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Tonight: orchestral works highlighting the plight of immigrants from Latin America, with music by Cuban, Puerto Rican an...
07/13/2025

Tonight: orchestral works highlighting the plight of immigrants from Latin America, with music by Cuban, Puerto Rican and Uruguayan composers. 8 pm CT.

Elbio Barilari introduces Fiesta’s listeners to orchestral works highlighting the plight of immigrants from Latin America. With music by Cuban, Puerto Rican and Uruguayan composers who now reside in the USA: Roberto Sierra, Paquito D’ Rivera, and Elbio’s own work titled Immigrant Music.

Music of brilliant teenage composers fills the airwaves tonight on the Chicago Symphony Orchestra broadcast at 6 pm CT.
07/13/2025

Music of brilliant teenage composers fills the airwaves tonight on the Chicago Symphony Orchestra broadcast at 6 pm CT.

Most of the music on this program was written by teenagers: Mendelssohn was seventeen years old when he composed his overture to A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Rachmaninoff completed his first piano concerto, and Strauss his first horn concerto at age eighteen, and nineteen-year-old Shostakovich submi...

Sounds Classical welcomes Shawn E. Okpebholo composer for an episode exploring his recent album "Songs in Flight". Tonig...
07/12/2025

Sounds Classical welcomes Shawn E. Okpebholo composer for an episode exploring his recent album "Songs in Flight". Tonight at 7 pm CT.

Join LaRob and Kristina as they welcome composer Shawn E. Okpebholo to the studio for listening party! He’ll share his favorite pieces, his inspirations, and talk about his recent album “Songs in Flight”.

Hear highlights from the prom that united British choral groups The King's Singers and Voces8 for the first time: today ...
07/12/2025

Hear highlights from the prom that united British choral groups The King's Singers and Voces8 for the first time: today on Listening to Singers! 4 pm CT.

The two ensembles united in concert for the first time at the 2024 BBC Proms

Exciting classical music always makes a cookout that much better! Enjoy.
07/11/2025

Exciting classical music always makes a cookout that much better! Enjoy.

We have the perfect American soundtrack as you fire up the grill: everything from Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue to John Adams' City Noir.

Ready for a musical adventure this weekend? Check out some of WFMT's recommendations!
07/11/2025

Ready for a musical adventure this weekend? Check out some of WFMT's recommendations!

Summertime is upon us! Make the most of Chicago's most exciting season with this eclectic sampling of concerts, exhibitions, and events!

This week's new releases feature Onyx Brass and F***y Clamagirand, a First Prize winner at both the 2007 Monte-Carlo Vio...
07/10/2025

This week's new releases feature Onyx Brass and F***y Clamagirand, a First Prize winner at both the 2007 Monte-Carlo Violin Masters and the 2005 International Fritz Kreisler Competition. Check out our full list below!

Price concertos, Brahms symphonies, and works for film. Plus a wide variety of contemporary brass works, and music composed by Wilhelm Furtwängler.

Add some serenity to your summer with this soothing playlist, featuring everything from Aaron Copland's Quiet City to Si...
07/10/2025

Add some serenity to your summer with this soothing playlist, featuring everything from Aaron Copland's Quiet City to Siboney by Ernesto Lecuona.

Summer is upon us! We have the perfect classical music accompaniment: summery songs and works selected by our roster of experts!

Tonight live from the Grant Park Music Festival! Conductor Nicole Paiement leads the orchestra in Debussy's La Mer, Smet...
07/09/2025

Tonight live from the Grant Park Music Festival! Conductor Nicole Paiement leads the orchestra in Debussy's La Mer, Smetana’s The Moldau, and a new, Vivaldi-inspired cello work by Mark Adamo. 6:30 pm CT.

Nicole Paiement conducts Debussy’s La Mer and Smetana’s beloved The Moldau, along with a new work by Mark Adamo titled Last Year, a cello concerto inspired by Vivaldi’s Four Seasons, featuring the Festival’s 2025 Artist-in-Residence, Inbal Segev as soloist.

Enjoy a delightful lunchtime concert from the Galvin Cello Quartet: today at 12:15 pm CT!
07/09/2025

Enjoy a delightful lunchtime concert from the Galvin Cello Quartet: today at 12:15 pm CT!

The Galvin Cello Quartet perform works by Antonio Vivaldi, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Carlos Gardel, Modest Mussorgsky, and André Mehmari, live from the Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago. Composed of members from Brazil, South Korea, and the United States, the Galvin Cello Quartet burs...

Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin continues to explore music for dance - in stage plays, operas, and more! Weekdays ...
07/08/2025

Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin continues to explore music for dance - in stage plays, operas, and more! Weekdays at 7 pm CT.

Experience five hours of beautiful music composed for dramatic performances, including stage plays, opera, and ballet. We begin with Jean-Baptiste Lully, an Italian-born French composer described by Bill as “the most ‘dancingest’ composer who ever lived.” Next, enjoy dance music from Stravin...

Need some loud music to drown out the cars roaring by? Check this out.
07/08/2025

Need some loud music to drown out the cars roaring by? Check this out.

Whether you are looking to rev up for the race or drown out the din, this playlist of loud classical music is for you.

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