Stories

Oldest known whale recording could unlock mysteries of the ocean

Woods Hole scientists discovered the song while digitizing old audio recordings last year. The recording was on a well-preserved disc created by a Gray Audograph, a kind of dictation machine used in the 1940s.

Man in patterned blue dinner jacket , black tie, and vivid yellow glasses poses

Keegan MorrisAugust 11, 2025

Grant Park Chorus Director Christopher Bell on the Epic, Sweeping ‘Carmina Burana’

Associated PressAugust 7, 2025

Eddie Palmieri, pioneering Latin jazz musician and Grammy winner, dies at 88

Conductor Jeff Hunt flanked by 30 members of St. Charles Singers in black concert attire posed in front of St. John the Baptist Church, Windsor. Windsor Church,

Keegan MorrisAugust 6, 2025

St. Charles Singers Announces 2025-26 Season

Recreating Music of the American Revolution

WFMTNovember 14, 2025

“Music is central to filmmaking,” Burns told WFMT. Rather than squeezing the music in after the film has been edited and reached a near-final form, they incorporate the soundtrack early on in the editing process.

Gautier Capuçon plays his cello in the outdoors

New Releases Nov. 11: Cello Celebration

Adela SkowronskiNovember 11, 2025

Cellists are featured on four of this week's new releases, which includes a brand new compilation by Gautier Capuçon.

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CYSO Makes History at Lollapalooza

Adela SkowronskiAugust 5, 2025

As trumpets sang out their first few notes, the crowd quickly grew in size and volume, drawn to the rare sight of a full orchestra on Lollapalooza grounds.

Swan Songs: Classical Music Inspired by Swans

Katherine BuzardAugust 5, 2025

With this wealth of allegorical associations, these elegant creatures have captured composers’ imaginations for centuries.

New Releases Aug. 5: Bach, Coleridge-Taylor, Hovhaness

Keegan MorrisAugust 5, 2025

Deep-dives into works by JS Bach (featuring the late conductor Sir Andrew Davis, a Lyric Opera of Chicago legend), as well as music by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Alan Hovhaness. Plus, meet a lesser-known — but influential — Polish composer: Zygmunt Noskowski. And take part in a richly immersive vocal compendium by Minneapolis-based Cantus.

Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff