Schedule & Playlists
Playlist for Saturday, December 27, 2025
12:00 - 7:00 am
12:00 am
Michelangelo Rossi: Toccata #2 in a
Ilona Prunyi, p
BARTOK : Piano Transcriptions
12:05 am
Béla Bartók: Piano Concerto No. 3
Keith Jarrett, p; New Japan Phil Orch/Kazuyoshi Akiyama
SAMUEL BARBER: PIANO CONCERTO OP. 38 / BÉLA BARTÓK: PIANO CONCERTO NO. 3 / KEITH JARRETT: TOKYO ENCORE
12:29 am
Johann Sebastian Bach: "Well-Tempered Clavier," Book 1, BWV 846/69
Prelude No. 16 in g minor
Keith Jarrett, p
Bach: Well-Tempered Clavier Book 1
12:31 am
Johann Sebastian Bach: French Suite No. 1 in d minor, BWV 812
Keith Jarrett, hc
Bach: The French Suites
12:48 am
Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata No. 156, "Ich steh mit einem Fuss im Grabe (I stand with one foot in the grave)"
Sinfonia
London Sym Orch/Leopold Stokowski
Leopold Stokowski: The Stereo Collection, 1954-1975
12:54 am
Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata No. 199, "Mein Herze schwimmt im Blut" (My heart swims in blood)
Chorale, "How Joyful is My Heart"
Bach Collegium Japan/Masaaki Suzuki
Cantatas Vol.4
1:00 am
Edward Elgar: Romance, Op 62
Eugene Dowling, tuba; London Sym Orch/Paul Freeman
1:05 am
Arnold Bax: Piano Trio in B-Flat (1946)
Pirasti Trio
Piano Trios
1:28 am
Edward Elgar: "Chanson de Nuit," Op 15/1
Royal Albert Hall Orch/Edward Elgar
1:32 am
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Serenade No. 13 in G, K. 525, "Eine kleine Nachtmusik" (“A Little Night Music”)
III. Minuet
Virtuosi di Praga/Julius Rudel
Symphony no. 35 in D major, "Haffner" / Symphony no. 40 in G minor / Eine kleine Nachtmusik
1:34 am
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 34 in C, K. 338
Vienna Phil
1:54 am
Paul Hindemith: "Reihe kleiner Stücke," Op 37/2
Trio III
Hans Petermandl, p
HINDEMITH : Piano Works Vol. 2
2:00 am
Domenico Scarlatti: Clavier Sonata in E, Kk 380 (L 23)
Yuja Wang, p
Yuja Wang: Transformation
2:05 am
Antonio Vivaldi: Violin and Oboe Concerto in B-Flat, R 579, "Concerto funebre"
The King's Consort/Robert King
Vivaldi: Concerti Con Molti Istromenti
2:11 am
Arthur Bliss: Viola Sonata (1933)
Doris Lederer, vi; Bruce Murray, p
The Passion Of Bliss, Bowen And Bridge
2:38 am
William Walton: "The First Shoot" (1935)
1st mvt
London Collegiate Brass/James Stobart
The First Shoot - Festal Brass With Blues - Russian Funeral - A Downland Suite
2:39 am
Franz Joseph Haydn: Cassation in G, Hob II:G1
Linde Consort/Hans-Martin Linde
2:54 am
Charles Villiers Stanford: 24 Preludes, Set II, Op 179
#35 in F
Peter Jacobs, p
Stanford: Piano Music- 24 Preludes and 3 Rhapsodies
3:00 am
Ferde Grofé: "Grand Canyon Suite"
"Sunset"
New York Phil/Leonard Bernstein
Copland: El Salon Mexico/ Grofé: Grand Canyon Suite
3:05 am
Prosper van Eechaute: Night Poem (1963)
Jeffrey Powers, fh, Vincent de Vries, p
In a Lyrical Way: Music for Horn and Piano by Flemish Masters
3:12 am
Maurice Ravel: "Miroirs"
"Alborada del gracioso"
City of Birmingham Sym Orch/Sir Simon Rattle
Ravel: Sheherazade/ Ma Mere L'Oye/ La Valse/ Alborada del Gracioso/ La Vallee des Cloches
3:20 am
