98.7 WFMT (Chicago)

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Playlist updated 12 minutes ago · Oct 14, 2026, 4:39 PM UTC

98.7WFMT, Chicago's Classical Experience, strives to provide the best and broadest selection of classical music and fine arts programming heard in the country. A broadcasting force for 61 years, the station's appeal continues to widen. 98.7WFMT is currently serving the largest audience in its history. 98.7WFMT is available to listeners across the nation and around the world via the station's enhanced web streaming.

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Roberto Sierra - Fandangos - Royal Liverpool Phil Orch/Domingo Hindoyan - Roberto Sierra: Symphony No. 6, Sinfonietta for String Orchestra, Two Pieces For Orchestra, Fandangos, Alegria - Onyx

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Played 4 days ago

Oct 10, 10:58 PM UTC

before: 6 months ago

Fanny Mendelssohn - String Quartet in E-Flat - Takacs Quartet - Felix & Fanny Mendelssohn: String Quartets - Hyperion

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Oct 10, 10:38 PM UTC

before: a month ago

Johann Sebastian Bach - St Matthew Passion, BWV 244 - Albrecht Mayer, obda; Nigel Kennedy, v; Sinfonia Varsovia - Lieder ohne Worte: Transcriptions for Oboe and Orchestra - DG

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Oct 10, 10:31 PM UTC

before: a year ago

Alfred Newman - The Greatest Story Ever Told - Sebastian Knauer, p; Berlin German Sym Orch/David Newman - Hollywood - Warner Classics

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Oct 10, 10:25 PM UTC

before: 2 years ago

Alfred Newman - Spartacus - Sebastian Knauer, p - Hollywood - Warner Classics

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Oct 10, 10:22 PM UTC

before: a year ago

Aram Khachaturian - Spartacus - London Sym Orch/Stanley Black - Weekend Classics: Ballet Weekend - Decca

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Oct 10, 10:12 PM UTC

before: 5 months ago

George Enescu - Romanian Rhapsody in A, Op. 11, No. 1 - French National Orch/Cristian Măcelaru - George Enescu: Symphonies Nos. 1-3, Romanian Rhapsodies 1 & 2 - DG

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Oct 10, 10:02 PM UTC

before: 2 years ago

Arthur Bliss - Fanfare for a Jubilant Occasion - Kneller Hall Trumpeters - Coronation Anthems and Hymns - Guild

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Oct 10, 8:58 PM UTC

before: N/A

Listening to Singers with Oliver Camacho - - -

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7days10.12%28days40.12%6months260.13%12months490.13%

Played 4 days ago

Oct 10, 8:58 PM UTC

before: 11 days ago

Moritz Moszkowski - From Foreign Lands, Op. 23 - Polish National Radio Sym Orch/Antoni Wit - Moszkowski: Piano Concerto in E major; From Foreign Lands - Naxos

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Oct 10, 8:30 PM UTC

before: a month ago

Frederic Chopin - Grande valse brillante in E-Flat, Op. 18 - Hayato Sumino, p - Chopin Orbit - Sony

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Played 4 days ago

Oct 10, 8:23 PM UTC

before: N/A

Stanisław Moniuszko - Bajka (Fairy Tale) - Warsaw Phil Orch/Antoni Wit - Stanisław Moniuszko: Overtures - Naxos

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Played 4 days ago

Oct 10, 8:09 PM UTC

before: 2 months ago

Engelbert Humperdinck - Hansel and Gretel - Cotrubas, von Stade; Gurzenich Orch/Pritchard - Humperdinck: Hansel and Gretel - CBS

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Oct 10, 8:00 PM UTC

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Georg Philipp Telemann - Danses d'Polonie - Holland Baroque - Telemann: Polonoise - Pentatone

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Played 4 days ago

Oct 10, 7:49 PM UTC

before: 8 months ago

Emilie Mayer - Cello Sonata in A Major - Raphaela Gromes, vc; Julian Riem, p - Fortissima - Sony

