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Playlist: Magical Classical Music

Sometimes music can bring us awe-inspiring wonder… here are a few such pieces!

Adela SkowronskiApril 3, 2023

Quiz: How Well Do You Know Sergei Rachmaninoff’s Life and Times?

Ryuichi Sakamoto gazes pensively at the camera

Associated PressApril 2, 2023

Japanese musician Ryuichi Sakamoto dies at 71

Sergei Rachmaninoff looks over his shoulder at the camera at the piano at Villa Senar

WFMTApril 1, 2023

Rachmaninoff 150: A Celebration

Conductor Andrew Davis, who headed Lyric Opera of Chicago and orchestras on 3 continents, dies

Associated PressApril 22, 2024

Davis made his Lyric Opera debut in 1987 and led about 700 performances of 62 operas by 22 composers.

2024–2025 Season Announcements

WFMTApril 20, 2024

Peruse the exciting upcoming engagements for Chicago's most illustrious arts and music groups.

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Nicholas Lloyd Webber, son of famed composer, dies at 43

Associated PressMarch 27, 2023

The Grammy-nominated composer, record producer and eldest son of Andrew Lloyd Webber, died Saturday in England after a protracted battle with gastric cancer and pneumonia.

The striking Cathedral of Learning in Pittsburgh stands apart, against a slightly cloudy sky, on the University of Pittsburgh campus

Pioneer of gospel music rediscovered in Pittsburgh archives

Associated PressMarch 22, 2023

Charles Henry Pace was one of the first African American gospel music composers in the US and owned of one of the first independent, Black gospel music publishing companies.

Looking Forward from a Crossroads with Liza Malamut, Newberry’s New Director

Keegan MorrisMarch 17, 2023

"I’ve been fascinated with this music for a long time — it’s extremely unusual for our preconceived notions of what Renaissance music sounds like."

Mornings with Jan Weller