WFMT Listings

Live from WFMT Encore We’ll hear pianist Matthew Hagle in sonatas to honor the Beethoven anniversary, and an international holiday-themed concert by the Wicker Park Choral Singers. And Chicago Baroque specialists perform a 17th-century Christmas cantata. Mondays, December 7, 14, 21, 8:00 pm

Fiesta! with Elbio Barilari Elbio Barilari goes back in time for little-known Spanish and Latin-American Christmas music, including portions of the Missa Pastoril para Noite de Natal by Brazil’s José Maurício Nunes Garcia. And listen for Jose Feliciano’s Feliz Navidad. Saturday, December 19, 7:00 pm Exploring Music As a musical response to the scourge of violence in the world, Host Bill McGlaughlin plays peaceful, inspiring music from Bach and Mozart to Vaughan Williams to Bill Evans for a thoughtprovoking Christmas week series. Weekdays, December 21-25, 7:00 pm

Tuesday 1

12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore

9:00 Alberto Ginastera Danzas Argentinas, Op. 2 – Pola Baytelman, p. Elan 82288 (2). [8:11] Ottorino Respighi Ancient Airs and Dances for the Lute, set 1 – La Pietà/ Angèle Dubeau, v. Analekta FL2-3125. [14:09] 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including today’s new release, plus: Arcangelo Corelli Concerto grosso in C, Op. 6/10 – Europa Galante/Fabio Biondi. Opus 111 OPS-30-155. [10:49]

11:00 Daily Excursion: Darius

Milhaud Saudades do Brasil, Op. 67: set 2 – William Bolcom, p. Nonesuch 71316-2. [11:10] 12:00 Music in Chicago, plus: Henry Cowell Hymn and Fuguing Tune No. 10 – Celia Nicklin, ob; St. Martin’s Academy/Sir Neville Marriner. Argo 417818-2. [6:50]

1:00 Music for the Afternoon •

Johann Sebastian Bach Flute Sonata in E-Flat, BWV 1031: II. Siciliano; Chorale-prelude, Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland (Now Come, Saviour of the Heathens), BWV 659a; Chorale- prelude, Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme (Sleepers wake), BWV 645 – Wilhelm Kempff, p. DG 439672-2 (2). [13:03] Richard Wagner Lohengrin: Preludes to Acts 1 & 3 – Chicago Sym/Daniel Barenboim. Teldec 99595-2. [13:20] Giuseppe Verdi I Vespri Siciliani: Four Seasons Ballet: Autumn – Munich Radio Orch/Roberto Abbado. RCA 62651-2. [9:23]

2:00 Afternoon Masterwork:

Johannes Brahms Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-Flat, Op. 83 – Leon Fleisher, p; Cleveland Orch/George Szell. Sony MH2K-63225 (2). [47:26] 3:00 William Walton Orb and Sceptre, Coronation March 1953 – Royal Liverpool Phil/ Sir Charles Groves. EMI CDZ7-62528-2. [7:13] Benjamin Britten Gloriana: Courtly Dances – Julian Bream Consort. RCA 61589-2. [10:05] Sergei Prokofiev Romeo and Juliet Suite: Morning Dance, Montagues and Capulets, The Young Juliet – Buffalo Phil/JoAnn Falletta. Beau Fleuve Records 605996-998524. [11:23]

4:00 Late Afternoon Music with

Candice Agree, including a newscast at 4:00 pm and The Unrush Hour between 5:00 pm and 6:00 pm

7:00 Exploring Music with Bill

McGlaughlin: Violin concertos

8:00 From the CSO’s Archives:

The First 130 Years – Works given their US premieres by the Chicago Symphony and Theodore Thomas – Glazunov: Concert Waltz No. 2 (/Frederick Stock). Dukas: The Sorcerer’s Apprentice (/Jean Martinon). Elgar: Enigma Variations (/ Sir Georg Solti). Sibelius: The Swan of Tuonela (Grover Schiltz, eh/Herbert Blomstedt). Strauss: Don Quixote (Janigro, Preves/Reiner).

10:00 Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center – Beethoven:

String Quartet in E-Flat, Op. 74, Harp. Plus: Haydn.

11:00 Evening Music on WFMT

Wednesday 2

12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff

All prerecorded music on 98.7WFMT is provided by the Richard and Mary L. Gray Music Library.

Most live performances on 98.7WFMT are broadcast from the Fay and Daniel Levin Performance Studio.

6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore

9:00 Giovanni Gabrieli Jubilate Deo – Music of the Baroque Choir & Brass/Edward Zelnis. MOB 2006. [6:24]

Johann Sebastian Bach

Clavier Concerto No. 6 in F, BWV 1057 – St. Martin’s Academy/Murray Perahia, p. Sony SK-89690. [15:39] 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including today’s new release, plus: Franz Liszt Mephisto Waltz No. 1 – Chicago Sym/Sir Georg Solti. London 443444-2. [10:40]

11:00 Daily Excursion: Felix

Mendelssohn The Hebrides (Fingal’s Cave) Overture, Op. 26 – Vienna Phil/Christian Thielemann. DG 4745022. [10:20]

12:00 Music in Chicago 12:15 Dame Myra Hess Memorial

Concerts: The Lincoln Trio live from the Cultural Center

1:00 Music for the Afternoon •

Heitor Villa-Lobos Bachianas Brasileiras No. 9 – French National Radio Orch strings/ Villa-Lobos. EMI CDU5-669642. [10:56] Various Lament in Tremolo Form; Eleanor Alberga If the Silver Bird Could Speak – William Chapman Nyaho, p. MSR Classics MS-1708. [7:48] Bach Flute Sonata in E, BWV 1035 – Gary Schocker, f; Jason Vieaux, g. Azica ACD-71230. [13:08]

2:00 Afternoon Masterwork: Ludwig van Beethoven

Fantasy for Piano, Chorus, and Orchestra, Op. 80 Choral Fantasy – Rudolf Serkin, p; Marlboro Festival Cho & Orch/Peter Serkin. Sony SM2K-89200 (2). [20:01] 3:00 Antonin Dvorák American Suite in A, Op. 98b – Royal Liverpool Phil/Libor Pesek. Virgin Classics 90723-2. [22:39] Mark O’Connor Strings and Threads Suite – Mark O’Connor, v; Metamorphosen Chamber Orch/Scott Yoo. Sony SK-89660. [15:29]

4:00 Late Afternoon Music with

Candice Agree, including a newscast at 4:00 pm and The Unrush Hour between 5:00 pm and 6:00 pm

7:00 Exploring Music with Bill

McGlaughlin: Violin concertos

In the Spotlight

Jessye Norman

From the CSO’s Archives: The First 130 Years The first December program focuses on works by European composers, including Elgar’s Enigma Variations and Strauss’s Don Quixote with cellist Antonio Janigro and violist Milton Preves. The following week, hear an all-Bartok performance under the baton of composer and frequent guest conductor Pierre Boulez featuring soprano Jessye Norman. The series also marks this month’s Beethoven anniversary with the Piano Concerto No. 4 interpreted by Van Cliburn and the Eroica Symphony conducted by Sir Georg Solti. For Christmas week, guest conductor Claudio Abbado leads works by Tchaikovsky, including the Nutcracker Suite. And the final program of the month spotlights several other guest conductors: Neeme Jaervi, Pierre Monteux, Leopold Stokowski, and John Williams. Tuesdays, 8:00 pm

8:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin 10:00 Baroque&Before with Candice Agree 11:00 Evening Music on WFMT

12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore

9:00 Frédéric Chopin Boléro, Op. 19 – Lara Downes, p. Postcards 772001-2. [7:37]

Emmanuel Chabrier

Habanera – BBC Phil/Yan Pascal Tortelier. Chandos CHAN-9765. [4:16] Maurice Ravel Pièce en forme de habanera – Emmanuel Pahud, f; Mariko Anraku, h. EMI CDC5-57740-2. [3:09] Paquito D’Rivera Habanera – TransAtlantic Ensemble. Steinway & Sons 30052. [2:47] Arturo Márquez Danzón No. 2 – Simón Bolívar Youth Orch/Gustavo Dudamel. DG B0013458-02. [9:39]

10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn,

including today’s new release, plus: Johann Sebastian Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F, BWV 1047 – Wynton Marsalis, tr; English Chamber Orch/Anthony Newman. Sony SK-66244. [12:30]

11:00 Daily Excursion: Robert

Beaser Mountain Songs: Fair and Tender Ladies, Quicksilver – Matthew Slotkin, g; Craig Butterfield, db. Summit DCD-571. [7:36] 12:00 Music in Chicago, plus:

George Frideric Handel

Coronation Anthem, Zadok the Priest – Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists/ Sir John Eliot Gardiner. Philips 432110-2 (2). [5:44]

1:00 Music for the Afternoon •

Dmitri Shostakovich Piano Concerto No. 1 in C minor, Op. 35 – Lise de la Salle, p; Gulbenkian Orch/Lawrence Foster. Naive V-5053. [23:25] Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov The Snow Maiden Suite – Seattle Sym/Gerard Schwarz. Naxos 8.572787. [12:29]

2:00 Afternoon Masterwork: Felix

Mendelssohn Symphony No. 5 in d, Op. 107, Reformation – Chamber Orch of Europe/ Yannick Nézet-Séguin. DG 4797337 (3). [31:13] 3:00 Francisco Tárrega Capricho árabe (Serenata); Recuerdos de la Alhambra – Jason Vieaux, g. Azica ACD-71287. [10:22]

Ralph Vaughan Williams

Norfolk Rhapsody No. 1 – New Philharmonia/Sir Adrian Boult. EMI CDC7-47218-2. [10:14] George Enescu Romanian Rhapsody No. 1 in A, Op. 11 – Civitas Ensemble, Gipsy Way Ensemble. Cedille CDR-90000179. [7:24]

4:00 Late Afternoon Music with

Candice Agree, including a newscast at 4:00 pm and The Unrush Hour between 5:00 pm and 6:00 pm

7:00 Exploring Music with Bill

McGlaughlin: Violin concertos

8:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin 9:00 Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra Onstage: Ken-David Masur,

conductor; Sergei Babayan, piano – Shostakovich: Festive Overture. Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 3. Schnittke: Kein Sommernachtstraum. Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition.

11:00 Evening Music on WFMT

Friday 4

12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore 9:00 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Fantasia in c, K. 475 – Alfred Brendel, p. Philips 446921-2 (5). [12:27] Franz Waxman Carmen Fantasy – Maxim Vengerov, v; Israel Phil/Zubin Mehta. Teldec 17045-2. [9:57] Friedrich von Flotow Martha Overture – Royal Scottish National Orch/Lance Friedel. Naxos 8.573418. [8:24]

10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn,

including today’s new release, plus: Jan Koetsier Brass Symphony, Op. 80 – TenThing. EMI 88326-2. [13:58]

11:00 Daily Excursion: José Bragato

Graciela y Buenos Aires – Viktor Aepli, vc, Camerata Bariloche. Dorian DOR-90201. [8:04]

12:00 Impromptu Encore:

Pianist Benjamin Hochman visited Levin Studio in 2009. George Preston hosts.

1:00 Music for the Afternoon •

Zoltán Kodály Háry János Suite, Op. 35a – London Phil/Klaus Tennstedt. EMI CDD7-63900-2. [25:05] John Williams Star Wars: The Force Awakens: Rey’s Theme; Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone: Hedwig’s theme – AnneSophie Mutter, v; Recording Arts Orchestra of Los Angeles/ Williams. DG B0030629. [9:21]

2:00 Afternoon Masterwork: Franz

Schubert Moments musicaux, D. 780 – András Schiff, p. London 430425-2. [30:32]

3:00 Johann Sebastian Bach

Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G, BWV 1049 –Age of Enlightenment Orch/ Monica Huggett. Virgin Classics 90747-2 (2). [15:30] Conni Ellisor Blackberry Winter – Stephen Seifert, dulcimer; Nashville Chamber Orch/Paul Gambill. Warner Classics 46739-2. [16:51]

4:00 Late Afternoon Music with

Candice Agree, including a newscast at 4:00 pm and The Unrush Hour between 5:00 pm and 6:00 pm

7:00 Exploring Music with Bill

McGlaughlin: Violin concertos

8:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin 9:00 The New York Philharmonic

This Week: Guest conductors; Garrick Ohlsson, piano – Haydn: Symphony No. 95 in c. Martinu: Piano Concerto No. 4, Incantation. Sibelius: Symphony No. 1.

