Schedule & Playlists
Playlist for Friday, October 23, 2026
12:00 - 6:00 am
12:00 am
Handel, George Frideric: Nine German Arias, HWV 202-210
No. 6, "Meine Seele hört im Sehen"
Emma Kirkby, s; London Baroque
12:05 am
Handel, George Frideric: Concerto grosso in G, Op. 3, No. 3
Handel and Haydn Society/Christopher Hogwood
Concerti Grossi, Op. 3
12:12 am
Handel, George Frideric: "Ariodante"
Musette
Il Complesso Barocco/Alan Curtis
Berenice
12:14 am
Martucci, Giuseppe: Piano Concerto in b-flat, Op 66
Francesco Caramiello, p; Philharmonia/Francesco d'Avalos
Piano Concerto No 2; Canzonetta; Gavotta; Giga; Serenata; Minuetto; Momento Musicale
12:55 am
Viardot-Garcia, Pauline: Song, "Sérénade"
Karin Ott, s; Christoph Keller, p
Songs
1:00 am
Reinecke, Carl: "King Manfred," Op 93
Act 5: Prelude
Rhenish Phil/Alfred Walter
Reinecke
1:04 am
Reinecke, Carl: "Ballad"
Emmanuel Pahud, flute; Munich Radio Orchestra/Ivan Repušić
1:13 am
Kuyper, Elisabeth: Ballad for Cello & Orchestra, Op. 11
Raphaela Gromes, vc; Deutsches Sym-Orch Berlin/Anna Rakitina
Fortissima
1:20 am
Grondahl, Agathe Backer: "Idylles," Op 24
#3
Natalia Strelchenko, p
Complete Piano Music Vol III
1:22 am
Grieg, Edvard: String Quartet in g, Op. 27
Australian Chamber Orch/Richard Tognetti
Grieg - Music for String Orchestra
1:54 am
Heise, Peter Arnold: Song, "Arnes sang"
Jens Sondergaard, br; Christian Westergaard, p
Heise Song Edition
2:00 am
Beethoven, Ludwig van: "Leonore"
Trio, "Euch wedre Lohn in bessern Welten"
Soloists; Freiburg Baroque Orch/René Jacobs
Beethoven: Leonore
2:05 am
Martinu, Bohuslav: Piano Concerto #5, "Fantasia Concertante"
Giorgio Koukl, p; Bohuslav Martinu Phil/Arthur Fagen
Martinu Piano Concertos 3 & 5
2:30 am
Martinu, Bohuslav: "Cinq pièces brèves"
#3
Leonardo Trio
2:31 am
Cherubini, Luigi: "Lodoiska"
Overture
Berlin Academy for Ancient Music
Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 4 & 8; Méhul: Symphony No. 1; Cherubini: Lodoïska Overture
2:41 am
Beethoven, Ludwig van: "Leonore" Overture no.3 in C, Op.72b
Vienna Phil/Claudio Abbado
Die Ouvertüren - The Overtures
2:54 am
Guaraldi, Vince: "Skating"
Canadian Brass
Christmas Time is Here
3:00 am
Debussy, Claude: "Estampes" (1903)
"Pagodes"
San Francisco Ballet Orch/Emil de Cou
Debussy Rediscovered: Premiere Orchestral Recordings * The San Francisco Ballet Orchestra
3:05 am
Bloch, Ernest: Piano Quintet No. 2
Paul Posnak, p; Portland String Quartet
The Quintets For Piano And Strings
3:26 am
Saint-Saens, Camille: Song, "A quoi bon entender les oiseaux des bois?"
François Le Roux, br; Graham Johnson, p
Songs By Camille Saint-Saëns
3:28 am
Haydn, Franz Joseph: Symphony No. 83 in g minor, "The Hen"
London Mozart Players/Jane Glover
3:51 am
Stanford, Charles Villiers: "The Blue Bird"
Cambridge Singers/John Rutter
There Is Sweet Music (English Choral Songs, 1890-1950)
3:55 am
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: "The Magic Flute," K. 620
Aria, "Der Vogelfänger bin ich ja"
Solid Brass
Opera Highlights (arr. for brass and percussion) - WAGNER, R. / VERDI, G. / MOZART, W.A. / BIZET, G. / PURCELL, H. (Solid Brass)
4:00 am
Diepenbrock, Alphons: Song, "L'invitation au voyage"
Christa Pfeifer, s; Rudolf Jansen, p
Songs 2
4:05 am
Pierné, Gabriel: "Voyage au Pays du Tendre"
Vanessa McKeand, h; Carol Wincenc, f; Allegri String Quartet
4:16 am
Offenbach, Jacques: "Le voyage dans la lune"
Ballet Music: "Les hirondelles bleues"
Philharmonia Orch/Antonio de Almeida
Offenbach: Can Can, Overtures, and Ballets
4:18 am
Handel, George Frederic: "Water Music"
Suite in F
Music of the Baroque/Thomas Wikman
Music of the Baroque
4:55 am
Moderne, Jacques: Basse dance, "Te bonne grace"
Ensemble Doulce Mémoire/Denis Raisin-Dadre
Fricassées Lyonnaises
5:00 am
Beethoven, Ludwig van: Chorus, "Die gute Nachricht: Germania," WoO 94
The Key Ensemble; Turku Phil/Leif Segerstam
Beethoven Complete Edition
5:05 am
Beethoven, Ludwig van: Piano Sonata #9 in E, Op 14/1
Dirk Herten, p
Beethoven Piano Sonatas