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Played 4 days ago

Oct 10, 7:41 PM UTC

before: 17 days ago

Igor Stravinsky - Petrushka - Orch de Paris/Klaus Makela - Stravinsky: Petrushka; Debussy: Jeux, Prelude a l'apres-midi d'un faune - Decca

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Oct 10, 7:29 PM UTC

before: 2 months ago

Afternoon Music - - -

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7days10.12%28days20.06%6months130.06%12months220.06%

Played 4 days ago

Oct 10, 7:28 PM UTC

before: 11 days ago

George Gershwin - Love Is Here to Stay - Tactus String Quartet - Tactus plays Gershwin - Pavane

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Oct 10, 7:25 PM UTC

before: 14 days ago

Craig Hella Johnson - Considering Matthew Shepard - Soloists; Conspirare/Craig Hella Johnson - Considering Matthew Shepard - Harmonia Mundi

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Oct 10, 7:19 PM UTC

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Louis Moreau Gottschalk - Caprice americaine, Columbia, Op 34 - Alan Feinberg, p - Fascinatin' Rhythm - Argo

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Oct 10, 7:13 PM UTC

before: 8 months ago

From National Centre for the Performing Arts - - -

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Oct 10, 4:58 PM UTC

before: 11 days ago

Aaron Copland - Rodeo - St. Louis Sym Orch/Leonard Slatkin - Great Copland Ballets - EMI

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Played 4 days ago

Oct 10, 4:33 PM UTC

before: 5 months ago

Richard Strauss - String Quartet in A, Op. 2 - Ensō Quartet - Strauss: String Quartet in A; Puccini: Crisantemi, Three Minuets; Verdi: String Quartet - Naxos

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Oct 10, 4:24 PM UTC

before: 3 months ago

Dani Howard - Argentum - Royal Liverpool Phil Orch/Michael Seal - Dani Howard Orchestral Works - Rubicon

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Played 4 days ago

Oct 10, 4:16 PM UTC

before: a year ago

Introductions - - -

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Played 4 days ago

Oct 10, 3:58 PM UTC

before: 11 days ago

Karl Jenkins - Palladio - London Phil Orch Strings/Karl Jenkins - Karl Jenkins: Diamond Music - The Smith Quartet - Sony

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Oct 10, 3:40 PM UTC

before: 3 months ago

William Grant Still - Miniatures for Flute, Oboe & Piano - Sierra Winds; Carol Urban-Stivers, p - Get on Board: American Music for Woodwinds by William Grant Still - Cambria

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Oct 10, 3:27 PM UTC

before: 4 months ago

Josef Suk - String Serenade in E-Flat, Op. 6 - London Chamber Orch/Christopher Warren-Green - Tchaikovsky, Suk, Dvořak: Serenades - Virgin

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Played 4 days ago

Oct 10, 3:00 PM UTC

before: 2 months ago

Michael Giacchino - Up - Studio Orch/Michael Giacchino - Up (Soundtrack From The Motion Picture) - Walt Disney Records

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Played 4 days ago

Oct 10, 2:51 PM UTC

before: 2 years ago

Michael Giacchino - The Family Stone - Studio Orch/Tim Simonec - The Family Stone (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) - Varese Sarabande

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Played 4 days ago

Oct 10, 2:42 PM UTC

before: 5 months ago

Michael Giacchino - Inside Out - Studio Orch/Tim Simonec - Inside Out: Original Soundtrack - Walt Disney Records/Pixar

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Oct 10, 2:33 PM UTC

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Michael Giacchino - Star Trek Beyond - Studio Orch/Michael Giacchino - Star Trek Beyond (Music From The Motion Picture) - Varese Sarabande

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Played 4 days ago

Oct 10, 2:30 PM UTC

before: 5 months ago

Michael Giacchino - Rogue One: A Star Wars Story - Studio Orch/Michael Giacchino - Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) - Walt Disney Records

