Schedule & Playlists
Playlist for Saturday, April 25, 2026
12:00 - 7:00 am
12:00 am
Josef Martin Kraus: "Soliman II"
"La Strombettata"
Swedish Royal Opera Orch/Philip Brunelle
Kraus: Soliman II * A Gustavian Turkish Opera * Royal Opera of Sweden
12:05 am
Ludvig Norman: Concert Overture in E-Flat, Op 21
Helsingborg Sym/Hans-Peter Frank
Ludvig Norman
12:14 am
Richard Strauss: Eight Songs, Op. 10
No. 1, "Zueignung"
Jessye Norman, s; Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Kurt Masur
Strauss: Four Last Songs, 6 Orchestral Songs
12:16 am
Antonin Dvorák: Piano Trio No. 3 in f minor, Op. 65
Beaux Arts Trio
Complete Piano Trios
12:55 am
Antonin Dvorák: "Silhouettes," Op 8
#1
Tomas Visek, p
Piano Music
1:00 am
Giuseppe Verdi: "Nabucco"
Aria, "Tu sul labbro"
Ildar Abdrazakov, b; Montreal Metropolitan Orch/Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Verdi
1:05 am
Nicolo Paganini: Introduction and Variations on "Dal tuo stellato," from "Mosé"
Yo-Yo Ma, vc; Patricia Zander, p
Yo-Yo Ma Plays Paganini, Kreisler, Dvorak
1:11 am
Henryk Wieniawski: Variations on an Original Theme, Op 15
Maxim Vengerov, v; Ian Brown, p
Kreisler, Paganini, Sarasate, Wieniawski
1:24 am
Frédéric Chopin: Mazurkas, Op. 6
No. 3
Russell Sherman, p
Chopin: Mazurkas Nos. 1-51
1:26 am
Josef Haydn: Symphony No. 44 in e, "Trauer"
Music of the Baroque/Thomas Wikman
Music of the Baroque
1:55 am
John Dowland: "If floods of tears"
Golden Age Singers/Margaret Field-Hyde
Julian Bream Plays Dowland and Bach
2:00 am
Frederick Delius: Suite for Violin and Orchestra
"Pastorale"
Ralph Holmes, v; Royal Phil/Vernon Handley
Delius: Violin Concerto, Suite, Legende
2:05 am
Frederick Delius: Caprice and Elegy (1930)
Janos Starker, vc; Philharmonia Orch Members/Leonard Slatkin
Elgar, Walton: Cello Concertos; Delius
2:13 am
Peter Warlock: "Serenade for Frederick Delius"
Bournemouth Sym/Norman Del Mar
2:22 am
Peter Warlock: "Yarmouth Fair"
Owen Brannigan, b; Ernest Lush, p
2:23 am
Felix Mendelssohn: String Octet in E-Flat, Op 20
St Martin's Academy Chamber Ensemble
Mendelssohn: Octet, Op. 20/ Raff: Octet, Op 176
2:54 am
Bohuslav Martinu: "Dance Sketches"
#1
Giorgio Koukl, p
Eight Preludes • Dance Sketches • Window On The Garden
3:00 am
Edward Elgar: Imperial March, Op 32
Royal Liverpool Phil/Charles Groves
3:05 am
Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 53 in D, "L'Impériale"
La Petite Bande/Sigiswald Kuijken
3:27 am
Girolamo FANTINI: Prima Imperiale
John Wallace, tr, Philharmonia Orch/Simon Wright
Trumpet Concertos and Fanfares
3:29 am
Edvard Grieg: Lyric Pieces, Op. 54
No. 3, "March of the Trolls"
Arthur de Greef, p
Grieg - The Piano Music In Historic Interpretations
3:32 am
Arthur De greef: Fabiniana
Artur Pizarro, p, Flemish Radio Orch/Yannick Nezet-Seguin
Flemish Connection V
3:54 am
