Schedule & Playlists
Playlist for Saturday, September 5, 2026
12:00 - 7:00 am
12:00 am
Corelli, Arcangelo: Sonata da camera in E, Op 2/10
Purcell Quartet
Corelli: Sonatas for Strings, Vol. 2
12:05 am
Corelli, Arcangelo: Trio Sonata in c, Op 4/11
Accademia Bizantina/Carlo Chiarappa
Opera omnia
12:12 am
Corelli, Arcangelo: Oboe Concerto in F
"Allemanda"
Gheorghe Zamfir, pan pipe; English Chamber Orch/James Judd
Baroque Concertos
12:14 am
Prokofiev, Serge: Symphony No. 6 in e-flat minor, Op. 111
National Sym Orch/Leonard Slatkin
Prokofiev: 6th Symphony; Suite from "The Love For Three Oranges"
12:55 am
Kabalevsky, Dmitri: "Romeo and Juliet" Suite, Op 56
#3, "Preparations for the Ball"
Armenian Phil/Loris Tjeknavorian
Kabalevsky: Suites from Romeo and Juliet, The Comedians & Colas Breugnon
1:00 am
Liszt, Franz: "Années de pèlerinage:" 1st Year, Switzerland (1848-54)
No. 1, "La chapelle de Guillaume Tell"
Alfred Brendel, p
Liszt * Années de pèlerinage (Première Année: Suisse) * Isoldens Liebestod * Alfred Brendel
1:05 am
Morlacchi, Francesco: "The Swiss Shepherd"
James Galway, f; Phillip Moll, p
Music For My Friends
1:14 am
Liszt, Franz: "Années de pèlerinage:" 1st Year, Switzerland (1848-54)
No. 9, "Les cloches de Genève (Nocturne)"
Leslie Howard, p
1:21 am
Swiss Trad: Basel March
Philip Jones Brass Ensemble/Elgar Howarth
In Switzerland
1:25 am
Trad, Swiss: Zurich March
Philip Jones Brass Ensemble
Philip Jones Brass Ensemble in Switzerland
1:27 am
Ravel, Maurice: "Ma mère l'Oye (Mother Goose)"
London Sym Orch/Pierre Monteux
Ravel: Orchestral Favorites
1:55 am
Schumann, Robert: "Kinderszenen," Op. 15
No. 12, "Child Falling Asleep"
Daniel Schlosberg, p
Child's Play
2:00 am
Quilter, Roger: Duet, "It was a lover and his lass"
Felicity Lott, s; Ann Murray, ms; Graham Johnson, p
2:02 am
Rutter, John: Folksong setting, "It was a lover and his lass"
Oriana Singers/William Chin
2:05 am
Sibelius, Jean: "Rakastava (The Lover)," Op. 14
Scottish National Orch/Alexander Gibson
Sibelius: Scenes Historiques
2:17 am
Trad, Yugoslavian: The Unfaithful Lover
Quink
Folksongs Of The World
2:18 am
Dvorák, Antonín: Piano Quintet in A, Op 81
Philippe Entremont, p; Vienna Chamber Orch
2:54 am
Anonymous 17th century, English: Two Lute Pieces
Christopher Parkening, g
The Artistry of Christopher Parkening
3:00 am
Ravel, Maurice: "Pavane pour une infante défunte"
Budapest Clarinet Quintet
Clarinet Evergreens
3:05 am
Crusell, Bernhard Henrik: Clarinet Concerto #1 in E-Flat, Op 1
Emma Johnson, cl; Royal Phil/Gunther Herbig
Crusell, Kozeluch and Krommer: Clarinet Concertos
3:28 am
Sullivan, Arthur: "Thespis" Ballet Suite
Introduction
Dublin RTE Concert Orch/Andrew Penny
Sullivan: Ballet Music
3:30 am
