Schedule & Playlists
Playlist for Sunday, December 31, 2023
12:00 - 6:00 am
12:00 am
Praetorius, Michael: "Terpsichore" (1612)
Philip Pickett
12:05 am
Beethoven, Ludwig van: Symphony No. 1 in C, Op. 21
Dresden Philharmonic / Herbert Kegel, conductor
12:30 am
Lilburn, Douglas: "A Musical Offering" (1941)
Dan Poynton,
12:54 am
Lilburn, Douglas: "Nine Short Pieces" (1965)
Dan Poynton,
1:00 am
Grieg, Edvard: "Stimmungen," Op. 73 Op 73
Gordon Langford
Michala Petri, recorder,r,
1:02 am
Grieg, Edvard: Norwegian Dances, Op. 35 Op 35
Okko Kamu, conductor
Michala Petri, recorder,r,
1:04 am
Vivaldi, Antonio: Recorder Concerto in F, R 442
Claudio Scimone, conductor
Michala Petri, recorder,r,
1:12 am
Sibelius, Jean: "Cinq Esquisses," Op. 114
Leif Ove Andsnes, piano,
1:14 am
Sibelius, Jean: Symphony No. 1 in e, Op. 39
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra / Pietari Inkinen, conductor
1:54 am
Sibelius, Jean: "Cinq Esquisses," Op. 114
Leif Ove Andsnes, piano,
2:00 am
Tchaikovsky, Peter: "Sleeping Beauty", Op. 66
Mikhail Pletnev, piano,p,
2:04 am
Prokofiev, Serge: "Romeo and Juliet" Suite No. 2, Op. 64ter
Suisse Romande Orchestra / Armin Jordan, conductor
2:36 am
Prokofiev, Serge: "Juvenilia"
Frederic Chiu, piano,p,
2:38 am
Sáenz, Pedro: "Aquel Buenos Aires"
Mirian Conti,
2:46 am
Bragato, José: "Graciela y Buenos Aires"
Laura Metcalf, cello,
2:54 am
Ginastera, Alberto: "Estancía" (Ballet Suite, 1943)
London Sym Orch / Eugene Goossens
3:00 am
Liszt, Franz: Six Consolations (1849-50)
Tedd Joselson, piano,p,
3:05 am
Brahms, Johannes: Symphony no.3 in F, Op.90
Philharmonia Orchestra / Erich Leinsdorf, conductor
3:40 am
Roussel, Albert: "Aria"
Eduard Brunner, clarinet,cl,
3:41 am
Liszt, Franz: Song, "Die Loreley"
Thomas Quasthoff, bass-baritone,br,
3:48 am
Liszt, Franz: "Die Loreley" (composer's piano arrangement of song)
Ian Hominick,p,
3:54 am
Poulenc, Francis: Song, "La reine de coeur"
Mischa Maisky, cello,vc,
4:00 am
Puccini, Giacomo: "Manon Lescaut" (1893)
Gothenburg Sym Orch / Neeme Järvi
4:05 am
Auber, Daniel-François: "Manon Lescaut"
Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra / Jean-Pierre Marty
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4:13 am
Massenet, Jules: Manon Ballet
Royal Opera House Orchestra / Richard Bonynge, conductor
4:26 am
Auber, Daniel-François: "Manon Lescaut"
Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra / Jean-Pierre Marty
f,
4:28 am
Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel: Violin Sonata in c, H 514 H 514
Adrian Butterfield, violin,v,
4:55 am
Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel: "Die Auferstehung und Himmelfahrt Jesu", Wq 240 Wq 240
Hermann Max
Rheinische Kantorei,
5:00 am
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Rondo in E-Flat, K. 371
Academy of Ancient Music / Christopher Hogwood, conductor
Anthony Halstead, French horn,fh,
5:05 am
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: String Divertimento in B-Flat, K. 137
Ensemble Wien
5:15 am
Cruft, Adrian: Traditional Hornpipe Suite
Royal Ballet Sinfonia / Gavin Sutherland
5:17 am
Bach, Johann Sebastian: Oboe d'Amore Concerto in G after BWV 100, 170, 30
Tafelmusik / Jeanne Lamon, conductor
John Abberger, oboe d'amore,ob d',
5:32 am
Schumann, Robert: Cello Concerto in a minor, Op. 129
Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra / Leif Segerstam, conductor
John Storgårds, violin,v,
5:54 am
VAN DE VATE, Nancy: Twelve Pieces on One to Twelve Notes (1986)
Ruth Spindler,p,
6:00 am
6:00 am
With Heart and Voice
"Christmastide." Joyous music of the season continues as host Peter DuBois shares choral and organ favorites, both old and new, even as we look forward to the New Year!
