Schedule & Playlists
Playlist for Saturday, April 11, 2026
12:00 - 7:00 am
12:00 am
George Frideric Handel: "Samson"
"Let the Bright Seraphim"
Kathleen Battle, s; Wynton Marsalis, tr; St Luke's Orch/John Nelson
Baroque Duet
12:05 am
George Frideric Handel: "Samson"
Minuet
Christopher Parkening, g
Parkening Plays Bach
12:09 am
George Frideric Handel: "Samson"
Chorus, "Awake the Trumpet's lofty sound"
Hannes, Wolfgang, Bernhard Läubin, tr's; Simon Preston, o
Awake The Trumpet's Lofty Sound
12:11 am
Antonio Vivaldi: Two-Trumpet Concerto in C, R 537
Charles Geyer & Barbara Butler, tr's; MOB Orch/Thomas Wikman
12:18 am
Anthony Plog: Fanfare
Byron Pearson, tr; Arthur Vidrich, o
Voices of Trumpets and Organ
12:20 am
Richard Strauss: Wind Sonatina No. 1 in F, "Aus der Werkstatt eines Invaliden"
Orpheus Chamber Orch
Sonatinen
12:54 am
Richard Strauss: "Krämerspiegel", Op. 66
#3
Brenden Gunnell, t; Malcolm Martineau, p
Strauss: Complete Songs
1:00 am
Niccolo Paganini: Introduction and Variations on "God Save the King", Op 9
Ingolf Turban, v; Jean-Jacques Dünki, p
Ingolf Turban - Nostalgien
1:05 am
Johann Nepomuk Hummel: Fantasy, "Recollections of Paganini"
Madoka Inui, p
HUMMEL, J.N.: Hummel Fantasies
1:15 am
George Rochberg: Caprice Variations
#42
Eliot Fisk, g
The Best of Eliot Fisk
1:17 am
Nicolo Paganini: Violin Concerto #3 in E
Accardo, London Phil
Concerto Per Violino (N.3) / Sonata Per La Gran Viola
1:54 am
Fritz Kreisler: "Syncopation"
Robert Zimanski, v; Gerard Wyss, p
Passione amorosa
2:00 am
Edward Elgar: "Spanish Serenade," Op 23
Royal Liverpool Philharmonia/Charles Groves
2:05 am
Edward Elgar: "The Spanish Lady," Op 89
Suite
English String Orch/William Boughton
The Spirit of England
2:11 am
Edward Elgar: String Serenade in e, Op 20
Camerata Chicago/Drostan Hall
2:22 am
Edward Elgar: Six Promenades
#1
Athena Ensemble
Elgar: Music For Wind Quintet, Vol. 2
2:24 am
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata #4 in E-Flat, Op 7
Dirk Herten, p
Beethoven Piano Sonatas
2:54 am
Adolphe Adam: "La jolie fille de Gand"
Act ii, Scene 2
Queensland Sym/Andrew Mogrelia
ADAM: Jolie Fille de Gand (La) (Complete Ballet)
3:00 am
Ernst von Dohnányi: "Pierette's Veil"
Wedding Waltz
Philharmonia Hungarica/Antal Dorati
Wienerwalzer Paprika
3:05 am
Franz Joseph Haydn: String Quartet in B-Flat, Op. 33, No. 4
Salomon String Quartet
Haydn: String Quartets Op 33 Nos 4, 5, 6 & Op 42
3:24 am
Franz Joseph Haydn: "The Seven Last Words of Christ on the Cross"
Finale, "Il Terremoto (The Earthquake)"
St Luke's Orch/Julius Rudel
3:25 am
Robert Schumann: Violin Concerto in d
Juliette Kang, v; Vancouver Sym Orch/Sergiu Comissiona
3:55 am
Hildegard von Bingen: "Laus Trinitati"
Oxford Camerata/Jeremy Summerly
VON BINGEN: Heavenly Revelations
4:00 am
George Frideric Handel: Sonata in g, HWV 364a
