Schedule & Playlists
Playlist for Wednesday, September 2, 2026
12:00 - 6:00 am
12:00 am
Tchaikovsky, Peter: "Sleeping Beauty", Op. 66
Act 2: Panorama
Swedish Radio Sym/Yevgeny Svetlanov
Russian Adagios
12:05 am
Clarke, Rebecca: "Morpheus"
Helen Callus, vi; Robert McDonald, p
A Portrait Of The Viola
12:12 am
Lully, Jean-Baptiste: "Atys"
"Le sommeil"
Les Arts Florissants/William Christie
LULLY: Atys, Extraits
12:22 am
Price, Florence: "Child Asleep"
Lara Downes, p
The Bedtime Sessions
12:24 am
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Symphony No. 39 in E-Flat, K. 543
Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood
The Symphonies
12:55 am
Scriabin, Alexander: Preludes, Op 39
#3 in G
Evgeny Zarafiants, p
Scriabin: Preludes for Piano, Vol 2
1:00 am
Mussorgsky, Modest: "Khovanshchina"
Act 1 prelude, "Dawn on the Moskva River"
Osipov Balalaika Orch/Viktor Dubrovsky
The World Of The Balalaika
1:05 am
Rubinstein, Anton: "Nero"
Ballet-Divertissement
Slovak Phil/Michael Halász
RUBINSTEIN : Ballet Music
1:22 am
Prokofiev, Serge: "Cinderella," Op. 87
"Cavalier's Dance"
Cleveland Orch/Vladimir Ashkenazy
Sergei Prokofiev: Cinderella / Mazurka
1:24 am
Grieg, Edvard: "Peer Gynt" Suite No. 1, Op. 46
Ivan Davis, p
Ivan Davis- Piano Music Of Edvard Grieg
1:37 am
Grieg, Edvard: "Peer Gynt" Suite No. 2, Op. 55
Philharmonia Orch/Walter Susskind
Grieg: Peer Gynt Suites, Etc.
1:54 am
Grondahl, Agathe Backer: "Fantasy Pieces," Op 55
#10, "Barcarole"
Natalia Strelchenko, p
Agathe Backer-Grondahl: Complete Piano Music, Vol. IV
2:00 am
Satie, Erik: "Jack-in-the-Box" (1899)
Utah Sym Orch/Maurice Abravanel
The Complete Ballets of Erik Satie
2:05 am
Satie, Erik: "Trois morceaux en forme de poire" (1890-1903)
Robert, Gaby Casadesus, p
Debussy, Casadesus, Faure and others
2:19 am
Prokofiev, Serge: "The Love for Three Oranges" Suite, Op. 33a
National Sym/Leonard Slatkin
Prokofiev: 6th Symphony; Suite from "The Love For Three Oranges"
2:35 am
Prokofiev, Serge: "Cinderella," Op. 87
Act III, "Duet of the Sisters with their Oranges"
Cleveland Orch/Vladimir Ashkenazy
Sergei Prokofiev: Cinderella / Mazurka
2:36 am
Wagner, Richard: "Siegfried Idyll"
Orch/Bruno Walter
Bruno Walter: The Edition, Wagner Orchestra Music
2:54 am
Heller, Stephen: 20 Preludes, Op 150
#13
Jean Martin, p
HELLER : Preludes Opp. 81 and 150
3:00 am
Handel, George Frideric: "Serse"
Aria, "Ombra mai fù (Largo)"
London Sym Orch/George Szell
The Water Music / Royal Fireworks Music (Excerpts)
3:05 am
Handel, George Frideric: Harpsichord Suite No. 3 in d
Sviatoslav Richter, p
3:29 am
Fauré, Gabriel: "L'horizon chimérique," Op 118
#1, "La mer est infinie"
Gerard Souzay, br; Dalton Baldwin, p
3:30 am
Debussy, Claude: "La Mer"
Philharmonia Orch/Carlo Maria Giulini
La Mer / Nocturnes
3:56 am
Boismortier, Joseph Boudin de: Sonata in c, Op 34/6
4th mvt, Allegro
Amsterdam Loeki Stardust Quartet
Baroque Recorder Music
4:00 am
Schubert, Franz: "Rosamunde" Incidental Music, D 797
Chorus of Spirits, "In der Tiefe"
Utah Sym Orch/Maurice Abravanel
Music For The Theater: Beethoven: Incidental Music for Goethe's Egmont, The Creatures of Prometheus/ Schubert: Rusamunde
4:03 am
Schubert, Franz: "Rosamunde" Incidental Music, D 797
Hunter's Chorus, "Wie lebt sich's so fröhlich"
Davrath, s; University of Utah Cho, Utah Sym Orch/Maurice Abravanel
Music For The Theater: Beethoven: Incidental Music for Goethe's Egmont, The Creatures of Prometheus/ Schubert: Rusamunde
4:05 am
Schubert, Franz: "Rosamunde" Incidental Music, D 797
Suite
Southwest German Radio Sym Orch/Michael Gielen
"Rosamunde", Concert Piece For Violin & Orchestra, Symphony No. 3
4:31 am
Lully, Jean-Baptiste: "Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme"
"Gavotte"
Le Concert des Nations/Jordi Savall
L’ORCHESTRE DU ROI SOLEIL
4:32 am
Massenet, Jules: "Phèdre" Overture (1873)
Detroit Sym Orch/Paul Paray
French Opera Highlights
4:41 am
Massenet, Jules: "Valse folle" (1898)
Marc-André Hamelin, p
Kaleidoscope
4:44 am
Müller, Pierre: Valse, "Nuit étoilée"
Slovak Radio Sym/Jerome Cohen
Les Succes De La Danse
4:53 am
Poulenc, Francis: "Valse" (1919)
Andrew West, p
L'Album des Six: The Complete Works of Les Six for Flute and Piano
5:00 am
Playford, John: "The English Dancing Master"
Group Dances I
New York Renaissance Band/Sally Logemann
Country Capers: Music from Playford's The English Dancing Master
5:05 am
Holst, Gustav: "Morris Dance Tunes"
London Festival Orch/Ross Pople
Orchestral Music
5:17 am
Elgar, Edward: Four Dances
Athena Ensemble
Elgar: Music For Wind Quintet, Vol. 2
5:29 am
Farnaby, Giles: Suite of Six Dances
Philip Jones Brass Ensemble
Music From The Royal Court
5:37 am
Haydn, Franz Joseph: Song, "Piercing Eyes"
Benita Valente, s; Cynthia Raim, p
5:39 am
Haydn, Michael: Horn Concertino in D
Anthony Halstead, fh; Hanover Band/Roy Goodman
Joseph and Michael Haydn Horn Concertos
5:54 am
Borodin, Alexander: "Serenade"
Aaron Rosand, v; John Covelli, p
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.
