Schedule & Playlists

Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff

6:00 am

Mornings with Jan Weller

Including news and weather on the hour between 6:00 am and 9:00 am; and "Carl’s Almanac" at 7:30 am.

10:00 am

Midday with Lisa Flynn

Including the Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts at 12:15 pm.

12:15 pm

Dame Myra Hess Concerts

Cellist Andres Sanchez and pianist Victor Santiago Asunción perform music by Felix Mendelssohn, Schubert, and Paganini, live from Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago.

1:00 pm

Music for the Afternoon

3:00 pm

Afternoon Music with Candice Agree

Including "The Unrush Hour" at 5:00 pm.

6:30 pm

Grant Park Music Festival 2026

Barber Violin Concerto

Live from the Pritzker Pavilion, featuring the Grant Park Orchestra conducted by Kalena Bovell. Jessie Montgomery "Starburst;" Barber Violin Concerto; William Hagen, violin; Peter Boyer "Ellis Island: The Dream of America." Hosted by Dave Schwan.

8:00 pm

Evening Music

9:00 pm

Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin

Sir William Walton (1902-1983)

This is a week steeped in 20th-century British music. Composer Benjamin Britten wrote that hearing William Walton's music was a 'great turning point in my musical life.' Bill features Walton’s love of different musical genres: film music from Henry V, the poem Façade set to music performed by the London Mozart Players narrated by Prunella Scales, the orchestral march Crown Imperial, and the cantata Belshazzar’s Feast.

10:00 pm

Baroque&Before with Candice Agree

Tallis Scholars in Tokyo

As part of its fiftieth anniversary world tour, The Tallis Scholars under the direction of Peter Phillips perform sacred works by Renaissance masters Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, Cristóbal de Morales, Gregorio Allegri, Costanzo Festa, Elzéar Genet Carpentras, and Josquin des Prez. Recorded live in concert July 5, 2024 in Tokyo’s Opera City Concert Hall.