7:00 am - 12:00 pm
7:01 am
Edvard Grieg: "Peer Gynt," Op. 23
No. 13, "Morning Mood"
Gothenburg Sym Orch/Neeme Järvi
Grieg: Peer Gynt / Sigurd Jorsalfar (Complete Recordings) / Barbara Bonney/Neeme Järvi
7:05 am
Traditional American: "Bright Morning Stars"
St. Charles Singers/Jeffrey Hunt
American Reflections
7:10 am
Justin Holland: "Sweet Memories of Thee"
Kevin Cooper, g
American Originals: A New World, A New Canon
7:17 am
Gustav Holst: "The Planets," Op. 32
"Venus, the Bringer of Peace"
BBC Sym Orch/Andrew Davis
Holst: The Planets
7:27 am
William Walton: Carol, "All This Time"
Christ Church Cathedral Cho/Stephen Darlington
Make We Joy (Christmas Music By Holst And Walton)
7:30 am
Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 101 in D, "Clock"
Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orch/Ádám Fischer
Haydn: Symphonies 93-104
8:01 am
Gabriel Fauré: Requiem, Op. 48
"In Paradisum"
Leipzig Radio Cho, Dresden Staatskapelle/Colin Davis
Fauré: Requiem
8:06 am
Franz Schubert: Piano Sonata in E, D 157, "Unfinished"
Arcadi Volodos, p
Schubert: Solo Piano Works / Arcadi Volodos
8:26 am
Traditional Scottish: "Auld Lang Syne"
Razumovsky Sym Orch/Peter Breiner
Holidays with WFMT
8:30 am
Léo Delibes: "Coppélia"
Hungarian Dance & Act I Finale
Lyon Opera Orch/Kent Nagano
Delibes: Coppélia (Highlights)
8:39 am
Doreen Carwithen: Concerto for Piano and Strings
I. "Allegro assai"
Howard Shelley, p; London Sym Orch/Richard Hickox
Carwithen: Orchestral Works
8:52 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
9:01 am
Pietro Denis: Mandolin Sonata No. 3
Duo Gervasio
Classical Mandolin and Guitar
9:11 am
Loyset Compère: "Mes pensées ne me lessent une heure"
Orlando Consort
Loyset Compère: Magnificat, motets & chansons
9:24 am
François Couperin: "Le Tic-Toc-Choc"
Elizabeth Hainen, h
Home: Works for Solo Harp
9:27 am
George Frideric Handel: "Music for the Royal Fireworks"
Suite
Canadian Brass
Fireworks! Baroque Brass Favorites
9:38 am
Franz Joseph Haydn: "The Creation"
Representation of Chaos
Freiburg Baroque Orch/René Jacobs
Joseph Haydn: Die Schöpfung - The Creation / René Jacobs
9:45 am
Felix Mendelssohn: Cantata, "Vom Himmel hoch"
Soloists; Dresden Kreuzchor, Dresden Phil/Martin Flämig
Saint-Saens: Christmas Oratorio; Mendelssohn: Vom Himmel hoch
10:01 am
Johannes Brahms: "Neue Liebeslieder" Waltzes, Op 65
#15, "Nun, ihr Musen, genug!"
