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Playlist: A Thanksgiving Feast in 20 Food-inspired Pieces

As we prepare to gather around the table for the Thanksgiving feast, put on this playlist of some of the most inspired musical celebrations of food and drink.

Stephen RaskauskasNovember 15, 2017

Hear Kirill Gerstein Play Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1 the Way Tchaikovsky Intended

Becky NystedtNovember 8, 2017

Video | Try a Virtual Sound Therapy Session to Block Out the Noise in Your Life

Stephen RaskauskasNovember 3, 2017

VIDEO | Watch Mozart’s Requiem With a Día de Los Muertos Twist

Combining Cappuccinos and Chamber Music With the Chicago Sinfonietta

Becky NystedtFebruary 11, 2020

“Tchaikovsky’s ‘Serenade for Strings’ while enjoying a nice pour-over, or anything by Mozart would be perfect,” says Sadie Woods, project manager of the Chicago Sinfonietta‘s Residents Orchestrate Project (ROP). Whether you enjoy Liszt and a latte, Grieg and a green tea, or Bartók and a black coffee, the Sinfonietta’s ROP Melodic Lounge live music series infuses symphonic sounds with aromatic coffeehouse ...

Marvin Goldsmith, Marketing Executive and WFMT-WTTW trustee, dies at 84

WFMTFebruary 10, 2020

Marvin Goldsmith, WTTW and WFMT Trustee, died last Thursday evening, February 6, 2020, at age 84. Elected to the Board in June of 1977, “Marv” was one of its longest-serving members. As a trustee, he dedicated valuable time, expertise, and counsel to the Development and Investment Communities, to finance and governance functions, and to the WFMT Radio Committee. He is ...

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Through a Farce Darkly: How a Glinka Overture Became the Theme Song for the Sitcom ‘Mom’

Candice AgreeOctober 27, 2017

Let’s pretend. Let’s pretend that one of the classical world’s most famous opera overtures is heard by some 12 million people, every week, on TV. More amazingly, it’s neither on a public television station nor the opening music for a roundtable news program. Instead, in this fantasy world it’s in a half-hour situation comedy created by the same man who’s brought to TV Big Bang Theory, Two and Half Men, Dharma and Greg, Cybil, Mike and Molly, and Young Sheldon, to name a few.

Hear the Timeless Sound of Yma Sumac, the Soprano Called “a Descendant of the Last of the Incan Kings”

Galilee AbdullahOctober 26, 2017

Imagine you’re seated in Royal Albert Hall in London. You look to the stage and see a woman in a glamorous, feathered skirt. Her headpiece crowns her like royalty, and her neck drips with jewels that glow in the dim lights of the hall. When she opens her mouth, you wonder, “Is that a canary?” But you are witnessing none other than soprano Yma Sumac.

Inside the Score: Adolphe Adam’s Giselle

Stephen RaskauskasOctober 25, 2017

Joffrey's Scott Speck, who co-authored Classical Music for Dummies, explains how music helps to tell the stories you see on stage.

Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff