Mozart’s The Magic Flute

A family-friendly, English-language holiday presentation of Mozart’s The Magic Flute.

Christmas Memories (12/22/1961)

This holiday time capsule, comprising a compendium of voices and memories of childhood Christmases, is a perennial favorite.

Gilbert and Romanovsky

Music of Rachmaninoff and Tchaikovsky.

Holidays with Cantus

The gentlemen of Cantus share a warm and inviting mix of music for the holidays.

Music of the Baroque at the National Museum of Mexican Art (Encore)

An encore presentation of today’s live broadcast from Pilsen.

Music of the Baroque at the National Museum of Mexican Art

Live from Chicago’s Pilsen neighborhood.

Baroque Mix

Featuring excerpts from the holiday classic Brandenburg Concertos.

Music of the Baroque: Bach’s Christmas Oratorio

Dame Jane Glover leads the Music of the Baroque chorus and orchestra with tenor Gwilym Bowen, soprano Yulia Van Doren, mezzo-soprano Emily Fons, and bass-baritone Michael Sumuel.

Songs to Shop By for the Holidays

Making a list and checking twice? From scarlet ribbons to strangely wrapped gifts, this week’s playlist will provide a soundtrack for shopping, wrapping, and remembering. Also, a few tunes from the toybox.

Lee Murdock & The Dock Wallopers Live from Hinsdale

Lee Murdock’s beloved ballad ” The Christmas Ship” forms the “anchor” for this holiday concert led by the widely acknowledged bard of the Great Lakes. Murdock’s long-time songmates, The Dock Wallopers, fill out rousing renditions of songs of the season and of sailing through fair and foul weather.

Edward Vogel on Handel’s Messiah

A preview of the upcoming performance by Apollo’s Fire.

Handel’s Messiah

Ton Koopman conducts the New York Philharmonic and vocal soloists Sunhae Im, Andreas Scholl, Jörg Dürmüller, and Detlef Roth, in George Frideric Handel’s Messiah.

Telemann, Corelli, and Vivaldi

Featuring Corelli’s popular “Christmas” Concerto.

Family Gatherings

Bring the family together to give thanks, and maybe give them some grace. Reflections on Native American Heritage Month.  

Born To Live (07/06/1962)

An award-winning and longtime New Year’s broadcast tradition.

Minnesota Orchestra New Year’s Celebration

Welcoming 2024 with Bernstein’s effervescent Overture to Candide and the luxuriant storytelling of Rimsky-Korsakov’s Scheherazade in a program conducted by Chicago Sinfonietta music director Mei-Ann Chen.

The 2024 Vienna Philharmonic New Year’s Concert (Rebroadcast)

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

The 2024 Vienna Philharmonic New Year’s Concert

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

New Year’s Eve with WFMT

Ring in the new year with the WFMT voices you know and love.

Christmastide

Joyous music of the season continues this week on With Heart and Voice, as Peter DuBois shares choral and organ favorites, both old and new, even as we look forward to the New Year!

Ring in The New!

Reflect on 2023 and look ahead with songs about bells, rings, endings, beginnings. Plus, an hour of NYE party highlights.

“New Year’s Steve” Live from WFMT

In memory of irrepressible Chicago folk icon Steve Goodman, it’s a high-spirited hootenanny and sing-along of his best-loved songs.

2023 In Memoriam

A tribute to artists we lost in 2023, including Grace Bumbry, Renata Scotto, James Bowman, and Thomas Wikman.

Winter Holiday Playlist

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

Ave Atque Vale: Hail & Farewell

As we near the close of 2023, we remember the life and work of some of the classical artists who died this past year, each of whom, in his or her own way, was dedicated to the performance and diffusion of early music: Maurice Bourgue, Grace Bumbry, Ingrid Haebler, Humbert Lucarelli, Thomas Stacy, and Thomas Wikman. We laud them tonight …