Barenboim Conducts Bruckner 4

This week, we hear Daniel Barenboim leading the CSO before his tenure as the ninth Music Director. Opening the broadcast is Rimsky-Korsakov’s Capriccio Espagnol, followed by Tchaikovsky’s Francesca da Rimini and Bruckner’s “Romantic” Symphony No. 4 in E-flat Major.

Prokofiev and Tchaikovsky

On our next musical hour, flautist Tara Helen O’Connor and pianist Ran Dank deliver a virtuosic interpretation of the Flute Sonata by Prokofiev. Then later, the Dover Quartet plays Tchaikovsky’s String Quartet in D Major, whose famous second movement was said to have moved the novelist Leo Tolstoy to tears.

Sokhiev & Avdeeva

This week, guest conductor Tugan Sokhiev conducts the CSO in Tchaikovsky’s “Winter Dreams” Symphony. Opening the program is Panufnik’s Heroic Overture, followed by Chopin’s first Piano Concerto, featuring Yulianna Avdeeva.

Classical Music’s Greatest Marathons: The Longest Works Ever Composed

Marathons, not sprints…

Muti Conducts Sleeping Beauty & Swan Lake

This week, Music Director Emeritus for Life Riccardo Muti leads a program featuring Tchaikovsky’s Suites from The Sleeping Beauty and Swan Lake, opening with Reznicek’s Overture to Donna Diana. Filling out the broadcast, Stephanie Jeong, So Young Bae, Lawrence Neuman, and Kenneth Olsen perform Ravel’s String Quartet in F Major.

Playlist: Magical Classical Music

Sometimes music can bring us awe-inspiring wonder… here are a few such pieces!

Carter Brey Plays Dvořák

New York Philharmonic Principal Cellist Carter Brey performs Dvořák’s Cello Concerto with Alan Gilbert conducting.

Tchaikovsky’s Second Symphony

Plus the world premiere of a percussion concerto commissioned for Christoph Sietzen, “a refreshingly natural musician notable for his technical mastery and powerful stage presence.” 

Met ’25-’26 Season: Bates, Frank, Saariaho, & 3 New Productions

Plus beloved titles from Puccini, Mozart, Verdi, and more.

Ballet Music by Ravel and Tchaikovsky, with Nielsen’s Clarinet Concerto

Alan Gilbert conducts works by Ravel, Nielsen, and Tchaikovsky.

Conductor Manfred Honeck, I

Manfred Honeck, the longtime music director of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, leads music by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Giuseppe Verdi, and Gustav Mahler.

7 Pieces of Classical Music Featuring Unusual Instruments

Expanding the orchestra’s sonic palette with some truly unorthodox instruments!

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

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

Winter Holiday Playlist

A selection of winter-themed highlights from the New York Philharmonic’s storied discography.

Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker

A concert performance of the complete ballet by the French National Orchestra.

Gilbert and Romanovsky

Music of Rachmaninoff and Tchaikovsky.

Tchaikovsky in Berlin: Stravinsky, Bartók, and Tchaikovsky

Maria Dueñas shines in Béla Bartók’s darkly beautiful Violin Concerto No. 2 with conductor Elim Chan. The Berlin Radio Symphony rounds out the program with works by Igor Stravinsky and Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.

Alan Gilbert Conducts Lyadov, Tchaikovsky, and Shostakovich

We visit Lyadov’s Enchanted Lake and Swan Lake of Tchaikovsky before hearing the Symphony No. 10 by Dmitri Shostakovich. Alan Gilbert conducts.

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

From all corners of the city and beyond, take part in holiday cheer with a wide range of merriment.

Holiday Programming on WFMT 2024

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

Tchaikovsky Winter Dreams & Avdeeva

This week, guest conductor Tugan Sokhiev leads Tchaikovsky’s First Symphony, Winter Dreams. The program opens with Panufnik’s Heroic Overture, followed by Chopin’s First Piano Concerto in E Minor, featuring Yulianna Avdeeva.

Wagner, Tchaikovsky, and Adolphe

Jaap van Zweden leads a mixed-repertoire program that spotlights the Philharmonic’s long-serving principal violist Cynthia Phelps.

Guerrero & Binelli

Giancarlo Guerrero leads Piazzolla’s Aconcagua Concerto for Bandoneón and Orchestra with Daniel Binelli, followed by Beethoven’s First Symphony. The broadcast closes with Tchaikovsky’s Fourth Symphony under the baton of eighth music director Sir Georg Solti.

Tchaikovsky’s The Queen of Spades

This opera navigates the dark and obsessive tale of Hermann, performed by Brandon Jovanovich in a story of desire, gambling, and the supernatural.

Michael Tilson Thomas Leads Tchaikovsky

The four tableaus of Igor Stravinsky’s Petrushka are vividly brought to life by Michael Tilson Thomas, who actually met the composer in Los Angeles during his youth.

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