Schedule & Playlists
Playlist for Saturday, November 15, 2025
12:00 - 7:00 am
12:00 am
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: "The Impresario," K. 486
Overture
Dresden Staatskapelle/Hans Vonk
11 Overtures
12:04 am
Antonio Salieri: "Il Ricco d'un giorno"
Overture
Slovak Radio Sym/Michael Dittrich
SALIERI: Overtures
12:08 am
Juan Crisostomo Arriaga: String Quartet #1 in d
Voces String Quartet
Arriaga: Cuartetos
12:34 am
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: German Dances, K. 536
No. 6 in F
Tafelmusik/Bruno Weil
Mozart: Deutsche Tänze
12:36 am
Aram Khachaturian: "Gayaneh" (1942, rev 1957)
Suite No. 2
St Petersburg State Sym Orch/André Anichanov
KHACHATURIAN, A.I.: Gayane Suites Nos. 1-3
12:54 am
Alexander Scriabin: Etudes, Op 65
#4
Alexander Paley, p
Scriabin: Etudes (Complete)
1:00 am
Peter Tchaikovsky: "Swan Lake," Op. 20
Act III: "Scène finale"
Royal Opera House Orch/Mark Ermler
Ballet Highlights: Swan Lake - The Nutcracker - The Sleeping Beauty
1:05 am
Peter Tchaikovsky: "Sleeping Beauty", Op. 66
Act III: Pas d'action
Bavarian Radio Sym Orch/Hans Vonk
1:11 am
Peter Tchaikovsky: "Dumka," Op. 59
Tchaikovsky: Complete Works for Solo Piano
1:22 am
Frédéric Chopin: Polish Songs, Op. 74
No. 19, "Dumka (Reverie)"
Ewa Podles, c; Garrick Ohlsson, p
Chopin: The Complete Piano Works, Vol. 12 - Songs
1:23 am
Antonin Dvorák: Piano Trio No. 4 in e minor, Op. 90, "Dumky"
Suk Trio
Trio No. 4 In E Minor
1:54 am
Josef Suk: "Menuet"
Tomas Visek, p
Josef Suk's Piano
2:00 am
Hector Berlioz: "Symphonie fantastique," Op. 14a
IV. "March to the Scaffold"
All Star Percussion Ens,Harold Farberman
The All Star Percussion Ensemble Plays Bizet, Beethoven, Pachelbel and Berloiz
2:05 am
George Gershwin: "Rhapsody in Blue"
Carlos Barbosa-Lima, g; Sofia Soloists/Plamen Djurov
From Yesterday To Penny Lane: Contemporary Works For Solo Guitar And Guitar And Orchestra
2:24 am
Joe Utterback: "Moods & Blues" (1991)
"Whimsy Waltz"
David Allen Wehr, p
Utterback: Concert Fantasy On Porgy & Bess
2:26 am
Hector Berlioz: "Roman Carnival" Overture, Op.9
NBC Sym/Arturo Toscanini
French Orchestral Music
2:34 am
Hector Berlioz: "Benvenuto Cellini," Op. 23
Benediction & Sermon
Leslie Howard, p
2:41 am
Hector Berlioz: "Lélio (The Return to Life)," Op. 14b
"Fantasy on Shakespeare's 'The Tempest'"
London Sym Orch & Cho/Pierre Boulez
Pierre Boulez: Symphonie Fantastique, Les Nuits D'été, Lélio
2:54 am
Matthew Locke: Music for "The Tempest"
"Minoit"
Il Giardino Armonico Members
Biber, Locke, Zelenka: Battalia- Music For The Tempest
3:00 am
Henri Vieuxtemps: Rondino, Op 32/2
Alexander Markov, v; Dmitriy Cogan, p
Violin Encores
3:05 am
Jean Sibelius: Symphony No. 6 in d, Op. 104
Gothenburg Sym/Neeme Järvi
Symphony No. 5 In E Flat Op. 82/ Andante Festivo/ Karelia-Overture Op. 10
3:32 am
Andre Jolivet: "Mana" (1935)
#4, "La chèvre"
Jacqueline Mefano, p
Oeuvres Pour Piano
