THIS WEEK
Grant Park Music Festival premieres Sierra’s large-scale choral work that mixes traditional Latin and contemporary concert music with the irresistible dance rhythms of the Caribbean. Wednesday at 6:30 pm
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Andrew Patner, WFMT’s critic-at-large and the classical music critic for the Chicago Sun-Times, routinely forged personal relationships with conductors and other musicians, exchanging ideas about life and music. He would discuss his […] -
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During the 9:00 am hour, we will hear the nocturne, or notturno, from a string quartet by Alexander Borodin. That nocturne was also made into a popular song titled "And This is My Beloved." What 1953 Broadway musical was based mostly on melodies by Borodin? 