11:00 Best of Studs Terkel:

Members of Empire Brass recorded in 1979.

Saturday 5

12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 7:00 Weekend Mornings with Maggie Clennon Reberg,

including Saturday Morning Listeners’ Choice at 8:00 am and Soundtrack at 9:00 am. 11:00 Introductions: Mark Zhu, 16, piano – Bach: WTC Bk 1: Prelude & Fugue in D; Debussy: Arabesque No. 1; Ginastera: Danza de la moza donosa; Brahms: Hungarian Dance No. 1 in g minor; Rachmaninoff: Etude-Tableau, Op. 33/8; Liszt: Mazeppa.

12:00 From the Metropolitan Opera:

Prokofiev’s “War and Peace” – Anna Netrebko (Natasha); Gegam Grigorian (Bezukhov); Dmitri Hvorostovsky (Andrei); Samuel Ramey (Kutuzov); Elena Obraztsova (Mme Akhrosimova); Metropolitan Opera Cho & Orch/Valery Gergiev. From 2002.

4:30 Arias and Songs Encore:

Happy Endings

5:00 Evening Music on WFMT •

Max Bruch Violin Concerto No. 2 in d minor, Op. 44 – Jack Liebeck, v; BBC Scottish Sym/ Martyn Brabbins. Hyperion CDA-68055. [25:30] Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 21 in C, Op. 53, Waldstein – Paul Lewis, p. Harmonia Mundi HMX-2901902. 11 (10). [26:54] 6:00 Florence Price Mississippi River Suite – Women’s Phil/ Apo Hsu. Koch 7518-2. [27:46] Virgil Thomson Louisiana Story: Acadian Songs and Dances – New London Orch/ Ronald Corp. Hyperion CDA-66576. [15:00] Various Old American Songs, set 2:

At the River; Pineapple Rag;

The Entertainer – Chicago Brass Quintet. Centaur CRC-3159. [5:55]

7:00 Fiesta! with Elbio Barilari:

The life, music, and legacy of the Spanish pianist Alicia de Larrocha (1923-2009).

8:00 Folkstage hosted by Rich Warren 9:00 The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer

Sunday 6

12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff

6:00 With Heart and Voice: Advent, week 2, sampling the words of prophets set to music.

Susanna Phillips

From the Metropolitan Opera The Metropolitan Opera is delving into its vast archives to bring us presentations from the past. The month begins with War and Peace, Sergei Prokofiev’s four-hour distillation of Tolstoy’s novel, marking the 2002 Met debut of soprano Anna Netrebko. The Met’s tribute to the Beethoven anniversary will be the 2017 staging of the composer’s only opera, Fidelio, starring Canadian soprano Adrienne Pieczonka. Then enjoy a December favorite: an English-language version of Hansel and Gretel from 2018. Finally, join us for another Met holiday tradition: an abridged English-language version of Mozart’s The Magic Flute from 2010 featuring Russell Thomas as Tamino and Susanna Phillips as Pamina. Saturdays, 12:00 pm

7:00 Weekend Mornings with Maggie Clennon Reberg 12:00 Sunday Afternoons with Robbie Ellis • Johann

Sebastian Bach Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variations 26-30 and Aria da Capo – Peter Serkin, p. RCA 68188-2. [7:45] Various Magic Flute Fantasy; The Love for Three Oranges: March – Gil Shaham, v; Akira Eguchi, p. DG 447640-2. [13:13] Sergei Rachmaninoff Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini, Op. 43 – Lang Lang, p; Maryinsky Theatre Orch/Valery Gergiev. DG B0003902-02. [24:02] 1:00 Jennifer Higdon Harp Concerto: First Light – Yolanda Kondonassis, h; Rochester Phil/ Ward Stare. Azica AXA-71327. [6:52] Franz Joseph Haydn Symphony No. 6 in D, Le Matin – Lausanne Chamber Orch/Jesús López-Cobos. Denon 81757-9612-2.

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[18:04] Richard Wagner Götterdämmerung: Dawn and Siegfried’s Rhine Journey – Chicago Sym/Fritz Reiner. RCA 63301-2. [13:12] William Lloyd Webber Aurora – City of London Sinfonia/Richard Hickox. Chandos CHAN-9595. [9:27] Eric Whitacre The River Cam – Julian Lloyd Webber, vc; London Sym/Eric Whitacre. London B0016636-02. [11:49] Whitacre Lux Aurumque – Polyphony/Stephen Layton. Hyperion CDA-67543. [4:08] Various Preludio Cubano; Pomme Cannelle; In the Bottoms: Humoresque, Honey – William Chapman Nyaho, p. MSR Classics MS-1708. [6:10] Leonard Bernstein Candide Suite – U of South Carolina Wind Ensemble/Scott Weiss. Naxos 8.573056. [12:37] Elmer Bernstein To Kill A Mockingbird: Selections – Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Varese-Saraband 5754. [19:20]

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Fantasia in D minor, K. 397 – Inna Faliks, p. Delos DE-3540. [5:51] Franz Joseph Haydn Symphony No. 7 in C, Le Midi – English Concert/Trevor Pinnock. Archive 423098-2. [21:55] John Playford The English Dancing Master: Drive the Cold Winter Away/The Beggar Boy; A Division on A Ground – Les Witches. Alpha 502. [11:47] Antonin Dvorák The Noon Witch, Op. 108 – Scottish National Orch/Neeme Järvi. Chandos CHAN-8530. [12:35] Tomaso Albinoni Adagio in g – Sharon Isbin, g; Zürich Chamber Orch/Howard Griffiths. Warner Classics 45312-2. [7:51] Domenico Cimarosa TwoFlute Concerto in G – Mathieu Dufour, f; Alex Klein, ob; Czech National Sym/Paul Freeman. Cedille CDR-90000080. [19:11] Richard Strauss Duet-Concertino – Larry Combs, cl; David McGill, bn; Chicago Sym/Daniel Barenboim. Teldec 23913-2. [19:49]

Evening Music on WFMT •

George Gershwin Piano Concerto in F – Kirill Gerstein, p; St. Louis Sym/David Robertson. Myrios Classics MYR-022. [33:32] There’s more Gershwin, and several other American composers, on our Chicago Symphony broadcast tonight at 8:00. Amilcare Ponchielli La Gioconda: Dance of the Hours – La Scala Phil/Riccardo Chailly. Decca 4831148. [9:44] Various La Gioconda: Cielo e mar; Granada – Joseph Calleja, t; BBC Concert Orch/ Steven Mercurio. London B0017438-02. [8:34] Ludwig van Beethoven Quartet No. 7 in F, Op. 59, No. 1, Razumovsky – Emerson String Quartet. DG B0009666-72 (23). [37:40] Frédéric Chopin Nocturnes, Op. 9 – Yundi Li, p. EMI 08391-2 (2). [16:18]

7:00 Ryan Opera Center Recital Series 8:00 Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcasts: Handel’s

“Messiah” – Amanda Forsythe, s; Sasha Cooke, ms; Nicholas Phan, t; Joshua Hopkins, br; Chicago Sym & Chorus/Matthew Halls.

10:00 Collectors’ Corner with Henry

Fogel: Wilhelm Furtwängler and the Berlin Philharmonic. Henry will continue playing these historic BPO broadcasts through the end of December.

Monday 7

12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore

9:00 Peter Tchaikovsky The Nutcracker, Op. 71: Waltz of the Flowers – Stewart Goodyear, p. Steinway & Sons 30040. [6:26] Tchaikovsky Sleeping Beauty Waltz – Vienna Phil/ Christoph Eschenbach. Sony Classical 88985425932. [5:23] Richard Rodgers Carousel Waltz – Hollywood Bowl Sym/ John Mauceri. Philips 432109-2. [4:50] Rodgers Victory at Sea: The Song of the High Seas – Cincinnati Pops/Erich Kunzel. Telarc CD-80175. [5:06] 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including today’s new release, plus:

Johann Nepomuk Hummel

Trumpet Concerto in E – Ludwig Güttler, tr; New Bach Collegium Musicum/Max Pommer. Capriccio 10009. [16:11]

11:00 Daily Excursion: Javier

Alvarez Metro Chabacano – Simón Bolívar Sym/ Keri-Lynn Wilson. Dorian XCD-90254. [6:47] 12:00 Music in Chicago, plus: Maurice Ravel Ma Mère l’Oye (Mother Goose) Suite – Chicago Sym/Jean Martinon. RCA 63683. [15:52]

1:00 Music for the Afternoon • Franz Joseph Haydn

Symphony No. 8 in G, Le Soir – Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orch/Adam Fischer. Nimbus NI-5240. [21:51] Leó Weiner Serenade for small orchestra, Op. 3 – Budapest Festival Orch/Sir Georg Solti. London 458929-2. [19:58]

2:00 Afternoon Masterwork:

Ludwig van Beethoven Violin Concerto in D, Op. 61 – AnneSophie Mutter, v; Berlin Phil/ Herbert von Karajan. DG 457861-2 (2). [48:27] 3:00 Sergei Prokofiev Lieutenant Kijé Suite, Op. 60 – Chicago Sym/Fritz Reiner. RCA 5605-2. [20:08] Johann Sebastian Bach French Suite No. 5 in G, BWV 816 – Vladimir Ashkenazy, p. Decca 4832150. [15:51]

4:00 Late Afternoon Music with

Candice Agree, including a newscast at 4:00 pm and The Unrush Hour between 5:00 pm and 6:00 pm

7:00 Exploring Music with Bill

McGlaughlin: Vienna and the great composers who lived and worked there, including Beethoven. First of two weeks.

8:00 Live from WFMT Encore:

Pianist Matthew Hagle in an all-Beethoven sonata recital, recorded live in Levin Studio June 26, 2017.

10:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin

Tuesday 8

12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore 9:00 Ludwig van Beethoven

Andante favori in F, WoO 57 – Dmitry Paperno, p. Cedille CDR-90000074. [9:03]

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Piano Sonata No. 11 in A, K. 331: Rondo alla Turca – Jeanne Galway, f; Sinfonia Varsovia/ James Galway, f. DG B0007148-02. [3:17] David Diamond Rounds – Seattle Sym Strings/Gerard Schwarz. Delos DE-3189. [14:19]

10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn,

including today’s new release, plus: Gustav Mahler Blumine – San Francisco Sym/ Michael Tilson Thomas. SFS Media SFS-0060. [8:28]

11:00 Daily Excursion: George

Frideric Handel Water Music Suite No. 1 in F – English Concert/Trevor Pinnock. DG B0005828-02 (2). [14:48] 12:00 Music in Chicago, plus: Johannes Brahms Academic Festival Overture, Op. 80 – Royal Concertgebouw Orch/ Bernard Haitink. Philips 442068-2 (4). [10:24]

1:00 Music for the Afternoon •

Edvard Grieg Old Norwegian Romance With Variations, Op. 51 – Iceland Sym/Petri Sakari. Chandos CHAN-9028. [24:23] Thomas Canning Fantasy on a Hymn Tune by Justin Morgan – Cincinnati Sym/Jesús López-Cobos. Telarc CD-80462. [8:56]

2:00 Afternoon Masterwork: Ludwig van Beethoven

String Quartet No. 11 in f minor, Op. 95, Serioso – Vermeer Quartet. Teldec 76457-2 (9). [20:43]

3:00 Johann Sebastian Bach

Orchestra Suite No. 3 in D, BWV 1068 – Ensemble Sonnerie/Monica Huggett. Avie AV-2171. [17:20]

Johann Kaspar Mertz

Bardenklänge, Op. 13: Four Pieces – Eduardo Fernández, g. Delmark DE-5033. [11:09]

4:00 Late Afternoon Music with

Candice Agree, including a newscast at 4:00 pm and The Unrush Hour between 5:00 pm and 6:00 pm

7:00 Exploring Music with Bill

McGlaughlin: Vienna and the great composers who lived and worked there, including Beethoven. First of two weeks.

8:00 From the CSO’s Archives: The

First 130 Years – Pierre Boulez and Bela Bartok – Concerto for Orchestra (recorded 1992); Dance Suite (recorded 1998); Bluebeard’s Castle (recorded 1993; Jessye Norman, s, and Laszlo Polgar, b).

10:00 Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center – Nielsen:

Wind Quintet; Copland: Appalachian Spring, original chamber version.

