This week on Music in Chicago, we’ll present a live Impromptu by violinist Michael Barenboim, a celebration of Mexican music with Chicago a cappella, marimba soloist Mitya Nilov, a live piano recital from the Chicago Cultural Center, and a recording by clarinetist John Bruce Yeh with the DePaul University Wind Ensemble.

This week on Music in Chicago, we’ll hear guitarist René Izquierdo at the Chicago Latino Music Festival, a recording by violist Matthew Lipman, a live broadcast from the Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert with pianist Mayta Liu Lerttamrab, Lakeshore Rush at PianoForte Chicago, and a selection from the Chicago Opera Theater’s world premiere of Freedom Ride.

This week on Music in Chicago, we’ll hear a concert performance by Unsupervised Chicago, a live Impromptu with guitarist Stephane Wrembel, and recordings by the Chicago Gargoyle Brass and Organ Ensemble, cellist Wendy Warner, and pianist Daniel Schlosberg.

This week on Music in Chicago, we’ll hear recordings by the Northwestern University Symphonic Wind Ensemble and Dover Quartet, a live recital from the Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert Series, and performances from the Chicago Latino Music Festival and Annual Liszt Birthday Concert.

This week on Music in Chicago, we’ll hear recordings by the Gaudete Brass and Chicago Sinfonietta, the Harlem Quartet in music from Cuba, Mozart played by Chicago Camerata, and a live broadcast from the Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert Series.

This week on WFMT’s Music in Chicago, we’ll bring you two live Impromptus with the Escher and Aizuri String Quartets. You’ll also hear a concert recording by Music of the Baroque, piano music of Chicago composer Leo Sowerby, and a live broadcast from the Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert Series.

This week on Music in Chicago, we’ll hear guitarist René Izquierdo in concert, a recording by the Newberry Consort, a live broadcast from the Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts, a live Impromptu with the Tal & Groethuysen Piano Duo, and 17-year-old violinist Noelle Naito from WFMT’s Introductions.

Join WFMT weekdays at noon for a showcase of the region’s rich classical music scene on Music in Chicago. This week, we’ll hear music from the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Brass Live as well as a recording by Rachel Barton Pine.

Join WFMT’s Music in Chicago for a new Christmas recording by Northside Brass, holiday performances by Chanticleer, the Chicago Symphony Chorus, Music of the Baroque, and the St. Charles Singers, and a live broadcast from the Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert.

This week on Music in Chicago, we’ll hear pianist Alon Goldstein at this summer’s Ravinia Festival, a recording by the Chicago Brass Choir, a live broadcast from the Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert, the Chicago Panamerican Ensemble from the Chicago Latino Music Festival, and Chicago a cappella from their recent holiday program.

This week on Music in Chicago, we’ll hear music recordings by the Bella Voce and the Chicago Harp Quartet, a live broadcast from the Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert with pianist Sheng Cai, a live Impromptu with the California Guitar Trio, and Marc-André Hamelin playing Chopin.

This week on Music in Chicago, we’ll hear a recording from 2001 by the Chicago Sinfonietta, Third Coast Percussion in concert at the University of Chicago, a live broadcast from the Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert Series, a new recording by cellist Paul Dwyer, and the Voxman Reed Trio in music by Milhaud.

This week on Music in Chicago, we’ll hear recordings by pianist Jorge Federico Osorio and the Black Oak Ensemble, a live flute and piano recital from the Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert, a performance from this year’s Chicago Duo Piano Festival, and new music by cellist and composer Ian Maksin.

This week on Music in Chicago, we’ll hear two performances from the Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert Series, pianist Marc-André Hamelin in recital at Northwestern University, a brass ensemble from the Merit School of Music, and a fascinating collaboration between the Kontras Quartet and the Kruger Brothers.

Join WFMT weekdays at noon for a showcase of the region’s rich classical music scene on Music in Chicago. This week, we’ll hear a live broadcast from the Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert with pianist Hilda Huang, Demarre and Anthony McGill with the Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra, and the Chicago Gargoyle Brass and Organ Ensemble.

Join us this week on Music in Chicago, when we’ll hear recordings by the Black Oak Ensemble, Bella Voce, and flutist Jennie Oh Brown, a live broadcast from the Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert with the Merz Trio, and performances from Camerata Chicago and the North Shore Chamber Music Festival.

This week, we’ll hear music from the Ravinia Festival with the Emerson Quartet, a recording by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Brass, a live broadcast from the Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert with pianist Lucas Krupinski, a recording by Rachel Barton Pine and Ars Antigua, and Rachmaninoff performed at this year’s Chicago Duo Piano Festival.

This week on Music in Chicago, we’ll hear recordings by the St. Charles Singers and the KAIA String Quartet with guistarist Fareed Haque,, a live piano recital from the Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert Series, a live Impromptu by Chamber Music Chicago, and a musical farewell from WFMT’s Program Director David Polk.

In the Summer of 2000, concert pianist and civic leader Deborah Sobol founded the Rush Hour Concert series to reinvent the traditional classical music concert format by presenting chamber music masterworks in an engaging setting, accessible to all. These 30-minute concerts offer unparalleled access to repertoire spanning 700 years, performed by world-class musicians from Chicago’s leading ensembles including the Chicago Symphony …

The Chicago Chamber Choir, a 40-voice ensemble, concluded its 2018/2019 season with Sergei Rachmaninoff’s All-Night Vigil. Originally intended for liturgical use, these stunning polyphonic settings of Russian Orthodox chant evoke introspection and jubilation in both religious and secular contexts. Rachmaninoff’s orchestration of the choir leads to some of the most awe-inspiring, dramatic moments in choral music.

The St. Charles Singers concluded their 2018-19 concert season with an eclectic program of Victorian-era choral works, both secular and sacred, from the British Isles, the United States, France, and Germany. The mixed-voice professional chamber choir conducted by Jeffrey Hunt presented a broad range of composers from a specific historical period. “The Victorian era was a Renaissance for choral music,” …

In March 2019, Harry Bicket, Baroque specialist and artistic director of the English Concert, led Music of the Baroque in a lively musical reenactment of the grand European tour of young nobles and aristocrats, from London and Versailles to Venice and Munich. The program included a concerto by Evaristo Felice Dall’Abaco, who worked in the service of the Bavarian court …

In a Facebook Live webcast from WFMT’s Levin Performance Studio, violist Matthew Lipman and pianist Shirley Trissell performed works by Johann Sebastian Bach, Rebecca Clarke, and Robert Schumann. Matthew hails from Chicago’s south suburbs and appeared on WFMT’s Introductions in 2008 as a student. Now, he is a member of the viola faculty at Stony Brook University, performs with the …

In his dual role as composer and performer, Juan Falú is a cornerstone of Argentinean folk music. As an interpreter, Falú employs his vast knowledge of the different Argentinean folk rhythms and displays an innate command of the artistry of improvisation. Many of his songs are already established within the repertoire of the most outstanding Argentinean folk musicians. Falú visited …

Since forming in 2010, the Neave Trio – violinist Anna Williams, cellist Mikhail Veselov, and pianist Eri Nakamura – has earned enormous praise for its engaging, cutting-­edge performances. The Boston Musical Intelligencer included Neave in its “Best of 2014” and “Best of 2016” roundups, writing, “it is inconceivable that they will not soon be among the busiest chamber ensembles going,” …