Schedule & Playlists

Playlist for Saturday, May 18, 2024

12:00 - 7:00 am

12:00 am

Giuseppe Verdi: "Un Giorno di Regno"

Overture

Bern Sym Orch/Vincent La Selva
Verdi: Complete Opera Overtures

Newport Classic NPD-85649

12:05 am

Gioachino Rossini: "Semiramide"

Overture

Atlanta Sym Orch/Yoel Levi
Rossini: Overtures

Telarc CD-80334

12:17 am

Gioachino Rossini: "La gazza ladra"

Overture

A Little Street Music

DG 2536414

12:18 am

Anton Rubinstein: Piano Trio #3 in B-Flat, Op 52

Romantic Trio

Russian Disc RDCD-10041

12:55 am

Alexander Scriabin: Twenty-Four Preludes, Op 11

#13 in G-Flat

Andrei Gavrilov, p

EMI/Ang CDC7-47346-2

1:00 am

Claude Debussy: "Suite bergamasque"

I. "Prélude"

Garrick Ohlsson, p
Debussy: Etudes, Suite Bergamasque

Arabesque Z-6601

1:05 am

Claude Debussy: "Suite bergamasque"

III. "Clair de lune"

Yolanda Kondonassis, h
Sky Music

Telarc CD-80418

1:10 am

Claude Debussy: "Suite bergamasque"

IV. "Passepied"

Kazuhito, Naoko Yamashita, g's
Kazuhito and Naoko Yamashita- Guitar Duos

RCA 6777-2-RC

1:13 am

Gabriel Fauré: "Masques et Bergamasques", Op 112

Orpheus Chamber Orch
Pavane: Ravel, Satie and Faure

DG 449186-2

1:27 am

Gabriel Fauré: "Shylock," Op 57

Chanson

Gérard Souzay, br; Dalton Baldwin, p

EMI/Ang CMS7-64079-2 (4)

1:29 am

Ludwig (Louis) Spohr: Clarinet Concerto #4 in e

Kerstin Grötsch, cl; Rheinland Philharmonia/Christian Kluttig

Deutsche Schallplatten DS-1049-2

1:54 am

music continues...

7:00 - 11:00 am

7:00 am

Weekend Mornings with LaRob K. Rafael

With news at 7:00 am; "Saturday Morning Listener's Choice" at 8:00 am; and "Soundtrack" at 9:00 am.

11:00 am

11:00 am

Introductions

Hayden Joyce, 17, horn & Fabrizio Milcent, 18, bassoon. Gallay: Unmeasured Prelude, Op. 27, No. 27; F Strauss: "Nocturno"; Bach arr. Hoss: Cello Suite No. 2, Allemande; R Strauss: Horn Concerto No. 1, 1st mvt; Elgar: Romance, Op. 62; Mozart: Bassoon Concerto in B-Flat, K. 191. With Katherine Petersen, piano & Mio Nakamura, piano.

12:00 - 4:00 pm

12:00 pm

Metropolitan Opera

Kevin Puts's The Hours

Renée Fleming (Clarissa Vaughan); Joyce DiDonato (Virginia Woolf); Kelli O'Hara (Laura Brown); Kyle Ketelsen (Richard); Sean Panikkar (Leonard Woolf); Brandon Cedel (Dan Brown); William Burden (Louis); Metropolitan Opera Cho & Orch/Kensho Watanabe.

3:15 pm

Saturday Afternoon Music with Jan Weller

4:00 pm

4:00 pm

Listening to Singers with Oliver Camacho

The Three Countertenors in Concert

Carlo Vistoli, Raffaele Pé, and Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen perform arias and ensembles from operas by Vivaldi, Handel, Porpora and more. Recorded October 20, 2023 at Rome's Teatro dell'Opera.

5:00 - 7:00 pm

5:00 pm

Saturday Evening Music with Jan Weller

7:00 pm

7:00 pm

Sounds Classical

Music—A Catalyst for Change

In times of duress, history shows that humanity turns to music for serenity and an escape from the challenges of life. Moreover, music has been used as a medium for expressing discontent and inspiring unity. Hosts LaRob K. Rafael and Kristina Lynn share a playlist of music written as a catalyst for societal change.

8:00 pm

8:00 pm

Folkstage hosted by Marilyn Rea Beyer

Live from the Levin Performance Studio: A preacher's kid with a big voice and a heart worn proudly on her sleeve, Katie Oates comes to WFMT to showcase her newest album, "Edge of a Hurricane."

9:00 pm - 12:00 am

9:00 pm

The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer

We congratulate graduates with a show about achieving goals, moving on, and looking to new adventures.