Trio Settecento
An Italian Sojourn
4:05 am
Johann Nepomuk Hummel: Trumpet Concerto in E (1803)
Guy Touvron, tr; Prague Chamber Orch
Classic Trumpet
4:25 am
Heitor Villa-Lobos: "A prole do bebé," Set 1 (1918)
"The Paper Doll"
Nohema Fernàndez, p
Villa-lobos: Momo Precoce And Solo Piano Works
4:27 am
Peter Tchaikovsky: Overture in F
Russian National Orch/Mikhail Pletnev
Russian Overtures
4:38 am
Peter Tchaikovsky: "Ouverture solenelle," "1812," Op. 49
Gothenburg Sym Cho, Orch/Neeme Järvi
1812 • Marche Slave • Polovtsian Dances • In The Steppes Of Central Asia • Capriccio Espagnol • Russian Easter Festival Overture
4:54 am
French ANON 19th c: Marche des Eclopes, 'La Boiteuse'
Paris Gardiens de la Paix Band/Jean Rollin
Military Fanfares, Marches and Choruses From The Time Of Napoleon
5:00 am
Ferdinand Ries: "Perpetuum mobile"
Nathan Milstein, v; Leon Pommers, p
5:02 am
Ottokar Novácek: "Perpetuum mobile", Op 5/4
Nathan Milstein, v; Leon Pommers, p
5:05 am
Nicolo Paganini: Moto perpetuo, Op 11
Chicago Sym Orch/Frederick Stock
Frederick Stock and The Chicago Symphony Orchestra
5:09 am
Johann Strauss II: Perpetuum mobile (Ein musikalischer Scherz), Op. 257
London Sym Orch/John Georgiadis
An Evening In Vienna
5:12 am
Johannes Brahms: Waltzes, Op 39
Anthony & Joseph Paratore, p
5:32 am
Ross Lee Finney: "Fiddle-doodle-ad" (1945)
"Candy Girl"
Miranda Cuckson, v; Thomas Sauer, p
Music by Ross Lee Finney. Fantasy in two movements for solo violin
5:34 am
Trevor Wye: Folklore latino-americain
Lisa Daoust, pic, Louise Bessette, p
Rhythm'n Flute
5:43 am
Aaron Copland: "Three Latin-American Sketches"
St Paul Chamber Orch/Hugh Wolff
Appalachian Spring - Music for the Theatre
5:54 am
Mexican Trad: Folksong, El Puerto
Walter Feybli, g
The Latin American Guitar: Konrad Ragossnig and Walter Feybli
6:00 am
Joseph Rheinberger: "Rhapsodie"
Pamela Pecha, eh; Karel Paukert, o
Marcello, Cimarosa, Bach, Et Al / Pecha, Paukert, Janacek Co
6:05 am
Felix Mendelssohn: "Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage" Overture, Op 27
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Kurt Masur
Mendelssohn: Overtures
6:16 am
Jacob van Eyck: Al hebben de princen haren
Stefano Bet, f
J. Van Eyck: Fluyten Lust-Hof, Books 1 and 2
6:18 am
Claude Debussy: "Première rapsodie" (Clarinet Rhapsody)
Eduard Brunner, cl; Margarita Höhenrieder, p
6:25 am
Marcel Grandjany: "Rhapsodie pour la Harpe"
Rita Costanzi, h
Of Fields & Forests
6:34 am
Ernest John Moeran: Rhapsody in F-Sharp (1943)
John McCabe, p; New Philharmonia Orch/Nicholas Braithwaite
Phantasm / Rhapsody
6:53 am
Herbert Howells: Song, "Mally O!"
Benjamin Luxon, br; Julius Drake, p
Howells: Songs
7:00 - 11:00 am
7:00 am
Weekend Mornings with Kristina Lynn
With news at 7:00 am; "Saturday Morning Listener's Choice" at 8:00 am; and "Soundtrack" at 9:00 am.
