Schedule & Playlists
Playlist for Thursday, December 18, 2025
12:00 - 6:00 am
12:00 am
Louis-Claude Daquin: "Noël Grand Jeu et Duo"
Marie-Claire Alain, o (Cathédrale Saint-Théodorit d'Uzés)
Noëls pour Orgue
12:05 am
Michel Corrette: "Symphonie de Noel #5"
La Fantasia/Rien Voskuilen
Corrette: Les Six Symphonies De Noel
12:19 am
Paul Le Flem: Symphony No. 4
Rhenish Phil/James Lockhart
Paul Le Flem
12:40 am
French Trad: "A Carol for All Seasons"
Westminster Concert Bell Cho/Donald Allured
Noel-A Musical Feast
12:42 am
Afro-American Traditional: "The First Nowell"
Gloriae Dei Cantores/Elizabeth C Patterson
Gloriae Dei Cantores * Keeping Christmas * Beloved Carols and the Christmas Story
12:47 am
Carol, "O Come All Ye Faithful": Carol, "O Come All Ye Faithful"
Gloriae Dei Cantores/Elizabeth C Patterson
Gloriae Dei Cantores * Keeping Christmas * Beloved Carols and the Christmas Story
12:53 am
French Trad: Carol, "The Angel Gabriel"
Rita Costanzi, h
Pastorales de Noel
1:00 am
George Frideric Handel: "Messiah"
Aria, "He shall feed His flock"
Sonos Handbell Ensemble
1:05 am
George Frideric Handel: Concerto "a due cori" in F
London Sym Orch/Charles Mackerras
Music For The Royal Fireworks
1:29 am
German Trad: Carol, "Joseph lieber, Joseph mein"
Sonos Handbell Ensemble/James Meredith
1:30 am
Richard Wetz: "Ein Weihnachtsoratorium"
Part II: "Die Geburt Christi"
Marietta Zumbult, s; Mate Solyom-Nagy, br; Erfurt Phil Cho; Weimar Chamber Orch; George Alexander Albrecht
Richard Wetz
1:55 am
Max Reger: "Weihnachtstraum," Op 17/9
Eteri Andjaparidze, p
CHRISTMAS PIANO MUSIC
2:00 am
Gustav Holst: Carol, "In the Bleak Midwinter"
The Tudor Cho/Doug Fullington
Noel-A Musical Feast
2:05 am
Gustav Holst: Suite No. 2 in F, Op. 28, No. 2 (1911)
Cleveland Symphonic Winds/Frederick Fennell
Suite No. 1 In E-Flat, Suite No. 2 In F/ Music For The Royal Fireworks/ Fantasia In G
2:16 am
Benjamin Britten: "Winter Words," Op. 52
#4, "The Little Old table"
Gregory Massingham, t; Ensemble
The Middle of Life
2:18 am
Viteslav Novák: "Songs of a Winter Night," Op 30
Margaret Fingerhut, p
Salvne Ceske Malickosti
2:35 am
Antonin Dvorák: Bagatelles, Op 47
Bonn Beethovenhalle Orch/Dennis Russell Davies
Serenade in D minor, op. 44 ; Bagatelles, op. 47
2:54 am
English Trad: Carol, "The First Nowell"
Robert Shaw Chamber Singers/Shaw
A Robert Shaw Christmas: Angels On High
3:00 am
Bruce Saylor: Carol medley, "A Christmas Garland"
Gloriae Dei Cantores/Elizabeth Patterson
Sing Noel
3:05 am
English Trad: Carol, "In the Bleak Midwinter"
Gloriae Dei Ringers/Richard Pugsley
The Bells of Christmas
3:10 am
Anon 16th c, English: "The Coventry Carol"
Ronn McFarlane, l; Carolyn Surreck, viga
A Star in the East
3:12 am
Arnold Bax: "Winter Legends" (1930)
Margaret Fingerhut, p; London Phil/Bryden Thomson
Sir Arnold Bax
3:55 am
English Trad: Carol, "Masters in This Hall"
The Pennsylvaians/Fred Waring
Now is the Caroling Season
4:00 am
Trad: Veni, veni, Emmanuel (O Come, O Come, Emmanuel)
Ronn McFarlane, l; Carolyn Surreck, viga
