Schedule & Playlists
Playlist for Sunday, December 14, 2025
12:00 - 6:00 am
12:00 am
Randol Alan Bass: "Christmas Ornaments"
"Lullaby Carols"
Mormon Tabernacle Cho/Jerold D Ottley
12:05 am
Eric Ewazen: "Grand Canyon Suite"
American Horn Quartet; New York Phil Horns
Take 9
12:19 am
Jake Heggie: Song, "The Road to Bethlehem"
Melissa Davis, s; Jerry Wong, p
Jake Heggie
12:21 am
Ferde Grofé: "Grand Canyon Suite"
Seattle Sym Orch/Gerard Schwarz
Out West! - Tone Poems Of The American West
12:54 am
Burleigh: "Four Rocky Mountain Sketches" (1913)
#4, "Avalanche"
Rachel Barton Pine, v; Matthew Hagle, p
American Virtuosa: Tribute to Maud Powell
1:00 am
Julie Giroux: "Christmas with Mozart"
University of Texas El Paso Symphonic Winds/Ron Hofstader
Christmas Gone Crazy
1:05 am
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Violin Sonata No. 32 in E-Flat, K. 380
Andrew Manze, v; Richard Egarr, fortepiano
Mozart: Violin Sonatas
1:24 am
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Twelve German Dances, K 586
No. 7 in G
Slovak Sinfonietta/Taras Krysa
Mozart: Complete Edition
1:26 am
Benjamin Britten: "A Boy Was Born," Op. 3
Corydon Singers/Matthew Best
Benjamin Britten
1:55 am
Benjamin Britten: Five "Walztes" (sic!)
#3
Stephen Hough, p
2:00 am
John McDonald: "Snowfall in Two Parts" (2016)
John McDonald, p
States of Play
2:05 am
Angela Morley: "Snowride"
RTE Concert Orch/Gavin Sutherland
Another Night before Christmas and Scrooge
2:08 am
Antonio Vivaldi: The Four Seasons, Concerto No. 4 in F minor, Op. 8, RV 297, “Winter”
Daniel Hope, v; Zurich Chamber Orch
For Seasons
2:16 am
Antonio Vivaldi: The Four Seasons, Concerto No. 4 in F minor, Op. 8, RV 297, “Winter”, II. Largo
Yo-Yo Ma, vc; Amsterdam Baroque Orch/Ton Koopman
Vivaldi's Cello
2:18 am
Antonin Dvorák: Symphony No. 7 in D minor, Op. 70
Vienna Phil/Rafael Kubelik
Symphonies 7 & 9
2:54 am
Antonin Dvorák: "Silhouettes," Op 8
#2
Tomas Visek, p
Piano Music
3:00 am
Colin Brumby: "Jesu, Son Most Sweet and Dear"
Mormon Tabernacle Cho/Jerold D Ottley
3:05 am
Alfred Hill: Symphony No. 5 in a minor, "The Carnival"
Queensland Sym/Wilfried Lehmann
Alfred Hill
3:25 am
John CARMICHAEL: A Country Fair
Jack Harrison, cl, West Australian Sym Orch/Richard Mills
50: Celebrating Fifty Years of the Australian Youth Orchestra
3:34 am
John CARMICHAEL: Sleighride to Thredbo
James Galway, f, Sydney Sym Orch/Louis Fremaux
Phoenix: Concerto For Flute And Orchestra, Thredbo Suite, Sleigh Ride To Thredbo, Thredbo Suite, Air From The High Mountain
3:35 am
Adam Saunders: "Fairytale Sleighride" (2008)
Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland
Another Night before Christmas and Scrooge
3:40 am
Franz Joseph Haydn: Trumpet Concerto in E-Flat, H VIIe:1
Helmut Wobisch, tr; I Solisti di Zagreb/Antonio Janigro
Historical Anthology: The Virtuoso Trumpet, Vol. II
3:54 am
English Trad: "Greensleeves"
Tennessee Tech Tuba Choir
Christmas Tubas
4:00 am
Franz Liszt: "Weihnachtsbaum"
#4, "Adeste Fidelis"
Leslie Howard, p
Liszt Complete Piano Music
4:02 am
Franz Liszt: "Weihnachtsbaum"
"The Shepherds at the Manger (In Dulci Jubilo)"
Jeffrey Biegel, p
A Steinway Christmas Album * Jeffrey Biegel
4:05 am
Franz Liszt: "Christus"
"Shepherds at the Cradle"
Rotterdam Phil/James Conlon
Liszt: Christus
4:21 am
Franz Liszt: "Weihnachtsbaum"
Suite
BBC Concert Orch/Barry Wordsworth
The Night Before Christmas
4:31 am
Franz Liszt: "Weihnachtsbaum"
#11, "Ungarisch"
Leslie Howard, p
Liszt Complete Piano Music
4:33 am
Ludwig van Beethoven: Wind Octet in E-Flat, Op 103
Leipzig Radio Sym Orch Wind Players
4:55 am
Markus Fricker: "Advent"
Swiss Vocal Consort/Marco Amherd
Dormi Bel Bambin
5:00 am
Engelbert Humperdinck: "Hänsel und Gretel"
"Dream Pantomime"
Royal Phil/Rudolf Kempe
5:05 am
Engelbert Humperdinck: Incidental music for Maeterlinck's "L'oiseau bleu"
Suite
Berlin Radio Sym/Steffen Tast
Der blaue Vogel
5:30 am
Hikari Oe: Bluebird March
Akiko Ebi, p
Music Of Hikari Oe, Vol. 1
5:32 am
Jean Sibelius: "Pelléas et Mélisande," Op. 46
Tapiola Sinfonietta/Tuomas Ollila
Sibelius: Presto in D major for string orchestra, etc.