7:02 am
Jon Batiste: "Movement 11'"
Jon Batiste, p; Michelle Ross, v's
We Are
7:04 am
Jon Batiste: "Life of Ludwig" (after Beethoven's Symphony No. 5)
Jon Batiste, p
Beethoven Blues
7:07 am
Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67
II. "Andante con moto"
National Sym Orch/Gianandrea Noseda
Beethoven: The Complete Symphonies
7:17 am
Svend S. Schultz: "Une Amourette" (Little Serenade)
Carion
Nielsen's Footsteps
7:28 am
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Two-Piano Sonata in D, K. 448
Anderson & Roe Piano Duo
An Amadeus Affair
7:52 am
Hector Berlioz: "The Damnation of Faust," Op. 24
"Menuet des follets"
Boston Sym Orch/Charles Munch
Munch conducts Berlioz
7:58 am
Traditional English: "Early One Morning"
St. Charles Singers/Jeffrey Hunt
I Know Where I'm Going
8:00 am
Saturday Morning Listener's Choice
8:01 am
Jeremiah Clarke: Suite in D
"Prince of Denmark's March (Trumpet Voluntary)"
Wynton Marsalis, tr; English Chamber Orch/Anthony Newman
In Gabriel's Garden
8:04 am
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: "Russian Easter Overture," Op. 36
Chicago Sym Orch/Daniel Barenboim
"1812" Overture
8:20 am
Sergei Rachmaninoff: "The Isle of the Dead," Op. 29
Philadelphia Orch/Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Rachmaninov: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 3; The Isle of the Dead
8:43 am
Stephen Sondheim: "Into the Woods"
"Stay With Me" (Instrumental)
Studio Orch/Paul Gemignani
Into The Woods (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
8:45 am
Stephen Sondheim: "Into the Woods"
"No One Is Alone"
Chris Reynolds, p
Past is Prologue
8:51 am
Mingxin Du: Ten Xinjiang Dances
"I'll Wait for You till Dawn" (Kazakh folk-song)
Takako Nishizaki, v; Singapore Sym Orch/Choo Hoey
DU, Mingxin: 10 Xinjiang Dances
8:57 am
Mark Summer: "Julie-O"
Turtle Island Quartet
Metropolis
9:00 am
Soundtrack
9:01 am
Alfred Newman: 20th Century Fox Fanfare
London Phil Orch/John Mauceri
The Genius of Film Music
9:03 am
Dmitri Shostakovich: Jazz Suite No. 2
No. 6, Waltz 2
Zürich Chamber Orch/Daniel Hope, v
Dance!
9:08 am
Dmitri Shostakovich: "Michurin" Film Score Suite, Op. 78a
Overture
USSR RTV Cho & Large Sym Orch/Maxim Shostakovich
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5, Polka from "The Age of Gold", "Michurin" Suite
9:15 am
Dmitri Shostakovich: "Hamlet" (film score), Op. 116
Seven excerpts
Royal Concertgebouw Orch/Riccardo Chailly
The Film Album
9:16 am
Alfred Schnittke: "Agony"
Tango (Soundtrack Version)
State USSR Cinema Orch/Alfred Schnittke
Three Degrees of Freedom
9:23 am
Ryuichi Sakamoto: "Babel" film score
"Bibo no Aozura"
Russian Renaissance
Russian Renaissance
9:28 am
Toru Takemitsu: "The Face of Another" film music
Waltz
London Sinfonietta/John Adams
The Film Music Of Toru Takemitsu
9:32 am
Joe Hisaishi: "Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind"
Suite
Bach Choir; Tiffin Choirs; Royal Phil Orch/Joe Hisaishi
Joe Hisaishi: A Symphonic Celebration
10:01 am
Jean Sibelius: Serenade in D, Op. 69, No. 1
James Ehnes, v; Bergen Phil Orch/Edward Gardner
Sibelius: Violin Concerto; Serenades; Humoresques; Earnest Melodies; Suite
10:07 am
Johann Sebastian Bach: "Brandenburg" Concerto No. 4 in G Major, BWV 1049
Taverner Players/Andrew Parrott
Bach: Brandenburg Concertos
10:23 am
Judd Greenstein: "City Boy"
NOW Ensemble
Dreamfall
10:35 am
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: String Divertimento in D, K. 136
III. Finale, "Presto"
Hagen String Quartet
Mozart: The Singles - 66 Classic Tracks
10:39 am
Leonard Bernstein: Divertimento for Orchestra
Boston Pops Orch/John Williams
American Classics
10:54 am
Andrea Casarrubios: Piano Quintet
IV. Finale, "Zasca"
Andrea Casarrubios, vc; Manhattan Chamber Players
SEVEN
11:00 am
11:00 am
Introductions
Noah Kim, piano. Bach: Prelude and Fugue in C-Sharp, BWV 848; Mozart: Sonata No. 18 in D, K. 576; Schumann: Symphonic Etudes, Op. 13; Kapustin: Sonata No. 1, Op. 39, Finale. Originally broadcast December 9, 2023.
