Share this Post HighlightsChicago Holiday Performances Guide 2024: Concerts, Nutcrackers, Jazz, and moreHoliday Programming on WFMT 2024StoriesCelebrate New Year’s Songs From Around the WorldNow Adored, It Took 200 Years for Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos to Hit Their Stride. Here’s Why.Don't miss these holiday programs on WFMT Dec 12 New York Philharmonic | Handel’s Messiah 10:00 pm Dec 14 Listening to Singers | Edward Vogel on Handel’s Messiah 4:00 pm Dec 14 Folkstage | Lee Murdock & The Dock Wallopers Live from Hinsdale 8:00 pm Dec 14 The Midnight Special | Songs to Shop By for the Holidays 9:00 pm Dec 15 Music of the Baroque: Bach’s Christmas Oratorio 5:00 pm Dec 17 Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center | Baroque Mix 10:00 pm Dec 18 Music of the Baroque at the National Museum of Mexican Art 12:00 pm Dec 18 Music of the Baroque at the National Museum of Mexican Art (Encore) 8:00 pm Dec 19 Holidays with Cantus 8:00 pm Dec 19 New York Philharmonic | Gilbert and Romanovsky 10:00 pm See all holiday programmingPlaylistsPlaylist: 2017’s Best Classical Christmas RecordingsPlaylist: The Best Classical Christmas Albums of 2022Playlist: The Vienna Boys’ Choir Shares their Favorite Christmas Music!VideosVideo: Music of the Baroque Brass Ensemble Performs 17th Century Dances by PraetoriusVideo: Hear Rare, Baroque-Era Mexican Christmas CarolsStream: Chanticleer Shares Holiday Music From Around the World, Live in the WFMT StudiosMore StoriesQuiz: Should These Opera Characters Be on the Naughty or Nice List?Jazzy ‘Charlie Brown Christmas’ swings on after 57 yearsWaltzes in a Pandemic: How Vienna Phil Will Continue Its New Year’s TraditionKAIA String Quartet Wishes You a Happy HolidayWhat Are Shape Notes? Jeannette Sorrell of Apollo’s Fire Explains2020’s 8 Best Classical Christmas AlbumsDiscover What Makes Tchaikovsky’s ‘Nutcracker’ Sound Like Sugar, Spice, and Everything NiceHow a Modern Orchestra Plays a Period-Perfect ‘Messiah’Quiz: What Movement of ‘The Nutcracker Suite’ Are You?Discover Christmas Trees and Christmas Traditions From Around the WorldThis Video of the Von Trapps Singing ‘Edelweiss’ Will Be One of Your Favorite Things This Holiday SeasonThese Vintage Holiday Ads Are Sure to Make Your Spirits BrightA Sneak Peek of Joffrey’s New Nutcracker Set During Chicago’s Columbian Exposition of 1893How Handel’s Messiah Got a Gospel MakeoverStream: Critical Thinking with Andrew Patner: A 1973 Chicago Children’s Choir Christmas