Edvard Grieg: Lyric Pieces, Op. 43
No. 1, "Butterfly"
Arthur de Greef, p
Grieg - The Piano Music In Historic Interpretations
4:00 am
Franz Schubert: Impromptus, D 899 (Op. 90)
No. 2 in E-Flat
Idil Biret, p
BRAHMS, J.: Theme and Variations / Sarabandes / Gavottes (Biret)
4:05 am
Johannes Brahms: Clarinet Sonata #1 in f, Op 120/1
Fausto Ghiazza, cl; Milan Giuseppe Verdi Sym Orch/Riccardo Chailly
Orchestral Transcriptions (From Bach, Boccherini, Brahms, Mozart, Purcell And Schubert)
4:28 am
Henry Purcell: "The modification and intrumentation of a famous hornpipe"
Fausto Ghiazza, cl; Milan Giuseppe Verdi Sym Orch/Riccardo Chailly
Orchestral Transcriptions (From Bach, Boccherini, Brahms, Mozart, Purcell And Schubert)
4:29 am
Aaron Copland: "Letter from Home"
St Louis Sym Orch/Leonard Slatkin
Aaron Copland: Fanfare For The Common Man/ El Salon Mexico/ Quiet City/ Four Dance Episodes from Rodeo/ Dance Symphony
4:35 am
Johannes Brahms: Viola Sonata #2 in E-Flat, Op 120/2
William Primrose, vi; Rudolf Firkusny, p
4:53 am
Jacques Offenbach: "La Vie parisienne"
Can-Can
Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel
5:00 am
George Frideric Handel: "Rinaldo"
Aria, "Lascia ch'io pianga"
Magdalena Kozen , ms; Venice Baroque Orch/Andrea Marcon
Magdalena Kozena * Ah! Mio Cor * Handel Arias
5:04 am
Johann Sebastian Bach: Orchestra Suite No.4 in D, BWV 1069
La Stravaganza Cologne/Andrew Manze
Four Ouvertures
5:28 am
Felix Mendelssohn: Study in f
Martin Jones, p
5:30 am
Alexander Glazunov: "Ouverture solennelle," Op 73
Russian National Orch/Mikhail Pletnev
Russian Overtures
5:39 am
Miriam HYDE: "Happy Occasion" Overture (1957)
West Australian Sym Orch/Richard Mills
50: Celebrating Fifty Years of the Australian Youth Orchestra
5:44 am
Franz Schreker: "Fantastic Overture," Op 15
BBC Phil/Vasili Sinaisky
Schreker: Orchestral Works, Vol. 1
5:53 am
Fernando Sor: "Menuets," Op 11
#2
Patrick Gaudi, g
Fernando Sor: Pieces Pour Guitare Par Patrick Gaudi
6:00 am
Arthur Bliss: Pastorale
Einar Johannesson, cl; Philip Jenkins, p
British Clarinet & Piano Music
6:05 am
Wilhelm Bernhard Molique: Flute Concerto in d
Mathieu Dufour, f; Czech National Sym/Paul Freeman
Wind Concertos
6:27 am
Thibaut de Champagne: Dance: J'aloie l'autrier
The Dufay Collective
Music Of The Trouveres
6:28 am
Giuseppe Tartini: "Sonata Pastorale" in A
Trio Settecento
An Italian Sojourn
6:38 am
Leopold MOZART: Sinfonia pastorale in G
New Zealand Chamber Orch/Donald Armstrong
MOZART: Sinfonia di Caccia / Sinfonia Pastorale
6:50 am
Amy (Mrs HHA) Beach: "Pastorale," Op 151
Ambache
Beach: Quartet for Strings/ Sonata for Violin and Piano/Pastorale/Dreaming
6:53 am
Germaine Tailleferre: "Pastorale" in D (1919)
Andrew West, p
L'Album des Six: The Complete Works of Les Six for Flute and Piano
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.
8:00 am
Saturday Morning Listener's Choice
8:01 am
Erik Satie: Three "Gymnopédies"
Pascal Rogé, p
Satie: 3 Gymnopédies & Other Piano Works
8:10 am
Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 5 in C-sharp minor
IV. "Adagietto"
New York Phil/Leonard Bernstein
Classical Fan Favorites
8:22 am
Robert Schumann: "Nachtstücke," Op. 23
No. 4 in F, "Roundelay with Solo Voices"
Jan Lisiecki, p
Night Music
8:27 am
Camille Saint-Saëns: "Carnival of the Animals"
Les Siècles/François-Xavier Roth
Saint-Saëns: Symphonic Poems, Le Carnaval des animaux, L'Assassinat du duc de Guise
8:51 am
Heitor Villa-Lobos: "Chôros" No. 1
Andrea Bissoli, g
WFMT Autumn Mix
9:00 am
Alfred Newman: 20th Century Fox Fanfare
London Phil Orch/John Mauceri
The Genius of Film Music
9:00 am
Soundtrack
9:02 am
Stéphane Grappelli: "Milou en Mai (May Fools)"
"Riviere"
Studio Ens
Bande Originale de Milou en Mai
9:04 am
Stéphane Grappelli: "Milou en Mai (May Fools)"
"Milou"
Studio Ens
Bande Originale de Milou en Mai
9:09 am
Frank Churchill: "Bambi"
"The Meadow;" "Bambi Sees Faline;" "Bambi Gets Annoyed"
Studio Cho & Orch/Frank Churchill
Walt Disney's Bambi (Original Soundtrack)
9:14 am
Frank Churchill: "Bambi"
"Little April Shower"
Studio Cho & Orch/Frank Churchill
Walt Disney's Bambi (Original Soundtrack)
9:19 am
Bobby Krlic: "Midsommar"
"Prophesy"
Orchestrate/Bobby Krlic, prod
Midsommar (Original Score By Bobby Krlic)
9:19 am
Bobby Krlic: "Midsommar"
"Fire Temple"
Orchestrate/Bobby Krlic, prod
Midsommar (Original Score By Bobby Krlic)
9:30 am
Zbigniew Preisner: "The Secret Garden"
"Mary Downstairs"
Sinfonia Varsovia/Wojciech Michniewski
The Secret Garden (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
9:32 am
Zbigniew Preisner: "The Secret Garden"
"First Time Outside"
Sinfonia Varsovia/Wojciech Michniewski
The Secret Garden (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
9:34 am
Zbigniew Preisner: "The Secret Garden"
"Happily Ever After"
Sinfonia Varsovia/Wojciech Michniewski
The Secret Garden (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
9:37 am
Patrick Doyle: "Sense and Sensibility"
"Weep You No More, Sad Fountains"
Jane Eaglen, s; Studio Orch/Patrick Doyle
Sense and Sensibility (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
9:40 am
Patrick Doyle: "Sense and Sensibility"
"My Father's Favourite"
Studio Orch/Patrick Doyle
Sense and Sensibility (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
9:45 am
Patrick Doyle: "Sense and Sensibility"
"Devonshire"
Studio Orch/Patrick Doyle
Sense and Sensibility (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
9:47 am
James Horner: "Field of Dreams"
Main title
Craig Ogden, g; Czech Phil/Robert Ziegler
James Horner: The Classics
9:54 am
Joe Hisaishi: "My Neighbor Totoro"
"The Path of the Wind"
Royal Phil Orch/Joe Hisaishi
Joe Hisaishi: A Symphonic Celebration
9:55 am
Joe Hisaishi: "My Neighbor Totoro"
"My Neighbor Totoro"
Bach Choir; Tiffin Choirs; Royal Phil Orch/Joe Hisaishi
Joe Hisaishi: A Symphonic Celebration
10:01 am
Michael Abels: "Winged Creatures"
Demarre McGill, f; Anthony McGill, cl; Chicago Youth Sym Orch/Allen Tinkham
Winged Creatures
10:14 am
Jacques Offenbach: "Les Larmes de Jacqueline"
Sheku Kanneh-Mason, vc; City of Birmingham Sym Orch/Mirga Grazinyte-Tyla
Inspiration
10:22 am
Gabriel Fauré: "Dolly" Suite, Op. 56
Seattle Sym/Ludovic Morlot
Fauré: Masques et bergamasques & Pelléas et Mélisande
10:40 am
Sofiane Pamart: "Sahara"
Sofiane Pamart, p
Planet Gold
10:43 am
Leonard Cohen: "Hallelujah"
Canadian Brass, Canadian Brass Past & Present
Canadiana
10:48 am
Dave Brubeck: "Blue Rondo à la Turk"
Quartet San Francisco
QSF Plays Brubeck
10:55 am
Dmitri Shostakovich: Jazz Suite No. 2
No. 4, Waltz 1
Royal Concertgebouw Orch/Riccardo Chailly
Shostakovich: The Jazz Album
11:00 am
11:00 am
Introductions
Kashyap Prasad, 18, piano. Beethoven: Sonata No. 7 in D, Op. 10, No. 3, 1st & 2nd mvts; Chopin: Etude in B minor, Op. 25, No. 10; Price: Sonata in E minor, 2nd mvt; Scriabin: Sonata No. 4 in F-Sharp, Op. 30. Originally broadcast March 3, 2025.
