Maestro Muti takes the podium for 2021’s installment of this annual New Year’s Day tradition.
New Year’s in Vienna, a Strauss Family Concert conducted by Riccardo Muti
The Best Is Yet To Come: New Year’s Eve With WFMT
2020 has been a year like no other, so let’s wave it goodbye in a broadcast unlike any we’ve ever hosted. From 8:00 pm to 2:00 am, join us for an on-air look back at the year in a program featuring classical, jazz, and folk selections chosen by WFMT hosts, staff, and friends!
A More Perfect Union: A Musical Tribute to Ruth Bader Ginsburg
In 2015, WFMT was deeply honored to welcome the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who shared her deep love for opera. During our rebroadcast of this special event, being presented in her memory, we’ll also hear some highlights from Chicago’s own classical-recording label, Cedille, and from the opera Scalia/Ginsburg.
Eastern Orthodox Christmas Music with Andrew Patner
A rebroadcast from WFMT’s late critic-at-large, in which he explores this lesser-known holiday repertory.
Berlioz: ‘L’enfance du Christ’
A London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus performance.
Vaughan Williams: ‘The First Nowell’
A London Philharmonic and Chorus performance.
Bach’s ‘Christmas Oratorio’
WFMT airs Bach’s seminal work.
Apollo’s Fire: Christmas on Sugarloaf Mountain
Critically acclaimed early music ensemble Apollo’s Fire shares a festive, Irish-Appalachian celebration. READ MORE: What are Shape Notes? Jeannette Sorrell of Apollo’s Fire Explains
Menotti’s ‘Amahl and the Night Visitors’
Italian-American composer Gian Carlo Menotti’s Christmas opera.
Vaughan Williams: ‘Hodie’ Cantata
The London Symphony Orchestra performs with the St. Paul’s Cathedral Choristers.