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Holiday Programming on WFMT 2025

The winter holidays are right around the corner, and WFMT has a feast of musical offerings to make the season bright!

Associated PressDecember 3, 2024

From Bach to Beyoncé, why a church orchestra aims to lift up young musicians of color

Thanksgiving feast spread with lots of side dishes

Katherine BuzardNovember 26, 2024

8 Musical Side Dishes

Keegan MorrisNovember 25, 2024

Chicago Holiday Performances Guide 2024: Concerts, Nutcrackers, Jazz, and more

Woman in red dress gazes through mirror in moody-lit room

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 ...