In a performance from June 29, 2023, Valentina Peleggi conducts music by Valerie Coleman, Camille Saint-Saëns, and Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. Stewart Goodyear appears.
Valentina Peleggi
Playlist
Valerie Coleman: Umoja
Camille Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto No. 2
Stewart Goodyear, piano
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4
Chicago Symphony Orchestra Live from Ravinia
Opening night of CSO’s annual summer residency at Ravinia features Marin Alsop leading the chorus and orchestra in Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony.
The Four Seasons with Orpheus Chamber Orchestra and Vadim Gluzman
Renowned Chicago-area violinist Vadim Gluzman joins the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra to perform Vivaldi’s landmark Four Seasons in this performance from August 2022.
Playlist
Antonio Vivaldi: The Four Seasons
Francesco Geminiani (arr. Michi Wiankco): La Folia
Adolphus Hailstork: Sonata da Chiesa
Secret Byrd
Performances marking the 400th anniversary of the death of William Byrd, a Catholic at the pinnacle of the musical world of Protestant England.
Playlist
William Byrd: Fantasia a 6, T 391
Fretwork
William Byrd: Consort Songs
Harmonia Mundi – HMU907383
4:15
William Byrd: “O Lord, make thy servant Elizabeth”
Stile Antico
The Phoenix Rising
Harmonia Mundi – HMU 857572
3:11
William Byrd: “Why Do I Use My Paper, Ink and Pen?”
Stile Antico and Fretwork
Tune Thy Musicke to Thy Hart
Harmonia Mundi – HMU807554
3:18
William Byrd: Mass in Five Voices
Gesualdo Six
William Byrd: Mass
Hyperion Records
22:00
William Byrd: “Ye Sacred Muses”
The King’s Singers, Fretwork & Patrick Dunachie
Tom and Will
Signum Classics – SIGCD731
3:18
Sir James MacMillan: “Ye Sacred Muses”
The King’s Singers, Fretwork & Patrick Dunachie
Tom and Will
Signum Classics – SIGCD731
7:04
William Byrd: Galliard a 6
Fretwork
William Byrd: Consort Songs
Harmonia Mundi – HMU907383
1:34
Celebrate!
In honor of Independence Day and Canada Day, host Peter DuBois delves into recordings of sacred choral and organ music celebrating the musical traditions of each country.
Live from Millennium Park: CSO Concert for Chicago
Celebrate Zell Music Director Riccardo Muti’s remarkable tenure with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra at this free concert in Millennium Park.
Playlist
Florence Price: Andante moderato
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5
Juneteenth: Remembrance and Celebration
A special program commemorating the emancipation of enslaved Black Americans
Playlist
Remembrance
William Grant Still: And They Lynched Him on a Tree: No. 6 They Left Him Hanging
VocalEssence Ensemble Singers & Orchestra
William Grant Still: Darker America
American Symphony Orchestra
Margaret Bonds: The Negro Speaks of Rivers
Darryl Taylor, tenor; Maria Corley, piano
Undine Smith Moore: Before I’d Be a Slave
Maria Corley, piano
Celebration
George Walker: Folk Songs for Orchestra I. Going to lay down my sword and shield
Cleveland Chamber Symphony
Regina Harris Baiocchi: ‘Hold Out for Joy’
Picasso Ensemble
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: African Suite: Danse Nègre
London Symphony Orchestra
Adolphus Hailstork: ‘Shout for Joy’
The Aeolians
Father’s Day Requests
Celebrate Father’s Day with WFMT. Honor the father or father figure in your life with a spoken dedication and musical request.
Trinity Sunday & Juneteenth
Music on Trinitarian themes and music to acknowledge the celebration of Juneteenth.
Let Freedom Ring: A Musical Celebration of Juneteenth with Lara Downes
A special program featuring the music of Black composers from Florence Price to Bob Marley, and performers like Jessye Norman and the Kanneh-Mason.
