Schedule & Playlists
Playlist for Sunday, November 16, 2025
12:00 - 6:00 am
12:00 am
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Rondo in C, K. 373
Baiba Skride, v; CPE Bach Chamber Orch/Hartmut Haenchen
Baiba Skride * W A Mozart & M Haydn Violin Concertos
12:05 am
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Sonata No. 11 in A, K. 331
Rondo alla turca
Jeanne Galway, f; Sinfonia Varsovia/James Galway, f
My Magic Flute
12:08 am
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Sonata No. 7 in C, K. 309
Jean-Pierre Rampal, f; Trio Pasquier
12:26 am
Frédéric Chopin: "Études," Op. 25
No. 6 in g-sharp minor, "Thirds"
György Cziffra, p
Great Pianists of the 20th Century: György Cziffra
12:27 am
Frédéric Chopin: "Les Sylphides"
Berlin Phil/Herbert von Karajan
Herbert von Karajan - Ballets Celebres
12:55 am
Eduard Strauss: Polka schnell, Hectograph, Op 186
Vienna Wind Quintet
Strauss in Vienna - Famous Waltzes, Marches and Polkas for Wind Quintet
1:00 am
Dmitri Shostakovich: "Hamlet" (Film Score, 1963), Op. 116a
Hamlet's Parting from Ophelia
Russian Phil/Dmitri Yablonsky
Shostakovich: Hamlet, Op. 116
1:05 am
Dmitri Shostakovich: "The Gadfly" Suite, Op. 97a
Intermezzo
Berlin Radio Sym Orch/Leonid Grin
1:12 am
Dmitri Shostakovich: "The Counterplan" film score, Op. 33
Royal Concertgebouw Orch/Riccardo Chailly
The Film Album
1:20 am
Dmitri Shostakovich: "Five Days and Five Nights," Op. 111
"Liberated Dresden"
Chicago Sinfonietta/Paul Freeman
Shostakovich Film Festival
1:25 am
Dmitri Shostakovich: "The Gadfly," Op. 97
"Barrel-Organ Waltz"
Ukraine National Sym Orch/Theodore Kuchar
SHOSTAKOVICH: Gadfly Suite (The) / Five Days-Five Nights Suite
1:27 am
Franz Liszt: Piano Sonata in b
François René Duchable, p
Liszt: Sonate En Si Mineur - Deux Légendes
1:55 am
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: "Les petits riens," K. 299b
No. 1, "Largo"
Scottish Chamber Orch/Raymond Leppard
Mozart: Petite Musique De Nuit KV 525 / Les Petits Riens KV 299b / Sechs Deutsche Tänze KV 571
2:00 am
Franz Liszt: "Années de pèlerinage:" 2nd Year, Italy (1837-49)
No. 4, "Sonetto 47 del Petrarca"
Jorge Federico Osorio, p
Jorge Federico Osorio: Debussy & Liszt
2:05 am
Samuel Barber: Essay No. 2, Op. 17
New York Phil/Thomas Schippers
Samuel Barber/ Thomas Schippers
2:16 am
Robert Schumann: "Noveletten," Op. 21
No. 2 in D, "Ausserst rasch und mit Bravour"
Michel Block, p
Schumann: Novelletten Op.21, 3 Encores
2:22 am
Emil Sjögren: "Poème," Op 40
Christer Thorvaldsson, v; Elisif Lunden-Bergfelt, p
Sonatas No. 1-5 For Violin And Piano / Charater Pieces For Violin And Piano
2:29 am
Alexander Scriabin: Two Poems, Op 39
#2
Vladimir Horowitz, p
Scriabin
2:31 am
Sergei Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini, Op. 43
Bella Davidovich, p; Amsterdam Concertgebouw Orch/Neeme Järvi
Piano Concerto No. 2 / Rhapsody On A Theme Of Paganini
