Ziggy and Miles Johnston perform music on guitar by Claude Debussy, Katie Jenkins, Ken Murray, and Radames Gnattali.

Music director Jaap van Zweden conducts Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring, Debussy’s La Mer, and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 7 in A major.

Jiao Sun, a US-based pianist originally from Harbin, China, visited Chicago for a captivating recital.

We all came to love classical music in different ways. Here are some of the musical first loves of our WFMT listeners, in their own words.

A preview of Song of Myself, the art song festival which begins next month.

Cellist Rainer Crosett and pianist Kuang-Hao Huang perform music by Nadia Boulanger, Manuel de Falla, Claude Debussy, Maurice Ravel, and Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, live from the Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago.

Music by Debussy, Bartók, Haydn, and Saint-Saëns.

Two alumni of the Ravinia Steans Music Institute — Arnaud Sussmann, violin, and Michael Stephen Brown, piano — join forces for a wide-ranging program of music from the 18th century to today.

Need some music for a day at the beach? These classical plays are the perfect soundtrack as you’re catching rays.

Boulez conducts Debussy, Ravel, and Ligeti.

Kerry Frumkin welcomes flutist Kim Fleuchaus and pianist Heidi Mayer for a program that includes music by Lili Boulanger and William Grant Still.

Introductions welcomes a return guest for a full clarinet recital: Louis Auxenfans of Chicago’s South Loop neighborhood.

Music Director Jaap van Zweden conducts a gorgeous program from the orchestra’s residency at Oklahoma State University.

Pianist André Golbert plays music by Mozart Camargo Guarnieri, Oscar Lorenzo Fernández, and Claude Debussy, live from the Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago.

A program for Memorial Day to honor those whose lives have been forever changed by war, including songs written by composers and poets who were soldiers themselves.

The Incendio Saxophone Trio, from the Southwest Suburbs, recently won Gold in the Junior Wind Division of the Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition, the first Chicago-area group to win gold in five years.

The musical celebration of our new hall continues with a US Premiere by Pulitzer Prize–winner Caroline Shaw.

Pianist Jiao Sun plays music by Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, Franz Liszt, Claude Debussy, Ludwig van Beethoven, and Frédéric Chopin, live from the Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago.

Delightful works by Maurice Ravel and Claude Debussy.

Works by Johannes Brahms, Vincent d’Indy, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, and Claude Debussy led by one of the 20th century’s definitive conductors.

Music director Esa-Pekka Salonen leads the SF Symphony and guest artists Jeremy Denk, piano, and Claire Chase, flute in music by Claude Debussy, Olivier Messiaen, and Kaija Saariaho.

Featuring Mitsuko Uchida.

Beautiful renditions of works inspired by poetry.

The Great Chicago Fire began on October 8, 1871. Here’s some music that takes inspiration from flames.

Not only are these composers’ musical works an inspiration, but their words are, too! Here are some of the most beautiful insights you’ll read all day.