Vaughan Williams, Ralph: "Suite de ballet" (1913)
Harriet LeJeune, f; Hilda Freund, p
3:36 am
Handel, George Frideric: "Amaryllis" Suite
Royal Phil/Yehudi Menuhin
Handel: Music For The Royal Fireworks/ Amaryllis Suite/ Suite From The Water Music
3:55 am
Britten, Benjamin: "Prince of the Pagodas," Op. 57
King of the North
Bournemouth Sym Orch/Uri Segal
4:00 am
Clementi, Muzio: Piano Sonatina, Op 36/5
Philippe Entremont, p
Philippe Entremont Plays Sonatinas
4:06 am
Ravel, Maurice: "Sonatine"
Orpheus Trio
4:16 am
Françaix, Jean: Trumpet and Piano Sonatina
Gigue
Ole Edvard Antonsen, tr; Einar Sinebye, p
Italian Oboe Concertos
4:18 am
Strauss, Richard: Wind Symphony (Wind Sonatina No. 2), "The Happy Workshop"
Orpheus Chamber Orch
Sonatinen
4:55 am
De meester, Louis: Toccata
Pierre Huybregts, p
Piano Music By Belgian Composers
5:00 am
Berners, Gerald Tyrwhitt, Lord: Fugue for Orchestra
Royal Liverpool Phil/Barry Wordsworth
Lord Berners: The Triumph of Neptune (Suite)
5:05 am
Frederick the Great: Symphony #1 in G
Manhattan Chamber Orch/Richard Auldon Clark
Chamber Music of Frederick the Great
5:17 am
Amalia, Anna: Piano Concerto
Rosario Marciano, p, Luxembourg Radio Orch/Louis de Froment
Ballade For Piano And Orchestra/ Concertstuck For Piano And Orchestra/ Concerto For 12 Instruments And Cembalo Obbligato/ Divertimento For Piano And Strings
5:27 am
Henry VIII: Suite, "Rose Without A Thorn"
Philip Jones Brass Ensemble
Music For The Courts Of Europe
5:39 am
Berners, Gerald Tyrwhitt, Lord: "The Triumph of Neptune" Suite
5th mvt, "Sunday Morning" (Intermezzo)
Royal Liverpool Phil/Barry Wordsworth
Lord Berners: The Triumph of Neptune (Suite)
5:41 am
Hindemith, Paul: "Kleine Kammermusik," Op 24/2
Bergen Wind Quintet
Wind Quintets By Barber, Sæverud, Jolivet & Hindemith
5:54 am
Tchaikovsky, Peter: "Swan Lake," Op. 20
Act II, Dance of the Little Swans
London Sym Orch/Richard Williams
6:00 am
Büsser, Henri: "Prélude et Scherzo"
Susan Milan, f; Ian Brown, p
Flute Fantaisie
6:05 am
Franck, César: "Quatre Pièces Brèves"
Bohemia Chamber Phil/Douglas Bostock
6:19 am
Debussy, Claude: "Petite Suite"
Philharmonia Orch/Geoffrey Simon
Borodin: Suite from Prince Igor, petite Suite, Nocturne from String Quartet No. 2, In the Steppes of Central Asia, Requiem
6:32 am
Debussy, Claude: "Hommage à Haydn"
Werner Haas, p
Complete Piano Music Volume 2
6:34 am
Haydn, Franz Joseph: Symphony No. 47 in G
Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orch/Adam Fischer
Haydn 'The Esterhazy Recordings' Symphonies Volume 3
6:54 am
Poulenc, Francis: "Le Bestiaire" (1918)
#1, "Le Dromadaire"
Felicity Lott, s; Graham Johnson, p
Hommage a Francis Poulenc
7:00 - 9:00 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.