2:54 am
Nicolo Paganini: 24 Caprices for Solo Violin, Op 1
#14 in E-Flat, "La Chasse"
Soovin Kim, v
Soovin Kim * Niccolo Paganini * 24 Caprices
3:00 am
Domenico Scarlatti: Clavier Sonata in E, Kk 380 (L 23)
Netherlands Brass Quintet
3:05 am
Richard Strauss: "Salome," Op. 54
"Dance of the Seven Veils"
Toronto Sym Orch/Andrew Davis
Vier letzte Lieder
3:14 am
Franz Schreker: Suite, "The Birthday of the Infanta" (after Wilde)
Hamburg Sym Orch/Arthur Grüber
3:34 am
Gilbert & Sullivan: Patience
Duet, "When I Go Out"
George Baker, br, John Cameron, br, Orch/Malcolm Sargent
Gilbert & Sullivan: Operettas
3:35 am
Robert Nathaniel Dett: Characteristic Suite, "In the Bottoms"
Natalie Hinderas, p
Piano Music By African American Composers
3:54 am
William Grant Still: "Get on Board"
Sierra Winds; Carol Urban-Stivers, p
Get on Board: American Music for Woodwinds by William Grant Still
4:00 am
Alessandro Stradella: Trumpet Sonata (Concerto) in D
John Wallace, tr; Philharmonia Orch/Simon Wright
Trumpet Concertos and Fanfares
4:05 am
Giuseppe Verdi: "Attila"
Duet, "Uldino, a me dinanzi...Tardo per gli anni"
Thomas Hampson, br; Sam'l Ramey, b; Munich Radio Orch/Miguel Gomez-Martine
No Tenors Allowed - Famous Italian Duets for Baritone and Bass
4:14 am
Franz Liszt: "Battle of the Huns," Symphonic Poem No. 11 (1857)
Cincinnati Sym Orch/Erich Kunzel
Beethoven: Wellington's Victory
4:29 am
Giuseppe Verdi: "Attila"
Chorus, "Del ciel l'immensa volta"
La Scala Cho and Orch/Riccardo Muti
4:31 am
Johann Sebastian Bach: Orchestra Suite No.4 in D, BWV 1069
Berlin Academy for Ancient Music
Bach: Orchestral Suites No 1-4
4:55 am
Johann Sebastian Bach: English Suite No. 3 in g minor, BWV 808
Gavotte II
Jascha Heifetz, v; Arpàd Sàndor, p
The Heifetz Collection, Volume 2: 1925-1934
5:00 am
Max Reger: Preludes and Fugues, Op 117
#1 in b
Mateja Marinkovic, v
Reger: Preludes and Fugues
5:05 am
Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 88 in G
Chicago Sym/Fritz Reiner
Haydn: Symphonies 88 & 95, 101
5:26 am
George Frideric Handel: "Celestis dum spirat aura"
"Alleluja"
Emma Kirkby, s; London Baroque
Sacred Cantatas
5:28 am
Frederick Delius: Violin Concerto
Yehudi Menuhin, v; Royal Phil/Meredith Davies
Violin Concerto in B Minor Op. 61
5:55 am
Jeremiah Clarke: "Prince of Denmark's March" (Trumpet Voluntary)
Robert Woolley, o
Blow/ Locke/Purcell/Gibbons: Organ Music
6:00 am
6:00 am
With Heart and Voice
"Birthdays." Host Peter DeBois explores music of several composers of sacred choral and organ music celebrating birthdays in November, including William Mathias, Aaron Copland, Benjamin Britten, Emma Lou Diemer, and several others.
6:58 am
Sergei Rachmaninoff: Song, "Zdes' khorosho (It's Peaceful Here)," Op. 21, No. 7
John-Henry Crawford, vc; Victor Santiago Asuncion, p
Voice of Rachmaninoff
7:00 am - 12:00 pm
7:00 am
Weekend Mornings
7:00 am
Hosted by Jan Weller.
