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The Beatles, 1965, pose together with their instruments

The last new Beatles song, ‘Now And Then,’ will be released next week

The song was written and recorded in sketch form by the late John Lennon in the late 1970s. McCartney, Starr and the late George Harrison worked on it in the 1990s but were stymied by technical limitations.

Matthew ByrdAugust 29, 2019

Working for a Living: 5 Studs Terkel Conversations for Labor Day

Keegan MorrisAugust 28, 2019

Video: Watch Pianist George X. Fu Perform Works by Debussy and Beethoven

Becky NystedtAugust 26, 2019

Playlist: Piano Études for Your Back to School Studies

Jim Mabie, Longtime WTTW-WFMT Trustee and Board Chair, Dies at 85

WTTW NewsMay 10, 2021

A noted Chicago businessman, philanthropist and civic leader who served as a WTTW and WFMT trustee for more than 20 years, Jim Mabie died Saturday surrounded by his family.

Muti: Pandemic year silenced culture, leaving world stunned

Associated PressMay 10, 2021

Conductor Riccardo Muti has once again reopened the Italian musical season in his adopted hometown of Ravenna after another — and if all goes well perhaps final — round of pandemic closures.

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Lost Saint-Saëns sonata: A page of the manuscript (courtesy of Juliette Herlin) with the work's composer (Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)

Once Lost, Saint-Saëns Sonata Unearths a World of Artistic Possibilities

Keegan MorrisAugust 23, 2019

It’s not every day an artist can re-discover a piece of music by a master from the Romantic era. Yet this was the enviable privilege of cellist Juliette Herlin, who in 2017 gave one of the first performances since 1919 of a lost cello sonata by Camille Saint-Saëns.

Playlist: Classical Music From Composers’ School Days

Keegan MorrisAugust 22, 2019

Just because the school year is right around the corner doesn’t mean that you have to stop playing (or writing) music. As proof, here are 16 pieces from composers written when they were still students!

LA Opera names lawyer to lead Plácido Domingo investigation

Associated PressAugust 21, 2019

Los Angeles Opera said Tuesday it will immediately open a "thorough and independent investigation" into allegations of sexual harassment against the opera star Plácido Domingo, the company's general director.

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