7:03 am
William Grant Still: "American Suite"
Royal Scottish National Orch/Avlana Eisenberg
William Grant Still: Summerland
7:12 am
Johann Sebastian Bach: Trio Sonata in G, BWV 1039
Nadia Labrie, f; Luc Beauséjour, p; Camille Paquette-Roy, vc
Flute Passion: Bach
7:25 am
Hector Berlioz: "Symphonie fantastique," Op. 14
II. "A Ball"
Chicago Sym Orch/Riccardo Muti
Berlioz: Symphony Fantastique, Lelio
7:33 am
Francesco Tristano: "A Soft Shell Groove"
Alice Sara Ott & Francesco Tristano, p's
Scandale
7:41 am
Hubert Parry: "Lady Radnor's Suite"
English String Orch/William Boughton
The Spirit of England
7:58 am
Lili Boulanger: "Cortège"
Olivier Charlier, v; Emile Naoumoff, p
Boulanger, Lili and Nadia: In memoriam Lili Boulanger
8:00 am
Saturday Morning Listener's Choice
8:00 am
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: "The Tale of Tsar Saltan"
"The Three Wonders; Flight of the Bumblebee"
Philharmonia Orch/Vladimir Ashkenazy
Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade, Tsar Saltan Suite
8:10 am
Kurt Weill: "September Song"
Daniel Hope, v; Joscho Stephan, g; Zürich Chamber Orch
America
8:13 am
Kurt Weill: "Kleine Dreigroschenmusik (Little Threepenny Music)"
"Die Moritat von Mackie Messer" (Mack the Knife)
Ebony Band/Werner Herbers
Ebony Band: Weill - Toch - Schulhoff
8:16 am
Florence Price: Symphony No. 1 in E minor
III. "Juba"
Philadelphia Orch/Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Florence Price - Symphonies 1 & 3
8:21 am
Friedrich von Flotow: "Martha"
"The Last Rose of Summer"
Renée Fleming, s; English Chamber Orch/Jeffrey Tate
Renee Fleming: The Beautiful Voice
8:27 am
Claude Debussy: "Estampes"
"Jardins sous la pluie"
Ivan Moravec, p
Ivan Moravec Plays Debussy
8:31 am
Peter Tchaikovsky: "Souvenir d'un lieu cher," Op. 42
III. "Mélodie" in E-Flat
Béla Fleck, banjo; Edgar Meyer, p
Perpetual Motion
8:35 am
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 21 in C, K. 467
II. "Andante"
Mahler Chamber Orchestra/Leif Ove Andsnes, p
Mozart Momentum 1785
8:42 am
Franz Liszt: "Mephisto Waltz" No. 1 ("Dance in the Village Inn")
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Kurt Masur
Liszt: Tone Poems, A Faust Symphony
8:54 am
Francisco Tárrega: "Pavana"
David Russell, g
8:56 am
Moritz Moszkowski: "From Foreign Lands," Op. 23
IV. Spanish, "Molto vivace"
Polish National Radio Sym Orch/Antoni Wit
Moszkowski: Piano Concerto in E major; From Foreign Lands
9:00 - 11:00 am
9:00 am
Soundtrack
9:00 am
Alfred Newman: 20th Century Fox Fanfare
London Phil Orch/John Mauceri
The Genius of Film Music
9:02 am
Stephen Flaherty: "My Favorite Year"
"If the World Were Like the Movies"
Tim Curry, singer; Original Broadway Cast Orch/Jan Rosenberg
My Favorite Year (Original Broadway Cast Recording)
9:07 am
Jerry Goldsmith: "The Shadow"
Main Theme
City of Prague Phil Orch/Nic Raine
Jerry Goldsmith: 40 Years of Film Music
9:10 am
Lebo M; Jerry Goldsmith: "Congo"
"Spirit of Africa"
Studio Cho & Orch/Jerry Goldsmith
Congo (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
9:12 am
Jerry Goldsmith: "Congo"
"Bail Out"
Studio Orch/Jerry Goldsmith
Congo (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
9:16 am
Hans Zimmer: "Muppets Treasure Island"
Suite
Phil Wind Orch/Marc Reift
Cinemagic 69
9:25 am
Basil Poledouris: "The Hunt for Red October"
