Schedule & Playlists

Playlist for Saturday, October 25, 2025

12:00 - 6:00 am

12:00 am

Stephen Heller: "The Trout (after Schubert)"

Frank Glazer, p
Music of a Bygone Era

Bridge 9194

12:05 am

Franz Schubert: Piano Quintet in A, D. 667, "Trout"

F Glazer, p; L Sorkin, v; I Ilmer, vi; G Sopkin, vc; H Siegel, db
George Sopkin, cello,
Quintet For Piano And Strings In A, D. 667 "The Trout" • String Quartet No. 14 In D Minor, D. 810 "Death And The Maiden"

Boston Skyline BSD-145

12:41 am

Franz Schubert: Song, "An die Nachtigall," D 497

Lucia Popp, s; Graham Johnson, p
The Hyperion Schubert Edition, Volume 17

Hyperion CDJ-33017

12:43 am

Leo Smit: Piano Concerto (1937)

Ronald Brautigam, p; Netherlands Radio Chamber Orch/Ed Spanjaard

NM Classics 92044

12:55 am

Leo Smit: Twelve Pieces for Piano Four Hands (1941)

#11, "Wiegelied"

Frans Van Ruth, p; Marjes Benoist, p

NM Classics 93003 (4)

1:00 am

Maurice Ravel: "Miroirs"

"La vallée des cloches"

City of Birmingham Sym Orch/Sir Simon Rattle
Percy Grainger: In A Nutshell * City of Birmingham * Sir Simon Rattle

EMI/Ang CDC5-56412-2

1:05 am

Marin Marais: "La sonnerie de Sainte Geneviève du Mont de Paris"

Les Concerts du Monde/Keith Clark
Movies Go Baroque

Telarc CD-80336

1:10 am

Georg Christoph Wagenseil: "Bells in the Vatican at Rome"

Joan Benson, clavichord
The Joan Benson Collection

Clavier Classics CC-108 (2)

1:12 am

Gordon Jacob: "William Byrd" Suite

#6, "The Bells"

Eastman Wind Ensemble/Frederick Fennell
British And American Band Classics

Mercury 432009-2

1:16 am

William Byrd: "My Lord of Oxenford's Masque"

Dowland Consort/Jakob Lindberg
Heavenly Noyse

BIS CD-451

1:18 am

George Whitefield Chadwick: "Suite symphonique"

Czech State Phil/José Serebrier
Chadwick: Aphrodite, Suite Symphonique, Elegy

Reference Recordings RR-74-CD

1:54 am

Burleigh: "Four Rocky Mountain Sketches" (1913)

#4, "Avalanche"

Rachel Barton Pine, v; Matthew Hagle, p
American Virtuosa: Tribute to Maud Powell

Cedille CDR-90000097

2:00 am

Carl Maria von Weber: "Der Freischütz"

"Aria"

Horreaux-Trehard Duo
Two Guitars at the Opera

Calliope CAL-9218

2:05 am

Carl Maria von Weber: Symphony #2 in c

Queensland Phil/John Georgiadis
WEBER: Symphonies Nos. 1 and 2 / Turandot Overture / Silvana

Naxos 8.550928

2:24 am

Paul Taffanel: Fantasy on themes from Weber's "Der Freischütz"

Mathieu Dufour, f; Kuang-Hao Huang, p
Fantaisie

Cedille CDR-90000121

2:36 am

Carl Maria von Weber: "Der Freischütz"

"Bauerwalzer"

Horreaux-Trehard Duo
Two Guitars at the Opera

Calliope CAL-9218

2:38 am

Serge Prokofiev: "The Love for Three Oranges" Suite, Op. 33a

Kansas City Sym/Michael Stern
Miraculous Metamorphoses

Reference Recordings RR-132

2:54 am

Serge Prokofiev: "The Love for Three Oranges," Op. 33

March

Millar Brass Ensemble/Stephen Squires
MILLER BRASS ENSEMBLE: Brass Surround

Delos DE-3171

3:00 am

Peter Philips: Dolorosa Pavan and Galliard

Parley of Instruments
Consort Music By Peter Philips

Hyperion CDA-66240

3:05 am

Anon 16th c: "Gagliarda"

