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Latin American Christmas Carols
December 24, 2022
A selection of villancicos, Christmas carols from Spain and Latin America, is featured on this Christmas-themed program from Fiesta. Join us for music that spans several centuries and a great diversity of influences and traditions.
St Olaf 2022 Christmas Festival: Promise of Peace
December 24, 2022, 5:00 pm
Featuring 500 student musicians and five conductors, recorded in Orchestra Hall, Minneapolis.
When Opera Singers Sing Christmas
December 24, 2022
Favorite interpretations of carols — sometimes camp, sometimes sublime.
Mozart’s The Magic Flute (abridged English-language version)
December 24, 2022
The Met’s abridged, family-friendly version of Mozart’s musical fairy tale returns for the holiday season.
Encore Broadcast | Ukrainian Music with Myroslav Mykhailenko and friends
December 24, 2022
18-year-old pianist Myroslav Mykhailenko is joined by young friends and colleagues with selections by five different Ukrainian composers.
A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols from King’s College, Cambridge
December 24, 2022, 9:00 am
A tradition heard all over the world.
Christmas Memories
December 23, 2022
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.
Holiday Fireside Chat
December 23, 2022
Celebrate the holidays on Sounds Classical as colleagues join Kristina Lynn and LaRob K. Rafael to share musical memories near the fireside.
Chanticleer
December 23, 2022
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.
Candles Burning Brightly
December 22, 2022, 8:00 pm
Songs and stories for Hanukkah, hosted by Mindy Ratner.
O, Jerusalem! Crossroads of Three Faiths with Apollo’s Fire
December 21, 2022
Apollo’s Fire, under the direction of Jeannette Sorrell, presents an exploration of the four quarters of Old Jerusalem (Jewish, Christian, Arab, and Armenian/Byzantine).
Music for the Winter Holidays
December 21, 2022, 9:00 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.
Christmas from DePaul University
December 20, 2022, 9:00 pm
DePaul University’s 2021 Christmas concert featuring vocalists Alyssa Allgood and Steven Wallace alongside the university’s choruses and orchestras.
A Mexican Christmas
December 20, 2022, 8:00 pm
Newberry Consort & EnsAmble Ad-Hoc's beloved annual concert.
The Sound of the 1742 Dublin Premiere of Messiah
December 19, 2022, 10:00 pm
Dunedin Consort's performance of the Christmas portion of Handel's Messiah.
A Baroque Noel with Pegasus Early Music
December 19, 2022, 9:00 pm
The period instrument ensemble and lutenist Paul O’Dette perform Marc-Antoine Charpentier’s Messe de Minuit pour Noel, concertos by Antonio Vivaldi, and French carols.
Windsbacher Knabenchor Christmas
December 19, 2022, 8:00 pm
The Windsbach Boys’ Choir of Nuremberg in concert with the Classic Brass Ensemble, directed by Martin Lehmann.
Chicago a cappella Hanukkah
December 18, 2022, 7:00 pm
Jonathan Miller shares music for the Jewish Festival of Lights.
Karl Jenkins’s Stella Natalis
December 17, 2022
Meaning ‘star of birth,’ Jenkins's 2009 Stella Natalis conveys the Christmas message of peace, goodwill, compassion and a new beginning.
Maxwell Street Klezmer Band
December 16, 2022
On December 19, 1986, Studs Terkel observed Hanukkah, the Jewish festival of lights, with this jubilant musical performance by Chicago’s Maxwell Street Klezmer band.