11:00 Evening Music on WFMT

Wednesday 9

12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore 9:00 Johann Sebastian Bach

Chorale-prelude, Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland (Now Come, Saviour of the Heathens), BWV 659; Cantata No. 147: Chorale, Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring – Angela Hewitt, p. Hyperion CDA-67309. [9:17] Gustav Holst Ave Maria, Op. 9b – Trinity College Women’s Choir, Cambridge/Richard Marlow. Conifer 51261-2. [4:42] Tomaso Albinoni Oboe Concerto a cinque in B-Flat, Op. 9/11 – Han de Vries, ob; Alma Musica Amsterdam/Bob van Asperen. Virgin Classics 61152-2. [11:09]

10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn,

including today’s new release, plus: Gabriel Fauré Dolly Suite, Op. 56 – Katia, Marielle Labèque, p. Philips 420159-2. [16:41]

11:00 Daily Excursion: Edward

Elgar Cockaigne Overture (In London Town), Op. 40 – London Phil/Sir Georg Solti. London 443856-2 (2). [14:12]

12:00 Music in Chicago 12:15 Dame Myra Hess Memorial

Concerts: Violinist Joshua Brown and pianist Milana Pavchinskaya live from the Cultural Center

1:00 Music for the Afternoon •

Germaine Tailleferre Flute and Piano Concerto – Leta Miller, f; Josephine Gandolfi, p; UC Santa Cruz Orch/Nicole Paiement. Helicon HE-1048. [17:13] Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Idomeneo ballet music, K. 367 – Apollo’s Fire/ Jeannette Sorrell. Avie AV-2159. [16:20] Maurice Ravel Menuet antique – Sean Chen, p. Steinway & Sons 30029. [6:45]

2:00 Afternoon Masterwork: Robert Schumann

Symphony No. 3 in E-Flat, Op. 97, Rhenish – San Francisco Sym/Michael Tilson Thomas. SFS Media 821936-0071-2 (2). [36:41] 3:00 Arthur Foote Francesca da Rimini, Op. 24 – Seattle Sym/ Gerard Schwarz. Naxos 8.559365. [14:41] Antonio Vivaldi Violin and Organ Concerto in C, R. 774 – Modo Antiquo/Federico Maria Sardelli. Glossa GCD-924601. [10:09] Franz Liszt Années de pèlerinage: 2nd Year, Italy: Sonetto 123 del Petrarca – Daniel Barenboim, p. Philips 456721-2 (2). [7:11]

4:00 Late Afternoon Music with

Candice Agree, including a newscast at 4:00 pm and The Unrush Hour between 5:00 pm and 6:00 pm

7:00 Exploring Music with Bill

McGlaughlin: Vienna and the great composers who lived and worked there, including Beethoven. First of two weeks.

8:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin 10:00 Baroque&Before with Candice Agree 11:00 Evening Music on WFMT

Thursday 10

12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore 9:00 George Frideric Handel

Judas Maccabaeus: See the conqu’ring hero comes; Sing Unto God – St. Martin’s Academy and Cho/Sir Neville Marriner. Philips 412733-2. [5:04] Johann Sebastian Bach Three-Violin Concerto in D, BWV 1064 – Linda Melsted & David Greenberg, v’s; Tafelmusik/Jeanne Lamon, v. Sony SK-66265. [16:51]

10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn,

including today’s new release, plus: Giuseppe Verdi La forza del destino Overture – La Scala Phil/Riccardo Muti. Sony SK-68468. [7:41]

11:00 Daily Excursion: Harl

McDonald San Juan Capistrano: Fiesta – Boston Pops/Keith Lockhart. RCA 68786-2. [4:15] 12:00 Music in Chicago, plus: Franz Joseph Haydn Cello Concerto No. 2 in D, H VIIb:2 (Op. 101) – Steven Isserlis, vc; Chamber Orch of Europe/Sir Roger Norrington. RCA 68578-2. [23:24]

1:00 Music for the Afternoon •

Zoltán Kodaly Marosszék Dances – Buffalo Phil/ JoAnn Falletta. Naxos 8.573838. [13:37] Frédéric Chopin Rondo a la Mazurka, Op. 5 – Daniil Trifonov, p. London B0018271-02. [8:17] Johann Strauss II Waltz, Seid umschlungen, Millionen,

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Op. 443 – Vienna Phil/Andris Nelsons. Sony. [10:17]

Afternoon Masterwork: Ludwig van Beethoven

Quartet No. 12 in E-flat, Op. 127 – Danish String Quartet. ECM New Series 2561. [38:38] Samuel Barber Violin Concerto, Op. 14 – Anne Akiko Meyers, v; London Sym/Leonard Slatkin. EOne EOM-CD-7791. [23:21] Robert Beaser Mountain Songs – Waller & Maxwell Guitar Duo. Berto Records 1801. [11:19] Various My Little Dreydl; Candles Burning; Chanukah; Sunrise, Sunset fr Fiddler on the Roof – Rachel Van Voorhees, h. Centaur CRC-2317. [6:21]

Late Afternoon Music with

Candice Agree, including a newscast at 4:00 pm and The Unrush Hour between 5:00 pm and 6:00 pm

Exploring Music with Bill

McGlaughlin: Vienna and the great composers who lived and worked there, including Beethoven. First of two weeks.

From the EBU and the BBC:

Max Richter’s “Voices” – Being broadcast worldwide in honor of UN Human Rights Day, the music includes excerpts from the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights in several languages. Performers include members of the Tenebrae vocal ensemble and string players from the Max Richter Ensemble with the composer on keyboards. Sheila Atim, narrator.

9:00 Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra Onstage: Stefan

Asbury, conductor; Joyce Yang, piano – RimskyKorsakov: Russian Easter Overture. Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1. Prokofiev: Symphony No. 3.

11:00 Evening Music on WFMT

Friday 11

12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore

9:00 Carl Maria von Weber Clarinet Concertino in c minor/E-flat major, Op. 26 – Richard Stoltzman, cl; Slovak Radio Sym/Kirk Trevor. Navona Records NV-5801. [10:30] Carl Nielsen Little Suite, Op. 1 – ASMIF Strings/Sir Neville Marriner. Argo 417132-2. [13:48]

10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn,

including today’s new release, plus: Hector Berlioz Les Troyens: Royal Hunt and Storm Music – BBC Sym & Cho/ Sir Andrew Davis. Chandos CHSA-5169 (2). [9:40]

11:00 Daily Excursion: Jean-

Baptiste Arban Variations on The Carnival of Venice – John

Photo: Courtesy of Roger Mastroianni

Jeannette Sorrell

Christmas on Sugarloaf Mountain From Jeannette Sorrell and her award-winning early-music ensemble Apollo’s Fire, a new special that traces music from Scotland and Ireland as it has been absorbed into the traditional music of Appalachia. Performed on fiddles, a medieval harp, a hammered dulcimer, and bagpipes to support children’s and adults’ voices, the music journeys from Christmas Eve in the Scotland of the Middle Ages to the folk carols and shape-note hymns of a Christmastime gathering in Virginia. Co-hosted by Sorrell and Candice Agree. Repeats on Christmas night at 6:00 pm. Sunday, December 13 7:00 pm

Wilbraham, tr; London Festival Orch/Salvador Camarata. DG B0005042-02 (2). [5:57] 12:00 Impromptu Encore: Inon Barnatan, piano; Sergey Khachatryan, violin; and Alisa Weilerstein, cello from 2019.

1:00 Music for the Afternoon •

Various Aleih Neiri (Rise Up, My Light); Lo Yisa Goy (Prayer for Peace) – Chicago A Cappella. Cedille CDR-90000107. [9:00] Antonin Dvorák Violin Sonatina in G, Op. 100 – Gil Shaham, v; Orli Shaham, p. DG 449820-2. [17:31] Josef Suk String Serenade in E-Flat, Op. 6 – London Chamber Orch/ Christopher Warren-Green. Virgin Classics 91165-2. [26:11]

2:00 Afternoon Masterwork:

Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-Flat, Op. 19 – Stewart Goodyear, p; BBC National Orch of Wales/ Andrew Constantine. Orchid Classics ORC-100127. [28:03] 3:00 Arcangelo Corelli Concerto grosso in g, Op. 6/8, Christmas – Europa Galante/ Fabio Biondi. Opus 111 OPS-30155. [13:16] Ottorino Respighi Trittico botticelliano: II. The Adoration of the Magi – St. Paul Chamber Orch/Hugh Wolff. Teldec 18970-2 (2). [8:37] Ennio Morricone The Mission: Gabriel’s Oboe; The Falls – Yo-Yo Ma, vc; Roma Sinfonietta/Ennio Morricone. Sony SK-93456. [5:38]

4:00 Late Afternoon Music with

Candice Agree, including a newscast at 4:00 pm and The Unrush Hour between 5:00 pm and 6:00 pm

7:00 Exploring Music with Bill

McGlaughlin: Vienna and the great composers who lived and worked there, including Beethoven. First of two weeks.

8:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin 9:00 The New York Philharmonic This Week: Jeffrey Kahane,

conductor & piano; Liang Wang, oboe; Sheryl Staples, violin – Bach: Violin and Oboe Concerto. Mozart: Symphony No. 33. Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 1.

11:00 Best of Studs Terkel:

Celebrating Beethoven’s Birthday in 1968.

Saturday 12

12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 7:00 Weekend Mornings with Maggie Clennon Reberg,

including Saturday Morning Listeners’ Choice at 8:00 am and Soundtrack at 9:00 am. 11:00 Introductions: A look back at some of the best Beethoven performances from Chicago’s young performers in 2020. Includes Isabella Brown playing the Violin Concerto and Beatrice & Noah Chen with the Eyeglasses Duet.

12:00 From the Metropolitan Opera:

Beethoven’s “Fidelio” – Adrianne Pieczonka (Leonore); Klaus Florian Vogt (Florestan); Falk Struckmann (Rocco); Hanna-Elisabeth Mueller (Marzelline); David Portillo (Jaquino); Greer Grimsley (Don Pizarro); Metropolitan Opera Cho & Orch/Sebastian Weigle. From 2017.

3:00 Weekend Music with Oliver

Camacho Roy Harris An American Overture (When Johnny Comes Marching Home) – Seattle Sym/Gerard Schwarz. Delos DE-3140. [6:59] Sergei Prokofiev Overture on Hebrew Themes, Op. 34 – Chamber Orch of Europe/ Claudio Abbado; Stefan Vladar, p. DG 429396-2. [7:53] Sergei Rachmaninoff Symphonic Dances, Op. 45 – Berlin Phil/Sir Simon Rattle. Warner Classics 84519-2. [35:51] Elizabeth

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Poston Arrangement of My Dancing Day; Jesus Christ the Apple Tree – King’s College Choir Cambridge/Sir David Willcocks. EMI CDM5-66244-2. [4:37] Antonin Dvorák Slavonic Dances, Op. 72: Nos. 1-4, No. 6 – Katia, Marielle Labèque, p’s. Philips 426264-2. [20:13]

Arias and Songs Encore:

Music from the operas and sacred choral music of Antonio Vivaldi.

Evening Music on WFMT •

Arnold Bax Three Pieces for Small Orchestra – English Chamber Orch/Jeffrey Tate. EMI CDC7-47945-2. [21:22] Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Petite Suite de Concert – Chicago Sinfonietta/Paul Freeman. Cedille CDR-90000055. [13:36]

Johann Sebastian Bach

Clavier Partita No. 3 in a minor, BWV 827 – Vladimir Ashkenazy, p. London 4782163 (2). [16:24]

A Hanukkah Celebration with Chicago A Cappella:

Jonathan Miller, founder and artistic director of Chicago A Cappella, shares the group’s performances of music for the Jewish Festival of Lights.

Fiesta! with Elbio Barilari:

Fresh Ink looks at LatinAmerican classical compositions from the last decade.

Folkstage hosted by Rich Warren The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer

Sunday 13

WFMT first went on the air December 13, 1951.

12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 With Heart and Voice:

Advent, week 3, on the theme Song of Mary.

