Schedule & Playlists
Playlist for Friday, October 30, 2026
12:00 - 6:00 am
12:00 am
Boccherini, Luigi: String Quartet in E-Flat, Op. 32/1
4th mvt, "Allegro vivace"
Borciani Quartet
Boccherini
12:05 am
Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Mario: Guitar Sonata, "Hommage à Boccherini," Op 77
Julian Bream, g
12:24 am
Boccherini, Luigi: String Quartet in E-Flat, Op. 32/1
3rd mvt, "Grave"
Borciani Quartet
Boccherini
12:25 am
Dvorák, Antonín: String Serenade in E, Op. 22
Metamorphosen Chamber Orch/Scott Yoo
Metamorphosen
12:54 am
Farr, Gareth: "Love Songs"
III. "For Charlotte"
Henry Wong Doe, p
1:00 am
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Symphony in D, K. 87/K 74a
Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood
The Symphonies
1:05 am
Dett, Robert Nathaniel: "Enchantment"
Clipper Erickson, p
R. Nathaniel Dett
1:24 am
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Twelve German Dances, K. 586
No. 5 in A
Tafelmusik/Bruno Weil
Mozart: Deutsche Tänze
1:25 am
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Bassoon Concerto in B-Flat, K. 191
David Mcgill, bn; Cleveland Orch/Christoph von Dohnànyi
Mozart: Clarinet Concerto, Oboe Concerto, Bassoon Concerto
1:44 am
Beethoven, Ludwig van: Variations on Mozart's "Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen," Op.66
Yo-Yo Ma, vc; Emanuel Ax, p
1:55 am
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Terzette, "La libertà," K. 532
Julie Kaufmann, s; Rudolf Jansen, p
Mozart: Arias, Vocal Ensembles, Canons
2:00 am
Rossini, Gioachino: "The Barber of Seville"
Cavatina, "Largo al factotum"
Leo Nucci, br; Bologna Teatro Comunale Orch/Giuseppe Patané
The Greatest Opera Show on Earth
2:05 am
Bochsa, Robert Nicholas Char: Rondeau on a Theme from Rossini's 'Barber of Seville'
Isabelle Moretti, h
Cantare: La Voix de la Harpe * Isabelle Moretti * Felicity Lott
2:12 am
Rossini, Gioachino: "The Barber of Seville"
Overture
Philharmonia/Riccardo Muti
Overtures
2:19 am
Fauré, Gabriel: "Songs Without Words," Op 17
#3
Kathryn Stott, p
Faure: Piano Music
2:20 am
Stravinsky, Igor: "Petrouchka"
Orch/Igor Stravinsky
Stravinsky Conducts Stravinsky: Petrushka, Le Sacre Du Printemps
2:54 am
Stravinsky, Igor: Double Canon, "Raoul Dufy in memoriam" (1959)
Isabelle Faust, v; Les Siècles members
3:00 am
Orr, Charles Wilfrid: A Cotswold Hill Tune
Royal Ballet Sinfonia/David Lloyd-Jones
ENGLISH STRING MINIATURES, Vol. 1
3:05 am
Lane, Philip: Suite of Cotswold Folkdances (1978)
Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland
British Light Music Discoveries
3:16 am
Howells, Herbert: "Paradise Rondel"
London Sym Orch/Richard Hickox
Howells: Orchestral Works, Vol. 1
3:26 am
Morley, Thomas: "Crewell you pull away too soone"
The City Musick
3:28 am
Bach, Johann Sebastian: English Suite No. 6 in d minor, BWV 811
Glenn Gould, p
Glenn Gould Plays Bach / The English Suites Complete
3:54 am
Holborne, Anthony: "The Cecilia Almain"
The City Musick
4:00 am
Haydn, Michael: "Die Hochzeit auf der Alm"
Sinfonia
Salzburger Hofmusik/Wolfgang Brunner
Michael Haydn
4:05 am
Haydn, Franz Josef: Trumpet Concerto in E-Flat
Paul Merkelo, tr; Oxford Phil/Marios Papadapoulos
The Enlightened Trumpet
4:20 am
Turrin, Joseph: "Escapade"
Mary Elizabeth Bowden, tr; Alexandra Carlson, p