Thomas Arne: "The Morning"
"The glittering sun"
Emma Kirkby, s; Hanover Band/Roy Goodman
The Essential Hyperion
3:22 am
Antonin Dvorák: "The Noon Witch," Op 108
Bavarian Radio Sym/Rafael Kubelik
Slavonic Dances Opp. 46 & 72
3:35 am
Ned Rorem: "A Quiet Afternoon" (1948)
Sahan Arzruni, p
Childhood Memories: Music for Younger Pianists
3:45 am
Antonio Vivaldi: Flute Concerto in G, Op. 10, No. 2, R. 439, "La Notte"
Jean-Pierre Rampal, f; I Solisti Veneti/Claudio Scimone
Vivaldi: Concerti
3:54 am
Franz Schubert: Song, "Wandrers Nachtlied," D 224
Janet Baker, ms; Graham Johnson, p
The Hyperion Schubert Edition, Volume 1
4:00 am
Richard Wagner: "Der fliegende Holländer"
Senta's Ballad
David Allen Wehr, p
Liszt: Transcriptions From Wagner
4:05 am
Richard Wagner: "Rienzi"
Overture
London Sym Orch/Barry Tuckwell
Wagner Overtures
4:17 am
Zdenek Fibich: "Moods, Impressions and Reminiscences"
#281 in d
Radoslav Kvapil, p
Anthology of Czech Piano Works, Vol. 5: Zdenek Fibich
4:18 am
Zdenek Fibich: Quintet in D, Op 42
Ensemble Villa Musica
Fibich: Piano Quartet
4:56 am
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Contredanse, "La bataille," K. 535
Orpheus Chamber Orch
A Little Light Music
5:00 am
Peter Cornelius: Fünf Trauerchöre, Op 9
"Ach, wie nichtig"
Hilliard Ensemble/Paul Hillier
5:04 am
Peter Cornelius: "The Barber of Baghdad"
Overture
Royal Scottish National Orch/Lance Friedel
GREAT COMEDY OVERTURES (Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Friedel)
5:13 am
Gioachino Rossini: "The Barber of Seville"
Overture
Santa Cecilia National Academy Orch/Antonio Pappano
5:20 am
Gioachino Rossini: "The Barber of Seville"
"Zitti, zitti, piano, piano"
Swenson, Domingo, Hampson; Philharmonia Orch/E Kohn
5:22 am
Isaac Albéniz: "Iberia," Book 1
"Fête-Dieu à Seville"
Cincinnati Pops/Erich Kunzel
The Stokowski Sound
5:31 am
Isaac Albéniz: "Iberia," Book 3
"El Albaicín"
John Williams, g, London Sym Orch/Paul Daniel
Iberia: Albéniz, Grandos, Rodrigo, and Llobet
5:40 am
Manuel de Falla: "Suite populaire espagnole"
Yehuda Hanani, vc; Michelle Levin, p
5:53 am
English ANON 16th c: Sarabande
Jacob Heringman, l
Jane Pickeringe's Lute Book
6:00 am
Giacomo Puccini: "Madama Butterfly"
Butterfly's Entrance
St Martin's Academy/Neville Marriner
6:05 am
Giacomo Puccini: "La bohème"
Suite
National Opera Orch/Paul Freeman
6:19 am
Giacomo Puccini: "Tosca" Fantasy
Eugene Rousseau, sx; Winds of Indiana/Frederick Fennell
WINDS OF INDIANA: Saxophone Vocalise
6:27 am
Giacomo Puccini: "Madama Butterfly"
Aria, "Addio, fiorito asil"
Barry Morell, t; Vienna Volksoper Orch/Argeo Quadri
6:29 am
Gian Francesco Malipiero: "Vivaldiana"
Veneto Phil Orch/Peter Maag
MALIPIERO : Il Finto Arlecchino / Vivaldiana / Invenzioni
6:43 am
Antonio Vivaldi: Guitar Concerto in A, R 82
Sharon Isbin, g; Zurich Chamber Orch/Howard Griffiths
Sharon Isbin Plays Baroque Favorites for Guitar
6:53 am
French Trad: Four Bergerettes (18th-century folksongs) arr Behrend-Isbin
#4, "Maman, dites-moi"
Susanne Mentzer, ms, Sharon Isbin, g
Wayfaring Stranger
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.