"Hymn to Red October"
Studio Cho & Orch/Basil Poledouris
The Hunt For Red October (Music From The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
9:31 am
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 29 in A, K. 201
Excerpt from I. "Allegro moderato"
St Martin's Academy/Neville Marriner
Amadeus (The Complete Soundtrack Recording)
9:38 am
Steve Jablonsky: "Transformers" (2007 film)
"Optimus"
Studio Cho & Orch/Nick Glennie-Smith
Transformers (The Score)
9:41 am
Alan Silvestri: "Predator"
Suite
City of Prague Phil Orch/Nic Raine
Film Music by Alan Silvestri
9:46 am
Georges Delerue: "Steel Magnolias"
Main Title Introduction
Studio Orch/Georges Delerue
Steel Magnolias (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
9:50 am
Georges Delerue: "Steel Magnolias"
"Easter Picnic; Departure"
Studio Orch/Georges Delerue
Steel Magnolias (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
9:55 am
Dolly Parton: "I Will Always Love You"
Ensemble Reflektor/Thomas Klug
Liebeslied
10:02 am
Peter Boyer: "Celebration Overture"
London Phil Orch/Peter Boyer
Boyer: Symphony No. 1, Silver Fanfare, Festivities, Three Olympians, Celebration Overture
10:09 am
Traditional South African: "Ke Nali Moona"
Chicago Children's Cho/Josephine Lee
The Chicago Children's Choir Recorded at Preston Bradley Hall
10:13 am
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Divertimento No. 14 in B-Flat, K. 270
Amadeus Winds
Mozart: Wind Divertimenti
10:26 am
Jon Batiste: "Für Elise - Reverie" (after Beethoven)
Jon Batiste, p
Beethoven Blues
10:43 am
Richard Strauss: "Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks," Op. 28
Berlin Phil/Sir Georg Solti
Also Sprach Zarathustra / Till Eulenspiegels Lustige Streiche / Salome - Tanz der sieben Schleier
10:58 am
Frédéric Chopin: Etudes, Op. 25
No. 9 in G-flat, "Butterfly"
Yunchan Lim, p
Yunchan Lim: Chopin Études
11:00 am
11:00 am
Introductions
Formed at the Music Institute of Chicago, The Hemingway Quartet (Romeo Vashishth, Elle Cho, Sebastian Manning, violins and viola; Lucy Wu, cello) performs the first movement of Haydn's String Quartet in C major, Op. 76, No. 3, "Emperor," and the second movement of Brahms's String Quartet No. 1 in C minor, Op. 51, No. 1. Originally boradcast in September 2025.
11:13 am
Florence Price: "Colonial Dance"
Württemberg Phil/John Jeter
Florence Beatrice Price: Songs of the Oak, Concert Overtures Nos. 1 & 2, The Oak, Colonial Dance, Suite of Dances
11:19 am
Arturo Márquez: "Danzón" No. 2
Oliver Talukder, ob, eh, f & pic; Moriah Trenk, p
Briefly Gorgeous
11:29 am
Johann Sebastian Bach: Orchestra Suite No. 3 in D, BWV 1068
Vienna Concentus Musicus/Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 3, 5 & 6, Overture No. 3
11:54 am
Dani Howard: Trombone Concerto
III. "Illumination"
Peter Moore, tb; Royal Liverpool Phil Orch/Michael Seal
Dani Howard Orchestral Works
12:00 - 3:00 pm
12:00 pm
From La Scala
Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor
Boris Pinkhasovich (Enrico Ashton); Rosa Feola (Miss Luca); Piero Pretti (Edgardo di Ravenswood); Leonardo Cortellazzi (Arturo Bucklaw); Michele Pertusi (Raimondo Bidebent); Paolo Antognetti (Normanno); Hyeonsol Park (Alisa); La Scala Chorus and Orchestra; Speranza Scappucci, conductor. Sung in Italian.
