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Playlist updated 10 minutes ago · Oct 14, 2026, 6:59 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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Anonymous 16th century, English - Bony sweet boy - Lyle Nordstrom, pandora - In The Streets and Theatres Of London: Elizabethan Ballads and Theater Music - Virgin

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Oct 10, 5:53 AM UTC

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Blezard, William - Battersea Park Suite - Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland - The Best Of British Light Music - ASV

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Oct 10, 5:43 AM UTC

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Coates, Eric - London Suite - Czecho-Slovak Radio Sym/Adrian Leaper - Eric Coates - Marco Polo

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Oct 10, 5:32 AM UTC

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Haydn, Franz Joseph - Symphony No. 96 in D, Miracle - London Phil/Eugen Jochum - 12 "London" Symphonies - DG

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Oct 10, 5:04 AM UTC

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Anonymous, Medieval - Codex Calixtinus - Anonymous 4 - Miracles of Sant'iago: Music From The Codex Calistinus - Harmonia Mundi

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Oct 10, 5:03 AM UTC

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Best of Studs Terkel - - -

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Oct 10, 3:58 AM UTC

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Morten Lauridsen - O Magnum Mysterium - Polyphony/Stephen Layton - Lux aeterna & other choral works - Hyperion

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Oct 10, 3:55 AM UTC

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Franz Schubert - Variations on an Original Theme in A-Flat, D 813 - Yaara Tal & Andreas Groethuysen, p - Franz Schubert: Piano Music For Four Hands, Vol. 3 - Sony

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Oct 10, 3:35 AM UTC

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Caroline Shaw - For Claire & Philip - River Town Duo - River Town Duo: For Claire & Philip - Furious Artisans

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Oct 10, 3:30 AM UTC

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Caroline Shaw - Three Essays - Calidore String Quartet - Babel - Signum

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Oct 10, 3:29 AM UTC

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Cosi fan tutte, K. 588 - Soloists; London Voices, Chamber Orch of Europe/Georg Solti - Mozart - Cosi fan tutte / Fleming, von Otter, Scarabelli, Lopardo, Bar, Pertusi, Solti - Decca

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Oct 10, 3:08 AM UTC

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Keith Jarrett - Elegy for Violin - Michelle Makarski, v; Fairfield Orch/Thomas Crawford - Bridge of Light - ECM

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Oct 10, 2:48 AM UTC

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Dora Pejačević - Cello Sonata in E minor, Op. 35 - Molly Gebrian, vi; Danny Holt, p - Trailblazers - Acis

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Oct 10, 2:22 AM UTC

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Ottorino Respighi - Ancient Airs and Dances for the Lute, Set 3 - I Solisti di Zagreb/Antonio Janigro - Serenata: A Bouquet of Favorites for Strings - Vanguard

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Oct 10, 2:02 AM UTC

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Richard Strauss - Don Quixote, Op. 35 - Scottish National Orch/Neeme Jarvi - Richard Strauss, Neeme Jarvi - Don Quixote - Chandos

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Oct 10, 1:18 AM UTC

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Johann Sebastian Bach - Cello Suite No. 6 in D, BWV 1012 - Lodestar Trio - Bach to Folk - Naxos

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Oct 10, 1:14 AM UTC

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Mel Bonis - Sarabande, Op. 82, No. 2 - WDR Orch Cologne/Joseph Bastian - Mel Bonis Orchestral Works - CPO

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Oct 10, 1:10 AM UTC

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Gaspar Sanz - Espanoleta - Cristina Prats Costa, v; Soloists - Spiritillo Mediterraneo - Pentatone

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Oct 10, 1:01 AM UTC

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Hosted by Robbie Ellis. - - -

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Oct 10, 12:59 AM UTC

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Johannes Brahms - String Quartet No. 1 in C minor, Op. 51, No. 1 - Spektral Quartet - Experiments in Living - New Focus

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Oct 9, 11:42 PM UTC

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Frederic Chopin - Andante spianato and Grande polonaise brillante in E-Flat, Op. 22 - Jan Lisiecki, p; North German Radio Sym Orch/Krzysztof Urbański - Chopin: Works for Piano & Orchestra - DG

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Oct 9, 11:26 PM UTC

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Serenade No. 6 in D, K. 239, Serenata notturna - Amsterdam Baroque Orch/Ton Koopman - Mozart: Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, Serenata Notturna, Symphonie No. 43, Divertimento, Marche - Erato

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Oct 9, 11:12 PM UTC

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Antonin Dvořak - Romance in F minor, Op. 11 - Susanne Hou, v; Camerata Chicago/Drostan Hall - Valentine's Romance (February 2025) - Camerata Chicago

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Oct 9, 10:58 PM UTC

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Frederick Block - Suite for clarinet and piano, Op. 73 - Joaquin Valdepenas, cl; Kevin Ahfat, p - Frederick Block Chamber Works - Chandos

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Oct 9, 10:57 PM UTC

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Robert Schumann - Piano Quartet in E-Flat, Op. 47 - Daniel Hope, v; Paul Neubauer, vi; David Finckel, vc; Wu Han, p - Brahms, Schumann, Mahler: Piano Quartets - DG

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Oct 9, 10:31 PM UTC

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Ed Bland - A Higher Level - Judith Olson, p - Urban Counterpoint * The Piano Music of Ed Bland - Cambria