7:00 Weekend Mornings with Maggie Clennon Reberg 12:00 Sunday Afternoons with

Robbie Ellis • A WFMT listener favorite: Gerald Finzi Eclogue, Op. 10 – Joshua Pierce, p; Slovak Radio Sym/Kirk Trevor. Kleos Classics KL-5137. [8:56] And one more all-time English favorite: Ralph Vaughan Williams The Lark Ascending – Hilary Hahn, v; London Sym/ Sir Colin Davis. DG 4798295 (2). [16:10] Plus a favorite tone poem: Bedrich Smetana Má Vlast (My Fatherland): Vltava (The Moldau) – Czech Phil/Jirí Belohlávek. Decca 4833187. [12:08]

1:00 Ludwig van Beethoven

Piano Sonata No. 12 in A-Flat, Op. 26 – Angela Hewitt, p. Hyperion CDA-67797. [19:11] Leonard Bernstein West Side Story Suite – Eroica Trio. EMI CDC5-07351-2. [11:43] Peter Tchaikovsky Romeo and

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Juliet – Royal Concertgebouw Orch/Bernard Haitink. Philips 442061-2 (6). [20:16] Georges Bizet Carmen Suite – Los Angeles Guitar Quartet. Telarc CD-80593. [15:26] Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Don Giovanni, K. 527: Giovinette; Deh vieni alla finestra; Già la mensa è preparata – Netherlands Wind Ensemble. Philips 4788977. [6:12] Charles Gounod Faust ballet music – Royal Opera House Orch/Sir Georg Solti. London 421396-2. [15:54] Alberto Ginastera Overture to the Creole Faust – Simón Bolívar Sym/Maximiano Valdés. Dorian DOR-90227. [8:48] Ludwig van Beethoven Violin Sonata No. 5 in F, Op. 24, Spring – Gidon Kremer, v; Martha Argerich, p. DG 4197872. [23:36] Claude Debussy Printemps – Cleveland Orch/ Pierre Boulez. DG 435766-2. [16:43] Gustav Holst In the Bleak Midwinter – Trinity College Choir, Cambridge/ Stephen Layton. Hyperion CDA-68087. [4:39] A WFMT listener favorite: Joaquín Rodrigo Concierto de Aranjuez – Julian Bream, g; Melos Ensemble/Sir Colin Davis. RCA 61598-2. [19:53]

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Flute Concerto No. 1 in G, K. 313 – Emmanuel Pahud, f; Berlin Phil/Claudio Abbado. EMI CDC5-56365-2. [24:29] And two more listener favorites: Leo Délibes Lakmé: Flower duet, Dome épais, le jasmin – Nicole Cabell & Alyson Cambridge, s’s; Lake Forest Sym/Vladimir Kulenovic. Cedille CDR-90000181. [5:47] Georges Bizet The Pearlfishers: Duet, Au fond du temple saint – Jussi Bjoerling, t; Robert Merrill, br; Orch/Renato Cellini. RCA 7799-2. [4:34]

Evening Music on WFMT •

Igor Stravinsky Jeu de cartes – Chicago Sym/Sir Georg Solti. London 443775-2. [22:27] There’s more Stravinsky tonight at 8:00 pm on our Chicago Symphony broadcast, conducted by Riccardo Muti. Claudio Monteverdi Cantate Domino – Choir of King’s College, Cambridge/ Stephen Cleobury. King’s College KGS-0034. [2:09] Igor Stravinsky Symphony of Psalms: 1st mvt, Exaudi orationem meam – Atlanta Sym & Cho/Robert Shaw. Telarc CD-80254. [3:12] Another WFMT listener favorite: Max Bruch Violin Concerto No. 1 in g minor, Op. 26 – Nicola Benedetti, v; Czech Phil/Jakub Hrusa. DG 4764092. [24:36] Richard Strauss Der Rosenkavalier, Op. 59: Suite – Buffalo Phil/JoAnn

Falletta. Naxos 8.572041. [23:47] Ludwig van Beethoven String Quartet No. 9 in C, Op. 59, No. 3, Razumovsky – Ébène Quartet. Warner Classics. [31:46]

7:00 Christmas on Sugarloaf Mountain: An Irish-

Appalachian Celebration – Performed by Apollo’s Fire under the direction of Jeannette Sorrell.

8:00 Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Radio Broadcasts – Bizet: Roma Symphony; Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana in concert form – Anita Rachvelishvili, s (Santuzza); Piero Pretti, t (Turiddu); Luca Salsi, br (Alfio); Sasha Cooke, ms (Lola); Ronnita Miller, ms (Lucia); CSO Chorus/Riccardo Muti.

10:00 Collectors’ Corner with Henry

Fogel: Wilhelm Furtwängler and the Berlin Philharmonic

Monday 14

12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore

9:00 Georg Philipp Telemann Viola Concerto in G – Collegium Musicum 90/Simon Standage, vi. Chandos CHAN-0593. [12:21] Carl Maria von Weber Invitation to the Dance, Op. 65 – Garrick Ohlsson, p. Arabesque Z-6584 (2). [9:49] Arthur Sullivan The Merchant of Venice Suite – City of Birmingham Sym/Vivian Dunn. EMI CMS7-64412-2 (2). [14:14]

10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn,

including today’s new release, plus: Peter Tchaikovsky The Snow Maiden, Op. 12: Suite – St. Petersburg Philharmonia/ Alexander Dmitriev. Sony SMK-46680. [10:46]

11:00 Daily Excursion: Francis

Poulenc Suite française – London Wind Orch/Denis Wick. ASV CDWHL-2067. [12:20] 12:00 Music in Chicago, plus: Morten Lauridsen O Magnum Mysterium – Bay Brass. Harmonia Mundi HMU-807556. [6:28]

1:00 Music for the Afternoon •

Igor Stravinsky Pulcinella Suite – Teatre Lliure Chamber Orch Barcelona/ Josep Pons. Harmonia Mundi HMC-901609. [22:59] Pietro Locatelli Concerto grosso in f, Op. 1/8, Christmas Concerto – I Solisti Italiani. Denon CO-78912. [14:53]

2:00 Afternoon Masterwork:

Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37 – Alfred Brendel, p; Vienna Phil/Sir Simon Rattle. Philips 462781-2 (3). [35:43] 3:00 Various Six Morceaux: No. 3, Berceuse; Three Pieces for Cello and Piano, Op. 40: No. 2, Berceuse – Rachel Barton Pine, v; Matthew Hagle, p. Cedille CDR-90000139. [6:19] Emile Waldteufel España Waltzes, Op. 236 – Monte Carlo Phil/ Willi Boskovsky. EMI CDM763136-2. [6:23] Zoltán Kodály Summer Evening – Orpheus Chamber Orch. DG 447109-2. [16:28] Traditional Huron Carol (Twas in the moon of winter); Noël nouvelet – La Pietà/Angèle Dubeau. Analekta AN2-8730. [6:21]

4:00 Late Afternoon Music with

Candice Agree, including a newscast at 4:00 pm and The Unrush Hour between 5:00 pm and 6:00 pm

7:00 Exploring Music with Bill

McGlaughlin: Vienna and the great composers who lived and worked there, including Beethoven (b. 12/16/1770). Second of two weeks.

8:00 Live from WFMT Encore: The Wicker Park Choral Singers 10:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin

Tuesday 15

12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore

9:00 Various Pièces de clavecin: Les Sauvages; Images, set 1: II. Hommage à Rameau – Víkingur Ólafsson, p. DG. [8:37]

Marc-Antoine Charpentier

Noël sur les instruments – Masques/Olivier Fortin. Analekta AN2-9908. [15:06]

10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn,

including today’s new release, plus: Richard Wagner Rienzi Overture – Berlin Phil/Klaus Tennstedt. EMI CDC7-47030-2. [13:34]

11:00 Daily Excursion: Antonín

Dvorák Prague Waltzes – Detroit Sym/Antal Dorati. London 414370-2. [8:54] 12:00 Music in Chicago, plus: Peter Warlock Capriol Suite – Guildhall String Ensemble/Robert Salter. RCA 7761-2. [9:29]

1:00 Music for the Afternoon •

Manuel de Falla The ThreeCornered Hat Suite – Simón Bolívar Sym/Eduardo Mata. Dorian DOR-90210. [12:46] Various O magnum mysterium; Ríu, ríu, chíu – Stile Antico. Harmonia Mundi HMM-902312. [7:23] Johann Sebastian Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 in B-flat, BWV 1051 – Apollo’s Fire/Jeannette Sorrell. Avie AV-2207 (2). [15:27]

2:00 Afternoon Masterwork:

Ludwig van Beethoven Violin Sonata No. 9 in A, Op. 47, Kreutzer – Itzhak Perlman, v; Martha Argerich, p. EMI CDC5-56815-2. [34:11] 3:00 Lita Grier Flute Concertino, Renascence – Mary Stolper, f; Czech National Sym/ Paul Freeman. Cedille CDR-90000046. [10:55] Hugo Wolf Italian Serenade in G – I Solisti Italiani. Denon 81757-9150-2. [7:10] Franz Joseph Haydn Symphony No. 3 in G – Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orch/Adam Fischer. Nimbus NI-5407. [17:32]

4:00 Late Afternoon Music with

Candice Agree, including a newscast at 4:00 pm and The Unrush Hour between 5:00 pm and 6:00 pm

7:00 Exploring Music with Bill

McGlaughlin: Vienna and the great composers who lived and worked there, including Beethoven.

8:00 From the CSO’s Archives: The

First 130 Years – Ludwig van Beethoven at 250 – Leonore Overture No. 3 (/Sir Georg Solti). Piano Concerto No. 4 (Van Cliburn, p/Fritz Reiner). Elegy, Op. 118 (CSO Chorus/ Daniel Barenboim). Symphony No. 3 in E-Flat, Eroica (/Solti).

10:00 Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center – Francaix:

String Trio. Schoenfeld: Trio for clarinet, violin, and piaNo. Prokofiev: String Quartet No. 2.

11:00 Evening Music on WFMT

Wednesday 16 Ludwig van Beethoven 1770-1827

12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore

9:00 Various Joy to the World (after Sonata in D); What

Child Is This? (after Sonata in c-sharp, Op. 27/1) – Jeffrey Biegel, p. Koch KICCD-7737. [6:59] Frederick Delius Sleigh Ride – English Northern Sinfonia/Richard Hickox. EMI CDM5-65067-2. [6:29]

Ralph Vaughan Williams

The Wasps: March; Entr’acte; Ballet & Final Tableau – London Phil/Sir Adrian Boult. EMI CDC7-47216-2. [12:59]

10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn,

including today’s new release, plus: Ludwig van Beethoven Leonore Overture No. 3 in C, Op. 72b – Chicago Sym/ Sir Georg Solti. London 421773-2. [13:52]

11:00 Daily Excursion: Chinese

Traditional Spring Flowers in the Moonlit Night on the River – Lang Lang, p; Fan Wei, pipa. DG B0008233-00. [7:29]

12:00 Music in Chicago 12:15 Dame Myra Hess Memorial

Concerts: For today’s big birthday, the Avalon String Quartet plays Beethoven’s Quartet No. 14 in c-sharp minor, Op. 131.

1:00 Music for the Afternoon •

Camille Saint-Saëns Piano Concerto No. 2 in g minor,

Op. 22 – André Watts, p; Atlanta Sym/Yoel Levi. Telarc CD-80386. [23:55] Vincent Persichetti Pastoral – Prairie Winds. Albany TROY-401. [5:57] Giovanni Gabrieli Canzon Septimi Toni; Sonata Pian’e Forte – Canadian Brass. Opening Day ODR-7380. [8:06]

2:00 Afternoon Masterwork: Ludwig van Beethoven

Symphony No. 7 in A, Op. 92 – Vienna Phil/Carlos Kleiber. DG 447400-2. [38:39] 3:00 Alexander Borodin Prince Igor: Polovtsian Dances – Cincinnati Pops/Erich Kunzel. Telarc CD-80657. [11:20] Ludwig van Beethoven Variations in A on a Dance by Wranitzky, WoO 71 – Vladimir Ashkenazy, p. London 4758401. [10:55] Ludwig van Beethoven The Ruins of Athens, Op. 113: March and Chorus, Twine

Ye Garlands; Chorus of Dervishes – Beecham Choral Society, Royal Phil/Sir Thomas Beecham. EMI CDM7-69871-2. [8:24] Emile Waldteufel The Skaters Waltz, Op. 183 – Vienna Phil/Gustavo Dudamel. Sony 88985376182. [7:55]

4:00 Late Afternoon Music with

Candice Agree, including a newscast at 4:00 pm and The Unrush Hour between 5:00 pm and 6:00 pm

7:00 Exploring Music with Bill

McGlaughlin: Vienna and the great composers who lived and worked there, including Beethoven.

8:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin Ludwig van Beethoven

Symphony No. 9 in d minor, Op. 125, Choral – Soloists, Choruses and Orchestras/ Leonard Bernstein. DG 4298612. [77:34] A performance from 1989 that celebrated the demolition of the Berlin Wall.

10:00 Baroque&Before with Candice Agree 11:00 Evening Music on WFMT •

Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-Flat, Op. 73, Emperor – Alessio Bax, p; Southbank Sinfonia/ Simon Over. Signum SIGCD-525. [37:30]

Thursday 17

12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore

9:00 Various O Come, O Come Emmanuel; Once in Royal David’s City – King’s College Choir Cambridge/Sir David Willcocks. EMI CDM5-66241-2. [8:42] Leroy Anderson A

Christmas Festival – Boston Pops/Arthur Fiedler. RCA 64282. [8:37] Dmitri Shostakovich Festive Overture, Op. 96 – London Phil/Andrew Litton. Virgin Classics 61134-2. [5:50]

10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn,

including today’s new release, plus: Ralph Vaughan Williams Fantasia on Greensleeves – Royal Liverpool Phil/Vernon Handley. EMI CDM7-64613-2. [4:06] Traditional Carol, What Child Is This? (Greensleeves) – Cambridge Singers, Orch/John Rutter. Collegium CSCD-503. [2:50] Franz Schubert Rosamunde incidental music, D. 797: Ballet music No. 1 – Chamber Orch of Europe/Claudio Abbado. DG 431655-2. [8:08]

11:00 Daily Excursion: George

Gershwin An American in Paris – Seattle Sym/Ludovic Morlot. Seattle Symphony Media SSM-1003. [18:45] 12:00 Music in Chicago, plus: Lars-Erik Larsson A Winter’s Tale incidental music: Four vignettes – Helsingborg Sym/Andrew Manze. CPO 777671-2. [10:19]

1:00 Music for the Afternoon • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Piano Concerto No. 20 in d minor, K. 466 – Martha Argerich, p; Orch Mozart/Claudio Abbado. DG 4791033. [30:58] Richard Strauss Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks, Op. 28 – Chicago Sym/Sir Georg Solti. London 436623-2. [14:59] 2:00 Afternoon Masterwork: Some Benjamin Britten Britten Peter Grimes: Four Sea Interludes, Op. 33a: Sunday Morning – Chicago Gargoyle Brass & Organ Ensemble/ Stephen Squires. MSR Classics MS-1704. [3:31] Britten A Ceremony of Carols, Op. 28 – Westminster Abbey Choir/Martin Neary. Sony SK-62615. [23:01] Britten Peter Grimes: Four Sea Interludes, Op. 33a: Moonlight – New York Phil/Leonard Bernstein. Sony SMK-47541. [5:07]

3:00 Franz Joseph Haydn

Symphony No. 104 in D, London – Philharmonia/Leonard Slatkin. RCA 62549-2. [28:29] Aaron Copland Our Town: No. 2, Conversation at the Soda Fountain – James Tocco, p. Pro Arte CDD-183. [9:29]

4:00 Late Afternoon Music with

Candice Agree, including a newscast at 4:00 pm and The Unrush Hour between 5:00 pm and 6:00 pm

7:00 Exploring Music with Bill

McGlaughlin: Vienna and the great composers who lived and worked there, including Beethoven.

8:00 Itzahk Perlman’s Hanukkah

Radio Party: The famed violinist shares his favorite music for the Jewish Festival of Lights.

9:00 Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra Onstage:

Edo de Waart, conductor; Johannes Moser, cello – Shostakovich: Cello Concerto No. 1; Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 2.

11:00 Evening Music on WFMT

Friday 18

12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore

9:00 Antonio Vivaldi Violin Concerto in E, R. 270, Il Riposo, per il Natale – Europa Galante/ Fabio Biondi, v. Virgin Classics 45424-2. [7:15] Engelbert Humperdinck Hansel and

Gretel: Overture, Dream Pantomime – Royal Phil/Rudolf Kempe. EMI CDZB5-68736-2 (2). [13:25] The complete opera is coming to us from the Met tomorrow at noon.

10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn,

including today’s new release, plus: Claudio Monteverdi Vespro della Beata Vergine: Hymn – Apollo’s Fire/Jeannette Sorrell. Avie AV-2206 (2). [7:43]

11:00 Daily Excursion: Bedrich

Smetana Má Vlast (My Fatherland): From Bohemia’s Meadows and Forests – Czech Phil/Sir Charles Mackerras. Supraphon SU-3465-2031. [12:07] 12:00 Impromptu Encore: Members of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center in Levin Studio in 2015.

1:00 Music for the Afternoon •

Claude Debussy String Quartet in g minor, Op. 10 – Takács Quartet. Hyperion CDA-68061. [25:09] Robert Nathaniel Dett Magnolia: Part I: Magnolias; The Deserted Cabin; My Lady Love – Clipper Erickson, p. Navona NV-6013. [10:48]

2:00 Afternoon Masterwork: Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov

Scheherazade, Op. 35 – Borusan Istanbul Phil/Sascha Goetzel. Onyx 4124. [47:54] 3:00 Traditional A New Year’s Gift (Greensleeves); Green Grow’th the Holly; The Cherry

Tree Carol – Theatre of Voices/Paul Hillier. Harmonia Mundi HMU-907079. [9:23] Morton Gould Serenade of Carols – New Philharmonia/ Morton Gould. RCA 7931-2. [13:38] Traditional Bring a

Torch, Jeanette, Isabella; Carol of the Bells – Imani Winds. Koch KICCD-7748. [10:24]

4:00 Late Afternoon Music with

Candice Agree, including a newscast at 4:00 pm and The Unrush Hour between 5:00 pm and 6:00 pm

7:00 Exploring Music with Bill

McGlaughlin: Vienna and the great composers who lived and worked there, including Beethoven.

8:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin 9:00 The New York Philharmonic This Week: Kurt Masur,

conductor – Brahms: Symphony No. 3; Symphony No. 4. 11:00 Best of Studs Terkel: A celebration of Hanukkah first aired in 1988.

Saturday 19

12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 7:00 Weekend Mornings with Maggie Clennon Reberg,

including Saturday Morning Listeners’ Choice at 8:00 am and Soundtrack at 9:00 am. 11:00 Introductions: Eytan Raviv, 17, cello – Bach: Cello Suite No. 2: Sarabande & Gigue; Van Goens: Scherzo; Kabalevsky: Concerto No. 1 in Gm: 1st mvt; Fauré: Élégie; arr. Raviv: Eye of the Tiger; Sheng: Tibetan Dance. With Shirley Trissell, p.

12:00 From the Metropolitan Opera: Humperdinck’s

“Hansel and Gretel” – Tara Erraught (Hansel); Lisette Oropesa (Gretel); Gerhard Siegel (Witch); Dolora Zajick (Gertrude); Quinn Kelsey (Peter); Metropolitan Opera Cho & Orch/Donald Runnicles. From 2018; sung in English.

2:30 Weekend Music with Oliver Camacho Johann Sebastian

Bach Italian Concerto in F, BWV 971 – Peter Serkin, p. RCA 68188-2. [13:02] Bach Toccata and Fugue in d minor, BWV 565 – Philadelphia Orch/ Wolfgang Sawallisch. EMI CDC5-55592-2. [9:39] 3:00 Peter Tchaikovsky The Nutcracker, Op. 71: Suite of excerpts – Chicago Sym/Fritz Reiner. RCA 68530-2. [40:12] Reiner, the legendary CSO music director of the 1950s and early Sixties, lived December 19, 1888, to November 15, 1963. Manuel de Falla El Amor Brujo: Excerpts – Chicago Sym/Fritz Reiner. RCA 62586-2. [13:00] 4:00 Alan Thomas Out of Africa: I. Call at Sunrise; Morning Dance – Denis Azabagic, g. Cedille CDR-7005. [6:45] Adolphus Hailstork Three Spirituals – Virginia Sym/JoAnn Falletta. Naxos 8.559722. [8:17] George Gershwin I Got Rhythm Variations – Orion Weiss, p; Buffalo Phil/JoAnn Falletta. Naxos 8.559705. [8:53]

4:30 Arias and Songs Encore:

Music for the holidays.

5:00 Evening Music on WFMT •

Edward Elgar Cello Concerto in e minor, Op. 85 – Jacqueline Du Pré, vc; Philadelphia Orch/ Daniel Barenboim. Sony SK-60394. [31:08] Ralph Vaughan Williams Fantasia on Christmas Carols – Thomas Allen, br; Corydon Singers, English Chamber Orch/Matthew Best. Hyperion CDA-66420. [12:26] John Jacob Niles I

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Wonder As I Wander – Pro Arte Singers/Paul Hillier. Harmonia Mundi HMU-907233. [3:08] Niles Black Is the Color of My True Love’s Hair; Go ‘Way from My Window – Susanne Mentzer, ms; Sharon Isbin, g. Erato 23419-2. [6:59] Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Symphony No. 39 in E-Flat, K. 543 – Camerata Salzburg/Leonidas Kavakos. Sony 82876842412. [28:47] Various The Months (The Seasons): December (Christmas); Weihnachtsbaum: The Shepherds at the Manger (In Dulci Jubilo); Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring/Ding, Dong, Merrily on High – Jeffrey Biegel, p. Steinway 30005. [11:42] Traditional Ding Dong Merrily on High – Music of the Baroque Chorus/William Jon Gray. Music of the Baroque CD. [1:12] Leroy Anderson The Waltzing Cat; Bugler’s Holiday; The Syncopated Clock; Sleigh Ride – St. Louis Sym/Leonard Slatkin. RCA 68048-2. [2:50]

Fiesta! with Elbio

Barilari: Latin-American Christmas carols

Folkstage hosted by Rich Warren The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer

Sunday 20

12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff

6:00 With Heart and Voice: A Christmas Celebration

7:00 Weekend Mornings with Maggie Clennon Reberg 12:00 Sunday Afternoons with Robbie Ellis 12:00 George Frideric Handel

Messiah: Chorus, Hallelujah – Chicago Sym Cho & Orch/Sir Georg Solti. London 466075-2 (2). [3:46] Tonight at 8:00 the Chicago Symphony and its chorus perform this favorite oratorio. Francesco Manfredini Concerto grosso in C, Op. 3/12, Christmas Concerto – I Musici. Philips 412739-2. [8:23] Franz Joseph Haydn Cello Concerto No. 1 in C, H VIIb:1 – Yo-Yo Ma, vc; English Chamber Orch/Jose-Luis Garcia. CBS MK-36674. [23:41] Franz Lehár Violin Concertino in b minor – Robert McDuffie, v; Cincinnati Pops/Erich Kunzel. Telarc CD-80402. [12:57] 1:00 Joaquín Turina Piano Trio No. 1, Op. 35 – Eaken Piano Trio. Excelsius 730172. [19:16] Bach-Gounod Ave Maria – Eaken Piano Trio. Naxos 8.554714. [7:51] Various Gesu Bambino; Mille Cherubini in Coro – Luciano Pavarotti, t; National Phil/Kurt Adler. London 414044-2. [8:29] Ottorino Respighi Ancient Airs and Dances for the Lute, set 3 – St.