Robert Shaw Festival Singers/Robert Shaw; Norman Mackenzie & John Wustman, p's
Brahms: Liebeslieder Waltzes
10:06 am
Alexander Scriabin: Waltz in A-Flat, Op. 38
Chicago Pro Musica
The Medinah Sessions
10:12 am
Adolf (Andrei) Schulz-Evler: Arabesques on Strauss's "Blue Danube"
Marc-André Hamelin, p
Marc-André Hamelin, Piano
10:25 am
Traditional Chinese: "Gong Xi Fa Cai (Happy New Year)"
Brandon Cheng, vc
Introductions: An Introductions Christmas (December 25, 2021)
10:25 am
Traditional English: "The old year now away has fled (A New Year's Gift) (Greensleeves)"
Custer LaRue, s; Baltimore Consort
Bright Day Star
10:29 am
Prudence Houston: To all the good children, a happy New Year
Indiana U Children's Chamber Cho, Pro Arte Singers/Paul Hillier
Traditional And Modern Carols
10:32 am
Maurice Ravel: String Quartet in F
Tokyo String Quartet
Tokyo String Quartet * Impressions
11:01 am
Carl Orff: "Carmina Burana"
"O, Fortuna"
Atlanta Sym Cho & Orch/Robert Shaw
The Power & The Majesty - Essential Choral Classics
11:06 am
Traditional Irish: "Banish Misfortune"
Ronn McFarlane, l
Between Two Hearts
11:08 am
Jan van Gilse: String Quartet (unfinished)
Ebony Quartet
Jan van Gilse: Nonet, String Quartet, Trio
11:19 am
Karl Jenkins: "The Armed Man - A Mass for Peace"
XII. Benedictus
Guy Johnston, vc; National Youth Choir of Great Britain; London Phil Orch/Karl Jenkins
Karl Jenkins - The Armed Man
11:27 am
Peter Boyer: "Celebration Overture"
London Phil Orch/Peter Boyer
Boyer: Symphony No. 1, Silver Fanfare, Festivities, Three Olympians, Celebration Overture
11:34 am
Johann Strauss II: "Champagne Polka," Op. 211
Vienna Phil/Daniel Barenboim
2022 New Year's Concert
11:38 am
Traditional African-American: Spiritual, "My Lord, What a Morning'"
Seraphic Fire/Patrick Dupré Quigley
Steal Away: The African American Concert Spiritual
11:42 am
Craig Hella Johnson: "The Song That I Came to Sing"
Douglas Harvey, vc; Conspirare/Craig Hella Johnson
The Singing Guitar
11:46 am
John Rosamond Johnson: "Lift Every Voice and Sing"
Orbert Davis, flugelhorn
DuSable to Obama: Chicago's Black Metropolis (Original Soundtrack)
11:48 am
Omar Thomas: "Of Our New Day Begun"
Western Kentucky U Wind Ensemble/Gary Schallert
Of Our New Day Begun
12:00 - 5:00 pm
12:00 pm
Frederick Delius: "Sleigh Ride"
Royal Phil Orch/Thomas Beecham
Beecham Conducts Delius
12:00 pm
Hosted by Jan Weller.
12:05 pm
Leroy Anderson: "Sleigh Ride"
St. Louis Sym Orch/Leonard Slatkin
Leroy Anderson Favorites
12:10 pm
Franz Schubert: Impromptu in A-Flat, D 899, No. 4
Gerardo Teissonnière, p
Schubert: The Complete Impromptus
12:20 pm
William Dawson: "Negro Folk Symphony"
