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’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.

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

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.

Featuring Corelli’s popular “Christmas” Concerto.

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

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

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

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

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

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!

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

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

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

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

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 …

On each of the seven days of Kwanzaa, LaRob K. Rafael shares a reflection and a piece of music that exemplifies one of Kwanzaa’s seven principles.

Enjoy this festive celebration brimming with beautiful music for the season.

We take you to Paris for a live performance of this perennial favorite.

GF Handel, born the same year as JS Bach and Giuseppe Domenico Scarlatti — 1685 — had a distinct sound that married his German roots with his new country of England. We’ll have a weeklong look at the life and music of England’s most celebrated German composer. Since the Baroque era, many of his works are played every year since …

Enjoy an encore presentation of this Christmas Eve tradition, broadcast live from the Chapel of King’s College in Cambridge, England, earlier today. Download the Festival of Nine Lessons 2023 Order of Service.

Holiday music conducted by Sir Georg Solti and Fritz Reiner.

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

As we prepare for the eve of Christmas, we’ll begin with music for the Fourth Sunday of Advent, and move to music to celebrate the arrival of the Christ Child on this edition of With Heart and Voice. Tune in as Peter DuBois shares sacred choral and organ treasures of the season.