Radiance
4:25 am
Arnold, Malcolm: "Trapeze" (1956)
Prelude
BBC Phil/Rumon Gamba
Arnold Film Music Vol 2
4:26 am
Bliss, Arthur: String Quartet #1 in B-Flat
Maggini String Quartet
BLISS: String Quartets / Conversations
4:55 am
Ireland, John: "We'll to the Woods No More"
"In Boyhood"
John Mark Ainsley, t; Graham Johnson, p
The Songs of John Ireland
5:00 am
Chopin, Frédéric: Waltz in E-flat, Op.18, "Grande valse brillante"
Lang Lang, p
The Chopin Album
5:05 am
Chopin, Frédéric: Waltzes, Op. 70
No. 2 in f
Richard Raymond, p
Chopin: Piano Waltzes
5:08 am
Chopin, Frédéric: Waltzes, Op. 64
No. 1 in D-Flat, "Minute"
Ruth Laredo, p
My First Recital
5:10 am
Tchaikovsky, Peter: Symphony No. 3 in D, Op. 29, "Polish"
Oslo Phil/Mariss Jansons
The Symphonies
5:55 am
Lutoslawski, Witold: "Six Children's Songs"
#3, "Kitten"
Urszula Kryger, s; Polish National Radio Sym/Antoni
LUTOSLAWSKI, W.: Double Concerto for Oboe and Harp / Dance Preludes / Chain I (Polish National Radio Symphony, Wit)
6:00 - 10:00 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
Johann Sebastian Bach: "Brandenburg" Concerto No. 2 in F Major, BWV 1047
Michael Laird, tr; English Concert/Trevor Pinnock
Panorama: Bach
6:17 am
Louise Farrenc: Piano Trio No. 1 in E-Flat, Op. 33
III. Minuetto
Linos Ensemble
Farrenc: Piano Trios and Sextet
6:24 am
Vincent d'Indy: "Sérénade et Valse," Op. 28
Iceland Sym Orch/Rumon Gamba
d'Indy: Orchestral Works, Volume 6
6:31 am
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: "The Abduction from the Seraglio," K. 384
Overture
Royal Phil Orch/Colin Davis
Mozart: Symphony No 40, Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, Etc / Davis
6:37 am
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Sonata No. 11 in A, K. 331
Finale, "Rondo alla turca"
Murray Perahia, p
Mozart: Piano Sonatas Nos. 8, 11 & 15
6:41 am
Fazıl Say: "Alla Turca Jazz" (Fantasia on Mozart's K. 331)
Roberto Plano, p
6:44 am
Dave Brubeck: "Blue Rondo à la Turk"
Janoska Ensemble
The Big B's
6:50 am
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 5 in A, K. 219, "Turkish"
III. Finale, Rondeau
St. Paul Chamber Orch/Pinchas Zukerman, v
Mozart: Violin Concerti Nos. 3 & 5 / Pinchas Zukerman
7:04 am
Frederick Delius: "A Song Before Sunrise"
Northern Sinfonia/Richard Hickox
Delius: Miniatures
7:11 am
Radamés Gnattali: Sonata for cello and guitar
Edmond Carlier, vc; Odair Assad, g
Fuga y misterio
7:23 am
Peter Tchaikovsky: Suite No. 2 in C, Op. 53, "Caractéristique"
II. "Valse"
Detroit Sym Orch/Neeme Järvi
Tchaikovsky: Suite No. 2, The Tempest
7:32 am
Aaron Copland: "Old American Songs" Set 1
No. 4, "Simple Gifts"
Thomas Hampson, br; St. Paul Chamber Orch/Hugh Wolff
Long Time Ago
7:33 am
Aaron Copland: "Appalachian Spring"
"Variations on a Shaker melody"
Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel
American Adagios
7:39 am
Johannes Brahms: Serenade No. 1 in D, Op. 11
I. "Allegro molto"
Scottish Chamber Orch/Charles Mackerras
Brahms Serenades 1 & 2
7:53 am
Maurice Ravel: String Quartet in F
II. "Assez vif, très rythmé"
Juilliard String Quartet
A Century of French Music
8:04 am
Ottorino Respighi: "La boutique fantasque" (after Rossini)
Suite
Eastman Wind Ensemble/Frederick Fennell
Ballet For Band
8:17 am
