“The Film Score: Music for the Winter Holidays,” hosted by Chicago Tribune film critic Michael Phillips, features music from holiday favorites and other wintry classics.
Music for the Winter Holidays
The Film Score: Music for Halloween
Music from movies that explore the supernatural, the science-fictional, and the demonic (with a few laughs along the way)
Music for the Winter Holidays
“The Film Score: Music for the Winter Holidays,” hosted by Chicago Tribune film critic Michael Phillips, features music from holiday favorites and other wintry classics.
Music for the Winter Holidays
“The Film Score: Music for the Winter Holidays,” hosted by Chicago Tribune film critic Michael Phillips, features music from holiday favorites and other wintry classics.
Chicago Musical Pathways Initiative: 2019-20 encore broadcast; 2020-21 sneak peek
On Saturday, we revisit four musicians from the first year of Chicago Musical Pathways Initiative (CMPI). Made possible through a $3.5 million grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, CMPI strives to build equality in classical music and provides training for diverse, dedicated musicians. The organization, in collaboration with nearly 30 Chicago music organizations, identifies and develops gifted musicians from …
Playlist
City of Arts and Sciences, by David Faleris
(excerpt)
The Bone Rangers: Owen Riordan, Jonah Blake, Christopher Tam, Rafael Noriega
Bassoon Concerto in B-flat, K. 181, by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
1st movement. Allegro
Performed by Abigail Lopez, bassoon; Lyudmila Lakisova, piano
Cello Concerto in B-flat, G. 482, by Luigi Boccherini
1st movement. Allegro moderato
Performed by Jonathan Miller, cello; Lyudmila Lakisova, piano
String Quartet in B-Flat, Op. 76/4, “Sunrise”, by Franz Joseph Haydn
1st movement, Allegro con spirito (excerpt)
Performed by the Ardente String Quartet: Ella Saputra & Ruth Kim, violins; Julie Kim, viola; Haoming Song, cello.
Praeludium and Allegro In the Style of Pugnani, by Fritz Kreisler
(excerpt)
Performed by Esme Arias-Kim, violin; Oistrakh Symphony Orchestra; Mina Zikri, conductor
Piano Trio No. 4 in E minor, Op. 90, “Dumky”, by Antonín Dvořák
2nd movement, Poco adagio (excerpt)
Performed by Trio Primavera: Esme Arias-Kim, violin; Jan Vargas Nedvetsky, cello; Yerin Yang, piano.
Violin Concerto No. 5 in A minor, Op. 37, by Henri Vieuxtemps
2nd movement, Adagio
3rd movement, Allegro con fuoco
Performed by Sameer Agrawal, violin; Lyudmila Lakisova, piano
Oboe Concerto, S D935, by Alessandro Marcello
2nd movement, Adagio
3rd movement, Presto
Performed by Oliver Talukder, oboe; Lyudmila Lakisova, piano
Encore Broadcast | Masha Lakisova, violin
On Saturday, we have an encore broadcast featuring violinist Masha Lakisova of Vernon Hills. Masha studies violin at The Juilliard School’s Pre-College Division with Li Lin and Itzhak Perlman. This program was originally broadcast on September 7, 2019. A little note: the Lakisovas’ performance of Jenő Hubay’s Carmen Fantasy will be available on an exclusive WFMT compilation in the upcoming …
Playlist
Caprice No. 11 by Niccolò Paganini
Violin Sonata in d minor, Op. 108 by Johannes Brahms
Carmen Fantasy, by Jenő Hubay
Masha Lakisova, violin
Lyudmila Lakisova, piano
Playlist: Classical Music For Mother’s Day
In operatic, vocal, and instrumental selections , we pay tribute to the influential maternal figures in all of our lives.
Encore Broadcast | 2020 Crain-Maling Foundation Chicago Symphony Orchestra Young Artists Competition Winner
We feature the winner of the 2020 Crain-Maling Foundation Chicago Symphony Orchestra Young Artists Competition: 17-year-old violinist Isabella Brown of Gurnee. Isabella studies violin with Almita Vamos at the Music Institute of Chicago’s Academy. Isabella performed the first movement from Beethoven’s Violin Concerto during the final round of the competition at Symphony Center on Saturday, March 7, with Michael Christie …
Playlist
Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 61, by Ludwig van Beethoven
I. Allegro ma non troppo
Isabella Brown, violin
Civic Orchestra of Chicago
Michael Christie, conductor
Encore Broadcast | Parquarious Winds
On Saturday’s broadcast, we feature the Parquarious Winds of the Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra (CYSO). The quintet ran in the 2018-2019 school year. In addition to playing in regular CYSO recitals, the group performed at a Chamber Showcase recital at PianoForte and with the Orion Ensemble. As representatives of the CYSO Ambassadors Program, the group gave performances at two Chicago …
Playlist
Trois pièces brèves, by Jacques Ibert
I. Allegro
Kleine Kammermusik, by Paul Hindemith
Discover Illinois’ Newest Opera Company — Opera Edwardsville
A four-hour drive southwest from Chicago and just across the Mississippi River from St. Louis sits Edwardsville, Illinois. The small city — founder Chase Hopkins’ hometown — is the site of the state’s newest opera company.