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Oct 10, 2:24 PM UTC

before: 5 months ago

Michael Giacchino - Medal of Honor - Studio Orch/Michael Giacchino - Medal of Honor (Original Video Game Soundtrack) - EA Music

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Oct 10, 2:16 PM UTC

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Michael Giacchino - The Batman - Gloria Cheng, p; Orch/Cliff Masterson - The Batman (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) - WaterTower Music

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Oct 10, 2:12 PM UTC

before: a year ago

Michael Giacchino - Spider-Man, No Way Home - Orch/Michael Giacchino - Spider-Man: No Way Home (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) - Sony

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Oct 10, 2:09 PM UTC

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Michael Giacchino - The Incredibles - Studio Orch/Tim Simonec - The Incredibles (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) - Walt Disney Records

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Oct 10, 2:00 PM UTC

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Alfred Newman - 20th Century Fox Fanfare - London Phil Orch/John Mauceri - The Genius of Film Music - LPO

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Played 4 days ago

Oct 10, 1:58 PM UTC

before: 11 days ago

Johannes Brahms - Variations on a Theme by Haydn, Op. 56 - Scottish Chamber Orch/Charles Mackerras - Symphony No. 2, Variations on a Theme by Haydn - Telarc

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Played 4 days ago

Oct 10, 1:37 PM UTC

before: 22 days ago

Hans Abrahamsen - Left, Alone - Alexandre Tharaud, p; Rotterdam Philharmonic Orch/Yannick Nezet-Seguin - Contemporary Concertos by Pesson, Abrahamsen & Strasnoy - Erato

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Oct 10, 1:29 PM UTC

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Alfredo Catalani - La Wally - Grace Bumbry, s; Stuttgart Radio Sym Orch/Stefan Soltesz - Grace Bumbry * Famous Opera Arias - Orfeo

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Oct 10, 1:24 PM UTC

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Sergei Rachmaninoff - The Sea and the Gulls (after Etude-Tableau, Op. 39, No. 2) - BBC National Orch of Wales/Tadaaki Otaka - Meditations for a Quiet Dawn - Nimbus

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Oct 10, 1:15 PM UTC

before: 2 years ago

Heitor Villa-Lobos - Guitar Etude No. 8, Modere - Alexander-Sergei Ramirez, g - Works by Villa-Lobos & Ginastera - Denon

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Oct 10, 1:10 PM UTC

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Heitor Villa-Lobos - Guitar Etude No. 7 in E, Tres anime - Alexander-Sergei Ramirez, g - Works by Villa-Lobos & Ginastera - Denon

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Oct 10, 1:08 PM UTC

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Scott Joplin - Solace (A Mexican Serenade) - Itzhak Perlman, v; Andre Previn, p - The Easy Winners and Other Rag-Time Music of Scott Joplin - EMI

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Oct 10, 1:00 PM UTC

before: 2 months ago

Saturday Morning Listener's Choice - - -

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Played 4 days ago

Oct 10, 12:59 PM UTC

before: 11 days ago

Cecile Chaminade - Six pieces romantiques, Op. 55 - Roberto Prosseda & Alessandra Ammara, p - Compositrices: New Light on French Romantic Women Composers - Bru Zane

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Oct 10, 12:45 PM UTC

before: 4 months ago

Jonathan Dove - The Magic Flute Dances - Emily Beynon, f; BBC National Orch of Wales/Bramwell Tovey - British Flute Concertos - Chandos

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Played 4 days ago

Oct 10, 12:24 PM UTC

before: 3 months ago

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov - Piano and Wind Quintet in B-Flat (1876) - Capricorn - Glinka: Grand Sextet; Rimsky-Korsakov: Quintet - Hyperion

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Played 4 days ago

Oct 10, 12:14 PM UTC

before: a year ago

Ruth Gipps - Symphony No. 2 in B, Op. 30 - Munich Sym Orch/Douglas Bostock - Arthur Butterworth: Symphony No. 1; Ruth Gipps: Symphony No. 2 - Classico

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Oct 10, 12:10 PM UTC

before: 4 months ago