Founded in 1934, the Smetana Trio is today’s foremost Czech chamber ensemble. With an extensive discography and busy international tour schedule, the group’s current members, pianist Jitka Cechová, violinist Jiří Vodička, and cellist Jan Pálenícek, carry on the virtuosic and interpretational ideals created by their predecessors.
The Smetana Trio
WFMT announces the upcoming retirement of longtime Morning Program host CARL GRAPENTINE
CHICAGO – February 20, 2018 – Classical WFMT, Chicago’s classical music radio station, today announced that longtime Morning Program host CARL GRAPENTINE, 69, will retire this summer from full-time employment at WFMT. His last day as a regular host will be July 27, but he will continue to work on special projects for the station. “It’s time,” said Carl. “46 …
Beginnings
So where do we start? This inaugural programme takes “Beginnings” at its theme – how do you begin a piece of music? Tom looks at a cornucopia of opening bars – from classical to pop, to see how composers grab our attention, and go on to keep us listening. With thoughts from composer Anna Meredith on the terror of the …
Presenting the Last Picture Program of Recorded Music (12/18/1997)
From 1952 to 1997, Studs Terkel frequently filled his daily radio programs with a wide and wonderful variety of music. On these occations he would select a range of recordings through which he told a story or conveyed whatever thematic ideas he had in mind. Tonight we bring you the very last of those shows from his long career at …
Christmas Memories (c. 1961)
Tonight on the BEST OF STUDS TERKEL we bring you an annual tradition and WFMT favorite. Here is the rebroadcast of Studs Terkel’s compendium of voices, rememberances and music on the theme of the Christmas season.
Ursula Oppens (1/9/1994)
This hour of music and conversation from past Studs Terkel programs features American pianist Ursula Oppens. First heard on WFMT in December 1990, the show opens with Ms. Oppens performing a piece by Tobias Pickler, and also includes compositions by Beethoven and Ravel.
Remembering Rita Jacobs (6/12/1990)
December 13 is WFMT’s 66th anniversary. In 1951, a young couple named Rita and Bernie Jacobs bought a small radio station where they could share the classical and arts programming they loved. Studs Terkel joined them within the year and stayed for almost half a century. When Rita died, in 1990, Studs presented this hour of her favorite music, and …
Happy 60th Anniversary, Old Town School of Folk Music (c. 1997)
Sixty years ago today, Dawn Greening hosted an informal music lesson in her living room. The seeds of welcome, collaboration and learning sewn that evening grew into one of Chicago’s greatest homes for the musical arts: The Old Town School of Folk Music. On the occasion of the Old Town School’s 40th anniversary, in 1997, Studs Terkel welcomed inaugural teacher, …
James Baldwin (9/29/1962)
It was in the Fall of 1962 that James Baldwin, the American novelist, essayist, playwright and civil rights activist, spoke with Studs Terkel about life, literature, boxing, and the signs of the changing times.
A Musical Mosaic
From time to time, Studs Terkel presented characteristically eclectic programs of recorded music. And so it was, on August 18, 1994, tha tStuds crafted this spontaneous, multi-genre mosaic from various compact discs he happened to find in his office.