7:02 am
Cécile Chaminade: "Sérénade aux étoiles," Op. 142
Juliette Hurel, f; Hélène Couvert, p
Compositrices: À l'aube du XXe siècle
7:08 am
Glenn Buhr: "Winter Poems"
I. Tranquillo
Winnipeg Sym Orch/Bramwell Tovey
Winter Poems: Music of Glenn Buhr
7:19 am
Vince Guaraldi: "Christmas Time is Here"
Caleb Nei, piano
Imagine Christmas
7:23 am
Traditional German: Carol, "O Tannenbaum (O Christmas Tree)"
Canadian Brass
Christmas Time is Here
7:26 am
Jennifer Higdon: "Dance Card"
II. "Breeze Serenade"
Chicago Sinfonietta/Mei-Ann Chen
Project W
7:34 am
George Frideric Handel: "Samson"
Aria, "Let the Bright Seraphim"
Kathleen Battle, s; Wynton Marsalis, tr; Orch of St. Luke's/John Nelson
Kathleen Battle: The Complete Sony Recordings
7:40 am
John Playford: "The English Dancing Master"
"Drive the Cold Winter Away/The Beggar Boy; A Division on A Ground"
Les Witches
Nobody's Jig: Mr Playford's English Dancing Master
7:54 am
Maurice Ravel: "Miroirs"
"Une barque sur l'océan"
Stewart Goodyear, p
Stewart Goodyear: Ravel
8:00 am
Saturday Morning Listener's Choice
8:01 am
Franz Gruber: "Silent Night"
Cantus
Into the Light
8:06 am
Jan Sandström: "Es ist ein Ros' entsprungen" (after Praetorius)
The Sixteen/Harry Christophers
Carol of the Bells
8:11 am
Sergei Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini, Op. 43
Variation No. 18 to end
Yuja Wang, p; Mahler Chamber Orch/Claudio Abbado
Rachmaninov: Paganini Rhapsody, Piano Concerto No. 2
8:21 am
Gustav Holst: "In the Bleak Midwinter"
London Festival Orch/Ross Pople
Gustav Holst: Orchestral Music
8:25 am
Franz Biebl: "Ave Maria"
Turtle Creek Chorale/Timothy Seelig
The Times of Day
8:31 am
Johann Sebastian Bach: Fugue in G minor, BWV 578, "Little"
Canadian Brass
The Pachelbel Canon: The Canadian Brass Plays Great Baroque Music
8:37 am
Traditional Spanish: Carol, "La virgen lava pañales"
Chanticleer
Chanticleer Sings Christmas
8:39 am
Traditional Spanish: Carol, "Hacia Belén va un borrico"
Magos Herrera, voice; The Knights/Eric Jacobsen
The Knights Before Christmas
8:43 am
Cristophe Beck: "Frozen"
"Winter's Waltz"
Studio Orch/Tim Davies
Frozen (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
8:44 am
Robert Lopez & Kristen Anderson-Lopez: "Frozen"
"Let It Go"
Lang Lang, p; Royal Phil Orch/Robert Ziegler
The Disney Book
8:49 am
Traditional English: "The Twelve Days of Christmas"
Tanglewood Festival Cho, Boston Pops Orch/John Williams
We Wish You a Merry Christmas
8:54 am
Ludwig van Beethoven: "Fidelio," Op. 72
Overture
Vienna Phil/Claudio Abbado
Beethoven: The Overtures
9:00 am
Soundtrack
9:00 am
Alfred Newman: 20th Century Fox Fanfare
London Phil Orch/John Mauceri
The Genius of Film Music
9:01 am
Jonny Greenwood: "One Battle After Another"
"Battle After Battle"
Eloisa-Fleur Thom, v
One Battle After Another (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
9:04 am
Jonny Greenwood: "One Battle After Another"
"Baby Charlene"
London Contemporary Orch/Hugh Brunt
One Battle After Another (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
9:08 am
Max Richter: "Hamnet"
"Of the undiscovered country"
Studio Cho & Orch/Hugh Brunt
