Works, Vol. 6 (Markl) - Suite bergamasque / Petite suite / En blanc et noir
12:41 am
Heitor Villa-Lobos: "Pequena Suite"
Rebecca Rust, vc; David Apter, p
VILLA - LOBOS : Bachianas Brasileiras / Pequena Suite
12:54 am
Othmar Schoeck: "Unter Sternen," Op. 55
No. 1, "Trost der Kreatur"
Roman Trekel, br; Christoph Keller, p
Othmar Schoeck Complete Edition, Vol 8
1:00 am
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Prelude, Op. 5, No. 1
Catalyst Quartet
Coleridge-Taylor: Nonet, Piano Trio, Piano Quintet
1:04 am
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Piano Quintet, Op. 1
Catalyst Quartet; Stewart Goodyear, p
Coleridge-Taylor: Nonet, Piano Trio, Piano Quintet
1:30 am
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: "Forest Scenes," Op. 66
"The Phantom Lover Arrives"
Waka Hasegawa, p
Undiscovered Piano Works: Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
1:32 am
Stewart Goodyear: "Introduction & Rondo Capriccioso"
Stewart Goodyear, p
Schumann, Goodyear, Mendelssohn
1:39 am
Camille Saint-Saëns: Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso, Op. 28
Joshua Bell, v; Royal Phil/Andrew Litton
The Best of Joshua Bell
1:49 am
Camille Saint-Saëns: "Le Déluge," Op. 45
Prelude
Augustin Dumay, v; Monte Carlo Phil/Manuel Rosenthal
1:54 am
Camille Saint-Saëns: Song, "La Coccinelle"
François Le Roux, br; Graham Johnson, p
Songs By Camille Saint-Saëns
2:00 am
Edward Elgar: "Pomp and Circumstance" Marches, Op. 39
No. 2 in a minor
London Phil/Sir Georg Solti
Elgar: Enigma Variations, Pomp & Circumstance Marches, Cockaigne Overture
2:05 am
Thomas Arne: Overture #6 in B-Flat
Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood
Arne: Eight Overtures * The A A M/Christopher Hogwood
2:12 am
Hummel/Giuliani: "Grand Potpourri National"
Claudio Maccari, g; Giovanni Togni, p
Hummel Edition
2:36 am
Mauro Giuliani: "Pièces faciles et agréables," Op 74
#12
Mikael Helasvuo, f; Jukka Savijoki, g
Mauro Giuliani - The Complete Works for Flute and Guitar, Vol.3
2:37 am
William Grant Still: "Seven Traceries"
Denver Oldham, p
Africa: Piano Music of William Grant Still * Denver Oldham
2:55 am
William Grant Still: "American Suite" (1918)
"Danse"
Royal Scottish National Orch/Avlana Eisenberg
William Grant Still
3:00 am
Georg Philipp Telemann: Four-Violin (Unaccompanied) Concerto in G
Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
For Thy Pleasure: J S Bach and Other Baroque Masters
3:05 am
Richard Strauss: "Death and Transfiguration," Op. 24
Dresden Staatskapelle/Herbert Blomstedt
3:30 am
Karl Ditters von Dittersdorf: "Arcifanfano, King of Fools"
Aria, "That his sowing yield a growing"
Joseph Sopher, t; Orch/Newell Jenkins
3:31 am
Ludwig van Beethoven: Variations on Dittersdorf's "Es war einmal ein alter Mann"
Alfred Brendel, p
Beethoven Piano Music, Vol.I
3:43 am
Karl Ditters von Dittersdorf: Symphony in C
Oradea Phil Orch/Miron Ratju
Dittersdorf: Symphonies & Concertos
3:53 am
Henry Purcell: "The Indian Queen" Incidental Music
Symphony and Dance
Taverner Players/Andrew Parrott
4:00 am
Johann Sebastian Bach: "Well-Tempered Clavier," Book 1, BWV 846/69
Prelude & Fugue No. 1 in C
Bob van Asperen, hc
Bach: Well-Tempered Clavier Book 1
4:05 am
Dmitri Shostakovich: Preludes and Fugues, Op. 87
No. 16 in b-flat
Tatiana Nikolaeva, p
24 Preludes and Fugues, op. 87
4:17 am
Camille Saint-Saëns: Preludes and Fugues, Op. 99
No. 3 in E-flat
Odile Pierre, o
Sämtliche Präludien Und Fugen
4:25 am
Johann Sebastian Bach: Eight Preludes and Fugues, BWV 555
Fugue in e
Julia Shaw, h; Nora Bumanis, h
Bach To Bach
4:27 am
Howard Hanson: Symphony #2, Op 30, "Romantic"
Eastman-Rochester Orch/Howard Hanson
Hanson Conducts Hanson: Symphony No. 1 «Nordic» / Symphony No. 2 «Romantic» / Song Of Democracy
4:55 am
William Byrd: "Sermone blando"
Frideswide Consort/Andrew Carwood
Early Latin Church Music
5:00 am
Luigi Cherubini: "Marche religieuse"
Philharmonia Orch/Riccardo Muti
5:05 am
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 14 in c-sharp minor, Op. 27, No. 2, "Moonlight"
Mikhail Pletnev, p
Piano Sonatas: Moonlight, Waldstein, Appassionata
5:22 am
Ludwig van Beethoven: 12 German Dances, WoO 8
#11
Capella Istropolitana/Oliver Dohnanyi
BEETHOVEN, L. van: 11 Dances, "Mödlinger Tänze" / 12 German Dances / 12 Minuets (Capella Istropolitana, Dohnányi)
5:24 am
Ferdinand Ries: Piano Concerto in c-sharp, Op 55
Maria Littauer, p; Hamburg Sym Orch/Alois Springer
5:54 am
John Dowland: "Captain Digorie Piper his Galiard"
Fretwork
Lachrimae (1604)
6:00 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.
