Schedule & Playlists
Playlist for Monday, December 15, 2025
12:00 - 6:00 am
12:00 am
Adolphe Adam: "O Holy Night"
Giovanni De Chiaro, g
Christmas On Guitar
12:05 am
Manuel Ponce: "Concierto del Sur"
John Williams, g; English Chamber Orch/André Previn
The Great Guitar Concertos
12:29 am
French ANON 13th c: "Quem vidistis pastores"
Boston Camerata/Joel Cohen
Boston Camerata Christmas: Worlds of Early Music
12:31 am
Jean-Marie Leclair: Flute Sonata in C, Op 2/3
Christoph Huntgeburth, f; Mitzi Meyerson, hc; Hildegard Perl, viga
Leclair: Sonatas for Flute and Basso Continuo
12:42 am
Pancrace Royer: "Almasis"
Suite
Les Talens Lyriques/Christophe Rousset
Surprising Royer
12:54 am
Jean-Philippe Rameau: "Zais"
"Contredanse en rondeau"
Les Talens Lyriques/Christophe Rousset
Rameau: Zaïs
1:00 am
Heinrich von Biber: Mystery Sonatas ("Rosary")
Sonata I, "Annunciation"
Boston Baroque
The Mystery Sonatas
1:05 am
Heinrich von Biber: Passacaglia for solo violin
Andrew Manze, v
Biber: The Rosary Sonatas
1:14 am
Berthold Goldschmidt: "Passacaglia," Op 4 (1925)
City of Birmingham Sym/Berthold Goldschmidt
Goldschmidt
1:21 am
William Walton: "Henry V" Suite (1944)
Passacaglia: Death of Falstaff
New Zealand Sym Orch/William Walton
Walton Conducts Walton: The 1964 New Zealand Tour
1:23 am
Heinrich von Biber: Mystery Sonatas ("Rosary")
Sonata III, "The Nativity"
Boston Baroque
The Mystery Sonatas
1:30 am
Benjamin Britten: "Christ's Nativity," Christmas Suite for Chorus
BBC Singers; Orch/Steuart Bedford
Britten
1:46 am
Arthur Sullivan: "Pineapple Poll"
Suite #2
Philharmonia à Vent/John Boyd
Basically British
1:54 am
Arthur Sullivan: Ballet, "Victoria and Merrie England"
"Entrance and Procession of Father Christmas"
Dublin RTE Concert Orch/Andrew Penny
SULLIVAN : Victoria and Merrie England
2:00 am
Julia Schwartz: Carol, "Das Christkind im Wald"
Swiss Vocal Consort/Marco Amherd
Dormi Bel Bambin
2:05 am
Peter Tchaikovsky: "The Nutcracker" Suite, Op. 71a
Vienna Phil
Ballet Suites
2:27 am
Norman Dello Joio: "Christmas Music"
"Silent Night"
Debra Torok, p
Norman Dello Joio: Complete Works for Piano, Vol. 3 - Family Album, Five Images, Stage Parodies
2:29 am
Franz Joseph Haydn: Divertimento in C, H XIV:8
L'Arte dell'Arco
Haydn Edition
2:37 am
Norman Dello Joio: "Homage to Haydn"
Louisville Orch/Leonard Slatkin
Dello Joio/ Schickele/ Persichetti
2:55 am
Norman Dello Joio: "Christmas Music"
"Hark! The Herald Angels Sing"
Debra Torok, p
Norman Dello Joio: Complete Works for Piano, Vol. 3 - Family Album, Five Images, Stage Parodies
3:00 am
Michel Corrette: "Messe pour le tems de Noël"
"Noël suisse"
Daniel Leininger, o
Chants des Noels
3:05 am
Michel Corrette: "Symphonie de Noel #1"
La Fantasia/Rien Voskuilen
Corrette: Les Six Symphonies De Noel
3:13 am
Joseph Jongen: "Fantasie sur deux noëls populaires Wallons," Op. 24
Belgian National Orch/Roman Kofman
Jongen
3:29 am
