The ensemble’s return to live performance features four programs which all will be conducted by artistic director and principal conductor Scott Speck.

All weekend long, WFMT will be honoring Memorial Day in music. Check out these highlights that you won’t want to miss.

In observance of Juneteenth, WFMT is sharing music by Black composers and performers throughout the day.

It will mark Muti’s tenth-anniversary season as music director as well as the 250th birthday of Beethoven. Muti conducts all of Beethoven’s symphonies over the course of the season, culminating in the triumphant Symphony No. 9 in June 2020.

Though African Americans have faced oppression throughout American history and the arts, Black composers’ contributions to music have been nothing short of history-changing.

As you fire up the grill, we have the perfect soundtrack for you: some of our favorite American works, from classics like Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue to modern masterpieces like John Adams’ City Noir.