Stories
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" ...
WFMTJuly 2, 2019
Each year, Christopher Bell conducts the Grant Park Music Festival's Independence Day Salute, and each year, he finds a way to wow us with an extraordinary new star-spangled outfit.
Playlists
Stephen RaskauskasAugust 27, 2015
Choreographer and modern dance maven Claire Bataille: "But gender discrimination is really no different in the dance world from what it is in the corporate world..."
Stephen RaskauskasAugust 24, 2015
"I wrote Ex Patria in 2011 to honor the 19,336 victims of homicide that year in Venezuela."
Stephen RaskauskasAugust 20, 2015
Composer Max Richter wants people to doze off during his latest composition, SLEEP, which he calls an “8-hour lullaby.”












