Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts

Wednesdays at 12:15 pm

From the Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago, hear weekly live concerts.

Each week, WFMT goes live to the Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago for concerts with emerging artists from around the world, produced by the International Music Foundation. Some shows offer solo recitals while others feature ensembles. The Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts are named for British pianist Myra Hess who organized some 1,700 free lunchtime concerts for Londoners during World War II, in the years of nightly air raids.

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Vicente Della Tonia Junior

December 1, 2021

Pianist Vicente Della Tonia Junior presents a work by Mozart Camargo Guarnieri and two works by Heitor Villa-Lobos for this live broadcast of the Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert.

Francesca Anderegg and Matthew McCright

November 24, 2021

Violinist Francesca Anderegg and collaborative pianist Matthew McCright present a program of works by Lili Boulanger, Hannah Lash, and Sergei Prokofiev for this live Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert broadcast.

Kenny Broberg

November 17, 2021

American pianist Kenny Broberg performs two works by Nikolai Medtner on today’s Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert broadcast live from the Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago.

Alexei Tartakovsky

November 10, 2021

Russian-American pianist Alexei Tartakovsky performs works of Einojuhani Rautavaara, Ludwig van Beethoven, and Igor Stravinsky live on this Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert.

Taeguk Mun and Lillia Woolschlager

November 3, 2021

Cellist Taeguk Mun and collaborative pianist Lillia Woolschlager present a program of music by Alberto Ginastera, Ludwig Van Beethoven, and Jean Françaix.

Natalia Kazaryan

October 27, 2021

Pianist Natalia Kazaryan presents a live performance of music by Frédéric Chopin, Maurice Ravel, and Emma Lou Diemer.

Natasha Stojanovska

October 20, 2021

Pianist Natasha Stojanovska presents a program of Chopin, Mussorgsky, Szymanowska, Levina, and a composition by the pianist herself.

Yoon-Wha Roh

October 13, 2021

Pianist Yoon-Wha Roh presents a program of Chopin, Ravel, and Rachmaninoff.

Risus Quartet

October 6, 2021

The Risus Quartet presents two works on today’s Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert Broadcast. The first is Quartettsatz by Franz Schubert and Felix Mendelssohn’s String Quartet No. 6, Op. 80.

Clare Longendyke

September 29, 2021

Pianist Clare Longendyke presents a program of Florence Price, Shawn Okpebholo, Claude Debussy, and Irving Berlin/Augusta Read Thomas live from the Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago.

Aero Quartet

September 22, 2021

The Aero Quartet plays music by Jennifer Higdon, Corey Dundee, Arturo Márquez, Robert Schumann, and Hiromi Uehara live from the Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago.

Duo FAE

September 15, 2021

Duo FAE — made up of violinist Charlene Kluegel and pianist Katharine Petersen — presents a live performance of Three Spirituals by Florence Price and the Violin Sonata No. 1 in G Major, Op. 78 by Brahms.

Silvan Negrutiu

September 8, 2021

Pianist Silvan Negrutiu presents a performance of works by Joan Tower, George Enescu, and Beethoven for this live Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert at the Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago.

Jordan Bak and Ji Yung Lee

September 1, 2021

Jamaican-American violist Jordan Bak is joined by collaborative pianist Ji Yung Lee for the Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert live from its new location at the Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago with works by Haydn, Leslie Adams, Clara Schumann, and Robert Schumann. “A star in the making,” (Seattle Pi) Jamaican-American violist Jordan Bak is an outstanding artist of passion, ...