Music from Hungary (by Zoltán Kodály) and Czechia (by Antonín Dvořák).

Works by Arvo Pärt, Zosha Di Castri, and Alfred Schnittke.

Two works, 120 years apart.

English and American composers.

Works from Finland by pianist, conductor, and composer Olli Mustonen and the father of Finnish music, Jean Sibelius.

Contemplative works by Tchaikovsky, Stravinsky, and Prokofiev.

Diverse instrumentation for singular sounds. Music by Debussy, Saint-Saëns, and Milhaud.

Two trios and a piece for voice and piano.

Jubilant works by Felix Mendelssohn and Antonín Dvořák.

Works by American composers Carlos Sánchez-Gutiérrez, George Lewis, and Joan Tower.

Soprano Joélle Harvey and baritone Nikolay Borchev are featured in a survey of Franz Schubert’s vocal output.

The lineup includes chamber performances, dance, family programming, and more.

Exploring unique pairings — violin & viola, plus piano four hands — in American repertoire from Mark O’Connor, George Tsontakis, Samuel Barber, and George Gershwin.

The quartet is one of the US’s leading ensembles.

Music by Igor Stravinsky, Claude Debussy, and George Tsontakis.

Exploring the Soviet-Russian composer’s chamber works.

A Britten canticle for countertenor, tenor, and piano; a Dvořák piano trio.

The Quartetto di Cremona performs Schoenberg’s early-20th century Quartet No. 1.

A Franck violin sonata, and Saint-Saëns’ indelible Carnival of the Animals for chamber ensemble.

The Calidore String Quartet presents century-spanning chamber works for four by Franz Schubert, Anton Webern, Anna Clyne, and Leoš Janáček.

An Igor Stravinsky undectet (that’s 11 players!) and a César Franck quartet.

Turning point works by Johannes Brahms, Claude Debussy, and Brett Dean — whose piece Twelve Angry Men features a dozen cellos.

Spotlighting the incredible range of winds in works by Anton Reicha and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

Recognizing the Chicagoans, musicians, artists, and friends of WFMT who died this past year.

A job application, an overwhelmed orchestra, and a remarkable true story behind one of classical music’s best loved works.