A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols
December 24, 2021, 9:00 am
The annual service broadcast from King’s College Chapel of Cambridge University.
Apollo’s Fire: Christmas on Sugarloaf Mountain
December 23, 2021, 8:00 pm
Critically acclaimed early music ensemble Apollo's Fire shares a festive, Irish-Appalachian celebration.
Chanticleer Christmas
December 21, 2021, 9:00 pm
The superb 12-man ensemble performs holiday classics.
Gaudete! Early Music for the Christmas Season
December 20, 2021, 10:00 pm
A WFMT Network special, hosted by Sara Schneider.
Ornaments! with lutenist Brandon Acker
December 18, 2021
Oliver and Brandon demonstrate essential ornaments like the appoggiatura and the trill.
Mozart’s ‘The Magic Flute’ [Abridged English-language version]
December 18, 2021
The Met’s abridged, English-language version of Mozart’s magical fairy tale is a classic holiday treat for audiences of all ages.
Rilling Conducts Handel’s ‘Messiah’
December 17, 2021
Soprano Annette Dasch, countertenor Daniel Taylor, tenor James Taylor, and bass-baritone Shenyang take the stage to perform George Frideric Handel‘s rousing oratorio.
A Romanesque Christmas
December 15, 2021
On this first of two special Christmas editions of Baroque&Before, we are afforded the rare opportunity outside of Spain to hear the Mallorcan version of El Cant de la Sibil.la; the Song of the Sybil, as it has been re-enacted in the churches of Mallorca every Christmas Eve since the 15th century, as well as throughout Spain as early as ...
Mark Adamo’s “Becoming Santa Claus”
December 11, 2021
The composer and librettist offers a preview of his opera in advance of its Chicago premiere.
The Maxwell Street Klezmer Band
December 4, 2021, 8:00 pm
Host Rich Warren welcomes Chicago’s original Klezmer revival band to celebrate Hanukkah live from Hinsdale.
Chanticleer
December 3, 2021
Chanticleer is known around the world for the seamless blend of its twelve male singers ranging from countertenor to bass. In December 2012, Carl Grapentine welcomed this “orchestra of voices” for an Impromptu filled with music of the season.
‘Hansel and Gretel’
December 2, 2021
Andreas Delfs conducts this performance of Humperdinck’s timeless, family-friendly opera.
Chicago a cappella Hanukkah
December 1, 2021, 8:00 pm
The virtuoso vocal ensemble’s celebration of the musical traditions of Hanukkah, hosted by Jonathan Miller.
Itzhak Perlman’s Hanukkah Radio Party
November 29, 2021, 10:00 pm
The illustrious violinist samples a great variety of music for the Jewish Festival of Lights.
Rita Jacobs Willens’ ‘Rozhinkes mit Mandlin’
November 28, 2021, 6:00 pm
Rita Jacobs Willens’s reminiscence of Jewish immigrant life in early 20th-century America. A long-time listener favorite, the work was created in 1979.
Puts’ Silent Night
November 27, 2021
Recounting a miraculous moment of peace during one of the bloodiest wars in human history, Scottish, French, and German officers defy their superiors and negotiate a Christmas Eve truce. The Pulitzer Prize-winning music underscores the yearning, despair, and hope of the soldiers living in the trenches. Silent Night masterfully juxtaposes the bombastic sounds of war with serene songs from home, ...
Marc Neikrug’s ‘Healing Ceremony’
November 25, 2021, 8:00 pm
Experience Healing Ceremony, a world premiere recording of American composer Marc Neikrug’s new work for orchestra and voices.
On Singing Handel with Sherezade Panthaki
November 20, 2021
The soprano soloist from Music of the Baroque's "A Thanksgiving Messiah" on the challenges and pleasures of singing Handel.
Born To Live (07/06/1962)
January 1, 2021
The Best of Studs Terkel on WFMT presents a long-time New Year’s broadcast tradition. It’s “Born to Live,” a program of interviews, spoken word, and musical responses to the nuclear age. Studs produced it in 1961 with colleague Jim Unrath. “Born to Live” won the Prix Italia, an award Studs described as “the equivalent of the Nobel Prize for radio ...
The Best Is Yet To Come: New Year’s Eve With WFMT
December 31, 2020, 8:00 pm
2020 has been a year like no other, so let’s wave it goodbye in a broadcast unlike any we’ve ever hosted. From 8:00 pm to 2:00 am, join us for an on-air look back at the year in a program featuring classical, jazz, and folk selections chosen by WFMT hosts, staff, and friends!
