Schedule & Playlists
Playlist for Saturday, March 7, 2026
12:00 - 6:00 am
12:00 am
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Notturno, "Mi lagnerò tacendo," K. 437
New York Vocal Arts Ensemble/Raymond Beegle
Mozart Nocturnes and Haydn Vocal Quartets
12:03 am
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Notturno, "Ecco quel fiero istante," K. 436
New York Vocal Arts Ensemble/Raymond Beegle
Mozart Nocturnes and Haydn Vocal Quartets
12:05 am
Gabriel Fauré: Nocturnes, Op 33
#1 in e-flat
Kathryn Stott, p
Faure: Piano Music
12:13 am
Gabriel Fauré: Nocturnes, Op 33
#2, "Fleur jetée"
Sally Pinkas, p
Gabriel Faure: Complete Nocturnes
12:18 am
Gabriel Fauré: Nocturnes, Op 33
#3 in A-Flat
Jean-Philippe Collard, p
12:23 am
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Notturno, "Luci care," K. 346
Frazes, s; Karnes, ms; Rogers, br; Chicago Sym Winds
12:24 am
Johann Christoph Graupner: Overture in d
L'ensemble des Idées Heureuses/Geneviéve Soly
Graupner: Cantate, Sonate, Ouverture Volume 2
12:54 am
Georg Philipp Telemann: Suite in G, "La Bizarre"
"Rossignol"
Philharmonia Virtuosi of New York/Richard Kapp
Telemann: Suites For Orchestra
1:00 am
Gregor Josef Werner: Pastorale in D
Capella Savaria/Pal Nemeth
1:05 am
Johann David Heinichen: "Pastorale" in A
Susanne Regel, ob; Monika Nielen, ob; Musica Antiqua Köln/Reinhard Goebel
Concerti "Per L'Orchestra Di Dresda"
1:11 am
Arthur Foote: Three Pieces for Flute and Piano, Op 31b
#3, Pastorale
Fenwick Smith, f; Randall Hodgkinson, p
Chamber Music with Flute by Aaron Copland, Arthur Foote
1:13 am
Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 in F, Op. 68, "Pastoral"
Vienna Phil/Pierre Monteux
Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 1, 3, 6, 8
1:55 am
Hugo Wolf: "Mörike Lieder"
"Peregrina 1"
Brigitte Fassbaender, ms; Jean-Yves Thibaudet, p
2:00 am
Arthur Bliss: "March of Homage" (1965)
Royal Liverpool Phil/David Atherton
Bliss: Piano Concerto / March Of Homage / Welcome The Queen
2:05 am
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: "Grande Sestetto Concertante" (after K. 364)
L'Archibudelli
Mozart: Grande Sestetto Concertante After K.364, Duos K.423 & 424
2:34 am
Ernesto Lecuona: "Diary of a Child"
"The Dolls Have a Party"
Thomas Tirino, p
Lecuona: Complete Piano Music Vol 2
2:36 am
Otto Luening: "Legend"
Eric Larsen, ob; Oslo Phil/José Serebrier
Sebastian, by Gian Carlo Menotti; Lyric Scene, Legend, by Otto Luening
2:47 am
Henryk Wieniawski: "Légende," Op 17
Patrice Fontanarosa, v; Radio Luxembourg Orch/Hubert Soudant
Violon Pour Les Jours De Fête
2:54 am
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Two Contredanses, K. 603
No. 2
Salzburg Mozarteum Orch/Hans Graf
Mozart: Dances And Minuets
3:00 am
Aarre Merikanto: "Intrada" (1936)
Finnish Radio Sym Orch/Jukka-Pekka Saraste
3:05 am
Jan Dismas Zelenka: Trio Sonata #1 in F
Glaetzner, Goritzki, ob; Pank, viga; Bernstein, hc
Burkhard Glaetzner,
3:22 am
Johann Sebastian Bach: "Well-Tempered Clavier," Book 1, BWV 846/69
Prelude No. 1 in C
Nicholas McGegan, clavichord
Bach - Anna Magdalena Notebook
3:24 am
Jean Sibelius: "Pohjola's Daughter," Op. 49