2:40 pm
Antonio Pasculli: Concerto on themes from Donizetti's "La Favorita"
John Anderson, ob; Gordon Back, p
Capriccio: Classics for Oboe
2:54 pm
Franz Joseph Haydn: "The Creation"
Gabriel's aria, "Nun beut die Flur" (With verdure clad the fields appear)
Lucy Crowe, s; Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra/Simon Rattle
Haydn: Die Schöpfung
3:00 pm
3:00 pm
Afternoon Music
3:00 pm
Frédéric Chopin: "Boléro," Op. 19
Olga Kern, p
Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 1
3:08 pm
Anthony Ritchie: "Underwater Music," Op. 57
New Zealand Sym Orch/Hamish McKeich
Anthony Ritchie: Symphony No. 6, Underwater Music
3:21 pm
George Frideric Handel: "Water Music" Suite No. 3 in G
Berlin Academy for Ancient Music
Handel: Water Music Suites Nos. 1-3
3:33 pm
Sophie Menter: "Ungarische Zigeunerweisen" (Concerto in Hungarian Style)
Leslie Howard, p; Budapest Sym Orch/Karl Anton Rickenbacher
Liszt: The Complete Piano Music
3:52 pm
Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 1 in C, Op. 21
II. "Andante cantabile"
Leonidas Kavakos, v; Yo-Yo Ma, vc; Emanuel Ax, p
Beethoven for Three: Symphony No. 1; Op. 70, No. 1 "Ghost;" Op. 11 "Gassenhauer"
4:00 pm
4:00 pm
Listening to Singers with Oliver Camacho
An interview with soprano Lucy Crowe recorded at the 2026 Santa Fe Opera festival where she was starring in the title role of Handel's "Rodelinda."
5:00 - 8:00 pm
5:00 pm
Weekend Evening Music
5:00 pm
Hosted by Robbie Ellis.
5:01 pm
Alyssa Morris: "Four Personalities"
Oliver Talukder, ob; Moriah Trenk, p
Briefly Gorgeous
5:12 pm
Gilbert & Sullivan: "Thespis"
Ballet Suite
RTÉ Concert Orch/Andrew Penny
Sullivan: Ballet Music
5:23 pm
Edward Elgar: "Enigma" Variations, Op. 36
Vienna Phil/Sir Georg Solti
Elgar: Enigma Variations; Kodály: The Peacock; Blacher: Paganini Variations
5:52 pm
Silvestre Revueltas: "Sensemayá"
Chicago Sym Orch Brass/Michael Mulcahy
Chicago Symphony Orchestra Brass Live
6:00 pm
Frédéric Chopin: "Fantaisie-Impromptu" in C-sharp minor, Op. 66
Olga Kern, p
Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 1
6:07 pm
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Cello Concerto in A minor, Wq 170
Accademia de' Dissonanti/Elinor Frey, vc
C.P.E. Bach: Cello Concertos
6:34 pm
Charlie Chaplin: "The Circus"
"Swing Little GIrl"
Lucienne Renaudin Vary, tr; Paris Chamber Orch/Sascha Goetzel
Winter Gardens
6:38 pm
Richard Rodgers: "The Sound of Music"
"Edelweiss"
Lucienne Renaudin Vary, tr; Paris Chamber Orch/Sascha Goetzel
Winter Gardens
6:42 pm
Louise Farrenc: "Grandes variations" on "Le premier pas," Op. 4
Maria Stratigou, p
Louise Farrenc: Complete Piano Works, Vol. 2: Variations
7:01 pm
Elfrida Andrée: Symphony No. 1 in C
I. "Allegro"
Norrkoping Sym Orch/Hermann Bäumer
Andrée: Symphony No. 1; Frithiof Suite
7:10 pm
Wilhelm Stenhammar: "Excelsior!" Overture, Op 13
Royal Scottish National Orch/Petter Sundkvist
Stenhammar: Symphony No. 2 / Excelsior!
7:24 pm
Edvard Grieg: Lyric Pieces, Op. 71
"Summer Evening; Gone; Remembrances"
Leif Ove Andsnes, p
Grieg: Lyric Pieces
7:32 pm
Carl Nielsen: Violin Concerto, Op. 33
I. "Praeludium"
Vilde Frang, v; Danish National Sym/Elvind Gullberg Jensen
Nielsen, Tchaikovsky: Violin Concertos
7:53 pm
Daniel Bernard Roumain: "Prayer"
Lara Downes, p; PUBLIQuartet
New Day Begun
8:00 - 10:00 pm
8:00 pm
Folkstage hosted by Marilyn Rea Beyer
Live from the Levin Performance Studio: A very special two-hour preview of the 50th annual Fox Valley Folk Music & Storytelling Festival with Chris Vallillo, storyteller Heather Forest, Zoe Mulford, Joy Clark, and Claudia Schmidt.
