Celebrate Chicago’s vibrant classical music scene.
Music in Chicago gives you a front-row seat to some of the best classical music concerts presented throughout the Chicago area. Every Friday in the noon hour, Lisa Flynn features recent performances from the city’s soloists, orchestras, choirs, bands and chamber ensembles. The Elgin Symphony Orchestra, St. Charles Singers, Rachel Barton Pine, Dover Quartet, Civic Orchestra, Midwest Mozart Festival, and Chicago Latino Music Festival are among the many artists and organizations that have been heard on this weekly program.
WFMT is always looking for new groups and musicians to feature on Music in Chicago. If you or your ensemble would like to be considered for our program, audition online to let us know more about you and to send us a recording.
January 20 – January 24, 2020
January 24, 2020
This week on Music in Chicago, we'll hear recordings by the Gaudete Brass and Chicago Sinfonietta, the Harlem Quartet in music from Cuba, Mozart played by Chicago Camerata, and a live broadcast from the Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert Series.
January 13 – January 17, 2020
January 17, 2020
This week on WFMT's Music in Chicago, we'll bring you two live Impromptus with the Escher and Aizuri String Quartets. You'll also hear a concert recording by Music of the Baroque, piano music of Chicago composer Leo Sowerby, and a live broadcast from the Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert Series.
January 6 – January 10, 2020
January 10, 2020
This week on Music in Chicago, we'll hear guitarist René Izquierdo in concert, a recording by the Newberry Consort, a live broadcast from the Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts, a live Impromptu with the Tal & Groethuysen Piano Duo, and 17-year-old violinist Noelle Naito from WFMT's Introductions.
January 2 – January 3, 2020
January 3, 2020
Join WFMT weekdays at noon for a showcase of the region's rich classical music scene on Music in Chicago. This week, we'll hear music from the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Brass Live as well as a recording by Rachel Barton Pine.
December 16 – December 23, 2019
December 23, 2019
Join WFMT's Music in Chicago for a new Christmas recording by Northside Brass, holiday performances by Chanticleer, the Chicago Symphony Chorus, Music of the Baroque, and the St. Charles Singers, and a live broadcast from the Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert.
December 9 – December 13, 2019
December 13, 2019
This week on Music in Chicago, we'll hear pianist Alon Goldstein at this summer's Ravinia Festival, a recording by the Chicago Brass Choir, a live broadcast from the Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert, the Chicago Panamerican Ensemble from the Chicago Latino Music Festival, and Chicago a cappella from their recent holiday program.
December 2 – December 6, 2019
December 2, 2019
This week on Music in Chicago, we'll hear music recordings by the Bella Voce and the Chicago Harp Quartet, a live broadcast from the Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert with pianist Sheng Cai, a live Impromptu with the California Guitar Trio, and Marc-André Hamelin playing Chopin.
November 25 – November 29, 2019
November 29, 2019
This week on Music in Chicago, we'll hear a recording from 2001 by the Chicago Sinfonietta, Third Coast Percussion in concert at the University of Chicago, a live broadcast from the Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert Series, a new recording by cellist Paul Dwyer, and the Voxman Reed Trio in music by Milhaud.
November 18 – November 22, 2019
November 22, 2019
This week on Music in Chicago, we'll hear recordings by pianist Jorge Federico Osorio and the Black Oak Ensemble, a live flute and piano recital from the Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert, a performance from this year's Chicago Duo Piano Festival, and new music by cellist and composer Ian Maksin.
November 11 – November 15, 2019
November 15, 2019
This week on Music in Chicago, we'll hear two performances from the Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert Series, pianist Marc-André Hamelin in recital at Northwestern University, a brass ensemble from the Merit School of Music, and a fascinating collaboration between the Kontras Quartet and the Kruger Brothers.
November 6 – November 8, 2019
November 8, 2019
Join WFMT weekdays at noon for a showcase of the region's rich classical music scene on Music in Chicago. This week, we'll hear a live broadcast from the Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert with pianist Hilda Huang, Demarre and Anthony McGill with the Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra, and the Chicago Gargoyle Brass and Organ Ensemble.
October 14 – October 21, 2019
October 21, 2019
Join us this week on Music in Chicago, when we'll hear recordings by the Black Oak Ensemble, Bella Voce, and flutist Jennie Oh Brown, a live broadcast from the Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert with the Merz Trio, and performances from Camerata Chicago and the North Shore Chamber Music Festival.
October 7 – October 11, 2019
October 11, 2019
This week, we'll hear music from the Ravinia Festival with the Emerson Quartet, a recording by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Brass, a live broadcast from the Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert with pianist Lucas Krupinski, a recording by Rachel Barton Pine and Ars Antigua, and Rachmaninoff performed at this year's Chicago Duo Piano Festival.
September 30 – October 4, 2019
October 4, 2019
This week on Music in Chicago, we'll hear recordings by the St. Charles Singers and the KAIA String Quartet with guistarist Fareed Haque,, a live piano recital from the Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert Series, a live Impromptu by Chamber Music Chicago, and a musical farewell from WFMT's Program Director David Polk.
September 23 – 27, 2019
September 27, 2019
This week on Music in Chicago, we'll hear recordings by the Chicago Harp Quartet and the Pacifica Quartet with guitarist Sharon Isbin, a live broadcast from the Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert by the Aruna Saxophone Quartet, and two performances from this year's Thirsty Ears Festival.
September 16 – 20, 2019
September 20, 2019
This week on Music in Chicago, we'll hear recordings by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and the Cavatina Duo, the Escher String Quartet at this year's North Shore Chamber Music Festival, Schubert from the Chicago Duo Piano Festival, and a recital by cellist Gary Hoffman and pianist Jon Kimura Parker at the Ravinia Festival.
September 9 – 13, 2019
September 13, 2019
This week on Music in Chicago, we'll hear a live Impromptu with pianist Alon Goldstein, a recording by the Chicago Sinfonietta, a live violin and piano recital from the Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert, clarinetist Ilya Shterenberg and the Escher String Quartet at this year's North Shore Chamber Music Festival, and violinist Ilya Kaler in Autumn from Vivaldi's Four Seasons.
September 2 – 6, 2019
September 6, 2019
This week on Music in Chicago, we'll hear the Spektral Quartet displaying the humorous side of Haydn, Tchaikovsky with the Elgin Symphony Orchestra, a live flute and piano recital from the Chicago Cultural Center, Gautier Capuçon and Jean-Yves Thibaudet from the Ravinia Festival, and a recording by the Northwestern University Cello Ensemble.
August 26 – 30, 2019
August 30, 2019
Coming up this week on Music in Chicago, we'll hear Camerata Chicago in music by Benjamin Britten, Trio Settecento from their album of Italian chamber works, a live piano recital from the Chicago Cultural Center, the St. Charles Singers performing music of Debussy, and a classic recording by Chicago Pro Musica.
August 19 – 23, 2019
August 23, 2019
This week on Music in Chicago, we'll present a live Impromptu featuring music by Charlie Chaplin, English choral music from St. James Cathedral, a live saxophone and piano recital from the Cultural Center, the Juilliard String Quartet at the Ravinia Festival, and music by Chicago composer Shelley Foster Gurin.
August 12 – 16, 2019
August 16, 2019
This week on Music in Chicago, we'll hear new choral works by Chicago composer Gregory Hutter, the Avalon String Quartet and pianist Kuang-Hao Huang from the Rush Hour Concert series, a live broadcast from the Cultural Center with pianist Kimberly Han, Stile Antico at the Ravinia Festival, and a live Impromptu with violinist Anne Akiko Meyers.