6:04 am
Franz Joseph Haydn: "Scherzando" No. 3 in D, H II:35
Berlin Haydn Ensemble
F.J. & J.M. Haydn: Flute Concertos & Scherzandi / Emmanuel Pahud
6:14 am
Maurice Ravel: Sonatine
Debussy Trio
Works by Mendoza, Debussy and Ravel
6:26 am
Alexander Borodin: Symphony No. 2 in B minor
IV. Finale, "Allegro"
Vienna Phil/Rafael Kubelík
Borodin: Symphony No. 2, Polovtsian Dances, etc.
6:35 am
Frédéric Chopin: Introduction and "Polonaise brillante" in C, Op. 3
Gautier Capuçon, vc; Yuja Wang, p
Chopin, Franck, Piazzolla
6:45 am
Johann Sebastian Bach: "Brandenburg" Concerto No. 2 in F Major, BWV 1047
Michael Laird, tr; English Concert/Trevor Pinnock
Panorama: Bach
6:57 am
Francis Poulenc: "Presto" in B-Flat (1934)
André Previn, p
Great Pianists of the 20th Century: André Previn
7:00 am - 7:00 pm
7:00 am
WFMT's fifth annual "Bach to School" membership drive
Until 7:00 pm. Each year, WFMT's Bach to School program provides free musical instruments to hundreds of schools, supporting thousands of students in their musical journey. This fall, 100 Chicago schools will each receive two acoustic guitarsâa new resource to help students and educators deepen their connection to the rich world of music. Tune in to learn how you can help advance a bright and accessible future for music in our community. Call (773) 279-2100 or visit wfmt.com.
7:00 pm
7:00 pm
Exploring Music
Fit for A King
For centuries, the relationship between a King and his musical subjects has been intimate and deep. From Bach to Bridge, we will listen to this rich and intriguing world of the European court composer. This means listening to some glorious music and, in most cases, giving credit where credit is due to the people who commissioned these works. Bill McGlaughlin will connect Haydn, Scarlatti, and Walton to their savvy patrons, confirming that if you want to command the finest musicians, it helps to be the king.
8:00 - 10:00 pm
8:00 pm
Evening Music
8:00 pm
Emmanuel Chabrier: "España"
St. Louis Sym Orch/Leonard Slatkin
Encore!
8:07 pm
Antonio Vivaldi: "La Cetra" Concerto No. 6 in A, R. 348
Rachel Podger, v; Holland Baroque Society
Vivaldi - La Cetra
8:19 pm
Carl Nielsen: Piano Trio in G
Trio Ondine
Carl Nielsen: Chamber Music, Vol. 1
8:30 pm
Ralph Vaughan Williams: "Household Music" on Welsh Hymn Tunes (1941)
No. 3, "Aberystwyth"
Nash Ensemble
Ralph Vaughan Williams: The Early Chamber Music
8:38 pm
Claude Debussy: "Images," Set 2
"Ibéria"
San Francisco Sym/Michael Tilson Thomas
Debussy
9:00 pm
Georg Philipp Telemann: Paris Quartet No. 6 in B minor
Freiburg Baroque Consort
Telemann: Paris Quartets
9:10 pm
Frederick Delius: "Late Swallows"
Hallé Orch/John Barbirolli
Frederick Delius: Orchestral Works
9:21 pm
Johannes Brahms: Serenade No. 2 in A, Op. 16
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Riccardo Chailly
Brahms Serenades
9:48 pm
Francis Poulenc: "Suite française"
André Previn, p
Great Pianists of the 20th Century: André Previn
10:00 pm - 12:00 am
10:00 pm
Baroque&Before with Candice Agree
18th-cenutry concertos with Ensemble Diderot
Violinist Johannes Pramsohler leads Ensemble Diderot in concertos by Bach and Vivaldi. Recorded live in concert February 28, 2026.
11:29 pm
Samuel Barber: Essay No. 2, Op. 17
Baltimore Sym Orch/David Zinman
Barber: Adagio, Symphony No. 1, The School for Scandal, Essays
11:40 pm
Vincent d'Indy: Piano Trio No. 2, Op. 98, "En forme de suite"
Horszowski Trio
Horszowki Trio plays Saint-Saëns, Fauré and d'Indy