Schedule & Playlists

Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff

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.

9:00 am

Soundtrack

11:00 am

Introductions

A quartet from Northwestern University’s Bienen School of Music — pianist Cameron Akioka, violinist Hiu Sing Fan, violist James Kang, and cellist Tristen Khylil Johnson — performs Mozart’s Piano Quartet No. 2 in E-flat major, K. 493.

12:00 pm

From Opera Festival of Chicago

Leoncavallo's Pagliacci

Michelle Allie Drever (Nedda); Jonathan Burton (Canio); Franco Pomponi (Tonio); Jerek Fernández (Peppe); Jonathan Wilson (Silvio); Opera Festival of Chicago Orchestra & Chorus; Emanuele Andrizzi, conductor. Sung in Italian. Recorded at the North Shore Center for the Performing Arts in Skokie, Illinois.

1:30 pm

Afternoon Music

4:00 pm

Listening to Singers with Oliver Camacho

A survey of spooky songs for Halloween, including Schubert's "Der Doppelgänger," Saint-Saëns's "Danse macabre," and the Witch's song from Humperdinck's "Hansel and Gretel."

5:00 pm

Weekend Evening Music

8:00 pm

Folkstage hosted by Marilyn Rea Beyer

From the archives: Margo Hennebach, Adrienne Jones, and Mark Saunders, brought tight acoustic arrangements, intricate harmonies, and a spooky touch when they performed as Mad Agnes in October 2007.

9:00 pm

The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer

Music of the unseen including disappearing acts and phantoms for Halloween on the 100th anniversary of Harry Houdini’s death.