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Gautier Capuçon plays his cello in the outdoors

New Releases Nov. 11: Cello Celebration

Cellists are featured on four of this week’s new releases, which includes a brand new compilation by Gautier Capuçon.

Gaudete Brass posing with their instruments

Keegan MorrisJanuary 14, 2025

Bach in the City: New Chicago Festival Debuts in March

Paul Huang stands against a sunlit wall, wearing a blue sportcoat, holding a violin

Keegan MorrisJanuary 14, 2025

New Releases Jan. 14: 20th Century Deep Dive, Connection, and Clara Schumann

Fay and Daniel Levin pose with Elmo at a WTTW-WFMT event

WFMTJanuary 13, 2025

Real Estate Developer, 47-Year WTTW-WFMT Trustee Daniel Levin, Dies at Age 94

Bella Voce with artistic director Andrew Lewis

Bella Voce Announces 2025-26 Season

Keegan MorrisMay 14, 2025

Four choral-forward programs on the theme Lost and Found.

New Releases May 13: Dreams, Skies, Fantasies

Keegan MorrisMay 13, 2025

A particularly evocative group of releases this week features tributes to the night sky (and British women composers), dearly beloved family members, opera fantasies, and dreams. Plus, surveys of music by Johannes Brahms and Errollyn Wallen.

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In Their Own Words: Remembering Those Who Died in 2024

Candice AgreeJanuary 2, 2025

WFMT remembers those who died in 2024: those we know from our community and those we never met, but who spoke to us through their work.

Classical Countdown: New Year’s Eve Music to Strike the Perfect Note at Midnight

Keegan Morris

Curated celebratory classical music, and the exact second to press play so the music crescendos with the changing of the New Year.

7 Works for 7 Principles: Classical Music for Kwanzaa

LaRob Rafael

Music from the 1800s to today to honor each of the seven principles of Kwanzaa.

Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center