Schedule
Playlist for Saturday, December 18, 2021
12:00 - 7:00 am
12:00 am
English Trad: Carol, "The First Noel"
Philharmonia Orchestra / Charles Mackerras, conductor
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, soprano,s,
12:05 am
French Anon 16th c: Carol, "Ding! Dong! merrily on high"
12:08 am
Trad, Polish: Carol, Infant holy, infant lowly
London Brass
s,
12:10 am
Trad, English: Carol, The First Nowell
London Brass
br,
12:12 am
Trad, English: Carol, Away in a manger
London Brass
br,
12:15 am
English Trad: Carol, "Good King Wenceslas"
12:16 am
Willson, Meredith: Symphony No. 1 in f, A Symphony of San Francisco
Moscow Symphony Orchestra / William T Stromberg
12:55 am
Willson, Meredith: "It's Beginning to Look A Lot Like Christmas"
1:00 am
Handel, George Frideric: "Messiah"
1:05 am
Handel, George Frideric: "Water Music" Suite No. 1 in F
BBC Philharmonic / Matthias Bamert, conductor
1:24 am
Handel, George Frideric: "Messiah"
1:26 am
Von herzogenberg, Heinrich: Die Geburt Christi
b,
1:44 am
Brahms, Johannes: "Academic Festival" Overture, Op. 80 Op 80
Vienna Philharmonic / Leonard Bernstein, conductor
1:54 am
Austrian Traditional: Carol, "Maria auf dem Berge"
Philharmonia Orchestra / Charles Mackerras, conductor
Julian Bream, guitar,g,
2:00 am
Valentini, Giuseppe: Christmas Symphony
Aristide von Wurtzler
2:05 am
Telemann, Georg Philipp: Oboe Partita #6 in E-Flat
Bert Lucarelli, oboe,ob,
2:20 am
Tournier, Marcel: Six Noels, Op 32
Skylark Vocal Ensemble
2:21 am
Corrette, Michel: "Symphonie de Noel #2"
Rien Voskuilen
2:29 am
Méhul, Étienne-Nicolas: Symphony #4 in E
Gulbenkian Foundation Orch / Michel Swierczewski
2:55 am
Tournier, Marcel: Six Noels, Op 32
Skylark Vocal Ensemble
3:00 am
Tchaikovsky, Peter: "The Nutcracker," Op. 71
Valentina Lisitsa,p,
3:05 am
Tchaikovsky, Peter: "Cherevichki" (after "Christmas Night" by Gogol)
Cagliari Teatro Lirico Orch / Gennady Rozhdestvensky, conductor
3:17 am
Pfitzner, Hans: "Das Christelflein"
Munich Radio Orchestra / Kurt Eichhorn
3:28 am
German Trad: Carol, "Quem pastores laudavere"
John Rutter
3:30 am
Beethoven, Ludwig van: String Quartet No. 4 in c minor, Op.18
Cypress String Quartet
3:55 am
American Trad: Carol, "Jingle Bells"
4:00 am
Bach, Johann Sebastian: "Christmas Oratorio," BWV 248 BWV 248
Munich Bach Orchestra
s,
4:05 am
Various: "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring/Ding, Dong, Merrily on High"
Jeffrey Biegel, piano,
4:09 am
Bach, Johann Sebastian: Concerto for Two Violins in d minor, BWV 1043
Moscow Virtuosi / Vladimir Spivakov, conductor
Vladimir Spivakov, violin,
4:26 am
Various: "Bring a Torch/I Saw Three Ships"
Jeffrey Biegel,
4:27 am
Gade, Niels: Symphony #6 in g, Op 32
Copenhagen Collegium Musicum / Michael Schonwandt
4:54 am
Mendelssohn, Felix: "Sechs Sprüche (Six Liturgical Texts)," Op. 79
Karen P Thomas
5:00 am
Ireland, John: Song, "The Holy Boy"
Philip Brunelle,o,
5:03 am
Wright, M Searle: Carol Prelude on "Greensleeves"
Philip Brunelle,o,
5:05 am
Arne, Thomas: Organ Concerto #5 in g
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
hc,
5:19 am
Vaughan Williams, Ralph: "Fantasia on Christmas Carols"
London Symphony Orchestra / Richard Hickox, conductor