New London Consort/Philip Pickett
Sinners & Saints: The Ultimate Medieval and Renaissance Music Collection

L'Oiseau Lyre 448559-2

3:09 am

John Dowland: Galliard

Paul O'Dette, l
Dowland: Complete Lute Works, Vol. 5

Harmonia Mundi HMU-907164

3:11 am

Sergei Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 1 in d, Op. 13

Royal Liverpool Phil Orch/Vasily Petrenko

Warner 09596-2

3:55 am

Samuel Scheidt: "Galliard Battaglia"

St Louis Brass Quintet
Baroque Brass

Summit DCD-120

4:00 am

Antonin Dvorák: "Rusalka," Op. 114

"Song to the Moon"

Ophélie Gaillard, vc; Royal Phil/Timothy Redmond
Ophélie Gaillard * Dreams

Aparté AP-001

4:05 am

Antonin Dvorák: Serenade for Strings in E, Op 22

Appassionata/Daniel Myssyk
Appassionata / Myssyk * Serenades Tcheques

Fidelio FACD-036

4:34 am

Franz Joseph Haydn: Divertimento (Feldparthie) in B-Flat, H II:43

Finale, Rondo: "Allegretto"

Melbourne Windpower

Move MD-3082

4:35 am

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concert Rondo in D, K. 382

Malcolm Bilson, p; English Baroque Soloists/John Eliot Gardiner
The Piano Concertos

DG Archiv 415990-2

4:44 am

Carl Czerny: "Rondoletto concertant" in F, Op 149

Kaunori Seo, f; Makoto Ueno, p
CZERNY, C.: Flute and Piano Music - 3 Rondeaux Faciles et Brillans / Introduction, Variations and Finale / Duo Concertant (Kazunori Seo, Makoto Ueno)

Naxos 8.573335

4:54 am

Franz Joseph Haydn: Wind Divertimento in B-Flat, H II:46

4th mvt, Rondo

Ensemble Wien-Berlin
Haydn - Danzi - Bozza - Ibert - Villa-Lobos

CBS MK-39558

5:00 am

Enrique Granados: Opera, "Goyescas" (1916)

Intermezzo

London Sym Orch/Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos

MCA Classics MCAD-25887

5:05 am

Maurice Ravel: "Rapsodie espagnole"

London Sym/Leopold Stokowski

EMI CDM5-65422-2

5:19 am

Carlo Munier: Capriccio Spagnuolo, Op 276

Duo Capriccioso
N/A

Thorofon CTH-2092

5:26 am

Manuel de Falla: "Canción" (1900)

Miguel Baselga, p
Complete Solo Piano Music

BIS CD-773

5:28 am

Franz Schubert: "Rosamunde" Incidental Music, D 797

Suite

Czech Phil/Zdenek Kosler

Supraphon 110651-2

5:54 am

Charles Ives: Ballad from "Rosamunde"

Thomas Hampson, br; Armen Guzelimian, p
Lieder

Teldec 72168-2

6:00 am - 12:00 pm

6:00 am

WFMT Membership Drive

Until 12:00pm.

12:00 - 2:00 pm

12:00 pm

From Aix-en-Provence Festival

Bizet's Pearl Fishers

Elsa Benoit (Leïla); Pene Pati (Nadir); Florian Sempey (Zurga); Edwin Crossley-Mercer (Nourabad); Grand Avignon Opera Chorus & Les Musiciens du Louvre; Marc Minkowski, conductor. Sung in French.

