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.
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.
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 ...