Atlanta Sym Orch/Yoel Levi
Jean Sibelius: Tone Poems & Incidental Music
3:38 am
Edvard Järnefelt: Korsholma Castle
Finnish Radio Sym Orch/Ulf Soderblom
N/A
3:54 am
Johann Sebastian Bach: Two-Part Inventions, BWV 772/786
No. 3 in D
Arturo Delmoni, v; Nathaniel Rosen, vc
4:00 am
George Frideric Handel: "Giulio Cesare"
Aria, "Svegliatevi"
Lorraine Hunt, ms; Philharmonia Baroque Orch/Nicholas McGegan
Handel: Arias for Durastanti
4:05 am
George Frideric Handel: Concerto grosso in G, Op. 6, No. 1
Handel and Haydn Society/Christopher Hogwood
6 Concerti Grossi, Op. 3; 12 Concerti Grossi, Op. 6
4:17 am
Robert Schumann: "Album für die Jugend," Op. 68
No. 28, "Erinnerung"
Daniel Levy, p
4:18 am
Robert Schumann: "Märchenbilder," Op. 113
Yuko Inoue, vi; Kathron Sturrock, p
Romanze: The Romantic Viola
4:34 am
Erich Wolfgang Korngold: "Märchenbilder (Fairytale Pictures)," Op. 3
Linz Bruckner Orch/Caspar Richter
Korngold: Fairytale Pictures and other orchestral music
4:54 am
John Ireland: "We'll to the Woods No More"
"In Boyhood"
Brett Polegato, br; Iain Burnside, p
5:00 am
Giuseppe Verdi: "Alzira"
Overture
La Scala Phil/Riccardo Muti
Verdi: Overtures and Preludes, Volume II
5:05 am
Saverio Mercadante: Flute Concerto in e
Jean-Pierre Rampal, f; English Chamber Orch/Claudio Scimone
3 Concertos Pour Flûte
5:27 am
Giuseppe Verdi: "Aida"
Act 2: Dance of the Moorish Slaves
Munich Radio Orch/Roberto Abbado
Verdi: Ballet Music
5:28 am
Edouard Lalo: "Fantaisie-Ballet"
Ruggiero Ricci, v; Luxembourg Radio Orch/Louis de Froment
5:37 am
Maurice Ravel: "Daphnis et Chloé"
Suite No. 2
London Sym Orch/Grzegorz Nowak
N/A
5:54 am
Serge Prokofiev: "Romeo and Juliet," Op. 64
"Scene: The street awakens"
San Francisco Sym Orch/Michael Tilson Thomas
Romeo And Juliet: Scenes From The Ballet
12:00 - 3:00 pm
12:00 pm
Metropolitan Opera
Berlioz's Les Troyens, Part 2
Christa Ludwig (Didon); John Vickers (Énée); Mignon Dunn (Anna); John Macurdy (Narbal); Metropolitan Opera Cho & Orch/Rafael Kubelik. Sung in French. Recorded March 16, 1974. "Artist's Choice" chosen by Yannick Nézet-Séguin to spotlight Rafael Kubelik.
2:53 pm
William Boyce: Overture No. 4 in D
Cantilena/Adrian Shepherd
Boyce: Overtures 1-9
3:00 pm
3:00 pm
Afternoon Music
3:01 pm
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Quartet No. 2 in E-Flat, K. 493
I. Allegro
Pinchas Zukerman, v; Jethro Marks, vi; Amanda Forsyth, vc; Yefim Bronfman, p
Yefim Bronfman, piano,
Schubert Trout Quintet; Mozart Piano Quartet, K 493
3:12 pm
Claude Debussy: "Jeux (Poème dansé)"
London Sym Orch/François-Xavier Roth
Strauss & Debussy
3:31 pm
Élisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre: Violin Sonata No. 1 in D minor (1707)
Resche-Caserta, v; Dunford, l; Christie, hc; Rignol, viga
Myriam Rignol, viola da gamba,
Bill & Friends
3:47 pm
Granville Bantock: "The Pierrot of the Minute"
Bournemouth Sinfonietta/Norman Del Mar
Bantock, Butterworth, Bridge
4:00 pm
4:00 pm
Listening to Singers with Oliver Camacho
A conversation about historically informed performances of the music of J S Bach with conductor Richard Webster, music director of Bach in the City.