3:34 am
Johann Friedrich Fasch: Two-Oboe Sonata in d
Glaetzner, Goritzki, ob's; Klepel, Pank, Beyer, Schornsheim, continuo
Ingo Goritzki,
Continuo,
3:46 am
Georg Philipp Telemann: Two-Flute and Bassoon Concerto in A
Wolfgang Loebner, f; Günter Klier, bn; Dresden Brq Soloists/Eckart Haupt
3:55 am
John Dowland: "My Lord Chamberlain his Galliard"
Jakob Lindberg, Paul O'Dette, l's
English Lute Duets
4:00 am
Max Bruch: Eight Pieces, Op. 83
No. 6 in g minor, "Nocturne"
Kim Aseltine, cl; Eva Stern, vi; Joel Schoenhals, p
Trios for Clarinet, Viola, and Piano
4:05 am
Ludwig van Beethoven: "Coriolan" Overture, Op.62
Philharmonia Orch/Vladimir Ashkenazy
Symphony No. 7 / Overtures 'Coriolan' & 'Egmont'
4:14 am
Jan Hugo Vorisek: Piano Sonata in b-flat, Op 20
David Gross, p
Jan Vaclav Vorisek: Piano Music Jan Vaclav Vorisek: Piano Music
4:32 am
Jan Hugo Vorisek: "Family Album Leaf"
David Gross, p
Jan Vaclav Vorisek: Piano Music Jan Vaclav Vorisek: Piano Music
4:33 am
Sergei Rachmaninoff: "The Isle of the Dead," Op. 29
USSR Sym Orch/Yevgeny Svetlanov
Symphonic Poems from Russia
4:54 am
Vincent Persichetti: Serenade #5, Op 43 (1950)
"Capriccio"
Louisville Orch/Jorge Mester
PERSICHETTI: Serenade No. 5, Op. 43 / Symphony No. 5, Op. 61 / Symphony No. 8
5:00 am
Franz Schubert: Hymn, "Tantum ergo" in E-Flat, D 962
Berlin Radio Cho, Orch/Dietrich Knothe
5:05 am
Georg Philipp Telemann: Flute Sonata (#1) in A ("Quadri," Hamburg, 1730)
Wilbert Hazelzet, f; Trio Sonnerie
5:17 am
Georg Philipp Telemann: Song, "Verwunderer"
Klaus Mertens, br; Ludger Rémy, hc
Singe-, Spiel- Und Generalbaß-Übungen 1733
5:19 am
Franz Schubert: "Rosamunde" Incidental Music, D 797
Suite
Cologne Radio Sym Orch/Günter Wand
Schubert: Symphony No. 5 in B flat major, D485, etc.
5:39 am
Johann Sebastian Bach: Clavier Concerto No. 3 in D, BWV 1054
Rinaldo Alessandrini, hc; Concerto Italiano
Cembalokonzerte Band 1 Volume 1
5:54 am
Georg Philipp Telemann: Song, "Gemüts=Ruhe"
Klaus Mertens, br; Ludger Rémy, hc
Singe-, Spiel- Und Generalbaß-Übungen 1733
6:00 am
Alexander Scriabin: Rêverie, Op 24
USSR Sym Orch/Yevgeny Svetlanov
Scriabin: Symphony No. 2, Rêverie
6:05 am
Hector Berlioz: "Rêverie et Caprice," Op. 8
Josef Suk, v; Prague Sym Orch/Vàclav Smetàcek
6:13 am
Peter Tchaikovsky: "Capriccio italien," Op. 45
Pittsburgh Sym Orch/William Steinberg
William Steinberg: The Complete EMI Recordings
6:31 am
Max Reger: "Tarantella"
Charles Stier, cl; William Bloomquist, p
The Art of the Romantic Clarinet
6:33 am
Johannes Brahms: Four Ballades, Op 10
Martin Jones, p
Brahms: Sonata No. 1; Four Ballads; Handel Variations
6:54 am
Johannes Brahms: "Hungarian Dances"
No. 7 in A
Budapest Sym Orch/Istvan Bogar
BRAHMS, J.: Hungarian Dances Nos. 1-21 (Budapest Symphony, Bogar)
7:00 - 11:00 am
7:00 am
Weekend Mornings
With news at 7:00 am; "Saturday Morning Listener's Choice" at 8:00 am; and "Soundtrack" at 9:00 am.
