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Playlist: Fall Folk Foliage — Songs Old and New for Autumn

As leaves change from green to gold and red, we are inspired to harvest some songs for the autumn season!

WFMTAugust 5, 2019

Add These 23 Holidays to Your Calendar and Celebrate Classical Music Year-Round!

Kylie HarwellJuly 29, 2019

From Cigar Box to Strad: Vadim Gluzman’s Lifetime of Being Chosen by the Violin

Michael San GabinoJuly 29, 2019

Grant Park Music Festival’s “Pastoral Picnic in White” in Pictures

LA Phil’s Dudamel to become music director of Paris Opera

Associated PressApril 18, 2021

Gustavo Dudamel will become music director of the Paris Opera while continuing his commitment to the Los Angeles Philharmonic.

What Words Cannot Express: Ian Bostridge on the Power of Music

George PrestonApril 11, 2021

In a free three-part lecture, esteemed tenor Ian Bostridge examines the capacity of music to capture the otherwise indescribable phenomena of life: identity, existence, and death.

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Off the Beaten Path: 9 Underrated Venues for Classical Music in Chicago

Daniel GoldbergJuly 24, 2019

Beyond the major hallowed houses, Chicago is filled with venues that can bring a different, intimate, interactive, or even more affordable experience.

On the Moon Landing’s 50th Anniversary, Hear a Song Cycle Inspired by American Women Astronauts

Keegan MorrisJuly 19, 2019

In February, soprano Tamara Wilson joined WFMT to perform a celestial song cycle composed for her by Chicago composer James Kallembach. The works draw from the experience of women astronauts, including Sally Ride, Sunita Williams, and Peggy Whitson. We're bringing this video back in honor of the 50th anniversary of the moon landing.

Anthony Davis’ The Central Park Five: Opera as Mirror of Modern Society

George PrestonJuly 19, 2019

Classical and jazz composer-pianist Anthony Davis' latest opera, The Central Park Five, with a libretto by Richard Wesley, premiered in June 2019. We spoke with the composer and members of the creative team about bringing the opera to life.

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