Jef van Hoof: Song, "Puppetjes-Wiegelied"
Wilke te Brummelstrote, ms; Jozef de Beenhouwer, p
Jef van Hoof
3:30 am
Franz Joseph Haydn: Cello Concerto No. 1 in C, H VIIb:1
Christoph Croisé, vc; Eurasian Soloists Chamber Orch/Sherniyaz Mussakhan
Haydn
3:54 am
Samuel Scheidt: Motet, "A Child Is Born in Bethlehem"
Swiss Vocal Consort/Marco Amherd
Dormi Bel Bambin
4:00 am
Nigerian Trad: Nativity Song, Betelehemu
Turtle Creek Cho, Psychedelic Drum/Timothy Seelig
Postcards
4:05 am
Halsey Stevens: Horn Sonata
Christopher Leuba, fh; Kevin Aanerud, p
Christopher Leuba, Horn
4:19 am
Traditional: "Deck the Halls"
Dallas Wind Sym/Jerry Junkin
Horns for the Holidays
4:21 am
Giuseppe Sammartini: Concerto grosso in g, Op 5/6 "(Christmas)"
Pastorale
English Concert/Trevor Pinnock
Weihnachtskonzerte = Christmas Concertos
4:25 am
Antonio Vivaldi: "Gloria" in D, R 589
Dawn Upshaw, other soloists, Atlanta Sym & Cho/Robert Shaw
Gloria / Magnificat
4:55 am
Domenico Scarlatti: Clavier Sonata, Kk 45
John Browning, p
Keyboard Sonatas
5:00 am
Julie Giroux: "I Got Rhythm for Christmas"
University of Texas El Paso Symphonic Winds/Ron Hofstader
Christmas Gone Crazy
5:05 am
George Gershwin: Variations on "I Got Rhythm"
Anne-Marie McDermott, p; Dallas Sym/Justin Brown
George Gershwin * Complete Music for Piano and Orchestra
5:14 am
Ludwig Bonvin: "Christmas Night's Dream"
Gowanus Arts Ensemble/Reuben Blundell
American Romantics
5:18 am
Carl Nielsen: "Dream of Silent Night"
Martin Roscoe, p
Nielsen: Complete Piano Music
5:20 am
Carl Nielsen: Symphony #4, Op 29, "The Inextinguishable"
BBC Sym/Sir Andrew Davis
5:55 am
Niels Gade: Hymn, "Barn Jesus i en krybbe la"
Danish National Radio Cho/Jesper Grove Jorgensen
6:00 - 10:00 am
6:00 am
Morning Program
6:00 am
Hosted by Jan Weller.
6:04 am
Robert Applebaum: "Oh Chanukah"
Chicago a cappella
Miracle of Miracles
6:08 am
Truman Bullard: "Hanukkah Suite"
Eaken Piano Trio
Home for the Holidays
6:10 am
Scott Robinson: "Great is the Miracle"
IV. "Ozi and Oy Chanukah"
Eaken Piano Trio
I'll Be Home for the Holidays
6:14 am
Josef Rheinberger: "Hirtenlied" (Andante pastorale)
Hansjörg Schellenberger, ob; Hedwig Bilgram, o
Works for Oboe & Organ
6:19 am
Leevi Madetoja: "Suite pastorale," Op. 34
Oulu Sinfonia/Rumon Gamba
Pictures from Finland
6:31 am
Traditional Jewish: "Doyna"
Itzhak Perlman, v; Israel Phil Orch/Dov Seltzer
Tradition
6:35 am
Ernest Bloch: "Hebrew Suite"
Hyman Bress, v; Prague Sym Orch/Jindrich Rohan
Bloch: Schelomo, Concerto for Violin, Suite hébraique
6:47 am
Enrique Granados: "Valses poéticos"
Judith Jáuregui, p
Para Alicia
7:04 am
Peter Tchaikovsky: "A Klezmer Nutcracker"
Kozatsky 'til You Dropsky
Shirim
7:05 am
Peter Tchaikovsky: "A Klezmer Nutcracker"
Dance of the Latkes Queens
Shirim
7:08 am
Peter Tchaikovsky: "A Klezmer Nutcracker"
March of the Macabees
Shirim
7:11 am
George Frideric Handel: "Judas Maccabaeus"
Chorus, "See the conqu'ring hero comes!"