7:00 am
Hosted by Jan Weller.
7:04 am
Heitor Villa-Lobos: Five Preludes for Guitar
No. 5 in D
Göran Söllscher, g
The History of Classical Music in 24 Hours
7:08 am
Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 6 in D, "Le matin"
Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orch/Ádám Fischer
Symphonies Nos. 6, 7 and 8 - Le Matin, Le Midi, Le Soir
7:33 am
Robert Schumann: Adagio and Allegro, Op. 70
Louis-Philippe Marsolais, hn; David Jalbert, p
Robert & Clara Schumann: Chamber Music for Horn
7:44 am
Fanny Mendelssohn: String Quartet in E-Flat
IV. "Allegro molto vivace"
Merel Quartet
String Quartets by Felix & Fanny Mendelssohn
7:52 am
Richard Wagner: "Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg"
Act 3 Prelude
Canadian Brass, Berlin Phil, Bayreuth Festival Brass/Edo de Waart
Wagner for Brass
8:00 am
Saturday Morning Listener's Choice
8:01 am
Gustav Holst: "St Paul's Suite," Op. 29, No. 2
Guildhall String Ensemble/Robert Salter
English Music for Strings
8:15 am
Agustín Lara: "Granada"
Fritz Wunderlich, t, Graunke Sym Orch/Hans Carste
Fritz Wunderlich singt Arien und Lieder
8:21 am
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Trio in D, Op. 70, No. 1, "Ghost"
III. Finale, "Presto"
Leonidas Kavakos, v; Yo-Yo Ma, vc; Emanuel Ax, p
Beethoven for Three: Symphony No. 1; Op. 70, No. 1 "Ghost;" Op. 11 "Gassenhauer"
8:30 am
Hans Gál: Trio for violin, clarinet and piano, Op. 97
III. Finale, Theme and Variations
Ensemble Burletta
Hans Gál: Chamber Music for Clarinet
8:38 am
Christoph Willibald Gluck: "Orpheus and Eurydice"
"Dance of the Furies"
Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood
Pachelbel: Canon - Handel, Vivaldi, Gluck
8:42 am
George Gershwin: "Lullaby"
St. Louis Sym Orch/Leonard Slatkin
Gershwin: Catfish Row, An American in Paris, Cuban Overture, Lullaby
8:51 am
John Alden Carpenter: "Adventures in a Perambulator"
No. 4, "The Lake"
Ukraine National Sym Orch/John McLaughlin Williams
Carpenter: Adventures in a Perambulator; Symphonies Nos. 1 and 2
8:56 am
John Alden Carpenter: "Adventures in a Perambulator"
No. 3, "The Hurdy Gurdy"
Ukraine National Sym Orch/John McLaughlin Williams
Explore America
9:01 am
Soundtrack
9:01 am
Alfred Newman: 20th Century Fox Fanfare
London Phil Orch/John Mauceri
The Genius of Film Music
9:03 am
Leonard Bernstein: "On the Town"
"Lonely Town"
Curtain Going Up Orch/Leonard Bernstein
The First Full-Length Recording: "On The Town"
9:06 am
Cy Coleman: "On the Twentieth Century"
Overture
On the Twentieth Century Orch/Paul Gemignani
On the Twentieth Century: Original Broadway Cast Recording
9:12 am
Meredith Willson: "The Music Man"
"Till There Was You"
Renée Fleming, s; BBC Concert Orch/Rob Fisher
Broadway
9:15 am
Meredith Willson: "The Music Man"
"Seventy-Six Trombones"
Boston Pops Orch/John Williams
John Williams Conductor
9:19 am
Lerner & Loewe: "My Fair Lady"
"The Rain in Spain/I Could have Danced All Night"
Julie Andrews; original London cast
My Fair Lady
9:27 am
Richard Rodgers: "The Sound of Music"
Main Title and Preludium
Maida Vale Singers, John Wilson Orch/John Wilson
Rodgers & Hammerstein At The Movies
9:31 am
Richard Rodgers: "The Sound of Music"
Processional
Original Broadway cast
The Sound of Music
9:37 am
Richard Rodgers: "Victory at Sea"
The Song of the High Seas
Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel
Victory at Sea
9:43 am
Erich Wolfgang Korngold: "Captain Blood"
Suite
London Sym Orch/André Previn
Previn Conducts Korngold
9:57 am
Erich Wolfgang Korngold: "The Sea Hawk"
Suite
Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel
Masters and Commanders: Music from Seafaring Film Classics
10:04 am
John Rutter: "Suite Antique"
IV. Waltz
Duke Dobing, f; Wayne Marshall, hc; City of London Sinfonia/John Rutter
The Cambridge Singers Collection
10:07 am
Maurice Ravel: "Menuet antique"
Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra/Gianluigi Gelmetti
Ravel: Alborada del Gracioso; Le Tombeau de Couperin; etc.
