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.
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
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 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 two Rachmaninoff suites performed by pianists Alexander Djordjevic and Gregory Shifrin from 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.
August 5 – 9, 2019
August 9, 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 music from the Ravinia Festival with the Lincoln Trio, a recording by the Chicago Gargoyle Brass and Organ Ensemble, a live broadcast from the Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert with the Hessler Duo, the Escher String Quartet at this year's North Shore Chamber Music Festival, and Schubert performed by piano duo Claire Aebersold and Ralph Neiweem.
July 29-August 2, 2019: Elliott Golub, Civitas Ensemble, Huiping Cai, Chicago Sinfonietta, Wicker Park Choral Singers
August 2, 2019
WFMT now gives you a daily connection to the amazing wealth and variety of classical music in the Chicago region. Music in Chicago is heard weekdays at noon, featuring recordings and live performances by area soloists and ensembles and visiting artists. This Monday, we pay tribute to the late violinist Elliott Golub. On Tuesday, we’ll hear the Civitas Ensemble from ...
July 22-26, 2019: Elgin Symphony Orchestra, Tamara Wilson, Tara Lynn Ramsey, Ifetayo Ali-Landing, Bach & Beethoven Experience
July 26, 2019
WFMT now gives you a daily connection to the amazing wealth and variety of classical music in the Chicago region. Music in Chicago is heard weekdays at noon, featuring recordings and live performances by area soloists and ensembles and visiting artists. This Monday, we’re sharing music from the Elgin Symphony Orchestra. On Tuesday, we’ll hear a past WFMT Facebook Live ...
July 15-19, 2019: Camerata Chicago, Esther Lee & Sung Chang, Tom Zalmanov, Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra, Brasil Guitar Duo
July 19, 2019
WFMT now gives you a daily connection to the amazing wealth and variety of classical music in the Chicago region. Music in Chicago is heard weekdays at noon, featuring recordings and live performances by area soloists and ensembles and visiting artists. This Monday, we’ll share a recording by Camerata Chicago. On Tuesday, we’ll hear a past Dame Myra Hess concert ...
July 8-12, 2019: Escher Quartet, Pablo Sáinz Villegas, Gabriel Martins, St. John Cantius Church, Spektral Quartet
July 12, 2019
WFMT now gives you a daily connection to the amazing wealth and variety of classical music in the Chicago region. Music in Chicago is heard weekdays at noon, featuring recordings and live performances by area soloists and ensembles and visiting artists. This Monday, we’re sharing music from the Escher Quartet. On Tuesday, we’ll hear a WFMT Impromptu by guitarist Pablo ...
July 1-5, 2019: Wicker Park Choral Singers, Camerata Chicago, Pianist YinJia Lin, and Elgin Symphony Orchestra
July 5, 2019
Starting this July, WFMT will give you a daily connection to the amazing wealth and variety of classical music in the Chicago region. Music in Chicago will now be heard weekdays at noon, featuring concert and commercial recordings by area soloists and ensembles. This Monday, we’re sharing a program of new music by the Wicker Park Choral Singers. On Tuesday, ...
2019 Rush Hour Concerts at St. James Cathedral
June 21, 2019
In the Summer of 2000, concert pianist and civic leader Deborah Sobol founded the Rush Hour Concert series to reinvent the traditional classical music concert format by presenting chamber music masterworks in an engaging setting, accessible to all. These 30-minute concerts offer unparalleled access to repertoire spanning 700 years, performed by world-class musicians from Chicago’s leading ensembles including the Chicago Symphony ...
Chicago Chamber Choir: Rachmaninoff’s All-Night Vigil
June 21, 2019
The Chicago Chamber Choir, a 40-voice ensemble, concluded its 2018/2019 season with Sergei Rachmaninoff’s All-Night Vigil. Originally intended for liturgical use, these stunning polyphonic settings of Russian Orthodox chant evoke introspection and jubilation in both religious and secular contexts. Rachmaninoff’s orchestration of the choir leads to some of the most awe-inspiring, dramatic moments in choral music.
Victorian Flourish with the St. Charles Singers
June 14, 2019
The St. Charles Singers concluded their 2018-19 concert season with an eclectic program of Victorian-era choral works, both secular and sacred, from the British Isles, the United States, France, and Germany. The mixed-voice professional chamber choir conducted by Jeffrey Hunt presented a broad range of composers from a specific historical period. “The Victorian era was a Renaissance for choral music,” ...
The Grand Tour with Music of the Baroque
May 31, 2019
In March 2019, Harry Bicket, Baroque specialist and artistic director of the English Concert, led Music of the Baroque in a lively musical reenactment of the grand European tour of young nobles and aristocrats, from London and Versailles to Venice and Munich. The program included a concerto by Evaristo Felice Dall’Abaco, who worked in the service of the Bavarian court ...
Violist Matthew Lipman on WFMT
May 24, 2019
In a Facebook Live webcast from WFMT’s Levin Performance Studio, violist Matthew Lipman and pianist Shirley Trissell performed works by Johann Sebastian Bach, Rebecca Clarke, and Robert Schumann. Matthew hails from Chicago’s south suburbs and appeared on WFMT’s Introductions in 2008 as a student. Now, he is a member of the viola faculty at Stony Brook University, performs with the ...