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Oct 9, 10:24 PM UTC

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Maurice Greene - Overture No. 2 in G - Baroque Band/Garry Clarke - Greene: Overtures - Cedille

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Oct 9, 10:18 PM UTC

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Luigi Boccherini - Guitar Quintet No. 4 in D, Fandango, Op. 50, G 448 - Jason Vieaux, g; Escher Quartet - Dance - Azica

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Oct 9, 9:59 PM UTC

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Fritz Kreisler - Viennese Rhapsodic Fantasietta - Charlie Siem, v; Caroline Jaya-Ratnam, p - Charlie Siem - Warner

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Oct 9, 9:50 PM UTC

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Miklos Rozsa - Quo Vadis - City of Prague Phil Orch/Kenneth Alwyn - The Epic Film Music of Miklos Rozsa - Silva

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Oct 9, 9:29 PM UTC

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Ignaz Pleyel - Flute Concerto in C, B 106 - Sinfonia Finlandia Jyvaskyla/Patrick Gallois, f - Pleyel: Symphonies in B-Flat Major and in G Major, Flute Concerto - Naxos

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Oct 9, 9:23 PM UTC

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Peter Tchaikovsky - Marche slave, Op. 31 - New York Phil/Leonard Bernstein - Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture, Marche Slave, Romeo and Juliet, Capriccio Italien, Hamlet - Sony

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Oct 9, 9:12 PM UTC

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Aaron Copland - El Salon Mexico - New Philharmonia Orch/Aaron Copland - Copland Conducts Copland - CBS

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Oct 9, 8:58 PM UTC

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Ottorino Respighi - The Birds - St Martin's Academy/Sir Neville Marriner - Respighi: La Boutique Fantasque, The Birds, Ancient Airs & Dances Suite III - Philips

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Oct 9, 8:38 PM UTC

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Franz Waxman - Carmen Fantasy after Bizet - Maxim Vengerov, v; Israel Phil Orch/Zubin Mehta - Maxim Vengerov - The Road I Travel - Teldec

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Oct 9, 8:25 PM UTC

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John Blackwood McEwen - The Demon Lover (Border Ballad, 1906/7) - London Phil Orch/Alasdair Mitchell - McEwen: Three Border Ballads - Chandos

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Oct 9, 7:59 PM UTC

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Max Bruch - Swedish Dances, Op. 63 - Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Kurt Masur - Bruch: Symphonies and Swedish Dances - Philips

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Oct 9, 7:48 PM UTC

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Florence Price - String Quartet in A minor - Avalon String Quartet - Florence Beatrice Price, Leo Sowerby: Music for String Quartet - Naxos

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Oct 9, 7:21 PM UTC

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Giovanni Battista Pergolesi - Oboe Concerto - Brynjar Hoff, ob; English Chamber Orch/Ian Watson - Oboe Concertos Vol. 2 - Libra Classics

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Oct 9, 7:11 PM UTC

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Franz Schubert - 14 Waltzes - Vassily Primakov, p - Franz Schubert: Impromptus & Dances - Bridge

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Oct 9, 6:59 PM UTC

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Midday with Lisa Flynn - - -

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Oct 9, 6:54 PM UTC

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Adolphus Hailstork - Three Spirituals (2005) - Virginia Sym Orch/JoAnn Falletta - Adolphus Hailstork: An American Port of Call - Naxos

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Oct 9, 6:46 PM UTC

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Tomas Luis de Victoria - Alma Redemptoris Mater a 8 - Chanticleer - Magnificat - Teldec

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Oct 9, 6:39 PM UTC

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Sergei Rachmaninoff - Piano Concerto No. 4 in G minor, Op. 40 - Yuja Wang, p; Los Angeles Phil/Gustavo Dudamel - Rachmaninoff: Piano Concertos, Paganini Rhapsody - DG

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Oct 9, 6:13 PM UTC

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John Cheetham - Sonata for Brass Quintet - Gaudete Brass - Chicago Moves - Cedille

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Oct 9, 5:59 PM UTC

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Joaquin Rodrigo - Aria antigua - Marianne Gedigian, f; Celil Refik Kaya, g - Rodrigo: Guitar Music, Volume 3 - Naxos

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Oct 9, 5:54 PM UTC

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Fritz Kreisler - Violin Concerto in One Movement after Paganini - Laurent Korcia, v; Paris Chamber Orch/Jean-Jacques Kantorow - Mister Paganini - Naive

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Oct 9, 5:38 PM UTC

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Johannes Brahms - Variations on a Theme by Paganini, Op. 35 - Jean-Yves Thibaudet, p - Brahms: Paganini Variations; Schumann: Etudes Symphony - Decca

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Oct 9, 5:27 PM UTC

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Franz Joseph Haydn - Symphony No. 22 in E-Flat, The Philosopher - Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orch/Adam Fischer - Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 22 The Philosopher, 24 and 45 Farewell - Nimbus

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Oct 9, 5:09 PM UTC

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Claudio Monteverdi - Vespers of the Blessed Virgin (1610) - Meg Bragle, c; Jeffrey Strauss, br; Apollo's Singers, Apollo's Fire/Jeannette Sorrell - Monteverdi: Vespers of 1610 - 400th Anniversary Edition - Avie

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Oct 9, 5:00 PM UTC

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