There are no upcoming broadcasts at the moment.
Handel’s Messiah
December 16, 2022
The New York Philharmonic’s annual presentation of Handel’s Messiah is one of its most loved traditions.
15th&16th-Century Christmas Music from Saxony
December 14, 2022
Baroque&Before begins the holiday season with The Renaissance Men vocal ensemble, which performs Christmas mass by the Meissen school cantor Wolfgang Figulus.
Winter Holiday Playlist
December 9, 2022
A selection of winter-themed highlights from the New York Philharmonic’s storied discography.
US Coast Guard Saxophone Quartet
December 9, 2022
The United States Coast Guard Band Saxophone Quartet visited WFMT when they were in Chicago for the 2017 Midwest Band and Orchestra Clinic. This Impromptu includes music for the holiday season.
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
December 2, 2022
During this festive Impromptu from 2015, members of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center performed a pair of the great Brandenburg Concertos by Bach: No. 5 in D major, BWV 1050, and No. 6 in B-flat major, BWV 1051.
Bach Cantatas
November 29, 2022
Vocalists Erin Morley, Phyllis Pancella, John Tessier, and Eric Owens are featured in cantatas by Johann Sebastian Bach.
A Chicagoland Holiday Preview
November 29, 2022, 8:00 pm
Grab your calendar and tune in for WFMT’s recommendations for the best choral concerts, Messiah's, Nutcracker's, and other seasonal favorites!
Chanticleer: An Orchestra of Voices
November 26, 2022
A brief history of the iconic ensemble and a preview of next month's A Chanticleer Christmas.
Born To Live (7/6/1962)
January 7, 2022
The Best of Studs Terkel on WFMT presents Born to Live, a long-time New Year’s broadcast tradition. Studs produced this program of interviews, spoken word, and musical responses to the nuclear age with colleague Jim Unrath in 1961. Born to Live won the Prix Italia, an award Studs described as “the equivalent of the Nobel Prize for radio and TV documentaries and ...
Eastern Orthodox Christmas Music with Andrew Patner
January 3, 2022, 10:00 pm
A rebroadcast from WFMT’s late critic-at-large, in which he explores this lesser-known holiday repertory.
Folkstage: The Final New Year’s Eve Celebration
January 1, 2022, 9:00 pm
Highlights from the 2019 “Midnight Special” New Year’s Eve celebration, featuring John McCutcheon, Crys Matthews & Heather Mae, Shawna Caspi and Greg Greenway recorded in the Fay & Daniel Levin Studio.
Massenet’s ‘Cinderella’ [Abridged English-language version]
January 1, 2022
Continuing a treasured holiday tradition, the Met presents a new installment in its series of abridged opera adaptations for family audiences.
New Year’s Day from Vienna
January 1, 2022, 10:00 am
A beloved tradition. Daniel Barenboim conducts the Vienna Philharmonic.
New Year’s Eve from the Berlin Philharmonic
December 31, 2021, 10:00 pm
Music director Kirill Petrenko conducts the Berlin Philharmonic and violinist Janine Jansen in a celebratory concert.
Winter Medley
December 30, 2021
In a wide-ranging program, Ken-David Masur conducts music by Ludwig van Beethoven, Henry Purcell, plus Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson and Daniel Kidane.
A Roaring Christmas with the BBC Singers
December 29, 2021, 8:00 pm
A festive celebration of the 1920s & 30s from the Barbican in London.
¡Vamos a Belén! — Christmas with The Rose Ensemble
December 28, 2021, 8:00 pm
The acclaimed, Minnesota-based Rose Ensemble returns with festive and evocative early music from Peru, Bolivia, Mexico, and beyond.
Music of the Baroque: Handel’s Messiah
December 26, 2021, 3:00 pm
Conducted by principal guest conductor Nicholas Kraemer, this performance features soloists Sherezade Panthaki, soprano; Allyson McHardy, mezzo-soprano; Brian Giebler, tenor; Matthew Brook, bass-baritone.
Folkstage: An Irish Christmas Concert
December 25, 2021, 8:00 pm
Bohola (Jimmy Keane & Pat Boaders) from the Levin Studio 12/24/2005.
Latin American Christmas Carols
December 25, 2021
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.