11:20 am
Igor Stravinsky: "Petrushka"
I. "The Shrovetide Fair", "Russian Dance"
Orch de Paris/Klaus Mäkelä
Stravinsky: Petrushka; Debussy: Jeux, Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune
11:32 am
Traditional Catalan: "Song of the Birds"
Avi Avital, m; Between Worlds
Song of the Birds
11:35 am
Fazıl Say: "Black Earth"
Avi Avital, m; Between Worlds
Song of the Birds
11:42 am
Fazıl Say: "Alla Turca Jazz" (Fantasia on Mozart's K. 331)
Roberto Plano, p
11:45 am
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: "Hamburg" Symphony No. 5 in B minor, Wq 182/5
Capella Istropolitana/Christian Benda
CPE Bach - Hamburg Sinfonias Nos. 1 - 6
12:00 - 4:00 pm
12:00 pm
Metropolitan Opera
Mozart's Don Giovanni
Ryan Speedo Green (Don Giovanni); Frederica Lombardi (Donna Anna); Adam Plachetka (Leporello); Janai Brugger (Donna Elvira); Ben Bliss (Don Ottavio); Hera Hyesang Park (Zerlina); William Guanbo Su (Masetto); Adam Palka (Commendatore); Metropolitan Opera Cho & Orch/Yannick Nézet-Séguin. Sung in Italian. Recorded Fall 2025.
3:27 pm
Franz Schubert: Song, "Auf dem Wasser zu singen," D 774
Evgeny Kissin, p
Schubert: Wanderer Fantasy; Brahms: Fantasies Op. 116; Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody No. 12
3:30 pm
Afternoon Music
3:31 pm
Gaetano Donizetti: "L'elisir d'amore"
Aria, "Una furtiva lagrima"
Camille Thomas, vc; Brussels Phil/Stéphane Denève
Voice of Hope
3:37 pm
Johann Friedrich Fasch: Orchestra Suite (Overture) in E minor
Tempesta di Mare
Fasch: Orchestral Works Vol. 4
4:00 pm
4:00 pm
Listening to Singers with Oliver Camacho
Soprano Rosa Feola joins WFMT to share selections from her acclaimed discography of rare Italian art song and arias, including the latest volume of Opera Rara's Donizetti Song Project.
