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Women’s History Month Highlights on WFMT

March music highlights to honor Women’s History Month.

Bella Voce with artistic director Andrew Lewis

Keegan MorrisMay 14, 2025

Bella Voce Announces 2025-26 Season

Keegan MorrisMay 13, 2025

New Releases May 13: Dreams, Skies, Fantasies

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Keegan MorrisMay 12, 2025

Treasured Titles: Exploring the Most Performed Operas of the Last 25 Years

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Playlist: Music for Children and Parents to Enjoy Together

Katherine Buzard

Pull up a comfy chair and take a listen with the whole family.

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New Releases Aug. 12: Birds and Waves

Keegan MorrisAugust 12, 2025

Mandolin music of Italy, Iberia, and the Black Sea in Song of the Birds, and orchestral music by women composers in Breaking Waves. And albums focusing on works by Florence Price, Valentin Silvestrov, and Georg Philipp Telemann.

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CSO Harpist To Retire After 63 Years

Keegan MorrisMay 7, 2025

Turner will retire following the CSO's residency at the Ravinia Festival this summer.

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New Releases May 6: Jewish Vienna, Weinberg, Bassoon

Keegan MorrisMay 6, 2025

A new album pays tribute to the Jewish composers of 20th-century Vienna. The Arcadia Quartet’s album explores the string quartets of another marginalized Jewish composer: Mieczysław Weinberg. Leading English bassoonist Laurence Perkins offers a lighthearted survey in Honey-coloured Cow. Other highlights include a handful of world premiere recordings by the United Strings of Europe, two violin concertos featuring Hans Christian ...

The Evolution of the Orchestra: Strings

Katherine BuzardMay 2, 2025

Learn why the violin is so pivotal in the development of modern-day string instruments.

Weekend Evening Music