St Martin's Academy & Cho/Neville Marriner
Handel: Coronation Anthems
7:14 am
Ludwig van Beethoven: Variations on "See the Conquering Hero Comes," WoO 45
Mischa Maisky, vc; Martha Argerich, p
Beethoven: Cello Sonatas Opp. 69 & 102, Variations WoO 45
7:27 am
Jeremiah Clarke: Suite in D
"Prince of Denmark's March (Trumpet Voluntary)"
Wynton Marsalis, tr; English Chamber Orch/Anthony Newman
In Gabriel's Garden
7:33 am
Wilbur Chenoweth: "Noel, Noel, Bells Are Ringing"
Roger Wagner Chorale/Roger Wagner; William Beck, o
To Catch a Christmas Star: Christmas with Roger Wagner
7:35 am
Mykola Leontovych: "Carol of the Bells"
Roger Wagner Chorale/Roger Wagner
To Catch a Christmas Star: Christmas with Roger Wagner
7:37 am
Traditional: "Ding Dong Merrily on High"
Cambridge Singers/John Rutter
Christmas With The Cambridge Singers
7:41 am
Samuel Adler: "To Celebrate A Miracle" (Hanukkah Music)
U Cincinnati College-Conservatory Wind Sym/Rodney Winther
A Hanukka Celebration
7:56 am
Gerald Cohen: "Chanukah Lights"
Chicago a cappella
Miracle of Miracles
8:03 am
Tom Lehrer: "(I'm Spending) Hanukkah in Santa Monica"
Tom Lehrer
The Remains of Tom Lehrer
8:06 am
Mikhl Gelbart: "Ikh bin a kleyner Dreydl"
Chicago a cappella
Miracle of Miracles
8:07 am
Salamone Rossi: "Sonata sopra l'aria di Ruggiero"
La Luna
8:12 am
Claudio Cavadini: Christmas Oratorio, "Una Notte di Natale"
Piccoli Cantori della Turrita; Barta Wind Quartet/C Cavadini
Christmas in Switzerland, Grisons, Valais, Ticino
8:21 am
Alfonso Montes: "Surama"
Amadeus Guitar Duo
Images from the South
8:30 am
Traditional Jewish: "Al Hanisim"
Chicago a cappella
Miracle of Miracles
8:36 am
Alexander Krein: "Caprice hébraïque," Op. 24
Anne Battegay, v; Chamber Orch Mannheim/Marc-Olivier Oetterli
The Essential Hebrew Violin
8:43 am
Arcangelo Corelli: "Christmas Concerto" in G minor, Op. 6, No. 8
Europa Galante/Fabio Biondi
Opus 111 - 1996 - Autumn Releases
8:57 am
Herbert Fromm: Hannuka Madrigal
Rochester Singers/Samuel Adler
A Hanukka Celebration
9:04 am
Peter Tchaikovsky: "A Klezmer Nutcracker"
Tants Chinese
Shirim
9:05 am
Peter Tchaikovsky: "A Klezmer Nutcracker"
Araber Tants
Shirim
9:08 am
Peter Tchaikovsky: "A Klezmer Nutcracker"
Dance of the Dreydls
Shirim
9:12 am
Walter Rollins: Carol, "Frosty the Snowman"
Northern Lights Orch/Petri Juutilainen
What if Mozart Wrote White Christmas
9:18 am
Traditional: Spiritual Medley, "Glory to the Newborn King"
Chanticleer
Sing We Christmas
9:31 am
Carolyne M. Taylor: Medley, "O Come All Ye Faithful"-Beethoven's "Pathétique"
Jeffrey Biegel, p
Classical Carols
9:38 am
Francesco Durante: String Concerto No. 3 in E-flat
Ensemble Imaginaire/Cristina Corrieri
Durante: Concertos for Strings
9:49 am
Traditional Jewish: "Songs of Freedom: A Celebration of Chanukah"
Ron Raines, br; Essential Voices USA/Judith Clurman
Cherished Moments
10:00 am - 2:00 pm
10:00 am
Midday with Lisa Flynn
Including the "Daily Excursion" at 11:00 am and "Music in Chicago" at 12:00 pm.
10:00 am
Antonio Vivaldi: Two-Horn Concerto in F, R. 538
Anneke Scott & Jocelyn Lightfoot, hn's; La Serenissima/Adrian Chandler
Vivaldi x2
10:10 am
Gilbert & Sullivan: "The Mikado"
Overture
St. Martin's Academy/Sir Neville Marriner
Famous Overtures
10:19 am
Benjamin Britten: "Simple Symphony," Op. 4
Bournemouth Sinfonietta/Ronald Thomas
Britten: Music for Strings
10:37 am
Hugh Martin: "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas"
Skylark Vocal Ensemble
Imagine Christmas
10:39 am
John Wasson: "Jingle Bells Fantasy"
Dallas Wind Sym/Jerry Junkin
Horns for the Holidays
10:44 am
Frédéric Chopin: Mazurkas, Op. 33
Maurizio Pollini, p
Pollini, Chopin
10:56 am
Josef Suk: "Pohadka (Fairy Tale)," Op. 16
Folk Dance: "The game of swans and peacocks"
Buffalo Phil Orch/JoAnn Falletta
Suk: Fairy Tale * Fantastic Scherzo
11:00 am
Béla Bartók: "Romanian Christmas Carols," Sz 57
The Knights/Eric Jacobsen
The Knights Before Christmas
11:08 am
George Frideric Handel: Concerto "a due cori" No. 1 in B-Flat
Tafelmusik/Jeanne Lamon
Handel: Music for the Royal Fireworks, Concerti a Due Cori
11:22 am
Emmanuel Chabrier: "Le roi malgré lui"
"Fête polonaise"
Vienna Phil/John Eliot Gardiner
Chabrier: España, Suite pastorale, etc.