Gioachino Rossini: String Sonata No. 1 in G
Ensemble Explorations
Rossini: Sonate a Quattro
8:31 am
William Bolcom: "Graceful Ghost" Rag
Spencer Myer, p
William Bolcom: Piano Rags
8:36 am
William Bolcom: "Poltergeist" Rag
Spencer Myer, p
William Bolcom: Piano Rags
8:39 am
William Bolcom: "Dream Shadows"
Spencer Myer, p
William Bolcom: Piano Rags
8:47 am
Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 2 in C minor, "Resurrection"
II. "Andante moderato"
Chicago Sym Orch/Sir Georg Solti
Mahler: Symphony No 2
9:03 am
Unico Wilhelm van Wassenaer: "Concerto Armonico" No. 2 in B-Flat
I Musici de Montréal/Yuli Turovsky
Pergolesi: Concerti Grossi
9:17 am
Igor Stravinsky: "Pulcinella"
Suite
Orpheus Chamber Orch
Divertimento, Romanian Folk Dances, Dumbarton Oaks, Pulcinella Suite
9:41 am
Giovanni Battista Pergolesi: Flute Concerto in G
James Galway, f; I Solisti Veneti/Claudio Scimone
Italian Flute Concertos
9:54 am
Anonymous Neapolitan: Tarantalla, "La Vallubrella"
Pulcinella/Ophélie Gaillard, vc piccolo
Napoli!
10:00 am - 3:00 pm
10:00 am
Aaron Copland: "Prairie Journal (Music for Radio)"
St. Louis Sym Orch/Leonard Slatkin
Music For Films
10:13 am
Élisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre: Violin Sonata No. 5 in A minor (1707)
Sophie de Bardonnèche, v; Lucile Boulanger, viga; Justin Taylor, hc
Destinées
10:25 am
Percy Grainger: "Lincolnshire Posy"
Dallas Wind Sym/Jerry Junkin
Lincolnshire Posy: Music for Band by Percy Grainger
10:43 am
Frédéric Chopin: Waltz in A minor, Op. 34, No. 2
Nikita Magaloff, p
50x Waltz
10:48 am
Frédéric Chopin: Waltz in D-Flat, Op. 64, No. 1, "Minute Waltz"
Nikita Magaloff, p
50x Waltz
10:51 am
Peter Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74, "Pathétique"
II. "Allegro con grazia"
Chicago Sym Orch/Fritz Reiner
Fritz Reiner: The Complete RCA Album Collection
11:00 am
Isaac Albéniz: "Suite española", Op. 47
"Asturias; Sevilla"
Emerald Brass Quintet
Danzon * Emerald Brass Quintet
11:13 am
Niccolò Paganini: Introduction & Variations on Rossini's "Di tanti palpiti"
Vilde Frang, v; Michail Lifits, p
Paganini, Schubert
11:24 am
Gioachino Rossini: "William Tell"
Ballet Suite
Monte Carlo Opera Orch, Chorus/Antonio de Almeida
Rossini: Ballet Music
11:43 am
Mario Oyanadel: "Tres Campanas de Rere"
Thomas Mesa, vc; Michelle Cann, p
Our Stories
11:51 am
Gustav Holst: "A Fugal Concerto," Op. 40, No. 2
Julia Bogorad, f; Kathryn Greenbank, ob; St. Paul Chamber Orch/Christopher Hogwood
Tippett, Holst, Corelli, Bach
12:00 pm
Giuseppe Verdi: Four Sacred Pieces
"Ave Maria"
Chicago Chorale/Bruce Tammen
And Give Us Peace
12:27 pm
music continues...
3:00 - 7:00 pm
3:00 pm
Afternoon Music with Candice Agree
Including "Friday Afternoon at the Movies" at 4:30pm and "The Unrush Hour" at 5:00 pm.
7:00 pm
7:00 pm
Exploring Music
Peter’s Picks
Host Peter van de Graaff shares some of his favorite music. We'll wander the continents and the ages, sampling everything from Bach to Bax, Purcell to Piston, and a few less-known works along the way.
11:00 pm
11:00 pm
Best of Studs Terkel
The Brothers Gershwin (2/6/1979)
In this WFMT broadcast from 1979, complete with the snap and crackle of well worn record albums, Studs explores the work of composer George Gershwin (1898–1937) and lyricist Ira Gershwin (1896–1983).