10:15 am
Agathe Backer Grøndahl: Three Pieces, Op. 25
Natalia Strelchenko, p
Agathe Backer Grøndahl: Complete Piano Music, Vol. 3
10:30 am
Josef Suk: "Fantastic Scherzo," Op. 25
Czech Phil/Charles Mackerras
Suk: Summer Tale, Fantastic Scherzo / Mackerras
10:47 am
Terry Riley: String Quartet No. 10, "Good Medicine"
Owls
Rare Birds
11:00 am
11:00 am
Introductions
Eddie Zhou, 17, piano. Bach Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue in D minor, BWV 903; Beethoven "Hammerklavier" Sonata, 1st mvt; Scriabin Fantaisie in B minor, Op. 28; Vine Piano Sonata No. 1, 2nd mvt.
12:00 - 4:00 pm
12:00 pm
From Bayreuth Festival
Wagner's Lohengrin
Piotr Beczala (Lohengrin); Mika Kares (Heinrich der Vogler); Elza van den Heever (Elsa of Brabant); Ólafur Sigurðarson (Friedrich von Telramund); Miina Liisa Värelä (Ortrud); Michael Kupfer-Radecky (King’s Herald); Bayreuth Festival Chorus and Orchestra; Christian Thielemann, conductor. Sung in German.
3:39 pm
Karl Goldmark: Overture, "In Italien," Op. 49
Ireland National Sym/Stephen Gunzenhauser
Goldmark: Rustic Wedding Symphony, In The Spring
3:51 pm
Aaron Copland: "An Outdoor Overture"
Seattle Sym/Gerard Schwarz
Portraits of Freedom
4:00 pm
4:00 pm
Listening to Singers with Oliver Camacho
Conductor and soprano Christine Brandes joins WFMT to preview Chicago Opera Theater's upcoming production of "Falstaff" by Antonio Salieri.
5:00 pm
5:00 pm
Weekend Evening Music
5:01 pm
Peter Tchaikovsky: "Souvenir d'un lieu cher," Op. 42
Robert Chen, v; NDR Radio Phil/Pavel Kogan
Chen Plays Tchaikovsky
5:21 pm
Edvard Grieg: Lyric Pieces, Op. 65
No. 6, "Wedding Day at Troldhaugen"
Joseph Cooper, p
Ultimate Classical Piano
5:27 pm
Gustav Holst: "Egdon Heath," Op. 47
Winnipeg Sym Orch/Bramwell Tovey
The Lark Ascending
5:42 pm
Adrian Sutton: Five Theatre Miniatures
BBC Phil/Michael Seal
Adrian Sutton: Violin Concerto, Five Theatre Miniatures, A Fist Full of Fives, War Horse Suite, Short Story
6:00 - 8:00 pm
6:00 pm
The Music of The American Revolution
A Preview of the PBS Documentary Film
Directors Ken Burns and Sarah Botstein join WFMT to discuss the impoortance of music in their new film, and to the give a taste of the broad range of sounds and colors that help bring the film to life. The American Revolution, A Film By Ken Burns, Sarah Botstein, and David Schmidt premieres November 16 on WTTW. Visit wfmt.com for an extended version of this compelling conversation.