5:31 am
Rubbra, Edmund: Carol, "Star of the Mystic East," Op 81 Op 136
br,
5:32 am
Rubbra, Edmund: String Quartet #1 in f, Op 35
5:54 am
Rubbra, Edmund: Carol, "The Holy Dawn," Op 135 Op 136
br,
6:00 am
Gruber, Franz: Carol, "Stille Nacht (Silent Night)"
6:05 am
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Piano Concerto No. 13 in C, K. 415 K 415
Calder Quartet
Anne-Marie McDermott, piano,
6:33 am
Reinecke, Carl: "Twelve Tone Poems"
p,
6:35 am
Wetz, Richard: "Ein Weihnachtsoratorium"
Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra
6:55 am
Reger, Max: "Weihnachtstraum," Op 17/9 Op 17/9
Eteri Andjaparidze, piano,p,
7:00 - 11:00 am
7:00 am
Weekend Mornings with LaRob K. Rafael
With News at 7am; "Saturday Morning Listeners' Choice" at 8am; and "Soundtrack" at 9am.
7:02 am
Peter Tchaikovsky: "Swan Lake," Op. 20
Suite
Berlin Phil/Mstislav Rostropovich
Panorama: Peter Tchaikovsky II
7:30 am
Kevin Puts: "Elegy for Brass"
Bay Brass
Sound the Bells! American Premieres for Brass
7:35 am
Leroy Anderson: Piano Concerto in C (1953)
Stewart Goodyear, p; Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel
Various – American Piano Classics
7:55 am
Frank Bridge: "Sir Roger de Coverley" (Christmas Dance)
Maggini Quartet
Holidays with WFMT
8:00 am
Saturday Morning Listener's Choice
8:02 am
Johann Sebastian Bach: "Christmas Oratorio," BWV 248
Part 1: Opening Chorus, "Jauchzet, frohlocket"
Frankfurt Vocal Ensemble, Concerto Köln/Ralf Otto
100 Christmas Classics
8:11 am
Tomás Luis de Victoria: Motet, "O magnum mysterium"
London Oratory Schola Cantorum/Charles Cole
Sacred Treasues of Christmas * London Oratory Schola Cantorum
8:15 am
Morten Lauridsen: "O Magnum Mysterium"
Chamber Choir of Europe/Nicol Matt
Morten Lauridsen * O Magnum Mysterium
8:24 am
Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quartet No. 4 in C minor, Op.18, No. 4
I. Allegro ma non tanto
Orion String Quartet
Orion String Quartet * Beethoven String Quartets Early
8:32 am
Peter Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74, "Pathétique"
II. "Allegro con grazia"
Philharmonia Orch/Riccardo Muti
Tchaikovsky: Symphonies, etc./Muti
8:42 am
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: "La clemenza di Tito," K. 621
Aria, "Parto, parto"
Marilyn Horne, ms; Royal Opera House Orch/Henry Lewis
Presenting Marilyn Horne - in Operatic Arias
8:51 am
Johann Sebastian Bach: Chorale Prelude, "In dulci jubilo," BWV 608
David Willcocks, o
Best Loved Christmas Carols / King's College Choir, Cambridge
8:55 am
Franz Schubert: "Schwanengesang," D 957
No. 4, "Ständchen: Leise flehen meine Lieder"
Brandon Acker, g
Schubert: A Wanderer's Guitar
9:00 am
Alfred Newman: 20th Century Fox Fanfare
London Phil Orch/John Mauceri
9:00 am
Soundtrack
9:03 am
Kenyon Hopkins: "The Hustler"
"Small Time Charlie"
Jazz Ensemble
The Hustler (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
9:06 am
Kenyon Hopkins: "The Hustler"
"The Winner"
Jazz Ensemble
The Hustler (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
9:07 am
Kenyon Hopkins: "The Hustler"
Main Theme ("Stop & Go")
Jazz Ensemble
The Hustler (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
9:11 am
Nathan Johnson: "Knives Out!"
"Knives Out!" (String Quartet in G)
String Quartet
Knives Out (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
9:13 am
Nathan Johnson: "Knives Out!"
"The Thrombey Estate"
Orchestra
Knives Out (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
9:14 am
Nathan Johnson: "Knives Out!"
"On The Eve of Harlan's Demise"
Orchestra
Knives Out (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
9:18 am
Nathan Johnson: "Knives Out!"
"The Thrombey Family Theme" (Solo Piano)
unknown pianist
Knives Out (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
9:21 am
Michael Abels: "Get Out"
"The House"
Budapest Scoring Orch/Michael Abels
Get Out (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
9:22 am
Michael Abels: "Get Out"
"Hypnosis"
Budapest Scoring Orch/Michael Abels
Get Out (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
9:26 am
Michael Abels: "Get Out"
"Chris & Rose" (Love Theme)
Budapest Scoring Orch/Michael Abels
Get Out (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
9:29 am
Michael Kamen: "Die Hard"
Main Theme
Hollywood Studio Sym/Michael Kamen
Die Hard (30th Anniversary Remastered Edition)
9:30 am
Michael Kamen: "Die Hard"
"Terrorist Entrance"
Hollywood Studio Sym/Michael Kamen
Die Hard (30th Anniversary Remastered Edition)
9:37 am
Jerry Goldsmith: "Gremlins"
"The Gift"
Orch/Jerry Goldsmith
Gremlins Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
9:39 am
Jerry Goldsmith: "Gremlins"
"The Gremlin's Rag"
Orch/Jerry Goldsmith
Gremlins Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
9:44 am
Alan Silvestri: "A Christmas Carol"
Main Theme
Hollywood Studio Sym/Alan Silvestri
A Christmas Carol (Original Soundtrack)
9:48 am
Alan Silvestri: "A Christmas Carol"
First Waltz
Hollywood Studio Sym/Alan Silvestri
A Christmas Carol (Original Soundtrack)
9:49 am
Alan Silvestri: "A Christmas Carol"
"The Ghost of Christmas Past"
Page LA Studio Voices, London Voices, Hollywood Studio Sym/Alan Silvestri
A Christmas Carol (Original Soundtrack)
9:55 am
Traditional: "Good King Wenceslas"
Muppet Brass Buskers
The Muppet Christmas Carol (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
9:56 am
Miles Goodman: "The Muppet Christmas Carol"
"Christmas Morning"
Orch/Miles Goodman
The Muppet Christmas Carol (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
9:58 am
John Debney: "Elf"
Christmas Medley
Hollywood Studio Sym/John Debney
Elf (Original Motion Picture Score)
10:00 am
Jessie Montgomery: "Starburst"
String Orchestra/Jessie Montgomery
Jessie Montgomery Strum: Music for Strings
10:06 am
Adolphus Hailstork: "Celebration"
Detroit Sym Orch/Paul Freeman
Black Composers Series 1974-1978, Vol. 9
10:09 am
Claire Cowan: "Hansel and Gretel"
Finale, "Celebrations"
New Zealand Sym Orch/Hamish McKeich
Royal New Zealand Ballet * Hansel and Gretel * Music by Claire Cowan
10:19 am
Peter Cornelius: Carol, "The Three Kings"
King's College Cho Cambridge/Sir David Willcocks
10:21 am
Duke Ellington: "Three Black Kings"
Buffalo Phil Orch/JoAnn Falletta
Ellington: Black, Brown and Beige
10:41 am
Trad: Medley: "We Three Kings/We Wish You A Merry Christmas"
Seattle Sym/Gerard Schwarz
10:48 am
Harry Rowe Shelley: Santa Claus Overture
Sym Orch of America/Matthew Phillips
Those Fabulous Americans
10:57 am
Edward Thomas: "The Bells of Christmas"
Julie Andrews, s; Young Americans, Orch/Irwin Kostal
Firestone Presents Your Favorite Christmas Music Vol. 4
11:00 am
11:00 am
Introductions
Chicago Musical Pathways Initiative Class of 2022: Julia Seabron, 17, viola plays Bach & Hummel;Nathaniel Mathew, 18, percussion plays Woud & Gershwin/Sammut; Autymn Williams, 18, violinplays Bach & Saint-Saëns; Deaglan Sullivan, 17, trombone plays Bozza. With Beilin Han, piano.
