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Playlist: Celebrating the Blackness and Black Artistry of Gospel Music

Black people have used music and singing to tell the story of hope amid pain, promise amid peril, and immovable faith amid adversity. This playlist celebrates the uniqueness of Black thought and spirituality through the years.

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

Music Director Andi Lamoreaux Reflects on 50 Years With WFMT

Andi Lamoreaux | June 26, 2019

This month, music director Andi Lamoreaux passed a remarkable milestone — 50 years with WFMT.

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.

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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.

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