Mondays at 8:00 pm
Ravinia is back, and so is WFMT's series of broadcasts from the Pavilion.
WFMT brings you some of the summer's highlight performances from Ravinia's beloved, intimate Martin Theatre.
Miriam Fried and Jonathan Biss: Violin/Piano Duos
July 11, 2022
Season Premiere: Mother-son duo Miriam Fried, violin, and Jonathan Biss, piano, perform violin sonatas.
Emerson String Quartet
July 18, 2022
After more than four decades of prominence as one of the world’s premier ensembles, the Emerson String Quartet has announced they will disband in 2023.
Misha and Cipa Dichter
October 18, 2021
This program was recorded live on the pavilion stage at the Ravinia Festival on July 26 2021. The duo performed works of Dvorak, Liszt, and Grainger.
Lincoln Trio
October 11, 2021
The Lincoln Trio was recorded live in concert on September 21, 2021 from the Ravinia Festival.
NEXUS Chamber Music
October 4, 2021
Benjamin Baker, violin Brian Hong, violin and co-artistic director Jordan Bak, viola Alexander Hersh, cello and co-artistic director Stefán Ragnar Höskuldsson, flute Kristina Bachrach, soprano Augusta Read Thomas, composer and emcee The program entitled Upon Wings of Words was recorded live on September 9, 2021 from the Pavilion at the Ravinia Festival.
Lara Downes, Rachel Barton Pine, Ifetayo Ali-Landing, & the Chicago Sinfonietta
September 27, 2021
Season Finale: from September 7, pianist Lara Downes, violinist Rachel Barton Pine, and cellist Ifetayo Ali-Landing are joined by members of the Chicago Sinfonietta to perform music by Black composers: Margaret Bonds, Florence Price, William Grant Still, and more.
Miró Quartet
September 20, 2021
From September 14: The Miró Quartet performs music by George Walker, Kevin Puts, and Antonín Dvořák.
Davóne Tines
September 13, 2021
From August 31: Bass-baritone Davóne Tines and pianist Adam Nielsen give a performance called Recital No. 1: Mass, an “exploration of the Mass woven through Western European, African American, and 21st-century traditions.”
Misha Dichter
September 6, 2021
From July 25: Ravinia mainstay Misha Dichter plays music by Beethoven and Schubert.
Michelle DeYoung, mezzo-soprano
August 30, 2021
From August 5: Mezzo-soprano Michelle DeYoung and pianist Kevin Murphy share a program of music and poetry.
Apollo’s Fire: Summer Nights in Venice
August 23, 2021
From August 3: Apollo’s Fire, the distinguished early music ensemble, takes the stage for a performance of Italian Baroque music.
The Zukerman Trio
August 16, 2021
From July 28: The ensemble, led by legendary violinist and violist Pinchas Zukerman, performs selections by Beethoven and Brahms.
Vladimir Feltsman, piano
August 9, 2021
From July 8, Vladimir Feltsman performs music by Beethoven and Schubert.
RSMI Faculty Fete
August 2, 2021
From July 2: Violinist Mirian Fried, pianist Alon Goldstein, and other faculty members of the Ravinia Steans Music Institute perform music of Mozart, George Walker, and Fauré.
Ohlsson Plays Brahms 4
July 26, 2021
In the final installment of the pianist’s Breadth of Brahms series, Ohlsson performs the Piano Sonata No. 1, the Sixteen Waltzes and more.
Ohlsson Plays Brahms 3
July 19, 2021
In the third program of the pianist’s Breadth of Brahms series, Ohlsson performs the Seven Fantasies, the Piano Sonata No. 3, and more.
Ohlsson Plays Brahms 2
July 12, 2021
In the second of four Brahms concerts, pianist Garrick Ohlsson plays more solo piano music, including the Handel Variations.
Live From Ravinia: CSO’s Opening Night With Marin Alsop
July 9, 2021, 7:45 pm
WFMT joins forces with Ravinia and the CSO to bring listeners a live broadcast of the orchestra’s first 2021 appearance at the festival. Chief conductor and curator Marin Alsop and pianist Jorge Federico Osorio join the orchestra in music by Joan Tower, Mozart, and Beethoven. Kerry Frumkin hosts from the Ravinia Pavillion, and George Preston hosts an introduction with commentary ...
Ohlsson Plays Brahms
July 5, 2021
Season premiere: Hear the first of four recitals this month by pianist Garrick Ohlsson, performing piano music by Johannes Brahms.
‘Considering Matthew Shepard’
September 28, 2020
Composer-conductor Craig Hella Johnson leads this performance of his 2016 oratorio commemorating LGBTQ hate crime victim Matthew Shepard featuring Grammy-winning vocal ensemble Conspirare.
Leon Fleisher — A master hand at Bach, Mozart, and more
September 21, 2020
From 2018: Accomplished pianist Leon Fleisher is joined by Katherine Jacobson Fleisher, piano; the Argus Quartet; and Kit Polen, double bass in this celebratory performance honoring Fleisher’s 90th birthday. Works by Bach, Mozart, and more.
Gary Hoffman and Jon Kimura Parker
September 14, 2020
Cellist Gary Hoffman returns to Ravinia for this recital of works by Debussy, Brahms, Fauré, and Rachmaninoff with accompaniment by pianist Jon Kimura Parker.