5:00 - 8:00 pm
5:00 pm
Weekend Evening Music
5:00 pm
Antonio Vivaldi: Four-Violin Concerto in B-Flat, R 553
Europa Galante/Fabio Biondi
Vivaldi - Concerti Con Molti Strumenti Vol. 2
5:11 pm
John Rutter: Four Minatures for Orchestra
Royal Phil Orch/John Rutter
John Rutter - Reflections
5:21 pm
Edward Elgar: Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85
Timothy Ridout, vi; BBC Sym Orch/Martyn Brabbins
Elgar: Viola Concerto; Bloch: Suite for viola and orchestra
5:51 pm
Michael William Balfe: "The Bohemian Girl"
Overture
Boston Pops Orch/Arthur Fiedler
Boston Tea Party
6:00 pm
Antonín Dvořák: Piano Trio No. 4 in E minor, Op. 90, "Dumky"
Trio Wanderer
Dvořák: Piano Trios Op. 65 & 90
6:29 pm
Antonín Dvořák: "Songs My Mother Taught Me," Op. 55, No. 4
Joshua Bell, v; Craig Ogden, g; St. Martin's Academy/Michael Stern
Joshua Bell - The Classical Collection
6:32 pm
Franz Schubert: "Schwanengesang," D 957
No. 4, "Ständchen: Leise flehen meine Lieder"
Joshua Bell, v; Craig Ogden, g; Academy of St Martin in the Fields/Michael Stern
Joshua Bell - The Classical Collection
6:37 pm
Peggy Glanville-Hicks: "Etruscan Concerto"
Caroline Almonte, p; Tasmanian Sym Orch/Richard Mills
Women of Note: A Century of Australian Composers
6:53 pm
Michael Torke: "Unseen"
No. 7
East Coast Chamber Orch; Michael Torke Orch/Michael Torke
Unseen - Michael Torke
7:00 pm
Johannes Brahms: Violin Sonata No. 3 in D minor, Op. 108
Ilya Kaler, v; Alexander Peskanov, p
Brahms: Violin Sonatas Nos. 1-3, Opp. 78, 100 and 108
7:23 pm
Robert Schumann: "Konzertstück" in F, Op. 86
Soloists; New Philharmonia Orch/Theodor Guschlbauer
Peter Blake, horn,
Schumann: Cello Concerto; Konzertstück; Introduction & Allegro
7:41 pm
Leonard Bernstein: "On the Town"
Three Dance Episodes
Bournemouth Sym Orch/Marin Alsop
Leonard Bernstein: On the Waterfront, Chichester Psalms
8:00 pm
8:00 pm
Folkstage hosted by Marilyn Rea Beyer
Live from St. Tim's Coffeehouse: James Lee Stanley honed his reputation in Chicago in the 1970s with close musical ties to Corky Siegel and Michael Smith and lifelong collaborations with the crème de la crème of singers, writers, and players. He comes in from California to perform at St. Tim's at the Lutheran Church of Ascension in Northfield.
9:00 pm - 12:00 am
9:00 pm
The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer
Poems and poets populate this playlist celebrating the 30th Annual National Poetry Month. And just for fun, a few songs about Superman.
9:00 pm
Lead Belly: The Midnight Special THEME (excerpt 1)
Lead Belly
Midnight Special
9:01 pm
Lynne Hanson: Just a Poet
Lynne Hanson
Just a Poet
9:05 pm
Peter Mulvey: The Trouble With Poets (Mulvey & Goodrich)
Peter Mulvey
Notes from Elsewhere
9:09 pm
Anne Harris: Wine and Poetry
Anne Harris
Wine and Poetry
9:13 pm
The Dangling Participles: Poetry in a Bottle
The Dangling Participles
One More Drop
9:18 pm
Jonas Friddle: Two Tin Cans and a Fishing Line
Jonas Friddle
When the Water Was the Sky
9:21 pm
Robin Bienemann: Hey Haikuer
Robin Bienemann
Animal Communicator
9:26 pm
Gwendolyn Brooks: We Real Cool
Gwendolyn Brooks
Poetry on Record: 98 Poets Read Their Work 1888-2006 Disk 2
9:28 pm
Paul Geremia: Evil World Blues
Paul Geremia
Love, Murder & Mosquitos
9:33 pm
The Jolly Bankers: Ways of the Gangsters (Traditional/Hughes)
The Jolly Bankers
Death and Taxes
9:36 pm
Andrienne Young & Little Sadie: Blinded By Stars (Randall/Young)
Andrienne Young & Little Sadie
Plow to the End of the Row
9:40 pm
Tim Grimm: Broken Truth
Tim Grimm
single
9:46 pm
Carl Sandburg: The People, Yes (excerpt w/intro)
Carl Sandburg
Poetry on Record: Poets Read Their Works, disc 1
9:49 pm
David Berkeley: Oh My America
David Berkeley
9:54 pm
Crys Matthews: Changemakers
Crys Matthews
Changemakers
9:58 pm
Stephen Schuch: Midnight Special (Piano Only)
Stephen Schuch
single
10:00 pm
Sol y Canto: Horizonte Adentro
Sol y Canto
En Tu Obita
10:04 pm
Kristin Chenoweth: I'm A Stranger Here Myself (Nash/Weil)
Kristin Chenoweth
Let Yourself Go
10:07 pm
Pat Humphries: Swimming to the Other Side
Pat Humphries
Same Rain
10:10 pm
Willy Porter: Breathe
Willy Porter
High Wire Live
10:20 pm
Kray Van Kirk: Turtle Joe
Kray Van Kirk
Empire
10:23 pm
Lance Brown: Broke Down Poet
Lance Brown
Too Busy to Work
10:27 pm
Annie Gallup: The Poet's Advice to His Younger Self (Jensen/Gallup)
Annie Gallup
Did You Hear the Red-Winged Blackbird?
