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

Pianist Carter Johnson performs music by Béla Bartók, György Kurtág, Robert Schumann, and Ludwig van Beethoven, 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

Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 3

From the Pritzker Pavilion, featuring the Grant Park Orchestra conducted by Carlos Calmar. Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op. 30; Olga Kern, piano; Stravinsky "Game of Cards;" Elgar "In the South (Alassio)," Op. 50. Recorded July 3. Hosted by Dave Schwan.

8:00 pm

Evening Music

9:00 pm

Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin

Get the Picture?

Listen to the works of composers inspired by well-known paintings and poems. Pianist Alicia de Larrocha will perform Goyescas, by Enrique Granados, a musical impression of Francisco Goya’s paintings. This week also includes Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition, Hindemith’s Matthias der Maler, and Rachmaninoff’s Isle of the Dead. Many of these musical works have gone on to further inspire new artistic creations. This week, visual art and music become one!

10:00 pm

Baroque&Before with Candice Agree

Napoli illustrissima

Violinist Eva Saladin, cellist Daniel Rosin, and harpsichordist Johannes Kellerbring perform works by 18th-century Neapolitan composers Mascitti, Matteis, Cailò, Scarlatti, Lonati, and Piani. Recorded live in concert in Basel’s Stadtcasino as part of the Basel Early Music Festival.