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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.
Winter Holidays Around the World with Bill McGlaughlin
December 23, 2020, 9:00 pm
Bill’s spirited selections hail from the British Isles, Paris, Mexico, Polynesia, and more.
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.
A Christmas Celebration
December 20, 2020
As we prepare for the eve of Christmas, we’ll begin the festivities with music to celebrate the arrival of the Christ Child on this edition of With Heart and Voice. Tune in as Peter DuBois shares sacred choral and organ treasures of the season.
Latin American Christmas Carols
December 19, 2020
A selection of villancicos or Christmas carols from Spain and Latin America are featured on this Christmas themed program from Fiesta. Join us for music that spans several centuries and a great diversity of influences and traditions.
A Program for the Holidays
December 19, 2020
A holiday collection of religious and secular favorites sung by Kiri Te Kanawa, Robert Shaw Chorale, Kathleen Ferrier, Richard Tauber, and more.
Tchaikovsky: ‘Nutcracker’ excerpts
December 19, 2020, 3:00 pm
A Chicago Symphony Orchestra performance conducted by Fritz Reiner.
Humperdinck’s ‘Hansel and Gretel’
December 19, 2020
Donald Runnicles conducts this family-friendly, English-language 2018 performance featuring Lisette Oropesa (Gretel), Tara Erraught (Hansel), Dolora Zajick (Gertrude), and Gerhard Siegel (Witch).
Hanukkah (12/05/1988)
December 18, 2020
It was in December 1988 that Studs Terkel presented this musical tribute to Hanukkah, the Jewish festival of lights. The hour begins with songs of Martha Schlamme, Theo Bikel, and some klezmer music, too. In the second half, Studs reads Grace Paley’s short story, “Good-bye and Good Luck”.
December 14 – December 18, 2020
December 18, 2020
This week on Music in Chicago, we'll hear holiday performances by the St. Charles Singers and Chicago Choral Artists, a live concert by the Avalon Quartet at the Chicago Cultural Center, and encore broadcasts of the Orion String Quartet and Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center in WFMT's Impromptu series.
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
December 18, 2020
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.
Itzhak Perlman’s Hanukkah Radio Party
December 17, 2020, 8:00 pm
The illustrious violinist samples a great variety of music for the Jewish Festival of Lights.