2:00 - 4:00 pm

2:00 pm

Saturday Afternoon Music

2:01 pm

Johann Strauss II: "Emperor Waltz," Op. 437

Berlin Phil/Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Johann Strauss in Berlin

Teldec 24489-2

2:15 pm

Cécile Chaminade: Three Pieces, Op. 31

No. 3, "Bohémienne"

Duo FAE
Dissidents of the Gilded Age

Albany TROY-2006

2:22 pm

Toby Hession: "She Walks in Beauty"

Voces8
Enchanted Isle

Decca B0029601-02

2:28 pm

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Flute Concerto No. 1 in G, K. 313

Emmanuel Pahud, f; Berlin Phil/Claudio Abbado
Mozart: Flute Concertos

EMI CDC5-56365-2

2:54 pm

Johann Strauss II: "Die Fledermaus" Quadrille, Op. 363

Berlin Phil/Herbert von Karajan
Strauss: Radetzky March

DG 410027-2

3:00 pm

Johann Strauss II: Waltz, "Frühlingsstimmen (Voices of Spring)," Op. 410

Sumi Jo, s; Vienna Volksoper Orch/Rudolf Bibl
A Tribute To Johann Strauss - Echoes From Vienna

Erato 25500-2

3:08 pm

Sophie Menter: "Ungarische Zigeunerweisen" (Concerto in Hungarian Style)

Leslie Howard, p; Budapest Sym Orch/Karl Anton Rickenbacher
Liszt: The Complete Piano Music

Hyperion CDA-67403/4 (2)

3:27 pm

Miklos Rózsa: "Ben-Hur"

Love Theme

Daniel Hope, v; Royal Stockholm Phil Orch/Alexander Shelley
Escape to Paradise

DG 4792954

3:30 pm

Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco: "Sea Murmurs"

Daniel Hope, v; Maria Todtenhaupt, h
Escape to Paradise

DG 4792954

3:33 pm

Giovanni Benedetto Platti: Cello Sonata No. 7 in D

Abel Selaocoe, vc; Elizabeth Kenny, th; Kadialy Kouyate, kora; Fred Thomas, db
Fred Thomas, double bass,
Where is Home / Hae Ke Kae

Warner 9029622433

3:45 pm

Claude Debussy: "Suite bergamasque"

III. "Clair de lune"

Jess Gillam, ssx; Jess Gillam Ensemble
PRISM, Vol. 2

Decca 4871246

4:00 pm

4:00 pm

Listening to Singers with Oliver Camacho

An interview with VOCES8 artistic director Barnaby Smith and alto Katie Jeffrie-Harris on the ensemble's twentieth anniversary season.

5:00 - 8:00 pm

5:00 pm

Weekend Evening Music

5:01 pm

Johann Strauss II: Waltz, "Wine, Women and Song," Op. 333

Diabolicus/Dietrich Henschel
A nos amours

Naïve AM-137

5:15 pm

Franz Schreker: Intermezzo for Strings, Op 8

Cologne Gürzenich Orch Strings/James Conlon
Schreker: Orchestral Music

EMI CDC5-56784-2

5:23 pm

Franz Joseph Haydn: Piano Trio in E minor, H XV:12

Trio Ernest
Haydn All-Stars

Aparté AP-341

5:43 pm

Charles Gounod: "Faust"

Recitative and cavatina, "Quel trouble...Salut, demeure chaste et pure"

Benjamin Bernheim, t; Prague Phil/Emmanuel Villaume
Benjamin Bernheim

DG 4836078

5:50 pm

Charles Gounod: "Faust"

Waltz

Leslie Howard, p
Liszt at the Opera: The Complete Music for Solo Piano, Vol. 6

Hyperion CDA-66371/2 (2)

6:00 pm

Johann Strauss II: Waltz, "On the Beautiful Blue Danube," Op. 314

Vienna Phil/Carlos Kleiber
Waltzes, Polkas, and Marches

CBS MK2-45564 (2)

6:12 pm

Maria Theresia von Paradis: "Erinnerung ans Schicksal"

Boulanger Trio
Who's Afraid Of...? Boulanger Trio

Berlin Classics 0303298-BC

6:15 pm

Monique Serf: "Göttingen"

Boulanger Trio
Who's Afraid Of...? Boulanger Trio

Berlin Classics 0303298-BC

6:18 pm

Rosa Linn: "Snap"

Boulanger Trio
Who's Afraid Of...? Boulanger Trio

Berlin Classics 0303298-BC

6:23 pm

Stacy Garrop: "Terra Nostra"

Chorus, "A Blade of Grass/I Bequeath Myself"

Soloists; Cho's; Northwestern U Sym Orch/Stephen Alltop
David Govertsen, bass-baritone,
Terra Nostra: Oratorio by Stacy Garrop

Cedille CDR-90000227

6:29 pm

Samuel Barber: Violin Concerto, Op. 14

Hilary Hahn, v; St. Paul Chamber Orch/Hugh Wolff
Barber & Meyer: Violin Concertos

Sony SK-89029

6:53 pm

Sergei Rachmaninoff: Vocalise, Op. 34, No. 14

Septura
Brass Septet Music, Vol. 3

Naxos 8.573475

7:01 pm

Johann Strauss II: Waltz, "Roses from the South," Op. 388

Vienna Phil/Riccardo Muti
2018 New Year's Concert

Sony 88985477002

7:12 pm

Cedric Adderley: "Allegro giocoso"

Meisha Adderley & Stacey Holliday, p's
Adderley & Holliday: Piano Duo Project

Albany TROY-1383

7:19 pm

Antonio Vivaldi: Violin Concerto in C, R. 179a, "Per Anna Maria"

Théotime Langlois de Swarte, v; Les Ombres
Vivaldi, Leclair, Locatelli: Violin Concertos

Harmonia Mundi HMM-902649

7:35 pm

Maurice Ravel: "La valse"

Lara Downes, p
Invitation to the Dance

Postcards 772001-2

7:49 pm

Johann Strauss II: Waltz, "Wiener Blut," Op. 354

Rachel Willis-Sørensen, s; Jonas Kaufmann, t; Vienna Phil/Ádám Fischer
Wien

Sony 19075950412

8:00 pm

8:00 pm

Folkstage hosted by Marilyn Rea Beyer

Sample some of the fun to be had live on Folkstage with highlights from the past year.

8:00 pm

The Dangling Participles: I Put a Spell On You (Hawkins)/Isabel (Kaufmann)

The Dangling Participles
Folkstage: The Dangling Participles at St. Tim's

WFMT FS 10112025

8:12 pm

Bobcat Opossum: This Land is Your Land (Guthrie)

Bobcat Opossum
Folkstage: Fox Valley Folk Festival Preview (2025)

WFMT FS 08302025 Pre-show

8:22 pm

Andrew Sa: Always Been There

Andrew Sa
Folkstage: Haiku Milieu (2025)

WFMT FS 09272025

8:27 pm

Emily Hurd: Easy on the Ice

Emily Hurd
Folkstage: Haiku Milieu (2025)

WFMT FS 09272025

8:35 pm

Elexa Dawson: Riddle Song

Elexa Dawson
Stay Put

Turns Out pre-release

8:38 pm

Sons of the Never Wrong: What If?

Sons of the Never Wrong
Feather and the Starry Crown

Sons 3 Records SR 4

8:43 pm

Mercedes Escobar: Such is Life in the Tropics

Mercedes Escobar
Folkstage: WFF Preview (2025)

WFMT FS 07192025

8:45 pm

Joy Clark: Shine

Joy Clark
Folkstage: WFF Preview (2025)

WFMT FS 07192025

8:54 pm

Owen Walsh: Goodnight, Irene (Lead Belly)

Owen Walsh
Folkstage: Owen Walsh (2025)

WFMT FS 08162025 Encore

9:00 pm - 12:00 am

9:00 pm

The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer

Made in Chicago: a cavalcade of Windy City folksinger and songs about our hometown to accompany WFMT’s on-air membership drive.

