New Year’s Concert 2025 with Riccardo Muti
January 1, 2025, 10:00 am
The famed Vienna Philharmonic offers “a greeting of hope, friendship, and peace” in its annual New Year’s Day concert, broadcast live around the world.
New Year’s Eve with WFMT
December 31, 2024, 10:00 pm
Ring in the New Year with your favorite WFMT hosts.
Kindle a Candle and Start Anew
December 28, 2024
Songs for endings and beginnings and a tuneful celebration of Hanukkah.
New Year’s Steve – Two! Live from WFMT
December 28, 2024
Megon McDonough, Chris Walz, Don Stiernberg, Marc Edelstein, and Daniel Nahmod gather to honor “Chicago Shorty” singing songs by Steve Goodman and his friends.
Best of 2024
December 28, 2024
With another year come and gone, LaRob K. Rafael and Kristina Lynn share a playlist of their favorite recordings released in 2024.
Humperdinck: Hansel and Gretel
December 28, 2024
In this performance from Christmas Day, 1982, Thomas Fulton conducts Frederica von Stade (Hansel) and Judith Blegen (Gretel) plus Rosalind Elias (Witch), Jean Kraft (Gertrud), Michael Devlin (Peter), Betsy Norden (Dew Fairy), and Diane Kesling (Sandman).
Winter Holiday Playlist
December 26, 2024
A selection of winter-themed highlights from the New York Philharmonic’s storied discography.
Music of the Baroque: Bach’s Christmas Oratorio
December 25, 2024, 10:00 pm
A performance led by Dame Jane Glover with soloists Yulia Van Doren, Emily Fons, Gwilym Bowen, Michael Sumuel.
Miracle of Miracles: Music for Hanukkah
December 25, 2024, 6:00 pm
The vocal ensemble Chicago a cappella highlights the creativity and vitality of American Jewish musical traditions.
Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker
December 25, 2024, 9:00 am
A concert performance of the complete ballet by the French National Orchestra.
A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols Encore Presentation
December 24, 2024, 10:00 pm
Enjoy an encore presentation of this Christmas Eve tradition, broadcast live from the Chapel of King’s College in Cambridge, England, earlier today.
A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols Live
December 24, 2024, 9:00 am
A beloved Christmas Eve tradition, A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols sets a tone for Christmas Eve both contemplative and celebratory.
Apollo’s Fire: Handel’s Messiah
December 23, 2024, 8:00 pm
An encore presentation of a stylish performance recorded live in concert.
Classical Christmas in Latin America
December 22, 2024
Celebrating the season with a brand-new recording of José Mauricio de Nunes Garcia's monumental mass, “Missa de Nossa Senhora da Conceição”
Apollo’s Fire: Handel’s Messiah
December 22, 2024, 5:00 pm
Jeannette Sorrell leads a stylish performance featuring sopranos Sonya Headlam and Erica Schuller, mezzo-soprano Amanda Crider, tenor Steven Caldicott, and baritone Edward Vogel. Recorded live in concert.
Christmas Music
December 22, 2024, 6:00 am
Choral and organ music to celebrate the arrival of the Christ Child.
Keeping the Lights On
December 21, 2024
“The street lights are on in Chicago tonight…” Songs to brighten the longest of the year as winter arrives in earnest and Christmas bell ring out. Also, birthday wishes to Billy Bragg and Lori McKenna.
Jennifer Cutting’s Ocean Celtic Quartet from the Archives
December 21, 2024
It was a solstice soiree at Acoustic Renaissance in 2022 when Jennifer Cutting brought the holly-decked Ocean Celtic Quartet to perform live on Folkstage.
Holiday Music Around the World
December 21, 2024
Kristina and LaRob explore how the holidays sound all over the world. Enjoy Christmas (and other holiday) Music from Africa, Spain, and even the Philippines!