6:04 pm
Guido Alberto Fano: "Andante e Allegro con fuoco"
Roberto Prosseda, p; London Phil Orch/Nir Kabaretti
War Silence - Rare Italian Piano Concertos
6:05 pm
Weekend Evening Music
6:19 pm
Elsa Barraine: "Pogromes"
WDR Sym Orch/Elena Schwarz
Elsa Barraine: Symphonies 1 & 2
6:28 pm
Maurice Ravel: "Miroirs"
"Alborada del gracioso"
Buffalo Phil Orch/JoAnn Falletta
The French in Spain
6:38 pm
Franz Schubert: Fantasy in F minor, D 940
Claire Aebersold & Ralph Neiweem, p
Schubert Four-Hand Piano Works Vol. 1
7:01 pm
Heinrich von Biber: Violin Sonata No. 5 in E minor
Brecon Baroque/Rachel Podger, v
Just Biber
7:14 pm
Johannes Brahms: Eight Songs, Op 59
No. 8, "Dein blaues Auge"
Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen, ct; John Churchwell, p
Uncharted
7:16 pm
Johannes Brahms: Song, "Unbewegte laue Luft," Op. 57, No. 8
Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen, ct; John Churchwell, p
Uncharted
7:22 pm
Clara Schumann: Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 7
Gabriela Montero, p; National Arts Centre Orch/Alexander Shelley
Clara, Robert, Johannes: Darlings of the Muses
7:46 pm
Ernest Bucalossi: "The Grasshopper's Dance"
New London Orch/Ronald Corp
British Light Music Classics, Vol. 1
8:00 pm
8:00 pm
Folkstage hosted by Marilyn Rea Beyer
Live from St. Tim's Coffeehouse in Skokie: The Oh Boys (Chicagoans Kieran McCabe, Zachary Stevenson & Shaun Whitley) are just here to have a good time, and so is the audience.
9:00 pm - 12:00 am
9:00 pm
The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer
Hearth and home in folk music featuring songs about houses plus a little homespun, downright silly humor.
9:00 pm
Lead Belly: The Midnight Special THEME
Lead Belly
Lead Belly: The Smithsonian Folkways Collection disc 2
9:02 pm
Tom Waits: "Come On Up to the House"
Tom Waits
Mule Variations
9:06 pm
Lyle Lovett: "Step Inside This House"
Lyle Lovett
Step Inside This House
9:12 pm
The Rooftop Singers: Walk Right In (Cannon, et al.)
The Rooftop Singers
The Best of the Rooftop Singers
9:15 pm
Bonnie Raitt: "Home"
Bonnie Raitt
Sweet Forgiveness (Remastered)
9:19 pm
The Christmas Sweaters: Home Sweet Home (Radus)
The Christmas Sweaters
Live in Bethlehem (Pennsylvania)
9:22 pm
Suzie Vinnick: "Oreo Cookie Blues"
Suzie Vinnick
Me 'n Mabel
9:26 pm
Jess Klein: That Was My Family
Jess Klein
When We Rise
9:31 pm
Sons of the Never Wrong: If You Come to Take Me (Roper)
Sons of the Never Wrong
4 Ever On
9:35 pm
David Berkeley: Oh My America
David Berkeley
9:40 pm
Mary Gauthier, Andrew Allen-Fahlander, Ismay: Compassion
Mary Gauthier, Andrew Allen-Fahlander, Ismay
Finding Lucinda: Music from the Documentary
9:42 pm
Ismay, Warren Hood, Charlie Sexton, Sexto-Max Baca, Josh Baca: Am I Too Blue
Ismay, Warren Hood, Charlie Sexton, Sexto-Max Baca, Josh Baca
Finding Lucinda: Music from the Documentary
9:46 pm
Elexa Dawson: Cove
Elexa Dawson
Stay Put
9:50 pm
Connie Kaldor: Old Friend (Mr. Settee's Song)
Connie Kaldor
Small Cafe
9:54 pm
Jerry Alfred & The Medicine Beat: Old Ways
Jerry Alfred & The Medicine Beat
Nendaa - Go Back
9:58 pm
Andrew Beyer: "The Midnight Special - Melodica"
Andrew Beyer
Midnight Special Collection
10:00 pm
Todd Snider: Can't Complain (long version)
Todd Snider
Best of All My Songs
10:03 pm
Vance Gilbert: A Room Somewhere (Goldfinger)
Vance Gilbert
Mother of Trouble
10:07 pm
Carolann Solebello: Empty House
Carolann Solebello
Threshold
10:11 pm
Eric Lambert: "House on the Moon"
Eric Lambert
Folkstage, Sept. 17, 2016
10:15 pm
Adela S: What's in a Name?