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Paul Chamber Orch/Hugh Wolff. Teldec 18970-2 (2). [16:59] Johannes Brahms Two Rhapsodies, Op. 79 – Emanuel Ax, p. Sony SK-48046. [17:05] Maurice Ravel Rapsodie espagnole – Seattle Sym/Ludovic Morlot. Seattle Symphony Media SSM-1002. [15:28]

Robert Russell Bennett

Christmas Medley No. 1 – Robert Shaw Chorale, Orch/ Mr. Shaw. RCA 6429-2. [11:24] Lawrence Ashmore Four Seasons (Suite on English folksongs) – Richard Stoltzman, cl; Guildhall String Ensemble. RCA 60437-2. [21:26] Aaron Copland Appalachian Spring: Second half – Music@Menlo Ensemble. Music@Menlo Live 2012 (6). [11:08] Leopold Mozart Trumpet Concerto in D – Wynton Marsalis, tr; National Phil/ Raymond Leppard. CBS MK-37846. [7:54] L Mozart Sinfonia Pastorale in G – New Zealand Chamber Orch/Donald Armstrong. Naxos 8.553347. [12:18] Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Piano Concerto No. 26 in D, K. 537, Coronation – Alicia de Larrocha, p; English Chamber Orch/Sir Colin Davis. RCA 61698-2. [31:25]

Evening Music on WFMT • George Frideric Handel

Messiah: He Shall Feed His Flock...Come Unto Him – Arleen Auger, s; Mostly Mozart Orch/Gerard Schwarz. Delos 3026. [6:20] Handel Messiah: Finale, Worthy Is the Lamb – Chicago Sym Cho & Orch/Sir Georg Solti. London 425825-2. [6:35] We have a complete CSO Messiah tonight at 8:00. Franz Schubert Symphony No. 6 in C, D. 589 – Australian Chamber Orch/Sir Charles Mackerras. Omega OCD-1005. [33:19] Yolanda Kondonassis Dream Season – Yolanda Kondonassis, h. Telarc CD-80446. [3:56] Respighi Lauda per la Natività del Signore – Valente, Forrester, Philadelphia Singers, Orch/ Michael Korn. RCA 7787-2. [26:36] Alfredo Catalani Contemplazione – La Scala Phil/Riccardo Muti. Sony SK63025. [10:48] Jules Massenet La Vierge: The Last Sleep of the Virgin – Minnesota Orch/Eiji Oue. Reference Recordings RR99-CD. [4:30] Jules Massenet Thaïs: Méditation – Joshua Bell, v; Royal Phil/Andrew Litton. London 433519-2. [5:12] French Traditional Carol, Il est né le divin enfant – Chanticleer/Joseph Jennings. Chanticleer CR-8803. [2:27]

Ludwig van Beethoven

Piano Trio in B-Flat, Op. 97, Archduke – Itzhak Perlman, v; Lynn Harrell, vc; Vladimir Ashkenazy, p. EMI CDC7-47010-2. [42:30] Various O Come All Ye Faithful (after Sonata in c, Op. 13); Silent Night, after Clair de Lune – Jeffrey Biegel, p. Koch 7737. [10:47]

8:00 Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcasts: Riccardo

Muti, conductor; Mitsuko Uchida, piano—Mozart: The Marriage of Figaro Overture; Piano Concerto No. 20 in d. Varese: Deserts (/Pierre Boulez). Stravinsky: Divertimento fr The Fairy’s Kiss; The Firebird Suite.

10:00 Collectors’ Corner with Henry

Fogel: Wilhelm Furtwängler and the Berlin Philharmonic

Monday 21

12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore

9:00 Edgar Meyer Winter’s

Chill – Modern Mandolin Quartet; Edgar Meyer, db. Windham Hill 11108-2. [5:29] Robert Nathaniel Dett Tropic

Winter: Parade of the Jasmine Banners – Clipper Erickson, p. Navona NV-6013. [4:11] Various Parade of the Wooden

Soldiers; The Nutcracker: Dance of the Toy (Reed) Flutes; Sleigh Ride – Boston Pops/Arthur Fiedler. RCA 61685-2. [8:57] Various O Little Town of Bethlehem; Hark the Herald Angels Sing – BBC Welsh Chorus, Welsh Guards Fanfare Trumpets/John Thomas; Huw Williams, o. Nimbus NI-5310. [7:22]

10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn,

including today’s new release, plus: Leroy Anderson Suite of Carols for Brass Choir – BBC Concert Orch Brass/Leonard Slatkin. Naxos 8.559621. [11:41]

11:00 Daily Excursion: Peter

Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 1 in g, Op. 13, Winter Dreams: I. Allegro tranquillo – Chicago Sym/Claudio Abbado. Sony SK-48056. [11:43] 12:00 Music in Chicago, plus: Giuseppe Torelli Concerto grosso in g, Op. 8/6, Christmas Concerto – Berlin Phil/Herbert von Karajan. DG 449924-2. [9:17] Traditional Star in the East; The Shepherds’ Star – Anonymous 4. Harmonia Mundi HMU-807453. [5:37]

1:00 Music for the Afternoon •

Franz Schubert Arpeggione Sonata in a, D. 821 – Yo-Yo Ma, vc; Emanuel Ax, p. Sony 61964. [24:28] Johann Sebastian Bach Cantata No. 1: Opening chorus, Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern; Christmas Oratorio, part 1: Opening chorus, Jauchzet, frohlocket – Vienna Boys’ Choir, Cho Viennensis, Vienna Concentus Musicus/Nikolaus Harnoncourt. Warner Classics 68081. [18:05]

2:00 Afternoon Masterwork:

Antonio Vivaldi The Four Seasons, Concerto No. 1 in E, Spring – Franz Liszt Chamber Orch/Jean-Pierre Rampal, f. Sony SK-53105. [9:01] Concerto No. 2 in g, Summer – Avi Avital, m; Venice Baroque Orch. DG 4794017. [10:12] Concerto No. 3 in F, Autumn – Yolanda Kondonassis, h; Flanders Orch/Rudolf Werthen. Telarc CD-80523. [11:37] Concerto No. 4 in f, Winter – Anne Akiko Meyers, v; English Chamber Orch/David Lockington. E One EOM-CD-7790. [8:50] 3:00 Gustav Holst Personent Hodie; Lullay My Liking; In the Bleak Midwinter – Christ Church Cathedral Choir/ Stephen Darlington. Nimbus NI-5098. [11:22] Gustav Holst

The Planets, Op. 32: Mars, the Bringer of War; Venus, the Bringer of Peace – Atlanta Sym/ Yoel Levi. Telarc CD-80466. [15:00] Traditional Cold Frosty Morning; To Drive the Cold Winter Away – Rose Ensemble. Rose Ensemble 00009. [7:06]

4:00 Late Afternoon Music with

Candice Agree, including a newscast at 4:00 pm and The Unrush Hour between 5:00 pm and 6:00 pm

7:00 Exploring Music with Bill

McGlaughlin: Dona Nobis Pacem; the ancient prayer, interpreted by composers of the past and present, leads Bill to other music on the theme of peace.

8:00 Live from WFMT Encore:

Joel Spears, lute, and friends in some rare Baroque music for Christmastide.

10:00 The Film Score with Michael

Phillips: Movie music for the winter holidays

11:00 Evening Music on WFMT

Tuesday 22

12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore

9:00 Various Christmas Medley No. 2 – Atlanta Sym & Cho/ Robert Shaw. Telarc CD-80087. [10:56] Various It Came Upon

A Midnight Clear; Fantasia on

Greensleeves – Philharmonia/ Morton Gould. RCA 7931-2. [7:28] Traditional The Holly and the Ivy; I Saw Three

Ships – Imani Winds. Koch KICCD-7748. [6:46]

10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn,

including today’s new release, plus: Leopold Mozart Toy Symphony in G – Kremerata Baltica. Nonesuch 79633-2. [7:23] Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Variations on Ah! vous dirai-je, Maman, K. 265 – Fazil Say, p. Atlantic 21970-2. [11:39]

11:00 Daily Excursion: Frederick

Delius Sleigh Ride – English Northern Sinfonia/ Richard Hickox. EMI CDC7-47610-2. [6:29] 12:00 Music in Chicago, plus: Antony Holborne Renaissance Suite – Philadelphia Brass Ensemble. Sony SBK-63061. [11:45]

1:00 Music for the Afternoon •

Claude Debussy La Boîte à Joujoux – Seattle Sym/Ludovic Morlot. Seattle Symphony Media SSM-1010. [32:29] Gabriel Fauré Dolly Suite, Op. 56: IV. Kitty-Valse – Julian Bream & John Williams, g’s. RCA 61450-2. [2:24] Zez Confrey Kitten on the Keys – Eteri Andjaparidze, p. Naxos 8.559016. [2:27]

2:00 Afternoon Masterwork: Johann Sebastian Bach

Magnificat in D, BWV 243 – La Capella Reial de Catalunya, Le Concert des Nations/Jordi Savall. Alia Vox AVSA-9909-D. [27:38] 3:00 Richard Strauss Oboe Concerto in D – Alex Klein, ob; Chicago Sym/Daniel Barenboim. Teldec 23913-2. [26:32] Tomas Luis da Victoria O Magnum Mysterium – Music of the Baroque/Thomas Wikman. Music of the Baroque MB-108. [3:23] Michael Praetorius Es ist ein Ros’ entsprungen – Music of the Baroque/ William Jon Gray. MOB 2012. [2:51] Gian-Carlo Menotti

Amahl and the Night Visitors: Orchestral suite – Atlanta Sym/Robert Shaw. Turnabout QTV-S-34647/48. [6:21]

4:00 Late Afternoon Music with

Candice Agree, including a newscast at 4:00 pm and The Unrush Hour between 5:00 pm and 6:00 pm

7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin:

Dona Nobis Pacem

8:00 From the CSO’s Archives:

The First 130 Years – Claudio Abbado, former principal guest conductor, in Tchaikovsky – Symphony No. 1, Winter Dreams; Romeo and Juliet; The Tempest; The Nutcracker Suite.

10:00 Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center – Debussy:

String Quartet in g; Bartok: Sonata for two pianos and percussion.

11:00 Evening Music on WFMT

Wednesday 23

12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore

9:00 Antony Holborne The Fairy Round; Alman, The Honie

Suckle or Hartes Ease; Heigh Ho Holiday – Julian Bream, l. RCA 61587-2. [5:34] Giovanni Gabrieli Motet, Angelus ad pastores ait; Jubilate Deo – Music of the Baroque/Edward Zelnis. MOB 2006. [10:41] Manuel de Falla Harpsichord Concerto – David Schrader, hc; Rembrandt Chamber Players. Cedille CDR-90000011. [12:07]

10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn,

including today’s new release, plus: Various The Shepherd’s Carol; What Sweeter Music – King’s College Choir Cambridge/Stephen Cleobury. EMI CDC5-58070-2 (2). [8:12] Frank Bridge Christmas dance, Sir Roger de Coverley – English Northern Philharmonia/David LloydJones. Naxos 8.555068. [4:15]

11:00 Daily Excursion: Bernard

Herrmann Currier and Ives Suite – New Zealand Sym/James Sedares. Koch 3-7224-2. [13:16] 12:00 Music in Chicago, plus:

Robert Russell Bennett

Christmas Medley No. 3 – Robert Shaw Chorale & Orch. RCA 6429-2. [12:21]

Live Hess concerts resume on Wednesdays in January.

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8:00 9:00 Music for the Afternoon • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Flute and Harp Concerto in C, K. 299 – Rune Most, f; Sivan Magen, h; Odense Sym/Scott Yoo. Bridge 9502. [29:18] Traditional Joy to the World; Deck the Halls; O Come All Ye Faithful – Choral Guild of Atlanta. Sony SFK-62698. [7:53]

Afternoon Masterwork:

Maurice Ravel Quartet in F – Emerson String Quartet. DG 445509-2. [28:02]

Giuseppe Sammartini

Concerto grosso in g, Op. 5/6, Christmas – English Chamber Orch/Simon Preston. Novalis 150133-2 (2). [15:03] Joaquín Rodrigo Zarabanda Lejana y Villancico – London Sym/Enrique Bátiz. EMI CZS7-67435-2 (4). [9:20] Traditional Entre le boeuf et l’âne gris; Guillô, pran ton tamborin (Patapan); El Rorro – Monteverdi Choir/Sir John Eliot Gardiner. Philips 462050-2. [2:16] Francis Poulenc Aubade – Gabriel Tacchino, p; Paris Conservatory Orch/Georges Prêtre. EMI CDM7-64714-2. [20:05]

Late Afternoon Music with

Candice Agree, including a newscast at 4:00 pm and The Unrush Hour between 5:00 pm and 6:00 pm

Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin:

Dona Nobis Pacem

Evenings with Kerry Frumkin Winter Holidays Around the World with Bill McGlaughlin:

Bill highlights diverse cultures as he samples holiday music from number of different traditions.