10:00 pm - 12:00 am
10:00 pm
The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer
We start an hour later this week and pack in a concentrated playlist of September songs.
10:00 pm
Lead Belly: The Midnight Special THEME (excerpt 1)
Lead Belly
Midnight Special
10:01 pm
Lotte Lenya: September Song (Weill/Anderson)
Lotte Lenya
Lotte Lenya Sings American Theatre Songs
10:04 pm
Anais Mitchell: Come September
Anais Mitchell
XOA
10:07 pm
Grant Peeples: September Song (Peeples)
Grant Peeples
September Single
10:11 pm
Shanna in a Dress: Shelli
Shanna in a Dress
Sweet Spot
10:16 pm
Leonard Cohen: Sisters of Mercy
Leonard Cohen
Songs of Leonard Cohen
10:20 pm
James Kahn: Workin' that ER
James Kahn
The Meaning of Life
10:24 pm
Jean Ritchie: Blue Diamond Mines
Jean Ritchie
Mountain Hearth & Home
10:28 pm
Carla Gover and Friends: Moonshiner's Daughter (Kahn) ft. Carla Gover
Carla Gover and Friends
Williams Branch is Hard to Find
10:31 pm
Christopher Mark Jones: Steelworker's Daughter
Christopher Mark Jones
Now I Know
10:36 pm
Lucy Kaplansky: "My Name Joe"
Lucy Kaplansky
The Tide
10:41 pm
Verlon Thompson & Suzi Ragsdale: Troublemaker
Verlon Thompson & Suzi Ragsdale
Out of Our Hands
10:44 pm
Phil Henry & George Nostrand: Make Good Trouble Again
Phil Henry & George Nostrand
Hudson Harding Folk Now - Songs for These Times (July Aug 2026)
10:49 pm
Steve Key: Welcome to My Real Job
Steve Key
Record Time
10:51 pm
Mean Mary: Nine Pound Banjo
Mean Mary
Alone
10:54 pm
Jonas Friddle: Bootstraps
Jonas Friddle
Jug Band Happy Hour
10:59 pm
Jonas Friddle: "The Midnight Special - fretless banjo"
Jonas Friddle
Midnight Special Collection
11:00 pm
Steve Goodman: Unemployed
Steve Goodman
Words We Can Dance To
11:02 pm
Bryan Bowers: Who Knows
Bryan Bowers
Sunset Scribblins
11:03 pm
Don White: "One Little Drop"
Don White
Live at the Guthrie Center
11:08 pm
Alison Krauss: 9 to 5 (Parton)
Alison Krauss
Just Because I'm a Woman: Songs of Dolly Parton
11:11 pm
Grace Pettis: Nine to Five Girl
Grace Pettis
Grace Pettis
11:14 pm
Belle Plaine: Notes from a Waitress
Belle Plaine
Notes from a Waitress
11:19 pm
Chris Henry: Robot Dreams
Chris Henry
Making My Way to You
11:21 pm
Annie Gallup: Robots
Annie Gallup
Nightclothes
11:24 pm
Art Thieme: The Rolling Mills of Gary
Art Thieme
On The Wilderness Road
11:26 pm
Carla Gover and Friends: Cold Grey Morning (Kahn) ft. Jeri Katherine Howell
Carla Gover and Friends
Williams Branch is Hard to Find
11:29 pm
Joe Jencks: Who Will Speak for Me (Kahn)
Joe Jencks
The Forgotten - Recovered Treasures from the Pen of Si Kahn
11:35 pm
Robin Greenstein: Cotton Mill Girls
Robin Greenstein
Images of Women, Vol. 1
11:38 pm
Kate & Anna McGarrigle: Jacques et Gilles
Kate & Anna McGarrigle
Matapedia
11:42 pm
Kray Van Kirk: Tollbooth Ladies
Kray Van Kirk
Live at the Acorn
11:48 pm
The Mac and Cheese Band: Shine
The Mac and Cheese Band
Big Fun - Traditional and Contemporary Folk
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