10:32 pm
Rosalie Sorrels: Hi-Fi Stereo Color TV (Cohen/Ungar)
Rosalie Sorrels
What Does It Mean to Love
10:34 pm
Les Barker: Mono
Les Barker
Arovertherapy
10:38 pm
Natalie Merchant w/The Klezmatics: The Dancing Bear (Paine/Merchant)
Natalie Merchant w/The Klezmatics
Leave Your Sleep
10:44 pm
Anne Heaton: Selkie
Anne Heaton
Dora: Poems by Claire Clube / Music by Anne Heaton
10:49 pm
Christine Lavin: The Voice on the Relaxation Tape
Christine Lavin
The Song Poets (Various)
10:53 pm
Lawrence Ferlinghetti: "See It Was Like This"
Lawrence Ferlinghetti
Poetry on Record: Poets Read Their Works, disc 2
10:54 pm
Aztec Two-Step: "The Persecution and Restoration of Dean Moriarty"
Aztec Two-Step
Aztec Two-Step (1971-1972)
10:58 pm
Bill Giardini: "The Midnight Special – Accordion" (Traditional)
Bill Giardini
Midnight Special Collection
11:00 pm
Sons of the Never Wrong: Waterfall
Sons of the Never Wrong
Feather and the Starry Crown
11:04 pm
Cris Williamson: Waterfall
Cris Williamson
The Changer and the Changed
11:09 pm
Trillium: Over the Waterfall/Blackberry Blossom (trad.)
Trillium
Over the Waterfall
11:13 pm
Billy Kelly: Some People
Billy Kelly
True Irish Ghost Stories
11:15 pm
Leo Kottke & Mike Gordon: "How Many People Are You?"
Leo Kottke & Mike Gordon
NOON
11:19 pm
Steve Poltz: Hairlift
Steve Poltz
Joy Ride
11:22 pm
Michael Hurley: Your Old Gear Box
Michael Hurley
Weatherhole
11:26 pm
Jake Shimabukuro/Marilyn Rea Beyer: Celtic Tune (Shimabukuro)/Suddenly 70 (Beyer)
Jake Shimabukuro/Marilyn Rea Beyer
The Nashville Sessions/The Midnight Special
11:28 pm
Della Mae: Magic Accident
Della Mae
Magic Accident
11:33 pm
Annie & Rod Capps: Splinter
Annie & Rod Capps
Never Done
11:36 pm
Josh White: Trouble
Josh White
Chain Gang Songs
11:40 pm
Langston Hughes: Weary Blues
Langston Hughes
Poetry on Record: 98 Poets Read Their Work 1888-2006 Disk 1
11:42 pm
Queen Esther and Apollo Theatre Cast: A Dream Deferred (Mark/Hughes)
Queen Esther and Apollo Theatre Cast
Harlem Song
11:46 pm
Sara Thomsen: We Are Each Other's Light
Sara Thomsen
Here and Gone
11:49 pm
Chuck Brodsky: We Are Each Other's Angels
Chuck Brodsky
Two Sets (disc 2)
11:54 pm
Laura Love: I Still Believe (Unplugged)
Laura Love
She Loved Red
11:59 pm
Andrew Beyer: "The Midnight Special - cigar box slide"
Andrew Beyer
Midnight Special Collection