11:47 am
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Sonata No. 4 in E-Flat, K. 282
Mitsuko Uchida, p
Mozart: 4 Piano Sonatas K. 280-283 / Mitsuko Uchida
12:00 - 3:00 pm
12:00 pm
From the Metropolitan Opera
Mozart's Magic Flute
(abridged; sung in English)--Matthew Polenzani (Tamino); Hera Hyesang Park (Pamina);Rolando Villazón (Papageno); Morris Robinson (Sarastro); Kathryn Lewek (Queen of the Night);Metropolitan Opera Cho & Orch/Jane Glover.
2:11 pm
Leroy Anderson: "Sleigh Ride"
Giovanni De Chiaro, g
The Sounds Of Christmas On Guitar
2:19 pm
Dmitri Klebanov: String Quartet No. 4
ARC Ensemble
Chamber Works by Dmitri Klebanov
2:37 pm
Josef Suk: Meditation on an old Czech hymn, "St Wenceslas," Op 35a
Moscow Sym Orch/Kerry Stratton
2:45 pm
Bedřich Smetana: Czech Dances, Series 1
Antonín Kubálek, p
3:00 - 5:00 pm
3:00 pm
Weekend Music with Oliver Camacho
3:00 pm
Peter Tchaikovsky: "The Nutcracker," Op. 71
Act 2 finale
Berlin Phil/Sir Simon Rattle
Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker * Berliner Philharmoniker * Simon Rattle
3:25 pm
Ethel Smyth: Smyth: Violin Sonata in A minor, Op. 7
I. "Allegro moderato"
Annette-Barbara Vogel, v; Durval Cesetti, p
First Ladies: Three Romantic Violin Sonatas
3:34 pm
Jennifer Higdon: Oboe Concerto
James Button, ob; Nashville Sym/Giancarlo Guerrero
Jennifer Higdon: All Things Majestic
3:55 pm
Franz Schubert: "Schwanengesang," D 957
No. 1, "Liebesbotschaft"
Brandon Acker, g
Schubert: A Wanderer's Guitar
4:01 pm
Johann Gottlieb Graun: Viola da Gamba Concerto in a minor
Jan Freiheit, vi da gamba; Berlin Academy for Ancient Music
Friedrich der Grosse: Music for the Berlin Court
5:00 - 7:00 pm
5:00 pm
Evening Music on WFMT
5:05 pm
Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 2 in c minor, "Resurrection"
Latonia Moore, s; Nadja Michael, ms; Vienna Singverein, Vienna Phil/Gilbert Kaplan
Mahler Symhony No. 2
5:42 pm
Witold Lutosławski: "Paganini Variations for Two Pianos" (1941)
CanAm Piano Duo; Lance Drege & David Steffens, percussion
David Maslanka: This Is The World
5:50 pm
Georg Philipp Telemann: "Paris Quartet (Deuxième Suite)" in b
Freiburg Baroque Consort
6:01 pm
Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata No. 151, "Süsser Trost, mein Jesus kömmt"
Aria, "Süsser Trost, mein Jesus kömmt"
Julianne Baird, s; Aulos Ensemble
A Baroque Christmas from the Metropolitan Museum of Art Cocnerts
6:11 pm
Germaine Tailleferre: Flute and Piano Concerto
Leta Miller, f; Josephine Gandolfi, p; UC Santa Cruz Orch/Nicole Paiement
La Musique de Germaine Tailleferre
6:29 pm
Leonard Bernstein: "Candide"
Suite
Minnesota Orch/Eiji Oue
Bernstein:Suite From Candide, Etc
6:49 pm
Traditional African-American: Spiritual, "Go Tell It on the Mountain"
Dashon Burton, bbr; Nathaniel Gumbs, p
Songs of Struggle & Redemption
6:56 pm
Jule Styne: "Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!"