Hamnet (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
9:15 am
Jerskin Fendrix: "Bugonia"
"Bees"
London Contemporary Orch/Jerskin Fendrix
Bugonia (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
9:20 am
Jerskin Fendrix: "Bugonia"
"Grand Cycle"
London Contemporary Orch/Jerskin Fendrix
Bugonia (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
9:21 am
Jerskin Fendrix: "Bugonia"
"Grand Tango"
London Contemporary Orch/Jerskin Fendrix
Bugonia (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
9:24 am
John Powell; Stephen Schwartz: "Wicked: For Good"
"Bubbles and Rainbows"
Studio Cho & Orch/Gavin Greenaway
Wicked: For Good – The Original Motion Picture Score
9:30 am
John Powell; Stephen Schwartz: "Wicked: For Good"
"Wicked: For Good" Suite
Studio Cho & Orch/Gavin Greenaway
Wicked: For Good – The Original Motion Picture Score
9:33 am
Bryce Dessner: "Train Dreams"
"A Faint Understanding"
Studio Orch; Bryce Dessner, prod
Train Dreams (Soundtrack from the Netflix Film)
9:35 am
Bryce Dessner: "Train Dreams"
"Passageways IV: Still Waiting"
Studio Orch; Bryce Dessner, prod
Train Dreams (Soundtrack from the Netflix Film)
9:39 am
Bryce Dessner: "Train Dreams"
"The Great Mystery"
Studio Orch; Bryce Dessner, prod
Train Dreams (Soundtrack from the Netflix Film)
9:42 am
Thomas Newman: "The Thursday Murder Club"
"The Thursday Murder Club"
Studio Orch/Ben Parry
The Thursday Murder Club (Soundtrack from the Netflix Film)
9:43 am
Thomas Newman: "The Thursday Murder Club"
"The Arm in the Mirror"
Studio Orch/Ben Parry
The Thursday Murder Club (Soundtrack from the Netflix Film)
9:45 am
Thomas Newman: "The Thursday Murder Club"
"The Famous Coopers Chase"
Studio Orch/Ben Parry
The Thursday Murder Club (Soundtrack from the Netflix Film)
9:48 am
Thomas Newman: "The Thursday Murder Club"
"Blood Roses"
Studio Orch/Ben Parry
The Thursday Murder Club (Soundtrack from the Netflix Film)
9:51 am
Nathan Johnson: "Wake Up Dead Man"
"The Confesssion (Violin Concerto in G minor)”
John Mills, v; Studio Orch/Cliff Masterson
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
10:01 am
Arturo Márquez: "Danzón" No. 2
Phil Orch of the Americas/Alondra de la Parra
Mi Alma Mexicana
10:11 am
José Feliciano: "Feliz Navidad"
Eaken Piano Trio
I'll Be Home for the Holidays
10:14 am
Leroy Anderson: "Bugler's Holiday"
St. Louis Sym Orch/Leonard Slatkin
Leroy Anderson Favorites
10:18 am
Johannes Brahms: Clarinet Trio in A minor, Op. 114
Andreas Ottensamer, cl; Gautier Capuçon, vc; Yuja Wang, p
Rachmaninoff & Brahms
10:43 am
Claude Debussy: "L'isle joyeuse"
Stewart Goodyear, p
Phoenix
10:49 am
George Frideric Handel: "Joy to the World"
Smoking Bishop
Any Tune for a Tuppence
10:53 am
Duke Ellington: "The Nutcracker Suite" (after Tchaikovsky)
Overture
Harmonie Ensemble New York/Steven Richman
Tchaikovsky, Duke Ellington & Billy Strayhorn: Nutcracker Suites
11:00 am
11:00 am
Introductions
Chamber music for strings by Haydn, Mendelssohn, Debussy, Beethoven, Casarrubios, Dohnányi, Brahms & Shostakovich. Performed by the Spizella Quartet (Merit School of Music); and the Luscinia Trio and Vermilion String Quartet (Music Institute of Chicago Academy).
