Milwaukee music director Ken-David Masur: “Themes of new life, fresh air, and earth’s elements are relatable to all of us and connect us to each other.”

Apollo’s Fire’s concert featuring violinist Francisco Fullana performing music by Bach and Vivaldi.

Enjoy an intimate concert featuring members of the Grant Park Orchestra with the Project Inclusion Quartet performing an eclectic program, including an audience favorite by Tchaikovsky and a brand-new work by Billy Childs.

A front row seat to the opening of the CSO’s annual Ravinia Festival summer residency with a live broadcast of music by Rimsky-Korsakov, Tchaikovsky, and Perry.

A live broadcast from Millennium Park for the city, as Riccardo Muti and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra close out the season with a free concert of music by Shostakovich and Tchaikovsky.

The distinguished cellist looks back on his own career and on that of his father, bass-baritone Mack Harrell. A WFMT Radio Network special produced by Louise Frank.

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We meet outstanding young Black musicians performing works by Black composers including music by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, Sam Cooke, Florence Price, and an exciting new work by a teen composer.

Join WFMT host LaRob K. Rafael for a morning of music honoring Juneteenth.

The world premiere recording of Craig Hella Johnson’s work exploring the life, death, and legacy of Matthew Shepard.

Ravinia chief conductor Marin Alsop and CEO Jeffrey P. Haydon discuss the festival’s new annual series that will celebrate the diverse artists and leaders in classical music.

Kerry Frumkin speaks with influential American composer Philip Glass about his life in music, where he’s been, and what’s inspired him.

A program for Memorial Day to honor those whose lives have been forever changed by war, including songs written by composers and poets who were soldiers themselves.

The renowned Japanese-American composer will share his childhood memories from an internment camp in Minidoka, Idaho, and revisit highlights of his 60-year compositional career.

Vocal and Filipino music expert Dr. Joseph Legaspi shares a program exploring the traditional Filipino genre of love songs called Kundiman.

The genre-defying Israeli mandolinist is the most sought-after soloist on his instrument and is also the muse of composers for new works for mandolin.

Hear the exceptional pianist Radu Lupu, who recently died at age 76, in some of his signature repertoire: concertos by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Robert Schumann.

In this program for Holocaust Remembrance Day, WFMT looks back on Studs Terkel’s 1991 interview with Mark Ludwig on music from composers interned at the Terezín concentration camp during World War II.

On the 25th anniversary of the Canadian string ensemble La Pietà with the group’s founder, violinist Angèle Dubeau.

Solomiya Ivakhiv, the accomplished concert violinist, chamber musician, and educator, shares a highly personal playlist of works by composers from her native Ukraine.

A conversation with the legendary British conductor, author, and one of the foremost interpreters of 18th century music. In addition to numerous prestigious conducting assignments, Dame Jane Glover was music director of Glyndebourne Touring Opera (1981-1985), artistic director of London Mozart Players (1984-1991), Director of Opera at the Royal Academy of Music (2009-2016), and has served as music director of …

Hailed by Opera News as “one of today’s most astonishing artists,” Barbara Hannigan serves as conductor and soprano soloist in music by Stravinsky, Offenbach, and Weill.

Each day in the week leading up to the premiere of the new Great Performances: The Conductor on WTTW, host Candice Agree will share five favorite recordings conducted by Marin Alsop.

Celebrating the great composer-lyricist of our time, Being Alive: WFMT Remembers Stephen Sondheim gathers up a wealth of Sondheim’s stage and screen creations to revisit… or discover.

A program that illuminates the music and legacy of Florence Price, one of America’s pioneering but nearly forgotten composers.