5:00 - 8:00 pm
5:00 pm
Weekend Evening Music
5:00 pm
Doreen Carwithen: Concerto for Piano and Strings
I. "Allegro assai"
Howard Shelley, p; London Sym Orch/Richard Hickox
Carwithen: Orchestral Works
5:14 pm
Julie Cooper: "Ourania"
Justin Pearson, vc; Julie Cooper, p
Julie Cooper: Continuum
5:20 pm
Patricia Morehead: "Voyage Across Centuries"
Janáček Phil/Stanislav Vavřínek
Inviting Worlds Vol. 3
5:32 pm
Mana-Zucca: Prelude, Op. 73
Antonio Oyarzábal, p
La Muse Oubliée
5:35 pm
Ethel Smyth: Piano Piece in E
Antonio Oyarzábal, p
La Muse Oubliée
5:39 pm
Dobrinka Tabakova: Concerto for cello and strings
Kristina Blaumane, vc; Lithuanian Chamber Orch/Maxim Rysanov
Dobrinka Tabakova * String Paths
6:01 pm
Thomas Tallis: "Spem in Alium"
ORA Singers/Suzi Digby
Spem in Alium
6:12 pm
Jean-Marie Leclair: Violin Concerto in A minor, Op. 7, No. 5
Théotime Langlois de Swarte, v; Les Ombres
Vivaldi, Leclair, Locatelli: Violin Concertos
6:27 pm
Camille Saint-Saëns: "Carnival of the Animals"
The Kanneh-Masons
Carnival
6:51 pm
Ruth Gipps: Symphony No. 1 in F minor, Op. 22
IV. "Adagio"
BBC Phil/Rumon Gamba
Ruth Gipps: Orchestral Works Vol. 3
7:02 pm
Maurice Ravel: "Gaspard de la nuit"
Benjamin Grosvenor, p
Benjamin Grosvenor: Chopin, Liszt, Ravel
7:24 pm
Phoebe Knapp: "Blessed Assurance"
Peter Moore, tb; Tredegar Town Band/Ian Porthouse
Shift
7:29 pm
Johannes Brahms: Clarinet Trio in A minor, Op. 114
Andreas Ottensamer, cl; Gautier Capuçon, vc; Yuja Wang, p
Rachmaninoff & Brahms
7:53 pm
Bernard Herrmann: "Vertigo"
"Scène d'amour"
Studio Orch/Muir Mathieson
Vertigo (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
8:00 pm
8:00 pm
Folkstage hosted by Marilyn Rea Beyer
Live from Acoustic Renaissance Concerts in Hinsdale: Elite Canadian songwriter James Keelaghan famed for ballads like “Cold Missouri Water” performs.
9:00 pm - 12:00 am
9:00 pm
The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer
Can we talk? Alexander Graham Bell’s historic patent on the telephone was granted 150 years ago today. We ask listeners to call in with their support during WFMT's Spring Membership Drive.
9:00 pm
Lead Belly: The Midnight Special THEME (excerpt 1)
Lead Belly
Midnight Special
9:01 pm
Eddie From Ohio: Operator (Spivery)
Eddie From Ohio
The Portable EFO Show, Disc 1
9:04 pm
Richard Thompson: Alexander Graham Bell
Richard Thompson
Acoustic Rarities
9:07 pm
The True Falsettos: Telephone Call from Istanbul (Waits)
The True Falsettos
Slummin
9:13 pm
John Hammond and Tom Waits: I Know I've Been Changed (Trad.)