7:01 am
Peter Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D, Op. 35
II. Canzonetta, "Andante"
Jennifer Koh, v; Odense Sym Orch/Alexander Vedernikov
Tchaikovsky: Complete Works for Violin & Orchestra
7:10 am
Ren Guang: "Colourful Clouds Chasing the Moon"
Yundi Li, p
Yundi: The Red Piano
7:13 am
Marjan Mozetich: "Postcards from the Sky" (1997)
"Unfolding Sky"
La Pietà/Angèle Dubeau
Blanc
7:19 am
George Whitefield Chadwick: "Suite symphonique"
Czech State Phil/José Serebrier
Chadwick / Aphrodite / Serebrier
7:57 am
Fats Waller: "Alligator Crawl"
Canadian Brass
More Greatest Hits
8:00 am
Antonín Dvořák: "Humoresque" in G-Flat, Op. 101, No. 7
James Oesi, db; Djuwa Mroivili, p
Adoration
8:03 am
Ewan MacColl: "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face"
James Oesi, db; Djuwa Mroivili, p
Adoration
8:07 am
Jacques Ibert: "Concertino da camera"
Branford Marsalis, sx; Orpheus Chamber Orch
Creation
8:23 am
Ludwig van Beethoven: Bagatelle in A minor, "Für Elise," WoO 59
Vladimir Ashkenazy, p
Vladimir Ashkenazy / various - The art of Ashkenazy
8:27 am
Jennifer Higdon: "Blue Cathedral"
Atlanta Sym Orch/Robert Spano
Rainbow Body
8:41 am
Leonard Bernstein: "Peter Pan"
"Dream With Me"
Zuill Bailey, vc; Lara Downes, p
Some Other Time
8:45 am
Joe Hisaishi: "Howl's Moving Castle"
Symphonic variation on "Merry-Go-Round Of Life;" "Cave of Mind"
Phil Cobb, tr; Royal Phil Orch/Joe Hisaishi
Joe Hisaishi: A Symphonic Celebration
8:57 am
Jaco Pastorius: "Portrait of Tracy"
Evan Ziporyn, cl's
Pop Channel
9:01 am
Orlando Gibbons: "The Silver Swan"
La Caccina
Becoming
9:02 am
Orlando Gibbons: "This Is the Record of John"
Aurora Orch/Nicholas Collon
Seeing Is Believing
9:09 am
Antonio Giuliani: Two-Mandolin Concerto in E
Ugo Orlandi & Dorina Frati, m's; I Solisti Veneti/Claudio Scimone
Concerti per mandolini
9:26 am
Francesco Tristano: "On Bull Galliard in D"
Francesco Tristano, p
On Early Music
9:31 am
George Frideric Handel: "Water Music" Suite No. 1 in F
BBC Phil/Matthias Bamert
Stokowski's Symphonic Baroque
9:52 am
Martin Berteau: "Sonata a tre" in E minor, Op. 1, No. 6
UnderStories Ensemble
A French Odyssey
10:01 am
Leo Ornstein: "A Morning in the Woods"
Janice Weber, p
Explore America
10:08 am
Traditional Irish: "She Moved Through the Fair"
The King's Singers
Close Harmony
10:13 am
Joseph Bologne (Chevalier de Saint-Georges): "Symphonie concertante" in G, Op. 13
Miriam Fried & Jaime Laredo, v's; London Sym/Paul Freeman
Black Composers Series 1974-1978, Vol. 1
10:31 am
Jay Ungar: "The Harvest Home Suite"
Overture (Fertility Theme)
Jay Ungar, v; Molly Mason, g; Nashville Chamber Orch/Paul Gambill
Harvest Home: Music for All Seasons
10:35 am
Jay Ungar: "The Harvest Home Suite"
"Autumn (Thanksgiving Hymn)"
Jay Ungar, v; Molly Mason, g; Nashville Chamber Orch/Paul Gambill
Harvest Home: Music for All Seasons
10:40 am
Johann Sebastian Bach: "The Art of Fugue," BWV 1080
Rectus & Inversus
Yo-Yo Ma, vc; Chris Thile, man; Edgar Meyer, db
Bach Trios
10:50 am
Johannes Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-Flat, Op. 83
IV. Finale, "Allegretto grazioso"
Van Cliburn, p; Chicago Sym Orch/Fritz Reiner
Cliburn - Brahms Concerto No. 2, Intermezzi
11:00 am
Dmitri Shostakovich: Jazz Suite No. 1
Royal Concertgebouw Orch/Riccardo Chailly
Shostakovich: The Jazz Album
11:09 am
Igor Stravinsky: "Tango"
Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
Los Angeles Guitar Quartet Recital
