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While Nielsen is primarily known in the United States as a symphonic composer, he is also responsible for creating "Mask...
01/11/2026

While Nielsen is primarily known in the United States as a symphonic composer, he is also responsible for creating "Maskarade" - one of the greatest Danish operas of all time. Enjoy selections from this work tonight at 9 pm CT!

While Nielsen is primarily known in the United States as a symphonic composer, he is also responsible for creating one of the greatest Danish operas of all time. Maskarade, composed between 1904 and 1906, is a comic opera detailing the tangle of love, misunderstandings, and drama that occurs during....

Most know Mexican pioneer Julián Carillo for his microtonal, experimental music... Elbio Barilari shows us the romantic ...
01/11/2026

Most know Mexican pioneer Julián Carillo for his microtonal, experimental music... Elbio Barilari shows us the romantic side of this composer's work. Today at 8 pm CT.

Mexican composer and pioneer Julián Carillo is better known for his microtonal, experimental music. However, aside from his musical laboratory, he was also an amazing post-romantic composers, in the vein of Richard Strauss and others. Fiesta presents this other side, the romantic side of Julián Ca...

Turn back the clock to a Midnight Special New Year’s Eve concert that featured John McCutcheon, Peggy Seeger, and Tom Du...
01/10/2026

Turn back the clock to a Midnight Special New Year’s Eve concert that featured John McCutcheon, Peggy Seeger, and Tom Dundee! Listen tonight at 8 pm CT.

Turn back the clock to a Midnight Special New Year’s Eve concert on December 31, 2004. John McCutcheon, Peggy Seeger, and Tom Dundee performed live at The Looking Glass Theatre.

Oliver Camacho sits down with Will Liverman - award-winning composer, baritone and pianist - for an exclusive interview....
01/10/2026

Oliver Camacho sits down with Will Liverman - award-winning composer, baritone and pianist - for an exclusive interview. Today at 4 pm CT!

An interview with the Grammy Award-winning artist and six-time Grammy nominee.

For the first time in almost 50 years, I Puritani returns to the Metropolitan Opera stage, starring Lisette Oropesa and...
01/10/2026

For the first time in almost 50 years, I Puritani returns to the Metropolitan Opera stage, starring Lisette Oropesa and Lawrence Brownlee. Listen live at 12 pm CT!

A new production of Bellini’s I Puritani graces the Metropolitan Opera stage for the first time in almost 50 years. Directed by successful set designer Charles Edwards, the opera follows the story of two lovers torn apart in the political and social upheavals caused by the English Civil War. Liset...

Celebrate the birthday of renowned American singer, songwriter, and activist Joan Baez: tonight at 11 pm CT.
01/09/2026

Celebrate the birthday of renowned American singer, songwriter, and activist Joan Baez: tonight at 11 pm CT.

The American singer, songwriter, and activist Joan Baez (1941–) is known for her distinctive, clear and gorgeous voice, and for championing social justice and civil rights. Thirty years into her iconic career, in November 1989, Baez returned to WFMT to share another musical hour with Studs Terkel....

New album alert! Check out early works of a few composers, and musical explorations that continue to inspire.
01/09/2026

New album alert! Check out early works of a few composers, and musical explorations that continue to inspire.

Highlighting the early works of a few composers, and musical explorations that continue to inspire.

Classical music composed about, and for, the nighttime - tonight on the New York Philharmonic radio program at 10 pm CT.
01/08/2026

Classical music composed about, and for, the nighttime - tonight on the New York Philharmonic radio program at 10 pm CT.

This jukebox style program unites various NY Phil recordings under a common theme of night music. From composers from Mendelssohn to Mahler and beyond have written several works about the nighttime: from serene and contemplative, to anxious and sinister. Recordings include a variety of previous NY P...

Baroque&Before with Candice Agree presents violinist Fabio Biondi and Europa Galante performing Italian sonatas by Corel...
01/07/2026

Baroque&Before with Candice Agree presents violinist Fabio Biondi and Europa Galante performing Italian sonatas by Corelli, Vivaldi, and more. 10 pm CT.

Violinist Fabio Biondi leads Europa Galante in Italian sonatas by Corelli, Vivaldi, Geminiani, Tartini, Veracini and Locatelli. Recorded live in concert July 22, 2023, in the extraordinary acoustics of Świdnica, Poland’s Church of Peace, the world’s largest wooden Baroque church and a Unesco Wo...

The Grant Park Music Festival features big programs and special guests throughout its 2026 season.
01/07/2026

The Grant Park Music Festival features big programs and special guests throughout its 2026 season.

Chicago's annual, free classical music series will be celebrating multiple anniversaries throughout its 2026 season.

Today at 12:15 pm CT: Motti Fang-Bentov, pianist presents the world premiere of Tomer Rozen‘s "Suite over Mi-Sol-Re" as ...
01/07/2026

Today at 12:15 pm CT: Motti Fang-Bentov, pianist presents the world premiere of Tomer Rozen‘s "Suite over Mi-Sol-Re" as well as "Miroirs" by Maurice Ravel, live from the Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist.

Pianist Motti Fang-Bentov performs the world premiere of Tomer Rozen‘s Suite over Mi-Sol-Re as well as Miroirs by Maurice Ravel, live from the Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago. Born in Beijing, China, and raised in Tel-Aviv, Israel, pianist Motti Fang-Bentov hails from a multicultu...

A joyous program of Spanish dances and songs from The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center: tonight at 10 pm CT.
01/06/2026

A joyous program of Spanish dances and songs from The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center: tonight at 10 pm CT.

A program of Spanish dances and songs kicks off the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center’s 2026 offerings. Works by three composers from Spain are paired together, highlighting music for voice, piano, cello, and violin.

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