11:21 am
Giovanni Paisiello: Mandolin Concerto in E-Flat
Avi Avital, m; Il Giardino Armonico/Giovanni Antonini
Concertos
11:37 am
Henry Purcell: "The Fairy Queen"
Symphony While the Swans Come Forward; Dance for the Fairies; Dance for the Green Men
Les Arts Florissants
Purcell: The Fairy Queen * Les Arts Florissants
11:42 am
Peter Tchaikovsky: "Swan Lake," Op. 20
"Farewell of the Guests"; Waltz
New York Phil/Kurt Masur
Tchaikovsky: Famous Waltzes * New York Philharmonic * Masur
12:00 - 3:00 pm
12:00 pm
Metropolitan Opera
Bellini's La sonnambula
Nadine Sierra (Amina); Xabier Anduaga (Elvino); Alexander Vinogradov (Rodolfo); Sydney Mancasola (Lisa); Metropolitan Opera Cho & Orch/Riccardo Frizza. Sung in Italian. Recorded October 18, 2025.
2:52 pm
William Walton: "Orb and Sceptre," Coronation March
City of Birmingham Sym Orch/Kazuki Yamada
Walton: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2; Orb and Sceptre
3:00 pm
3:00 pm
Afternoon Music
3:00 pm
Henri Duparc: "Aux étoiles"
Lyon National Orch/Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider
Aux étoiles - French Symphonic Poems
3:06 pm
Henry Charles Litolff: "Concerto symphonique" No. 5 in C minor, Op. 123
Peter Donohoe, p; BBC Scottish Sym Orch/Andrew Litton
3:42 pm
Leonard Bernstein: "Dance Suite"
Onyx Brass
Transatlantic
3:47 pm
Adolphus Hailstork: Symphony No. 3
II. Moderato
Grand Rapids Sym/David Lockington
Hailstork: Symphonies Nos. 2 and 3
4:00 pm
4:00 pm
Listening to Singers with Oliver Camacho
A tribute to the late bass-baritone José van Dam (August 25, 1940–February 17, 2026), who was revered for his artistry, intelligence, and humility.
5:00 - 8:00 pm
5:00 pm
Weekend Evening Music
5:00 pm
Lucie Vellère: String Quartet No. 3
Crescent String Quartet
Vive la Différence - String Quartets by Women Composers
5:18 pm
Gabriel Fauré: "Pelléas et Mélisande," Op. 80
Seattle Sym/Ludovic Morlot
Fauré: Masques et bergamasques & Pelléas et Mélisande
5:37 pm
Yann Tiersen: "Amélie"
Medley
Renaud Capuçon, v; Brussels Phil/Stéphane Denève
Cinema
5:42 pm
Jean-Baptiste Lully: "Le bourgeois gentilhomme"
Suite
Tempesta di Mare
Comédie et Tragédie, Vol. 1
6:00 pm
Frédéric Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor, Op. 11
Daniil Trifonov, p; Mahler Chamber Orch/Mikhail Pletnev
Chopin Evocations
6:43 pm
Pauline Viardot: Song, "Hai luli!"