10:00 Baroque&Before with Candice

Agree: A special two-hour edition for Christmas

Thursday 24 Christmas Eve

12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore 9:00 Live from King’s College Cambridge University: A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols 10:30 Midday with Lisa Flynn 11:00 Daily Excursion: Russian

Traditional Folksong, The Troika Speeds Along – Washington Balalaika Society, Paul Hill Chorale/ Paul Hill. Centaur CRC-2230. [5:06] Sergei Prokofiev Lieutenant Kijé Suite, Op. 60: IV. Troika – Chicago Sym/Fritz Reiner. RCA 5605-2. [2:36] 12:00 Music in Chicago, plus:

Adolphe-Charles Adam

Cantique de Noël (O Holy Night) – Cambridge Singers, City of London Sinfonia/ John Rutter. Collegium 111. [6:35] Various Hansel and Gretel: Evening Prayer; Gesu Bambino – Eaken Piano Trio. Naxos 8.554099. [7:44]

1:00 Music for the Afternoon •

Traditional Go Tell It on the Mountain – Chicago Children’s Choir/Josephine Lee, Chicago Children’s Cho CD; Imani Winds, Koch 7748. [5:35] Giacomo Puccini La Bohème Suite – National Opera Orch/Paul Freeman. Pro Arte CDS-3671. [14:12] The first two acts of La Boheme take place on Christmas Eve. Leonard Bernstein West Side Story: Symphonic Dances – Utah Sym/Keith Lockhart. Reference RR-105. [22:09]

2:00 Afternoon Masterwork: Ralph

Vaughan Williams Christmas cantata, Hodie – E Gale, R Tear, S Roberts, LSO Chorus, St Paul’s Cathedral Choristers, London Sym/Richard Hickox. EMI 54128-2. [57:42] 3:00 Frédéric Chopin Piano Sonata No. 3 in B minor, Op. 58 – Daniil Trifonov, p. London B0018271-02. [27:03] Elinor Remick Warren Wexford Bells: Suite on Old Irish

Tunes – Royal Ballet Sinfonia/ Gavin Sutherland. ASV 2126. [11:26] Traditional Jingle Bells – Imani Winds. Koch 7748. [2:54] Nicolai Leontovich Carol of the Bells – St. Paul’s Cathedral Choir/Andrew Carwood. Decca 4789225. [1:26] Traditional The Twelve Days of Christmas – Elmer Iseler Singers & Canadian Brass. Philips 426835-2. [7:15]

4:00 Late Afternoon Music with

Candice Agree, including a newscast at 4:00 pm and The Unrush Hour between 5:00 pm and 6:00 pm

7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin:

Dona Nobis Pacem

8:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin

Lewis Redner O Little Town of Bethlehem – Trinity Choir/Brian Jones. Dorian DOR-93240. [2:50] Traditional Angels We Have Heard on High – Joan Sutherland, s; Ambrosian Singers, New Philharmonia/ Richard Bonynge. London 421095-2. [1:43] AdolpheCharles Adam Cantique de Noël (O Holy Night) – Luciano Pavarotti, t; National Phil/ Adler. London 414044-2. [4:13] Joaquín Rodrigo Concierto pastoral – James Galway, f; Philharmonia/Eduardo Mata. RCA 68428-2. [24:28]

9:00 Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra Onstage: Peter

Oundjian, conductor; Todd Levy, clarinet – Rachmaninoff: The Isle of the Dead. Debussy: Clarinet Rhapsody. Bernstein: Clarinet Sonata arr Ramin for clarinet & chamber group. Beethoven: Symphony No. 5. The final broadcast in this series.

11:00 Evening Music on WFMT •

Gian-Carlo Menotti Amahl and the Night Visitors – Ike Hawkersmith, Kirsten Gunlogson, Nashville Sym & Cho/Alastair Willis. Naxos 8.669019. [49:05] Anonymous Christmas Day Mass, Notre Dame School: Introit, Puer natus est – Ensemble Organum/ Marcel Peres. Harmonia Mundi HMX-290649/54 (6). [5:59] Franz Gruber Stille Nacht – Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, s; Julian Bream, g; Philharmonia/ Sir CharlesMackerras. EMI CDM7-63574-2. [3:35]

Friday 25

Christmas Day

12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn,

including today’s new release, plus: Johann Sebastian Bach Christmas Oratorio: Sinfonia – Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood. Oiseau 410179-2. [5:12] Peter Tchaikovsky The Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a: Waltz of the Flowers – Martha Argerich & Nicolas Economou, p’s. DG 449816-2. [6:22] 11:00 Various There Is A Flower; Bethlehem Down – King’s Singers. Signum Two SIG-0502. [7:53] Leroy Anderson A Christmas Festival – Dallas

Wind Sym/Jerry Junkin. Reference RR-126. [6:54] 12:00 Impromptu Encore: The male-voice chamber choir Chanticleer, which performed in Levin Studio in 2012 with Carl Grapentine hosting. [40:00] Otto Nicolai Weihnachtsouvertüre (Christmas Overture 1833) – Bavarian Radio Choir, Bamberg Sym/Karl Anton Rickenbacher. Virgin Classics 91079-2. [10:51]

1:00 Music for the Afternoon •

Arcangelo Corelli Concerto grosso in g, Op. 6/8, Christmas Concerto – Cantilena/ Adrian Shepherd. Chandos CHAN-6630. [15:59] Victor Hely-Hutchinson A Carol Symphony – City of Prague Phil/Gavin Sutherland. Naxos 8.557099. [24:42] Various God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen; We Three Kings of Orient Are; L’Enfance du Christ: The Shepherds’ Farewell – Choir of King’s College, Cambridge/ Stephen Cleobury. King’s College KGS-0033. [4:00]

2:00 Afternoon Masterwork: Franz

Schubert Symphony No. 9 in C, D. 944, Great – Vienna Phil/Sir Georg Solti. London 400082-2. [55:11] 3:00 Vernon M. Whaley Christmas Spiritual Medley – Oklahoma Woodwind Quintet. Integra ICD-801. [4:49] Robert Russell Bennett Christmas Medley No. 4 – Robert Shaw Chorale & Orch/Mr Shaw. RCA 6429-2. [12:03] Agustín Barrios Mangoré Villancico de Navidad – Alexander-Sergei Ramírez, g. DG 471532-2. [2:50] Traditional Three Spanish Carols (Fum, Fum; Hacia Belen; Ya Viene la Vieja) – Robert Shaw Chorale. RCA DCM2-1217 (2). [3:45] Richard Strauss Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks, Op. 28 – Pittsburgh Sym/ Manfred Honeck. Reference FR-707. [14:35] Strauss Wiegenlied (Lullaby) – Barbara Hendricks, s; Ralf Gothoni, p. EMI CDC7-54381-2. [4:43]

4:00 Late Afternoon Music with

Candice Agree, including a newscast at 4:00 pm and The Unrush Hour between 5:00 pm and 6:00 pm

6:00 Christmas on Sugarloaf Mountain: An Irish-

Appalachian Celebration – Performed by Apollo’s Fire under the direction of Jeannette Sorrell.

7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin:

Dona Nobis Pacem

8:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin Johann Sebastian Bach

Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248: Part 1 – Soloists; Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists/Sir John Eliot Gardiner. Archive 423232-2 (2). [24:43]

9:00 The New York Philharmonic

This Week: A potpourri of classical and pops favorites for the winter holidays.

11:00 Best of Studs Terkel:

Christmas Memories

Saturday 26

12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 7:00 Weekend Mornings with Maggie Clennon Reberg,

including Saturday Morning Listeners’ Choice at 8:00 am and Soundtrack at 9:00 am.

11:00 Introductions: Sami

Gershenhorn, 11, piano. Chopin: FantaisieImpromptu, Op. 66; Bach: Italian Concerto 1st mvt; Beethoven: Tempest Sonata 3rd mvt; Rachmaninoff: Prelude Op. 3/2; Liszt: Consolation No. 3 in Db; Debussy: Jardins sous la pluie.

12:00 From the Metropolitan Opera: Mozart’s “Magic Flute”

(abridged; sung in English) – Russell Thomas (Tamino); Susanna Phillips (Pamina); Nathan Gunn (Papageno); Morris Robinson (Sarastro); Erika Miklosa (Queen of the Night); Metropolitan Opera Cho & Orch/Erik Nielsen. From 2010.

2:00 Weekend Music with Oliver Camacho Peter Tchaikovsky

The Nutcracker, Op. 71: Excerpts – Stewart Goodyear, p. Steinway & Sons 30040. [11:12] Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto in D, Op. 35 – Nicola Benedetti, v; Czech Phil/Jakub Hrusa. DG 4764092. [35:34] Sergei Rachmaninoff Bogoroditse Dyevo (Hail O Virgin Mother, preceded by plainchant antiphon O Virgo Virginum) – Clare College Choir Cambridge U/Graham Ross. Harmonia Mundi HMU-907579. [3:48] 3:00 George Bristow A Winter’s

Tale Overture – Royal Northern Sinfonia/Rebecca Miller. New World 80768-2. [9:46] Giuseppe Verdi I Vespri Siciliani: Winter and Spring fr Four Seasons Ballet – Bournemouth Sym/José Serebrier. Naxos 8.572818-19 (2). [14:27] Ottorino Respighi

Trittico botticelliano – Lausanne Chamber Orch/Jesús López-Cobos. Telarc CD-80309. [18:21] Franz Schubert Ave Maria – Luciano Pavarotti, t; National Phil/Kurt Adler. London 414044-2. [4:47] Schubert Impromptus, D. 935 (Op. 142): No. 3 in B-Flat – Alfred Brendel, p. Philips 422237-2. [11:10] Various A Christmas Jig; Es ist ein Ros’ entsprungen; In Dulci Jubilo; To Drive the Cold Winter Away – Baltimore Consort instrumentalists. Dorian DOR-90198. [11:59]

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9:00 Arias and Songs Encore:

Waltzes for the New Year

Evening Music on WFMT •

Edouard Lalo Symphonie espagnole in d, Op. 21 – Isaac Stern, v; Philadelphia Orch/ Eugene Ormandy. Sony SM2K-64501 (2). [32:59] Various El la don don; Riu, riu, chiu; Salve Regina; Ave Maria – Chanticleer/Joseph Jennings. Chanticleer CR-8803, Warner 0190295617783. [17:05] Ottorino Respighi Roman Festivals (Feste Romane) – Oregon Sym/James de Preist. Delos D/CD-3070. [25:42] Edward Elgar Cockaigne Overture (In London Town), Op. 40 – Oregon Sym/Carlos Kalmar. Pentatone PTC5186471. [15:02] Elgar There Is Sweet Music – Cambridge Singers/John Rutter. Collegium CSCD-505. [5:34] John Rutter What Sweeter Music – Cambridge Singers/Rutter. Collegium COLCD-111. [4:18]

Fiesta! with Elbio Barilari:

Revisiting Mexico

Folkstage hosted by Rich Warren The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer

Sunday 27

12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff

6:00 With Heart and Voice: More music for the Christmas season.

7:00 Weekend Mornings with Maggie Clennon Reberg 12:00 Sunday Afternoons with Robbie Ellis • Antonio Vivaldi

Viola d’amore Concerto in d, R. 393 – Alessandro Tampieri, vi; Accademia Bizantina/Ottavio Dantone. Naïve OP-30570. [9:25] Johann Sebastian Bach Prelude & Fugue in e, BWV 548 – Yo-Yo Ma, vc; Chris Thile, mandolin; Edgar Meyer, db. Nonesuch 558933-2. [11:47] Joaquín Rodrigo Concierto para una fiesta – David Russell, g; Naples Phil/Erich Kunzel. Telarc CD-80459. [29:39] 1:00 Frédéric Chopin Ballade No. 1 in g minor, Op. 23 – Maurizio Pollini, p. EMI CDM5-66221-2. [8:58] Witold Lutoslawski Twenty Polish Christmas Carols: Angels to the shepherds came; Hey! We rejoice now – Polish Radio Chorus, Polish National Radio Sym/Antoni Wit. Naxos 8.555994. [2:46] Morton Gould Serenade of Carols – New Philharmonia/Morton Gould. RCA 7931-2. [13:38] Various Nocturne in B, Op. 22; Nocturne, Op. 33/3 in A-Flat; Soirées musicales: Nocturne – Michael Landrum, p. Sono Luminus DSL-92158 (2). [16:06]

2:00 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Symphony No. 31 in D, K. 297, Paris – Berlin Phil/