A Star in the East
4:05 am
Various: Christmas Medley
Haarlem Women's Cho/Leny van Schaik
Song of Survival
4:13 am
Robert Russell Bennett: Christmas Medley #4
Robert Shaw Chorale & Orch/Mr Shaw
A Festival of Carols
4:25 am
Robert Russell Bennett: Five Studies in "Jitteroptera"
#3, "Betty and Harold Close Their Eyes"
Jascha Heifetz, v; Milton Kaye, p
The Decca Masters, Vol. 2: Gershwin, Foster, Weill, Berlin
4:27 am
Luigi Boccherini: Symphony in E-Flat, Op 12/2 (G 504)
New Philharmonia Orch/Raymond Leppard
Boccherini - Leppard - Symphonie pour orchestre n°4 en ré mineur op.12 - 4
4:54 am
French Trad: Carol, "Angels from the realms of glory"
The Pennsylvaians/Fred Waring
Now is the Caroling Season
5:00 am
John Corigliano: "Kaleidoscope"
Ursula Oppens & Jerome Lowenthal, p's
Winging It: Piano Music of John Corigliano
5:05 am
John Corigliano: "Lullaby for Natalie"
Anne Akiko Meyers, v; London Sym Orch/Leonard Slatkin
5:10 am
John Harbison: "The Three Wisemen" (1988)
Bill Kurtis, n; Chicago Chamber Musicians
John Harbison Chamber Music
5:26 am
English Trad: Carol, We Three Kings of Orient Are
Tubadours
The Mighty Tubadours
5:28 am
Heinrich von Herzogenberg: Die Geburt Christi
Part III: "Die Anbetung"
Steiner, s; Werner, ms; Lichdl, t; Gaiser, b; Orch; Cho/Matthias Bamert
Herzogenberg: Die Geburt Christi
5:55 am
English Trad: Carol, God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen
Tubadours
The Mighty Tubadours
6:00 - 10:00 am
6:00 am
Morning Program
6:00 am
Hosted by Jan Weller.
6:03 am
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony in C, K. 208/K 213c (after "Il re pastore")
Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood
Mozart: The Complete Symphonies
6:13 am
Johann Heinrich Schmelzer: Variations on "La bella pastora"
Freiburg Baroque Consort
Schmelzer: Baroque World Theatre
6:23 am
Various: Medley, "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing; Angels We Have Heard on High"
Empire Brass; Nancy Allen, h; Mark Kroll, hc; Arthur Press, per
Joy to the World - Music of Christmas
6:32 am
Gustav Holst: "St Paul's Suite," Op. 29, No. 2
Guildhall String Ensemble/Robert Salter
English Music for Strings
6:45 am
Michael Praetorius: Christmas chorale motet, "In dulci jubilo"
Choir of Trinity College Cambridge/Richard Marlow
Michael Praetorius: In Dulci Jubilo
6:54 am
Traditional Jewish: "Zoghets and Freilach"
Alexander Fiterstein, cl; Muir String Quartet
Celebration Music: Klezmer Music for String Quartet & Clarinet
7:04 am
Traditional French: "Bring a torch, Jeannette, Isabelle"
Imani Winds
This Christmas
7:11 am
Johann Sebastian Bach: Flute Sonata in E-Flat, BWV 1031
Irena Grafenauer, f; Maria Graf, h
Bach: 3 Sonatas for Flute and Harp
7:23 am
Ernest Bloch: Concerto Grosso No. 1
III. Pastorale and Rustic Dances
Jenny Lin, p; Southwest German Radio Sym Orch/Jiří Stárek
Ernest Bloch: Concerto Symphonique, Concerto Grosso No. 1, Scherzo Fantasque
7:33 am
Peter Tchaikovsky: "The Nutcracker," Op. 71
Overture
Chicago Sym Orch/Fritz Reiner
