Schedule & Playlists

Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff

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.

11:00 am

Introductions

WFMT features talented young classical musicians from around the Chicago area. Please visit wfmt.com for details on today’s program.

12:00 pm

From The Glyndebourne Festival

Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro

Tommaso Barea (Figaro); Johanna Wallroth (Susanna); Huw Montague Rendall (Count); Louise Alder (Countess); Alessandro Corbelli (Bartolo); Madeleine Shaw (Marcellina); Adèle Charvet (Cherubino); Robert Forrest (Don Basilio); Elisabeth Boudreault (Barbarina); Alexander Vassiliev (Antonio); Vincent Ordonneau (Don Curzio); Glyndebourne Fistival Opera Chorus; Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment; Riccardo Minasi, conductor. Sung in Italian.

3:00 pm

Afternoon Music

4:00 pm

Listening to Singers with Oliver Camacho

Highlights of previous interviews with Frederica von Stade and Susan Graham. The legendary mezzo-sopranos give a joint recital with pianist Kevin Murphy next month at Ravinia.

5:00 pm

Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival

Schubert "Ganymed," D. 544; Liv Redpath, soprano; George Fu, piano; Brahms Piano Quartet in A Major, Op. 26; Kirill Gerstein, piano; Joel Link, violin; Toby Appel, viola; Camden Shaw, cello.

6:00 pm

Weekend Evening Music

8:00 pm

Folkstage hosted by Marilyn Rea Beyer

Live from the Levin Performance Studio: A songwriter from England’s South Coast, Ruth Theodore began busking at age 14 and is now a Righteous Babe recording artist. from the UK.

9:00 pm

The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer

This date presents a confluence of historic events and celebrations including Steve Goodman’s birthday, Bob Dylan plugging in at Newport, and the famous photo of a face on Mars snapped by NASA’s Viking 1 spacecraft.

11:00 pm

The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer

Is it hot enough for you? Each summer The Midnight Special cools you down with devilishly hot folk songs. Stand in front of the ‘fridge and give a listen.