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Video: Beethoven, Debussy, Liszt Piano Highlights from Daniel Lebhardt

In a dazzling and dynamic performance, pianist Daniel Lebhardt enchanted audiences with Beethoven’s seminal “Appassionata” Piano Sonata No. 23.

April 30, 2015

Playlist: 6 Songs to Welcome the Merry Month of May

Stephen RaskauskasApril 28, 2015

Mezzo Jamie Barton Receives $50K Richard Tucker Award

Stephen RaskauskasApril 23, 2015

WFMT’s Top 10 Reads on World Book Day

Baltimore Symphony Orchestra cancels summer programming

Associated PressMay 31, 2019

BALTIMORE (AP) — The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra has canceled its summer programming, citing $16 million in losses over the past decade. The Washington Post reports the Thursday cancellation announcement by the orchestra comes about a month after the summer season was announced. Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan approved a bill then that would give the group $3.2 million in state funding. Orchestra president ...

Video: Guitarist Pablo Sáinz-Villegas Plays A Beloved Albéniz Classic

WFMTMay 30, 2019

A successful, in-demand touring and recording artist, Pablo Sáinz-Villegas visited WFMT while in town to make his CSO debut in a program of Spanish and Latin American music conducted by Giancarlo Guerrero.

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14 Facts About Haydn

Stephen RaskauskasMarch 31, 2015

As we celebrate Haydn’s Birthday on the air, enjoy these fun facts about the composer from hosts and Haydn lovers Peter Van de Graaff and Carl Grapentine. Share your favorite facts about Haydn with us in the comments below. 1. Haydn was born the year George Washington was born (1732) and died the year Abraham Lincoln was born (1809). 2. ...

Ryan de Ryke and Peter van de Graaff in Telemann’s Don Quichotte

WFMT Host Peter van de Graaff Stars in Haymarket’s Don Quichotte

Stephen RaskauskasMarch 10, 2015

"Telemann has written... some truly funny arias about Don Q.'s dreams of chivalry and Sancho's donkey and mishaps"

Lyric Opera of Chicago Announces 2016-17 Season

Stephen RaskauskasJanuary 14, 2015

Lyric Opera of Chicago announced its 2016-17 season, scheduled to include eight opera productions on its main stage, one opera production at the Harris Theater, and one musical.

Afternoon Music with Candice Agree