5:55 am
Jean Sibelius: "The Tempest," Op. 109
"Canon"
St Martin's Academy/Neville Marriner
The Tempest Suites, Op.109
6:00 am
6:00 am
With Heart and Voice
"Advent 3, 'My Soul Proclaims the Greatness of the Lord.'" Mary’s Song forms the center of a musical exploration on this edition of With Heart and Voice. The Magnificat is a powerful text, which has found equally powerful settings over the centuries. Host Peter DuBois offers gorgeous expressions of this text, as we honor Mary, as well as marking the beginning of Chanukah.
7:00 am - 12:00 pm
7:00 am
Weekend Mornings
7:01 am
Arvo Pärt: "Spiegel im Spiegel"
Renaud Capuçon, v; Guillaume Bellom, p
Arvo Pärt: Tabula Rasa
7:11 am
Thomas Tallis: "Dum transisset sabbatum"
Matilda Lloyd, tr; The Gesualdo Six/Owain Park
Radiant Dawn
7:19 am
Ralph Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
London Phil Orch/Bernard Haitink
Vaughan Williams: A London Symphony, Fantasia On A Theme By Thomas Tallis
7:37 am
Traditional: "Veni, veni, Emmanuel (O Come, O Come, Emmanuel)"
Ayako Shinozaki, h
Silent Night - Beautiful Melodies of Christmas
7:42 am
Celso Machado: "Musiques populaires brésiliennes"
Michelle LaPorte, f; Gerry Saulter, g; James Carroll, per
Siempre Vivo! South American Songs, Preludes & Dances
8:01 am
Harold Darke: "In the Bleak Midwinter"
Elora Festival Singers/Noel Edison; Michael Bloss, o
Holidays with WFMT
8:06 am
Gustav Mahler: "Blumine"
San Francisco Sym/Michael Tilson Thomas
Masterpieces in Miniature
8:16 am
Franz Schubert: "Hungarian Melody" in B minor, D 817
Julia Hamos, p
Ellis Island
8:20 am
Meredith Monk: "Ellis Island"
Julia Hamos, p
Ellis Island
8:25 am
Franz Liszt: "Hungarian Rhapsody" No. 9 in E-flat, "Carnival in Pest"
Israel Phil Orch/Zubin Mehta
Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsodies / Zubin Mehta
8:39 am
Various: Medley, "Santa Claus is Comin' to Town; Here Comes Santa Claus"
Ayako Shinozaki & Kazuko Shinozaki, h's
Silent Night - Beautiful Melodies of Christmas
8:44 am
Traditional Irish: "The Wexford Carol"
Ronn McFarlane, l; Carolyn Surrick, viga; Jackie Moran, bodhrán
A Star in the East
9:01 am
Giovanni Gabrieli: Motet, "Hodie Christus natus est"
Vasari Singers/Jeremy Backhouse
A Winter's Light
9:05 am
Michael Praetorius: "Es ist ein Ros' entsprungen"
Chris Norman, f
Bright Day Star
9:08 am
Anonymous 15th-century English: Carol, Green Groweth the Holly
New York Ensemble for Early Music
A Renaissance Christmas
9:12 am
Franz Joseph Haydn: String Quartet in C, Op. 33, No. 3, "The Bird"
Alban Berg Quartet
Haydn: String Quartets, Op. 33 No. 3 "The Bird", Op. 77 Nos. 1 & 2
9:31 am
Anonymous 16th-century Spanish: Villancico, "Ríu, ríu, chíu"
New York Ensemble for Early Music
A Renaissance Christmas
9:35 am
Pietro Locatelli: Concerto grosso in F minor, Op. 1, No. 8, "Christmas Concerto"
Tafelmusik/Jeanne Lamon
A Baroque Feast
9:53 am
Anna Bon: Violin Sonata No. 5
Laura Gulley, v; Ruth McKay, fp; Laury Gutiérrez, viga
Anna Bon: La virtuosa de Venezia
10:01 am
Anonymous Catalan; Traditional Canadian: Carol medley, "The Angel Gabriel; Huron Carol"
Windsbacher Knabenchor; Lautten Compagney/Ludwig Böhme
In Dulci Jubilo
10:09 am
Jessie Montgomery: "Starburst"
String Orchestra/Jessie Montgomery
Jessie Montgomery Strum: Music for Strings
10:12 am
John Williams: "Star Wars: The Force Awakens"
Rey's Theme
Anne-Sophie Mutter, v; Recording Arts Orch of Los Angeles/John Williams
Across the Stars
10:17 am