6:05 am
Benjamin Britten: "Gloriana," Op. 53
Courtly Dances
Julian Bream Consort
Julian Bream Edition Vol 6: The Julian Bream Consort
6:16 am
Eric Coates: "The Three Elizabeths"
III. "Youth of Britain"
London Pops Orch/Frederick Fennell
Country Gardens and Other Favorites
6:22 am
Arthur Bliss: "The Royal Palaces"
Suite
Black Dyke Band/John Wilson
Bliss: Works for Brass Band
6:33 am
John Stanley: String Concerto in D, Op 2/1
Parley of Instruments/Roy Goodman
Six Concertos in Seven Parts, Op. 2
6:43 am
Ralph Vaughan Williams: English Folk Song Suite
St Martin's Academy/Sir Neville Marriner
Orchestral Works: Vaughan Williams/ Elgar, Etc.
6:54 am
John Ireland: "A Downland Suite" (1932)
Minuet
Guildhall String Ensemble/Robert Salter
English Music for Strings
7:00 am - 7:00 pm
7:00 am
WFMT Membership Drive
Until 7:00 pm. Enjoy the best classical music through the day with your favorite WFMT personalities and special guests, and support the music you love by calling (773) 279-2100 or by visiting wfmt.com.
7:00 pm
7:00 pm
Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin
Pacific Overtures I
Join Bill for a trip around the Pacific Rim! From Australia, we'll hear Aboriginal music alongside pieces by Percy Grainger and Peter Sculthorpe. In New Zealand, we'll hear Māori music, featuring Dame Gillian Whitehead and Kiri Te Kanawa. Then, we'll continue sailing west to South America, where we'll encounter music from Argentina and Chile. It's a two-part show, so tune in next week to see where else we go!
8:00 - 10:00 pm
8:00 pm
Evening Music
8:00 pm
Hosted by Robbie Ellis.
8:02 pm
Giuseppe Verdi: "Nabucco"
Overture
Chicago Sym Orch/Riccardo Muti
Italian Masterworks
8:09 pm
Giuseppe Verdi: "Nabucco"
"Gli arredi festivi"
Chicago Sym Cho & Orch/Riccardo Muti
Italian Masterworks
8:16 pm
Louise Farrenc: Trio for flute, cello and piano in E minor, Op. 45
Streicher Trio
Louise Farrenc: Trio in E, Op. 45; Clara Schumann: Trio in G, Op. 17
8:44 pm
George Gershwin: "Rhapsody in Blue"
Los Angeles Phil/Leonard Bernstein, p
The Americans: Complete Recordings On Deutsche Grammophon
9:01 pm
Johann Sebastian Bach: Prelude and Fugue in E-Flat, BWV 552, "St Anne"
BBC Phil/Sir Andrew Davis
King of Kings: Bach Orchestral Transcriptions
9:17 pm
Rita Strohl: "Grande Fantaisie-Quintette"
Quatuor Hanson; Ismaël Margain, p
Compositrices: New Light on French Romantic Women Composers
9:50 pm
Dietrich Buxtehude: Chaconne in E minor
Simón Bolívar Sym Orch/Keri-Lynn Wilson
Danzón
9:57 pm
Fritz Kreisler: "Liebesleid"
Timothy Ridout, vi; Frank Dupree, p
A Lionel Tertis Celebration
10:00 pm - 12:00 am
10:00 pm
Baroque&Before with Candice Agree
Bach’s Chorale Preludes
Daniel Gauss, organist at the Bern Cathedral, performs "The Great Eighteen" chorale preludes on the Gottlieb Leu organ, built in 1729.
11:53 pm
Johann Sebastian Bach: Cello Suite No. 6 in D, BWV 1012
I. Prelude
Janos Starker, vc
Janos Starker: The Mercury Living Presence Recordings