11:31 am
Anonymous: "Angelus ad Virginem"
St. Paul's Cathedral Cho/Andrew Carwood; Simon Johnson, o
Carols with St Paul's Cathedral Choir
11:34 am
Alexandre Desplat: "Little Women"
"Christmas Morning"
Studio Orch/Alexandre Desplat
Little Women: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
11:38 am
Ludwig van Beethoven: Variations on Mozart's "Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen," Op. 66
Sheku Kanneh-Mason, vc; Isata Kanneh-Mason, p
Song
11:49 am
Johann Strauss II: "Emperor Waltz," Op. 437
Johann Strauss Orch/Christopher Warren-Green
The Strauss Album
12:00 pm
Various: Settings of "Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland"
Music of the Baroque/Thomas Wikman
Renaissance Christmas Vol. 2
12:05 pm
Giovanni Gabrieli: "Canzona Septimi Toni à 8"
Music of the Baroque/William Jon Gray
Jubilate
12:10 pm
Giuseppe Verdi: "Giovanna d'Arco"
Overture
La Scala Phil/Riccardo Muti
Verdi: Preludes and Overtures
12:19 pm
Camille Saint-Saëns: Septet in E-Flat, Op. 65
Nash Ensemble
Dvořák, Saint-Saëns: Chamber Music, The Carnival of the Animals
12:38 pm
John Rutter: Suite for Strings
Royal Ballet Sinfonia/David Lloyd-Jones
English String Miniatures, Vol. 1
12:51 pm
Federico Moreno Torroba: "Suite castellana"
Pepe Romero, g
Pepe Romero - Works For Guitar - Albéniz / Tárrega / Moreno Torroba
1:00 pm
Leonard Bernstein: "West Side Story"
Symphonic Dances
Baltimore Sym Orch/David Zinman
Bernstein: West Side Story, Candide Overture, Fancy Free
1:24 pm
Johann Sebastian Bach: "Well-Tempered Clavier," Book 1, BWV 846/69
Prelude & Fugue No. 1 in C
Fazıl Say, p
Bach *, Fazıl Say
1:28 pm
Johann Sebastian Bach: "Nun danket alle Gott", BWV 657
Läubin Brass Ensemble
Bach for Brass
1:33 pm
Francisco Javier Moreno: Symphony in E-Flat
Concerto Köln
Sinfonías españolas
1:45 pm
Hugo Wolf: "Italian Serenade" in G
Sejong Soloists
Haydn, Puccini, Wolf and Others
1:53 pm
Traditional English: Carol, "While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks by Night"
Choir of King's College Cambridge, Royal Phil Orch/James Morgan
Christmas Carols at King's
1:56 pm
Traditional Celtic: Carol, "Child in a Manger"
King's College Cho Cambridge, Britten Sinfonia/Daniel Hyde
Rutter Orchestral Carols
2:00 - 7:00 pm
2:00 pm
Johann Christoph Pezel: Concerto Pastoral in F
Collegium Aureum
Corelli, Tartini, Pez, Manfredini: Christmas Concertos / Collegium Aureum
2:22 pm
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 25 in G, Op. 79
Garrick Ohlsson, p
Beethoven Sonatas Vol. 3
2:33 pm
Darius Milhaud: "Suite française," Op. 248
Monte Carlo Phil/Georges Prêtre
Milhaud: Scaramouche, Paris Etc.