Eve de Castro-Robinson: "Star of Wonder" (after "We Three Kings")
Voices New Zealand Chamber Choir/Karen Grylls
Follow That Star
10:24 am
Carlos Simon: "Tales: A Folklore Symphony"
National Sym Orch/Gianandrea Noseda
Carlos Simon—Tales: A Folklore Symphony
10:47 am
Michio Miyagi: "Haru No Umi (The Sea in Springtime)"
Emmanuel Pahud, f; Mariko Anraku, h
Beau Soir: French and Japanese Melodies for Flute & Harp
10:55 am
Henry Mancini: "Moon River"
Romain Leleu, tr; Stuttgart Phil/Marcus Bosch
Move: The Trumpet as Movie Star
11:01 am
John Ireland: "A Downland Suite" (1932)
Minuet
Guildhall String Ensemble/Robert Salter
English Music for Strings
11:06 am
Hugh Martin: "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas"
Imani Winds
This Christmas
11:10 am
Eoghan Desmond: "Be All Merry"
Choral Scholars of University College Dublin, Irish Chamber Orchestra/Desmond Earley
Be All Merry
11:14 am
Sergei Prokofiev: Symphony No. 1 in D, Op. 25, "Classical"
London Phil Orch/Leonard Slatkin
Elgar: Symphony No. 1/ In The South
11:29 am
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Variations on a Minuet by Duport, K. 573
Alfred Brendel, p
The Art of Alfred Brendel
11:45 am
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: "Petite Suite de Concert," Op. 77
Chicago Sinfonietta/Paul Freeman
African Heritage Symphonic Series - Vol. I
12:00 - 5:00 pm
12:00 pm
Franz Gruber: "Silent Night"
Christ Church Cathedral Cho/Steven Grahl
A Lullaby Carol - Christmas at Christ Church
12:03 pm
Franz Gruber: "Silent Night"
Imani Winds; Jason Moran, p; James Genus, db; Nate Smith, dr
This Christmas
12:09 pm
Hans Pfitzner: "Die Rose vom Liebesgarten"
"Blütenwunder"
Bavarian Radio Sym Orch/Wolfgang Sawallisch
Hans Pfitzner: Orchestral Works
12:16 pm
Manuel de Falla: "The Three-Cornered Hat"
Neighbors' Dance, "Seguidillas"
Chicago Sym Orch/Fritz Reiner
Fritz Reiner: The Complete RCA Album Collection
12:19 pm
Aaron Copland: "Rodeo"
"Hoe-Down"
London Sym Orch/Aaron Copland
Greatest Hits of the Ballet, Vol. 2
12:23 pm
Mark O'Connor: "Old Country Fairytale"
Mark O'Connor, v; Yo-Yo Ma, vc; Edgar Meyer, db
Appalachia Waltz - Yo-Yo Ma, Edgar Meyer, Mark O'Connor
12:33 pm
Antonio Salieri: Flute and Oboe Concerto in C
S Milan, f; D Theodore, ob; City of London Sinfonia/R Hickox
Mozart: Flute & Harp Concerto, Oboe Concerto; Salieri: Flute & Oboe Concerto
12:55 pm
Teresa Carreño: "Vals gayo," Op. 38
Clara Rodríguez, p
Teresa Carreño * Obras para piano * Piano Works
1:01 pm
Johann Sebastian Bach: French Suite No. 3 in B minor, BWV 814
Vladimir Ashkenazy, p
Bach: French Suites
1:15 pm
Richard Strauss: Four Last Songs
Renée Fleming, s; Munich Phil/Christian Thielemann
Four Last Songs, Songs and Arias
1:38 pm
Richard Strauss: "Das Rosenband," Op. 36, No. 1
David Bremner, tb; Sarah Watkins, p
Gung-Ho: Virtuosic Works for Trombone
1:43 pm
Germaine Tailleferre: Piano Trio (1916-17, rev. 1978)
Neave Trio
A Room of Her Own
1:58 pm
Julius Fučík: "Entry of the Gladiators," Op. 68
Royal Liverpool Phil Orch/Libor Pešek
The Moldau
2:01 pm
William Grant Still: Symphony No. 2 in G, "Song of a New Race"
Detroit Sym Orch/Neeme Järvi
Still, Dawson, Ellington: Orchestral Works
2:32 pm
Orlandus (Roland de) Lassus: "Quem vidistis pastores"
Vocalconsort Berlin/Daniel Reuss
Lassus: Prophetiæ Sibyllarum
2:35 pm
Antonín Dvořák: "American Suite" in A, Op. 98
Atlanta Sym Orch/Nathalie Stutzmann
Dvořák: Symphony No. 9 From The New World, American Suite
2:56 pm
Claude Debussy: "Suite bergamasque"
