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Video: Jazz Humorist Slim Gaillard Takes on ‘Clair de lune’

Master of both humor and music, Slim Gaillard always found a way to make his audience smile. Watch his swinging, sidesplitting take on one of Debussy’s most beloved works.

Angelica Lasala | August 16, 2017

Hear Astor Piazzolla’s Tango Take on Vivaldi’s ‘Four Seasons’

Hannah Edgar | August 14, 2017

After Gathering Dust for 200 Years, How Haydn’s Cello Concerto No. 1 Was Rediscovered

WFMT | August 14, 2017

Check Out the Sights and Sounds of Chicago’s Only Classical Music Street Fest

Conductor Michael Tilson Thomas has heart operation

Associated Press | June 26, 2019

Tilson Thomas is recovering following a successful operation at the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio.

5 Conversations: Studs Terkel and LGBTQ+ Voices

Matthew Byrd | June 25, 2019

"Among the eminent broadcast journalists of his generation, Studs Terkel may well stand alone in his consistent compassion for lesbian and gay people and curiosity about their lives." Here are just a few testaments to that compassion.

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Help Us Decide if Chopin’s ‘Marche Funèbre’ Played Backwards Is More Morose Than the Original

Angelica Lasala | August 9, 2017

The third movement of Frédéric Chopin’s Sonata No. 2 in B Flat Minor, Op. 35 – better known as his “Marche funèbre,” or funeral march – is one of the most iconic pieces of music ever written about death. Historians believe this somber movement was inspired, at least in part, by the November Uprising, a Polish rebellion against the Russian ...

9 New Concert Halls That Should Be on Every Traveler’s Bucket List

Galilee Abdullah | August 8, 2017

Concert halls today are so architecturally innovative that the buildings themselves draw visitors. The venues on this list are so spectacular, they’ll be sure to have you checking to see just how many more vacation days you have left.

Chicago Celebrates 50 Years of ‘Everyone’s Picasso’ with Music and More

Stephen Raskauskas | August 8, 2017

For 50 years, the sculpture, known simply as the Chicago Picasso, has delighted and baffled passersby. The artist never revealed his inspiration.

Weekend Mornings with LaRob K. Rafael