Special: Ryan Opera Center Rising Stars in Concert
May 12, 2024, 6:00 pm
A showcase performance by The Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Opera Center 2023/24 Ensemble with the Lyric Opera Orchestra conducted by Stefano Sarzani.
Black Music Spotlight (Week 2)
February 11, 2022, 8:30 am
This week's selections are by Joseph Bologne, José Maurício Nunes Garcia, Edmond Dédé, Charles Lucien Lambert, and Jose Silvestre White Lafitte.
Chineke! at 2021 Proms
February 8, 2022, 8:00 pm
The Chineke! Orchestra returns for its fourth visit to the Proms, celebrating diversity in composers as well as performers.
Black Music Spotlight (Week 1)
February 4, 2022, 8:30 am
This week's selections are by William L. Dawson, Florence Price, Undine Smith Moore, and Fela Sowande.
I, Too, Sing America: Music in the Life of Langston Hughes
February 2, 2022, 8:00 pm
WQXR’s Terrance McKnight hosts an hour-long special that celebrates the poetry and music of an icon of the Harlem Renaissance, Langston Hughes.
Vivaldi’s ‘Four Seasons’ Rediscovered
January 25, 2022, 8:00 pm
Grammy winners Apollo's Fire and Jeannette Sorrell team up with Spanish violin virtuoso Francisco Fullana for this joyous romp through the baroque countryside.
A Beautiful Symphony of Brotherhood
January 17, 2022, 6:00 pm
Host Terrance McKnight interweaves musical examples with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s speeches and sermons to illustrate the powerful place that music held in his work.
Riccardo Muti: Reflections in Music and Conversation (Part 2)
January 16, 2022, 7:00 pm
Maestro Muti discusses his beginnings in music and his early relationship with Nino Rota, the music of Sergei Prokofiev, identifiable national sounds of orchestras, and the need to continue presenting new music.
Riccardo Muti: Reflections in Music and Conversation (Part 1)
January 9, 2022, 7:00 pm
Maestro Muti discusses his relationship with the CSO, how orchestras have changed over the decades, presenting opera in concert form, and the importance of returning to live performance after the pandemic.
Being Alive: WFMT Remembers Stephen Sondheim
January 4, 2022, 8:00 pm
Celebrating the great composer-lyricist of our time, Being Alive: WFMT Remembers Stephen Sondheim gathers up a wealth of Sondheim’s stage and screen creations to revisit... or discover.
Eastern Orthodox Christmas Music with Andrew Patner
January 3, 2022, 10:00 pm
A rebroadcast from WFMT’s late critic-at-large, in which he explores this lesser-known holiday repertory.
Folkstage: The Final New Year’s Eve Celebration
January 1, 2022, 9:00 pm
Highlights from the 2019 “Midnight Special” New Year’s Eve celebration, featuring John McCutcheon, Crys Matthews & Heather Mae, Shawna Caspi and Greg Greenway recorded in the Fay & Daniel Levin Studio.
New Year’s Day from Vienna
January 1, 2022, 10:00 am
A beloved tradition. Daniel Barenboim conducts the Vienna Philharmonic.
New Year’s Eve from the Berlin Philharmonic
December 31, 2021, 10:00 pm
Music director Kirill Petrenko conducts the Berlin Philharmonic and violinist Janine Jansen in a celebratory concert.
Christmas Around the World with Candice Agree (Week 2)
December 31, 2021, 6:30 pm
At 6:30 pm each weeknight for the weeks of December 20-24 and December 27-31, join Candice Agree for a world tour of Christmas music!
A Roaring Christmas with the BBC Singers
December 29, 2021, 8:00 pm
A festive celebration of the 1920s & 30s from the Barbican in London.
¡Vamos a Belén! — Christmas with The Rose Ensemble
December 28, 2021, 8:00 pm
The acclaimed, Minnesota-based Rose Ensemble returns with festive and evocative early music from Peru, Bolivia, Mexico, and beyond.
Music of the Baroque: Handel’s Messiah
December 26, 2021, 3:00 pm
Conducted by principal guest conductor Nicholas Kraemer, this performance features soloists Sherezade Panthaki, soprano; Allyson McHardy, mezzo-soprano; Brian Giebler, tenor; Matthew Brook, bass-baritone.
St. Olaf Christmas Festival
December 26, 2021, 10:00 am
Musicians of St Olaf College present their 2021 holiday concert.
Folkstage: An Irish Christmas Concert
December 25, 2021, 8:00 pm
Bohola (Jimmy Keane & Pat Boaders) from the Levin Studio 12/24/2005.
Christmas with the Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square
December 25, 2021, 6:00 pm
The 360-member chorus invokes nostalgia for the 1960s & 1970s.