WCLV Airs Late Night Classical Marathon

WCLV in West Palm Beach aired a continuous block of classical music on October 31, 2026, that ran from midnight to 1:00 a.m. The broadcast, titled Classical Music with Peter van de Graaff, presented a sequence of recordings ranging from 18th-century keyboard suites to 20th-century wind symphonies. The program featured works by composers including Mozart, Bach, and William Grant Still, performed by artists such as Daniel Barenboim, Ton Koopman, and Fritz Gearhart.

The schedule began with a harpsichord suite by Charles Noblet performed by Charlotte Mattax. It then moved to a harpsichord concerto by Johann Benda, played by Josef Hala and the Ars Rediviva Ensemble. At 54:45, the broadcast included a suite by Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre, performed on piano by Sarah Cahill. The hour concluded with four short works by Mozart, including a flute sonata performed by Michael Faust and Ilton Wjuniski.

The second hour introduced wind ensemble music. Ron Nelson’s Rocky Point Holiday was performed by the Indiana State University Winds under John Boyd. This was followed by Vittorio Giannini’s Symphony No. 3 for Winds, conducted by Frederick Fennell. Paul Creston’s A Rumor was played by the St Martin's Academy under Neville Marriner. The hour ended with a trumpet concerto by Johann Nepomuk Hummel, performed by Paul Merkelo and the Oxford Philharmonic.

The third hour focused on William Grant Still and César Franck. Still’s Violin and Piano Suite was performed by Fritz Gearhart and Paul Tardif. His Two Panamanian Dances and Folk Suite No. 3 followed. At 3:11 a.m., the broadcast featured Franck’s Symphony in d minor, conducted by Riccardo Muti. A short madrigal by Claude de Serisy preceded the start of the fourth hour.

The fourth hour presented works by Richard Wagner, Carl Maria von Weber, and Johann Strauss II. Wagner’s Parsifal was performed by the London Symphony Orchestra under Adrian Boult. Weber’s Piano Sonata No. 3 was played by Michael Endres. The hour also included a waltz cycle by Johan Wagenaar and a waltz by Johann Strauss II performed by the Boston Symphony Chamber Players. Richard Strauss’s Six Songs, performed by Jonas Kaufmann, ended the segment.

The fifth hour returned to Johann Sebastian Bach and Antonio Vivaldi. A recording of The Art of Fugue was followed by Vivaldi’s Summer from The Four Seasons, performed by Piero Toso and I Solisti Veneti. Bach’s Italian Concerto in F was performed on harpsichord by Ton Koopman. The hour concluded with an excerpt from Wagner’s Tannhäuser and a cello étude by David Popper performed by Janos Starker.

At 6:00 a.m., the broadcast transitioned to Concierto with Frank Dominguez, a program dedicated to Latin contributions to classical music. The segment included a dance by Christoph Willibald Gluck and a piece by Juan del Encina. It also featured works by Tomás Luis de Victoria, Julián Méndez, and Astor Piazzolla. The hour ended with excerpts from Gustav Mahler and Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.

The final scheduled hour, beginning at 8:00 a.m., was Performance Today Weekend with Valerie Kahler. The lineup included an arrangement of Duke Ellington music by Trio Garibaldi and a waltz by Ferruccio Busoni. The program also listed a string quartet by Antonín Dvořák performed by the Pacifica Quartet in Syracuse, New York, and a cello piece by Henri Dutilleux performed with the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra.