Announcing the 2025 Ravinia Festival Broadcasts

By Keegan Morris |

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WFMT’s series of concerts from Ravinia Festival returns on Sunday, August 31 at 3:00 pm for a 10-week lineup of wonderful chamber recitals. Visit our Ravinia program page for more information.

Angela Hewitt

August 31, 2025, 3:00 pm

Season Premiere: The complete Goldberg Variations by Johann Sebastian Bach.

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Angela Hewitt

Isidore Quartet

September 7, 2025, 3:00 pm

Music for string quartet by Maurice Ravel, Henri Dutilleux, and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

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Isidore String Quartet

Tony Yun, piano

September 14, 2025, 3:00 pm

Music by Brahms, Liszt, Busoni, and Schumann.

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Tony Yun (Photo: Dario Acosta)

Juilliard Quartet & Isidore Quartet

September 21, 2025, 3:00 pm

The Juilliard Quartet performs Beethoven. The ensemble is joined by the Isidore Quartet for the String Octet by Felix Mendelssohn.

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Juilliard String Quartet

Ana María Martínez & Kevin Murphy

September 28, 2025, 3:00 pm

Music by Manuel de Falla, Joaquín Turina, Ernesto Lecuona, and others.

Ana María Martínez in a flowing red gown, skirt in motion as if just released by hands; in dancer's fifth position en haut.

Ana María Martínez (Photo: Ashkan Roayaee)

Lincoln Trio: “Fantasies of Buenos Aires”

October 5, 2025, 3:00 pm

Music for violin, cello and piano by Astor Piazzolla and Alberto Ginastera.

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Lincoln Trio

VOCES8

October 12, 2025, 3:00 pm

The mixed vocal octet offers music by Orlando Gibbons, Rachmaninoff, Elgar, Caroline Shaw, Irving Berlin, and others.

Portrait of VOCES8 in formal attire; three women in metallic-palette gowns; five gentlemen in black tie tuxedos; textured navy backdrop.

VOCES8 (Photo: Andy Staples)

Apollo’s Fire

October 19, 2025, 3:00 pm

Jeannette Sorrell leads the Baroque chamber orchestra in a program combining Vivaldi, Telemann, Bach, and Jean-Philippe Rameau.

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Apollo’s Fire (Photo: Camilla Tassi)

Plínio Fernandes, guitar

October 26, 2025, 3:00 pm

Season Finale: “Bach in Brazil,” with music by Villa-Lobos, Bach, Violeta Parra, Ary Barroso, and others.

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Plínio Fernandes (Photo: Lillie Eiger)