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Claudio Abbado. Sony SK-48385. [16:47] Claude Debussy Danses sacrée et profane – Elizabeth Hainen, h; IRIS Orch/Michael Stern. Avie AV-2285. [9:53] Michael Praetorius Terpsichore: Five Dances – Collegium Terpsichore/Fritz Neumeyer. Boston Skyline BSD-118. [12:15] Praetorius Es ist ein Ros’ entsprungen – Vasari Singers/Jeremy Backhouse. Naxos 8.573030. [3:56] William Schuman New England Triptych – St. Louis Sym/Leonard Slatkin. RCA 61282-2. [15:20] Leroy Anderson Suite of Carols for Woodwinds – BBC Concert Orch Winds/Slatkin. Naxos 8.559621. [10:44] Johann Sebastian Bach Clavier Partita No. 5 in G, BWV 829 – Stewart Goodyear, p. Sono Luminus DSL-92220. [17:17] George Frideric Handel Messiah: And the Glory of the Lord; For Unto Us A Child Is Born – Les Arts Florissants/ William Christie. Harmonia Mundi HMU-901498/9 (2). [6:56] Franz Joseph Haydn Quartet in D, Op. 64, No. 5, Lark – Danish String Quartet. Avi Music 8553264. [17:31]

Hans Christian Lumbye

Drommebilleder (Dream Pictures) Fantasy – Danish National Radio Sym/ Gennady Rozhdestvensky. Chandos CHAN-9209. [9:46] William Hirtz The Wizard of Oz Fantasy – Jon Kimura Parker, p. Jon Kimura Parker FP-0908. [7:34]

Evening Music on WFMT •

Giuseppe Verdi Aida: Gloria all’Egitto (Triumphal Scene) – Chicago Sym & Cho/Sir Georg Solti. London 430226-2. [11:48] The spotlight is on the CSO Chorus on our Chicago Symphony broadcast tonight at 8:00. Richard Wagner Tannhäuser: Overture and Venusberg Music – Royal Concertgebouw Orch/Riccardo Chailly. London 448155-2. [23:17] Aaron Copland The Tender Land: Introduction and Love Music – Elgin Sym/Robert Hanson. Naxos 8.559297. [10:11] Copland The Tender Land: Finale, The Promise of Living – Tanglewood Festival Cho, Boston Pops/John Williams. Sony SK-48224. [5:39] Eric Ewazen Oboe Concerto, Down A River of Time – Linda Strommen, ob; International Sejong Soloists. Albany TROY-577. [23:52] Ralph Vaughan Williams The First Nowell – Soloists; London Phil & Cho/Vladimir Jurowski. LPO 0050. [28:19] Francis Poulenc Piano and Wind Sextet – Music@Menlo

Ensemble. Music@Menlo Live 2018 Creative Capitals, Volume 2. [17:32] Felix Mendelssohn String Octet in E-Flat, Op. 20 – Nuttall, St. John, Ganatra, Bernhardsson, v’s; Rostad, Robertson, vi’s; Finckel, Vamos, vc’s. Music@ Menlo Live 2009. [31:37]

8:00 Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcasts:

Spotlighting the CSO Chorus – Bruckner: Psalm 150 (Ruth Welting, s/Daniel Barenboim). Bartok: Cantata Profana (John Aler, t; John Tomlinson, br/Pierre Boulez). Brahms: A German Requiem (Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, s; Bernd Weikl, br/Sir Georg Solti).

10:00 Collectors’ Corner with Henry

Fogel: Wilhelm Furtwängler and the Berlin Philharmonic

Monday 28

12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore

9:00 Ottorino Respighi Ancient Airs and Dances for the Lute arr piano: Campanae Parisienses;

Villanella – Konstantin Scherbakov, p. Naxos 8.553704. [8:49] Various

Suite bergamasque: III.

Clair de lune; Gymnopédie No. 1 – Albrecht Mayer, ob, eh; St. Martin’s Academy/ Mathias Mönius. London 4782564. [8:47] Maurice Ravel Introduction and

Allegro – Galway, f; Stoltzman, cl; Lehwalder, h; Tokyo String Quartet. RCA 62552-2. [10:51]

10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn,

including today’s new release, plus: Aram Khachaturian Masquerade Suite – Scottish National Orch/Neeme Järvi. Chandos CHAN-8542. [16:17]

11:00 Daily Excursion: Federico

Moreno Torroba Castles of Spain – Christopher Parkening, g. EMI CDC7-49404-2. [9:10] 12:00 Music in Chicago, plus: Antonio Vivaldi Flute Concerto in D, Op. 10, No. 3, R. 428, The Goldfinch – Giovanni Antonini, r; Il Giardino Armonico. Teldec 73267-2. [10:17]

1:00 Music for the Afternoon • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Piano Concerto No. 27 in B-Flat, K. 595 – Chamber Orch of Europe/Pierre-Laurent Aimard, p. Warner Classics 62259-2. [31:35] Sergei Prokofiev Overture on Hebrew Themes, Op. 34 – Chamber Orch of Europe/Claudio Abbado; Stefan Vladar, p. DG 429396-2. [7:53]

2:00 Afternoon Masterwork:

Johannes Brahms Clarinet Quintet in b minor, Op. 115 – Karl Leister, cl; Leipzig String Quartet. MD+G Recordings 3070719-2. [37:20] 3:00 Jean-Philippe Rameau Une Symphonie Imaginaire: Music from Naïs, Castor et Pollux, Les

Talens lyriques, Dardanus – Les Musiciens du Louvre/ Marc Minkowski. Archive B0004478-02. [12:50] Jean Françaix L’Horloge de Flore (Flower Clock) – Albrecht Mayer, ob; St. Martin’s Academy/ Mathias Mönius. London 4782564. [17:03] Marin Marais La Guitare – Trio Settecento. Cedille CDR-90000129. [6:32]

4:00 Late Afternoon Music with

Candice Agree, including a newscast at 4:00 pm and The Unrush Hour between 5:00 pm and 6:00 pm

7:00 Exploring Music with Bill

McGlaughlin: You and the Night and the Music looks at the ways novelists and poets have incorporated great music into their plots and verses.

8:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin

Hector Berlioz L’Enfance du Christ, Op. 25 – Tenebrae Choir, London Sym/Sir Colin Davis. LSO Live LSO-0606 (2). [96:34]

10:00 Encore Broadcast: Critical

Thinking with Andrew Patner – Andrew explores the rich world of Eastern Orthodox church music for the Christmas season.

11:00 Evening Music on WFMT

Tuesday 29

12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore

9:00 Georges Bizet L’Arlésienne Suite No. 2 – Toronto Sym/ Sir Andrew Davis. CBS MDK-45649. [17:36] Bedrich Smetana The Bartered Bride: Three Dances – Prague Sym/ Jiri Belohlàvek. Supraphon 110377-2. [12:23]

10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn,

including today’s new release, plus: George Frideric Handel Concerto grosso in C, Alexander’s Feast – La Stravaganza Cologne/Andrew Manze. Denon CO-79943. [12:34]

11:00 Daily Excursion: Ermanno

Wolf-Ferrari Il Campiello (The Square) Suite – Berlin Chamber Orch/Heinz Rögner. Berlin Classics 0091772-BC. [9:40] 12:00 Music in Chicago, plus: Ludwig van Beethoven Fidelio Overture – German Chamber Phil/Daniel Harding. Virgin Classics 45364-2. [7:26]

1:00 Music for the Afternoon •

Franz Schubert Guitar Quartet, D. 96 (after Wenzel Matiegka Trio) – Göran Söllscher, g; Wolfgang Schulz, f; Wolfram Christ, vi; Georg Faust, vc. DG 431783-2. [25:14] Various Ave Maria; Vocalise – Isaac Stern, v, w/ orch. CBS MDK-45816. [11:29]

2:00 Afternoon Masterwork: Camille Saint-Saëns

Symphony No. 3 in c minor, Op. 78, Organ – Gillian Weir, o; Ulster Orch/Yan-Pascal Tortelier. Chandos CHAN-8822. [34:23]

3:00 Wolfgang Amadeus

Mozart German Dances, K. 536 – Tafelmusik/Bruno Weil. Sony SK-46696. [9:06] Johann Strauss II Waltz, Tales from the Vienna Woods, Op. 325 – Vienna Phil/Riccardo Muti. Sony 88985477002. [12:29] Johann Strauss II Frühlingsstimmen Waltz, Op. 410 – Vienna Phil/Mariss Jansons. DG 4775566 (2). [6:24]

4:00 Late Afternoon Music with

Candice Agree, including a newscast at 4:00 pm and The Unrush Hour between 5:00 pm and 6:00 pm

7:00 Exploring Music with Bill

McGlaughlin: You and the Night and the Music

8:00 From the CSO’s Archives:

The First 130 Years – Guests in the House – Khachaturian: Symphony No. 3 (/Leopold Stokowski). Williams: Suite from Memoirs of A Geisha (Yo-Yo Ma, vc/ John Williams). Kodaly: Dances of Galanta (/Neeme Jaervi). Franck: Symphony in d (/Pierre Monteux).

10:00 Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center – Brahms:

Intermezzo in E-Flat, Op. 117/4; Rhapsody in E-Flat, Op. 119/4; Piano Quartet in g, Op. 25

11:00 Evening Music on WFMT

Wednesday 30

12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore

9:00 Eduard Strauss Carmen

Quadrille, Op. 134; Telephon Polka – Vienna Phil/Mariss Jansons. Sony 92710 (2), DG 4775566(2). [9:15] Richard Strauss Der Rosenkavalier: Waltzes – Dresden Staatskapelle/Rudolf Kempe. EMI CMS7-64346-2 (3). [17:45]

10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn,

including today’s new release, plus: Samuel Barber The School for Scandal Overture, Op. 5 – Baltimore Sym/David Zinman. Argo 436288-2. [8:16]

11:00 Daily Excursion: Malcolm

Arnold Four Cornish Dances, Op. 91 – London Phil/Sir Malcolm Arnold. Lyrita SRCD.201. [12:26]

12:00 Music in Chicago 1:00 Music for the Afternoon • Erich Wolfgang Korngold

Violin Concerto in D, Op. 35 – Andrew Haveron, v; RTÉ Concert Orch/John Wilson. Chandos CHAN-20135. [25:01] Various Porgy and Bess: I loves you, Porgy; Melancholia; Gladiolus Rag – Lara Downes, p. Sono Luminus DSL-92207. [10:56]

2:00 Afternoon Masterwork: Ludwig van Beethoven

Quartet No. 10 in E-flat, Op. 74, Harp – Juilliard String Quartet. CBS M3K-37869 (3). [32:20] 3:00 George Frideric Handel Organ Concerto in F, The Cuckoo and the Nightingale – Academy of Ancient Music/Richard Egarr, o. Harmonia Mundi HMU-807447.48 (2). [16:09]

Johann Sebastian Bach

Flute Sonata in E-Flat, BWV 1031: II. Siciliano; Sheep May Safely Graze; Das alte Jahr vergangen ist, BWV 641; In Dulci Jubilo – Angela Hewitt, p. Hyperion CDA-67309. [14:18] Einojuhani Rautavaara Cantus Arcticus, Op. 61 – Helsinki Phil/Leif Segerstam. Ondine ODE-1041-2. [19:23]

4:00 Late Afternoon Music with

Candice Agree, including a newscast at 4:00 pm and The Unrush Hour between 5:00 pm and 6:00 pm

7:00 Exploring Music with Bill

McGlaughlin: You and the Night and the Music

8:00 Law and Opera: In memory of the late Supreme Court

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Lisa Flynn presents a tribute based on Justice Ginsburg’s guest-hosting appearance on WFMT in September 2015. It highlights her knowledge of and love for the art of opera. Rebecca Nystedt, co-producer.

10:00 Baroque&Before with Candice Agree 11:00 Evening Music on WFMT

Thursday 31 New Year’s Eve

12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore

9:00 Gerald Finzi New Year Music (Nocturne), Op. 7 – Northern Sinfonia/Richard Hickox. [11:53] Frédéric Chopin Nocturnes, Op. 9: No. 2 in E-Flat – JeanGuihen Queyras, vc; Alexandre Tharaud, p. Harmonia Mundi HMM-902274. [4:10] Hector Berlioz Rêverie et Caprice, Op. 8 – Giovanni Radivo, v; Lyon National Orch/Leonard Slatkin. Naxos 8.573297. [8:44] 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including today’s new release, plus: Claude Debussy Petite Suite – Philharmonia/Geoffrey Simon. Cala CACD-1001. [12:45]

11:00 Daily Excursion: Astor

Piazzolla Four Seasons of Buenos Aires: Invierno Porteño (Winter) – Jason Vieaux, g; Julian Labro, bandoneon; Far Cry Chamber Orch. Azica ACD-71270. [7:46] 12:00 Music in Chicago, plus: Johann Sebastian Bach Violin Concerto No. 1 in a minor,