Ravinia Festival

Sundays at 1:30 pm
Ravinia Festival

Performances from the North Shore's cherished music festival

From the grounds of one of the great summer music festivals in the US, WFMT brings you some of the summer's standout chamber music performances from the Ravinia Festival.

Selections from the Steans Institute

August 23, 2026, 1:30 pm

We feature performances by participants in the Steans Institute, the Ravina Festival’s artist development program. The Institute offers fellowships in a variety of artistic areas. We focus on this summer’s Piano and Strings program for three lively performances, all recorded live in concert in Ravinia’s Bennett Gordon Hall.

The Danish String Quartet poses in suits in front of a landscape fresco

Danish String Quartet

August 30, 2026, 1:30 pm

The acclaimed ensemble presents Beethoven’s jovial final quartet, a divertimento by Mozart, and Shostakovich’s profoundly inquisitive Third Quartet. Recorded August 5, 2026 in the Martin Theatre.