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1, Nutcracker Ballet Suite
7:36 am
Peter Tchaikovsky: "The Nutcracker," Op. 71
Christmas Tree Scene
Chicago Sym Orch/Fritz Reiner
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1, Nutcracker Ballet Suite
7:40 am
Peter Tchaikovsky: "The Nutcracker," Op. 71
March
Chicago Sym Orch/Fritz Reiner
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1, Nutcracker Ballet Suite
7:44 am
Nino Rota: "Balli (Dances)"
Ferrara City Orch/Giuseppe Grazioli
Concerto soirée
7:56 am
Malcolm Ruhl: "Home for Christmas"
Smoking Bishop
Any Tune for a Tuppence
8:03 am
Alfred Reed: Russian Christmas Music
Dallas Wind Sym/Jerry Junkin
Horns for the Holidays
8:19 am
Franz Schubert: String Quintet in C, D 956
III. Scherzo
Emerson String Quartet; Mstislav Rostropovich, vc
Schubert: String Quintet D 956
8:30 am
Adolphe Adam: "O Holy Night (Cantique de Noël)"
Cambridge Singers, City of London Sinfonia/John Rutter
Christmas With The Cambridge Singers
8:39 am
James Moody: Little Suite
Tommy Reilly, harmonica; St Martin's Academy/Neville Marriner
Vaughan Williams, Moody, Jacob: Classical Music for Harmonica
8:52 am
Traditional Jewish: "A Yiddishe Mamme"
Itzhak Perlman, v; Israel Phil Orch/Dov Seltzer
Tradition
9:03 am
François-Joseph Gossec: Symphony in D, Op. 5, No. 3, "Pastorella"
London Mozart Players/Matthias Bamert
Gossec: Symphonies
9:18 am
Astor Piazzolla: Tango Ballet
Apollo Chamber Players
Trace of Time
9:32 am
Georg Philipp Telemann: Christmas Cantata, "Machet die Tore weit"
Aria, "Jesu komm in meine Seele"
Felix Klieser, hn; Wiener Concert-Verein
A Golden Christmas
9:36 am
Johann Sebastian Bach: "Christmas Oratorio," BWV 248
Aria, "Grosser Herr, o starker König"
Felix Klieser, hn; Wiener Concert-Verein
A Golden Christmas
9:42 am
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: "Hamburg" Symphony No. 1 in G, Wq 182/1
Berlin Academy for Ancient Music
CPE Bach Symphonies From Berlin to Hamburg
9:54 am
Traditional Polish: Three Carols in Highlander Style
Lira Singers; Lira Chamber Orch/Paul Dijkstra
A Polish Christmas
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
Alessandro Scarlatti: Harpsichord Concerto No. 5 in G
Accademia Bizantina/Ottavio Dantone, hc
Alessandro Scarlatti: Il Giardino di Rose, Sinfonias, & Harpsichord Concertos
10:08 am
Benjamin Britten: "A Hymn to the Virgin"
Choir of Clare College Cambridge/Graham Ross
A Ceremony of Carols
10:11 am
Benjamin Britten: Carol arrangement, "The Holly and the Ivy"
Choir of Clare College Cambridge/Graham Ross
A Ceremony of Carols
10:16 am
Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 45 in F-sharp minor, "Farewell"
St Martin's Academy/Iona Brown
Haydn: Symphonies
10:42 am
Giuseppe Torelli: Trumpet Concerto in D
I. Allegro
German Chamber Phil Bremen/Alison Balsom, tr
Magic Trumpet
10:44 am
Henrich Schütz: "Ein Kind ist uns geboren"
Yale Schola Cantorum/David Hill
Schütz: The Christmas Story
10:48 am
Traditional English: "The First Nowell"
