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Halloweek Arts and Music Events in Chicago

A bounty of performances, events, and parties that will have you ready to celebrate spooky season in the Second City!

Haley HenningJuly 12, 2019

Playlist: A Big Parade of 76 Trombone Pieces

Associated PressJuly 11, 2019

David Bromberg fears huge violin collection must be split up

Keegan MorrisJuly 11, 2019

Violinist Aaron Rosand dies at 92

Recording Registry adds albums by Janet Jackson, Nas

Associated PressMarch 24, 2021

Louis Armstrong's jazzy "When the Saints Go Marching In" is another of the 25 recordings being inducted to the National Recording Registry.

Bach Birthday Bash!

Keegan MorrisMarch 21, 2021

All day long, tune in to hear WFMT's celebration of Johann Sebastian Bach, who was born on this date in 1685.

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Long lost WWII-era Soviet songs brought to life in Israel

Associated PressJuly 9, 2019

In its first performance in Israel, a Grammy-nominated concert had arrived to play the lost songs of lost Jews in a nearly lost language.

Brazilian bossa nova pioneer João Gilberto dies at 88

Associated PressJuly 7, 2019

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — João Gilberto, a Brazilian singer, guitarist and songwriter considered one of the fathers of the bossa nova genre that gained global popularity in the 1960s and became an iconic sound of the South American nation, died Saturday, his son said. He was 88. João Marcelo said his father had been battling health issues though no ...

Celebrate Independence Day with WFMT!

WFMTJuly 3, 2019

This Independence Day, WFMT will share rousing and patriotic classical works for the whole day — here are some highlights that you won't want to miss.At noon, Music in Chicago shares a recent Elgin Symphony Orchestra performance of "Hoe-Down" from Copland's Rodeo Starting at 1:00 pm, we'll share another Copland masterwork: Appalachian Spring. You'll also hear Gottschalk's The Union, "America" ...

Midday with Lisa Flynn