III. Finale, "O, Le' Me Shine, Shine like a Morning Star!"
Detroit Sym Orch/Neeme Järvi
Still, Dawson, Ellington: Orchestral Works
12:28 pm
Yolanda Kondonassis: Short Fantasy on a Neapolitan Carol
Yolanda Kondonassis, h
Dream Season: The Christmas Harp
12:30 pm
Traditional: "Veni, veni, Emmanuel (O Come, O Come, Emmanuel)"
Yolanda Kondonassis, h
Dream Season: The Christmas Harp
12:32 pm
Traditional English: Carol, "Masters in This Hall"
Yolanda Kondonassis, h
Dream Season: The Christmas Harp
12:34 pm
Franz Joseph Haydn: Piano Trio in G, H XV:25
Arden Trio
Haydn: Piano Trios
12:51 pm
Douglas Lilburn: "Aotearoa" Overture
New Zealand Sym Orch/James Judd
Lilburn Orchestral Works
1:01 pm
Alberto Ginastera: "Estancia," Op. 8
Ballet Suite (Four Dances)
Simón Bolívar Youth Orch/Gustavo Dudamel
Fiesta * Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela * Gustavo Dudamel
1:15 pm
Gian Carlo Menotti: Trio for violin, clarinet and piano
II. "Romanza"
Lakeshore Rush
Moving Parts
1:20 pm
Max Bruch: Eight Pieces, Op. 83
No. 3 in C-sharp minor, "Andante con moto"
Lakeshore Rush
Moving Parts
1:26 pm
Gustav Holst: "In the Bleak Midwinter"
Burning River Brass
Twas the Night Before Christmas
1:30 pm
Peter Tchaikovsky: "The Nutcracker," Op. 71
"Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy"
Burning River Brass
Twas the Night Before Christmas
1:33 pm
Peter Tchaikovsky: "The Nutcracker," Op. 71
#12a, Chocolate (Spanish Dance)
Burning River Brass
Twas the Night Before Christmas
1:36 pm
Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 8 in F, Op. 93
Finale, "Allegro vivace"
Berlin Phil/Claudio Abbado
Beethoven: 9 Symphonies
1:45 pm
Franz Waxman: "Auld Lang Syne" Variations
Kremerata Baltica
Gidon Kremer / Kremerata Baltica - Happy Birthday
2:01 pm
Robert Schumann: Violin Concerto in D minor
Paris Chamber Orch/Thomas Zehetmair, v
Robert Schumann
2:35 pm
Lili Boulanger: Nocturne
Alexander Hersh, vc; Marta Aznavoorian, p
Absinthe
2:38 pm
Leoš Janáček: Presto for cello and piano
Alexander Hersh, vc; Drew Petersen, p
Absinthe
2:40 pm
Traditional English: Carol, "I Saw Three Ships"
Robert Shaw Chamber Singers/Robert Shaw
Songs of Angels - Christmas Hymns & Carols
2:42 pm
Traditional English: "The Holly and the Ivy"
Frank Timmerman, t; Robert Shaw Chamber Singers/Robert Shaw
Songs of Angels - Christmas Hymns & Carols
2:44 pm
Traditional Spanish: Carol, "Hacia Belén va un borrico"
Victor Ledbetter, br; Robert Shaw Chamber Singers/Robert Shaw
Songs of Angels - Christmas Hymns & Carols
2:48 pm
Johann Pachelbel: Canon and Gigue in D
Canon
The Baroque Chamber Orch/Ettore Stratta
The Bells of St. Genevieve and Other Baroque Delights
2:53 pm
Sergei Prokofiev: "War and Peace," Op. 91
"New Year's Eve Ball" (in Waltz Suite, Op. 110)
Scottish National Orch/Neeme Järvi
Prokofiev: Symphony No. 6 · Waltz Suite / Neeme Järvi
3:00 pm
Gaetano Donizetti: "Don Pasquale"
Overture
Santa Cecilia Orch/Myung-Whun Chung
Italian Overtures
3:09 pm
Gregor Josef Werner: Christmas Pastorella in G
English Chamber Orch/Simon Preston, o
Christmas Concertos
3:14 pm
Pavel Josef Vejvanovský: "Sonata Natalis" in C
English Chamber Orch/Simon Preston
Christmas Concertos
3:20 pm
Bach-Gounod: "Ave Maria"
Eaken Piano Trio
I'll Be Home for the Holidays
3:28 pm
Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 45 in F-sharp minor, "Farewell"
Finale, "Presto; Adagio"
English Concert/Trevor Pinnock
Haydn: Symphonies 45, 47, and 50
3:37 pm