9:00 pm

Lead Belly: The Midnight Special THEME (excerpt 1)

Lead Belly
Midnight Special

RCA Victor LPV-505

9:01 pm

Jason Benefield: Chicago Song

Jason Benefield
single

jasonbenefield.bandcamp.com 10.30.2020

9:05 pm

Sons of the Never Wrong: Stand Up, Shout Out

Sons of the Never Wrong
Feather and the Starry Crown

Sons 3 Records SR 4

9:14 pm

Elexa Dawson: Stay Put

Elexa Dawson
Stay Put

Turns Out pre-release

9:18 pm

Tom Dundee: Don't It Get Chilly When the Sun Goes Down

Tom Dundee
Fleeting Moment (Live 1973-2006), Disc 1

Fleeting Moment, Disc 1 | Flight Records FR4445

9:25 pm

Ernie Hendrickson: Do It For Love

Ernie Hendrickson
Roll On

Lo-Hi Records 8 77319 00811 5

9:29 pm

Claudia Schmidt: The Quiet Way

Claudia Schmidt
Reimagining

claudiaschmidt.com 2022

9:37 pm

Steve Goodman: You Never Even Call Me By My Name (Goodman/Prine)

Steve Goodman
Steve Goodman

Buddah 7446599625 2

9:41 pm

Fox Crossing Stringband: Good News (Pafralides)

Fox Crossing Stringband
Bluegrass on my Mind

foxcrossingstringband.com 1 95269 19071 2

9:50 pm

James McCandless: Red Bandanna (McCandless)

James McCandless
Sea of Freedom

St. Christopher CD 4001

10:01 pm

Sons of the Never Wrong: Feather and the Starry Crown

Sons of the Never Wrong
Feather and the Starry Crown

Sons 3 Records SR 4

10:09 pm

Elexa Dawson: Where Have All the Flowers Gone?

Elexa Dawson
Stay Put

Turns Out pre-release

10:11 pm

John Prine: Caravan of Fools

John Prine
Tree of Forgiveness

Oh Boy Records OBR-046CD

10:19 pm

Corky Siegel: Deja Vous

Corky Siegel
Something Wrong

corkysiegelmusic.com none

10:23 pm

Selken (Heather Styka): Wash Your Face

Selken (Heather Styka)
The Winds

Kite Stripe Records Styka 2025

10:30 pm

Aaron Kelly -and- Anne Heaton: Going Home - and - Amidst the Chaos

Aaron Kelly -and- Anne Heaton
Folkstage: Haiku Milieu (2025)

WFMT FS 09272025

10:41 pm

Pierce Crask: Anybody Out There

Pierce Crask
Rising River

Cau Dog Records CAU-LP-005

10:45 pm

Sons of the Never Wrong: Nowhere to Go (Song for the nihilist)

Sons of the Never Wrong
Feather and the Starry Crown

Sons 3 Records SR 4

10:53 pm

Elexa Dawson: Roots Grow

Elexa Dawson
Stay Put

Turns Out pre-release

11:00 pm

Special Consensus ft. Greg Blake, Ashby Frank: The Singer (N. Allen)

Special Consensus ft. Greg Blake, Ashby Frank
Been All Around This World

Compass Records TBA

11:03 pm

Sons of the Never Wrong: Sing, Sing, Sing

Sons of the Never Wrong
Feather and the Starry Crown

Sons 3 Records SR 4

11:13 pm

Anne Hills: Sure Has Grown (M. Smith)

Anne Hills
Every Town - More Songs of Michael Smith

Hand & Heart Music #2025

11:17 pm

Jamie O'Reilly: "Hey Kid"

Jamie O'Reilly
In Old Chicago

Jamie O'Reilly JOCD2019

11:27 pm

Michael Smith: Famous in France [LIVE]

Michael Smith
Folkstage: Michael Smith 2003

WFMT 1-25-2003

11:31 pm

The Henhouse Prowlers: Space Man

The Henhouse Prowlers
Unravel

Dark Shadow Recording DSR202501

11:39 pm

Elexa Dawson: Baling Hay

Elexa Dawson
Stay Put

Turns Out pre-release

11:42 pm

Susan Werner: "Barbed Wire Boys"

Susan Werner
New Non-Fiction

susanwerner.com S. W. 6566134372

11:50 pm

Laura Love: I Still Believe (Unplugged)

Laura Love
She Loved Red

Laura Love 88295 68276