11:15 am
Dani Howard: Trombone Concerto
III. "Illumination"
Peter Moore, tb; Royal Liverpool Phil Orch/Michael Seal
Dani Howard Orchestral Works
11:20 am
Stephen Sondheim: "Sunday in the Park with George"
"Color and Light"
Anthony de Mare, p
Liaisons: Re-imagining Sondheim from the Piano
11:28 am
Leonard Bernstein: "West Side Story"
Prologue, "Jet Song, Something, Dance at the Gym, Maria, America"
Katia Labèque & Marielle Labèque, p's; G Grau & R Séguinier, per
Raphaël Séguinier, percussion,
Rhapsody in Blue, West Side Story
11:50 am
Carter Pann: "Slalom"
Cincinnati Sym Orch/Paavo Järvi
American Portraits
12:00 pm
12:00 pm
Anthony Ritchie: "Underwater Music," Op. 57
New Zealand Sym Orch/Hamish McKeich
Anthony Ritchie: Symphony No. 6, Underwater Music
12:14 pm
Robert Schumann: Violin Sonata No. 1 in A minor, Op. 105
Joshua Brown, v; Paolo Giacometti, p
Robert Schumann: Violin Sonatas No. 1 & 2; Fantasy, Op. 131
12:32 pm
Pablo de Sarasate: "Carmen" Fantasy, Op. 25 (after Bizet)
Augustin Hadelich, v; West German Radio Sym Orch/Cristian Măcelaru
Recuerdos
12:47 pm
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Minuet in D, K. 355/576b
Dejan Lazić, p
Retrospection
12:49 pm
Dora Pejačević: Minuet, Op. 18
Vienna Bohème Quartet
Bravourissimo
12:53 pm
Antonio Vivaldi: Two-Oboe Concerto in A minor, R. 536
Rachel Chaplin & Mark Baigent, ob's; La Serenissima/Adrian Chandler
Vivaldi x2
1:00 - 6:00 pm
1:00 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.
1:03 pm
Hosted by Robbie Ellis.
1:04 pm
Paul Hindemith: Flute Sonata
Wolfgang Schulz, f; Ferenc Bognár, p
Hindemith: Kleine Kammermusik, Op. 24, No. 2; Sonaten für Bläser
1:05 pm
Music for the Afternoon
1:20 pm
Sergei Bortkiewicz: Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat major, Op. 16
Anna Shelest, p; Estonian National Sym Orch/Neeme Järvi
A Romantic from Kharkiv: Music of Sergei Bortkiewicz
1:52 pm
Oscar Roberto Casares: "Concierto Sefaradi"
Quintetto Italiano
Oscar Roberto Casares: Concierto Sefaradi
2:05 pm
William Grant Still: Symphony No. 4, "Autochthonous"
Fort Smith Sym/John Jeter
American Classics * William Grant Still * Symphonies Nos 4 and 5
2:32 pm
Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata No. 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben (Heart and mouth and deed and life)"
Chorale, "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring"
Monteverdi Cho, English Baroque Soloists/John Eliot Gardiner
Famous Bach Choruses
2:34 pm
Astor Piazzolla: "Escualo"
Fernando Suárez Paz, v; Sérgio Assad & Odair Assad, g's
Fuga y misterio
2:38 pm
Charles Avison: Concerto grosso No. 9 in C, after Domenico Scarlatti
Café Zimmermann
Charles Avison: Concertos in Seven Parts Done from the Lessons of Domenico Scarlatti
2:52 pm
Jacques Ibert: "Cinq pièces en trio"
Chicago Chamber Musicians
French Wind Trios
3:00 pm
Carl Czerny: Fantasy in F minor, Op. 226
Yaara Tal & Andreas Groethuysen, p
Czerny: Piano Music for Four Hands
3:12 pm
Ennio Morricone: "The Desert of the Tartars"
Main Theme
Munich Radio Orch/Ennio Morricone
Morricone Conducts Morricone
3:16 pm
Ennio Morricone: "The Desert of the Tartars"
"Il Deserto come Poesia della Fine"
Munich Radio Orch/Ennio Morricone
Morricone Conducts Morricone
3:19 pm
Peter Tchaikovsky: "Eugene Onegin," Op. 24
Polonaise
Baltimore Sym Orch/David Zinman
Russian Sketches
3:25 pm
Antonio Lauro: Venezuelan Waltz No. 3 in E minor, "Natalia"
Carlos Barbosa-Lima, g