Imani Winds
Imani Winds * This Christmas
8:00 pm
8:00 pm
Folkstage hosted by Rich Warren
Matt Watroba & Robert Jones present a concert that will feature some sing-alongsand some holiday spirit live from Hinsdale Unitarian Church.
9:00 pm - 12:00 am
9:00 pm
Traditional: "Midnight Special"
Leadbelly
Midnight Special
9:02 pm
Lui Collins: "Awaiting the Snow"
Lui Collins
Baptism of Fire
9:06 pm
Jack Williams: "Across the Winterline"
Jack Williams
Across the Winterline
9:11 pm
Johanna Gorman-Baer & Disa Carneol: "Pilgrimage" (tune: Wyeth)
Johanna Gorman-Baer & Disa Carneol
Journey Around the Sun
9:15 pm
Michael Smith & Co.: "Paradise Lost"
Michael Smith & Co.
Songs of The Snow Queen
9:20 pm
The Stone Poneys: "Different Drum" (Mike Nesmith)
The Stone Poneys
single
9:22 pm
Earl Scruggs w/Jeff Hanna: "Some of Shelley's Blues" (Nesmith)
Earl Scruggs w/Jeff Hanna
I Saw the Light with Help from My Friends
9:26 pm
Corey Harris: "Boats Up River" (Jackson)
Corey Harris
The Insurrection Blues
9:28 pm
Claudia Schmidt: "Gather You In"
Claudia Schmidt
Hark the Dark
9:31 pm
Mala Oreen: "Ragged Queen"
Mala Oreen
Awake
9:35 pm
Susan McKeown & Lindsey Horner: "Through the Bitter Frost and Snow"
Susan McKeown & Lindsey Horner
Through the Bitter Frost and Snow
9:38 pm
Gurf Morlix: "A Better Place"
Gurf Morlix
The Tightening of the Screws
9:43 pm
Cosy Sheridan: "The Daffodils Will be Waiting"
Cosy Sheridan w/Charlie Koch
The Longest Night of the Year, Vol 2, Disc 1 (Various)
9:47 pm
Dar Williams: "Today and Every Day"
Dar Williams
I'll Meet You Here
9:50 pm
Abby Posner: "Emergency Use Only"
Abby Posner
Kisbee Ring
9:53 pm
Robert Plant & Alison Krauss: "It Don't Bother Me"
Robert Plant & Alison Krauss
Raise the Roof
9:59 pm
Jonas Friddle: "The Midnight Special - fretless banjo"
Jonas Friddle
Midnight Special Collection
10:00 pm
Joel Mabus: "How Like the Holly"
Joel Mabus
How Like the Holly
10:03 pm
Adrienne Jones: "Caroling, Caroling" (A. Burt)
Adrienne Jones
There is No Rose: Christmas Carols Through the Centuries
10:05 pm
Carrie Rodriguez: "The Cherry Tree Carol" (Trad.)
Carrie Rodriguez, violin
A Very Blue Rock Christmas, Vol. 2
10:10 pm
Joan Baez: "The Cherry Tree Carol" (Trad.)