Bach Cho, Graham Ashton Brass Ensemble/Willcocks; John Scott, o
Bach Choir - Family Carols from Guildford
10:52 am
Gustav Holst: Seven Scottish Airs for Piano and Strings
Michael Freyhan, p; London Festival Orch Strings/Ross Pople
Gustav Holst: Orchestral Music
11:00 am
Marion Bauer: "From the New Hampshire Woods," Op. 12
Virginia Eskin, p
Music of Marion Bauer and Ruth Crawford Seeger
11:08 am
Gabriel Fauré: "Dolly" Suite, Op. 56
Seattle Sym/Ludovic Morlot
Fauré: Masques et bergamasques & Pelléas et Mélisande
11:26 am
Witold Lutosławski: Twenty Polish Christmas Carols
"We are Shepherds"
Olga Pasichnyk, s; Polish Radio Cho, Polish National Radio Sym/Antoni Wit
Lutosławski: 20 Polish Christmas Carols, Lacrimosa, 5 Songs
11:28 am
Traditional Spanish: Carol, "Salten y bailen"
Paul Plunkett, cornet; Rudolf Lutz, o
In Dulci Jubilo - Festive & Christmas Music for Trumpet & Organ
11:29 am
Anonymous French: Carol, "A Maiden Most Gentle"
Westminster Cathedral Cho/James O'Donnell; Iain Simcock, o
Adeste fideles - Christmas music from Westminster Cathedral
11:32 am
Traditional Mexican: "Villancico Mexicano"
Harmonies Girls Choir/Antonio Espinal; Zachary Valenzuela, f's; Erick Infantas, per
Navidad en Español: Villancicos of Traditional Latin America
11:35 am
Joseph Bologne (Chevalier de Saint-Georges): "Symphonie concertante" in A, Op. 9, No. 2
Yury Revich & Libor Ježek, v's; Czech Chamber Phil Orch/Michael Halász
Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges: Symphonies concertantes; Symphony in G major
11:51 am
Josef Strauss: "Dynamiden" Waltz, Op. 173
Vienna Phil/Rudolf Kempe
A Night in Vienna - Rudolf Kempe
12:00 pm
Traditional Austrian: "Still, still, still"
Northside Brass
Christmas Carols for Brass, Vol. 2
12:02 pm
Traditional: "Ding Dong Merrily on High"
Northside Brass
Christmas Carols for Brass, Vol. 2
12:04 pm
Felix Mendelssohn: "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing"
Northside Brass
Christmas Carols for Brass - Northside Brass
12:06 pm
Traditional: "Good King Wenceslas"
Northside Brass
Christmas Carols for Brass, Vol. 2
12:08 pm
Richard Strauss: "Don Juan," Op. 20
Berlin Phil/Gustavo Dudamel
Richard Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra
12:28 pm
Roger Quilter: "Country Pieces," Op. 27
Clipper Erickson, p
The Mystic and the Muse: Piano Music of Cyril Scott and Roger Quilter
12:38 pm
Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto in F for multiple instruments and strings, R. 574
La Serenissima/Adrian Chandler, v
Vivaldi X2
12:51 pm
Claudio Monteverdi: "Selva morale e spirituale"
"Laudate pueri Dominum" (Psalm 112)
La Cetra/Andrea Marcon
Monteverdi: Christmas Vespers
1:00 pm
Claude Debussy: "La Mer"
Cleveland Orch/Pierre Boulez
Debussy: La Mer, Nocturnes, Jeux, Rhapsody for Clarinet and Orchestra
1:25 pm
Teresa Carreño: "Un rêve en mer," Op. 28
Sarah Cahill, p
The Future is Female, Vol. 1
1:32 pm
Vince Guaraldi: "Christmastime is Here"
Children's Choir; Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel
Christmastime Is Here
1:35 pm