III. "Clair de lune"
Noah Kim, p
Introductions Turns 15
3:01 pm
Bohuslav Martinů: String Sextet
St Martin's Academy Chamber Ensemble
Dvořák & Martinů: Sextets
3:17 pm
Gioachino Rossini: "Il turco in Italia"
Overture
National Phil/Riccardo Chailly
Rossini: Overtures
3:26 pm
Richard Rodney Bennett: Five Carols
New York Polyphony
Sing Thee Nowell
3:37 pm
Meg Okura: Seven Short Pieces
No. 1, "Aleph"
Meg Okura, v; Kevin Hays, p
Lingering
3:42 pm
Niccolò Paganini: Caprice No. 24 in A minor
John Williams, g
John Williams - Guitar Greatest Hits
3:49 pm
Johann Sebastian Bach: Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 582
Le Concert Idéal/Marianne Piketty, v
Polyptyque
4:00 pm
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 27 in G, K. 199/161b
Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood
Mozart: The Complete Symphonies
4:21 pm
Traditional Jewish: "My Little Dreydl"
Rachel Van Voorhees, h
Jewish Favorites
4:22 pm
Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 4 in G
II. "In gemächlicher Bewegung. Ohne Hast"
London Phil Orch/Klaus Tennstedt
Klaus Tennstedt - The Memorial Edition
4:33 pm
Leonard Bernstein: Medley of Themes
Lisa Friend, f; Rohan De Silva, p
An American Affair
4:40 pm
Marie Jaëll: "Voix du printemps"
Roberto Prosseda & Alessandra Ammara, p
Compositrices: New Light on French Romantic Women Composers
4:51 pm
Franz Schubert: Piano Quintet in A, D. 667, "Trout"
IV. Theme with Variations, "Andantino"
Takács Quartet members; Joseph Carver, db; Andreas Haefliger, p
Schubert: Trout Quintet; Mozart: Eine kleine Nachtmusik; Wolf: Italian Serenade
5:00 pm
5:00 pm
Miracle of Miracles
Music for Hanukkah
The vocal ensemble Chicago a cappella highlights the creativity and vitality of American Jewish musical traditions. Hosted by Louise Frank.
6:00 - 8:00 pm
6:00 pm
Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcasts
Mahler "Rückert Lieder;" Hanna Schwarz, mezzo-soprano; Claudio Abbado, conductor; Symphony No. 7; Jaap van Zweden, conductor.
7:57 pm
William Byrd: "Tollite Portas"
Stile Antico
Puer Natus Est: Tudor Music for Advent & Christmas
8:00 pm
8:00 pm
Fiesta! with Elbio Barilari
The Super Guitar Show Some of the greatest performers and composers of the guitar have come from Latin America and Spain. In this program host, Elbio Barilari share some of his favorite pieces for this versatile instrument and some of the most important works for classical guitar. Included are guitarists Abel Carlevaro, Eduardo Fernandez and Manuel Barrueco with master composers José Ardévol, Federico Moreno Torroba and Heitor Villa-Lobos.
9:00 - 11:00 pm
9:00 pm
Collectors' Corner with Henry Fogel
Rachmaninoff Choral/Vocal Music
Rachmaninoff "All-Night Vigil; The Bells; Vocalise."
11:00 pm
11:00 pm
Georg Philipp Telemann: Magnificat in C
Part 1, "Meine Seele erhebt den Herrn"
American Boychoir; Orch/James Litton
Trumpets Sound • Voices Ring (A Joyous Christmas)
11:05 pm
Arthur Foote: Piano Trio #2 in B-Flat, Op 65
Neave Trio
American Moments
11:26 pm
Norman Dello Joio: "Christmas Music"
"O, Come All Ye Faithful"
Debra Torok, p
Norman Dello Joio: Complete Works for Piano, Vol. 3 - Family Album, Five Images, Stage Parodies
11:28 pm
Johann Sebastian Bach: "Magnificat" in D, BWV 243
Upshaw, Jensen, Simpson, Gordon, Stone, Atlanta Sym & Cho/Shaw
Marietta Simpson, mezzo-soprano,
Gloria / Magnificat
11:55 pm
Johann Michael BACH: Chorale Prelude, In dulci jubilo
Kevin Bowyer, o
Christmas Organ Music