Joan Baez
Vol. 2
10:13 pm
Loreena McKennitt: "Dickens' Dublin (The Palace)"
Loreena McKennitt
Parallel Dreams
10:19 pm
Grace Pettis, Bob Bennett, Billy Crockett: "Silver Bells"
Grace Pettis, Bob Bennett, Billy Crockett
A Very Blue Rock Christmas, Vol. 2
10:24 pm
Pierce Pettis: "If it Wasn't For the Night" (Pettis/Wilcox)
Pierce Pettis
A Very Blue Rock Christmas
10:29 pm
Peter Ostroushko: “Shchedryk/Carol of the Bells” (Trad./ Mykola Leontovych/Peter J. Wilhousky)
Ostroushko w/Ruth Mackenzie, Tatiana Riabokin, and the Nowytski Sisters
Heartland Holiday Life at the Fitzgerald
10:41 pm
Riders in the Sky: "Let it Snow/The Last Christmas Medley You'll Ever Need to Hear" (Sammy Cahn/Jule Styne)
"Ranger Doug" Green, Fred “Too Slim” LaBour, “Woody Paul” Chrisman, Joey Miskulin
Christmas the Cowboy Way
10:43 pm
Christine Lavin & The Mistletones: "The Christmas/Kwanzaa/Solstice/Chanukah/Ramadan/Boxing Day Song"
Christine Lavin, Gregory Clark, Julie Gold, Ervin Drake, Emily Bindiger, David Lutken
Runaway Christmas Tree
10:46 pm
The Roches: "Joy to the World"
The Roches
We Three Kings
10:48 pm
Sultans of String w/Benoit Bourque: "Les Anges dans nos campagnes / Cootes Paradise Reel" (trad./McKhool)
Sultans of String w/Benoit Bourque
Christmas Caravan
10:51 pm
Finest Kind: "The Holly and the Ivy"
Finest Kind
Feasts & Spirits
10:54 pm
Chris Smither: "Coventry Carol"
Chris Smither
Holiday EP
10:58 pm
Joel Mabus: "Hark the Herald Angels Sing"
Joel Mabus
A Parlor Guitar Christmas
11:00 pm
Claudia Schmidt: "December Danger"
Claudia Schmidt
Hark the Dark
11:01 pm
Tom Kastle: "Thundersnow"
Tom Kastle
single
11:03 pm
Richard Schindell: "Darkness, Darkness" (Young)
Richard Shindell
Reunion Hill
11:07 pm
Katie Dahl: "In the Dark"
Katie Dahl
Wildwood
11:12 pm
Mandy Marylane: "Dragnet for Jesus" (Carr)
Mandy Marylane
Blues Shack
11:15 pm
Sister Wynona Carr: "Don't Miss that Train"
Sister Wynona Carr
Dragnet for Jesus
11:18 pm
Billy Strings: "Know It All"
Billy Strings
Renewal
11:22 pm
Anita Aysola: "Heartbeat"
Anita Aysola
Songs for Social Change Volume 5
11:26 pm
Alisa Amador: "Together"
Alisa Amador
Narratives
11:30 pm
Heidi Muller: "Cassiopeia"
Heidi Muller
Cassiopeia
11:35 pm
Rob Lutes: "Knives"
Rob Lutes
Come Around
11:38 pm
Spencer LaJoye: "Breathing"
Spencer LaJoye
Remember the Oxygen EP
11:44 pm
Zoe Mulford: "Answer the Knock at the Door"
Zoe Mulford
Holiday Snowflakes
11:47 pm
Eric Bannan and Chris Rosser: "Sacred Spaces"
Eric Bannan and Chris Rosser
Sacred Spaces
11:50 pm
Mahalia Jackson: "Amazing Grace"
Mahalia Jackson
Proper Introduction to Mahalia Jackson
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
