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WFMT’s Classical Conversations: ‘Becoming Frederick Douglass’ & ‘Harriet Tubman Visions of Freedom’

Grammy-winning conductor, pianist, and composer Charles Floyd and award-winning baritone Robert Sims reflect on the importance that Harriet Tubman and Frederick Douglass placed on spirituals as a beacon for freedom.

WFMTAugust 14, 2017

Check Out the Sights and Sounds of Chicago’s Only Classical Music Street Fest

Angelica LasalaAugust 10, 2017

Hear the Mass Some Believe Saved Church Music

Stephen RaskauskasAugust 10, 2017

The Secrets to Heavenly Singing from Peter Phillips, Conductor and Founder of the Tallis Scholars

In Their Own Words: Inspiring and evocative quotes from classical artists who died in 2019

Candice AgreeDecember 30, 2019

2019 was a year of great loss in the worlds of classical music and the arts. WFMT commemorates and celebrates the lives of these artists as they speak directly to us.

German opera singer, conductor Schreier dies at 84

Associated PressDecember 27, 2019

Opera singer and conductor Peter Schreier has died in Dresden, Germany at age 84. The dpa news agency reported Thursday that he died Wednesday, citing his longtime secretary.

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