To mark the 75th anniversary of V-E Day, WFMT brings you Norman Corwin’s poetic masterpiece On a Note of Triumph, described by Carl Sandburg as “one of the all-time great American poems.” This acclaimed drama program aired live to an audience of 60 million Americans on the night of May 8, 1945, to mark the end of World War II …
Norman Corwin: ‘On a Note of Triumph’
Civic Orchestra Centennial with Yo-Yo Ma & Ken-David Masur (Rebroadcast)
WFMT brings you a rebroadcast of a live concert from Symphony Center as the Civic Orchestra of Chicago marks its 100th anniversary season with a Centennial Celebration Benefit Concert featuring Yo-Yo Ma and Civic Orchestra Principal Conductor Ken-David Masur. Hosted by WFMT’s Kerry Frumkin, the broadcast will feature music by Berlioz, Ravel, and Dvořák. Tune in at 98.7 FM, wfmt.com, …
Playlist
Roman Carnival, by Hector Berlioz
La valse, by Maurice Ravel
Civic Orchestra of Chicago; Ken-David Masur, conductor
Cello Concerto, by Antonín Dvořák
Civic Orchestra of Chicago; Yo-Yo Ma, cello; Ken-David Masur, conductor
Earth Day 2020: Stacy Garrop’s ‘Terra Nostra’
This past February, Stephen Alltop led the Northwestern University Symphony, the Alice Millar Chapel Choir, the Evanston Children’s Choir, and soloists in Terra Nostra – Our Earth – by the acclaimed Chicago-based composer Stacy Garrop. This large-scale celebration of our planet, and the relationship between humankind and the natural world, uses poetry by Byron, Shelley, Wordsworth, Tennyson, Walt Whitman, and …
A Musical Feast for Passover with Itzhak Perlman
The springtime Jewish holiday of Passover is about liberation from slavery in ancient Egypt. In this one-hour special, superstar violinist Itzhak Perlman shares Passover music from many traditions, plus songs and memories from his childhood in Israel. The program draws its shape from the Passover seder and, like that ancient family ritual, the music gets progressively giddier as the show …
A Musical Feast for Passover with Itzhak Perlman
The springtime Jewish holiday of Passover is about liberation from slavery in ancient Egypt. In this one-hour special, superstar violinist Itzhak Perlman shares Passover music from many traditions, plus songs and memories from his childhood in Israel. The program draws its shape from the Passover seder and, like that ancient family ritual, the music gets progressively giddier as the show …
LIVE: Civic Orchestra Centennial with Yo-Yo Ma & Ken-David Masur
WFMT brings you a live broadcast from Symphony Center as the Civic Orchestra of Chicago marks its 100th anniversary season with a Centennial Celebration Benefit Concert featuring Yo-Yo Ma and Civic Orchestra Principal Conductor Ken-David Masur. Hosted by WFMT’s Kerry Frumkin, the broadcast will feature music by Berlioz, Ravel, and Dvořák. Tune in at 98.7 FM, wfmt.com, or the WFMT …
New Year’s in Vienna
An almost-live presentation of the annual Strauss concert by the Vienna Philharmonic in its venerable Musikverein. Andris Nelsons conducts.
New Year’s Eve Midnight Special
Rich Warren plays listener requests and welcomes a live audience to Levin Studio to hear four stellar folk performers. An annual WFMT tradition.
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.
Pierné’s Les Enfants à Bethléem
Gabriel Pierné’s charming Christmas choral work performed by musicians of the French Radio.
