Ken Burns and Sarah Botstein take us behind the music chosen for their new, six-part documentary on the American Revolution.
6:00 pm – Featuring iconic recordings of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s ninth music director, Daniel Barenboim.
8:00 pm – Domenico Zipoli's lost opera, dedicated to Saint Ignacio de Loyola.
Recreating Music of the American Revolution
“Music is central to filmmaking,” Burns told WFMT. Rather than squeezing the music in after the film has been edited and reached a near-final form, they incorporate the soundtrack early on in the editing process.
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New Releases Nov. 11: Cello Celebration
Cellists are featured on four of this week's new releases, which includes a brand new compilation by Gautier Capuçon.
2026 Grammy Nominees Announced
Chicago artists Mavis Staples, Third Coast Percussion, and Shawn E. Okpebholo are counted among this year's nominees.
Fiesta! Host Elbio Barilari to be Honored by the International Latino Cultural Center
WFMT’s Elbio Barilari, longtime host of the station’s Sunday evening series Fiesta!, will be among the Community Champions honored at the International Latino Cultural Center’s 25th anniversary gala.
New Releases Nov. 4: Women’s Voices
Karina Canellakis continues her collaboration with the London Philharmonic Orchestra, Ensemble Altera's arranges Christmas music for women's voices, and more.
Music could help ease pain from surgery or illness. Scientists are listening.
The healing power of song may sound intuitive given music’s deep roots in human culture. But the science of whether and how music dulls acute and chronic pain — technically called music-induced analgesia — is just catching up.
Jack DeJohnette, acclaimed jazz drummer who worked with Miles Davis, dies at 83
A winner of two Grammy awards, the Chicago-born DeJohnette began his musical life as a classical pianist before pivoting to the drums.
New Releases Oct. 28: A Potpourri of Folk and Classical
Big names across the classical and folk music worlds have released a number of entertaining albums to lighten up the shorter, fall days.
American Takes Top Prize at International Chopin Piano Competition
Eric Lu from Massachusetts is the first American pianist to win the award since Garrick Ohlsson in 1970.
200 Years of Strauss Junior
WFMT hosts weigh in with their thoughts on the "Waltz King" for his 200th birthday.
New Releases Oct. 21: American Composers
Black Moon trio presents works by Indigenous composers, Marin Alsop celebrates music of Anna Clyne, and more.