John Rutter: "Candlelight Carol"
Seraphic Fire/Patrick Dupré Quigley; Jacqueline Kerrod, h
Candlelight Carols
1:41 pm
Zdeněk Fibich: "A Night at Karlstejn Castle"
Overture
Czech National Sym Orch/Marek Štilec
Fibich: Orchestral Works, Vol. 4 - Overtures
1:52 pm
Erich Wolfgang Korngold: String Sextet in D, Op. 10
III. Intermezzo
Nash Ensemble
Tchaikovsky & Korngold: String Sextets
2:00 - 7:00 pm
2:00 pm
Giuseppe Verdi: "Il Trovatore"
Ballet suite
Bournemouth Sym Orch/José Serebrier
Verdi: Complete Ballet Music from the Operas
2:24 pm
Leopold Kozeluch: Wind Sextet No. 3 in E-Flat
Consortium Classicum
Leopold Kozeluch: Divertimenti für Bläser
2:37 pm
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: "Sinfonia Concertante" in E-Flat, K. 297b
III. Finale, "Andante con variazioni"
de Lancie, Gigliotti, Jones, Garfield; Philadelphia Orch/Ormandy
Bernard Garfield, bassoon,
Mozart: Sinfonie Concertanti K. 364 & K. 297b, Rondo K. 269 / Eugene Ormandy
2:48 pm
Daniel Pinkham: Christmas Cantata
Boston Cecilia, Lenox Brass/Donald Teeters; James Christie, o
Pinkham: Christmas Cantata, Wedding Cantata, Advent Cantata, Introduction, Nocturne & Rondo, String Quartet
2:58 pm
Traditional Jewish: "Candles Burning"
Rachel Van Voorhees, h
Jewish Favorites
3:00 pm
Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 95 in C minor
Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orch/Ádám Fischer
Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 93-104
3:22 pm
Fanny Mendelssohn: "Songs Without Words," Op. 8
Nos. 1, 3, 4
Sylviane Deferne, p
Fanny & Felix Mendelssohn: The Last Rose of Summer
3:35 pm
Cecilia McDowall: "Christmas Cantata: A Winter's Night"
Winchester College Chapel Choir, Onyx Brass/Howard Ionascu
A Winter's Night
3:54 pm
Traditional Catalan: Carol, "Fum, fum, fum"
Ayako Shinozaki, h
Silent Night - Beautiful Melodies of Christmas
3:57 pm
Tomás Luis de Victoria: "Ne timeas, Maria"
Chanticleer
Chanticleer Sings Christmas
4:00 pm
Frédéric Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor, Op. 21
I. "Maestoso"
Ingrid Fliter, p; Scottish Chamber Orch/Jun Märkl
Chopin: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2
4:17 pm
Johann Christoph Pezel: "Sonata-Ciacona" in B-Flat
Musica Antiqua Cologne/Reinhard Goebel
Chaconne
4:34 pm
Efrem Zimbalist: Concert Phantasy on Rimsky-Korsakov's "Le coq d'or"
Luka Faulisi, v; Itamar Golan, p
Aria
4:44 pm
Johannes Brahms: Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98
I. "Allegro non troppo"
Los Angeles Phil/Gustavo Dudamel
Brahms: Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98
4:58 pm
Vítězslava Kaprálová: "Prélude de Noël"
University of Michigan Sym Orch/Kenneth Kiesler
Kaprálová: Waving Farewell / Suite en Miniature / Piano Concerto
5:00 pm
Maurice Ravel: "Daphnis et Chloé"
Suite No. 2
Chicago Sym Orch/Jean Martinon
Ravel: Rapsodie espagnole, Alborada del gracioso, Mother Goose, Introduction and Allegro, Daphnis et Chloé Suite No. 2
5:17 pm
Lewis Redner: Carol, "O Little Town of Bethlehem"