Joachim Raff: "La Fileuse (The Spinner)," Op. 157, No. 2
Claudette Sorel, p
Claudette Sorel Rediscovered
3:40 pm
Moritz Moszkowski: "Étincelles," Op. 36, No. 6
Claudette Sorel, p
Claudette Sorel Rediscovered
3:43 pm
Joan Tower: "Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman" No. 1
St. Louis Sym Orch/Leonard Slatkin
The American Album
3:46 pm
Gerald Finzi: "New Year Music" (Nocturne), Op. 7
Northern Sinfonia/Richard Hickox
Moeran, Finzi: Serenade in G, Sinfonietta, The Fall of the Leaf, Nocturne / Richard Hickox
4:01 pm
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Horn Quintet in E-Flat, K. 407
Felix Klieser, hn; Zemlinsky Quartet
Mozart & Haydn For Horn & String Quartet
4:19 pm
Franz Schubert: Impromptu in A-Flat, D 935, No. 2
Gerardo Teissonnière, p
Schubert: The Complete Impromptus
4:28 pm
Eugène Gigout: Toccata in B minor
Christopher Herrick, o
Northern Lights
4:32 pm
Strayhorn-Ellington-Mercer: "Satin Doll"
Boston Pops Orch/John Williams
John Williams Conductor
4:36 pm
Camille Saint-Saëns: "Samson and Delilah," Op. 47
"Bacchanale"
Pittsburgh Sym Orch/Lorin Maazel
Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3 "Organ", Danse Macabre, Phaéton, Danse Bacchanale
4:45 pm
Jacques Ibert: "Bacchanale"
City of Birmingham Sym Orch/Louis Frémaux
Ibert: Divertissement, Symphonie marine, Bacchanale, Louisville concerto, Bostoniana
4:54 pm
Anonymous Norwegian: "Ingen vinner frem til den evige ro"
Choir of Royal Holloway/Rupert Gough
Dreamweaver
4:57 pm
Robert Schumann: "Album for the Young," Op. 68
No. 43, "New Year's Eve (Sylvesterlied)"
Luba Edlina, p
Schumann: Complete Solo Piano Works
5:00 - 8:00 pm
5:01 pm
Antonín Dvořák: String Quintet No. 3 in E-Flat, Op. 97, "American"
Takács Quartet; Lawrence Power, vi
Dvořák: String Quartet & String Quintet
5:35 pm
Henry Thacker Burleigh: "From the Southland"
Jeni Slotchiver, p
American Heritage
6:00 pm
Kwanzaa Stories with LaRob K. Rafael
6:02 pm
Will Liverman: "A Golden Day"
Lauren Snouffer, s; Will LIverman, p
The Dunbar/Moore Sessions, Vol. 1
6:07 pm
Sergei Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 4 in G minor, Op. 40
Yuja Wang, p; Los Angeles Phil/Gustavo Dudamel
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concertos, Paganini Rhapsody
6:32 pm
Sergei Rachmaninoff: "Vespers (All-Night Vigil)," Op. 37
"Bogoroditse Devo"
Atlanta Sym Cho/Robert Shaw
Choral Masterpieces
6:37 pm
Shawn E. Okpebholo: "city beautiful"
Lincoln Trio
Trios from Contemporary Chicago
7:00 pm
Max Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 26
Daniel Hope, v; Royal Stockholm Phil/Sakari Oramo
Daniel Hope * The Romantic Violinist * A Celebration of Joseph Joachim
7:26 pm
Hélène de Montgeroult: Piano Sonata No. 9 in F-sharp minor, Op. 5, No. 3
Sarah Cahill, p
The Future is Female, Vol. 3 At Play
7:48 pm
Samuel Barber: "Mélodies passagères," Op. 27
Eric Ferring, t; Madeline Slettedahl, p
We Have Tomorrow
8:00 - 10:00 pm
8:00 pm
Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcasts.
Dvořák: Cello Concerto in B Minor, Op. 104; Andrei Ioniță, cello; Dvořák: Symphony No. 8 in G Major, Op. 88; Herbert Blomstedt, conductor.
10:00 pm - 12:00 am
10:00 pm
New Year’s Eve with WFMT
Whether you’re out and about or relaxing at home, ring in the new year with the voices you know and love. Dennis, Lisa, Candice, Kerry, LaRob, Kristina, Robbie and others share some of their favorite music and offer an entertaining soundtrack to keep you in good company for the last two hours of 2023.