12:00 - 2:00 pm
12:00 pm
Metropolitan Opera
Handel at the Met
A celebration of Handel at the holidays, with excerpts from Met performances, in honor of the 300th anniversary of Rodelinda.
2:00 - 4:00 pm
2:00 pm
The New York Philharmonic This Week
A "Winter Holiday" of music by Strauss II, Mozart, Grieg, Vivaldi, Vaughan-Williams, Poulenc, Prokofiev, Tchaikovsky, Mahler, Offenbach, Humperdinck, and more.
4:00 pm
4:00 pm
Listening to Singers with Oliver Camacho
2025 In Memoriam
Remembering the artists we lost in 2025 including Roberta Alexander, Stuart Burrows, Edith Mathis, John Nelson, Roger Norrington, Paul Plishka, David Rendall, and Benita Valente.
5:00 - 7:00 pm
5:00 pm
The WFMT Orchestra Series
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Brahms Violin Concerto; Leonidas Kavakos, violin; Symphony No. 2; Zubin Mehta, conductor.
7:00 pm
7:00 pm
The Film Score with Michael Phillips
Music for the Winter Holidays
Chicago Tribune film critic Michael Phillips presents music from holiday favorites and other wintry classics.
8:00 pm
8:00 pm
Folkstage hosted by Marilyn Rea Beyer
Live from the Levin Performance Studio: It’s New Year’s Steve – III with another first for Folkstage. Sons of the Never Wrong and friends present Bruce Roper’s musical based on Steve Goodman songs, "Words We Can Dance To," as a radio play. Romance ensues in a typical Chicago corner bar.
9:00 pm - 12:00 am
9:00 pm
The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer
Celebrate responsibly with folk music for the end of the year. Toast the coming year a couple of new versions of “Auld Lang Syne.”
9:00 pm
Lead Belly: The Midnight Special THEME (excerpt 1)
Lead Belly
Midnight Special
9:01 pm
Judy Collins: "Bottle of Wine" (Tom Paxton)
Judy Collins
Judy Collins 3 & 4/…in Concert
9:03 pm
Katherine Rondeau: Leftover Wine (Melanie)
Katherine Rondeau
New Hope Chateau
9:08 pm
Laurie MacAllister, ft. Jimmy LaFave: Poison & Wine (Lindsey, White, Williams)
Laurie MacAllister, ft. Jimmy LaFave
The Lies Poets Tell
9:12 pm
Anne Harris: Wine and Poetry
Anne Harris
Wine and Poetry
9:17 pm
Steve Dawson: It Was A Mistake
Steve Dawson
Ghosts
9:20 pm
Susan Werner: "Old Mistake"
Susan Werner
Time Between Trains
9:25 pm
Naomi Ashley: Same Mistake
Naomi Ashley
Love Bug
9:28 pm
Jim Bizer: That Mistake
Jim Bizer
About Time
9:31 pm
Steve Goodman: "Let's Give a Party" (Carl Martin)
Steve Goodman
Artistic Hair
9:35 pm
Emily Hurd: Easy on the Ice
Emily Hurd
Folkstage: Haiku Milieu (2025)
9:39 pm
Tom Waits: The Piano Has Been Drinking (Not Me)
Tom Waits
Small Change
9:43 pm
Robert Ellis: Topo Chico
Robert Ellis
Texas Piano Man
9:47 pm
Bob Gibson: "Farewell Party" (Bob Gibson/Bob Connelly)
Bob Gibson
Funky in the Country
9:50 pm
Rachel Portman: Party Preparations
David Snell, conductor
Chocolat: Orig. Movie Soundtrack
9:52 pm
Mitchell & Webb: Middle Earth Dinner Party
David Mitchell & Robert Webb w/Olivia Coleman, James Bachman
That Mitchell & Webb Sound, Series One, Disc 1
9:54 pm
Nickel Creek: Celebrants
Nickel Creek
Celebrants
9:58 pm
Jonas Friddle: "The Midnight Special - fretless banjo"
Jonas Friddle
Midnight Special Collection
10:00 pm
Pierce Crask: Anybody Out There
Pierce Crask
Rising River
10:04 pm
Greg Brown: "Dream Café"
Greg Brown
Dream Café
10:10 pm
Vince Bell w/Maura O'Connell: "Last Dance at the Last Chance"
Vince Bell w/Maura O'Connell
Texas Plates
10:14 pm
Susan Anders: Last Dance of the Night
Susan Anders
Now I'm a Kite
10:18 pm
The Grimm Brothers: Wack-Wack-Wacker Drive
The Grimm Brothers
The Grimm Brothers - single
10:21 pm
Tia Blake: "Plastic Jesus"
Tia Blake
Folk Songs and Ballads: Tia Blake and Her Folk-group
10:24 pm
Jim Belushi and Danny Breen: "What are we going to do with you, Mr. Breen?"
