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08/09/2025

From Sir Andrew Davis to Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, catch up on a treasure trove of music this weekend!

Deep-dives into works by JS Bach (featuring the late conductor Sir Andrew Davis, a Lyric Opera of Chicago legend), as well as music by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Alan Hovhaness. Plus, meet a lesser-known — but influential — Polish composer: Zygmunt Noskowski. And take part in a richly immersive...

08/09/2025

Our conversation with conductor Gregory Hughes as he bids adieu to the Lakeview Orchestra.

"It doesn't mean that 'amateur' is bad. It just means non-professional."

08/09/2025

Rafael Payare conducts Sondra Radvanovsky (Turandot), SeokJong Baek (Calaf), Gemma Summerfield (Liù), and Adam Palka (Timur). Today at 12 pm CT.

Rafael Payare conducts Sondra Radvanovsky (Turandot), SeokJong Baek (Calaf), Gemma Summerfield (Liù), and Adam Palka (Timur).

08/08/2025

An annual WFMT tradition dating back to 1963: a dramatization of Norman Corwin’s prose poem, "Overkill and Megalove." Tune in tonight at 11 pm CT.

An annual WFMT tradition dating back to 1963: a dramatization of Norman Corwin’s prose poem, "Overkill and Megalove."

08/08/2025

Palmieri was the first Latino to win a Grammy and earned seven more over his career.

08/08/2025

From solo piano works, chamber music, and lieder, Clara Schumann's compositions are melodic, romantic, and virtuosic. Check out some of our favorites below!

Clara Schumann was one of the 19th century's greatest classical composers and performers. This expert-picked playlist has her finest music.

08/07/2025

Sampling music written by English composers: Edward Elgar, Thomas Tallis, Ralph Vaughan-Williams, Benjamin Britten, and Gustav Holst. 10 pm CT.

Sampling music written by English composers: Edward Elgar, Thomas Tallis, Ralph Vaughan-Williams, Benjamin Britten, and Gustav Holst.

08/06/2025

Live from the Pritzker Pavilion, superstar violinist Joshua Bell joins the Grant Park Music Festival Orchestra for Lalo's firey Symphonie Espagnole and more. Tune in at 6:30 pm CT!

One Night Only! Joshua Bell and the Grant Park Orchestra play Édouard Lalo’s fiery Symphonie Espagnole in a program with Tchaikovsky’s Romeo and Juliet Overture-Fantasy, and Franz von Suppe’s Poet and Peasant Overture. Giancarlo Guerrero conducts.

08/06/2025

Chicago Sinfonietta — fueled by a mission to make classical music more accessible and diverse — will share five programs between October and May.

The orchestra — fueled by a mission to make classical music more accessible and diverse — will share five programs between October and May.

08/05/2025

Peter van de Graaff hosts a special two-hour exploration of this hugely consequential composer: tonight at 10 pm CT!

Marking 50 years since Dmitri Shostakovich’s death, Peter van de Graaff hosts a special two-hour exploration of this hugely consequential composer and his music through the eyes of people who knew and worked with him, and hear from Shostakovich himself.

08/05/2025

When the Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestras took center stage at Lollapalooza last Saturday, curious concert-goers were drawn to the rare sight of a full orchestra on festival grounds.

As trumpets sang out their first few notes, the crowd quickly grew in size and volume, drawn to the rare sight of a full orchestra on Lollapalooza grounds.

08/04/2025

Masterworks of Italy and France are paired with a moving Chinese piano concerto, tonight from the 国家大剧院National Centre for the Performing Arts. 10 pm CT.

Masterworks of Italy and France are paired with a moving Chinese piano concerto featuring soloist Haochen Zhang in this program from Beijing. The program’s finale is the beautiful Symphony No. 3 by Camille Saint-Saëns, titled the “Organ Symphony”.