Esther Abrami, v; Lavinia Meijer; string quintet
Inka von Puttkamer, violin,
Lilia Keyes, cello,
Women
6:47 pm
Chiquinha Gonzaga: "Corta Jaca"
Esther Abrami, v; string quintet
Karoline Hindelang, viola,
Okhee Lee, double bass,
Women
6:50 pm
Claude Thomas Smith: Danse Folatre
United States Air Force Band/James Bankhead
On Winged Flight
7:00 pm
Richard Bissill: Three Dance Sketches
No. 3, "Tango"
Chicago Harp Quartet
Dance Sketches
7:04 pm
Franz Joseph Haydn: Horn Concerto No. 1 in D, H VIId:3
Felix Klieser, hn; Württemberg Chamber Orch/Ruben Gazarian
Horn Concertos
7:21 pm
Max Bruch: "Kol Nidrei," Op. 47
Philharmonix
Vienna Berlin Music Club Vol. 3
7:29 pm
Ludwig van Beethoven: Cello Sonata No. 1 in F, Op. 5, No. 1
Jacqueline Du Pré, vc; Daniel Barenboim, p
Beethoven: The Five Cello Sonatas, Variations
8:00 pm
8:00 pm
Folkstage hosted by Marilyn Rea Beyer
From the archives: One night in 2015 at Old Town School of Folk Music, Tom Paxton and Janis Ian performed as a trio with guitarist Robin Bullock. All the hilarity and tenderness was captured for WFMT’s Folkstage.
9:00 pm - 12:00 am
9:00 pm
The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer
Stop and smell the roses and listen to songs about flowers, perfume, and other lovely scents for “National Sense of Smell Day.” Really. It’s a thing!
9:00 pm
Lead Belly: The Midnight Special THEME (excerpt 1)
Lead Belly
Midnight Special
9:01 pm
Ginny Hawker: Don't Neglect The Rose (Emma Smith)
Ginny Hawker and Tracy Schwarz
Folkstage: Ginny Hawker & Tracy Schwarz w/Deborah Clifford
9:04 pm
Valerie & Walter Crockett: What Do Roses Smell Like?
Valerie & Walter Crockett
Moonbone
9:08 pm
Dennis Leise: Multiflora Rose
Dennis Leise
State of Fairs
9:10 pm
Tony Trischka, ft. Sierra Ferrel, et al.: San Antonio Rose
Tony Trischka, ft. Sierra Ferrel, et al.
Earl Jam
9:14 pm
The Grateful Dead: Sugar Magnolia
The Grateful Dead
Best of the Grateful Dead, disc 1
9:17 pm
Annie Gallup: Grandma's Best China
Annie Gallup
Cause & Effect
9:21 pm
Billow Wood: Cherry Blossom Tree (Donoghue)
Billow Wood
single
9:25 pm
Corky Siegel's Chamber Blues feat. Frank Orrall: Little Blossoms Falling Down
Corky Siegel's Chamber Blues feat. Frank Orrall
MORE Different Voices
9:32 pm
Green and Root: Lavender Bowers
Green and Root
Down That Road
9:36 pm
Milk Carton Kids: Sad Song (Watson/Nagler)
Milk Carton Kids
Lost Cause Lover Fool
9:40 pm
Marty Robbins: A White Sport Coat (and a Pink Carnation)
Marty Robbins
Essential Marty Robbins, Disc 1
9:42 pm
Andrew Sa: Lavender Cowboy, ft. H.C. McIntire
Andrew Sa
American Rough
9:46 pm
Mark Erelli: Spring Green
Mark Erelli
Spring Green
9:50 pm
Bill Bourne: Little Flowers
Bill Bourne
Voodoo King
9:54 pm
Sons of the Never Wrong: Tiny Blue Flowers (Roper)
Sons of the Never Wrong
Three Good Reasons
9:59 pm
Travis, Merle: "Midnight Special" Travis picked guitar
