A longtime WFMT New Year’s broadcast tradition.

Baritone Thomas Hampson joined the Philharmonic in 2009 for an American New Year’s Eve celebration.

An encore presentation of the Vienna Philharmonic’s New Year’s tradition.

The famed Vienna Philharmonic offers “a greeting of hope, friendship, and peace” in its annual New Year’s Day concert, broadcast live around the world.

Ring in the New Year with your favorite WFMT hosts.

Songs for endings and beginnings and a tuneful celebration of Hanukkah.

Megon McDonough, Chris Walz, Don Stiernberg, Marc Edelstein, and Daniel Nahmod gather to honor “Chicago Shorty” singing songs by Steve Goodman and his friends.

With another year come and gone, LaRob K. Rafael and Kristina Lynn share a playlist of their favorite recordings released in 2024.

In this performance from Christmas Day, 1982, Thomas Fulton conducts Frederica von Stade (Hansel) and Judith Blegen (Gretel) plus Rosalind Elias (Witch), Jean Kraft (Gertrud), Michael Devlin (Peter), Betsy Norden (Dew Fairy), and Diane Kesling (Sandman).

A selection of winter-themed highlights from the New York Philharmonic’s storied discography.

A performance led by Dame Jane Glover with soloists Yulia Van Doren, Emily Fons, Gwilym Bowen, Michael Sumuel.

The vocal ensemble Chicago a cappella highlights the creativity and vitality of American Jewish musical traditions.

A concert performance of the complete ballet by the French National Orchestra.

Enjoy an encore presentation of this Christmas Eve tradition, broadcast live from the Chapel of King’s College in Cambridge, England, earlier today.

A cherished holiday tradition.

A beloved Christmas Eve tradition, A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols sets a tone for Christmas Eve both contemplative and celebratory.

An encore presentation of a stylish performance recorded live in concert.

Celebrating the season with a brand-new recording of José Mauricio de Nunes Garcia’s monumental mass, “Missa de Nossa Senhora da Conceição”

Jeannette Sorrell leads a stylish performance featuring sopranos Sonya Headlam and Erica Schuller, mezzo-soprano Amanda Crider, tenor Steven Caldicott, and baritone Edward Vogel. Recorded live in concert.

Choral and organ music to celebrate the arrival of the Christ Child.

“The street lights are on in Chicago tonight…” Songs to brighten the longest of the year as winter arrives in earnest and Christmas bell ring out. Also, birthday wishes to Billy Bragg and Lori McKenna.

It was a solstice soiree at Acoustic Renaissance in 2022 when Jennifer Cutting brought the holly-decked Ocean Celtic Quartet to perform live on Folkstage.

Kristina and LaRob explore how the holidays sound all over the world. Enjoy Christmas (and other holiday) Music from Africa, Spain, and even the Philippines!

Bill’s spirited selections hail from the British Isles, Paris, Mexico, Polynesia, and more.

Artistic director and founder Patrick Dupré Quigley shares his favorite music for the season.