Trinity Church Boston Cho/Colin Lynch; Jerrick Cavagnaro, o
The Great Glad Tidings Tell - Carols from Copley Square
5:23 pm
Pavel Josef Vejvanovský: "Sonata Natalis" in C
English Chamber Orch/Simon Preston
Christmas Concertos
5:29 pm
Edward Elgar: "Enigma" Variations, Op. 36
Vienna Phil/Sir Georg Solti
Elgar: Enigma Variations; Kodály: The Peacock; Blacher: Paganini Variations
6:00 pm
Aaron Copland: "El Salón México"
Joshua Pierce & Dorothy Jonas, p's
Joshua Pierce and Dorothy Jonas play Gould, Piston and Copland
6:11 pm
Franz Schubert: Symphony No. 9 in C, D. 944, "Great"
I. "Andante - Allegro ma non troppo"
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Herbert Blomstedt
Schubert: Symphonies 8 and 9
6:27 pm
Ottorino Respighi: Ancient Airs and Dances for the Lute, Set 2
Lausanne Chamber Orch/Jesús López-Cobos
Respighi: Ancient Airs & Dances and Trittico Bottiecelliano
6:47 pm
Anna Bon: Keyboard Sonata No. 6
Noriko Yasuda, fp
Anna Bon: La virtuosa de Venezia
6:56 pm
Ernest Bloch: "From Jewish Life"
I. "Prayer"
Jan Vogler, vc; Dresden Kapellsolisten/Helmut Branny
Jan Vogler: My Tunes
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
Evening Music
8:00 pm
Hosted by Kristina Lynn.
8:01 pm
Jay Livingston: "Silver Bells"
Eaken Piano Trio
Home for the Holidays
8:03 pm
Sergei Rachmaninoff: "The Bells," Op. 35
I. "The Silver Sleigh Bells"
Daniil Trifonov, p
Destination Rachmaninov: Arrival
8:11 pm
Paul Dukas: "The Sorcerer's Apprentice"
Montreal Sym Orch/Kent Nagano
Danse Macabre
8:23 pm
Traditional English: "Gloucestershire Wassail"
Bournemouth Sym Cho & Orch/Peter Breiner
Holidays with WFMT
8:28 pm
Camille Saint-Saëns: Bassoon Sonata in G, Op. 168
II. "Allegro scherzando"
Catherine Van Handel, bn; Eduard Laurel, p
Bassoon Soirée: From Latin America to Paris
8:33 pm
Alice Mary Smith: Symphony in A minor
London Mozart Players/Howard Shelley
Alice Mary Smith: Symphonies
9:01 pm
Traditional: "Huron Carol (Twas in the moon of winter)"
Grant Park Cho/Christopher Bell
Songs of the Season
9:04 pm
Traditional Irish: "The Wexford Carol"
Grant Park Cho/Christopher Bell
Songs of the Season
9:10 pm
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Nonet in F minor, Op. 2, "Gradus ad Parnassum"
Barret; Burke; Beck; Burns; Fadial; Orenstein; Rawls; Whitehouse; Harley
Michael Burns, bassoon,
Janet Orenstein, violin,
Coleridge-Taylor: Chamber Music
9:38 pm
Julius Fučík: "Winter Storms" Waltz, Op. 184
Royal Scottish National Orch/Neeme Järvi
A Festival of Fučík
9:49 pm
Henryk Wieniawski: "Capriccio-Valse" in E, Op. 7
Leonidas Kavakos, v; Enrico Pace, p
Virtuoso
9:55 pm
Giuseppe Valentini: Christmas Symphony
New York Harp Ensemble, Pro Arte Chamber Orch/Aristid von Wurtzler
A Christmas Celebration: A Collection of Classical Brass, String and Choral Favorites
10:00 pm - 12:00 am
10:00 pm
The New York Philharmonic This Week
Lutosławski Chain 2: Dialogue for Violin and Orchestra; Jennifer Koh, violin; Tchaikovsky "Romeo and Juliet;" Shostakovich Symphony No. 5; Lorin Maazel, conductor.