Ginastera's Sonata
3:26 pm
Luigi Boccherini: Guitar Quintet No. 4 in D, "Fandango," Op. 50, G 448
"Grave assai; Fandango"
Miloš, g; English Chamber Orch/Paul Watkins
Canción
3:31 pm
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 28 in A, Op. 101
Mitsuko Uchida, p
Beethoven: Piano Sonatas, Op 101 & Op 106
3:54 pm
Joni Mitchell: "Woodstock"
Evan Ziporyn, cl's
Pop Channel
4:00 pm
Paul Hindemith: Symphonic Metamorphoses on Themes by Weber
London Sym Orch/Claudio Abbado
Hindemith: Symphony 'Mathis der Maler'; Violin Concerto; Symphonic Metamorphoses on Themes of Weber
4:22 pm
Giacomo Puccini: "Madama Butterfly"
Humming Chorus
Vienna State Opera Cho, Vienna Phil/Herbert von Karajan
The World's Greatest Opera Album
4:26 pm
Alexander Borodin: "In the Steppes of Central Asia"
Boston Pops Orch/Arthur Fiedler
Pops Caviar - Russian Orchestral Fireworks
4:34 pm
Teresa Carreño: Waltz, "Corbeille de fleurs," Op. 9
Clara Rodríguez, p
Teresa Carreño * Obras para piano * Piano Works
4:43 pm
Antonio Vivaldi: "The Four Seasons: Spring," RV. 269
Chloe Chua, v; Singapore Sym Orch
Four Seasons: Vivaldi & Locatelli
4:54 pm
Lili Boulanger: "D'un matin de printemps"
Lyon National Orch/Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider
Aux étoiles - French Symphonic Poems
5:01 pm
Hector Berlioz: "Les nuits d'été," Op. 7
Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, ms; Philharmonia Baroque Orch/Nicholas McGegan
Berlioz: Les nuits d'été; Handel: Arias
5:34 pm
Henry Purcell: "The Fairy Queen"
Masque of the Four Seasons
Van Evera, Ainsley, Berridge, Agnew, White, Taverner Consort/Andrew Parrott
Paul Agnew, tenor,
The Pocket Purcell
5:51 pm
Gemma Peacocke: "Dwalm"
Nois
Kinds of Nois
6:00 - 8:00 pm
6:00 pm
Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcasts
Wagner "Lohengrin" Prelude; Strauss "Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks," Op. 28; Bruckner Symphony No. 8 in C Minor; Daniel Barenboim, conductor.
7:59 pm
Antoine Busnois: "Cent mille escus"
New York Kammermusiker
A Renaissance Tour of Europe
8:00 pm
8:00 pm
Fiesta! with Elbio Barilari
A Lost Baroque Opera Domenico Zipoli was one of the most remarkable Italian baroque composers. In 1717, he migrated to South America, where he contributed some of the most important music written on this side of the Atlantic. Elbio presents his 'lost' opera "San Ignacio de Loyola," rediscovered in the 1990s.
9:00 - 11:00 pm
9:00 pm
Collectors' Corner with Henry Fogel
The Art of Constantin Silvestri
Great performances of Respighi "Pines of Rome;" Enescu Concert Overture; Rimsky-Korsakov "Scheherazade;" and Shostakovich Symphony No. 8, conducted by Romanian conductor and composer Constantin Silvestri.
11:00 pm
11:00 pm
Barbara Strozzi: "Canto di bella bocca"
Pamela Murray, s; Pamela Dellal, ms; Favella Lyrica
A New Sappho: Barbara Stozzi and Fontei
11:05 pm
Alfredo Casella: "Italia", Op 11
BBC Phil/Gianandrea Noseda
Casella: Orchestral Works, Volume 3
11:25 pm
Domenico Scarlatti: Clavier Sonata in e, Kk 98 (L 325)
Hédi Salànki, hc
11:26 pm
Ludwig van Beethoven: "Zur Namensfeier" Overture, Op 115
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Kurt Masur
11:33 pm
Ferdinand Ries: Piano Sonata in b, WoO 11
Susan Kagan, p
Ferdinand Ries: Piano Sonatas and Sonatinas Volume 5
11:55 pm
Peter Warlock: "Capriol" Suite
#4, "Bransles"
Ulster Orch/Vernon Handley
Moeran: Serenade in G · Warlock: Serenade · Capriol Suite
