Eastern Orthodox Christmas Music with Andrew Patner
December 28, 2020, 10:00 pm
A rebroadcast from WFMT’s late critic-at-large, in which he explores this lesser-known holiday repertory.
Berlioz: ‘L’enfance du Christ’
December 28, 2020, 8:00 pm
A London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus performance.
Vaughan Williams: ‘The First Nowell’
December 27, 2020, 6:25 pm
A London Philharmonic and Chorus performance.
More Christmas Favorites!
December 27, 2020
Joyous music of the Christmas season continues this week on With Heart and Voice, as Peter DuBois shares more seasonal favorites chosen by listeners!
Waltzes for New Year’s Eve
December 26, 2020
Put on your dancing shoes! Bring in the new year with Arias and Songs in an all-waltz program. Featured selections include Cristina Deutekom singing a Strauss waltz, the Boston Pops Orchestra play waltzes from Lehar’s The Count of Luxembourg, Julie Andrews asking, “Do I Hear a Waltz” by Richard Rodgers, and Lucine Amara coquettishly singing ‘Musetta’s Waltz’ from La bohème.
Mozart’s ‘The Magic Flute’ (abridged English-language version)
December 26, 2020
Erik Nielsen conducts this family-friendly, English language 2010 performance; Susanna Phillips (Pamina), Erika Miklósa (Queen of the Night), Russell Thomas (Tamino), and Alan Oke (Monostatos) star.
Christmas Memories (12/22/1961)
December 25, 2020
Studs Terkel first presented his Christmas Memories program on WFMT in 1961. Since then, this holiday compendium of voices and memories of childhood Christmases has become a perennial favorite.
Winter Holiday Jukebox
December 25, 2020
Sacred and secular music to honor the winter solstice and year-end holidays.
Apollo’s Fire: Christmas on Sugarloaf Mountain
December 25, 2020, 6:00 pm
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
Chanticleer
December 25, 2020
Chanticleer is known around the world for the seamless blend of its twelve male voices ranging from countertenor to bass. In December 2012, Carl Grapentine welcomed this “orchestra of voices” for an Impromptu filled with music of the season.
Menotti’s ‘Amahl and the Night Visitors’
December 24, 2020, 11:00 pm
Italian-American composer Gian Carlo Menotti’s Christmas opera.
Vaughan Williams: ‘Hodie’ Cantata
December 24, 2020, 2:00 pm
The London Symphony Orchestra performs with the St. Paul’s Cathedral Choristers.
A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols
December 24, 2020, 9:00 am
The annual service broadcast from King’s College Chapel of Cambridge University.
Claudio Abbado conducts Tchaikovsky
December 22, 2020
Claudio Abbado served as the Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s second principal guest conductor from 1982 until 1985, and he returned for several years as a frequent and favorite visitor. Abbado and the ensemble recorded a number of works by Tchaikovsky for CBS and Sony, and this program includes The Tempest, Romeo and Juliet, the Winter Dreams Symphony, and a suite from ...
Bach’s Magnificat
December 22, 2020, 2:00 pm
A performance by the Catalonian Choir and Le Concert des Nations.
Music for the Winter Holidays
December 21, 2020, 10:00 pm
"The Film Score: Music for the Winter Holidays," hosted by Chicago Tribune film critic Michael Phillips, features music from holiday favorites and other wintry classics.
Joel Spears and the Strangers [Rebroadcast]
December 21, 2020
This is a rebroadcast from December 17, 2018. Joel Spears, lute returns to WFMT with an early music ensemble to perform an early 17th century Christmas oratorio. The program features lutenist/guitarist Joel Spears, The Strangers, an early music vocal ensemble, plus accompaniment by harp, violin, organ, harpsichord, and theorbo. The centerpiece of the Christmas concert will be the American premiere of ...
Vivaldi’s ‘Four Seasons’
December 21, 2020, 2:00 pm
For the first day of winter, WFMT shares a performance of Vivaldi’s Four Seasons concertos.
Respighi: ‘Lauda a la Nativita del Signore’
December 20, 2020, 6:00 pm
A Philadelphia Orchestra performance.