John Hammond and Tom Waits
Wicked Grin
9:15 pm
The Carter Family: Hello Central, Get Me Heaven
The Carter Family
Longing for Old Virginia: Their Complete Victor Recordings (1934)
9:19 pm
Catie Curtis w/Mary Gauthier: Hello, Stranger (Carter)
Catie Curtis w/Mary Gauthier
Hello, Stranger
9:23 pm
Leo Kottke & Mike Gordon: Rings
Leo Kottke & Mike Gordon
Sixty Six Steps
9:27 pm
Steve Goodman: You Never Even Call Me By My Name - live (Goodman/Prine)
Steve Goodman
Artistic Hair
9:31 pm
Loudon Wainwright III: You Never Phone
Loudon Wainwright III and Martha Wainwright
So Damn Happy
9:34 pm
Ilene Weiss: Answer to Come
Ilene Weiss
Obliviously
9:39 pm
Walkin' Jim Stoltz: Cellular Phone
Walkin' Jim Stoltz
Little Piece of Time
9:41 pm
Cheryl Wheeler: It's The Phone
Cheryl Wheeler
Defying Gravity
9:44 pm
Maura O'Connell: I Hear You Calling Me (Lake/Marshall)
Maura O'Connell
Wandering Home
9:47 pm
Dave Carter: "236-6132"
Dave Carter & Tracy Grammer
Drum Hat Buddha
9:51 pm
Phil Henry: Extraordinary Woman
Phil Henry
Extraordinary Woman - single
9:55 pm
Robby Hecht: Not a Number
Robby Hecht
Not a Number
9:59 pm
Andrew Beyer: "The Midnight Special - Melodica"
Andrew Beyer
Midnight Special Collection
10:00 pm
Special Consensus: Red, Red Robin (Woods)
Special Consensus
Been All Around This World
10:03 pm
Carolina Chocolate Drops: Here Rattler
Carolina Chocolate Drops
Genuine Negro Jig (15th Anniversary Edition)
10:06 pm
Mother Banjo (Ellen Stanley): Morning Train (Prine/McLaughlin)
Mother Banjo (Ellen Stanley)
Morning Train (Prine/McLaughlin) - single
10:10 pm
John Prine: "Hello in There"
John Prine
The Singing Mailman Delivers
10:19 pm
Ladysmith Black Mambazo: "Hello My Baby"
Ladysmith Black Mambazo
Shaka Zulu
10:22 pm
Kim Richey: Hello Old Friend
Kim Richey
Glimmer
10:26 pm
Jim Gary: Rings Around the Moon
Jim Gary
Word Play
10:30 pm
Patty & Craig: Look to the Moon
Patty & Craig
Look to the Moon
10:35 pm
Mark Dvorak: In the Shadow of the Mountain
Mark Dvorak
Let Love Go On
10:38 pm
Cherish the Ladies feat. Aoife Clancy: The Galway Rover
Cherish the Ladies feat. Aoife Clancy
New Day Dawning
10:42 pm
The Clancy Brothers & Robbie O’Connell: "Those Were the Days"
The Clancy Brothers & Robbie O’Connell
Older But No Wiser
10:49 pm
John Mulaney: The Phone Used to Be A Wooden Box
John Mulaney
Kid Gorgeous At Radio City
10:50 pm
Redbird, ft. Barry Rothman: Phonebooth of Love (FCC Clean)
Redbird, ft. Barry Rothman
Redbird Live at Cafe Carpe
10:54 pm
Special Consensus ft. Rick Faris: Please Mr. Postman (G. Dobbins/W. Garrett)
Special Consensus ft. Rick Faris
Been All Around This World
10:58 pm
Carolina Chocolate Drops: Snowden's Jig (Genuine Negro Jig)
Carolina Chocolate Drops
Genuine Negro Jig (15th Anniversary Edition)
11:00 pm
Sons of the Never Wrong: Two Tin Cans
Sons of the Never Wrong
Feather and the Starry Crown
11:03 pm
Jonas Friddle: Two Tin Cans and a Fishing Line
Jonas Friddle
When the Water Was the Sky
11:07 pm
Carrie Newcomer: "Birds on a Telephone Wire"
Carrie Newcomer
Visions and Dreams
11:12 pm
Zoe Lewis: Rotary Phone
Zoe Lewis
Rotary Phone
11:16 pm
Joan Baez: Diamonds and Rust
Joan Baez
Complete A&M Recordings (4)
11:20 pm
Garnet Rogers: "Phone Booth"
Garnet Rogers
Night Drive
11:26 pm
Todd Snider: Reading on the Plane, Writing on the Phone
Todd Snider
Near Truths and Hotel Rooms - Live
11:27 pm
Todd Snider: Statistician's Blues
Todd Snider
Near Truths and Hotel Rooms - Live
11:30 pm
Susan Werner: Sleep (is the New Black)
Susan Werner
Live audio single
11:34 pm
Bill Morrissey: "Harry's Last Call"
Bill Morrissey
Something I Saw or Thought I Saw
11:38 pm
Emmylou Harris: I Hear a Call (Arata)
Emmylou Harris
Cowgirl's Prayer
11:41 pm
Tim O'Brien: Phantom Phone Call
Tim O'Brien
Chameleon
11:44 pm
Heather Maloney: Nightstand Drawer
Heather Maloney
Making Me Break
11:47 pm
Atwater Donnelly: No Phone Calls in the Night
Atwater Donnelly
Each Other's Story
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
