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Independence Day Highlights on WFMT

All day long on July 4, WFMT will celebrate Independence Day. Here are some of the highlight performances and recordings!

Chicago Theatre marquee in snowfall, out of focus string lights

WFMTNovember 30, 2023

Chicago Holiday Arts Calendar: Enchanting Concerts, Events, Spectacles, and more!

Adela SkowronskiNovember 22, 2023

Legend of Zelda and the (re)birth of the Ocarina

Jane Glover conducts Music of the Baroque at Millennium Park, with audience in the background

Keegan MorrisNovember 16, 2023

Music of the Baroque Pays Tribute to Its Past, Chicago in Windy City Program

VIDEO: Brand New Mozart Piece on Period Instruments

Keegan MorrisOctober 14, 2024

Researchers made worldwide headlines in September when they unearthed a new piece by Mozart. Hear the midwest premiere (and the first US performances on period instruments) given in WFMT's own studio.

Revolutions: The Rise and Fall (and Rise) of Classical Music LPs

Malcolm BambaOctober 11, 2024

“One of the things about classical music is that when you buy a used record — it's often in really good shape,” says Rick Wojcik.

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6 Studs Terkel Conversations With Native American Artists, Scholars, and Activists

Keegan MorrisNovember 4, 2023

Studs Terkel was committed to evolving, expanding, and examining our conception of who made up the USA.

Playlist: The Most Nostalgic Classical Music

Adela SkowronskiNovember 2, 2023

Beloved music that is sure to conjure up fond, warm memories.

How Bach’s Toccata and Fugue in D minor became Halloween’s theme song

Associated PressOctober 30, 2023

The music of Bach’s Toccata and Fugue owes much of its spookiness to the drama it employs.

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