5:19 am
Beethoven, Ludwig van: Canon, "Kühl, nicht lau," WoO 191
Cantus Novus Wien/Thomas Holmes
Beethoven Complete Edition
5:20 am
Kuhlau, Friedrich: Flute Quintet in A, Op 51/3
Jean-Pierre Rampal, f; Julliard String Quartet
Kuhlau: Flute Quintets Op.51 Nos.1-3
5:41 am
Ginastera, Alberto: "Estancía" (Ballet Suite, 1943)
New World Sym/Michael Tilson Thomas
Tangazo (Music Of Latin America)
5:54 am
Ginastera, Alberto: Flute and Oboe Duo, Op 13 (1945)
Fugue
John Anderson, ob; Anna Noakes, f
Ginastera: Chamber Music Volume 5
6:00 am
6:04 am
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concert Rondo in A, K. 386
John O'Conor, p; Scottish Chamber Orch/Charles Mackerras
Mozart: Piano Concertos 19 & 23, Rondo
6:13 am
Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quartet No. 2 in G, Op. 18, No. 2
I. "Allegro"
Miró Quartet
Beethoven: String Quartets Nos. 1-6, Op. 18
6:23 am
Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach: Sinfonia in D
Concerto Köln
Music of the Bach Sons
6:33 am
Franz Schubert: Arpeggione Sonata in A minor, D. 821
III. Finale, "Allegretto"
Yo-Yo Ma, vc; Emanuel Ax, p
Schubert: Trout Quintet, Arpeggione Sonata
6:43 am
Igor Stravinsky: "Scherzo fantastique," Op. 3
Royal Concertgebouw Orch/Riccardo Chailly
Stravinsky: Apollon Musagète, Scherzo Fantastique, The Firebird Suite
7:00 am - 7:00 pm
7:00 am
WFMT Membership Drive
Until 7:00 pm. Enjoy the best classical music through the day with your favorite WFMT personalities and special guests, and support the music you love by calling (773) 279-2100 or by visiting wfmt.com.
7:00 pm
7:00 pm
Exploring Music
Gustav Mahler, Part 2 (1860-1911)
For a second week, we continue with the life and works of Gustav Mahler. This week features "Kindertotenlieder," sung by Kathleen Ferrier; "Symphony of a Thousand;" and tenor Fritz Wunderlich singing 'The Drinking Song of the Earth's Sorrow' from "Das Lied von der Erde." This is to name just a few highlights- you don’t want to miss this week!
8:00 - 11:00 pm
8:00 pm
Evening Music
8:00 pm
Luigi Boccherini: Cello Concerto No. 9 in B-Flat, G 482
Jian Wang, vc; Camerata Salzburg
The Baroque Album
8:21 pm
Muzio Clementi: Piano Sonata in F-sharp minor, Op. 26, No. 2
Vladimir Horowitz, p
Horowitz Plays Clementi
8:33 pm
Ludwig van Beethoven: Wind Octet in E-Flat, Op. 103
Mozzafiato/Charles Neidich
Beethoven: Octet Op. 103, Rondino WoO 25, March WoO 29, Duo WoO 27:1, Sextet Op. 71
8:56 pm
Lerner & Loewe: "My Fair Lady"
"Embassy Waltz"
Sinfonia of London/John Wilson
Lerner & Loewe's My Fair Lady
9:00 pm
Manuel de Falla: Seven Popular Spanish Songs
Tine Thing Helseth, tr; Kathryn Stott, p
Tine
9:12 pm
Santiago de Murcia: "Fandango"
Cristina Prats Costa, v; Soloists
Esmeralda Enrique, castanets,
Spiritillo Mediterraneo
9:16 pm
Julian Orbón: Concerto Grosso for String Quartet and Orchestra
Cuarteto Latinoamericano; Simón Bolívar Sym Orch/Eduardo Mata
Music of Latin American Masters
9:44 pm
Luise Adolpha Le Beau: Cello Sonata in D, Op. 17
Raphaela Gromes, vc; Julian Riem, p
Fortissima
10:00 pm
Georg Philipp Telemann: "Germanicus"
"Rimembranza crudel"
Jeanine De Bique, s; Concerto Köln/Luca Quintavalle
Mirrors
10:06 pm
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Oboe Concerto in C, K. 314
Albrecht Mayer, ob; Mahler Chamber Orch/Claudio Abbado
In Search of Mozart - Albrecht Mayer / Claudio Abbado
10:29 pm
Olivia Belli: "Amber Maze"
Olivia Belli, p
Intermundia
10:32 pm
Olivia Belli: "Diomedea"
Olivia Belli, p
Intermundia
10:37 pm
Giuseppe Verdi: String Quartet in E minor
Vienna Phil Strings/André Previn
Beethoven/Verdi: String Quartets
11:00 pm
11:00 pm
Best of Studs Terkel
Judy Collins (7/12/1963)
On the same weekend as the "Sweet Judy Blue Eyes: Farewell" tour at the Old Town School of Folk Music, WFMT shares music and conversation with the celebrated American creator and interpreter of songs Judy Collins from 1963.
11:56 pm
John Eccles: Ground
Brandon Acker, theorbo; Douglas Balliett, viga
Solitude