2:48 pm
Agustín Barrios Mangoré: "La Catedral"
Denis Azabagić, g
Live from WFMT: Denis Azabagić (May 10, 2010)
2:56 pm
Peter Warlock: "Bethlehem Down"
King's Singers
King's Singers Christmas
3:00 pm
Clara Schumann: "Quatre Pièces fugitives," Op. 15
Angela Cheng, p
Piano Music of Clara and Robert Schumann
3:13 pm
Ottorino Respighi: "The Birds"
Atlanta Sym Orch/Louis Lane
Classical Zoo
3:33 pm
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Three-Piano Concerto No. 7 in F, K. 242
Robert, Gaby & Jean Casadesus, p's; Philadelphia Orch/Eugene Ormandy
Robert Casadesus Plays Mozart
3:57 pm
Traditional Jewish: "Hanerot Halalu"
Hans Bloemendal, chazzan; Choir of the Grand Synagogue, Amsterdam
Chants sacrés juifs
4:00 pm
Camille Saint-Saëns: "Havanaise," Op. 83
Itzhak Perlman, v; New York Phil/Zubin Mehta
Perlman plays Saint-Saens, Sarasate, Chausson and Ravel
4:11 pm
Duke Ellington: "Three Black Kings"
Buffalo Phil Orch/JoAnn Falletta
Ellington: Black, Brown and Beige
4:31 pm
Richard Wagner: "Siegfried Idyll"
Chicago Chamber Musicians
The Chicago Chamber Musicians: Highlights from 10 Years
4:52 pm
Jens Kruger: "Roan Mountain Suite"
VII. Finale, "Overmountain Men"
Kruger Brothers; Kontras Quartet
The Kruger Brothers and Kontras Quartet Live in Concert (January 9, 2018)
5:00 pm
Johann Sebastian Bach: Solo Violin Sonata No. 1 in G minor, BWV 1001
Viktoria Mullova, v
Bach * 6 Solo Sonatas and Partitas * Viktoria Mullova
5:15 pm
Richard Strauss: "Schlagobers," Op. 70
"Whipped-Cream Waltz"
Detroit Sym Orch/Neeme Järvi
Richard Strauss: Suite from Schlagobers & München
5:21 pm
Franz Schubert: Symphony No. 3 in D, D. 200
IV. Finale, "Presto vivace"
The Knights/Eric Jacobsen
A Second of Silence
5:28 pm
Niels Gade: Symphony No. 7 in F, Op. 45
Stockholm Sinfonietta/Neeme Järvi
Niels Gade: Complete Symphonies, Vol. 3
6:00 pm
Aaron Copland: "An Outdoor Overture"
Northwestern U Sym Wind Ensemble/Mallory Thompson
Rising * Northwestern University Symphonic Wind Ensemble
6:10 pm
Giuseppe Torelli: Sinfonia à 4 for 4 Trumpets and Orchestra
Soloists; Music of the Baroque Orch/Thomas Wikman
Jeffrey Biancalana, trumpet,
With Clarion Voice
6:20 pm
Carl Stamitz: Clarinet Concerto No. 3 in B-Flat
Sabine Meyer, cl; St Martin's Academy/Iona Brown
Johann & Carl Stamitz: Clarinet Concertos
6:35 pm
Antonín Dvořák: Symphonic Variations, Op. 78
Scottish National Orch/Neeme Järvi
Dvořák: Scottish National Orchestra Conducted by Neeme Järvi
6:57 pm
Traditional Jewish: "Sirba"
Alexander Fiterstein, cl; Muir String Quartet
Celebration Music: Klezmer Music for String Quartet & Clarinet
7:00 pm
7:00 pm
Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin
Peter Tchaikovsky, part II (1840-1893)
This week, we’ll continue our exploration of Peter Tchaikovsky, focusing on the latter part of his life, including his symphonies, ballets, and life at the Moscow Conservatory. Bill will begin with Tchaikovsky’s "Variations on a Rococo Theme," Op. 33, for cello and orchestra, composed in 1876. We will conclude the week with his Symphony No. 6 in B minor, titled "Pathétique," which premiered in 1893 just days before his death. Throughout the week, Bill will share the story of Tchaikovsky’s failed marriage and his unique relationship with his patroness, Nadezhda von Meck.
8:00 - 10:00 pm
8:00 pm
Live from WFMT
Host Kerry Frumkin welcomes the Chicago-based piano duo Claire Aebersold and Ralph Neiweem. The program features music by Tchaikovsky, Respighi, Liszt, Eric Ewazen, Ravel, and Gershwin.
10:00 pm - 12:00 am
10:00 pm
The WFMT Orchestra Series
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Julia Adolphe "Chrysalis" (World Premiere, LA Phil Commission); Seth Parker Woods, cello; Granados "Tres danzas españolas;" Ravel "Pavane for a Dead Princess; Rapsodie espagnole; Boléro;" Ludovic Morlot, conductor.