Merle Travis
In Boston 1959
10:00 pm
Greg Brown: Smell of Coffee
Greg Brown
Milk of the Moon
10:03 pm
Shemekia Copeland: Fried Catfish and Bibles (Hahn and Kimbrough)
Shemekia Copeland
Done Come Too Far
10:06 pm
Malcolm Holcombe: Marvalene's Kitchen
Malcolm Holcombe
Another Wisdom
10:10 pm
Sky Smeed: Smoke and Spice
Sky Smeed
Live from Rock House
10:14 pm
Wendell Ferguson: Spice
Wendell Ferguson
Wendell Ferguson Live! The $#!T Hits The Fans
10:17 pm
Hank Williams: Jambalaya (On the Bayou)
Hank Williams
Gold, Disk 1
10:21 pm
The Juggernauts: (Get Your Kicks On) Route 66
The Juggernauts
Live Lunch
10:25 pm
Old Town School of Folk Music cast: "When We Get to California" (Michael Smith)
Old Town School of Folk Music cast
The Grapes of Wrath
10:27 pm
Peter Mulvey: Out Here
Peter Mulvey
Deep Blue
10:32 pm
Buddy Mondlock: Comin' Down in the Rain
Buddy Mondlock
Poetic Justice
10:41 pm
Patty Griffin: I Smell a Rat (Leiber & Stoller)
Patty Griffin
Downtown Church
10:43 pm
Geoff Bartley: Came Home Last Night With One Sock On
Geoff Bartley
Mercy for the Dispossessed
10:45 pm
The Therapy Sisters: "Hold Their Feet to the Fire"
The Therapy Sisters
Let's Put a Folksinger in the White House
10:50 pm
Arrogant Worms: New Car Smell (AW)
Arrogant Worms
Toast!
10:52 pm
Russ Rentler: New Car Smell (Rentler)
Russ Rentler
Scarecrow's Lament
10:57 pm
Vassar Clements: Green Onions
Vassar Clements
Livin' With The Blues
11:00 pm
Elena Moon Park: "Flower Dance"
Elena Moon Park
Unhurried Journey
11:00 pm
Bill Giardini: "The Midnight Special – Accordion" (Traditional)
Bill Giardini
Midnight Special Collection
11:03 pm
Rani Arbo & Daisy Mayhem: Wildflowers
Rani Arbo & Daisy Mayhem
Ranky Tanky
11:07 pm
Maria Sangiolo: White Coral Bells (trad.)
Maria Sangiolo
Fairy Moon: Songs of the Ring
11:10 pm
Great Big Sea: French Perfume
Great Big Sea
Sea of No Cares
11:13 pm
Martin Carthy: Perfumes of Arabia
Martin Carthy
The Carthy Chronicles, Disc 3
11:16 pm
Crow Johnson: Coyote with Whiskey on His Breath
Crow Johnson
Painting Stories 'cross the Sky
11:21 pm
Trina Hamlin: Jacaranda
Trina Hamlin
KFAI House Party, Vol. 5 (various)
11:26 pm
The Kennedys: Jasmine (Stewart)
The Kennedys
Songs of the Open Road
11:29 pm
Niamh Parsons & The Loose Connections: The Briar & the Rose (Waits)
Niamh Parsons & The Loose Connections
Loosen Up
11:32 pm
Dervish: Passage West (J. Spillane)
Dervish, ft. The Indigo Girls
The Great Irish Songbook, Vol. 2
11:38 pm
Erin Rae: That Old Time Feeling (Clark)
Erin Rae
Old No. 1 - Revisited (various artists)
11:43 pm
Ken Whitely: I'll Just Say I'm Fine
Ken Whitely
Keep Going
11:45 pm
Charlie Parr: Roses While I'm Living (Trad./Boggs)
Charlie Parr
1922
11:49 pm
Cormac McCarthy: Peace in Your Heart
Cormac McCarthy
Walking With the Shadows
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