Adela S
Cello Again
10:18 pm
Haunted Like Human: Family Name
Haunted Like Human
American Mythology
10:23 pm
Jeff Black: Gold Heart Locket
Jeff Black
B-Sides and Confessions
10:27 pm
Reese Fulmer & The Carriage House Band: Ohio
Reese Fulmer & The Carriage House Band
In The Sunlight
10:32 pm
Alex Radus Trio: Monongahela
Alex Radus Trio
Tributaries: Live at Godfrey Daniels
10:37 pm
Tom Paxton, Anne Hills, Bob Gibson: Sing for the Song (Silverstein)
Tom Paxton, Anne Hills, Bob Gibson
Best of Friends
10:39 pm
Bob Gibson: Joy, Joy, Joy
Bob Gibson
Joy Joy! The Young and Wonderful Bob Gibson
10:45 pm
Bob Gibson: Man Who Turns the Damn Thing Off and On (Silverstein)
Bob Gibson
Makin' A Mess: Bob Gibson Sings Silverstein
10:48 pm
Bob Gibson: Interview re: Man Who Turns... Still' Gonna Die
Bob Gibson, Shel Silverstein, Studs Terkel
Interview Disc: Makin' a Mess radio promo
10:50 pm
Bob Gibson: Still Gonna' Die (Silverstein)
Bob Gibson
Makin' A Mess: Bob Gibson Sings Silverstein
10:54 pm
Bob Gibson: "To Morrow" (Sully)
Bob Gibson
Stops Along the Way
10:57 pm
Bob Gibson: I Come for to Sing
Bob Gibson
Joy Joy! The Young and Wonderful Bob Gibson
10:59 pm
Jonas Friddle: "The Midnight Special - fretless banjo"
Jonas Friddle
Midnight Special Collection
11:00 pm
Jerry Alfred & The Medicine Beat: Nendaa - Go Back
Jerry Alfred & The Medicine Beat
Nendaa - Go Back
11:06 pm
Jeremy Facknitz: There's No Going Home Again, ft. Serenity Holloway
Jeremy Facknitz
Smilin' at the Future
11:10 pm
Herula, Donna: "Movin' Back Home
Donna Herula
Bang at the Door
11:13 pm
Kelli Owens Hutton: Back in the Basement
Kelli Owens Hutton
single
11:16 pm
Terry Klein: If You Go
Terry Klein
Hill County Folk Music
11:20 pm
Kim Moberg: The Raven
Kim Moberg
Up Around the Bend
11:24 pm
Leon & Eric Bibb: Shenandoah/Water is Wide
Leon & Eric Bibb, feat. Tommy Keenlyside
Praising Peace: A Tribute to Paul Robeson
11:30 pm
Louie Lou Louis: Where I Come From
Louie Lou Louis
Moonlit Dream
11:36 pm
Alison Brown & Steve Martin ft. Tim O'Brien: 5 Days Out, 2 Days Back
Alison Brown & Steve Martin ft. Tim O'Brien
Safe Sensible and Sane
11:40 pm
The Pairs: Past My Prime
The Pairs
Together on a Rock
11:43 pm
Ellis Paul: Be The Fire
Ellis Paul
55
11:47 pm
Jonas Friddle: Famous of Fires
Jonas Friddle w/Anna Jacobson
The Last Place to Go
11:50 pm
Bok, Muir & Trickett: Hearth and Fire
Bok, Muir & Trickett
A Water Over Stone
11:54 pm
Laura Love: I Still Believe (Unplugged)
Laura Love
She Loved Red
11:59 pm
Andrew Beyer: "The Midnight Special - cigar box slide"
Andrew Beyer
Midnight Special Collection