Jim Belushi and Danny Breen
Second City 25th Anniversary - Chicago
10:25 pm
Aliotta, Haynes and Jeremiah: "Lake Shore Drive"
Aliotta, Haynes and Jeremiah
Lake Shore Drive
10:32 pm
Kiely Connell: Restless Bones
Kiely Connell
My Own Company
10:37 pm
Anne Hills: Memory of August (M. Smith)
Anne Hills
Every Town - More Songs of Michael Smith
10:42 pm
John McCutcheon w/Claire Lynch: Only Ones Dancing
John McCutcheon w/Claire Lynch
Field of Stars
10:47 pm
Jenny Bienemann: The Monster
Jenny Bienemann
Every Soul Grows to the Light
10:50 pm
Rees Shad, ft. Kemp Harris, Wanda Houston, Natalia Zukerman: Ain't That the Way
Rees Shad, ft. Kemp Harris, Wanda Houston, Natalia Zukerman
Porcelain Angel
10:53 pm
Heather Maloney: The Light You Leave Behind
Heather Maloney
Exploding Star
10:58 pm
Traditional Scottish: "Auld Lang Syne"
Rachel Van Voorhees, h
Christmas Favorites
11:00 pm
Jeremy Facknitz: Ballad of an Unhatched Chick
Jeremy Facknitz
From Those Sweet Ashes
11:04 pm
Karine Polwart: You Know Where You Are (Polwart)
Mary Chapin Carpenter, Julie Fowlis, Karine Polwart
Looking for the Thread
11:10 pm
Tim Grimm: Broken Truth
Tim Grimm
single
11:15 pm
Hana Zara: The Ballad of Husker Scruggs
Hana Zara
The Ballad of Husker Scruggs - single
11:20 pm
The Mammals: Unpopular Ideas
The Mammals
Touch Grass, Vol. 1 & 2
11:23 pm
Ernie Hendrickson: Bring Back Humble
Ernie Hendrickson
Live At Cafe Carpe
11:27 pm
Darryl Purpose: Costa Rica
Darryl Purpose
Connected
11:32 pm
Bill Morrissey: "Little Bit of Whiskey"
Bill Morrissey
Bill Morrissey
11:34 pm
Robbie Fulks: One Glass of Whiskey
Robbie Fulks
Bluegrass Vacation
11:36 pm
Susan Cattaneo w/Box Car Lilies: "Worth the Whiskey"
Susan Cattaneo w/Box Car Lilies
Folkstage: Boxcar Lilies
11:40 pm
Guy Clark: "Hemingway's Whiskey"
Guy Clark
Some Days the Song Writes You
11:44 pm
Kora Feder: Orange Tree
Kora Feder
Some Kind of Truth
11:47 pm
Ilene Weiss: "Tree"
Ilene Weiss
Weiss Christmas
11:49 pm
Windborne: Time is A-Winding Up (trad.)
Windborne
Midwinter Meeting
11:53 pm
Laura Love: I Still Believe (Unplugged)
Laura Love
She Loved Red
11:58 pm
Andrew Beyer: "The Midnight Special - cigar box slide"
Andrew Beyer
Midnight Special Collection
